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Mueller Calls Charity Bad, Economically Virtue Blinds Present View Of Unemployment, Forum Is Told Social Insurance Against Economic Poverty Is Modern Trend “Charity is an outgrown virtue. It is an anachronism, and it is economically undesirable,’’ declar ed Dr. John Mueller, associate pro fessor of sociology, at an informal meeting of the Westminster forum last night at Westminster house. “It blinds our view toward the fun damental causes and tries to elim 'inate the symptoms instead of the causative factors.” Besides pauperizing and break ing down the individual’s self-re spect, charity also weighs on the most conscientious persons, who are usually the least able to stand the burden, said the speaker in analyzing the unemployment prob lem. Charity was not so bad in the past, explained Dr. Mueller, when each person knew the needs of his neighbors and could help them with some degree of effi ciency, but nowadays with the constant migration of the popula tion from place to place, charity has become impersonal and inef fective. Insure for Unemployment "We insure against fire losses, accidents, and death, then why can’t we insure ourselves against unemployment,” continued Dr. Mueller. “Thus we find that the general trend today is toward what we denominate as social in surance, which prevents the indi vidual from falling below the eco nomic property level. It is guided toy the principle that a person should receive what he needs and not what he earns. Acording to the speaker the “laborer serves society just as well as a supreme court judge,” and should be rewarded and pro tected from economic distress. Dr. Mueller declared that in order to put the social insurance plan in operation the prevailing political and economic philosophies will have to be overcome, because the majority of the unemployed are In that condition not because of personal or physical defects but because of industrial maladjust ment. Find Out Causes "The idea of doing something right away about a problem is foolish, for first we must find out the cause and regulating factors. We soon find that the longest way around is the shortest way home, even in the matter of unemploy ment. The college student fre quently wishes to know the cause of some problem that has been un der discussion. Well, there is no such thing as a unitary cause of unemployment,” Dr. Mueller point ed out in connection with the ap proach to the topic. Forms of unemployment ex plained by the speaker were sea sonal, technological, commercial, cyclical, personal and psychologi cal, all of which he said were of equal importance in solving the puzzle. He said, "There are just about as many forms of unemploy ment as there are of diseases.” During the discussion which fol lowed the talk by Dr. Mueller, he told of the German social insur ance program and the present F,ng lish system and how the plan could be applied to this country. He said that the laborer pays insurance fees in proportion to his weekly wage, the employer contributes a like amount, and the state makes ! up the remainder. Tn form the in ' suranee payments are very much like a tax, and receipts for pay ment are kept in the form of stamps in books. Blind Students Organize; Will Protest Legislation The blind students on the cam pus met last night in the main library for the purpose of organ izing that they may better meet the problems confronting them. One of the chief purposes of the organization at present is the drawing up of a formal protesta tion against the measure now be fore the state legislature propos ing to do away with the greater | part of financial aid furnished to blind students in the University by the state. Although the measure I would not remove entire aid, in asmuch as most of the blind stu ; dents are unable to earn part of their way through school, most of them would be forced to leave school. Donald Smith was elected chair man of the group which is to be ; composed of the nine blind stu : dejjts, a faculty member, and a , secretary. A committee was ap I pointed to draw up a constitution. Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. Local Dealer Finest grade of standardized lumber for your spring remodeling. Phone 452 5 FREE PASSES FOR THE BEST NAME FOR OUR New Orchestra PLAYING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY $1.00 Per Couple Phone Springfield 194 for Reservations DANCE at MIDWAY Carl Collins Playing Sunday Music and Talks Will Be Sent to Daily Broadcast University, KORE Talent To Perform; Roters To Talk on Day’s News Interspersing the talks given daily over radio station KORE during the Emerald editorial hour at 4:45 in the afternoon, will be musical numbers by University and KORE talent, it was announc ed yesterday by Ralph David, ra dio editor of the Emerald. Another feature of the 15-min ute daily program will be a short talk by Bill Roters, whose arti cles appear on page one of each issue of the Emerald. Roters’ specialty is interpreting the “big stuff" in the day’s news and tell ing the public his ideas on each mattert. His talks will not be lo cally intended, he stated yester day, but will be meant for every citizen in the state of Oregon. Starting last Monday afternoon, the Emerald editorial hour has been conducted every day by Ralph David, and has included many opinions of the campus publica tion as well as those of other stu dent newspapers. Speaking of the audience and means of measuring it, David says: “We are attempting to make this feature of the Emerald a suc cess and in order to do so we must please our audience. It would ben efit us greatly if those who are lis tening would communicate with us including their criticisms in the letter.” ‘Sez Sue’ Offers Passes To McDonald Each Week “Sez Sue,” advertising feature running in the Emerald every Fri day, is offering two passes to the McDonald theatre each week to some woman on the campus, whose name may be> found in the “Sez Sue” column. This is a new idea made possi ble by the McDonald theatre man agement, according to Jack Gregg, advertising manager. Harriett e Hofmann is in charge of the “Sez Sue" department. Spanish Folk Tales Gathered By Rael, Prove Entertaining Stubborn wives and talkative wives. They tell stories about them in New Mexico, too. Juan B. Rael, of the Romance language de partment, heard them this fall when he was collecting folktales in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, and has translated them from Spanish, the language of the story tellers, into English. One story is called, “The Stub born Wife.” It goes like this: There was once a man who had a very stubborn wife. On one oc casion the couple was invited to a wedding. In order to reach the place where the wedding was to be, it was necessary to cross a river which at that time was over flowing. The man, having only one j tame horse, concluded that the best thing to do would be to attend I the wedding alone. He told his j wife about his decision, but she in sisted on going, too. After argu ing awhile, the man decided to take her and offered her the tame horse. But no, she insisted on rid ing an unbroken horse. She final ly had her way. They both set out for the wed ding. When they came to the stream, the lady’s horse, as soon as its feet touched the water, be gan to buck until it threw its fair rider, who was drowned. The man crossed the river safely and started to look for his wife up stream. The people on the shore knowing that he was looking for his wife, re marked to him that if he were to find his wife, he would find her down stream. But he explained to them that his wife was so stub born and contrary that he expect ed to find her moving against the current. The next story has the univer sal theme of a woman and a se cret. Once there was a man who wish ed to find out if women could keep secrets. He killed a goat, put it in a bag and took it home. “There is something I would like to confide in you, but I fear you may give me away,” he said to his wife. j “Oh, no. Do tell me,” she plead WHAT SHOW TONIGHT ? I Colonial — John Barrymore I in “General Crack.” [ Heilig — “Leathernecking-,” with Benny Rubin and Louise i Fazenda. McDonald — Lawrence Tib betts and Grace Moore in “'New Moon.” Rex — Buck Jones in “Des ert Vengeance.” Barrymore hi Adventure Hole In a characterization admirably suited to his talents, John Barry j more is appearing for the last time i today in "General Crack.” The film is a romance of 18th century Europe, with all the ac companying costumes and pagean i try of scenic effect. Barrymore essays the part of a dashing young 1 swashbuckler, a soldier of fortune fighting for the girl he loves. * * * Heilig Hus All-Star Film With one of the finest casts ever j gathered in a single talking pic ture, the Heilig is presenting to day, “Leathernecking," a riotous j comedy depicting Uncle Sam’s ma rines on a "love-’em and leave 1 ’em” spree. The big names include Louise Fazenda. Benny Rubin, Eddie Foy, Rita La Roy, Ken Murray, Lilyan Tashman, Irene Dunne, and Ned Sparks. Every one of them are famed on Broadway or in the talkies. * * * Hex Features Western "Desert Vengeance,” a picture of the west of cattle rustlers, and featuring Buck Jones and Bar bara Bedford, is the attraction at the Rex today. The picture has all the ingre dients of the thrilling western bold. bad thieves, red-blooded, hard rulin’ heroes, and a lovely heroine. Least of all are the sequences of unusual scenic beauty. * * * “New Moon" Is Tuneful The best singing yet transcribed to the talking picture is to be heard in “New Moon,” starring Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore, Metropolitan artists, being shown for the last time today and Saturday at the McDonald. Fortunately, the story is worthy of its distinguished stars, for in the film's adaptation to the screen, the producers have kept the tune ful song hits. They include “Want ing You," "Lover Come Back to Me,” "One Kiss," and "Stout Hearted Men." The numbers are the work of Herbert Stothart and .Clifford Grey. Lawrence Tibhett and Or:u'*‘ Moore in “New Moon,” playing at the McDonald today. From Other ® COLLEGE • CIRCLES Foreigner Founded Willamette Seventy-eight institutions of higher learning in America were | established by immigrants, accord ing to a study dealing with the in | fluence of immigrants on higher | education in America recently 'completed by Ruth Barnes, senior economics major at Willamette University. Of these seventy-eight, ten are members of the Associa tion of American Universities. Willamette is one of the institu tions so honored. California Gets Gift During the academic year 1929 30, gifts to the University of Cal i ifornia totalled more than $1,678, ! 000. according to a report recently completed by the comptroller of the University, and included in the president's report to the governor. Kappa Vlpha Enters UCLA Another national fraternity is to be represented on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles. It is the Kappa Alpha (Southern 1 fraternity. Graduate Is Employed By Advertising Agency Word has been received that Wayne R. Leland, graduate of the class of '26. has entered the em ployment of the Ham Jackson ad vertising agency in Portland. He has been working for the Randolph Kuhn advertising agency, but sev ered his connections there and en tered the Jackson agency. ed, “I shall never'betray you.” The man finally consented to tell her and said: “I have mur dered a man.” She was greatly alarmed but promised not to say a word about it to anyone, and she even helped him to bury the bag containing the corpse in the ground under the floor. The following day one of her bosom friends, a neighbor, called on her. After conversing for a while, the wife of the supposed murderer said to her friend, “There is something I would like to tell you but I am afraid you will betray me.” “Oh, please tell me. You know well I would never betray you,” j said the friend. Finally she told her that her husband had killed a man and that they had buried the corpse under the floor of one of the rooms. The neighbor, however, when she went home, felt that it would be safe to tell another of her bosom friends, and she did so, always emphasiz ing, of course, the warning: “Not to tell.” And so, the secret passed on from friend to friend until it came within the hearing of the sheriff who immediately arrested the murderer. The man pleaded guilty and led the sheriff to the place where the supposed corpse was buried. The ; sheriff opened the bag and said, “What ? A goat ? What does this j mean?” j “I did this, sir, merely to test to what extent women may be trusted,” said the doubting hus band. All the folk tales are not this type of domestic farce. There is one called “The Woodcutter and Death.” Once there was a woodcutter who used to take his lunch with him every time he went into the forest. On one particular occasion his wife prepared for him a chick en which she declared he would eat by himself and, should any passers-by ask him to let them share his lunch, he would say: “No.” It happened that as he was get ting ready to eat his lunch, a man came by who asked him if he would kindly give him something to eat. “Who are you?” asked the woodcutter. “I am the Lord,” said the pas ser-by. “If that’s the case, I will not give you anything to eat because you are unjust and partial. To some people you give an abundance of everything, to others not so much, and to many nothing at all. I happen to be one of those who belong to the last group.” The Lord went on his way. But soon a lady came by, asking the woodcutter for something to eat, also. “Who are you?” he asked. "I am Death,” she replied. “Yes, indeed, I’ll give you some thing to eat, for you scorn no one. You treat all men alike, whether rich or poor,” said the woodcutter. I FOR Variety’s SAKE For your own enjoyment, and for consideration ot‘ rigid house budgets, we offer the following spe cials for the week's solu tion of the “Fridav prob lem.” COLUMBIA RIVER SMELT We clean them before we send them to you, and add to the efficiency of prepar ing them in your own kitchens. FLOUNDER STEAKS Of the choicest cuts. FRESH STEELHEAD SALMON For frying or baking. FILLETS OF RED SNAPPER Especially nice at this season. Also the Best Cuts of Holhiut and Black Cod. And, of course, special serv ice and quality sea foods are always assured to you by— Newman’s Ply p MARKET ^ Telephone 2309 Religion at School To Be Discussed Daphne Hughes Will Speak Before Wesley Club Daphne Hughes, national presi dent of the student Y. W. C. A., will speak before the Wesley club at their service Sunday evening at 0:30. Her topic will be “What is the place of religion in school life?” This topic was the chief one for discussion at the national student faculty conference in Detroit from which Miss Hughes recently re turned. The fellowship half-Iiour will be gin at 6, and will tie followed by the worship service, which will be led by Alice Hefler. At the evening church service there will be a concert of sacred music, led by John Stark Evans, choir director and organist of the Methodist church. BETTER FOREIGN WORK PLAN OF CAMPUS CLUB (Continued from Page One) dustrial strides. As a reciprocal move much of North American goods used is purchased only be cause it is the best obtainable. Hood River apples, Tillamook cheese, and American saws have a wide market because they are un excelled, and the best makes its way anywhere.” Aviation Far Advanced Aviation is far advanced in South America, Dr. Smith re marked. The reason for this, he believes, is that, in the United States the railway system is high ly developed, making it difficult SHOP PING NEWS II;ive you seen the new styles? “Sue” noticed that the Eugene merchants have re ceived some of the very newest styles that Paris has released. For instance, the new skirt which is like the trouser, a soft plait in the front which covers up the trouser effect. Chic little hats to match your ensemble. More than anything else—the colorful dresses which make spring closer to us all have been arrayed in all the shop windows. Just go window shop ping and you will see! Initiation? That just naturally calls for a lovely corsage or some cut spring flowers. “Sue” finds that the University Florist on Thirteenth is very able to accommodate such orders. What could be nicer than several gardenias or a variety of cut flowers ? “Sue” saw some of the most beautiful red cut tulips—it just makes one feel so happy to receive some beautiful flowers of this type. If you will just call 654, your order will be given the utmost of consideration. To the Popular Girl: “Sue” presents a beauty shop that specializes in per manent waving and smart contour hair cutting — Kra mer’s Beauty Salon. You know where it is, on Thir teenth two doors from the College Side. Drop in this afternoon and have one of these specialties—or perhaps you want a finger wave and manicure before the dance tonight. Make your appoint ment early and stop in on your way home from the campus. You will enjoy the exquisite preparations and the perfect service at Kra mer’s! Valentine Gifts What an ideal valentine gift—a sterling silver toilet set would make! Imagine being able to get only three piece sets and then to com plete them later on in the yea r. Lara way’s Jewelry Store has some exquisite sets which would add any amount of beauty t® your dressing table. Also there are the sets in different shades to match your bou doir. Another item! One of those darling perfume atom izers which can be purchased in a shade to match your toilet set! Are You Tired? The same old room and the same old ornaments! Come down to the Oriental Art Shop, right next to the Eugene Hotel, and select a few of their lovely inexpen sive novelties. A lacy fern in a clever pottery bowl for that little desk, a quaint pewter lamp for the end table, and then, of course, a few of those popular little glass and China animals that draw your friends’ ad miration wherever you place them in the room. . . . All these, with 'perhaps a smart print for the wall, and your room will have all the life of Spring herself! What ho! If Margaret Cummings, president of the A. \V. S., will go to the box office of the McDonald The atre between now and this Sunday, she will receive two passes! A Valentine! A picture lives forever and what could be a nicer lasting gift for a Valentine? Ro mane's Studio on Willamette has some very special prices for Valentine gift pictures, and believe “Sue” when she advises you to go in and have yours taken. An appli cation? Of course you want to look your best when ap plying for a position and through the mail the photo graph must solve the prob lem. . . . Come into Romane’s and get your application pic ture. You'll certainly stand a better chance of getting that longed-for position! Paris Says “Black” So for the black ensemble you have or will have soon you will want at least one pair of the sheer gun-metal silk-to-the-top chiffon hose that Buster Brown’s are fea turing this week. And priced at $1 now, although their regular selling price was $1.95! Quite considerate of Buster Brown's, t u e" thinks. The store is right on \Villamette, so be sure to go in soon and get yours before the whole campus hears the news of such a wonderful bargain. Get a pair for somebody's Valen tine gift, too! for commercial air service; where as in South America, railways are not numerous, and distances that might easily be covered by plane are almost impenetrable for any land travel. ‘ South America is rich in nat ural resources, with almost every industrial requirement except coal. Her potential water power, how ever, is so great as to make her a coming leader in industry. And the most the United States has to show is her capital investments, which is not the permanent way to establish ourselves in the af fairs that concern South Amer ica’s welfare.’’ Things Do Get LOST Maybe They’re YOURS Tilings do get lost, in spite of all your watchful ness and care. Galoshes, the earmarks of winter months, are often mis placed in the rush of busy hours. . . . umbrellas—and other necessities of winter — are wont to stray from their de pendent owners. . . . ear-rings—jewelry of all 3orts. What is easier to lose? And what more valu able to the owner? . . . but when such things happen to you—do not de spair. ADVERTISE in the Emerald classified columns. It will bring the lost ones home. Use Classified Ads RATES (Payable in Advance) 20c first three lines, one insertion; 5c every addi tional line. Contracts made by arrangements. DOROTHY HUGHES. Classified Ad. Mgr. Oregon Daily Emerald