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Congratulations
The Emerald extends hearty '
congratulations to Alpha Eeta Chi
on being granted a charter in Pi
Kappa Alpha, and wishes them
success in their new venture.
VOLUME XXXII
The Weather
The weather today was:
Maximum . 48
Minimum . 30
No precipitation.
NUMBER 75
Stipe Heads
1931 Greater
Oregon Group
New Chairman Directed
Portland Division
Last Summer
Committee’s Organization
Plan Will Be Carried
On This Year
Jack Stipe, junior in political
science, was appointed chairman
of the Greater Oregon committee
Jack Stipe
jj yesterday by
I George C h e r ry,
I president of the
I associated s t u
| dents. Stipe was
l in charge of the
i Portland division
of the committee
last year.
“T h e Greater
Oregon commit
tee the past year,
with its central
office in Port
land, has been
unusually effec
tive,” said Cher
ry in announcing the appointment.
“This committee involves a prob
lem of organization requiring the
best in time and effort of a most
capable and experienced chairman.
Directed Portland Crew
“Stipe has been chairman of the
Portland division in the past and
has proven himself here as well as
in other varied campus activities.
His plans will call upon all the
students to recognize themselves
as part of this committee by be
coming well informed about the
view and its work. The success
of his work will depend, to a great
extent, upon us as individuals.”
Joe Freck, chairman of the com
mittee last year, stated that there
are at present 180 members on
the committee, through which it
reaches out to high school gradu
ates from all over the state. “In
y. turning over the direction of the
Greater Oregon committee to
Stipe,” Freck said, “I feel that
the committee will continue to
grow and to increase its effective
ness as a student organization.
Stipe’s Service Good
“I feel safe in predicting an
even larger enrollment of students
next fall and a further develop
ment of the University depart
ments and schools. Stipe’s service
to the University as a member of
the Greater Oregon committee has
been outstanding and has proven
him able to assume the greater re
sponsibilities accruing to the chair
man of the committee.”
The Greater Oregon committee,
which is in its eighth year of ex
istence, has been directly or indi
rectly responsible for a large per
centage in the increased enroll
ment in the University since that
time, Freck said. The committee
works directly with the adminis
tration of the institution, through
r the registrar's office, the office of
the University editor, and with the
alumni.
To Continue Organization
“In accepting this appointment,
I can best express gratitude by
saying that I fully realize the re
sponsibilities attached to it and the
effort necessary for successful ad
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Co \js No Longer Desire
To BerPals’, Says Sumner
Modern fFrtman Demands
Mitre Than Cirl of
1915, Says Bishop
"During: the last 17 years I have
noticed marked differences in the
co-eds of 1915 and the co-eds of
1931," said the Rt. Reverend Wal
ter Taylor Sumner, Episcopal bish
op of Oregon, yesterday shortly
after he had arrived from Port
land to make his 17th annual visit
to the University of Oregon cam
pus.
"In 1915 the young girl in col
lege wanted to make herself a
‘good fellow’ among her gentlemen
friends. She w-anted to make her
self a pal, and would interest her
self in her friend’s activities. She
would lower herself to his level of
thinking and seemed not to have a
mind of her own.
"The girl of today is much more
demanding, and the young fellow
who wants- the company of the
modern girl must do just about as
she says.”
When asked about his views on
women smoking: in public. Bishop
Sumner replied, “Smoking for both
men and women is not a question
of ethics or of morality, but is gov
erned merely by custom. Women
who bobbed their hair years ago
were considered immoral, but af
ter a few years, it was merely a
custom for a girl to have short
hair. Smoking is established on
the same grounds.”
While on the campus, Bishop
Sumner will hold private confer
ences with any student wishing to
consult him on any question. "The
personal conferences are, in my
estimation, the most important
part of my visit. Those of you
who have heard Dr. S. Parks Cad
man, who is famous for his Sun
day afternoon radio talks, will un
derstand just what I mean by say
ing that I am here to answer any
question which the student may
wish to ask me.
“To be of service to all the stu
dents is my desire, and any stu
dent wishing to confer with me
should make an appointment in the
dean of women’s office.
State Librarian
Will Speak Today
On Job Guidance
Miss Harriet Long Here
To Address Women ■
At Alumni Hall
“A practical librarian” is the de
scription applied to Miss Harriet
C. Long by Mrs. Mabel E. Mc
Clain, circulation librarian. Miss
Long, state librarian, will speak
today in Alumni hall at 4 o’clock
on library work as a vocation for
women, under the auspices of the
Associated Women Students.
“Miss Long has done field work,
much county library work, and
she has done a great deal of social
work in the library field,” Mrs.
i McClain continued. “She has taken
books to people who would other
wise be unable to get them, and
into prisons, fireboats, freight
boats, and other places. This
seems to be the work she is most
interested in.”
Field Becoming Filled
The library field is gradually 1
becoming filled, according to M.
H. Douglass, librarian, but there is
still a good demand for well
trained people. More applications
from graduates of library schools
were received at the University
library last year than ever before,
Mr. Douglass said.
Although the University does
not offer special training in li
brary work, it does have a pre
library course for those who wish
to take specialized study in library
schools. A college degree is re
quired for entrance to most of
these schools, some of the most
outstanding of which are those at
New York, Boston, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Wis
consin, University of Washington,
and University of California.
In the pre-library course out
lined by the University, it is ex
pected that the student have a
knowledge of French, Latin, and
one other language, preferably
German, at time of graduation. In
addition to this, it is suggested
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Neiv Zealand Quake Causes
Albania Tremor, Says Hodge
“Albania is directly opposite
New Zealand on the earth, which
explains why Albania had an
earthquake yesterday," said Dr.
Edwin T. Hodge, professor of ge
ology. “The Albanian quake might
have been predicted by geologists
X according to the Omari rule.
“The basis of the prediction de
pends upon a very simple principle
in mechanics. It recognizes that
the so-called crust or shelj of the
earth surrounds an inner sphere.
This shell is constantly shifting in
a determined effort to fit itself as
snugly as possible to the sphere. !
Thus in places where it has been
heaved up, it fractures so as to |
settle down again. The movement j
along these fractures or fault j
planes does not amount to a great j
deal, nor does it occur with great
frequency.
“Nevertheless, when such a
movement does take place, be
cause of the tremendous volume j
l
of rock on either side of the crack,
the vibration is terrific—some
times so great as to shake the
very foundations of the earth. The 1
New Zealand quake shook so vio
lently as to topple down houses,
and to shake overhanging cliffs
into the sea.
“The Omari rule says that when
the tension ’in one part of the
earth's crust is relieved by fault
ings and the accompanying earth
quakes, it is increased on the rest
of the crust, particularly that part
most distant from the earthquake.
Before the New Zealand earth
quake, Albania was undoubtedly
under tension, but when the ten
sion was relieved in New Zealand,
it became too much for Albania to
stand, and it was only a few days
before the limit was reached and
a severe earthquake occurred.
“We may now, in view of the
, earthquake in Albania, expect an
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Deady Hall May
Be Rewired for
Use In Research
Demonstration Apparatus
Included in Plans for
Lecture Room
Plans which include the instal
lation of two electric furnaces in
Deady hall and the remodelling of
room 103 so that it will fit the
needs for demonstration as well as
fulfill the demands of the survey
of physical science and general
physics groups, are being consid
ered by the administration, accord
fing to Dr. A. E. Caswell, profes
sor of physic.
The electric furnaces will be
used by Dr. Caswell and Dr. Will
V. Norris, assistant professor of
physics and math, in a research to
determine the properties of the
rarer metals and their alloys. An
optical pyrometer, an instrument
to read temperature ranges above
that possible with the ordinary
thermometer will also be installed,
if the present plans are carried
out.
The installation of the electric
furnaces will necessitate the re
wiring of Deady for high voltages
and the replacement of the pres
ent transformers serving Deady,
Villard, and that portion of the
campus, according to Dr. Casw'ell.
The plans for the remodeling of
the Deady lecture room include the
widening of the room the width
of the present hallway, placing of
e complete set of demonstration ap
paratus in the room, including
switchboards, gas, and electric
outlets.
t
Preliminary estimates of the
cost of the work are being made.
Seniors Advised
To Do Grad Work
Talk Given by A. S. Riubl
On Business Depression
The coming year, 1930-31, will
be a fine year for graduate work
and a poor year to be looking for
a job or trying to get a start in
any line of business or any of the
professions, according to Arthur
S. Rudd, ’24, of New York, who
addressed the journalism seniors in
Dean E. W. Allen’s editing class
yesterday morning. Mr. Rudd was
editor of the Emerald in 1924-25,
and is now representative of Pub
lishers’ Syndicate. According to
Dean Allen he is one of the most
successful men in the entire coun
try in his special line of journal
ism.
“Take a year of graduate work,”
Mr. Rudd advised all seniors.
“Many of the best economists are
predicting only a very gradual re
covery in business conditions. Get
an extra year of the best training
you can get, and then go out with
all that extra advantage, and at a
i time, too, when business recovery
j will be a little further along.”
Mr. Rudd’s own practice was in
accordance with his expressed be
lief that a college course ought to
i be five years long instead of four.
I He took five years in journalism,
one at Columbia and four at Ore
gon.
Symphony Will
Come on ASUO
Concert Series
Portland Orchestra of 70
Musicians Will Visit
Campus Feb. 22
\\ illem Van Hoogstraten
To Lead Ensemble Here
For Third Time
The Portland Symphony orches
tra is coming to the campus.
Just 10 days from today, Febru
Hoogstraten
ary 22, the con
cert season spon
sored by the as
sociated students
will reach i t ^
high point in in
terest at a con
cert to be given
by this well
known orchestra
at McArthur
court.
Nor will the
concert have to compete with stud
ies and social engagements for
student time, since it is to be giv
en on Sunday afternoon, when
nearly every one will be free to
attend.
Cards Will Admit
Students are expected to attend
in force, since the presentation of
their student body cards will be
the only requirement for their ad
mission.
The plan of giving the concert
on Sunday afternoon cuts down
the cost of transporting the or
chestra ensemble of 70 people
from Portland and eliminates the
night trip back, an economical
feature which enables the gradu
ate manager's office to offer tick
ets to faculty members and towns
people at lower prices than for any
other concert on the series so far
this year. One dollar for reserved
seats, and 50 cents for general ad
mission will be the order of tlr»
day.
Concert To Be Third
A concert given on the campus
by the Portland Symphony never
fails to attract a capacity crowd.
This year’s trip to Eugene will be
the third since Willem van Hoog
straten became the orchestra's
conductor. The first was in 1927
and the second a year ago.
Hoogstraten, internationally
known as one of the ablest of
American conductors, has been in
strumental in procuring for the
Portland orchestra a ranking as
one of the ten best civic orchestras
in the United States.
Hoogstraten is completing his
fifth year as conductor this spring.
He has been so popular in Port
land that he was recently offered
a renewal of contract for three
more years, which he has accepted.
The big orchestra is In splendid
form this year, with many new
members, a larger and stronger
string section and a greatly ex
tended repertoire. The conductor
has promised for the University
concert a program especially ar
ranged to please students and their
friends. The numbers to be play
ed will be announced from Portland
within a few days.
Fashion Dance
Date Draws Near
Gamma Alpha Chi Affair
To Be Tommorow
“There is only one more day to
get tickets for the Gamma Alpha
Chi fashion dance,” warns Har
riette Hofmann, chairman of the
dance. “The Cocoanut Grove has
been enlarged, but there is room
for only 110 couples. So tickets
will probably not be obtained at
the door.”
The fashion dance Friday night
is to be informal. The feature of
the evening will be a style show
sponsored by McMorran and Wash
bume department store, and the
: models will appear on the dance
j floor in several changes of cos
| tume. Spring styles for men and
l women will be shown. Kramer’s
I beauty salon will do the women's
i hair.
Tickets for the dance are on sale
at all men's living organizations,
and reservations should be tele
phoned to the Cocoanut Grove,
,3376, Miss Hofmann said. Tables
i for two or more can be obtained.
Meet Oregon Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha
These* are tjie men w ho will become members of 1M Kappa Alpha, national social fraternity, when
the local A. 15. CT. croup will he installed as the Oregon chapter of the organization spring vacation.
Front row. left to right: Lester McDonald, John Currier, Evan Campbell, Kalph David, Bob ({uinn,
15ree Cuppoletti, Roy McMullen, Boh Miller, Ed Cruikshank, and Wailie Ohler. Middle row: Orville
Lindstrom, Larry Winters, Malvin McCarthy, Nels Nelson, Thornton Gale, Floyd Dorris, Larry Donaldson,
Ed Roll, Jay Downs, and Mike Mikulak. Back row: Cal Bryan, John Schaeffer, Carl Moore, Randolph
Robe, Jack Marshall, Ben McDonald, John Verkovich, Kenneth Olds, George Niemi, Louie Vanr.lee, and!
Jack Dunbar.
Students Petition
Senate Approval
For World Court
Paper Addressed To Solons
In Washington To Be
Signed on Campus
Unanimous endorsement was
made last night by the Interna
tional Relations club of a campus
wide petition to Oregon’s senators
at Washington asking foy senate
approval of the World Court
treaties. Immediate distribution
of the petition will be made, and
every student and faculty member
of the University will be given the
opportunity to support by signa
ture the demand for action in the
Wprld Court problem, Cal Bryan,
president of the club, declared at
the meeting.
Petition Follows
The petition is as follows: “We,
the undersigned citizens of the
United States, believe that, with
out blocking urgent domestic mat
ters, the senate can and should
approve the World Court treaties.
"We believe that the World
Court treaties should be acted
upon this winter or spring.
“We urge the president and our
senators to act along these lines.”
Dr. John Ft. Mez, associate pro
fessor of economics, explained the
petition as a move to set congress
in action before the coming presi
dential election is allowed to stand
in the way and halt progress for
several years to come.
Decision Is Needed
“We must stop playing hide and
seek with the question of peace,”
Dr. Mez said. “Shall the United
States throw its weight on the
side of peace or on the side of
war? Do you want disputes set
tled by reason or by poison gas ?
By the World Court or by a world
war?
“Five years ago in January,
1926, by an overwhelming vote of
76 to 17, America’s adherence to
the court was sanctioned by the
senate, but with five reservations.
The first four were accepted by all
nations. The issue was narrowed
down to the single question of ihe
right of the United States to pre
vent the arbitration of any ques
tion in which she is a party,” Dr.
Mez explained.
U. of Michigan
Boys Should Hold
Liquor, Says Bill
CAMPUS CENTER, Eugene,
Feb. 11.— The boys back at the
University of Michigan ought to
learn to hold their liquor. For
ty-two quarts of whiskey, five
quarts of gin, three quarts of
wine, and a small quantity of
beer were taken from them by
police. Cans and bottles aren’t
the correct places to keep the
stuff anyway. You bet, this
prohibition surely works won
ders. See how easy it was for
the officers to get that-liquor?
Yea, it was too bad to spoil the
plans for the big dance.
Linking this new road from
Klamath Falls to Keddie is al
most like the first railroad
west. Let's get Mr. Robert
Meedhammer to drive the golden
spike!
Yours,
- BILL ROTERS.
Telegraph Office
Established Here
,^NV student wishing to send
valentine greetings to his or
her sweetheart, whether in Paris
or Hongkong, will find prompt
service in the newly established
Western Union office on the
campus.
This was instituted Tuesday and
will be a regular service for all
students who don’t wish to take
the time to journey down town
to the main office.
The Oregon Pharmacy, at
18th and Kincaid, has installed
Western Union service, and will
receive and send all telegrams
or cables for college students.
Skipper Decries
Business Tactics
Alpha Doha Simula Hoars
Poiinzoil Man
Decrying- the big business firms
of this country for the tactics
they have used in bringing about
the present slump in business,
Frank H. Skipper, director of per
sonnel and public relations for the
Pennzoil company, addressed the
members of W. F. G. Thacher
chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, na
tional honorary advertising fra
ternity, at. their regular luncheon
meeting yesterday noon at the
Anchorage. His topic was “Slumps
vs. Booms.”
Mr. Skipper pointed out how
several large concerns have heavy
surplus accounts, the great part
of which has been set aside to
pay wages, and so forth, and then
these very companies have laid off
workers in large numbers in the
| recent depression. Slumps can be
avoided during the height of
booms, the speaker said. At that
time, the customer should be
placed first instead of third, and
thereby eliminate slumps, and
make for continued booms. Open
discussion followed the talk.
Mr. Skipper was elected and ini
tiated into associate membership
of the fraternity at the meeting.
Victor Kaufman, junior in jour
i nalism, was formally pledged to
! active membership at the meeting.
Edison Marshall
Contest Extended
March 1 Set as Final Date;
Few Stories Entered
The Edison Marshall contest has
been extended to March 1, as the
final date to turn in any original
short story, it was announced by
W. F. G. Thacher, professor of
short story writing and advertis
ing.
"Very few have handed in manu
scripts," Professor Thacher said,
"and yet there is a perfectly good
$50 prize to be awarded to some
one. The contest is open to every
one on the campus, and not just
those who are taking short story
writing."
East year Roy Craft, a fresh
man, won the prize, so everyone
on the campus is urged to enter
the contest.
All manuscripts are to be ac
companied with a duplicate copy.
No name should appear on the
story but should be sealed in an
envelope and be handed in with
the manuscript. All stories are to
be turned in to Professor Thacher.
Freshman Class
Decides To Hold
Dance Saturday
Affair To Be Limited Only
To Yearling Students,
Says President
Decision to hold an informal
freshman dance Saturday, Febru
ary 14, announcement of Froah
Glee preliminaries, and the report
of Treasurer Bob De Graffe were
highlights of the second mass
meeting of the class of '34, held
last night in Villard assembly.
“We're limiting the dance to
freshmen only, and their dates,”
declared President John Kendall,
“and we do not feel that it will
conflict in any way with the Sen
ior ball.”
('urnpus Clothes Decreed
Campus clothes will be the order ]
of the day, by class decree. Fresh- I
men may make reservations for
the dance at Cocoanut Grove, for
$1 a couple.
Ed Reames, chairman of Frosh
Glee, announced that the event
would be held on April 11. He
stated that his policy in making
committee appointments would be
strictly non-political, that, he want
ed one representative from every
living organization on the campus,
if possible, and that he would be
able to place about 50 or 55 per
sons on committees.
"A good orchestra and a good
floor are the essentials," he con
tinued, "and we intend to be ab
solutely sure of both.”
McElroy’s Band Considered
According to Kendall, Cole Mc
Elroy’s 12-piece orchestra is now
under consideration.
De Graffe announced that class
expenditures had kept below their
budget to the extent of $56.08 and
that class expenditures to date to
talled $210.07.
The class. extended a vote of
thanks to Fred Ahearn, Homecom
ing bonfire chairman, for his effi
ciency as head of the committee.
Carpenter To Address Club
Charles E. Carpenter, dean of
the school of law, will speak be
fore the Social Science club on the
topic, "Work of the United States
Supreme Court,” next Monday
night at the Faculty club.
Pi Kappa Alpha
Grants Charter
ToA.B.C.Local
National Fraternity Plans
To Install Chapter
Spring Vacation
Organization Founded in
I }!(>!! at University
Of Virginia
The supreme council of Pi Kap
pa Alpha, national social frater
nity, notified Alpha Beta Chi, by
telegram yesterday noon, of the
acceptance of their petition and
the granting of a charter. By a
unanimous vote the council passed
on the qualifications of both the
petitioning local and the school.
Tentative plans for installation
proceedings have been set for the
latter part of spring vacation.
Founded In 1868
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was
founded at the University of Vir
ginia in 1868, and became a na
tional in 1869 with the establish
ment of a chapter at Davidson
college. Since then it has had a
steady but conservative expansion
and now has 78 chapters, Alpha
Beta Chi’s being the seventy
ninth.
There were no sectional limits
drawn, but the early history of the
fraternity finds its expansion pri
marily in the South, due to the
disorganization of colleges follow
ing the Civil war. Later chapters
were granted to petitioning bodies
in the North, East and West.
Six Chapters on Coast
On the Pacific coast there are
chapters located at the University
of Washington, Washington State,
University of Montana, Oregon
State, University of California, and
U. S. C. All chapters of Pi Kappa
Alpha own their houses, with the
exception of those schools where
faculty regulations do not permit.
There are alumni organizations in
82 of the principal cities of the
United States and one in a for
eign city.
Alpha Beta Chi was organized
as a local organization at thet Uni
versity of Oregon April 20, 1922.
The fraternity has taken a large
part in campus activities and at
the same time has maintained a
consistently high scholarship aver
age. The group owns its house on
Kincaid street where it has lived
for the past seven years.
Men Are Active
Met; of the organization active
on the campus this year include
Calvin Bryan, president of the
house managers’ association and
the International Relations club;
John Yerkovich, chairman of the
building committee of A. S. U. O.
and secretary of the Inter-Fra
ternity council; Thornton Gale, as
sociate editor of the Oregana and
a day editor on the Emerald;
Ralph David, radio editor and edi
torial writer on the Emerald; and
Lester McDonald, literary editor
of the Emerald and secretary of
Sigma Delta Chi, journalism hon
orary.
Larry Winter and Bree Cuppo
letti were members of this year’s
varsity football squad, and Mike
Mikulak, Evan Campbell, and
Chuck Johnson were frosh players.
Officers cf the fraternity are:
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Guild Play Good Performance
Matson, Cast Deserve Credit
By ISABELLE CROWELL
The cant of "The Single Man’’
gave a brisk, smooth performance
last night at Guild theatre, and
except for a slight hoarseness and
strain in Jack Stipe's voice, most
of the audience had no idea of the
near disaster that threatened the
play. Due to a cold yesterday,
Stipe, who has one of the leading
parts, was unable to speak a word
until almost time for the perform
ance.
Much credit should be given Ce
cil Matson, director, that even this
excitement could not ruin the mor
ale of an amateur cast. Mr. Mat
son was ready to go on in Jack's
place if necessary.
The cast was very well chosen;
everybody was suited to his part.
Marian Camp gave the best per
formance of the evening and
brought a great deal of original
action to the play.
Eleanor Lewis as Louise Parker
swept about in her gorgeous gowns
and got many laughs from the au
dience by her portrayal of the su
per-sophisticated lady in appear
ance out after her man with the
tact of a child. She managed to
keep in character throughout the
play, even to the eyebrow
Gwen Foss seemed to fairly
dance with youth and lively spir
its. She certainly led the bachelor
a hard chase. It’s no wonder that
he found his secretary, played by
Inez Simons, so restful and desir
able. Hobin Worthington, the sin
gle man himself, was rather vague
and hejpless in the midst of so
many determined women, but
that's the way bachelors of forty
odd years are. Hobart Wilson gave
an excellent interpretation of the
part.
Although Eleanor Wood had a
rather small part, her work was
outstanding. She had good lines
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