University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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President Arnold Bennett Hall Arnold Bennett Hall came to the University as president in l926. He is one of the foremost educators of the nation, an au- thority on international law, and an earnest advocate of judicial settlement of international dis- putes. Dr. Hall is a graduate of Franklin College and the Univer- sity of Chicago, where he took his law degree. Before coming to Oregon, he was associate profes- sor of law and political science at the University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Amer- ican Political association, the Dr. Hull American Social society, the League to Enforce Peace, the American Institute of Criminology, the American Ju- dicature society, the American Peace society, the American Society for the Judi- cial Settlement of lnternational Disputes, the Social Science Research Council of America, and the Universal Union for Peace. For several years he was chairman of the committee on problems and policies of the Social Science Research Council of America, and in i923 founded the Pa- cific Coast regional committee of that organization. He was the first chairman of the regional committee. ln l927, Dr. Hall was a delegate to the Institute of Pacific Relations, held in Honolulu, and has several times been invited to' address the Pan- Pacific confer- ence on international social relations. For several years Dr. Hall has been state chair- man of the National Student Forum, and in November, l93O, was invited by President Hoover to participate in the White House conference on Child Health and Protection. Since he has been in Oregon, Dr. Hall has done a great deal to build up the University and the state. He has toured the state on several occasions to acquire a personal contact with many of the fathers and mothers of the students. President Hall has been one of the University's staunchest friends, for dur- ing the financial crisis that has faced the school he has worked hard and loyally for the institution, and he has stood by us until the end. During fall term Dr. Hall conducted a series of lectures for the freshman class. These lectures pertained to such fundamental problems as character, personality, spiritual qualities, and intellectual interests. President Hall gave these addresses to help the beginning college student in his first year away from the guidance of home-life. 19

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Julius L. Meier Governor of Oregon Julius L. Meier is the third na- tive son of Oregon and the first native son of Portland to be elec- ted Governor. This honor was be- stowed upon him in November, l930, and on January l2, l93l, he assumed the duties of the chief executive. His decision to go into politics was forced on him when a mass meeting of 5,000 voters in Port- land insisted that he be the man to carry the banner of George W. Joseph, whose death occurred a short time after he won the Re- publican nomination for Governor. Governor Meier The mass meeting was called after a Republican convention in Port- land declined to adopt the Joseph platform and principles. Governor Meier was born in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, December 31, l874, and that city has always been his home. The young man was educated in the pub- lic schools of Portland and later graduated from the University of Oregon in the class of i895 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. For a time he practiced law in Portland in partnership with the late George W. Joseph. On his father's death, Julius L. Meier took up the duties of vice-president and general manager of Meier and Frank's, the department store founded by his father in l857. ln addition to his duties in the store he worked assidiously for state-wide pro- gress and prosperity. He has long been called the father of the Columbia Highway. ln l9l2 he called a meeting of the taxpayers of four counties to discuss the plan ot building what has now become the most famous road in America. He worked hard for its completion and was for years president of the Columbia River Highway Association. Along its scenic route he built his beautiful country home, Menucha. Governor Meier has been active in many other plans for state development. He was one of Oregon's commissioners to the Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, a leader in liberty loan drives, Northwest regional director of the Council of Defense, and was active in the work to restore Franceis devastated areas. He is much interested in aviation and has taken the lead in securing air meets and races for Portland. On December 25, l90l, Mr. Meier married Miss Grace Rose Mayer of Portland. Their children are: Jean lMrs. Joseph Ehrman, Jr.l, Elsa lMrs. Frederick Ganzl, and Julius L., Jr. I8

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Vice President Burt Brown Barker Burt Brown Barker, now serving as vice-president of the University of Ore- gon, has always been active in semi-pub- lic and public affairs, After completing underclass work at Willamette, he attended the University of Chicago, and from there went to Harvard where he received his LL.B. degree. He has served as secretary-treasurer of the Chicago University club, and helped incorporate the alumni associa- tion. While serving as president of the association, he instigated the first alumni magazine and made it successful. He was one of the founders ,of Delta Sigma Rho, honor debating society. He was also interested in Y. M. C. A. work in Chi- cago, ancl was ia member of the board of managers of Hdye Park Branch, and was chairman of the boys' work committee. Burt Brown Barker While connected with the Chicago Bar association, Mr. Barker did a great deal of notable work in the fields of defense of poor persons accused of crime, graft and corruptions in jails were exposed by the committee of which he was chairman. The general control over the University is vested in the State Board of Higher Education. Present members of the board include B. F. Irvine, E. C. Sammons, C. L. Starr, C. C. Colt, F. E. Callister, F. C. Pease, Herman Oliver, Albert Burch, and Mrs. Walter Pierce. At a meeting held on March 7 the board, in order to solve the financial dif- ficulties now facing the University and College, voted to have but six schools in each institution with a dean at the head, and also voted to have a chancellor at the head of all the institutions of higher education in the State. Boa rd of Regents Z0