Published byte University of Oregon Alumni Association The Cover University of Oregon MAIL BAG For many years, Kenneth Shu- Alumni Association maker has greeted each freshman wit h 209 23rd Ave ., Membership in the University of Ore- San Francisco, Cal . an objective English examination . One gon Alumni association is open to all per- October 20, 1938 . out of every five to take the exam stay s sons who have completed work for credit Greetings : a term or so with Ken to take remedi- at the University . Semi-annual meeting s l are held at Homecoming and at Com- Here s hoping that the current schoo al work in written English . The now- mencement . year gives the best of all alumni wishe s famous "English K" course helps the fulfilled . I am glad to notify you of m y present change of address of my office , el:tering freshman to increase his vo- Edward F. Bailey, 13, President . , Walter Norblad, Jr ., 31, Vice-President . at 450 Sutter Street, to 209 23rd Avenue cabulary, speed up his reading, and pu t Donald M . Stevenson, 08, Director. and removal of my residence from 232 9 his grammar on sound footing . North Pine Street to my new home, 4 2 Roland Davis, 28, Director . Rossi Avenue, San Francisco . Back in 1922 Shumaker received Oliver B . Huston, 10, Director . n his B.A . degree from the Universit y We are getting ready for the Golde Elmer C. Fansett, 28, Secretary-Treas- Gate Exposition in 1939 which I hop e of Iowa . He accepted a post as gradu- e urer. will be well attended, when I shall b ate assistant in the English departmen t Wm . L . Pease, 38, Editor, Old Oregon . glad to renew old acquaintances, an d . He accepte d show off the vicinity better. under Professor Howe because Oregon "was just about as fa r PERMANENT CLASS SECRETARIE S Sincerely yours , from Iowa as I could get ." 1878-Ellen Condon McCornack (Deceased ) 1879-Carrie Cornelius Mc uinn (Deceased ) REUBEN RATNER, M .D., B.S . 22 . Shortly after his arrival in Eugene , 1880-Dr. Edward Payson Geary (Deceased ) Shumaker began to notice that som e 1881-Rev . Claiborne M . Hill, 2509 Hillegass Ave . , Berkeley, California. of the freshman students-apparentl y 1882-Mary Elizabeth McCornack (Deceased ) 1883-W . T . Slater (Deceased ) normal in every respect-just couldn t 1884-Dr. Caspar W. Sharpies, 700 Stimson Bldg . , Marysvale, Utah . read a page from a book and get any - Seattle, Washington. November 26, 1983 . 1885-Daniel Waldo Bass (Deceased ) thing out of it . 1886-Ida Patterson, 751 East 11th Ave ., Eugene, O regon , Old Oregon , The problem of " what made the stu- 1887-D r . H erbert Spencer Johnson, 59 Windso r Eugene, Oregon. " teased him until he began Road, Brookline, Massachusetts . dents tick 1888-Prof, Mark Bailey (Deceased ) doing research work in this field . The 1889-Lewis J . Davis, 2605 N . E . 40th Ave ., Port - Dear Sir : land, Oregon. search for the answer led him from 1890-Fletcher Linn, 1830 S . W. Laurel, Portland, Please change our Old Oregon addres s Oregon . from Marysvale, Utah, to : literature into psychology, mathemat- 1891-J . C . Veazie, 3021 N . W . Greenbriar Ter - ics, and biology . He confesses that h e ace, Portland, Oregon . U. S . Geological Survey 11392-Prof . Frederick Stanley Dunn (Deceased ) Department of Interio r doesn t know what makes them "tick" 1893-Mrs . Myra Norris Johnson (Mrs . Louis H. Washington, D . C . yet-probably never will . Johnson), Osburn Hotel, Apt . 209, Eugene, Oregon . My wife and I are returning to Wash- But many grateful students receiv- 1894-Miss Melissa E . Hill, I007 Hull St., Hood ington next week after seven months River Oregon . ing their diplomas remember Ken Shu- 1895---Mrs . Edith Kerns Chambers (Mrs. Frank L. field work in Utah . Sorry I coudn t make Chambers), 1059 Hiiyard St ., Eugene, Ore. it to Oregon this trip west, but my wife maker and what he has done for them . 1896-Mrs . Louise Yoran Whitton (Mrs . C . A. E. was there last summer and reports the Typical example of the help given i n Whitton), R . F . D . 3, Eugene, Oregon. 1897-Mrs . Edith Veazie Bryson (Mrs . Edwin R. campus as growing rapidly . She found the his work is the student-now an Ore- Bryson), 2066 University St ., Eugene, Ore. good old Oregon Spirit still very muc h gon alumnus-who just couldn t seem 1898-Mrs . Lillian Ackerman Carleton (Mrs . Ed- intact ! mund F. Carleton), 2843 N . E . 21st Ave ., to read . With the aid of that impres- Portland, Oregon . We ll try to gather some news for yo u 1899-Dr . Charles L. Templeton, 2501 Cascadia in Washington, D . C . There s quite a sive looking instrument sitting on hi s Ave ., Seattle, Washington . gang of Oregonians there, as you know desk (it s a tele-binocular), Shumake r 1900-Homer D. Angell, 2953 S . E . Hawthorn e . Blvd ., Portland, Oregon . discovered that the boy was "changing 1901-Richard Shore Smith, Box 553, Eugene, Ore . Very sincerely yours, 1902-Amy M . Holmes, c/o Augusta Holmes, 130 2 eyes" as he read . The average person S. E . 57th, Portland, Oregon. EUGENE CALLAGHAN, Ph.D. s 1903-Dr. James H . Gilbert, Commerce Bldg . , is dominated by either his right or hi Campus. left eye and does the major portion o f 1904-James O . Russell, P . O . Box 362, Salem, Ore . He : G. 26, M .A . 27 (Ph .D. from Co- 1905-Albert R . Tiffany, 2045 Potter St., Eugene , lumbia in 31) . his reading with that eye . Orego n. 1906-Mrs. CCamille Carroll Bovard (Mrs . John F . She : Edna Curtis Spenker, G . 31 , This freshman was both left and Bovard), 10457 Ashton Ave., Los Angeles , M.A . 33, Alpha Xi Delta. right eye . He would read a sentence o r California . 1907-Mrs. Mary Rothrock Culbertson (Mrs . Joh n so with the left eye then change ove r M . Culbertson), 1980 Alameda Terr ., San Diego, California . and read a while with the right eye . 1908-MozeIle Hair, Extension Div ., Campus . Any sense of continuity was entirel y 1909-Merle Rowland Chessman, c/o The Astorian - The Chastleton , Budget, Astoria, Oregon. Washington, D . C . broken by this trait . 1910-Dr. Ralph M . Dodson, 222 N . W . Maywoo d With the aid of glasses, eye exer- Drive, Portland, Oregon. December 12, 1938 . 1911-Mrs . Jessie Calkins Morgan (Mrs . Frank T. cises and a competent oculist, the bo y Morgan), Nyssa, Oregon. Dear Editor : 1912-No. Sec. See Mrs . Mildred Graham, Eugene . was straightened out and proved him - 1913-Carlton E . Spencer, Law School, Campus. A couple of loyal Oregon Ducks have self a capable student . 1914-Frederic Harold Young, 7709 S . E . 31st Ave . , been flying about the Eastern Seaboar d Portland, Oregon . Shumaker probably flunks more stu- 1915-Bertrand S . Jerard, 739 Main St ., Pendleton , the past week in the guise of " Hat" Kist- Oregon . ner and Sarah Hubbard . We darned nea r dents than any other professor on th e 1916-Beatrice M . Locke, 2014 N . W . Glisan, Port - campus . land, Oregon . had to bag them on the wing, but finally . but they are still his friends 1917-Mrs . Martha Beer Roscoe (Mrs . Stanley B . got them to alight long enough for a He says the biggest kick of all is see- Roscoe), 1632 J St ., Eureka, California. couple of shindigs . One at my place an d 1918-Dr . Edward Gray, Miner Bldg ., Eugene . ing some so-called " dumb-bunny " stu- 1919-Mrs . Helen Jean McDonald McNab (Mrs . another at Reed Swenson s and Bil l Wm . H . McNah), 8I5 Spruce St., Berkeley , Michaels . Bill Schloth was also quite i n dent straightened out then turn aroun d California. evidence at both affairs , and graduate with honors . 1920-Mrs . Dorothy Scott Duniway Ryan (Mrs . Paul M, Ryan), 532 High View Ave ., Ards - The good word has already gotte n Ken Shumaker received his Maste r ley, N . Y . around that Dean Morse arrived in tow n of Arts degree from the University o f 1921-Jack Benefiel, Nat l Youth Adm ., Bedel l today . We were all disappointed tha t Bldg ., Portland, Oregon . Oregon in 1932 . At the present time 1922-Mrs . Helen Carson Plumb (Mrs . Herbert L. President Erb was unable to visit ou r Plumb), 2527 N . E. 17th Ave ., Portland . Ore, fair city during his trip east. he is participating in the Language 1923-Mrs . skulls Anderson Callaway (Mrs . Owen Arts Investigation under the sponsor - M Callaway), 63 Crescent Dr . Glencoe. Ill . Sincerely , 1924--Frank G. Carter, 448 Laurel St ., San Fran - ship of the General Education Board cisco, Cal . COSGROVE LA BARRE, 36. of the Rockefeller foundation . (Continued Inside Back Cover )
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OLD OREGON ELMER FANSETT, Alumni Secretary BILL PEASE, Edito r Vol. XX January 1939 No. 5 Board Seeks Supplementary Funds By BILL PEASE, Editor, OLD OREGO N Supplementary funds amounting t o session. In December, Mr . Marks sent Physical Plant 13 .2 $664,355 for the biennium of 1939-4 0 a letter to the Governor pointing ou t Dormitory Bonds (Univer- are needed by the State System o f the needs for additional funds to main- sity) 6 Higher Education to maintain the tain the institutions . General Research 2 .0 present services of the system accord- Agricultural Research 8.6 ing to Willard L . Marks, president o f Administrative Cost Lo w Federal Cooperative Exten- sion 6.6 the board . Specific division of the IIe showed that the amount request- funds was briefly explained by Mr . ed for the biennium 1939-40 is actual- General Extension 3 .4 Marks in his letter of transmittal that ly five per cent less than the 1929-3 0 f It can be seen that the major por- accompanied the biennial report o appropriations for the separate insti- tion of the funds goes directly into in- the state system for 1937-38 . tutions although enrollment is greatl y structional work . Administrative ex- Obsolete instructional equipmen t 1. increased . These savings have been ef- penses are only 2 .7 per cent of the to- has greatly hampered much of the edu- fected through the economies possible e tal budget . Other expenditures of the cational work of the system. Th tinder a unified administration. In thi s system have been pared to meet th e building and physical equipment o f same period, the appropriations for the existing conditions. the system has been greatly neglecte d other divisions of the state govern- k for the past seven years because of lac ment have actually increased about 2 5 y of funds. The system will need $100.- per cent . Since the unification, the an- Teaching Load Heav 000 per year for the biennium to mak e nual savings in administration hav e Evidences of the need for additional necessary repairs and replacement s been $70,000 a 25 per cent reduction . teaching staff are to be found in the which have been postponed during thi s The expenditures for the system for fact that the present teaching staff i s time. the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, approximately the same as the staff 2. Enrollment at the University ha s by functions (see charts on page 8 an d employed when there were 8,000 en - increased 57 per cent since 1933-3 4 page 12) . rolled in all of the schools, wherea s and 11 per cent since 1929-30 ; the Per Cent at the present time the enrollment s system as a whole has had a 61 pe r Instruction (including libra- have passed 10,000 . The result has bee n cent increase. To care for this greatly ries) 58.9 excessive teaching loads in many de- increased burden and provide just th e partments, and the shortage of funds Service divisions ------4.0 services now rendered will require at Administration 2 .7 has made it necessary to assign gradu- least $100,000 per year for the next ate assistants and teaching fellows to two years . This will not allow for th e classes that should he taught by ex- expansion of instruction or services , perienced staff members. but will merely provide funds neces- A survey made last spring indicate s sary to maintain the present standards . that it would be very unwise to at- 3. Salary restoration for the stat e tempt to raise part of the needed fund s divisions took effect in March, 1937 , by an increase in student fees. Stu- but had to be postponed in the State dents in Oregon schools are now pay- System of Higher Education until July, ing a higher resident fee than i s 1937 . Even so, the funds appropriated charged in any Western state institu- for the present biennium will not per- tion. The average for the Western stat e mit the continuance of the restoratio n institutions is $54 .16 per year, as com- for the six-month period from Janu- pared with Oregon 's fee of $85 .50. ary 1, 1939, to July 1, 1939 ; $195,000 The survey also revealed that 70 pe r is needed for this . cent of the students in the state sys- 4. Federal Cooperative Extension tem are wholly or partially self-sup- appropriations for field work in agri- porting, and about 15 per cent of the culture for the state have been cut so entire student body have received that a yearly appropriation of $34,678 loans from the institutional loan funds . will be needed . This will prevent the At the University alone student s loss of expert service to the agricul- earned more than $200,000 last year . tural sections of the state and the wor k These facts indicate that Oregon 's in- of the home economics division . stitutions are attended by students wh o Mr. Marks, long an active supporte r are struggling against economic dif- of higher education in the state, is di- ficulties to secure an education and an y Willard L . Marks, president of the State h recting the task of presenting thes e System of Higher Education, is leadin g increase in fees would cause muc urgent needs to the people of the stat e the drive for supplementary funds to con- hardship and, in many instances, aban- and the legislature which is now in tinue present services of the system. donment of higher educational training .
January 193 9 Edgar W. Smith Named to State Board Edgar W. Smith, ex- 09, has been David Graham Dies over into a specially designed hom e named to the State Board of Highe r economics laboratory . There will he a Education to fill the unexpired term o f David M . Graham, 05, died of a complete suite of rooms, includin g Walter E. Pearson, who became state heart attack at his Eugene home on De- bedrooms, kitchens, and bath. This will treasurer. Mr. Smith s appointmen t cember 14, 1938 . "Dave" Graham was be used for practical demonstratio n has been confirmed by the state senate for many years a loyal supporter of th e work in home economics . and he will serve until March 2, 1946 . University and a fast friend of man y Another construction project now Mr. Smith was horn in Pendleton , students . under way is the reconstruction work Ore., and received his high school edu- Mr. Graham, who was 58 years old at going on at Hayward field . A grant o f cation there He then enrolled in th e the time of his death, was born i n $18,300 and athletic board funds o f University, but completed his wor k Washington county on May 17, 1880, $22,400 have made it possible to en- at Cornell university . While attending and attended high school in Portland . large the seating capacity of the field Oregon, Mr. Smith was a charte r He was active in student affairs dur- to 17,500. The west grandstands are member of the campus chapter of Kap- ing his undergraduate days and serve d to be entirely rebuilt and repainted and pa Sigma fraternity. as treasurer of his freshman class , modern plumbing arrangements made. Mr. Smith has served as presiden t president of the sophomore class an d A new press-box with the front glassed of the Portland Alumni group and ha s football in his junior and senior years . in and direct telephone communica- been a member of the executive com- He was a charter member of the Ore- tion system ; a separate radio room mittee of the Oregon Dads . Mrs. gon chapter of Kappa Sigma frater- and a coach observing room are in- Smith is the former Irene Simington , nity. cluded in the plans. ex- 10. Their son, Edgar, is a member Following his graduation in 1905 , The east grandstands are to be ex- of the class of 1933. Another son , Mr. Graham was instructor of eco- tended 45 feet south to eliminate th e John, is now a sophomore in the Uni- nomics for one year at the University. old bleacher section. versity. He then entered the retail shoe busi- After finishing college, Mr . Smith ness in Eugene and at the time of hi s became a wheat rancher, then entere d death was owner of Graham s Shoe insurance work and was state manage r Store. He served as vice-president o f First Citizen for a large company . He then went t o the Pacific Northwest Shoe Retailer s Dr. C. Valentine Boyer, forme r Astoria, where he built the Astori a and was past-president of the Eugene president and present dean of arts an d I b uring company mills and was presi- Kiwanis club. letters at the University, was name d dent of the concern . He also has been Mr. Graham is survived by hi s widow, Mildred Bagley Graham, 12 ; "Eugene s First Citizen for 1938" b y assistant manager of the Farmers Na- the Eugene Realty Board. A large tional Grain Corporation. a son, William, now a sophomore i n the University ; and a daughter, Lin - banquet was given in his honor durin g Mr. Smith has been chairman of the the early part of January. state milk control board for several den . years. He announced his resignatio n Dr . Boyer came to the University in from that group shortly before his con- 1926 from Illinois to head the Eng- firmation by the senate . Construction Work lish department . He was appointed to the presidency in 1934 and resigne d Mr. Smith is a Mason and a Shrine r Construction work on Oregon s new . He is now dean an d and a member of the University clu b $165,000 Humanities building is now March 1, 1938 in. Portland. . director of the college of arts and let- under way. Excavation work is near- ters and head of the English depart- ly completed and actual building con- ment. struction is scheduled to start shortly . Original plans for the building called for a $110,000 plant, but added facil- ities made it necessary to a p p l y for more money . Result was a $91,000 W PA loan and a $74,000 PWA grant. The Humanities building is an- other step toward the completion o f the long-planned University mall with the new library at the hand and the sides formed by the Murray-Warne r museum and Condon hall and the new Humanities building. The new building is to be on 13th street, facing Condon hall_ The two buildings will be very similar. Ground floor of the building will be given over to the University Coopera- tive bookstore. The $66,000 loan wil l be partially retired with revenue fro m the rent paid by the Coop. The second Edgar W . Smith, ex-'09, has been appointed as a member of the State floor will house liberal arts wth lec- Board of Higher Education until ture rooms, offices, and classrooms for Dr. C. Valentine Boyer was named Eu- March, 1946 . English. The third floor will be turned gene s "First Citizen" for 193 [3]
Old Orego n Winter Enrollment Up 5.3 Per Cent Registering a 5 .3 per cent gain ove r Jay Upton when he moved to Prineville. He winter term of 1938, winter term en- stayed there until 1923 when he move d '02, died December rollment at the University showed in - Jay H . Upton, to Bend, where he had made his home creases for the fifth consecutive year . 30, 1938, as a result of injuries sus- since. As always, the Sophomore class showe d tained in an automobile accident o n Mr. Upton was active in Republica n heaviest registration with 1145 mem- the Mount Hood highway . party work in Oregon . He served i n bers. The Junior class was low wit h Mr. Upton was born in Colfax , the state house of representatives fro m 339 registered . The professional grou p Washington territory, on April 28 , 1912 to 1914 and in the senate from showed a loss of five per cent for th e 1879 . His family moved very shortly 1921 to 1934. He was president of th e only decline. to Portland, where he received a great- senate in 1923 and 1924. He was un- The school of Arts and Letters er part of his education. At the out - successful in the primary contest fo r gained 16 per cent and the Education break of the Spanish-American war i n governor in 1926 . In 1934 he was nom- school was up 14 per cent followed by April, 1898, Mr . Upton enlisted i n inated for congress, but lost in th e Physical Education with 11 per cen t Company H, 2d Oregon volunteer in- general election . jump, journalism and law showed th e fantry, and was sent to the Philippines He is survived by his widow, th e only losses. Journalism, because o f immediately . former Maude Joyce Cannon . stricter entrance standards, dropped 1 2 Following the war, Mr. Upton en - per cent and Law four per cent . rolled in the University of Oregon la w Broadcasts Continu e There are 19 men on the campus to school, then in Portland, and received Regular broadcasts from the Uni- every 11 women, the breakdown in- his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902 . dicates. Complete figures below. He practiced in Portland until 1912, versity campus have been made ove r the state-owned radio station, KOAC, for the past school year . Direct wir e broadcasts are made from the studios SEX in the music building. All schools on the campus cooperate in the ventur e Students Cumulative Last Per Cent and are presenting programs . The Grouped by Term Total Year Increas e music school is particularly active an d student artists may he heard ever y 1971 1878 5 Men day. Women 1195 1129 6 Physical Education Head CLAS S Miss Janet Woodruff, assistant pro- Auditor 7 6 1 7 fessor of physical education, has been Special 20 17 1 8 named president of the Oregon State Fresh 935 903 4 Association for Health, Recreatio n and Physical Education , 1145 1109 3 . Earl Vossen Soph '35, was elected vice-president at th e 1 5 Junior 339 296 same time. Senior 454 448 1 Professional 73 77 -- 5 Graduate 193 151 28
MAJO R Arch. and Allied Arts 245 248 - 1 Arts and Letters --_ 346 297 16 Business Administration 875 839 4 Education 179 157 14 Journalism 265 300 -1 2 Law 220 228 - 4 Music 117 108 8 Physical Education 189 171 1 1 Non Major : Home Econ 26 27 - 4 Science 270 253 7 Auditor 7 6 17
MATRICULATION Matriculates _ 99 106 _ 7 Old 3067 2901 6 Giles French, '2I, Moro, Ore., newspaper Total Enrollment (Eugene) 3 166 3007 5 .3 editor, is again a member of the Orego n legislature. [4] ] anuar y Thirty-Year Class Twenty-five-Year Class Do You Remember ? NO MONE BURBLIN G 'I' \Nil() CRAZE ORF.(.;(_) N Sixty-Year Class The ancient practise of bathtub- "The Laurean finance committee bing has la:en :lioctuitinued at the dor- I°io. iiNItNT SitaIORS Civi: recommends the purchase of 1 can o f mitory . For many years it has been a 'I Ltittu APPROVAL T o oil and 3 lamp chimneys to provid e distinctive teitture of dormitory lif e Nitw S1' EPS illumination during meetings of the that tchusi (fvt r infringed upon the / 'resl / id Campbell Is Catitioas society." rights of fell) i students should be -Law-can minute, book , treated tit tut icy Irtth . 'she operation This headline (from the Emerald ti t January 17, 1879 - proved stn effectual its it method o f January ti, 1914) told of the