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r They Believe Someday when the public dis cards its old belief that the life of the college woman is one great sea of men and telephone calls, a uni versity degree will add weight. VOLUME XXXII NUMBER 37 Data To Inform Students About Own Institution f Committee Will Organize Campaign To Know Important Facts Freek Will Utilize Modern Methods To Dispense All Information Plans for a “Know Your Univer sity” campaign are now being made by the I Greater Oregon I committee. The campaign will last throughout the remainder of this term and through the win ter term. Its purpose is | to urge the stu | dents of the A. S. IU. O. to know the important facts Joe Freck about their insti tution in order that they may in telligently answer the questions of interested high school students or graduates. Joe Freck, chairman of the com mittee, stated that the plans being made would utilize four methods of dispensing the information to the student body, namely, through the Emerald, the Emerald of the Air, by short talks given at stu dent assemblies, and by publica tions of special pamphlets for stu dent distribution. Freck Shows Necessity' Through his experience last sum mer in Greater Oregon work, Freck points out the necessity of this program. “During the past year of Greater Oregon work, it has been often, brought to my attention that the_ average student in the University either has not been informed or has made little effort to remember, facts that go to substantiate his or her belief that the University of Oregon is one of the finest schools in the country. When some inter ested high school graduate asks about the school of music, the school of architecture and allied arts, or some other part of the University, we are all to prone to answer that the school is “fine” or ‘ one of the best” without knowing why it is. Should Know Facts “It is toward this that we are now directing our efforts,” the committee chairman continued. “If every student knew only one or two points about each depart ment and school and knew those to be actual facts, he would have a firm foundation for a convincing talk on his University. If every one would make an effort to learn the organization and accomplish ( ments of one of our schools each week, we could have a Greater Oregon committee aided by intelli gent student endeavor that could not be matched by any of our rival institutions.” Material Readily Available He added that after interview ing members of the administration and deans of the various schools, it was found that the material would be readily available and eas ily assembled into a brief form sc that it may be presented to the students. “Thanksgiving vacation period gives many students opportunity to talk to prospective University of Oregon students,” Freck con cluded. “The best opportunity comes at Christmas vacation, be fore which the Greater Oregon pro gram should be well under way.” k Five New Members for Pi Lambda Theta Named Four active members and one associate member, elected to Pi Lambda Theta, women’s national education honorary, at a recent meeting were announced yesterday by DeEtta Kobnett, keeper of rec ords for the organization. Those elected to active member ship were Beth Bowerman, senior in education; Lenore Casford, graduate student and reference li brarian; Haniet Hodgen, graduate student and secretary of the per sonnel research department, and Ruth Severance, senior in business administration. Mrs. Veola Ross, teacher in the University high school, was elected to associate membership. Prof Gives Dope On Personality p EX your personality ana '1 lyzed. Learn how to turn that Inferiority complex into that grand feeling of owning the world. Have those numerous complexes that inflict you ironed out while you wait. The only qualification needed for this splendid service is that you belong to one of Dr. Ed mund S. Conklin's elementary psychology classes. Students in these classes recently took tests on personality. The tests are supposed to reveal the person ality of each student. Many students, who desired to know the result of the test, have held private conferences with Dr. Conklin during the past week. Volcano Causes Excitement, Says George Robinson When Kilauea Erupts Many Rush To See Sight of Lava Flows “When Kilauea erupts everyone rushes to see the sight. News travels rapidly, and the Inter Island boat system does double business .as the people hurry to get a glimpse of the world’s largest active volcano on a ram page.” George Robinson, employee of the University multigraph depart ment, came over from Hawaii just a year ago. Born and raised in the picturesque islands, he recalled with interest the many trips to Hilo and the volcano which is at tracting attention in the last few days by its activities. “The road out of Hilo leading up the slopes of Mauna Loa to Kilauea’s big pit is 32 miles long and takes you to a huge, dead lava bed. Out in the center is Halemaumau, the big pit, 1500 feet across, from which all the spouting lava and fire come when Kilauea is active. At night it becomes a fiery fountain that glows and sputters, and is a sight that one never forgets.” “An earthquake always precedes these outbursts,” Robinson reports, “and at one time I remember a thick, grey ash came sifting down all over the town. We never gave a thought as to any particular danger, though, for all the vol canoes on the islands are becom ing more or less extinct. Up in the northernmost islands the vol canoes are the oldest of all. Hal* ealtala, in the north, is the largest extinct volcano that there is. But down in the south things are more alive, though they, too, are dying out like their predecssors in the north. “Mauna Loa does not rise ab ruptly from a plain as we get the impression from pictures,” said Robinson. “It slopes gradually upward and Honolulu is built near its base on the slopes themselves. Some of the houses are built sit uated directly under the crater of Halemaumau. The slopes are so vast that they take up the greater portion of the island. “Hawaii is a wonderful place, but tourists are often disappointed in it. They go expecting a living paradise and forget that it is a real place where people live.” Chi Belts, Tri Delts First in Health Events M. Thompson Wins Back Contest; M. Krolin Has v Prettiest Legs Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Phi Place in Menu Division Chi Delta and Delta Delta Delta won honors in the menu and beauty contests, features of Health week, when the Alden cup was awarded to Chi Delta for the best menu, and Delta Delta Delta's en trants won in both divisions of the beauty contest, Mabel Thompson having the best-looking back and Margaret Krohn, the best-looking legs. Margaret Reed is house manager for the Chi Delta soror ity. These awards were made Fri day at a social afternoon in the Gerlinger building. Two Win Second Place Kappa Kappa Gamma, Julian Benton, house manager, and Alpha Phi, Lucille Murphy, house man ager, won second and third places, respectively, in the menu contest. Second place in the back con test was won by Irene Clemens, Gamma Phi Beta. Miss Virginia Patterson of Delta Zeta won third place. Ruth Clark of Alpha Omlcron Pi was given second place for the best-looking legs. Third place was tied by Willmadene Richolson, Alpha Chi Omega; Sally Holloway, Gamma Phi Beta; Adele Hitch man, Hendricks hall, and Grace Haskins, Susan Campbell hall. Judges Named Miss Harriet Thompson of the physical education department, Dr. Mildred Mumby, assistant Univer sity doctor, and Miss Maude Kerns of the art department were judges. “I thought Health week was very successful,” Miss Florence Alden, director of physical educa tion for girls, remarked last eve ning. "We are all very much pleased that the campus as a whole took hold of it so well and that they took it from the posi tive health point of view—not get ting well after you are sick, but keeping well in the first place, prevailing health not curative.” "This is the first Health week to be sponsored by W. A. A. on the University campus,” Miss Ethel Mason, general chairman, observed, “and we are hoping that Health week becomes an annual tradition.” Menus Not Standard The menus were judged in three ways: dietetic, economic and aes thetic values, Mary Agnes Hunt, menu chairman, explained, an nouncing that none of the menus came up to the standards, but that Chi Delta’s was the nearest. Not enough leafy vegetables, conven tion in arranging and selecting food not recognized, seasonable foods and economic cost not taken advantageously, and much repeti tion were some of the faults. Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, director of dormitories, and Miss Lillian Tin gle, chairman of the household arts department, were judges. Miss Tingle offers to aid any house (Continued on Page Two) National Railroad Revenues Will Likely Be Less, Says Erb Critical Situation Is Faced Because of ISetv Types Of Competition ‘‘Railroad revenues this year in the country at large will probably be about a third less than those of last year, and the situation in the Northwest is particularly acute,” said Donald M. Erb, of the econom ics department, in discussing the present depression. “The St. Paul and Great Northern are falling off at a rate greater than the national average, and the whole Northwest railroad condition is aggravated by the fact that the decline in rail road income is caused by particu larly favorable rates on agricul tural commodities, which is more than enough to offset the gain in railroad revenues provided for in the railroad rate case of this last summer.” Railroads Find Competition Mr. Erb went on to point out the critical situation which the railroads are now facing and enumerated the different types of competition which they must meet. “This country-wide depression of railroad revenues is partly due to the general business depression, and partly to the inroads made by bus and truck transportation and government - subsidized water transportation. Moreover, there is now a movement in the country to spend large amounts of the public funds in support of further intern al waterway developments. The large banking interests of the country have entered the field of battle against this proposal, as they are almost as vitally concern ed as the railroads themselves. The ! railroads have long been opposing this movement, but this is the first indication I have seen of the bank ers getting into the fray.” Mr. Erb here indicated the bulletin sent out by the American Railway association containing a report on railroad revenues by the Railroad I Securities committee of the Invest- J ment Bankers association; this re port states that the constant drain I on the net income of railroads I caused by declining rates and in creased taxation, must be checked. Bankers Back Railroads “The banking interests are op- ; posing the proposal to use public , funds for increasing water trans portation facilities because they ; feel that it is unfair for the gov- , ernment to pay the cost of devel opment and operation of new and ! improved waterways, particularly , in view of the very insufficient ; lates of the railroads. These rates ' are so low that they are a long | way from yielding a fair return on ] the valuable railroad properties, | with the existing volume of tariff \ as small as it is.” The proposed movement has a very direct bearing on local prop erty, Mr. Erb believes, as the can alization of the Willamette river from Eugene to Portland is being considered, and also the canaliza tion of the Columbia river, which would include building a dam at Umatilla. Frank Jenkins, former ly owner of the Eugene Register which has recently consolidated with the Guard, has been very act ive among a group of prominent townspeople who are interested in pushing this development. Alpha Delta Sigma Initiates Sunday Formal Riles To Be Held In Gerlinger Hall Alpha Delta Sigma, national ad vertising honorary for men, will hold a formal initiation for its pledges Sunday morning, Novem ber 23, in Gerlinger hall. Follow ing the initiation ceremonies, a breakfast will be served at the Os burn hotel. Those who will be initiated are Roger Bailey, sophomore in busi ness administration and advertis ing manager of the Oregana ; Gib son Danes, sophomore in architec ture and allied arts and art editor of the Oregana; Francis Mullins, senior in journalism; John Pain ton, sophomore in business admin istration and office manager of the Emerald; and Harry Van Dine, senior in journalism and advertis ing counsel for the University Co operative store. Short talks will be given at the initiation by Prof. W. F. G. Thacher, adviser; Karl Thunerman of McMorran and Washburne, ac tive assistant member, and Harry Tonkon, president of Alpha Delta Sigma. Jack Gregg, advertising manager of the Emerald, is in charge of the initiation program. The pledges have already gone through their pre-initiation when some weeks ago they walked around the campus carrying large signs. The assistant members will also be initiated at the Osburn hotel. All active members will participate in the initiation. G. B. Noble of Reed College To Speak International Week Has Many Addresses on List Professor G. B. Noble, of Reed college, in Portland, will be the principal speaker during Interna tional week, December 1 to 7, ac cording to Mildred McGee, chair man of the program committee for the week. Professor Noble accept ed the invitation to speak and will address the group during one of the conference sections. The directorate’s full schedule of events in order will be ready Tues day, it was announced. In the meantime, 37 speakers have been listed to talk at the forum hours | in the houses on December 2, di rectly after dinner. The list, which included members of the faculty and Eugene business men, will be ready for publication soon. Alice Redetzke, the representa tive from the Westminster Guild, is the latest addition to the direc torate. Dean Schwering Returns Mrs. Hazel Prutsman Schwer ing, dean of women, will return this week - end from Portland, where she has been honored with a luncheon, given Friday by Mrs. George Peters. She also attended a tea given by the Mother’s club on Saturday. Mrs. Schwering visited the high schools at Molalla and Canby, where she spoke before the stu dent body and the Girls’ league. NewTrio Makes Debut in KORE Emerald Hour Hugh Biggs Will Be Center Of Attention With Short Interview Staff Orchestra Is Added To Present Modern Numbers The second program in the se ries constituting “Better Radio Season" for the Oregon Daily Em erald of the Air broadcasts will be relayed from the radio parlors of the College Side Inn Sunday night from 6 to 7 o’clock. Head ing the cast of performers will be a brand new trio who will make their first public appearance on the Emerald-KORE hour. The boys are Johnny Smedberg, Kelsey Slocum, and Bob Goodrich. The three have been working together for the past three weeks, and promise something a little differ ent in harmonizing. New Singers Presented Another singing group new to the radio public will be the Kappa trio. Lois Conover, Betty Hudson, and Janet Thacher are the three girls who have arranged special numbers for tomorrow's program. Hugh Biggs, dean of men, will be the center of attention when Art Potwin, director of the broad casts, and his assistant, Chet Knowlton, put questions to him in a brief interview. Old favorites, the Harmony Twins, will be back to help the radio hour along. Wally Telford and Kenny Lord are the twins. Orchestra to Entertain The Emerald Entertainers, new staff orchestra, will occupy their I regular stand in the studio to pre sent current tunes of the day. One-fourth of the prograni will be given over to talent presenting a program in the Interest of Inter national week. George Root is in charge of the arrangements and announced his portion of enter tainment last night. Michael Hi amovitch will offer Russian folk songs on the piano, and Henry Kaahea, Hawaiian tenor, will sing. An explanation of the week will be given by Cal Bryan, and other features are scheduled. A brief pep rally for the Oregon St. Mary’s game, to be played in the South on Thanksgiving day, will be conducted by Johnny Creech, varsity cheer sovereign. Barney and Willie, the parlor propagandists, round out the pro gram for the Sunday night tea hour with their regular line of chatter on what’s what at the Uni versity of Oregon. Kelly Sails From Hawaii To Join Local ROTC Staff Lieutenant E. W. Kelly, who was recently assigned to the Univer j sity military staff, sailed from Ha I waii on November 19. According I to the military department, he | will join the R. O. T. C. here some ; time after the first of the year. The new member of the military staff was commissioned during the World war. He is a bearer of the silver citation from the war de partment for his services during that period. Student Slips Due By Saturday Noon ti SATURDAY noon Is the dead k line for the return of those warning slips whieh were sent to failing students shortly after mid-term grades were eompiled,” Karl W. Onthunk, dean of per sonnel, emphutleully stated yes terday. “These slips, bearing the sig nature of the student’s adviser, whieh Is our cheek that he has had a consultation concerning his grades, must be returned immediately. “The students who received these slips should take the mat ter seriously enough to assume the responsibility of returning them. They will find the situa tion very much more difficult if they file a petition to drop a course, and the administration discovers that they were not suf ficiently interested to have a consultation with their adviser, even after they had been re minded that they were falling by the slips sent out by .the ad ministration,” said Mr. Onthank. National Center For Red Cross Subsidized Here Universal Affiliation Basis For $6500 Grant, Says Local Secretary “The $6500 appropriation of the National Red Cross to establish and maintain in Lane county the only model demonstration center in the United States would never have been made if it had not been possible to affiliate the local chap ter with the University,” believes Miss Mary Annin, executive secre tary of the Lane county chapter of the American Red Cross and as sistant professor of applied soci ology. She pointed out that the Na tional Red Cross roll call taking place on the campus this week is especially significant this year be cause of the fact that the funds which the Red Cross has appropri ated make it possible to give the students of the school of social work better training, at the same time allowing more to enroll in the work. Training Center Here “Not only do we have the only demonstration center in the United States, but also the only place in the West available for the training of rural social workers. "Last January the local Red Cross chapter was made the na tional demonstration center, with a purpose of trying to show the ideal county system in which any thing near an adequate staff is available. This demonstration pe riod will extend over at least 18 months. If it is successful, it will continue for a five-year period," Miss Annin said. At present four students are be ing trained in rural social work. They are Maria Wilson, Dorothy Davidson, Lorena Wilson, and Ann Baum. Six others have already been graduated from the training. “We do case work in all parts of the county, but even greater than that, we work in the small communities and try to give them (Continued on Tape Three) Holiday Dramatists as Seen Through Artist’s Eyes By Mac Miller Me Millsq (fl,iriGSlDE) exaggeration. Mac Miller, campus cartoonist, has dipped his pen in the ink of the caricaturist and sketched his impressions of the stars who are featuring in the play e nights at Guild hall and to be shown again tonight. They are: (l) Nick Potter (Donald Confrey) is relating his childhood experiences as a glass-blower to the inebrl kman), whose sisters, (3) Julia (Helen Mielke) and (4) Unda (Nancy Thlelsen), play up to (5) Johnnie Case (Carl Kilppel). The unwelcome (6) S>eton Cram (Sandford To represent with ridiculous “Holiday," shown for the past three ated (2) Ned Seton (Addison Brockman) Platt) is being escorted out of the party by his wife, (7) Causa (Norma Jacobs) Upperclassmen Named To Pick GroupMembers Formation of Sophomore Honorary Nears When Cherry Picks Men Ken Curry Made Chairman Of Body of Ten Juniors And Seniors A committee of upperclassmen has been appointed by George Cherry, president of the Associated Students, on the recommendatioh of Jim Travis, president of the sophomore class, for the purpose of selecting and recommending to the executive council for its ap proval, a list of names of promi nent sophomore men who will make up the charter membership of a new sophomore service hon orary which is being organized on the campus. “The faiLh of the sophomore class in the judgment of the upper classes and the executive council, pn the qualifications most desir able in members of the' proposed honorary, will be justified,” de clared Cherry in speaking of the proposed plan of organization. Commends Class Spirit "The recognized need by the sophomores of a class honorary and the active steps taken toward its formation are to be highly commended," he continued. "In making my selection of this com mittee of upperclassmen, I have chosen only those men who are, in my estimation, capable and will ing workers. Those who have the success of the new honorary at heart and who are confident of its ultimate success.” Ken Curry, who was chosen as chairman of the committee, says: “It is hoped that by this method of selecting charter 'members for the organization, that is, by hav ing both a committee of capable upperclassmen and the executive council pass upon all selections, a suitable list of tentative members may be selected without politics coming into play. "The organization, to be a suc cess, must be an honorary in the most exacting sense of the word and not a political stepping stone. Must Be Best Men "It must be made up of a selec-r tive group to which only the best men of the class may attain ad mittance. Furthermore, the or ganization must be of such a na ture that it will in reality be the highest goal of the underclassman, a goal for which freshmen will work, and work hard, from the time they enter the University until they attain that goal or until they are no longer underclassmen.” The men on the committee are: Ken Curry, chairman; Hal Pad dock, Vinton Hall, Jim Dezendorf, Tony Peterson, Karl Greve, Joe Freck, Jim Travis, Bill Whitely, and Bill Pittman. Campus Chill Will Not Be Rigorous Fuel Supply Is Ample Says Chief Engineer “The campus fuel situation at the present time,” says Mr. J. Jackson, chief engineer of the University of Oregon heating plant, “has a very bright outlook. If the present conditions prevail throughout the winter, I don’t be lieve that the University of Ore gon will have anything to fear concerning a fuel shortage.” Mr. Jackson referred to a state ment he issued some time ago warning the students that a short age of “hog-fuel,” Oregon’s chief source of heat, was possible. “We still have cn hand about 700 cords of wood to use in case of an emer gency,” states Mr. Jackson, "but I don’t believe we’ll be forced to resort to that reserve supply.” Last month the University used 573 units of sawdust. This month, according to the chief engineer, there will probably be about 650 units used. Golf Finals To Be Held The finals of the faculty golf tournament will take place on Monday of next week, according to Sig Seashore, of the psychology department. There will be 12 en tries.