Oregon daily emerald., April 07, 1978, Section A, Page 6, Image 6

Chalmers takes tip, gets point across
Photo by Ertch BookoMd*
Don Chalmers (the one with the pencil in hand), finally caught up with W. McLaughlin, director of the
business office Thursday after searching for him around campus. Chalmers wanted to deliver some
paperwork in person as well as in pencil.
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A pencil spent a good deal of
time running around campus
Thursday, trying to find W.N.
McLaughlin, director of business
affairs.
The pencil, disguising Don
Chalmers, hoped to deliver a law
statute, 421 SC, to McLaughlin,
who had requested it some time
ago. It seems when he did not re
ceive it, McLaughlin told Chal
mers he should “stick his head in a
pencil sharpener.”
This inspired Chalmers. He
spent Thursday morning pasting
together a pencil tip to put over his
head. He even colored the tip. He
cut eyeholes in it, and set out to
meet McLaughlin.
He went to Oregon Hall, but was
told he could find McLaughlin at
Carson Hall. McLaughlin wasn't at
Carson Hall, so Chalmers tried the
Housing Office. By this time,
Chalmers had picked up a follow
ing. A reporter, a photographer
and a friend found a pencil walking
around campus an interesting
piece of scenery and set out to see
where it was going.
Chalmers and his followers
didn’t find McLaughlin at Carson
Hall either. But they did find Mary
Raney, an office secretary, who
commented, “Don, this is cute.
Immature, but cute.”
She went on to compare Chal
mers’ pencil outfit to a dunce cap,
and suggested he write “pencil"
on it so passers-by could tell the
difference. Chalmers was non
plussed. He headed back to
Oregon Hall with a plan.
“Well go in the back way.” he
said. And so the pencil, occasion
ally hitting its tip on door jams,
headed through a series of back
doorways and hallways of Oregon
Hall to make a sneak attack.
"He may be in the men’s bath
room,” said Chalmers, calculat
ing. Chalmers came up on
McLaughlin’s secretary from be
hind. “He wasn’t at the housing
office, he must be here,” said
Chalmers.
“He’s out in the parking lot,” she
confessed and then added an
aside, “How do I deal with this?”
The pencil and its entourage
headed to the parking lot, only to
discover McLaughlin was now on
his way in, via the back way. Just
as the pencil was starting to get
irate, McLaughlin walked in.
“What is this,” he demanded, and
was then hugged by the pencil.
At first McLaughlin was pleas
ant. But then he noticed the
photographer. “Do you mean ...“
McLaughlin then explained he
thought Chalmers’ brain still could
use some sharpening, to which
Chalmers responded his brain
was plenty sharp already.
McLaughlin explained he origi
nally wanted Statute 421 SC for a
friend who couldn’t find it.
McLaughlin got tired of waiting for
it in campus mails.
Alternate energy
study optimistic
Presently wasted materials
such as wood and straw could be
burned to produce the energy of
five Bonneville Dams, research
ers concluded in a study re
cently completed by the University
and Oregon State University
(OSU).
The study of untapped energy
sources, financed by a $23,000
grant from the U.S. Energy De
partment, explores potential al
ternatives and suggests programs
to develop them.
Solar energy was a major focus
of the study. The report sent to the
Oregon Department of Energy
(DOE) recommends monitoring
sunshine in eastern Oregon to
gather data on the potential for
solar energy projects there.
Research supervisor Walt Pol
lock, of the state DOE, said the
comprehensive survey of
Oregon’s energy possibilities will
be used as a guide for developing
legislation.
“We anticipate that resource
development will be one of our
biggest goals for the next session
of the Oregon Legislature,” he
said.
In the study, titled “Oregon
Solar Planning Study,” University
researcher Winfield Hunt said one
of the major obstacles to the ex
pansion of solar heating in Oregon
homes is financing.
After surveying 13 private lend
ing institutions in Eugene to de
termine their attitudes toward
solar energy, Hunt said none had
granted a loan for a solar project,
and none had developed criteria
for solar loan applications.
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