Eastern Oregon University - Mountaineer Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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PLACEMENT OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL Before the year 1929, eastern Oregon had no institution of higher learning. The people of Oregon realized this need and as a result, legislation, enacted by the legislature of 1925 and approved by vote of the people November 2, 1926, made such an institution possible. After the appropriation had been made, the Board of Regents was assigned the task of determining the location for the Eastern Oregon Normal School. Following a very careful survey, La Grande was chosen because of its central location according to the distribution of population. The Regents found that La Grande was exceedingly well equipped with the social, residential, and recreational requisites of an ideal educational center. THE CAMPUS In acknowledgment of its selection for the location of the Eastern Oregon Normal School, the city of La Grande provided twenty-eight acres of ground, overlooking the city and the Grande Ronde Valley, as the campus for the school. Since that time, another acre has been added to the grounds by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the city of La Grande. Looming at the head of Aa spacious, concrete stairway, is the administration building. The structure is of the Italian Renaissance period and has an exterior finish of bug stucco and a roof of terra cotta tile. ln addition to the administration offices and the auditorium located on the second floor which will seat 600 people, the building contains 16 class- rooms and a well-designed library. Further plans for the campus provide for a library building, a practice school, a womenls dormitory, and a gymnasium. Athletic accommodations will include tennis courts, a football gridiron and a baseball diamond. The grounds around the buildings will be effectively landscaped. A miniature lake will enhance the beauty of the grounds between the main buildings and the athletic field. We have every assurance that the school will grow to such an extent that all of these proposed improvements and plans may reach fulfillment within a short time.

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BOARD OF REGENTS Regents at the time of the establishment of the Eastern Oregon Normal School HON. HON HON HON HON. HON HON HON, HON HON HON. HON. HON HON HON HON HON HON EX-OFFICIO ISAAC L. PATTERSON, Governor ,,,,.,,,,,..,.,.,,,,,,,,, .,..... Salem HAL E. Hoss, Secretary of State ..............,.,.....,........r......,............. ..,.... S alem CHARLES A. HOWARD, Szzperifitendent of Public Imfmctiow ......... .. ..... Salem REGENTS BY APPOINTMENT GEORGE A. HARTMAN ......,., Q ..,........,.,,,,...,.,s....,...,,.,..,,,.. ......, P endleron JOI-IN H. FULLER .....,......... ........., A shland EDGAR E. BRAGG .......... ....,..... S alem FRANK J. MILLER ...... ........ A lbany CHARLES L. STARR ........ .,....... P orrland WILLIAM C. BRYANT .,...... ........... M oro STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Normal School Governing Body after jnne 30, 1929 A. R. WATZEK ................................................................................................ Portland F. E. CALLISTER .......... ............ A lbany E. C. PEASE ............. The Dalles ALBERT BURCH ....... ......... M edford E. C. SAMMONS ....... C. L. STARR .....,.... B. F. IRVINE ......... C. C. COLT ............. .........Portland .........Portland .........Portland .............PortlarId HERMAN OLIVER ........ .......... C anyon City

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