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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1925)
©regon ©ailg fmcralb ^Mtotfal $agF Edvard M. Miller..Editor WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1925 Frank H. Loggan - Manager Sol Abramson .-.- Managing Editor Jalxnar Johnson .. Associate Managing Editor News and Editor Phones, 655 Harold Kirk .. Webster Jones .... Philippa Sherman Associate Editor ..... Sports Editor ... Feature Editor Wayne Leland .-. Associate Manager Business Office Phone 1895 Day Editors Wilbur Wester Mildred Carr Esther Davis Alice Kraeft John O’Meara Geneva Drum Frances Bourhill Night Editors Lynn Wykoff Ronald Sellars Paul Luy Ray Naan John Black Vernon McGee Sports Writers: Dick Godfrey and Dick Syring. Feature WritersBernard Shaw. James De Pauli, and Walter Cushman. Upper News Staff Mary Benton Margaret Vincent B/Owara oinuu Ruth Gregg News Staff Mary Baker Jack Hempstead piaudia Fletcher Liylah McMurphy William Schulz Mary Conn Barbara Blythe Pauline Stewart Jane Dudley Grace Fisher Beatrice Harden Frances Cherry Arthur Praulx Margaret Hensley J amea Leake Ruby Lister Genevieve Morgan Minnie Fisher Helen Wadleigh Miller Chapman Si Slocum Calvin Horn Business Staff _Advertising Manager Advertising Manager Advertising Assistants: Milton George, Paul Sletton, Emerson Haggerty, Sam Kinley, Vernon McGee, Bob Nelson, Ruth McDowell, Dick Hoyt, Web Jones. John Davis _ Foreign Advertising Manager James Manning ....- Circulation Manager Alex Scott .. Assistant Circulation Manager France McKenna -- Circulation Assistant Mary Conn, Mable Franson .... Specialty Advertising Office Administration: Marion Phy, Herbert Lewis, Ben Bethews, Frances Hare The Oregea Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the Univ®™'ty °f °"®°n'0®^'®^e,JS^nd"iL3eXimSter.UnsSLcriptk?nn«Ss, $?.2f per college year. Member of Pacific Intcrcollegjiatc Press Association.^ Entered^Jn the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as seconu-c.a~ year. Advertising rates upon application. Phones—Editor, 1820; Manager, 721. Day Editor—Alice Kraeft Night Editor—Earl Raess Assistant—Ben Mathews Is The University Threatened With Athletic Commercialism? How About It. By playing before 75,000 persons this fall Oregon s losing football team has brought in the dollars to the student body treasury as never before. The most successful financial year in the history of the institution has whetted an appetite for still more money; and already we have begun to mentally build men,*- gymnasiums and libraries with the profits we hope to realize in the next few years. # # # # The graduate manager will be pleased mightily at the show ing this year. So will the finance committee. To these people the prosperous season means freedom from the poverty oi previous years when the A. S. 1J. 0. was actually penniless. For years the debt on Hayward field has been a nightmare to University and student officials and it was only last spring that the student body was compelled to vote a $5.00 a term increase in fees in order to provide student buildings and improvements, amon" these being a grandstand to handle the crowds this fall. Thus it will be recalled that Oregon’s prosperity, if we are in deed prosperous, is of recent acquisition. Says a dispatch in the November 29 Sunday Oregonian, under a University of Oregon date line, “If Oregon can make as much or more money than it did this year there would be left over enough to start building a new men’s gym and later a new library,” and goes on to suggest that football profits may re lieve the burdens of the taxpayers. * • * • There are two ways of looking at this proposition. _ The first attitude is illustrated by the Oregonian article which is written under the assumption that football is a business propo sition as well as a sporting affair; that games should be sched uled, within reason, where the most money, will be made; and that’the profits should be applied to buildings such as libraries, to ease the burden of the taxpayers. At Stanford, for example, the profits from football arc used to build student dormitories. This attitude of Bigness, with very few exceptions, is the nation wide collegiate attitude towards the king sport—football. * * # » Then there is the other side of the proposition, which may be summed up in one word—‘commercialism.’ In the proposal to build scholastic structures with the financial profits of sports, some persons see a deadly thrust at the sport itself. They see football, crowned with stadiums, adoration of the multitudes and high finances, following the path of baseball into the field of professionalism. As soon as the object of the game is to make money, say these persons, there comes the tendency to arrange schedules where the biggest crowds will re sult; the temptation to employ ‘ringers;’ and in the end to de stroy the very substance of present day football—its amateur Recently the University of California refused to permit the staging of a benefit professional football game in its new sta dium, the profits to go to a children’s hospital, the grounds for the refusal being that while the object of the game was laud able, the game would be another factor in destroying the ama teur standing of football. * # * # There most certainly are two sides to this question. Is a children’s hospital worth sacrificing a principle of sport? Is a library which would be of benefit to the entire University justified as a legitimate profit of football? l)o actual build ings justify a breach of theory? IIow about it? SEVEN SEERS | THERE WAS A FOOL WHO CRAMMED TIIE LAST WEEK, EVEN AS YOU AND I. • * » THE PRIZE WINNER FOR TODAY You’ll have to own up that this is a snappy little model, powder blue, with lavendar headlights, patent cigarette lighter, crepe de chine uphol stery and genuine lizard shin dash board. It goes completo as it stands to the Oregon stu dent we picked up between here and Junction City, beating „his way home to Beaverton for the holidays, and who cheer fully went through a puncture, an “out of gas,” a twenty milo detour, and a two hour wait in Corvallis with us, and then closo to midnight, when we , dropped him at McMinnville, said, “Thank* heaps for the lift. I wouldn’t have been home yet.” • * * The girls ought to bo ashamed of themselves. Here those dandy men from Cal cctme up to show us the Charleston, and then the girls’ houses go and forbid it. Shnmo on ’em! • • • Those descendants of tho -19ers must think wo Vo discovered gold the way they’re rushing up here. Anyhow these people from San Diego aren’t so sntyirt. If they’d been born a few miles farther south they’d havo been “greasers.” The farther south you go the worso they get. According to this last" install ment wo M like to see a few Esqui maux on the campus next term. * * * Dear, Darling Santa: I am just a good little Gamma Plii but I lovo you very much. If you were only down here at the Univer sity of Oregon you would be one of my secret sorrows, and I think you have tho most gorgeous hair and eyes. Would it be too very much trouble for you to bring me a fur coat ; (one of those darling little Russian sable coats would do), and a new car (either a Duseuberg Straight Eight or a Loco would be welcome), and a diamond necklace, and a platinum watch ring, and a pint bottle of perfume (Tabbac Blond I guess), and a season ticket' to the Heilig, and a thoroughbred German police dog. Alse if you could possibly squeeze it in, a round trip ticket to Hawaii. Is that ask ing too much? Your little friend, MARION NORMAN. TO" VILLARD HALL Ancient landmark of our campus, Typical of how time flics, You rest back among your fir trees, "Draw vine veils across your eyes. Years ago when Gibson girlies Roamed with horn-shoed rah-rah boys Through your portals, you wore ' happy Listening to their woes and joys. Then your style was new and mod ern, And your great interior awed, Throngs of 19th century students Gathered on your porches broad. Orators with practiced gestures Ranted from your platform high, To the rows of eager faces, Sound of huzzah, hue and cry. Now the groups of slickered co-eds Galosh flopping, shingled hair, Hurry up and down your hallway, Meet and chatter on your stair, Meet the brooksy, high-hat soph omores, Clad in sweat shirts, socks awry, With no thought of reverence duo you For the many years gone by. So your vine in indignation, Spreads a blush across your face. And you grow still grey and greyer Feeling there so out of place. Don’t despair, for there are many Who will love your memory more, Though the groups of gay collegi ates Do the Charleston round your door. OLAF DARNU. NANCY WILSON ON CAMPUS Nancy Wilson, ’24, has been on the campus for the last couple of days and will spend the rest of the week hero visiting. She plans to go to Now York the first of the year. Miss Wilson was a member of Kappa Kappa Gam|ma sorority and Pot and Quill and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary writing fraternities, while on the campus and one year took second place in the Edson Marshall short story contest. SPENT WEEK IN PORTLAND Dean E. C. Robbins and profes sors F. E. Folts and David E. Fa ville, all of the school of business administration, spent the week-end in Portland. - 1 .—■-—-—^ Campus Bulletin j — ■■■■<► All those who are taking part in Fashion show next Saturday aro requested to bo present at a re hearsal in Villard hall today at 5:00 p. m. Men’s Hygiene—Those absont from classes this week call at the of fice of men’s gymnasium for final examination questions. California Club—Important meet ing, College Side Inn, Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Important Meeting of all students expecting to begin practice or supervise teaching during the year 1925-20, Education building, room 4, today, 4 p. m. Assign ments for winter and spring terms will be arranged at that tijme. Hail R. Douglass, director. United Christian Drive Workers will meet at a dinner at 6:15 this evening at the “Y” hut. The World Court will be discussed at a meeting open to all interest ed students at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow at 7:30 this evening. Judge G. F. Skipworth will speak. Women's League Tea will be held this afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00. All girls are invited. Special pro gram has been arranged. The Heads of the following organi zations aro requested to get an important letter which will bo posted for them) in the basement of the main library: Phi Delta Kappa, Tro Nu, Kappa Beta Phi, Pro and Con, Forum, University Science elub, California club, Washington club, Coos County club, Wesley club, and Normal Arts club. ® El Circulo Castellano—The follow ing report for the business meet ing at the Y Bungalow at 7:30 to S:00 tonight: Margaret Swan, Jimmie Preuit, Elaine Crawford, Agnes Palmer, Jean Kitty. Esther Setters, Dorothy Nobson, Rebecca Morgan, Katherino Freitag, Mrs. Ballou, Dorothy Simpson, Bonita Best, Hilda Olseui, Margaret Jackson, Olivia De Guire, Gladys Du Bois, Jack Hempstead, Ed ward Bieghler, Ernest Espinosa. Coming Events Wednesday, December 2 8:15 Orchesus open house, Roman’s gymnasium. Thursday, December 3 11:001—{Assembly, Woman’s juilding. Friday, December 4 Conference high sifhool offi :ers and press. Saturday, December 5 Conference high sehlbol offi cers and press. Oregana Picture Schedule Wednesday, December 2 Theta Chi. Thursday, December 3 Delta Zeta. Friday, December 4 Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Beta Phi> Saturday, December 6 Sigma Alpha Epsilon. COLOR VISION WORK DONE BY GRADUATE Sinforoso G. Padilla, graduate student in psychology, who is serv ing as special research assistant to Dr. Harry It. Crosland, of the psy chology department, is endeavoring by research to find the dependab ility or accuracy of human color vision. He will try to measure specifi cally individual differences between people in color discrimination, and also the variation from hour to hour and day to day in one per son ’s ability to judge color. Mr. Padilla will try to demon strate the influence on color per ception of the position of tho stim ulus on a given zone or area of the retina; the influence exerted by light adaptation and darkness adap tation; the influence on color vi sion of the distance of the color stimulus; and the influence on vis ual discrimination exerted by nega tive after-images and simultaneous color contrast, inasmuch as illusory colors can be seen either as nega tive after-images or as contrast ef fects of another color looked at. MANY STUDENTS TRAIN FOR SWIMMING TEST Each year more and more stu dents in the University desire to become expert swimmers and life guards.' Out of this year's fresh man class, 126 have signified their intention to take the Senior Red Cross Life Saving test. This test is being conducted by the University life saving corps. Tlio test consists of breaks, holds, carrying, and being able to meet any emergency that might bo con fronted by a rescuer. The men in tending to take the test started practicing yesterday, and will prac tice at four or five o’clock each af ternoon. Instruction will be given by the local life saving corps. The final examination will be given on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of Decem ber. For proficiency in handling its work and training the men, the lo cal life saving corps has been rated the best on the coast by E. H. Car roll, national field representative. The rating is quito an honor, as there is a largo number of Red Cross life saving corps on the coast. Theatres_ THE McDOXALD — Third day of the week’s showing of. Charlie Chaplin’s first comedy in three years, “The Gold Rush”—ten reels Of glorious fun. Alexander on the golden voiced Wurlitzer. Popular prices. HEILIG—“The Fool,” featuring Edmund Low. One of tho finest pictures the Heilig has ever shown. REX—Today only: Owen Davis’ famous Broadway play, “Up the Ladder,” with Virginia Valli, For rest Stanley, Margaret Livingston and George Fawcett, a drama of success, and of a wife who' let her husband take full credit until an other woman came into view, then begau a battle of wits wonderful to wattoh; Century comedy; Dorothy Wyman, maid o’ melody, in musical accompaniment to the picture on the organ. Coming—Richard Talinadge in “The Wall Street Whiz.” ■ GRADES REMAIN ON SAME LEVEL Prof. H. R. Taylor Computes Averages 0 f Students During Different Terms Tests Used By University Superior To Army Alpha For College [Freshmen “The average scholarship of a student in the University of Ore gon is a fairly consistent thing,” says Prof. Howard E. Taylor, of the psychology department. Professor Taylor draws this con clusion from correlations he has computed between the average grades of '213 students for two dif ferent terms, a year apart. He has alsto computed the correlation of the score in the Army Alpha intell igence test for these 213 students with their respective standings in grade average at the University of Oregon for the fall of 1920 and the winter of 1921. During the last two or three years, Dr. Kimball Young, of the sociology department, has been gathering ma terial regarding test scores (and grades in the University. Dr. Young recently gave the 'grade averages for 213 students in the winter term of 1920 and the fall term of 1921 to Professor Taylor. “I find the correlations between the grades received by these stu dents for the two terms to be .7,” says Professor Taylor. “Of course several factors might cause the av erages to vary. The pupil might not do the same grade of work both terms, or perhaps the profes sor may not judge the pupil’s abil ity accurately. “There are other factors which tend to make the grades Bimilar both terms,” he continued. “The same individual is more or less the same sort of fellow all the time. Then, too, the professors know what he did one term and may tend to judge him about the same the next time.” The correlations of the Army Al pha tests of the 213 students with their grades for the two quarters are .35 and .36, which means that we can be quite sure there is a relation between high score in Army Alpha and high scholarship, but that this relation is not very close, says Professor Taylor. “The correlation chart shows that none with very high scores make low grades, and none with very low scores make high grades,” he as serted. Army Alpha is a good rough mea sure of Intelligence, sui/table for use in a large group of all classes of intelligence, believes Professor Taylor, but for college students, who are already highly selected for intelligence, it is not a very satis factory means of classification. “The tests we gave the freshmen at the University of Oregon this year are superior to Army Alpha for use in a university,” says Pro fessor Taylor. “There is a highej. correlation between ability to do_ well in college work and any one of the eight tests, included in those given entering students this year, than between scholarship and the entire Army Alpha test.” MANY RESERVE BOOKS USED According to a list of figures given out by M. H. Douglas, Uni versity librarian, there were seven times as many reserve books issued for the year 1924 as for the year 1915. Each year since 1915, there has been a decided increase in the number of books issued with the ex ception of the year 1918. In 1918 the number decreased. Douglas be lieves this was caused by the R. 0. T. C. adopting textbooks at that time. In 1915 there were 40,849 reserve books issued. The number for 1924 is 292,570. The figures for 1925 are not complete. Classified Ads FOR SALE—Prof. Reddie’s former home on Birch Lane. An extra ordinary home, style and archi tecture entirely different com pared to other homes. A long list of furniture and furnishings can be bought with this property. The furniture being mostly Teakwood. Can show property by appoint ment only. Phono 742, SS2-J. Pennie J. Koupal. LOST—White gold wrist watch be tween Oregon bldg, and Co-op, or in basement of Oregon bldg. Call Frances Bacon, Susan Camp bell, reward. TYPING WANTED—Term papers; theses; short stories; manuscripts. Experienced stenographer. Ac curate work; reasonable rates; paper furnished. Public steno- ' grapher, Eugene Hotel, Phone! 1 22S-J, or 1339-J evenings. EXAM SCHEDULE Tuesday, December 15 4:15—Personal Hygiene for wom en. Wednesday, December 16 8:00—3, 4, and 5 hour ten o’clock classes. 10:00—First and second year Spanish, all sections. 1:15—3 and 4 hour 11:00 o’clock classes. 3:15—Accounting, all sections, and English History, all sections. Thursday, December 17 8:00—3, 4, and 5 hour nine o’clock classes. 10:00—First and second year French, all sections. 1:15—Survey course in English literature, all sections. 3:15—3, 4, and 5 hour two-fif teen classes. Friday, December 18 8;00—3, 4, and 5 hour eight o ’clock classes. 10:00—3, 4, and 5 hour one-fif teen classes. DISPENSARY BREAKS RECORD Monday was the record day for patients at the dispensary, with a total of 126 people treated 'land about 25 turned away for lack of time to care for them. “Thanks giving is taking its toll,” is Dr. Wilmoth Osborne’s way of explain ing the unusual number of students suffering from colds and gastric troubles. FRATERNITY MAN IS GUEST Robert Edwards of Richmond, Virginia, is spending a few days at the Kappa Delta Phi house. Mr. Edwards is traveling secretary of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. TODAY ONLY Owen Davis’ famous Broadway play “UP THE LADDER” with VIRGINIA VALLI FORREST STANLEY MARGARET LIVINGSTON GEORGE FAWCETT The Biggest Monday and Tuesday Attendance in His tory of McDonald Theatre But just wait until you see tonight’s crowd— For it’s the greatest Qomedy ever made! CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S “The GOLD RUSH” 10 KEELS OF GLORIOUS FUN! The Comedy that took three years to make — and is the most expensive pic ture ever brought to Eugene PLAYING ALL WEEK McDonald THEATRE HOME OF THE BEST POPULAR PRICES! Matinee—35c Evening—50c
