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VOLUME XXXII
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NUMBER 64
Schulz Elected
New Captain of
Football Team
Players Gather at Banquet;
r Name Guard Leader
For Next Fall
Coach Spears Expresses
Appreciation; Men
Give Speeches
By PHIL COGSWELL
Irvin Schulz, Webfoot guard and
two-year letterman, was elected
by his teammates last night to
lead the Oregon football team as
captain in its quest for gridiron
fame next fall.
The members of the football
squad met with many guests at a
banquet in the Osburn hotel,
where the principal business was
to name the man to fill the shoes
f of Johnny Kitzmiller, retiring cap
tain of the team. Several short
speeches were made, the most im
portant being a talk by Coach
Spears.
Schulz Is Congratulated
"The Oregon football team was
fortunate to have a leader this fall
in Kitzmiller, who was almost
1000 per cent perfect,” said Doc
Spears. “I congratulate Schulz on
his election and I am sure he will
be a fine captain. He has profited
. much by working hard, and al
ways put his heart into the spirit
of the game.”
Lynn McCready, alumni member
of the executive council, acted as
toastmaster. He called on several
men for brief remarks. Professor
H. C. Howe, keen follower of Ore
gon’s grid teams for many years,
was the first speaker. He empha
sized a hope that all the players
would make it a point to keep eli
gible.
Itosson Gives Talk
"Surely no college in America
is offering such opportunities for
travel by boat, bus, railroad, and
otherwise to its youth as Oregon
is next fall,” said Hugh Rosson,
graduate manager. Rosson went
on to say that the football sched
ule would be difficult, but should
mark the turning point in Ore
gon’s football. “It's going to be
hard, but as long as I’m graduate
manager, I pledge myself to work
day and night if necessary to put
it over,” he said. "Oregon has
the chance to emerge next year
with one of the best teams in the
country.”
Kitz Thanks Coach
Kitzmiller thanked the team for
the support it gave him and also
expressed appreciation to Doc
Spears. Kitz mentioned that at
the start of the season he didn’t
take practice seriously and was
late several times in getting out.
One time he found his suit had
been turned in. “It took quite a
long talk with Doc,” said Johnny,
y "before I got my suit back, but I
learned my lesson and I want to
thank you, Coach, for that.”
Spears reviewed the football
seasons, both the last one and the
coming one. He said that after
the Drake game the team didn’t
develop as well as he thought it
would, there being possibly too
long a period before a hard game.
It didn’t reach its stride until the
St. Mary’s game.
“There seemed to be a lack of
drive in the spirit of the team
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To Judge Erring Students
These three students, Dorothy Eberhard, Roy L. Herndon, and
William Whitely, now members of the student advisory committee fol
lowing recent action of the University faculty, will hear cases against
students charged with infractions of University regulations. Seven
faculty members are on the committee.
Paul Blanchard,
Liberal Leader,
To Lecture Here
Former Nation Editor Due
Here Feb. 3; Labor,
Socialism Topies
Opportunity to hear a national
ly recognized liberal leader will
be given Oregon students Febru
ary 3 and 4 when Paul Blanchard,
special lecturer for the League of
Industrial Democracy and former
associate editor of The Nation,
will speak here.
Announcement of his visit was
made Tuesday by Louis A. Wood,
associate professor in economics,
and Dr. John Mueller, professor of
sociology, who form a committee
to take charge of arrangements,
for the University.
Labor, Socialism Theme
Labor movements and socialism
will be the general field on which
Mr. Blanchard will speak. He is
at present acting in the dual ca
pacity of speaker for the Indus
trial Democracy league and chair
man of the city affairs committee
of New York, a new organization
for civil reform.
American racketeering, a subject
on which he is soon to publish a
book, the British labor movement
and labor conditions in southern
cotton mills, subjects on which he
has already published books, in
ternational economics, American
labor movements—these are some
of the topics on which Mr. Blan
chard has been lecturing for a
number of years.
Talk at Guild Hall
After several years with The
Nation he returned last fall to lec
ture work and has been speaking
throughout American universities
and cities. He will come here di
rectly from Portland.
Guild hall has been tentatively
selected for his lecture Wednesday
night. Thursday morning the lib
eral leader will address classes, as
sembled in one group. Mr. Blan
chard visited the Oregon campus
about three years ago.
Beta Alpha Psi Chooses
New Members at Dinner
Beta Alpha Psi, professional ac
counting fraternity, met last night
at a dinner at which time new
members were elected. The names
of the pledges, however, will not
be announced as yet, Douglas De
Cou, president, said yesterday.
The group later convened with
j the regular accounting seminar
I group, which meets every other
I Tuesday evening.
Proposal Before Legislature
Latest Step to Consolidation
A proposal before the state leg
islature at Salem, to abolish 14
agricultural boards and put their
work under one department, fur
thering efficiency and economy,
would mark the second step taken
in Oregon toward consolidation
since the movement began here in
1909, it was pointed out by James
D. Barnett, professor of political
science.
The first measure in line with
the consolidation movement was
the merger of the boards of re
gents into the state board of
higher education in 1929, Mr. Bar
nett explained, adding that over
a dozen states have already put
the general consolidation plan into
effect. In the elections last fall,
■Oregon voters rejected a measure
submitting such a plan for this
f state.
Illinois was the first state actu
ally to effect any good reform in
| this direction.
| “In Oregon the first practical
\ proposal of consolidation was
! made by the People's League in
J1909 but in the years since noth
I ing has been accomplished but the
S consolidation of the boards of re
i gents,” continued Mr. Barnett.
“Some are objecting now to the
! present measure on the ground
that it is a part of the measure
that was rejected last fall, but
i since it is just one phase of the
; whole plan, it is not likely that it
! will meet opposition.
The agricultural plan was con
sidered early this week by the ag
ricultural committees of the house
and senate, in joint session. It
would abolish such boards as the
one on horticulture, the state dairy
! and food commission, the fair
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Students To Give
Two Studio Plays
j Tomorrow at 4:15
Second Group of Matinee
Performances To Have
Comedy and Romance
The second group of studio mat
inee plays will be given at Guild
theatre Thursday at 4:15. The bill
will consist of two one-act plays.
The first, “Knives from Syria,’’ by
Lynn Riggs, is a picturesque mid
western episode revolving around
a romantic situation in which a
Syrian peddler plays an important
role.
The second play will be “How
Perfectly Absurd,” by J. Hartley
Manners. This is a modern satiri
cal comedy with a bit of ironic
philosophy cast in. It concerns a
boy and girl who, for tragic rea
sons of their own have decided to
end their lives. However, the man
is frustrated by fate and the wo
man by the man.
“Knives From Syria” is being
directed by Martin Geary. The
parts are as follows: Mrs. Buster,
Elizabeth Scruggs; Rhodie, Mar
garet Hunt; Charley, Wilbur Tuck
er; and the peddler, Barney Mil
ler. “How Perfectly Absurd” is
directed by Gene Love and is cast
as follows: Young Lady, Marguer
ite Blake; Sportsman, Ethan New
man; Chauffeur, Martin Geary.
This performance will be the sec
ond in a series of plays directed
by the class in play production.
Programs will be given each
Thursday afternoon for the re
mainder of the term.
Newspaper Man To Talk
To Students Thursday
—
William Tugman, managing edi
tor of the Eugene Register-Guard,
will speak to Professor Reginald
Coggeshall’s 2 o’clock newswriting
class Thursday on “Trial by City
Desk.”
He will discuss instances where
newspapers have stepped in to
stop crime when the police have
failed. Any one interested is in
vited to listen to Mr. Tugman,
Mr. Coggeshall said.
Eloquent Major
viviil was a lecture on early
methods of warfare, and so
intense were the words of the
eloquent Major as he unfolded
blood-curdling: systems of whole
sale slaughter in the early days,
that a somew hat terrorized
freshman listening open-mouthed
to a lecture in the band-room
of the It. O. T. C. barracks
lunged backwards through a
window at the side of the room
and broke out the glass. He
quickly caught himself arid fled
to another part of the room ns
the surprised audience listened
| to the glass crashing on the
ground at the outside of the
building.
The next time that the Major
talks of “crushing people's skulls
in with huge clubs," he plans
on putting shutters on the win
dows.
Woman Speaker
Played Golf With
Andrew Mellon
Mrs. Hamlin To Address
University Women
On Thursday
One of her best friends is Anne
Morrow Lindbergh.
She has played golf with Andrew
Mellon.
She was one of five in the famed
“Ivy Chain” ceremonial at Smith
college.
She has worked with L. C. Pres
sey, known for tests for educa
tional guidance and adjustment.
Due Here Thursday
She is Mrs. Donald Hamlin, who
has been selected as the speaker j
for the Associated Women Stu- |
dents’ meeting Thursday in Alum
ni hall at 4 o’clock. She will speak
on ways for girls to find the voca
tion for which they are best fitted.
Mrs. Hamlin has done a great
deal of work along this line. Her
major interest when studying for
her degrees of B. A. and M. A. and
later research has been along the
line of adjustment of college stu
dents to study conditions, social
activities, and emotional strains.
For the past two and one-half
years she has been doing research
work along this line at Ohio State
college.
Knows College Problems
Another thing about Mrs. Ham
lin which A. W. S. leaders feel
will make her particularly attract
ive to women of the campus is the
fact that she is not yet 30 years
old. This fact will make problems
of college women — especially
those of choosing a vocation—par
ticularly alive to her, leaders say,
and she is expected to be very
interested in advising local women.
Appointments to talk with Mrs.
Hamlin either Thursday or Friday
! of this week may be made through
I the dean of women’s office.
Class That'Runs Itself’ Real
Test for Student Initiative
Student initiative, one of the
things emphasized by modern edu
cational methods, is being given
full sway in a class in secondary
education ihis term under the di
rection of Professor F. L. Stetson,
of the school of education. Con
trary to ordinary custom, the class
members devise their own course
of study, methods of procedure,
and detail of research with the in
structor acting as adviser and
critic.
The class, which is studying
methods of pupil guidance in sec
ondary education, is in charge of
a directorate committee consisting
of the officers of the organization,
and 12 other subordinate commit
tees which are in charge of the
various units of study.
“The typical class period,” ac
cording to Professor Stetson, "is
presided over by the chairman of
the organization, who conducts the
discussion, and calls for reports
from subordinate committee mem
bers according to the plans sug
gested by the directorate.”
"This class is not an experi
ment,” the instructor said. "It is
putting into effective use modern
principles in education which have
already been proved.” Professor
Stetson describes himself as critic
and says that his part in class pro
cedure varies on different days.
When a new problem is being at
tacked, Professor Stetson takes
brief part in the procedure for the
purpose of outlining and explain
ing the basic principles of the
problem.
That the method of work in this
class is effective in motivating the
work of the students and produc
ing a sense of responsibility for
the welfare of the class among its
members, is revealed by interviews
with members of this class that
"runs itself.”
One member described the class
as being more successful than any
other cluss she had ever been in
because, she said, “We feel that
if we do not get anything out of
the course it is our own fault. Our
work is self-imposed and we do it
because we feel that we want to
get something out of the course,
not because the instructor tells us
that we must do thus and so to
get a grade.”
Any member of the class is wel
come to make suggestions for
changes of emphasis or detail dur
ing the course. The students are
more free to make suggestions to
the committee directing the class
work than they would to an in
structor, one member said. The
whole atmosphere of the class is
generally described to be more in
formal and more free than other
classes.
Spring Creations
To Be Displayed
Style Show Will Feature
Advertising; Dance
The latest spring creations of
the year for women, displayed in
Eugene’s first style show of the
year, will be a feature of the all
campus dance to be given by Gam
ma Alpha Chi, women’s national
advertising honorary, on Friday,
{February 13.
The event, according to Har
riette Hofmann, general chairman
of the dance committee, will be
given at Cocoanut Grove, and the
revellers will dance to the tune of
the Cocoanut Grove orchestra. Ad
mission to the affair will cost 1
$1.50 a couple, and the date of the
ticket sale will be announced lat
er. Betty Carpenter will be in
charge of the tickets. Publicity
for the event will be handled by
Janet Young.
The style show, which will be
the highlight of the evening, will
hereafter be a yearly tradition of
Gamma Alpha Chi dances. This is
the first time, however, that such
an event has been sponsored by
that organization. It is being giv
en this year in conjunction with
McMorran and Washburne.
University models will be used
at the style show. Their names
will be issued later.
'Hello’ Custom on Campus, Manifestation of
Oregon Spirit for Many Years, Hying Out
Bill Says Solons
At Salem Won’t
Play With Meier
i^AMPUS CENTER, Eugene,
Jan. 27.—The boys up at the
state legislature wouldn’t pass
the Port of Portland bill be
cause it was something Gover
nor Meier fixed up after the
Joseph platform had been heard
and discussed by everybody in
Oregon. At least that’s what
Speaker Lonergan said, and
consequently he didn’t feel like
he was obligated to support it.
It looks to me as if it might
be some sort of a game hatched
up between a couple of cap
tains that chose sides and are
ready for battle. Governor
Meier suggested the idea pro
viding for the appointment of
commissioners for the Port of
Portland and he thought it was
1 a good one, but 36 of the legis
lators slung some mud in his [
eye and said they wouldn’t
I Play.
Yours,
BILL ROTERS.
r
Early Symbol of Democratic, Friendly Feeling
Attacked First in 19 19, Writer Discovers
Editor's note: This is the
fourth of a series of articles on
Oregon campus traditions.
By RALPH DAVID
The Oregon “Hello” may not be
a tradition, but it has been con
sidered an audible manifestation of
the famous Oregon spirit for a
great many years. In the earlier
days of the University’s life the
“Hello” was a word symbolic of
the democratic and friendly feel
ing existing on the Oregon cam
pus.
The custom of saying “Hello”
on the time-established lane be
tween the old library and Villard
hall leaches back to no definite
date in the past. It was a custom
that grew spontaneously out of an
overabundance of school spirit and
pride. But like many other tra
ditions, it ran into difficulties with
the growth and expansion of the
University.
As early as 1919 the custom was
under fire as evidenced in these
excerpts from an Emerald edito
rial of that year. “The unhoped
for is occurring. Oregon students,
particularly the new ones, are for
I getting one of our greatest cus
'toms and traditions, namely, that
of saying 'Hello’ to each other
when they meet. . . . Girls, partic
ularly the freshman ones, are the
worst offenders to this time-hon
ored custom. In many cases they
regard a man as a bold, brazen
thing to take the privilege of
speaking to them when probably
they don’t know his name. Surely
he must be trying to flirt with
them. Forget it, girls. You may
not know his name or maybe have
, never seen him before, but when
he speaks you know him as an
Oregon student and that was what
the custom was originated for.”
And in the years that have
passed since that time it has often
been necessary for Emerald edi
I tors to remind the students of the
necessity of adhering to this old
' custom in order to keep the old
spirit of democracy and good fel
lowship. The fight to keep up the
tradition became so heated that
the traditions committee in 1927
■ recommended that the “Hello”
tradition is the spirit, not the
| word, and that a parrot-like repe
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South American
Cities Is Topic
Dr. Smith To Give Fourth
Lecture Here Tonight
The cities of South America will
be the topic discussed by Dr. War
ren D. Smith, professor of geol
ogy, in the fourth of his series of
ten lectures on “A Visit to South
America” to be given tonight at
Condon hall geology laboratory at
7:30 o'clock.
A glimpse of some of the more
prominent cities of South Ameri
ca will be given, with some at
tention paid to the art, the press,
transportation, and other interest
ing features of the life in these
centers. Special attention will be
given to Lima, Peru; Santiago,
Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentine;
and Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
The lecture series is being spon
sored by the University extension
division. A single charge of $3 is
being made to include the entire
group.
Aviators in Need
Of Meteorology
Oregon Grad, Now in Air
Corps, Stales Case
The great need of knowledge of
meteorology by aviators was
brought out by the recent visit
here of Doi\ Zimmerman, Oregon
graduate of ’24, Dr. Warren D.
Smith, professor of geology, said
yesterday. Zimmerman, who is a
licensed pilot in the United States
army air corps, visited the campus
recently before leaving for Hawaii,
where he is to serve.
“Zimmerman was searching for
information on meteorology,” said
Dr. Smith, “and inquired whether
we had any courses on it. He said
it was of vital importance to the
aviator, a subject that had hereto
fore been regarded as academic
rather than practical. It shows
the increased need for subjects of
this kind. The University teaches
meteorology only as a part of oth
er courses.”
Alpha Delta Sigma Men
Will Meet at Luncheon
Alpha Delta Sigma, national ad
vertising fraternity, will hold its
weekly meeting at a luncheon at
the Anchorage this noon. All ac
tive, alumni, and associate mem
bers are invited to come.
Two speakers, erof. George H.
Godfrey and Francis Mullins, ac
tive member of the honorary, will
talk at the luncheon. Professor
Godfrey will speak on “Theatre
Publicity,” and Mullins will dis
cuss his experiences when he
worked at the Edmund C. Becli
told Co., Portland advertising
agency.
A short business meeting is also
scheduled, and reports will be giv
en on the Krazy Kopy Krawl.
Miss Tingle Tells
Fortune in Batter
JF you want to know the Ini
tials of your future husband,
whether he will be a millionaire,
or a brilliant conversationalist,
take Miss Lillian Tingle’s course
in foods.
To add interest to the lively
frying pan process of preparing
French pancakes, Miss Tingle
yesterday read the fortunes of
the girl class members in their
browning batter.
Ily the proper combination of
the formuln—1 cup flour, 1-3
teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, and l cup
milk—students in the foods class
were making batter which is the
basis for French pancakes, over
40 different varieties of German
paneakes, Swedish Kascttes,
Yorkshire pudding, Toad in the
Hole, Dutch waffles, and Ger
man cobbler.
Tiie frying of the batter re
quires only one minute and stu
dents rolled the finished product
in delicious jams,' marmalades,
conserves, and relishes, and pro
ceeded to have a classroom feed.
U. of Q. Speakers
To Compete in 6
Major Contests
Prizes Offered To Entrants
In State Peace and Old
Line Tournaments
The oratory and extempore
speaking contests for the year in
clud 3 three major oratorical
events, the Old Line Oratorical
contest, the State Peace contest,
and the Pacific Forensic League
oratorical contest; and three ex
tempore speaking ones, the Oregon
State Extempore Speaking con
test, an after-dinner speaking con
test, and the Pacific Forensic
League contest.
Orations to be given will be 15
minutes long, and the extempore
speakers will speak for 10 minutes
on any phase of the general sub
ject for which they prepare. The
assignments are made to the
speakers an hour before they are
supposed to speak.
Doran Oregon Speaker
Herbert J. Doran, senior in so
ciology, will represent the Univer
sity in the Old Line oratorical con
test to be held at Pacific univer
sity, Forest Grove, on March 13.
He will speak on “Eyes That See
Not," an analysis of industrial
equality. There will be a first
prize of $25, and honorable men
tions.
The State Peace contest, spon
sored by the Intercollegiate Peace
association, which consists of col
leges over the United States, will
be held at Pacific college, New
berg, at which time Roger Pfaff,
junior in pre-law, will speak on
some phase, of peace. There is a
state prize of $60 for first, and
$40 for second, and a national
prize for the same amounts.
Potwin To Talk
On April 5, 6, and 7 Arthur Pot
win will speak at the Pacific Fo
rensic League oratorical contest at
Seattle on "The Penalty of Power,"
an analysis of the materialistic
.greed of American life. Potwin
is a junior in business administra
tion and last year won the State
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Junior Vodvil
Sanctioned by
Vote of Class
Affair Will Be Revived a9
Tradition oil Campus;
Talent Said Ample
Shine Day Will Be Given in
Middle of February,
Students Decide
That the Junior Vodvil should bo
revived as a campus tradition is
the will of the class of '32, ex
pressed in the junior class meeting
held last night in Villard hall. It
was moved, second, and carried
that the class should present a
vodvil this year, complying in ev
ery way with provisions and rules
laid down by the faculty which
state that there must be no def
inite continuity, in the acts, and
that there must not be more than
two or three downtown rehearsals.
These rules fulfill the faculty re
quirements for the production of
the vodvil.
It was decided in the meeting
that ample talent, sufficient co
operation among the members of
the class, and whole hearted back
ing of students and faculty who
wish to see the vodvil tradition re
vived, could be procured to make
possible the production of a pleas
urable and profitable program.
To Appoint Workers
At the close of the meeting, Art
Potwin, president of the class, an
nounced that committees would be
appointed within the next few
weeks, in plenty of time to pre
pare and produce a suitable pro
gram.
The- problem of Junior Shine day
was also brought up and discussed
at the meeting. On hearing a re
i port concerning available dates
for the event, it was voted that
the president of the class should
have power to fix the date and to
appoint all committees. It was an
nounced that committees would be
appointed and put to work, and
that the Shine day would occur on
some Wednesday or Friday in the
middle of February.
Junior week-end and possibilities
for changes in the type of pro
gram to be presented at that time
were brought up for discussion. It
was suggested that a carnival be
worked into the program with dif
ferent houses handling booths
placed around McArthur court at
strategic points, with a nickel jit
ney dance going: on on the main
floor at the same same. A com
mittee of one was appointed to
look into the feasibility of such a
plan and was requested to make
his report to the general program
committee.
Class Finances Good
A complete budgetary report of
the year’s finances was given be
fore the class by Joe Hughes,
treasurer, in which it was found
that the class was ahead of the
board by about $275, and that a
general estimate of assets and lia
'bilities for the remainder of the
year, excepting the vodvil which
was not figured in, showed that a
balance of from $300 to $500 might
be expected at the end of the year.
After the meeting Potwin sug
gested that members of the class
interested in working on any of
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Health Service Depends on
Physical Ed., Says Dr. Miller
The success of the health pro
gram of a university is strongly
dependent upon the school of phy
sical education at that institution
and such training rules adds not
only to a student’s health but to
his happiness. Such is the opin
ion of Dr. F. N. Miller, director of
the health service here.
Dr. Miller recently returned
from New York where he attended
a combined meeting of the°Ameri
can Public Health assdciation and
the Society of Directors of Physi
cal Education in Colleges and Uni
versities of America. The Oregon
health director read a paper deal
ing with the health situation in
collegiate institutions before the
assembly and also led the discus
sion at the convention. His chief
message to the delegates was that
the health service and the school
of physical education must be
strongly united.
“I hold that the education and
physical welfare of the student
will be better served if there is
some official connection between
these two departments,” says Dr.
Miller. “At the University of Ore
gon the school of physical educa
tion has four departments, each
with its own director: intercolleg
iate athletics, department of phy
sical education for women, depart
ment of physical education for
men, and the health service. From
my point of view this organization
has been very satisfactory. It
makes the health service a part
of the organization concerned with
teaching the student, and empha
sizes the fact that it has a very
definite contribution to make to
the student’s education. It also
makes for easy cooperation be
tween all of these departments
that have so much in common
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