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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1981)
Library's growth charted over 50 years 285,000 to 1.5 million volumes By DEBBIE HOWLETT Of Emerald Editor's note: The University Library celebrates its centennial this year. This is the second of a three-part series in the mid-1930s, whiie the issue of building a library was debated, existing facilities were wholly inadequate and over crowded This method alleviated the overcrowding to some extent, but a new library was obviously needed Construction on the new li brary began in 1937 and was finished the next August De signed in a modified roman esque style which was popular at the time, the building was constructed to accommodate later additions Considered modern and innovative, the library even carried an unabridged edition of “Mein Kampf’’ at a time when Hitler rose to power. A temporary solution was rendered: Students would go to a reference desk requesting a book, the librarian then would send a card up a pneumatic tube to work-study students in the stacks, who would send the book down a chute to the li brarian The library contained a browsing room with easy chairs, a fireplace and, as an Emerald article from the period stated, ‘‘all the comforts students seek " The building cost a half-mil lion dollars, holding more than 285,000 volumes The old li RCYB ejected from class Members of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade allegedly disrupted a University chemistry class Tuesday morning, says Officer Al Williams of the Eugene Police Department Ralph Barnhard. senior chemistry instructor, reported he was lecturing in his Chemistry 101 class when four RCYB protestors waving red flags entered the room and disrupted the session "We asked if they were students.” Barnhard explained Receiving no answer and failing to reach campus security by phone Barnhard attempted to persuade the RCYB members to leave At this point a female student left the class to notify campus security, he said According to later reports Barnhard was able to persuade one demonstrator to leave while students and a girl in a pink sweater’ pushed two others out the door * "They received a very hostile greeting from the class,” Barnhard said RCYB member Mark Freeman told a reporter he and his fellow revolutionaries entered the class to "alert the people to the trial ” Freeman was referring to the trial of accused "yellow ribbon" arsonist John Joseph Kaiser which began Tuesday No charges have been filed and the incident is under inves tigation by the Eugene Police Department • Full Bar Service & Imported Beers • • Video Games • Chess • • Backgammon • Checkers • • Cards • Dice • Pool • • Big Screen TV for Sports • • Happy Hour 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM MON.-FRI. • PLUS MON. - Happy Hour extended to 8:00 PM TUE. - 25c off Imported Beer (6:30 til closing) WED. - $1.00 House Wine (6:30 til closing) THU. - Watney’s Nite -16 oz Mug 1.25 (6:30 PM til closing) WE HAVE IT ALL AT PERRYS UNDER PEARL! 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Construction on today 's University library began in 1937 and was completed in August of the next year brary building — Fenton Hall — was converted into a law library During the transition, the Red Cross helped library staff pur chase Braille books for blind students Considered modern and in novative, the Library even car ried an unabridged edition of "Mein Kampf’ at a time when Adolph Hitler rose to power New purchases included two “micro-projectors" for viewing 16mm film Librarian Matthew Douglass called the projectors “like television a relatively new process " These were the kinds of modern equipment that major newspapers like the New York Times used Douglass died in 1947 after serving as librarian from 1908 to 1942 In his will, he bequeathed music collections worth more than $10,000 to the University At Douglass' retirement the library had grown to more than 300.000 volumes Much of the credit for the library's growth and reputation in the early part of the century is reserved for Douglass The library installed "pay typewriters" in 1948 A dime would buy a student a half-hour of typing — not the best buy for hunt-and-peck typists After completion of the li brary's first addition in 1950 the number of volumes on the shelves rose to over a half-mil lion Also at this time librarians removed the partitions between students and books, allowing access to almost all books ex cept rare materials In 1956, a journalism graduate student donated a collection of presidential auto graphs ranging from Presidents Washington to Truman Perry Morrison, a library department professor, believes the collec tion has been kept up to date Six years later, the Library purchased a photocopier, one of the few on campus Installed to deter students from clipping pages from books, the machine produced "short-term" copies — after a few months they began to deteriorate The Library also completed its second addition in 1962, mak ing room for nearly 800,000 volumes Today the library holds 1.5 million volumes, with more than 800,000 titles worth up to $19 5 million In the final part of this series, current head librarian George Shipman discusses the problems the library faces and his plans for the future Classifieds T-SHIRTS Latter SMfcscreen has mover] Visit the new studio at ?85 Lawrence and check out the moving specials '42-22CK; Night 342-1927 12710-16 GORETEX JACKET wanted to tit mar six feet tall 140 lt)S 244-9224 or 244-9160 10 7 r Clothing 10 cents & up "The Company Store” 245 Potfc 4*4 7007 Quality Recycled Goods truckloads in e^jch week 154 10 11 YARD SAUE this Saturday Kitchen furniture camping more 840 Washington Street 10 7 1 Nader's Raiders 1981 Fall Projects • PUBLIC ACCESS CABLE TV • LOW COST HOUSING • END HANDGUN VIOLENCE WEEK Oct 25-31, 198T • UTILITY RATES PHONE and PUB • EDUCATIONAL FORUMS OPEN MEETING Thursday OCT. 8 4 pm Suite 1 EMU x4073 STONES TICKETS Sat Oct 17th Candlestick Park Wed Oct 14th Seatlle best otter days 7474 9412 Kent tO 12 TYPEWRITER Manual Sear Constellation Excellent condi lion Cleanerl adiusted new ribbon include;, case $68 Michael ‘44-0026 10 7 STONES IN SEATTLE 2 ticket', lor sale best otter 242-844 7 bob or Scott 10 7 REFRIGERATOR MO Woodstov. $50 Adler Manual typewrite' $20 Small bike overhauled $50 Tennis rackets $6 each Lee '44 880' 10 7 STONES TICKETS Oct 14 Seattle si« 100-leve' tickets tor sale/trade best otter Call 663-9101 io / TEN-SPEED SCHWINN rebuilt good condi Don. $100 Mike 245-9392 10 7 CLOSE TO STAGE 100 level Stones ticket tor Oct 14 stiow 686 2549 10-8 Imported Coffee & Tea l>\ th<- pound or l>\ the- nip Kinko’s M-t vi i r,.(, i | ;ij| Bean of the Month Excelsior Blend $4.65 lb. t 1 ltljp.lt > I llll I ’l I1T,
