UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1929
VOLUME XXX
NUMBER 7G
Tryouts for
j
Cinema Role
In McArthur
^ Test Pictures to Bo Shown
When Film Makes Debut
On (lainpus Spring Term
Mao Tobin Appointed
Chairman of Test Ads
Bea Milligan Fists Fenders
For House Tieket Sales
From 11ip offices of tin' tlireo di
"roctoi's of i lie campus movie, vvtio
si f in tlioic cliairs ami discuss
makeup, s e r e e n
tests, p’e/nsom
ities, millimole
props, seeues, n
what not, cool
tlio news j h ;
every person w
^ tric*s out for 1
movie this we
end, will nppe
o n 1 li e screen^
when the picture^
makes its dehwt •
on the e a m p u
spring term. These ^
tryouts will take
place at the movie
Ron Hubbs
studio in McArthur court r rmay
afternoon and all day Saturday
of this week. To cover the expenses
of makeup and film, according to
lion IIabbs, business manager, each
screen test will cost 50 cents.
Alien A!('Tarty, in charge of the
screen tests, has appointed Alae
Tobin as chairman of the screen
test, advertising poster contest. A1
Kives and Dorothy Com pie arc in
charge of signs.
Chance for Originality
This contest offers a great chance
for originality on the part of the
campus artists and cartoonists,”
dim Daley said. “Three free
screen tests will be given to those
people who turn in the three best
posters. The posters must In* turned
in to Mae Tobin by Thursday noon.”
Those who have entered tli^e con
test so far, according to McCarty,
are : Hilt ITendergast, Doug Good
rich, Clare Warren, Paul Forsythe,
Martha Stevens, Kay McGee, Bud
Dunham, Claire Hartman, Bob War
ner, Bob Keeney, Dorothy Chap
man, Bessie Darling, and Dorothy
Mutzig.
Men to Conduct Congestion
Moil who will net as policemen in
directing 111o traffic, at 1 ho igloo
(luring th(> tryouts arc: Fruit Fcltor,
chairman; Josh Reynolds, 1,'Colly Slo
cum, Raley Peterson, Stewart Ral
ston, and Frank Ison. Phyllis Van
Kiimmdl is in charge of publicity
for the screen tests.
Leonard Thomson is in charge of
the . ticket sale, wit'll the following
committee under him: Dean Croatli,
Frank Learned, Gladys Thomcn,
Elizabeth Strain, and Dorothy Pun
can.
Maguire Handles Slogan Contest
Shirley Maguire is in charge of
the contest for Ihe best ndvertis-1
ing slogan for the screen tests. All
slogans must be submitted to her •
by Thursday noon. The person sub
mitting tbe slogan which will be
^.used will be given a free screen test.
Representatives in the balls and
houses who will be in charge of
thi> ticket sales, announced by Boa
Milligan: Alpha Tati Omega, Bud
Bonham; Delta Tau Delta, Harry
Wolf; I’hi Gamma Delta, Rosser At
knison; Beta Theta Pi, Jack Jones;
Chi Psi, Ralph Owens; Phi Kappa
I’si, Bob Foster; Sigma Nn, Wal
ter Norblad; Kappa Sigma, Love
McGee; Psi Kappa, Bruce Titus;
Theta Phi, Louis Dammascli; Sigma
Clii, Hal Anderson; Phi Delta Theta,
‘‘Wig” Fletcher; Delta Epsilon,
Jack Paige; Sigma Ppii Epsilon,
Joe Frock; Friendly hall, Perry
Douglas; Alpha liall, Bill Grib
ler; Gamma hall, 11. Barnard; Sigma
(Continued on J'npn Thrm)
| Rifle Team Cives
Washington Battle
T ei i Ores' o li Students
Vlaco on Searing l.ist
The intercollegiate rifle matcli
hcbl last week rosultoil in n close
victory for the Vnivorsify of Wash
ington, according to a comparison
of the scores. Tlio scores wore:
Vniversity of Washington, ”7 01):
T'nivvrsity of Oregon, llf> 10, Wash
ington winning In- tilt points. Ore
gon's total was iio-1, bettering tlio |
first contest of last year by Vi.'! ;
points, but the northern team shot
from but three, positions; namely, j
prone, hne-ding, amt standing, ami
(Oonlinuetl on Page Two)
Great Interest
Seen in Frosli
Reading Contest
P11 h 1 i s li ers, Universities
Write for Information;
Sixty Dollars in Prizes
Tim freshman reading contest be
ing conducted by tlm university li
brary ami co-operative store is at
' trading nmcli attention from both
university and publishing sources,
Mabel A. McClain, head of the com
mittee to judge the essays, declared
yesterday.
(.'delta Nation, librarian of the
Kansas Stale Teachers’ college, at
Pittsburg, Kansas, has written sev
eral letters inquiring as to the rides
and method of promoting the con
test. Who is especially interested
in the plan to encourage freshman
ren d i ng.
The National Association of Book
Publishers, through its executive
secretary, Marlon Humble, has mani
fested interest in the plan.
“We know of no other college
which has tried such a plan and we
hope you will be sure to write us
about your results,’’ their letter
reads.
Query's have also been received
from the University of Washington,
which hopes to use the information
gained in a statistical survey.
The contest, for freshmen only,
is to ho an essay on the subject,
“Books I have read during the year
and what they have meant to me.”
The reading is to date from October
1, 192S and continues to October
10, 192!). Three prizes totalling $60
will be given by the judging com
mit tee.
Short Story Contest
Deadline Advanced
Timelier Asks for Scripts
On or Before March 1
The . deadline for manuscripts
competing in tlu; Edison Marshall
short, story contest lias been, ex
tended from February Id to March
1, according to Professor W. F. G.
Timelier, professor of short story
ayd advertising.
This rvas done because there were
not enough manuscripts turned in
to justify awarding the prize,
which is $50, to a story from such a
small group.
“It. looks to mo like a mighty
easy $50 running around loose,”
said Professor Timelier.
Manuscripts must be handed to
him on or before March 1, and they
must tie typewritten, double-spaced,
and on one side of tiie paper. For
the convenience of the judges, two
copies of each story will lie re
quired. A good carbon copy will
be satisfactory for the second copy.
The name of the contestant is not
to be written on any part of the
manuscript, but must be handed in
separately in an envelope with the
title of the story on the outside.
Professor Timelier again states
that any student enrolled on the
campus is eligible for the contest.
Prof. Lewis Tells of Life os Slum
Worker, Harvest Hand, and Collegian
By BOBBY REID
Curing Italian “bambinos” of
rickets in tlio Chicago slums, hang; j
ing around the hoh:> jungles filled
with r. W. \V. following a harvest;
crew through the middle west, and
attending the University of Illinois
in between trips, comes all in the;
life time of Leslie Lewis, now a!
professor in the English department ^
of the University of Oregon.
‘‘I have a 1 wavs been interested1
in social problems and criminology, ' '
said lUr. Lewis, settling down in his
swivel char, “so one summer I de-;
eided to spend my time in the
slums. Although many of my col
lege friends lived in Chicago, I went
straight to the ienement district.
The place I picked out was at the
junction of the Greek and Italian
quarters; nearby in one direction
was tile dune Adams' Hull house.
and in the other a ghetto. I didn’t
want to affiliate ravself with the
organized slum workers, but 1 want
ed to do something more personal
and on my own hook. I luing around
several days, and finally landed a
‘good’ job as second cook in an
atrocious rest raurant. Little by
little l wore down the antagonism
against an intruder, and they ac
cepted me a > one of them. I gained
admission to the baseball gambling
dens and Italian beer halls. They
took me in. in other words.”
Mr. Lewis related a story about
one teriffieally hot afternoon in
August, hot as it only can bo in
Chicago when the lake breeze is
quiet. Dulled by the heat, the
people were sitting apathetically on
sidewalks, steps and iron railings. lie
noticed a woman, wandering as if iuj
(Continued on Page Two)
New Theta Chi
House Starts
Immediately
#48,000 Structure W ill Re
Completed August 15;
Lot at 19lli ami Potter
Wltileliouse ami Stein
Arcliiieet ami Rtiilder
Five-foot Fireplace; Wide
Front Hall Are Features
Finn] approval of Ihe building
Mini t'inanriMl plans of; it In1 new
$4S,000 Theta (’lii fraternity house
has been grantel by university au
thorities, and excavation is under
way. ‘surveyors have been at work
on the property for several days,
and the building will be completed
August lii.
Architecture is of the Fjiglish
Manor type, with the full sweep of
the roof broken by two dormers.
The front, facade is eighty feet
across, and the hall is twenty-two
feet wine. The house is three stories
high, bricked to tlio second story
line, from where it is half-timbered
to the roof. The briek, the timber,
and the underlay will be ’done in
blending shades. A heavy oak tim
ber beam is over the front door
way, a feature which combines with
the general tone of the architec
tural theme.
Full French 'w.indows will light
both the living room and the dining
room, those in the front room being
stained glass lined with lead strips.
In addition to the full front porch
on the sou 1 li, there is a covered
porch facing west.
Architects Named
Tlu' architects are a Portland
firm, Morris (1. Whitehouse & As
sociates, ami designing'was done by
Karl M. Noivborry, who is connect
ed with that firm. Hoy Stein, Eu
gene, is the contractor.
The structure, which is being built
on a double lot at Nineteenth and
Potter streets facing south will
house approximately -10 men in two
man rooms. There are also two
guest rooms and a cook's room on
the lower floor. Pormitories arc
four in number, each one contain
ing five double beds, on tlie plan
of the new men’s dorm.
The basement has a large chap
ter room, with built-in benches
around the walls. There is also a
storage room for trunks, and a large
amount of excavated space available
for other purposes. The heating
plant is an automatic hog-fuel burn
er, a type of plant which has proved
very successful in other instances.
Large Fireplace Planned.
The living room has a five-foot
fireplace, three feet . deep. This is
large enough to accommodate cord
wood without sawing. Furniture
throughout will lie in' accord with
the general architectural tone of
the house.
Study rooms will each be equipped
with two built-in dressers and mir
rors, furnished with two study
tables and chairs, with closets for
each man.
Mrs. George P. Hitchcock will
supervise interior decoration.
Theta Chi fraternity was founded
at Norwich university, Northfield,
Vermont, April 10, 1856, and the
Oregon chapter, Alpha Sigma, was
installed on this campus, March 7,
1923.
Prominent active and alumni
members of the chapter include
Professor George S. Turnbull of the
school of Journalism, Professor TTar
old 11. Croslnnd of the psychology
department, and Hal F. TToss, re
cently elected secretary of state.
* * *
Members of Sigma Chi fraternity
moved into their new structure at
Eleventh and Hilyard Monday.
Educators’ Ethical
Aim Topic of Article
II. Tuttle Writes Editorial
For Teachers’ Journals
There is a challenging gap bo
tween the ethical aim of educators
and its realization, Professor Harold
S. Tuttle, of the school of education,
assorted in an editorial that ap
peared in tlie January issue of Wes
tern Education on the “As an Edu
cator Thinketh” page. “To date
the simple fact is that our curricu
lum builders, while acknowledging
character to be the supreme objec
tico of education, have not yet
succeeded in producing a course of
study which will give any assur
ance of either habits, judgments, or
attitudes of distinct moral signifi
cance in flip lives of the pupils
who follow it. Jndeed theTe is
little evidence that' the materials
themselves now constituting our
course of study play any discern
able part in the volitional lifo of
the pupils who acquire them. Buell
a situation is not so much a criti
siem as a challenge,” the Oregon
professor writes.
Ton Cent Crawls
Chance to Dance
Freshmen Favor Frent:
All Foire Approval
Shine 11 ]I your dimes, boys, aml
bo sine to shine up plenty of lliom,
for tonight's t1io night you cun go
to any house and diinoo with your
secret sorrow(s). Now is the timo
for all good “oils” to come to tlio
aid of fomalo vanity, and flip Wom
en's league, and tho foreign sidiolar
all in one hour. In other words, to
night. is the night of Dime Crawl.
Heretofore, the men id' Oregon
have risen bravely to the occasion,
and it is certain, according to the
(Continued on Vnyr Two)
Women Athletes
Will Exhibit Skill
Al Thursday Meet
—•_
Campus and Townspeople
Invited to Witness the
Work of Gy in Classes
Annual open house of t lie de
partment of physical education for
women will ho hold February Id,
from I to ii p. in. al the Woman’s
building. “University and towns
people are invited to come,” says
Miss Florence Alden, director of the
department, “the class work is not
a finished demonstration, hut repre
sents typical work, such as students
do every day.”
Students in the physical educa
tion department, will act as guides
for fhe visitors and show them to
the various rooms of activity. Tea
will be served by the 1 Term inn club,
honorary in woman’s physical edu
cation, in the lounge room at the
west end of the building.
The program is as follows: 4:00
to I :.".0—clogging, main gymnasium,
Miss Ernestine Tro'emel; folk danc
ing, dance room. Muss Martha Hill;
intermediate swimming, pool, Miss
Phyllis (love; Lacrosse, athletic
field. Miss Louise Hodges; individ
ual gymnastics, individual gym,
Miss Harriet Thomson.
d:.'!0 to 5:00—-tumbling and stunts,
main gym, Miss Phyllis dove;
rhythmics, dance room, Miss Mar
tha Hill; life saving, pool, Miss
Ernestine Troemel; individual gym
nastics, individual gym, Miss Har
riet Thomson.
5:00 to 5:50—intramural basket
ball, main gym, seniors vs. juniors,
frosh vs. sophomores; open swim
ming hour, pool; ping pong, dance
ro'on; tenikoits and badminton, in
dividual gymnasium.
Bishop Waller Sunnier
Will Speak at Assembly
Men Students to Confer
Willi Him on Thursday
Bishop Walter Sumner of Port
land, bishop of the Episcopal chijrrh
in the state of Oregon, will be
the main speaker at the assembly
which will bn held Thursday morn
ing at 11 o’clock in the Woman’s
building.
For the past fifteen years Bishop
Sumner has made annual visits to
the University of Oregon and lias es
tablished friendly contacts with
many of the students. Thursday he
Will have .individual clonfelrjrnees
with tlie men Jon the campus from
1:30 to fibiO, o’clock at the Y. M.
0. A. Tuesday morning he held
short talks with a number of uni
versity women at the Y. W. 0. A.
Bishop Sumner stated Tuesday that
he was very desirous that students
having religious problems or wish
ing some other advice make it, a
point to have a conference with
him at the hours set.
Bast Sunday Bishop Slimier read
at the weekly vespers program at
the school of music auditorium.
Tuesday ho spoke at the Eugene
high school assembly and last week
at the University high school stu
i dent assembly.
Professor Douglass
To Speak in Cleveland
When the National Educational
association meets in Cleveland,
Ohio, February 21 28, Dr. Hail I’.
Douglass, professor of education in
the University of Oregon, now on
/i year’s leave of absence, will be
one of the divisional speakers. Dr.
Douglass will address the superin
tendents’ and college division, talk
ing on “Research in College Train
ing.”
On March 28 Dr. Douglass will
speak before the Eastern Commer
cial Teachers’ association at the
Benjamin Franklin hotel in Pbila
delphia on “Principles of Curricu
lum Making in Junior and Senior
high schools.”
Ho is a professor at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania this year, his
position at Oregon being filled by
Dr. Nelson L. Bossing.
Delta Gamma
Leads House
Scholarship
Plii Kappa Psi Ait First
Among Men's Groups:
Phi Sigs Come Second
Sorority Average Tops
Fraternities by f>• ."> 1
Co-eds Take First Figlileen
Places on Grading last
Delta On in inn, women’s orgnniza
t ion, lends eainpns organizalions in
seliolastie ratings fpr the full term,
10-8-2!), having received n 00. (H)
point, average, according to statis
tics compiled by the registrar’s
office. Second place was won ln
Kappa Kappa (lamina, sorority,
with an average of 4!>.S4, followed
li.v Alpha Delta I’i. women’s house,
with an average of 40.74.
Phi Kappa Psi, receiving an aver
age of 44.-It), leads in scholastic rat
ings for men’s houses, followed by
Phi Sigma Kappa with aa average
of P.,47 and Sigma Pi Tan with an
average of 4.'!.10. The all women
average was I l.7d, and the all men
:!(>.!) 1.
New Scale Adopted
A new scale recommended bv the
American Association of Collegiate
Registrars, is used this year lo com
pnto the ratings, according to the
registrar. The all university aver
age of 40..", 1 was chosen ns a, moan,
allowing 1 liroe divisions of grades
to fall above and three divisions to
fall below lliis mean. To compute
the' rating t he ’grading system is ar
ranged so 1 lint an hour of I counts
five points; an hour of IT, four
points; an hour of 111, three points;
an hour of IV, two points; and an
hour of V, one point.
Heretofore each university has
used a different form of compula
tion but 'the adoption of the new
system recommended by the Amer
ican Association of Collegiate Reg
istrars does much to facililato
matters*
Naomi Holiman on Top
I mli vidn.ils roooiving tho highest,
points worn, for women,' Naomi
lloliman, with a total of SO; Helen
Alihans, with a total of 82.5; and
Barbara .Tan/'on, with a total of 82.
Jack llompstoad, Phi Kappa Psi,
lod tho men with a total of 8(1; fol
loivod bv Glen L. Minard and Don
ald Smith, both roooiving totals of
79; and .Tamos W. Coombs with a
total of 7.8 points.
Tho list of honsi's in tho ordor of
tlioir ratings is as follows: 1. Dolta
Gamma, 50.00; 2. Kappa Kapnn
Gamma, 49.81; .T. Alpha Dolta I’i,
49.74; 4. Alpha, Chi Omega, 49.58;
5. Alpha Dili, 49.45; (i. Kappa Alpha
Thota, 49.19; 7. Sigma Kappa, 48.(15;
8. Alpha Gamma D.-lla, 48.Df; 9.
Chi Didta, 411.r«8; 10. Chi Omoga,
40.55; 11. Alpha Omioron Pi, 40.84 ;
12. Alpha Xi Dolta, 4(1.17.
15. Susan Campboll Hall, 45.5(1;
14. Dolta Dolta Dolta, 45.52; 15.
Hendrielcs hall, 45.45; 1(1. Gamma
Nn, 45.54; 17. Kappa Dolta, 45.20;
18. Pi Bota Phi; 44.05; 19. Phi
Kappa Psi, 44.49; 20. Phi Mu, 44.00;
21, Dolta Zota, 45.92: 22. T’lii Sigma
Kappa, 4.8.47; 28. Sigma Pi Tan,
48.10; 24. Dolta Epsilon, 42.82; 25.
Alpha Bota Chi, 42.29; 20. Orogon
oliib, 42.22: 27. Gamma Phi Bota,
42.12: 28. Phi Dolta Thota. 40,(15;
29. Tliroo Arts oltib, .89.50; 80.
Gamma hall, 88.04.
Chi Psi Listed
81. Chi Psi, 37.9(1; 32. Bota Thota
Pi, 57.91; 33. Phi Gamma Dolta,
37.88; 48. Omoga hall. 57.29; 35.
Alpha Tan Omoga. 37.25; 3(1. Sigma
Nu, .80.3.3; 37. Alpha hall, 30.17;
38. Thota Chi. 30.05: 89. Sherry
Boss hall, 35.78; 40. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, 8.5.00; 41. Eriondly hall,
35.00; 42. Sigma Chi. 34.03; 4.3. Psi
Kappa, 84.51; 4 1. Sigma Phi Epsi
lon, 34.30; 45. Sigma hall, 54.22; 46.
Kappa Sigma. 38.09; 47. Delta Tan
Dolta, .3.3.41; 48. Bacholordon, 33.83;
49. Zota hall, 33.00; 50. Alpha Ep
silon, 29.85.
Varsity Schedules
Two Practice Debates
Men Meet Ashland Normal,
Weber College of Utah
Two pro o' ice debates to get the
men’s varsity teams in good form
for the regular season have been
scheduled for February “8 and
March both contests !o be staged
here, it. was announced by J. K.
Horner, debate coach, yesterday.
On Febrinwy 28, an affirmative
team from the Ashland Normal
school will meet Eugene Laird and
Ellsworth Flank on the question
“Resolved, that the (jury system
should be abolished.”
March 3, a negative team from
Weber college, Ogden, Utah, will
meet an affirmative from Oregon
on the same question. The men
who will debate Weber college have
not yet been selected. The team
from Ogden is on a tour, the coach
said.
World's Record Sel
By Northwestern Team
J
In Medley Relay invent
By JOE PIGNEY
Northwestern university officially bettered the world’s
record in the llOl) yard medley relay last night. The midwestern
team, swimming easily under the close competition offered bv
three unattached Oregon freshman stars, Frank Walton, Tommy
Blankenburg and Mae Miller, lowered the record by more than
two seconds.
The record was established by tin' Illinois Athletic club
April 4 Itl'JS. The Northwestern trio swam the course in
IS :0:U, w hich is an unusual time compared with the former
record of o :0b.(i. Each of the three eastern swimmers, Don
Speakers Named
For Fraternity
Diseiissions
Y. M. C. A. Sponsors Sixllt
Annual Series of Talks
F o r College Students
Eighteen liicii, iueluding faculty
members, ;i pastor, n priost, n Hindu
student, mid u lieutenant, wt're se
leeted ns speakers for llii' sixth
I'onsi'i’ut i vi' il i sou ss ion primp lit'lil
dm tin- I'linipus iiiuli'r llu> imspii't's
of tlio Y. M. A., according to 1111
announcement of llnl Anderson,
i- li:i i r ni:i 11, and his committeemen,
.1 iin Sharp, Walter Evans, and I'liil
11 a ill mo ml. Siilijee I s iiii'lmle Slleli
topics as science and religion,
spur I sin a nsh ip, prohibit inn, individ
uality, morality.
These discussion groups, which
have the twofold purpose of help
ing students with the problems that
confront, them, and of enabling stu
dents and professors to heroine more
closely aeipiuinted, were begun last
night at the various houses, and
will continue for the next three
Tuesdays, Vebrunry 19, L’ti, and
March I. hlacli organization will
have bill three speakers.
Scott Discusses Morals
IF. A. Scott, v.'Fio will discuss
“Morals and Athletics,” is a pro
fessor in (lie men's physical educa
tion department, and lias just re
ceived liis doctor’s degree from Co
lumbia university. “The Relation
of Clothes to Morality” is the sub
ject of .1. .1. Landsbnry, dean of the
school of music, who took a tour
of the South Sea Islands. Singh
Sadhnrin, a Hindu student majoring
in chemistry for the purpose of
helping his fellow countrymen, will
speak on “India.”
K. (I. Moll, assistant professor in
the department of hbiglish, former
Australian football and soccer play
er, and author of “Sedge Fires,”
will speak on “The Individuality of
the College Student.” The subject,
of Max Adams, new pastor of West
minster House, who lias traveled in
India, is “The New Morality.” C.
1*1. Carpenter, dean of the law school,
will talk on “ Prohibition.” “lias
the World Outgrown Christ and
His Program'?” will be the topic, of
Father.F. P. Leipzig, newly appoint
ed pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic
church.
Davis to Speak
II. W. Davis, Y. M. C. A. secre
tary on the campus, D. O. Wright,
associate professor of Romance lan
guages, and N. Fi. Bossing, associate
professor of education, will all
speak on “The Modern Christian’s
View of the Bible.” Captain ,f. J.
McKw.'iii, coach of the football
team, will discuss “True Sportsman
ship,” and W. D. Smith, head of
the department of geology, will talk
on “Science and Religion.” The
subjects of Frnest Whitesmith, ,T.
F. Haas, and Clay Palmer, pastors
of three downtown churches, will
be respectively, “Is There an inti
mate Right and 'Wrong?” “Is One
Religion as Food as Another.’”
“Changing Sex Ideals.” A. B. Still
man, assistant professor of business
(Continued oil i’age Two)
reterson, A l Schwartz, and Pick:
Hindi, are individual national in
tercollegiate title holders. Hindi is
the loO-yard had; stroke champion,
Schwartz tlie 100-vanl crawl, and
Peterson the r>0-yard crawl.
Northwestern’s success last night
was not confined to breaking one
world’s record. The invaders de
Blankeriburg
I on t ea Oregon m
:i. 11 un 1 moot., 4!
to ll(i, unofficially
M'olio 0110 nation
il ' iiitorcollegiato
■ecord, olid four
I Pacific coast roe
irds. In the dual
moot 1 lip Woli
toots ivoro alilo t o
.capture only one
ffirst place.
I Tlio first liii
I official record to
fall was tlic 100
yard free stylo.
I no |>rosent national 1 ntor(*on11»
uncord for this event is :52.!1, and
A1 Scl^warlz swam his heat in tin’
•tOO yard medley relay in :f>1.2 Tin1
riday was undoubtedly I In’ most
spectacular of the whole moot, and
the Oregon men, finishing a close
second, came within four-tenths of
a. second of equalling the world's
record set I>v I In’ I llinois Athletic
club.
Frosli Swimmers Shine
Frank Walton and Tommy BJnnk
enburg, swimming toe back stroke,
were able lo maintain an equal pace
with I’eterson and Minch of North
western. The race, however, was
decided by the flashy swimming
of AI Schwartz, who nosed out
Miller in the final heat, the free
style, of the race.
The four coast records unoffi
cially broken by the Northwestern
team were’ the 100-ynrd free style,
the -110-yard free style, and the
200-vard breast stroke and the HiO
vard relay. All these marks were
bettered in (lie regular dual meet
with (lie Webfoot varsilv.
Schwartz Betters Anderson’s Mark
A1 Schwartz, healing Jolinnv An
derson in the 100-yard free style,
also bettered Anderson’s coast
ninth set March .'!, 1 !)JS. The of
ficial Pacific, coast record of the
Oregon swimmer is :fit; flat, hut
Schwartz made the exceptional
time of :.r>I.S.
Records were no bar to the North
western swimmers and more of them
"ere. hurdled before the meet was
over. Eddie Lennox, former inter
scholastic breast stroke champion,
nosed out Charles Silverman of Ore
gon to beat the 2:40.4 Pacific coast
record for the short course held bv
('undoII of Stanford. Lennox’s time
was 2:17.
Silverman, who holds tin' coast
200-yard record for freshmen, fin
ished about three feet behind and
probably beat the coast record also.
No time was clocked on his finish,
but he swam a close second all
through the race and touched the
sole of the tank a fraction of a
second after Lennox.
Peterson Sets Mark
The third individual coast record
to go was the 110-yard free style.
l)on Peterson, who earlier in the
meet had swum on tile world cham
pion medley team, swam this even
in 0:21.1. The old record estab
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Birnet Hovey Makes Experiments
With Frogs, Worms ami Collegians
By CAROL HURLBERT
“Jump!” cried H. Biruet Hovey.
“Jump!” The five frogs jumped.
They simply leaped.
“Jump!” cried the reporter. The
freckled frogs jumped again.
“Birr!” cried the reporter. Noth
ing happened. The frogs were well
trained. They .jumped only for the
proper word. Mr. Hovey had been
training them—at least he said ho
had.
The reporter believed it. She
congratulated Mr. Hovey, and then
he laughed, lie knew that the frogs
didn’t have the sense to jump.
The frogs live in a wet, cloth
covered, metal box, connected with
electricity. When Mr. Hovey wish
es his little play-fellows to jump lie
simply turns the current on. Very
simple.
It is in the interests of science.
Mr. Hovey says so. Mr. Hovey
should know, and who is the report
er to doubt his word? -
Birnot Hovey is a graduate as
sistant. in biology. He is now con
ducting research work on the be
havior of brainless frogs, in order
to obtain his doctor's degree. He
earned his bachelor’s degree from
the I Diversity of (Jtah, and* his
master's degree from the Univer
sity of Oregon in lttL’7. Ho was
elected to membership in Sigma \i
last spring.
Last summer he conducted re
search work on the learning in
marine flatworms at the marine
station of Stanford university. Mr.
Hovey proved that tho flatworm,
the lowest form of worm there is,
is capable of responding to stimu
lation to the extent that it can be
taught, llis thesis on this is to be
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