Dr J.D. Spaeth
Engaged For
June Address
Professor of English at
Princeton Will Speak
At Commencement
Noted Educator Has
Strong Personality
Lecturer Author of Camp
Reader During War
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)R. J. DUNCAN SPAETH, noted
educator, professor of English
at Princeton University, will de
liver the commencement address at
the Universtiy of Oregon, June 14,
it was announced today.
Dr. Spaeth is well known on the
■coast, having taught at the Univer
sity of Oregon summer sessions for
five years. He is much in love
•with the western country, and this
year will teach at Reed College.
Spaeth Pennsylvania Graduate
Since 1911 Dr. Spaeth has been
professor of English at Princeton.
He was graduate from the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania in 1888, and
took his doctorate at Leipzig four
years later. He is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and a number of
societies for the recognition and
promotion of classical learning. In
1912-13 Dr. Spaeth studied in Prance
and Italy.
During the war Dr. Spaeth wrote
a camp reader for American sol
diers, which went into 15 editions.
He was also Y. M. U. A. camp edu
cational director at Camp Wheeler
and Camp Jackson in 1918. He was
active in organizing work of in
structing the illiterates in army
campus. He has written a number
of books and phamphlets on scho
larly subjects.
Speaker Coaches Rowing Crews
Dr. Spaeth is a big man, of broad
shoulders, breadth of thought and
ample -vocal powers. His vigorous
personality and ability in public
speaking made him one of the out
standing features of the summer
sessions. He keeps fit by coaching
the Princeton rowing crew m the
hours when he is not writing, read
ing or lecturing.
Head of Reed College
Physics Department
Visits U. of O. Campus
T)r. A. A. Knowlton, head of the
physios department at Reed college
in Portland, and thirteen students
from there who are interested in
physics, were in Eugene yesterday
to hear Dr. R. A. Millikan’s lecture
in Villard hall last evening.
The group visited the University
physics department in the afternoon.
Dr. Knowlton attended the initiation
banquet of Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma Xi at the Osborn Hotel, as
he is a member of both organiza
tions.
It is in the capacity of assistant
professor to Dr. Knowlton, that Dr.
Marcus O’Day, ’20, who received his
M.A. from here, also in ’21, and is
now getting his Ph.D. at the Uni
versity of California, will go to
Beed next fall. He is at present
an instructor in the physics depart
ment at the University of California.
Canoeing Schedule Set
For Women’s Classes
Hereafter all class canoeing, both
for timing and for competition, will
be run off at 3 o’clock on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, according
to an announcement made by Mary
Jo Shelly, coach, Wednesday night.
Three official timings must be se
cured before Friday, May 14, which
date will mark the choosing of class
crews. All entrants who have not
complied with this ruling will be
ineligible for class competition or
points.
The best time made by any single
crew so far this season has been
slightly under nine minutes. Four
crews are working out for each of
the freshman and sophomore classes
and the junior class has two crews
in the race. So far no senior girls
have signified their intention >f de
feating the underclassmen.
Pure Science Is Learning to Walk
Humbly with God, Says Dr. Millikan
Physicist’s Lectures on Religion and Evolution Attract
Campus Wide Attention
^HE feeling that science and reli
gion are antagonistic in theory
is a mistake if a person is willing to
make the right kind of definitions,
is the belief of Dr. Bobert Andrews
Millikan, outstanding physicist of
the United States, who visited the
campus yesterday, under the joint
auspices of Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma X^i. The visitor delivered the
assembly address, speaking on “Evo
lution of Beligion.”
The net result of the recent
Scopes controversy is good rather
than bad, in Dr. Millikan’s opinion,
in that it has stirred people to re
flect and question, serving as an
educative force. It serves to bring
! out the two kinds of present day
morality, the reflective and the con
ventional type. The world needs the
first type, especially, according to
Dr. Millikan, and the discussion and
argument aroused has tended toward
its development.
The conclusions of such a case
tends to prove “That religion itself
is one of the most striking examples
of evolution that we have any
where about us, as is being said by
all reflective thinkers,” Dr. Milli
kan stated.
In discussing evolution, the speak
er divided the process into four
stages, beginning with the crudest
type of beliefs. The primitive man,
having only a little of the reflective
element in his thinking, found him
self surrounded with the capricious
forces of nature. He personified
nature, in his sincere belief that
there was a spirit in the storm or
the woods or stream, and tried to
keep in favor with these spirits or
Gods by offering them sacrifices.
TLLIMITABLE possibilities are
ahead for the human race if we
can keep stimulated the methods
and ideas started by Galilleo about
1560, said Robert A. Millikan, in
his address on “The Birth of Two
Ideas” in Villard hall last night.
The two ideas of which Dr. Mil
likan spoke are based on the one
Galilleo started long ago, that of
asking detailed questions to get ob
servational answers. Galilleo start
ed things, Dr. Millikan said, and
since then the world has followed
his method of research until the
isolation of the electron and all the
uses it can be put to are the re
sult. Dr. Millikan won the 1923
Nobel prize in physics for his work
in the isolation of the electron.
“Galilleo concerned himself with
the law that is contained in New
ton’s second law, that force equals
mass times acceleration,” Dr. Mil
likan stated. “No idea has ever
shifted man’s idea of the universe
as does this. In fact, the law of
gravitation was made possible
through its discovery.
“When I was about 25 years
old,” said Dr. Millikan, ”we thought
that the principles of force equals
matter times acceleration, of the
conservation of energy, of matter,
and of chemical elements were uni
versally applicable. Then about the
last half of the last decade of the
19th century there came a charge,
brought about by the discovery of
the electrical constitution of mat
ter.
“As a result of Galilleo’s start
ing of a new method of research
we can now know something of the
real history of the world,” Dr. Mil
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Mrs. Clark Opens
Vocal Recital by
Che Faro, Gluck
Program Includes Pieces
From Hayden, Handel, j
Franz, Schubert
Mrs. Prudence Clark, contralto
guest artist of the school of music,
presented, as her opening selection
in her recital last evening in the
school of music auditorium, Che
Faro (Orfeo), by Gluck, the first of^
a series of slow, legato pieces. Mrs. j
Aurora Potter Underwood accom-(
panied her.
Haydn’s “She Never Told Herj
Love,” was the second in this class- j
ical group, followed by his “The
Spirit Song,” and “He Shall Feed
His Flock,” from Handel’s “Mes
siah.”
A group of German compositions,
“Widmung”’ “Bitte,” and “Marie,”
by Franz, and the romantic, bril
liant, and rather difficult “Hark,
Hark, The Lark,” by Schubert, con
stituted the second part.
Mrs. Clark’s repertoire contained
! “Dost Thou Know That Fair Land,”
from Thomas’ difficult and well
known “Mignon,” Debussy’s “Re
cit et Air de Lia” from “L’Enfant
Prodigue” is a brilliant, heavy, and
dramatic composition which per
mits the use of deep feeling in the
singer’s voice.
The concluding part consisted of
Vannini’s “Chuidetevi Regli Oc
chi,” a delicate serenade; Hage
man’s tragic “Do Not Go, Mv
Love;” the pretty and whimsical
“Baby’s Laugh,” by Ward-Ste
■ phens; and Rachmaninoff’s “Floods
| of Spring,” a composition heavy
and very brilliant.
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I R.H. Kipp Addresses
Marketing Classes
Co-operative marketing was dis
cussed by Mr. R. H. Kipp, market
ing manager of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce, in his address be
fore the marketing classes Wednes
day morning at the Commerce build
ing. The various marketing prob
lems confronting Oregon growers
were covered by Mr. Kipp, who is
an outstanding authority on the
marketing problem in the state of
Oregon.
While in town, he met with the
marketing committee of the Eugene
Chamber of Commerce.
Semi-Centennial
Celebration Now
October 18 - 23
Two Days Taken Off By
Committee; Inaugural
Day Discussed
Two days wore cut from the Semi
Centennial celebration that will be
held this fall, making it all one
week. The dates are now October
18-23 inclusive, culminating with
Homecoming. This action was
taken by the Semi-Centennial com
mittee at a meeting Monday night.
The committee discussed the day
for the inaugural ceremony, but
final decision was postponed until
the next meeting when representa
tives of the Alumni association
will be present.
Members of the committee fav
ored placing the inaugural on Fri
day, October 22, to climax the en
tire celebration. Objections were
that the time is too near the ath
letic excitement prevailing at Home
coming.
Suggestions from Arnold Bennett
Hall, the new president of the Uni
versity, were read regarding dis
tinguished educators for installing
offices. Invitations have been de
layed pending decision of the in
augural date.
Degree Team to Meet
At Club House Today
The degree team of the Craftsmen
club, campus organization of Ma
sons, has been invited to put on
some degree work in Portland on
May 21 at the Sunnyside lodge by
that chapter. A meeting of all mem
bers of the degree team will be held
in the Craftsman club this morning
at 10 o’clock in order to complete
arrangements for the trip.
‘Practical Importing’
Discussed by Vinton
“Practical Importing” was the
subject of a lecture given yester
day by George Vinton, president of
Vinton and Company, Importers, at
a mass meeting of Pan Xenia, for
eign trade fraternity, in the Com
merce building.
Mr. Vinton gave the third of a
series of talks sponsored by members
of the University fraternity this
year.
Sigma Xi and
Phi Beta Kappa
Hold Initiation
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! Dr. Sheldon is Honorary
Member; Dr. Millikan
On Banquet Program
Prof. W. P. Boynton
Acts as Toastmaster
First Ceremonies Held in
Woman’s Building
^^TTH Dr. Robert Andrews Milli
kan, noted physicist, as guest
of honor. Phi Beta Kappa and Sig
ma Xi yesterday initiated 49 new
members. The program of the day
started at 4:15 p. m. with initiation
by Phi Beta Kappa of one honor
ary member, 17 actives, and three
alumni. This was followed an hour
later by the Sigma Xi initiation of
eight active and 20 associate mem
bers. The initiations were held in
alumni hall, in the Woman’s build
ing.
The honorary member initiated
by Phi Beta Kappa, national hon
orary scholastic society, whose 150th
anniversary year coincides with
the University of Oregon’s fiftieth,
was Dr. Henry Davidson Sheldon,
dean of the school of education and
chairman of the ) administrative
committee which has been in charge
of the University since the disabil
ity of President Campbell two
years ago.
Joint Banquet Held
The initiations were followed by
a joint banquet of the two organ
izations at the Hotel Osburn. Dr.
William Pingry Boynton, head of
the department of physics in the
University of Oregon, who was a
graduate student at the University
of Chicago when Dr. Millikan was
a young faculty member there, was
toastmaster. Addresses were made
by Dr. Sheldon, who was intro
duced by Prof. Fred L. Stetson,
president of Oregon chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa, on “The University
Mill,” a sketching of the growth of
the University through its days of
early struggle to its present high
ranking; by Genevieve Chase, in
itiate, on “The Cultural Product”
of this old mill; by Dr. Homer P.
Hush, an initiate into active mem
bership in Sigma Xi, wrho, discuss
ing “The Scientific Product,” noted
Dr. Millikan as the perfected pro
duct of this type; and by Dr. Milli
kan, who in a brief but happy ad
dress, congratulated the young peo
ple on their election to the two
honoraries.
List of Initiates
Mildred Bateman, George N. Bel
knap, Cecile S. Bennett, Eloise E.
Buck, Genevieve Chase, Mary Eli
zabeth Conn, Esther L. Cottingham,
Esther M. Davis, Herbert L. Jones,
Walter Evans Kidd, Katherine E.
Reade, Mary Josephine Shelly, Clif
ford W. Snider, Kenneth R. Ste
phenson, Florence Taylor, Caroline
Tilton, and Helen F. White.
Alumni initiated into Phi Beta
Kappa were Mrs. Virginia Cleaver
Bacon of Portland, a graduate of
1904; Verne Blue, Oregon 1922, and
Harold Bonebrake, Oregon 1923.
Active members initiated into
Sigma Xi, the national honorary
scientific society, were May A.
Borquist, Arthur C. Jones, Gordon
B. Leiteh, Vera G. Mather, Hope B.
Plymate, Carleton C. Pynn, Vladi
mir B. Eojansky, and Homer P.
! Rush.
Associate members initiated were
David E. Baird, Meredith G. Beaver,
Eula Benson, John C. Brouglier, J.
! Everett Buckley, Blondel H. Carle
j ton, Frederick W. Cozens, Marvin
j E. Eby, Madeline E. Ford, Donald
! Fraser, M. F. Gourley, Donald P.
j Grettie, Hazel R. Hayden, Herbert
L. Jones, Evan G. Lapham, Harold j
T. Nokes, Seward E. Owen, Howard
A. Powers, Adolph Van Hungen,
John L. Wilson.
In charge of the initiation and
banquet were the following commit
l tees: Phi Beta Kappa, Miss Mo
: elle Hair, Prof. Frederic S. Dunn,
i Dr. Andrew Fish. Sigma Xi, Dr.
! A. E. Caswell, Dr. John F. Bovard,
I I)r. Roger J. Williams.
All frosh football numeral men
j meet at Sigma Chi corner this
| morning promptly at 9:00.
(Signed) Order of “0”
Fete, Luncheon
Features Today
Lavish Setting
Promised For
Canoe Floats
Simplified Rules Permit
Judges More Freedom
In Making Choice
A setting that suggests a fairy
land as much as the Thief of Bag
dad, will lesd a thrilling note to the
canoe fete which will be hold this
evening at 7 o’clock. Heretofore
the decorative scheme and setting
has been a subordinate issue and the
floats were made to provide the
setting as well as the outstanding
beauty of the fete. This year the
fete will have the effect of .drifting
out of a land of mystery and
dreams into the present. Lawrence
Armond, Harold Brumfield, and
Kenneth Birkemeier are responsible
for the new ideas. In addition to
the new ideas of decoration, there
will be a greater variety of ideas
presented in the floats this year,
since the rules and regulations do
not demand that the floats be adapt
able to the water. In consideration
of these facts, it is altogether prob
able and possible that the carnival
will be a more colorful event than
ever before.
Buies Simplified
This year the rules have been
simplified, making it easier for the
judges to make their decisions. The
winning houses will be awarded
their cups at the Junior Prom to
morrow night at the same time the
Koyl and Gerlinger cups are award
ed to the best all-around Junior
man and Junior woman.
The judges for the canoe fete will
be Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterley,
Miss Florence E. Wilbur, Dean 1>
II. Walker, Mr. Virgil Hafen, and
Mr. Avard Fairbanks.
The fete itself will begin at 8:30,
hut it will be preceded by a pro
gram. which will start at 7:00. All
floats must be in the race by 6:00.
Diving in addition to music fur
nished by the Oregon Aggravatore,
the Varsity Vagabonds, and Frank
Eoehr will bo featured.
Order of Floats Scheduled
Hugh Biggs will announce the
floats as they appear in the follow
ing order: Psi Kappa and Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Sigma Chi and Kap
pa Alpha Theta, Alpha Tau Omega
and Alpha Omicron Pi, Phi Gamma
Delta and Tau Nu, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon and Pi Beta Phi, Delta
Gamma and Friendly Hall, Theta
Chi and Alpha Delta Pi, Kappa Sig
ma and Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Delta
Theta and Hendricks Hall, Kappa
Delta Phi and Chi Omega, Phi
Kappa Psi and Sigma Beta Phi,
Chi Psi and Gamma Phi Beta, Beta
Theta Pi and Alpha Gamma Delta,
Sigma Pi Tau and Kappa Omicron,
Alpha Beta Chi and Alpha Phi,
Sigma Nu and Susan Campbell Hall,
Oregon Club and Oregon Club, Delta
Delta Delta and Friendly hall, Delta
Zeta and Delta Tau Delta, Lambda
Psi and Alpha Chi Omega.
Dances to Follow Fete
Following the close of the canoe
fete an informal dance will be held
at the houses for those who worked
on the canoe fete.
“I want to congratulate the houses
upon the enthusiasm that they have
shown in the work,” declared Earl
Chiles, chairman of the canoe fete.
“The interest shown throughout has
made it easier and more enjoyable
for all of us. As a last minute
warning, I wish to remind all organ
izations to avoid throwing any ma
terial in the race either before or
after the fete. This request must
be observed.”
Reserved Seats Sold Out
The tickets have gone fast, there
being no reserved seats left, and
many of the general admission tick
ets are already sold. There will
be a booth placed at the Anchorage
today where general admission tick
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All senior cops meet at the
millrace at 10:00 this morning
for tug-o-war and burning of the
green.
Schedule of Events
For Junior Week-end
TODAY
9:00—Painting of the “O”. All
frosh football numeral
men.
10:00—Frosh-Soph tug-o-war.
10:30—Burning of the green, Kin
caid field.
11:30 1:30—Campus luncheon.
2:00—Oregon-O. A. C. baseball
game postponed.
7:00—Canod fete (preceded by
features).
10:00—Oregon-O. A. C. tennis
game.
SATURDAY
10:00—Oregon-O. A. C. baseball
meet.
2:00—Oregon-Wasliington track
tournament.
9:00—Junior Prom, Armory.
(Note: Although the Prom
will be a formal affair, no dis
crimination will be made against
those not in formal dress.)
BULLETIN !
The baseball game with
O. A. 0. today has been call
ed off on account of the
muddy field. The announce
ment was made to the Em
erald at 10:00 o’clock last
night by Virgil Earl, direc
tor of athletics. It is possi
ble, if the weather clears
up, that a double-header will
be played with the Aggies
Saturday, although nothing
definite has been decided.
Norse Artistry
Predominant In
Prom Settings
By JACK O’MEARA
Symbols of epic deeds and myths
of Beowulf ahd other legendary
Norse heroes will be the motif of
the decorative scheme of the Junior
Prom to be held tomorrow evening
at the Armory.
Designs expressing the early gro
tesque art of the Norsemen, depict
ing valor of the Viking warriors
and ancient myths of their history
will emblazon the walls in gigantic
proportions. These pictures will be
representative of decorative de
signs never before attempted—they
are the keynote of originality.
Secrecy shrouds the nature of the
feature. It is only known that it
will rival the most heroic deeds of
the Vikings, as the person doing it
has been insured for one thousand
dollars.
Conforming architecturally to the
mead halls of the Norse villages, a
false ceiling will tower to the roof
of the Armory, from its apex radiat
ing the decorations. The background
effect will be a dark blue contrast
ing with the brilliant reds and yel
lows of the titanic paintings.
A rising sun, dazzling in its color,
will form the background effect for
the orchestra, directly in front of
the stage. Norse arches will frame
the refreshment stands.
The predominant tone of the
lighting effects will be subdued,
with fixtures resembling lanthorns
in use in the early centuries when
the Norsemen ruled. Through this
! dimmed scene will sweep the flash
I ing, dazzling spotlight*? creating
, fantastic shadows, flaring contrasts,
j and soft blends of harmonious
j shades as the fairy-like beam
rushes or.
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Education Bureau
Places 35 Students
Thirty-five students have been
placad in teaching positions, accord
ing to Miss Katherine Slade, sec
retary of the appointment bureau
Three girls have been placed in out
of-state positions. Janet Wood will
j teach physical education at th«
i University of Texas, and Alts
Knipps, senior in the school of edu
cation has been placed in Detroit
Josie Kaufman will teach com
merce at a high school in Blaine
Washington. Several others havi
been placed in positions in Oregon
Senior Cops
Will Oversee
Cap Burning
Honest, Fair Tug - o - War
Lends Engagement to
Freshmen
By Alice Kraeft
rpODAY is campus day. It is also
the day of frosh graduation, for
by noon today every frosh will have
been divested of his green lid, duly
prayed for and chastised for the
last time.
Their initiation will begin with
the parade of the frosh football
numeral men who will meet at the
Sigma Chi corner at 9:00 and, es
corted by the senior cops and Order
of “0”, will climb Skinners Butte
where they will paint the “O."
Upon the return of the parade the
tug-o-war will be held in the mill
race between the railroad and the
highway.
Buies Announced ’
This year the following rules have
been formulated which will govern
the contest:
1—No digging in; 2—20-man
team; 3 Rope may go around
anchor man; 4—Plain shoes, no hob
nails; 5—No hitching of rope ta
stationary or moving object except
person; 6—Time, until frosh are
pulled in; 7—No other party may
assist in pulling except the twenty
men participating for each class.
These rules will be read, before
the tug-o-war begins. Captain Mc
Rwan, Del Oberteuffer, Bill Hay
ward, and Billy Reinhart will be the
judees.
Malcolm to “Decap” Frosh
Following the tug, the men will
go to Kineaid field, where they will
mill until everyone arrives. Then
follows the frosh prayer in which the
yearlings will offer their thanks for
what they aro about to receive and
everything that has gone before, in
cluding Friday morning library
meetings and millrace parties. A.
short ceremony at which Walter
Malcolm will preside will immedi
ately follow during whieli he will
address the frosh and finish by “de
j capping” a frosh. The entire class
will then be forced to run the gaunt
let at the end of which will be the
burning barrel and into which they
will cast their marks of submission.
The campus luncheon will be
awaiting them when this is finished.
It will either take place on the cam
pus behind Deady or in the Men's
gymnasium, according to the
weather indications.
As for the luncheon, the enjoy
ment of that is entirely up to the
individual, since everything has been
done by the committee under the
head of Doris Brophy and Mrs.
Davis to make an unusual menu.
If it does not prove a success it will
be due to the person eating it and
not to the committee.
Neivswriting Classes
Hear Sidney Jenkins
Sidney Jenkins, a reporter on the
j Eugene Morning Register, spoke t®
the newswriting classes of Ralph D.
| Casey and George Turnbull, profes
sors in the school of journalism, yes
terday morning. His subject con
cerned the covering of news in s
i town the size of Eugeno. Mr. Jen
kins described his methods of get
| ting the news here compared with
covering it in larger cities.
Miss Talbot Gives Talk
Before Education Class
Miss Gertrude Talbot, head resi
! dent of Hendricks hall, talked be
1 fore Prof. P. L. Spencer’s class in
: history of education yesterday morn
| ing. The class has been studying
J Dr. Maria Montosorri, and as Mias
Talbot has had experience in kin
, | dergarten work, and has studied
t! under Dr. Montosorri in Italy, she
, ‘ gave a very interesting talk. •