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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1923)
Conklin Is Skeptical About Good Being Accomplished Through Method “Coueism is but another of those j waves of interest in non-medical forms of healing which have periodically swept over the civilized world,” ac cording to Dr. E. S. Conklin, who will broadcast a lecture on this' subject from the Oregonian radio tower next Friday night. “It is not at all surpris ing that there should be such wide spread belief in each of these methods of cure,” says I)r. Conklin. “Human beings are by nature peculiarly re sponsive to the weird, the supernatural and the occult. Of the many cases which are helped, we hear much be cause it is in these we are most inter ested. Of those who fail to receive the blessing we hear little, and we read ily forget. “To make some deaf to hear,” he continues, “to make some blind to see, to make some cripples to walk, to make some pains to vanish by other than medical means is an art long known to ; students of human behavior and to I the medical profession. What there is about it all which does not seem to be | generally known is the distinction be tween functional and organic disease.! Functional diseases are responsive to kinds of treatment which would have little or no effect upon organic trou- j hies.” Dr. Conklin gives as an illus-1 tration of this, the case of a soldier who was blinded in action. Ho was removed to hospitals for care, but the physicians could find nothing wrong with his eyes. Still he quite evidently . could not see. Some, of course, were inclined to think that ho was a fraud, but careful observation removed the possibility of that. He was ordered home. On the way the transport was torpedoed. When the excitement of the event and the rescue were over the once blind man realized that some where during tho disturbance his vision had returned and that he was as well as he had ever been. “This case,” says Dr. Conklin, “is but a sample of many, and all of these, if they had gone through tho hands of some popular mental healer, would have been heralded abroad as demon strations of his power to cure the ills to which flesh is heir. But as they have occurred in tho hands of scientific men they are reported, if roported at all, merely as cases of functional dis turbances. “The dangor in all of those healing fads,” he continues, “is in taking them too soriously. There can bo little harm I fancy in the mumbling ‘day by day in every way I am getting bottor and bett.er, ’ so long as it does not prevent tho person who does the mumbling from making use of all the knowledge that experimental science hns to offer. For myself 1 am not going to trust my wel fare and my happiness to one little hobby and neglect all the rest of hu man knowledge.” NEW SYSTEM DEVISED FOR PAYMENT OF FEES Plan Will Make Registration Easier and Simplify Withdrawal; Fees I to Be Paid in One Sum All fees will be payed at the same time next term, about two weeks after registration, according to a now plan ■developed in the registrar’s office. This system was devised by L. H. John son, comptroller of the University, and will be given a tryout next term. If the plan proves satisfactory, it will be permanently inaugurated next fall. When a student registers he will till out three cards—two yellow study cards, one of which is tiled with his major professor and one with the reg istrar. A third, a pink card, will be a duplicate of the yellow ones but will have to be signed by the various pro; fessors or have the lab fees listed. This pink card will be tiled at the regis trar’s office. Students will file these cards on reg istration day, but will not pay regis tration or lab fees for two weeks, ('lass dues and deposits will be paid ah once. The pink card will be checked over by assistants of the business office and all lab fees and registration fees, in cluding non resident fees, will be paid in a total sum after two weeks. This system has a two fold advant age. It will eliminate standing in line twice to pay fees, and gives new stu dents a chance to withdraw after a week or two without going through the red tape of getting money refunded that has been paid in fees. If the plan is satisfactory, the cards for next fall will have the fees for a year listed, in accordance with the new registration plan. CARPENTERS FIND TROUBLE Superintendent of Grounds and Five Men Keep Busy Repairing Campus Anyone seeking trouble need never worry about finding it, if he will notice the facts contained in this little tale. If, in the course of his search, he hap pens to wander down to the corner of the campus where the office of the superintendent of buildings and grounds is situated, he will soon find trouble. For this is the “trouble bureau” of, the school. Into this office tales of; woe from all parts of the campus come pouring in and it is all that Superin tendent H. M. Fisher and his crew of , five hard-working carpenters can do to keep trouble from piling up to the proportions of a mountain, and to pre serve the University from going to rack and ruin. At present the “trouble doctors” are busy in reviving the library, as a re sult of the investigation and recom-1 mendation of the state fire marshal on his recent visit to the campus. Other small “chores” the carpenters I have recently done are the construc tion of a new home for the rats, chick ens and rabbits used by the medical students; the construction of additions to the Murray Warner art collection; and numerous other small jobs which! are continually coming up and must be ! attended to at once. Taking all this J into consideration, Mr. Fisher admitted j that the life of a superintendent or a carpenter in the University was any-, thing but an idle existence. BUTTER SCOTCH PIE IS ORATOR’S REWARD j Leith Abbott Munches Pastry While Writing Thesis A new method of obtaining interest in the class room was found by Professor C. D. Thorpe in the written and spoken English department. Who knows—this may prove to be most helpful to worried faculty members during the coming rest less days of the springtime? Professor Thorpes ’ new discovery is j this: He offered any student in his ex temporaneous speaking class any kind of pie he might want for the best six min ute argumentative speech to be given in class. This offer proved to be an incen tive to all students in the class and much hard work and thought was put in on the subject each student was to talk about. After the speeches had been given, bal lots were passed out among the class and the students voted upon the person who deserved the promised pie. Evidently each student did not cast the vote for himself in hopes of receiving the pie, because when all votes were in Leith Ab bott, one of the wearers of the som brero, proved to be the winner of the pie. Professor Thorpe asked Abbott what kind of pie he would prefer, and with a broad grin, he replied, “Butter scotch.” That night Professor Thorpe decided it would be safer to deliver the pie in person—so he took it in hand and jour neyed to the Fiji house. As Abbott was not in, Professor Thorpe asked for Paul Staley, who appeared eager to deliver the pie, and sign for its delivery. In this way Professor Thorpe felt he was insured against loss of the pie around the fra ternity house. When he returned home Abbott found the flaky crusted butterscotch pie await ing him, and he Said it spurred him on until 2 a. m. working on a term thesis. PING-PONG AND SHUFFLE BOARD ARE POPULAR Oregon Students and Members of Eugene Bible University Use “Y” Hut Frequently The shuffle boards and ping pong ta bles at the University Y. M. C. A. are the battle fields for many a lively con test between Oregon students and Bible University men during the evening hours. Within this building sportdom holds sway and here the parlor ath letes develop skill of muscle and eye that is declared astonishing by the critics. Between classes, at lunch, after dinner and at other times the E. B. U. students may be seen “shooting the weights.” In fact they have developed the game into a science. Often as many as twelve or fifteen of the Bible collegians are on hand to cheer for their favorites. Their spirit and their skill is enough to make the on looker’s spinal column tingle. Against this superior skill the U. of O. men pit their determination and old Oregon Eight. Many and thrilling are the contests between the two schools and it is said that the determination of the state University men often brings victory over their more skilled opponents. No schedule has been ar ranged for these frays, but they are going on every night from six o’clock until bed time. SIGMA UPSILON INITIATES Ed Miller Wears Tabard Around Cam pus aud Rides Goat in Evening Aooouterod in the habiliments of a page of the Chaucerian period, a knight of the pen yesterday roamed the Ore gon campus and last night was form ally initiated into Ye Tabard Inn of Sigma Upsilon, honorary national liter ary fraternity. The neophyte was Ed ward Miller, a sophomore majoring in journalism. Before he was allowed to tell his tales around the fire-place of Ye Tabard Inn, Miller yesterday evening was re quested to stroll nonohantly into the University library wearing a hat. All neophytes of the Inn wear the two colored tabard around the campus to classes before being initiated. POWERS WILL LECTURE Alfred Powers, of the extension div ision, will address the local teachers’ institute at Florence, Oregon, April 7. His evening lecture will be illustrated showing the value of slides aud films in regular school work. GYMNASIUM CLASSES WILL HOLO EXHIBITION Affair to Be Demonstration of Work in Classes A gymnasium demonstration in which ali women enrolled in the physical ed ucation department will participate, i wdl be staged in the Woman’s building, Friday evening, March 2.3, at 8 o’clock. Although no definite step has been tak en to make this affair an annual event it is expected that it will be held each year. The demonstration this year will be the second one held in the Woman’s building, one having been given last year. No special practice is held for the' exhibition before it is given, each number on the program being a dem onstration of some particular class work. Members of the faculty in the physical education department super vise the affair. A grand march is the first number on the program, all girls who take gym nasium work partciipating in this march. Following this the sophomore women will stage a gymnastic drill, and the freshman women will put on a folk dance number. The individual gymnasium classes will be represented for the first time, and as a feature of the exhibition will demonstrate the various types of work done in their particular branch of gym nastic work. A dumb-bell drill will be given by the senior majors of the department, and the junior majors will participate in a special gymnastic drill. Another interesting feature which is being given for the first time is the physical efficiency test in which 90 freshman women will participate. The final number of the program will be the interclass aparatus work, which will be given by teams selected from each class. The team winning in this event i will be awarded an interclass track cup. Ten girls who show unusual ef ficiency in gymnastic work are chosen for each of the teams. All students and townspeople inter ested are cordially invited by the de partment to attend the demonstration. UNIQUE SYSTEM USED IN PROTECTING PROPERTY Four Watchmen and Two Women Guard All Rooms in Every Building While Others Sleep What H. M. Fisher calls a fool-proof, unbeatable system is used by the build ings and grounds department to keep tab on the campus night watchmen. The invention has been used here since 1908 and is considered a very valuable aid to the work of safeguarding Uni versity property. Four watchmen are employed. Three men take care of all the buildings. One of the three does relief duty. Each guard carries with him a clock like device. The affair is securely locked and covered with a leather case, and is swung from the shoulder by a strap. On the back is a key hole. When the proper key is inserted and turned, a number and the time indicated by the clock is punched on a paper dial inside the device. On each of the floors and in the principal rooms of all the buildings is a small cast iron box. The watchmen have a key which opens the box, and in side is another key, fastened to a chain, which fits the clock. When a guard comes in from his round, he is required to have his dial punched at every station. Every key is a little differ ent, enough to cause a distinguishing number to be punched and thus Mr. Fisher is able to tell without a doubt just when the watchman visited every part of his beat. The dial turns with the hands, giving new space for each punch. A clean dial is inserted every day, and the old one filed for reference. Besides check ing on the men. it is a valuable aid to them, for it protects them when a question is raised about their beat. The watchmen are required to visit every room, no matter how insignifi cant, in every building on the campus. They look out for everything, from a window left open, to a night prowler. TALK ON~PRiCES~PLANNED Portland Speaker Will Address Majors in Commerce and Economics D. E. Galbraith of the R. G. Dunu and company, mercantile agency of Portland, will address all commerce and economies majors and others who are interested, on financial problems, March 20. The topics with which Mr. Galbraith will deal will be a study of prices, an analysis of the causes of the rise and fall of prices, the effect of the rise and fall of prices on credit, and the possi -j bility of price control. Charts will j be used by the speaker to illustrate, his points. The meeting will be held at 7:00 March 20 in room 105. Com merce building. LIBRARY GETS NEW BOOKS Index to Reference Books Abundant With Descriptive Information "A New Guide to Reference Books” by Tsadore Gilbert Mudge, reference li brarian of Columbia University, is one of the most helpful and important books recently added to the library. This book describes some 2000 of the most important reference works in near-j ly all fields of English and other long-' uages. Full bibliographical information is given for each item, including price iml classiflcaton. Descriptive notes give information which is frequently wanted by every book buyer and library worker. It can also be used as a text book by students of reference work in library schools and training classes. The main divisions of the book are periodicals, general literature, debates, dissertions, society periodicals, encyclopedias, dic tionaries, philosophy, religion, social sciences, science, useful arts, fine arts, literature, biography, geography, his tory, government, economics, bibliogra phy and a suggestive list of 100 refer ence books. RELIGION MAY BE TAUGHT New School Suggested to Provide Neglected Instruction There has been some talk of estab lishing a school of religion on the edge of the campus. Students attending this school w-ould be allowed University credit for their work, says M. H. Doug lass, University librarian. Educators feel that an education is not complete if it ignores religion. The state, ac cording to law cannot provide religious instruction. In some states churches have gone to gether and established separate schools. The present Eugene Bible University, while teaching religion, denies the the ory of evolution and many students in the University are not willing to dis card the discoveries of science. A number of institutions have been trying to work out a plan of action. The trouble comes in reconciling the denom inations and getting united action to secure the financial backing necessary. WILLCOX TO VISIT W. S. C. Plans for Future Layout and Grounds to Be Discussed by Architect Prof. W. R. B. Willcox of the Uni versity architecture department, is leaving the campus during vacation, to go to the Washington State College at Pullman, Washington, in order to confer with the authorities there on plans for laying out the grounds of the institution. “The buildings at Washington State have just been added one after an other with no particular plan in view, says Professor Willcox, and it is un certain what sort of a plan can be worked out in order to make the cam pus attractive.” Some such plan as has been formu lated here for future building on the campus, will probably be used in the same way at Washington. CONCRETE STEPS ARE BUILT Wooden Approach to North of Library on 13th Street Is Replaced Concrete was poured yesterday for new steps on the north side of the library. The old wooden steps, rotted by excess moisture, collapsed Tuesday. The approaches to the north door of the library coincide in an interesting way to the growth of the University, according to H. M. Fisher, superintend ent of grounds. When the building was first erected, a narrow six-foot flight of steps was sufficient to handle the traffic. Later it had to be replaced by the eleven-foot flight that recent ly caved in. And the new steps will stretch twenty-three feet aloing ithe bank. GOLFERS URGED TO TRYOUT In order that the handicap commit tee of the University Golf club may get a line on the players for the flight tournament to be held next quarter, all golfers are asked to turn in one or two score cards from the Eugene Country club course before the end of this quar ter. A box has been placed on the course by Don Goodrich, president of the club, in which to deposit the cards. NOTICE TO THELMA Are you blind? Can’t you see that your husband is nightly paying court to N's wife? Hq,w much longer must this affair be gossip before you act? TOMORROW FULLER DETAILS WILL BE PRINTED. CLASSIFIED ADS Minimum charge, 1 time, 25c: 2 timet. 45c; 6 times, $1. Must be limited to 6 lines, over this limit, 5c per line. Phone 951, or leave copy with Business office of Emekald, in University Press. Payment la advance. Office hours, 1 to 4 p. m. Lost—Student’s loose leaf note book either in men’s gym or back of it. El-1 mer Peterson, phone 13X9. 136-M15. : Students’ manuscripts typewritten.! Any kind of typewriting work accurate ly done. Charges reasonable. Address 1600 Columbia St. Phone 1304-J. 137-M15-A15. Monarch Cafeteria Best Home Cooking 956 Willamette Opposite Rex Theatre A modem wife—a cave man husband — can the narrow band of the wed ding ring hold them to gether? # * * Milton Sills, Marguerite Delamotte, John Bowers TODAY! Friday Saturday Love led to a cabin— Ambition led to a mansion— Success led to a divorce court— But where was love to be found? 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