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DISCUSSION GROUPS? SEE PAGE 4 EVADING THE LIGHT THE WEATHER Oregon: Northeasterly winds, colder today; snow in mountains and in southern section of state. Temperatures Wednesday Maximum .. 85 Minimum . 24 VOLUME XXXJ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1930 NUMBER 51 Annual Conference For Preppers Filled With Work and Play 400 Students Register for BigWeek-End Principals and Teachers Have Own Selection At Convention Dean Stone Chief Speaker At Opening Assembly Nearly 400 high school students from all over Oregon, accompanied by about 125 principals and teach ers, will arrive on the Oregon campus today and tomorrow. Delegates to the tenth annual conference of high school editors and leaders of the state will reg ister at the Administration build ing this week-end, beginning at noon today. To Release Program The official program of the con ference, which will be off the press some time this morning, shows two days crammed with activity and entertainment for the visi tors. Tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock all the visiting representatives will convene in McArthur court, where they will be officially wel comed by the Oregon student' body, presided over by Tom Stoddard, president. President Arnold Bennett Hall will introduce the chief speaker of the convention, Dean Arthur L. Stone of the University of Mon tana school of journalism, who will given an address entitled “What Is Why?” One Mass Meeting Listed Except for a banquet Friday evening, this will be the only mass meeting of the* conference. Im mediately following Dean Stone’s talk the assemblage will break up into its four groups—the High School Press association, the As sociation of Student Body Offi cers, the Associations of Girls’ Leagues, and the Principals’ Con ference on Improvement of Class room Instruction. These four organizations will go through the week-end’s sched ule separately, each one attend ing its own lectures, conferences, and discussion groups. Contest Is Feature A special feature of the press convention will be a contest among the high school newspapers of the state, at which five loving cups will be awarded. Dean Eric W. Allen of Oregon, Dean Stone of Montana, and Edmund C. Bechtold of Portland, an authority on ad vertising, are among the promi nent journalist^ who will address the young newspapermen. Speakers Named Hugh L. Biggs, assistant dean of men; Mrs. Virginia Judy Ester ly, dean of women; Miss Alice f Continued on Page Three) “A journalism graduate,” said Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism, “whose editorial talent has gained recognition for her magazine as one of the best alumni magazines in the United States.” Miss Calkins is editor of Old Oregon and is secretary of the University of Oregon Alumni association. 23 Men’s Houses To Participate In Discussions Groupj Representatives Meet To Choose Speakers Series Slated To Begin on January 14 Twenty-three of the 28 men’s organizations on the campus will participate in the fraternity dis cussions this year, it was an nounced yesterday by Max Ad ams, executive secretary of the campus Y. M. C. A., which is sponsoring the discussions. A meeting of the representa tives from these organizations was held yesterday afternoon, and each representative was given the op portunity of choosing the speak ers for his house for the three evenings, January 14, 21, and 28. Each representative will be ex pected to announce the meetings at his house and make all ar rangements. The list of representatives fol lows: Alpha Beta Chi, John Yerk ovitch; Alpha hall, Wallace Baker; Alpha T a u Omega, Thurston Shell; Alpha Upsilon, Mel Parker; Bachelordon, Bob Boals; Delta Epsilon, Manuel Schnitzer; Delta Tau Delta, Bill East; Friendly hall, Fred Hauger; Gamma hall, Merlyn Mayger; Kappa Sigma, George Kotchik; Omega hall, Bob Hardy; Phi Gamma Delta, Rosser Atkinson; Phi Kappa Psi, John Long; Phi Sigma Kappa, Paul Wagner; Psi Kappa, Bruce Titus. (Continued on Page Three) Howe Needs Stronger Liquid Than ‘Fountain of Youth’ To Renew Pep 44T HAVE drunk of the “Foun tain of Youth” and I still feel the twenty-nine years that I have been on the Oregon cam pus," said Professor H. C. Howe, of the English department, in tell ing of one of the many interesting experiences he had while accom panying the team on their recent trip to Miami, Florida. “The Fountain of Youth,” which is famous in early American his tory for its powers of restoring youth to any believer in its sacred waters, was first discovered by Ponce de Leon. It is a very sim ple fountain in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States. Unfortunately, however, it is used mostly for its historic interest, since its youth restoring ability has become doubted. The party with whom Professor Howe went drove out from Jack sonville, to this city about 14 miles distant. After visiting the fountain, the party went to the “Oldest House in America,” a small structure of coquina rock, with the second story of wood. Professor Howe remarked that he was rather disappointed in the place because he said, “they have made a museum of it, and have curiosities from all over the world there, instead of the articles per taining to that country.” On their return trip to Jackson ville, they were stopped by sol diers who had to examine them and their car thoroughly for traces of the Mediterranean fruit fly. Parts of Florida are quarantined against this bug, and no one is allowed to enter Jacksonville without this ex amination. The professor's party also made a trip to the "Stone Mountain Me morial” which is just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Howe said it was a remarkable piece of work, carved from solid stone on the (Continued on Page Two) Wires 1600 Miles On Name Spelling Mystery Solved by Dean By Colorado Program What is believed to be a pioneer instance of the verification of the spelling of a name by telegraph occurred last night, when Dean Eric W. Ailen of the school of journalism wired to Ralph L. Cros man, head of the department of journalism at the University of Colorado, inquiring how he spelts his name. This is how it happened: In a batch of papers handed in yester day by Dean Allen’s newswriting class, Crosman’s name was spelled both with and without an extra “s.” His curiosity aroused, the dean looked up the name in ques tion. But the reference books disagreeded. Therefore the tele gram. Crosman’s reply was prompt and brief: “One ‘s.’ Best regards.” Dean Allen is initiating a sys tem whereby news stories written for class are graded strictly ac cording to their fitness for pub lication as they stand. Under this scheme any story containing a misspelled proper name is either graded V or rejected entirely. Women’s League Presidents Will Meet on Campus Oregon Colleges To Send Heads of Groups for Saturday Meet Helen Peters To Preside Over Opening Event A conference of Women’s league presidents of Oregon colleges to be held on this campus Saturday afternoon, will * ' .mark the reali H .zation of several | years’ effort to bring- the group of women to gether for organ ization. Helen Peters, president of the HI Women’s league, will preside at 1 the meeting, to •» »«* begin at 1:30 Helen Peters °’clock Saturday afternoon at Ger licger hall. Presidents of both Women's league and Women’s Athletic associations will be the guests of the Oregon council. A banquet will be given in honor of the visitors Saturday night at the Eugene hotel, with Joan Patterson, vice-president of the league here, in charge. All council members will attend. Both Miss Peters and Dean Vir ginia Judy Esterley are highly enthusiastic about the coming meeting which they feel will be the beginning of a strong organ ization among women student leaders of the state. “The group will be able to work together for stronger and more effective organizations,” c o m - mented Miss Peters yesterday. SMITH WORKING ON MOTORLOGUE A geological motorlogue of the state is the project which Dr. War ren D. Smith, head of the geology department, is working on for the Oregon Automobile association. “It will describe in non-techni cal language some of the geologi cal features along the highways,” Dr. Smith said, in speaking of the motorlogue. He stated that it would be printed in serial form in the association magazine, and that the first installment would probably appear in the early spring. Q. THACHER TO TALK TODAY IN SALEM W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising and short story writ ing, will deliver two addresses to day in Salem. At 11 o'clock this morning he is to give a lecture before the stu dent body of Willamette univer sity on “This Business of Writ ing. The Ad Club of Salem will hear him speak on "Making Your Newspaper Advertising Click.” Winter Term Social Events On Calendar Frosh Glee Comes January 18, Aeoording to List Of Dean of Women FEB. 15 POPULAR DAY Many Campus Groups Slate Annual Formals for Coming Period The winter season for social ac tivities has begun, and, according to the social calendar, released from the dean of women’s office yesterday, many affairs have al ready been scheduled. However, there are still feeveral dates open and those wishing to entertain may do so under the following rules: a petition must be in the dean of women’s office one week before the event; there must be three couples of chaper ons, one of which must be of Uni versity connection, and one must stay all evening. The calendar is as follows: SOCIAL SCHEDULE Winter Term—1930 January 10, Friday Basketball—W. S. C. at -Eu gene. High School Conference. Girls’ League Conference. January 11, Saturday Basketball—W. S. C. at Eu gene. High School Conference. Girls’ League Conference. Krazy Kopy Krawl. January 13, Monday Basketball—Idaho at Eugene. January 14, Tuesday Basketball—Idaho at Eugene. January 15, W'ednesday National Collegiate Players— “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,’’ at Heilig theater. January 16, Thursday Kwama tea, at Gerlinger build ing. January 17, Friday Independent dance. Delta Delta Delta reception. Kappa Alpha Theta reception. Alpha Tau Omega upperclass dance. Friendly Hall informal. Beta Theta Pi dinner-dance. January 18, Saturday Frosh Glee, closed to other dances. January 24, Friday Basketball—Washington at Eu gene. Delta Tau Delta underclass dance. January 25, Saturday Basketball—Washington at Eu gene. Military ball. Alpha Omicron Pi formal. Sigma Nu formal. Phi Delta Theta informal. January 81, Friday Class dances. February 1, Saturday Basketball—O. S. C. Hendricks Hall formal. Alpha Delta Pi formal. Psi Kappa formal. Kappa Alpha Theta formal. February 5, Wednesday Phi Beta plays. February 6, Thursday Newspaper conference. February 7, Friday O. S. C. at Corvallis. Newspaper conference. Delta Zeta open house. February 8, Saturday , O. S. C. at Eugene. Newspaper conference. Zeta Hall formal. Delta Delta Delta formal. Delta Gamma formal. Delta Zeta formal. Delta Epsilon formal. February 12, Wednesday Guild Hall play. February 13, Thursday Guild Hall play. February 14, Friday Guild Hall play. Omega Hall formal. Alpha Chi Omega formal. February 15, Saturday Pi Beta Phi formal. Chi Omega formal. Susan Campbell formal. Chi Delta formal. Zeta Tau Alpha formal. Alpha Gamma Delta formal. , Alpha Beta Chi formal. Alpha Phi formal. Beta Theta Pi underclass dance. February 17, Monday Moroni Olson Players. February 21, Friday Sherry Ross formal. Bachelordon formal. February 22, Saturday Senior ball, closed to other dances. February 25, Tuesday Smallman a Capella choir. February 28, Friday Friendly Hall formal. (Continued on Page Two) Emerald-KORE Contest for All Campus Talent Announced by Officials; Many Enter in Race Final Pholo Date Set for 1930-Oregana New Pledges Must Notify Photographers of Any Change in Location Engraver’s Deadline Near, Warning of McDonald Lester McDonald, "editor of the Oregana, last night announced that January 17 had been set as the fi nal date for all pictures to be taken and proofs returned, and that all who had not by that time reported for sittings would be left out of the group pictures. “This is absolutely the latest date that we can grant, as the engrav ers deadline is very near, and all pictures must be turned in by that time, or else it is just too bad,” McDonald cautioned. Proofs that are not returned by the same date, will do no good, said the editor, since the photog raphers will after January 17, print the pose they deem worthiest regardless of the student’s wish who has failed to return his or her proofs. New pledges also must have their sittings between now and the deadline if they wish to ap pear with their group. Pledges from the halls must phone the photographers in order to get changes of group affiliations cor rected so that they, too, will ap pear with the house pledged since their picture was taken. Ad Men To Don Sandwich Board Garb for a Day Library Steps To Be Site Of 11 o’Clock Party For Student Body Four advertising neophytes, wearing derby hats, clanging bells, and plastered with signboards front and rear, will mount the li brary steps at 11 o’clock this morning, and will proceed to em ploy high power selling talks and salesmanship methods on any university students who happen to be near, in an attempt to sell some article of merchandise. This ceremony is part of the pre-initiation process which must be undergone by pledges to Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising honorary. Jack Gregg, Nels Nel son, Dave Foster, and Harry Ton kin are the four pledges who will be initiated into Alpha Delta Sig ma if they succeed in disposing of their wares at the library this morning. PLANS FOR SOCIAL MEETS TO BE MADE Plans for a social meeting for freshman women to be held a week from today will be made at the meetings of the frosh commission discussion groups today, it is an nounced by Dorothy Thomas, ex ecutive secretary of the Y. W. C. A. The groups will meet at 4 o’clock at the usual places. The incentive for the social meeting is furnished by the pres ence on the campus of Miss Hen rietta Thompson, international re lations secretary of the Y. W. o © Infirmary List Lower Considering Weather The list of infirmary inmates since the week-end includes the names of Fred Elliott, who is af flicted with a case of the grippe, Lucille Husby, afflicted with poi son oak, and Henry Stratton, an inmate only since yesterday af ternoon. Frosh to Meet Prep Delegates At Ad Building Wilma Enke, chairman of registration for the high school conference, requests that the house presidents arrange for at least one freshman to be at the administration building today from 12 noon until 12 midnight and tomorrow from 8 a. m. until noon, in order to escort delegates to their respective houses. Miss Enke has made plans for conveying the students from the depot to the campus, where they will be officially regis tered. ‘Chatter Box’ on Social List for Prep Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Planning Informal Party for Visiting Men Hawaiian Music and Talks On Program of Meet Men delegates to the annual high school conference to be held at the University tomorrow and Saturday will wind up their ac tivities on the campus at a “Chat ter-box” to be given bymembers of Sigma Delta Chi, national men's journalistic fraternity, at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. The affair will be a social get together, featuring a program of music and informal speeches, ac cording to Carl Gregory, president of the organization. Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism, who will talk on the general aspects of journalistic work in universities, will be the chief speaker. Gregory will ad dress the delegatees on “The Work and Nature of Sigma Delta Chi.” Henry Kaahea, Hawaiian stu dent at the University, is to sing, playing his own accompaniment on the guitar. Lawrence Wagner and Vinton Hall will entertain with a saxophone solo and a piano solo respectively. Printed souvenir programs con taining autographed pictures of Dean Allen will be a feature of the meeting. UNIVERSITY HOST TO ASSOCIATION The University of Oregon was host to members of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical association on the cam pus during the Christmas holidays, December 27 and 28. The meet ing was the 25th annual one since the organization of the society as a branch of the national organi zation. Dan Clark, professor of history who is on a year’s leave of ab sence for study and travel, was honored by the society by being elected vice-president. Professor Donald Barnes of the 6regon history department was a speaker at the Saturday morning session. His topic was “The Myth of an Eighteenth Century Whig Oligarchy.” GERMANY SENDS LANTERN SLIDES Four hundred lantern slides de picting different phases of Ger man civilization, particularly art, have Just been received by Dr. Kurt F. Reinhardt, of the German department, as a gift from the German government. The slides, which also concern German ar chitecture, painting, sculpture, and general cultural topics, are for use in class work, for entertainment at the German club, and for gen eral departmental use in instruc tion. Living Organizations To Present Programs Fred Norton, Manager, Explains Rules For Entries in Competition Prizes Not Yet Announced; Winners To Be Judged By Selected Group; 8 o’Clock Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Dates A college-wide radio broadcasting contest, in which every living organization on the campus lias been invited to partici pate, was announced yesterday by officials of the Oregon Daily Emerald, who, with the cooperation of radio station KORE, will sponsor a scries of competitive programs, the*first of which will be presented on Tueaday, January 21. The contest, under the direction of Fred Norton, promises to be one of the outstanding events of the year, and while focussing the attention of radio circles throughout the state on the University, will give each living group an exceptional op -- portunity to display whatever Six Discussion Groups To Study Religious Topics Y.W.C.A. T,o Sponsor New Series of Interest To Women Prominent Speakers Are Secured for Lectures The inauguration of six discus sion groups on religious education is planned for next Monday. The groups are sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. and are open to all women on the campus. The groups are as follows: "Outgrowing Our Childhood Re ligion,” led by Prof. Harold S. Tuttle. This group will meet at 4 p. m. on Tuesday at the Y. W. bungalow. "Problems of Religion” will be led by Dr. Nelson L. Bossipg, and will meet on Wednesday at 5 o’clock at the Y. W. bungalow. “Art and Religion” will be the topic of discussion of a group of which Dr. Kurt F. Reinhardt is leader, on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at 107 Oregon building. "The Spiritual Significance of Sex” with Dean Hazel Prutsman Schwering in charge will convene .at 5 p. m. on Wednesday in the Women’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. "Personality” group will meet on Monday at 4 o’clock at the Y. W. bungalow and will have different leaders. Among them are Dr. Wilmoth Osborne, Ger trude Skow, Mrs. H. D. Sheldon, Miss Ernestine Troemel, Dr. Clara M. Smertenko, and Dean Virginia Ju'dy Esterly. “A Critical Study of the Bible by the Sharman Method” will be led by Rev. Clay E. Palmer. This group, which is limetid to seniors except by special permission, will meet from 7:45 to 9:15 on Sunday evening at the Y. W. bungalow. All other groups are open to any women who are interested. They are asked to sign up for groups at the Y. W. C. A. head quarters before Saturday, Janu ary 11. i . 1 i ,... CALIFORNIA DEAN TO VISIT OREGON Miss Alice Hoyt, assistant clean of women at the University of California at Berkeley, will be a guest at Susan Campbell hall today for the annual high school conference. She will be a speaker for the Girls’ league and deans’ section. Miss Hoyt Is on the program as the principal speaker for the prin cipals and deans’ luncheon to be held at Susan Campbell at 12:30 today. She will also address the Girls’ league later on “The High Cost of Student Government.’’ musical, dramatic, or comic talent it may possess. Arrangements have been made .with station ; KORE to devote l the 8 o’c 1 o c k hour on every l Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday to the c o mpetitive broadcasts. The contest will end shortly before Fred Norton the close of the winter term. Each house will plan, prepare, and present its own half-hour pro gram. Only those who are mem bers of a group may take part in its program. The programs may consist of vocal or instrumental numbers, skits, comedy, or any other form of radio entertainment. They will be judged from a standpoint of general entertainment value, and will allow much leeway for origi nal stunts and novel ideas. Support Given The contest has been enthusias tically received wherever it has been suggested, and a majority of houses on the campus have al ready signified their intention of entering. Norton requests all liv ing groups who have not yet in formed him of their intention to compete to communicate with him immediately, in order that a pro gram schedule can be immediately released. Norton reports that he is not yet ready to announce the prizes, but gives assurance that they will be well worth working for. "We are trying to select prizes which will be of the utmost practical value to whatever houses win them," he said. “The Emerald will welcome suggestions from the college at farge as to suitable awards for the best programs. Judges Competent "The contest will be decided by a competent staff of judges se lected by the Emerald and the (Continued on Page Two) Assembly on Friday so Nine O'clocks Out A SPECIAL student body as sembly at McArthur court, in honor of the 500 delegates who will be on the campus this week end for the annual con vention of Oregon high school editors and leaders, will take the place of all 9 o’clock class es tomorrow morning, accord ing to announcement made yes terday by the president’s of fice. Dean Arthur L. Stone of the school of journalism at the University of Montana will de liver the welcoming address.