University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Unin of lh« vel. ' dorm which woi ready foil term ore nomed offer University mer killed during the war. The Fiji house i moved lo moke room for Ihe proposed new science building Students look over the Amaion Flats built for morried veterans 21

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(continued) Memorial Halls, ten living units named after University men killed during the war. Hall Number One had been completed in time for the fall term; Hall Numfjer Two was opened winter term. 1 he Halls were the former Hudson Houses at the Vancouver Shipyard at Vancouver, Wash- ington—prefabricated units which had once housed ship yard workers. Villard Hall, the second oldest building on the campus, had never been meant for a men ' s dormitory, but it housed appro.ximately 40 men, mostly non-veterans. And in spite of the tremendous effort of the University to provide housing for all its students, an estimated 1100 men and women lived in non-University units or private homes oS the campus. I ,OR those returning to their school for the first time - - in years there were other changes. Spring floods of 1946 had destroyed the headgates on the Millrace, and the Mill- race was dry. Would-be Romeos found to their dismay that the cemetery had been cleaned of its underbrush. The Fiji house had been moved to make way for the proposed new science hall. The University had erected four Quonset huts beside Commerce Hall to provide additional class room space. The increase in students and automobiles had necessitated traffic regulation on Thirteenth Avenue. In October the State Board of Higher Education voted to establish a separate graduate school at the University, thus abolishing the former inter-campus graduate school with Oregon State College. The State Board also abohshed most of the cross-campus directorships with Oregon State. The administration made new courses available. The RO 1 C department added an air corps unit to train student pilots. Almost all schools and departments added new fac- ulty members. The administration talked about new buildings. Be- sides preparation lor the construction of the new science hall, plans were under way for a new women ' s dormitory; and there was a drive to complete needed funds for the Student Memorial Union Building, which had been con- templated since 1922. MEMBER of the si.x who had t)een graduated from - - - the University in 1879 would not have recognized his University. The School had been founded in 1876 and had expanded gradually up to the time of the First World War. The ASUO had been organized in 1900. Sigma Nu, the first Creek organization on the campus, also had come in on the turn of the century. The Oregana had been first published in 1910 and the Emerald in 1912. Fall term of 1918 had shown a jump of 35 per cent over • the registration of 1917; fall term of 1919 had jumped 38 per cent over the 1918 figures for a grand total of 1785 students on the campus. The great building period had come during the thirties, when under the help of the PWA the Library, Infirmary, Physical Education Building, Heating Plant, Humanities Building, and the grandstand had been erected. 1 hen came the war and the spring of 1943, when the ERC and other reser ' e units marched away. The Univer- sity ' s students filtered into all corners of the world. But the University mo ' ed forward too. For several years it trained ASTP and air corps men, many who liked the School so well that thev returned following their discharge from the armed forces to complete their courses of study. By winter term of 1945-46 the veterans began returning to their School. By fall term of 1946-47 they were back in force, and the University set out to meet and comply with the changes they brought back with them. all. Men work during the summer !o get the first hall for vets ready for the Quonset huts spring up everywhere. Work on the new Zeto Tau Alpha house proceeds slowly throughout the year. 20

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Students block busy sidewalks to lolk it over between classes. Only place for members of University-sponsored independent groups to eat first part of foil term is John Straub, and long lines are commonplace. Five minutes to ten, and students begin heading for the classrooms ogoin. Thirteenth is blocked to cars during shift of dosses to allow students to cross safely.