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
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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
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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
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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
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