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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1930)
MILLS OF EDUCATION SEE PACE 1 SAVING A TRADITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Continued unsettled and snow. Monday's temperature: Maximum . 32 Minimum . 15 Stage of river .4 Precipitation . 0 VOLUME XXXJ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1930 NUMBER 54 'Hell Week’ Gradually Disappearing, Report Of Dean Biggs Shows v Fraternities Rule Against Rough Action Beautiful Formal Ritual More Significant Is Majority I<lea Officials Send Questions To Old Classes “ ‘Hell week,’ the period of pre initiation which often involves rough physical and trying mental strain on the candidate for mem f bership in social fraternities, has practically been abolished at the University, and is rapidly being done away with all over the coun try,” said Hugh Biggs, assistant dean of men. Dean Biggs made the study for the inter-fraternity council here, which has already passed resolutions condemning rough pre-initiating tactics. Old Idea Said Wrong In earlier days "hell week” was considered essential by Greek let ter fraternities. The rough treat ment made the candidate appre ciate his organization more, mem bers thought, and it also gave them an opportunity to try out the endurance and courage of the neophyte. By contrast the beau tiful formal initiation then seemed more significant, Dean Biggs an nounced. Leading fraternities everywhere have abolished practically all forms of the pre-initiation because they feel it endangers physical and mental health, and often awak ened the opposite feelings than those desired in the candidate. It is now believed that the import ance of the fraternity can be im pressed on those being initiated without physical violence, and without dangers of rough play, the report pointed out. Questionnaires Sent In making the survey, Dean Biggs sent questionnaires to fra ternity men reperesenting all years back to 1900, when the first fraternity came to this campus. He asked those answering to state what the original purpose of “hell week” was, whether or not they knew of serious accidents happen ing to initiates during this period, and whether or not the period is as severe now as it once was. An swers to the first were rather vague, and many who answered the second question listed serious accidents that happened during this time. Practically all those answering noted a lessening of se verity in pre-initiations. Present Trend Good The present trend at the Uni versity is entirely away from the rough form, and toward construc tive ideas, the survey states. In place of seven days of pre-initia (Continued on Page Four) Three Students Now In Infirmary With Smallpox, Is Report A LTHOUGH approximat e 1 y 800 students have been vac cinated, Edward Bloom, the third to take down with small pox, and move to the infirmary annex, was a member of the remaining unvaccinated class. Other students on the campus who Were taken under the care of the health service, although escaping the feared disease are: Allan Scaveil, mumps; Ray mond Whiteside, Margaret Lit scher, Edwin Publos, Fred C. MacDonald, and Dessel Hel frich, all of whom are afflicted with colds. Musical Treats On Winter Term Program Ready Dr. Von Hoogstraten Will Appear With Portland Orchestra Jan. 20 Famous Organist Listed For This Month Snow is not the only thing which January brings to Eugene in abundance. There is also to be an unusually heavy “fall of fine music enter tainment for the month, with the outstanding “flurry" the appear ance at McArthur court next Monday, January 20, of the Port land symphonic orchestra of which Willem von Hoogstraten, noted musician, is conductor. First on the calendar is the ap pearance of the University orches tra, with Rex Underwood as con ductor, this coming Sunday af ternoon, January 19, at 4 o’clock vesper services. Their program includes Beethoven's famous over ture to “Egmont.” On Tuesday evening at 7:15 o’clock the school of music Tues day music hours will be resumed, with six students appearing in voice, piano, organ and violin se lections. Thursday evening, January 23, the opera class of Madame Rose McGrew, will present scenes from Gounod’s opera “Faust” with Ken neth Rodurin and Cecile Coss tak ing the roles of Faust and Mar guerite. There will be the regular Sun day afternoon music program Sunday, January 26 and the fol lowing Tuesday, January 28, the noted New York organist, Lynn wood Farnam, will appear in con cert. The University symphonic choir, directed by John Stark Evans, will be the “soloists" with the Port land symphonic orchestra next Monday, singing two short chor uses from Wagner's “Meistersing er.” EXPANSION OF RESEARCH IN UNIVERSITY SHOWN BY DR. HALL nnHE expansion of research in the University of Oregon to cover phases of foreign trade, education, various fields of science, social science, business and other impor tant lines is dealt with in the re port which Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University, submitted to the state board of higher education at its meeting last week-end. \ Important studies completed during the year included a finan cial study on borrowing rates of municipalities of Oregon which revealed the fact that Oregon mu nicipal bonds offer a fertile field for investment of outside capital; a study on “financial and operat ing standards for Oregon retail concerns,” which gives retailers and others a standard measuring stick for proper performance; a survey on hardwood industries which is expected to prove a real stimulus to wood manufacturingj of the Northwest; a survey of the ( butter and cheese market for Ore- : gon, and several important school i surveys. Research projects now in prog ress or in prospect include a crime survey of the state, which is ex pected to result in a great deal of valuable material; an intensive study on the industrial develop ment of Oregon; a study of ex ports through Pacific coast ports to Pacific basin countries; a plumbing cost survey; a study on Oregon’s exportable surplus; a study of the reorganization of Lane county public schools; and many others in various fields. Lack of funds has hindered the University in its research as well as in its building programs. At present it is able to devote less than 1 per cent of its income to research, whereas the average amount is 5 per cent. The program for this year’s re search is already under way, and faculty men are cooperating in every way so that the work may be carried out. Much of the work is being done by graduate stu dents working for advance de grees. State Women Organize at Recent Meet Permanent Group Thought To Strengthen W ork Of Girl Students HAVE SESSION HERE W. A. A.’s Represented at Week-end Conference of Oregon Fair Sex A permanent organization, in tended to strengthen activities of associated women students of the state was effected when officers of the collies and normal schools of O -e vet here in conference Satu; emoon, with Univer sity i in league council as hostet Wor. were l by dele tions mi sociated ® 6 es * SB '.hletic associations -ed at the session im those organiza •st jointly with as Students and later in separ, © ‘?rence. C 3 President Grace C Associated Wo men’s stu esident at Ore gon State ,.u.o chosen president of the new statewide group, Dor othy Kirk, secretary of the U. of O. league, was named vice presi dent, to take up executive duties with Miss Colborne’s graduation in June, and Patsy Thompson, of Ashland Normal school, was elect ed secretary. Corvallis was set for the Janu ary, 1931, conference, when a constitution, to be drawn up this year by U. of O. council officers will be presented. Helen Peters, president of the league on this campus, acted as chairman of the Saturday after noon session when representatives from Ashland normal, Pacific uni versity, Willamette university, Oregon State and U. of O. sat to gether, discussing problems con fronting associated women’s or ganizations. The Big Sister move ment, finance problems, loan funds, social gatherings, foreign scholar funds, mass meetings and organization problems were taken up. Leaders from the various or ganizations agreed that the im portance of women’s associations in college life is increasing. They regarded the organization which the Eugene league has encouraged as a fine means of keeping in touch with new developments and methods in the work of associated women. Mahalah Kurtz, president of W. A. A. here, was in charge of that branch of the meeting. The conference not only marked the formation of a state organi zation but the beginning of the Associated Women Students of Pacific university. With Pacific dean of women, Mrs. Violet Bowl by Chessman, present, represen tatives of the college made plans for the new organization. Wil lamette representatives were en couraged to create such an organ ization on their campus. Other schools represented already have organizations. A banquet at the Eugene hotel in the evening completed the en tertainment for the visiting col lege women. Seated at the table were Miss Alice Holt, dean of wo men at the University of Califor nia; Mrs. Chessman, from Pacific; Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, dean of women here; Mrs. Hazel Pruts man Schwering, associated dean here, the visiting delegates and members of the University of Oregon league council. Cold? Think of the Frozen Black Sea And the Icy Po Back in Year 401 A.D. Campus Fun in Tobogganing, Skiing TS TT snow? You bet, five inches of it all over the ground— something that hasn't been seen on the University campus for years and years. Yes, sir, some thing to slide around in. A bunch of the fellows have been having a big time tobogganing and ski ing on the Municipal golf links. Everyone has been sliding along behind automobiles on sleds and other things, and enjoying Ore gon's weather change to beat the band. Was there ever such a winter as this one? And the answer to that is: -You should have been spending the winter of 1468 in Flanders. Why, it was so cold they cut the wine ration for the soldiers with a hatchet! The chilly blasts which have made sleeping porches unpopular in Eugene the past few days have caused a hunt through the records, bringing to light the following printed in 1839 in the Family magazine: In A. D. 401 the Black sea was entirely frozen over. . . . The snow in some places drifted to the depth of 50 feet, and the ice was heaped in such quanti ties in the cities as to cause the walls to fall down. In 860 the Adriatic was en tirely frozen over. ... In 1067 the cold was so intense that most of the travelers in Ger many were frozen to death on the roads. Back in 1133 it was excessively cold in Italy; the Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea; the heaps of snow rendered the loads impassable; the wine casks burst, and trees split by the frost with immense noise. In 1234 a pine forest was killed by frost at Ravenna . . . while in 1344 all the rivers in Italy were frozen over. ... In 1384 the winter was so severe that the Rhine and the Scheld were frozen, and even the sea at Venice ... as late as 1776 (Continued on Pape Two) Winter Casualty Occurs When Girl Flung From Sled Marian Musgrove Breaks Leg When Bobsled Crashes Car Few Accidents Reported From Sleigh Parties The first of casualties from win ter fun occurred last night when Marian Musgrove, freshman from Portland and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, was hurled into a parked automobile by the snap of a bob sled speeding behind an automobile around the corner of Thirteenth and Kincaid streets. Mis3 Musgrove suffered a broken leg and was immediately taken to the Pacific Christian hospital. According to reports other members of the sleighing party escaped with only minor bruises, the sled being quite damaged. The identity of the driver was not learned, however, eye witnesses state that the automobile was traveling at an unreasonable speed. No other accidents of the snowy world have been reported, although many students were enjoying the heavy snow fall until late hours. t Talcs of Worst Snows Told by Professors Say Climate Is Mild — vrTIIILK Oregon students are rev ” elling in the new fallen snow which in this country seems quite a young blizzard, University pro fessors come to the front with the old saying "You ain't heard noth ing yet." “Have I had any experience with snow storms? Why, I was living in Minnesota during the fa mous blizzard of 1888, one of the two worst blizzards since the white men inhabited the Missis sippi valley,” was the comment of Harold S. Tuttle, school of edu cation. During this storm the temperature hung around the zero mark but when it had abated it dropped to a mere 42 degrees be low *ero. Many people who strayed off the beaten path lost their lives during the blizzard. "Next to our house the drifts were 15 feet deep. In one of these I dug a snow house as high as I (Continued on Pape Two) Foster Chosen For Chairmanship Of Senior Ball Annual Affair Scheduled For Evening of February 22 Eleanor Poorman Acting President of Class Day Foster, senior in journal ism, was yesterday named chair man of the Senior ball by Eleanor Eleanor Poormar Poorman, presi dent of the class. The dance will be given on Febru arry 22. Foster was chairman of the high school con ference directo rate, is president of the board of directors of the University Co-op, and was pledged to Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising hon orary, last week. l’oorman Replaces Nelson “After the splendid way Mr. Foster handled the high school conference, I consider him one of the most competent men on the campus and admirably fitted to put on the best senior ball in his tory,” said Miss Poorman, who as vice-president of the senior class, has taken over the position of president left vacant by Carl Nel son. Mr. Nelson left at the first of fall term to attend the Army aviation school. Foster will announce tomorrow the committees who will work with him. To Be Busy “I am very pleased with receiv ing this appointment,” he said, “and I want to make the dance the most successful we have ever had. As the date is only a month away, we will be kept very busy from now until then.” A special meeting of the senior class has been called for 5 o'clock in Villard hall tomorrow after noon, where further plans for the bh.ll will be discussed, and it is important that everyone be there, according to Miss Poorman. New Schedule Drawn up for Radio Contest Doubling Up Necessary To Keep Time Limit Within Bounds of Term BACHELORDON FIRST Dates Drawn at Meeting of Mouse Heads; Tuesday Start of Programs Bachelordon will break the ice in the big Emerald-KORE radio contest, it wap announced last night when Fred Norton, contest director, released the final sched ule of programs, as drawn at a meeting of all house program di rectors in the Journalism building Friday. Bachelordon’s half-hour of ra dio entertainment will be broad cast at 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Janu ary 21, and will be followed on successive days by Hendricks hall and Sigma Pi Tau. Rearrangement Made Because of the unexpectedly large number of living groups which entered the contest at the last moment, Norton was forced to schedule two programs each night, starting with the second week of competition, in order that the contest might be finished be fore the end of the winter term. Those houses which originally drew places on the second half of the schedule will be moved up to the first half, and will go on the air at 8:30, directly after the 8 o’clock program is finished. New Groups Enter Several groups which had not perviously signified their inten tion of participating sent repre sentatives to the meeting in the Journalism building Friday, and were given places on the schedule. Among these were Delta Zeta, represented by Eleanor Wood; Delta Upsilon, Monte Leonard Wolf, Alpha Phi, Carolyn Haber lach, Sigma Chi, Bob Christian son; Girls' Oregon club, Anne Bricknell; Independents, Herbert Doran. Following is the schedule: January 21—8, Bachelordon. January 22—8, Hendricks hall. January 23—8, Sigma Pi Tau. January 28—8, Gamma Phi Be ta; 8:30, Delta Delta Delta. January 29—8, Alpha Xi Delta; 8:30, Alpha Delta Pi. January 30—8, Chi Psi; 8:30, Phi Sigma Kappa. February 4—8, Alpha Upsilon; 8:30, Alpha Tau Omega. February 5—8, Sigma Kappa; 8:30, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. February 6—8, Sigma Chi; 8:30, Delta Tau Delta. February 11—8, Kappa Sigma; 8:30, Phi Delta Theta. February 12—8, Sigma Nu; 8:30, Delta Zeta. February 13—8, Delta Gamma; 8:30, Kappa Kappa Gamma. February 18—8, Theta Chi; 8:30, Friendly hall. February 19—8, Alpha Gamma Delta; 8:30, Zeta Tau Alpha. February 20—8, Alpha Phi; 8:30, Delta Epsilon. February 25—8, Susan Camp bell; 8:30, Kappa Alpha Theta. February 27—8, Girls’ Oregon club; 8:30, Independents. February 29—Alpha Omicron Pi. College authorities who prevent student driving of automobiles should be told that 5,000,000 per sons are injured annually In their homes. More Than 500 Students Gather on Campus for Conference During their activities of the tenth annual High School conference on the campus of the University of Oregon, toe visitors stopped long enough to be snapped by a cameraman on the steps of Johnson hall, the building in which they registered. The attendance at the 1 recent meeting is said to be greater than ever before. Web foot Five Noses In Ahead of Vandals To Score 40-37 Win r---,* - McArthur Roof Will l phold Three Feet Of Snotv; No Danger rJ'HAT there is any danger from weight of snow on the roof of McArthur court was de nied yesterday by A. P. Mc Kenzie, superintendent of grounds, after an inspection of the building. “The roof,*’ said Mr. Mc Kenzie, when asked about his inspection of McArthur court, “would hold a weight of three feet of snow; there is little more than two inches of snow on there now. I am, however, hav ing the snow scraped off.” Junior Vodvil To Be Changed; New Plans To Be Made Too Much Waste of Time, Expense Held Reasons For Discontinuance Committee Will Be Named To Find Substitute The Junior Vodvil of past years will be greatly revised if present plans for this year’s revue go through, accord Bill Whitely s ing to a state ij ment made by |Bill W h i t c 1 y, ^president of the |junior class, last ;ht. Due to the |many objections on the part of both students and faculty to the vodvil of the past two years, the junior class this year is going to maae a move to modify the show,” Whitely de clared. "A committee will be ap pointed this week which will sug gest a tentative plan to the class for a new feature to take the place of the regular show which is given a week before Junior Week-end. The expense involved, the amount of student time neces sary to make it a success, the fact that it is no longer a part of Jun ior Week-end but is a separate event in itself, and general cam pus dissatisfaction with the show are among the objections which have been raised by those in favor of changing the vodvil.” After the appointment of the committee which will investigate possible alternatives, their find ings will be presented to the jun ior class for its approval, Whitely said. LIRE WILL REMAIN OPEN IN EVENING To accommodate students who are working on the Murray War ner essays, the Murray Warner library will be open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week and Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday of next week between the hours of 7 and 9 p. m. Free Throws By Vine Doip Settle Game Oregon Quintet Comes From Behind After Holding Lead MacMillan Stars Against Rejuvenated Squad Finding themselves behind with but 43 seconds to play after they had been enjoying a substantial Rich Fox lead, Oregon put all the fight they had into the bas is e t b a 11 game with the Idaho Vandals last night and man aged to score a win by the scant margin indicated by the 40 to 37 score. Leading, 36 to 31, and but a couple of minutes to play, the Webfoots started to stall but they started too soon. Three field goals were scored by MacMillan, Howard and Thompson, for the Vandals, in less time than it takes to tell about it, and the Oregon five found themselves trailing by As the crowd was going wild the referee called time out and announced that there was but 43 seconds remaining to play. At this point Howard, Vandal guard, fouled Vine Dolp and the two chances that he had for free throws were both good. As the gun went off Calkins added two more points, giving the Oregon team the lead which made the Lemon and Green rooters breathe more easily. MacMillan, who played an out standing- game for the invading quintet, started the scoring with a field goal soon after hostilities had commenced. Gene Eberhart evened the count soon after and the score was close until the closing mo ments of the first half when the Oregon team got going and piled up a substantial score to lead 22 to 11 at half time. After the half it was a differ ent story, the Vandals slowly cut ting down the lead until they in turn were ahead, where they re mained until the closing moments of the game. Eberhart had man aged to get the tip-off for the entire first half but seemed to have lost his slight edge over Hurley, the opposing center, when play started after the half. Vine Dolp, at forward for the Oregon team, was high point man of the contest, contributing 14 points to the final tally, and also aiding the cause materially through his superior floor work and defense. The defensive strength of the entire team seemed to have im proved, or at least it appeared that way in the first half and the closing minutes of play, and dur f Continued on Poor Three i RELATIONS WITH UNIVERSITY FRIENDLY SAYS CAPT. M’EWAN /CAPTAIN JOHN J. McEWAN, who has severed all connection with the University, indicated in an interview Monday, that his re lations with the University during the course of his conferences, pending a satisfactory salary ad justment, have been friendly and agreeable to him. McEwan, when asked to elab orate concerning the Florida trip of the Oregon varsity football team, said that hever In his en tire experience as a coach, had he had the pleasure of accompany ng a team, such as the Oregon '.earn, on such a long and wonder ful trip. This trip is, as far as McEwan knows, the longest ever attempted by any college football team. In every city where the train carrying the Oregon squad stopped, the Webfoot men were over whelmed with southern hospital ity, the captain said. Complimen tary dinners, parades, dances, and every form of entertainment con ceivable was furnished the Oregon troupe wherever they went. At New Orleans, the entire team was honored at a compli mentary dinner given at the New Orleans Athletic club. Then they were given a ride on the Missis sippi river in a private yacht. This river trip afforded the boys a chance to see negroes at work in southern cotton fields, the transportation of the cotton, and the many docks. A football prac tice was also held at New Orleans, the captain added. “The University of Oregon re ceived more favorable publicity (Continued on Page Three)