Monday, March 8, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 116
emerald
Board, Weathersby talk specifics
Photo by Harry 6store
Chancellor candidate George
Weathersby talked with state political
leaden this weekend.
Committee discusses levels of compensation
By Ann Portal
Ot ItM Emerald
Portland — After a weekend of
"philosophical” discussions with chan
cellor candidate George Weathersby,
the State Board of Higher Education
decided Sunday afternoon to begin talk
ing specifics
The board appointed three of its
members, Bob Ingalls of Corvallis, Loren
Wyss of Portland and Louis Perry of
Portland, to a committee that will contin
ue discussing possible levels of "com
pensation, allowances and expenses”
with Weathersby.
“We believe he's interested — and
we re interested in him,” board president
Ed Harms said of Weathersby, who is
currently Indiana's commissioner for
higher education
During Weathersby's two-day visit he
talked with Gov Vic Atiyeh at the
Republican Dorchester Conference at
Seaside, met with four Republican legis
lators at the coast, and ate breakfast with
four more legislators in Portland
Following a two-hour executive ses
sion between Weathersby and the board
Sunday at Portland State University.
Harms said the board now is satisfied
with Weathersby's educational philoso
phies and approach to the chancellor
job
However, a great many things''
remain to be resolved, Harms said.
One topic the committee and Weath
ersby undoubtedly will discuss is the
chancellor’s salary. A Portland news
paper reported Saturday that Weath
ersby’s original salary demand was
$90,000, a figure Harms would neither
confirm nor deny Sunday. Weathersby's
current salary is $70,000 plus expenses.
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen's current
salary is $69,000 plus expenses,
scheduled to increase next year to
$76,000 plus expenses. The state also
provides a house for the chancellor.
Harms said he has had some discus
sions with legislators about an "appro
priate” salary level for the chancellor.
The final amount may "be perceived by
many — by perhaps all — to be a sub
stantial salary," Harms said
"I think the legislators feel there will be
some public differences even if we only
talk about the present salary levels,” he
said
At a press conference after his board
interview, Weathersby said he "really
hadn't picked up” any feelings from
legislators about his reported salary
demands.
Weathersby said he appreciated the
chance to talk with political leaders, and
said he enjoyed a "very positive, infor
mative, off-the-record" talk with Atiyeh.
The governor s hopes for the state board
and institutions are "positive and en
couraging,” he said.
Talks with the board also were en
couraging, Weathersby said, adding that
higher education in Oregon is ap
proaching a crossroads.
"I think there's a great need in the
state I think we’re going to see less
resources for higher education in rela
tive terms than we've historically had
available," he said.
Future funding depends to some ex
tent on the kinds of services higher
education offers state citizens, Weath
ersby said.
On the issue of whether the chancel
lor’s office should be moved to Salem or
Portland, Weathersby said that is
something the board should decide,
regardless of who is the next chancellor.
Weathersby said during his first inter
view two weeks ago that he favored
moving the office to Portland, which he
called the "political, economic and cul
tural” center of the state.
Harms said, however, that the chan
cellor's residence was an issue for
regular board meetings, and would not
be decided during executive session or
negotiations with Weathersby
The negotiating committee will make
its recommendations to the board as
soon as possible, Harms said That
probably won’t happen until after the
board meeting in Portland this Thursday,
he said.
Want to adopt a bear?
Museum of Natural History
kicks off urgent fund-raiser
By Tamye Riggs
Of tha EmaraM
A drive to save a venerable institution' at the
University began Sunday with the opening of a new
exhibit at the Museum of Natural History
The museum is due to close June 30 unless its
supporters can raise $34,000 A fund-raising commit
tee, headed by Anthropology Research Associate
Richard Pettigrew, has planned several activities
designed to raise the amount necessary to keep the
museum
An Indian crafts display was the highlight of the
opening activities, which 100 people attended Stone
tool-making and taxidermy restoration also was
demonstrated
Photo by Mark Pynes
The museum needs to raise $34,000 by June 30.
The museum has served as a University research
facility since the Condon Collection came to Eugene
in 1866 Thomas Condon was one of the University's
first professors
Opened for public display in 1955, the museum
draws thousands of grade school students each year.
Tourists from all over the United States have viewed
the 40 exhibits housed in the facility In addition to the
University exhibits, two traveling exhibits on Indian
basketry and prehistoric Oregon are sent around the
state, with two more in the planning stages.
A unique approach to fund-raising is included in
the drive—an adopt-an-exhibit program For an
average donation of $50, museum patrons may
receive a certificate of adoption for the exhibit of their
choice, and their name placed on a card by the
exhibit
"One woman adopted a saber tooth tiger for her
son," says Alice Carnes, director of the musuem.
Other displays up for adoption include a giant polar
bear, reptiles and fossils The donation is used for the
upkeep and restoration of the exhibits.
The museum is "an unappreciated state re
source," says University archivist Keith Richard. "I
hope this drive raises money, but most importantly, I
hope it makes people realize the museum is here.
Most people are ignorant of its existence "
The University facility is one of the largest natural
history museums in the United States, Richard said
Luther Cressman, professor emeritus and the first
professional archaeologist in Oregon, was present at
the event Much of his work is included in the traveling
prehistoric Oregon collection currently in Burns
Paula Krogdahl, a University law student, sold
Photo by Mark Pynes
Patrons can help save the museum by adopting
displays like the polar bear, assorted reptiles or
fossils. Adopters receive a certificate of adoption and
have their name placed on a card by the exhibit.
hand-painted eggs, donating a portion of the income
she received to the museum.
Krogdahl believes in the things they have here
“It’d be a real waste to have these beautiful things
locked up where no one could see them.'’
William Ayres, an assistant professor in the anth
ropology department, said the museum is “really a
tremendous resource for students on campus as well
as a public asset. ”
"It has such a long history — I'd hate to see it
close down just for financial reasons."
The museum takes on special significance “in a
state like Oregon, which is so diverse geologically and
culturally,” Carnes says
“The more people understand about the land we
live in, the better rooted they’ll feel.”
The museum lets people know "there's more to
Oregon than just the Willamette Valley,” Carnes says.