Geologist Names
Year’s Biggest
Achievements
Roy Chapman Andrews
Leader of Mongolian
Asiatic Expedition
Summer Camp Group Gets
Fine Fossil Collection
In giving the outstanding geolog
ical achievements of 1926, Dr. War
ren D. Smith, head of the depart
ment of geoloigy, names five. As
perhaps the most important, he
gives the Mongolian Asiatic Exped
ition. The last expedition of this
group, which was the fourth, was
lead by Hoy Chapman Andrews, who
will be here in February as one of
the speakers for the A. S. U. O.
celebrity series.
This work was begun several
years ago. A great many new finds
with reference to primitive man in
Mongolia were found. Regions hith
erto unknown to men of science
were mapped.
Second he names the discovery
of some new bones of pithecanthrop
us-erectus—early prehistoric man—
near the sight of the original dis
covery over a quarter of a century
ago at Trinil in Java where the
Dutch physician, DuBois, discovered
the first fragments of this indiv
idual.
Dr. Smith names, as the third
achievement, the continued studies
on the origin of the earth begun
many years ago but now coming to
a culmination, of Professor C. T.
Chamberlain, of the University of
Chicago.
• They are very technical and ab
struse but are of far-reaching im
portance to the students of the so
called earth sciences.
Work of the seismologists, par
ticularly that of the Jesuit Father,
Reverend J. B. Macllwane, of the
Catholic University of St. Louis,
was the fourth on the list. The
studies were concerning the propo
gation of earth-quake waves through
the earth. Maellwaine has gone,
perhaps, farther than ajny other
American in this important field of
research.
Fifth was the studies of William
H. Hobbs of the University of
Michigan on the “glacial anti-cy
clone.” Ho studied this particularly
during the past summer up on the
inland ice of Greenland. These
studies were made in conjunction
with tho expedition sent out by
Denmark. The results of the studies
have apparently established the im
portance of this anti cyclone in the
mechanism controlling the planetary
winds.
Studies on the New England
Acadian shore line by Douglas
Johnson, of Columbia University,
was the sixth series. This has been
acclaimed by geographers and geol
ogists as one of the most important
achievements in physiography to be
made in America for a long time.
Perhaps the most important re
cent book to bo published in the
field of geology is “(Our Mobile j
Earth,” by Professor Reginald A.;
Daley, senior geologist of Harvard
University. He has advanced some !
radical new theories, and helped to
establish some of the old ones eon-1
yerning the way our earth behaves
under the various stresses affecting,
it.
“In our local field,” said Dr. i
Smith, “Dr. Packard’s past field |
season has opened up an entirely'
new chapter in Oregon geological
'history. Hr and students of the last
summer camp brought in an excep- |
tionally fine collection of fossil ma-1
terial, a great deal of it. new.
“Dr. Hodge has carried on his1
studies on the structure of the Cas- \
uides with some interesting new re-1
suits. Due to my absence during the !
last two Summers as visiting pro- j
fesso1* at the Universities of Mich
igan and of Stanford, I have not1
contributed any new material, but j
have continued the publishing of j
new chapters in my ‘ Physical and j
Economic Geography of Oregon,’ l
twelve of which have now been com- j
pleted and published in the Com
monwealth Review.”
Stewart
(Continued from page one)
nu> in broken English that his home'
was in Cuba.
“One day the New England dele
gates entertained those from the
Northwest at a luncheon, and we
all had a great time getting ac
quainted and discovering that per
haps the United States isn’t so
large after all. We spent a day in
Chicago attempting to take in the
town. It didn’t work very well,
but we saw some of it anyway.
“The conference,” she said fur
ther, “of eourse was very stimulat
ing in many ways. It brought the
realization that students all over
the country are interested or rap
idly becoming so, in the big world
problems which confront people to
dav* An unusual group of speakers
had been selected, among whom
were prominent college presidents,
scientists, and theologians. All
sides of all questions were taken up.
Dr. llobert A. Millikan, the eminent
scientist who visited our campus
Prep Journalism Not Preparatory
| To Professional Work, Says Teacher
Newswriting Brings About ]$ore Critical Habit of
Reading Thinks Oakland Instructor
j High school newswriting does not:
! prepare the student for professional
j journalism, said Miss Jessie Spauld- j
'ing Smith, instructor and director
l of publications at Oakland Tech
jnical high school, California, who is
; on the campus during the confer- j
! ence. The school newspaper a*nd
magazines, she pointed out, are the;
combination of a laboratory for the
i news classes and student activity.
- “Occasionally a boy or girl goes
into professional news work or con-;
tinues journalism in college, after
he or she has acquired a taste for
news in high school,” Miss Smith
! commented in a friendly voice
!which has undertones of enthusiasm]
'for newswriting instruction. “Most
| of these students who enter college
i hope to become forceful in college
! affairs. Acquaintance with journal- j
j ism helps the freshman to enter
! into the activities at college, for !
i newswriting is life. The school j
comes to the reporter and gives him
something vital to put out in the
paper.”
High school students who pursue
news writing, according to Miss
Smith, usually achieve a more in-!
telleetual attitude toward life and
a more critical habit of reading than
those who do not. She pointed out j
that this journal practice is an ideal |
and satisfactory approach to the
vitalizing and teaching of English,
oftpn a student who abominates
theme work considers reporting full
of real interest. “The members of
the newswriting class acquire a
pretty good judgment in selecting
facts cssontial to news,” she em
phasized. “And the instructor
comes to know the student—his am
bition, strength, weakness, feeling
for accurate observation of facts,
anti for the creation of pictures and
bits of character.”
At this point in the" interview,
Miss Smith removed her small, close
fitting hat, revealing brunette hair
bobbed in the latest fashion.
“The weakness of high school
journalism is that the students try
to be loo imitative and not original
and individual enough,” she crit
icized. “Their publication should
be improved not only by following
the best newspapers in writing tech
nique and make-up, but also by
realizing that it is a school paper
and that its functions differ from
that of the daily. They ought not
to be afraid to solve their own prob
lems on their own merits.”
On a whole, high school journal
ism is strong and still improving,
she said. “The school newspaper
serves its public, interprets 'and
presents student life, creates senti
ment, and produces a closer rela
tion between the faculty and stu
dent body,” she continued.
“The high school paper is similar
to a college paper,” Miss Smith ex
plained. “However, there is not the
student independence on the lower
school publication, because the stu
dent program, being more binding
and set, won’t permit it. On the
college publication each member of
the news staff can adjust his per
sonal program to take over wide
responsibilities.”
I'or general purposes the school
newspaper is more interesting and
valuable than a school magazind, she
continued, pointing out, liowever,
that the magazine fosters the crea
tive faculties of those gifted with
literary tendencies.
Besides the Weekly Scribe, now
25 years old, the Oakland Technical
High School also publishes the Writ
ers ’ Club, a literary magazine, the
Annual Scribe, and the Industrial
News.
last year, was one of the speakers.
Hev. A. Studdert Kennedy, who is
King George’s private chaplain, was
a very prominent figure throughout
the conference.”
T'ho sessions, which lasted five
days, formed primarily a conference
and not a convention. Everyone
present had the right and privilege
of voicing his or her opinions on
tho subjects under discussion.
Some of the problems under con
sideration were: race prejudice; the
imperialistic policy of the United
States in regard to Nicaragua, Mex
ico, and the islands of the Pacific;
the growing abhorrence of sectar
ianism in churches; and the feel
ing that more unity was needed.
“Although,” concluded Miss Stew
art, “the conference meant a dif
ferent thing to each person there,
there was manifested throughout a
spirit of earnestness in an effort to
meet the problems of tho day and
to offer possible constructive rem
edies for them.”
Help Offered Seniors
In Finding Positions
On Tuesday afternoon of next
week Professors Hail R. Douglass
and Homer P. Rainey of the school
of education will give talks to the
senior nnd graduate students who <
will be looking for teaching posi
tions for next year on how to get
on the payroll. The meeting is be
ing called by Mr. Douglass, who is
lireetor of practice teaching. All |
students who have done, are doing, 1
or will do, practice teaching are to
attend this meeting and any other
students who care to attend are in
vited to do so.
Dr. Eainey, who is director of
the University Appointment Bureau,
will explain the plan of operation
of the 'bureau. Last year this bureau
assisted university graduates to find
teaching positions for 1926-27.
The meeting will be held at 4 p. m.
in room 4 of the Education building.
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In the Evening at ":d0 Mr. Whitesmith will begin a Series of
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eral interest. "The Demand of the Times for Competent
Leadership, ” followed by kindred subjects of the day.
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Y. W. C. A. Will Serve
Waffles Wednesday
WAFFLES and coffee ought
to hit the soft spot of
many under-nourished collegians.
At any rate the Y. W. C. A.
has selected them as the food
most likely to appeal to the ma
jority and is going to furnish a
whole waffle and a cup of coffee
to everyone who has 25 cents
next Wednesday afternoon.
So as to give everybody a fair
chance, the waffles will be sold
for three hours, from two till
five—just late enough so as not
to spoil dinner and early enough
to appease those who have soup
for lunch.
For those who demand music
with their meals, a Panatrope is
being provided and a good selec
tion of records is promised.
Freshman Commission girls
will serve the steaming waffles
which those in charge predict
will be “just like Mother makes.”
Tha't is, providing Mother makes
good ones.
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Library Rent Shelf
, Adds “Galahad,” by
John Erskine, to List
The library now has “Galahad,”
the second popular novel by John
Erskine, author of “The Private
Eife of Helen of Troy.” Erskine
has long been established as the
“author’s author,” but Helen of
Troy established him as one of Am
erica’s most popular novelists. It
is said of his latest book, “An amaz
ing vitality is, imparted to every
word and gesture of these dim far
off immortals, Guinevere and the
two Elaine?, Arthur, Launeelot, and
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Tuesday
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Galahad.” The book is one of the
newest ones in the library.
Another of the new books, “The
Golden Day,” by Lewis Mumford,
author of “Sticks and Stones” and
‘The Story of Utopias,” is comment
ed on by Van Wyck Brooks, as fol
lows: “The Golden Day seems to
me the culmination of the whole
critical movement in this country j
during the last ten years—the most j
brilliant book the movement haa
produced thus £ar and the one that
best sums lip its leading ideas.”
A vivid first hand study of North
Africa, the land of Abd-el-Krem,
Spain and the Pyranees, is “Maur
esques, with Some Basque and Span
ish Cameos,” by Lieutenant-colonel
C. P. Hawkes.
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Yolumn V
Number 2
Courting
A Court
In Court
The court was dedicated last
night amid great cheers which just
made Oregon seem like a college
and those attending college stud
ents. The building is huge but that
doesn’t matter. Anyway we have
the thing now and no more run
ning many miles in search of the
Armory.
• • *
To the preppers Obak gives a
hearty- hello. Stop in any time and
get that service you expect most
any place but don’t find it. Obak
has best sandwiches and coffee for
you and your pipe would like some
real tobacco from Obak.
Mother of Pearl, bring me up
from ten thousand leagues below the
sea.
When you have your picture tak
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i'11 make a date 'With a chiropractor
immediately afterwards. One places
their head over their left shoulder
and throws their right eye in the
corner. And the proof in this case
is no proof at all.
Wonder if they have given him
a name yet—“Don’t know what to ^
call him but he’s mighty like a rose.
So many badges are running
around that we wonder that we
can’t wear one too.
“I stuck up for you the- other
day. ’ ’
“No, what?’’
“Someone said you weren’t fit
to live with the pigs and I said
why yes, you were. ’ ’
I call these socks my golf socks
as they have 18 holes in them.
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