For Oregon, at last
Atlas nears completion
By NICK GALLO
Of the Emerald
There are road atlases, of
course, And atlases of agricul
ture, atlases of weather maps,
even an atlas to the Bible. Now,
Oregon is getting into the act
as a six-pound, 224-page vol
ume full of the state's features
nears completion.
The 'Atlas of Oregon'' com
piled by faculty and staff in the
geography department under
the direction of William Loy,
associate professor of geog
raphy, will soon make its way to
Portland. The state printer has
awarded a bid of $96,850 to the
Portland printing firm of
Durham and Downey. Target
date for publication of the atlas
is Oct. 16, in time for the
University's centennial com
memoration
There are, however, some
long summer nights left be
tween the pages, Loy acknow
ledges He and his staff will be
working with the printers
checking and recheck mg facts.
"The atlas is for everyone,"
says Loy, who has shunned
the common practice of using
experts to write the text. "Our
text is wntten by the Atlas staff
to keep it from being too tech
nical. It is designed for the av
erage person interested in
Oregon "
Some of the compilations
listed include:
• There are only an average
of 120-140 days of ram per
year in Oregon (contrary to
what the Blaine Society might
lead one to believe).
• If you are between the
ages of 1 and 44 be
forewarned, though it may be
of little use, that the number
one killer in the state is acci
dents.
• An average of 60.9 people
take the bus from Eugene to
Portland every day Similarly,
one person heads for Idaho
• Oregon voted in its democ
ratic primary for Adlai Steven
V,
son in the 1952 Presidential
elections.
Indeed, the "Atlas of
Oregon" includes a few million
facts about population statis
tics. voting patterns, weather
maps, solar radiation, tribal
lands, bicycle trails, coastal
marine life, bird breeding
ranges, wild berry patches,
abandoned places, pollution,
taxation — you name it, the
atlas should satisfy the person
occupied, if not preoccupied,
with information about the
state.
"Accuracy,” says Loy, “is
the key to an atlas. We are aim
ing for perfection.
"We have gone back to
Unfortunately, there is a line
that must be drawn; limits to
how much of Oregon will fit be
tween the covers of one book.
Loy points out that data was
looked at critically, often in light
of the rate of change involved
in the specific map.
“We know some of these
maps will change," he states,
“but if we only mapped things
that didn’t change we’d have a
map of bedrock geology."
Loy, who spent one year
alone collecting ideas for the
atlas, claims that Oregon's
atlas will be heads and shoul
ders above other state’s
books. And it will be unique.
“The atlas of Kansas will
never have razor clam
beaches in its table of con
tents," he notes wryly.
The “Atlas of Oregon” will be
different in yet another way.
The page most likely to be
come dog-eared could be the
metric conversion table at th
front of the book.
"The entire atlas is in the
metric system,” says Loy. “It
makes it hard, but we have to
be modern. The metric system
should be here in full force
wrthin three or four years."
Based on the printing bid,
the price of the atlas has been
set at a special $22.50 pre
publication offer. If buyers wait
to order their copy after Oct.
16, the cost will be $29.95.
Loy calls it a "tremendous
bargain." Cost of paper, print
ing and binding alone without
the labor for compiling and de
signing the atlas would run
more than that, he says. Fed
eral, state and university
monies plus a good deal of vol
unteer labor have all contri
buted to the low price.
“It took a special occasion to
produce this atlas," says Loy,
who plans to present the atlas
to the University as part of cen
tennial commemoration cere
monies. "The University will be
getting a tangible product from
the centennial."
y
primary sources whenever we
could. On a topic like electric
utilities we went back to the
state experts, the Public Utility
Commission offices Even
now, we re sending informa
tion back to experts to okay it."
he says.
The atlas is divided into four
major sections: human geog
raphy, economic systems,
natural environment and a sec
tion containing a gazeteer.
Each topic has a bibliography
for further research.
CULTURAL fORUm
PResems
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m. June 4th
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5:00-7:30-10:00
Forum on discrimination
to air student comments
University students can ex
press their evaluations of the
University’s compliance with state
law prohibiting discrimination in
educational programs at a forum
scheduled Wednesday in the
EMU.
The law forbids discrimination
on the basis of race, sex, hand
icap, age, religion, national origin,
marital and or parental status.
Students' comments will be used
in a self-evaluation being con
ducted by the University at the di
rection of the Chancellor of the
State System of Higher Educa
tion. Oral testimony will be re
ceived throughout the day.
Myra Willard, University affir
mative action director, is conduct
ing the self-evaluation with the as
sistance of an eight-member
faculty-student task force.
Written testimony may be pre
sented at the forum or submitted
to the Office of Affirmative Action,
465 Oregon Hall, anytime before
June 14.
During Wednesday’s hearing,
five minutes will be allowed to
each person requesting an oppor
tunity to testify orally. The tes
timony will be received according
to the following schedule:
Comments on classes,
academic and career counseling
and advising in the College of Lib
eral Arts will be heard from 8 to
9:45 am.
Testimony on classes,
academic and career counseling
and advising in the professional
schools and colleges win received
from 10 to 11:45 am.
Admissions and financial aid
comments will be heard from 1 to
1 30 p.m. and housing comments
from 1:30 to 2 p.m.
Persons wishing to comment on
career planning, employment as
sistance, personal counseling and
grievance resolution will be heard
from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
Access to education programs,
activities and course offerings (in
cluding facilities) will be consi
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Health and insurance benefits
comments wiH be received from
3:30 to 4 p.m. and comments on
pubfications from 4 to 4:30 p.m.
If testimony on the specified
subject does not fil the time allot
ted, the task force will accept tes
timony on any of the irrfcated sub
jects during the remaining time.
Library group elects Malarkey
siooaa ra Maiarxey recenny nas
been elected chairer of the
Friends of the Library at the Uni
versity.
Mrs. Vinton Hail was elected
vice-chairer and chairer
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The five new members of the
board of directors are Mrs. Jack
Brinkman, Robert Frazier, Mrs
Dean Linder, Richard McDuffie,
Jr., and Mrs. Stanley Pierson.
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