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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1927)
For Study, For Recreation, For Profit And Enjoyment: University of Oregon Summer Sessions Spend Summer Season in Stimulating Study Oregon Offers Unusual Summer Opportunities VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1927 NUMBER Iff? Library Larger By About 16,000 Books Since ’26 Total Volumes Exceeds 171,000; Personnel Changes Noted Summer Staff to Remain Unchanged, Asserts M. H. Douglass STUDENTS who attend the 1927 summer session will have the benefit of a much better-stocked li brary than those attending any pre vious session, according to figures given by M. H. Douglass, librarian. During the year 1926 there were added to the shelves a total of 15, 898 volumes, including practically all the latest literary and scientific works. The total number of books on the shelves is now approximately 171,000. Books available for home use will be increased also by the transfer to the general circulation shelves of many books which have been on re serve during the regular university year. During summer session the library staff will remain unchanged. Since the 1926 session, however, several changes have been made. Miss E. Lenore Casford has been appointed periodical librarian, in place of Miss Foster, who resigned; and Miss Reta Ridings is her assistant. Miss -Ridings’ place was formerly held by Miss Dorothy Dixon, who resigned to accept the librarianship of Pacific University. Glen Burch is a new assistant in the circulation department. Miss Ada Liddell of Minneapolis, is substitute continua tions cataloguer, in place of Miss Martha Spafford. Mrs. Blair Aider man now has charge of the business administration department, and Miss Marjorie Myers is in charge of the English and history reserve, assist ed by Mrs. Betty Mae Stamm. During the 1927 summer session, Condon hall will not be used for library purposes, Mr. Douglass said. He expects the library building to be large enough without the use of the auxiliary department in Condon, even with the expected increase in enrollment. W. N. Collins, Author, Will Teach English Wilkie Nelson Collins, who will be instructor in English in the Eu gene summer session, is a frequent | contributor to both newspapers and magazines. Mr. Collins, in addition to his skill in the use of English, is an authority on the merchant mar ine, and much of his writing deals with shipping problems. During the war he was in charge of personnel relations between the navy and the merchant service. Books he has written on shipping include “Opportunity in Merchant Ships,” “Civilian Seamen in War,” “Rough Log of a Seaman in the Merchant Marine.” Publications to which he has contributed articles on literature and shipping include Century, Bellman, Atlantic, Col lier’s, Sea Power, Nautical Maga zine, New York Evening Post, Bal timore Sun, and Commonweal. Mr. Collins, whose home is in New York City, is a graduate of the Univer , sity of Michigan (1905). He has been connected, as lecturer or in structor, 'with the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Idaho and the University of Min nesota, as well as the University of Oregon. Summer Sun to Cover News of Both Sessions The history of the summer session this year, as usual, will be written in the Sun, to be issued weekly dur ing the term. This paper will serve the double purpose of keeping track of the news and giving training to journalism students during the session. This paper has run each summer since 1918. Both the Eu gene and Portland sessions will be covered, and the printing will be done at the University Press, on the campus. Walter W. R. May, exe cutive news editor of the Oregonian, will be in charge of the Sun in ,Portland, and George Turnbull, pro fessor of journalism, who got out the first issue of the Sun nine years I ago, will handle the campus end. ■ Journalism classes in Portland and Eugene will be directed by these men. Session Spells Opportunity For Oregon Student President HalVs Purpose Is to Develop Four Term Schedule By ARNOLD BENNETT HALL President of University of Oregon In developing the program for a larger summer session, one of the objects desired is the development of a four-quarter system. This can not be done at once, as the atten dance must first be developed to a point that will justify a full quar ter’s session during the summer in stead of the traditional six weeks. We are laying the basis for that development, however, by arranging a post session which, together with the summer session, will constitute a full quarter’s work. I wish to invite the attention of the students on the campus to the possibilities that these summer ar rangements contain for them, and to the desirability of developing the four quarter system. It will enable students to cut short their actual term of residence for grad uation one whole year if they so desire. To those students who have an opportunity to work in the win ter or spring but not in the sum mer, it will enable them to take advantage of these opportunities and at the same time carry a full year’s academic work. Moreover, it will enable the University to bring to its campus distinguished and outstanding men from other institutions whom the students would not otherwise have an oppor tunity to know. It is generally ad mitted that one of the benefits of a college education is the contact with the brilliant men of the fac ulty, and these opportunities will be greatly enriched by the develop ment of the summer session. For these reasons I wish to urge the students to take full advan tage of the summer session courses where it is possible for them to do so. We are bringing some eminent men of world wide reputation that they will not have an opportunity to meet or to study under at other times. We are laying the founda tion for a development which will give the students wider opportun ities, greater variation, and more elasticity in pursuing their Uni versity program. By taking advan tage of the coming summer session, many students will gain vast profit for themselves and make a material contribution to the success of our program for a larger summer ses sion and a four quarter system. 37 of Summer Faculty Have Doctor’s Rank Educational Institutions in Assembled Group Number 16 Of the 93 members of the sum mer session faculty in Eugene and Portland this year, 37 carry the academic rank of doctor, and a high percentage of the others hold the master’s degree. These degrees were obtained in colleges and uni versities all over the Americas and Europe. Sixteen higher educational insti tutions, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, are represented in the Ore gon teaching staff by members of their faculties, in a number of in stances by heads of departments. The institutions represented are: Reed College, with three members; Columbia University, New York City, with two; Northwestern Uni versity, with two; University of Pennsylvania, Ohio Wesleyan, Uni versity of California, Stanford Uni versity, University of Montana, Montana State College, Linfield College, University of Oklahoma, University of Hawaii, Colgate Uni versity, University of Washington, University of Michigan, and Syra cuse University. Excursion to Beaches For Fourth of July A feature of the Fourth of July week-end will be a three-day excur sion to the Pacific ocdan beaches at Bandon and Cape Blanco. This may be the first trip to the ocean for many of the unmer session registrants. “Stimulating” Is Tribute Paid to Dr. E. P. Cheyney j Donald Barnes Recalls Fascinating Lectures Of Noted Historian Dr. R. C. Clark Describes Distinguished Work of Visiting Professor rT'HE announcement that Dr. Ed ward P. Cheyney professor of European history in the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, lias been obtained for the current summer session in Portland will interest those who plan to take work in English history. Professor Chey ney, who is one of the most eminent historians in the United States, has devoted the major portion of his study to England, and he is the au thor ef a textbook of English his tory which is widely used in high school and lower division classes of colleges throughout the coun try. Mr. Cheyney, who at one time was president of the American His torical Association, and is received in general by the historical frater nity as one of the most prominent historians in the United States, is the uncle of Mrs. H. B. Yocom, wife of Dr. Yocom of the zoology department of the University Personality wins Praise “For all his reputation as an out standing scholar,” said Donald Barnes, of the history department, “Dr. Chcyney is both likeable and whimsical. I associate the time spent in his seminars with the most pleasurable memories of my college days. His was truly a charming per sonality. “I recall at the moment Dr. Cheyney’s novel characteristic of casting doubt on credible things. He would be telling of the. mar velous feat of some mariner who ’crossed from A — — to B-■ his voice raising as lie talked, and then with a whimsical grimace he would bring his voice to a lower level and add, ‘or so he said.’” Author of Source-hook “One of Dr. Cheyney’s chief | works is his source-book of English history, on which he spent many years of research and study. It is an exhaustive work in two volumes, dealing with English history during the reign of Queen Elizabeth from 1588 to 1603. It connects the work of Froude with that of Gardiner, and fills the gap of some fifteen years with which neither of tnese two men dealt. Well do I remem ber his assignments to the students taking seminar from him on topics on which he wished further infor mation. It makes the assignments we give now look like mere child’s Play. “The time I spent under Dr. Cheyney I shall not forget soon. He is one of the most stimulating men I know.” Mr. Cheyney will give two courses at the Portland center next summer; one will be “Industrial and Social History of England,” and the other “England and the Continent of Europe, 1300-1500.” Among Leaders in Field “Mr. Cheyney,” said Professor B. C. Clark, head of the department of history of the University of Ore gon, “is one of the foremost of America’s historians. In 1925 he was president of the American His torical Association; to hold this of fice is a mark of distinction.” The historian has done extensive re search work in English history, having spent considerable time in England where he studied at the British Museum. Besides his work in England, Mr. Cheyney travelled on the continent where he gained a rich knowledge of European his tory; his travels included visits in German universities. Author of Many Books Mr. Cheyney has written many books, including the following: “Social Changes in England in the 16th Century,” “Social and Indus trial History of England,” “Short History of England,” “European Background of America. History,” “Readings in English History,” “History of England from the De feat of Armada to the Death of Elizabeth,” also monographs and re view articles on history and econ omic subjects. Noted Men From Other Colleges Recruited To Strengthen Oregon’s Summer Faculty £)kJ£. Kir h Mood UmuerJ'ity' of Montana tp/f Edyianll? Cheney University of 'Pennsylvania, Prof, Elmer USmith Co^ate University Prof. ChuS. McKinley 'Sfeaed College Graduate Work Gets Constantly More Stress in Summer Session; Chance for Research Exceptional In this University the graduate work of the summer session is grow ing as fast as the undergraduate work; in Eugene faster, said Dr. George Eebee, dean of the graduate school. The number of graduate students is increasing steadily, he continued, outnumbering those who study for higher degrees during the regular school year. “We desire, year by year, to give a more adequate budget for the graduate school,” he said. “For the present we do not plan any entirely special organization of the summer graduate work. Naturally, however, there will be given a large number of courses appropriate to the grad uates, and the special needs of graduates enrolled in these courses will be carefully looked after. Moreover, a fairly long list of courses expressly, or exclusively, for graduate students will be pro vided. Experienced professors from all over the country are engaged with a paramount regard to their ability to handle advanced and graduate workers. Attempt is also made to adapt laboratory and li brary facilities to the needs of such students.” Still other attempts are made to serve the graduates, according to Dean Eebec. At the beginning of the session the individual student is given opportunity to discuss per sonally his plans and projects of study both'for the summer and with reference to his whole degree-work. “The emphasis of graduate work in the University of Oregon began comparatively a few years ago,” said the dean, “and only of later years has the development been on a larger scale. We flatter ourselves not only with giving a steadily ticher and solider offering, but also with raising the standards, and helping, thereby, especially to raise the educational standards of the teachers of Oregon.” In a time not far away every high school teacher will be expect ed to have an M. A. degree, he con tinued. A higher degree already puts the holder at a premium in the educational market. Already the city of Portland gives teachers hold ing a, higher degree a modest dif ferential. But above and better than those material considerations, no matter how valid in themselves, is the fact that higher demands on our teachers tend to awaken in many of them better visions, and so a spontaneous urge to press on to more adequate scholarship and richer culture. “The advanced students have out grown the school-boy and school girl unwillingness to continue study during vacation, which is usually recognized as playtime,” he said. “Therefore our graduate students, including those who study in the regular courses during the year and the candidates both for doctor’s and master’s degrees, often find the summer session a less distracted time for work than they do the regular terms.” The post summer session in par ticular is suited to the needs of the advanced workers, Doan Rebec add ed. The paramount idea is that this post session is not" so much a con tinuation of the ordinary classes, still less a giving of brief courses for anybody’s and everybody’s needs. It signifies primarily the opening of the library and labora tories to fairly free ranging for the graduates and the serious workers. Provisions are made whereby they have the counsel and leadership of the members of the departments in which they are studying. In large, however, he pointed out, they work on their own self-direction and in itiative. Condensed Data ■On Summer Term Time—June 20-July 29; Eugene post-session, August 1-26. Fees—Regular term, $20; post- ■ session, $10. Living costs—Board and room j at halls of residence, $10 a week. Board only, $8. Admission requirements—Noth in hut ability to carry the work. Credits—M a z i m u m of nine term-horns in regular session, six in post-session. Faculty—Ninety-three instruct ors, 41 of them from other uni versities and colleges. 1 Four of Educators At Portland Branch Edward p. cheyney, pro fessor of European history at the University of Pennsyl vania, will be one of the professors at the Portland ses sion. J. E. Kirkwood, professor of botany at the University of Mon tana, a former botanist with the Continental Mexican Rubber Company, is author of books dealing with botanical subjects, chiefly forests and forest conser vation. Elmer W. Smith, professor of English at Colgate University, author, and Chautauqua lecturer, will be at the Portland ses sion. Former examiner in Eng lish for New York State Educa tional department. Member, na tional commission on high school syllabus, National Council of English Teachers. Charles McKinley, professor of political science at Reed Col lege, received his B.A. degree from Washington and his M. A. from Wisconsin. Has taught in Ogden, Utah, high school, Wash ington summer session, and has been at Reed since 1918. On faculty of Syracuse University in 1924-1925. Alfred Powers9 Dean9 is Writer For Magazines Hiking on Oregon Trails Yields Material An author of nature stories and articles for tTade irfagazities, a former editor and debater, an ex service man, a prominent educator, luch is Alfred Powers, dean of the extension division of the Univor iity of Oregon, and director of the 1927 University Summer Sessions. Dean Powers writes juvenilo stories, especially for boys, adven ture stories with settings in such places as Crater Lake, the Rogue river country, and the mountains of Oregon. Several of his stories have been published in St. Nicholas. His nature articles, which his ex perience as a hiker over many of the Oregon trails fits him to write, and his trade articles have been published in magazines. Alfred Powers was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1910, having come here from the University of Oklahoma. While on the campus, he was interested in writing and debating, being associate editor of the Oregon Monthly, and a contributor to the Oregon Weekly. After his graduation, Dean Pow ers taught at Pleasant Hill, and served two years at Florence and four years at Oakland as high school principal before his work was interrupted by the war. He also enlisted and served overseas. After his release from the service, Dean Powers was appointed director of public information and civilian relief for the Red Cross in the Northwest. He then became uni Northwest. He then became uni versity editor and journalism teach er at Eugene. Later, he was made iissistant director of the University of Oregon extension division, and on Junuary 1, 1926, became dean. j Oregon Enlists Eminent Men in Education Field Dr. Strayer of Columbia, Coming for Summer, Most Outstanding Dean Sheldon Discusses Leaders Enlisted to Teach in Session EORGE D. STRAYER, Ph. D., '-"professor of education, Teach ers’ College, Columbia University, New "i ork, is the most outstanding of the men coming to teach education in the summer session, says Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of educa ion at the University of Oregon. “He is the foremost authority in this country on school furnishings and systems of accounting,” he said. “He impresses you as having the promptitude and executive decision of a business man.” Dr. Strayer was president of the National Edu cation Association in 1918 which met in Pittsburgh, and which Dean Sheldon attended. The educator haa also written a number of books and is a recognized leader in the field of school administration. Dr. Strayer will lecture on “Teachers’ Relation ships to Community and Auxiliary Agencies” during the second week of the summer session. Jesse H. Newlon, Ph. D., superin tendent of schools at Denver, ia highly recommended by Dean Shel don, who said that in the last two or three years Dr. Newlon has rev olutionized the Denver schools. “I should say he is one of the two or throe loading men among the school superintendents of the country,” Dean Sheldon declared. Dr. Newlon will be on the campus during the fourth week of the summer session and will give a course on "Teach ers’ Participation in School System as Curriculum Makers.” Washbume a Leader “He is the leading man in the country in the progressive educa tional movement,” said Dean Shel don in speaking of Carleton Wash burno, Ed. D., superintendent of schools at Winnetka, Illinois. “He has taken the idea of individual in struction as opposed to mass educa tion and has developed it further than anyone else.” Dr. Washbume is a comparatively young man, tall and rather frank and boyish, and might be considered somewhat rad ical, continued Dean Sheldon. He has written a book on the most ad vanced educational experiments in Europe, where he is going after giv ing his course here in the summer. He is not a new man at the Univer sity, for ho taught in the summer session here three years ago. Harry B. Wilson, LL. D., super intendent of schools at Berkeley, California, is a very democratic and approachable person. He has a great doal to do with economy of time in education, says Dean Sheldon. He is a powerful orator, inspirational speaker, and is exceptionally com petent in his own field, he said. Edwin J. Brown, B. A., of Stan ford University, is also a friendly and democratic person, said Dean Sheldon. He has had several years’ experience in country high schools, and is now working for a doctor's degree at Stanford. Rice a Leading Authority C. A. Rice, M. A., superintendent of schools at Portland, Oregon, is the chief authority on the platoon system, said Dean Sheldon. This system is one by which the pupils spend one-half the day in the as sembly room, taking physical edu cation, or at play, and the other half in studying. This system has been introduced in about half the schools of Portland. Under his ad ministration there has been a great deal of progress in the Portland schools, declared Dean Sheldon. Mr. Rice has also put in an educational research bureau in Portland, of which Dr. B. W. DeBusk, of the University of Oregon, has charge. Mr. Rice took his M. A. degree from this University about four years ago. Alice Barrows, specialist, U. 8. Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C., will teach in the Portland summer session on “Administration of the Platoon Schools” and “Inte gration of Subjects of Platoon Cur riculum.” She conducted a survey of the Portland high schools three years ago, and is w*}ll known there, said Dean Sheldon.