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U. 0. Head For Cooperation
Federal Education Report
Is Generally Acceptable
To University, Says Hall
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re.ource. to increasing efficiency and
effectiveness of the major functions
of each institution, clearly indicated
by the .pedal place it occupie. In a
state-supported .ystera of hisner ed-
WRtion- Report Valuable
The University believes that the
Survey Commission's report I. a val
uable piece of work presenting much
evidence with painstaking analysis.
Particularly outstanding ia the Intro
duction in which are set forth in a
masterly way the salient economic
factors determining tne state s ability
to support hlnber education, the ex
tent to which educational opportuni
ties are furnished to the citizen, of
Orenon and of other states and the
relationship of the Instruction niven
to the vocational needs of the com
monwealth of Oreiton. University au
thorities, moreover, have no a""'
with the findinns of the Survey Com
mission that "Oreion's Wither educa.
tlonnl program is considerably-distorted"
and that "instead of a dl.trj.
butlnn of students between the major
fields of study In accordance with the
economic and occupational "quire
ments of its people grave def cle. e ics
are found in a number of the fields
while others have been expanded o an
exaggerated degwe." For this inco
ordination of the higher education
pToBrara of the state the I "ivers.ty
Joels no sense of responsibility.
Throughout Us entire history the
Institution at Kugene has . ought only
normal deve opment of those de
pUmcnt and l,ool3 which are uni
versallv recognized as a
Tart of a unirerylty P"-?J tn!
developed no professionn school i that
UnI i a land-grant college, a
Khool of agriculture and mechanical
,ru or an Institute of technology.
Whatever limitation, have been m
nlied in the name have been faithfully
Sbserved The work ha. no been ex
panded beyond the uppropriHte fields
hv the annexation of tii.rltd dlclp
llnes or used to disguise a major car
r ed in aoml liberal arts subject only
dl.rnntly related to the nominal ma-
Jor" U. Holds Down
In the CoUege of Literature. Sci
ence and the Art. .everal Important
field, that belong In a liberal arts col
lege have been left undeveloped uch
a. astronomy and anthropology or
handled In a limited way in closely
related dieclnllnes. The one ;;'"
department, namely h0""1".
ha. not only observed the limitations
imposed and Implied by the name hut
hn. never exceeded in any way the
nuota of work (30 term hour.) as
signed by definite ruling, of the
Board of Higher Curricula In 1025. If
the educational program of the state
hss been "distorted" the blame ran
not be laid at the door of the Uni
versity. .... ,.
In ileveioping ai rmsi-i":,
nrnl science work Into the upper di
vision and graduate field, the ttniver
sltv merely Included subjects and dis
cipline, everywhere regnrded as an
Indispensable part of a university pro
gram and entered fields freelv 'on
ceded to It by order, of the Board of
Higher Curricula. It can not therefore
.ho rightfully accused of either unnec
essary duplication or of adding to the
distortion of the state', educational
program.
Distortion Obvlou.
The Survey Commission's report It
self make. It easy to discern the rea
son for the distortion. After pointing
out that liberal arts mnior. In Ore
gon institution. f" 'nr Mmr the
normal CJn.fi per cent a. ngnlnst the
U. S. average of M.S) the report goes
on to point out that "till, deficiency
(of liberal art. majors) Is explained
in part however, by the fact thnt at
the Htnte College a very lnrge number
of student, who are In fact pursuing
aria and science work ore enrolled and
reported a. Home Economics and
Commerce students" and again, on
pngo 87. referring to the abnormally
high percentnge In business course,
("almost one-fourth of the entire en
rnllment") the Commission attibutes
the apparent exces. of enthusiasm for
buslnes. career, by "the fact that
.tudenla at the State College whose
niaior Interest Is art. and sciences are
reported as commerce students."
It Is plninlv apparent that for years
the State College has been using a
commerce major to disguise a major
in liberal arts or even more remotely
related aul.jvcts that have been de
veloped out of harmony with the pri
mary responsibility of a college or
agriculture and mechanical arts and in
fields, which, according to the rulings
of the Ilonrd of Higher Curricula, the
Cnllcce hnd no right to carry a major.
Through the School of Commerce ma
iors have been smuggled Into forbid
den fields and (lie real content of
their course disguised or "distorted.
Since the strn'-ht and narrow way
was not open they "climbed up bv
some other wny" and helped by their
presence and the course, they pur
sued to divert the College from its
normal purpose and to assist In Invad
ing the traditional field of tho Uni
versity. A table which appear, on
n ii... ltiflicnliM the
peg Oil i'i in-.-..
occupational objectives of Ktiident as
Indicated n- nuesiionnairc. i nr,, .....
by them, llv combining two headings
"Trade" and "nuslness" it is P"
" Bible to state the number at the I ill
Tcrsilv and the College that were In
tending lo, enter business.
Colleoe Figure. Cited
AL foe I'nivri in. ".'
for business, a figure that corresponds
verv closely to me ms.ior rnmnm....
I.. 11. .-I- A,l..,lnlatratlnl1. At tllC
111 numiirnn .,,. --
College on the other hand the trade
and business group aggrcgnic n
.ii- f-ti- lK....i .-...llv (HI Iwlnw
v im II mill iii.u.'.",v -
the number of majors In I ommerce.
When It Is remomnereii i-nm n....
students really Intending to enter bus
iness do not carry major. In the bus
Iness school the excess of "mslors
i .. i ...ill m.ira atm.lf icnnt
as an Index of the number of those
who enter in ny some ounr ni- t.
cept tho straight and parrow one of
an undisguised msior. miiirini num
ber 3S. I". S. Office of Education,
makes It possible to classify the ma-
1 nf all tlldi.nlS In lnntl-
grant colltges separately maintained
and to compare O. 8. A. C. with the
normal, in agriculture end engineer
ing the Oregon figure falls below the
arernge Tor all nineteen sepnrme mini
grunt nuirara.
On the other hand, the data show
I.1 tl.a Mvn0.rMt'iilftit davi.lonment
In home nconntnlcs. education and
commerce. On the average 8.4 per
rinl of students enrolled in land
grant colleges pursue major. In
commerce. At the Oregon institution
l.l. .1 mi 1 ap
lina iik.iiij ll.ri iu ai'.a '-"l inn w
more than three times the typical
proportion. Aitnongn tne i:orvaius in
aiitution luis only one-tenth of the
total enrollment in all separate land
pant Mil. 1 l.. l .I.I..I
of the ninjors In commerce. The re-
ni.i'..-.uiiii. iur nisiorrinn is OUlie
'J luuicBiea ana ue Oircctlon 01
remedial action I. also made manifest.
The University Is, moreover, in har
mony with the spirit and intent of the
report as it aim. to create a sys
tem of higher education capable of
being operated with the minimum
amount of friction and the maximum
degree of economy and efficiency.
Only by recognising the principle of
division of labor and cooperation be
tween the institutions in mutters that
require coordinated and common ef
fort In research and extension enn
higher education In Oregon profit by
intensive specialization on the one
hand and combination of effort on the
other. The Survey Commission Is
sound in allowing that measure of du
plication involved In the creation of
lower division, at four of the five in
stitutions with proper emphasis on
broad, basic, fundamental and liberal
izing subjects, as npprooch to profes
sional or technical work or depart
mental specialization In the upper di
vision. To facilitate the degree of co
operation Implied throughout and to
minimize the difficulties involved in
the sharper division of professional
work and departmental specialties De
tween the Institutions in the upper
division and graduate fielda uniform
ity in content of the lower division
curriculum should bo emphasized ns
far aa it ia reasonably possible.
Down With Rlevlryl
The University is wholly In accord
with the recommendation of the Sur
vey Commission (pages 5IKI-S04) af
fecting institutional publicity and the
feverish rivalry in the recruiting of
atudent. .o ably discussed in the re
port. Pamphleta und bulletina mailed
to prospective, students have been
elaborate and costly. Conferences for
lilh school students buvo been or
ganized In such a way aa to uiaKe un
necessary demands on time and en-
a,iM rtf rtn.,iiaa miH ri.sidnilt stu
dents and largely for the purpose of
making favorable Impressions on pro
spective college nnd university stu
dents. Students in secondary schools
have been visited, advised, tesled nnd
vocationally guided nnd. In the opinion
of many, not entirely out ot dlsintcr
esled incentives to serve.
Tho University can with clear con
aclence and with some measure of sat
isfaction endorse without reservation
the constructive recommendations for
centralized control of publicity and
advice to prospective students. The
President of the University has re
peatedly called attention to the waste
ful and irritating situation thnt baa
developed under Intense rivalry at
tended by a constnnt temptntlnn to
overstate the educntional opportuni
ties which certain Institutions enn
rightfully offer. He baa deplored the
(levicca which the Survey Commission
condemn, nnd ha. been willing nt nil
time, to acquiesce in a constructive
program of centralized ndvicn organ
ized with a view to inform rather
than persuade.
The university also is in nnriiionj
with the suggestions regarding a se
verer sifting of applicants for admis
sion and the elevation of Ktiinilui'ds
for graduation nnd crron for continued
rosidonco In higher educational Insti
tutions. For the past five yearn tho
University hn. .ought to innlntiiin a
high .tondard for studenta who enter
from neighboring .tnte. und who may
be drawn to Oregon for no more wor
thy rea.on than their inability to gnin
admission to high standard institu
tions in their own state. The Impres
sion has prevailed that the stnndnrd
set for admission of out-of-state stu
dent. I. not uniformly high nt other
Oregon Institutions. At any rate the
University believes tnnt a irniiK ap
praisal of these admission require
imuiln with n view to adonting n uni
form set of regulations would make
for better undemanding and closer
cooperation.
Keep Up Stantinras
Tn adont Inn euch uniform entrance
requirements, enro should bo taken
thnt the highest existing stnndurds
should in no wnv be relaxed. Colucl-
Hnnt with tlio adontlon of these Ktan-
dards oricctlng out-of-stnto snmeiiis
the University took stone to place on
special probation student, who come
from the lowest twenty-five per cent
of graduating classes from Oregon
high school, nnd to begin a nuinuer oi
narannnol studio, to determine what
degree of success or fniluro attended
the efforts of auch atudents to ningo
good In a university atmosphere. The
University slnnds ready to adopt any
reasonable standard which sound edu
cational policy approve, and which Is
necessitated by the Increasing demand
for eco iomv In the support of higher
education. The University must Insist,
however, thnt the standard adopted
must be uniform for all Institutions
nnd applied with unflinching Impar
tiality to the Individual stuueni.
The University administration also
accepts with .ntisfactlon the recom
mendations affecting athletics nnd the
organisation of athletic work as a
branch of physical education. The Uni
versity's position on this point has
been ninde clear not only by public
statement of its officials but through
the long-standing organization of the
School of Physical Education. The
University has, moreover, .ought, so
far as its limited resources permit, to
orgnnlte Its program ot health and
recreation witli proper emphasis on
intrn-niiirill sports the benefits of
which are widely diffused. The em
phasis on intercollegiate athletics,
perhaps less pronounced at I iregun
than at other I'ncific Const Institu
tions, and the fart, that athletic have
boon largely student controlled nnd
largely student supported has not in
Buy material degree Interfered ilh
the Intrn-iiiural program.
In carrying Into effect the Commis
sion's recouinieiidntions affecting re
organization of Itncrcolloginte athlet
ics on a more academic and less com
mercial basis the Hoard of Higher
Education must not be uumindful of a
competitive situation. Quito apart
from the fact that the coaching staff
Is hired under contract for a more or
less extended period at stipulated sal
aries, other conference schools in the
Pacific Const srea with larger gate
receipts are able to command the ser
vices of outstanding men ns coaches
and Oregon institutions must meet
ttie competitive situation by paying
the price. As soon as it is possible to
obtain concerted action by conference
schools the University will be tho
first to advocate placing the coaches
on professorial basis, assimilating
athletics entirely into a program ot
physical education and perfecting such
system of control as will giro proper
emphasis to the academic side of the
work,
0. K. on Schools
The University again wishes to sig
nlfv unqualified approval of the prin
ciple under which the assignment of
professorial schools is made by the
burvey t oninusMon. Although opto
Ions may differ regarding the piooei
proportion of art ami f struct nrnl
oiigineoriiig in the prnfiinn of archi
tecture the University S.'h.ml of Ar
thlltctur with a briiliaut record is
How University And College Regard Survey Plan
Institutional attitudes toward the federal higher educfUIon sur
vey show the University of Oregon accepting the survey witU
reservation, and Oregon State college attacking it from almo.t
every angle.
MUSIC
Survey Proposes all music at university, except 'institutional
music." No private lessons at state college. ,
U. of (..-Accepts survey proposal, offers suggestion that private
lessons should be given at other schools but not under school
auspices, or should be given there by U. O. teachers. .,.,..
O 8. C Rejects survey proposal, stating that "opportunities
available In music at the college, excessively limited at Present,
would be well nigh intolerable if the inhibitions recommended by
the commission were adopted."
JOURNALISM
SurveyProposed centering all Journalism at Eugene and Joint
curricula betwoen Eugene and Corvallls for students in agricul
tural Journalism."
U. of 0. Accepts recommendation as made. ... , , ,
0 8. C Rejects plan as Inconsistent with purposes of Industrial
Journalism at Oregon State. Insists technical Journalists must have
complete course In technical subject, teacher who knows technical
field, and that Journalism is necessary for students to work on
campus publications.
1 v COMMERCE
Survey Proposes moving school of commerce to Eugene and
presumably fusing it with school of business administration.
U of O. Accepts proposal, submitting (1) college commerce
course now confused with U. of O. business administration;
(2) removal Eugene can handle commerce work with building alter
ation costing J4000; (3) that secretarial training has no place in
higher education; (4) that no hardship will be worked on profes
sional students at Corvallls; (5) that this plan will save the state
approximately 100,000 biennially.
O. 8. C Rejects proposal as denying college one of four original
cornerstones of land grant colleges. Insists commerce is inter
dependent with technical study offered at the college. Insists one
of missions of land grant college Is to offer full education for
business and industrial pursuits.
EXTENSION
Survey Proposes consolidation of all extension work, under
Intra-mural council.
U. of O.-O. 8, C. Reject proposal as made and offer Joint plan
in Its place, proposing close cooperative plan with conferences
between directors but in no way Jeopardizing federal funds now
coming to college.
RE8EARCH
Survey Proposes inter-institutional research program, with a
preparing for this profession and a
nation-wide reputation for the excel
lence of its work bus proceeded on the
assumption that architecture Is pri
marily a specie, of art and that the
structural aspects lire of secondary
importance. University authorities
may reasonably raise the question why
landscape gardening, the natural com
plement of the architeut's work, in
volving the principles of design and
related only in minor degree to agri
culture and plant husbandry, should
not also have been more closely asso
ciated with the School of Architec-
'"'Hie school of journalism, having Its
foundation In literature nnd the social
sciences belongs properly at the uni
versity and since the atate of Oregon
docs not nocd and enn not afford two
schools of journalism the establish
ment at the college should in the in
terest, ot economy be restricted and
placed in 6i niic relationship to the
major school on the university campus.
The administration pledges its sup
port in perfecting a joint curriculum
adequate to the needs of technical
writers in the field of agriculture.
The general demand lor Instruction in
journalistic writing might reasonably
be satisfied by u single course organ
ized as n part of lower division work
in written English, cataloged aa tech
nical Knglish and divided Into sections
with the work definitely suited to the
needs of vocation, demanding contact
with tlio periodical "ress and tho
popularization of aclentific material.
Brlnn Commerce Over
The tritnsicr ot nil business and
commerce lo tile university I. in
keeping with recommendations ot
seven state surveys of higher educa
tion and this line of work should nnt
urnlly neck Hie closest possible alliance
with inn jor departments in the social
sciences. Analysis of upper division
courses tul.en by recent graduates
from our own school of business allows
thnt they look iieuily ns ninny junior
and senior hours in the sociul sciences
ns in the field of major interest. The
two fields especially business and eco
nomics (culled by Scagcr "tho social
science of business") ore intcr-ro-luted
nt every point In the curriculum.
The university lias developed strong
social science uepnniiii'iim nun ,-"
trained stall's and with a curriculum
of advanced work lending to musters
degrees and the degree of doctor of
philosophy in two departments, in
economics, sociology und political
science not a single mourner oi mc
faculty lucks the doctor's degree. In
economics and sociology conspicuous
contributions are Doing mime in in
literature of the subject. Within the
last year three books of outstanding
importance hnve been published- by
members of the economic stuff. ith
upper division nnd graduate courses
in social science fully developed and
ovailolilc at the university there is no
longer any reed for tho "extensive and
expensive" duplication referred to by
the survey Liuiiiiitssion. As long as
commerce' remain, at the college an
excuse will exist, for the extensive
duplication of courses in the social
science field nt the university. More
over, these "service" departments will
aspire to major work in forbidden
fields and minors in economic, nnd
sociology will be masquerading under
the nnine and guise of commerce stu-
'1'"tS' Save $100,000
The transfer of commerce to the
university ill iniike possible a tib
Manual saving elimilleil at near
SHSMKHI for the bieniiiuio the only
suliiiiiti:it saving indiciilcil ill the
. .. 'I'IiIk aiivinii can la?
realized even when proper provisions
are made for expansion In business
courses anil m social science ni n u n
;.. ,1... nnivt.rsilV CUrriCUllllU.
The claim is already made by adher
ents of the college that, the transfer
is undesirable nnd even Impossible
"bocnuso the university can not house
the lidded enrollment.
,- i... .-.,.. n, rii is of the sur
vey were known tlio university had
contemplated the remodeling of
Kriendlv hnll which, because of its
rentraf location, should he converted
to class room and office use. 1 his
alteration will cost not over
(architect's estimate J1000) and will
n,-,-..p,i ,,..into room for the social
science departments now localized in
llic paseniem ami iivsi iimn .
merer building. With the removal of
social siicnie. Commerce ball would
Is- left for I ho exclusive use of busi
ness administration. Class room and
office capacity available for the use
,.f the school would be approximately
il.mhli-il. Thus for a modest expendl
line social roieneo departments widely
scallered and at points poorly housed
would ho assembled in one place and
room for expansion set free for the
School llf lltlMUOSS,
The nee.l for a modicum of business
training for agriculturists and engin
eers could be luken care of by lower
division courses in elementary econo
inics and principles of accounting fol
lowed by specialized courses in farm
Bct-ouiiting end accounting for engin
eers given as a part of the teehnit-nl
'liri-iciilum of these sellnnls. Either
ls'c:iue of a failure to recognise the
nivewly for this business training
or an iuntMia!ly crowded program of
tei-hniesl sttt'iecls, rollo-e authorities
hare prescribed but little ui thtt field
Oh Federal Survey, While Kerr Assails Report
for either agriculture or engineering.
In the last named course for ex
ample a year sequence only in introu
duction to economics, nntionnl govern
ment nnd accounting for engineers ag
gregating nine term hours satisfies the
vtitire requirement. In agricultural
economics (more economics than agri
culture) a scries of important social
science courses find a place in the
upper division schedule. This tvpe of
training of rapidly growing import
ance is, however, adequately met by
the joint curriculum provided in the
survey commission's recommendations.
Sound Prlnolples Seen
It appears to the university auth
irities that sound principles ulso un
derlie the division and co-ordination
of teachers training work in the five
institution, of higher learning. (Sur
vey report 578-5711). The large de
velopment of normal schools in Ore
gon, while an added tax on the state's
resources, nevertheless does make
adequate provisiou for a type of
training of fundamental importance in
the educational system. The division
of the secondary field between college
and university along tne line oi alloca
tion of major subjects which torm tne
ntent is again a convenient device
to secure concentration and to define
the field of education left open to
each aspirant. When accompanied by
tho machinery for certification of
logical combinations in high school
subject the scheme of division of
labor should avoid duplication of
minimize friction between the two
schools of education.
rJ ins arrangement winch contem-
nliiles the assignment to the school of
vocational education the training of
subjects definitely nssigncd to the
college on a major basis and closely
allied combinations meets with no ob
jections from the university. Moreover
the delimitation ot the Hold leaves lo
he Corvalbs school a wide field of
usefulness and service in connection
th tho secondary school system of
the state n field fur more extensive.
it limy be observed, than was contem
plated when the department, of indus
trial pedagogy was organized in 11113
with provision for the "training (of)
persons to teach industrial subjects
in tho common or high schools in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
Nelson ami iidment of 11107 to the
Morril act of ISlKi."
On J. H. S. Tralnlnn
The university questions only the
application of this principle controll
ing the division of the teachers train
ing field to the training of junior high
school tcncl crs. It appear, to univer
sity authorities that at this point
geographical rather than logical rea-
aoiiM determined the location of facili
lin fnP tho training of junior high
school tenchers. The assignment of
this work (ill content subjects more
closely allied to university curricula)
to the couege and the central normal
school seems to identify it with voca
tional education on the one hand and
..!... ,.l,,-u adnentlon nit the Other.
Neither' of these assumptions is
cm-root. Expert opinion as well as the
plnn carefully formulated by State
Teachers' association of Oregon
identify tho junior high school teacn-im-
nrnl curric til urn with the senior
.null school in preference to the lower
Ki'iuloK. Th ran in rennon for th or
inmirutimi of junior hiph schools lies
In the desire to mttereimate romeni
mntiirifl from tin. wor It of elpnien-
tury jiriwips. The work looks forwnnl
rather than backward and belniips
with senior bitch school training at
the university. It is true thnt the uni
versity high school attached to the
if pdu. -ntiim doen not now
make provision for junior hiph school
work hut under arramrements with
the Kucene school board junior high
schools are open to the university
for supervised teachers in these
branches. (See brief No. VI. Attitude
on Kdueation and Teachers Trainum).
Inivprsitv authorities can not
morever, convince themselves thnt
the principle assumed to underlie the
division of teachers training has been
loKicallr applied fn the case ot pnysi
en. pdncnthin. The richt of both in
Munitions to ive i-ervice work in this
field ran not be question. 1 tie I m
mrsitr freelv tt.nceden that the pro'
fessionnl work in physical education
should rest on sound scientific trmn
ine in bioloKical and related sciences
This requirement can be adequately
met in the lower division work or the
deficiency supplied by an extra course
or two in the physiology of exercise,
hygiene, etc.. which members of the
staff or physical education and the
health service are eminently qualified
to give.
Moreover, if the Vniversity's eon
tention to retain the major work in
ftcipnre in sustained this consulera
lion argues In ftivor of leaving the
professional work in physical educa
tion on the r.ugene campus. In any
event the work in physical education
in its uppt division relntes itself
more directly to the work in psycho
ogy. education and the social sciences
than to the biological sciences, chenv
istry nnd bacteriology. It is a form
of education grounded deep in the
principles of educational Hnd social
psychology; it touches problems of
community health and recreation,
community life and customs and i
therefore related to discipline
ntucb the Uuvcraity li prt-eoiuicut
state research council of representatives of five institutions, board
ef education and department of education.
U. of O, Accepts theory of inter-institutional research as sound,
but proposes make-up of research council of three members ap
pointed by presidents of two large schools, and third by presidents
of three normals. Favors some separate institutional research, but
with projects definitely announced and approved.
O. 8. C Accepts theory of inter-institutlonal research, but
doubts advisability of research council at this time when no funds
available. Offers suggestions for limited cooperative projects under
present funds and personnel.
PUBLICITY AND RECRUITING
8urvey Proposes discontinuing Institutional bulletins and leaf
lets, coordinating catalogues, discontinuing recruiting and student
visits to the campuses.
U. of O. Accepts proposal with soma reservations regarding
certain types of informatory materials.
0. 8. C Rejects commission's criticisms' of paBt practices and
proposes continuance of present plan of Institutions Issuing mater
ials under approval of state board.
UPPER-LOWER DIVISION PLAN
Survey Proposes organization ot Junior college plan In two
large schools and two normals, giving fundamental lower division
work leading into specialties a Eugene and Corvallls.
U. of 0, Accepts proposal.
O. 8. C. Dissents from plan, insisting that technical education
necessitates special grouped study throughout college career. (This
gathered from Informal statement as brief not yet available.)
HOME ECONOMICS ART, ARCHITECTURE
Survey Proposes home economics school at Corvallls, but in
centralizing art courses, Buch as interior decoration, at Eugene,
Indicates tendency to remove some work from Corvallls now given
under borne economics school.
U. of 0. Accepts proposal to give Corvallls all home economics,
and accepts centralizing of all art and architecture at Eugene, in
sisting this in line with general practice.
O. S. C Accepts sohool but inslstB on keeping courses other
than those directly related to cooking.
UPPER DIVISION SCIENCES
Survey Proposes all upper division science be located at Cor
vallls. - . .
U. of O. Rejects this proposal en toto, Insisting sciences needed
for well-rounded university and that Influences of upper division
sciences necessary to social sciences, Journalism and other studies
offered by university.
O, S. C. Offers no brief.
and in which its position will be re-
inforced if recommendations of the
Survey Commission are carried out.
The "service" School of Health nnd
Physical Education at the College has
aspired to duplicate the professional
school definitely estaoiisnea ny a
series of rulings at the University.
During the past biennium it expend
ed from tax money $05,878. or $20,-
000 more than the major school at
the University. By placing the pro
fessional work definitely at Eujrene
a substantial saving can be realized
and unnecessary confusion avoided
Coordinate Theml
The University endorses with satis
faction the purpose of the Commis
sion in seeking the highest degree of
coordination in the fields of research
and extension work. So important
are the results and so limited are
available resources that the public
can ill afford to allow any waste of
effort or of funds in duplication or
feverish rivalry to possess the field
for the snke of political advantage.
The necessity for cooperative re
search has been demonstrated very
often in Oregon history nnd the Sur
vey Commission looks with tavor on
further extension of these enter
prises. In proportion ns Ij Diversity
and College work is segregated along
distinct lines the necessity for com
bined attack on research problems
will become more manifest.
The University administration has
already hnd under advisement the de
velopment of several state-wide co
operative research projects, inciuunnr
the following: the economic, social
nnd commercial aspects of the lum
lKr nrohlem in the Northwest; geo
logical survey of the state of Oregon;
a stiite-wide survey of tlie major re
search projects most immediately es
sential in the industrial and com
mercial development of the common
wealth. These projects have already
been formulated and efforts were al
ready Ming made to help tinance
them by capital from outside the
state. Such items could be handled
under the proposed type of institu
tional cooperation in research. While
recognizing in full the paramount
necessity for closer coordination of
both research and extension activity,
the University believes that the entl
can be accomplished more surely and
directly by far simpler machinery
t hn n through the State Jiesea rch
Council recommended ipage ri-U or
the Extra Mural Council lunge 001).
Cooperation Planned
As regards extension work arrange
ments have already been made be
tween directors of extension at the
University nnd the College, which, if
they t receive the sunction of the
Hoard, will insure the same measure
of cooperation nnd coordination con
templated by the report Moreover,
the University acting in union with
the College authorities propose a
commonwealth extension council con
sisting of the director of agricultural
extension nt the College, director of
general extension nt the University
and one representative from the Nor
mnl Schools. This type of organiza
tion would insure coordinated effort
nnd nt the same time safeguard the
Interests of the institutions that have
achieved nntionnl distinction in the
type of extension work curried out.
Established fields of work are pro
tected and coordinated under the di
rection of two men with a background
of extensive experience while at the
same time insuring the entrance of
the Normal School into the field with
t heir appropriate cont ribut ion.
In like manner the supervision and
coordinal ion of research work with
an inter-institutional aspect could
properly be placed unrler the direc
tion of n commonwealth research
council with the three types of In
stitutions represented by one member
for each. This council of three would
combine men whose interest and in
sight nnd specialized knowledge of
research administration would insure
enthusiasm tempered with insight nnd
insure thnt degree of cooperation so
necessnry to fruitful results in prob
lems affected by varied aspects.
Selence Cut Rejected
The onp most imports nt reconimpn
College Attacks Federal
Figures as Inaccurate and
Defends Commerce School
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE I)
purpose of which would be to reduce
cost end insure harmony. In consid
ering a single institution or two in
stitutions, however, there should be
no exaggerated idea regarding the
cost to the state resulting from the
maintenance of separate institutions
as is the case in Indiana. Iowa.
Kansas as compared with combined
insiitutinns as in the case of Cali
fornia, Wut-otiMU, Illinois. The fact
is. according t statistics from the
Vnited States office of education, that
the cost per Mudnt in th combined
institution mnioiied. and in others
tents iitUe from the con per itud
dation in which the University finds
it impossible to concur is the pro
posed transfer of natural science in
the upper division and graduate field
to the Oregon State Agricultural Col
lege. The University, does not ques
tion the right of the College to oc
cupy a pre-eminent position in the
field of applied science and all of its
technical relations, but wc find no
precedent either in previous survey
reports or in the published catalogues
of Btate universities for truncating
or dismantling the teaching of pure
science in the upper division and
graduate field In stnte universities.
There is no precedent for creating a
monopoly in favor of land-grant col
leges in the upper domains of nat
ural science.
University authorities finding no
precedent for this unusual departure
and believing it to be in conflict with
sound principles of educational policy
and administration, are obliged to en
ter protest against the proposed ac
tion affecting the allocation and dis
location of science work. They do ao
with reluctance after having concurred
in so many recommendations of the
Commission's report. Puro science,
nn inseparable part of a university
program, necessary to the completion
of the liberal, nrts curriculum and de
veloped at the University in strict
conformity with rulings of the Board
of Higher Curricula.-we enn not help
but regard as a rightful possession.
It is. therefore, difficult to under
stand why the Eugene institution
should be deprived of a function
necpssnrv to the existence of an
American university, when it is not
essential to the well rounded develop
ment of the College and when its
transfer would accomplish no finan
cial saving.
Plan Not Sound
The removal of nhvsicnl and bio
logical science from the University is
out of harmony with sound educa
tional policy and in conflict with re
rominendiitionR made bv previous sur
vey commissions. Examination of
catalogues in nineteen stntes where
universities and lnnd-grant colleges
are maintained separately supplies no
precedent ior such nction. To follow
thiR reeommendntion would involve n
loss of prestige to the University and
would interfere with the retention of
scholars whose contributions through
research have given name nnd fame
throughout the country nnd com
mantled generous support from edu
en firm nl fnnnilationSa
The division of premedic work with
the concluding year or years nt the
Cnllet'e is out of hnrmonv with the
organic unity of medical school and
university. It Is anomalous to say the
least thnt n great school of medicine
freely conceded to the University
should be associated with an institu
tion which has no right to give the
foundation work in premedical train
ing. The University atmosphere must
nfford nn onnortunitv for close and
vital contacts and interchange of
viewpoints between the social sciences
on the one hand and the mare exnet
sciences of physics, mathematics nnd
biology on the other, r.nch is neces
snrr to the nurture of the other.
Moreover the proposed change
would be fruitful of no material sav
ings. Three different lines of inveS'
titration show that the maximum sav
ing on the University budget from
the elimination of upper division set
pnoi rnnlH not exceed ?4l.tKMI nn
nually. Against this must be reckoned
the expense of enriching flip offer
ings in pure science at the College to
satisfy the major demand extending
far into the graduate field. The Sur
vey Commission in addition recog
nizes the necessity for added outlays
in buildings to accommodate the ac
cessions of work in chemistry nnd
biology Implied in the recommended
transfer. The net saving becomes
negligible or even negative and the
University believes that the savings,
if nny. nre not worth the sacrifice in
volved in the uprooting of lonjr estab
lished departments fruitful in re
search and tested in teaching ef
ficiency.
ent In institutions in those utates that
maintain separate land-grant colleges
and jttate iinivcrities.
In differentiating between the scope
and function of these two stnte insti
tutions, and In defining, in broad yet
definite terms, the limits of their re
spective fields of service, the board
of higher eciirricula is conceded to
hare performed an important public
service nnd to have done it wisely.
The Oregon survey commission ex
presslv recognixes this fact in sarinr
with reference tn the characrer of
the two institutions on page P thnt
"each Is devoted to large areas of Hu
caUoaai endeavor that axe peculiar lr
Its own and within which it has no
competition from the other state m
stitutious." Many other statements
in the report confirm the fact that
the board ot higher curricula neipea
to develon the institutions in essen
tially distinct ami unified fields.
To the rutin us of the board of
higher curricula the college has al
ways conformed In a spirit of absolute
fidelity. It has had authorization for
and major curricula, all service courses
and all types of instruction offered by
a. :r...: l 1... ...... A 1 a
llie JUSI.IUUUU. -li "ao nvu&uw .v uc-
velop its work only in the peculiar
field of the land-grant college, and
only in so far as the board has recog
nized its right to occupy this field.
It has consistently endeavored to re
spect the rights and privileges of the
other higher educntional institutions
of the state. It has been friendly to
all efforts for their development in
their respective fields.
It is a matter of profound regret
thnfc no onnortunitv was given the
several institutions for conference
with the commission before the final
preparation of the report, especially
in respect to fundamental economic
data regarding production, occupa
tions, manufacturing, etc.; curricular
procedure peculiar to a given institu
tion, making comparisons with another
institution anomalous; use of meas
uring units of unenual value: and vn
rious other matters of fact that, if
clarified, could have, ooviatea many
errors and misconceptions in the re-
Eort. Such inaccuracies as appear may
ave been due in the mnin to inade
quate information furnished the com
mission. When basic data regarding
agricultural production nnd manufac
turing are nt variance with the facts
by millions nnd even hundreds of mil
lions of dollnrs however, the situation
is not reassuring.
The development of n program of
higher education, that will be beyond
the progress made iu other states,
that will be so conceived as to better
the "typical American oroanUatlon of
education," that will be organized with
such uderatanding of the needs In pre
paration for life careers, and with
siien corre anon 10 uie bocimi, enmu-
mic, nnd other neerts ot a grent com
monwealth as to be a model of co
ordination in the field of hieher edu
ontinn i a n oravfl resDonslbllltV.
The application of the "guiding
nrinrtn W of fiindflropntiu co-orilinn
linn tn thp hn flint ot mien a lrn-
pram of li!crhr priurntinn for the
Btate of Oregon should be critically
considered.
www
An .nalrsls of the. SurveT'a discus
slon of duplication, which led to this
noi-inn. chitrne In the docket, has
been made by Dean Smith of the
school of basic art. and ociencea, so
fn. n. rnlleffA courses are concerned.
The conclusions drawn from the in
vesHt-Btion by Dean Kmith are sum
marized In his report somewhat as
follows
1. The Survey study of duplica
tion of course, seems to have
made no distinction between courses
at either institution running for a
term and those runnine for a year.
Without tnkinit nccount of lonKth
of course offerins comparisons
between the two institution, have
little sienificance.
2. The Survey study likewise
seems to liavo erroneously regard
ed courses at the College as np
per division if they carry course
.. n,l,ri nf "RniY nr. above, where
as no proper comparison can be
made Detween uoiieKe oi
sity courses on the baRls of course
numbers, as the two institutions
An nnr eninlov the same system of
numbering.
3. By fnilure. to consider the
difference in the course numbering
svstem of the College, the report
charges the Colleie with a great
amount of duplication.
4. The error Is further aggrft.
vated in that general courses with
out prerequisites in the sciences
nr-e Also counted In upper division
because of being indexed with a
higher number.
5. Tn all departments in the
Rnhnnl nf Rnsic Arts and Sciences
aside from work in biologic nnd
nhvsicnl science leading to degrees
in ' Agriculture or Engineering or
Involved in studies in rcinreii as
pects of npplied science, the totnl
amount of work offered (i. e..
number of credits for all courses)
Is less by nearly one-third at the
College than In lower division only
in these snme depnrtmenls nt the
University. This amount, so much
less In entire scope than the lower-division
work onlv nt the Tni
versity. enn hardly be held to in
volve much duplication in the upper-division
field.
The facts brought out in Penn
Smith's detailed study of the situa
tion appear to indicate clearly that
duplication of I'niversity work by
the College Is almost exclusively in
lower-division fields, and that dupli
cations in upper-division work is
either negligible or altogether Justi
fied. All of this work hns. of course,
been specifienlly authorized by the
Board. Finally, Dean Smith's study
shows thnt the totnl of all arts and
science courses offered nt tlio Col
lege is far less thnn the offerings in
these snme courses nt the University
in lower-division only. Thev are less,
therefore, thnn the amount the Col
lege would tench If the recommenda
tions of the Survey Report to estab
lish lower-division work on a com
mon basis at both institutions were
put in operation.
Tt would seem a prodigal waste of
sound educational information, in the
judgment of the College, to discon
tinue issuing such bulletins, published
br authority of the Board of Higher
Kducntion. as give a clear and in
forming message- about the respec
tive institutions.
The mine of farm nroduets ns
given in Survey Table XII. page 44.
a basic source of figures from which
several Important conclusions nre
drawn, is in error by approximately
$12,000,000. In comparing agricul
tural production with manufacturing,
the Commission statesi that "The
trIii of the state's farm products
is $255,384,000 lew than U manu
factured products." This, Pmfeor
Breithaupt shows. Is a misleading
statement, and that as a matter of
fact the value added by mannf'"'tnre
by all Oregon industries in 1027 ex
ceeded the rash Income from farm
products of that yenr by ?ni.221.0PO
a sum ouite different from the
2.VI.OO0,OOO published in the Survey
Report,
On a foundation of data thnt re
veals many inaccuracies, the Com
mission attempts to prove thnt "Ore
gon's higher educational program is
considerably distorted." that because
of th higher proportion of students
in agriculture, engineering, ronrmerce.
etc., there Is "incoordination w;th
the state's needs." As a matter of
fact the commonsense view, almost
universally entertained, thnt Ore
gon's economic interests rest chiefly
upon land produrM. with sericulture
and forestry lending. I. thornccMy
onnd. Tt is Irrefutably supported by
the facts.
t
The Question It rtiaed. how ii mua
of studVuu on t rS,1" h
tlrnn Kugene if
student pnys free ar . . . if-ii,c i.
proble.uofproVfcf
grum in music at the varieM"
.in tn n. . J . ..
, "" not De so ved
merely of prohibitions. If 1,1
be taught nt all, the iuiin, K," '
be of the highest Tvne oh,.' u
should meet the n,L 0f Mbl
studying, it throughout'.?,
career-m the case of r""
four years. That the report V04"""
Dii.tuuit, luuvitiion lor mil.;- 0
College is apparent. Th. .l'1
ties available in musicBin
excessively limited at nr.t. Ut"
be well nlrt taiobSbffT&W
bition. recommended bv th,
sioii were to be adnpteil. mal,
Oregon State rniu t.
to maintain or develop "wl"1"
major department of iour,fi 01
competition will, the
nahsm at the ri,i,-n.T. J low.
never did huve such an amhiiVa""1
entertains no such ambitS. ' w
does, however, believe &5 k
ly within its function to m,,J"'
department of lndn.t.i.
in order to iriv ...-i""' .riiii
in order to give service cour.S
? n,?e,d,s 0(. student. "
iuk iu me neius ot agriei
economics, engineerinir
mines And TnMi;.n.i - ,' oretr.
!,i:.;n. '--""'".'" "HKition. ui
V""w"""- lu iraia student. In ,,
elementary way to conduct etfitS.S
the various atudent pubuJuX
the cnniuus. "uooi n
Home ecntinmifo l,nB i i
ognized ns n distinctive part f a
functions of a hind-grant I...
'lucre are 42 huul-graat S
maintaining divisions of h. . i
no m cs. In all of these institution. ,
imf ed program of home ecoS
is offered Nowhere is there i dffi
program between natural sciencei iS
arts and social sciences such t, it,
commission seems to sugget la k,
new reorganization of the currlcuU.
the University of Chicago, horn. .
nomics m all its phases foodi. num.
tion, clothing, teitile.. h.. .
:.,; " iubmi,.
"". c. uu'unics, cnijd car
i t u- i r,lrr,ul,"a i toe di
vu u. iiuiuKiL-iu oi-iences.
...
Hits Commerce Movt
Undoubtedlv from ttm .tnnnt.t .i
its effects upon the state and u
the institutions concerned, the mor
momentous of all the issues railed i'
me survey is me commission s c.
mendation regarding
effects of depriving the college of (il
bciiodi oi commerce, on (l) the thou
sands of alumni o the schonl nf
merce; and (2) the welfare of catnpci
and community life, involvin u j
probably would the net transfer
some 600 students, are rio.i
enough, but these development!, u
the brief of the school of comnit
susrstests. would be borne with tn:
quility on the score that iuch vn
the price to be paid for process, wr
the- t olJege convinced that th w.
templnted nction lay in the direttioi
ot progress.
That commerce wan intended free
the beginning to be one of the foe:
corner stones of the land-want :
leges, along with agriculture, ni-
neering. and home economics, Ii un
mistakable from the lAnguage of th
Morrill Act and the supporting stitr
ments of its author
These specific iiKsinnmentR of h
field of commerce, as it wag luterprf
ted in those days, to the land-m:!
colleges are unmistakable evident
that the field wns regarded as anh
dispensable element of their nrr
cnla. It. must be remembered, more
over, that this was more than tor!'
years ago when the fundamental it
terrelations of business and auricc!-
ture. business nnd engineering, m
ness nnd industry were not reiliwdii
thev are torinv. Since then the pn:
ciple of the interdependence betnd
economics, marketing, tinance inaic-
counting, on the one hand, ana iir.-
culture, engineering and other prH
duct ire pursuits on the other, nti
f-nnifi miivprKJiIiv PHtnblished,
The more progressive institutwcJ
are developing combinations betwtj
commerce, ergim'vriut; mm
nicul fields. At the Massachusetti lti
utinitrt nf Torhnoloev. for exatnp-
under a group title called "IndnMiw
commerce and take strong minori if
iniiirrtimonr." St ( PntS Illiij im-v" "
engineering subjects.
nuigement proposed by the fW"
commission, students would be dow
this opportunity aMhe college.
The assumption of the survey n
.1..,. o.ils of an UMtll-1
tion of higher technology,
college, can he met by coaaatM
courses of a lower division or r.-clm.,-.er.
seems not t. taraoM
comparable to the college in
influence.
"The collese feel, obliged I to i tt
nte its conviction tiiai " ' ",,1,E;
of co,nmcn.nn.l.ecaa,pSoUUs;
grant lnsuiuuuu - ".jj-ritiot
need, fully justified by wndjw
of service to the state ( and KjgJJ
of operation. The col to J
therefore, that it shotil d be p r
to continue intact its P
f nnmninrre with degree w
ni i-iniiuii-in;
privileges as heretofore.
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