Third try set for cemetery purchase
By JAY PERRY
Of tin* Emerald
For the third and perhaps
final time, the University has
introduced legislation in Salem
that would give it the power
to reclaim the Pioneer Ceme
tery.
A bill to purchase the ceme
tery was introduced. Monday,
into a House committee by Rog
er Marlin Rep., Lake Oswego.
As in 1950 and 1961 when
similar legislation was intro
duced and defeated, the Uni
versity will be facing strong
opposition from the Lot Own
ers Association, a group of the
original owners and heirs esti
mated to be some 400 strong.
A member of the association,
Carl Svarverud, who recently
appeared on PL-3’s Community
Focus, said in that show that
the matter will be taken ‘to
the highest court in the land’
if necessary, and I hat seems to
summarize the association’s po
sition pretty well.
But such a step may not be
necessary if the proposed bill
does not pass the state legisla
ture.
Although it’s hard to mea
sure legislators’ sentiments on
the bill, one state representa
tive, Rep. Grace Peck, from
Multnomah county, said in Eu
gene last weekend that she
thinks it would be a crime to
take the cemetery away from
the souls resting there.”
Rep. Peck, who has served in
the legislature longer than any
Oregon woman legislator, was
also a strong and vocal oppo
nent of the earlier bills.
Another legislator, Rep.
George Wingard, said he did not
know yet whether he would op
pose the bill or not. Wingard
is also serving on the Eugene
City Council, and the ward he
represents contains both t h e
cemetery and the University.
The administration and the
State System of Higher Educa
tion, who will present the bill
for the University, remain op
timistic about the bill's chances,
however.
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen
said recently he looks for favor
able action on the bill.
“Times have changed,” Lieu
allen said, “and we hope we
won't run into the opposition
we had last time.”
The new bill, which is being
drawn up for the University
by the Attorney General, Rob
ert Thornton, is essentially the
same bill that was introduced
in 1961. It will ask for the
authority to condemn the ceme
tery, and funds to facilitate the
removal of the remains.
The cost of the removal
process and the reinterrment at
new sites will cost approxi
mately one million dollars, ac
cording to the Dean of Adminis
tration, William Jones.
Jones, who was acting presi
Juveniles adjust
'Group homes' need help
By STEVE MOORE
Of the Emerald
“Those kids need a lot of at
tention to make them aware
that people care about them as
people,” Dick Phelps, an em
ployee of the I, a n e County
Juvenile Department, said.
Phelps is involved in a pro
gram to aid juvenile delinquents
and is hoping for help from
University students.
There are two “group homes”
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been in existence for a little
over a year. The homes, one for
hoys anti one for girls, exist
in lieu of Hillcrest a n d Me
Claren, girls and boys state
delinquent institutions.
The purpose of the group
homes is to help delinquent
children become useful mem
bers in the community.
The program directors feel
that the teenagers in the de
linquent homes can be better
integrated into the community
through this type of program,
rather than by taking them out
of the community and forcing
readjustment on them.
The two homes are located
near Churchill and Sheldon
High Schools. The children liv
ing at the homes attend high
school regularly and conduct a
normal life, as similar to a regu
lar home as possible.
There are house rules to fol
low with the only difference be
tween the group homes and a
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real home being the extra serv
ice provided, such as counsel
ling.
Each home has a married
couple supervising. In the aft
ernoons, group sessions are
held to let the residents know
in which areas- they are doing
well. Phelps and other people
employed in the Juvenile De
partment as well as workers in
the Department of Vocational
Rehabilitation attend.
Phelps remarked that a lot
of the kids are suspicious of
adults and authority. He feels
University students might be
able to make a few inroads.
Ed West, the program di
rector, said, “There are as many
reasons for kids being at the
homes as there are kids.”
University students would be
asked to spend about four or
five hours a week or more help
ing in two ways. The first duty
would be to establish a relation
ship with one of the residents
and second to help kids with
school work. West said only ten
to 15 volunters are needed.
Thus far the program has
served about 35 boys and girls.
The average stay at the homes
is close to eight months. The
capacity at each home is eight.
“We've had pretty good suc
cess,” according to Phelps.
“Some who have stayed at the
homes are now in foster homes,
others have returned to their
original homes and still others
are out on then- own in apart
ments.”
So far, one student from each
home has had to be sent on to
the state institutions. Phelps
commented that the progress of
those who leave the home is
watched carefully.
The program director said,
“It means a lot to the kids,”
and University students could
help.
Additional information can
be obtained by calling Ed West
at 342-5021.
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dent of the University when the
1961 bill was introduced, said,
"Removal of the remains at that
time would have cost us about
half of what it will cost us
now.”
When asked why the bill fail
ed to pass in 1961, Jones said,
"We were made to appear as
heartless ghouls who wanted to
pave the whole thing with black
top and turn it into a parking
lot.”
This year, Jones aaaea.
“we hope things have calmed
down enough so that it can be
discussed quietly.”
While it doesn’t appear that
things have calmed down much
here in Eugene, the major bills
in the legislature might create
enough noise that the bill can'
be slipped in without much
notice. At least that is the hope
of some of the University
officials.
Women tabbed best scholars
Married women students
make better grades at the Uni
versity than any other classi
fiable group or living organiza
tion.
A report released Friday
from the Office of Student Serv
ices on fall term grade point
averages shows that the aver
age of all married women was
3.1043. Married men students
averaged 2.8274.
Among other classifications,
senior women ranked second
with an average of 3.0636, while
senior men ranked just above
married men with an average
of 2.8332.
At the top among living or
ganizations was Carson Hall,
Floor three, with an average
of 3.0066. Kappa Kappa Gamma
sorority followed with 2.9681.
The all-University average
was 2.7142. The all-women aver
age was above at 2.7914 and the
all men average was 2.6531.
On the whole, women stu
dents make better grades than
men. Two women’s classifica
tions and seven women’s living
organizations ranked above the
top-ranking, men’s groups. Top
among men’s classifications and
living organizations was Sigma
Pi fraternity with an average
of 2.8800.
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