To be a ‘dictionary of America’
Oregon student plans Bicentennial book
By RICK BELLA
Of the Emerald
The Original Bicentennial Al
manac' will be a 96-page ‘dictio
nary of America'' if founder
publisher Barry Hood can find fi
nancial backing.
Hood, a university senior in
journalism, has published 50
copies of a 20-page "mini
version.' He is presenting the
model to prospective financial
backers in hopes of finding one
who will help him get the book dis
tnbuted nationally.
I m hoping to get the almanac
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sold through newsstands," says
Hood. "And I'm hoping for sub
scriptions totalling 500,000.'
Hood says associate producer
Jay Bolton is negotiating with sev
eral firms. They hope to obtain
$100,000 to $150,000 for the pro
ject.
The almanac will contain sec
tions on gardening, fishing,
weather tables, astronomical ta
bles, nutrition and cooking and will
be adorned by copies of original
historical engravings.
The engravings are called
electrotypes," says Hood.
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“They're an old form of standar
dized decoration that publishers
could purchase in the old days.
One of the borders I used came
from a book owned by Eric
Allen—the man the journalism
school building is named after.”
But, most important, Hood
says, are the sections that contain
the Bill of Rights, the Declaration
of Independence, and the Con
stitution. Also included among
these American documents is a
copy of the Declaration of Univer
sal Human Rights drafted by the
United Nations in the 1940s.
These documents are greatly
overlooked in our times,” says
Hood. I wanted to give people a
place where they can be easily
referenced. I firmly believe that if
one doesn't know his rights, then
essentially, he doesn’t have any
rights.”
Hood intends to market the al
manac at $1 per copy “to make
the cost comparable to other al
manacs of the same size.”
Pointing out what he calls a
“bonus,’ Hood says his almanac
will cover I8 months from July,
I976, to December, I977. Al
manacs have traditionally co
vered a one-year period from
January to December.
Hood says he got editing help
from his wife Connie. The art, in
cluding some original graphic il
lustrations, was done by Bob
Hempel. I really needed their
help during finals,” Hood says.
Although Hood is a journalism
student at the University, he says
he received little practical direc
tion from the faculty. "I didn't find
any profs with experience in this
sort of project," Hood says. “They
sent me off to marketing over in
Gilbert Hall. I think the J-school
should offer a more practical ap
proach to journalism," he says.
Hood praised Lane Community
College s program for giving him
the insight to be able to avoid 90
per cent of the production costs in
the mini-version."
“I learned more about produc
tion from my work with the TORCH
(LCC’s weekly newspaper) than I
have in the J-school," Hood says.
Pete Peterson's (the TORCH
advisor) practical instruction is
paying off.”
Mac Court
(Continued from Pagel)
the ASUO, then an independent
corporation, contracted with
Lawrence and Hotford, Portland
architects, to design a basketball
pavillion. Acting on behalf of the
students in the negotiations was
Jack Benefiel. fulFtime graduate
manager of athletics hired by the
students.
Financing of Mac Court was
handled entirely by the student
government through the floating
of $1,000 and $5,000 government
bonds. The only costs paid by the
University, uncovered by the re
search, were 639 opera chairs at a
cost of $2,875.
The building was completed
and opened for student use by
December, 1926. By 1930, the
ASUO had established offices in
the facility—an operational head
quarters it maintained until 1951
when it moved into the EMU.
The final cost of Mac Court,
$208,445.65, was paid off by the
students in 1932 with a
mortgage-burning ceremony held
to celebrate the event. Specific re
ference to the completion of pay
ment is made in the 1932-33
Oregana.
Student control of use and
scheduling of the facility con
tinued until 1936 when a State
Board of Higher Education revi
sion in the organization of athle
tics began to phase them out. Dur
ing the 1920s and early 1930s.
operation of inter-collegiate athle
tics on the University campus was
conducted by ASUO Inc. through
their graduate manager. But due
to the State Board decision in
1936. a Department of Intercol
legiate Athletics was established
and the ASUO graduate manager
and his assistants were out of
jobs. The new department's emp
loyes salaries were paid by the
state.
From that point on, student
government was slowly-but
surely eased out of control over
the McArthur Court facility. Stu
dent input was maintained for a
time by the creation in 1936-37 of
an Athletics Activities Board
(AEB) consisting of faculty, ad
ministrators, and students. The
student chairer of the board main
tamed an office in Mac Court
along with an ASUO ticket clerk,
bookkeeper, and the ASUO News
Bureau.
Over the next few years, how
ever, the bookkeeper and ticket
clerk positions were eliminated
until by 1943 the AEB chairership
was the only control the students
retained. And in 1948. administra
tive action effectively eliminated
even that. During the summer
months that year University Pres.
Newbury dissolved the AEB and
with it the last real student control
of Mac Court.
Since 1926 and the original stu
dent investment of over $208,000,
the capitalized value of McArthur
Court has increased to $782,695
(July, 1975. figures). The Univer
sity currently retains sole control
of use and scheduling for the
high-cost facility and it is its right to
do so that the ASUO is contesting.
Actually, as far as we are con
cerned, we own the building,”
says Donley. But what we re pur
suing right now is the control
angle. Since our funds went to pay
for it at least we should have some
say in determining how it's used.”
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