1 Luxury Topic of Radio Talk By Economist Dean Gilbert Featured Over KORE oil Broadcast Plii Bela, Music Honorary, Offers Program Friday Extension Division-Emerald Broadcasts Friday, 8 o’clock—Program of piano, violin, and vocal numbers presented by Phi Bctaj music honorary. ‘The superfluities of today be come the necessaries of tomorrow,” Dean James H. Gilbert, head of the department of economics, and dean of the college of literature, science,! and the arts, said last night in in troducing his subject “Changing Concepts of Luxury,” over the radio station KOHE. Dean Gilbert was the featured speaker on the regu lar Extension Division - Emerald broadcast. “Luxury is a form of expenditure which involves a disproportionate use of human labor for the satis- i faction of an insignificant or essen tial want,” Dean Gilbert said. “Ac cepting this definition of luxury the j economic objection to it follows us a corrollary. Human wants are capable of indefinite expansion. The consuming capacity of a large community is indefinitely great. With tlie unequal distribution of wealth so typical of modern indus trial nations a large section of very! necessary wants must go unsatisfied! for the poor even in the most pros-1 porous communities.” Employment Argument Denied The fact that luxury gives cinplay-' incut to labor does not supply an economic justification, Dean Gil bert went on to prove. Great expen ditures on balls given by social leaders have been justified on the ground that they gave employment to labor. “The bare fact that work is made for someone does not justify an economic transaction,” Dean Gil bert said. The opinion that prevails among' workers that fires, earthquakes, etc., are blessings in disguise so far as the workers are concerned is a fal-1 lacy. “The real income of society] is measured not in money but in goods and services which arc in turn the product of a limited labor supply. The more labor we use to1 replace the wealth destroyed the less remains iu create the comforts and; necessaries of life which must be shared by the millionaire and the luillhaud alike in the process of con sumption. Display Should Be Avoided “Iu the interest of social sulidar-j ity the bent to luxury should avoid] display and ostentation,” Dean Gil-] bert stated. “Men with colossal incomes very easily adopt the ‘cri terion of conspicuous waste’ as a rule of expenditure. Sums are ex pended in such a way as to impress the public with the opulence or mag nitude of the fortune from which these outlays are so lavishly made. The inevitable consequence of such policy is to accentuate class distinc tions, aggravate popular discontent] and fan the flames of class con-1 Diet.” The possibility of luxury supplies i an incentive that makes for indus-] trial progress, because man is ever reaching for tilings beyond bis reach. | Dean Gilbert deplored the fact that some men seem susceptible only to bribe, but looked upon the change of some men towards social service with favor. Carnegie was one of tile first to show this altruistic spirit, i Public-Mindedness Praised “To an increasing extent our men of means are beginning to realize the public trustee-ship, the social responsibility that attaches to the ownership of great wealth either earned or inherited,” Dean Gilbert said. Speaking of indowments, and the giving of libraries to 5 and from 7 toj 1) in the evening. - “Freshmen are asked to rememberj that this picnic is to be a no-date j affair,” said Jewett yesterday. “We! believe that this arrangement wili help to make the affair a bigger; success, and hope that the members| of the class will co-operate in this; respect.” Mary Gray, chairman of the com mittee to secure patrons and pat-! roness.es, announces that the follow ing will attend the picnic: Dean Hazel Prutsman, Dean Hugh Biggs,. Dr. and Mrs. R» II. Ernst, and Mrs. Jennie E. Stevens. May Store Manager Speaker at Meeting — L. L. Hurst, manager of the May \ Store in Eugene, and David E. Fa ville, dean of the school of business administration, were the speakers 'at an informal meeting of Alpha illlMlllilBili PAINTS iininiiiiH'l ii ■ ■ There is a paint for every surface. We can supply you S with tlie proper materials for your summer repair jobs. 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Enrollment of Portland Center Increases 11.3 Total of Classes in Seven Outside Cities Twice Figure Last Year Individual enrollment at the Port land extension center of the Univer sity of Oregon increased lid! per cent winter term of this year, ac cording to figures just announced by Alfred Powers, dean of the ex tension division. The enrollment for this year 1028, as compared with 1402 in the winter term of last yea r. During the winter term extension classes were held in Salem. Albany, Eugene. Astoria, Hood River, Mt. Angel and Silvcrton. The total en rollment of these classes was more than twice that in extension classes held outside Portland during the winter term last year. While there was a slight decrease in enrollment in correspondence courses, the number of completions has ii creased. There were 225 com pletions in January, February and March, 1929, as compared with 195 in the corresponding period of 1928. Approximately 11,000 persons throughout the state were reached by extension lectures ami ndresses. The demand upon the visual instruc tion service for the use of film slides was greater than during any previous quarter, about 19,204 people being present at the showings. Sophomores Will Enjoy Picnie at Swimmer's Delight Live Program, Good Food Promised for Affair By Dezendorf Swimmer's Delight, just east of Eugene, lias been selected as the site of the sophomore picnic to be Francis Hill iw uu i imr&u.i' , Way ;>0, it was announced yester day by Francis ITill, president of the class of ls>.'!], and James Dezen dorf, who is chair man of tho out door affair. Hill a n d Dezendorf, announced the lo cation following a meeting of com mittee chairmen for the picnic. Everyth big pos sible will be done in order to make the annual party i real success, Dezondorf stated, in<1 sophomores should all prepare to attend with the idea in mind that they win enjoy entertainment md fond supreme. Committee chair men at their meeting indicated that :liis year’s affair will rival the lass of ’J1 picnic held last year, which received the reputation as lie best picnic ever held by‘a uni versity class. VViusor Calkins, chairman of transportation, announced yesterday that six or seven busses would be ‘bartered by the class in order to provide free transportation for all picnic-goers. '‘There’ll be plenty tn eat, and it will all be good food,” was the statement made by Anton Peterson, •Iiairman of tlio food committee for the picnic. Live dancing is promised by Joe Chapter Ten TARZAN THE MIGHTY LAST DAY WARM WEATHER AND COOLING DRINKS Our fountain is the answer THE flQir LUNCH J Freeh, in charge of the music divis ion of the picnic. Frock has ten tatively lined up a snappy orches tra that will make things merry fair the happy sophomores. Kenneth Curry and Jane Cullers are Frock's assistants. l’atrons and patronesses will ho secured by a committee composed , of .Mice Morrow, Reba Brogdon, , and Wilma Enke. Work of publicizing the outdoor affair is under the direction of Harry Tonkon, chairman of the pub licity group, and Rex Tussing. Esther Wicks First In Music Contest Esther Wicks, junior in music and violin student of Rex Underwood, plaeed first in the Oregon state mu sic contest sponsored by the Fed erated Women’s club of the United 1 States, lteulah Wyud, former Orc gi n student, placed third. Esther will represent the state in a district contest which will be held in Seattle next week, and which in cludes all the western states. The winner of this goes to Boston to en ter the national contest. Rudolf Ernst Receives English Promotion Rudolf Ernst, who has been an L.ssoeiate professor at Oregon since 92:’., has been made a full professor, tecarding to Dr. C. V. Boyer, head if tli e English department. Pro cessor Ernst earned his B. A. degree it the Northwestern College of Wis :onsin in 1904. Later he studied at he University of Rostock and tho University of Leipzig, in Germany; uni the Sorbonne, in Paris. He re ceived his M. A. degree from Har vard in 1912, and his I’ll. 1). in 1918. ’rofessor Ernst was on the faculty f Northwestern College during the rears 1904-1905 and 1907-1908, and aught at the University of Wash ngton from 1912 to 192.1. bourses May be Dropped According to word from the regis trar's office students may drop courses up until time for the exams if they get the required signatures. They are warned, however, that in structors are requiring a very good reason for the petitions before af fixing their signatures to them. For Your May Formal Creative designs and pastel necklaces. Just the 111 in”' for t licit lovely new spriii”' formal. Italian filigree, imported crystals and Chi nese emit ions mark distinction and cluiriu. 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