Game Tonight
The Oregon frosh will meet the
Oregon State rooks *»' McArthur
court tonight. Tu ^ and cheer
the boys along. ^
VOLUME XXXII \
Mercury Atom
Theory Aided
By Discovery
Chance Fiml of 18 New
V Lines in Spectrum
Made by Unger
Physics Teaching Fellow
Photographs Electron
Energy in Lab Here
Discovery of 18 new lines in the
mercury spectrum of which 14 fit
in with a general theory concern
ing the mercury atom has just
been announced by H. J. Unger,
teaching fellow in physics.
Mr. Unger some time ago an
nounced the discovery of a shift
of the benzene spectrum toward
the visible end of the spectrum
when light was passed through
benzene vapor instead of liquid be
•f fore it was allowed to enter his
research apparatus. The results
of this discovery were tentatively
published as a communication in
the American Physical Review.
Discovery Chance One
It was while calibrating his
machine to obtain new photo
graphs for illustration of a second
and more comprehensive article on
the spectrum shift discovery that
the present find was made.
A slight irregularity in a photo
graph of galvanometer deflections
caused by playing a beam of infra
red or invisible rays across a
therma-couple, a device which pro
diices an electric current when
slightly heated, first called Mr.
Unger's attention to the work. For
the last two weeks he has been
engaged in taking and retaking
photographs, checking and re
checking results, and figuring out
the classifications until now his
original find of one new line has
been increased to the 18, of which
14 are in harmony with a theory
, already pronunciated and indicat
‘ ing the theoretical position of pos
sible new spectral lines.
Energy Release Photographed
The lines, according to Mr. Un
ger, are caused by the passage of
an electron from its accustomed
orbit about the proton or nucleus
of the- atom to another energy
level. So long as an electron pur
sues its course in a defined energy
level, there is no expenditure of
energy, but if one for some reason
leaps to another level or orbit a
release of energy in the form of
light is produced.
The machine with which Mr.
Unger has been working resolves
the light into its components and
records them on a drum of sensi
tized paper where they may be
studied after the paper has been
developed and printed.
Discovery Confirms Theory
The discovery, according to Mr.
Unger, adds to the already exist
ing knowledge of the structure of
y the mercury atom. The chief
value, however, lies in its confir
mation of the theory regarding
the atomic structure of mercury.
It shows that the experimental
structure is at leafet somewhat
similar to, if not identical to, the
theoretical structure and thus
strengthens the conjectures re
garding atomic structures.
The machine used by Mr. Unger
in his researches was originally
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Chemists Follow
General Custom;
Have Tea Party
What with tea being served
upon every provocation — the A. W.
S. now feeds tea and cookies with
raisins in them at every meeting,
and we’ve heard rumors that re
freshments will be doled out be
tween plays Thursday afternoons
at Guild theatre—the chemistry
department has broken down and
concurred with the general cus
tom.
Well, you see, it was this way:
The chemistry department held
their weekly seminar yesterday
; afternoon, and following the hour
and a half of strenuous discussion
and thinking, they needed relaxa
tion, so Karl Klemm came to the
rescue and prepared tea with all
the trimmings. And everyone par
took enthusiastically.
Preceding the tea party, Klemm
(gave a paper on the “Preparation
[of N*CM” and J. Marshall Honn
j presented a discussion of “Lumi
: nosity in Plant and Animal Life,”
J or “The Candle Power of Fire
flies.”
Women Students
To Open Conclave
At Oregon State
Corvallis Will Be Host
At Second Annual
Co-ed Meeting
With a program of business and
discussion occupying the morning
session, a formal tea and banquet,
followed by the Women’s Stunt
show, the second annual meeting
of the Slate Organization of As
sociated Women Students will
open at Corvallis in the Memorial
Union building Saturday at 9:30.
Dorothy Kirk is the state presi
dent of the organization, having
been elected vice-president at the
initial meeting held on this cam
pus last year, and succeeding to
the presidency this fall. Official
delegates from the A. W. S. will
be Margaret Cummings, president
of A. W. S., and Ann Baum, sec
retary. Others who will attend
the meeting are Jane Cullers, vice
president; Bess Templeton, chair
man of Peters lodge committee,
and Helen Chaney, treasurer.
Groups To Discuss
At the morning session activi
ties of women’s organizations, so
cial events, housing, finances, and
general problems confronting or
ganized groups of girls will be dis
cussed by the delegates from the
14 schools which have been invited
to send representatives. A per
manent constitution, which has
been drawn up by Miss Kirk, Dor
othy Eads, and Helen Chaney, will
be presented to the meeting for
approval.
1 The Associated Women Students
at Oregon State are acting as
hostesses for the meeting. Betty
Robley is president of this organi
zation. At noon they are enter
taining with a luncheon in the Me
morial Union building for dele
gates, and in the afternoon are
giving a formal tea in their honor.
A formal banquet at 5:30 will fin
1 ish the convention officially, but
| delegates will attend the Women’s
Stunt show, an annual affair, for
which a section has been reserved
for them.
Schools which have been invited
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Friday the 13th May Be Hard
Day on Pre-Medic Students
Friday the thirteenth is liable
to prove unlucky for pre-medical
students who are planning on en
tering any medical school in the
United States next year. For on
that date at 3 p. m. all students
with such intentions must take a
psychological aptitude test, ac
cording to resolutions which were
passed by the American Associa
tion of Medical Colleges at its last
annual convention.
Dr. H. B. Yoeom, of the zoology
department, yesterday received in
structions as to the type and time
of the examination. The same
test will be given simultaneously
at all pre-medical schools in the
United States. A fee of $1 will be
charged to all students taking the
test.
This will be the only chance to
take the examination as all papers
will be sent directly to Dr. F. A.
Moss, George Washington univer
sity, Washington, D. C.
Any pre-medical student wishing
to take this test must make ar
rangements with Dr. Yocom not
later than 2 p. m. on the day' of
the examination. The charge of
$1 is to be collected before any
student begins the test.
On account of the great number
of applicants for the medical col
leges all over the country, the
American Association of Medical
Colleges is attempting to find
some way in which to raise the
scholarships of the schools. This
aptitude test is merely an experi
ment, and this year is the first
trial. The papers will be graded
in Washington, D. C., and a com
plete list of names and grades will
| be sent to each medical college.
No student will be able to reg
I ister in any medical school which
! belongs to this association unless
he has taken this test to be given
| next week, Dr. Yocom said.
Prize List For
Radio Contest
Reaches Seven
$50 Table Lamp ami Free
Theatre Parly Offered
By Eugene Firms
Feature Details Aiiiiouneed
For Majestic Radio,
Grand Award
Second, third, and fourth prizes
for the, second annual Emerald
KORE radio contest were made
known last night by Art Potwin,
director of the contest, and these
three awards, added to the list of
the four already announced, equal
a total of seven prizes that await
the winners of the competition.
White-Marlatt company, 878
Willamette street, is offering a $50
table lamp of latest design as sec
ond prize in the contest and, ac
cording to Hal White of the elec
tric store, the fixture will combine
the newest features both in me
chanical structure and exterior
appearance.
Theatre Party Offered
Fox McDonald theatre is offer
ing third and fourth prizes. These
will be duplicate prizes, both being
a theatre party for the members
of the organization winning the
respective awards. Russel Brown,
manager of the McDonald, said
yesterday that ihe line parties for
the winning groups may be ar
ranged for any of the current at
tractions playing at the Fox thea
tre during the ensuing week after
the announcement of the prize win
ners.
New Tubes Designed
A few details of the nine-tube
Majestic radio that McMorran &
Washburne are offering as grand
prize in the contest were released
yesterday by Karl F. Thuneman,
advertising manager for the de
partment store. The outstanding
addition in the construction of the
receiver is the installing of Grigs
by-Grunow company’s new “Multi
Mu” tube. This tube is so designed
that all background noise, modu
lation distortion, and persistent
tube hiss is eliminated. By the
use of specially developed" circuits
to utilize all of Multi-Mu’s inher
ent possibilities, hiss and back
ground noise have been reduced to
a surprisingly low level and all
“cross-talk” and modulation dis
tortion have been removed, accord
ing to Thunemann. A cabinet,
done in beautiful wood, makes the
Majestic one of the most attractive
to be placed on the market.
Four Programs Sunday
Awards for the best opposite di
vision and for the outstanding
men and women performers were
announced several weeks ago.
Wetherbee-Powers furniture store
will present a $50 overstuffed
Birchfield Cogswell chair as a best
opposite prize, and Paul D. Green’s
store for men and the Densmore
Leonard ready-to-wear shop for
ladies are offering silver loving
cups to men and women radio
stars, respectively.
Alpha Beta Chi, Friendly hall,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Beta
Theta Pi, will be heard in half
hour programs Sunday night from
5 to 7 o'clock. This will be the
fourth program in the contest se
ries.
Master Dancers select
New Members at Tryout
Three contestants were chosen
by Master Dance, women’s local
dancing honorary, from the ten
participating in tryouts, Tuesday
night. The girls are Caryl Hol
lingsworth, Marie Meyers, and Vir
ginia Hunter.
Caryl Hollingsworth is from Eu
gene, Marie Meyers is from Port
land, and Virginia Hunter is from
Wallowa. All three are juniors in
the physical education department.
This was the first tryout to be
held this year, but another will be
held at the end of spring term.
Girls who are interested, and
those who have tried out previous
ly are urged to turn out again at
the end of spring term by Lucille
Hill, president of the organization.
Work will commence immediately
upon the spring recital.
Degrees Given 451
Regents of the University of
California will grant 451 degrees
and certificates earned at the end
of the fall semester, it was an
nounced recently by President R.
G. Sproul.
I___
On Your Mantelpiece
Take your eyes off the environment and notice the silverware.
The cup on the left, held by Nancy 'l'hielsen, will so to the women’s
house entering the best vocal sextet in the polyphonic choir’s intra
mural song contest; and the one on the right, displayed by Sally Ad
dleman, will be awarded to the men’s organization presenting the best
quartet. The gentlemen are Arthur Boardman, director of ihe poly
phonic choir, and George Barron, president. Miss Thielsen and Miss
Addleman are members of the board of directors.
12 Law Students
Will Enter Hilton
Speaking Contest
W. L. Morse Much Pleased
With Present Outlook
For This Year
Twelve law students have signi
fied their intention of entering the
Hilton prize public speaking con
test, which will be held April 9.
Those who plan to enter the con
test, which is limited to student;
of the law school, are: Ernest Bur
rows, George H. Layman, Eugene
E. Laird, Con E. Hammond, Wal
ter Durgan, Stanford E. Brooks
Harvey Benson, John Galey, Fran
cis Coad, Otto Frohnmayer, Waltei
Norblad, and Sam A. Van Vactor
“The number of students whe
are entering the contest this yeai
is very large, showing that the
law students are taking a real in
terest in the competition. I arr
more than pleased with the pres
ent outlook for the event," say;
Wayne L. Morse, associate profes
sor of law, who has charge of ar
rangements for the affair.
The subject for this year’s con
test is, “Resolved, That a defend
ant should be permitted, in felonj
cases, to waive trial by jury.” Th<
speeches will be limited to 12 min
utes. The first prize, donated bj
Frank R. Hilton, of Portland, i;
$50. To this the law school ha;
added a second prize of $25, and i
third prize of $15.
Last year Roy Herndon wor
first prize; Walter Durgan, sec
ond; and John Galey, third plac%
Punk Fisherman
Save Rogue Fish,
Asserts Roters
^AMPUS CENTER, Eugene,
-...-Feb. 4.—This commercial
fishing proposition may have
been up to the state legislature
for the last 20 years, but the
gents there didn't seem to have
any easy time making it simple
for us sportsmen to have full
angling rights on the Rogue riv
er. I figure now that the best
thing for me to do is to buy a
lot of land along the banks and
build a neat little shack and
have fishing all my own. If I
don’t, somebody else will. It
seems sort of tough on these
folks who make nothing but a
bare living off of a few scales
from the Rogue water, but the
fish must be saved so turning
| the tackling over to some green
! horn fishermen is the best thing
the legislators could do.
Yours,
—BILL ROTERS.
Frosli Glee Date
Postponed Until
Early in Spring
Annual Dance To Be Held
April 11, Chairman
Reames Announces
The annual Frosh Glee has been
postponed and will not be held
until the second week of the
Kcames
spring term, on
April 11, Ed
Reames, chair
man of the dance,
announced last
night. In a bility
to secure the
Igloo for the
night of Febru
ary 27, the origi
nal date, was the
reason for the
change.
Reames was
confident, that the postponement
would enable the committees and
the class as a whole to make the
affair a greater success. Nearly
all of the committees have been
appointed and have started work.
The decoration scheme has not yet
i been definitely decided but will be
■ announced later.
| “While I am sorry to have to
announce the postponement, I be
! lieve we will be able to make the
i dance even better than we had ex
' I pected,” Reames stated last night.
“The additional time will give us
a better opportunity to get every
thing planned and the date in the
spring term will probably enable
more people to attend.
“The reason for the change is
due to the fact that a basketball
game between Oregon and Oregon
State was scheduled for the fol
lowing night, February 28. It
would have been impossible to dec
orate the Igloo beforehand because
of practice sessions and we could
not very well have put wax on the
floor.”
Announcement of committee ap
pointments and the idea of decora
ition will be given out soon
Reames said.
j Hike to Hendrick* Park
Scheduled for Saturday
A hike will be led to Hendrick;
; park at 1 o’clock on Saturday af
ternoon by Dorothy Kelley, accord
ing to Ella Redkey, student man
|ager of hiking.
A change has been made in thi
(hiking schedule. Henceforth hike:
I will not be held on Sunday be
cause of interference from horse
1 back riding, a new sport which i:
led by Miss Margaret Duncai
| every Sunday at 10 o’clock, bu
j does not come under W.A.A
I schedule.
j The jaunts will be a feature o
, Saturday afternoon, held ever;
1 two weeks.
Patience, Faith
Requirements
In Social Work
Mary Annin Says Sympathy
Persistence, Courage,
Needed in Work
College Education Needful
To Girl Interested in
This Vocation
—
“If you don't like people, then
don’t ever go into social work,”
was the advice given by Miss Mary
| Annin, executive secretary of the
Lane county chapter of the Amer
. ican Red Cross, in speaking before
| the third meeting sponsored by
j the Associated Women Students
'of their vocational project.
| “You must like people in order
I to Jo case work,” Miss Annin con
i tinned. “You must have faith that
the people you have to deal with
really want to and can change
their condition. If you lack this
faith you can never help them, for
they will see that you are discour
aged before you begin, and they
won’t want to make any effort to
help themselves.”
Patience Is Necessary
The social worker must have
patience and persistence, and the
courage to try again and again,
Miss Annin said. She must have
real sympathy and real feeling for
people; she must be really appre
ciative of the people with whom
and for whom she works. If she
finds something to appreciate in
everyone she tries to help, they
will find something in her or her
work to appreciate, and will be
much more ready to help them
selves, she added.
“You must be even-tempered,
level-headed, possess good judg
ment and a scientific attitude, and
you should have keen insight into
other people’s troubles. You get
this by watching people and see
ing how they react to situations,”
she explained. “Then you should
be efficient.
“It is dangerous to go into case
work if one is not well adjusted
and well rounded," the Red Cross
.executive advised.
Requisites Named
She went on to say that being
suddenly plunged into a job which
dealt with the more pathetic side
of life was very likely to upset a
person. A sense of humor is very
valuable and quite necessary to the
social worker to help her through
discouraging parts of her work,
Miss Annin added. Good health,
and ability to meet and interest
people are other requisites of the
good social worker.
The girl intending to be a social
worker should have a college edu
cation ’at least, Miss Annin said.
After that she should get special
training. For Red Cross work a
girl spends six months working in
a Red Cross office while she is
still in school, and then spends
another six months doing proba
tion work at a salary of $100 a
month.
“I never heard of a case worker
being bored,” declared Miss Annin.
‘‘I don’t believe it is possible. No
two days of this work are alike.
Every day is a drama, more inter
esting than any movie or play that
you ever saw. It is the most grati
fying kind of work I know.”
Kinds of Work Varied
There are many kinds of work
a social worker may do. She may
do family case work, where her
problem is to analyze the situa
tion in the family, and then help
ihem to help themselves to become
a social good to the community.
Another fascinating kind of
work is that for children, Miss
Annin said. This work is done in
the courts and by visiting teach
ers, who get the child before he
is delinquent and remedy condi
tions which would lead to his de
linquency.
Disaster relief is another phase
of the social worker’s job. There
are also the psychiatric and medi
cal sides of the work.
Job as Visitor First
The first job a social workei
holds is that of visitor, Miss An
1 nin said. She has from 35 to 15C
families under her supervision, anc
it is her job to see that they learr
to adjust their problems and be
come good members of the com
munity. This work pays $1080 tc
$1500 the first year, and froir
$1200 to $2100 the next years,
f The next position is that of case
r supervisor, who, in addition t<
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Old Ford Coupe
Heaven-Sent For
Keenan, Roberts
Through the grace of Harry Kin
caid's ability to pilot an old, brok
en-down Ford coupe, the Webfoot
basketball squad is happily on its
way to Moscow, Idaho, with Bill
Keenan, speedy forward, and Cap
Roberts, tall center, safe on board
the train.
For a short while yesterday af
ternoon phones were busy around
the Fiji and S. A. E. houses seek
ing information as to the where
abouts of the two hoop stars. The
train was ready to pull out for
Portland and Keenan and Roberts
were not among those present.
Manager Norman Eastman was
pulling his hair and Coach Bill
Reinhart had a worried look on his
face.
Then there came roaring
through the crowd at the depot a
delapidated car. On it came, over
the station platform, dodging por
ters and passengers, right up to
the door of the Webfoot’s special
car. Keenan and Roberts jumped
aboard and the harassed conduc
tor, who had held up the train for
nearly ten minutes, signaled the
engineer to start.
It seemed that Keenan, Roberts,
and Kincaid, who is a varsity golf
letterman, had been downtown im
bibing milk-shakes, buying tooth
paste, etc., when they discovered
that it was nearly train time. They
hurriedly called up the S. A. E.
house and asked Wally Boyle to
bring their suitcases to the train.
Boyle snappily replied that they
could tote their own luggage. He
was no porter. So the three hot
footed it to th8 campus, only to
find that Boyle had left, with the
luggage, having changed his mind,
even as a woman might. So down
to the depot they roared, dodging
milk trucks, telephone poles, and
stray co-eds. They made it as
you have read.
Gamma Alpha Chi
Announces Date
Of Fashion Dance
All-Campus Affair To Be
Held Friday, the 13tli;
Styles To Be Shown
“Smart sports outfits, lovely af
ternoon dresses and new spring
formals does this not make one
look over her wardrobe and be in
terested in the newest things for
the coming season?” asked Jo
Stofiel, president of Gamma Alpha
Chi, women’s national advertising
honorary, in announcing the Fash
ion dance to be given by Gamma
Alpha Chi at Cocoanut Grove, Fri
day, February 13.
Girls Will Model
McMorran & Washburne are
waiting now for a new shipment
of clothes to be modeled by promi
nent and attractive girls of the
campus, Mr. Karl Thuneman, ad
vertising manager of the depart
ment store, announced. Some, he
said, are afternoon prints of which
quite a few have already been seer
on the campus, but which take
more charming patterns in the new
spring models.
“Oh, yes,” Mr. Thunemann add
ed, “I’ve asked Orville Thompsor
to see to it that new outfits foi
men, too, will be represented. Bui
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Oregon Babes
To Meet Rook
Squad Tonight
Frosli Mentor Has Gloomy
Outlook for Slumping
Yearling Five
Mental Let-Down Is Cause
Of Pessimism; Close
Fray Expected
By WALT BAKER
After taking a peek at Coach
Callison's proteges working out at
the Igloo last night, we are in*
dined to lean toward his pessimis
tic viewpoint that basketball
games depend upon mental atti
tude, for if there ever was a team
in the frame of mind for a white
washing, the frosh have arrived.
The same dogged and slow-mov
ing play that has marked the
workouts all week has been very
much in evidence the last couple
of days. The outfit seems to have
| forgotten about twice as much as
they ever knew about the grand old
game of basketball and have come
out to the practices like a pink
tea was in sight. At this rate the
boys seem due for one of the worst
drubbings in history when they
tangle with the rooks tonight at 8
o'clock in the Igloo.
Frosh in Lethargy
Callison's pep-talks before prac
tice every night appear to be
wasted on the yearlings, but a last
minute rally may pull them out of
the lethargy. With the exception
of a few sparkling moments, the
babes look like a last stand. From
as Qne a crop of frosh basketeers
as every struck these parts, they
have let down to the breaking
point. Something is bound to hap
pen. Either the outfit is going to
lace the rooks up tight or they're
going to take an awful one on the
chin tonight. There can’t be any
half-way business. It just isn’t on
the books.
Lillard To Be Busy
Jumping Joe Lillard, frosh cen
ter, will have his hands full check
ing Lenchitsky, the Orange sharp
shooter, who along with Atkinson
has provided lots of action for op
posing guards. Both these boys
will be along tonight to make the
babes step high, wide, and plenty
fast.
A last minute cnange in the
starting lineup may snap things up
a bit. In the practice last night.
Bill Eberhart, a lanky Eugene
i product, shifted to guard, may sur
prise the fans and pull through
with a good performance. Eber
hart, brother of the varsity pivot
man, has plenty of possibilities,
but so far they're only possibili
ties, that shine out in a flash or
two of sweet playing. The remain
der of the lineup will renjain the
same.
HONORAItlES TO MEET
Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s na
tional advertising honorary, and
Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s nation
al advertising honorary, will hold
a joint meeting once a month, it
was announced yesterday by Jo
sephine Stofiel, president of Gam
ma Alpha Chi. The speakers for
these meetings will be announced
by Harry Tonkon, president of Al
pha Delta Sigma.
New Russian Student Reveals
Love of Foreign Traveling
By GEOUGE BOOT
Life is a great adventure, at
least it is to some of us, and the
University of Oregon's new Rus
sian student is a staunch believer
in the fact. Meet Miss Nina Bol
hovitinova, charming new co-ed
from Harbin, Manchuria, who en
tered the University at the begin
ning of this term. Her present
home address is Medford, Oregon,
but her high school credits came
from China. It all happened like
this.
“I love traveling," Miss Bolho
vitinova explained. "I had always
wanted to travel and see the world.
My mother, my brother, and my
sisters—they wanted to travel,
too. My father is dead. So we left
China and came here to America.”
“Where did your boat land?”
“San Francisco.”
“Did you like San Francisco?"
“Ooh, it is a dirty town!”
Then the family saparated, she
| added, and she and her mother
came to Oregon and finally settled
in Medford. That was two years
ago. She heard of the University
through an acquaintance and just
registered this term. Her course
includes French, social science, and
physical education. Of the latter
her only remark was, “I don't like
it, think I'll change.”
When it was asked if she liked
writing short stories or poetry,
the blond newcomer leaned back
in her chair and laughed.
"No,” she said, “I'm very mate
rialistic.”
“It is so hard to become used
to your language.” She affected
a worried expression. “Especially
the slang. I think there is more
slang than words. It is so hard
to understand. I have only a mass
of answers in my brain.”
Harbin, Manchuria, is a most
modern city situated just this side
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