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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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