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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1924)
BOYNTON PUNS FUTURE COURSE ‘Vaudeville Physics’ Shows Human Interest Side STUNTS TO BE PLAYED UP Lectures to be Illustrated to Create Interest '‘Vaudeville Physics” is the nick name for a course in physics which T>r. W. P. Boynton, head of the phy sics department, is planning on giving in his department next term. The correct name of the course, as it is planned to list it in the catalogue, is “Essentials of Physics.” “I propose to feature the human interest and historic side of the subject in the course,” said Dr. Boynton. “Most of the physic courses are too theoretic,” he said. “They deal with mathematics and facts too much. In this course it is planned to take up more the concrete side. For example, I might start with Aristotle in a bath tub. Perhaps the title of that lecture might be ‘The First Bath.' Apparatus to be Used “All of the important essentials in physics would be taken up. We would touch on sound and music, radio, light, electricity, and so forth. For music we would probably use a phonograph, or a grind organ. There would be an apparatus to show the sound waves. And of course there would always be the lantern slides to resort to,” pointed out the physicist. Professor Benjamin Snow of Wis consin university has given a course along these general lines for years. Dean Allen of the school of journal ism of the University is a former stu dent of Professor Snow. He has al ways been a staunch advocate of this way of teaching physics. The Wis consin professor devotes his whole time to this course. One piece of ap paratus which he has is an aluminum arrangement with a gas flame under it built to represent a geyser. And like Old Faithful in Yellowstone Na tional park, it spouts at regular in tervals. Plan Not New One Dr. Boynton said that this plan for a “Vaudeville Course” is not a new one . He told about an old pro fessor of his who used to give class demonstrations in his lectures. “I remember one time,” he said, “when he had a rotary pump set up on the platform in the front of the room. He was demonstrating an experiment. “Well, the professor looked over the class to find sone one capable of turning the crank on the Totary while he performed the experiment. I was selected. I remember when I got the pump revolving quite fast, the pro fessor, being in the middle of his demonstration, paused i;or a moment, looked at me, and then to class, say ing, * This pumn is being turned by a crank.’ I was standing with my back to the class,” said Dr. Boynton. Occasionally vaudeville stunts have been tried out on the campus, but never before designed to be the plaved-up part of a course. Faculty Is Interested Dr. Boynton is planning on giving these courses himself. The class be ing a two hour one is expected to fun throughout the entire year, meeting on Monday and Thursday at 8 o’clock. The day before will be required in setting up the experiment. A great number of the faculty are interested in the experiment. The faculty of the school of education is especially interested, because of the fact that it is a way to present the subject matter of physics in a new light. They look forward to install ing some such way in the high schools if it proves successful. “The course will not be either an upper division or a lower division1 course,” said Dr. Boynton. “The stu dents will go on with the ordinary courses in general physics and other branches of physics the same as us ual. And this will not conflict with any of them. The details of the course have not been worked out yet. Physics is one of our most interesting subjects, especially when it is pre sented correctly,” he said. MEDICAL COMMITTEES TO HOLD CONFERENCE The committee on graduate work from the medical school in Port land, will have a conference with the graduate council on the cam pus today, so that the work of the two schools can be more closely co ordinated. Because of special conditions sur rounding medical work is not al ways easy to evaluate medical hours with campus hours. The graduate council is optimis tic, however, about the working | out of a scheme of coordination, j because they believe that the es- j sential thing after all is the qual- j ity of the work, and the work of | these medical students who come [down here has always been of a | high standard. The very fact that [they thus delay their medical work to obtain a master’s degree, meaus that the student is interested in science and research. As a con sequence, the candidates have re ceived recognition as assistants in the departments. * -. ! J Graduate Making Honors Recently Dr. David R. Robbias Of the 41 men and women who passed examinations held in Los Angeles recently for licenses to practice medicine, Dr. David R. Robbins, who was graduated from the University of Oregon school of medicine last June, made the high est mark, 88 5-9 per cent, accord ing to the state board of medical examiners. Dr. Robbins took his pre-medical work at Columbia University, New York, and the University of Wash ington, completing his four-year medical course at the University of Oregon school of medicine. JUNIOR WOMEN SET NEW CANOE RECORD Augusta DeWitt, Jessie Olds to Represent Class ' A new mark in canoeing for women at the University of Oregon was set Saturday when Augusta DeWitt, ’25, and Jessie Olds, ’25, paddled the mill race course in 9.14. The new record was set during the interclass tryouts for the canoeing 'team, and beats the mark, 9 minutes, 19 seconds, set last year by Rosalia Keber, ’24, and Muriel Myers, ’24. Miss DeWitt and Miss Olds will rep resent the juniors in the final races June 7. Teams selected to represent other classes are: Seniors, L. Lynetta Quinlan and V. Vernetta Quinlan; sophomores, Lucille Perozzi and Alta Knips; freshmen, Genevieve Spear and Gladys Roberts. The elimination races were all fast, the time between the fastest and the slowest contests being only 30 sec onds. The winning team won the race by seven seconds, and was the only one to break the record. Three teams each were entered by the junior ajnd sophomore classes-,, while only one team represented the seniors and freshmen. The complete results of the races were as follows: Seniors, Lynetta and Yernetta Quin lan, no time taken. Juniors, Jessie Olds, Augusta DeWitt, 9 minutes, 14 seconds, first; Grace Sullivan and Stella Haglund, 9 minutes, 21 sec onds, second; Laverna Spitzenberger, Goldie Boone, 9 minutes, 22 seconds, third. Sophomores, Lucille Perozzi, Alta Knips, 9 minutes, 29 seconds, second; Helen Newland, Elsie Houk, 9 minutes, 44 seconds, third. Fresh men, Genevieve Spear, Gladys Rob erts, no time taken. FIRST HOCKEY GAME RESULTS IN TIE SCORE The first girls’ hockey game of the season was played Monday night between the sophomores and the freshmen, resulting in a tie score, 3 to 3-. During the first half of the game the playing was slow, but it livened up considerably to ward the end. The frosh kept ahead all during the play until the last few minutes, when the sopho mores rallied to tie the score. Arline f Butler hnd Bhona Will iams played the outstanding games for the frosh, while Janet Woods and Irva Dale starred for the sophomores The second game will be played this afternoon at 5 o’clock be tween the juniors and seniors. All girls playing in this contest must have their heart O. K.s by then, Patronize Emerald Advertisers Athletics for the Majority * * * * * * An Ideal Being Realized _ Last fall, in his address on Oxford, Dr. Rebec made the statement that | the great difference in athletics in i English institutions and in America was that in the case of the former there were very, very few spectators ‘and a great number of participants, j^ind that the sport was indulged in I for the pleasure and health of the j players with no consideration for t spectators. American colleges, on the j other hand, boast of their football I stadiums which accomodate 75,000 i people or more, while perhaps 30 men i actually participate in a game. i At one time the University of Ore j gon was no exception to the many j American institutions whose faCdli ! ties and interests were centered on | the production of a small, highly de veloped group of players. Granting | that spring is more conducive to ath letics than the fall of the year, had j Dr. Rebec or anyone else for that I matter, walked around the athletic ; ground of the University of Oregon i last Thursday afternoon, or any af ternoon when the weather is good, he | would have seen approximately 135 I girls playing baseball, 40 men out for i varsity baseball, 35 to 40 girls play ling hockey, 35 to 40 men out for freshman baseball, 45 to 50 men out 'for track While from 45 to 50 people i play golf in an afternoon and as many as 200 people play tennis in one day. Then should he stroll over to the mill race, he would see canoe after canoe, manned by sturdy students, forging up the stream against a stiff cur rent. The new riding academy also attracts 40 student daily. All this activity the dean would see out in the bright sunshine. Near ly as much activity is going on under cover. In the men’s department six new handball courts, each accomo dating four men, are in constant use, the pools in the men’s and women’s gyms are usually kept asplash, while every day hundreds of students take gymnasium work. In fact should Dean Rebec feel urged to athletic exercise, he would have to make arrangements for a ten nis or handball court, or canoe a day ior two in advance. j The “why” of all this is rather dif ficult to explain. Certainly one rea j son is the recently added facilities; \ another is that more and more stud i ents are realizing the benefits aceru |ing from physical exercise. | Whether so much college activity is reflecting back to the high schools, or whether a new spirit is manifest in the younger students is not known, i but Miss Harriet Thompson of the I physical education department, says I the general turn to athletic play is | due to the fact that a different type I of girl is coming to college. Girls fresh from high school are demanding such sports as hockey, baseball, ten nis, basketball, swimming and canoe ing. “ In the former days I hated to play with the newcomers because they did not know how to play, now I hate to play with them because they play so well!” Miss Thompson said iu de j scribing the new tendency. She es timated that at the time she came to the University, in 1911, not more ! than 15 girls knew how to swim, and j many girls would not sign up for base ball or similar sports because they did not know what they were. ‘‘The replacement of competitive games for formal, monotonous gym nasium exercise has been a great fac jtor in the change,” said Dean John P. Bovard, of the department of phy sical education. The excellent facil ities now available are also cited as one of the chief reasons. Dean Bo vard also commends the entering stu dents for a keener desire for sports, and says they actually are in better condition than former freshmen were. The spirit of play, developed through community playgrounds, and a vigor ous educational campaign, has reached clear down to the grammar schools with great beneficial results, he thinks. “The method followed in the phy sical education program is also very constructive and conducive to great er interest in sports,” the dean said. A physical ability test is given to all men desiring to take it, and should they pass, they are allowed to choose the sport they wish, instead of taking gymnasium work. Over 50 per cent of the men now take this test. Thus with 700 or S00 students par ticipating daily in a great variety of sports, Oregon need no longer worry about becoming a “grandstand” school, nor does she need to fear specialization in a few sports by a few highly trained individuals. If the present program is continued, it ■will only be a matter of time until the coaclies will have the entire stu dent body from which to pick their varsity teams. And the best thing about it is that when the squads are “pruned down” to a score or less of men, those not among the chosen can still go on playing their favorite sports, thus deriving their just share of the benefits and pleasure. Alumni President Desires Attorney-Generalship Of particular interest to the stu dents of the University conies the an nouncement by Robert B. Kuykendall, ’13, of his candidacy for the Repub lican nomination for attroney general. In the primaries on May 16, he will face but one opponent, I. H. Van Winkle, the present incumbent. The nominee then will have no Democratic or other opposition in the general election in November. “Bob,” as he is familiarly known to his campus friends, was recently made president of the alumni asso ciation, and is the alumni chairman of the Gift Campaign. He is at pres ent engaged in the private practice of law in Portland, having but re cently left the law firm of Carey & Kerr, with whom he was associated for several years. After graduating from Oregon, he went east and graduated from the Columbia university in New York city, later commencing his legal training in the office of his brother, D. Y. Kuykendall. While in the University, Bob did not stand out as a campus leader, but was quiet and rather inconspic uous, stated Karl W. Onthank, who "The Ink That Made The Fountain Pen Possible” QANFORDS ** FOUNTAIN PEN INK was in the same graduating class. His only sport was track. When war was declared in 1917 he entered the first officers’ train ing camp at San Francisco and when commrissionedj was assigned Jo the 91st division, which he accompanied' to France. He is the son of Dr. Win. Kuykendall of Eugene. Arthur Rosebraugh, #}iairman of the campus Republican club, stated last evening that cards announcing Kuykendall’s candidacy will be dis tributed at the various houses soon, so that students desiring to boost for him can put the cards in their letters. “Competent legal service for the„ state,” is Kuykendall’s slogan during the campaign. Read the Classified Ad Column. Emery Insurance Agency Representative for OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION 37 9th Avenue West Phone 667 GEOLOGICAL RECORDS OF OREGON COMPILED Dorothy Dixon Completes Bibliography Work A record of all geologic publi cations concerning the geology of the state of Oregon is being com pleted by Dorothy Dixon, a major j in the geology department. The; bibliography • considers the works ! :>f 896 authors who have written concerning some geologic phase of the state. Five hundred subjects! have been included in the biblio-1 jraphy. Not only are volumes considered, but data from 60 maga- j sines have been compiled. The re port contains an index of authors rnd a subject index with the sei- j cntific name, place name, generic name and counties. Tire bibliography will be pub lished, it is hoped, within a short time. The first geologic bibliog raphy of Oregon was begun by two students in the geology department in 1911. Miss Dixon has brought the record to date. She will spend two weeks this summer at the libraries of the University of California and Leland Stanford university, checking over her report and comparing it with the files of those libraries. TODAY and Friday ONLY DON’T get married until you have seen ibusj. Jtodem Hatrimonp Own'Moow With a cast includvg^ Alice Lalys Written, and Directed, by VICTOR HEKRMAN A rollicking, romping come dy of newlyweds and their trials of housekeeping via the modern installment method. * # # STAN LAUREL in “Brothers Under the Chin” • * * NEWS - FABLE # # # E. 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