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Oregon Daily Emerald ['Swimming* tells interesting one-man story See Page 5 Thursday, July 30, 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 89, Number 12 Drawing Board An achitechture academy class, taught by David Vala (wearing heard and sunglasses) draws some designs in front of the HMD Monday■ The class meets every Monday and Wednesday. It is a summer class of 20 students who are deciding if they are interested in achitecture as a major. Photo by Andy Cripe Residents express concern over parking for new library By Scan Nelson CM th« ImcruM Bugene residents expressed concern <iIhmi sites for a new or expanded KiiXt*!)** Public i.ibrary and the parking adjacent to them at a public information session held Tuesday night "Mv biggest concern is that my daughter will have to come to the library and park the car in a multi level parking structure late at night." said Howard Wade, a Eugene resident and former librarian. Wade expressed particular concern about the level of crime in the downtown area. Another Eugene resident. Thomas Slocum, said parking for the puhlii library was an issue that must la- dealt with. "We must question the proposed use of the I'arcade and (evaluate) the planning of parking spaces." Slocum said. Earlier this month, four possible sites for a new library were presented to the Future of Dur Library Committee after a local architectural firm conducted a site study. The Pan.ade is a parking garage across the street from one of the propos ed sites, a ( ityowned tot on highlit Avenue tail ween Willamette and Olive streets. A representative from the architectural firm that rondm ted the site study presented preliminary conclusions at the meeting "The new library is expended to serve a population of 200,000 people by the year 2000," said Don Lutes, former senior partner of the an hitectural firm of Robert sonKherwood Otto I'otichu of the architectural firm of Unthank. I'otichu and Wuterhury also presented the results of his firm's study of the existing library building. According to I’oticha. the present library "could la> expanded" efficiently. “The expanded library would require Turn to Library, Page ) ASUO to offer activity program for family housing older children By Carolyn Lamberson CM I hr tmerald The ASIJO. in conjunction with the Oregon State University Lane County Extension Service, is organizing a pro gram at Westmoreland and Amazon family housing for children, ages H to H The program. Alternative Activities for Older (children, was the brainchild of the ASIJO Child Care Task Force, ASIJO Vice President Karon C’.affney said. The pilot series on nutrition runs Aug ;» t» and Aug 10-13 and are free to the ASIJO and Westmoreland and Amazon children, said Susan Sowards. AKUO Exeuctive Coordinator. The extension service's Food and Nutrition Education Department will serve as a resource for the pilot series, ami the service's sum mer youth employees will actually teach the workshops. Sowards added. Gaffney suid the pilot program may he extended into fall term depending upon the response. The workshops also would use extension service resources, but unlike the nutrition workshops, the pro grams would he run by its 4-11 department. Potential future programs the ASIJO anil the task force are looking at include home economics, natural science, mechanical science and an expressive art series. Sowards said Gaffney added the workshops may tie made available to children of Hast Campus students sometime in the future. Interns from the University leisure Studies Program also may la1 used for more physical activities. Caffney said. Gaffney added that she believes children that age really want to gel in volved. "There needs to lie a good outlet or opportunity to get involved." she said. Gaffney said the initial formulation of the program was somewhat difficult because there are not many activities available for children ages H to 14 "The Governor has chosen to focus on Turn to Children, Page .1 Historical Museum offers exhibit of Ellis Island photos By Stephen Maher Of iKe Kmrr«ld Almost 1(K) years after a 15-year-old Irish girl by the name of Annie Moore became the first immigrant to land on New York's Kllis Island, an ex hibit of photographs depicting the island experience will be on display at the Lane County Historical Museum. The photographs wen; taken by renowned child labor photographer Lewis Wickes Mine (1874 — 1940), and por tray the immigrants as common people who possessed dignity, strength and character. Although Mine was not the first photographer to use a camera in the name of social reform, he worked to counteract the widespread prejudice foreigners from Soul horn and Eastern Europe faced when they arrived in the United States. "His intent was to get I he work published so that people would know that these were just other human tieings just like everybody else and that their only problem was that they couldn't speak English." said Ed Stelfox. Lane County Historical Museum director. "People in this country originally were from Northern Europe. And this sweep of im migration was from Southern Europe. So you had a lot of na tionalities that had different customs and different beliefs than what was already here.". Stelfox said. "Some of his photos are very hard-hitting. They don’t try to camouflage anything And there were some people, of course, who didn't appreciate that much candor.” h«i said. Ellis Island opened on jun.l. 1H02 and served as an immigra tion station until 1032. During those 40 years, 10 million im migrants were processed at the station. Mine worked on his immigra tion documentation from 1004 to 1000 and from 1826 to 1028 Using magnesium flash, he photographed families and in dividuals as well as the island's facilities. "Even though he was very sympathetic toward the im migrants he didn't attempt to manipulate them. They were pretty much straight forward Turn to Mine, Page 3 * J This Lewis Hine photo features a group of Italian immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. Iline's work will In; exhibited at the l.ane County Historical Museum through Aug. Mi.
