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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXH. _UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1921. NO. 98. Mrs. Margaret Garvin Stone Likes Friendly Spirit of Co-operation Here. WOMEN JOURNALISTS GET ENCOURAGEMENT Three Days Spent on Oregon Campus; Luncheon and Tea Are Given. “I think that for a student body of 1SU0. Oregon is very fortunate in hav ing so many buildings now in use and in the process of construction,” said Mrs. Margaret Garvin Stone, Grand President of Theta Sigma Phi, who visited the local chapter Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. “There is here, a splendid spirit of progress not only in the ma terial way of adding equipment, but al so in the attitude of the students.” In speaking of the school of journal ism, with which she has come in more direct contact, she says: “There is an unusual spirit of good fellowship and co-operation. In most schools of jour nalism there is more of a group spirit than in other departments, because of the nature of the work, but it seems to me at Oregon there is more than the usual amount of friendliness and co operation. In visiting different schools and meeting so many students, one gets so they can judge very quickly.” Oregon Ranks With Best. Mrs. Stone says the Oregon school of journalism is coming to be. ranked with the best in the country, that Dean Eric W. Allen is well known and considered very highly in the journalistic and col legiate world, and predicts a very suc cessful future for the department. Mrs. Stone believes journalism of fers a great field for women. She be lieves that women who make good and get to the top, are better than the men holding corresponding positions be cause they have had to fight harder to get there, and consequently are better prepared. They have to not only fit themselves for the big jobs, but have to overcome much prejudice to get them. This, however, is much more true of the east than the west, -she stated. Mrs. Stone’s husband is a newspaper man in New York City, working on The Evening Post. He is the son of the dean of the school of journalism in the University of Montana. Before coming to Oregon, Mrs. Stone inspected the chapters of Theta Sigma Phi at Montana and Washington. She expects to visit all twenty-four chap ters of the fraternity during the two years of her term as Grand President. Luncheon and Tea Given. During her visit on the campus Mrs. Stone met with the girls of Theta chap ter formally and gave them advice and encouragement in their work. A lunch eon was given in her honor at the Os burn hotel Thursday noon, at which the active and alumnae members of the chap ter were present. Friday afternoon a tea was given by Mrs. Eric W. Allen and Mrs. T. A. Larremore at Mrs. Allen’s home. A number of girls majoring in the department of journalism and wo men of tlm faculty were invited to meet and become acquainted with Mrs. Stone. Mrs. Stone loft Friday evening for Seattle, She expects to visit her par ents in Montana for about ton days, then return east. EXAMS TO BEGIN MAR. 23 Students Expected to Register Before Leaving For Home. Examinations for the winter term at the University start March 23 and end March 25, according to Carlton E Spencer, registrar. Pre-registration begins Saturday morning. March 19, and most students who are now taking work at the Uni versify will be expected to register be fore going home for spring vacation. The spring term begins April 4. whei the hundred or more new students, whe are expected, will register. Classes starl at eight o’clock on the morning of Tues d»y. April 5. The schedule committee, consisting o: Dr. IV. P. Boynton, chairman. Carltoi Spencer and Karl Onthank, are workin; at this time on examination schedules. pledging is announced. Sigma Nu announces the pledging o Teery Johnson of Vancouver, B. C. “IS MY SON DEAD?” HIS ANXIOUS FATHER ASKS Parent Is In Quandary Because Boy Does Not Write Home; Calls Reg istrar for Explanation. “Is my son dead or what has hap pened to him?” was the substance of a long distance telephone call received by Uarlton Spencer, registrar, from a much worried father, yesterday. The parents ot a certain student in this institution, who have been on an automobile tour ami who had not heard from their son for some time, upon their arrival in Portland heard from a friend that their son had disappeared from the Univer sity. The parents who had become worried because of the failure of their son to write immediately came to the conclu sion that some evil had ‘befallen their boy and began making inquiries as to his whereabouts. They first telephoned to the house where the boy stays but could get no response. Almost driven to hysterics the father then called up the registrar and demanded the reason why he had not been notified of his son’s absence and that a search be made at once. The registrar looked up the student’s schedule card and telephoned the build ing in which the student, if present, should be attending class and in a short time the missing boy appeared. Thus was solved, in but a few minutes, what promised to be th£ mystery of the sea son. 53 STlENTS RECEIVE BOSS FROM LOIS Present Fund Totals $9000; Over $3000 Repaid. Fifty-three students received financial assistance from the students loan fund during 1920, totaling $3095.00, the amounts varying from $10.00 to $200, according to a report published today from the comptroller of the University custodian of the fund. The total amount available at present for the fund is $0000; half of which is out oil loans. Loans repaid during 1920 amounted to $.'5,220,157. Interest received at six per cent amounted to $162.07, which was added to the fund. Several gifts to the student fund were reported during the year, the largest being a gift of a $1000 Liberty bond from Max S. Handman, former student here and at present a member of the faculty of the University of Texas. Mr. Ilandman’s gift was in ap preciation of financial assistance from the fund while an undergraduate on the campus. Fifty and one hundred dollar loans are the .most common, says the comp troller’s report. Loans are dated for some time during the following sum mer vacation or in the case of graduat ing students a few months subsequent to expected graduation. Ordinarily loans are restricted to up per classmen but when funds are avail able other students of good standing and urgently in need of assistance are ac commodated. Ample balance is on hand at the present time for the needs of deserving students but this will decrease rapidly from now until the end of the school year as the students find their personal funds running low and call on the fund for assistance. Students to receive the benefit of the student fund must show that they are devoting themselves earnestly and suc cessfully to their college work and have two sureties for their note. There have been practically no losses from non-pay ment of loans and in many instances recipients of loans have later become doners to the fund. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Horace Hair Made President; Next Topic will be Railroad Problems. Final organization of the Political Science club was effected at'the meet ing held Thursday evening in Professor Gilbert’s room in the library building. Horace Hair was elected president, Wil ford Allen, vice president and Kenneth VLaneefield, secretary-treasurer. A committee headed by Frank Carter was appointed to prepare programs dealing > with political science matters and work i topics for each session. The club at its next session will dis 'cuss the railroad question in its relatior to the present administration, taking iq President Harding’s stand on the prob : flem. The club meets every Thursdaj night. MHO SIOWS FOR LUST PERFORMANCE ON GOMPUS TONIGHT Madame Rose McGrew Stars Through Week As Katisha. REDDIE IS FAVORITE WITH HOUSE AS KO-KO Maurine Welch Very Coy; Takes Her First Part In Guild. After a run of four days with full houses every night during the week, the “Mikado” faces its biggest performance this evening. It_ has won favor on the campus among those who have already seen it by the aggregate success of the whole cast as much if not more than by its individual stars. By no means does this lessen the im portance nor the achievement of the leading roles. Mme. Rose McGrew has throughout taken first place in the favor of the audiences. Time and again every evening she won applause which brought her back for an encore. Fergus Reddie, in the comedy part of Ko-Ko has done no less to please with his capers with the Snickersnee. His ap pearances with Mine. McGrew were the highlights of the play. Maurine Welch, in the part of Yum Yum. appearing for her first time in Guild theatre, has already become a favorite. Critics have pronounced the voice of Delbert Faust, to be excellent. Still in high school, he has successfully undertaken the juvenile role of Nanki poo. Norvell Thompson iu the part of Pooh-bah gets in clever comedy every time he comes on. He is lord high of everything, with protoplasmic ancestors that figure a great deal in his position. Manford Michael in the title role of the “Mikado” has one of the clearest voices in the entire cast. Every word comes distinctly and clearly, with a quality that is pleasing. Chaflotte Barfield as Pitti-.sing does some clever dancing and singing, char acterized by her usual brilliancy. LITTLE “CHINESE” GIRL BEARER OF PETITION Lady of Four Has Long Pink Brocaded Coat, Black Queue With Bow and Green Balloon. The young lady in question was about four years old, but was a very capable conversationalist. She had bobbed yel low hair, and the long black queue attached to her Chinese cap didn’t ex actly match it, but was nice and wiggly and* had a yellow bow at the end. She was wearing a gorgeous brocaded pink Mandarin coat which came to her feet. The walk outside the “Ad” building had just been washed, so she had to be careful about the coat, and besides she had on the kind of sandals that fall off if you don’t shuffle. Also there was a lovely green balloon to attend to. One o’clock classes were just out, last Monday afternoon, so there were a good many spectators, but Mary didn’t seem to mind being conspicuous. You might say she ate it up. She was very much excited, and at intervals she remarked “Eqee!” She climbed the stairs in the “Ad” building, dropped first one sandal and then the other, but several CmvcINtty girls, who were following after her. picked them up and put them back on her feet. At the top she, waited a minute while they gave a last touch to her coat and pat tq her pigtail. Then they opened the door that says “W. K. New ell. superintendent of the grounds,” and Mary went in, shuffling a little on ac count of the sandals, and carrying in one hand the green balloon and in the other a rolled up document heavily sealed with green sealing-wax. Mr. Newell was conferring with some body at the time this office is glassed in), but he stopped at once when the lady entered. “Will you please consider this petition?” said the Mandarin sol emnly, with a slight lisp. Mr. Newell accepted the sealed roll, and she re turned to the hall, her gait something be tween a shuffle and a hop. “What’s it all about?” was asked o! the several members of Pot and Quit who were waiting for her in the hall. “Oh!” they replied. “This is a peti tion. You’ll probably know more aboui it in a few days.” Can You Smell Color? If So, Synaeslhesis Is In Your System, says Psychologist (By Raymond Lawrence.) Smelling a color is one phase of a psychological phenomenon on which Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler, professor of psy chology, (jhas jdst completed research work. Therd" are certain persons who see certain colors when they hear cer - tain sounds. Every sense impression arouses different colors, and the colors are always the same for the same im pression. It is really colored hearing. The subject of much of Dr. Wheeler’s research was Thomas Cutsfortli, a grad uate of the University, who has been blind since he was eleven years old. Mr. Cutsfortli is considered a typical exam ple of this phenomena, and an espe cially valuable subject of research as he majored in psychology while in the Uni versity. Variations of the phenomena are in numerable, the color associations with sounds are never the same, and some are intensely interesting. One individual was wounded in the chest and when the doctors poured disinfectants into the wound he could taste them although his nose was stopped up. A musician in New York associated certain colors with certain tones on the organ, and attempt ed to give a concert by means of a color chart and an organ. Attempts to asso ■ ciate colors with music have been many, color taking the place of other associa tions. In the case of Mr. Cutsfortli. when a flute tone is heard ho sees the color blue. In another instance, if some thing is put into the mouth and a red dish-brown color is seen, the person knows it is salt. Instead of knowing salt by its taste the person knows it be cause it causes him to see reddish brown. In many eases studied names, words, numbers, music and memories are recalled by means of color and other unusual associations. This phenomena is known to psychol ogy as syuaesthesis. It is abnormal only in the sense of the unusual. It does not represent a defective, damaging or freakish process, and is entirely harm less. Syuaesthesis is the unusual de velopment of the individual’s mental equipment of his understanding. Dr. Wheeler explains the peculiarity by an illustration of an animal going through the woods. A noise is heard and the re sponse which it) provokes tnakos jits meaning. The animal associates the noise, in an endeavor to nnderstand, with his experience, thereby determining un derstanding. The conditions, of this process have never been well understood But syuaesthesis gives a clue as to how’ the process of understanding develops [ normally because of the discovery that the peculiar appendages which appenr are just such associations as come in and 'produce understanding. The subject of .syuaesthesis understands sound only when they lead to associations by vision or sight. Estimates of the frequency of syn (Continued on lvage 4.) Rex Underwood To Assist In Concert at Church. Music by Alexander Guilmant, the greatest French composer for the organ, will make up the program to be played by John Stark Evans, professor of organ in the University school of music, in his recital at the Methodist church, Sunday evening, March 13. Rex Underwood, in structor of violin in the school of music, will be the soloist for the recital play ing the Meditation from “Thais” by Mas senet. The recital will begin with “Berceuse,” a little lullaby. He says that he does not like to start with a crash but pre- | fers to bring out the full powers of the organ later in the concert. This he has done in the second number, the “Fifth Sonata” which he called “a very com prehensive organ number.” The closing organ number is “La mentation.” This was composed by Guilmant, in memory of a very close friend, Henri Gros, who was killed in the bombard ment of Paris in 1870. It is peculiarly effective. The attendance of the two preceeding recitals has been large, the church be ing almost filled. This, and the fact that the recitals begin promptly at five? make it necessary that those attending come on time in order to get seats and hear the whole program. The Lenten cantata, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” will be given in the Methodist church in the evening at 7:30 by the soloists and choir of the church. !The soloists will be Madame Rose Mc Grow. soprano, George Hopkins, tenor, and Glen Morrow, baritone. John Stark Evans will be choirmaster and organist. STUDENTS ARE INVITED Czechoslovak Students Ask Oregon To Send Delegates to Meeting. An invitation to the student body of the University of Oregon to send rep resentatives to the annual meeting of the Students International Federation to be held next month at Prague, Cze choslovak republic, has been received at the president’s office from the Czecho slovak legation at Washington, I>. C. The communication states that the students of the Czechoslovak government would welcome the opportunity to enter into friendly relations with their Amer ican colleagues, and that special pass port privileges will be extended to the foreign visitors. Tennis Is Voted Second Place; 300 Express Opinion. Swimming is the most popular sport offerer! by the department of physical education for women, according to a recent investigation made by Miss Mabel L. Cummings, head of the department. Tennis takes a close second place. These two sports received almost half of the votes cast for the “sport enjoyed most” by the members of the gymnasium classes this term, in which more than 800 women expressed their preference. Last week, each member of the classes was given a slip of paper, with the names of eleven sports offered at the University—Archery, baseball, basket ball, canoeing, folk dancing, aesthetic dancing, gymnastics, hockey, swimming, tennis and volley ball. While all the women in the department have not voted as yet, the evidence seems to be very much in favor of swimming and tennis. Basketball, baseball and canoeing re ceived quite a number of votes each, and gymnastics was not at the bottom of 'the list. Aesthetic dancing appears to be much more popular than folk danc ing, receiving more than twice as many votes. Volley ball, hockey and archery were the first choice of a very small number. While tennis is second in popularity among the women, no classes in tennis can be organized for next term, due to a decided lack of tennis courts. How ever, the physical education depart ment, and the women’s athletic associa tion are looking forward to the time when the outdoor equipment for wo men’s athletics will provide for this sporl as adequately as does the new pool room provide for swimming. HONOR GRAND OFFICE® Tea Is Given for National President 01 Theta Sigma Phi. Mrs. Eric W. Allen and Mrs. T. E Larromore entertained at a tea yester day afternoon at the home of the for mer, honoring Mrs. Margaret Garvir Stone, national president of Theta Sig nia Phi and who is on an official visit t( the Oregon chapter. Invitations Wert issued to active members of the fra ternity, town alumnae and women major jug in journalism. Mrs. Allen’s, home was made gay witl daffodils which were arranged in larg' bowls about the rooms. The tea table presided over by Mrs. W. P. Osbnrn who is an honorary member of Theti Sigma Phi was decorated with a glowini lmass of the same flowers. 10 Units Necessary In Re quired Subjects Instead of 9 as Formerly. MUSICAL SCHOOOL TO BE AFFECTED ALSO Degrees May Be Granted To Non-Oregon Students Who Have Credits. A minimum of ten units in English, mathematics, languages, history and Science are now required of all enter ing freshmen instead of the nine units formerly required in those subjects This decision was reached by the fac ulty at a special meeting held Thurs day afternoon. The remaining five of the 15 units which constitute the Uni versity entrance requirements are chosen from other courses. The six recommendations adopted by the faculty were submitted at its last annual meeting by the committee on ad missions. They are practically the same ns those submitted by the committee from the college section of the State Teachers’ association, which met in Salem in .Tnuuary. Ten Units Required. As modified by the committee on ad missions, the recommendations are as follows: 1. Entrance without deficiency to the University of Oregon shall be contin gent upon presentation of at least ten units in English, mathematics, foreign languages, indludiug 'Latin, laboratory science, arid history, including civics; provided that students who intend maj oring in the school of commerce may present -as few as shven units from' the five branches described, the remaining units to he as prescribed by the school of commerce. Such students, however, may not subsequently major in any other school or department of the University without, making up all entrance defici encies. J- The number of units in English shall be at least three, and in these em phasis should have fallen upon syntax and composition of original character. Regular Subjects Count. 3. The remaining five units may be taken in any subject regularly or occa sionally offered iu the high school course of study in this state (such a* agriculture, drawing, art, manual train ing, music, teachers’ training, domestic science, and commerce subjects); pro^ vided however, that no credit shall be granted for college entrance in drill, spelling, penmanship, physical training, or for work which may be classed as largely or purely a student activity. 4. It is recommended to high schools that students taking as much as the five units of work outside the five depart ments mentioned (that is, English," mathematics, languages, science and history) should take significant amounts of each subject to the end that the five units may not be devoted to smatter# ings of a number of these electives. 5. This legislation shall not be con sidered as repealing any of the specific (Continued on Page 2.) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THESE MEN REPORT ON 4 ♦ KINCAID FIELD TO WORK ♦ ♦ -- 4 ♦ Saturday at 10—-Jack S. Myers, ♦ ♦ Raleigh S. Myers, Williamson C. ♦ ♦ Myers, George Neale, Herman ♦ ♦ Oakes, John J. O’Farrell, Warrep ♦ ♦ E. Oliver, Russell C. Olson, Orin ♦ ♦ O. Page, Walter L. Palmer, Her- ♦ , ♦ bert V. Pate, George H. Pfeuffer, ♦ ♦ Frederick B. Plurad, Benjamin ♦ ♦ Pollock, Harold. E. Porter, Howard ♦ ♦ E. Powell, Beunie A. Reed, Ben- ♦ ♦ jamin M. Reed, Lloyd E. Reed, ♦ ♦ Richard W. Reed. 4 ♦ On Baseball Field—-Frank O. ♦ ♦ Rice, Frederick L. Rice, Raymond ♦ ♦ M. Rice, Oscar R. Richards, John ♦ ♦ W. Richau, Philip H. Ringle, Mai- ♦ ♦ calm M. Ringler, Victor S. Risley, ♦ ♦ Ivan Roberts, Claude E. Robinson. ♦ ♦ Monday at 4—Roraigio Ronquil- ♦ ♦ lo, Wistar J. Rosenburg, James T. ♦ ♦ Royles, Arthur S. Rudd, Laurence ♦ ♦ J. Ryan, Merle F. Saunders, Ther- ♦ ■ ♦ an B. Sausser, Paul A. Sayre, ♦ ♦ Dewey Scarbrough, Homer Scott, ♦ ♦ Thomas Short, Scott A. Sichel, Ed- ♦ 1 ♦ win Skilling, Allen R. Smith, Hollis ♦ 1 ♦ S. Smith. ♦