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sidered very during. Hill her i areer spanned the lime of pur. show. »o we an? preparing her dance lo show people what could lint 1m- seen iii Villard Hall. The same thing is true for Ruth SI Dennis (Duncan’s predts essor). Wo arc Irving lo give people an idea of cultural life at the time, on and off-campus." Robinson listed, a number of highly-res|>e<:ted designer* and actors who have worked at the Univer sity. including Donald. Shirley, perennial" scene designer for the Miss Universe pageants. Robinson said budgetary restraint’s would not permit them to come and perform at the centennial production. Z\eith Richard. University archivist, described the campus as it looked Ix-tore Villurd Mall was opened in lBMii "In IH7H. Ibw University was 17,5 acres of emptiness, with the exception of two old oak trees that are still standing on the edge of the campus out by Franklin Boulevard: Deady Mall, and a couple of outhouses!" There .were OH students at the < nllogialo level, as well as a college preparatory grade school w hich in eluded the higher elementary and high-school grades. For a long time, the University supplied Eugene with ati elementary school. Richard said. Faculty, member* included the university presi dent, who also taught Latin, us well as a mathematics teacher, a theology-history teacher, the grade-school .principal and her assistant. Statewide, the University was already building a reputation by .the turn of the century. World War I saw the flourishing of |he University's reputation as an institution of higher learning, and the enrollment topped 2.000 students for the first lime. Richard said. After World War II. I lie (.1 Mill resulted m .t "tremendous" enrollment increase, he added. C Cram. Dicken. professor emeritus of geography, came to the University from Minnesota in I‘t47. as part of the postwar influx of faculty and students. "When I first came to Uof()...l didn't know Horace Robinson real welj, but I would see him at a faculty'suppelr once in a while, and sometimes we would see him at the plays," Dicken recalled. "I had the hirpftfssiou that he was a very unusual person. Photo conrtMv t 'Bivonity Arcl»iv»* but talking to him a few minutes, he just seem-. o«i very nice, very matter-of-fact. We had several mutual friends in the speech department. .’*■ “When I came to the University..'I became head of the geography' department, so I had to sign the in ventory. ami a lot of our equipment was in the base ment of Villard Hall. At that time, the basemeiit floor of Villard was dirt, but there were; several sections which had stee) fences and were locked off so people wouldn't steal. Well, one of the, things Iliad on fhe inventory was three airplane:erigirms.° • Dickon explained that a fellow,geography pro fessor had been in civilian pilot training during World War II. "After the war ended, he was respon sible for a lot of stuff, and for safety’s sake he couldn't just go and bury. it. so the engines ended up in Villard." Dicken said. 'They wore spares. 1 guess There were also several thousand dishes, in herited from the civilian pilot-training, and an an cient mimeograph-machine1 that we used in the department for several years until we got a better one That was my experience with Villard Hall.” ^Observances celebrating University and com munity experiences with Villard Hall will feature nostalgic exhibits from the edifice s early days, in cluding a display of volumes from the original Henry Villard library donation, a bust of Villard and the exposed brick wall, ivy arid east Villard founda tion located within the present-day scene shop. Henry, Villard was a (lernjan immigrant, pioneer Northwest railroad magnate and philanthropist who helped bring the railroad to Eugene in 1871. Through bis leadership, his financial and material generosity, he was instrumental in founding the University in the 1870s Robinson said a costume parade will be featured at the start of intermission for each performance of the centennial revue at the theatre which bears his name. "We hope the audience will join us for this revival of the traditional Walk-around.’ " Robinson said. "Hack in tier 1800s. couples would stroll along the sidewalks by Villard Hall during the intermis sion. socializing and enjoying the grounds." All tickets for (he revue are reserved and cost $5. To order tickets, contact the Robinson Theatre box office at (iHti-4101. 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