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NUMBER 129
VOLUME XXX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON- EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929
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Prexies Hit
Proselyting
Of Athletes
Stoddard and McKoown
^ Back From Trip
In South
Honors Accorded
Oregon by Body
Adoption of Single Sports
Standard for Colleges
Brings Discussion
Tlip Pacific Student Presidents’
association at its meeting in Her
keley last week scored the proselyt
ing of athletes l>v colleges, espec
irrlly tliose in the east and middle
west who come to the const and
bid for local athletes, Joe McKeown,
president of the student body at
Oregon, who with Tom Stoddard,
* president-elect, attended the stu
dent presidents’ conclave, said.
Proselyting athletes tends to com
mercialize both the athletes find
the sports, the student presidents
found.
Many other important matters
came up for student discussion.
Among them was the possibility of
all the colleges adopting standard
ized requirements for intercollegiate
athletic competition. This, how
ever, was tabled until next year,
■when it will be discussed again at
the national meeting at Stanford.
Two honors were aeeorded Ore
gon, McKeown said. One was the
election of Tom Stoddard as vice
president of the Pacific Student
Presidents’ association, the other
was the proclaiming of the Oregon
student handbook as the best pub
lished anywhere in the United
States.
Honors Given Oregon
MeKeown and Stoddard arrived
last night and liad a world of
praise to offer for the hospitality
afforded the visitors by the Cali
fornians. Ail the visiting delegates,
of which there were about 25 in
number, were guests at the Univer
sity of California and were housed
in the new Biowles hall, which is
built on a hill overlooking the city.
Several banquets and a formal
dance were on the program for the
Visitors.
President Campbell of the Uni
versity of California greeted the
delegates Wednesday, as the open
ing meeting came to order. Later
they were taken on an inspection
tour of the California campus and
on Thursday were invited to Stan
ford, where they visited the cam
pus and attended a banquet. They
held their meeting that afternoon
at Palo Alto.
Vexing Problems Studied
“One of the vexing problems for
the presidents was the method of
differentiating sports,” said Mc
Keown, “As all sports at Oregon
gon are major, Oregon does not have
that prbblem.
“Inasmuch as there are no stan
dard major and minor sports, every
school except Oregon is flooded with
petitions from their own students,
asking some sport to be made major
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Heads Cruise
Karl VV. UntnaiiK, exvcuii.e avow
tarv of the University of Oregon, who
will direct the summer session tour,
next August, when the S. S. Queen
will take 185 students along the pic
turesque Alaskan shores.
Student Officer
Defends Purpose
of Army Training
Landstrom Feels Oregon
R.O.T.C. Excellent
Organization
Looks for Another War
Before Long
“In niv opinion the Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps is an excel
lent idea for a university,” stated
Karl Landstrom, junior in business
administration and cadet officer of
the Oregr.n unit, when asked for
his views on the student military
problem at this school which has
been the subject of much contro
versy in the columns of the Ore
gon Daily Emerald.
“Peace lias always been the pol
icy of the United States,” he went
on to explain, “and while other na
tions have always been the aggres
sors in the past, military strength
is essential for this country in order
that conflict may be avoided.”
Sees Theoretical Plant
As to the Emerald opinion that
disarmament is the short cut to
world peace, Landstrom says, “Such
a proposition is entirely too theo
retical.” Going back tcj history to
back up his statement, he is quoted,
“There has never been a period in
the history of the world in which a
war has not been fought between
some nations, and there is no rea
son to believe that the situation
should change within the next few
years. Take, for example, our own
case, we are engaged in some sort
of a scrap about every two decades
or so. f
■ “With this in mind and at the
same time the idea of being a non
militant nation, the federal govern
ment has adopted the plan of na
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Collegiate Chaff : ; By Ron Huhhs
Editorial Comment on This and That
The clear (logs, we love ’em. But
the dawgawn (or how is it spelled?)
dogs—there are simply too many.
The Board of Regents failed to
take action. So has the city dog
catcher who should take care of the
unaffiliated variety. Something
must be done. It is our suggestion
that the once quite famous Campus
(top, who so successfully curbed il
licit parking on 13th street, ibe
pressed into service. Armed with a
butterfly net and a shiny star he
should be effective ... if not quite
interesting. As a last resort some
man of action might reorganize the
Vigilantes!
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Now that the Order of the “O”
convenes at the library steps, and
the drama department on McClure
steps,* may we suggest that fall foot
ball scrimmage be held at the Ad
ministration building and Orchesis
practice its dancing on' the thistle
clad Skinner’s butte in order that
each shall be in its appropriate set
ting.
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The Green Goose hangs high . . .
about to mutter its last squawk.
The yearly scandal sheet of unsup
pressed truth is peeking through
the guillotine with a woeful look
at the basket. In short, the pub
lications committee and executive
council are considering giving the
unofficial scandal sheet the axe be
cause of certain alleged malicious
statements prominently printed in
last year’s issue. Bather a shame,
too. One does so enjoy seeing liis
enemies dissected, not to mention
the juicy inside information on his
friends. If the Green Goose fails
to muster a vote for continuation
of life, eavesdropping will be at a
premium in the College Side. One
must know the truth, even if it
be a bit garbled . . . and interest
ing.
If the Fine Arts building commit
tee had converted the proposed site
into a parking space for collegiate
Qwned cars at twenty-five cents
per driver, the perplexing problem
of finances would have been solved
long ago. At the present rate of
increase the Ad building and Con
don will most probably have to be
moved for the answer to the dean
of men’s letters . . . more cars.
Came the dawn. The buildings
were locked . . . locked as only a
night watchman can lock them
Cartie the noon . . . the turnkey stil
kept' everything intact. Came the
night . . . and with it no earressing
hand to open the door. Perhaps
someone invoked a Sunday blue law
perhaps the theater magnates had f
hand in it; perhaps the night watch
men care not to see college stu
dents toil. Anyway, the fact re
mains that the last few Sundays hai
seen a surprising number of locket
buildings, and for what reasonj
Dean Gilbert
To Be Speaker
Over KOBE
Program Includes Music
By Phi Beta on
Friday Niglit
Dr. Caswell Gives
Leeture oil Radio
Professor Explains Onuses
For Poor Reception
Over Sets
EMERALD BROADCASTS
EXTENSION DIVISION
Tonight—Talk by Dean .r. IT.
Gilbert, “Changing Concepts of
Luxury.” Program of violin nml
piano music by Esther and Ethel
Wicks.
Friday—Complete program of
music to be presented by Phi
P.i'ta, music honorary.
Dean .T. IT. Gilbert, of the college
of literature, science, and the arts,
will be the speaker on tonight’s Ex
Dean Gilbert
ll'Jlftnpi lyivinum -
Emerald broadcast
over station
K O R E at 8
o’clock. Dean Gil
[ bert’s subject will
be “ C li a n ging
Concepts of Lux
ury.”
Two violin num
, bers by Miss Es
ther Wicks, “Con
certo in G minor
(Bruch ), and
“ II u n g a r i a n
Dance” (Drdla)
will complete the
Broadcast toniglit. Miss Wicks will
be accompanied <yn the piano by her
sister, Ethel Wicks.
Gives Fading Causes
“Causes of Fading and Poor Ke
ception in Radio,” a fifteen minute
talk by Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of
the physics department, and an in
formal program of piano music by
five students of the university
school of music, were the features
<«f last night’s program.
Fading out is caused by “skip
distances,” Dr. Caswell said in his
talk. These skip distances are a re
sult of layers of electrically charged
air that are caused by the ultra
violet rays sent out by the sun.
Explains Problem
“There are two waves going out
in broadcasting,” Dr. Caswell said.
“One wave travels along the ground,
the other in the atmosphere. This
one is reflected back to the ground
at different intervals by these elec
tric layers. In some places the two
waves help each other, in others they
neutralize themselves, so that no
sound is heard.
“Skip distances depend on the
condition of the atmosphere. They
are least from noon to 2 o ’clock and
greatest at 3 in the morning.”
Friday night the regular Exten
sion Division-Emerald program will
be presented by Phi Beta, music
honorary.
Peter and Hook
Vie in Battle at
Amphibian Fete
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‘Thar She Blows’ Feature
of Swimming Club’s
Annual Program
The struggle between Peter Pan
and Captain Hook, in which Peter,
aided by the crocodile, rescues the
boys from Never Never Land from
the clutches of the pirates, fur
nished the theme of “Thar She
Blows,” annual demonstration put
on by Amphibian, women’s swim
ming honorary, last evening at 8
o’clock in the Gerlinger building.
The demonstration, which was
featured by stunt diving, formation
swimming, clogging, and natural
dancing, was one of the most diver
sified ever yiut on by the club.
Stars, wheels, anchors, anenomes,
and swatikas were a few of the un
usual formations displayed; and a
swimming drill by four “boys” was
executed with perfect rhythm.
Afton Marinelle, as Peter, fea
tured in the opening dance in a
search for her shadow. Irene Buck
ley was the crocodile, and lone
Garbe was the ert ’I Captain Hook,
Twenty members of the club appear
ed in the performance, which will
be presented again this evening.
Ernestine Troemel, advisor for
i the club, directed the exhibition;
and Mildred Wharton furnished the
musical accompaniment.
Cc mmencement
Programs Ready
Seniors May Mail Thom
W ith Announcements
Programs containing all tlio events
of commencement week can be ob
tained Thursday at the registrar’s
office, and seniors who wish to in
clude them in their invitations are
urged to secure them as soon as pos
sible.
This is the first year that these
programs have been available on
time to include them in the invi
tations. They must be called for
early so that mm can be printed
if necessary.
Campus Movie
Wants Men for
Tug of War Seene
Directorate Names All
From Houses to
Report Today
Staff Desires to Finish
Junior Week Part
Men pickcil by .Tamos F. Mc
Bride, director of tlio Campus Movie,
have been cast for close-ups in
tug-of-war scenes that will be filmed
this afternoon, Jim Raley, Carvel
Nelson, and Boa. Milligan, the direc
torate, announced yesterday. Those
selected are asked to meet at 1:.'50
o’clock this afternoon at the rail
road bridge at the foot of Kincaid
street where the original freshman
sophom/ore tug-of-war was held last
Friday morning.
The action scenes of the picture
were taken Friday but Mr. -Mc
Bride was not able in the “heat of
the battle” to get close-ups of both
sides. It is these final views that
will be filmed today. No one will
have to be pushed or pulled through
the mill race.
Chairmen of the groups have been
appointed at each living residence
and they are asked by Mr-McBride
to bo responsible for their repre
sentation, and if any men are unable
to come they should find a substi
tute.
“The men are to wear old clothes,
with jevseys or sweat shirts. Half
of them will appear as frosh and
half as sophomores,” explained Mr.
McBride. “It’s a chance for prom
inent close-ups in the movies and
the sequence will be an important
one,” he added.
The men desired follow: Alpha
Tau Omega—-Alien McCarty, chair
man; Lawrence “Squeak” Parks,
Bud Dunham, Bill Whitely, Elmer
Palil, Harold Frandorf.
Alpha Beta Chi—Lyle Laughlin,
chairman; Bob Miller, Terrence
King, Randolph Robe; Alpha Epsi
lon—Melvin Parker, chawman;
Francis Sturgis, George Anderson,
Art Johnson, Jack Durland; Bache
lordon — Day Foster, chairman;
Keith Maguire, Ken Newport, Dick
T’orrey, Morgan Hatford, Addison
Brockman.
Delta Epsilon—Charles Silverman,
chairman; Alex Tamkin, Jack Paige,
Isaac Feves; Psi Kappa—Palph Pin
ney, chairman; Howard Dirks, Don
Neer, Jack Sammons; Sigma Pi Tau
—Bob Allen, chairman; Roger Bis
well, Kenneth Owen, Wayne Em
mott, Jack Dowsett; Friendly hall—
Alum B. Williams, chairman; George
Cherry; Alpha hall—Wilbur Peter
kin, chairman; Clarence Veal, Vaw
ter Parker, Gilbert French, Eugene
Patton.
Gamma hall — Perry Douglass,
•hairman; Edwin Crebbs Moil Whis
nant; Sherry Ross—Boatner Cham
berlin, chairman; Larry Shaw,
Wayne Mulquin, Henry Dietz; Sig
ma lial!—Dorn Johns, chairman;
Raymond Sharp, Jack Cooper; Zeta
hall—Harry Tonkon, chairman; Dick
McCormick, Rex Tussing; Omega
hall—Jack Isaminger, chairman;
Stivers Vernon.
Beta Theta Pi—Bud Powell, chair
man; Ralph Penland, Francis ‘Red’
Hill. Preston Gunther, Francis An
drews; Chi Psi—Jim Bezendorf,
chairman; Paul Austin, Dick Mar
shall, Crosby Owens; Delta Tan
Delta—Carl Nelson, chairman;
Harry Wolf, Bill East, Pat Beal;
Kappa Sigma—Hal Hatton, ehair
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Women’s Interclass
Tennis Matches Start
Interclass matches f^r women’s
intramural tennis began jMondpy and
will continue for three weeks, ac
cording to Ernestine Troemel, who
is coaching the teams. The schedule
is posted at the entrance of the Ger
linger building.
Matches will be played at the con
venience of the individuals, but they
must be played before or during the
week for which they are scheduled.
1 Players must get umpires from Miss
Troemel qr Naomi Mosliberger, head
of tennis.
Oregon Grad Is Successful Author
Ernest Haycox, a graduate of Oregon in 1923, whose latest book,
“Free Grass,” has received favorable mention by eastern critics. It
is a fast moving tale of the big cattle drives of the west and the boom
days of Deadwood, and lias plenty of action and romance. It will be
followed soon by a second novel, with' the same colorful setting. Mr.
Haycox received mention in the 1928 O’Brien collection of American
best short stories, a. coveted recognition for short story writers.
Chemistry Department
Discovers New Method
There is something “new and dif
ferent” now in use up in the chem
istry department on the top floor of
McClure. It is a new use of an es
pecially sensitive thermocouple, con
structed by Dr. E. D. McAllister of
the physics department. The instru
ment looks a great deal like a small
electric light. It is an electric ap
paratus arranged so as to measure
the amount of suspended matter in
a suspension. The idea of using this
instrument in this manner was work
ed out by Dr. McAllister and Dr. R.
,T. Williams of the chemistry depart
ment and also Dick Eoehn, a grad
uate student in chemistry. The
growth of the yeast is now being
measured by this new method.
Jewett Extempore
Speaking Contest
To Be Tonight
Men Will Talk on Subject
‘Politics anti Business’;
Four Prizes Offered
Ten men will finger their tux
ties nnd look at their polished shoes
—all against the orders of J. K.
Horner, debeat eoacli—as the Jew
ett extemporaneous speaking con
test, men ’a division, enters the last
rounds in Guild hall tonight.
Af 5 o’clock At five o'clock to
day the men will begin drawing
their eupjects under the general
topic of “Politics and Business” at
ten minute intervals in order al
will begin at 8 o’clock, each last
ing ten minutes.
The men who will compete^ for
the four prizes of $.10, $15, $10,
and $5 will speak in the following
order: Arthur Potwin, Bertrand Isa
niinger, R. B. Sloan, I.eland Fryer,
Raymond Woods, W. J. Campbell,
John Nelson W. C. Heitkemper,
Kugenio Padilla, and Walter Evans.
Of the three judges who will se
lect the winners but one had been
selected last night, Earl Pallett, uni
versity registrar.
W. F. G. Thacker Judge
For Portland Exhibits
Professor W. F. G. Thacher will
serve as one of the three judges
for the advertising exhibits sub
mitted for Advertising Achievement
Day, which will be celebrated in
Portland today. The winners will
be entered in the Pacific Coast ad
vertising clubs convention at Oak
land, June 12 to 19.
Mr Thacher is professor of ad
vertising in the university, and the
local chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma
national honorary advertising fra
ternity, was named for him.
Dunn Article to be Read
Professor F. S. Dunn, head of the
department of Latin, has prepared
a paper on “Virgil’s Evidence foi
the Assassination and Deification of
Julius Caesar.” This has been sen!
to the classical society of Spokane
to be read before their Alay meeting
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Dr. C. II. Rowell
U. C. Faculty Member
Is Outstanding In
Political Science
Speaker is Recommended
Highly by Dr. Hall
T)r. Chester Harvey Rowell, a
member of the University of Cali
fornia faculty, will address the stu
dent body at the weekly assembly
Thursday morning. Dr. Rowell
writes regularly for several maga
zincs and is an authority on politi
cal science aiid educational subjects.
President Hall in speaking of Dr.
Rowell, said yesterday, “I have
known him for many years and
have always regarded him as the
outstanding political speaker upon
the Pacific coast. Ho has that happy
combination of profound scholarship
and exceptional platform ability
that makes him sought after the
world over. At the Institute of
Pacific Relations in Honolulu two
years ago he was easily the most
powerful orator among the group of
distinguished representatives of all
the great nations interested in the
Pacific.
“Ever since hearing him there it
has been my desire to bring him to
tjic L'nivorsity of Oregon and this
has been the first opportunity to
get him here. Ho is a regent at
the University of California, a spe
cial lecturer at Stanford, a jour
nalist of national reputation and a
man who never speaks without
making a real contribution to the
subject lie discusses. I hope to see
the assembly crowded to the doors,
for those who stay away will be
sorry when they learn what they
missed.”
Dr. Rowell will also address the
Phi Beta Kappa initiation banquet
tomorrow evening, on the subject,
“The Unset.”
Will Appear at
Assembly Hour
Senior in Biology
Receives Appointment
Llewellyn Ross, senior student as
sistant in the biology department,
has recently received an appoint
meat to Scripts Institution of Ocea
nography at LuJolla, California. He
will take the position of research
assistant for Dr. I'. B. Sumner who
is a professor of biology. The ap
pointment is for one year. Mr. Ross
will receive his B. A. at the Uni
versity of Oregon this June.
Burt Brown Barker
To Speak at Dinner
An informal get-together dinner
for Oregon alumni, former students
of the university and their husbands
or wives will be given at 6:.'10,
Thursday, May 1(5, at the Chandler
hotel in Marshfield, Oregon. Hurt
Brown Barker, vice-president of the
university will be guest of honor
and speaker. Chester Huggins,
member of the class of 191-1, will
be toastmaster.
Classes Name
Candidates to
Run for Office
Freshmen lo Study Type
of Trousers They
Will Wear
Laird and Nelson
Want Presidency
Elections Will be Tuesday
In Villnrd Hall; Many
Attend Meetings
Eugene Laird and Carl Nelson
will vie for the presidency of next
voar’s senior class, while Ken 1 ony
and Hill Whitely compete for the
same office in the .junior class, and
John Krdley and .lack Stipe in Mie
sophomore class, according to the
dominations made last night at
meetings of Ihe respective classes.
Elections will lie held next 1 uosday
in Villar«l hall.
The most interesting of the meet
ings was that of this year’s fresh
men, who, in contrast to the .juniors
who filled only a few seats in the
hack of Villa rtl assembly, filled
Guild hall to overflowing and
thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Tom
Handley, freshman, was appointed
a committee of one to investigate
if whip cord would he suitable ma
terial for sophomore trousers, sug
gested at the meeting. The fresh-,
man picnic will he held Sunday. Ihe
sophomores postponed their picnic,
which was to he given Saturday,
but no definite date has been set.
Laird a Debater
Eugene Laird has been a debater
for three years, anil was general
chairman of Junior Shine day. Carl
Nelson, his opponent for the presi
dency of the senior class, was a
Greater Oregon representative ’in
Portland last year. Eleanor Poor
man and Beryl Harrah are rivals for
the vice-presidency. Eleanor Poor
man had charge 'of the banquet
last week for Mother's Day and has
served on the varsity debating team.
Beryl Hurrah was secretary for the
campus day and canoe fete director
ates.
There was only one nomination
for secretary of the senior class, Ed
wins. Qrebei. Miss Grcbel was sec
retary of the Junior Vodvil and sec
retary for the 1029-110 Greater Ore
gon committee.
Orville Bredthauer and Ramsey
McDonald were nominated for sen
ior class sergennt-nt-aruis. Wilfred
Brown and Avis Seines are can
didates for ( lass barber. Walt Nor
hind was named to run against
Brown and Seines, but declined the
nomination.
Serve on Committees
Ken Curry and Bill Whitely, enn
lidates for the presidency of the
next year’s junior class, served to
gether on the sophomore informal
committee and sophomore picnic
committees. Gracia Haggerty, soph*
imnre, was nominated to run against
Ueba Brogdon, but stated after the
meeting that she had withdrawn.
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Course in College
Teaching Will Be
Given Next Year
Dean Sheldon to Offer
Study of Problems
of Instructing
A now course, “Problems of Col
lege Teaching,” will lit' offered to
graduate students next year l>y the
school of education, according to
mnouncenient made yesterday by
Dean II. D. Sheldon.
This course will give two hours
credit for all three terms, accord
ing to Dean Sheldon, and is being
dared on the curricula in an effort
to co-operate with an appeal re
cen My umrio to American univer
sities by the American Association
of Colleges, urging their schools of
education to devote more attention
to preparing students planning to
do college teaching for the special
problems in that field.
During the fall term, Dean Shel
don will take up with the class the
present situation in the American
world of higher education, with spo
•ial attention to recent innovations
and reforms, such as junior colleges,
orientation courses for freshmen,
etc.
Winter term tiie class will study
the field of mental and psychologi
cal testing of college students under
II. K. Taylor, associate professor
of psychology, and Professor Carl
It. Iluffaker, statistical expert o?
the school of education.
Tho spring work will take the
form of a seminar. Each student
will take up problems ♦onnected
with the teaching of his majtor sub
ject and will write a thesis on it.