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
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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
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♦ 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. ♦