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* Attend Meeting! Women! Hear Miss Florence Ruby, personnel expert, speak on “Vocations Open to Women” at A «» W. S. mass meeting at 4 p. m. to day in Alumni hall. ^ VOLUME XXXII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931 NUMBER 55 Men’s Debate Schedule for 1931 Made Up Y Eight Contests on Varsity Lineup; Seven Listed For Freshmen Arizona, U. S. C. in Teams Slated for Tilts Here; Dual Meets Listed The season’s debate schedule for both varsity and freshman men teams has just been announced by Hobart W i 1 son, general forensic manager for the ^ University. The fyear’s schedule for men contains * lebates both here Und at other col with the \ leges, i varsity squad de bating the ques 11 i o n “Resolved: ; That the expan 0f the Chain Hobart Wilson stores is detri mental to the best interests of the American people”; and the fresh man squad using the question “Re solved: That the nations of the world should adopt a policy of free trade.” Delivery Informal A new manner of debate is be ing put into use by Dr. Ralph C. Hoeber, varsity debate coach, and Eugene Laird, freshman debate coach. Instead of the more for mal delivery which has been used in the past, an informal and more entertaining manner will be used. The method of cross-questioning, which calls for a quick display of wits, will be used in the rebuttal. The schedule is as follows: February 4—Northwest Naza rene college, Nampa, Idaho ■ (there) ; freshman. February 12—Monmouth Nor mal school (here); freshman. February 18 — Weber college, Ogden, Utah (there); freshman. February 24—Whitman college (there); varsity. February 25—University of Ida ho (there); varsity. February 25—Washington State (there) ^ varsity. February 25—Linfield college, dual debate; freshman. February 26—Willamette uni versity, dual debate; varsity. February 27—University of Washington (there); varsity. March 4—Oregon State college, dual debate; varsity. , March 26—College of the Pa cific, Stockton, California (here); freshman. March 31—University of South ern California (here) . varsity. April 3—University of Arizona (here); varsity. Freshman vs. Oregon State and Y University of Washington dates are not yet decided. Seven Men Back The varsity debate squad has seven experienced men back this year, Walter Evans, Art Potwin, Bob Miller, Wallace Campbell, Hobart Wilson, Charles Jones, and Neil Sheeley. 'From this group two men will be chosen to support the affirmative side of the chain store question on a tour taking in Whitman college, University of Idaho, Washington State college, and University of Washington. The remainder of the squad, who are new to it this year, will take part in the various home debates. The debates will cover both sides of the question, and the speakers will have 15 minutes for argu ment, and five minutes for rebut tal. Three types of decision will be used this year. The audience decision, by which the audience *\ decides the winners; the critic judge, who criticizes the various phases of the debate; and the de cision rendered by three judges. The freshman squad, which is composed of 15 men, will follow the same plan as the varsity squad. Two men will be chosen to represent the University in de bates held at other colleges. Most of the freshman debates, however, will be non-decision contests. Sigma Xi To Meet There will be a meeting of Sig ma Xi on Thursday, January 22, at 7:30 p. m., in Deady hall, ac cording to Robert H. Seashore, secretary. Following the business r session, Dr. Norris, of the physics department, will deliver a lecture on "The Distillation of Oil Shales." Trip To Japan Will Be Warner Essay Award •> Prizes in Annual Contest To Total $600 This Year, Says Mez Radical revision of the Murray Warner essay contest, swelling the prize to a trip to Japan and at tendance at the Oriental Culture Summer college, was made known yesterday afternoon when Dr. John R. Mez, chairman of arrangements, outlined plans for the 1931 compe tition. Two awards, one of $150, budget ed to include all costs of the sum mer trip, and the other of $150, offered to students from the Phil ippines or the Orient, will bring the total of awards to $500. Es says, which are to be written on any phase of the economic and po litical problems of the Far East, must be submitted by April 25, Dr. Mez announced. No freshman prize will be offered. Contest Annual One The contest is an annual one, sponsored by Mrs. Gertrude B. Warner, donor of the Murray War ner Oriental art museum, in the interests of promoting friendship and understanding between this country and the Far East. Changes were worked out this month by Mrs. Warner, in consultation with Dr. Mez. In giving undergraduate students an opportunity to earn the sum mer trip, Mrs. Warner and the planning committee believe there will be great value in an exchange of cultural ideals and in a promo tion of understanding between American and Japanese students. Study in Japan Offered “The innovation, it is hoped, may mean the establishment of fre quent and possibly permanent stu dent exchanges between the two nations,” stated Dr. Mez, in re Measures Asking For New Library Will Be Proposed Legislation in Both Houses Planned by Lane, Linn Delegations A bill to provide for the imme diate erection-of a new library at the University will be introduced in the house of representatives at the state legislature within a few days, it was reported Wednesday by the Eugene Register-Guard. The bill will be backed unani mously by the Lane county dele gation to the house. It is expected, the Register-Guard reports, that a similar bill be started at the same time in the senate, under the spon sorship of Joel Booth, representing Linn and Lane counties, and H. C. Wheeler, Lane county senator. Senator Booth was expected to confer with Governor Julius L. Meier late Wednesday afternoon to secure his support for such a bill if presented. The governor has of jten expressed a great interest in | the University, and Booth was ex l pected to show him a considerable outlay of facts and figures point ing out the need of a library here at this conference. Although no specific amount has been named to be included in the measures, $500,000 has been a con sistent estimate of what would be needed to adequately house the mil lion dollar collection of books now scattered all over the campus. Chemistry Department Holds Research Dinner The second of a series of research dinners given by the faculty of the chemistry department and grad uate students in chemistry was held Tuesday evening, January 13, in the new men's dorm. Carl Klemm, graduate student, gave a report on his research project and this was followed by discussion. H. R. Taylor To Address Social Science Group “Social Substitutes for Intelli gence,” will be the siibject for a talk by Dr. H. R. Taylor, of the psychology department , to be heard i at the month’s meeting of the So ! cial Science club, faculty group, Monday evening, January 19. The meeting will take place at the Faculty club in the form of a dinner meeting. *5 sss. Mrs. Gertrude B. Warner, spon sor of the annua] Murray Warner essay contest which aims at better relations between the United States and the Far East, who has offered a trip to Japan as grand prize in this year’s contest. marking that this will be the first time in the history of the Univer sity of Oregon that a student has been given an opportunity to go to a Japanese school. The session will be held during July and Aug ust. The committee will reserve the right to substitute a cash prize if for any reason it seems inadvisa ble or impracticable that the win ner should go, stated Dr. Mez. All expenses, including the trip to Seattle, sailing, living expenses while in Tokyo, and field trips, and necessary miscellaneous costs, will be covered by the major award, he explained. Military Ball Is Scheduled for Saturday Night Special Invitations Are Sent To Many Notables In State The annual Military ball, spon sored by Scabbard and Blade, na tional military honorary, will be one of the large events scheduled for this week-end. The dance, which is formal, will be held at the Eugene hotel at 9 o’clock Sat urday night, January 17. Fifty invitations have been sent out to special guests, including Governor Meier, Dr. Arnold Ben nett Hall, Major-General Malin Craig, Brigadier - General Wolfe, and Lieutenant E. C. Waddell. All officers stationed with the R. O'. T. C. here, all reserve officers in Eugene, and all cadet officers are invited. Each member of Scab bard and Blade has the privilege of inviting two guests. | The music for the ball will be furnished by George Barron’s six piece orchestra. As yet, no spe cial feature has been announced by Harold Ayres, chairman of the music committee. Bennett Swanton is chairman of the decoration committee. Vocations for Women Topic At Meet Today Florence Ruby Is Speaker At A. W. S. Winter Mass Meeting New Project Started When Personnel Expert Talks Here “Vocations Open to Women” has been chosen by Miss Florence Ru by, of the personnel department of Olds, Wortman, apd King, Port land department store, for the sub ject of her talk to the Associated Women Students at their winter term mass meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock in Alumni hall. Miss Ruby comes here highly recommended and is said to be very well versed in the subject which she will discuss. She will be on the campus Friday for women who wish to make appointments with her to discuss individual problems or interests. Already the Philome lete hobby group of Woman in Her Sphere has arranged to meet Miss Ruby at luncheon Friday noon. Appointments may be made through the dean of women’s of fice. Juniors, Seniors Interested Of more interest, probably, to upper class women than to fresh men, is the new A. W. S. vocation al project which is being initiated with Miss Ruby’s talk at the mass meeting today. For juniors and seniors the time when they must start out on their own is much nearer, and what they will do to support themselves assumes alarm ing proportions. That there are many vocations and professions open to women at the present time other than th^ traditional ones of school teaching, stenography, and nursing, is the belief that is held by leaders of the A. W. S. and by members of the personnel administration which is helping the A. W. S. secure speakers and arrange meetings to carry out the project. To acquaint campus women with some of these vocations the project is being un dertaken. Later Meetings Scheduled In order that women of the cam pus may know more specific de tails about these vocations which they may enter, small, informal meetings will be held about once a week during winter term. For each of these meetings an outstanding woman in some particular field of profession or other work will talk and lead the discussion. She will remain on the campus a day or so that individuals may confer with her on their particular needs. These meetings will be intended only for women interested in the I certain field of work being dis ! cussed at that time, and those who think they might be interested or j might find something which would lead them eventually to the work i for which they were best adapted. Advertise Weekly Events Posters will be placed in con I spicuous places every week an I nouncing the subject which will be | discussed that week, and giving i the name of the woman who will j present the topic. At these meet I (Continued on Page Three) Freshman Class Once Fought For Privilege of Wearing G Stroboscope Set Up Here For Psychology Students A new instrument to be used in all psychology laboratories to in troduce the subject of hearing has | just been set up in Condon hall, according to Robert H. Seashore, associate professor of psychology. The instrument shows the wave of pure tones, such as are produced I by a tuning fork, and the complex J tones, such as are produced by nearly all other instruments and (voices. The technical name given to this machine is the stroboscope. It op erates under the same principles as that employed in moving pic tures. It can register as high as the twentieth overtone. Psychology laboratories are ex perimenting on the various sense fields this term and the new in strument is expected to be of great 'help to them. Yearlings Now Look Lp Different Lighl Editor’s Note: The following story is the first of a series to be written in an endeavor to acquaint Oregon students better with campus traditions. Only those tilings will be presented as being of traditional nature as ha%’e been commonly accepted as such for a number of years. By RALPH DAVID How many freshmen at the Uni versity today, who look upon the wearing of the green lid as a badge of immaturity and a form of punishment, realize that 28 years ago a similar freshman class was staging a fight to secure the privilege of wearing the green caps? Or how many sophomores, who I Pole Conqueror Mere Tonight r The South Pole plane ‘Fiogd Bennett "A being groomed for its Flight Jr, Over mountains such as these lags the South Pole The story of “Littl" America,” and the dramatic flight over the south pole will be brought to the campus tonight when Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, aviator and explorer, will lecture at McArthur court at 8 o’clock. Byrd’s Transadantic Flight Memorable for Professor Commander Richard E. Byrd, who speaks at McArthur court to night, made one memorable night for Reginald Coggeshall, now pro fessor in the journalism school, and at the time of Byrd’s memorable trans-Atlantic flight in 1927 sports editor of the Paris edition of the New York Herald-Tribune. Typewritters clattered in error, wires hummed with false reports, reporters were dispatched to veri fy stories after they were printed, and news services were woefully “scooped” on the eventful day of July 1, 1927, when Byrd, with his companions, Lt. George Noville, Lt. Bernt Balchen, and Lt. Bert Acosta, were lost over the south east coast of France after their epoch-making flight. Coggeshall’s paper made the “scoop.” “Our entire office,” Professor Coggeshall said, in telling of the event, “was prepared to handle the story of the landing, which was supposed to take place sometime between 8 and 10 o’clock in the evening, leaving an ample margin of time before the morning edition went to press. “The weather was excepionally bad. A heavy ground fog covered the land from the coast to Paris, making it extremely difficult and dangerous for the flyers. Shortly after the ‘America’ crossed over French soil, he radio operators at Le Bourget lost track of the plane. All efforts a re-opening communi cation were futile. Ten, eleven, and twelve o’clock passed, with still no word of the plane.” When all Paris was in a fever of excitement, reports came in that Sophomores reen Lids Here on Oldest Traditions in , Writer Finds now feel it their bounden duty to enforce the wearing of the green, appreciate that at thin .same time in the dim past their sophomoric predecessors were putting up a determined but losing battle to keep their rival class from win ning its point? The wearing of the green lid by freshmen is one of the oldest of all Oregon traditions. Its evolu tion as a tradition is as interest ing as it is unusual. On January 26, 1903, the Oregon Weekly, forerunner of the Oregon Emerald, had the following story: ‘‘The freshmen are in a quan dary. They have sent in their order for a lot of little caps. If they get to wear them it looks as (Continued on 1'age Three) the plane was down at a deserted airport called Issey-les-Moulineaux. , One press association reported that the plane had actually landed, , later to meekly retract the state ments. “The limit, which had been set for the plane to remain aloft, was soon passed. Whether it had plung ed into the channel or crashed on the fog-obscured inland was a mat ter of conjecture. There remained nothing to do but wait for morning to arrive. In small French towns all telephone and telegraph serv ices close for the night.” Reporters, editors, and printers stood around smoking cigarette af ter cigarette and guessing wildly as to where and how Byrd would land. The Herald still held their presses. “Between 7 and 8 in the morn (Continueil on Page Three) Free-Lance Entry Lists Close Soon Squash and Handball Prove Popular Sports The all-campus tourneys in squash and handball have proven i as popular as their predecessors, the fall all-campus tourneys, in lining up a large quota of men before the deadline. With Satur ' day as the closing date the entry lists bear 11 signatures for squash, 13 doubles combinations in hand ball, and 21 players listed for the handball singles. Although the fall tourneys were popular at the outset, interest lagged due to difficulties encoun tered in getting the players to gether for their matches. As a result numerous defaults were called and several of the tourneys died before a final round was reached. Every effort will be made by the gym staff to avoid ' such a repetition this term and co-operation is desired from the participants. Dunshee and MacMillan New Amphibian Officers Helen Dunshee, junior physical education major from Portland, was unanimously elected president of Amphibian, women’s local swim ming honorary at a meeting of the club last night. One other office, that of secre tary-treasurer, was filled with the election of Dorothy Lou MacMillan, j junior in physical education from 1 Portland. These officers will serve j a term consisting of one year. Amphibian, which recently' pledged six new members, will soon issue a schedule of swimming events covering the next two terms. This will comprise swim ming meets and exhibitions within the University, and if possible i meets will be arranged with other Campus Host to Byrd; Tale of Adventure To Be Heard by Students Grad Registration Closes Tomorrow FRIDAY at 3 o’clock will be 1 the (leadline for registration of graduate students. Dean Re bec announced yesterday. All graduate students must have the signature of the dean of the graduate school before the study programs will he accepted offi cially by the registrar's office. 01m stead Stresses Alumni Councils Value in Address President of Organization Speaker at Banquet Here Wednesday Alumni of colleges and universi ties throughout the entire United States are seeing the value not snly in perfecting organizations in connection with their own institu tions, but in banding together in i national movement, it was de clared here by John G. Olmstead, :>f Oberlin college, who was honor guest here Wednesday at the an imal session of the Northwest dis trict of the American Alumni council, held jointly .here and at the Oregon State Agricultural col lege. Mr. Olmstead, who is president of the American Alumni council, is now on a tour of the country, and is speaking before alumni groups. Delegates were present from approximately 20 colleges and uni versities of the Northwest, with all states and British Columbia represented. Following the Cor vallis meeting the group drove to Eugene, where a banquet was held at the Eugene hotel. The American Alumni council now has representative members in every part of the United States. Miss Jeannette Calkins, alumni secretary of the University of Ore gon, is head of District Eight, which comprises the states of Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, and Brit ish Columbia and Alberta, Can ada. Oregon Pledges $500 Relief Fund Quota To Include Students And University Staff A quota of $500 from the Univer sity to aid in the drouth relief pro gram of the American Red Cross was pledged by the faculty mem bers who met yesterday with rep resentatives of various service clubs of the city at the chamber of commerce to consider Lane coun ty’s quota of $3,000. The University quota will include the faculty, the student body, and the administrative officers and em ployees. A committee composed of Dean Philip A. Parsons, chairman; Dean Eric W. Allen, Dr. James H. Gil bert, Dean David., E. Faville, Dr. John F. Bovard, arid Dean John J. Landsbury, Dre Warren D. Smithy Prof. Dan E. Clark, gnd Mr. Louis Johnson has been appointed to un dertake the collection of the quota. The committee hopes to have the pledges in hand Monday, January 19, according to Dean Parsons. Red Cross Examiners Slated for Rechecking A re-check on junior and senior Red Cross examiners and prospec tive examiners will be given next week, according to an announce ment issued by Miss Ernestine Troemel, of the women's physical education department. This re-check will precede a vis it from Mr. Carlson, Pacific coast representative of the Fed Cross life-saving as3i»<jiation, who will visit the campus In a few weeks to give examinations to girls wish ing examinerships. A notice will be posted in the campus calendar next week giving the date of the re-checking. Admiral Will Give Lecture At Igloo Here Motion Pictures of Flight Over Antarctic To Be Exhibited A.S.U.O. Membership Card Entitles Students to Lower Price LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS Who? Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, aviator and explorer. What? Lecture and motion pictures of the Byrd Antarctic expedi tion. Where ? McArthur court, at 8 o’clock this evening. Price ? University students’ admis sion, 75 cents. Present A. S. U. O. cards when buying. Tickets ? At the Co-op till 5:45; at McArthur court after 7. The University is host today to one of the most interesting and adventurous young men in Amer ica, Rear - Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U. S. N., who will lecture on nis experiences as leader of the famous Byrd Antarctic expedition at McArthur court this evening. Byrd returned last spring from a year and a half spent in the Antarctic, and since fall has been touring American cities as a lec turer. Everywhere he has ap peared he has been received en thusiastically by press and public as a speaker of ability worthy to tell the history of ‘‘Little Amer ica.” Doors Open at 7 The lecture will begin at 8 o’clock. Doors will be open at 7. In order to get the special student admission rate, University stu dents must present their A. S. U. O. membership cards at the door. Those who wish to save time and trouble by buying in advance may get their tickets at the Co-op dur ing the day. More than 9000 feet of motion pictures are to be shown during the lecture. There will be no sub titles; Admiral Byrd will give a running explanatory account as the pictures are flashed on the big magnascopic screen which has been installed for the occasion. Two projection machines have been installed in a special projec tion room and the pictures will be run continuously. Here In 1927 Portland and Medford are the only other cities in Oregon where Byrd will appear. He lectured in Eugene in.,1927 following his flight over the north pole and across the Atlantic with Floyd Bennett. The motion pictures which are to be shown tonight are not to be confused with those entitled “With Byrd at the South Pole,” which showed in motion picture houses last fall. With the major exception of the pictures showing the flight to the pole, which could of course be photographed but once, tonight's pictures will be al most entirely new. Served In War Byrd is still a young man, but his life affords ample subject mat ter for half a dozen lectures. After serving in the navy from 1912 till 1917, he was in the navy air force during the war. In 1926 he flew with Floyd Bennett over the north pole, and a year later flew with three companions from New York to France. His Antarc tic expedition lasted from August of 1928 till the spring of 1930. Byrd is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha social fra ternity, and about fifty other or ganizations. Pot and Quill Elects At a meeting of Pot and Quill, held last night at the home of Serena Scheffer, Isabel Orchard, a graduate assistant in English, was elected to membership.