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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1925)
FRIDAY THE 13IH, TOPIC FOR RADIO Prof. F. E. Folts to Speak On Superstition KGW WILL BROADCAST Early History of Business Beliefs is Outlined “Friday, the Thirteenth” is the title of a radio lecture to be radio east this week-end by Prof. Frank lin E. Folts, assistant dean of busi ness administration department. The transmission will be made Friday, February 13, from station KGW of the Morning Oregonian. It is the regular extension division radio lec ture service for this week. Coming on Friday, the thirteenth. Professor Folts has selected this superstitious title for the theme of his address. He will show the influ ence of superstition in business, and how it prevails in the business world. The superstition about Friday, the thirteenth, has a long history. For many years Friday has been known as hangman’s day. It is traced back to the crucifixion of Christ on Friday. “Practically all superstitions grow out of such co incident facts as are responsible for the Friday-thirteenth superstition,” he will tell the radio world. “The coincidence becomes general know ledge and in so becoming is streng thened through the piling up of similar coincident upon coincident.” In some countries Friday the thir teenth is said to be the best busi ness day in the week. The Turks accept it as the best day in the week to do business, according to Professor Folts. On the other hand some communities regard it as the worst day on which to do business. Professor Folts will trace some of the early superstitions, showing where they have their background. “Mythology and religion are the two important places where super stitions have their origin,” believes the assistant dean of the school of business administration. UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT Jesse Jones, a truck driver em ployed at the University athletic field, sustained a fractured skull when he was ran into by a car Fri day evening near the city hall. Jones had been employed to work on the athletic field Friday morning and was injured as he was going to his home that evening. He was unconscious for about forty eight hours after sustaining the fracture, but Monday he was con scious and clianees for his recovery are thought to be good. The in jured man has no recollection of the accident, but otherwise seems to be rational. Jones has a wife and son living at Olive and 15th streets. DEAN ESTERLY WILL BE CALIFORNIA CLUB GUEST Virginia Judy Esterly, dean of women, will be the guest of the University California club at its meeting at the College Side Inn 7:15 Thursday night. Dean Esterly came to Oregon from California. The dance which is planned for the near future will be discussed. FRANKLIN S. ALLEN, ’13, VISITS PARENTS IN EUGENE Franklin S. Allen, ’13, who for two years has been manager of the real estate advertising of the New York American, came to Eugene last Saturday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Allen. Allen, who is in the West on business, ex pects to return to New York Thurs day. EASTERN UNIVERSITIES HAVE RADICALISM TEST Columbia.—Students at Columbia University are the most radical and the students of Yale are the most conservative according to the re sults of a radicalism test conducted at Yale, Columbia and Dartmouth. DEAN ALLEN TO DELIVER ADDRESS AT GRANTS PASS ' Erie W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, left yesterday for Grants Pass where he will speak to the high school at ten o’cock today on the “Value of Journalism as a Profession,” and at noon to the Grants Pass Rotary cub. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Lambda Psi announces the pledg ing of Bdward C. ETdner of Port land. CLASS SECTIONING ENCOURAGES BETTER WORK, SAYS DR. REBEC Results of Intelligent Grouping in Philosophy Declared Beneficial by Head of Department (By-Ruth Hill) “Students of the most various types are swarming to our Ameri can institutions of higher 'learning today. Of these something like 10 per cent ought not to be in the more severe and advanced tj’pe of col lege, and of the remainder, perhaps a majority come merely to gather a modicum of useful, practical knowledges, or simply to get the benefit of a cultural environment and pleasant associations,” said Dr. George Rebec, dean of the graduate school and head of the department of philosophy, in explaining the pur pose and results of the plan of di viding the philosophy classes into sections. While Mr. Rebee believes the mo tives mentioned are perfectly legiti mate provided that these students do a reasonable amount of sincere work; still, he holds that they must not be allowed to stand in the way of those students who are to be the leaders in the intellectual and scien tific life of the generation to come. “The division into sections is not done exclusively on the basis of un usual ability,” said Dr. Rebec, “be cause while it is true that students cannot enter section A without ex hibiting a fairly high degree of pro ficiency, nevertheless, the intention is not to segregate merely the few ablest individuals, but rather to tempt a considerable number of students to undertake wort of a more intensive sort, and in a more individually responsible s p i r it. Such a purpose aims to reach the I upper 30 or 40 per cent of the class rather than only the choicest 10 per cent. The students in section A, being expected to do much extra work both in.quality and quantity, which will demand a greater frac tion of their time, are entitled to more attention than those, who, hav ing their major interest elsewhere, have to treat philosophy as a sec ondary preoccupation, and who must occasionally content them selves with the status of simple ‘general course men,’ or, if you pre fer, ‘pass men.’ ” The freshman course, ‘Introduc tion to Reflective Thinking,’ is broken into three sections. Al though the abler students are in sections A and B, section C is not confined to the hopelessly back ward but rather to those who are slow and need a considerable amount of help in the nature of coaching. Owing to the discus sional way in which the class is con ducted and to the fact that the work is purely elective, it was not found necessary to segregate any ‘awkward squad’.” The larger sophomore classes lent themselves very well to S, division according to relative capacity or leisure to undertake intensive study. The division here therefore illus trates that the sectioning is not all done solely on the basis of Varying degrees of ability, since it was found that among the higher aver age of students a distinction had to be made between the more meta ! physical or abstract minded and the more concrete minded. These, with out disparagement to their intellec tual capacities, seem to prosper bet ter if given different treatment, according to Dr. Rebec. They con stitute tie A and A’ groups. The third group in this class is made up of those persons of more limited powers or lesser leisure for the sub ject. Within the A and A’ groups are some students marked out for special attention and coaching who are ready to do even more work than the section as a whole is un dertaking. The excessively slow in section B are given whatever atten tion may be needed to bring them up to their section level. In this class the attempt is made to differ entiate in the examinations given to the various groups, that for A and A’ being markedly more diffi cult than for section B. | In the junior and senior classes I a division is made into A and B i groups with segregation for special j attention of occasional individual showing signs of falling in the 1 ^fie largest selling quality pencil in the world f 17 i black ! degrees 3 copying Buy a dozen Superlative in quality, the world-famous \7enus Vpenols give best service and longest wear. $ Plain ends, per doz. $1.00 Rubber ends, per doz. 1.20 o4t all dealer* American Lead Pencil Co. 220 Fifth Ave.. N.Y. rear. In order that students who under take a larger amount of work than is actually required in section A in any class may receive some reward for their superior accomplishments, they are allowed some extra credit in those classes which are announc ed as “3 or 4 hours.” In conducting the classes, the pro fessor has adopted the plan of ad dressing the lecture not to the low est and slowest portion of the group but the upper 40 or 50 per cent, the theory being that the in structor has not right to detain the ablest students on behalf of the slow or unwilling. Efforts will be made to help the latter overtake the class, but the rate of the class will not be adjusted down to them. All the faculty members of the philosophy department express themselves as highly gratified witji! the results so far attained, though they are not blind to the fact that many students used to being shep herded or driven, tend to fall Jjack' when put on their own initiative. This fact, however, seems" inevit able anywhere or under any circum stances, and surely so where a tra dition exists, as it does in our American colleges and universities, of having the faculty supply the students with will, says Dr. Rebec. While the plan is frankly experi mental, high hopes of its ultimate success are held. LEAGUE TEA POSTPONED TODAY FOR DIME CRAWL Because of the dime crawl sche duled for this afternoon between 4:00 and 5:30, there will be no Women’s League tea. These affairs will be resumed next Wednesday, from 4 to 6, and all University women are extended a cordial in vitation to attend. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GIVES SEATS IN STADIUM University of Oklahoma.—Life time seat privileges in the new sta dium at the University of Okla homa will be granted those students who subscribed $250 or more to the building fund. OREGON FROSH BEAT AGGIE’S ROOK TERM Freshmen Upset Dope and Take Easy Victory Oregon’s freshman basketball team easily beat the Oregon Aggie rooks Saturday afternoon at Cor vallis. The frosh came out on the long end of 53 to 35 score, taking the lead at the start and holding it throughout the entire game. The score at the half was 31 to 19 in favor of the Webfoot yearlings. The lemon-yellow players started the tilt off with a rush which com pletely took the Aggie frosh off their feet. Their speed and snappy passing entirely baffled the rooks who were unable to stop the ava lanche of freshman baskets which followed every time the frosh got the ball. The game was very rough throughout. Many fouls were called on both quintefs, the rooks suffer ing the most from penalties, which materially helped the Oregon men. The freshmen completely upset the dope by winning this contest, as early forecasts were against them. They were doped to lose by at least ten points. The scores made by the two fives when each one played the Franklin high quintet gave the O. A. C. rooks a decided rating over the Oregon frosh. The rooks defeated the Quakers by a 28 to 20 score, while the frosh were beaten by ^Franklin to the tune of a 28 to 26 score, thereby giving the rooks a ten point rating over the yearling squad. Beeney, of the Oregon freshmen, fCLASSIFIED ADS^ o---o LOST—Elgin watch with belt chain. Left in Villard hall last week. Return to Emerald office. Reward. F-ll-12 FOR SALE — Woodstock type writer, first class condition. Call 1193 Onyx, or phone 1369-R. F-ll-12-13 LOST — Saturday night, man’s wrist watch, Swiss square face, gray leather. Call 1319. Reward. F-ll-12 NEW SHOES FROM OLD ONES Com*tn vdlatMM you what (Mo mono. Wo do not cobUockooO' wo rebuild theuw Wo mo (ho ftmoot Goodyear Writ SystoKi. Jim The Shoe Doctor Cjfor Young Men There is nothing like a STETSON )ST young men today know the importance of looking fit. Good ap pearance counts much in the game of life. The young man who dresses with taste has a decided advantage. But—it is surprising how little thought the average man gives to his hat. It is his crown, yet he seems to stop dressing at the neck. Be careful in your selection of your headwear. When you buy a hat, select a Stetson. Its style is right, its quality means long wear. I WADE BROS. Exclusive Stetson Dealers was high point man of the tilt with 21 points. Eberhart was next with 16 markers, while Palin, rook, was next, having 12 points to his cred it. The summary follows: Rooks (35) Frosh (53) Patrick (6).P. Beeney (21) Falin (12).F. Joy (2) Burr (9).C... Eberhart (16) Paterson (4).G.. Reichstein (4) Wilson (4).G. Powers (8) S. Walker (2) 8. Hutchinson Referee: Carr, Portland. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HOST TO JAPANESE FLEET University of California.—Four hundred members of the Japanese fleet were shown the workings of the various departments of the University. The visit was unoffi cial. While there they were guests of the Japanese Student’s club. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Alpha Beta Chi announces the pledging of Caroll Williams of Dex ter, Oregon. Read the Classified Ad Column Roller Skating EVERY EVENING 7:30 to 10 p. m. Winter Garden BANG! There Goes Another Light-Globe How Many Globes Are Left? Better Come Down and Replenish Your Stock Bailey Electric Co. 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