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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1927)
Sorority Girls From Utah Say, Abolish System Debaters’ Own Opinion Coincides With Their Platform Views Salt Lake Institution Has But Two Nationals By MARION STEEN Both girls from Utah, who upheld the affirmative side of the debate with the University of Oregon Mon day on ‘ ‘ Resolved, That social fra ternities and sororities should be abolished from American college campuses,” are sorority members. When asked if they believed every thing they had said in the debate, they replied, “Yes, we do. We be lieve that sororities and fraternities should be abolished, but as long as they do exist, it’s fun to belong to them. ’ ’ Although the schools are approxi mately the same size, sorority condi tions at the University of Utah are much different from those on the Oregon campus, according to Miss Emily Lynch, who did the cross questioning for the Utah team in the debate. Whereas at Oregon forty per cent of the women are members of soror ities, and there are four halls of residence; only twenty per cent of the Utah women are me.rnibers of sor orities, and there are no halls of residence. A decided effort is being made to foster the forming of sorority groups at Utah, since it is almost impossi ble to organize for any cause among the girls who are not in an organ ized group. Religious Prejudice Hurts At present there are nine soror ities in Utah university, only two of these, Chi Omega and Kappa Al pha Theta, being national. Miss Lynch and her colleague, Miss Susy Clark, are members of Delta Epsi lon, local sorority. Local sororities are not formed quickly at Utah, be cause there seems to be very little chance of being granted a national. About forty per cent of the stu dents attending the university are Mormons, and there is a prejudice against this religion which keeps national sororities from granting chapters there, according to Miss Lyneh. The Oregon system of debate, which was used in the contest here, is regarded very highly by Miss Clark and Miss Lynch, who stated that Utah will probably adopt the system. Neither of the girls was ex pecting to use the system here, how ever, and had their debates prepared according to the old style, with each of them making a fourteen-minute j constructive speech. They regret-! ted having to cut their combined i addresses to a fourteen-minute talk i by Missf Clark, and Miss 'Lynch, I who upheld the cross-questioning, j had had no experience in this line and was not confident as to the type of questions she should ask. Oregon Debaters Praised Neither girl had seen this style of debate until a week ago, when Benoit McCroskey and Donald Bee lar of the University of Oregon de bated at Utah. McCroskey and Bee lar were praised by the Utah co-eds, who affirmed that their debate was by far the best one they had heard this year. The thing that most impressed the I girls in the state of Oregon, was that it is so clean. Utah is much drier and dustier, and becomes no ticeably djrty in winter, they said. Although this is the first trip that the Utah girls have made this year, they debated in Colorado, Montana and Idaho last year. Ev erywhere there seems to toe the same difficulty in bringing a good crowd to a debate, although both girls expressed themselves as well pleased with the Oregon audience. Only one college where they have debat ed does not have this difficulty, Miss Clark said. The Western States College in Colorado, with an enrol! ment of five hundred students, had a turn out of more than four hun dred. From Eugene the girls went to Corvallis to meet the O. A. C. team on the subject of women in indus try. Vod-Vil (Continued from page one) plete report to show for his labors. The Heilig Theatre is being plot ted. so as to facilitate the ticket sale. Efforts are being made to have novel and artistic programs. He is also negotiating with Port land firms for certain light projec ting apparatus. Music and manuscript are round ing into shape nicely. Several of the committee will remain in Eu gene over the holidays, and things will be ready for action by the be ginning of next semester. ANITE IN PARIS The Biggest Dancing Event and Fun Festival Ever Staged in Eugene Winter Garden Saturday, March 12 Visit the Cafe of the Blue Cow French Bar Maids Apache Dancers Dancing and Continuous Entertainment Hats, Homs, Balloons, Serpentine Gents 75c and Tax, Ladies 25c We Give Away More Tire Miles Than Any Dealer In Eugene Big hearted? No sir! But we’re dead sure that Eugene car owners are smart enough to buy their tires where they get the most miles for their money. When you have DUNLOPS you can forget tires— for you have the comforting assurance that into each of your DUNLOPS is built dependability that could only come from the 39 years of DUNLOPS that have gone before. Come in and Get Some of This Free Tire Mileage Fowler’s Service 233 East Ninth — Across from the Eugene Hotel College Men Wanted In Advertising Game, D. Gilman Tells Class “More attention is paid to courses in advertising in the University of Oregon than in any other college on the coast.” This is the state ment made by Don E. Gilman, west ern representative for the Christian Science Monitor and past president of the Pacific Coast Advertising Clubs Association. Mr. Gilman spoke yesterday morning before \Y. F. G. Thacher’s class in advertising. Mr. Gilman spoke about various phases of advertising. He discussed the economic value of advertising, and gave concrete illustrations of its use, mentioning the ethics of advertising, especially stressing the “Truth in Ads” movement. The opportunities in the profes sion for college trained advertising men and women are many, Mr. Gil man said. He brought out the point that professional advertisers and employers prefer assistants who have received training in univer sities and colleges. Geology (Continued from page one) subject. He has already outlined the results of his 12 years’ residence on the Asiatic side of the Pacific, and 11 years on the west coast of the United States. “This course will be an intensive study of the physical geography and natural resources of the Pacific re gion,” Dr. Smith said. “Consider able attention will be given to some of the outstanding social, economic, and political questions in its recent history, as these are influenced by the physical background of the more important countries bordering this ocean.” There will be some discussion of such problems as the origin and migrations of various races on the j Pacific; the so-called “Riddle of 1 the Pacific;” the effect of growing rubber on a large scale in the Phil ippines upon the independence of that country; our attitude towards the Japanese; exploration for oil in the Pacific region, and Amer ica’s share in this. Woodcuts by Klemm Used in ‘Don Quixote’ Show Good Execution “Klemm has eliminated all use less details from his woodcuts, and manages at the same time to give a humorous spirit without sacrificing the effects proper to pure design,” said Prof. S. Stephenson Smith, in speaking of his collection of wood cuts done by Walther Klemm to il GIVE YOUR CLOTHES A TREAT! Domestic Laundry Phone 252 " ' ' ’ I HOSIERY Pheonix and Onyx Pointex are as good as offered anywhere for like prices —much better than the majority of brands. Each pair is guaranteed, no seconds or irregulars. Priced right at $1.50, $1.65, $1.85, $1.95 Underwear, vests, bloomers and step-ins. Carter’s vests, 98c. Milo sheen bloomers $1.19. Carter’s bloom ers $1.75. Slips $2.45. Beard’s 856 Willamette Phone 1996 Don’t Argue About It~ SEEIT! 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