VOLUME XXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927 NUMBER 80 Science Aid To Detectives, Explains May Concentration on the Job Causes Criminal to Leave Clues Finger Prints on Guns Are Shown by Slides Incompetence Causes Loss Of Evidence «TN TYPICAL criminal cases 75 Jt per cent of the evidence is lost or destroyed because the investiga tion is carried on by persons who are not experienced or competent,” said Luke S. May, Seattle crimin ologist, when he spoke Monday afternoon to the League of Law En forcement officers and to students at Villard hall. Mr. May is pres ident of the Eevelare International Secret Service and also of the Northwestern College of Criminol ogy. “The Examination of the In vestigating Officer at the Scene of the Crime” was the topic of the first of a series of lectures he is giving this week on Various phases of criminology. No evidence should be overlooked at the scene where the crime has been committed, no matter how in significant or common it may seem, pointed out Mr. May. Everyone who has been anywhere near the scene of the crime should be care fully interrogated, he added. Criminal Overlooks Little Tilings “The criminal is so interested in the commission of the crime,” said Mr. May, “and he is endeavoring so intensely to avoid leaving traces that he overlooks little things.” Pictures of finger prints baclPof doors or on gun handles were point ed out in the slides shown by the speaker as examples of the care lessness criminals have shown in various cases. “Science is employed in other lines of work,” continued the speak- j er, “and is gradually being used by the police. The spotlight and diligence applied to evidence in a criminal case opens up entirely new fields.” Through scientific methods it is now possible to test blood to deter mine whether it is human or an imal, Mr. May said. Various other •stains can be tested in the labor atory and a careful analysis of them is possible. Memories Not Reliable Sketches of scenes and of the position of weapons or any evidence, should be made so that the evidence will be of use in court. If such de tails are left entirely to the mem ories of the investigators they often prove vague and unreliable when needed in court. “Every officer should school him self in drawing so as to be able to sketch details and evidence,” ad vised Mr. May. “All evidence that is found in a case should be submitted to the experts in that line,” concluded Mr. May. “The man who can develop that evidence to the highest degree should be given that part to do. No one man solves a crime. It is done by a number together. Others who may be called in to cooperate in working out a case include chemists, alienists, finger print experts; crim inologists, psychologists, experts on blood stains, psychiatrists and experts in the various trades.” Charles Arthur Burden Describes Oregon’s First Hoop Games in 1898 Handball, Indoor Baseball, Football, Track Only Athletics; Burden Introduced Golf Although the game of basketball is enjoying its 35th year of exist ence, it has only been played on the University of Oregon campus since 1898, when it was introduced to Webfoot athletic fans by Charles Arthur Burden. Burden is slightly known to the present students of the University, but was a familiar figure a few years ago. Coming from Yale uni versity, where he was an assistant physical director, Burden became the second head of the local physi cal education department October, 1897, at the resignation of Dr. Joe Watherbv. Mr. Burden, who is now retired and living ia Eugene, was head physical director here from 1897 to 1900. ... .. No Pavilion in 1897 “When I fist came to the Univer sity, there was no $200,000 basket ball pavilon to greet me or a large annual appropriation with which to carry on .my work,’’ said Burden, who has been out of physical edu cation work for over twenty years, but still claims that he can do a hand spring or touch the floor without bending a knee. 1 ‘ Our gym nasium at that time was a small wooden building which stood whero the Art building is now located. Our floor was 40 by 60 feet out of which was taken space for two small offices. This gave us very lit tle playing floor as compared with the new pavilon. A small belaeony accommodated 50 persons as com pared to the eight or nine thousand who can now view a basketball game at McArthur Court. In the basement of the building was a me chanical shop but I arranged later to have this moved which gave me more floor space. * $100 Was Appropriation “We had to carry our year’s work with the meager appropriation of $100 with which all equipment had (Continued on page four) “Trifles” Solves Great Mystery On Small Proofs Lovers in Other Play Fail To Grasp Evidence In Burglary Locked out as usual! Calvin Horn sits down on the doorstep to await the dawn and the obliging milkman. Help! Help! The cry rings out in the midnight air—a young girl’s voice, arid from just across the street. Our gallant young college man dashes madly to the rescue. Knocking upon the window, it being handier than the door, he is admitted to the house by Helen Barnett, slightly disheveled and very excited. After a diligent search for an apparently phantom burglar —stolen silver is forgotten in the fervor of their mutual love—for dogs and violets. What are conven tionalities where a robbery—and comfort is concerned? Even comfort is interrupted when the irate father, Glen Potts, and the bewildered mother, Elizabeth White, appear on the scene and find their daughter “Edie” asleep in a strange young man’s arms—! Is it a mere “trifle”? No. You ask why?“ Because “Trifles” is a different story. It has nothing to do with a “robbery.” It is a murder this time. We often hear people say such things as “You can bet those two old gossips aren’t up to any good—snooping around the way they do.” But sometimes such remarks are not justified. Taken along with their husbands, Lawrence Shaw and Cecil Matson, and the sheriff, Elmer Grimm, two countri fied gossips, Grace Gardper ,and Mrs. Assenlieimer, 4e<5,i<le to ex plore the capacities of their neigh bor friend’s neatness as a housewife. The men find no clues, but the cur iosity of women picks up a “trifle” here and a “trifle” there—jam, pre serves, a bird cage, a piece of cal ico—would you believe it—mere “Trifles”—but they solve a murder mystery. Such are two of the four one-act plays to be produced February 16 and 17 by the Guild Hall players. Carr, Baritone, And Hopkins Pianist, Feature Recital Program Last IMght Original Piano Compositions Played; Spanish and Russian Songs Receive Praise By D. F. With a flash of Spanish gallantry that carried the dashing style of the selections to a grand finale of resounding, mellow tones, Gene Carr, baritone, finished the two delightful Spanish compositions that he sang as the first number on the Carr Hopkins recital program given at the music auditorium last evening. Accompanied by J. H. Mueller, pro fessor of sociology, on the piano, he entranced his audience with his free, easy style of rendition both in the Spanish selections, “Lungi Dal Caro Bene” by Secchi and “Vit toria, Mio Care” by Carissimi, and in the group of Bussian songs sung later. George Hopkins, pianist, present ed three of his own compisitions, “Mazurka,” “Andante” in B minor, and “The Melting Pot,” from Man hattan Suite. The Andante and the Mazurka, played with indescrib able skill and smooth technique, pleased the audience, judging by the enthusiastic applause after each one; but it was the last num ber in this group that seemed to take the listeners and carry them with the composer through each mood. The piece was a series of moods, and held the audience en tranced until the finish. The four Russian songs, sung by Mr. Carr in the next group, were of the characteristic, Russian type that is so in favor at the present time among musical groups. Mr. Mueller displayed musical skill and perfect unison with the singer here, in ac companying him through the several difficult stretches. The last number on the program, a series of compositions from the favored composers, Chopin, Brahms (Continued on page four) Vigilantes Will Keep Traditions Before “Frosh” Good Will Takes Place of Former Horseplay In New Plan Good will and helpful, educative advice will henceforth take the place oS horsepldy and public hum iliation in the new program outlined Friday by the vigilance commit tee, organ for enforcing frosh dis cipline, according to Fred West, chief of operations. The committee is composed of all sophomore Oregon Knights and is the new body which will hold the frosh to the famed Oregon tradi tions, which the student council has decreed must be upheld. Only mem bers of this committee will be em powered to make charges against the erring yearling. The charges must be accompanied by absolute proof of guilt. This change is cal culated, according to Roy Herndon, chairman of the vigilantes, to do away with “grudge” charges. Each Tuesday morning, a list of the oifenders for the past week will appear in the Emerald. The accused and accusers will convene at 7:00 p. m. in room 1 of Johnson hall to thresh out the violation of tradition. Excuses are in order only at this meeting where they will be passed upon by the vigilance committee. The body, through its chairman, an nounced yesterday that they -will look askance at all cajolery. No witnesses will be present at the punishment which the commit tee deems fit to mete, always with an effort to show the offender the justice of upholding Oregon tradi tion. Different members of the Order of the “O” will be chosen each week to administer the penalty. This custodianship of Oregon tra ditions is the first big responsibility given to the Oregon Knights since the student council designated them as the official service body of the University. Following are the sophomore Ore gon Knights who will form the vig ilantes: chairman, Roy Herndon, Clinton Mitchell, Ronald Hubbs, Jack Jones, Bob Dutton, Verne Hale, Lawrence Ogle, Ted Gurney, Bill Hind, Otto Frohnmayer, Phil Sem ler, William Eddy, Burr Abner, Rob ert Sargeant, Stuart McDonald, Dick Jones, Bruce Bakery Alex Scott, Gifford Seitz, and Fred Meeds. Discussion Groups Planned for Tonight The third of the series of discus sion groups, under auspices of Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., held in the various fraternity and sorority groups on the campus will be held tonight at seven o’clock sharp. The meetings were postponed last week because of the basketball game. Next week the holiday on Tuesday will interfere and the fra ternity groups will not meet again. Ai angements are being made to have the girls meet at some later date, however. Instructors in the University will lead the groups as usual. CORRECTION Edward Kelley, who won the sec ond prize in the Hilton contest, last Thursday, is not from Portland, as was stated in Saturday’s Emerald, but comes from Medford. Five Nights Left ’Til Date Of Senior Ball Construction Requiring Much Work; Com mittee Asks Aid Entire Affair to Be Bizarre and Risque Women Will Receive Unique Favors By A. K. FIVE more nights and the night of the Senior Ball will be here. Construction on the Ball has com menced and the committee and their helpers have been working far into the night and will continue to work until the entire decorative effect has been finished. Though the motif will appear simple the construction work entailed will Tequire a great amount of work. Last night a group of seniors worked feverishly on bolts of wrap ping paper, frames of galvanized wire and tape and many other in teresting things. I?olf Klep, chair man of decorations, seems to have the most unusual way of turning the most commonplace things into objects of exquisite and startling beauty. This year he is bent on doing things in a startling vein. Futuristic art of a most unusual and risque style will be carried out to the last detail. Lights to Be Dim Though the design will be all that modern art can present in the brilliance and glaring line there will be a decided softness added by dimmed lights. In other words the lighting effect will not be offensive. Klep and Howard Osvald, chair man of features, announce for the benefit of the ladies that unique favors have been ordered for them' and which they are all sure will find favor in their eyes. Whether they do or not, the fact remains that the senior class has done its best to please them and hopes it has not been unsuccessful. Ask for Support For the remainder of the week the committee will be working dur ing all the spare time possible and seniors are asked and urged to give their support for unless the com mittee works constantly and hard for the rest of the time it will be impossible to have the decorative scheme complete. Library Appropriation Bill Expected to Have No Serious Opposition No serious opposition to the Uni versity appropriation bill of $375, 000 for a new library building, which is slated to come before the House of Representatives today, is expected by Karl W. On thank, exe cutive secretary of the University. After the withdrawal last week of the request for an appropriation for a new infirmary, clear sailing for the other three bills is expected. While the University appropria tions are listed to appear today, the bills may be delayed until tomor row, due to the great press of busi ness on the calendar. Two bills, in addition to the $375,000 asked for a library, will be passed on. The University of Oregon Medical school is asking for $248,000, and the third bill is for $170,000 for the Doernbecher Mem orial Charity hospital for children. Latin Department Head Has Articles Printed Frederick 8. Dunn, head of the Latin department, had articles printed in the February issues of the “Classical Journal” and the “Masonic Analyst.” “The Un-IIistorical Novel” is the title of the article in the Class ical Journal. It points out the er rors in the modern novels based upon ancient times. Historic novels are a hobby of Professor Dunn, and he is quite an authority on them. Hhe was one-time owner of prob ably the largest collection of his torical novels in the United States. The collection was arranged chronologically and included vol umes from pre historic times to the Norman Invasion. Because of its importance, the group was taken over by the University and is now in the library. “Lo! Poor Pythagoras Again” i3 the article in “The Masonic Ana lyst.” It is an exposition on the “myth” concerning the relation of Pythagoras with ancient Mason ry 100 Editors To Meet at Conference First Work From Fine Arts Press Will be Shown Newspapermen Dr. John Henry Nash Famed Printer Coining Plans for liuique Contest To be Discussed r I 'IIE ninth annual Oregon news paper men’a conference will bo held at the University of Oregon, March 4-5. More than 100 Oregon editors, representing most of the papers of the state, will attend. The program is as yet incomplete, according to the eommitte, of which Dean Erie W. Allen, of the school of journalism, is a member, but will be completed in a short while. Ben Bead, of Los Angeles, region al secretary of the western division of the National Editorial associa tion, and field agent for Southern California newspapers, will speak on “The Necessity for Organization and How a Field Manager Earns His Salt.” Foreign advertising will be dis cussed by Lucien P. Arant, business manager of the Baker Herald, which has developed an efficient system in this field. Will View New Work During the conference the first work of the newly established fine arts press, which was endowed at the conference last year by Oregon editors, will either be completed or. ready for inspection. A copy of the first book of artistic printing, which is “Education and the State,” the only work left by the late Pres ident Prince L. Ca'mpbell, will be given to each editor who donated to the fund making the press possible. Dr. John Henry Nash, famous San Francisco printer and lecturer on typography in the school of journal ism, will be on the campus during the conference. Dr. Nash is super intending the final stages of the publication, and it is largely at his expense that the book is to be pub lished. Contest Planned A unique contest among the news papers of the state will be planned at the conference, the program com mittee announced, and it will ex tend through the following year under the auspices of one of the most honored names in Oregon journalism. Appropriate prizes aro to be igiven, but no further details were made public. Results of a psychological test of public opinion recently taken by nearly 100 editors and University students of journalism have been elaborately analyzed. Each editor attending the conference will re ceive his own results in a sealed envelope, while an address will be given discussing the general ten dencies shown in the tests. Dean Collins, of the Portland Tel egram staff, will read a paper on “Propaganda and Its Antitoxins.” Papers to be Read A paper on editorial page para graphs will be presented by Clark Wood, editor of the Weston Leader, whose brilliant and witty para graphs have attracted national at tention. A paper on “Writing What You Think Instead of Following the Crowd” is being prepared by Claude Inigalls, editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Chester Dimond, editor of the Nowberg Graphic, is to discuss “Ex tending the News Coverage of the Country Newspaper.” Several other weekly editors are working on other phases of community journalism which have not been announced as yet. Bert Bates, of the Roseburg News Review, and Louis D. Felshein, of the Bandon World, are to tell the conference of plans for the summer convention at Roseburg and the trip into Southwestern Oregon country. Trip to Corvallis Plan Of Sigma Delta Chis In order to exchange ideas and get to know each other, the Oregon State chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fra ternity for men, has invited the Ore gon chapter to their school. The Oregon men will go to Corvallis Wednesday for the afternoon and evening. An informal meeting is planned with speakers from the professional field of journalism, who are doing work of special interest to the stu dents of the profession. Delta Gamma ‘Pledge’ Defies ‘Blue Laics' r I M1E “blue laws” of the city have prevented many from doing most everything that they want to, and the University reg ulations have throttled more of the personal liberties, but there is one “pledge” at the Delta Gamma house who gambols every day—and right out on the back lawn too. Only two weeks old and. sprout ing horns—can one blame her edity or environment for this? Also the newcomer is not afraid of girls, the house-mother, the rats, cr Archie Knowles, but keeps on gamboling. “Precious,” so they call him, has but one house duty—that is, to keep the back lawn in trim; pity the pledges who have to keep “Precious” in this condi tion, because their new member is just a young kid—fresh from the farm and without much ex perience; and he was sent as a Valentine to a Diji from a Fiji. Comment Given On Last Webfoot By Dr. C. V. Boyer Magazine Is Praised by Professor of English Department “I see no reason why the Webfoot should not wabble proudly among the other fowl of the college yard.” This is what Dr. C. V. Boyer, head of the English department, said yes terday after having spent a part of the week-end reading the Historical number of the newest campus pub lication which went into circulation last Friday. Continuing, he said: “The cover design is a propitious sign of the good things to be met with in the journey through the magazine. The prints and cuts are humorously conceived and well ex ecuted. The wit, if not ‘Attic all’ is fairly well salted. “The illustrations from Dickens on pages 14 and 15, underlined with admonitions on etiquette are likely to lead the reader into a perusal of the pages as serious fiction. “It is to be lamented that sim ilar type was hot employed for printing Post Grad’s ‘Words, Words, Words.’ The antique flavor of the criticism is like to be lost when the mechanical tone of the article is so modern and it may be taken ser iously. “The intermingling of serious verse and prose with gibes and car toons widens the market of the | magazine to include those who can not stand too much Falstaff. “If the magazine could be left open at page 8 or 18 on the college news stands the illustrations of his torical events would sell off the issue in an hours time. “The contributions are not all on (Continued on page three) Oregon Has Good Chance F or HoopTitle Golden Bears Look Like Champions of South; Stanford Weak. Series Date Set for March 10, 11, and 12 Benclimen to Get Chance Against Multnomah Basketball, that great win ter sport which is enjoying such d surge of popularity at present, will mark time this week, but one tilt having been scheduled, and that of a practice nature. Next week the Oregon Aggies will perform on McArthur Court, and the following Monday the Wash ington Huskies will help the Web foots ring down Beinhart the regular conference curtain. Provided no unexepected develop ments arise, and the water contin ues to flow under the bridge as scheduled, Oregon will win both these contests, and then prepare for an emissary from the sunny south land—California or Stanford, but probably the former, as the Cardi nals, at least on paper, are far be low the caliber of the Qolden Bears. Series Dates Set This play-off series which will decide the Pacific coast champion ship will be staged in McArthur Court March 10, 11, and 13, provid ed, of course, that the fluid con tinues to flow through its proper channel. These tilts will come on a Thursday, a Friday, and a Sat urday, and be over in timie for the thrice a year cramming for final examinations. That will probably end basket ball for the year, although there has been some chatter concerning a trip to Kansas City to vio for the na tional title. This title, though, is a lot of noise, inasmuch as so called amateur athletic clubs, town teams, and freshwater colleges with half a dozen professors and one building are eligible, to compete. A. A. TJ. Not Favored The tourney is under the auspices of the A. A. U., which is regarded by the coast conference schools with mil eh the same esteem held by a well-goaded bull for ‘Aimee Mc Pherson's hair. The Webfoots, if they win in the north, and conquer the southerners, would have not much to gain and a whole lot to lose in venturing east for the tournament. If these four games can be gotten over, the Webfoots will be sitting high, lord of all the bastketball played west (Continued on page four) Scheme For Unified Registration Suggested by Graduate Student Loukas Urges Placing Enrolling Officers in One Building; Saving of Time Planned A scheme for unified registration which would save time, money, and energy has been worked out by Christ Loukas, a graduate student in sociology, and submitted to the executive secretary of the Univer sity for consideration by the fac ulty. By unified registration Mr. Lou kas means that student registration should be done in one building. That is, every department with its faculty members will occupy a cer tain section of a building where all registration is to be carried on. “No matter how simplified a sys tem may be,” said Mr. Loukas, “a certain amount of confusion is un avoidable, more so when the system is being first tried. However, if the following precautions will be taken most of the confusion will be eliminated. “Register only the freshmen the first day and those sophomores whose last names start with the let ters of A through K. Or register all in alphabetical and periodical order; that is, register only the A’s and B’s from 8 to 9 o’clock, C’s and D’b from 9 to 10 o’clock and so on down. This will eliminate any un necessary students congregating about the building. “Allow only as many students in the registration room as the faculty can register without being hurried aud let information service students direct to various departments. “Place signs with the name of the departments on every departmental section and a desk sign with every profossor's name in front of him. “Faculty members should be at their places at the time set for reg istration to start and stay until reg istration closes for the day. This may sound autocratic, but it is es sential in order to promote effic iency. “Unified registration will .elim inate all the time and energy wast ed under the present system. “Unified registration will not only enable the registrar to be there in person, but it will also give him the opportunity to immediately clar ify any points of uncertainty that may come up during registration on the part of both faculty and stu dents. The advantage of having the registrar’s personal aid at such times is obvious to all members of the faculty. “It will enable the faculty to help students prevent conflicts in their study schedules. “It will eliminate all agony which students have to go through, espe cially the freshmen, in trying to locate the buildings and the partic ular professor to sign their cards. “It will relievo the faculty of a (Continued on page three)