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E D I T OR IA L S FEATURES HUMOR w in ■ rjn i i |i > iwi Lrl T;E‘R ARY University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Willis Dunivvay, Managing Editor EDITORIAL WRITERS Dave Wilson, Rex Tussina, Hill Duniway, Harry Van Dine UPPER NEWS STAFF Editor’s Secretary: Mary Helen Corbett men i ayior, mews r-uiwr Jack Burke, Sports Barnc-y Miller, Features Lester McDonald, Literary Warner Gates, Chief Nijfht Editor NEWS STAFF Executive Reporters: Lois Nelson, Merlin Blais, Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, Betty Anne Macduff, Ted Montgomery, Victor Kaufman, Rufus Kimball Reporters: Jessie Steele. Isabelle Crowell, rI helma Nelson, Jack Bellinger, Betty Davis, Helen Rankin. Beth Salway, George Thompson Zorn Beeman. Virginia Wentz Jim Brook, Joan Cox. Kenneth F itzgeraId, Fred Fncke, Madeline G ^t, George Root. Frances Taylor, Duane Frisbe Caroline Card Eleanor Barry Wi letta, Hartley, Myrtle Kerns. Ruth Dupuis. Joe Bishop. Roy Sheedy. Mary Schaefer, Isabella Davis. Day Editors: Thornton Gale, Bhill Cogswell. Ignore Ely, Thornton Bhaw. Night Staff: Monday - George Blodgett. (,corge K„rr, Mary Belle lobes, Adrienne Sabin. Night Staff: Tuesday—Eugene D. Mullins, Dave Longshore, Mary Frances Bettibonc, Night'sta^f: Wednesday—Doug Wight, Yvonne Smith, Carolyn Trimble, Mary Margaret Night^St'aff: Thursday Dorothy Johnson, Stan Brice. Earl Kirchoff. Gwen Elsinore. Night Staff: Friday Elinor Henry. Harold Birkensnaw, Joseph Saslavsky, F red F ricke. Sports Staff: Mack Hall. Bruce Hamby, Alfred Abranz, Erwin Lawrence, Kelman Keagy Vincent Gates, Mahr Reymers, Esther Hayden, Fid Goodno’igh. BUSINESS STAFF Harry lonkon. Associate manager Jack Gregg, Advertising Manager Larry Jackson, Foreign Advertising Ken Siegrist, Circulation Manager Ned Mars, Copy Manager Mae Mulchay, Ass’t Foreign Adv. Mgr. Edith Peterson, Financial Adm. John Painton. Office Manager Hetty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Harriet Hoffman, Sez Sue Kathryn Laughridge, Asat. Sez Sue Carol Werschkul, Kxecutive Secretary l,arry Hay, ABs't Circulation Manager Hob Goodrich, Service Manager Marie Nelson. Checking Department Dorothy Hughes, Classmen Auverusing -'ihmuk. i Copy Department: Janet Alexander. Beth Salway. Martin Allen, Barney Miller. Victor Kaufman, George Sanford. - Mnminv Copy Assistants: Joan Bilyeau. Viola Morgan. Office Records. Office Assistants: Marjorie Bass, Kvangehne MiUer, Jean MeCroakey, Jane Cook, Vi ginia Frost, Roadie Commons, Virginia Smith, Ruth Durland, Mary Lou I atritk, Production" AaihtanU: Gwendolyn Wheeler, Marjorie Tainton, Marian McCroakey, George Turner, Katherine Frentzel. , , . . . ... * __ Advertising Solicitors This Issue: Dick Goebel, Jim Hutchinson, Art Woods, George Sanford, Dick Henry. The Orotton Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oreiron, Kukpup. issued daily except Sunday and Monday, duritiK tne coIIckc year. Member of the Pacific I nterrol]ei?iate Press. Entered in the P''»‘«ffice at Eiuene, Orenon, as second class matter. Subscription rates, *2.50 a year Advertising rates upon application. Phone, Manager: Office, Local 214; residence, Truant Scholarship T'vOES cutting class hurt scholarship appreciably? The survey made by the University personnel research bureau seems to say that it does not; but neither news stories nor excerpts from expert surveys always tell the complete story. It is unlikely that enough emphasis has been laid on the work of the student who cuts classes most. The research was carried out by professors who compared grades of class-cutters with those of students who had perfect attendance in the same classes. The results showed that those who had the most absences still might be leaders, might be average, might fall below the standard. Grades seemed to have no great relation to attendance. Grades necessarily are based on comparative scholarship alone, and little attention is paid to the proportion of his own ability used by the individual student. The grading system counts not ability which might be used but only that displayed. Just so, students may "get by" very well indeed without exerting themselves. The point here made is that slackers may easily have learned little in a course, yet may equal the grades of those conscient ious students who have learned much. That is, the slackers may not have learned as much as they might have, while the con scientious students may have learned all that it la possible for them to assimilate. Whose scholarship has suffered if those conditions exist? Whose grades are lower than they might have been? Does cutting class have any great relation to scholarship? It seems possible that the man with ability above that small amount by the course who cuts classes, who seeks only equally good courses outside, has failed in scholarship. He has succeeded only In comparative grades. Wanted - Co-operation fVREGON living groups have had their ups and downs us tar as their financial and physical living conditions are con cerned and several attempts have been made to stabilize the forces which contribute to these conditions. These attempts have been unorganized and their efforts could be said to be little more than feeble. Now, for the first time, tin organized attempt is being made to make a survey of the conditions and it is being made at the request of the fraternities and sororities themselves, through the house managers’ association. An ex-president of the associa tion. Lloyd Sherrill, is in charge of the survey and he is working in conjunction with the school of business administration and John M. Rae, associate professor of business administration, who has made a special study of the problem. The usual object of co-operative buying and similar ideas have been abandoned by the leaders of the project and they will attempt to go even deeper into the problem and compile infor mation which will be of much greater benefit to the living groups. The primary objective of the research is to reduce liv ing expenses and to improve physical conditions of the organiza tions. The problem is a big one and many groups should wel come assistance in the matter. Common sense tells us that the expense of living is an en tirely separate thing from the secrets of the ritual and that every member of the organization is entitled to know just how efficiently his house is being run. In the past people who have attempted to make smaller surveys have had much trouble in securing reliable information about the conditions of the houses. The tacts obtained in this new project will be kept entirely secret as to their sources and only general figures will be re leased. If the attempt is to be successful it will be necessary for the living groups to co-operate with those in charge of the survey. The results obtained from the study will be of great value to every organization and every organization should lend its support to the project. If same of the pictures of Russian daily life as painted in the releases from the government were only true, who would care to remain here ? A girl ha- just assisted her boy partnei stage a holdup at a Portland garage. The night watchman was tied with strips from a pair of pajamas Well, girl friends an good for a few things, anyway. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR OREGANA SCHEDULE (All group pictures at east en trance of Condon hall.) Thursday Freshman debaters, men and women, 12:44; Friars, 12:45. Friday Pi Sigma, 12:44; Beta Gam ma Sigi ;a, 12:45. Reservations Call Gregana office, local 278. Tonight Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt will give a dramatic reading of “The Green Pastures,” at the Guild the atre at % o’clock. There will be i no admission charge. — j Temenids will hold a short busi ness meeting at the Craftsman club at 7:30. All members be present. Christmas seal money must be | turned in at the dean of women's | office not later than Friday. ! Town Girls’ club will meet to morrow afternoon at 4 in room 110, Johnson. All Eugene girls j be present. Freshman women's debate squad ■ will meet at 4:45 today in room j 2, Friendly hall. | Greater Oregon committee will hold a meeting this afternoon at 4:30 in room 110, Johnson hall. Very important. All members must be present. Frosh Commission mass meeting today at the Alpha Chi Omega house at 4 o’clock. All freshman girls are cordially invited. Freshman men’s debate squad will meet today at 5:15 in room 2, Friendly hall. Master Mason meeting will be held at the Craftsman club this evening at 7:30. Allied Art League council meets today at 2 o’clock in the lecture room of the Art building. Phi Beta, members and pledges, will meet at Alpha Xi Delta today at 3:45. I ♦ THE WETFOOT ♦ "ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT” WE'RE SITTING HERE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT IDLY CONTEMPLATING A BOTTLE OF ARSENIC AND A BUTCHER KNIFE. WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THE LAST PAPER WILL BE FRIDAY IN STEAD OF THURSDAY. YOU KNOW', THE LAST STRAW. ALSO WE JUST LEARNED BY DEVIOUS SOURCES THAT A CERTAIN ENGLISH PROF. CRITICIZED OUR POETRY. HE INTIMATED THAT IT WAS RI DICULOUS. THAT’S THE FIRST WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE’VE HEARD THIS YEAR. * * UNIVERSITY TRAGEDY The Eugene hoy who spent weeks writing chem formulas all over his cords in preparation for Classified Advertisements Rates Payable in Advance 20c first three lines; 5c every additional line. Minimum charge 20c. Contracts made by arrange ment. Telephone 3300; local 214 Lost BLACK WALLET Containing a bank-book, student body card, drivers’ licenses, etc. Call Cliff Lord, 2970. BLACK leather notebook; reward. Call 2967. Ben Vitou. For Rent LARGE, clean, well-healed rooms for men. Two blocks from cam pus and very quiet for studying. Board furnished if desired. Make reservations now for next term. 968 Alder street. Phone 3125. TWO 2-room apartments, two sleeping rooms, and one garage. Men or a married couple pre ferred. Blakely apartments, 749 E. 13th street. CLEAN, comfortable, quiet room for two men. Opposite campus. $12 including garage. Make res ervation for next term. 931 East 11th street. Phone 2283-J. ROOMS Very desirable and in convenient location to campus. Reasonable rent. 1261 Alder. Phone 1285. Wanted, Help LUCILLE MURPHY call for Co lonial theatre pass within two days at the Emerald Business Office. SEVERAL MEN and women may find part-time work. Call Satur days, 1471 Patterson street. Situations Wanted TUTORING Literature Survey, Personal Hygiene, Survey of Science, Elementary Psychology. Shakespeare, Classical Poets, First, Second, and Third Year French. Call Margaret Orman: dv, 2182 after 2 o'clock. —4 MILL CARE for patients in my house. Good care guaranteed. Reasonable rates. 1095 W. 7th Ave. Phone 287S-M. For Sale HARVARD CLASSICS Dr El iot’s Five-Foot Bookshelf, prac tically unused. Call 12S5. Miscellaneous TRANSPORTATION wanted to Los Angeles over the holidays Share expenses. Call Marjorie, 2797. CO-ED BEAUTY shop' 749 ISth avenue E. Phone 2530-M' or 1735-J. his exams, only to find that his mother had washed them. * * * EPITAPH Here lies dear roomie, Spare your song; He grits his teeth All night long. * * * We’ll now all join in that touch ing old ballad: “Be true to your teeth and they’ll never be false to you.” * * * And what’s this we hear ru mored about Prof. Lesch getting his pantsleg torn trying to stop a dogfight in the College Side yes terda> ? * * * It seems to us that dog is for getting its place when it starts renting its master’s trousers. AND NOW COMES THE CHEERING NEWS THAT DOC SPEARS IS TO REMAIN AT OREGON DURING THE NEXT FOOTBALL SEASON. THIS MEANS THAT THE EMERALD WILL SAVE MONEY NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE TO PUT OUT ANOTHER SPECIAL EDITION WELCOM ING THE NEW COACH. WE HEAR THAT THE KAPPA SIGS HAVE STARTED A BEARD GROWING CONTEST WHICH WON T TERMINATE UNTIL EX AMS ARE OVER. A NOVEL METHOD OF HANDSHAKING. THEY INTEND TO PRESENT SOFA PILLOWS TO THE PROFS. * * * I l AND THEN THEBE HAS THE SCOTCHMAN WHO KICKED AT T1IE EOW'EK BUS KATES BE CAl'SE HE CLAIMED HE COULD NOT SAVE SO MUCH BV WALKING. * * * Wo road 111 the Idaho paper that it has boon ostimatod that every time a [>erson outs class it costs him $15. Vo Hods! Will no one do any- ! thins to hoop our athletes from going bankrupt before they leave college ? DANCE 1 ”>• a, Through,. ,the^ Holiday Season Inverness Grille U. of O. Nite FRIDAY, DEC. 26 Make your reservations now for fraternity parties. [The grille w ill be open on j the following nights Dec. 19, 20, 25. 26, 27, 31 and Jan. 1, 2, 3 CALL .kufieUl L)47—Trinitv 1424! I_I A POEM Sing a song of athletes, Physiques and many stripes; And four and twenty profs, All busy teaching pipes. Football it was over— Exams were looming fast; All the brawny heroes Began attending class. They all attended class— It was against the rule, And the children laughed to see An athlete in school. * * * MAYBE VVE GOT OUR PAR ODIES MIXED UP, BUT THE POINT REMAINS THE SAME. MANY RELIGIONS ARE CHOSEN BY STUDENTS (Continued from Fage One) figures would tend to show that, contrary to the opinion held by some, attendance at the Univer sity does not influence religious tendencies adversely. The 55 not holding a church preference is ibout 12 per cent of the total class, while in the freshman class the 110 is only a slightly smaller per cent. LOW ROUND TRIPS OVER CHRISTMAS via OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY TO POINTS IN OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND MONTANA Tickets on sale December IS to 25, inclusive; return limit January 6, 1931. Albany .$ 2.10 Astoria 9.60 Bend . 17.05 Corvallis . 1.80 Gearhart 10.40 Portland . 5.10 Prineville . 16.15 Redmond . 16.25 Salem . 3.10 Seaside . 10.50 Spokane 23.05 White Salmon 9.95 Yakima .... 19.70 Tickets, reservations, further information, etc.— T. S. APPELMAN Ticket Agent —Phone 140— L. F KNOWLTON General Agent OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY From Other • COLLEGE • CIRCLES A • little blonde Oregon State rookess, intense with interest dur ing a telephone conversation, cas ually, and perhaps unthinkingly, pressed the buzzer for every girl in the house. Soon she had a large audience — still the conversation continued. Utterly intoxicated with the thrill of her lengthy mes | sage, she emerged from the booth into the stern arms of her disci- ' plining sisters. Perhaps this adds support to the man who declares that "college life for the woman is just a whirlpool of men and telephone calls.” * * * Speaking of cutting classes, the Idaho Argonaut carried a story last Tuesday estimating the value of one day of classes at $14. This, they say, is figured in addition to the worth, $9 per day, of a high I school and grade education. The article goes on to say that 73.63 per cent of those listed in “Who’s ! Who in America” are college grad : nates. Thirty per cent of these had degrees above that of B.A. Chuck Carroll, former Univer sity of Washington halfback, was tackled hard late last Sunday when an automobile struck him as ! he was leaving another car. He ! suffered only a broken wrist bone | rnd several bruises. However, he : ,vas forced to the “bench.” The : vehicle which struck the former lll-American darted into the dark ness. We don’t know who recov sred the bail. t'ow With Window to Die Penn State Jessie II, the second “cow with a window” in her stom ach, has become the mother of a i calf, and has received her death warrant. Coincident with the announce-' ment of the arrival of Jessie’s j daughter, the Penn State college vitamin research officials said they had decided sufficient experiments had been conducted through the opening in Jessie’s stomach and as soon as the calf is weaned, the walking vitamin laboratory would be consigned to a butcher. OREGON CONTESTANT GOES INTO FINALS (Continued from Page One) besides Jackson were David Wil Eugene Mattress and Upholstering Co. Upholstering and Mattress Rebuilding Of All Kinds 1122 Olive Phone 812 ' I ifH Ir3 fr3 fa fn] fnJ FT! fp] ffO [73 [73 fH) |T0 [HI frvl fpl 173 fi^ fr^ Plenty To These Days and Plenty to Occupy Your Minds LET US RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR LAUNDRY WORRIES New Service Laundry PHONE 825 I The most popular ready to-eat cereals served in • the dining-rooms of American colleges, eat ing clubs and fraterni ties are made by Kellogg in jBattle Creek. They in clude ALL-BRAN, Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Wheat Krumbles and Kel logg’s Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit. Also Kaffee Hag Coffee—the coffee that lets you sleep. PEP—flavor — health! You get them all in Kellogg’s Pep Bran Flakes. You can’t beat the match less flavor that only these bet ter bran flakes have. The quick energy of their crunchy whole wheat. And the health fulness of their bran—just enough to be mildly laxative. Ask that Kellogg’s Pep Bran Flakes be served at your fra ternity or campus restaurant. PEP BRAN FLAKES ;on, John Cox, and John Haiaer nan. The division examination at Spo kane started yesterday and will 3e finished today. Four Rhodes ■wards will be given in this divi sion under a new plan started this fear. The members of the division examining board will quiz the 12 iontestants on the grasp and anal ysis of knowledge gained in their :ollege courses, and their powers to think and express their views :learly. Home for via SOUTHERN PACIFIC Fares Cut TO CALIFORNIA Leave December 17-18-19 Return Limit January 6 SAN FRANCISCO $25.50 FRESNO 29.35 LOS ANGELES 39.45 SANTA BARBARA 38.80 and many others TO PORTLAND $eio ^ROUNDTRIP Leave December 1$ to January 1 Return Limit January 6 SPECIAL TRAIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 Leave Eugene 3:30 P. M. Returning Sunday, January 4 Leave Portland 6:15 P. M. Fast service, six trains each way daily. EQUALLY LOW FARES TO ALL OREGON POINTS ROUNDTRIPS CUT TO NORTHWEST Leave December 18 to 25 incl. Return Limit January 6 SOME EXAMPLES: SEATTLE $13.85 TACOMA 12.05 SPOKANE 23.10 PENDLETON 15.45 ASTORIA 9.65 LA GRANDE 19.05 4^mm PHONE 2200 FOR ALL TRAVEL INFORMATION Travel experts will advise you as to low holiday fares to your destination, give you schedules, make reservations, render every travel service, gladly and without obligation. Southern Pacific F. G. Lewis, Agent “Jim” — and — “Bill” S MITH-W ATKIN S Firestone One-Stop Service REMEMBER the PHONE NUMBER IS 220 We Call for and Deliver Your Car FREE Firestone i ires Tire Repairing Battery Service Car Washing Brake Adjusting Alemite Lubrication Electrical Service