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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1923)
SCIENTIFIC GROUP INVITES DC. SMITH Oregon Geologist Requested to Attend Pan-Pacific Con gress in Sydney The officers of the Pan Pacific Seien tific congress, to be held in Melbourne and Sydney next August, with delegates present from all countries on the Pacific riin, have invited Dr. Warren D. Smith professor of geology at the University of Oregon, to take a leading part in the program of the congress. Dr. Smith was present at the meeting ti year ago. Leading scientists from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Japan, China, the Siberian Republic Peru, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, the Ccn tral American states, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and other is lands of the Pacific will be present at the congress. The meeting is regarded as a strong force for general scientific and I social progress among the nations of the Pacific, and will do much in the promo tion of peace.' The congress will be held, under the auspices of the Australian National Re search council, E. C. Andrews, govern ment geologist of iTew South Wales, is secretary of the congress. “I would ask you to do all you can do to assist us to make the congress an epoch-making event by taking a leading part in the discussions which deal with Pacific problems,” wrote the secretary. Dr. Smith is unable to say at present whether he will accept the invitation of the scientific congress. He recently ac cepted the invitation of the University of Wisconsin to lecture in the summer school, offering a course in the geology of the Far East and giving one or two public lectures. He has been invited also to give two public lectures at the Uni versity of Michigan. STUDENTS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CONTEST Six Members Will Compete for Honor of Being Best Salesman; $30 Is Offered as First Prize Six members of the school of bust ness administration will compete for the honor of being the best insurance salesman in the school of business ad ministration when an attempt will be made to sell real insurance policies tc real people Thursday night at 7:3C o’clock in the Eugene Chamber of Com merce. Not only will the best sales man receive honor, but a cash prize oi $30 is offered to the one whom the judges decide to be the best, and $2C to the one winning second place. The winner will have his or her name in scribed on the loving cup given by the Oregon Life Insurance company. The contest is waged yearly by the insurance companies whose policies wil be sold Thursday night. Lots were drawn by the contestants, who will rep resent the following companies: Mutual Life of New York, Betty Pride; New York Life, Darle Seymour; Massachu setts Mutual, Wesley Frater; Northwes tern National of Minnesota, Harold Bonebrake; Missouri State, Eugene Walters; Oregon Life, Ned Strahorn. The decision of the judges, who will be chosen later, will be based on the approach, presentation, and closing ol the appeal made by the’ individual salesmen. The companies whose policies will be sold Thursday night give $10 each each year to the prize fund in order to in crease interest in the insurance busi ness. The contest is open to all stu dents who have taken courses in life insurance, and the public is invited tc attend the contest. DEAN ROBBINS SELLS BOOK “The High School Debate Book” Is Corrected and Placed on Market Dean E. C. Bobbins of the school of business administration has received a letter from the A. C. McClurg Publishing company of Chicago stating that the cor rected pages for his book,‘“The High School Debate Book,” have been received and that the publication will be on the market again by the end of March. The letter also states that the company has had many calls for the book. .“The High School Debate Book” has been on the market for a number of years, and these corrections will bring it up to date. The volume handles, in detail, IT debate subjects for high schools. The following are typical sub jects: Ship Subsidy, the Yellow Peril, Prohibition, Conservation of Natural Re sources, Capital Punishment in the Unit ed States, Government Ownership of Railroads. The book also contains a com plete bibliography. LEIBER AROUSES MUCH COMMENT ON CAMPUS (Continued from page one.) the staging, the scenery, the play of light and shade, of colors, of costumes, and of posture was truly exceptional. The stage play of the thing was good. Yet the play as a whole fell down. Why? I should say it started with the failure of the witch scene to get over. This scene was too fast (chorus girls do not make good witches) and conse quently the audience never quieted dowm. The stage success of Macbeth largely depends on the mood instilled by the witch scenes. Then Macbeth’s stage entrance was dwarfed by his be 1 ing crowded with Bunquo on a rock, ; almost off the stage. Mr. Leiber never got control of his audience. From then on the play was a hectic mixture of melodrama "md purple patches. Yet if thf bluster of the melodrama was try ing, the intervals were redeeming. “The outstanding -dramatic points were the soliloquies of Macbeth (with the exception of the dagger phantom); the magnificent scene in which Mac beth explains the killing of the grooms; land Lady Macbeth’s sleep walk, which was handled with true poetic instinct. “Leiber gave his soliloquies with a rare economy of action and rendered Shakespeare’s verses well. His voice was clear and well intoned. His ren I dering of the character of Macbeth was on the whole good. Macbeth must have been very much just that sort of man. And Lady Macbeth must have been I very much as she was shown—except , when she stormed. But purple patch es will never give dramatic effect, and , unity is easily spoiled by such things i as Lady Macbeth’s shouting in the j ghost scene, by Macduff ’s blase ac- j 1 ceptance of the news of his wife’s j | death, by noise, rush and lack of ' poise. “The characterization was good, and | the idea was splendid but the unity was broken and the drama itself overshad owned by mechanics and pictorial ef fect.” WOMEN’S LEAGUE MEETS TODAY IN VILLARD HALL — At a mass meeting of Women’s Lea gue, today at five o’clock in Villard hall, Miss Henrietta Gouy will speak to the women of the University on “For eign Students.” Miss *Gouy has lived in France the greater part of her life, and has made several visits home since coming to this country. Women’s League has, for some time, been raising money for a scholarship fund to bring a foreign-born young wo man to study at the University of Ore gon. At the meeting, Miriam Swartz, chairman of the scholarship fund move ment, will discuss ways and means of choosing a worthy girl, and furnishing her transportation to the campus. The basis upon which the best code of ethics for University women is to be judged will be announced by Chloe Thompson. All codes were submitted yesterday, one from each women’s resi dence on the campus. Within a few days the codes will be judged and the winner of the ten dollar prize announc ed. An important feature of the meeting will be talks to promote the spirit of fellowship among girls on the campus. It is the object of Women’s League to make every girl acquainted with every other girl, and develop such a spirit of comradeship that it needs only en couragement to become widespread. A step will be taken when the co-ed spon sor-sponsee dance will be held Saturday afternoon in the Woman’s building. This is to be followed by other gather ] ings of the University women for good times. Musical numbers will also be includ ed on the program for tomorrow’s meet ing, and several important announce ments are to be made which will be of j interest to every woman student. SMITH GETS APPLICATION Japanese Engineer May Enter Univer sity to Complete Work for Degree Application for post-graduate work in the University has been made by a Japanese mining engineer, who is at present in the employ of the Syndicate Mining company in the Philippine is lands. The prospective student wrote to Dr. W. D. Smith, of the geology de partment, inclosing two pesos, about $1, for a catalog. Dr. Smith is inti mately' acquainted with the young en 1 gineer and was associated with him when in the Philippines. The engineer hopes to enter the Uni versity in 1925 and plans to do research work towards a degree. He has special ized in mining engineer work since com j pleting his basic course in various Jap ! aMse schools, and became interested in j g^logy when working with Dr. Smith in the islands. Miss Gouy to Speak; Musical Program Included Get the Classified Ad habit. A Paramount Picture PLAYING TODAY! BEBE DANIELS CONRAD NAGEL in uSinged Wings” Katherine Newlin Burl’s love-drama of a girl who was afraid of love. And— “Hazel from Hollywood” New Christie Comedy GEOLOGICAL FIELD IS LARGE SAYS DR. HODGE Great Engineering Projects Inspected by Experts Tlie role of the geologist is practical amt economic, in the opinion of Dr. E. T. Hodge, head of the geology depart ment. Instead of wandering around looking at rocks for his own pleasure or for the purpose of inflicting his writ ten observations upon an unsuspecting freshman, he is engaged in constructive work, such as superintending the erec tion of bridges, sky-scrapers and high ways. New York City employs a staff of well-paid competent geologists who are consulted before a building or bridge is planned. Foundations for such con structions are inspected and approved by these men. No sky-scraper goes up without the approbation of the ex perts. The approval of the civil en gineers is not sufficient, unless they iiave had previous geologic training. The greatest piece of engineering work, the aqueducts leading from Cat skill mountains to Now York City, was directed by geologist-;. As an engineer-1 ing feat, it excels the Panama Canal, according to Dr. E. T. Hodge. Geolo gists sponsored and supervised the building. Tubes under the East Bridge, the street construction drainage problems, the testing of material, all comes under the supervision of this corps of work ers. “The value of a specially trained ge ologist on the pay-roll of a city cannot be over estimated,” says Dr. Hodge. Ev en a town the size of Eugene would find itself repaid by tli'e services of one of these experts who could point out a program of street construction, drainage and flood prevention. Few mistakes would result in the paving of a street, and the saving of errors would repay any town. Other fields that the geologist seeks are in the employ of the United States Geological Survey. Mines throughout the country find a geologist necessary. Oil companies such as the Standard Oil company, employ large numbers of com petent geologists. Others, stirred by a love of out-of-doors, try individual re search in remote places. The teach ing profession holds many prominent geologists. ASSEMBLY TOMORROW TO HEAR AMENDMENTS (Continuer’ from page one) I—-, ! Oregon teams and this provision would [demand that they be graduates and thus add to the honor of the possession of a blanket. Callaway believes. At the meeting of the student coun cil this evening the amendments will be presented for discussion and will then be read for the consideration of the student body Thursday morning.* A special election will be called in the near future by John MacGregor, president of the A. S. U. O. to allow the students to decide on them. LIBRARIAN BACK ON DUTY j M. H. Douglass, librarian, is back again on duty after a severe siege of the flu which kept him confined at home for nearly two weeks. He is very i busy proof reading the reports of the Pacific, Northwest Library association which are to be published soon. These reports are of the proceedings of the association at their last meeting some months ago in Olympia, Washington. 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