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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1927)
Portland Body Favors Campus Expansion Idea Appropriation Asked of Legislature by Chamber Wants Department for Business Research The Portland Chamber of Com merce favors adequate support and equipment of the University of Ore gon so that it can extend its 'work to industrial and commercial re search. For several weeks the directors of the chamber have been consider ing the recommendation, and have just sent a memorandum to mem bers of the Multnomah county dele- i gation and the ways and means com- [ mittee of the Oregon legislature. Dr. Arnold Bennitt Hall conferred with the board several times, at the 1 Tequest of the directors. They dis cussed the part Dr. Henry Suzzallo has played in shaping the commer cial destiny of Seattle and the state of Washington, and they expressedj confidence in Dr. Hall. The cham- ^ ber hopes, particularly, to see the1 University develop along the lines | useful to business and industry. The statement sent to the legis-I laturo read as follows: “At the meeting of the board of directors of the Portland Chamber of Com- j meree held Monday, January 31,1 1927, it was resolved to petition the member of the Multnomah coun ty delegation and the ways and means committee of the legisla ture for effective support of plans to develop the University of Ore gon to that high level where it may serve in a modern way the needs | of the state along economic and business lines. “Other great universities are af fording a concrete service to in dustry and business. The University of Oregon may do likewise when adequately supported and equipped, raising its standards, extending its work to industrial and commercial research and helping these lines in Oregon to reach that modern, cojn petitive position observed in the de velopment of sister states. “We urge upon the tmiembors of the Multnomah delegation in the legislature, and also the memoers of the joint ways and means com mittee, most careful consideration of these needs and co-operation in mak ing this greater work at the Uni versity of Oregon possible.’’ O. A. C. Installs Frat For Extension Work OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 8—(PIP) — Gamma chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, national extension work fra ternity, was recently installed on the' campus. Membership bn the fraternity is restricted to persons who have spent at least ten years in extension work. The local chap ter consists of 22 charter members, 21 of whom are still active. Initiative Threatened By Numerous Reforms “There is great danger that the Initiative and Referendum will be practically destroyed by restrictions on the making of petitions in two bills that have come before the leg islature,’’ declares .lames D. Bar 1 UfV-cJ UJI PARR ""ARROW Shirt with jCui Arrow collar on it. This shirt has the long point collar. It is made of a genu ine imported English Broadcloth—the best in collars and in shirts that you can buy. Ask Your Dealer nett, head of the political science department, recently. Two bills, one requiring that pet itions be deposited at the county , clerk’s office, and the other that I petitions be placed at certain des ignated places. Petitions are not to be brought to the people for signa , tures, but they will have to go to | specified places to sign them.. “I fear,” he continued, “that it ! will make it so difficult to get sig natures that they will not get them. The signatures would have to be reduced to at least one per cent in my opinion, instead of the present eight or five per cent, and even that might be dangerous. “One of the bills prohibits the payment of circulators for getting petitions (signed. This has been found necessary in the past, and it would place some people at a con siderable disadvantage.” Reed-Oregon Memorials To be Raised by Series Of Lectures in Portland Funds toward the Eichard Scholz memorial, an endowed history chair for Reed college, and the proposed fine arts building for the University of Oregon, the Prince L. Campbell memorial, are to be raised by a series of lectures to be given in the auditorium of the Portland Wom en’s Club building. Mrs. E. R. Corbett, Mrs. Thomas Sharp and Mrs. George T. Gerlinger will sponsor the lecture series which have a two-fold purpose, to raise the endowment funds and to stim ulate the intellectual life of the community. Ur. Arnold Bennett Hall, pres ident of the University, will open fclio series with an address on “Am erica and World Politics.” The sec ond address will 'be given by Dr. George Rebec, also of the Univer sity, on “The Role of Arts in Civ ilization and Education.” In suc cessive order four other lectures will follow on the political, economic and cultural life of the present. Dr J Duncan Spaeth, of Reed College, will close the series with his talk on Books and Experience.” Foreign Students Are Entertained by D. A. R. The Eugene branch of the D. A. R. entertained at a reception Mon day night for the foreign students on tho campus. The affair was held in Alumni hall of the Woman’s building. Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s musical honorary, furnished the program, which included the following num bers: Piano solo—Olga Jackson. Violin solo—Vendela Hill, ac companist, Wanda Eastwood. \ ocal solo—Edith Hopkins. Violin duet—Wanda Eastwood and Vendela Hill, accompanist, Mrs. A. E. Roberts. Pledging Announcement Sigma Beta Phi announces the pledging of Verna May Linneburg of Portland. New Departments To Feature Next Alumni Magazine Old Oregon to be Off Press Thursday; Dr. Hall Writes Article One of the features of the next Old Oregon which will be off the ■press Thursday, according to Jean ! nette Calkins, editor, is an article by Mrs. Eric. Allen on “Budgeting in the Home.” Two new departments will appear in this issue of the alumni magazine. They are a book review section which is edited in this issue by 8. Stephenson Smith and faculty news notes, a page of personals about members of the faculty, what they are doing and where they are going or have been. This section is edited by Mrs. Ralph Casey. Other stories and articles to be printed this month include: a story on the finances of the University by IJr. James H. Gilbert, a story on the essentials of a college retirement plan which is excerpts from a report prepared by Prof. E. E. DeCou, an article on the fee situation at the University of Oregon by President Arnold Bennett Hall, and a story by Grayce Nelson, ’30, on Guild hall productions and the study of drama in the University. This article will be accompanied by several pictures With these great stars PATSY RUTH MILLER LOUISE DRESSER DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. STUART HOLMES and other 'great stars STARTS TODAY REX RUTH-ROBERTSON POWDER CO. Paints and Building Supplies 44 East 7th St. Phone 924 Today, Thursday Oh Boy! What a Scream Denny at his best ^^eC^inald DENNY Skinneris Dress Suit Matinee 2 P. M. Aesop’s Fables of the production of the department, j There will be an unusually large section of family mail this month ; including letters from graduates from all over the United States, not ! omitting those from recent grad uates and earlier students. I include in recent graduates and ! those from earlier students, j The cover picture is of a group of , students on the steps of Condon half. Mu Phi Alumni Study Orchestra’s Program The numbers to be given here i by the Portland Symphony Or ; chestra on March 7, was the sub ject studied at the meeting of the Mu Phi Epsilon Alumni club, Mon day evening at Mrs. E. E. Leslie’s. The “Pratheque .Symphony” by Tschaikowsky was played on the phonograph and discussed accord ing to its place and value in the music world, and Mrs. A. C. Dixon gave an outline of the composer’s life and works. The Overture from “Tannhausser” by Wagner was pre sented by Mrs. Whitton who also gave a short talk on Wagner’s life. Lois Parker contributed to the interest of the program by giving sketches and notes of Linsky-Kor sakass from his early childhood to his death. Aggies to Organize Four-Man Golf Team OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 8—(PIP) — A four-man golf team will be or ganized to represent the college dur ing the spring term. Frank Rodia, golf instructor, is trying to arrange matches with the University of Ore gon and the University of Washing ton. The northwest inter-collegiate golf match will be played here on May 29, according to present plans. Referendum in Danger Says James Barnett “There is great danger that the initiative and referendum will be practically destroyed by restrictions on the making of petitions in two bills that have come before the leg islature,” declared James D. Bar nett, head of the political science department, in an interview yester day. Two bills, one requiring petitions to be deposited at the county clerk’s office, and the other, that petitions be placed at certain designated places, petitions to not be brought ■luinsuuwuuHunnuiinitiiuiiuiimiiiMDimiiiiiwinnuin Specials ! If You Watch Our Windows We Both Make Money | $1.25 Stationery .69c 2 75c Stationery .49c Eg $1.50 Imported J French Castile Soap. 1 Big bar .49c | Squibb’s Oil, reg. $1. 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