University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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'IU'IDMlll'll1lDN'WlIE1ARlILllFlHl IU1lDNlIFllilRlIEN1UlIE Philip A. Parsons DESIGNED to render service to the state, and to bring together students and leaders for the discussion of timely and weighty prob- lems, was the annual Commonwealth Confer- ence held on the campus last March 21 and 22. With prominent state participants in four different fields-religious study groups, cham- bers of commerce secretaries, crime preven- tion study group, and a stream pollution study group-they devoted their time to Dr. Arnold Bennett I-Iall's proposed survey of state resources to determine how best a sur- vey could be scientifically applied. President Hal1's survey is extensive, and its scope in- cludes surveys of all the state's social as well as economic resources. The conference is being directed this year by Philip A. Parsons, head of the School of Sociology. It has been an annual university event for the past decade, having been instituted by the late Dean F. G. Young. From a small unit covering a small field of endeavor, it has grown to a state-wide signifi- cance. A The section chairmen for 1929's meeting include Dean David E. Faville, of the School of Business Administration, as chairman of the chamber of commerce secretaries divisiong Dean John Bovard, head of the stream pol- lution groupg Professor H. S. Tuttle, of the School of Education, chairman of the religious study section, and Dean Charles Carpenter, of the Law School, as leader for the crime prevention group. One phase of President Hall's proposed' survey was dealt with by the religious study division, when it undertook the task of supplying all churches and uplift organizations with impersonal and unprejudiced information upon which to base new programs for progress. 27

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N lliimv lllNlFlIlllQlMllA.lIQhY Mrs. W. B. Crane and Dean John Bovard BUILDING plans are un- der way for the new Uni- versity Hospital, as a re- sult of a campaign for funds by Oregon mothers, that brought an appropria- tion of 350,000 from the state legislature on condi- tion that a similar amount of money be raised by private subscription. Realizing the inadequate facilities of present iniirmary accommodations as evidenced by the epidemic of contagious diseases during the past year, the mothers of Oregon students, headed by Mrs. W. B. Crane of Portland, organized a campaign that got the legislative appropriation. To fulfill their part of the agreement in raising a matching sum of money, Mrs. Crane and her committee-Mrs. Wallace Shearer, Mrs. Herman Slade, and Mrs. Treve J ones-are now engaged in a state-wide campaign for funds. The plans for the new hospital call for the immediate erection of the first unit at a cost of S100,000. It is to be erected so that additional units may be added when needed. The three-story structure will bring about a centralization of the Health Service. On the first floor the dispensary and clinic will be housed. The second and third floors will be devoted to hospital wards. A capacity of sixty beds has been planned for. Each of the upper iioors will be built so that parts can be closed or opened as needed. Special units will be arranged for cases demanding isolation. Wards have been planned for two and four patients each, with special rooms for convalescents. The University Hospital will fill a need long-felt on the campus. It is a significant step forward to the goal of a greater university. XP -A09 26 i I

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lIFlIlN1AkN1IlZllE 4IiZ2f3kllilll!i32Alli4lEZN' Joseph Koke A THE UNI VERSI TY'S campaign for funds A All has made remarkable progress this year under the direction of Burt Brown Barker, vice- president. ' The campaign centered on Eugene sub- scriptions and resulted in the raising of 3153,- 253.50, of which 340,000 was collected in a single day. The goal, set at 3150,000, was con- sidered a tremendous undertaking. The suc- cess of the drive made possible the construc- tion of The Campbell Memorial and Fine Arts building. Credit for the success of the drive has been given to Joseph Koke and his cham- ' ber of commerce committee. The financial campaign had two purposes. The first was to pay the old indebtedness of the former Gift Campaign of the late President Campbell. The second was to secure pledges for the subscription of Eugene to the Museum. Mr. Koke and his committee set out to raise the sum of 3150,000 among the citizens of Eugene. Of this sum, one hundred thousand was to defray the expenses of the former Gift Campaign, 325,000 for future ex- pense, and an additional amount for the new Museum. The first 3100,000 was subscribed by Eugene business men-no subscription being less than 32,500. The next 325,000 was subscrib-ed by fifteen other persons in busi- ness firms. In a big campaign last March the last twenty-five thousand was raised, with a margin of over 33,250. A As soon as the campaign was finished the administration proceeded with the erection of the first unit of the Museum and the Memorial Court, which had already been authorized by the Board of Regents. About 380,000 was already in hand, and a generous Eugene citizen offered to advance another equal amount in cash, against the pledges that have already been made for the erection of the building. ' Considering the size of Eugene, and the wealth represented here, the amount raised is an evidence of the unusual interest taken by the city in this matter, and is an outstanding pledge -of her interest in the growth and development of our University. C9 63