Oregon daily emerald., October 28, 1925, Page 4, Image 4

HONORS ARE FUN”
SAKS YOUNG STUDENT
Much Time Spent Reading
In Library Stacks
Why am I working for honors 1
The overly young looking senior
woman reiterated my question.
“ W'liv, because it is fun; it is
interesting and absorbing work,”
she answered.
This honor student was almost
caught at her adopted lair, a far
nook at the end of the great stacks
of books on the last floor in the
library. Almost meant, however,
that she must be tracked to her
home, where, after a couple of
hours spent in seijainar, she talked
curled up on a lounge, and a heap
of pillows.
“Honors,” this very young wom
an explained, “are permitted on
the assumption that one is a bril
liant student in his or her depart
ment.” The statement was unac
companied by any display of super
iority.
She outlined briefly the proced
ure that one must go through pre
paratory to taking honors in the
English department, of which she
is a major and in which she is
doing work as a candidate for
honors. The greatest prerequisite
is that the student must have se
cured 1 's and 11 ’s in every course
taken in the department. Then,
in the junior year one declares
himself a candidate for honors,
which means that he must keep up
the scholastic standard throughout
that year and the senior year. In
the senior year begins the real
work, when one must attend semi
nar, or discussion classes at least
twice a week. This, in addition to
countless hours spent in research,
prepares one to write the honor
thesis, the usual length of which
is something like 90 pages, type
written. East, she explained, comes
the appearance before a “board of
examiners” for a two-hbur oral ex
amination.
This honor student described the
seminar as a meeting place where
various candidates for honors may
scrap out their difficulties,
do not count for much in tho out
“ Honors, or tho pursuit of them,
side world; yet they are a big
thing ton the campus,” opined this
girl. “And yet,” she continued,
“ if I had the selection to make
over again, I would do tho same
thing.” This despito the great
amount of extra labor and work
needed to carry the thing through,
she reaffirmed.
Students who do this work fall
into two classes, said the girl,
those who secure the honor mark
in general scholarship ahd those
who do so in merely their own
department. In the latter instance
their work might be way down, so
to speak, in any subject outside
their department. For general scho
larship leads, everything must be
above a 11. This is, in the opinion1
of this candidate, much more de
sirable.
And this idea led Do her disclo
sure of what she considered- tho
big drawback in tho acquisition of j
honors, the1 fact that it lead to far:
too much specialization and a icon
sequent lack, of broad background.1
“For example,” she said in this j
connection, “there is the art, a
course in philosophy, and at least!
one in science that 1 would like to [
have studied while T was in school.
But my work for honors has crowd
ed out that.”
The particular research which j
this student is doing in piepnra-|
tion for her thesis is to learn some J
facts concerning the life and work'
of Gordon Bottomley. Bottomlev, j
she explained, is a present day |
author whose work and especially!
life is all too free of criticism and !
biographies.
LEAGUE TO HOLD PARTY
FOR FIRST YEAR GIRLS
Attention, Freshman women! Do
you know what Mortar Board is!
I)o the fairer sox at tho Fairer
sity indulge in cricket to rest their j
overtaxed minds? What is the
Women’s league?
No. it’s not another intelligence
test. D is just to show you why
everyone of you should take .rd
vanage of the ‘ flet Wise” party I
to bo hold for you Friday evening,
from 7 until 8:^0 o’eloek, in tho
Woman's building. The party is
being sponsored by Woman’s
league.
The hours hare been purposely
set early so that all freshmen wom
en may attend this as well as keep
their other evening dates.
“The purpbse of this event is to
get freshman women acquainted
with campus life and activities, so
that they will 'get next' to rvhat
is being done.” said Anna DoWitt.
president of Women’s League. “It
will create an interest in things
they may desire to get into,” she
MT. ANGEL DISCIPLINARIAN DOES
GRADUATE WORK ON CAMPUS
Father Odiol for Five Years Instructor at Boys’ College,
Has Woman Instructor for First Time in Career
Od i Jo II. Ortman, or Father
Odilo as he is known in his order,
head disciplinarian at Mt. Angel
college for the last five years, is
now on the Oregon campus as a
| graduate student. Mt. Angel is a
boy’s junior college, maintained by
the Benedictine order to which
Father Odilo belongs.
A quiet, gentle-mannered man,
with a friendly, straight-from-the
shoulder smile, Father Odilo is pic
! tured as the kind of disciplinarian
j who didn’t “even have a key to
' the door of his office,” the type
j who, outside of the classroom, “is
j a chum rather than a boss.” Father
Odilo has been an instructor geo
I metry, English and some of the
exact sciences at Mt. Angel. While
on the campus, he is working on
English and education. He has
also attended three summer school
sessions here.
In all of his studies at various
schools and colleges, Father Odilo
had not had a woman instructor
until this year, when he registered
for a course in novel. “I am
pleased to say I like her instruc
tion,” he smiled.
Father Odilo was born at Meire
Grove, Minnesota, a little town nine
miles from Sauk Centre, the
T
“Mainstreet” of Sinclair Lewis. A
brother of Sinclair Lewis, who iE
a doctor,* treated Father Odile
when he met with an accident in
achemical laboratory, at (.which
time his eyesight was badly in
jured. In spite of the attention ol
specialists, the eye was not saved,
and it is for this reason that he
has had to “study judiciously”
ever since.
Sciences, dramatics, especially
student dramatics are subjects in
which Father Idl'd is very much
interested. When good professional
companies come to Portland, sev
eral of the Mt. Angel ’faculty mem
bers usually drive up in time for
the last performance.
“Knowing from being out in the
world till I was 24 years of age,
that many people develop a fear,
or distance complex with regard to
clergymen, I often wonder why it
is so easy for me to get along so
well,” Father Odilo said. “If I
didn’t like the campus and appre
ciate the kindness of the professors
and the civilities of the students
as I do, I certainly wouldn’t be
such an ardent IT. of O. booster.
Translating my feelings into a
boy’s language, I say ‘ Rah, rah,
rah, Oregon. ’ ”
MRS. GERTRUDE B. WARNER SEES
KING TUT EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK
“In the Metropolitan Milseum in
New York we saw some very inter
esting Egyptian exhibits,” said
Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, in de
scribing the recent trip through cer
tain of the great museums taken
by herself and Mrs. Lucy Perkins,
curator of the Murray Warner mus
eum. “Small rooms, made of plas
ter, showed the activities of the
palace of King Tut-Ankli-Amen;
the royal bakery was represented,
I remember, and the storeroom for
beef consumed in the palace, some
of it ready for the table of King
Tut himself. A small reproduction
of the royal boats, with men at the
oars, was also very good.”
The lady interviewed, the repor
ter discovered, had an amazing
fund of information. She also had
a deep interest in finding the per
fect word. To this purpose she
would walk up and down the deep
Ohinoso carpet, hands in pockets,
thinkin/g intently, while she, her
assistants, and the reporter all unit
ed in a search for one elusive word
or phrase that would best express
her meaning.
“The first day i'ft tho Metropoli
tan Museum, ” Mrs. Warner con- j
tinued, “Wo studied the Bishop col-1
lection of jades, the most beautiful1
collection of jades in the United i
States, probably in the world. The
next day we devoted to Chinese and
continued. Miss DeWitt urges that
every first-year woman take advan
tage of this occasion.
The feature of the evening’s en
tertainment will be stunts, in
charge of the heads of the various
women’s sports, to depict each
athletic event open to girls.
Eloise Buck, president of Mortar
Board, senior woman’s honorary
society, will acquaint the new stu
dent with scholarship and honorary
organizations. Anna DeWitt will!
talk upon £he work of Women’s!
League. The work and scope of
the Y. W. C. A. on the campus will
be explained by Beatrice Paters.
Dancing and visiting will be in
terspersed between the stunts and
talks. Refreshments will be served.
DEMOLAYS PLANNING
FIRST SOCIAL EVENT
Plans for a dance, the first so
cial event of this term held by the
Councilor Club, campus organiza
tion of DeMolavs, were discussed
at a special meeting of the club
yesterday afternoon at the Crafts
man Club. It was announced that
a change in the date of the affair
was made by the executive council
of the club when it was found that j
Hallowe'en night, the original date, j
was already taken by a large num- ;
her of other parties. The night or’
November »’• is the new date deeid- 1
ed upon.
\t the meeting it was decided to
ehnrgt M'OO a couple for the1
dar.ee, and a committee was ap
pointed to assist Ed Best, treasurer;
of tlie Club, in arranging for the!
sale of the tickets. A check of the.
number of DeMolavs on the Cam- j
pus has shown that at present there j
are alamt 250 of them, and a large
attendance is expected at the I
dance. An invitation has been ox
tended to members of the Crafts
man Club, members of the local
chapter of the Order, and all form
er DeM.davs to attend the affair.
\ number of the members of the
local chapter have already express
ed their intention to be present.
Japanese porcelains. The next to
Egyptian exhibits.
Still another day was spent in in
■ vestigating the business end of the
I museum, the measurement and
j placement of cases for exhibits,
j That day,” Mrs. Warner laughed,
“I carried a tape line in my hand
bag to measure the cases, as well as
a little notebook to jot down their
sizes ii*. We also saw the depart
ment of lantern slides and learned
of their uses in the museum of how
they were cataloged; of the .films
and how they were protected; of
the photographic department.”
“From New York we went to
Washington D. C.” the speaker con
tinued. “The Freer Gallery, a part
of the Smithsonian Institute, is said
to be the last word on museums, the
finest and most up to date in the
United States. There they use a
system of lighting from above and
by a special process the air is clean
ed before it enters the museum.
Thus the pictures do not have to be
kept under glass. The thing that
impressed me most, however, was
the space given to each painting.
They wore not crowded side by side
as one usually finds them, but one
or two were hung on a wall; per
haps six or eight would be in a
room if the room were large. The
great majority of the paintings are
kept downstairs in the store room
of the museum. Those exhibited on
the walls are changed once a year.”
“In this storeroom,” Mrk War
ner continued, “they have a method
of keeping paintings *in specially
built cupboards in which steel racks
hold the framed pictures. There
are runners like those on'barn doors
on which a picture in its steel rack
may be run out to be shown. A list
of the pictures contained therein is
posted on the door. of each cup
board. The pictures are shown by
the curator, who touches only the
steel rack which holds the picture,
never the painting itself. The ut
most care is given to insure the ab
solute protection of every article.
The room is locked and each cup
board is also locked.”
Other museums were visited by
Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Perkins were
described; the Chicago Art institute,
where the visitors had the exper
ience of lunching with the students,
blouses daubed with paint giving
a very arty atmosphere; the Field,
Museum, also in Chicago, with its j
great building. Here the ladies J
called on Dr. Laufer, who has j
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| ATTENTION5
Down Town
DANCE
LARA WAY HALL
Opposite Rex Theatre
TONITE
Every Wednesday and
Saturday
9 to 12
EUGENE'S BEST BAND
8—PIECES—8
Men a Dollar — Ladies Free
STUDENTS
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He invited them to return to the mu
seum to see him on their way home
when he kindly offered to shov
them the things obtained on his las'
trip to China. In the Clevelanc
| Museum Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Per
I kins were received by the curatoi
| in charge, an old classmate oi
j Dean Lawrence, who gave them his
! time for an entire day. Museums
in Buffalo, Philadelphia, Boston and
Brooklyn were also studied.
“One thing I noticed especially,”
said Mrs. Warner in conclusion,
“was that those museums which
were flooded with bright light, and
in which special lighting was plan
ned for certain of the exhibits, were
apt to be immaculate; while those
which were dimly lighted were apt
to be—well rather dusty.”
Offense To Be Built
. For Saturday’s Game;
Practice Is Gruelling
(Continued from page one)
on punts will be bolstered up m'ore
to protect the kicker.
The injured list keeps some men
from working with the team. It is
probable that Beryl Hodgen, Bert
Kerns and Gene Shield will not
make the trip south with the team
because of injuries sustained in the
feame last Saturday. Now Dpck
Smith is working hard on the men
who will take their places in the
line and backfield.
The team will leave Thursday
noon for Palo Alto. Twenty play
ers will probably be taken with
the manager Dick Lyman, and the
training staff.
Last night two varsity teams
clashed for the biggest part of the
practice with men alternating fronj
first to second string. Near the
end of the workout they were" going
good and showed some power. It
took the big eleven some time to
get working to any kind of perfec
toin but a constant shifting of men
brought out a good strong combi
nation.
John Warren, and Homer Dixon
two strong powerful heavy tackles
from the fnosh squad of last year
are making competition strong in
that position for the regulars from
their showing last night. Both are
coming players. Warren got in the
California -game and has been go
ing good in practice.
Langworthy, a husky back, who
hasn’t been used this year is show
ing form in Workouts of the last
two nights. George Mimnaugh did
some good work in scrimmage.
Harry Leavitt was outstanding last
. nignt at iuiiback, ana if he keeps
• it up he will make the trip for
, sure, as an alternate for Lynn
' Jones, in place of Beryl Hodgen.
Intra-Mural Basketball
Games Will Starts Soon;
Good Contests Expected
(Con“■"'ued from page one)
and detailed plans of the signs
should be in his hands sometime
this week. It is necessary that
this committee give their appro
val to all signs this year in order
to insure perfect cooperation from
all organizations.
Plans are complete for the huge
“pajamarino.” Green and yellow
color design will be used by the
rooters and some arrangement is
being worked out to group the
houses participating so \that the
best results can be obtained.
Leading alumni throughout the
state are being invited to give short
pep talks at the big rally demon
stration at the armory FridJfty
night. Other features for this pre
game affair will be announced in
the near future.
Freshman men are banding to
gether in a strong group and are
working hard to put across one of
the most successful bonfires on rec
ord. All plans point to a celebra
tion that will be remembered long
by the old time students who make
the annual pilgrimage from all
ftrti of the country to their alma
auttr.
Charleston
DANCING LESSONS
Call 941-L after 6 p- m.
The Preachers of
Eugene
are doing a noble wfc>rk
but we are the real Sole
Savers. We mend the rips,
antd patch the holes, build
up your heels and save
J'our soles.
New Progressive
Shoe Repair Shop
44 West 9th Ave.
:
Now Ready to
Dance On!
We have just finished laying the hardwood floor
in our new building, which gives us approximately
' 5000 square feet of dancing space—enough room
for 150 couples. Come to the first dance in the
new room.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MUSIC BY THE
’ OREGON AGGRAVATORS
Dean McCluskfey’s
11 PIECE ORCHESTRA
Make Table Reservations Now!
PHONE 229-R
Ye Campa Shoppe
GOOD FOOD—GOOD SERVICE
MHjES ELLIOTT MALCOLM TENNENT
HALLOWE’EN
MASQERADE
SKATE PARTY
3 1st Best Cbstume
. 2nd Best Costume
Prizes Worst Costume
A WEEK S FUN IN ONE NIGHT!
OCTOBER 31st
Winter Garden
I’M WILD
But My Name Isn’t
“MESA!”
I
I’M THE LEADER
of the
5000 Wild Horses
FROM—
We Arrive In
EUGENE
TODAY
Bringing in our wake the fieriest
drama of scarlet skies, Indians,
stampedes, red blooded romance
and horses the eyes of this genera
tion have ever seen.
I
SPECIAL SHOWING
SCENES OF THE
Oregon-Califomia
football game
BOBBY ADMISSION
VERNON Matinee - 35c
COMEDY Night - - 50c
STARTS TODAY
The MUSIC! The COMFORT! The PICTURES'