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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1927)
Murray Warner Contests Draw Large Interest » - Twelve Entrants for $150 Prize to Write 5000 Word Essay Oriental Students Compete For $100 Awards The largest number of names for those signifying their intention of competing in the Murray Warner contest, since the contest was start ed, six or seven years ago, is sub mitted this year, according to George S. Turnbull, professor (of journalism and chairman of the awards committee. Several essays are in the hands of the chairman now, but the time limit is not up until the first of Feb ruary and those wishing to enter the contest still have the opportunity open to them. Manuscripts are to be handed in to Professor Turnbull, and must be 5000 words long and with two dup licates, or three copies in all. The subject, as has been announced pre viously, is to be on the topic that will tend to increase interest in the relations between the United States iind the countries of the Orient. The prizes will be awarded for the three best essays and will consist of $150, $100, and $50 awards. Four Winners last Year Last year a contest, separate from the one established seven years ago, was originated by Mrs. Murray Warner for natives of the Orient only to compete in, the award of fered having been $100 each for the two best essays. The subject was “What the United States Has Done for My Country and May Do.” The rules in this competition will be the same as those of last year. Awards on the essays selected last year in the first contest were given to George Berezovsky, Serge, Rus sia-, first prize; Winogene Peney, Grants Pass, second prize; and Wal lace N. Pack, Portland, and Phil Berg, Roseburg, third prize winners. Awards in the Oriental contest were to Mariano Ramos and Benjamin Chan. Writers Numerous Twelve names have been submit ted up to date for this year. They are as follows: Sidney King, junior, journalism, Eugene; Wallace N. Pack, senior, business administra tion, Portland; Ruth Newman, soph omore, journalism, Grants Pass; Ser ena Madsen, freshman, journalism, Junction City; Herbert Socolofsky, junior, business administration, Sa lem; Catherine Dorris, junior, Eng-! lish, Eugene; Alexander Campbell Duff Gordon, sophomore, English, Eugene; Paul Traey, senior, journal ism, Springfield; L. M. Brown, junior, business administration, Stay ton; Walter Butler, junior, journalism, Creswell; Florence Walters, fresh-1 man, Romance languages, Pendleton; Lucia Seydel, sophomore, sociology, Portland. Contestants for the Oriental con test are Narciso Soberano, sopho more, sociology, Santa Barbara; Vicent Dominto, sophomore, botany, Eugene; Euieho Chung, junior, busi ness administration, Portland; Idella Tong, sophomore, English, Portland. FromOther Colleges WASHINGTON STATE COL LEGE — Pullman — Prospects fer track are favorable, according to Coach Karl E. Sehlademan. Nine ' lettermen are in school. Prelimin ary -work will consist of a series of j lectures. UNIVERSITY OF WASHING TON—Seattle—It has been estimat ed that over 6,000 students will at tend the University of Washington during the winter term. The pre- ; registration system, now in use at | the university, enables students to i register throughout the preceeding j quarter, with payment of fees a j necessary requisite to completion ! of registration. UNIVERSITY OF WASHING TON—Seattle—Washington’s build ing program is to keep pace with the demand for expansion, aceord ng to a recent interpretation put on Monday’s meeting of the Board of I Regents, -when a call was made for bids for the immediate construction of the new Mines building to cost $105,000 and the contract awarded for the $250,000 women’s physical training building. University of California—With an annual expenditure of approxi mately $12,000,000, the university has been classified by the Berkeley ; chamber of commerce, as the chief j interest and largest revenue-produc-! ing project in Berkeley. University of Washington—“Re- ' solved, That women should have j equal rights to stand up on the ' street cars” was discussed by mem-' bers of the men’s and women’s de-: bate clubs at a recent joint meet- | inS- , I Columbia University—Willard V. | King, graduate of Columbia, now a ; New York banker, has provided in I his will to leave one-tenth of his j property to his alma mater. He in-! vites others to join him in forming a Columbia Legion composed of men ! who provide thus in their wills. University of Florida—The $50, 000 organ, in the University of Flor- j ida is now the second largest organ in United States. It is installed in the university auditorium. University of Minnesota—-Lazi ness is the cause of old age, accord ing to Mrs. Margaret Blair, who has been an instructor at the uni versity for 25 years. One of the freshman rules at Cen tenary says the freshman must re main seated until all upper classmen have passed out. The only trouble with the rule is that it fails to state who should furnish the materials needed to allow one to “pass out.” Students who swear or smoke can not participate in oratorical contests at Baker University, Baldwin, Kan sas.—Columbia Spectator. Students of the University of Cor nell are planning to participate in an interfraternity two-mile cross country race.—Cornell Daily Sun. The University of Montana re cently won the cross-country race championship of the northern div ision.—The Argonaut. At a vote taken among the women of the University of Minnesota ath letic games between the teams of different colleges were favoTed by unanimous vote.—Minnesota Daily. Student duels, to which 12 cents admission is charged, are the latest innovation of German guides for the amusement of tourists. Mowb mirrors than employees were found in a government building in Washington recently. Eggs for market can now be dry cleaned with a sand blast. New Jersey bandits used a "just married” sign on their car to escape. “What’s the matter with your patent leathers?” “The patent expired.” —U. i®f R. Campus Smart—“Have you ever been mar riedy” Aleck—“Well, I’ve been married throe times and next July I’m go ing to celebrate the Sourth.” —The Don “I want to be an actor,” said little Eddie Coff— His friends had egged him onward, | But the public egged him off. 1 —Oklahoma Daily “The Horse Laff,” of the South ern California Daily Trojan, has come forth with some humor recent ly that is worthy of being quoted. Here is a little of it: Famous last lines for that “Who was the lady I saw yota with?” joke: "That was no lady, that was Julian Eltiuge.” •‘That was no lady, that was your girl. ” . “That was no lady, that was a ’allege eo-ed.” “That was no lady, that was a female poet.” Later on, the same colyum neighs: After listening to our English ■ isitors at the debate last week, we :an surmise what an English root ng section at a football game would < >e like. “I say, old chap, advance, i advance!” “Intercede that boot!” “Indeed, old bean, you halted him rawther nicely.” And, of course, if the game ex tended past four o’clock, time would have to be taken out for tea. Woman students who smoke at the University of Southern Cali fornia will be suspended, and those who smoke before registering will be refused entrance to the Univer sity, infers an edict issued by Pres ident Bufus Von Kleinsmid. Marriage is good for students, say members of the faculty of the University of Washington. “They aren’t thinking of heavy dates,” explained one professor. “I don’t believe that the married students are any smarter. They have been through the—the excitement, and can adjust themselves to the more serious problems.” After the above communication, it is most fitting and appropriate to tell of the co-eds all over the coun try who are being deprived of dates to raise their grade averages. At the University of Texas, fresh man co-eds have been limited to three dates a week, and there has been almost an uprising among first year women. , According to a new ruling at William and Mary College, women who have made less than 80 on their studies may not have dates and other social privileges. Quite a tur moil has resulted, especially since a report has been circulated that men may be included in the rule. There sefems to be a great fear that the social life of the college may become extinct. At Albion, the co-eds are “doing time” for tardiness. For every five minutes that a girl is late, she must be fifteen minutes early in arriving at the dormitory on the correspond ing evening of the next week. But, even worse than all this, is the new rule at Ohio State Uni versity. It prohibits any woman, unchaperoned, from going to or from an evening party in a closed car with a man. And, to add insult to injury: At a Southern college, according to the Daily Kansan, men and wom en are forbidden to converse with each other while on the campus! Cherry Blossom says, in the Uni versity of Nebraska Sagebrush: Short skirts aTe healthy—they keep the men outdoors. BUT— The' time has come for us to turn our thoughts to the purchasing of little red flannel unmentionables— Or what did your mother teach you to call them? Miss Alden Has Picture In Education Magazine This month’s issue of the mag azine of the National Education As sociation contains a picture of Miss Florence D. Alden, professor of physical education. Miss Alden is secretary-treasurer of the health and physical education section of the Education Association. Pictures of the two other officers of this branch, Melville Stuart of West Virginia, who is president, and Miss Mary Gross of the University of Washing ton, vice-president, have also been used. The association will hold its an nual meeting in Seattle, from the third to the eighth of July, this year, and the article accompanying the picture gives plans of the con vention. Student in Class Of Dean Young Conducts Test Finds Human Contacts Due More to Physical Than Mental Traits A student in Pean F. G. Young’s class in the scientific study of so ciety, has just completed an inter esting experiment upon University students in an attempt to discover the whyfor of the human being’s contact with human being. Christ Loukas, a graduate student, con ducted the experiment. The experiment was based upon one made by Professor Gidding at Columbia University and, more tech- i nically, “Aims to discover whether 1 i human close contact is due to phys- i ical similarities or to similarities in ; taste, ideas, beliefs, manners, and j morals.” The questionnaire was identical to the one used by Pro fessor Gidding, and was answered by students in classes conducted by Miss Mary Perjdns, Professor Smith, and Professor Townsend. The results were in like ratio. Such questions as the following were put to the subjects: “Among acquaintances of your own sex, how I many persons do you habitually I think of as your ‘best friends?’ Of these best friends, how many are un mistakably like you in color of eyes? How many are unmistakably like you in complexibn, in color of hair? ” And of course, the reverse was asked. The results show that of the 141 students who took the test, there were a total of 696 “best friends.” Of these “best friends,” 952 had physical traits like the subjects, while 1092 did not have. Thus, it is clear that something more than physical similarities bring about in timate associations and the venture is made that this “something more” would be found in similarity of tastes, ideas, beliefs, manners, and morals, were such a test given. The close relationship of the find ings here and at Columbia may be realized when the numbers are set down: of 613 “best friends” at the | eastern seat, there were a total of 736 like traits, and 782 unlike traits. The entire subject is based upon t.Jje theory that individuals associate with other individuals because of similarities in qualities. The survey was made at the sug gestion of Dean Young, who believes that by such methods of study the course in scientific society may be practical instead of theoretical. Calendar (Continued from page one) Omega formal. Sigma Nu upper class dinner dance. February 26, Saturday, basket ball—-Washington, Eugene. Alpha Delta Pi informal, Pi Beta Phi for mal. February 28, Monday, lecture, A. S. U. O., Roy Chapman Andrews. March 4, Friday, closed to dan ces. March 5, Saturday, closed to dan ces. March 7, Monday, concert, A. S. U. O., Portland Symphony orchestra. March 11, Friday, closed to dan ces. Debate, Northwest triangle. Idaho, Washington, Oregon, at Eu gene. March 12, Saturday, closed te dances. Subscribe for the Emerald BELL THEATRE Springfield, Sunday HENRY KING PRO O U CTION R4/?m nfAGM Kr witw 'Tuffh POT4TH ANt) PEULMUTtEQ' GEORGE SIDNEY w ALEXANDER CARR Dr. Hall Sees Futility Of Raising Standards To Lower Expenses In his report for the Board of Re gents, meeting here this morning, President Arnold Bennett Hall point ed out the difficulty and even futil ity of trying to cut down the ex pense of opeiation by either raising the standards of the University or by setting a limit for enrollment and allowing no more to enter. In the first place, higher standards would only attract more students, students who would come because of the unquestionable improvement of quality and character which would be the outgrowth of such a policy. And as to letting in only so many, who is to judge, he asks, which are to enter and which to be deprived of this opportunity for education desired by these who ap ply? In conclusion of this he states: “I bring it up here merely because of the attention that has been given it and in hope that this board may become convinced that the way out of our financial dilemma is not to be found in any limitation based on the strict academic requirement for admission and for continuance.” He further expressed the desire to develop more fully the service for placing students of the Univer sity after their graduation. This cannot be done, of course, without more funds. But it is something to be kept in mind for the future. Such a development would bo an asset to the University, which would thus be well represented throughout the state and would also increase the confidence and support of the state. 'Theatets^ EEX: Last day: “The Stolen Ranch,” a new twist in mystery melodramas, with tho golden west as » setting, with action that sweeps across the plains in a whirlwind of thrills, chills, romance and adven ture, starring Fred Humes, the pop ular star of “The Yellow Back,” in his second screen drama; and, the second of the Arthur B. Beeves ‘The Radio Detective” stories of mystery and thrills; International news events; John Clifton Emmel at the organ. 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