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U. OF CAL. SOUTHERN CAL.
John A. Curtis, '28, Los Angeles
F. G.Jennings, '39, Oakland
Arthur C. Yearin, Jr., '48, Fresno
Harry E. Schultze, '49, San Francisco
Morton Raphael, '57, Oakland
U. C. L. A.
Robert L. Woods, '33, Los Angeles
Lloyd G. Hild, '47, Los Angeles
Donald M. Tippett, '47, Los Angeles
Woodward M. Taylor, Jr., '51,
Los Angeles
Robert H. Meyer, '53, Los Angeles
Norman Berg, '54, Los Angeles
James D. Hughes, '54, Los Angeles
James H. Smith, Jr., '21, Los Angeles
Harry R. Van Cleve, '21, Los Angeles
Jerome S. Goldberg, '32, Los Angeles
Barry B. Stephens, '32, Los Angeles
Edward S. Robinson, '37, Syracuse
Richard B. Davis, '38, New Orleans
Fred C. Andretta, '39, Seattle
William H. Gould, '41, Los Angeles
Robert A. Riehle, '46, Cincinnati
Richard L. Van Cleve, '46, Los Angeles
H. William Freeman, '48, Los Angeles
Stanley W. Bowen, '49, Los Angeles
Bruce M. Bender, '49, Los Angeles
John E. Armer, '51, Los Angeles
STANFORD
Edward Neisser, '26, Los Angeles
Lucia C. Halverson, '28, Syracuse
Thomas W. Cordry,Jr.,'33,San Francisco
Fred R. Miner, '40, San Francisco
Jacob E. Way, '44, Chicago
Woodward N. Taylor, Jr., '46, L. A.
Joseph F. Monasta, '48, San Francisco
Robert H. Woodward, Jr., '49, S. F.
David C. Englehart, '53, Portland, Ore.
U. OF OREGON
Carlo A. Apa, '42, Portland,
Herbert W. Geffen, '51, Portland
Larry A. Lund, '53, Portland
Richard A. Briggs, '56, Portland
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Larry A. Lund, '52, Portland
To
and
From
r I ^HIS is THE LAST opportunity that I will
-*? have to direct a few words to you as
alumni director. Next month Marion and
our four future Webfoots return to Portland
to the world of business.
It was not an easy decision. We had in-
tended to make Eugene our home and the
University our lives. But, as they will, con-
ditions change and an opportunity has
developed which could not be refused.
Herb Darby, former president of the
Alumni Association and general manager
of Mail-Well Envelope Company, will be
my new boss. In a way this will give me an
opportunity to keep in contact with all
alumni because in the past every envelope
used in the alumni office or in the Develop-
ment Fund mailings has been a Mail-Well
envelope. I hope this will continue and that
I will at least have this contact.
This is a particularly difficult time to
leave Oregon. The long range plans bear
evidence of growth and improvement which
will place Oregon further ahead as the Uni-
versity of the Northwest. It is pleasant to
be part of such growth, to feel the change
in attitude of faculty and student and to
know that there is a new and enlarged sense
of pride in the institution.
At least I have had an experience which
others envy. Life in a university community
is to be envied. Young people preparing
themselves for positions in our world, fac-
ulty dedicated to the purpose of determin-
ing the quality of this preparation and the
pleasure and privilege of meeting and work-
ing with those alumni who recognize the
value of serving the university in many
ways.
But there is solace as well. There will be
many opportunities to share with others the
improvement and growth and to work with
friends who find no better avocation than
enlightened interest in the University. Talk-
ing to high school students about quality
education, telling others of the distinguished
University which as citizens of the state
they can call their own.
The University is in good hands. With the
help of all of us it will grow and prosper.
Thank you all for your friendship and as-
sistance. You have made the past three
years more meaningful.?BASS DYER.
Old Oregon
Published by the
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Member American Alumni Council
August-September 1958 Vol. 38, No. 7
COVER
It's summer and the days are long and warm?
and the sunsets a lovely reddish-orange colored
reminder that tomorrow will likely be just as
warm and almost as long. The campus also takes
on a different look as students from widely di-
verse points converge on Eugene to attend the
annual Summer Session and take part in the
many activities at the University. For a closer
look at some of the Summer Session activities,
turn to page 2. (Photo by Ken Metzler.)
THIS ISSUE:
Summer Headlines 2
Dilemma in Detroit 7
Whafs Ahead for Oregon Athletics? 9
Old Oregon Roundup 10
News of the Classes 14
The Impossible Takes Awhile 17
Don't Worry About Science 19
Class Reunions 25
38 Years in the Black Gold Rush 27
Editorial Staff
KEN METZLER '51
Editor
BASS DYER '45
Business Manager
RITA SCHENK '59
Assistant
Executive Committee Oregon Alumni Association
MILTON W. RICE '28 JOE McKEOWN '29
President Vice-President
BASS DYER '45 WILLIS C. WARREN '30
Director Treasurer
C. R. "Skeet" MANERUD '22
Past President
A. T. GOODWIN '47 MORRIS H. ROTENBERG '35
JOHN HOUSTON '21 ROBERT W. THOMAS '36
CHARLES T. DUNCAN, Faculty
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at the University of Oregon Press. Subscription price $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at thepost office at Eugene, Oregon under act of March 3, 1879. Adverising representative: American Alumni
Magazines, 100 Washington Square North, New York, N.Y.
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kted Ri Economist to Discuss
U.S. Foreign Policy
Public Affairs
Headlines in the Summer Sun, weekly newspaper
published during the University's Summer Session,
reflect the character of the season. Unlike the regular fall,
winter and spring sessions, summer is a quiet time
on campus: No football games or rallies
(but plenty of swimming, tennis and other such
diversions for those interested). No frolicking in
front of the dormitories, no water fights (but plenty
of adventure dodging the sprinklers on the lawn
areas.) Nonetheless, there are good times and
interesting events on campus during summer?
the annual picnic, lectures, concerts, dances, theater
productions?lightly interspersed with the
more serious aspects of attending the University.
On these pages is a photographic record of some
of the events that made headlines in the
Summer Sun this year.
Headlines
Calendar of events lists opening day of classes as June 24, but says
nothing about the character of the weather, which was
anything but summery. June Robb, Helen Hughes and Mary
Martha Sweeny, all Eugene teachers attending summer school,
slosh through rain in front of Student Union Building.
Continued
August-September 1958
Summer Headlines
. . . continued
rhotos: B. L. Krr.-MH-
?MiW With Summer Session enrollment nearing an all-time high,admissions office employees sift through big stacks ofapplication forms sent in by students. Marianne Wittemyer(left) '60 and Joy Esgate '57 tackle the job of
sorting out the applications.
All but 227 high school musicl
students are pictured herel
(from top to bottom) Sharronl
Addison, from Eugene;\
Terry Parker, Springfield;]
and Bruce Lattin, Klamathl
Falls]
Following sage advice to seek outdoor
recreation, trio navigates lonely
mountain trail in Oregon's Cascades.mmm
"^ern Oregon. "JS and vaUe? ' ?
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George Brittingham (right front) rends a part for forthcoming play
"George U ashington Slept Here." Others in photo are (left to right) Dorothy
Sloan, Denise Mattingly, Carole Minor, Tom Doggett and Barbara Knox.
Photo: Ken Mrlzle Photo : B. L. Freemesser
Eight-year-old Patricia Chapman tried a dip in the
women's swimming pool, came up with an eyeful
of water. "/ don't like to stick my head
under water," she says.
Nancy II hallcy, of Springfield, provides
the excitement as she sings during first of
weekly Club Intime events.
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Summer Headlines
. . . continued
Campus Receives
Unusual Sculpture
By Betty EIrod
One of the country's most dynamic
and discinctive sculptural pieces is
located on the campus just northeast
of the Museum of Oriental Art.
The eight and a half foot piece, made
of cast iron, brass and compound, is
titled "Prometheus." It was presented
to the University by members of Gam-
ma Phi Beta sorority this year in com-
memoration of the 50th anniversary
of the founding of the University
chapter.
Sculptor Jan Zach, a Canadian citi-
zen who was born in Czechoslovakia,
says about "Prometheus", "My defi-
nition of Prometheus is an affirma-
tion. He is the symbol of energy?a
symbol of life?because fire for man
is the most important element in man's
life."
Legendary Hero
In this sculpture, Zach portrays fire
as a powerful force leaping heaven-
ward from the lifted arms of Prome-
theus, the legendary Greek hero who
stole fire from Zeus to give to man.
The legend says Zeus punished Prome-
theus by chaining him to a rock where
a vulture eternally assaulted him.
Wallace S. Baldinger, director of
the Museum of Art, said "Zach could
not have done otherwise with this
theme. He sees fire as transfiguring
mankind in a colossal struggle to con-
trol it. He sees it promising a richer
and nobler existence if only that strug-
gle succeeds, but bringing total de-
struction if that struggle fails."
Zach came to the University in Jan-
uary as a visiting faculty member. He
returned to Victoria, B. C, last month.
While at Oregon, his enthusiasm for
sculpture as a medium of expression
was caught by many University stu-
dents. Efforts of some of his students
may be seen in the courtyard of Lawr-
ence Hall, School of Architecture and
Allied Arts.
Between 1951 and 1958 Zach
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Dilemma in Detroit |By Daniel D. GageReprinted by permissionfrom the Oregon Business Review
T^HE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE of today,
if critically examined with a cold eye.
gives the impression that it may have
been designed by a committee, composed
of the following specialists: salesman of
a chrome plating company seeking an
expanding market, an agent for a lamp
concern, likewise, an aquarium attendant
obsessed with the "fin" possibilities of
his charges, an interior decorator bent
on creating new exotic color combina-
tions, a retired engineer who somehow
misses his diesel-displaced locomotive,
and a stylist specializing in planned ob-
solescence.
Missing, muted, or sitting in the back-
ground are the functional industrial de-
signer, optician, consultant in consumer
budgeting, parking-meter planner, traffic
engineer, garage attendant and me-
chanic, natural resources conservationist
?all of whom might have had valuable
design suggestions to control the special
interests of the audible members of the
committee.
Automobile design has been an evolv-
ing process, beginning in the 1890s with
the horse-drawn carriage as a prototype.
It took original designers 25 years to get
away from "buggy" thinking; but by
1925 only a few remnants of the carriage
remained. There were still running
boards (carriage steps) and fenders
The author is professor of business ad-
ministration, Sacramento State College,
and formerly on the U. of O. faculty.
August-September 1958
(mud guards), projecting from the body
of the car; the engine was still up front
(where the horse used to be) and the
car was high off the ground (to see over
the horse and to cope with rough roads).
By 1950 the car had emerged as a dis-
tinct entity of its own. Running boards
had been eliminated, fenders were en-
closed within the body of the car and the
car was lower. But the engine was still up
front, and this coupled with the lowering
of the body, created the ever-rising hump
in the front and rear compartments.
In the competition to obtain a higher
portion of sales, each manufacturer
sought new features in an attempt to
outdo his competitors. The car was al-
ready complicated enough, but further
mechanical devices were added. What the
style leader, Cadillac, did, the others
followed or exaggerated, for Cadillac has
been relatively conservative. Chrome
striping and multiple lights, front and
rear, appeared, along with color combi-
nations that would be the delight of the
Zulu or Aztec.
With the country flush from the post-
war upsurge, the designers threw cost
considerations to the wind; and by 1955
we were engulfed in a race of the su-
perlatives: biggest, longest, lowest, fast-
est, most powerful ? and to heck with
cheaptr, more economical, and more
functional.
T TLTIMATELY there had to be a slowing
down. It came this year, despite the
researched judgment of the manufac-
turers, who felt certain in 1957 that they
knew what the average consumer wanted
or were simply determined to give him
what they thought he ought to have. That
somebody was wrong is being shown by
the decline in auto sales for the first five
months of the current year. There are,
however, other factors in the situation to
be noted:
? The arrival of television had its im-
pact. It aided car sales as a device which
could show the product amid emotionally
effective settings. Yet, at the same time, it
was a medium for showing the consumer
alternative ways of parting with his sur-
plus funds. Car manufacturers in spon-
soring man) of the leading television
shows have been unintentionally under-
writing competitive products?color tele-
vision sets, hi fi, electric kitchens, pleas-
ure crafts, deep freezers, household
appliances, swimming pools, etc. Since
the consumer had only so many dollars
available and those were shrinking, he
was forced to re-evaluate his spending
habits in terms of cost comparisons and
net satisfactions.
? Free spending was accompanied
by easy credit in the form of installment
pa) ment plans. For a time the credit con-
sumer was beguiled by the increasing
practice of sellers quoting prices in terms
of down payments and monthly install-
ments instead of total cost. But, before
long, a substantial number of buyers
were finding themselves in the predica-
"It's pretty well established that there's a definite
trend away from presently designed cars..."
ment of spending more than they took in.
A new agency appeared, the pro-rating
firm or financial counselor, who attempts
to scale down the various payments and
allow for some sacrifice repossession.
The independent consumer, however,
made his own solution. He had to have a
car of some kind, so he dropped other
items being bought on time, and traded
his car equity for a down payment on an
older model to reduce his monthly pay-
ments. Perhaps he made a mental note
that the next time he bought a new car
it would not be so big and expensive. The
total process accounts in part for the
large number of new or nearly new auto-
mobiles piling up on used car lots
throughout the country, and for the fact
that, for every three cars sold, two are
used.
? About 1948, small English cars
crossed the Atlantic and began filling a
gap left wide open by American car
manufacturers. First came the racy two
seaters which attracted the eyes of those
who wanted the unusual. These have
been largely supplanted in number by the
conventional sedans, not only of English
make, but French, German, Swedish, and
Italian, the latter landing its first boat-
load in June 1957.
The great avalanche of American tour-
ists to Europe, plus the G.I.s stationed
there, made Americans conscious of these
interesting little cars. They began to
realize that, while the small foreign car
was not a complete answer to their needs,
it did have something to offer in the
way of simplicity, economy, and maneu-
verability. During 1957 over 200,000
small cars were imported, representing
16 different makes and 4 per cent of total
new cars sold. Some seeds of discontent
have imperceptibly been planted.
? With a car for every three persons
in the United States, with 76 per cent of
families owning one car and 14 per cent
two, and with population rising with four
million babies annually, we face prob-
lems which lessen the effective use of the
automobile. The constantly rising num-
ber of cars in operation is taking its toll
of public transportation and orderly city
growth. Ninety per cent of driving is
done within the city or its environs. Cities
were planned for a certain amount of
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vehicular movement, but the extensive
area now demanded for car parking was
not complemented.
Traffic engineers established metered
parking space on the basis of cars three
feet shorter in length than present
models. Handling the morning and five
o'clock rush creates almost insolvable
problems. Some individuals are finding
their personal solution by buying cars
with shorter wheel-bases, shorter turning
radius, and consequent greater maneu-
verabilitv.
A LL THESE factors suggest a closer
scrutiny of the present function of
the car and its costs, particularly its re-
lation to total family income. Today, ac-
cording to the latest American Automo-
bile Association figures, it costs $1,078
annually to operate an automobile. This
total takes into consideration only direct
operating costs?gas, oil, tires, repairs,
and indirect costs, depreciation, insur-
ance, licenses. Not considered are hidden
costs, which include such items as home
garaging of the car, tolls, downtown park-
ing, etc. Statistics developed by a 1957
Life study indicate that the average
$5,000-a-year-family spends 20 per cent
of its income on car costs?a large bite
in the budget to secure personal or family
mobility.
It is pretty well established that there
is a definite trend away from the pres-
ently designed cars for the average per-
son. George Romney, American Motors
Corporation's energetic president, fore-
saw this change when he introduced the
more compact Rambler three years ago.
Other car manufacturers have moved
more slowly, first by trying out the market
with cars from their foreign subsidiaries
and affiliates. According to a news release
of March 15 of this year, General Motors
and Ford promise a new and smaller
car for delivery this fall or in 1959.
Chrysler will join the bandwagon; they
undoubtedly have something on their
drawing boards right now.
What changes are likely to be made or
ought to be made? They appear to be as
follows:
Manufacturers may give more atten-
tion to functional design, with emphasis
in five areas:
(1) Accessibility. Make it easier to
enter and exit from the car without the
user having to crawl past a projected
wrap-around windshield or bump his
head on the top door sill.
(2) Position. Re-examine the present
low bench seat and consider as a substi-
tute full height semibucket seats in front,
to allow full flexing of the legs and mini-
mize side strain occasioned by centrifugal
force.
(3) Operation. Reduce the weight,
width, and length of the car to secure
easier handling without the need for ex-
pensive power devices to brake and steer.
(4) Storage. Cut down on the amount
of rear overhang which causes the ex-
haust pipe to scrape the road when dips
are encountered, and makes the car help-
less on upgraded roads. Utilize the top
area for emergency loads of baggage on
vacation trips by factory-installed mounts
to which, as optional equipment, a roof
rack and zippered cover may easily be
mounted.
(5) Service. Make it easier to change
tires on the road, and to reach spots for
mechanical repair without the present
high cost resulting from the inaccessabil-
ity of repair areas.
Manufacturers, in reducing the size
and weight of the car, may adjust the en-
gine to conform. It may be a four- or six-
cylinder simplified model of sufficient
horsepower to meet normal driving con-
ditions with reserve for passing and for
grades. Gasoline consumption will get
closer to the figure secured by the Euro-
pean car.
Manufacturers may or may not give
attention to mounting the engine aft
rather than fore. This would be a bold
move for any American manufacturer,
despite the precedent set by the Euro-
peans. Such a change would mean a
lower cost of power transmission and
also would tend to eliminate the center
hump.
Redesigning an automobile is not so
simple. It involves all the risks inherent
in retooling. What will appeal to some
will not appeal to others. And, of course,
there will be a continuing demand for
cars with specialized uses, varying grades
in the price strata, luxury models, and
optional extras. But there is a need and
demand for a car which will suit the
average family of average income under
average use conditions. The manufac-
turer must balance constantly the ob-
jectives of function, compactness, utility,
refinement, initial and operating costs.
The American consumer is not ready yet
to accept an austerity automobile.
Old Oregon
What's Ahead for
Oregon Athletics?
By Bass Dyer '45
Many of you have expressed genuine
concern about Oregon's athletic future
?thus this report.
While such a report is based on ob-
servations of the writer and is strictly un-
official, certain actions taken by the
University are indications of the policy.
By pointing out some of these matters,
we hope that alumni will better under-
stand Oregon's future and?equally im-
portant?some of the considerations
which will determine the University's
long-range athletic policy.
First, a review of the facts. The with-
drawal of several members of the Pacific
Coast Conference has been described by
"Babe" Hollingberry, former Washing-
ton State College coach, as being "a case
of the boy who couldn't pitch taking the
ball home and breaking up the game.
They couldn't take it. Making rules and
breaking them, then hollering 'murder'
and refusing to take the consequences."
You will recall that early in 1956 the
University of Washington was found to
be in gross violation of the rules of the
conference in regard to the subsidy of
athletes. California, Idaho, Oregon, OSC,
Stanford and WSC voted to place Wash-
ington on probation. No sooner had this
explosion subsided than UCLA and USC
were involved in similar exposures.
UCLA was placed on probation by a vote
of 8-0, UCLA abstaining. USC was
placed on probation by a vote of 7-1 with
August-September 1958
UCLA voting against the action and USC
abstaining. Obviously these were actions
taken by the conference. California, fol-
lowing its self-examination investigation
disclosed some subsidy violations and
was placed on a short probation period.
The vote was 8-1 with California, Idaho,
Oregon, OSC, USC, Stanford, Washing-
ton and WSC voting for the probation.
Later the three California schools an-
nounced their intention to withdraw
from the conference. A five point policy
was issued by Cal and UCLA stating
the new basis for scheduling competi-
tion. Two items are of particular im-
portance. Games will be scheduled only
with those schools having equal academic
standards and a financial aid program
which recognizes need as a basis of fi-
nancial aid. On the matter of academic
standards, USC never has and probably
never will have academic standards equal
to California. On the matter of financial
aid there is a wide variance of attitude.
And it is interesting to recognize that
the Pacific Coast Conference has aca-
demic standards equal to or higher than
any conference in the nation.
It all boils down to the fact that, as
Bill Bowerman described it, "they wanted
a couple of 9.5 sprinters in a hundred
yard dash and wanted the sprinters to
have a 10-yard head start." Or as Presi-
dent Wilson put it, "They were teeing
up in the rough."
In any event it is obvious that USC
and UCLA are willing to have rules as
long as they do not have to abide by
them and the others do. It should be
recognized that California was forced
by political pressure to be a part of this
position against the wishes of most of its
administration.
Perhaps there is one other factor
worthy of mention. Pride! When Jim
Aiken was coach at Oregon he said,
"Everything will be fine in the confer-
ence as long as you don't beat the south-
ern California schools. As soon as you
beat them, look out." If you consider in-
sisting on adherence to the rules as beat-
ing the Southern California schools, then
we have beaten them and have seen the
results. Our win and loss game record
has improved and we have seen the re-
sult.
No conference has ever suffered as
much from some of its disinterested mem-
bers as has the Pacific Coast Conference.
Some have been more concerned with
establishing national reputations as foot-
ball powers. And in the long run what
does it gain the institution to be a na-
tional power? Why not be proud of a
conference championship?
So much for factors which have
brought us the problems of today. In
brief form the picture is that UCLA,
California and USC have announced
their intention to withdraw from the con-
ference as of July 1, 1959. The Board of
Regents of the University of Washington
has given Washington permission to
withdraw but?and this is important?
there has been no official announcement
from Washington that the University
will withdraw. This of course leaves Ore-
gon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washing-
ton State, Idaho and perhaps Washing-
ton as members of the conference after
July 1, 1959.
The football schedules for Oregon are
complete through the 1964 season. It is
evident that Oregon will be able to sched-
ule top flight competition without the
benefit of a conference. But statistics
prove that life as an independent is
fraught with mortality. Only Pittsburgh,
Notre Dame and Miami are what might
be referred to as successful independents.
Looking ahead it seems appropriate to
consider other factors indirectly related
to college athletics. In the entire nation
only Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Los An-
geles and San Francisco have major col-
lege football and both major league base-
ball and professional football. Only
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have stood
the test of time. Los Angeles and San
(Continued on page 22)
Old
Oregon
Roundup
Photo: Ken Metzler
?
Sometimes Oregon alumni get themselves in the darndest positions.
Here's Dr. Ted Lundy '36 plunging over the rapids on Southeastern
Oregon's Owyhee River. He made it okay, but knocked a hole in his boat.
No poet laureate
Ernest G. Moll, professor of English and
acting head of the University's English De-
partment, cleared up at least one miscon-
ception in an Emerald interview last spring.
"I am not," he explained firmly, "the poet
laureate of Australia?God knows how that
idea started."
Discussing the subject with Emerald Re-
porter Mary Jo Stewart, Australian-born
Professor Moll continued: "There has been
only one Australian poet laureate, and he
was a convict during the penal colony days."
Unofficially at least, Moll has held the
poet laureate title for at least 10 years. He
is thus designated in the 1958 Oregana and
also on a plaque at Crater Lake where some
of his poetry is used to decorate a room.
English Professor Ernest G. Moll says the
only Australian poet laureate was a convict.
"I have no idea how the rumor started,"
said Moll. "The first time I heard anything
about it was when I spoke to a downtown
club a few years ago and was introduced as
'the poet laureate,' et cetera, et cetera. It
has been accredited ever since.
"I've ceased to be embarrassed by the
story, but I would certainly like to see it
stopped. I've denied it whewever possible.
The only basis for the rumor happened in
1940 when my book of poems, Cut from
Mulga, was named as a sort of 'book of the
year.' A committee chairmaned by the prime
minister selected my poems as the first book
of poetry to be published by the federal lit-
erary fund . .. this may very well be the
cause of the 'poet' title."
Moll came to the U. S. some 30 years ago,
studied at Harvard, later worked his way to
Europe as a cowhand on a slow cattle boat
to Liverpool. He has been at the University
of Oregon since 1928 and has published 10
volumes of poetry and one of prose.
Last week?Wow!
Bob Bersi, student body president at Col-
lege of the Pacific, California, attended a
convention of student body presidents at the
University last spring?and returned to his
own campus a bit more than impressed. "I
was dented," he said.
After returning he wrote the following
piece in the Pacific Weekly, student news-
paper at College of the Pacific:
"If you recall, last week I mentioned that
[ was attending a Student Body Presidents'
convention at the University of Oregon at
Eugene. Well, the convention was fine?bet-
ter than most. But, brother, what a school!
It was beautiful; it was well run; it was
filled with spirit; in short, it was amazing.
"In the scores of college and university
campuses I've seen the past four years I
have always found myself feeling smugly
proud of my own college's beauty, which
seemed to be unrivaled. But last week?
wow!
"The 6000-plus students of the U. of 0.
are truly to be envied, first, because they
are fortunate enough to have such a cam-
pus; and, second, because they seem to go
to any lengths to keep it so. Let me list
just a few items:
"A modern student union that would
break your heart?built on three levels, with
eight bowling alleys, even more pool and
billiard tables, ping pong tournament room,
thick rugs, beautiful marble work, spacious
stairways, all brass and polish. There's a
snack bar bigger than our dining hall called
the 'fish bowl' because of its vast expanse of
glass walls facing on to a beautiful stone ter-
race dotted with cafe tables and umbrellas.
Need I go on? The rest of the building is
made up of banquet rooms with dining fa-
cilities ; many, many discussion rooms; and
sundry other features I never got around to
investigating.
"For those interested in various other
aspects of the campus, there is the museum;
an enormous modern library with the stacks
loaded with books; and on-campus shops of
all description, including a little foreign
movie theatre. And, speaking of theatres, the
new one built for the legitimate arts was so
equipped that it would cause Mark Brown
to have hunger pangs.
"There is much, much more?even a mill-
race stream which runs through all this
campus splendor. But what leaves the
greatest impression is not what has been
built, but what has not?the acres and acres
of green lawn, spread with all manner of
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trees, criss-crossed with long, seemingly
slender walk-ways; the wide avenues; the
curving carriage lanes; the spacious quad-
rangles. It is what has been allowed to re-
main beautiful and free of 'expansion' that
lends an almost unbelievable beauty to this
campus."1
Battle of the butte
For several months a controversy has
been raging furiously over a chunk of for-
ested terrain located just south of Eugene?
Spencer Butte. It all started, apparently,
after the Eugene City Council reacted favor-
ably to a proposal of a local television inter-
est to build a road up the butte and install
a television transmitting tower on top.
The news precipitated a deluge of editor-
ial comment, and letters to the editor pre-
senting a divergence of views, both pro and
con. Should the butte be preserved in its
natural state, in all its pristine beauty, free
'We crawled, stumbled, plodded and panted
our way up . . . if anything there should be
a Red Cross station set up at the base."
of such modern encumbrances as asphalt
roads and steel towers? Or should the TV
facilities?road, tower and all?be installed
so that all Eugene may enjoy a second tele-
vision station?
Although the butte, and the controversy
which shrouds its slopes, have no connection
with the University, alumni and students
seem to have become involved. Even the Ore-
gon Daily Emerald editorialized (in favor of
keeping the butte wild and untamed) and
many of the letters to the Eugene Register-
Guard have been from University people.
All of this brought a group of enterprising
Oregon students to their feet with a first
hand account of their climb to the top of the
butte. They reported their experiences in a
letter to the Register-Guard?a letter that
didn't end the controversy exactly, but
might well have. Signing the letter were
Don Robinson, Daniel W. Davies. Cay Mun-
dorff, all journalism students, and Janet
Ferris, a history student.
Their report:
"Sir. we are several of a group who, the
other night, climbed Spencer Butte.
"For those panicky protectors of its
rough beauty who have been muttering
'Save the Butte, Save the Butte' in your
Mailbag?we are happy to report the butte
is awfully there.
"The attacks and counter-attacks on the
butte question had interested us consider-
ably before we made our climb. We read let-
ters from people as far away as Medford
who feared the onslaught of civilization.
(We chuckled as we read this, for we hap-
pen to believe a TV tower would be a great
thing for Medford's own backyard hump,
Roxy Ann!)
"Anyway, about our climb. There were
probably nine of us altogether, including
some of the most bitter opponents of steel
towers. We crawled stumbled, plodded and
panted our way up. At the top we met the
reassuring old hogback. Some of the group
straddled a rock there and quenched their
exhilaration with a stubby, which seemed a
little out of place to us but you never know
where people will find their nature.
"The way down was as muddy, rocky
and slippery as the way up. By that time
our flashlight had burned out. But we were
determined and made it.
"Now let us say, after a first hand survey
of the controversial butte, that worries about
that old crag are wasted. If anything, there
should be a Red Cross station set up at the
base for the TV construction workers.
They'll find a vertical slope a much stronger
deterrent to their dreams of progress than
editorials.
"And if, in the muddy future, someone
succeeds in getting a baby tower settled on
the top, to blink its waves through the gath-
ering smoke of the city dump, we say God
bless them. We will dial in the new channel,
ease back in our chair, think of poison oak
and mud, and with a smile say to ourselves,
'By golly, you just can't hold back prog-
1958 football
Football Coach Len Casanova, now in his
eighth season with the Ducks, starts his de-
fense of the Pacific Coast Conference cham-
pionship with 21 lettermen from last sea-
son's Rose Bowl team and a promising group
of sophomores and transfers.
Five of the veterans were regulars last fall
and 10 of the others were members of the
Lines clash hard as the Greens pull off a
play during Greens is. Whites games in
spring football practice. Whites won game.
famed "Ugly Ducking" second team which
played so great a part in the Oregon success
in 1957.
Four of the returning starters, All-Amer-
ican candidate Ron Stover at right end, Jim
Linden at right tackle, Bob Grottkau at
right guard and Bob Peterson at center, are
expected to lead one of the best sets of line-
men the Webfoots have fielded in several
seasons.
Charlie Tourville, the fine running and
passing left halfback, is the only returnee
from the West's finest starting backfield
and it appears now that he will be shifted to
right half for his final season.
The 1957 second unit is missing only
Charlie Osborne at fullback and has ends
Alden Kimbrough and Pete Welch, tackles
Darrell Aschbacker and Tom Keele. guards
Will Reeve and Joe Shaffeld. and center
Dave Fish, back in the line and quarter-
backs Sandy Fraser or Paul Grover. half-
backs Willie West and Len Read or Don
Laudenslager returning in the backfield.
Despite the excellence of the returning
lettermen, Oregon did suffer heavily through
graduation. All-Coast halfback Jim Shan-
ley, the Webfoots most productive running
back in history, fullback Jack Morris, third-
ranking Duck rusher of all time, and quar-
terback Jack Crabtree, the most valuable
player in the Rose Bowl and one of the top
five Oregon passers of all time, are missing
in the backfield along with reserves Leroy
Phelps and Osborne.
In the line the Ducks lost All-Coast Harry
Mondale at guard, Jerry Kershner at tackle,
J. C. Wheeler at end and Norm Chapman,
the regular until sidelined with a broken
ankle, at center from the starting unit.
August-September 1958 11
Old
Oregon
Roundup
Oregon's plans for a repetition of the fine
1957 season, which lifted the Ducks from a
pre-season rating of seventh to the brilliant
game with Ohio State in the Rose Bowl,
depend basically on the same factors which
produced last season's success.
These factors included wonderful team
morale and game effort, outstanding per-
formances by both the tested veterans and a
fine group of rookies, plus the creation of
some key breaks in at least two crucial
games by alert and aggressive play.
Oregon's offense will truly miss the tested
ability of Shanley, Morris and Crabtree, but
the Ducks will be far from unarmed with
Tourville, West. Read and Laudenslager at
halfback, along with several fine rookies,
and Marian Holland and Dave Powell at
fullback.
The vital quarterback spot again needs
the sure touch of Crabtree's passing and
signal calling, but Fraser and Grover, along
with rookies Dave Grosz and Dick Arbuckle.
are all excellent prospects with the abilities
to get the job done.
It goes almost without saying the Ducks
will be tough on defense. Oregon has led the
league in this department for the past two
years and last season gave up more than
one touchdown to only three teams in 11
games.
The rugged line, led by Stover. Linden
and Grottkau, is truly a fine one with sopho-
mores Dave Urell, Bill Betcher, Garry Stens-
land, Riley Mattson and Paul Bauge, along
with John Wilcox, a 1956 Duckling who was
named AU-American at Boise JC last fall,
ably supplementing the veterans.
In the backfield Grosz and Arbuckle and
halfbacks Herm McKinney, a real standout
with the 1956 freshman team, sophomore
Daryl Eisner and Allee Knowden of San
Diego JC, comprise the crop of rookies
which will play a vital role in the 1958
plans.?ART LITCHMAN.
1958 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
September 20?Idaho at Eugene
October 4?Oklahoma at Norman
October 11?USC at Portland
October 18?Washington State at Eugene
October 25?California at Berkeley
November 1? Washington at Seattle
November 8?Stanford at Eugene
November 15?UCLA at Los Angeles
November 22?Oregon State at Corvallis
December 6?Miami at Miami
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Oregon's Air ROTC marched at At water,
California in connection with Strategic Air
Command celebration at nearby air base.
Oregon boys placed second in their class.
has gone to a school that requires hard
work. But once he has taken part in con-
certed study, he will find that it can play
an important part in his enjoyment of col-
lege. Social values are important, but
should be subordinate to academic life.
lihat students can do to correct the situa-
tion: Fraternities should take the lead by
improving their house grades ... students
should initiate a better system of orienta-
tion for freshmen with greater emphasis
on the intellectual values of going to college.
Fraternity housemothers: The president
said he felt housemothers would improve
the tone of fraternity life and make the
fraternity a better place to live from the
standpoint of health, scholarship and eti-
quette. He added that he was appalled by
occasional complaints from townspeople
about the domestic manner of fraternity
life.
Needed: More scholars /Vem of the facultr
The biggest problem currently facing
the University of Oregon was spelled out
last spring by President 0. Meredith Wil-
son, quoted in an Emerald interview.
The problem: Getting students of out-
standing ability to attend the University.
"In many departments our faculties are
among the finest in the nation," the presi-
dent said. "But good instruction is only
half of what makes
a great university.
Because of a 'coun-
try club' reputation
that is perhaps a re-
sult of student in-
difference or lack of
(a sincere interest in
" ^^^^ selling the scholas-
^H tic side of the Uni-
versity, we have not
attracted enough
I students of the cali-
ber or of the high
motivation neces-
Hi sary to make a truly
President Wilson great educational in-
stitution."
In the interview with Emerald reporter
John Gustafson, the president added these
comments:
On methods of enforcing campus tradi-
tions (e.g., water fights, dunkings during
Junior Weekend) : "Adolescent horseplay
. . . the most indefensible actions that go on
here at the University."
Lack of academic orientation on the part
of students: The president, not quoted di-
rectly, indicated that the problem is not
unique to Oregon; that academic experi-
ence in a highly elective curricula fails to
provide enough common intellectual ex-
perience to encourage intellectual discus-
sion. The blame lies partly with the faculty,
he added. It is difficult for a student to
know what concentrated study is unless he
Horace W. Robinson, University Theatre
director, has been awarded a Fulbright
Lecturer Grant, the first of its kind to be
given a member of the University's faculty.
The grant finances a three-month speaking
tour of Australia, where Robinson will be
associated with the University of Mel-
bourne. During the tour he will lecture at
several universities on the non-professional
theatre, and at a UNESCO Drama Seminar
in Sydney he will deliver the first address
of an annual series known as the Kathleen
Robinson Lectures on Drama and the
Theatre.
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Max Wales, associate professor of jour-
nalism, is co-author of the book, Advertis-
ing Copy, Layout and Typography, with his
brother, Hugh G. Wales, professor of mar-
keting at the University of Illinois, and
with Dwight L. Gentry, associate professor
of marketing at the University of Maryland.
Used in spring term advanced advertising
classes, the book deals with the writing,
layout and physical features of advertising
used in many media, including radio, tele-
vision, newspapers, and magazines.
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Sidney W. Little, retiring dean of the
School of Architecture and Allied Arts, has
accepted the job as dean of the College of
Fine Arts and head of the Department of
Architecture at the University of Arizona.
Previously he had announced plans for a
European trip to be followed by more teach-
ing at Oregon. He assumed the new position
after his June 1 retirement.
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Don Van Rossen, assistant coach at the
University of Illinois was named as Uni-
versity swimming coach as the Ducks re-
turned to swimming competition after an
absence of two years. He has been assistant
coach for Illinois in the last two seasons. He
12 Old Oregon
will be a member of the teaching staff of the
health and physical education school in
addition to his coaching duties. Van Rossen
swam for and coached the Bremerton Navy
Base team in Washington from 1947
through 1950. After leaving the service, he
enrolled at Illinois and was a three-year
letterman prior to his graduation in 1953.
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A new translation into English of Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part I, by
Dr. Bertram Jessup, professor of philos-
ophy and acting head of the department,
has been published recently by The Philo-
sophical Library, New York. The transla-
tion was done over a period of several years
and was completed while Professor Jessup
was in residence as senior visiting research
professor, under a Fulbright grant, at the
University of Heidelberg. Germany, 1953-
54. The work is a rendering into English
verse of the original rhymes and meters of
Goethe's great philosophical drama. Dr.
Jessup has been an Oregon professor since
1936. He is a past president of the American
Philosophical Association and has pub-
lished widely in the fields of philosophy,
art, and literary criticism.
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Three longtime faculty members have
received emeritus status. They are: Harold
R. Crosland, associate professor of psy-
chology; Waldo Schumacher, professor of
political science and acting head of the
department last year; and Edmund Kremer,
professor of Germanic languages.
Crosland, who has been on the teach-
ing staff since 1920, received his doctorate
from Clark University in Worcester, Mas-
sachusetts, and has contributed a great deal
to experimental psychology particularly in
the fields of sense perception and guilt
detection.
Visiting campus during summer was Roth
Quartet, presenting lectures and concerts.
They are (I. to r.) Feri Roth, Cesare Pasca-
rella, Laurent Halleau, Thomas Marrocco.
One of two Democratic candidates nom-
inated in the primaries for the State Senate
this year, Dr. Schumacher has been on the
faculty for nearly 30 years. He received his
doctorate from the University of Wisconsin.
Kremer received his doctoral degree
from Frankfort on Main in Germany. He
has instructed students in German for
nearly 30 years and has also written and
edited several German textbooks. In July,
Dr. Kremer left for a six-month trip to
Europe where he will visit relatives.
Homecoming
"A New Look at Oregon," has been picked
as the theme of the 1958 Homecoming fes-
tivities on campus, according to general
chairmen Lynn Yarnell and Stan Scribner.
Among the events crowding the week-
end schedule October 18 to 20 will be the
annual Alumni Dance on Saturday, October
19, at the Fairgrounds in Eugene.
The student Homecoming Dance will be
On Campus and Quotable
Conrad Prange, Columnist for Oregon Statesman (Salem), addressing a meet-
ing of newspapermen: "The cautious columnist knows that not even the most
innocent crusade is a completely safe one. I recall writing a column deploring
litterbugs?those motorists who throiv beer bottles and other items out of their
cars. I thought I was on safe ground, for once. But, no! A couple of days later
I got an anonymous letter from a man who said he would be happy if I would
mind my own business and stop sticking my nose into other people's affairs. It
seems that his two young sons were making a good deal of spending money by
collecting empty beer and pop bottles from the roadside."
James B. Calderwood, economist at Claremont Graduate School, discussing
foreign trade in a newspaper interview: "We should liberalize our tariff pro-
grams. If we want to sell on the international market we must buy there too?
and a lot of U.S. jobs depend on exporting the products of their labor. In this
way, the U.S. could take the lead in freeing world trade."
Arthur A. Esslinger, dean of the School of Health and Physical Education
(addressing Eugene Kiwanians) : "Lack of physical activity has a profoundly
adverse effect on health. If you want to commit suicide slowly over a period of
years, just become sedentary."
held the same night at McArthur Court on
the University campus. Fitting in with the
general theme, the dance motif will be
"Music for Moderns."
Tickets for both dances will be available
by the first of October.
Among the other Homecoming events
will be the bonfire, sign contest, queen's
coronation, football game with Washington
State College, open house, and luncheon.
Foreign Trade Study
A study committee has been selected from
the University of the Department of Eco-
nomics and the School of Business Admin-
istration to consider the benefits to the
state economy from the sale of Oregon
products to foreign nations and the extent
to which imports from foreign nations cur-
tail operations of Oregon producers.
The Oregon Congressional delegation re-
quested the study, which will work with
the legislative reference service of the Li-
brary of Congress and the Oregon Depart-
ment of Planning and Development.
A former visiting professor of economics
at the University, Howard S. Piquet, who
is senior specialist in international eco-
nomics of the legislative reference service,
will head the study group. Faculty members
who will plan and carry out the school's
part of the study include: W. C. Ballaine,
director of the Bureau of Business Re-
search, commitee chairman; Robert Camp-
bell, assistant professor of economics;
R. W. Lindholm, dean of the School of
Business Administration; R. F. Mikesell,
Miner professor of economics; P. B. Simp-
son, professor of economics and D. A. Wat-
son, assistant professor of finance.
New Doctoral Program
The University's Department of Psy-
chology now offers doctoral training in
both clinical and counselling psychology,
according to a recent announcement.
Dr. Robert Leeper. head of the depart-
ment, said that approval of a doctoral pro-
gram in clinical psychology has been given
to the department by the American Psy-
chological Association. The new program
makes the University of Oregon one of 25
institutions in the United States having
approved doctoral programs in both areas.
The increase in the instructional re-
sources of the department has been made
possible, according to Dr. Leeper, because
of grants from the U.S. Public Health Serv-
ice. This aid, which amounted to $10,700
in 1954-55 has been increased to $24,500
during the past year. Such help has been
particularly important in developing the
child guidance clinic in the Department of
Psychology. This clinic has provided an
opportunity for intensive work by graduate
students who are interested in working with
children suffering from personality and be-
havior problems.
August-September 1958 13
School at the University of Indiana, has recently
been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board
for the Encyclopedia Britannica. A recognized
author, Dr. Winther is also a Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society, and studied at the
University of London in 1952-53 as a Fulbright
Scholar.
'26 Secretary: Mrs. Ann DcWitt Crawford,8517 S.W. 58th St., Portland.
'03 Secretary: Dr. James H. Gilbert,1959 Harris St., Eugene.
Mrs. Ella Travis Edmunson left Eugene
June 28 on a two-month tour of Europe with her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Carl Travis of Los Angeles.
They planned to spend a week in New York
City sightseeing before leaving with the tour
party, which will visit historic places in nine
countries.
'07 Secretary: Mrs. Angline W. Stevenson,Cook, Wash.
Paintings of famous authors by Mrs. Leone-
bel Kays Jacobs have been donated to the
University by the New York Alumni Group.
The paintings included are W. Somerset Maug-
ham, Ida Tarbell and H. G. Wells, which ap-
peared in a book entitled Portraits of Thirty
Authors written by Mrs. Jacobs and published
in 1937.
12 Secretary: Mrs. Mildred Bagley Grahar897 E. 18th, Eugene.
In a recent letter from Robert N. Kellogg
he describes his new home, Bangkok, Thailand,
where he is in charge of organizing the highway
department for that country with Charles M.
Upham Associates, Inc. The Kelloggs took a
two week vacation on their way to Bangkok,
visiting Honolulu, Japan, Hong Kong, and
Singapore. Bangkok, according to Mr. Kellogg,
is characteristic of all oriental cities. In describ-
ing the innumerable temples or "Watts" in
Bangkok, he said "Some of them are really fabu-
lous in their trimmings. The windows and doors
are trimmed with elaborate designs made of
Mother of Pearl and some semi-precious gems.
It is hard to believe that such elaborate and
expensive buildings could be built by a people
who are so obviously poor." Mr. and Mrs. Kel-
logg felt fortunate to have found a nice apart-
ment ("as apartments go") with hot and cold
water, a shower and some air conditioning.
13 Secretary: Carleton E. Spencer,205 Pioneer Pike, Eugene.
Recently elevated to chairman of the board of
directors for Blitz-Weinhard Company in Port-
land was Joseph M. Rothchild, past president
of the organization.
16 Secretary: Mrs. Beatrice Lock Hogan,9219 Mintwood St., Silver Springs, Md.
William C. Clubb retired as director of
public works for the city of Eugene at the end
of June. He entered city service 39 years ago,
working as an instrument man, building in-
spector and office manager before becoming
city engineer in 1927.
'17 Secretary: Mrs. Frances Shoemaker Gregg,960 Hilyard St., Eugene.
Frank L. Beach retired May 31 as vice
president in charge of personnel and operations
at the United States National Bank in Port-
land. He plans to make his home in Berkeley,
California, where he will serve as consultant to
U. S. National and other banks.
Edward T. Dwyer announced recently his
coming retirement as chairman of the board of
directors of the Title and Trust Company in
Portland, after 47 years of service with the
company. He plans to make his home on Orcas
Island in the San Juan group.
The McGraw Hill Publishing Company sends
word of recently publishing a new second edi-
tion of Health for Effective Living written by
Lloyd E. Webster, Edward B. Johns and Wil-
fred C. Sutton. Since 1943 Mr. Webster has
been director of the Los Angeles County School
Division of Health Education. He is a consult-
ant to college and university faculties in Los
Angeles County.
'28 Secretary: Mrs. Alice Douglas Burns,2235 N.E. 28th, Portland 12.
'24 Secretary: Georgia Benson Patterson,326 E. Jackson St., Hillsboro.
Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Ben-
jamin M. Reed, of Portland, recently partici-
pated in an annual Army logistical maneuver
conducted at Fort Lee, Virginia. In civilian
life, Mr. Reed is employed by the Oregon State
Employment Service.
General Petroleum Corporation, in recent ex-
ecutive reorganization, has announced the ap-
pointment of J. A. Simpson as Northwest
Division manager. He has been with the com-
pany since 1940.
'30 Secretary: Mrs. Lou Ann Chase Tuft,1938 Edgewood Rd., S.W., Portland.
'25 Secretary: Mrs. Marie Myers Bosworth,2425 E. Main St., Medford.
James H. Bagan has been named manager
of the Eugene office of the State Employment
Service. He was formerly manager of the Port-
land employment office. Mr. and Mrs. Bagan
(Mabel Robinson '26) are at home at 1763
Olive Street in Eugene.
Alums Martha A. Shull and Ruth Jenkins
have been awarded citations for service to sec-
ondary education as a part of the centennial
celebration of Shattuck School, Faribault, Min-
nesota. The citations were presented to out-
standing educators chosen from all sections of
the country.
Dr. Oscar O. Winther, professor of Amer-
ican History and associate dean of the Graduate
New president of Portland Alumnae of Phi
Beta, national women's professional fraternity
of music and speech, is Bertha Aim. She is
now a teacher of English at Grant High School,
and in the past has also taught vocal and instru-
mental music in Portland public schools.
Dr. Daniel G. Hill has recently been ap-
pointed as head of the school of religion, at
Howard University, Washington, D. C. A native
of Baltimore, he has been on the religion school
faculty since 1946.
Dr. Howard Lewis is the new president-
elect of the American College of Physicians and
will assume office next year. Dr. Lewis is a pro-
fessor at the University of Oregon Medical
School.
'31
Mrs. Helen Hoffmark Helm was married to
University President 0. Meredith Wilson chats with Mrs. Varion Babb Wilkins, the U. of
O.'s oldest alumnus. She's a member of the Class of 1882, and the occasion of the chat was
the class reunions, held on campus in June. For more class reunion photos, see page 25.
14 Old Oregon
Dr. Arthur L. Rogers of Portland May 12.
The bride has hern the executive director for
the Portland Girl Scout Council during the past
year. Dr. Ropers is president of the Portland
Clinic. The couple is at home in Portland.
Ernest Burrows, Portland attorney, has
been re-eletced president of Unlimited Progress.
HThe group, founded a
year ago, is an ac-
tion organization to
bring together diver-
gent elements inter-
ested in promoting
I the welfare of the
I Portland area and
I Oregon. Burrows has
I long been active in
I community affairs in
I the Portland area and
' with youth movements
and civic organiza-
tions. He is a member
of the Oregon State Bar and the Multnomah
County Bar associations.
'33 Secretary: Mrs. Jessie Steele Robertson,3520 S.E. Harold Ct., Portland.
It's a son, Thomas Corbett for the Richard
Marlitts. He is their first child and was born
May 28. Their address is 624 N. W. 20th Ave-
nue, Portland.
'34 Secretary: Mrs. Frances P. Johnston Dick,1507 E. 18th St., The Dalles, Ore.
Ernest P. Calef is a new assistant vice presi-
dent of Brice Mortgage Company in Portland.
He was formerly employed by the Montag Fur-
nace Company.
Miss Lois J. Greenwood has been named
executive director of the University YWCA. She
was previously with the National YWCA Board,
and was director of the campus group from 1944
to 1951.
'35 Secretary: Mrs. Pearl L. Base,, Portland.
Frances P. Sale Corteau of San Francisco
recently sent word that she just completed her
16th year with Southern Pacific in the account-
ing department. Her address is 736 Dolores, San
Francisco 10.
Gaile H. Good is retiring as principal of
Condon Elementary School in Eugene after
serving 28 years service in the District 4 school
system. The Condon PTA presented him with
a motor-driven electric barbecue as a retirement
gift.
'36 Secretary: Ann Reed Burns Boles,2610 S.W. Vista Ave., Portland.
Myron F. Pinkstaff, CPA of Eugene, has
been appointed to the membership committee
of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. He is a partner in the accounting
firm of Winn, Shinn, Snyder & Company.
'37 Secretary: David B. Lowry,Colver Road, Box 321, Talent, Ore.
Ben C. Bowie, vice president of J. Henry
Helser & Company of Portland, has recently
been re-elected a member of the board of direc-
tors of the Chicago and North Western Railway
Company.
'39 Secretary: Mrs. Harriet Sarazin Peterson,6908 S.W. 8th Ave., Portland.
C. Edwin Francis, Portland Lincoln-Merc-
ury dealer, has been re-elected a Westi-rn region
director of the Lincoln-Mercury Dealers Adver-
tising Association for the 11th consecutive year.
Miss Joan Seavey has accepted the position
as counselor of women at the newly-founded
Foothills College in Palo Alto, California. She
is ending 12 years of service at Oregon College
of Education as dean of women and director of
student affairs. Miss Seavey is currently vice
president of the Oregon Deans Association and
is completing her doctoral studies at Stanford.
Army Reserve Major Donald Thomas
recently participated in an annual Army logis-
tical maneuver conducted at Fort Lee, Virginia.
He is employed by Fidelity Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Philadelphia in Portland.
'40 Secretary: Roy N. Vernslrom,1933 N.E. 48th Ave., Portland 13.
News has been received of the birth of a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Nelson
of Portland. She was born May 9 and was
named Marlene Joy. ,
Elected to a three-year term as director of
the National Restaurant association is W. P.
Yaw Jr. of Portland. He is past president of
the Associated Restaurants of Oregon.
'41 Secretary: Mrs. Majeane G. Werschkul,737 S.W. Westwood Dr., Portland
Mason F. DeNeffe Jr. of Prudential Life
Insurance in Portland, has been granted the
national quality award by the Life Insurance
Agency Management Association and the Na-
tional Association of Life Underwriters. It is his
fifth such award.
'42 Secretary: Robert S. Lovell,532 Jerome Ave., Astoria, Ore.
After 14 years with the Eugene Register-
Guard, Albert H. Currey has been advanced
to the position of associate editor. In the past
he has been county news editor, city editor
?nd telegraph editor. He earned his master's de-
giee in journalism from the University in 1947.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Didak of Los An-
geles are parents of a daughter, Helene, born
June 17. She is their first child.
Robert L. Gilmore has been promoted to
credit manager for Automatic Heat Company
in Eugene. He was formerly a truck salesman for
the firm. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore (Elaine New-
bury '45) live at 1263 Tyler Street.
Mrs. Billie Jean Dexter Peden sends word
that she is a social worker in aid to needy chil-
dren for the Orange County Department of So-
cial Welfare in California. Her address is 12801
Huckleberry Rd., Garden Grove, California.
Richard W. Thomas has been named su-
perintendent of the WCTU Children's Farm
Home at Corvallis, Oregon. In the past he
taught at Vancouver, Washington, High School
and for five years was in child welfare work in
Yamhill County in Oregon.
Virginia Kempston HO, new dean of women
at Oregon College of Education, with
Arthur Glogau, director of student affairs.
In a class
by itself
since 1830
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August-September 1958 15
//// past presidents of Oregon Alumni Club of New York attended a recent club dinner.
They are (I. to r.) Allen Eaton '02, who founded group in 1917; John M. MacGregor '23,
Owen Callaway '23, Leon A. Culbertson '23 and Philip Bergh '27, immediate past president.
'43 Srcretary: Mrs. Nancy Lewis MollerKt. 3, Box 738, Ho,,.I River, Ore.
New? has been received that Raymond E.
Krantz is employed as a mathematician with
Douglas Aircraft in the guided missiles pro-
gram in Santa Monica, California. His address
is 2341 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica.
Stanley E. Parrish, for the past five years
associated with General Mills Inc., is a new
member of the sales force for the Eugene office
of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Hartford, Connecticut. The Parrishes live at
245 W. 16th St. in Eugene.
'45 Secretary: Mrs. Arliss P. Boone Harmon,630 Darien Way, San Franc isco, Calif.
Charles F. Larson of Eugene has been ap-
pointed to the membership committee of the
American Institute of Certified Public Account-
ants. He is a partner in the accounting firm of
Kohnen, Larson, Heidrich & Company.
May 17 Beverley Irene Gray of Boston became
the bride of Dr. John David O'Hallaren.
The newlyweds honeymooned in Bermuda and
are now at home in Boston.
'46 .Secretary: Lois McConkey Putnam, .
Third child for Mr. and Mrs. Conrad B.
Schmick is a daughter, Dian Mary, born April
21. She joins a sister and brother, Karyl and
Conrad. The Schmick home is 1551 N. E. 129
Ave., Portland 20.
Gordon Duncan Wimpress Jr. received his
doctor of philosophy from the University of
Denver in June. In the past he was assistant
to the president at the Colorado School of Mines
and was director of research of the American
College Public Relations Association.
'47 Srv retar\ : James B. Thayer, .
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Dafoe are parents
of a son, John Russell, born May 19 in Portland.
He is their first child.
Henry L. Hess Jr., Pendleton lawyer, is the
new federal bankruptcy referee in Pendleton,
serving several Eastern Oregon counties. He has
been practicing law in Pendleton since 1949.
D. Donald Lonie, Portland public relations
man and publicity director of the Oregon Cen-
tennial Commission, has been named president
of the Oregon Advertising Club. He was first
vice president of the club and has operated his
own firm since leaving KPTV in Portland two
year1- ago.
Returning to Oregon as a graduate assistant
Fred I. Weber Jr. '47 (left) is new president
of New York alumni group. He receives
good wishes of Phil Bergh, outgoing prexy.
in the School of Education is Robert C. Sabin.
He will be working toward his doctor of educa-
tion degree. For the past three years he has
been superintendent and principal of Coburg
schools. Mrs. Sabin (Charlotte Calder '46) is
working in the science division of the University
Library. Their address is 1828 Hilyard Street.
Carolyn Jacobs Snow has become a part-
ner in her husband's firm, Kelly Snow ('45)
Sales Development, and will handle creative
and publicity assignments for White Stag,
Young Land and Wedgewood homes. She will
also be in charge of writing sales development
material. She was previously with Pacific Na-
tional Advertising agency.
'48 Secretary: Ann Darby Nicholson,4933 S.W. Illinois. Portland.
Norman B. Dorries has joined the Portland
office of Rucker Company of Oakland, Cali-
fornia. He was previously office manager in the
Portland area for Vickers Incorporated.
Army Major Charles Downs of Midland,
Texas, was recently assigned to the U. S. Army
Hospital at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a gen-
eral surgeon. Major Downs, who was last sta-
tioned in Germany, originally entered the Army
in 1943.
May wedding was that of Elizabeth Gil-
more ('47) and Chan Clarkson. The newly-
weds are at home in Portland.
William Jay Stuart received his master of
social work from the University of Denver in
June. In the past he was counselor for the Ore-
gon State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Richard M. Wilkins has been named sales
promotion manager for redwood sales by
Georgia-Pacific Corporation. He was formerly
assistant sales promotion manager for specialty
products.
'49 Secretary: Mrs. Olga Yevtich Peterson]537 Lake Street, San Francism
Joe Balle, formerly a salesman with Kendall
Motor Company of Eugene, is now a partner
with H. T. Daniel in the Daniel Motor Com-
pany.
The original works of American-German
artist Otto Fried were exhibited in Koblenz,
Germany, at the Deutschherrenhaus in June
and July. The exhibit included approximately
50 monotypes and paintings by Fried. The artist
studied under Frenand Loger and Andre Lhote
in France for three years and is presently living
in New York City.
News has been received of the birth of a
second child, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. David
E. Scofield (Gerry Hettinger). Her name is
Kristin Ann and she was born February 16. Mr.
Scofield is a newscaster for Radio Station
KFRC in San Francisco. Their address is 260
Tulane Drive, Larkspur, California.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheldon Jones Jr. are par-
ents of their fourth child, a daughter, Carolyn
Marie. She was born June 6. Their address is
2911 N. E. Thompson, Portland 12.
Electrical Distributing in Portland has named
former Norge sales manager, Gus Kikes, as
director of Zenith ^ales. New salesman with the
firm is Robert Kehrli, formerly with Eoff
Electric in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodhul T. Lemman Jr. of
Corvallis announce the birth of their second
son, Phillip Merrill April 18. He joins brother
Paul.
Smith and Crakes Insurance Agency of Eu-
gene anounced that William F. Rau recently
joined the firm as manager. He was previously
a partner with the Loren V. Bryant Agency.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Peterson (Olga Yev-
tich) announced the birth of their first child, a
son, Thomas Charles. He was born May 10. The
Peterson home is 1537 Lake Street, San Fran-
cisco 18.
l Secretary: Mrs. Dorothy E. Orr Cole,
7 Bellewood Circle, N. Syracuse 12, N.Y.
Mrs. Dorothy Thorsell Angst of Eugene,
was recently honored as the Delta Zeta of the
Year for outstanding service to the sorority in
Edwin E. Allen '46 (right) receives com-
mendation from Gen. Robert McCaw for
service in Judge Advocate General's Office.
Allen has returned to Eugene law firm,
Bar tie & Allen, after three years in Army.
16 Old Oregon
Oregon. She is in her third year as president of
Omega chapter corporation and is serving as
the chapter's financial advisor.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Hames are parents
of a son, John Duncan, born May 11. He
joins a brother. Peter Stewart, 2M>. Hames is
in the personnel department of the Southern
California Gas Company and the family resides
at 428 Grand Ave., South Pasadena.
It's a son, Todd Ellis, for Mr. and Mrs.
Mortimer E. Bonime. He was born May 29
and is their first child. Their address is 7117
S.W. 62nd Place, Portland 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Corning (Betty
Burkhart '49) are parents of their fourth child,
a son, Daniel Scott. He was born June 19 and
joins two sisters and a brother. Mr. Corning sold
his CPA practice in Lakeview, Oregon, recently,
and the family now lives in Indio, California,
where he is associated with Wade Ellis, CPA.
Their address is 81-362 Helen Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miesen (Doris Olson
'55) are the parents of a son, Steven Ray, born
June 9 in Portland. He is their second child.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Negron (Barbara Mur-
phy) are parents of a son, Richard Edward,
born April 4, 1958. Their address is 3065 Myrtle
Street, Milwaukie 22, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Perry Jr. of Corbett
announced the birth of their fourth child, a
daughter, Rebecca Marean. She was born May
14 in Portland.
Felicitations to Mr. and Mrs. Laurence F.
Schott (Margery Neer) of Cleveland, Ohio,
on the birth of a son, Richard Henry, May 24.
He joins a sister and two brothers. Their ad-
dress in Cleveland is 16510 Claire St.
Mr. Ralph Train has been named principal
of the elementary schools at Brookings, Ore-
gon, for 1958-59.
First child, Caroline Elizabeth, was born No-
vember 5, 1957, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Ward (Elizabeth Spangler) of 9 Schenk
Street, Madison 4, Wisconsin. Mrs. Ward sends
word of meeting Beth Basler Ross '49 who is
also living in Madison.
Photos: B. L. Freemesser
'51 Secretary: Florence M. Hansen,2268 Ashby St., Berkeley 5, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Winston Borgen are
parents of their fourth child, a daughter, Eliz-
abeth Ann. She was born June 13 and joins
Sandra, Mack and Sylvia. Their home is 2481
S. W. Sherwood Drive, Portland
Miss Dorothy J. Christensen received her
Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the Univer-
sity of Washington in June. She has accepted a
teaching position at Wellesley College, Welles-
ley, Massachusetts, for the coming school year.
George D. La
Roche Jr. has re-
cently been appoint-
ed East Bay Sales
representative for
Pan American Air-
ways, placing him in
charge of the air-
line's Oakland, Cal-
ifornia, office. He
has been in the com-
pany's sales depart-
ment for four years,
working in New
G. La Roche '51 York, Houston and
San Francisco.
In a recent afternoon ceremony, Lavon Gayle
Olson became the bride of Eugene A. Leh-
man. Mr. Lehman is employed by the State of
Oregon in Portland, where the newlyweds are
living.
In front of Commonwealth Hall, the 12 members of the Norbert Krantz
family?Ann Marie 12, Suzanne 2, Mrs. Krantz, Norbert Krantz, Paul 10
months, Kathleen 8, Mark 10, Helen 6, Mary 3, John 11, Robert 5 and Jim 7.
"The Impossible
Takes Awhile"
R FAMILY MOTTO," says Norbert J. Krantz, who lives at nearby Creswell
and is the father of 10 children, "is the difficult we do immediately . . . the
impossible takes a little longer."
It took Krantz more than 11 years to attain his B.S. degree in education at the
University?thereby proving conclusively that working for a college degree while
running a 100-acre farm and taking care of a family of 10 children is not im-
possible at all. It just takes a while.
Krantz started at the University shortly after the war (during which he served
with the Army Engineers) but his schooling was interrupted in 1947 when he went
into the logging business. Last year he returned to finish his education and he
received his degree last June. He plans to teach high school.
"I found I was teaching the kids all the time anyway," he explains, "so I decided
I'd do well to get into the business professionally."
At the Krantz farm at Creswell, Norbert Krantz takes the youngsters for a sled ride
around the yard while John Krantz holds of] the marauding ubad men" with trusty rifle.
August-September 1958 17
Photo : Dick Farris?Oregonian
Bathing baby is one of the lessons taught at the Red Cross classes for new parents at
Emanuel Hospital in Portland. Receiving their lesson are Dr. and Mrs. Bob Glass '56
(Mary Wilson '55). Since this picture, Dr. and Mrs. Glass became parents of a boy.
Jean Barnard McLean became the bride of
Bill Edward Peckover April 12 in West Linn.
Several Oregon grads completed law school
at Willamette University in June. Those re-
ceiving their LLB degree are: Louis L. Selken
'51; Lawrence M. Dean and William G.
Southwell, both of '52; Robert D. Heffer-
nan and William G. Paulus, '53; Alex M.
Byler, Ronald L. Ricketts, and Douglas J.
White, Jr., class of '55; and Benton C.
Flaxel '56.
May wedding was that of Gabriele Miller and
Jerome Barde in Portland. The couple is at
home at 1231 S. W. Montgomery Street, in Port-
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Bartle (Mar-
jorie L. Thomason '49) are parents of a son,
Thomas Richard, born May 4. He joins a sister
and brother. The Bartle home is 2644 S. E. 74th
Avenue, Portland.
Mrs. R. J. Gillis (Harriet Alderson) has
been elected secretary of the Fort Benning
(Georgia) Panhellenic Association.
Miss Janh Mae Brooks became the bride of
John D. "Bud" Leonard Jr. recently in a
Portland ceremony. The newlyweds are living
in Portland.
'52 Secretary : Mrs. Gloria Crenfell Mathcws,2020 Newcomer St., Richland, Wash.
1353 Columbus, Burlingame, California.
John R. Cain began new duties as treasury
supervisor of the Shell Development Company's
newly expanded Agricultural Research Division
in Modesto, California on May 1. He had been
in the accounting department of the Shell Re-
search Center in Emeryville, California, since
1953.
A daughter, Mary Ann, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent Dulcich (Donna M. Brennan
'51) of Toledo, Oregon, on April 20. She joins
brothers Thomas and James. Mr. Dulcich is
football coach at Toledo High School.
Donald McCauley, Bend High School sci-
ence instructor and member of the coaching
staff, will attend Oregon State College this fall
on a federal scholarship.
News comes from the University of Arizona
of two Oregon grads who received master's de-
grees from that school in June. John R. Kerns
earned a master of science in geology. Paul L.
Patterson earned a master of arts degree in
mathematics and a master of science degree in
physics. The Pattersons (Janet Hamren '51)
are living in Los Altos, California, where Mr.
Patterson is working for Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation and studying for his Ph.D. in phys-
ics at Stanford. Their address is 11571 Terrace
Drive.
Promoted to the rank of assistant professor
at the Illinois Institute of Technology is Dr.
Morris Aderman in the department of psy-
chology. He has also taught at the University of
Texas.
Married May 24 in Portland were Marilyn
Ann Marks and Stanley R. Boyer. The couple
is at home in Portland.
A daughter, Deborah Ann, was born April 25
to Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Brooks, who are
parents also of a son, James Bradley. Their
address is 4817 S. W. 42nd Ave. Portland.
Mr. and Mr-. Ronald E. Durkee (Barbara
Jean Burgess) send word of the birth of a son,
Stephen Edward, May 6, 1958. Their address is
'53 Secretary: Joan Simpson O'Donnell,3287 Walnut Lane, Lafayette, Calif.
Harry R. Atkison Jr., who graduated in
January from the American Institute for For-
eign Trade, is now employed by The DeVilbis
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Foster (Carol
Craig '57) of Medford are parents of a son,
Carlton Hale, born June 6. He is their first child.
Dr. Richard T. Jones, formerly of Portland,
has been chosen one of 18 young scientists for a
National Research Fellowship in the medical
sciences. He will study at the California Insti-
tute of Technology where he is working toward
a Ph.D. degree. His interest is centered in chem-
istry as it applies to medical biology. Sponsor-
ing the work is the National Research Council
which has gained support from the Rockefeller
Foundation and the John and Mary R. Markle
Foundation.
James A. Pearson has opened his own law
office at 97 W. Eighth Avenue in Eugene. He
received his LLB degree in June of 1957 from
Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. He
and Mrs. Pearson (Twila Kevin) live at 1777
Olive Street.
Married March 23 in Eugene were Barbara
Ann Ranes (57) and Thomas F. Sims. Mrs.
Sims was employed by the Standard Oil Com-
pany in California before her wedding. Mr.
Sims is employed by George Schaffers Company
in Eugene, where the newlyweds are living.
'54 Secretary: Mrs. Jean Mauro Karr,127 Lester Road, Park Forest, 111.
Recent wedding was that of Barbara Beverley
Tnman to Robert Allen Berry. The wedding
took place in Portland, where the newlyweds
are living.
Bob Hooker, a member of the Madison,
Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Journal, recently
combined a business and pleasure trip to New
England and New York City. He interviewed
the Yankee clubhouse at Yankee Stadium June
14 in addition to a feature on Madison area
members of the Detroit Tigers and Yankees.
Earlier he wrote three articles on Madison's
nine waterfront sports.
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Bethune are parents
of their first son and third child, Laughlin
Ralph, born June 3. Their address is 543 Sev-
enth, Oswego, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Barr Fletcher (Lucy
Ann Sprouse '57) are welcoming their second
daughter, Jenne, born May 10. Their home is
804 S. W. Culpepper Terrace, Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Friedman are parents
of their first child, a son, born May 13 at Cedars
of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. Their ad-
dress is 10014 Palm Blvd., Apt. 5, Los Angeles
34.
Marilyn Patter-
son Lees, until re-
cently an account
executive and copy-
writer with a Chicago
advertising agency,
has joined the copy
staff of Botsford, Con-
stantine and Gardner,
Incorporated, in Port-
land. Miss Lees, who
attended the Univer-
sity of Chicago Grad-
uate School, has been
with WBBM and
WBBM-TV, Chicago,
in sales promotion.
In an afternoon ceremony May 17 in Port-
land, Mary Suzenne Hannah became the
bride of Wilbert Carl Anderson. The couple
honeymooned in California before going east to
make their home in Philadelphia.
A son, George Christjon, was born May 16 in
Portland to Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hauer
(Gloria Jameson). The baby has an older sis-
ter.
Roseburg was the scene of the marriage of
Camille Anne Robertson and Robert Lee
Hoeppner June 1. The newlyweds are at home
at 220 W. 13th Ave. in Eugene, where Mr.
Hoeppner is a division manager at the Bon
Marche.
A daughter, Saundra Jane, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Rubenstein (Davia Saul)
Marilyn Lees '54
18 Old Oregon
June 3. She joins a sister, Susan Beth. Their
address is 7355 Brenne Lane, Portland.
The marriage of Selma Irene Starns to Al-
exander Richard Bartley took place May 31 in
Junction City, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Bartley are
at home at 3823 Crystal Springs Blvd. in Port-
land, where both are employed as certified
public accountants.
Harry Trimborn has been appointed man-
ager of the New Orleans bureau of United Press
International. For the past two years he has
been manager of the New Orleans bureau of
International News Service which has recently
been merged with United Press.
'55 Secretary : Mary Wilson Glass,1058 S.W. Gaines, Portland.
Married recently in Salem were Marjorie
Ann Becke and John Howard Moore. After a
wedding trip to Lake Tahoe and Carmel, the
couple is presently living in San Francisco. Mr.
Moore is an OSC graduate.
/ Craig J. Dudley, who recently graduated
from the American Institute for Foreign Trade,
is employed by the ESB International Corpora-
tion.
Barney Holland has been hired as head bas-
ketball coach by Lebanon, Oregon High School.
He has been teaching at Coquille Junior High
since his discharge from the Air Force last win-
ter.
June 14 Janice Aileen Latimer was married
to Paul W. Jones in Portland. The couple will
be at home in Portland, where the bride is a
student nurse and the bridegroom a medical
student at the University Medical School.
In Tokyo, Japan, on June 17 Mitzi Asai
('54) was married to Donald Loftus of Coos
Bay, Oregon. Miss Asai has been studying in
Japan under a Fulbright grant. The newlyweds
remained in Japan until August and are now at
home in Eugene, where Mr. Loftus teaches
music at Jefferson Junior High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Orton (Sandra Pal-
mer) of Eureka, California, are parents of their
first child, a daughter. Dawn Elaine. She was
born March 19. Mrs. Orton has been teaching
physical education at Eureka Senior High
School. Mr. Orton attends Humboldt State Col-
lege where he is majoring in secondary educa-
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Pheister are parents
of their second child, a daughter, Julie Louise.
She was born May 20 and joins two-year-old
brother Mike. Mr. Pheister was recently ap-
pointed head football coach at Benson High
School in Portland. He was previously a coach
at Grant High School. The Pheisters live at 9015
N. E. Schuyler, Portland 20.
From Los Alamos, New Mexico, comes word
of the recently employment of Donald E. Reh-
fuss with the University of California's Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratory as a physicist in
the GMX division. The division is concerned
with intricate physical studies of nuclear
weapon systems and the behavior of nuclear
weapon components during explosions.
Ken Reiser has been named head track
coach at Springfield High School, Springfield,
Oregon. The past year he was back on campus,
working for his master's degree and spring term
handled the frosh track team.
Cliff Robinson, director of secondary edu-
cation for Eugene's public schools, has been
appointed to the Advisory Council for the Na-
tional Merit Scholarships for the year 1958-59.
He is national vice president for the American
Association of Secondary Principals.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Speer Jr. are parents
of a daughter, Carolyn Lee, born May 11 in
August-September 1958
Don't Worry
About Science
By Raymond T. Ellickson
Head of the Physics Department
Reprinted from the
Oregon Daily Emerald
Raymond T. Ellickson
"DERHAPS the most important and en-
?*? during effect of the success of the
Soviet Union in being the first to get a
satellite into orbit has been the critical
reappraisal which our educational sys-
tem is now being given. And the reaction
is typically American.
Public opinion in this country can
swing from one extreme to the other on
practically any question, and usually
does. Last year's Most Valuable Player
is greeted with a chorus of boos this year
if he goes hitless in a few games. The
football coach who was on his way out is
presented with a Cadillac and a ten-year
contract because a few lucky bounces of
a pigskin sent his team to the Pickle
Bowl.
Most scientists have been perfectly
well aware that the Russians have pro-
duced some outstanding scientists whose
work was of the highest quality. But at
the same time, any objective examination
of the evidence will show that the rate of
progress of scientific development is
greater in the United States than in any
other country in the world.
Perhaps the nearest to an objective
test would be the history of Nobel Prize
awards in the sciences. These awards are
made by the Swedish Academy of Sci-
ences upon nominations solicited from
leading scientists all over the world.
In the first decade from 1901 to 1911
the United States won only one Nobel
Prize while the Russians were winning
two, out of a total of 39. In the most re-
cent decade, from 1946 to 1956, the
United States won 27 of the 55 awards
while the Russians were winning one. In
the 55-year history of these awards, the
United States has won 50 while the Rus-
sians have won three.
Now it would be foolish to argue that
the quality of scientific work in a nation
is measured only by the number of Nobel
Prizes won by its scientists. But one must
admit that this is valid evidence which is
not easy to refute by those who maintain
that our educational system is falling
apart at the seams.
We hear also a great deal of clamor
that we are not producing enough scien-
tists because too few students in high
school take physics, trigonometry, chem-
istry, etc. Such judgments completely
ignore the magnitude of the problem to
be solved.
Last year there were awarded in the
fields of chemistry, physics and mathe-
matics about 13,000 bachelors degrees
and 1,600 doctor's degrees. Oregon has
about one per cent of the national popu-
lation, so we should produce each year
about 130 physical scientists with bach-
elor's degrees and 16 with doctor's de-
grees.
There are 235 high schools in Oregon,
which means that each one should turn
out one student every two years who goes
on to a bachelor's degree in the physical
sciences and one every 15 years who goes
on to a doctorate. If we grant that we
should double our output of scientists,
we should see to it that each high school
turns out one student each year who be-
comes a physical scientist.
We need not insist that every student
take a science-oriented program to ac-
complish this result. In fact, the science
programs in high school should probably
be made more, rather than less selective,
so that those who have the comparatively
rare combination of ability and desire
can proceed at a pace corresponding to
their ability.
We need have no fears of coming out
second-best in science if we see to it that
the handful of students in our high
schools with outstanding academic abil-
ity get something like the special atten-
tion which we seem quite willing to give
the corresponding number of students
who have outstanding athletic ability.
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Portland. She is their first child. Their address
is 8675 S. W. Canyon Lane, Portland 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scott Wiggins Jr.
(Barbara Koch '52) are parents of a son, Rob-
ert Scott, born June 1. Their address is 4828
N. E. 41st, Portland 11.
Photo: Carl Vcrmilva?Oregonian
'56 Secretary: Jill Hutchings Brandenfels1515 E. 13th, Eugene.
June 21 in Portland Jane Astrid Bergstrom
became the bride of Francis Patrick Rogers Jr.
of Seattle. The couple is living in Seattle.
Lieutenant James
Mizner of Portland,
who won his Air Force
wings as a jet pilot at
Bryan Air Force Base,
Texas, has been as-
signed for an addi-
tional 20 weeks of
training in all-weather
jet interceptors at
Perrin Air Force Base,
Texas. He recently
spent leave at home in
Portland, before re-
turning to duty ac-
companied by his wife.
Donald A. Hartford received his master of
social work from the University of Denver in
June.
At an afternoon ceremony June 14 in Port-
land, Sally Jane Phillips became the bride of
Thomas Allen Larson. The couple is living in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Rasmussen are
the parents of a son, Stephen Ray, born May 11.
Their home is McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.
Dave Talbot recently resigned his position
as director of youth activities for Central Lane
YMCA in Eugene to accept a position as super-
intendent of parks and recreation at Grants
Pass, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Talbot (Ann
Erickson) are at home at 1025 Clarey Street
in Grants Pass.
Lt. Mizner '56
'57
Second Lieutenant Jean G. Bowles re-
cently completed airborne training at the Army
Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Lynnea Joy Dewey was married June 21 to
Gerald Ralph Koskela in Portland. The newly-
weds are at home in Portland.
Gresham wedding May 24 united in marriage
Mary Rae Bergeron and Joe Edward Gard-
ner. Their honeymoon plans included a visit to
Carmel, California, after which they will be at
Brent L. Hedberg '57 receives good wishes
of his commanding officer after being com-
missioned a Navy ensign at Pensacola, Fla.
Allison LeRoux '56 ivas a finalist for Queen
of Rainmakers, to lead the Merrykhana pa-
rade, part of 1958 Portland Rose Festival.
home at 528 Kendall Avenue, Palo Alto, Cali-
fornia.
Second Lieutenant Dan D. Frank is sta-
tioned in Mannheim, Germany, where he plays
second base and coaches the 40th Transporta-
tion Company softball team. Before entering
the Army in November, 1957, he was an an-
nouncer for Radio Station KWRO in Coquille,
Oregon.
Recently Mary Gerlinger vacationed in the
Bahamas and Havana, Cuba. She is employed
by the government in Washington, D. C.
Valerie Hersh, working in New York City
for Saks Fifth Avenue, is the newly elected
secretary of the New York U. of 0. Alumni
Club. She was recently named the outstanding
woman graduate student at the New York Uni-
versity Graduate School of Retailing and was
the recipient of the Simon Rothchild award for
excellence in sales promotion.
Miss Bonnie LeBaron was married June
21 to Peter Alexander Schwabe Jr. in Portland.
The couple will be at home in Portland.
Army Second
Lieutenant Dennis
B. Ryan recently
completed basic train-
ing for infantry offi-
cers at Fort Benning,
Georgia. The course
is designed to ac-
quaint the newly com-
missioned officers with
the responsibilities
and duties of an in-
fantry unit command-
er. Ryan is a member
of Phi Delta Theta
fraternity.
Ron Leland, production manager at the
Wayne Leland Advertising Agency in Portland,
reported to Pease Air Force Base in New Hamp-
shire May 31 for three years active duty.
Recently announced was the addition of Dick
Reneberg to the production staff of Botsford,
Constantine and Gardner in Portland. He at-
tended the Los Angeles Art Center for two years
before joining the army.
Lt. Ryan '57
June 18 was the wedding of Lou Ann Rin-
guette to Lieutenant Albert ("Jack") Peter-
son Jr. '56 of the U. S. Air Force. The couple
will be at home in Westhampton Beach, Long
Island, New York, where the bridegroom is
stationed.
Army Private Rexford S. Sorenson of
Eugene has completed eight weeks of basic
training at Fort Carson, Colorado. Before en-
tering the service he was employed as relief
district manager with the Eugene Register-
Guard.
Pat Wilson became the bride of Louis Ful-
ton June 14 in Oakridge, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs.
Fulton will be at home in Springfield, where
they will live until the bridegroom completes his
studies in architecture at the University.
'58
Barbara Barker was married March 23 to
Thomas C. Hogg in Eugene. The couple is at
home at 951M> Patterson St. in Eugene.
Erdeen Kathryn Piper was married June 14
to Donald E. Borden. The couple is at home
in Portland.
Jane Isabel Burton was married June 7 in
Mexico, Missouri, to August Charles Mercier II
following her graduation from the University of
Missouri.
Married in Klamath Falls, June 20 was
Linda Jean Pope ('59) to John David Es-
kildsen. The couple will be at home in Portland.
Commencement this year was a big event for
the Robert A. Glass family, of Eugene. For
Father's Day, Mr. Glass saw his daughter, Mary
Lou, earn her bachelor of science degree in
education; his son, Robert M. ('56), receive a
doctor of dentistry degree; and his wife award-
ed her bachelor of science degree in education.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Jackson of Nampa,
Idaho, are parents of a son, Gregory B., born
March 18 in Hood River, Oregon. Mr. Jackson
is with the J. C. Penney Company, and was re-
cently transferred to Nampa from Hood River.
Arden Jaeger became the bride of Thomas
Leon Thornton in April. The bride will teach
in Portland while her husband completes his
studies at the University Medical School. Their
address is 13401 S.E. Oatfield Road, Portland.
June 7 Karen Gay Rasmussen was married
to Marvin M. Loy in Eugene. The couple is at
home in Portland where Mr. Loy will attend
Portland State College in September. The bride
will be graduated from the school of nursing in
December.
'59
Judith Anne Greve became the bride of
Donald Dwaine Kragerud April 25 in Portland.
The newlyweds are at home in Portland.
F. Clark Riggs of
Eugene, is a Naval
Cadet presently un-
d e r g o i n g pre-flight
training at Pensacola,
Florida. The course
includes 16 weeks of
officer indoctrination,
aviation science, navi-
gation and other tech-
nical courses. Follow-
ing pre-flight, he will
be assigned to Saufley
Field Naval Station in
Pensacola for primary p c Ri
night indoctrination.
Married May 17 in Portland were Kathryn
Joanne Lambert and Max John Holenstein
Jr. The newlyweds are at home in Portland.
20 Old Oregon
Necrology
Dr. John Gordon Patterson '03 died June
2 in a Klamath Falls hospital at the age of 87.
V practicing physician in Oregon since 1903,
he started his practice with a hrother at Gardi-
ner, Oregon and moved later to Merrill, Oregon.
Survivor* include his wife, Grace; two sons. Dr.
Kenneth Patterson, and David G.; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ruth McPherron, and Mrs. Vivian
Brugger.
Wilbur S. Hanna '05 passed away April 10,
1958 at his home in Billings, Montana, of a
heart attack at the age of 78. He was born in
Plainfield, Indiana, and served in the Spanish-
American War in 1898. In 1904 he received his
bachelor of science degree in engineering from
Purdue and entered federal government service
in 1905. First employed in the Bureau of Recla-
mation, in 1908 he was transferred to the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, where he remained until
his retirement in 1950. For a number of years
he was supervising engineer for all Indian irri-
gation projects between the Great Lakes and
the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Hanna was a life mem-
ber of the Plainfield, Indiana, Lodge 653,
AF&AM, Billings Scottish Rite Bodies and the
Al Bedoo Shrine Temple. Surviving are his
daughter, Mrs. Dee Jay Nelson and a grand-
daughter, Kim, both of Los Angeles.
Earl William Heckart '16, retired Corvallis
business man, died May 3 at his home. He was
born at Corvallis June 13, 1894, attended Ore-
gon State College where he earned a bachelor's
degree in engineering in 1912 and attended the
University where he earned a bachelor's degree
in architecture. In 1921 he entered the construc-
tion business with his father, after teaching in
Springfield and Salem for five years. He was a
member of the Evangelical United Brethren
Church, and was a charter member of the Cor-
vallis Lions Club. Survivors include the widow,
Elaine Daniel; a brother, Vern of Corvallis; a
stepson, Francis Devell; one nephew and two
grandsons.
Mrs. Marian Rorapaugh Field '30 died in
Corvallis last March. She was employed by the
art department at Oregon State College at the
time of her death. .Mrs. Field is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Mary Etter of Berkeley, Cali-
fornia.
News has been received of the death of Mrs.
Marian Camp Galvin '32 on April 26 at her
home in Atherton, California, after a 10-month
illness. She is survived by her husband, Carlisle
Galvin and a daughter, Marcia.
Professor James T. Hamilton '32, head of
the department of education at Reed College,
died May 28 in Portland. He had held the posi-
tion since 1950. Dr. Hamilton graduated from
Reed in 1922 and served as superintendent of
schools at Newberg, Oregon, from 1924 to 1932.
In 1934 he became director of admissions at
Reed after receiving his master's degree from
Oregon.
News has been received of the death of
Donald Earl Kendall '58 on May 24 in Augs-
berg, Germany, where he was stationed with the
U. S. Army. His death was the result of an
automobile accident. Mr. Kendall, 21 years old,
enlisted in the Army in August 1955 and re-
ceived his basic training at Fort Bragg. He was
active in the Pilgrim Fellowship of the First
Congregational Church prior to his enlistment.
Survivor- include his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Tuttle; a sifter, Mrs. Robert Rogers; a
brother, Laighton Tuttle; and grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Kendall.
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What's Ahead for
Oregon Athletics?
(Continued from page 9)
Francisco are to be determined. Neither
New York, Cleveland, Washington, D.C.,
Detroit nor Baltimore have major college
football with major league baseball and
professional football. In every city where
college football has been in competition
with both professional sports, college
football has lost the competitive struggle
for spectator support. Can we be sure
that the same will not occur in either Los
Angeles or San Francisco?
The automobile and super highways
have made this a very active nation.
Beach areas, lakes, hunting, fishing and
many other recreational facilities are a
tremendous magnet for the entire fam-
ily. TV has made it possible to sit at
home, flick on the set and watch a game
in the comfort of the easy chair.
We know the problems and we can
understand some of the contributing fac-
tors, so perhaps we can understand how
difficult it is to arrive at a decisive policy.
But there is a policy, at least in the eyes
of this writer (and alumnus).
First, Oregon wants to effect the con-
tinuation of the conference. Every honor-
able and forthright effort has been exert-
ed to bring about continuation of an
equitable, honest and respected confer-
ence. As long as the conference exists,
Oregon will abide by the rules. Our fi-
nancial aid program will continue as it
has been unless the rules are changed.
Our academic standards will meet the
requirements or will be more qualitative.
Oregon does not intend to go "Ivy
League." There will be no de-emphasis of
football. Would a schedule which in-
cludes Michigan, Ohio State, Pittsburgh,
West Virginia and others of like caliber
indicate otherwise?
A coaching staff and facilities equal
to any in the nation are fundamental
requisites of a high caliber athletic pro-
gram. We have both. Every effort will
be made to bring to the campus those
young men who are capable athletes and
who are the type of citizen you will be
proud to have represent your University.
This is the obvious policy. But funda-
mental to the establishment of this policy
is the real heart of all that Oregon has
done and will do. It is this:
The public is no longer unaware of
the gross dishonesty of some institutions
in regard to the conduct of their amateur
athletic activities. Who could help but be
disgusted after reading and hearing all
that has been written and said about col-
lege athletics during the past two years.
Until public confidence and pride is
restored in the administration of college
athletics the public will continue to drift
to other interests. In the final analysis,
the public must be answered and they
expect?no, they demand?honesty and
integrity in the conduct of an athletic
program. This, then, is the basis for the
establishment of an athletic policy at
Oregon. Honesty, integrity and respecta-
bility. You would not want, nor will you
get, any other.
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Take, for example, any community
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University of Oregon Alumni Association
KEEP IT BRIGHT
Class
Reunions
Reunions for five University classes along with
the Half Century Club drew more than 300 alumni
to the campus last June. They were honored at an
alumni luncheon and if anyone wondered after-
ward why University President 0. Meredith Wil-
son was wearing a "Class of '13" placard, it
happened this way: "We have observed President
Wilson,'" said Ed Bailey '13 at the luncheon, "and
we think he corresponds to our beloved Prince L.
Campbell. We believe he has great aspirations for
the University and are convinced he will inspire
the classes yet to come as did President Camp-
bell. Therefore I would like ... to confer on him
honorary membership in our class." President
Wilson (Brigham Young University '34) accepted
graciously.
C/a55 o/ 1908?Row 1: Mozelle Hair, Melene Robinson Paulson, Lilla Irvin
Leach, Elsie Davis Bond, Irene Lincoln Poppelton, Edna Caulfield Henderson,
Sarah Reid Hammond. Row 2: Floyd Ramp, Walter Moore, William Neal,
Oscar Furuset, Dell McCarty. Roiv 3: Harrison Shirk, Donald Stevenson, Cur-
tis Gardner, If alter Berry.
Class of 1913?Row 1: Mrs. Herman Tschanz, Betty Patterson, Ira D. Staggs, Olive Zimmerman Holfman, Emma Job
Adams, Ruth Stone Busek, Helen Van Duyn Quackenbush, Mildred Waite Stewart, Mrs. Andrew M. Collier, Florence
Thrall Stickels, Mrs. Ira D. Staggs, Mrs. Ira A. Manville, Mrs. Wallace W. Mount, Mrs. Howard T. Parsons, Karl W.
Onthank. Row 2: Howard F. Parsons, Carllon E. Spencer, Howard K. Zimmerman, Mrs. Howard K. Zimmerman,
Willow Fields Millar, Lauretta M. Archambeau. Elizabeth Busch Johns, Glenn D. Willis, Lora Pummill Willis, Carin
H. Degermark, Andrew M. Collier, Mrs. Harold J. Warner, Walter W. Kimmell, Wallace W. Mount, Will T. Neill.
Row 3: Walter R. McClure, Herman C. Tschanz, Otto Stoehr, Walter S. Hodge, Walter T. McGuirk, Harold J. Brough-
ton, Edward F. Bailey, Meredith Wilson, Harold J. Warner, Erwin M. Rolfe, Ira A. Manville, Ercel W. Kay.
Con litt tied
Half Century Club?Row 1: Angeline William Stevenson '07, Pauline Walton
'04, Mary Wither Durand '06, Mabel Eaton McClain, 'OS, Maude Kerns '99,
Grace Edmundson Ohler '06, Ella Travis Edmundson '03, Myra Abbett Adams
'00. Row 2: Fred Fiske '97, C. A. "Judge" Winlnmrir '%, Ralph Shelley '04,
Harry Durand '03, "Buck" Starr '03, Louis Henderson '07, Stanley Lamb '03,
Gilbert Beattie '01, It". Claude Adams '00, Walter Winslow '06.
Class of 1918?Ron 1: Ed Gray, Leura Jerard
Bowler, Dorothy Dun bar Dysart. Row 2:
Gladys Wilkins MrCread), Dorothy Collier,
Sara Barker Waller, Florence Sherman Flavel.
Ron '3: Bertram Peacock, Beulah Hayes Mac-
Ewan, Bill Haseltine.
For the home
or the office
AN OREGON
ALUMNI CHAIR
Made of Northern Yellow Birch
beautifully finished in black with
the Seal of the University in gold
on the backrest.
For modern or traditional decor.
This is a piece of furniture of
which you will be especially
proud.
Priced at $25.00 plus freight.
Order from the
Alumni Office
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Class Reunions
. . . continued
Class of 1923?Row 1: Ellen Mc-
Veigh Clark, Marian Linn Wil-
liams, Gertrude Liverrnore Heus-
ner, Hulda Hajner Baker. Roiv 2:
Audrey Perkins May, Lois Pixley
Surreys, Silas Starr, Alt a Landon
Kendall, Mrs. Alfred Lomax. Row
3: Hugh Starkweather, Del Hill,
Al Lomax, Harry Sherman, Stan
Goodell.
C/a55 o/ 7928?Row 1: Frank Reid, Florence Phelps Weinheimer, Mildred Vaughan
Draper, Frances Schroeder Neivson, Lela Horton Mayes, Barbara Edmunds Roy, Donald
McCook, Vina Patterson, Janet Johnstone McMurphey, Dorothy Munsell Peudergrass,
Doris Efteland McCroskey, Clover Burlingame Bushman, Murray Burns. Roic 2: Richard
Syring, John W arren, Edith Bader Pate, Clare U hitton McDonald, Mazie Richards Bale,
Ruth Corey JFilson, Gladys Grant Tucker, Alice Douglas Burns, Raymond Voegtly, Shirley
Fish Wright, Genevieve Elkins Wright, Elsie Allen Gregor, Benoit McCroskey, Art Priaulx,
Row 3: Gene Gray, Leroy Draper, Del Monte, Colder McCall, Eltcood Reed, George Simer-
ville, Charles Spere, Fred Joy, Walt Durgan, Paul Luy, Rod Farley, Robin Overtsreet,
Keith Fennell.
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Class of 1933?Row 1: Patricia Mahoney Beaver, Mary Garrison Duke, Virgil Langtry,
William Bader, Dorothy Esch Smith, Helen Skipworth Wall singer, Margaret Drescher
Sroufe, Dorothy Foss Helberg, Catherine Adams Lindstrom, F. Corteau, Josephine Potts
Anderson, "Brick" Mautz, Mrs. Ed Bolds, Mary Teresi Larson. Row 2: Bill Palmer,
Frances Drake Palmer, F. Young, Kermit Campbell, Bob Hall, Mabel Hall, Ellen Ser-
sanous Fraundorf, Opal Barklow Robison, Jessie Steele Robertson, Alice Griswold Mar-
latt, Zora Beaman Johnson, Esther Hayden McGuire, Lucille Kraus Sandeberg, Clifford
Gregro, Edward Bolds. Row 3: Howard Lewis, Howard Needham, Hal Short, Rose Jose-
phine Stacks, G. Holland, Beatrice Simon Meyer, Annapauline Rea Leedy, Bob Leedy,
Hazel Seavey Kienzle, Jack Bellinger, Ed Goodnough, Harry Stone, Jean Grady.
Old Oregon
38 Years in the
Black Gold Rush Oil exploration is hard work. Carroll M. Wagner '16 (left)
and companions embark on 1925 Alaskan prospecting journey.
M. WAGNER '16 emerged from the study of chemi-
cal engineering and geology at Oregon, added 18 months
of graduate study at the University of California, and went
to work for General Petroleum Company. For the next 38
years his odd, or inspired, ability to sniff the scent of oil took
him ranging through deserts, canyons, streams and mountains
of the entire Western Hemisphere.
Although now in "semi-retirement," Wagner still breathes
the musty and exhilarating scent of oil. His plans for "pleas-
urable leisure" are built around travel to the Near East, the
Orient and Europe "just to see what they've got over there
and how they handle the operations that I know about on
this side of the water."
Wagner, who has been a director of General Petroleum since
1948, began at the University of Oregon with the class of 1915.
Between his sophomore and junior years, he withdrew to spend
12 months in business school and fit himself toward the busi-
ness side of the career he was beginning to plan in the new
titan of West Coast industries?the oil business.
"I got my imagination wrapped up in the future of oil
through my uncle, F. M. Anderson?a real pioneer in Cali-
fornia oil geology," Wagner recalls. "Had I stayed in Oregon,
three livelihoods would have been open to me. But I didn't
want to be a gentleman farmer, a cattleman or go into lumber."
He got his initiation in the then new Richfield oil field,
which developed in the midst of Fullerton, California orange
groves. The first of his foreign exploration trips took him into
the Burro Mountains, in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico,
in 1921. His home for some time was with a Mexican family
near Arboles. The family had been there when Pancho Villa
was captured nearby not long before. "Few prospectors had
been there when I was there," Wagner says, "and there have
been still fewer since." No oil prospects were encountered,
but Wagner did acquire a pretty good knowledge of field or
"pidgin" Spanish. "I've spoken it ever since, and gotten by in
many countries," he says.
By 1925 Wagner had left the sweaty Mexican sands for
the chilblains in Alaska. "We found glaciers, snow and ad-
ventures?but no oil," he says. "The party moved by boat,
sled, horseback, snowshoe and plain backpacking. No wells
were drilled as a result of that expedition, but observations
led to land acquisitions many years later?in 1955?on the
Kenai Peninsula where there is now a government prospect
for an oil discovery.
Back in California, Wagner discovered that the "rough-
By George K. Shaffer
Condensed from The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta
August-September 1958
. +
One way to cross a river?the Rio San Francisco in Bolivia.
Bolivians pushed car on dugout canoe as fJ agner sat inside.
Early day explorations took Oregon man on many an adventure
? such as this horseback trip across Chilean Andes in 1934.
Modern scientific methods in oil geology are far different
from early days. Here Wagner inspects a marine sono-probe.
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Old auto carried Wagner's party through
rugged If yoming country during 1921 trip.
necks"?drilling crews?had never heard
<>f such a creature as a "petroleum engi-
neer" and were unanimously antagonistic
toward a new "front office" face. "Every-
thing had to be proved to them," Wagner
remembers. Old-time drillers couldn't be-
lieve that a fellow with college learning
could do a superior job of drilling or locat-
ing a site to drill. "And it always had to be
proved the hard way," he adds. Sometimes
he was barred from a field camp. Once he
was arrested as a "suspicious character."
There even were times when things got a
bit physical.
"Manager of exploration" became Wag-
ner's title with General Petroleum after
1926. W agner thus became "trouble shooter
for a jillion things for the company. For
a while we weren't looking for new fields;
just seeking to do the best with what we
had."
In 1934 came an expedition into Argen-
tina. He roved earnestly, even getting to
icy Southern Patagonia where a man's best
friends are penguins; also into the foot-
hills of the Andes and up to the steamy
Bolivian border.
Things looked good in Argentina. In fact,
they looked too good. Some of the lands
were "coming in," and a refinery was being
built, when by one of those abrupt changes
of a Latin American government's outlook,
the promising network was officially ex-
propriated.
Back in Los Angeles, Wagner's talent put
General Petroleum on the ground floor
as discoverer of the fabulous Wilmington
Oil Field, straddling part of the mainland
port area, much of Terminal Island and
some of the harbor waters of Wilmington,
Long Beach and San Pedro. The Wilming-
ton discovery proved to be one of less
than 10 billion-barrel fields. The production
has been so fast that the Long Beach Har-
bor Department's share of the Wilmington
field pours some $50 million into the state
treasury?and sparked the political and
legislative struggle which shook both halls
of congress and the Truman and Eisen-
hower administrations on "Tidelands Oil."
The Wilmington field is still one of the
major oil producers?and still not all de-
veloped.
Wagner carried on as the company's ex-
ploration manager until 1948 when he was
elevated to "director of exploration." He
played a personal part in probing the
Rocky Mountain area where eight new
fields were brought in by 1952.
Drilling operations near Reedsport, in
coastal Oregon, almost brought Carroll
Wagner "around the circle and back home"
to Oregon before he turned in his with-
drawal from active duty at the end of 38
years. He remains as a company director
and consultant in exploration. His deeds of
38 years set up a happy, profitable cor-
poration and a set of shoes that need a Paul
Bunyan of the oil business to fill.
"My job for 38 years was to 'start
things," " Wagner says today. "After that
many years, one's starter begins to run
down."
As U. of California graduate student in
1917, Wagner learns methods in geology.
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