Tests Show That
Freshmen Have
Low Reading Rate
Oregon Graduates Doing
Technical Research
Work at Iowa
Some University freshmen were
found to be able to read no faster
than the average rate of the fourth
or fifth grade, according to a re
Fearch conducted by Francis
I’leasant Robinson, Oregon grad
uate in 1929, in the psychology
laboratories at the University of
Iowa last year. But by diagnosis
of difficulties and special training
in reading their regular assign
ments, it was possible to improve
their reading rate from 50 to 100
per cent during the school year.
This line of work seemed to be
so profitable that Iowa is now di
recting work of four or five other
graduate students on this prob
lem, attacking it from all of the
major experimental angles.
Four Oregonians at Iowa
Four other Oregon students are
'doing research work in Iowa in
the psychology laboratories.
Herbert Jasper, who received
his master's degree in 1929 at Ore
gon, will receive his doctor’s de
gree this spring. He is working on
the "Measurement of Chronaxic of
Nervous Impulses." He is also
doing research on "Influences of
Cerebral Dominance in Relation to
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Jasper has developed a number
of new apparatac and techniques
for these studies. He has reported
| the results of his experimental
[work before the meeting of the
! American Psychological associa
| lion, which met in Iowa this De
[ eember.
Rhythm Work Praised
His wife, Constance Cleaver
Jasper, is v/orking o.. the “Devel
opment of Artistic Talent in Pre
j School Children.” Her work in the
I development of rhythm was con
j sidered outstanding by her major
professor, Dr. Norman Meier. She
will receive her master’s degree
j (his spring.
, Robert Walker, who received his
master’s degree at Oregon, is now
mechanician for the Iowa labora
[ tories and is working out the ap
j paratus for photographing the eye
, movements in relation to reading.
His wife, Myrtle Walker, is a
secretary in the graduate orSfiege
of the State University of Iowa.
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I Curious Students
Climb Towers of
Oldest Buildings
Sages and wise men have it that
a display of curiosity once killed
a member of the feline family. If
a moral is drawn from this, pre
! pare to shed tears for two enter
[ prising and very curious students
j who investigated the recesses of
the towers on Deady and Villard
halls.
j Late in the afternoon these two
' ascended the shaking iron ladders
■ at either end of the third floor of
Deady, and poked their heads into
the little rooms at the top only
to make the disappointing discov
ery, that nearly all the birds in
Western Oregon had preceded
them.
i After staging a hasty retreat,
Villard was assailed and a cute
little galvanized “tub” was found
nestling under the rafters in the
northeast tower. Conjectures as
| to its use for a bathtub were nul
lified when it was realized that
one must first climb two flights
of stairs, a ladder, walk across
bare “two by fours,” and then
climb another ladder to the roof;
furthermore, no water supply
could be discovered. As yet no
suitable explanation for the use of
the tub has been advanced
Junior class meet ing 107 Villard.
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University Band
Pleases in First
Formal Concert
John Stf'lin Leads Finest
Oregon Group in
Many Years
By DAVE WILSON
What is undoubtedly the best
concert band that the University
has had in many years made its
first appearance before a large
audience at thp music auditorium
Sunday afternoon. Under the mar
tially precise and capable baton of
John H. Stehn, the 28 picked play
ers gave an hour’s program of
pleasingly contrasted music.
In the opening number, “The
Florentiner,” a military march by
Fucik, the band was at its best.
They did full justice to its bril
liant and florid Italian style with
out allowing it to become ful
some or pompous.
Tunes Handled Well
The light and tuneful melodies
of a suite of four pieces of ballet
music from Gounod's op e r a ,
“Faust,” were well done on the
whole, though perhaps better adap
ted to strings than to brass and
wood-winds. This criticism could
not be made of the last of the
suite, however. The “Bacchanale
and Entry of Phryne” was dash
ingly done.
An unusually interesting part
of the program was “Meditation,”
an organ voluntary by George
Drumm, which has been scored foi
band by Tom Clark. The conclu
sion of this composition more than
made up for the slight strain of
the slow introduction, and the
leading theme and counter melo
dies played by full band gave a
sense of the grandeur of organ
music.
March Piece Good
Tschaikowsky’s “Marche Slave”
is always a sure-fire program
piece, but the Oregon band did not
depend merely on the intrinsic
bombastic charm of the piece to
put it across. Under Mr. Stehn’s
skillful lead they made the slower
and quieter passages fully as in
teresting as the stirring and bar
baric march rhythms.
Although in passages through
out the program where clarinets
were countered against trombones
or trumpets, the execution seemed
a trifle labored, in swifter-moving
passages scored for the whole
band the effect was splendid. The
clarinet section was called on for a
large share of the difficult inter
pretation, but on the whole did
very well. French horns and trum
pets were also strikingly effective,
and Martin Geary and Clifton
Iverson gave a better-than-ordin
ary performance at the drums.
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vestment. This great profit goes
into a fund to be used in the
spreading of the plan used in the
j company, which puts everything
| in the hands of the employees.
“Stock sold to begin the com
1 pany is being bought back by the
company, in order that complete
control may ultimately be given
the employees. Fifty-one per cent
has been reclaimed, and turned
over to trustees, and the accom
panying votes manipulated in one
block enable the labor council to
assume complete control of the
business,” Mr. Hapgood said.
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WHAT SHOW TONIGHT ?;
Heilig — Winnie Lightner in
"The Life of the Party.’’
McDonald — Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell in "The Man
Who Came Back.’’
Colonial — Gloria Swanson in
first run, “What a Widow.”
Rex "Under Suspicion,” with
Lois Moran.
State "Lawful Larceny,” and
"Beyond the Rio Grande.”
Winnie Lightner at Heilig
Winnie Lightner, with all her
inimitable and rough enthusiasm,
is back at the Heilig in a new
comedy about her gold dinning ac
tivities, “The Life of the Party.”
The story deals with two adven
turous and unscrupulous gold dig- j
gers, who turn up a lot of clothes :
in New York, and go to Havana j
to make "whoopee and the first
million.” They become involved in
some of the most amusing situa
tions yet included in the Light
ner’s pictures. Her supporting
cast includes two of the finest co
medians of the talkies, Charles
Butterworth and Charles Judels.
Colonial Shows Swanson Film
Coming as the third of the Co
lonial’s first-run United Artists’
features, Gloria Swanson appears
at her very best in the comic
“What a Widow,” showing today
and Wednesday.
The film is a modern comedy,
with modernistic sets of revolu
tionary design, smart clothes ga
lore, three new popular songs, and
a supporting cast headed by Owen
Moore, Margaret Livingston, and
Lew Cody—the latter in a sensa
tional come-back.
* * *
Famfcd Lovers in Dramatic Story
Janet Gaynor and Charles Far
rell, beloved screen lovers, are
back together in the same picture,.
Mary Nolan, featured artist in
the Universal production, “Out
side the Uaw.” At the Rex Wed
nesday.
“The Man Who Came Back,” for
the first time in over a year. The
picture closes today at the McDon
ald theatre.
From the famed story by Jules
Eckert Goodman, it is a powerful
story of regeneration. A rich
youth, in love with a girl of the
chorus, falls to the depth of sordid
living and is brought back to hap
piness through the inspiration of
that girl.
Featured also in the cast are
Kenneth Mackenna, William Hol
den, and Ulrich Haupt.
Story of Mounties at Rex
How love kept faith within the
heart of a woman whose man was
“under Suspicion,” is the theme of
“Under Suspicion,” playing at the
Rex for the last time today, and
featuring Lois Moran. It is ro
mance in the Canadian Rockies,
where the “mounties” get their
men—and their women, too.
Three songs, sung by Miss Mo
ran’s support, J. Harold Murray,
are “Saskatchewan," “Whisper to
the Whispering Pines,” and
"Round My Kingdom’s Door.”
AW S Announces
Second Speaker
For New Project
Voralional Expert To Give
Talk to Women on
Thursday at 4
Mrs. Donald Hamlin, for the
past two and one-half years on
the faculty of Ohio State college,
and an expert in adjustment of
problems of college students, will
be the second speaker for the As
sociated Women Students’ voca
tional program. Mrs. Hamlin will
address a meeting open to all
women on the campus Thursday
afternoon at 4 o’clock in Alumni
hall.
Helping girls choose their voca
tions will be the general subject
i on which Mrs. Hamlin will speak.
Her work both for her B.A. and
i M.A. and for later research work
has been centered on psychology
and adjustment of college stu
; dents, and she is considered an
authority on girls’ problems.
Mrs. Hamlin had total supervi
sion of 700 "problem” freshmen
at Ohio State college last year,
whom she helped with working
out their study problems, difficul
ties in social activities, and emo
tional strains which they suffered
during their first year at school.
Although Mrs. Hamlin is a spe- |
cialist in the field of psychology
and adjustment problems, all
women of the campus who are in
terested are urged to attend the
meeting. Appointments for indi
vidual women who wish to talk
with Mrs. Hamlin may be
through the dean of women's of
fice for either Thursday or Friday.
Nurso at Infirmary Gets
Colil Front Sirk Students
When one contracts a cold due
to taking care of others suffering
the effects of that ailment that's
bad!
So thinks Helen Fleming, in
firmary nurse, who has had to
take care of so many cases of colds
these last few weeks that she is
now somewhat under the weather
herself. Her cold, however, is not
serious enough to confine her to
bed.
At the present time there are
12 students in the care of the Vni
versity health service. Besides the
numerous cases of colds there are
two students confined as a result
of mumps.
The students now at the infirm
ary are:<> Florence r; Woughter,
Christine McCollaugh. Elizabeth
Paterson, Helen Leisz, Pat Mer
rick. Howard Dietrich. Bill Berg.
Wilbur Preble, Warren Daniel. Al
bert Tuch, and Jack Blanchard.
Another student, whose name
was not obtained, was registered
later in the evening.
1
Positions Available for
Student Teachers Here
Experienced teachers now at
:ending the University are advised
;o keep in touch with the school
3f education appointment bureau,
recording to an announcement
made Friday by Dean H. D. Shel
ton. Desirable openings for teach
ers who have had some experience
ire being brought to the appoint
ment bureau, and Dean Sheldon
jxpressed the hope that among
‘he 3000 students on the campus,
i few might be qualified for these
positions.
Recently received were notifica
tions of vacancies to be filled in
the United States government
schools, Dean Sheldon said. These
positions include opportunities to
receive salaries between $1500 and
$3000 a year. Applicants will be
judged on previous experience,
education, and publications or
theses, Dean Sheldon said.
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UNIVERSITY
PHARMACY
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| German Dancer
WiII Give Recital
Friday Evening
J Affair Is Invitational, Says
Marjorie Forchemer of
I P. E. Faculty
' The dance recital of Lore Deja,
brilliant German dancer, that is
to be presented to the campus by
the school of physical education
at 8 o’clock on Friday evening,
January 30, will be an invitation
! al affair, according to an an
nouncement given by Miss Mar
jorie Forchemer, assistant profes
sor of physical education.
The invitations, which are mod
ernistic programs to be presented
at the door, were necessitated be
cause of the limited seating space.
One hundred and forty have been
sent to members of the faculty
who were thought to have particu
lar interest in the modern dance.
Others will be given to members
of Master Dance and to students
in all rhythmic classes.
Approximately 150 tickets will
be placed at the physical educa
tion office of the women's build
ing, where they may be had by
anyone especially interested in the
new dance movement. As the re
cietal is given particularly for
those interested in dancing and
the request for tickets have been
I so numerous, they will only be
I given out upon personal applica
tion. These tickets will be the
’ only means of admittance, and
they will not be obtainable at the
door.
Master Dance group will usher
and the physical education club is
assisting with the construction of
settings and lighting. Juanita
Young will have charge of the
lighting crew under Mr. Fred Har
ris’s supervision. Student groups
will bring cushions in order to sit
on the floor and utilize space.
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Miss Deja's program, which will
consist of thirteen numbers, is a
varied one. It will be of especial
interest because she is tlye first
exponent of this new rhythmic
dance to appear in the West. In
Europe she is recognized as one
of the leaders of this new move
ment that is rapidly sweeping the
civilized world. Her recital will
have a piano accompaniment by
Mr. John Hopper.
The program will consist of:
1. Allegretto (Salutation). 2.
Legato (Fairy Gliding). 3. Cres
cendo (Whirl Rhythm). 4. Lento
(Viennese Dance I). 5. Affectuoso
(Prelude). 6. Allegro (Viennese
Dance II). 7. Fado (Portuguese
Vagabond Song). 8. Rubato (Si
lence). 9. Con Fuoco (Spanish
Song). 10. .Andante (Russian
Prayer). 11. Marcato (Russian
March). Vito (Portuguese Dance).
13. Vivace (Enjoy).
Company Accepts Story
By Senior in Journalism
“Came the Dawn” is the name
of the short short-story by Ralph
Yergen, senior in the school of
journalism, which has recently
been accepted by the Irwin Pub
lishing company of New York
City.
The company runs a chain of
magazines. Yergen does not
know in which one of the publi
cations his 1200-word story will
1 be used.
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