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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1978)
building of a college .. past, present and future eve come a long way,...baby Starnes liint College has made con- facility improvements jnception as an academ- tion 10 years ago. 167, the College was roughout the Clacka- mty area. The admini- fficeswere a four-room located on McLoughlin j in Milwaukie, said rsheim. College art in- '"The rooms were very esaid. of the classes were held tr Milne Road located hof Oregon City. The used there are now ebuilding complex pre ring facilitated by the Indents of the Orchard lid Don Fisher, College development and plan- equate funds were ob- ieCollege's decision as She new college was to darose. He locations were here, rkPlace in Oregon City, [Linn," said Alf Lair, lirector of planning and I 68,the College's present was finalized and ap- College had to purchase ¡erty from about six or rerent owners," Lair the property was then das farm land." re actual construction Me facilities began, a Ian was developed in ich was used as a basic for future development illege, Fisher said. Dur- me,the Clairmont build- istablished and the trail- fpositioned behind the [The trailers served as ration offices as well as id other academic class- |ir said. jis point in time, the consisted of 30 to 40 irs and one custodian, istodian did everything,” it roadway through the «constructed, Barlow fee next building to be 11970. As Barlow was mpleted, all the roadway ¡bed, Fisher said. W2, the Randall and Mc- buildings were esta te the Clairmont trail- Itransferred to the main iof the campus. feted their present lo fe they are now referred toilers A through G," id, Barlow was being con- Umuckers' jam cannery ’ijlit, college buildings on Mne Road are ready to fcred to permanent Io- Me present college site. was vacated and the College pur chased the buildings. Prior to the purchasing of the Smuckers building, the art department was located in the Brush and Palette building located on Jennings Ave nue and McLoughlin Boulevard. The Brush and Palette voted to accept the College's offer to rent their facility and the art de partment has run smoothly ever since, Bursheim said. The art instructor also said that the Brush and Palette was responsible for the recruitment of the College's art students. "About half of all the pre sently enrolled art students in volved with the Brush and Pa lette displayed a great deal of enthusiasm as to the College's existence there," Bursheim said. During the art department's occupation of the Brush and Pa lette building, Bursheim said that he was the instructor of all the art classes. "I taught everything -- basic design, drawing, painting and art history. Still today, I drop by the Brush and Palette once every two weeks to see how things are going," he said. When the office buildings on Warner Milne Road were trans ferred to their present location at the Orchard Center, they be came the early science lab, Lair said. "We had to situate the buildings on blocks because there was water everywhere. It was a real mess." The Orchard Center was-not the only area undergoing prob lems. As Barlow Hall was being constructed, its entire proposed parking lot area was a swamp, Lair said. The south parking lot or Community Center parking lot was a construction slab and not a parking lot at this time, Fisher said. As Randall, McLoughlin and Barlow were completed, the base ball field was constructed in 1971, Fisher said. As more funds were obtained, the track was built in 1975 as well as the ten nis courts, softball field and ar chery area. The Environmental Learning Center was also under construction, he said. As far as curriculum went, the College offered college trans ferrable courses as well as voca tional and technical courses to its students. The College's Community Center, the most recent addi tion to the campus, was begun in the fall of 1973, Fisher said. Previously, the counselors and registrar's offices were located throughout Randall, Barlow and McLoughlin Halls. All faculty members currently occupyingthe offices in the Community Center transferred their offices from their respective buildings when the Community Center was com pleted in the spring of 1975, Fisher said. "Before the Community Cen- terwascompleted,the game room and cafeteria were located in Randall Hall. There were no foos- ball tables, only two pool tables and a ping pong table. We had to move the game room from Randall 101 after a pool ball went through one of the win dows. The room had too much glass in it to be used as a recre ation room," Fisher said. The cafeteria consisted of a small concession stand where only salads and chili were served, he said. Leroy Anderson, College mu sic department chairman, said that during his first year at the College he was the only music instructor. "My first year 1 had to work part-time. The College was un certain as to whether they could guarantee a position for me be cause of the upcoming budget election. The budget passed, so there was no harm done," he said. The music classes were held at the Frist Presbyterian Church on Warner Milne Road. The choir met at the school choir room and the band met inThora B. Gardiner junior high school. The stage band met at Rex Putnam High for the first term and then continued in the church. "During 1968, the music de partment consisted of eight band members and two choir mem bers," Anderson said. "Only two people enrolled for choir that year. We performed our con certs in the Clairmont building and graduations were held in the Clairmont parking lot," he said. Overall, the College has come a long way in terms of academic and institutional growth and de velopment. "In the beginning, we had to be lenient with the students a great deal more than we are today," Bursheim said. "We are now like a college and act like a college. Academic standards have risen considerably over the years and I am personally very pleased with the College over all."
