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jreDFORD mail tribune, medford. Oregon, tuesd'ay, 'august 2, 1932.
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BY MERGER PLAN
Zorn-Macpherson Move for
Higher Education Means
Not Less Than $8,000,
000 Speaker Tells Alumni
"The Zorn-M&cPher&on school mov
ing bill which will be before the
voter at the November election, will
cost the eta-te of Oregon not lew
than $8,000,000," declared - Alexander
G. Brown, secretary of the University
of Oregon Alumni association, who
spoke at a meeting of alumni and
students at the Hotel Med ford last
night.
"The coet will be an Immediate
one," Mr. Brown said, "as by the
terms of the measure Itself It la to
be In full force and effect not later
than September of 1633.
"The people of Jackson county are
Interested In their normal school at
Ashland," he continued, "and we be
lieve that the effect of this hill, If
adopted, would be to close this In
stltutlon.
Normal Schools lilt.
"Normal school work is taken away
from Ashland, L&dranda and Mon
mouth by the Zorn-MaoPherson meas
ure and Ashland and LaOrande nam
ed as Junior colleges at general state
expense. Junior colleges usually are
community enterprises and there Is
nothing to Indicate that there would
be an enrollment as large as that
now attending the normal school if
these institutions become junior col
leges. "Junior college work Is expensive,
with its eclence, foreign languages
and other such divisions. The state
board of higher education is operat
ing under a reduced budget, and the
probable result would be that the
schools at Ashland and LaOrande
would be closed and follow Mon
mouth, which Is abandoned by this
measure, and become part of the
educational history of this. state.
Assignment Improbable.
"It has been said that the state
board might arbitrarily assign cer
tain students to these Junior col
leges for their first two years, but
the board has no such authority and
the Zorn-MacPhersoit bill makes no
effort to give it to them.
"Ashland has been very much In
terested in its normal school. The
campus of 24 acres was donated by
the city and the community paid
60,000 of the 970,000 cost of the
training school. Thu community's
elementary school system is built
around the normal school and it
would be a severe blow to Ashland
If this measure were adopted.
"LaOrande Is In much the same
position as Ashland, as they have
Jsut recently voted $80,000 toward
training school there.
"Under the Zorn-MacPheraon bill
elementary teacher training Is trans
ferred to Eugene, but the bill is par
tlcular In limiting this work to the
elementary field, restricted by law to
a two-year course. The talk of a
great four-year teachers' college at
Eugene Is Just talk. Of the 060 ele
mentary teacher twining students
last term, not more than 700 could
afford to go to Eugene to school.
Means Eugene Abandonment.
"These 700 would occupy a plant
which has been handling 9,000. The
university facilities, valued at $4,
491,823.86 by the state board would
be 80 per cent abandoned, with en
attending loss of $3,600,000 to the
state.
"The abandonment of the plant at
Monmouth would add $712,464.80 to
the state's loss from such a reckless
policy,
The moving of the law school to
fialem Is another expensive provision.
No provision to made by the act to
finance this or any other move called
for. No provision is made to house
the school in Salem and the school's
law library, the conditional gift of
the late Judge Fenton, would revert
to the estate if the school were mov
ed out of Eugene. Divorced from the
university and without its own lib
rary, the school would lose Its stand
ing an as accredited institution,
O. 8. C. Inadequate.
"Thsrs were 3,601 students at Cor
vallta last term and 3.654 at Eugene.
It would be a physical impossibility
to handle the combined enrollment
at the state college and the scholastic
faculties would have to be Increased
with a minimum Investment of $1,
$00,000. "It has been found that the fathers
and mothers of Oregon are especially
Interested in the housing situation
at OorvalUs. This city has a popula
tion of 7,666, according to the 1930
census, and last term 887 students
lived In the city. The maximum for
the dormitories, fraternities and so
rorities has been set at 3,498, and
last term 1,774 students occupied
these quarters, leaving accommoda
tions for 700. If 3,000 students were
added at Corvallls, dormitories or
other approved housing facilities
would have to be provided for at
least 1.400 of them, at a coat of some
$1,600,000.
Daslo Tax Unchanged.
The Zorn-MacPhereon bill makes
no provision for the reduction of the
basic tax for higher education, al
though branded as a tax saving bill,
Higher education Is not responsible
for higher taxes and In 10 years
1931 to 1931 the tax return for this
purpose increased from $3,448,361 to
$3,603,803, or 1 per cent. For this
return with the decline In assessed
values, higher education will be con
ducted on less money than 10 years
ago, denplte heavy increases In en
rollment.
"In order to do this the state
board cut the cost of higher educa
tion last year by more than $900,000,
and this year a greater reduction will
be made. At the same time the in
stitution will be able to carry on and
continue to afford the young men
and young women of Oregon complete
and well balanced educational facil
ities. Pupil Cost Under Average.
"The per etudent cost in Oregon's
Institutions of higher education, lut
year was $351.99 snd the average for
the 17 states having separate uni
versities and colleges was $396.84.
Oregon was Just half way down the
list. The average for the 18 states
having combined ichols wss $443.30,
or $90 more than In Oregon. If the
cost per student at a united school
in Oregon equalled only the average
for auch Institutions It would In
crease the cost $450,000 s year for a
combined student body of 6,000.
Per student Investment In states
with separate schools last year shows
that in Oregon the physical Invest
ment In buildings, property and
equipment was $769 per student. The
average for united Institutions is
$350, acrordlng to the United States
office of education from which all
these figures ware obtained.
'A 6.000 student body at Corvallls
brought up to the average property
Investment would mean an increase
of $231 per student, or a total of
some $1,500,000.
'Students who have relied upon
their own efforts to pay all or part
of their way through school would be
under a double handicap if the work
was combined at CorvnlHs. Eugone
has a population of 18,901, according
to tne 1930 census, and has had all
It can do to afford employment to
deserving students. Corvallls has had
its difficulties and If the entire load I
were at Corvallls it would simply
mean that many of these students
could not continue in school."
Private Investor Menaced.
Mr. Brown also touched upon the
matter of private Investments, In
cluding the $1,093,000 in student
owned living quarters at Eugene and
the associated students' plant valued
at $350,000. The state holds $460,
000 worth of Eugene utility bonds as
part of the sinking fund and the
Industrial accident commission in
cludes 160,000 worth of Monmouth's
obligations as part of Its sinking
fund.
"In this day and age one commun
ity cannot be thrown into bank
ruptcy without It reflecting upon tbe
financial structure of the entire
state," Mr. Brown said, "and while
Eugene's welfare Is of primary In
terest to Eugene and Lane county,
the state at large Is interested Insofar
as building and loan companies!
mortgage companies, owners of coun
ty or city securities and Interest in
the state's treasury reserve are con
cerned." Roxy Ann Grange
Meet Postponed
Owing to the death of Mrs. E. I.
Red path, the program whclh Roxy
Ann Grange had planned to put on
for the Eagle Point Grange tonight
has been postponed until August 16,
the next regular meeting of the Eagle
Point Grange.
HOPE, FEAR, DEATH
DWELL WITH VETS
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SQUALID
(Continue ttum rage one)
lapse from an Illness when a gas
bomb exploded near him. Another
Infant from the "army" died Sunday
of what hospital attendants called a
stomach ailment.
Honors for Victim.
William J. Hushka, shot by a police
man, was to be burled today with
full military honors in Arlington Na
tional cemetery. Some B. E. P. lead
ers here expected to be present, btit
police were on the alert against any
concentration in numbers. At Wash
ington today, too, a grand Jury was
expected to resume Its investigation
of events leading to Thursday's riot.
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August
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Spring and Bummer Frocks
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Mayor Eddie McCloeker, of Johns
tows, former puglllit, returned from
a vain quest for tents In time to
take a band In a clash between po
lice and communists trying to addreia
a crowd. Several men were arretted,
one by the mayor himself,
' Governor Olfford Plnchot, who baa
called tbe treatment of the B. E. F.
at Washington brutal and stupid,
was quoted by McCloskey as saying
the state had no tents available but
would protect the bonus camp from
disease.
Babes Cry for Milk.
Babies cried In vain tor milk In
the camp while unwholesome food
and precious little of that was
steaming In greasy garbage cans over
fires. Tbe weary thousands, most of
whom slept under the open sky, arose
this morning wet with dew. Gen.
Smedley D. Butler, who some of the
leaders hope will lead a nation-wide
organization of "kbakl-shlrts." ad
vised them to go home for the pres
ent. But Walter W. Waters, their leader,
stuck to his determination to build
a permanent camp In Maryland and
was to confer with Oov. Ritchie to
that end today.
Other remnants of tbe army were
hustling or being hustled home.
In New York a sea of communists
tilled Union square yesterday to pro
test use of troops against the B. E
V. Some said there were 10,000 at
the meeting, others 30.000. There
were hundreds of placards, one huge
one showing President Hoover In a
Napoleonic hat with a skull and
croea bones on his chest pointing a
pistol at a dead worker.
Of special interest to Medford
mothers Is announcement today of a
pre-scbool and baby clinic to be held
at the Y. W. C. A. Thursday, August
4, at 1:30 p. m.
Mothers are asked to phone 1359
for appointments at any time before
the clinic. It will be conducted by
Dr. O. I. Drummond, county phys
ician, and Miss Blanche Runels.
county nurse.
TO HEAR PROTESTS
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Arthur A. Selander, head of the
valuation department of the state
tax commission will be at the court
house, Prlday and Saturday, August
5 and 6, for a public hearing of pro
tests on the re-valuatlon of buildings
In the city of Medford, as made un
der the recent survey of the state
body. Property owners so desiring
can file a protest, and it will be act
ed upon at a later date, for or
against.
Some of the new valuations as
made are slightly higher, and some
are lower.
We serve only quality foods at low
est possible cost to you at the Cafe
teria, 17 So. Riverside. 25c, 35c, & 50c
Body fir In 8-tler lots at 41.76.
Medford Fuel Co. Tel. 631.
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