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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1930)
Oregon Women To Meet Washington Varsity Debaters Tonight The Social Sphere Phyllis Van Klmmell, Editor Miller, Hosford Tell of Engagement The announcement of the en gagement of Miss Emery Miller to Robert Hosford was made at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house last week. Miss Miller attended the University and was a member of the class of 1930. Mr. Hosford is affiliated with Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. The couple will be married in the spring. * * # Informal Dance Given By Faculty Club The Faculty club held an infor mal dance last evening at the club house from 7:30 until 10:30. The evening was spent in bridge and dancing. The committee responsi ble for the dance consisted of: Dean David Faville, Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt, S. Stephenson Smith, Mrs. Virginia Judy Ester ly, Dr. Ray P. Bowen, Daniel D. Gage, Jr., and Fred Harris. Theta Sigma Phi Is Entertained Mrs. Eric W. Allen informally entertained active and alumnae members of Theta Sigma Phi at her home on Birch Lane, Sunday afternoon. President Elise Schroe der gave a report on the national convention in Columbus, Ohio, which she attended as delegate. After Miss Schroeder's talk, tea was served. An informal tea will be given Friday afternoon in honor of those women attending the annua) Oregon Newspaper conference be ing held on the campus this week end. * * * Kennedy-Baker News has just been received of the marriage of Ernest Kennedy, sophomore in business administra tion, to Ruth Baker, junior in the University of Kansas, in Tucson, Arizona, January 29. The couple arrived in Eugene Monday, and an informal * recep tion was given for them at thtj home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy E; Kennedy, Monday evening. They will leave within a few days for Grainton, Nebraska., where they will reside temporar ily Newell-Womack News has come to the campus rf another engagement announce ment, that of Miss Mary Ann Newell, former University student, to Robert W. Womack, in Port and. The wedding will take place in the early spring. First A. W.S. Tea Of Term Will Be Next Thursday Iiig Sisters Are Asked To Escort Little Sisters To Affair Big and little sisters will get to gether at an Associated Women’s Student affair again Thursday when the first A. W. S. tea of this term will be held at Gerlinger building, announced Harriett Kib bee, tea chairman, yesterday af ternoon. “We are urging every big sis ter to come, bringing her little sis ters,” said Miss Kibbee. “This is the first tea of winter term and we expect one of the largest turn outs of the year.” Special food and entertainment has been arranged, according to the chairman. The tea will last from 3 to 5 o'clock. Various A. W. S. officers ex pressed themselves yesterday as heartily interested in the idea of having big sisters bring their lit tle sisters. They predicted an un usually large and representative attendance. All women students on the cam pus are invited to teas, emphasized Miss Kibbee, in announcing the Thursday event. “We don’t mean these teas to be for freshmen alone but for all women on the campus and we hope to have representa tives from all classes out Thurs day.” Only 350 Tickets Left for Senior Ball (Continued from Page One) Bissell; Friendly hall, Clarence Craw; Gamma hall, Harper Ber nard. International house, Charles Yo shii; Kappa Sigma, Paul Hunt; Omega hall, Bertrand Isaminger; Phi Delta Theta, Webb Hayes; Phi Gamma Delta, Frank Ison; Phi Kappa Psi, Joe Erkenbrecher; Phi Sigma Kappa, Gregg Millett'; Psi Kappa, Bruce Titus. Sherry Ross hall, Wayne Mul guin; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Charles Reed; Sigma Chi, John Nelson; Sigma hall, Tom Johns; Sigma Nu, Kenneth Allen; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Dick Horn; Sigma Pi Tau, Cecil Snyder; Theta C£i, Sid Dobbin. Hampton’s Basement Store Phone 230 Tiffany Bldg’. HEILIG LAST TWO DAYS Wed. and Thursday Continuous Shows 1:00 Till 11:00 PLUS . OUR GANG in Comedy “RAILROADIN’’ News, Vitaphone, Vaudeville k ALL TALKING ALL CLASS Is it the parents of today who are the problem, instead of the younger generation? An un usual and interesting picture of elders with youthful ideas, and what happens when young blood takes a hand. Norma Shearer’s talking successor to “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney’’ — with all the class and charm of that screen sensation. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY lon CHANEY * - Helen Durand, B. Bordon Are U. of W. Team Place of Woman in Home Ojc Business To Be TOPIC OF BATTLE Contest Promises Humor Says R. C. Hoeber Helen Durand and Blanche Bor don compose the University of Washington’s varsity women's team which arrives here tomorrow to debate with Lavina Hicks and Bernice Conoly, University of Ore gon women. They will debate on the subject of “Resolved: That the modern diversion of women from the home to business and indus trial occupations is a detriment to society.” "The meet promises much hu mor,” says Dr. Ralph C. Hoeber, “and without a doubt many clever things will be said. It promises to be good.” The debate will be at 105 Commerce tonight at 8. After the affair the Washington team will be entertained by the Oregon women at a supper. Several other battles have also been scheduled for Oregon women debaters. The W. S. C. contest which was to have been here has been cancelled due to the cutting down of the Washington school’s budget. However, Margaret Ed mundson and Mary Klemm still remain listed to go to Pullman. On March 5, Frances Jordon and Bernice Woodard meet a team from California, and Lavina Hicks and Bernice Conoly debate with Utah sometime between February 21 and March 5, the date of which has not yet been decided. A battle with Whitman March 6 has also been scheduled. A team of Elizabeth Painton and another member not yet chosen will speak. All of the above debates will be on the same subject of whether woman’s place is in the home or the business world. Hendricks says, “Best feature ever for Senior Bali.” Blind Students Enjoy Broadcasts Over Radio; News, Sports Reports Appreciated by Sightless Webfoots Through the frosty morning air come strains of an old waltz, a snatch from a symphony, setting up exercises, a male quartet. It is an alarm clock on the modern plan—a radio. True, like many another good alarm clock, it is not always effective, ‘'But,” Glen Walker said yesterday, “we have a fine brand of interference from the heating plant, a lively staccato from the wireless along the S. P. tracks,—and when one of those semaphores starts to move—” In an effort to find out how important the radio is in the lives of the blind students on the cam pus, the three blind students liv ing at 1223 Emerald street, Glenn, Donald Smith, and Ellis Scoville, were asked their opinions. The three men agreed that their radio's first duty, in point of time at least, is this service as an alarm clock. But, in common with some 3000 other University stu dents, they find that this is not the radio’s only important contri bution to their daily lives. “The news summaries we hear over the radio are later than the papers, and it saves time for peo ple not to have to read to us so long,” said Don Smith. "But,” he added quickly, “this doesn’t mean that the radio displaces the news paper, for it doesn’t. It isn’t com plete and thorough enough.” The five powers naval arma ment conference is being followed with interest, by the blind stu dents, though more as an inter esting and successful experiment in brodacasting over such a dis tance by means of short wavd transmission and a national net work than as news. And, too, they find a fascination in listening to such famous people as King George, the lord mayor of London, Ramsay ,MacDonald, and minis ters and ambassadors of the five powers represented at the parley. But the radio has still a greater value, the men said, and that is its provision of a means for recre ation and relaxation. “We're most interested in the radio when foot- J ball time comes ’round,” one of j I the men remarked, smiling, and ; the others smiled with him. Blind I students aren't so different from | the rest of us, after all. And music, good music, can nearly always be had by way of the radio. Once a week the men tune in on classical music from either the Los Angeles Philhar monic orchestra or the San Fran cisco Symphony, both large and well-directed organizations, which alternate their programs. The men said they liked good, really fine, dance orchestras, too. The KNX, Los Angeles request pro gram is one of their “regulars,” as is the Collier’s presentation of what the men call "a couple of good plays, and speeches by busi ness men” which comes in over a national network from New York. Another favorite is the “Memory Lane” program broadcast over KGO, Oakland, and KGW, Port land. And, of course, the Emerald KORE contest is another “regu lar.” The other blind students on the campus are: Elizabeth Hall, Max ine Sautter, Elizabeth Higgins, Carl Lemke, and Malcolm Medler. Nearly all either own radios or have access to them. Mrs. Fitch Improves; Receives Visitors Now Mrs. Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the graduate school, who broke her shoulder and received several other injuries on January 15 in an automobile accident, has now had the cast removed from her shoul der and will be ready to sit up in two or three days. She has been in the Pacific Christian hospital since the acci dent, and her steadiljl improving condition has made it possible for her to have one visitor a day. 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Buster Brown Shoe Store ORIGINATORS OF THE 2 FOR 1 SHOE SALE IN EUGENE 933 Willamette St. “We fit the hard-to-fit feet” K ..—- __ ■ Movies Evelyn Shaner, Editor AT THE HEILIG— Norma Shearer, to be remem bered for her commendable work in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney” is again in town to win new laurels in “Their Own Desire." In this picture she depicts a modern girl, not the old fashioned flapper, but one with more brains, rather like the college co-ed. * * * AT THE HEX— Hush, not a word, "Broadway Scandals" at the Rex is worth seeing. But don't tell your wife, if you have one, because she'll want to go, too. * * * AT THE STATE— If the Emerald doesn't appear you'll know the whole staff rushed down to see “Big News,” which is a typical, mad-rushing, fast-ques tioning, dog-trotting, newspaper show. * * * AT THE COLONIAL— "Ned J»£cCobb's Daughter" at the Colonial is another thrill spec ial about a bootlegger who wasn’t quite so bad. * * * at the McDonald— Fancy runs rampant in Bebe Daniels’ new starring picture "Love Comes Along” at the Mc Donald theatre. The mythical is land of Caparoja forms a colorful setting for a dashing romance . . . DR. J. R. WETHERBEE Eye, Era-, Nose and Throat Office Phone 1601 Residence 1230-M 801-2-3 Miner Bldg. Eugene, Oregon and the hero turns out to be a | sailor, too. i But this picture is not all fancy i as Bebe herself will testify. Be sides playing the heroine she de signed her own costumes, and learned to play the guitar. The Moving Finger (Continued from Tape One) change classes at the end of every term. Some would be eligible for two classes at once. However, the possibility of an ‘underclassman running for student office would be limited by the term residence attendance requirement. WEDNESDAY LAST DAY I FmcCOBBS ’OAliOHTE vvlttt IRENE RICH ROBERT ARMSTRONG GEORGE RARRAUD and THEODORE ROBERTS Dramatic! Gripping! Thrilling! COLLEGIANS — FOX NEWS A scientist at the University of Miehigan Has demonstrated" the projection of Speech directly into the human brain. STATE TODAY AND THURSDAY BIG NEWS! Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Editor of “Courier” murdered! Star re porter of papuh arrest-ed! Beautiful wife of reporter stands by him! Big dope ring involved! Scandal! Thrills! Murder! Laughter! . . . You’ll be missing the treat of your life if you don't see this one. COMEDY NEWS Adults 25c Kiddies 10c Matinees 15c FRIDAY—SATURDAY “Three Passions” What are they ? ? ? lll!!ia!l!IMIll!HI!iH!ll!!ai;!MI!iai!;i!Bli!l!BI!!llf!!!!IWilll NEW SHOW TODAY FOX McDonald d Finest Sound in Town” D STAltTS TODAY! NOW! THANK YOU, EUGENE! Wlitiii we first tried to intrigue you with our “Big 8” idea, we liad no thought you would show such keen interest. . . . However, after the reception you accorded our first “Big Bight'’ presentation, “Sunny Side Up” . . . we are indeed happy for the privilege of offering the second of these special big attractions. . . . No. 2 of the BIG with LLOYD HUGHES MONTAGUE LOVE AND TO MAKE YOU UAUGU LAUREL & HARDY in “A PERFECT DAY” S1'AUXIN U TODAY . • • a DAYS ONLY FOX REX ‘The l*lck of the Talkies” COLUMBIA PICTURES Presents All Talking, Singing and Dancing with ANN PENNINGTON SALLY O’NEIL CARMEL MYERS COMEDY and NEWS