PROFESSORS READ
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Library Figures Show Choice
of Faculty Members is
in Their Own Fields
The record kept by the circulation de
partment of the University library of
books taken from the library for use
by faculty members reveals some inter
esting facts, according to the librarian.
While the record is not exact and can
not therefore be regarded as absolutely
correct from a statistical viewpoint, it
is fairly indicative of the kind of read
ing done by faculty members, says the
librarian.
The record, which is not kept as a
means of checking up on the faculty
reading, but in order to keep the num
ber and title of every book in use by
a faculty member, shows that in the
field of reading the tendency is to
ward specialization; the faculty reader
reads within his own department for
the most part. The theory that an in
dividual’s reading should in a mea
sure prove to be an avocation rather
than a vocation, preached a doctrine
by many modern thinkers, does not hold
true in many cases within the faculty,
according to the library record. The
economist is found to be reading large
ly in economics, the psychologist reads
psychology and allied subjects, such as
medical science and the English profes
sor takes out scores of books on litera
ture. The cases where the reading
ranges from psychology through reli
gion, economics, philosophy, art, science,
fiction, history, and other elassifiei
cations are in the minority.
“What about fiction,” was the ques
tion asked. The answer, as revealed
by the statistics, was that perhaps fic
tion might lead if the number of fic
tion book taken out were considered.
But viewed by the number of instruc
tors taking out books, fiction would
not be in the lead. There are a few
members taking out largo numbers of
fiction books because that is what is
needed in their department, but on the
other hand the greater number of facul
ty members not reading fiction shows
that as far as individual tastes are con
cerned it is not the leader.
The next question, what class of
books was most widely read by faculty
members was harder to answer. His
tory, economics, psychology, philosophy
all were well represented.
Comparison of the records of faculty
men with those of faculty women re
veals that although there are fewer
women than men, which may account
for the difference, tho men on the fac
ulty are tho more general readers. Con
sidering fiction again, it was found
that tho average number interested in
fiction was about proportionately the
snmo for both men and women. Neither
were there specific cases in any one
department which showed that as a
department there was a tendency to
ward fiction. Individual likes and dis
likes were plainly manifest in the var
ieties of books on record. The librarian
remarked that seeing what various
individuals were reading sometimes
proved a worthwhile cue in attempting
to judge the value of a book.
GRADUATION CARDS HERE
Invitations to Commencement Ceremony
Arrive at Co-op; Seniors Must Call
I -
The University commencement an
nouncements arrived Thursday and will
be ready for distribution this morning
at the Co-op. According to Marion Mc
Clain, manager of the Co-op 4000 an
nouncements were ordered this year.
The senior class was unusually slow
in ordering their announcements this
year, McClain said. Last year the an
nouncements had arrived before the
spring vacation in April.
The caps and gowns will be ready
about the middle of next week. Ap
proxiiuntely -00 were ordered tins year,
but the seniors were slow in putting in
their orders for them, according to Mr.
McClain, who declared that right now,
just a month before graduation, there
are some seniors who have come in to
see if they could order their announce
ments, caps and gowns.
Y. W. C. A. OFFICERS GET GRADES
Members of the University Y. \V. C.
A. council and cabinet who took exami
nations on their work about three weeks
ago, all received good grades, according
to word received yesterday from Seut
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tie where the papers were looked over.
Helen Andrews, newly elected vice-pre
sident of the Y. W. received highest
honors among the University women
who took the examinations. The ques
tions asked in the examinations were on
the work of both national and campus
Y. W. associations, and dealt with some
of the more important problems at the
present time in Y. W. work.
RECEIVE WEDDING INVITATION
Invitation to the wedding of Eva
Russell and Edward J. Irwin have been
received by the members of the Alpha
Xi Delta sorority and the Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity. The wedding will take
place in Eugene, June 14, at the Meth
odist church. Miss Russell is a sopho
more in the University and a major
in the department of physical educa
tion. Mr. Irwin attended the Univer
sity during tho fall term but did not
return to resume his studies at the open
ing of the winter term of school. While
in college he was treasurer of the soph
omore class.
Pugnacious Pete Back
Looking Up His Pals
Ordinarily the fall term is the time
when the homecomers come straggling
back to the campus to gaze once again
upon the bronze features of the Pion
eer but every so often one hears of an
alumnus that hears the call o’ the cam
pus and answers it regardless of the
time of the year. He comes wandering
up to the library steps anxiously look
ing for familiar faces. He mopes
around rather forlornly till he finds
said face and then his own face takes
on that “ain’t it a grand and glorious
feeling” expression as he basks in the
warmth of renewed acquaintance.
Just such an old timer came back
home yesterday. He was no less a per
sonage than “Pete)” the ex-ward of the
Sigma Nu’s. Those who were in school
last fall will have no difficulty in re
calling how the pup’s pugnacious ten
dencies drew him into ill repute, fin
ally causing his banishment, both from
school and the Sigma Nu house. He
seems, however, to have no ill feelings
against those who ostracised him, and
when last seen was busily looking up
his old friends.
Whether he returned to complete his
education, or to clear his besmirched
reputation, or whether he came back
to see his old companion, Moe Sax, lead
his cohorts, the Gobblers, into action
could not be ascertained as the brindle
canine was rather reticent about his
intentions.
FEW TO COMPETE IN
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST
Time Almost Gone for Submission of
Papers to Promote Interest
in Oriental Relations
With only a fow days remaining in
which to submit essays in the Murray
Warner contest, only one has thus far
bone submitted, and but three other
students are known to be preparing
competing thesis.
The prize of $50 is offered by Mrs.
Murray Warner, donor of the Warner
art collection, for the essay which in
the opinion of the judges is calculated
to contribute most to encourage interest
in the promotion of friendly relations
between the American Pacific Coast
and the Orient. t
Those ossays are to not be more than
5000 words nor less than 3000. Illus
trative material, either line drawings
or photographs, if appropriate to the
subject mater, are to be taken into
consideration by the judges, but are
not required.
The judges elected for the contest
are Dr. Warren I). Smith, head of the
department of geology; Eldon Griffin,
of Portland, formerly a member of the
University’s faculty in history, and
Palmer L. Kales, attorney, of Portland.
The essays submitted for the Bennett
prize of $20 on some topic connected
with the general subject of the princi
ples at' free government are now in
the hands of the judges. Three papers
wore submitted.
EIGHT DESIRE DEGREES
Six Medical and Two Business Majors
to Try for Master’s Standing
Might students desiring Master’s de
grees will be examined next week. Two
of this number are from the school of
business administration and the remain
ing six are from the medical school in
Portland.
On Monday, Franklin T. Folts from
the school of business adminisrtation will
be examined and on Tuesday, Howard
Marshall from the same school will be
examined on his thesis, “Credit Insur
ance.” The examining committee for
these examinations on Monday will bo
composed of .1. 11. Gilbert, M. lx. Cam
eron, A. L. Lomax, C. V. Dyment
and E. C. Robbins. The same committee
with the exception of Mr. Lomax and
the addition of C. L. Kelly, will exam
ine ou Tuesday.
On Friday, six medical students will
be examined for their master's degree
in medicine. They are W. C. Foster,
Raymond llausler, Clinton Thieues, Les
ter T. .rones, Winifred Kerr and Homer
P. Rush.
THORPE SPEAKS AT MARCOLA
“A Life Worth Living,” was the
subject of an address which Professor
C. I). Thorpe of the public speaking de
partment delivered at the commence
ment exercises of the Marcola high
school, Thursday night. Although Mar
cola is one of the smallest districts of
Lane county, there were six graduates
this year, five girls and one boy hav
ing secured their diplomas.
EMERALD FEAST WILL
END YEAR’S ACTIVITIES
Annual Prizes to be Awarded;
Last Issue June 8
Friday, June 8, the members of the
Emerald staff will throw care to the
winds in order to start the delightful
work of preparing for the end of the
term. That night, the staff will get
together for a last fling until they start
out again in the fall. The time: 6
o’clock; the place: the Osburn; the
guests: staff members, special visitors;
the occasion: the annual banquet.
Oyer a hundred people will be pre
sent, it is expected. Dean Allen of the
school of journalism will be toastmas
ter and there wil be speeches by Presi
dent Campbell, Kenneth Youel the pres
ent editor, his sucessor, Art Rudd, Lyle
Janz, the business manager, and his
successor, Leo Munley. Youel will pre
sent the Emerald “0”s to the 13 most
valuable reporters and to the five most
efficient members of the business staff.
Announcements of prizes in the tip,
news editor and various other contests
will also probably be made. It is ex
pected that the night editors will
put on a stunt following the customs of
the past. An extra issue of the Daily—
the Banquet Emerald—will be given to
the merry-makers. They will be about
the size of “Gibes and Scribes,” the
humorous paper put out during the edi
tors’ convention.
The last issue of the Emerald for the
term will come out Friday, June 8. It
will be a large issue, probably about 20
pages, divided into a news-section, a
sport section, a women’s section cov
ering athletics, Y. W. C. A. and Wo
men’s League. A Sunday Emerald sec
tion will be devoted to thr pictures and
plans of the new student body officers.
Art Rudd is in charge of this special
issue and will announce probably the
first of next week, the staff for the
special. There will be no Emerald the
day after Memorial day and next Sun
day’s paper will be the last Sunday is
sue. Counting today’s paper there will
be seven more issues and the last spe
cial. Since fall 170 Emeralds have been
issued.
LOAN FUND FOR WORTHY
STUDENTS SAYS STRAUB
Smoker Should Not Ask for Money in
Opinion of Dean, Since he Spends
$3 to $5 a month on Cigarettes
“There is nothing to the rumor that
loans from the student loan fund are
limited to only those students who do
not smoke, but the foundation for it
may be the fact that I am personally
opposed to smoking, especially cigar
ettes,” Dean John Straub said, when
interviewed to ascertain whether or not
the report that loans would not be made
to smokers, was true.
“It seems to me that a student who
spends from $3 o $5 a month for cig
arettes should not ask for a loan as
the money loaned simply means addi
tional cigarettes,” the Dean said. “The
object of the loan on the part of the
donors was to give poor sudents' assis
tance in carrying on their University
work and not to enable them to pur
chase additional cigarettes. If a stu
dents wants to smoke I suppose that is
his business, but how he can conscien
tiously ask for a loan from the loan
fund, is a thing that I cannot under
stand.
“Students making poor grades and
flunking is some subjects are refused a
loan for the reason that they are not
spending their time profitably enough
to make it worth while to loan them
money to continue their studies in the
same listless way. Worthy students are
always welcome to the money in the
loan fund and can get it as long as
there is any to lend.”
The general loan fund is now exhaust
ed but there is still some money in the
woman’s loan fund and also several
hundred dollars in a fund limited tc
students taking pre-engineering courses
There is several hundred dollars in the
class of ’96 fund also that has not beer
loaned out.
ALGEBRA TESTS SENT OUT
Sample copies of the Douglass, Illi
nois, Holtz and St'omquist algebra
testa are being sent to 25 teachers and
heads of departments in mathematics
throughtout he United States by P. L,
Spencer of the University high school,
The recipient of each group of tests is
ascked to rank the tests according to
the items in accompanying question
naire, the purpose being to get an ex
pression of teachers, and people using
these tests as to the value to be receiv
ed from their use.
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