Go To Game
Oregon will open its home bas
ketball season at the Igloo tonight
whetf Reinhart's men will tangle
with the W. S. C. Cougars. Be
there to boost the Webfoots.
VOLUME XXXII
The Weather
Maximum . 52
Minimum . 37
Precipitation .15
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY. JANUARY 16, 1931
NUMBER 56
Byrd Enthral
Listeners With
Antarctic Talk
y ‘Little America’ Brought
To Campus in Story
Ami Pictures
Crowd Likes Animal Shots
Best in Movies; Pole
Flight Thrilling
Oregon students lived the lives
of Antarctic explorers last night,
felt their hardships and shared the
thrills of hard-earned achievement.
• About a thousand members of the
student body crowded into McAr
thur court with an equal number
of townspeople to hear Rear-Ad
miral Richard E. Byrd lecture on
the Byrd Antarctic expedition and
^ to watch the showing of 9000 feet
of motion pictures which were tak
en during the sojourn on the south
ern tip of the globe. • t
Pole Regions Differ
Byrd prefaced the showing of
the pictures with a short talk about
the nature of the Antarctic region,
emphasizing the contrast between
it and the Arctic regions. He also
gave a verbal description of Little
America and discussed equipment
and clothing which the members
of the expedition found to be most
practical.
The motion picture projection,
although it was the first ever at
tempted in McArthur court, was
all that could be desired. There
were no breakdowns or waits, and
the magnascopic screen proved
satisfactory.
The pictures contained a mini
mum of duplication with those
shown in motion picture houses re
cently under the title of “With
Byrd at the South Pole.” The
crowd seemed to enjoy most the
» numerous shots of animals,—lum
b bering seals, seasick dogs, playful
pups, 40-ton wholes, and the pomp
ous, self-esteemed penguins, those
rare birds of the Antarctic who
temper insatiable curiosity with all
the dignity of middle-aged head
waiters.
Flight Description Thrills
There were no sub-titles in the
pictures. Byrd stood by the screen
and gave a running explanatory
account as the various scenes were
shown. The use of numerous maps
made the achievements in explora
tion of the pp.rty very clear.
The picture of the struggle to
reach the pole by plane, height
ened by Byrid's side-remarks, had
all the intensity of a melodrama,
and held the audience still with
suspense, even though they were
sure of the success of the flight.
Durgan New Assistant
Coach of Varsity Debate
^ Walter Durgan, senior in the
school of law, has been appointed
assistant coach of varsity men’s
debate. He will aid Dr. Ralph C.
Hoeber, who is the regular varsity
debate coach. Durgan has former
ly been very active in debate work.
Prior to Eugene Laird he was gen
eral forensic manager, and is a
member of Delta Sigma Rho, na
tional debating honorary.
Durgan also won the honorary
plaque given by the A. S. U. O. for
three consecutive years of debat
ing. He will start work immediate
ly assisting Dr. Hoeber in training
the men’s varsity debate squad.
Byrd Uses Auto,
Defeats Weather
EAR-ADMIRAL, RICHARD
E. BYRD, who fought 70
below-zero weather and blizzards
in the Antarctic, found some of
the worst weather he lias ever
experienced right here in the
Willamette valley.
Byrd, who delivered a lecture
and presented motion pictures of
liis south polar expedition at Mc
Arthur court last night, left
Portland at 2:30 o’clock yester
day afternoon in a plane piloted
by Tex Rankin, Portland flier,
to come to Eugene. When they
got within 30 miles of Eugene
they had to turn back because of
fog, heavy rain and hail.
Starting from Portland again,
this time at 4:30 o'clock in Ran
kin’s Hudson 8, the pair drove to
Eugene, arriving here at 8
o’clock, having stopped in Salem
for dinner. In a dressing room
in the basement of the Igloo
Byrd shaved and dressed hur
riedly, and mounted the platform
for the lecture at 8:20 p. m.
Following the lecture, Byrd
autographed a dozen or so books
and then went to the (Eugene
hotel to get some needed sleep,
at 1:10 this morning the admir
al boarded a train for Portland,
where he will fulfil a lecture en
gagement tonight.
Oratory Contest
Receives Support
Of President Hall
University To Participate
Actively in Annual
National Event
The National Oratorical contest,
sponsored in this state by the Ore
gonian, should have the attention
ind enthusiastic support of all high
school students and of everyone
interested in the welfare of youth
ind of the promotion of things that
make for greater patriotism, it is
declared here by Dr. Arnold Ben
nett Hall, who announces that he
will be glad to support the move
ment, as he has in the past.
The University of Oregon is par
ticipating actively in the contest,
since all manuscripts of entries are
to be sent to Dr. Dan E. Clark, of
the extension division, at Eugene,
and the winners will be selected
for each district by a board of
judges here.
“Not only will this contest give
students a better grasp on aspects
if our government, through their
study of the constitution, but it
will give them invaluable training
in the art of public speaking, one
if the finest assets that a young
man or woman can have,’’ Dr. Hall
points out. “The hope for the suc
cess, of our form of government^
rests upon the boys and girls who
will be citizens tomorrow, and
those who aid in developing their
sense of respectability and feeling
af high regard for the constitution
ire greatly aiding the country, as
well as the individuals concerned.”
Jeannette Calkins Returns
Jeannette Calkins returned to
the alumni offices after presiding
it the divisional council of the
American Alumni council. The
iffiee was closed one day so that
ill the secretaries of Old Oregon
could attend the meeting.
Admiral Byrd Grants Students
Interview Early In Morning
* By MERLIN BLAIS and
TED MONTGOMERY
Imagine riding through deserted,
rain-swept streets at 1:30 in the
morning with the world’s outstand
ing explorer. This morning at that i
hour two Emerald reporters accom
. panied Rear-Admiral Richard E. j
Byrd in a taxi from his hotel to
his waiting train.
“I’m very sorry I didn't arrive
as early as I had planned,” the
admiral apologized in his southern
drawl. He did not tell the story of
his late arrival, but Trow, his bag-'
gage-manager did.
“We left Portland for Eugene at :
2:30 in the afternoon, in a plane
piloted by Tex Rankin. From the
first the air was rough, but after
V nearly .an hour of flying, high
winds that rocked the plane like a
ship made it almost impossible to j
go on. Rankin said he would try
to land at Albany, and he changed
l\is course in that direction. Im
mediately such heavy banks of
clouds and fog loomed up, that a
half-hour’s circling failed to find
the town.
“We tried to find the airports at
Silverton and Salem, but the same
low cloud-banks blotted out the
land. Tex turned the plane back
to Portland as a last resort, and
after two hours of flying we land
ed back where we started. Tex
said: 'Gentlemen, this is the worst
flying weather I've ever seen.’ And
Rankin has about a thousand
flying days to his credit.”
But Admiral Byrd showed no
effects this morning from the har
rowing experience of the after
noon. To the contrary, he was ex
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Decide Now on
Life Work, AWS
Speaker Urges
Florence Ruby, Personnel
Director of Portland
Store, Talks Here
Girls Told To Take Courses
In Chosen Field and
Cultural Subjects
“Have your mind set on what
you want to do and then go out
and get after it,” advised Miss
Florence Ruby, personnel director
of. Olds, Wortman and King, Port
land department store, yesterday
afternoon to 200 women who
scorned the sudden rainstorm to
attend the winter term mass meet
ing of the Associated Women Stu
dents. "And while you are here
in the University make up your
mind on what you want to do.”
Take Many Courses
Girls were advised to take as
many courses in the particular
field in which they were inter
ested, and “then crowd in as many
cultural courses as you can. A
cultured girl can talk down to
anyone, but if you are not cul
tured you can not talk up to a
person,” Miss Ruby declared.
Different kinds of work which
women may enter now and for
which they may prepare them
selves in college were outlined by
the speaker, who pointed out that
these were only a few of many.
“One of the most splendid jobs
which a woman can have is that
of private secretary, but she must
be a college graduate,” the girls
were told. “I have friends who
are practically running the busi
nesses of their employers right
now, and receiving a man’s wage
for it.”
Professions Are Popular
The professions of medicine and
law were described by the speaker
as two of the biggest professions
for women at the present time.
Women lawyers are wielding a
great deal of influence in legisla
tures and in their own cities,” she
declared.
“Journalism is a most hectic
profession,” was the description
given that work By Miss Ruby.
“You must have a flair for writ
ing and a flair for getting the
information you want and putting
it over. You have a job today and
not tomorrow.
“Advertising is another very
hard profession. It is the hardest
job in any store. The advertising
woman is being jumped on con
tinually,” the women were told.
Art Is Recommended
Commercial art was recom
mended highly by the speaker for
those who have sufficient talent.
“It is a wonderful profession be
cause there are so few women
who are really good at it. Women
in that work are among the high
est paid, and they work under
quiet, pleasant circumstances,” the
director explained.
A new kind of work which has
developed since women's skirts
were lengthened two years ago is
that of stylist in large stores.
This position is considered quite
desirable, since the holder is ex
pected to be able to give the latest
points of style to the clientele of
the particular store. She makes
several trips to the East during
the year, is well paid, and studies
the fashion magazines.
Banking New Vocation
“Another new vocation is that
of head of the women’s depart
ment in banks,” Miss Ruby said.
“You have to work, and have to
be good in economics. You ad
vise women on savings and invest
ments, and must be able to budget
anyone’s income.”
Schools to teach hotel work,
such as superintendent of a floor,
hostess, or assistant manager,
have been established recently, the
speaker said. Such jobs command
good salaries, and if a woman
makes good, she goes from one
big hotel to a bigger one. Practi
cally all women who hold such po
sitions are college women, Miss
Ruby added.
Miss Ruby will be on the cam
pus Friday to confer with any
girls who wish to ask her for de
tails on any of the vocations which
she outlined in her talk. Appoint
ments may be made through the
dean of women’s office for the
hours of 10 to 12 a. m., and 1 to j
4 p. m. 1
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Coach Reinhart has bpen grooming these two star Oregon hoop
players along with three other veterans this week. He hopes that
they will be able to sweep the Northern invaders off their feet with
speed at the Igloo tonight.
Hurlburt Named
On Directorate
Of Radio Contest
Houses Can Still Sign for
Emerald-.KORE Hours,
Says Art Potwin
Carol Hurlburt, junior in jour
nalism, was appointed secretary of
the Emerald-KORE radio contest
directorate yesterday by Art Pot
win, chief of the radio staff. Miss
Hurlburt will be in charge of pro
grams which the 30 living organi
zations entered in the contest will
present over the local broadcast
ing station, and will keep in touch
with all house program directors
before each broadcast.
Houses which have not yet sign
ed up for the second radio contest
may still do so, Potwin said yes
terday. “Programs are coming
along well,’’ Potwin said, “and
there seems to be plenty of inter
est in the contest on the campus.
Many program directors have come
to me with plans for their broad
casts and they are really novel.”
The contest will open Sunday
with four houses, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma,
and Alpha Beta Chi, presenting
their radio skits by remote control
from the College Side Inn studios
starting at 5 o’clock. Each pro
gram will last half an hour.
Dr. Arnold To Be
Guest on Friday
Notable Scientist To Speak
At Coast Meetings
An opportunity to become ac
quainted with the various depart
ments of the Bell Telephone com
pany, with view toward seeking
work in one of the company’s de
partments, will be offered to stu
dents of chemistry and physics,
when Dr. Harold DeForest Arnold,
director of the research for the
Bell Telephone laboratories, will
come to the University campus on
Friday, January 23.
Dr. Arnold is considered one of
America’s foremost scientists in
the field of chemistry and physics.
The visitor’s notable work with
vacuum tubes is responsible for
new developments in the whole
telephone art, both wire and ra
dio, according to Dr. A. E. Cas
well, of the University department
of physics.
Dr. Arnold will confer with stu
dents and faculty members of the
chemistry and physics depart
ments during his visit in Eugene.
He comes to the Pacific coast re
gion primarily to speak at coast
section meetings of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Dr. Caswell states, “There are
many departments in which stu
dents may prepare themselves for
work with the Bell Telephone
company. In fact, the student has
his choice of four departments in
the company laboratories the re
search and development, the man
ufacturing, the company opera
tion, and the Western Union.”
There have been students chosen
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Russian Violinist
To Give Concert
Next Wednesday
Second Associated Student
Concert Will Feature
Nathan Milstein
Old Man Study suffered a se
vere relapse last night with Byrd
lecturing at McArthur court, and
he is due for another one next Wed
nesday evening when Nathan Mil
stein, brilliant young Russian vio
linist, will appear at the court in
the second concert on the Asso
ciated Students’ series. There will
be no admission charge to Univer
sity students for this concert, since
it is one of the regular series which
is underwritten by the A. S. U. O.
concert fund.
This will be Milstein’s first Eu
gene concert, but he became well
known in the larger Pacific coast
cities last winter, when he appear
ed as guest soloist with the Port
land Symphony orohestra, the San
Francisco Symphony, and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic. So well re
eived was he at these engagements
and at several other cities in the
eastern part of the country, that
he was engaged to extend his tour
to the west coast again this winter.
Artist’s Career Meteoric,
Milstein’s artistic career has
been as rapid and startling as the
course of a meteor, but, unlike a
meteor, he shows no signs of fad
ing as fast as he came. He was
born in Odessa, the Russian port
on the Black Sea, on December 31,
1904. From the very first his vio
lin instructors predicted a brilliant
future for the boy.
A11 during the storm of the great
revolution he managed to continue
his playing, and finally, at the age
of 19, he started on a series of
tours. In the six or seven years
that he has been on the concert
stage his success has been phenom
enal. He has toured all over Eur
ope and South America, praised
unreservedly wherever he ha/play
ed, until today he is ranked by
leading critics as one of the half
dozen really great violinists of the
world. As the critic for the Los
Angeles Examiner said after his
concert there last year: ‘‘Milstein
eclipses all violinists save a very
few, and he is surpassed by none.”
Soprano Is To Be Third Artist
Milstein came to America for his
first tour in October, 1929. Last
spring he made another tour
through Europe, and then returned
to the United States in the fall.
Florence Austral, soprano, will
be the third artist on the A. S. U.
O. series. She comes on February
5, and will be followed on Febru
ary 22 by the Portland Symphony
orchestra.
Chemists Have Party
Not to be outdone by the biology
department, the chemistry seminar
under Dr. A. H. Kuntz gave a de
lightful party Thursday afternoon
somewhere in the depths of Mc
Clure. Chocolate, made in a huge
beaker, and dainty cookies were
served. Dr. Kuntz was assisted
in serving during the afternoon by
Harold Hughes, graduate student
in chemistry.
Ducks, Cougars Ready;
Opening Game to Start
At 8 o’Clock in Igloo
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Oregon Will Send
Extension Data to
Prison Inmates
Correspondence Co u r s e s
To Be Offered for
McNeil Island
The University of Oregon ex
tension division has been invited to
assist in an educational project
sponsored by the United States
penitentiary at McNeil Island,
Washington, which will provide
corespondence courses for inmates
of the prison not interested in the
regular courses given.
In a letter to Miss Mozelle Hair,
director of extension administra
tion, H. M. Stiles, director of edu
cation and welfare of the McNeil *
prison writes:
Tests Given Prisoners
“I have been giving each man
entering the prison since I took |
hold of the work, the following
tests: New Stanford language us
age, New Stanford word meaning,
Otis arithmetic reasoning tests.
To date I have tested about 700
men and am able to indicate those
who have sufficient ability to pur
sue other than elementary courses.
We have 205 men enrolled for edu
cational work. Most of these men
attend our night school where we
teach vocational or pre-vocational
courses. Last week the average
daily attendance at night school
was 203 men.”
Corespondence Course List Sent
The University of Oregon cor
espondence catalogue containing a
complete list of corespondence
courses offered has been sent to
the prison, and Miss Hair has sig
nified her willingness to cooperate
in the prison education enterpise.
This movement is in line with new
developments in eastern prisons
such as Auburn and Sing Sing.
In the past the University furn
ished correspondence courses to in
mates of the state penitentiary at
Salem in the fields of English and
mathematics, and at one time sent
a study course in geology to a pris
oner in the San Quentin prison,
California.
Comedy Chosen
As Opening Play
‘The Single Man’ Will Start
The Dramatic Season
“The Single Man,” a domestic
comedy by Hubert Henry Davies,
will be the major production to
open the dramatic season at Guild
hall this quarter. The play will be
produced February 11 and 12, and
will be acted by the members of
the class in technique of acting
under the direction of Cecil E.
Matson, assistant in the drama de
partment.
Hobart Wilson plays the male
lead of Robin Worthington, the
"single man” of the drama. Oppo
ite him is Inez Simons. Jack Stipe,
Marian Camp, Gwendolyn Foss,
Eleanor Wood, Harvey Welch,
Eleanor Lewis, Zora Beaman,
Grace Burnett and Neva Lois
Thompson all have parts in this
play, which is a four-act comedy.
These players will be remember
ed for their participation in the
group of one-act plays given last
quarter, “The Breaking of the
Calm,” “The Devil Comes to Al
caraz,” and “The Dear Departed.”
The scene of the play is laid in
the country home of a very pros
perous English writer and promises
tO be typically English in atmos
phere. 0
This play, several years ago, was
a starring vehicle for the eminent
English actor, Cyril Maude, and
was played extensively in England
and America.
“The Single Man” will be the
only modern costume play given
this quarter, as the Guild Theatre
players are now working on Shake
speare’s "Twelfth Night." One oth
er costume play which will be giv
en near the end of the term will be
announced later.
Order of 'O' Men
To Give Pep Talks
rpO start the home basketball
season otf with a bang. Or
der of the O men will visit cam
pus living organizations at din
ner tonight to arouse pep for
the Oregon-W. S. C. game.
Jerry Lillie, president of the let
termen's organization, will be in
charge of the speakers.
Getting student spirit off to a
flying start before mid-season is
the aim of the talks. In 1926,
lettermen recalled yesterday, the
Oregon basketeers got off to a
slow start and in mid-season the
student body realized that if the
men won all the remaining
games, they would bring home
a championship. Enthusiasm
flared at once and the champion
ship was won.
YWCA President
Tells Gathering
Of National Meet
Student - Faculty Conclave
At Detroit Attended by
Oregon Delegate
Results of the national student
faculty conference, held at Detroit,
December 27-31, were told at a
joint meeting of the Y. W. C. A.
cabinet and advisory board, Wed
nesday night, by President Daphne
Hughes, who was the only Oregon
woman student to attend the con
ference.
“You can readily see how so
many varied interests, factions,
and viewpoints, represented by a
convention of 700 people, half stu
dents and half faculty members,"
said Miss Hughes, ".would make
our committees and discussion
groups exceptionally lively ones.”
Seven Discussion Groups Formed
“We divided into seven different
commissions,” she continued, “con
sisting of (1) administrative poli
cies, (21 the educational system,
(3) the social and organized life
of the campus, (4) morals in a day
of relativity, (5) social attitudes
and responsibilities, (6) student
counseling, and (7) religion and its
relation to campus life. I was a
member of the third of these,
which included such topics as ex
tra-curricular activities, grades,
dormitory life, honoraries, and fra
ternities.”
“Attempts were made to sum
marize the results of the confer
ence, and the conclusions arrived
at by the individual discussion
groups. Although the exchange of
opinion was valuable to the work
ers, we all felt that the real bene
fit would be in stimulation of the
local campus. It was essentially a
study of, and an attempt to fur
ther student-faculty relations.”
The only other Oregonian to at
tend the convention was Irving
William Warrington, Y. M. C. A.
secretary at Corvallis.
Webfoots Not
Worried Over
W. S. C. Edge
Reinhart Says Quintet Will
Play Game for Points;
Height Discounted
Sophomores on State Team
Will Face Veterans of
Oregon Five
By VINCENT OATES
The Oregon basketball team is
in readiness for the first game
against W. S. C. tonight at 8
o’clock in McArthur court. It is
the first conference game at home
for Reinhart’s quintet, which will
play a second game tomorrow night
against the Cougars.
Height! One would think accord
ing to the rumors and reports fly
ing about that basketball games
can’t be won without five men Who
each stand six and one-half feet
in their stocking feet.
Because Washington has a center
taller than Primo Camera and be
cause Washington State has a cen
ter who makes the first two look
like midgets, the dopesters have
offered only sympathy for Oregon.
But Billy Reinhart has indicated
that it is merely an excuse. The
veteran Oregon mentor said—and
ery emphatically, too—that games
are not won by height but by
points!
Issue Seems True
Pondering over the issue, one
will find that it is only too true,
that no matter how tall or how
many tall members a team has,
they cannot win if the other side
gets more points. This is exactly
what the Webfoot quint is intent
on doing and thereby quashing all
pre-game alibis.
Accordingly, the Ducks have
been plenty busy at the Igloo get
ting acquainted with the inside of
the basket. Oregon’s hoop coach
is not concerned with height, or
any other advantage of his oppon
ents, but with getting the baskets.
Lineup Is Picked
The same lineup that looked so
good against Washington in the
second game of the twin series at
Seattle will face the Washington
State Cougars tonight. Jean Eber
hart, scoring threat, in spite of a
disadvantage in altitude, will start
at the tip-off position; Vince Dolp
and Windy Calkins, basket-shoot
ing experts, will hold down the for
ward berths, and Kerm Stevens
and Hank Levoff, veteran guards,
will play the back-court.
This combination has proved the
most effective and Reinhart feels
sure that it will function against
invading Cougars. However, the
reserve strength of the Webfoots
has not been overlooked. Reinhart
has been keeping a watchful eye on
the diminutive Billy Keenan, blonde
basket wizard, Cap Roberts, titian
haired substitute center, who inci
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Most Criminals Are Young,
Recent Crime Survey Shows
!
Felony, in common with other
crimes, is a "young man’s game,”
and daring youth plays a promi
nent part in these serious offenses
against society. In a„ study ^involv
ing 1771 arrests for felony in Mult
nomah county during 1928 and
1929, a total of 544, or 40 per cent
of the 1358 whose ages were known
involved persons under 25 years of
age.
This is one of the facts brought
out in a survey of crime just com
pleted by Wayne L. Morse, profes
sor of law at the University of
Oregon and Ronald H. Beattie, re
search fellow. The study covered
the years of 1928 and 1929 in Mult
nomah county only, and dealt only
with felonies. No account was tak
en of amount of crime committed,
.1
nor of arrests on charges other
than felonies.
The age record was lacking in
many cases, and all figures are
based on the number whose'ages
were known, a total 'of 1358. Per
centages‘are a eld t'o be fairly ac
curate, however, since the ages of
the ethers would no doubt vary as
did those known.
Seven of those charged were be
tween the ages of 15 and 17, while
177 were still in their teens. The
period of 20 to 24 inclusive had
367, or 27 per cent of the total
known.
That the field of felony is no
place for an old man is shown by
the fact that only 15 per cent, or
222, were over the age of 40, while
another 10 per cent were between
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