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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1927)
Art School Plans Faculty Changes On Fall Program Fairbanks, Hafen Quit; Successors to Men Not Chosen Four Graduate Assistants! May be Added to Staff With the end of one year comes preparations for the next. In the school of art and literature prepara tions include changes in the per sonnel of the faculty, departmental work and steps by which a proba ble increase in next year’s enroll ment will be handled. The school will be without two of its leading instructors next year with the absence of Avard Fair banks, head of the department of sculpture and Virgil Hafen, instruc tor in the department of fine arts. Professor Fairbanks will spend next year in Europe, the visit being made possible by his winning of the Gu genheim scholarship. A man has not defenitely been found to take his place but negotiations are under way to try to procure Henry Cam den, Yale graduate and winner of the Home prize. Mr. Camden is con sidered by Dean T. J. Meek of Yale as one of the promising young sculptors in the East. He received the Rome prize three years Jago and has been studying at the American Academy of Rome ever since. Hafen Goes to Utah .Professor tiaien will be m spring field, Utah, next year where he ex pects to have a school of his own. Springfield is one of the coming art centers of the West and is fa miliar to Mr. Hafen. Although it has not yet been definitely decid ed just who will fill the vacancy made by his resignation the school has in view Kenneth E. Hudson, a graduate of Yale in fine arts. Mr. Hudson has studied for a year and a half under the guidance of Eu gene Savage, one of America’s out standing mural painters. Savage re cently did the mural decoration of the Elk’s Memorial in Chicago with the assistance of Hudson. He has been very generous in his praise of Hudson’s work. Aside from these two positions the addition of four graduate assistants is being considered. The school has recommended for this work, Beat rice Towers for the department of sculpture, Anna Keeney for crafts, Nellie Best for painting, and Frank Roehr for architecture. There will be three who will take work in the school next year for their master’s degrees. Mary Kirkwood will study for her masters in painting, Mar garet Skavlan for a master’s in scultpure and Mrs. Vera McGinty for a masters in fine arts. V. Keeney First Grad The first student to graduate from the five-year course in archi tecture, given in the school of art and architecture, will be Virginia Keeney, who will graduate this year with the degree of bachelor of ar chitecture. Miss Keeney’s problem for her graduate work was Wilson Memorial which was shown in the recent exhibition of work held at the Convention of the Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Wash ington, D. C. Hazel Borders took her examina tion for her masters degree in fine arts yesterday. The school of art and architecture will have 17 graduates this year with various degrees. Four will graduate from the department of ar chitecture; seven frpm the normal arts department and six from the department of fine arts. Changes Sought Steps are also being taken to change the work of each department next year. Much of the work in sculpture will be done on models for the court in the Fine Arts building. The models will symbol ize outstanding characteristics of Prince Lucien Campbell. Avard Fairbanks has been offered the op portunity of doing the central tym panum. Students of the other departments will probably work on the mural decorations for 'the interior. The mural for the interior of the mu seum will have the meeting of the Occident and the Orient as sub ject. Courses Strengthened Applied design courses will be strengthened by additional credits, which will be given in weaving and other courses. Also the other depart ments will have additional courses and alterations. This year saw an increase of 10 per cent in the enrollment of the en tire school of art and architecture, an increase which was doubly hard on the school of architecture for it brought about a 27 per cent in crease in that already conjected de partment. A possible and very prob able increase is expected next year and the University is now forming plans to handle it. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, la.—Madame Caroline Steind ler, 76, is the oldest co-ed in the university. She i3 the mother of four children all of whom have re ceived advanced degrees from the University of Vienna. Investigations (Continued from vage one) At the end of the sophomore year, examinations should be held. “Students failing to show perman ent interest,” he said, “should ex cept in very unusual cases, receive a certificate for their first two years’ work, and be discouraged from spending more of their own or the faculty’s time on further efforts toward a college education.” This has a familiar note. So also has a report from the University of Iowa, where, in the department of English, an honors system has been ! instituted providing the recommend ed honors-student, necessarily an up perclassman, with hitherto unhoped for privileges. Students may attend the honors course without being re sponsible for the regularly required work, they will be given freedom regarding class attendance, and sim ilar privileges will be granted. These are but two examples, cited because of their particular bearing on the Oregon plan. There are many other angles. However, let it be remembered that it is not so much any certain suggested plan, such as the honors system or the junior col lege, that is marking this as one of the most important movements in present day education, as it is the fact that all these things manifest an awakening among students them selves to their own needs. This is something new, and it is bringing comment from educators and from editors everywhere. As Professor Edward Meade Earle remarked before 300 delegates of New York campus organizations the other day, “It is surprising that students have taken an interest in the curriculum, and that the fac ulties have taken student opinion into consideration.” In a second article of this series, the phases of the movement more re mote from this particular Oregon system those things which consti tute wnat the New York World calls the “revolt which is going on in colleges and universities all over the country and cannot be disre garded,” will be taken up. At pres ent, it is well to consider manifesta tions of the movement in various in stitutions of especial interest to Oregon. First, the Pacific Coast. Stanford University has announced the adop tion of a policy whereby only junior college graduates and students of equivalent standing will be admit ted to the University. “The Uni versity should be the place where the few that actually want higher learning can get it,” remarks the Stanford Daily. “A two-year gen eral course in a junior college is about all that a majority of the high school graduates want. They do not care about the learning. They want a sweater with a black letter on it, baggy trousers, and the Alpha Alpha Alpha fraternity pin. It can be arranged comfortably for these things to be obtained at a junior college.” Stanford is establishing junior colleges as a substitute for the first two years in accordance with this spirit. By January 1, 1934, there will be no lower division students in that university. On the Atlantic Coast, at Yale there is a general and thoughtful student movement toward honor courses for men who wish to do speaial Work in connection with their course. At Dartmouth, stu dents carrie'd on a careful investiga tion and suggested a number of changes in curriculum, many of which were adopted, as did students at Yassar, whose efforts brought about a change in the plan of courses. At Nebraska, a junior college is suggested, the lecture method is as sailed, compulsory attendance in particular cases is deplored, and other asserted academic ills pointed out. An indication of the broad viewpoint adopted by these students is shown in this report, for the in vestigators, in urging the elimina tion of too many choices in group requirements, would place a ban on themselves in this regard. In the second article, there will be discussed the angles of this movement as roughly indicated in the following excerpt from the New York World: “The proportions of this revolt cannot be disregarded. In one col lege there is a revolt against stupid courses, in another against abridg ment of freedom of speech, in an other against the cheap commercial ism of endowment drives, in an other against official interpretations of American history.” UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Milwaukee, Wis.—The Hillel Foun dation is offering $200 in prizes to the winners of the three contests which it is sponsoring this month. The contests are for essays, ser mons, and plays. Howe Flays Emerald Editorial Policy; Says Paper Slanders The University Class Discussion Turns Into Attack on Student And Faculty Actions of Past Year “There hasn’t been a single or iginal idea expressed in the editorial columns of the Emerald this year. I can put my finger on the source of every idea, and many of them have been exploded long ago.” This was a part of the tirade which Professor II. C. Howe made Tuesday, in his English Survey class, against the present editorial policy of the Emerald, and the school of journalism. “In the last year there has been more slander against the University in the Emerald than in all the out side papers of the state combined.” The Emerald, he said, should not be used merely as a “laboratory for the school of journalism,” or as “the plaything of the editor.” “It is not necessary that an edi tor be experienced in journalism, as was suggested in today’s paper. His only duty on a paper like the Em erald is to determine the editorial policy. The other work can be left to his assistants. “The Emerald was published be fore there was a school of journalism on the campus. Many schools which have no journalism department, have papers just as good or better than ours. “I am perfectly satisfied with the ; present editorial policy because it expresses faculty views. However, I know that student opinion some times clashes with that of the fac ulty, and I do not believe that the Emerald expresses student opinion.” Professor Howe stated that the editorial dealing with Rollins col lege, whose president suggested that athletics be put on a commercial basis, intimated that our athletics are not clean. He refuted this sug gestion on the basis of his fifteen years as supervisor of athletics. “Do you think that an editor who has betrayed the trust of his stu dent body should be paid? If we don’t pay the captain of the foot ball team, why should we pay the editor of the Emerald. Isn’t it enough honor to be editor?” As an example of the asserted harm that the present editor had done through the paper, he cited the example of the scholarship commit tee. “The scholarship committee was used as a catspaw by the faculty to ' accomplish certain objectives. They j knew the students might object; so I they got them to ask for the reor- j ganization which the faculty wished, i The faculty told the student com- | mittee what to recommend and they recommended it,” he said. He objected that the committee’s division of college men and women into students, studiers, and pupils, which was supported by the Emer ald, gave outsiders the idea that there are only about half a dozen j students and that the others might j as well go home and cut down ex- j penses. “Which is more interesting: the j work in this class or the election of j an editor?” was the question which introduced the hour’s discussion. “Here’s an opportunity to apply *those things which you have learned here.” He asked members of the class how they could decide from their knowledge of Carlyle who would make the best editor. “By this sin cerity,” was the reply, “which Car lyle states is determined by orig inality, defined as a refusal to walk in formulas and hear-says.” Honoraries Hold Ceremonies for New Members, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi Have Initiation for Elected Group President Arnold Bennett Hall of the University of Oregon and Charles H. Carey, prominent Port land attorney and writer of Oregon history, were initiated last evening as honorary members of the Oregon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, nation al honorary scholastic society, to gether with twenty-eight undergrad uate members-elect chosen by the chapter at its regular spring meet ing. Simultaneously, the Oregon chapter of Sigma Xi, national hon orary scientific research society, was initiating nine new members and sixteen associate members. The in itiation was followed by a joint banquet of the two organizations in the Woman’s building attended by about 150 members, new and old, and guests. The address of the evening was made, in the women’s gymnasium, by Dr. Ira B. Cross, professor of economics in the Uni versity of California, to a joint meeting of both societies, on “The Superstition of Education.” The banquet, at which the serious was enlivened by frequent flashes of humor and some of the latest stories, was presided over by Dr. Donald Barnes, professor of history. Greetings from Sigma Xi were given by Dr. W. E. Milne, professor of mathematics, a member of both or ganizations. The response for Sigma Xi was given by Theodore C. Ruch, member of the class of 1927, who also is affiliated with both organ izations. Phi Beta Kappa greetings were given by Professor Charles E. Carpenter, president of the local chapter. Responses were made by. Hugh L. Biggs, late student body president, for the undergraduate in itiates, and by Judge Carey and Dr. Hall for the honorary members. Following is the list of Phi Beta Kappa initiates: Alumnus—Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, 1901. Active—S o 1 Abramson, Lewis Beeson, Philip T. Bergh, Bertha O. Bodine, Extor Bossatti, Sante Cani paroli, Margaret Clarke, Richard L. Collins, Ruth Griffith, Margaret A. Jackman, Olga M. Jackson, Bertram Jessup, Faith J. Kimball, Frances L. Lamb, Ethyl H. Marks, Marion Morton, Lester G. Oehler Miriam K. Olds, Hilda J. Olsen, Zelma Z. Sau vain, Helen R. Shinn, Wilmer C. Smith, Harold C. Sox, Margaret B. Swan, Effie May Tolle, David S. Turteltaub, Edmund A. Veazic, Frank A. Wilson. The Sigma Xi list follows: Active—Herman Austin Scullen, SUMMER SCHOOL Enrollment dates; Monday, June 6, 13, 20. You have your choice of a regular course, or special work. Ask for particulars. It’s a good school, and the rates are reasonable. EUGENE BUSINESS COLLEGE A. E. Roberts, President. ■phone 666 992 Willamette St. Eugene, Oregon assistant professor of entomology, Oregon Agricultural College; Jessie Laird Brodie, University of Oregon Medical School; John C. Brougher, University of Oregon Medical School; Alton Gabriel, Donald P. Grettie, Herald T. Nokes, Univer sity of Oregon Medical School; Ben I. Phillips, University of Oregon Medical School; Adolf P. von Hun gen, University of Oregon Medical School; John L. Wilson. Associate—P a u 1 S. Billington, Winifred E. Bradway, William H. Bunch, Eugene Callaghan, Vasily D. Kniaseff, Edward A. LeCoq, Law rence E. Loveridge, Ralph L. Luph er, S. James Newson, Theodore C. Ruch, Manuel E. Souza, Harold C. Sox, Jon V. Straumfjord, Mary r. Sutton, Ray Treasher, Ralph Tuck. Classified Ads THE * PERSONS who took three overcoats from the S. E. corner of McArthur court, Saturday night, are suspected. Please return to Emerald Business office and no questions will be asked. 24-5-6-7 FOR RENT—My five room fur nished home. Adults only. $40. Phone 1653R, 1466 East 13th Ave. Mrs. Dram. m24-25-26-27 TYPING WANTED—Thesis or term papers. Phone 2723J. m24 to 28 LOST—Gold ring with amethyst set with Masonic crest engraved in the stone. 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Plans for carrying mt the work of the committee are iractically formulated, and will be innounced later in the week with he complete list of workers in the novement. The twelve heads named by the •ommitteo chairman are: Grace Fleming, Agnes Chipping, Werdna [sbel, Marion Anderson, Martha Swafford, Edna Ellen Bell, Charlotte ?arll, Ruth Burcham, Olive Banks, Cirginia Manning, Nancy Peterson, tnd Gladys Calef. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, 111.—Co-eds use baseball catcher’s pneumatic chest protec tors while learning to dive. Mrs. Katherine Whitney Curtis, instruc tor, says that most girls are afraid that they will hurt themselves if they dive and that the chest pro tector does away with fear. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown, W. Va.—Workingmen have discovered a number of rare coins of Spanish and American mintage, dating from 1719 to 1811. The theory has been advanced, by university authorities, that they were buried here by Indians who had stolen them in raids. Picnic Goods at The Campus Grocery Phone 578-R UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, Minn.—Tho board of regents has accepted the resigna tions of three more professors and two assistant professors. The res ignations become effective at the end of the school year. UNIVERSITY OF TASHKENT, Moscow, Russia.—Nickolas Naraoff, 18, has just been appointed to a full professorship. He entered the university at the age of 10 and was graduated when he was 14. UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA, Bloomington, Ind.—Rumors that classes will be dismissed on account of the influenza epidemic are un founded, according to the university physician. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Itha ca, N. Y.—The first American per formance of “The Celebrity” will bo presented by an all Cornell pro fessional cast Tuesday night. The I proceeds will be shared by the War Memorial and Clubhouse Funds. You’d Be Surprised At the quick service anti good results you get by sending your laundry to us. 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