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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1931)
JUNIOR CLASSMEN WILL TURN BOOTBLACKS TODAY FOR OBSERVANCE OF TRADITIONAL SHINE EVENT Frosh Meeting Freshmen will meet at 7:30 to night in Villard to have Greater Oregon work explained to them. VOLUME XXXII The Weather Generally cloudy today, probable rain in west portion. Maximum . 51 Minimum . ZB No precipitation. NUMBER 84 Class of’32 To Shine Campus Shoes Today * Pittman, Cherry Will Get Free Shines in Front of Library at 12:45 Impromptu Features Slated As Entertainment For Customers A shine for a dime is the order of the day as the members of the junior class take over the shoe shining industry on the campus at 9 a. m. for the remainder of the day. Four stands have been set up, one in front of the adminis tration building, one in front of the old libe, one in the vicinity of the Commerce building, and one . near Condon hall. Four junior men will be stationed at each stand throughout the day to wield the polishing cloths. Shine Standard Raised All possible steps have been taken by those in charge to raise the standard of the shines above that of any previous shine day, both as to grade of materials used and to the care with which the shining is done, according to John Penland, general chairman of the event. The best grade of polish has been secured, a good sole pol ish will be used, and new cloths made especially for shining shoes will be used. Last night the ticket sales com mittee, headed by Connie Baker, visited all the various living or ganizations on the campus for the purpose of selling shine tickets. Today, the same committee will be at work on the campus during the shine hours and tickets may be secured from them. Shi*<£ Sir? John Penland, chairman for jun ior shine day, will furnish the fea ture of the event today when he will polish the shoes of George Cherry, student body president, and Bill Pittman, senior class pres ident, in front of the old library at 12:45. Irrigation Work Poorly Financed, Says Professor Canoe Speaks From KORE On Daily Emerald Editorial Hour For every acre of land brought under cultivation as a result of government irrigation projects the people of the United States are paying an annual subsidy of $2 per acre. Such is the condition existing at the present time, according to John T. Ganoe, associate professor of history, who spoke over station KORE yesterday afternoon during the Emerald’s daily editorial broadcast. Professor Ganoe gave an economic outline of the gov ernmental irrigation situation as it exists, and pointed out the weak ness of the present plan of financ ing the federal projects. 29 Projects Finished There is no doubt in Professor Ganoe’s mind but what the gov ernment has been successful in its projects so far as structural qual ity is concerned. Twenty-nine great projects have been so far completed by the federal govern ment, he claims, and several of them are considered the finest of their kind in the country. “How ever,” he said, “the problem of reclamation has not become one of engineering feats, but of eco nomics.” According to the Oregon educa tor, the Reclamation act of 1902 provided that the federal govern ment should pay for the immedi ate costs of all reclamation proj ects, but that the settlers for whom the project was completed should pay the money back to the treasury within a period of ten years. No interest was to be charged on the expenditure. How ever, the government is actually losing money on the process, and (Continued on Pape Three) Prexies Receive Tickets t At 12:45 this noon, at the stand in front of the library, Penland will shine the shoes of Bill Pitt man, senior class prexy, and of George Cherry, president of the associated students, free of charge. While the prexies’ shoes are be ing shined Oregana pictures of the event will be taken, and it is hoped that a crowd will be on hand both for the sake of the pic ture and to witness the feature of the day. Special Features Slated At different times throughout the day special features which will include tap dancing, vocal solos, duets, quartets, mass singing, and soap-box orations will be pre ( Continued on Page Three) Oregana Athletic Shots Scheduled for Afternoon Pictures of the varsity boxing team and varsity and frosh bas ketball teams will be taken today and tomorrow for the Oregana, Trent Meredith, photographer, said yesterday. The boxers will meet at 3:30 this afternoon in front of the men’s gym. Varsity and yearling hoop sters will be photographed at 4:15 tomorrow afternoon in front of the Igloo. From The President’s Pen Rough House in Initiations Fast Going Out, Dr. Hall Says; Oregon Mother’s Letter Deserving of Attention. By ARNOLD BENNETT HALL The recent contribution to the Emerald by an Oregon Mother protesting against what is irrev erently known as “Hell Week” is deserving of attention by both the ^ students and the administration. It has been the policy of this administration to interfere with student management of their own affairs only when the students have shown themselves incapable. I have each year suggested to the interfraternity council the wisdom and expediency of abolishing these activities that smack more of early days on the frontier when putting a cow in the chapel and hazing the new boy who had come to town were considered legiti mate methods of entertainment and registered the general state of culture to which the community ; had arrived. If my information is correct, the students have made genuine progress in abolishing the rough house in initiation. An in-1 stitution that is supposed to be based upon a fraternial feeling and a genuine affection among the “brothers” can scarcely afford to subject its newly acquired breth ren to things that are humiliating to the spirit and dangerous fre quently to life and limb. It is my sincere hope that this fair and wo manly protest from an Oregon Mother may reach the feelings and intelligence of the students more effectively than anything that could issue from the administra tion. Rough horse play cannot be jus tified as an act making for broth erly understanding, nor truly characteristic of the fraternal spirit. It is a relic of barbarism, it emphasizes the uncouth side of human nature and creates a para dise for the cowardly bully who takes joy in inflicting pain upon those unable to defend themselves. I am sure this mother’s plea will not fall upon unhearing ears. Noted Modern Architect Will Visit Campus Frank Lloyd Wright To Be Here Mareli 7 W ith Exhibit of W ork Many Men of Profession In State Expected To Hear Lecture Frank Lloyd Wright, regarded as an outstanding architect both in this country and in Europe, and recognized as the leading expon ent of the modern trend in archi tectural design, is coming to the University of Oregon school of ar chitecture March 7, and he is bringing with him an exhibit that is to be shown in but a few cities in this country and then will be taken abroad for an extensive tour, it is announced here by W. R. B. Willcox, professor of architecture, who is in charge of arrangements for the event. Many Architects To Visit The appearance of Mr. Wright here is held to be of state-wide importance, and architects from all over Oregon are expected to be on the campus to meet the visitor. Mr. Wright will lecture on the evening of March 7, and his ex hibit will be on view in the gal lery of the school of architecture and allied arts for three days. It will contain photographs and de signs of many of his most impor tant projects, and will be of great interest from many viewpoints. Although all of his work has drawn a great deal of attention, probably the most outstanding single project is the Imperial ho tel, Tokyo. This was designed especially to withstand earthquake shock, and so well had the archi tect done his job that the recent disaster there left the building practically uninjured, while other buildings were totally destroyed. Buildings Are Famous Other notable examples of the architect’s work are the Unity church, Oak Park, which directed wide attention to a fresh and new force in architecture; the Larkin Soap building in Buffalo, which marked a forward step, and the Wainright, St. Louis, the Pruden tial in Buffalo and the Schiller theatre in Chicago. In these, his toric forms were disregarded and the design formulated on the ver ticality of the steel frame, follow ing the precedent established ear lier by Louis H. Sullivan, the first American architect to make a logical approach to skyscraper de sign along these lines. However, the works of Wright are always distinguishable, and he has taken advantage of the modern machine methods of construction in a re markable way. Wright’s Work Individualistic To properly assess the individ ual character of Mr. Wright it is necessary to understand the frank structural and material bases for the resulting forms, it is pointed out by Mr. Willcox. Otherwise, its originality and disregard of all historic eleYnents suggests an in dividual whimsicality, since it of fers none of the usual and com mon standards of judgment. Study of his wojrk, however, reveals the strictest adherence of organic un ity. This extends to the treatment on the landscape for his buildings and the design for interior and furniture. Many interesting and unusual houses have been built in and about Los Angeles from plans from this noted architect, and photographs and designs of some of these will be in the exhibit. The visit of Mr. Wright and the exhibit are regarded here as among the most important events in the history of the school of architec ture, and preparations are being made so that students and public may gain as much value from the opportunity as possible. Laura Drury Appointed Secretary to Manager Laura Drury, freshman in Eng lish from Medford, has been ap pointed secretary to Harry Ton kon, associate manager of the Em erald, it was announced yesterday. Miss Drury was active in news paper work while attending high school in Medford. Win Debate From Whitman i Bob Miller, left, and Art Potwln, Oregon varsity debaters now on tour of eolleges and universities in the Northwest, defeated Whitman college at Walla Walla last night. The men will meet Washington State college at Pullman this afternoon. The Oregon debaters are upholding the affirmative of the question: “Resolved, That the expan sion of the chain stores is detrimental to the best interest of the American people.” Sigma Xis Given South American Facts by Dr. Smith Corvallis, Oregon Chapters Hold Annual Meeting Of Honorary Emphasizing the interesting geological and geographical fea tures of the South American con tinent, Dr. Warren D. Smith of the geology department, lectured on “Highlights in the Geology and Geography of South America” at the joint meeting of the U. of O. and O. S. C. chapters of Sigma Xi at 8 o’clock last night. The meet ing was held in the Memorial Un ion hall at Corvallis. Lecture Is Travelog The lecture is in the form of a scientific travelog, pointing out some of the interesting geographi cal features which have controlled the development of the continent and furnished a background for the recent revolutions. Dr. Smith took his listeners down the west coast of South America, across the Andes to Brazil, up the east coast to the island of Trini dad, and across the north portion of the continent. A description of his visit to the famous La Plata museum which, he says, has some of the finest ethnological and paleontological exhibtions in the world, was given. Meeting Annual Affair The meeting is an annual affair of Sigma Xi from ten years' stand ing and makes possible one of the few contacts that professors of the two institutions have although they are only 40 miles apart and work ing for the same state, according to Dr. Smith. A dinner was held in the Me morial Union hall before the meet ing. Approximately 35 persons from here attended. Marshall Contest Closes Saturday Thacher Will Receive All Manuscripts Student short story writers still have time to correct and revise their manuscripts to enter the Edi son Marshall short story contest which closes this Saturday, but all manuscripts must be handed in to W. F. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising, by March 1. More students are urged to en ter the contest, as all have an equal chance to win the $50 prize offered by Mr. Marshall, graduate of the University, and successful fiction writer, to stimulate interest in short story writing on the cam pus. Last year Roy Craft, a fresh man, won the prize. All manuscripts should be hand ed in with a second copy of the story, together with a sealed en velope containing the name of the writer. The name of the writer should not appear on the manu script itself. The judges of the contest will be Ernest Haycox, well-known fic tion writer; T. W. Douglas, in structor in English and short story writer; and Mrs. Beatrice Beebe, short story writer and teacher of English. Freshman Class Will Hold Meeting At Villard Tonight Greater Oregon Committee » To Be Explained, Says Stipe A meeting of the freshman class will be held tonight at 7:30 in Villard assembly, for the purpose of acquainting the class with the workings of the Greater Oregon committee, it was announced yes terday by Jack Stipe, chairman of the committee, and John Kendall, freshman class president. “The purpose of this meeting will be to explain to the new mem bers of the student body the work of the committee and show them how to be good ambassadors for the University. We want every freshman to be there,” Stipe said yesterday. "Those freshmen who are par ticularly interested in the work of the committee may remain after the meeting, to confer with the directorate, and may receive ap pointments on the committee,” Stipe continued. Stipe also announced the ap pointment of Helen Cornell, soph omore in sociology, as secretary of the directorate. In her capacity Miss Cornell will be the repre sentative of the A. W. S., and will be in charge of contacts with prospective women students in the state. Pull appointments will be an nounced by the end of the week, Stipe said yesterday. Liquor Situation Not UBC Problem School in Legal-Drinking Country Not Worried “Drinking among students is not a problem. In fact, the liquor sit uation is not one that worries us to any great degree.” Thus F. H. Soward, professor of history at the University of British Columbia, at Vancouver, B. C., a land where drinking is legal, described the problem which now confronts the authorities at the University of Michigan. He was interviewed by a University of Washington Daily reporter. “Of course,” Professor Soward continued, “we have rules con cerning the use of liquor. There is to be no drinking or intoxica tion among students at Univer sity functions, and we have little or no trouble on that count. Any one caught drunk at these af fairs is fined by the student coun cil. There is an absence of hip carrying also.” "Fraternities have rigid rules against the possession of liquor in the houses. Of course, if a student wishes to go to the corner beer parlor, that is his own business,” he continued with a smile. Co-ed smoking is not a problem either, according to Professor Soward. Women are not allowed to smoke on the campus or at uni versity affairs, although men have that privilege. Recently a bill was introduced which would allow wo men these rights, but it was voted down by a large majority, he said. College Degree Will Get Nurse Better Position Elnora Thomson Speaker At A. W. S. Mass Meeting Here Campus Visitor Will Stay For Conferenees With Women Today The better positions in the nurs ing profession are open to the wo men who have a college degree as well as the specialized nurse's training, declared Miss Elnora E. Thomson, professor of applied so ciology and director of nursing ed ucation at the Portland school of social work. ‘‘Many universities in the past few years have established nurs ing schools in connection with their other schools. The girl who takes the regular college course in addi tion to the nursing training gets a much sounder education, scien tifically speaking, and a much bet ter education along the cultural aspects. In the next 10 or 15 years I imagine that a college degree will become almost a requirement for a nurse. Need Academic Work “It is more advisable for the in tending nurse to attend one of those universities which give the cultural course as well as the pro fessional training,” Miss Thomson advised the girls. “In them you get the three academic years of foundation work, and two calendar years of training in a hospital. In the final year you are allowed to choose what kind of nursing you wish to enter, whether public health nursing, hospital adminis tration, X-ray, laboratory tech nique, or some other branch.” Nursing is a fascinating job, Miss Thomson told the girls', "especially if you are interested in people and like to do things with and for people. I think that part of our reason for doing things for others is the satisfaction and joy we get out of it ourselves,” she added. Mental Field Large One of the big fields in nursing which is practically untouched is the care of mental patients who are suffering physical ills,” she said, “but there is a great deal to be done for those with mental ail ments. This must be done within the next generation." An opportunity for nurses in Oregon, especially those in the pub lic health field, she continued, is in making the death rate among ba bies as low as it can possibly be. Oregon has the lowest death rate among babies in the country, about 43 in every 1000 dying in the first year after birth, but New Zealand, with practically the same climate and other conditions as are found in this state, has one much lower. The speaker will be at the social science building on Onyx street for conferences all morning and until 2 o’clock today. Six Houses Hold Discussion Hours Wide Variety of Subjects Heard by Men Students Continuing the Y. M, C. A. win ter term discussion hours being sponsored by the student cabinet at the campus hut, six living or ganizations held their second dis cussion meetings last night direct ly following the dinner hour. Rev. Clay E. Palmer, of the Con gregational church, spoke to the members of Alpha Upsilon on the prevalent conditions in present day Russia. Phi Sigma Kappa had Dr. John T. Ganoe, associate professor of history, as their guest. Dr. Ganoe addressed the group on the topic of “Morals." Phi Kappa Psi was host to Wal ter Meyers, director of United Christian work at the Y. who spoke on the “Economic Problems of the Home.” Sigma Alpha Mu listened to a talk on “Imperialism" given by John O. Hazam, of the history department. W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising and English, spoke on "Prohibition” to members of Sher ry Ross hall and W. R. B. Willdox, professor of architecture, talked at Alpha Beta Chi on “Unemploy ment." 'Grand Old Man’ Is Again on Campus fJX> hour that a friend Is con valescing from a long hard illness is always good news, but the news that Dean John Straub, dean emeritus of men and “grand old man of Oregon,” is slowly recovering from his long illness will he received with Interest by students on the campus and elsewhere. Upperclassmen have missed the greeting that used to meet them daily from the top of the Ad building steps, and nil have missed the familiar figure of the dean, with his helpful habit of “giving a lift” to stu dents stranded on Willamette street waiting for a bus. According to Mrs. Straub, the dean has been slowly improving since his serious illness of last July, and has been going out ev ery day for the past month. The doctors report him in a much improved condition, and he has recently l>een enjoying long rides or walks every afternoon. Dean Strauh usually takes drives with his daughter, Mrs. O. F. Staf ford, and yesterday afternoon he drove to Walterville with L. O. Hulln. Philomelete Will Hold Initiation of 150 Girls Tonight Ten Groups Will Benefit From Influx of New Material Philomelete initiation will be held this evening in Gerlinger hall, at 7:30 sharp, at which time about 150 new members will receive membership in the organization. Marguerite Mauzey, president of Phi Theta Upsilon, upperclass honorary and sponsor of Philome lete, will take charge. Ten groups will receive new members—-Arts and Crafts, Charm School, Drama, Woman in Her Sphere, Mythology, Play, Music, Nature Study, Inter national Relations, and Prose and Poetry. Redrtzke in Charge Alice Redetzke, member of Phi Theta Upsilon, is general chairman in charge of initiation, with Fran ces Richards in charge of food, and Janet Osburn in charge of decorations and arrangements. Each group is limited to 25 members to facilitate informal dis cussions of the hobbies about which the organization of Philo melete is formed. The object of the organization is to create friendship among the girls on the campus who are interested in these various hobbies. Presidents To Assist The presidents of the ten groups who will assist in the initiation are: Edna Prescott, Hazel Kull, Dorothy Esch, Dorothy Dupuis, Harriet Holbrook, Dorothy Lou MacMillan, Katheryn Orme, Mar garet Hunt, Thelma Brown, and Pauline Schuele. After the initiation there will be an informal reception and a pro gram given. Oregon Debate Teams Win in Two Contests Miller, Potwin Victorious Over Whitman Team Beats W'illamette Salem Men W'in Half of Dual Tilt Here; Chain Store Issue Argued BULLETIN Boh Miller and Art Potwin, varsity debaters, won a unani mous decision over Whitman college at Walla Walla, Wash ington, last night, a wire to the Emerald from the victors said. The Oregon men upheld the af firmative of the question, “Re solved, That the expansion of the chain store is detrimental to the best interests of the Amer ican people.” The debate, the first in which Miller and Potwin have com peted on their present tour of colleges and universities in the Northwest, was given before a capacity crowd. The Oregon men were given a fine reception, they said. Oregon and Willamette univer sity men’s debate teams broke even in a dual contest last night on the chain store question. Neil Sheeley and Hobart Wil son, upholding the affirmative for Oregon, won at Salem on the de cision of a critic judge, while John King and Walter Evans, arguing the negative for Oregon here, dropped their debate to the visit ing team from Willamette. Ralph McCullough and Ray Lafsky com prised the winning team. Unfair Methods Used ■ "The whole chain Btore system is founded on unethical principles,” the Willamette debaters said here. "The chain stores are using unfair business methods of competition. They not only dictate prices but make it necessary for the manu facturer to conform to the price I they themselves set because of the large quantities bought. "The expansion of the chain stores has lowered the standard of living,” they continued, "has de stroyed the business of the inde j pendents, and caused an unequal I distribution of money.” The Oregon men pointed out that the chain store has improved the science of distribution and placed it on a higher plane. “The chain stores have inaugurated the policy of mass buying and elimi nation of waste,” the debaters said, "and they are a benefit to the manufacturer, the retailer, and the consumer." They pointed out that any institution which had as its object the elimination of waste was not a detriment. Mr. Rahe, Salem high school de bate coach, acted as critic judge, rendering the decision here in fa vor of the affirmative. Mr. Gar ner, Corvallis high school debate (Continued on Page Two) Tolman’s Discovery Forces Einstein To Change Theory “The contention of Tolman con cerning the red shift in the spec trum of the island universes has not caused Einstein to abandon his theory—it has caused him merely to revise it a bit,” said Dr. A. E. Caswell, professor of phy sics, when asked to explain the recent disputes over the validity of the theory of the world-famous German physicist-mathematician who is now visiting this country. K. C. Tolman, former professor of physics at the California Insti tute of Technology has discovered some facts which are said to ren der the Einstein theory valueless and erroneous. “The Einstein theory is in a state of flux,” continued Dr. Caswell, "just as is every other scientific theory ever advanced, and then the theory must be revamped to ex plain the new findings. “Now, in regard to the Einstein theory, there are certain things which are pretty generally accept ed among the scientists and then again there are those things about which they dispute. The idea that energy has mass and that its mass depends upon its motion is quite widely accepted while the idea that gravity is just an illusion or distortion is a moot point. "We are willing to concede, per* haps, that space is not without bounds because we don’t know for a certainty; but to say that grav ity is a distortion in space and time is another matter. "Now, every incandescent gas gives off certain very definite j bands of wavelengths which we see as colors through the spectroscope. No matter where those definite color bands are seen, whether they be in the photograph of the spec trum of Mars, the sun, or a near by spiral universe, we know that gas is present. When the spec trum of a far distant island uni verse is examined, one notices a shift of the entire spectrum to ward the red end of the spectrum. It has been found that the farther a body is from the earth, the more (Continued on Page Three£