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I Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXY UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1924 NUMBER 10Q GUEST LETTERS TO BE OUT SOON ~ss« v - Junior Week-end Committee Draws Up Form to Send to High School Students EXPLANATION IS MADE Copies May be Procured by Houses Tomorrow in the Journalism Building Because of complaints from vari ous houses that guests who have already been invited to attend Junior week-end might possibly take the recalling of the invitation as a personal slight the Junior week-end committee is issuing a form letter to be sent from the junior class with the personal let ters of explanation. The Junior week-end committee has drawn up this letter with the purpose of sending it to all the guests who have already been in vited by both men’s and women’s houses. The letters are to be multi graphed. Three hundred copies will be ready tomorrow from 4 to 6, and from 7:30 to 10:30 p. m., in the Journalism building1,* where representatives from the houses may secure them. Don Woodward, junior class president, will take charge of the distribution. Each organization may secure as many letters as it desires. Recall Is Necessary' After the action by the Pan-Hel lenie council prohibiting the enter tainment of any guests and similar action by the Inter-fraternity coun cil, invitations which have already been sent out will have to be re called at once. The letter from the junior class is largely an explanation of the steps which led to the abolishment of the week-end as a time of enter tainment. The high school super intendents and principals objected to this interruption to study dur ing the last weeks of the senior year. The Oregon faculty believed that at Junior week-end the Uni versity was not presenting the side of college life which prospective students should see. Students Approve Action The students themselves realized that in the stress of the week-end events, they were unable to become acquainted with their guests in the way that they would chose. The letter expresses regret that the high school students may not be entertained at that time, saying, “It was only that we felt that such a sacrifice would be to the best of your interests, as a future student, that the action was taken.” General Notice Included An invitation is included from the whole student body to visit the campus during the year, on one of the many week-ends. The high high school students are urged to see the campus in its real aspect before making a choice of the in stitution which he desires to attend. Further plans for Junior Week end will be made at a meeting of the directorates tonight at 5 o’clock ill Condon hall. Portland Swiss Colony Approves ‘Hour Hand* Opera Proof that the Portland pre sentation of the “Hour Hand,” Swiss Folk opera, by Anne Lands bury Beck, was well received by the Swiss portion of the audience, as well as by the Americans, was given in a letter received this week by P. L. Campbell, from C. O. Brandenberger, Swiss consul in Portland. The letter follows: “I have the great pleasure, as head of the Swiss colony of Port land, to tender to the staff and students of the University of Oregon, our most sincere compli ments for the performance of their Swiss opera, “The Hour Hand,” by Anne Landsburv Beck. “We do believe that Madam A. L. Beck deserves all the credit for the success. I am also pleased to hear from the Swiss people, of whom most were present, nothing but praise. My expression of compliments does also apply to the well arranged orchestra of Mr. Charles Runyon. For the Swiss colony of Oregon.” JUDGE W. MG GIANT TO TALK AT ASSEMBLY View of Washington Chosen as Speaker’s Subject “George Washington, the Gentle man,” will be the subject of an ad dress to be given by Judge Wallace McCamant, of Portland, at the regu lar Thursday assembly in Villard hall. Other numbers on the pro gram have not been arranged as yet, although it is probable that special music for Washington’s birthday will be featured. Judge McCamant is a pioneer Portlander, having practiced law in that city from 1894 until 1917, when he was elected a justice of the supreme court of Oregon. He is now a practicing attorney in Port land of the firm of McCamant and Thompson. Following the usual custom, there will be no school on Friday, Febru ary* 22, according to President Campbell. Because of the holiday, there will also be no issue of the Emerald on Saturday 23, in order to give the staff a vacation. SOCIETY WILL GIVE TEA Visiting Women Representatives to be Guests of Phi Theta Kappa This afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock, Phi Theta Kappa, commerce women’s national society, will entertain with a tea in honor of women representa tives and wives of delegates at the Retail Merchants’ convention. The affair is to be given in Alumni hall. Active members, alumnae members of the local chapter, a number of faculty, and visitors from the O. A. C. chapter will act as hostesses. The purpose of the tea is to bring busi ness women in closer touch with stu dents and to bring about stronger re lationship, between the students and the business women. Psychology Professor Finds Women Mentally Superior That girls are uniformly mentally superior to boys is to be the subject discussed by Prof. Kimball Young of the psychology department in his lecture to Sigma Xi on “Sex Differ ences in Immigrant Groups,” at its monthly meeting tonight. Professor Young’s conclusions were drawn as a result of some investigation work on twelve year old children of the immigrants. “I propose to show the general conclusions of my early study, on the mental differences of immigrant groups,” declared Professor Young. “In this work I compared the per formance of school children whose parents came from Northern Europe with those whose parents came from Italy, Spain, and Southern Europe. All were children twelve years of age. “There were two tests used in this work, the Army Alpha and the Army Beta. The Alpha is an intelligence test dependant on language, while the Beta is a performance test not in volving language. “Only seven percent of the Italian children exceeded the median, or 50th percentage of the American children; only 10 per cent of the Portugeese exceeded that median; and seven per cent of th Spanish came above this mark Such is the result of the Alpha test. In the Beta the Italian scored an average o 18 percent above the median; while 14 per cent and 16 per cent were the result of the I Spanish and Portuguese respec I tively. “It is popularly believed that the j language is a draw-back to the Latin ! children. I compared the two tests with outside standards—such as the teacher’s estimate—and found th#t , the language test compared more fav ; orablv with these other standards of 1 intelligence than did the Beta. The correlations are uniformly higher for | the Alpha than the Beta,” he said. (Continued on page tour.) RETAIL DEALERS OPEN SESSIONS Dean Hale Gives Address of Welcome in Place of President P. L. Campbell MORE THAN TOO ATTEND Nagley Gives Talk Based on Reports Made by Firms Throughout Past Year t Approximately one hundred retail merchants of the various parts of the state registered yesterday for the twentieth annual conference of the Oregon Retail Merchants’ association, which is meeting this week for the second year on the campus. The delegates, some with their red caps on to denote that this was their second year as “Oregon students,” and others in green caps to show who were the “freshies,” assem bled in the general meeting place for the conference in Villard hall, at 10 o’clock, yesterday morning. The address of welcome was given by Dean W. O. Hale of the school of law, as President P. L. Campbell, because of illness, was unable to give the welcome to the visitors. L. L. Thomas of Marsh field, president of the association, gave a brief talk on the benefit derived from the organization of the association during the past year, and urged for a better and more efficient cooperation. Vining Delivers Lecture Much of the business of the morn ing was postponed so as to allow Irving E. Vining, president of the state chamber of commerce, to de liver the third of his series of lec tures. ! Following a luncheon for the men | delegates at the Anchorage, and a luncheon for the women at Hen dricks hall, the sessions for the afternoon were called together at 1:30 o’clock. The outstanding event on the afternoon program was the lecture given by Prof. F. A. Nagley of the University school of business ad ministration, on, “Why Customers Quit Dealing With You.” „ The lecture consisted of a de tailed analysis of the reasons, as reported through more than 4,000 out of 15,000 questionnaires sent out by the school of business ad ministration last year. Reasons Are Given The reasons, as tabulated and presented to the visitors, listed 15 causes of patrons quitting their trade with retailers, and included indifference of salesmanship, con stituting 09 per eent; haughtiness of salesmanship, .07 per cent; over insistence of salespeople, .06 per cent; ignorance of goods, .03 per cent; misrepresentation of goods, .05 per cent; attempted substitution of goods, .06 per c.ent; delay in (Continued on page three) <>—-— ' ~~~ ^ ! Program Today for Conference | o 9:45 a. m.—“Better Windows” ! —Prof. F. A. Nagley. 10:30 ot 10:50—“Mysteries of ' Magic”—E. Cooke Patton, Salem. 10:50 to 11—Intermission. 11 a. m.—Lecture, “Types and Tendencies of Men”—Irving E. Yining. 12:15 p. m.—Luncheon in the Anchorage,' where, at about 1 o’clock, the convention will be called to order at the luncheon tables. “A Message from the News paper Editors of Oregon”—G. Lansing Hurd, Corvallis, secretary of Oregon Editorial association. Unfinished business—new busi , ness—adjournment. 2:30 p. m.—Trade Division meetings, as scheduled on bulle tin board. 7:30 p. m.—Lecture in Villard hall, “Leadership and Executive Ability”—Irving E. Vining. 8:30 p. m.—Convention will be called to order for association business. First report of reso lutions committee. Reports of other committees. Unfinished business—new business—adjourn ment. From 3 ot 5 o’clock in Alumni hall, Woman’s building, Phi Theta Kappa tea for visiting women attending convention, and for the wives of delegates. I Proposed Radio Debate Attracts Much Attention Cards Sent to Oregon High Schools The radio debate on the Bok peace plan, which will be held be tween the Universities of Oregon and California the night of Feb ruary 29, is attracting attention | over the country since it is thought : to be the first of its kind in the i United States. A front page item giving details ' of the debate appeared February ! 11 in the Christian Science Monitor, j which is printed in Boston, Mass j achussettes. Alfred Powers, of the j University extension division, who | assisted in making the debate pos j sible, has sent out cards to all I Oregon high schools, notifying them | of the debate and requesting that j they listen in, that they may give I their opinions as to the final de i OREGON WRESTLERS I WIN MEET AT W. 5. C. Conference Tussle Torrid Affair; Score 46-30 WASHINGTON STATE COL LEGE, PULLMAN, Wash.. Feb. 17. —(Special to the Emerald).—Ore gon won over W. S. C. in the second conference wrestling match here to night, 46 to 30. All matches were slow to start, but after the second round the grapplers kept the spec tators continually on their feet. In the 125-pound class, Ford and Keller fought to a draw and each won a decision. In the overtime bout, Ford won the decision and the match. In the 135-pound class, the first bout was a draw, Whit comb won a decision, Cowl took a fall, and Whitcomb came back with another fall for the match. Robertson took two decisions from Dunbar in the 158-pound class. The bout was slow. In the 158 pound tussle, French withdrew with a cracked rib, forfeiting the match to Bohlke. In the final match, 175-pound class, Wells won in two falls from Waldorf. This was the fastest round of the meet, the first bout being a draw. Cisco Bullizunt of Spokane Elks club refereed. I SQUIBS TAKEN | i DURING MEET ] | OF MERCHANTS l -----<> Quite an imposing lot of new students on the campus at the pre sent writing. Wonder if the wearers of the red sombreros have innocullat ed the new knights of the green with the old Oregon spirit. Lots of pad dles idle in the living organizations, since pre-initiation is a thing of the past. This week we mingle with men, whom we shall some day meet out in the business world. They are here to study our business, and get now ideas. We tan get some new ideas by meeting with them. Wish our freshmen would be as attentive at weekly assemblies as the retail freshlctr. were at Mr. Vining’s address. Speaking of Mr. Yiniag, leads us to believe that the stage lest a wonderful dramatic prospect when he took tip another line of work. We also liked the jaunty way in which he sported the green headpiece. Silver threads beneath the red and green. In the conference this week are many' men graying with years in the harness, yet their eyes sparkle and they are jolly and will be so during their registration at this fountain of learnng. They believe in the old adage, that it’s never too old to learn—also to have a good time while the business back home runs itself. The bit of color, and proper back ground at the general session meeting ! place in Villard hall, is the display showings fixed up by local business firms. One thing about the “sophs” and j their red hats, is that you can tell I who the wearers are, but like all j true University “sophs” you can’t (Continued on page four.) Selling Methods, Value of Advertising and Quality of Goods Are Discussed CHAIN STORE REVIEWED Grocers, Men’s Wear, Dry Goods and Department Stores Are Represented The important, underlying pur pose of the Retail Merchants’ con vention, is to hold the meetings of the various trade divisions in order to obtain facts on how merchants of the state and their business stand, and to get the retailers’ ideas and suggestions on solving some of the problems facing the business world today. The big factor in these individual meetings is to make them discus sion groups for the visiting mer chants, and in this way, have them profit from the suggestions and aid given. Different delegates report, or lead in some discussion, on some particular phase of their line of business. Information Is Posted Due to either a misunderstanding ! as to meeting places, or lack of suf ! ficient representatives to carry j on meetings, the retail shoe dealers, and the meat trade divisions did not meet yesterday. All meeting places, naming both rooms and buildings, will be posted on bulletin boards at both the foot of the stairs and the top of the stairs leading to the general session room in Vil lard hall. In the grocery trade division, which convened at 3:30 p. m., yes terday, it was voted that the ques tionnaire sent out by the Univer sity to the retail grocers of the state be changed to correspond to that of the Research Bureau of Har vard University. The motion was unanimously carried by the as sembled grocers. Questionnaire Is Wished Chairman W. C. Gunther, Port land, who presided over the meet ing, made the assertion that the questionnaire sent out by the Uni versity was too complicated and re quired too voluminous information. Making the questions simple and to the point would be more satisfac tory. The subject which brought up much round table discussion was led by J. B. Neubauer, Portland, on the growth of the chain store and how retail grocers could best cope with such competition. Neubauer declared advertising was an essen tial adjunct of business, but indi viduality of a store was in itself a very vital factor. Four things characteristic of a well-ordered store, he went on to enumerate, could be closely observed by gro cers. First, individual attention; second, correction of errors made; third, no substitution of articles, ‘and fourth, special attention to Informal Meeting Held The men’s wear division devel oped into an informal discussion between the clothiers present on i selling methods, quality of goods, (Continued on page four) DISCUSSIONS POPULAR Groups to Hold Fourth Series at 7 o’clock This Evening The fourth weekly series of dis cussion groups in the men’s organi zations will be held this evoning be ginning at 7 (o'clock. Though origi nally intended to last but a half hour, these discussions have proved so interesting and the men in the various houses have participated in them so whole-heartedly, the group leaders report, that they run as much as an hour over-time. The following groups will have for their leaders tonight: Alpha Beta Chi, F. S. Bunn; Alpha Tau Omega, W. B. Mikesell; Bachelordon, C. E. Carpenter; Beta Theta Pi, E. E. BeCou; Belta Tau Delta, B. J. Gif fen; Friendly hall, H. W. Davis; Kappa Delta Phi, H. G. Tanner; Phi ! Gamma Delta, W. P. Boynton; Phi Sigma Pi, B. M. Milles; S. A. E., A. E. Caswell; Sigma Nu, B. .T. Williams; Sigma Pi Tau, W. E. Milne; Oregon club (Y hut), J. F. j Bovard; and Phi Delta Theta, W. D. i Smith. Cash Prize of $50 Offered for Best Verbal Argument With the offer of a $50 cash prize renewed this year by Frank Hilton, of Portland, a contest will again be held in the school of law for the best oral argument on a legal subject chosen by the law faculty. The contest was held for the first time last year and was won by Howard MeCnl j loch, a senior in the school of law. The subject chosen for the con test, which will be the first part of April, is: “Should any change be made in the law relative to the seizure of liquor in a person’s residence and the use thereof of as evidence against the possessor if illegally seized.” “This is a timely subject,” says William G. Hale, dean of the school of law. “It is a subject that is receiving much attention from lawyers of courts.” Five contestants tried out last year, but due to the early start this year, it is believed a much larger number will enter, in which case a preliminary contost will bo held to select the winning ones before the judges are selected for the final contest. CHAMPIONSHIP MEET Virginia Wilsen Makes High Record in Back Stroke Gamma Phi Beta won the wom en’s doughnut swimming cham pionship last night by defeating the Alpha Phi team by a 41 to 26 score. Both teams did excellent work in all events, though Virginia Wilson for the winners and Hilda Chase for the losers were the outstanding point gainers in the meet. Miss Wilson was high-point win ner for the Gamma Phi team, mak ing a total of 15 points. She also made an unusual record in the back stroke race, swimming the length of the tank in 14V£s seconds. Hilda Chase starred for the losers with a total of 9 points. Members of the^teams were as fol lows: Gamma Phi—Virginia Wilson, Isabel Amos, Wonona Dyer, Eleanor Holman, Marjorie O ’Brien, Lillian Laders, Harriot Howells. Alpha Phi—Hilda Chase, Margaret Vin cent, Drusilla Simons, Ira Dale, Katharine Graef, Alice Aldrich. RIFLE TEAM DEFEATED Utah Agricultural College Makes High Score Over Oregon The men’s rifle team me# another defeat last woek when a match against the Utah Agricultural col lege ended in a score of 3,300 for Utah Aggies and 3,090 for Oregon. Results of other matches during the week have not as yet been re ceived. Among the institutions in the competition are University of Minnesota, Bipon college, and sev eral others. The score of the Oregon team was better last (veek by 86 points than the score of the week before, and Captain J. T. Murray expects a corresponding improvement this week. IKHRSITY QUINTET HOLDS TOP HUNG Oregon Team Heads Group' With .750 Percentage; Washington Is Second HARD CONTESTS TO COME Locals Hope for Revenge Against Vandal Squad When Fives Meet Here «-«♦ CONFERENCE STANDINGS, NORTHWEST SECTION W. L. Pet. Oregon . 3 1 .750 Washington . 4 2 .667 Oregon Aggies . 3 2 .600 Idaho .. 3 3 .500 Washington State .... 3 4 .420 Montana . 0 4 .000 I o ♦ The fourth week of conference basketball finds the varsity cling ing to the top rung of the ladder as far as the northern section of the Coast conference is concerned. The Webfoot five, however, has four more hurdles to top, if it expects to compete for the North against the Southern representatives. This week-end will see the local quintet combating the Whitman and Idaho fives, one with north west rating and the other with both Pacific coast and Northwest stand ing. Friday night the varsity tiffs with the Missionaries from Walla Walla, and the following evening will be hosts to the dangerous Vandals. Whitman fell once be fore the fast traveling Webfoot hoopers and the dope gives Oregon a big chance in the coming tilt. Vandal Defeat Hoped Against Idaho, Oregon will have a neat chance for revenge. On their homo floor, the Vandals trounced the Webfooters, 30-24, in the last few minutes of play, drawing away from a close score to a six-point lead. The situation will be re versed in Saturday’s melee, as the Oregon team is at home on the loeal floor and the Vandals will be with out their small court. At home, the Moscow five is dangerous, but there is a question as to what they can do in a larger arena. They have an advantage, in that they play three or four games in big halls be fore they tangle with the local team. Following the two games here, the varsity jumps to Seattle Febru ary 25, for a return engagement with the Washington Huskies, and indications are that this will be a real buttle, as was the first one this year between the two institutions. Huskies Out to Win Washington is set on garnering the championship this year. At present the Huskies repose in second place, and an upset in the dope may find them perched at the top. Washington State forms the opposition for the entertainment February 27. Oregon has one de cision over the Cougars, but they still possess considerable bite. If Oregon doesn’t trip on any of these (Continued on page three) Vining Lectures Are Feature of Retail Merchants9Program -*r r One of the outstanding events on the Retail Merchants’ conference program is the nereis of lec tures given by Irving E. Vining, president of the State Chamber of Commerce. Vining is known as the “student pioneer and edu cator on personal efficiency,” and his addresses are being received with much enthusiasm by students and faculty members as well as by the visiting delegates. Mr. Vining has delivered three ad dresses, and three more are scheduled, one for 11 o’clock this morning, another at 7:30 o’clock tonight, and one at ’1 o’clock tomorrow morning. All of the lectures will be given in Villard hall. Mr. Vining, in bis address Sunday night at the Y. M. C. A. hut on “Vitalizing Your Abilities,” defined the American business man as “the man in the open,” because he looks, acts, and feels beyond law or habit; he is individualistic, seeks his own viewpoint and furthers it. “The American business man is a gigantic figure pioneering his way in the es tablishment of a new type,” he said. He gave the philosophies of the stu dent and business man; that of the student is to discover new facts and truths; that of the business man is 1 to make business circulate. Mr. Vining stated there are two laws for the aspirant of success; the first is ability for continuous hard work which requires mental concen tration and physical ability. The ; second is the power of vision, imagi nation and planning. Nerve, ability and the attitude of taking a chance | are necessary in striving for success. There is no such thing, said the i speaker, as failure. “ Failure is * | death to any enterprise. ” To fulfill (Continued on Page Two.)