VOLUME XXXT
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1929
NUMBER 43
Winners of
Plaque and
Cup Named
Alpha Chi Omega, Sigma
Alpha Mu Cap Highest
Yearly Average
GIRLS’ GROUP RETAINS
Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Sigma
Kappa Plaee Second
lit Men’s Race
Alpha Chi Omega, with a house
average of 51.920, and Sigma
Alpha Mu, with an average of
45.00G, were announced yesterday
hy Registrar Earl M. Pallett to
he the winners of the trophies
awarded annually to the sorority
and fraternity having the highest
grade average for the preceding
year. Alpha Chi Omega will thus
i retain possession of the Pan-Hel
lenic scholarship trophy which it
has held for the past year.
Plil Kappa Psi Close
Phi Kappa Psi, with an average
of 44.788 grade points, was run
ner-up to Sigma Mu, formerly
Delta Epsilon, in the contest for
the plaque awarded to the highest
man’s house. Phi Sigma Kappa,
highest ranking fraternity last
year, took third honors.
An unusually close finish char
acterized the race among the
women’s houses, v/ith four houses
receiving grade averages of better
than 50 points. Alpha Delta Pi,
winner of second place, made
51.649 grade points, and was fol
lowed by Sigma Kappa, with
43.846 points, and Delta Gamma,
with 50.631 points.
Award Tomorrow
The woman's cup will be award
ed tomorrow afternoon at the
I Woman’s League tea at Gerlinger
hall. No formal presentation of
the fraternity trophy will be
made, inasmuch as the Pledge day
assembly, at which the presenta
tion is usually made, was held
earlier in the term than usual.
Halls and dormitories are not
included in this contest, since the
trophies are not awarded by the
University, but by Portland Alum
ni groups, and the donors have
specified that the competing or
ganizations must be members of
the Pan-Hellenic and Interfrater
nity councils. The Pan-Hellenic
scholarship cup was donated in
1916 by the Portland alumni of
Chi Omega and the men’s plaque
was given last year by the alumni
of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Alpha Chi Omega has been a
consistent winner, taking first
honors in 1920, 1921, 1922, and
1923, and 1928.
RAINDROPS START
< FALL AFTER FOG
After a seige of dense fog last
ing for several hours yesterday
evening, first rain was felt about
11 o’clock, last night. Fog has
hovered over Eugene and vicinity
for days since the beginning of
Thanksgiving vacation.
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Put Fight in
Oregon Eleven
With Telegrams
rp H E Oregon spirit which
backs the football team at
home and follows it abroad
when it goes out in conquest
will have a long way to travel
to Miami, Florida. However,
tck*grams sent Thursday night
to the Oregon warriors will in
spire them with fight as noth
ing but a cheering section
could. Take this opportunity
to transplant Oregon spirit to
the Miami atmosphere.
Education Scliot
Alumni Will Me
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On December I
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200 Grads Expected §
Big Annual Meetin ®
In Portland 3
President Hall To Speak
Before Gathering
Plans for the big annual meet
ing for all alumni engaging in
teaching are now under way by
the school of education, the exten
sion division, and the University
of Oregon alumni association. This
year it will be held in Portland on
December 27 in Lincoln high
school.
Miss Jeanette Calkins, editor of
“Old Oregon,” and W. G. Beattie,
assistant head of the extension di
vision, are working out the pro
gram. Among the speakers will
be Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, presi
dent of the University, and £)r.
H. D. Sheldon, head of the school
of education.
As a special feature, an attempt
is being made to obtain two quar
tets—one formed of members of
glee clubs of long ago—and the
other of present members.
John Veatch, president of the
alumni association, will preside.
This Christmas meeting, accord
ing to Alfred Powers, dean of the
extension division, will be the big
gest alumni meeting of the year.
Over 200 alums are expected to be
there.
FRESHMAN GROUP
PLANS MEETINGS
The meetings of the frosh com
mission discussion groups to be
held this afternoon and tomorrow
afternoon will be the last this
term, it was announced yesterday
by Dorothy Thomas, secretary of
the Y. W. C. A. The groups have
been discussing activities and this
week will take up the subject of
friendships.
The groups led by Dorothy Kirk
and Diana Deininger will meet at
4 o’clock today at Westminster
house. Tomorrow Dorothy Turn
er’s group will meet in the Wo
men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall,
Lorena Wilson’s in the Men’s
lounge of the hall, Alice Spurgin’s
and Margaret Looney’s in West
minster house, and that of Mar
guerite Mauzey in the Y. W. bun
galow. All these groups will meet
at 4.
Peter Rabbit Quakes, Three
Bears Growl at Educators
Mother Goose is on the pan
again, the three bears are put un
der fire by educators in different
parts of the United States and the
whole squabble revolves around
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the question of whether children
should read fairy tales for the
amusement or should be fed fairy
tales which point out the benefits
of eating spinach and cornmeal
mush.
“They need a little bit of both,
I'd say,” opines Professor C. L.
Jluffaker, of the school of educa
tion. It has never been proved,
he says, that children get any
great benefit from reading stor
ies in which the little boy eats
spinach and brushes his teeth three
times a day and grows up to be an
Oregon football star, or at least
whizzes on the Vassar hockey
team.
Any educator will tell you chil
dren need a chance and the incen
tive to apply the ideals and atti
tudes which they learn from their
lessons in classes.
“If you don’t let children read
Peter Rabbit and Jack the Giant
Killer stories, they will sneak off
and read them anyway,” declares
Dean Henry D. Sheldon. “Fairy
tales develop the child’s imagina
tion and are valuable as a recrea
tion for them.
“You don’t have to leave the
spinach angle out of the tales en
tirely, but I believe the best re
sults are in teaching ideals and
general attitudes of honesty or
bravery or rewards for hard
work.”
Among the fictional characters
attacked by some educators are
Goldilocks, Oswald the Rabbit,
Snow White and Rose Red and
other creations by Hans- Christian
Anderson, the Brothers Grimm
and Aesop.
Miss Marie Duggan of Columbia
university recently suggested such
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Mrs. Warner
Praised for
Contributions
Pacific Relations Conclave
Pleased With Work
Of Art Director
PRESIDENT HALL BACK
University Head Attends
Meeting of Institute
At San Francisco
Mrs. Murray Warner, director
of the Oregon Museum of Fine
Arts, was highly praised for her
contribution to the Institute of
Pacific Relations conference, held
this summer in Kyoto, Japan, ac
cording to Dr. Arnold Bennett
Hall, who returned last night from
San Francisco, where he attended
a special meeting of the American
group of institute delegates. Dr.
Hall is a member of the executive
is a member of the executive
committee and the board of direc
tors of the American section and
is also on the education committee
of the organization.
Regarded as an outstanding au
thority on oriental art, Mrs. War
ner is nationally known for her
work in founding and directing
the Oregon Museum of Fine Arts,
to which she has contributed the
Murray Warner collection of ori
ental art.
Delegates returning from this
summer’s conference are very en
thusiastic over the work done by
the institute at Kyoto, Dr. Hall
said. Prominent Japanese de
clared that the session has ad
vanced the cause of liberalism in
Japan at least ten years, and has
helped to clear up the interna
tional situation in that section of
the world.
The next conclave of the insti
tute will be held in China in two
years at a city to be chosen later.
It is felt that the object of the
group, which is to frankly and
fearlessly search for facts, can be
best accomplished in the region
where most of the problems arise.
PHI BETA KAPPA
DATE IS CHANGED
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation
and banquet has been postponed
from Thursday evening until Wed
nesday, December 11, because of
a conflict with the A. S. U. O. con
cert in which Paul Kochanski, vio
linist, will be presented. Richard
W. Montague, of Portland, has
been secured by members of Phi
Beta Kappa, as the main speaker
for the banquet. His subject will
be "A Task for the Scholar in
Times of Confusion.”
Initiation will take place in Al
umni hall at 6 o’clock. Those who
will be initiated include Mary
Klemm. Naomi Hohman, LaWan
da Fenlason, Katherine Karpen
stein, Jeanette Edge, and Earl
Landstrom.
VACANCIES FILLED
AT CABINET MEET
Wayne Robinson was elected
vice-president of the student Y.
M. C. A. at a cabinet meeting yes
terday afternoon in the Y hut. He
fills the vacancy left when Hal
Henderson did not return to school.
Shailer Peterson was chosen as a
student member of the advisory
board in place of Allison Bristol,
who also is not in school this term.
Francis Jones and Emmett Os
troot are working on the selection
of a radio set for the hut. Several
models have been tried and a set
will be permanently installed soon.
Blayne Brewer has secured six
new paddles for the ping-pong
tables.
F. S. Dunn Will Read
Paper at Conference
“Commius the Atrebate” is the
subject of a paper to be read by
Professor F. S. Dunn, of the ro
mance language department, at
the meeting of the Classical Asso
ciation of the Pacific States with
the Northern Section, of which
Mr. Dunn is president. The meet
ing is to be held at Seattle, De
cember 30 and 31.
Commius was a Gallic chieftain
who almost overcame Caesar at
one time, and who has a fascinat
ing history and checkered career,
says Professor Dunn, and is the
most spectacular of the rebel Gal
lic chieftains.
Famous Aggie
Wins Renown
As Oregon Co-ed
S. C. takes another beat
ing; at the hands of the Uni
versity of Oregon, but not in
football this time. In a letter
reeeived at the Emerald office
from College Humor, it was
stated:
“Dorothy Crawford of Oregon
City, student at the University
of Oregon, has been awarded
the distinction of being chosen
for the Collegiate Hall of Fame
in the current issue of College
Humor Magazine.” Along
with her other accomplishments
she is quoted as being assistant
alitor of the Barometer, ORE
GON'S daily newspaper.
It all goes to prove that al
though their cows and poultry
at O. S. C. may be known the
country over for their sterling
qualities, it takes the Univer
sity of Oregon to get credit for
fair women.
Varsity Debaters
To Meet Today r
For Discussion
Plans for Coming Season,
Year’s Question Will
Occupy Time
Men’s Squad To Gather in
R. C. Hoeber’s Office
The men’s varsity debate squad
will meet in Dr. R. C. Hoeber's of
fice in Friendly hall at 7:30 this
evening to discuss the general sur
vey df the debate season and the
question which will be used this
year, which is, “Resolved, that the
nations should adopt a plan of
complete disarmament excepting
such forces as are needed for po
lice protection.”
This question is an important
one, according to Dr. Hoeber, and
it is his intent that every man who
works on the question must read
up on the entire topic rather than
any separate part of it. The pol
icy of the coaches this year is to
use as many men as possible and
assign each to the side that he
prefers.
Meetings will- be held once a
week starting at the beginning of
the winter term. One more ses
sion will be held before the end of
this term, however.
The Oregon cross-question will
be used in the debates this year
wherever possible. In other cases
a combination of this system and
that of the informal Oxford style
will be used.
Many colleges and universities
are interested in the Oregon style
of debate, and, according to let
ters received by the debate coach
here, they would like to meet the
Oregon team.
Members of the squad are: John
Long, Robert T. Miller, William
Cutts, Merlin Blais, Roger Pfaff,
Eugene Laird, Errol Sloan, Wal
ter Evans, Arthur Potwin, Calvin
Bryon, George Cherry, Charles
Jones, Harvey Wright, Wallace
Campbell, Hobart Wilson, John
Nelson, and Neil Sheeley.
CLASSES DABBLE
AT INTERVIEWING
Two classes in elementary news
writing had the opportunity of
gaining practical experience in in
terviewing yesterday, when Frank
Jenkins, editor of the Eugene Reg
ister, and Jack Benefiel, graduate
manager of the University, were
invited to be questioned by stu
dents of the classes.
Mr. Jenkins was interviewed by
Mr. Turnbull’s class, and the class
taught by Dean Allen questioned
Mr. Benefiel. Mr. Jenkins also
spoke briefly, telling the class
what a newspaper editor expects
of the beginning journalist. After
the talk he was questioned by 15
members of the class. Mr. Jen
kins enjoyed the experience very
much, he said afterward.
Nature Study Club
To Hear Dr. Sanborn
Dr. Ethel Sanborn, of the biol
ogy department, is in Portland to
day, to give a talk before the Na
ture Study club there. “Tree
Physiology” is the subject of her
lecture, which is among the last
of the series arranged by the ex
tension division for the club.
Ef fort Made
To Speed up
Grade Return
Short ness of Time Before
Christmas Hampers
Offiee Foree
CARDS TO BE MAILED
Instructors Will Turn in
Class Reports as Soon
As Possible
Although a tew students may
receive their term grades before
Christmas, the majority will have
to content themselves for a few
days longer, according to Miss
Gertrude Stephenson of the regis
trar’s office.
“While extra help will be em
ployed," she said, “and while ev
ery effort will be made to rush
the reports through, the shortness
of time following the final exams
will make it almost impossible to
get the grades out to the students
before Christmas.”
Speed Not Asked
Miss Stephenson pointed out
that the professors will not be ob
ligated to turn in their grades be
fore 1 o’clock on December 23,
and that while most of them will
no doubt get their grades in soon
er, those who have examinations
on the last two days of the week
cannot be expected to turn in
their reports much before the
deadline.
As soon ns the grades are re
ceived, says Miss Stephenson, they
will be recorded in the office,
checked for scholarship standing,
and copied onto the cards which
are to be mailed to the parents of
the students.
Instructions Given
Students who expect to spend
their vacations at the homes of
their parents, are informed that
they will get their grades sooner
at home than by leaving special
envelopes at the registrar’s office
with the request that a copy of
their grades be mailed to them.
Those who will not be h<Sme
during the vacation, however, and
who wish to have their grades
mailed direct to them, are request
ed to bring their envelope into the
registrar’s office before December
14 and fill out the necessary cards.
DRAMA HEAD BACK
FROM CONCLAVE
Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, head of the
department of dramatics, returned
to the campus Monday from San
Francisco, where she attended
the first annual conference of the
Western Teachers of Speech asso
ciation.
“The teaching of speech was
discussed in all its various phras
es,” Mrs. Seybolt stated in telling
of her trip, “and naturally, I was
most interested with those varia
tions of the subject having to do
with the field of drama. The big
gest figures in this field on the
coast were present, since all the
coast colleges and universities were
represented. It was a very en
joyable meeting.
“While in San Francisco I was
able to attend the theatre several
times, and especially the Chinese
theatre. You know, I’m hoping,
during the year, to do the Yellow
Jacket, which should make a spec
tacular performance. I welcomed
the opportunity to find out the
additional facts I could about the
presentation of the Chinese sub
ject.”
Texas History Uses
Work of R. C. Clark
A recently published “History of
Texas” contains two ehapters tak
en from a book written by R. C.
Clark of the history department,
according to a circular received
here, containing a prospectus of
the new book.
Professor Clark’s work, publish
ed in 1907, was “Beginnings of
Texas,” and is still considered to
be one of the best works on Texas
history, according to members of
the history faculty. The new book,
edited by Dr. Eugene C. Barker,
professor of American history at
the University of Texas, and pub
lished by the Southwest Press of
Dallas, Texas, is a collection of
chapters from the best works on
Texas history.
Administration Names
Students Who Smeared
Paint on O.S.C. Campus
Miami Battle Will Be Broadcast
Over KGW; Stadleman May Play
U EPORTS of the Floridu-Oregon game will he broadcast by
KGW, Saturday, under the auspices of the Morning Oregonian,
according to an announcement mnde yesterday by Jack Bcnefiel,
graduate munager. The game will start at noon, Pacific coast time.
The team will stop at Jacksonville, Florida, today, where they
will be entertained by the chamber of commerce. McEwan’s men
'will stay at a hotel for the first time since they started on their
trip last week. Thursday evening they will leave for Miami, where
they will be met by 40 junior auxiliary girls of the chamber of
commerce. The team will stay at the Anderson Beach hotel, 18
miles from Miami. Here they will have their final workout before
meeting the Florida eleven.
Benefiel predicts that It will be a very hard-fought game and
that there is no reason why Oregon cannot come out on the iong
end of the score. George Stadelman, veteran center who was in
jured In the Idaho game, will probably see some action against the
’Gators, he predicts.
New York Claims
Former Oregon
Dancing Student
Bessie Schoenberg Taking
Instruction From Well
Known Teacher
Drama, Singing, and Music
Composition Studied
Bessie Schoenberg, prominent
student in dancing at the Univer
sity last year, is now in New York
studying dancing under Martha
Graham, nationally recognized
dancing teacher, according to her
mother, Madame Rose McGrew, of
the school of music.
It was through Miss Mary Jo
Shelley, who taught in the physi
cal education department two
years ago, that Bessie obtained a
tuition scholarship of $500 and a
living scholarship in the Neighbor
hood Playhouse school for this
year. She is taking drama, danc
ing under Miss Graham, music
composition, and singing now.
Bessie is now only in the “sa
cred circle of 14,” the pick of Mar
tha Graham's students, but she
has been chosen as one of the
three best to be the exponents of
Martha Graham’s type of dancing.
A tour to the coast is being con
sidered, and if there is one, this
group of three will accompany
Miss Graham. All of the other
members of the "production group”
as the selected fourteen are called,
have all had at least two years of
work under Martha Graham but
Bessie Schoenberg, who has only
studied under her this past sum
mer.
The conductor of the Philadel
phia symphony orchestra, Leopold
Stokowsky, made a special trip re
cently to see Martha Graham and
this group of three, with the
thought of having a joint recital.
While on the campus, Bessie
was a member of the Master
Dance group.
ABRAMSON PLANS
RETURN TO STATES
Sol Abramson, editor of the Em
erald in 1926-27, who is now city
editor of the Paris edition of the
Chicago Tribune, expects to re
turn to the United States soon,
according to a letter received here
by George S. Turnbull, of the
journalism faculty.
Mr. Abramson and his wife find
Paris very instructive and enjoya
ble, according to the letter but
question the wisdom of remaining
away from this country perma
nently.
Mr. and Mrs. Abramson have
just spent some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Miller, making a
tour of Europe on their honey
moon, the letter states. Miller
was editor of the Emerald in 1925
26.
Another former Emerald editor,
Ray Nash, who served in 1927-28,
is expected to stop in Paris soon
on a tour of Europe with his wife,
according to the letter, and Mr.
and Mrs. Abramson, are looking
forward to their arrival.
Ticket Sale for
Galsworthy Play
Slated for Today
Reserved Seats Expected
To Go Rapidly, Says
Chairman
Reservations for Play To
Be Ready in Afternoon
Seat reservations for the pro
duction of Ga,lsworthy’s "Escape,”
to be presented on Friday and Sat
urday nights at the Guild theatre,
may be made at the Guild theatre
after 1 o'clock today, or by phon
ing 142.
The ticket sale, expected by
those in charge to be an unusually
large one, will be headed by Cleta
McKennon, assisted by Celene
Lauterstein, Jean Williams, Gwen
Panton, Dena Luellyn, Sally
Runes, Addison Brockman, Irene
Breum, and Miss Irene Harris.
According to Miss McKennon,
it would be advisable to purchase
seats early, as she feels that they
will be at a premium. The prices
will be the same as for the "Im
portance of Being Earnest,” the
last play presented, 50 and 75
cents.
HOLIDAYS ARE TOO
MUCH FOR STLDES
And still they come! Oregon
weather and Oregon turkey have
done much to decrease the num
ber of healthful students who dash
about the campus endeavoring to
seek an education. The number
of sick people confined in the in
firmary has increased to nine.
The latest comers are: Thomas
B. Handley, Jack Cate, Paul Aus
tin, Arthur Ireland, Nicolas Cos
tosa, Rockwell Rogers, Dorothy
Page, Helen Voelker, and Claude
Carter.
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Four Face
TrialToday
In Corvallis
Kaplan, Vernier, Nims,
Moser Confess to Act
Of Vandalism
Justice Is Meted Out by
Advisory Group
The names of students who have
confessed that they invaded the
campus of the Oregon State Ag
ricultural college on the night of
November 11 and smeared paint
on the Forestry and Memorial
Union buildings, and the punish
ment meted out to tjiem by the ad
ministration of the University
were announced last evening. The
four students are Jack Kaplan,
sophomore, Portland; Paul Ver
nier, Berkeley, Cal.; Charles
Nims, Portland; and George Mo
ser, Grants Pass. The last three
are freshmen.
University Punishes
Probation for the duration of
their underclass years, fine of eight
scholastic hours each, and appear
ance this morning at 10 o’clock in
the justice court at Corvallis
where it is expected they will be
fined on a charge of defacing pub
lic property is the penalty for
their misdeeds decided upon by
the student advisory committee of
the University. Moser was depriv
ed of the use of his automobile
while he is an underclassman.
Confession Signed
The four students in a signed
confession declared that they left
Eugene after midnight, November
11, drove to Corvallis and about
3 a. m. daubed paint on the build
ings. Kaplan applied the yellow
and green paint to the Forestry
building while his companions put
the colors on the Memorial build
ing. They then returned to Eugene,
arriving here about 4 a. m.
They will be prosecuted in the
court at Corvallis under section
1993, Olson’s Oregon Laws, which
provide that “a fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $250, or
by imprisonment in the county jail
not less than 10 days nor more
than six months, or both shall be
the sentence for destroying or de
facing "any building on the public
land of the state of Oregon.” The
sentence will be left to the dis
cretion of the Corvallis court.
Being placed on probation means
that the students are put under
the supervision of the dean of men,
to whom they must report regular
ly. They cannot take part in stu
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Steve Smith Contacts With
"Phantom Bandit” at Party
THHE “phantom bandit,” notorl
I ous Italian who escaped from
Devil’s Island, a famous French
prison, and who is now in this
country, was seen by S. Stephen
son Smith, associate professor in
the English department, when he
was in California November 29
I and 30 attending the Pacific Coast
| Philological association, held at
the University of California, and
before which he read a paper.«
I Desire, the bandit, who was the
] center of attraction at a dinner
party attended by Mr. Smith, is
described by him as being a mild,
unimpressive sort of Italian peas
ant, who jabbered out his thrilling
story in a mixture of bad French,
( English and Italian. His is the
i most celebrated history before
that of Tom Mooney, the present
parallel of Desire.
“Desire,” said Mr. Smith, “told
of hair-raising escapes, murders,
robberies, and other acts of vio
. lence in a mild, rather inexpres
sive manner as if they were noth
ing out of the ordinary. He has
been telling of his experiences
ever since he escaped, and he has
not told all yet.
“He was captured because he
shot off the cap of a gendarme,
and he told the justice that he
just did it to worry the fellow,
implying that he was such a dead
shot that had he wanted to, he
would have killed him. The jus
tice evidently didn't take much
stock in his explanation, for he
was sentenced to this prison on
Devil’s Island, off the coast of
French Guiana. He was here at
the same time Alfred Dreyfus
perhaps the most famous political
prisoner in history, was there. De
sire made his escape after long
and almost unbelievable risks and
hardships.’’
Hr. Smith tells of seeing Ar
thur Caylor, who was associate
professor in journalism in 1927-28
at the University of Oregon. Cay
lor is in California doing a draw
ing of Desire for the press.