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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1972)
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WSWcsterrZbWMid ®r$ ig - CoqpWnNB C/T5TTWJ /H^STTy ^0 SB© tfbtMh m Problems stressed by rapid city growth By NANCY WILLIAMS Of the Emerald Have you ever found your speedy five-minute drive home from downtown Eugene taking 20 minutes because you were unfortunate enough to get caught in the 5 p.m. traffic jam? Or have you ever made a quick run to the store and had it turn into a not-so-quick run because you had to circle blocks before finding a parking space? If so, you’ve experienced just one of the many consequences of the rapid growth occurring now in Oregon cities. The University’s Bureau of Governmental Research and Service has recently completed a 110-page report on population and housing trends in the state. The report shows that Oregon’s population has shifted largely from rural to urban living in the last decade. This shift has vast consequences for state and local government, the report says. Goods and services that in a rural environment are purchased privately , are obtained through government in an urban environment. Therefore, problems such as sewage and refuse disposal, traffic congestion and health dangers become all important. U.S. Census Bureau figures show that urban dwellers comprise 67 per cent of Oregon’s 1970 population. In 1960, 62 per cent of Oregonians lived in urban areas, compared with 54 per cent ten years before. The report also reveals that 60 per cent of the population lives on the floor of the Willamette Valley, an area encompassing only three per cent of the state’s total area. According to the report, individuals who function well within the farm family may require public support when in a city environment. The emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, old and disabled need public substitutes for the family. And the report asserts Public action must therefore be increased to provide these substitutes. In addition, the report shows that the number of persons in the 15 to 25-year-old age bracket has increased by 81 per cent in the last 20 years. The growth of this group also puts a growing demand on state services as young people seek employment and education. A section of this group, the 18 to 20 year olds, comprise a new group able to vote for the first time. The report states that their impact on voting patterns will vary considerably among counties but will be greatest in counties containing universities and colleges. In Eugene this group constitutes 15 per cent of the 18-and-over population. These and many other changes reflected in the pages of the report call for an increased awareness on the part of public officials. The report says that officials who have grown up in the communities they serve are apt to perform their duties under perceptions of a social environment formed when conditions were much different than they are today. The report has been sent to all cities with a population of over 2,500 in hopes that planning departments may develop their policies with these new conditions in mind. N.W. music conference scheduled Jan. 21-22 A regional event that is ex pected to draw music educators from throughout the Northwest is to be held at the University January 21-22. It is the 20th annual Conference on Music Education, sponsored by the School of Music and the School of Music and the Division of Continuing Education. A series of sectional clinic meetings, for choral music, band wind, orchestra-string, elementary music, and general music, will be held throughout the conference. Special performances will be featured during the conference by the Springfield Junior High School’s Ninth Grade Girls Glee Club, the Newburg High School Band, the Churchill High School Band of Eugene; the Sheldon High School Oioir of Eugene; the University of Oregon Symphonic Wind Ensemble; the University of Oregon Brass Quintet, and the Eugene-University Wind En semble. On Thursday night, January 20, prior to the conference opening, the University’s Woodwind Quintet will present a concert at 8 p.m. The Berkeley Chamber Singers will be presented in concert at 8 p.m., Friday, January 21. Both of these events will be in the Music School Recital Hall. Robert E. Nyeof the University Music School is conference chairman. Registration for the conference is $5.00. or $4.00 if paid by January 15. 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