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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1960)
Aaffl 17, 1M9 O MAILTRIBUNI, Ml(rJ,Or. A lunda,, -. a. h STUDY CHEMICALS Radio respirometer at Oregon State college la used to study the way chemicals are used by living tissue. Work is being done under several grants having to do with cancer and heart research. At right is Dr. Vernon Chcldclin, director of the Science Research Institute at the col lege, with Dr. Robert Newburgh who is now working on a $30,000 three-year grant from American Cancer Society. Education's Quality Index Said To Be Number of Research Grants man for the Job Is needed . . , there is no question in - my judgment that the last $100 you spend (on a salary) Is the best spent." (Editor's note: This is an other In the itriti of arti cles on research and public service activities of the state's tax -supported col leges and university. It was written for the Oregon slate system of higher education.) Development of State Park Set Cave Junction-Development , work will begin this sum mer on an 80-acre tract near Cave Junction as a state park, according to Sidney Bazett, member of the parks advisary board for the state highway commission. The site is at the conflu ence of the east and west forks of the Illinois river and will be the first state park actually to be develop ed In Josephine county. Bazett said the site was chosen after a survey by Chet Armstrong, state parks superintendent, indicated it was the most suitable and attractive between Grant! Pass and the California line. Development will Include installation of electric facil ities in covered areas, hot and cold running water and toi lets and recreation facilities, according to Bazett. Plans call for employment ot a caretaker on a year-round basis. The acquisition and devel opment plans were approved recently at a meeting of the advisory board in Albany. Development is subject to ap proval by the highway com mission, but Bazett said this is regarded as a routine mat ter since the commission has always followed the board's recommendations. . v v x y 4imM mm '. CL. A W LEARNING EXPERIMENT Not all the millions in research orants administered by Oregon s higher education Institutions are aolnB into Dhvsical science. This monkey going through a learning experiment with Dr. Robert Leary is one of 25 which University of Oregon's psychology department uses In study of behavioral questions. A s.3U,uuu gram irom rva tional Institute of Mental Health has supported study which involves behavioral effects of tranquilizing drugs. (Phil Wolcott Photo) Request for Extension Of Drive Is Approved L 2100 Calumbi Ctmotary lum 'J&7 II M.rtuar, I MSUPC&W I I Mauseleui o - a: JOE HOSICK Funeral Director Co-owner Mcdford'i Only Crsmitory Attend the church of your choice every Sunday with the children. You will Receive Christian Fellowship and Peace of Mind. "HAPPY EASTER" SISKIYOU FUNERAL SERVICE Investigate and Save PHONE il SP ?.lAaa ALL WITHIM Siskiyou Memorial Park ONLY MIMBM ORIGON INTIRMENT ASSOCIATION IN MtD'ORD f Member Oraaon funeral Omilni'i An'n, lm 605 HIGHLAND A request from A. L. (Tex) Nash for an extension of Armory dr. to connect with his property at 2075 South Pacific highway received con ditional spproval of the Mcd ford planning commission Thursday night. Armory dr. presently dead ends some 500 feet east of Nash's property. The exten sion is needed, Nash said, to provide his trucks with a bet ter means of access to his gravel company. The way It stands now, he explained, his trucks have to enter and exit on Highway 99, and this is a "definite" traffic hazard. He offered to do most of the grnding and graveling on the extension himself if it was approved. Access Road Needed In addition to extending Armory dr. some 500 feet across city property, Nash would also- have to build some 1,000 feet of access road on his own property to con nect with it. In approving the request. the commission stipulated that the extension should exist only as long as the city has no other contemplated use for the particular area. Armory dr. is not a dedi cated city street, but is on city property. The commission left details of the arrangement tip to City Attorney Joel Reerier and Nash's attorney, Gene Piazza. The agreement must gain city council approval before it can be made effective, By WILMA MORRISON From $568,500 in 1950-51 to $8,179,000 in the first nine months ot fiscal 1959-60 is the dollar record of outside investment in research and extracuricular training serv ices at Oregon's tax-supported colleges, its medical and den tal schools. Chancellor John R. Rich ards has called the increasing numbers of grants for baic and applied research and for special student and teacher training institutes, "The most rapidly expanding index of quality" in the state system of higher education. "There is an interest being created in Oregon's scientific community that is attracting money grants beyond what might be expected from the size of the state," he said. Dean Harry Alpert whose graduate school at University of Oregon is administering more than 100 research con tracts running from $2,000 to $380,000 each, said: From Individuals "Research comes from indi viduals, not from manpower: only individuals inquire, not bureaus, committees or or ganizations. It is through this research that we can compete for top staff. We can't com pete for those who want to go into Industry. We can com pete for those who prefer the academic life, and there will always be those who do pre fer it ... a good graduate program cannot exist without the stimulus of research. And it becomes part of the com mon core of knowledge that sifts down through the under graduate program, and to the secondary and elementary lev els through the teachers who go out from the university." A briefing of the hundreds of large and small research and training projects being supported all or in part by grant funds in the slate's high er schools fills 100 pages. Chancellor Richards point ed to three major building investments as outstanding recognition of quality in Ore gon institutions-the unprece dented $1,298,000 grant from the U.S. public health service for a research building at the University of Oregon medical school, another $277,000 to ward a science building at the university, and the $502,000 that added one floor to the physics-chemistry building at Oregon State to house the college's recently established Science Research Institute. S2 Million More The $8,178,000 in research and training grants accepted thus far in 1959-60 is already some $2,000,000 more than the total received in 1958-59. A recent Washington, D.C., release said Uiat for the first time in history more than 50 per cent of all health science research going on in the coun try is now financed by the federal government. A check of Oregon's higher education budgets reflects the growth of government invest ment in research since World War II demonstrated the unique role of the colleges and universities as centers of knowledge and skills vital to national survival. Twenty years ago the slate board of higher education could handle all its research grant business in less time than it took to call roll. There was only $16,000 given to all campuses in 1939-40, none of it from the government. From Government Agencies In 1950-51 when the total for the system was $568,500, the federal government was source of $303,000. In 1958-59 government agencies were source of $4,968,000 out of a total of $5,970,000. - Lion's share of the research money has always been invest ed in the medical school with its hospitals and clinics that serve the state. Oregon State and the university with their graduate schools have alter nated in second place (about $2,000,000 each this year). In creasing professional recogni tion of the University of Ore gon dental school since its 1956 move to a new building on the medical school campus on Marquam hill is reflected in research grants-from a to tal of $17,400 10 years ago, to $202,000 in first nine months of this year. This 1959-60 year is the first time that Portland State college and the three regional schools at Monmouth, Ash land and La Grande have been allowed a few thousand dollars of research "seed money" from the state system budget. Unique Distinction Last week Portland State, youngest of the system col leses, reported $130,000 in grants since September. It had had only $43,000 in its previous five year history. A unique distinction came to the Portland campus this spring a $25,000 Defense Education act grant that has launched the only undergraduate center of Middle East studies in the nation. One organizational evi' dence of the new orientation toward research and scholarly excellence is seen in the re search institute set up at the university and Oregon State. Another is the four-year Hon ors College program to start at the university next fall. Nationally Recognized The Institute of Molecular Biology under the nationally recognized scientist, Aaron Novick, at the university is working in a "break-through" field in science, studying ba sic processes of life as seen in the chemical and physical analysis of the molecule. At Oregon State the Sci ence Research Institute is headed by Dr. Vernon H. Chcldclin. Its more than $200,000 of research grants in the past year, he said, in volved an investment of $40, 000 of state funds. "A five to one return: better than Las Vegas operates on." Other newly established re search institutes at the uni versity are in community studies, international studies and overseas administration, theoretical science, and social service training and research. Great University On the subject of what makes a great university or college, University President O. Meredith Wilson, who leaves this spring to take over Uie presidency of University of Minnesota, said: "Almost everything that happens-including the acqui sition of outside support of re search and training programs -is because of the presence of I a superior and Imaginative individual at critical spot . . . And most of the falling on evil times that comes about in higher education institu tions, as in most other human institutions, comes from ex cessive adherence to conven tion, to over-concern over nennin when a little more determination to get the best See Courtesy Chevrolet's IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Back Page, Sec. 2 and Classified Page Today's Mail Tribune lCu . -'J&FC if Sfrr? It more coming! your wait for a Volkswagen may be shorter than you think At you can see above, the picture gets brighter every day more Volkswagens ore coming ia more often lo our Northwest ports, to moke il easier for you to get your Volkswagen faifM. It's true that we can't yet guarantee jmme diatt delivery. Volkswagen is the most popular imported car in the Northwest, and its popularity Is growing. It will take time even for our in creased Volkswagen supply to catch up with such a fast-growing demand; but, thanks te Volkswagen efforts to step up production and delivery for our customers, wailing time it shorter than ever before. So, H you haven't asked us arey how soon you can get your new Volkswagen, come m now. Your wait for a Volkswagen may be much shorter than you thinkl MORSE MOTORS 6th and Ivy, Med ford County Youths Return from SF The Jackson county 4-H delegation to San Francisco returned Thursday with addi tional honors from the Junior Cow Palace show. The team of Jo Anna Mai loroy, Eagle Point, Craig Wright, Medford, and Larry Wright, Rogue River, placed 10th In competition with 30 counties in California, In the showmanship contest approximately S per cent of the exhibitors are classified as "expert showmen", and these S per cent compete for the championship of the show. Competing with over 300 beef exhibitors, Larry Wright plac ed 11th. and Patsy Charley, Eagle Point, placed ninth, and were judged "expert show men. Philip Krouse, Apple- gate; Jo Anna Malloroy, Eagle Point; and Georgia Hubbard, Eagle Point, were listed as "qualified showmen" in the beef contest. Susan and Craig Wright, Medford, were listed as "ex pert showmen" In the sheep showing contest; and Marilyn Deckelman, Rogue River, was classed as "expert" in the dairy showmanship. Market steers from Jackson county were sold at the auc tion and the top price was re ceived by Larry Wright. He received 34 cents. Prices ranged down lo $28.50 per hundred. Show officials were well pleased with Jackson county showing at the Grand Na tional. Prentice Attends Reserve Exercise Brig. Gen. Wlllimn Pren tice, assistant 104th division (training) commander. Med ford. attended part of the first combined training exercise of the first and third battalions of the 414th regiment (train ing) near Corvallis. The multiple drill "fire, for record" session was hosted by the first battalion commanded by Lt. Col. James W. Carroll, Corvallis. It included troops from both Salem and Eugene third battalion units. Regi mental commander. Col. Ed win B. Nelson, of Salem, at tended the early morning for mation and started the drill. Early Summer SPECIAL I BIG RED FIR SLABW00D 12-16-18-24 lengths Ordar larly! Spacul Good Thru Juaa II Only QUICK DILIVIRY Phelps Fuel Co. SP 3-5878 Greetings and Good Wishes Js we celebrate a glorious Easter, we take this opportunity to greet you and your family with every good wish for your happiness at this Holy season. Our earnest hope is that the glad tidings ot Easter may guide and strengthen all of us, helping us to envision deep spiritual goals and to recognize the greater truths that go beyond our everyday life. To know the true joy of Easter ... to experi ence all the glory of its message . . , attend Easter services in the church of your choice. 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