Bones of Pre-historic Whale
Studied by Earl R. Packard
Major Paris of Skull, Ribs
And Backbone in Fossil
Well Preserved
Bones of a whale that lived
from three to eight million years
ago are being chipped from fossil
forms and studied under the direc
tion of Dr. Earl K. Packard, pro
fessor of geology. Doctor Pack
ard discovered the remains about
ten years ago, along what is now
the Newport region of the Oregon
coast.
The whale has been gradually
removed from the beach to the
paleontology laboratory of Condon
hall, where Elton Edge, demon
strator in biology, is making a
study of the skull as a minor doc
torate problem in paleontology.
“The specimen, which is remark
ably complete for a fossil, consists
of the major parts of the skull,
back bone, ribs, paddle, and a por
tion of the tail,” said Doctor Pack
ard. "A part of the latter still
remains in the cliff along the
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ly guarded by myself, in the hopes
that some day a person interested
in hunting whales will help finance
the excavation necessary to deter
mine the nature of the ancient
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"Miss Rachel Husband, now
working with the American Mu
seum of Natural History, assisted
in the excavation and partial prep
aration of the mammal. Mr. Edge
is at present preparing a study
of the peculiar tympanic bullae, or
ear bones, which have special sig
nificance in the determination of
the kinship of this specimen to
modern or ancient whole-bone
whales. A study of the skull, pad
dles, cervical or neck vertebrae,
the latter being a special problem
of Sam Itzikowitz, pre-medics stu
dent, have led to the recognition
of many primitive characters in
this specimen which indicate that
this form had not reached the
same highly adaptive form of mod
ern whales.
"Our specimen has a number of
characteristics, inherited from its
unknown and distantly removed
land-mammal ancestor, not found
in modern whales. Among these
are the shape of the finger bones
of the paddle, the separate verte
brate of the neck instead of the
fused condition in modern whales,
which to most people would be of
no more interest than dry bones.”
Athletes and Managers
To Have Pictures Taken
A rain storm will be the only
thing that will stop the taking of
pictures of the Order of the O,
and sports managers today, Trent
Meredith, who will take the pic
tures for the Oregana, declared
yesterday. The groups will meet
on the library steps at 12:30.
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First Conference
Of Educators Will
Convene April 13
All Northwest Institutions
Of Higher Learning To
Be Represented
With William John Cooper, Unit
ed States commissioner of educa
tion, and Dr. George W. Zook,
president of the University of Ak
ron and formerly expert on educa
tion for the United States depart
ment of education, as principal
speakers, the first annual North
west conference on higher educa
tion will be held on the campus
April 13 and 14, it is announced
by Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the
school of education, who is chair
man of the committee on local ar
rangements.
Program Is Extensive
The conference, which will be
held here under the auspices of
the U. S. department of education
and the University, will bring edu
cators from all institutions of
higher learning in the Northwest.
An extensive program, on which
will be leading coast experts as
well as Dr. Cooper and Dr. Zook,
is now being prepared for the two
day session.
Local arrangements are in the
hands of the committee on inves
j tlgation of college training, of
I which Dr. Sheldon is chairman.
Other members are Dr. H. R. Tay
[ lor, Dean J. H. Gilbert, O. K. Bur
rell, R. R. Huestis, H. S. Tuttle,
Dr. Victor P. Morris, L. S. Cres
man, and L. L. Lewis.
Three Schools Represented
Institutions which are expected
| to be represented include all those
in Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
j while visitors are also expected to
! be present from California and
! other nearby states.
The full proceedings of the con
ference and all papers read will be
j published by the bureau of educa
I tion of the department of interior,
and made available for those in
terested all over the United States.
It is expected to be one of the
most important educational ses
! sions held under the auspices of
the bureau this year, and already
1 is attracting wide attention.
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WAA Will Select Four
New Officers Wednesday
The annual election of the Wom
en’s Athletic association will be
held tomorrow from 10 to 12 and
from 12:30 to 5 o’clock at the
main entrance of the old library.
The results will be announced at
the annual W. A. A. banquet which
J is scheduled for March 4.
The candidates for next year’s
i offices are: President, Frances
Haberlach and Lucille Murphy;
vice-president, Virginia Grone and
Caryl Hollingsworth; secretary,
Ella Redkey, Doris Payne, and
Mae Masterton; treasurer, Dor
othy Maclean and Juanita Young.
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Orchestra Sways Audience
With Sheer Beauty of Music
i
By DAVE WILSON
Away from the 70 members of
the Portland Symphony orchestra,
Willem van Hoogstraten is just an
interesting individual; and when;
Willem van Hoogstraten is not
with them, the 70 members of the '
Portland Symphony orchestra are
merely competent musicians. But ,
when the two are fused the result
is sheer beauty—beauty of sound
and beauty of motion.
And the record-breaking crowd, |
which filled McArthur court Sun
day afternoon, showed its appre
ciation of this beauty with ap
plause that roared and rumbled in
the high, arched roof; but before
the roar of approval broke there
was always an interval of the mar
veling stillness which remained
when the last notes of each num
ber had died away.
Doctor van Hoogstraten showed
himself to be more than a con
ductor; he was an inspiration to
j the musicians. He led them, but
never pushed them; at times he
pleaded, but he never argued. A
blind man could not have enjoyed
the concert half so much as the
listener who watched the souls
and thoughts of great composers
take life and form in the rhythmic
' sweep of the conductor’s arms, the
compelling toss of his head, or the
keenly interpretive bend of his
, slender, erect figure.
The program gave both the or
chestra and the conductor a chance
to display a smooth and unlabored
versatility that was equally at
home in the powerful crescendo
passages of Tschaikovsky’s “Ro
meo and Juliet” overture, and the
delicately phrased themes of the
scherzo movement in Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony.
No crashing chord was needed
to jar the audience into attention
at the opening of the concert, but
all ears were captured by the slow
| theme for four horns which intro
duces Weber’s “Der Freischutz”
overture. This work, composed in
such an orderly and conventional
manner that it is known as a
model of its kind, was built up
skilfully through the brilliant mid
dle passages to the demoniacal
theme which brings it to a crash
ing conclusion.
Without pause the tone changed
I to the brooding despair, which
Wagner* wrote into the introduc
tion to the third act of the “Meis
tersinger.” The contrast of this
part of the opera with the comic
gayety of the work as a whole is
rather startling and a little incon
gruous when played from the
opera-house pit, but when played
by itself, it is a composition of
unusual depth and power. Van
Hoogstraten’s reading did full jus
tice to the work’s grave solemnity,
and skilfully kept it from the
danger of becoming stodgy.
The softly lyrical "Waldweben” i
(Forest Murmurs) from “Sieg-1
fried" presented quite another as
pect of Wagner. The string sec- '
tions were most effective, and
their conductor did not allow them
to make mere whispers of the
murmuring meditations of the for
est. This work suffers a little,
however, in being played outside
the opera, for the flute song of
the bird which comes to lead the
resting Siegfried to Brunnhilde
tends to be somewhat amusing.
The brilliant “Romeo and Juliet”
overture was done in spirited
style, and the opening Friar Law
rence motif from muted brass and
’cellos vied for attention with the
tumultuous theme which depicts
the enmity between the Montagues
and the Capulets.
Beethoven’s familiar Fifth
seemed never so beautiful, and the
vividness of contrasting emotions
which the unhappy composer
wrote into it was reproduced in
every detail. The tragic “fate
knocking at the door” four-note
theme which introduces the first
movement is succeeded by the
pathos of the violins as they in
troduce the second subject in an
other key. Alternating passages
of fierce emotion, meditative lone
liness, the ardor of love, and the
weird incoherence which opens the
scherzo movement gave way to
the joy and exultation of the tri
umphant finale, which the orches
tra made the artistic climax of
the concert.
Van Hoogstraten acknowledged
the persistently enthusiastic ap
plause which followed with a few
words of appreciation on behalf of
the orchestra.
New York Sehool Offers
Social Work Fellowships
Two Kennedy fellowships of
$600 each for study at the New
York School of Social Work are
being offered to college graduates
of 1931 for study at the school
during three consecutive quarters
of the school year, according to
word received here by Dr. Philip
A. Parsons, dean of the school of
applied social science.
Anyone interested may write
for further information to the reg
istrar of the New York School of
Social Work, 105 East 22nd street,
New York City.
WHAT SHOW TONIGHT ?
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Colonial—Norma Talmadge in
“Du Barry: Woman of Pas
sion.”
Heilig—Lloyd Hughes playing
in “Sweethearts on Parade.”
McDonald—Edmund Lowe and
Leila Hyams in “Part Tima
Wife.”
Rex—Closed temporarily.
State Has Double Bill
Continuing their weekly policy
of Tuesday double bills, the State
theatre presents “Sisters” and
"Children of Pleasure” today.
In the first play, Sally O’Neill
and Molly O’Day are featured.
The story deals with the adven
tures of two sisters in reel life who
are likewise sisters in real life.
“Children of Pleasure” has a
cast of all stars (meaning none
in particular), and is another tale
of wild modern children jazz mad,
and different than their parents.
McDonald Has Comedy Riot
One of the funniest pictures to
hit Eugene this winter is ‘‘Part
Time Wife,” opening today at the
McDonald theatre, with Edmund
Lowe, Leila Hyams, and Tommy
I Clifford in the leading parts.
Made from the popular Sateve
post serial, “Shepper Newfounder,”
by Stewart Everett White, the
story deals with a tired, golf- '
: playing husband who thought his
spouse only a "part time wife," all
of which cures him of unromantic
manners and brings forth a fiery
lover.
* * •
Tulmadge Picture Impresses
A gorgeous procession of set
tings and characters dealing with
the colorful reign of Louis XVI
forms the basis for "Du Barry:
Woman of Passion,” in which
Norma Talmadge stars in the title
role.
This is one of the Colonial’s first
run United Artists' features.
Miss Talmadge plays the part
of the famous courtesan of the
king's, played by William Farnum,
who risks royal favor and the lux
uries of life for the love of a com
mon soldier, Conrad Nagel,
KOIIE Program Tonight
5:00 p.m.—Twilight Shadow
program.
7:00 p. m.—Calendar of the
Air, UBC.
7:30 p. m.—Hughes Paper of
the Air, UBC.
7:45 p. m.—The Three Jacks,
UBC.
8:00 p. m.—Local Studio.
8:30 p.m.—Dramatic program,
UBC t Finger of
God)
9:00 p. m.—P hantoms of
Broadway, UBC.
10:00 p.m.—News, UBC.
Leatherneekers at Heilig
A good, old-fashioned, two-fist
ed comedy dealing with Leather
neckers, most of whom are among
the best known of American lov
ers, is opening at the Heilig today.
The film is called "Sweethearts
on Parade.” In its cast are Alice
White, Lloyd Hughes, Marie Pre
vost, Ken Thompson, and is di
rected by Marshall Neilan.
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Melody Returning
To Symphonies,
Says Conductor
Willem Van Hoogstraten
Holds Great Hopes
For Future
“Melody is returning to its own
is the basis of symphonic compo
sition,” said Willem van Hoog
straten, conductor of the Portland
Symphony orchestra, in an inter
view granted the Emerald Sunday
morning.
“The Neoclassicist movement of
the past five years, has produced
enough beautiful music to give
impetus to the return of symphon
ic composition to a sane and more
conventional mode.”
Dr. van Hoogstraten, in shirt
sleeves, had just concluded more
than an hour of work with the
University orchestra. His hair was
wildly rumpled, and he wiped his
face vigorously with a large linen
handkerchief.
Modern Influence Strong
“Following the Stravinsky in
fluence came the "Four Seers of
Paris,” the “Big Five,” or “A group
of Six,” as they are variously
called, who tossed aside all recog
nized forms of musical expression,
who scrambled their wild dreams,
who had no use for the convention
al instruments, but who pretented
to have developed a type of music
where anything was acceptable.”
He demonstrated some of the in
struments of the Seers or the Big
Five as he talked. The effect was
hideous.
“You see, they used the backs
of chairs to pound on, if they
thought it would add anything to
the din. They wrote into the score
of their music automobile horns,
and the scraping of feet, and oth
ed such outrages, and called them
instruments. They threw away all
theory.”
Chief among the offenders of
conventional music, he stated, were
Arthur Honegger, Louis Durey,
Darius Milhaud, and Georges Au
ric. Among their adoring satel
lites were Frances Poulenc, and
Mile. Germaine Tailleferre; to them
no traditions and no authorities
were sacred. They sacrificed ev
erything to their “art.”
Has Hope for Future
Dr. van Hoogstraten has great
hopes for the future. Havel is
swiftly becoming popular, and the
Npoclassicists are gaining recog
nition. As the name implies, they
are writing original music, original
themes, but in the mode and after
the manner of the classic com
posers.
Appreciation and love of music
can come best through participa
tion in the production of it, he
said. “To understand great music
requires effort and thought. Play
ing or singing with supervised stu
dent groups will prove of such val
ue in later life as can scarcely be
pictured here.”
Electric. Furnace Arrives
For Physics Research
—1— . '
The’ smaller of two electric fur
naces to be used in research work
here by Dr. A. E. Caswell, profes
■ sor of physics, and Dr. Will V.
Norris, assistant professor of phy
' sics and mathematics, has just ar
rived here. It was accompanied by
a supply of chemically pure cop
per wire to be used in setting up
the apparatus.,
The furnace will produce heats
up to 3100 degrees Fahrenheit and
draws 15 amperes at 110 volts. The
larger furnace which will arrive
soon draws 45 amperes at a sim
ilar voltage.
Apply For Your Job Now
Is Dean Faville’s W arning
*
Positions Will Be Harder
To Find This Summer
Than Ever Before
“This is the time of the year
when students should be actively
interested in the jobs they are to
get this summer,” is the warning
of David E. Faville, dean of the
school of business administration.
“This year jobs will be harder
than ever to get, and applicants
must give some attention to their
manner of approach. Many stu
dents have little idea how to write
a letter of application, yet some
employers reject applicants before
they ever see them, simply because
there is something “phoney” about
the first letter. It may be a mis
spelled word, a too familiar ex
pression, or an overabundance of
enthusiasm, but it is all the warn
ing the employer needs,” Dean Fa
ville pointed out.
“Reference to one’s self as a
‘live wire on the campus’ or an
'expert in finance’ or a ‘competent
junior executive’ would be more
humorous if less frequently found
in student letters. Employers are
not likely to be enthusiastic about
sending the applicant to sell hard
ware in China merely because in
college he was ‘always interested
in Oriental literature.’ Specific
references will get mucn ueuc*
results than a glowing life history.
“The first personal interview is
important, and a stuctent who is
naturally at his ease comes away
with honors rating, even though
he may have very little to back
it up.
“Dress is important. Slovenly
campus clothes v/on’t land jobs.
Persistence will often help land a
position, but years of reclining on
a fraternity house davenport does
strange things to one s backbone.
As the employment manager of a
Portland department store put it,
'We are looking for men who in
sist on making us know they can
handle the job',’’ the dean said.
“Always remember that the em
ployer is likely to be much more
interested in your fingernails than
your grade in ‘Introduction to Phil
osophy’.”
Dr. Ella C. Meade
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