University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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President ' s Message fSi; A distinguished divine from southern California re- cently declared that the Los Angeles river is the most beau- tiful river in the world. He explained that to comprehend its real splendor, one must not look in the dry bed of the ex- , hausted stream, strewn with debris deposited by occasional ■ [ ' ■ floods, but to the community that the river serves. It is in J the uncomparable beauty of the splendid orchards, the frag- f rant flowers, and the verdant foliage, to which the Los Angeles river has yielded up its life-giving waters, that one finds the charm and glory of the stream. And this is the way we must evaluate the student body of Oregon. I have confidence in the students of Oregon. I have ample evidence of their generous hospitality, of their ' ■V: eagerness to help and of their sincere devotion to the best ideals of university life. The real worth of Oregon ' s sons and daughters will be X, found in their later contribution to the spiritual, the civic and the material development of the state. The tjniversity f ' ' ■ ' - must rise or fall just as they that succeed in carrying back into the community from which they came a new vision of public service, a more adequate understanding of spirit- ual ideals, a better technique in mastering the material problems of life, and a revitalized and more intelligently directed impulse for community service. It is in this way only that the University may hope to attain its ideal of largest usefulness to the people that it serves. To the students, I extend my most friendly greeting. I eagerly invite them to share fully with the University its high standards of character and achievement. I have con- fidence that as alumni they will prove their true worth to the community by their devotion to ideals of their alma ARNOLD BENNETT HALL.

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!i ■:• Q)edicdtion 0 him who enters upon his duties as president of the ni ' versity of Oregon at the close of its first fifty-year period of expansion and development, a symbol of a greater Oregon, cj rnold Bennett all, do the associated students dedicate this book. ' ■ [2 .., A, IS

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Qerlinger Message To the end that war among nations may cease and that international peace may prevail, thoughtful persons have felt that civilization may be saved by educating youth to an appreciation of the merits and rights of other peoples. The University of Oregon is fortunate in having as its patron, Mrs. Murray Warner, who brought to it with her collection of oriental art the desire to promote peace be- tween the Occident and the Orient. Through the study of the collection, students cannot fail to realize the dignity of the great civilization of the East. Along the Pacific coast a second step in pioneering is in progress. The Clark collection of art and books in Los Angeles has been given to the University of California. The Huntington gallery will soon be available to the public. At San Francisco is the palace of the Legion of Honor. In Eu- J gene will soon be built the first unit of a fine arts building ' made possible by the gifts of students, alumni and friends. , At Portland it is expected that before long an adequate building will be constructed to house the many valuables of the Portland Art Museum. Recently occurred the dedication of the Museum of Art at Maryhill, Washington. The fine arts building is one of the outposts in the new era of art and culture. It is fitting that it is to be a memo- rial to the late Prince L. Campbell, who symbolized in his life and work the beauty that is goodness and truth. ( J IRENE H. GERLINGER, ] Sponsor of Fine Arts Building. J yiL