Oregon daily emerald., January 18, 1930, Image 1

VOLUME XXXI_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930___NUMBER 58
Frosh Ask All
Attend Glee;
Motif Mystery
PM Sig Trio To Sing as
Feature; Vagabonds
To Vend Music
FLOOR IN READINESS
Informal Garb a la Mode
Wearing of Tuxedo
Held Unnecessary
The igloo is decorated, the floor
is waxed to a pleasing smooth- \
ness, the lights are turned low, |
and everything is in readiness for
the annual Frosh Glee this eve
ning, according to Chuck Gilles
pie, general chairman in charge
of the hop committee.
Still persisting in his refusal to
reveal the motif of the decora
tions, he has at least given away
l. the names of the entertainers who
will brighten up the intermissions.
Lawrence Wagner, Jack Morrison,
and Vint Hall, the Phi Sig'trio,
have promised to be present with
vocal syncopation, he said.
Johnny Robinson’s Varsity Vag
abonds will furnish the music for
dancing. The orchestra will be
mounted on a platform in the ex
act geographical center of McAr
thur court so that the music will
be audible in all parts of the
building.
Lights to Be Dim
The lights will be low. Myrle
Lindley, electrician, has seen to
that. The patrons and patronesses
will be sympathetic. Jane Stange
has seen to that. The refresh
ments will be novel and thirst
quenching. Ardis Ulrich has seen
to that. The decorations are col
orful and somewhat “different.”
Marion Frost, Melvyn Lofton, and
Georgia Lou Miller have seen to
that. And the floor will be smooth
and easy to glide on. Bob Near
has seen to that.
Lest the students and faculty of
the University, who will be the
guests of the freshmen at the
dance this evening, are worried
about what to wear, Gillespie has
gone so far as to announce that
women will dress formally and
men informally. While he expects
to see the girls dressed in these
sleezy new long dresses, men who
come garbed in tuxedos will be
decidedly out of place.
Checks Require Dime
Everything but the hat check
ing is free, for this party is "on”
the freshmen, who have been
working like Trojans to make the
thing a success.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the men of the various
living organizations will arrive
with their own groups at specified
intervals. They will have their
“dates” along, of course.
“We hope everybody connected
1 with the University will come,”
said Gillespie. “We want to make
this party a memorable affair.”
OREGON GRADUATE
WINS $100 PRIZE
Winchester H. Heicher, former
Oregon ’30 and star fencer for
the University last year, now at
tending Stanford, won a first prize
of $100 recently in an essay con
test heeld at that institution. His
paper was entitled “The Growth
of Americanism.”
Conspiracy Bared!
Elements in Plot
Against Sidewalk
It's otie darn thing after an
other.
That sidewalk down by the
Journalism shack has been in
the process of construction since
last November. Work started
with a bang; then someone
found that the telephone poles
were in the way and had to be
moved.
After the poles were out of
the way, the contractor held up
construction pending settlement
of gradC levels.
That being over with, work
began again, and a nice neat
job of grading was finally e,
and all of us thought we "e
enough have a new sidew c.
Then it had to snow.
Now there won’t be any s g •
walk until the frost is out 2 ’
the ground, says City Eng®
eer Clubb. o
One-act Matinee %
Plays Scheduled
By Mrs. Seybolt
Tryouts To Start Monday
For Any Student in
Drama Dept.
Books Placed on Reserve
At the Old Library
Students with ambitions to act
may try out Monday for parts in
a series of one-act matinees which
will be given later in the term, ac
cording to .an announcement by
Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, head of the
drama department.
The tryouts will start at 4 p. m.
in Guild hall and are open to any
student in or out of the drama de
partment.
All those interested should sign
up at the drama office Monday
Students can read the plays over
the week-end. They are on re
serve at the old library. Other
information on the subject is post
ed on the drama bulletin board.
A list of the plays to be used fol
lows:
“Fancy Free,” by Stanley
Houghton; “On the Lot,” by Flor
ence Ryerson and Colin Clements;
“The Rising of the Moon,” by Lady
Gregory; "East of Eden,” by
Christopher Morley* “Neverthe
less,” by Stuart Walker; “Men
Folk,” by Florence Ryerson and
Colin Clements.
LIBRARY TO USE
SYSTEM FOR BLIND
For the benefit of the blind stu
dents of the University of Oregon,
a special department of the library
will be organized which will pro-:
vide Braille touch system books
for their use.
At the present time tHere are
eight blind students on the cam
pus and about a dozen blind adults
in town. “We hope to be able
to get by purchase and donation,
books specifically useful in con
nection with classes,” said M. H.
Douglass, librarian.
Mr. Douglass has appointed the
following committee of three blind
students to investigate the situa
•tion: Donald Smith, Malcolm Med
j ler, and Elizabeth Hall.
Ex-Emerald Editor Crosses
Continent Six Times Yearly
The distinction of having trav
eled more than 150,000 miles in
' the United States alone during
the past five years, aside from two
summers spent in Europe, goes to
Arthur S. Rudd, former editor of
the Emerald, and Oregon grad
uate with the class of 1924.
Mr. Rudd, who has been em
ployed sin#e 1925 as field repre
sentative for the Publishers’ Syn
dicate of Chicago, tours the entire
country twice a year in connection
with the sale of syndicate feat
ures to individual newspapers in
every state in the union. One of
these tours brought him to Eu
gene yesterday, and he will spend
the week-end here.
4 While on the campus Mr. Rudd
was elected to Sigma Delta Chi
and Alpha Delta Sigma, journal
istic and advertising fraternities,
and to Friars, senior men’s hon
orary. He is a member of Phi
Gamma Delta.
He took his master's degree in
journalism at Columbia univer
sity, New York City, in 1935, and
went directly into syndicate work.
During the summer of J926 he
conducted a party of tourists
through Europe, and two years
later he spent three months as a
reporter on the Paris edition of
the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Rudd crosses the continent
six times every year, he stated,
! as well as covering his territory,
' which extends from Halifax, Nova
! Scotia, to San Diego, California,
and From Vancouver, British Co
| lumbia, to Miami, Florida.
| Grid Stadium
To Be Talked
At Civic Meet
New Football Field Plan
Of Eugene and Sehool
Authorities
AWAIT HALL’S RETURN
Spears’ Signing Puts New
Impetus to Campaign;
• Cost is $100,000
With a new football coach as
sured and new football hopes stir
ring in the breasts of Oregon stu
Tom Stoddard
dents and friends
of the Universi
ty, the prospect
of a huge new
! football stadium
: looms in sight.
1 A joint meeting
of business men
and civic leaders
of Eugene and
University of Or
egon officials is
being planned
for next Week, at
which time the preliminary plans
will be laid. ^
Although a larger stadium has
been discussed from time to time,
the movement received its first
real push with the signing of Dr.
Clarence W. Spears of Minnesota
as head football coach at Oregon
for the next five years. The at
tention of the public has been
again attracted to the Oregon
football squad and its brilliant
outlook, and the sponsors of the
Bigger and Better Stadium move
ment have seized upon this as the
proper time to start the ball roll
ing.
Date to Be Set
A definite date for the meeting
will be set as soon as President
Hall returns to Eugene from his
meeting with Dr. Spears at Mis
soula, Montana, where the final
arrangements are being made con
cerning the five-year contract
jointly awarded Spears by the stu
dents and the University officials.
The purpose of the stadium, ac
cording to those behind the proj
ect, is to attract more home
games. According to their plans,
the new grandstand will occupy
the several acres of ground south
of Nineteenth street owned by the
University. The new grandstand
will be moved to the stadium field
and addition* will be built to give
the stadium a seating capacity of
30,000. Plans will be so laid that
an additional 30,000 seats may be
added when crowds warrant it.
The total cost tyvill not exceed
$100,000.
City Represented
Among those who will attend
next week's conference are Mayor
Wilder of the city of Eugene, Carl
G. Washbume, president of the
council; Roy Booth, president of
the chamber of commerce; James
H. Baker, chairman of the mer
chants committee of the chamber
of commerce; William Clubb, city
engineer; A. A. Rogers, president
of the First National bank; E. L.
Edmunds, president of the United
States National bank, and A. R.
Tiffany, cashier of the Bank of
Commerce. They will represent
the civic and business element.
The University will be repre
sented by President Hall, Virgil D.
Earl, director of athletics; Jack
W. Benefiel, graduate manager;,
Ronald H. Robnett, assistant grad
uate manager; Tom Stoddard,
president of the student body, and
Sam Wilderman and George God
frey of the student and University
news bureaus.
The press will be represented by
Alton F. Baker, editor, and Wil
liam Tugman, managing editor of
the Guard, and Frank Jenkins,
editor of the Register.
It is expected that following the
first meeting, the committees will
be cut down to about seven mem
bers who will grapple with the
technicalities to be met.
Dr. Hall To Address
Graduates at Benson
The mid-year commencement
speech for Benson Polytechnic
high school, Portland, will be made
this year by Dr. Arnold Bennett
Hall, president of the University.
The exercise is scheduled for Jan
uary 24, according to present
plans.
To Direct at Concert
When the Portland Symphony orchestra and the "University of
Oregon mixed chorus appear together In concert at McArthur court
next Monday evening, John Stark Evans, left, will be seen directing
the latter, and Willem van Hoogstraten, famous conductor, right, will
direct the Portland Symphony.
Speech at International Relations
Institute Brings Praise to Dr, Mez
Two letters from the Institute
of International Relations have
been received on the campus re
cently, thanking the University
for its share and cooperation in
the fifth annual convention held
at Los Angeles during the Christ
mas holidays, at which Dr. John
R. Mez, professor of economics,
represented the University.
The first, letter came to Presi
dent Arnold Bennett Hall. It fol
lows in part:
‘I want to thank you for your
splendid cooperation in sending a
delegate from your institution:
The Institute of International Re
lations is strictly a cooprative one
in character and depends largely
for its success upon the interest
and enthusiasm of the colleges and
universities of the Pacific area.”
The letter to Dr. Mez thanked
him for his speech which he deliv
ered before the. institute upon
‘‘Freedom of the Seas and Naval
Disarmament.” It then contin
ued: “The program of the week
was uniformly strong and valua
ble; but no one brought us a more
helpful address than your own. Be
assured that we are deeply grate
fid and trust that we may have
the pleasure of haying you with
us again at some future time.”
The letters were signed by R. B.
Von Kleinsmid, secretary. The
meetings next year will be held on
the campus of the University of
California.
Last Chance for
Oreganas Given
In Wind-up Drive
Workers Hope To Reaoh
Quota Set for Book;
Campaign Short
The last mile is always the hard
est, but Bab Miller and Betty
Beam, circulation managers for
the Oreigana,, are determined that
the 1930 yearbooks will not fall
short of its objective of 2,500 paid
subscriptions, and they are mak
ing a last effort to place the sub
scription list over the quota,
which was not quite reached in
the drive last term.
The subscription campaign,
which starts today, is to be an in
tensified canvass of all persons
who have not yet signed up -for
the book. Practically the same
list of solicitors who assisted with
the first campaign are helping the
two circulation managers in their
final wind-up effort.
“Only the number of books that
we have orders for are going to
be printed,” Bob Miller stated last
night, “so that there will be no
extra books to sell, which makes
It necessary that everyone want
ing an Oregana sign up, as this
will be the last chance.”
It is hoped that the drive will
be completed by the first of next
week, so that the editor will have
a definite idea of the number of
books to be printed and can pro
ceed with the publishing of the
book.
CONKLIN S BOOK
RECEIVED HERE
Fifteen copies of "The Psychol
ogy of Religious Adjustment” by
Dr. Edmund S. Conklin, head of
the department of psychology,
were received yesterday at the
main library and put on reserve in
Condon hall.
The book, printed by the Mac
millan company of New York, is
dedicated to his wife, Helen Hol
brook Conklin—“whose enduring
interest in the interpretations pre
sent led to their arrangement for
the use of others.”
In the preface Dr. Conklin says:
“There is in it no intentional brief
for any form of religious faith nor
for any form of anti-religious doc
trines. It has been my purpose to
bring together facts and psycho
logical interpretations of religious
behavior."
Students To Give
First Recital of
Winter Schedule
Six To Appear in Program
At Music Auditorium
January 21
When Tuesday Evening Music
hours are resumed, January 21,
at the music auditoMum, at 7:15
o'clock, six students will appear
in recital, according to George
Hopkins, head of the piano de
partment and chairman of the
recital committee.
They are John Spittle, fresh
man of Astoria, who will sing;
Arthur Hicks, instructor in the
English department, pianist; Oley
Frigaard, senior of Colton, who
will sing; Edith Grim, freshman
of Halfway, pianist; Mabel Kul
lander, senior of Independence,
violinist; and Robert Gould, of
Eugene, organist.
The programs were introduced,
with much success, last fall term
to iptei-est the campus in the ac
tivities of the school of music.
Growing student interest in the
programs was noted by instruc
tors.
The music hours are character
ized by brevity and informality,
under the plan introduced by Mr.
Hopkins.
CELLO TRIO GIVES
RADIO PROGRAM
A trio of violincellos, composed
! of Dr. John R. Mez, professor
| of political science, Miss Miriam
! Stafford, and Miss Roberta Spicer,
played over radio station KORE
Thursday night. David Popper’s
I "Requiem” was the selection
played by the trio; they were ac
companied by Frances Pierce.
Dr. Mez also played several so
los, and Miss Esther Wicks, stu
dent of the violin, gave several se
lections.
New Publication Has
Contribution by Tuttle
A new volume of the Book of
Knowledge which came off the
press Tuesday contains a contri
bution by Harold S. Tuttle, asso
ciate professor of education.
Professor Tuttle has written 25
lessons on character education
which will appear along with 475
other lessons under the title ol
' “The Teachers’ Guide.’’
Igloo Scene
Of Symphony
Monday Night
Portland Orchestra Will
Appear in Concert
With Chorus
TO HAVE 2 DIRECTORS
117 Students Listed To
Take Part in Program
At McArthur Court
The featured concert of the
1929-30 associated students’ series
is scheduled for McArthur court,
next Monday evening, January 20,
at 8:30 o’clock, when the Portland
Symphony orchestra will appear
in joint concert with the' Univer
sity mixed chorus.
The concert is free to students
and promises to attract a record
crowd. The only requirement for
the admission of students is the
presentation of student body cards.
Willem van Hoogstraten, the
noted conductor of the Portland
orchestra, and John Stark Evans,
of the University school of music
faculty, will share the honors at
the concert. Hoogstraten will di
rect both chorus and orchestra in
the numbers they are to present
together. Evans has been respon
sible for the training of the
chorus, and has been holding re
hearsals every other day for the
past two weeks. Mr. van Hoog
straten was in Eugene ten days
ago and went over the choruses
with the singers.
To Come on special
A special train will bring the
symphony party of more than sev
enty people from Portland, and
will arrive in Eugene about 3:30
Monday afternoon. After a re
hearsal at McArthur court, the
musicians will be the guests of the
associated students at a banquet
to be held at'the men’s dormitory.
Dick Horn, vice-president of the
student body, is in charge of ar
rangements for the dinner, and is
being assisted by Dorothy Teepe
and Phyllis Van Kimmell. “We
are proud to be the hosts of such
a distinguished group as the mem
bers of the Portland Symphony,"
Horn said, “and are giving this
informal banquet to show our ap
preciation of their presence.”
Program Given
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony,
Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Spanish Ca
price,” and selections from Wag
ner’s “Meistersinger” will be the
high lights of the evening’s pro
gram. Weber’s “Oberon” over
ture, Bach’s “Air for Strings,” and
Sibelius’ “Valse Triste” are shorter
compositions to be played by the
orchestra.
Mr. Evans has announced the
members of the chorus as follows:
Sopranos
Ruth Lawrence, Lucy Spittle,
Irene Breum, Frances Drake, Eliz
abeth Graham, Virginia Beck,
Thelma Kem, Catherine Snapp,
Gladys Mack, Elizabeth Stimson,
Helen Hutchinson, Emma Meador,
Helen Grissom, Lucille Wirth,
Elizabeth Gilstrap, Anne Bricknell,
Jane Keeney, Harriett Roberts,
Gretchen Moore, Bernice Brown,
Marabel Braden.
Olive Calef, Helen Voelker,
Martha Lee Taylor, Patricia Ma
honey, Sara Addleman, Dena Lie
uatlen, Dorothy Davidson, Cecfle
Coss, Grace Barnett, Helen Ashll
man, Helen Ellis, Evelyn Hollis,
Nancy Theilsen, Catherine Starr,
Rubjr George, Irene Moore, Claire
Oliver, and Nlhla Hines.
0 Altos
Katherine Laughrige, Nancy
Taylor, Elaine Williams, Edris
Greene, Helen Carlson, Dorothy
Anne Jones, Margaret Beistel,
Margaret Sims, Ethel Conway,
Nancy Thomson, Juanita Kilbom,
Helen Drang, Ethel Mackey,
Katherine Bluhm, Phyllis Hartzog,
Beryl Harrah, Golda Wickham,
Thelma Bradley.
Minnie Belle Heral, Albertina
Hankey, Dorothy Davidson, Ellen
Mills, Amy Hughes, Eloise Beau
monde, Katherine Blood, Mathilde
Tuerck, Geraldine Gardner, Rose
Simons, Marjorie Allen, Dorothy
Cooper, and Doris McMorran.
Tenors
Kenneth Kienzle, John Spittle,
Dean Beistel, Paul Potter, Robert
Goodrich, Willard Jensen, Harry
Molatore, Herbert Doran, Ellis
Thomson, John Conder, Hugh
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Emerald-KORE Contest
Plans Near End; First
Program is Tuesday
Registrar To Close
Windows to Entering
Students Noon Today
TX)DAY at noon the windows
of the business and regis
trar’s offices In the Ad build*
tag will dose, and after that
no one will be allowed to com*
plete registration or add a
course for winter term, accord
ing to Miss Gertrude Stephen
son, assistant to the registrar.
Also today are the psychol
ogy and English A exams for
the entering students. Students
have already received notices
of these exams, and If they do
not take them today their reg
istration will be cancelled. In
order to re-enter the University
it will be necessary to petition
and pay a fine. The psychology
exam will take place this morn
ing at 9 o’clock In room 101,
Condon; the English A quiz
will be held this afternoon at
2 o’clock In room 107, ViUard.
60-Piece Oregon
Orchestra Slated
To Give Concert
Sunday Afternoon Vespers
Program To Be Given
For All Campus
Underwood To Lead Group
Which Will Entertain
One of the most important cam
pus musical events of the year is
slated for Sunday, January 19,
when. Rex Underwood, head of the
violin department of the school of
music, will present the 60-piece
University of Oregon orchestra at
the 4 o’clock vesper program.
This will be one of the few ap
pearances the orchestra will make.
Mtich interest has been shown in
the program, which includes the
compositions of three famous com
posers, Bach, Beethoven and
Haydn. Beethoven’s overture to
"Egmont,” the opening number, is
described as Intensely dramatic
music. Haydn’s Third symphony
is one of the most popular of his
works, with particularly tuneful
melodies, interesting contrasts and
beautiful slower passages.
Miss Wicks Soloist
Miss Esther Wicks, senior in
music, who will be the soloist for
the second number, has gained
much recognition for her work as
a, violinist. She is one of six
music students chosen to be Juil
liard scholars here this fall. Miss
Wicks is from Astoria. She will
play Bach’s Air for the G String,
with a string orchestra.
A large audience is anticipated
for tomorrow afternoon’s vesperE
which are the first to begin at
the new regular hour, 4 o’clock.
Program Announced
The program follows:
Overture to “Egmont"....Beethover
Air for the G String.Bad
Miss Wicks, with string orchestra
Symphony, No. 3 (Surprise)....
..fHaydx
adagio c&ntablle-vivace
andante and variations
molto allegro
I -
Norton Sets
Rules For All
Contestants
Point System of Judging
Will Be Used; Three
Officials Named
Bachelordon To Go on Air
8 o’Clock, Jan.' 21
With the completion of the
schedule of performances, the final
selection of judges, and the an
Fred Norton
M U U U V CHICHI. V*
| the general rules,
| plans for the
(Emerald - KORE
radio contest
which will be be
gun next Tues
day night are
3 being rapidly
ibrought to a
(close, according
■ to Fred Norton,
(contest director.
The initial per
formance will be
sponsored by uacneiordon, and tne
'.vires of KORE will be opened at
8 o’clock sharp, Tuesday. Tha
contest, which is being sponsored
by the Oregon Daily Emerald, in
conjunction with Eugene radio
station KORE, is open to every
living organization on the campus.
A recent announcement by Nor
ton shows that nearly forty have
entered.
Three Judges Named
Three judges have been named,
though their identity has not been
announced; one is from the Ore
gon Daily Emerald, one from ra
dio station KORE, and the third
from the donor of the grand«prize
which will be announced in the
campus publication soon.
The judges, who state that gen
eral public opinion will be taken
heavily into consideration, have
drawn up a definite method of de
termining the quality of each pro
gram. Tl»ey will be judged by the
point system, keeping a chart of
each performance signifying the
broadcasting, humor, and enter
tainment qualities. By this sys
tem officials believe that the or
ganizations at the head of the
schedule will have an equal op
portunity at the grand prize.
Program Half-hour Long
Each program will be half an
hour in length, and the living or
gainzatlons are asked to govern
their rehearsals by this time
limit. Two programs will be held
in one evening, the first at 8
o’clock and the second immedi
ately following at 8:30 o’clock.
The entire performance, including
the announcing, may be done by
the organization, states Norton,
only time for station announce
ments must be allowed. If the liv
ing group does not have its own
announcer, one will be provided
for it.
The entries are also reminded
by the contest director that only
members of the house may par
ticipate in the performance, and
that those who engage others for
their program will be disqualified.
Scager and Seligman Quiz
Morris at Economics Exam
By BOB ALLEN
The campus is welcoming Dr.
Victor P. Morris back, but finding
it rather hrad to remember that
no more is he Professor Morris or
Mr. Morris, but Oregon's newest
Ph. D„ Dr. Morris.
And apparently a doctors’ ex
amination cannot be as bad as
some of his own ’’econ" exams,
which do not often leave the stu
dent with such a broad smile as
the one he wears.
But Dr. Morris did more things
than just take a doctor’s examin
ation. He attended a three-day
conference of the American Eco
nomic association held in Wash
ington, D. C., before Christmas.
Economics professors from all
parts of the country were pres*
ent at this meeting.
In Washington Dr. Morris met
Carlton Savage, ex-A. S. U. O.
president who is working for the
state department, preparing world
war documents for publication.
This work, explained Dr. Mor
ris, is a very lengthy survey of all
war records, which includes check
ing with other nations, since much
of the material which involves
other countries cannot be pub
lished until permission is granted
by other parties concerned in the
document. Savage has access to
all of the confidential files of the
state department.
From Washington he left for
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