Contract signed for Widowed Services
By LUELLEN FLETCHER
Of the Emerald
A $100,000 contract to provide
services for displaced homemak
ers was signed at the University
Tuesday.
One year ago Rep. Nancie
Fadeley, D-Eugene, first became
familiar with the plight of the dis
placed homemaker, and Tuesday
she watched her “baby” signed
into existence. Richard Davis, di
r
rector of the Department of
Human Resources and co-signer
of the contract, said it was a real
benefit because no new state
bureaucracy needs to be created,
as it is a direct contract with the
University.
The service facility is located at
the center for Gerontology on
campus.
The Widowed Services prog
ram, which started in May, 1975
with CETA funds, has been
operating with limited funds and a
largely volunteer work force since
January. House Bill 2241, the dis
placed homemaker bill, was just
approved by the Oregon legisla
ture and is "a modest but mean
ingful start on addressing the
problems of the person who, be
cause of death, divorce or the ill
ness of a spouse is no longer mar
ried to a wage earner,” says
Grad school nabs new dean
By MADELEINE MATTHEW
Of the Emerald
The University has a new associate dean to the
School of Graduate Studies — Warren Brown.
Brown began duties at his new job several
weeks ago, while retaining his position as head of
the University’s Department of Management. He
will probably keep this position for a year until a
replacement is found.
Brown sees his major responsibility as “de
veloping and evaluating programs and resources
at the graduate level."
He will be directly involved with the interdiscip
linary master's programs, especially in the area of
individualized study. The individualized programs
are unique because they are for students with
specific goals that cannot be met through a regu
lar department's program. A special program of
study is then developed which may include
courses from several departments.
Brown says the graduate school will also be
cooperating in a study for the Oregon Legislature
and Board of Higher Education. The Legislature
and board are concerned with the increasing cost
of higher education and hope to determine if un
necessary graduate education exists. Therefore,
the University graduate school will evaluate its
programs to avoid duplication with other state
offerings.
However, Brown says the school is under
funded already and doesn't think "any slack in the
system" will be found. But a study may aid the
school, he says, “by defending the necessity of
existing graduate programs.”
Brown says he would like to see the large
amount of paperwork at the graduate school
handled more efficiently, adding that he hopes to
“keep the flow and transfer of forms as simple as
possible, without hurting the function they do per
form.”
The opportunity of working with many depart
ments instead of just one provides a challenge to
Brown. He says he is happy with the job so far,
and especially enjoys "the good group of people"
he works with.
Brown s appointment is a three-year term. He
replaced Esther Jacobsen-Leong, who is return
ing to full-time duties in the art history
department.
Museum
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In the interim, Baldwin's plan is
to reassign faculty and some col
lections. though a complete
space usage plan has not been
developed, Baldwin said. “We will
probably keep most of the
museum s collections right where
they are."
Current museum director David
Wagner would be moved to the
biology department, as would
Jane Gray, paleontology curator.
Former museum director L.R.
Kittleman would be moved to the
geology department and David
Cole, anthropology curator, would
/
be assigned to the anthropology
department.
“I can't believe that any of these
people will be less effective work
ing under a different depart
ment,” Baldwin said, “and I don’t
anticipate any problems with car
ing for the collections. The same
people will be doing that."
The University's natural history
museum was created by state
legislation in 1935 and first
opened in 1936.
“The reasons for creating a
museum back then are just as
valid today," says Cole. “When
the collections were run by the
departments (before the museum
was built) there was not proper
care of museum specimens.
That’s one reason the museum
was formed and put under a single
head," Cole added. “I fear that re
turning the specimens to depart
ments will put them back into the
same situation of indifference."
Baldwin received formal en
dorsement of his intention to reor
ganize the museum of natural his
tory from University Pres. William
Boyd June 30. Paul Olum, vice
pres. of academic affaiis gave a
similar endorsement.
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Fadeley.
Estimates show that 22,000
Oregon residents might qualify for
help under this bill. The center at
Eugene may handle between 400
and 500 people.
A similar program in Portland
has not yet received state funds,
but if the Eugene center is suc
cessful, Fadeley and other rep
resentatives will encourage the
Legislature to favor more aid
monies. Already they plan to push
the issue on the national level.
Eleven states have passed dis
placed homemaker bills and 28
states are considering legislation.
The quick passage of such
legislation in Oregon was possible
because of several factors,
Fadeley explains. The University
already had the Widowed Ser
vices program, and thus the prob
lem was recognized and facilities
were immediately available.
Though the bill was introduced
by women in legislative sessions,
it was highly supported by men,
according to Fadeley. She said
many men began to think in more
personal terms, i.e., what might
befall their wives if they should
suddenly be left without a hus
band.
“The displaced homemaker
has developed skills as a mother
and a homemaker that may not be
recognized on the job market but
can be translated into usable
skills,” explains Fadeley. “Much
of the work done through the
Eugene Center for the Displaced
Homemaker will be referral. Many
organizations already exist to help
these women but either they are
not ready for the first step or they
don’t know these organizations do
exist.”
Davis stresses the three essen
tials of existence, “something to
love, something to hope for, and
something to do,” and calls the
service a shoulder for these peo
ple to lean on.
The new program will begin
immediately, and counselors will
be hired. Dr. Frances Scott, Direc
tor of the Center of Gerontology,
comments, “We can now devote
time to the program that before we
had to use running around trying
to find funds.”
According to Hazel Foss, Direc
tor of the center, the program will
carry both names, Widowed Ser
vices and Center for Displaced
Homemakers, until everyone gets
used to the change.
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