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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1923)
IDIENCf LIKED ASDEBATEJUDGE Oregon Coach Believes New Method Will Encourage Better Arguments “I believe the audience decision is ■worth a thorough trial,” said C. D. Thorpe, of the public speaking depart ment when commenting on the judging system used at the recent Oregon-Cal ifornia women’s debate at which each member of the audience cast a ballot in deciding the winners of the contest. The idea of allowing the audience to vote for the winners in a debate, is to register the reaction of the speeches according to the Oregon coach. The purpose of most good speaking is to influence the pepole who hear it to be lieve or to act, he said, adding that if wb* are to have a real test of the suc cess of a speech or of any number of speeches, we can get it only by finding how the members of the audience as a whole are affected. “It is my belief that much of the artificiality of debate contests in the past has been due to the fact that de baters have been preparing as if for a sort of game, where certain set rules counted, where certain judges with known or at least possible prejudices, must be pleased,” Mr. Thorpe said. He pointed out that much of the so-called “debate jargon” can be directly traced to the conditions under which debates have been conducted. The result of such a method, he said, has often been that speeches such as one would never use under any conditions in real life, are heard delivered from the debate platform. The audience decision will necessitate • a new kind of speech—a kind of speech that wins audiences; the kind that would produce results in a city clean-up campaign or win votes in a state or na tional election; a kind which would con vert sinners to repentance, or the kind that would gain the necessary twelve votes of a jury. Such was the opinion expressed by Mr. Thorpe. “The possible danger in the plan is that partisanship and prejudices may influence votes, but I believe there is little more danger of that here than under the judge system,” said Mr. Thorpe, adding that the prejudices of younger people like university students are more easily overcome than the set convictions of some of the older per sons, who usually act as judges. “Morover, college students are on the whole as good or better judges of what constitutes effective speaking as are many lawyers, judges and ministers who got their training in the good old elocutionary days,” he said. “In the recent Oregon-California de bate, Oregon won the debate, and was entitled to the decision. About one third of the audience voted for Cali fornia. These persons thought Califor nia won and cast their ballots accord ingly,” said Mr. Thorpe. “I am sure TODAY—LAST DAY Thrills and sights you’ve never seen before “WONDERS OF THE SEA” Actually filmed on the floor of the ocean OTHER REX FEATURES TOMORROW STARTS HARRY CAREY in “Crashing Thru” that had the other two thirds had as strong a conviction that Caiifprnia should have the decision, they would have voted against our team, for I believe thoroughly in the Oregon spirit of fair play,” he said. Eliane Cooper, assistant coach of the women’s varsity debate teams, and a member of the public speaking depart ment faculty, expressed emphatic dis approval of the audience decision plan. At the Oregon-California debate last Thursday night the audience plan was used for the first time on the Oregon campus. California has used the system all this year, and it is planned to use this method of judging in all the coast conference debates next year. PHI THETA KAPPA WILL MAKE ITS AWARD TODAY Best All Around Girl in Business Ad Will Receive $50 Scholarship from Honorary Commerce Society Today will mark a number of annual events for members of Phi Theta Kap pa, women’s honorary commerce frater nity in the University, as the $50 Scholarship given by this group will be awarded to the best all around girl in the school of business administration for the year and a number of new pledges will be chosen. In the even ing a banquet will be held at Campa Shoppe for the members of the frater nity in honor of their new pledges and also Miss Lillian Burns of Corvallis, a national officer who is visiting on the campus today. In making the award of the annual scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa seeks an upperclass girl in the school who has a high scholastic average, as well as an active interest in the affairs of the school and she does not necessarily need to be a member of the fraternity, according to Marcella Berry, who is president of Phi Theta Kappa. The award will be made during assembly this morning by E. C. Robbins, dean of the school of business administration. Phi Theta Kappa has been recently extended into the Universities through out the country although it was origi nally started by a group of business women. Its aim is to promote scholar ship and high standards among women who are going into business. Miss Burns, who is visiting the campus for today only, will return to Corvallis to morrow. VIRCHAND RAYNER HEAD OF COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Twenty' Countries Represented Among Membership of Sixty; Organization Formed Last Fall Virchand Rayner, Eugene, and Sig rid Martinson, North Bend, were elect ed president and vice-president respec tively of the Cosmopolitan club for the ensuing year at its annual election Tues day evening. Eleanor Houk, Chemawa, at present vice-president if the club, will fill the office of secretary for the club next year. Onofore Hipe, Philip pines, was elected treasurer. This is the club’s first year on the campus, having been organized about the middle of the fall term. It now has a membership of about 60 with repre sentatives from nearly 20 countries and from all sections of the United States. Illustrated lectures, talks by world travelers, “Filipino night,” folk dances and songs, showing of curios from out of-the-way places of the world, and na tional costumes and customs are in cluded in the programs put on by the club at its bi-weekly meetings. The club will hold its first annual picnic at the Braes on the afternoon and evening of May $0. Installation of of ficers will take place at the last meet ing of the club for this year, June 5. CONCERT TO BE IN ALBANY On Friday evening, May 25, Aurora Potter Underwood, pianist, and Alberta Potter, violinist, of the school of music, will give a concert in Albany, under the auspices of the Elks. Their pro gram will consist of solo and duet numbers, and will be repeated the fol lowing Tuesday, May 29, when Mrs. Underwood and Miss Potter will appear in recital in Roseburg. Originally feet were constructed to march straight ahead. THEY’RE HERE The very latest in popular music has just arrived AMONG THESE ARE: “Steamboat Blues’' “A Perfect Kiss” “Rocky Mountain Home” “Seven or Eleven” “Laughing’, Cryin’ Blues” MORRIS MUSIC HOUSE 912 Willamette Street HOUSE MANAGERS Order Your Supply of Coal Now for next winter while the price is low. Rainier Coal Company 19 East 9th Avenue Phone 412 CALIFORNIA GLEE CLUB WILL BE HERE MAY 26 Concert, Dance and Stunts to Feature Performance Saturday evening, May 26, at the Eugene new armory, 19 members of the University of California’s glee club will entertain University of Oregon stu dents with a combined concert, stunt show and dance. The performance will begin at 8:30 and judging from notices received of the popularity of the enter tainers the place will be filled. The group will stop over in Eugene on the return trip from the north where con certs were given in Portland, Corvallis, Seattle and in Vancouver, B. C. The program of the club differs ma terially from that generally offered by most college organizations. There are serious songs, college songs, plantation songs and humorous songs—all sung by an organization whose experience is made complete by its two trips through Europe and its Oriental tour last sea son. Owing to their world wide experience and many appearances on the stage, the members of the club have all ac quired the plomb of professionals. Es pecially is this true of Gerald Toll, saxophone soloist, Dave Phennig, viol inist, George Taylor, singer of charac ter songs and Harold Girvin, who dances and sings. A ten-piece jazz orchestra composed of the club members will furnish the music for the dance which is to be given after the concert. Between the dances vaudeville stunts and acts will be presented. This orchestra band, famous for its reputation gained on its Oreintal tour made over 40 phono graph records for a talking machine concern while traveling in the far east. Press notices from the Orient give much credit and praise to the organiza tion. The Shanghai Press says “The Glee Club puts up an absolutely unique performance—it is so good it is uni que.” Manila Bulletin: “U. C. stands for Unqualified Class. The boys met the expectations of the most enthus iastic.” The Hong Kong Morning Post: “It may be described as an extraordin arily good musical program.” Manila Times: “It is doubtful if a more en thusiastic audience ever gathered in Manila than that which greeted the U. C. Glee Club. It is certain that no Manila audience ever had more cause for enthusiasm.” FIRST ROUND OF MEN’S DO-NUT TENNIS PLAYED Two Matches Scheduled This Week Before Finals Among Groups Remaining Undefeated The first round of the do-nut tennis tournament has been completed and one game of the second round has been played. In order to get do-nut tennis games played off as soon as possible Gerald Barnes, who has charge of the tournament, hopes that the tennis teams will work off the games before the date scheduled for them to be played. This will assure the finals of tennis being over before the finals in do-nut baseball and track. With the straight elimination in the tournament most of the teams of those entered have been dropped from the competition. Those out of the race are the ones who have been defeated in some round of the meets. They are: Kappa Delta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Beta Chi, Delta Theta Phi, Oregon Club, Chi Psi, Phi Sigma Pi, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Nu and Bachelordon. Those who are still battling for posi tions in the finals are S. A. E., Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Sigma, A. T. O., Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Chi and Friendly hall. The Sigma Chi team defeated the Sigma Nu’s in the only second round game played so far. Th'e games scheduled for this week are: Thursday, May 24—8. A. E. vs. Phi Delta Theta. Friday, May 25—Kappa Sigma vs. Alpha Tau Omega. It is strongly urged that these games be played off before these maximum dates set. The winners of these sche duled games will be matched in the semi-final or 3rd round and the losers will be eliminated. ILLUSTRATED TALK ON ORIENT GIVEN FOR CLUB Y. M. C. A. Secretary and Traveler Shows Slides from Japan, China, to Cosmopolitan Members Graphic description of journeying into the bandit-infested regions of China, multicolored scenes of Japanese gardens and temples, sordid tales of poverty ahd woe among the many poor people in China, and artistically colored slides of buildings dating from 30 to 40 centuriee B. C. to the modern structures erected by western architects, were included in the illustrated lecture by Gale Seaman, Korthwest student Y. M. C. A. secretary and traveler, to the Cosmopolitan club in the Hut Tuesday evening. Mr. Seaman snapped the photographs from the which the slides were made while on leave of absence in the Orient last summer. The slides were then pre pared by Chinese and Japanese students. While in the Orient the lecturer at tended a conference of the world’s stu dent Christian federation. Possibly the pictures and Verbal des cription arousing the most interest in those present were the ones in which Mr. Seaman described his journey of over 1000 miles up the Yangste river into the interior of China to carry a message from Dr. John R. Mott to General Feng, “the Christian general,” China’s foremost military leader at the present time. Gen era 1 Feng was featured in the newspa pers recently in connection with the ban j dit raids in China. 1 This province, according to Mr. Sea 'man, is the real heart of China, where the nation began more than 5000 years ago. Pictures were shown of stretches of the road they took which had been worn down into the sand to from one to 200 feet below the surface of the surrounding country by the constant travel of 30 or 40 centuries. Mr. Seaman also showed pictures of Harold Rounds, Oregon graduate, who is doing educational, physical and Chris- i tian teaching in China, and described the excellent results attained by Rounds! among the Chinese youth. A number of the students at the meeting Tuesday evening pledged themselves to give finan cial support to the work Rounds is doing. As an illustration of the vast influ ence of the western world on the Orient, Mr. Seaman showed a picture of the mayor of Canton, a former student of the University of California. He told of the excellent leadership shown by this western-educated mayor and the many twentieth century reforms he is bringing about in the metropolis, among which is the tearing down of miles of the old city walls and the building of modern streets and buildings in their stead. Scenic spots, descriptions of customs of travel and dress, methods of farming and slow means of transportation, were also presented by Mr. Seaman in his col lection of slides. JUNIOR CLASS PICNIC TO BE DATELESS AFFAIR Keen Interest Displayed over Event Slated for June 2; Russ Gowans is General Chairman “No,” chorused the men of the class when it was suggested that the junior class picnic, scheduled for June 2, be a date affair. “No,” echoed the wo men. “All right, it is no-date,” said President Meek. So it was ordered. Lots of interest is being shown in the coming event in the social life of the class of 1924. Although there will be no dates beforehand it is practically assured that the men and the women of the class will get together even tually. 1 Possibly through the lottery method but more probably through a series of mutual agreements. Russ Gowans has been made general chairman. Frank Carter is in charge of arranging transportation assisted by Lot Beatie. Luella Hausler, assisted by Lurline Coulter, Florence McGillivray, Teka Haynes, Rey Peterson, Bob Haw kins and Lyle Palmer, make the food committee. Francis Altstock is chair man of the entertainment committee and he will work with Marcella Berry, Wenona Dyer and Bill Johnosn. Hal Chapman’s committee will be in charge of the ground. It is made up of Jane Campbell, Margaret Seymour and Shir ley Edwards. ERROR IS CORRECTED Due to an error made in the Emerald of Tuesday, May 23, it was stated that H. R. Douglass of the school of educa tion faculty would teach this summer in the Lewiston, Idaho, State Normal school. It is C. E. Franseen, graduate assistant in the school who will be one of the instructors at the Lewiston in stitution, while Professor Douglass will go to the University of Wisconsin to teach for the summer session. Stand up, stand up, for Posture’s sake. Try Our Ice Cold Punch with Cake After Your Canoe Ride Anchorage Phone 30 “Interwoven” QERVICE, style and comfort ^ characterize the new silk and wool mixtures in Interwoven Hose for summer. Interwoven reputa tion is gained because of the quali ty of the product. 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He is the great lover still presenting a character that is ‘The Three Musketeers’ metamorphosed into one ‘ Houdini. ’ ” • CALL AND POST— “Ditrichstein has opportunity to reveal all his good qualities of a finished actor. ‘The Purple Mask' gives us an amazing and sensational climax at each drop of the curtain in the five acts.” NEWS— “Ditrichstein an immensely clever actor. ‘The Purple Mask’ like a half dozen chapters from Dumas, with an astonishing surprise at the end of each. The result is no end of fun.” JOURNAL— “ ‘Purple Mask’ a hit. Audience showed approval of exciting show by loud applause and enjoyed it all hugely. Those who are not too blase to enjoy sitting on the edge of their seats for an evening of undiluted ex citement should not miss Ditrichstein's production.” HEILIG - Monday, May 28th Prices, 75c to $2.50—Mail Orders Now._ CHENEY TUBULAR^ Ties for Long Wear YOU can’t beat Cheney All SilkJacquardTubulars for wear. 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