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Jazz Lecture Hear S. Stephenson Smith, asso ciate professor of English, lecture on jazz this morning at 11 o'clock in Villard hall. All students are in vited. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1931 NUMBER 91 24 Chorines Selected For Junior Vodvil Rehearsals To Start First of Next Term; Marion Camp To Direct Tryouts for Specialty Acts Ami Skits Held Success By Barney Miller i r Twenty-four co-eds were select ed for positions on the Junior Vodvil dancing choruses at the fin al tryouts held yesterday after noon at the Cocoanut Grove dance pavilion, according to an announce ment from Marian Camp, who has charge of the chorus work for the event. Wednesday afternoon at the semi-finals 48 girls were picked by the judges to enter the final try outs yesterday. Bathing suits were the order of the day as the contestants were put through the semi-intricate , steps for the final selection. Two Choruses Picked A dancing chorus of 16 girls and a pony chorus with eight members were selected by the judges to par ticipate in the Vodvil. Practice will begin the first of next term, Miss Camp announced. . 1 The list of girls chosen for posi tions on the choruses include on the pony chorus: Adrienne Sabin, Elizabeth Gilstrap, Katherine Manerud, Ardith Hutchinson, Lois Floyd, Gerry Goodsell, and Billie s Eastman. ' Alice Carter, Mildred Collins, * Margaret Rock, Elizabeth Wright, ( Marguerite Blake, Virginia Stur- t gis, Mary Helen Corbett, Anita I Knotts, Margherita Hay, Thelma * Chappell, Margaret Krohn, Mary 1 Bohoskey, Myrtle McDaniel, Jane 1 Cullers, Janet Thacher and Doro- * thy Harbaugh were the ones cho sen for positions on the main en- E semble. c Skit Tryouts Held c Tryouts for skits and special acts were held simultaneously with the chorus finals in the back room of the College Side Inn. Accord ing to Barney Miller, in charge of manuscript and skits, about 12 acts turned out. They included singing, tap dancing, a couple of skits, instrumental music, and aesthetic dancing. “I was very well pleased at the talent shown," Miller said. "For those who may have ideas for skits, features, or acts but have not had time to work them up, a special tryout will be held the first week of spring term.” "As has been stated before," Miller said, “the talent on the cam pus is practically unknown. There is a better chance and more op portunity this year than ever be fore for individual acts, due large ly to the non-continuity nature of the vodvil. All acts will be given careful consideration. It is imper ative that a large number turn out.” “Junior Vodvil is being revived this year along entirely new lines,” "Slug” Palmer, chairman-director of the event stated. “It is impera tive, if the tradition is to live, that this year’s event be an unqualified success. In order to accomplish this it is necessary that we have the cooperation of the entire stu (Continued on Page Four) t f f 8 l i 'l r c £ F a t t L s a r v d t a F 1 c a r r ij a Gloomy Mystery Pervades Shack ^N air of gloom hangs over the journalism shack. Re porters come and go in silence, glancing furtively about as they steal through the doors. Some thing mysterious is in the at mosphere, some calamity seems threatening, and all those who tread the way of the shack are aware of it. What, you may ask, is the cause of all this ap parent fear? Why the evidence of such terror among people who, during ordinary times, are moderately brave? Well, according to latest re ports, a terrible plague threat ens the workers of the Emerald staff. This plague, say well informed medical autho rities, comes clothed in the nom-de plume of “poison oak.” Already two prominent young journalists have succumbed to the evils of the affliction. Neil Taylor and Merlin Blais both have well-dec orated faces due to the disease, and both remain in hiding as much as possible. Principles for Rushing Conduct Set Up by Group Hours, Fines Established By Interfraternity Council Laying down principles which shall serve as the basis of an un written code of rushing conduct for fraternities on the Oregon campus, the rushing committee of the Interfraternity council pro posed significant changes in rules to the group at its meeting yes terday afternoon. The rules will be voted upon at the next meeting next week. Hours for dates are clearly scheduled in the proposal for rule changes. On and after Thursday of freshman week, the Interfra ternity council will approve the following schedule of dates: break fast from 7 to 8 a. m.; morning, 5 to 12; luncheon, 12 to 1:30; after noon, 1:30 to 5:30; dinner, 5:30 to 8; evening, 8 to 12. On and after rhursday no fraternity shall have more than three of the authorized dates on any day, the regulations go on to say. Rules Are Given Quoting further from the pro posed revision: “Evening dates shall terminate at 12 p. in., and no fraternity is to entertain a rushee later than this time, nor may a rushee room in a fraternity house later than such time. Violation of this rule shall be penalized by a fine of not more than $25. Rushing Tribunal Proposed “Prior to Thursday of freshman week no breakfast or morning dates will be recognized, since due to pre-registration appointments and examinations during the fore part of freshman week, it is be lieved that a fraternity should not complicate the entering student’s schedule by social engagements. “It is further agreed that during rush week fraternities shall not maintain a room in their name, or in the name of their members, or alumni, at hotels where rushees (Continued on Page Three) From The President’s Pen Grading of Students Must Be Done with Care and Skill, Dr. Hall Says in Discussion. By ARNOLD BENNETT HALL j In practically all the books on business efficiency and in practi-! ► cally all business undertakings that have been reorganized by ef ficiency engineers, one finds pre scribed systems of grading the achievements of employees and executives. Self-grading charts are parts of every well worked-out scheme for dealing with personal efficiency. In the light of this experience, upon what basis can we criticize a system of grades and examina tions as a means of stimulating individual effort and ambition ? The only answer I have heard to the suggestions I have been mak ing is that grades do not reflect j real scholarship or real achieve- i r ment or real progress. If that is | true, then to that extent the grad- j ing system is worthless. If exam inations do not afford fair achieve ment tests in developing tech niques. disciplines, skills, knowl edge and intellectual acumen in which the instructor is training his class, then the examinations would seem to be inappropriate and even positively harmful. Also if the grading is not done with such care and skill as to con stitute an accurate gauge of the students’ achievement, then the system fails, not because of in herent weakness, but because the instructor in charge has not per formed his task. The only valid argument I have found against ex aminations and grades apply to that system of estimating hu man achievement in an accurate and impartial way which through all time has been found one of the most effective ways of stimulating human effort. Wright Shows Individuality in These Building* These examples of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, world-famous modern arehiteot, who will visit the Oregon campus March 7-11, display the intense individuality that characterizes his work. The Robie house, in Chicago, shown in the top picture, was built by Wright in 1901. Its wide eaves give the effect of three different planes, and the home was one of Wright’s first unusual residences. In the bottom picture is shown a boathouse at Racine, Wisconsin. Wright Influence In Home Design Shown in Exhibit Noted Architect To Speak Saturday Night in Music Building The accompanying picture of some of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, modernist architect and engineer, shows concretely the ex tent of his influence on American residential architecture. Mr. Wright will bring with him a comprehensive exhibit of his work, and will speak Saturday night in the Music building audi torium. Glen Gardiner, president of the Allied Arts league, which is sponsoring the appearance, yester day said that after the lecture Mr. Wright will answer any question any member of the audience may care to ask. New Effect Given The upper picture is of the Ro bie house, in Chicago. It was built by Mr. Wright in 1901. The struc ture, which features three dimen sional organization, the extremely wide eaves giving the effect of three different planes, was unpre cedented in its day, according to critics and historians of architec ture. The Winslow house, a mas sive brick structure, is still Wright’s favorite. Mr. Wright continued his devel opment of the unusual in residen tial structures, and built the Wil letts house, in Highland Park, Illi nois, of stucco. Stucco was at that time only a passing fancy with home builders, but Wright put so much of “solid form and intellect ual art, conscious beauty, into the monumental house” that stucco became a standard building ma terial. Worked With Wright Henry Russell Hitchcock, Jr., characterizes his residential style as “loose planned, with blocklike forms, and a conspicuous element of horizontality which is entirely his own. In 1903 Richard W. Bock, pro fessor of sculpture in the art school of the University, worked in collaboration with Mr. Wright on the Dana house, in Springfield, (Continued on Page Two) Faculty Will Play In Hoop Contest Instructors Challenged by Girls’ Senior Team Instead of the scheduled all-star basketball game, following the speedball spread tonight, the wom en’s physical education faculty will play a game of basketball, an swering the challenge issued to them by the senior basketball team, according to Dorothy Mac Lean, student manager of women’s basketball. The faculty team has not con cluded all its arrangements, but will have a team in line by to night. Margaret Duncan is managing the faculty team. The senior team wilt be the regular one, arrayed in eccentric costumes. The speedball spread, which is a new feature in women’s ath letics, will start at 4 o’clock with an all-star speedball game. Then with some entertainment and re freshments, the faculty - senior game will be played. The spread is open to anyone caring to attend. i Class Bars Dog; Lad Inattentive rpHOMAS HUXLEY would probably turn oyer In his grave if he knew that dogs clamored at academic doors for admission into courses of his fa vorite subjects and that the biped students consumed their time reading Emeralds instead of listening to the professor. At any rate, when a little black and white dog was per sistently refused admission to a biology class and a student was publicly reproved for inattention, its incongruity was noticed by several. Capacity Crowds See Russian Film Faculty Club Will Present ‘Siegfried’ Next Week Before two audiences that filled the Colonial theatre nearly to ca pacity, the first of the faculty club’s cinema series, “Ten Days That Shook the World,” was of fered to students and townspeople yesterday afternoon, and was warmly received. The success of the picture dem onstrated beyond a doubt that University people and others want and appreciate the unusual and excellent in motion pictures, it is declared by S. Stephenson Smith, chairman of the faculty club com mittee, and the club will now bring out a series of pictures, to be pre sented during this and next term. “Ten Days That Shook the World” told in a most graphic way how the Russian revolution was carried out. Directed by the great Eisenstein, the picture by its treat ment of mass, of character and detail brought to the screen a new significance in the cinema. The next offering of the club will be the famous Wagnerian op era, “Seigfried.” This was also filmed abroad, and is proving a sensation wherever shown. It will come here accompanied by a spec ial musical score prepared by Da vid Piper, music editor of the Ore gonian, who also prepared the syn chronization for the Russian drama. Other pictures to be presented next term will be announced later. “Seigfried” will play for two per formances next Thursday after noon at the Colonial. Girls’ Debate Team To Meet Willamette Tonight Women debaters of Willamette university will compete with Ore gon women in a dual non-decision debate tonight on the question, “Resolved, That Gandhi has been a benefit to India.” Alice Redetzke, junior in busi ness administration, and Gwendo lyn Caverhill, sophomore in educa tion, will uphold the affirmative of the question at Salem. Ger aldine Hickson, freshman in Eng lish, and Bernice Conoly, junior in history, will maintain the negative here against Lillian Beecher and Barbara Elliot of Willamette at 7:30 o'clock in 105 Commerce building. Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of women, will act as chairman for the debate here. W. E. Hempstead Jr., women’s faculty debate adviser, will ac company Miss Redetzke and Miss Caverhill to Salem this afternoon. Underwood Plans Concert Program For Symplionists Bizet, Saint-Saens, Liszt Numbers Selected; Pianist To Play The complete program for the concert to be given at the music auditorium Monday evening by the University Symphony orchestra was announced yesterday by Rex Underwood, conductor. The program will open with Bizet’s suite No. 1 for the drama “L’Arsienne.” Following will be an intermezzo from “Jewels of the Madonna” and the “Danse Mac abre” by Saint-Saens. The con cluding composition will be Liszt’s “Hungarian Fantasie,” played by Aurora Potter Underwood, pianist, with full orchestral accompani ment. Mrs. Underwood To Play Mrs. Underwood, who is a mem ber of the music faculty, is well known as a pianist and has given concerts in many cities of the Northwest. The Liszt composition she is to play is a virtuoso selec tion which is most effective with orchestra accompaniment. The Bizet suite which opens the program was written as incidental music for Daudet’s powerful drama, “L’Arsienne.” It includes the overture, a “minuetto,” an "adagietto” and a concluding "car illon.” Exotic Music Feature “Jewels of the Madonna” is a modern opera written by Wolf Ferrari. It is noted for its exotic music, according to Mr. Under wood. The intermezzo to be played features the flute. Saint-Saens’ “Danse Macabre” is one of the best compositions of its type. It is a symphonic tone poem of a death dance. A new price policy will admit students to the orchestra concert, which begins at 8 o’clock Monday evening, for 15 cents upon presen tation of student body tickets at the door. The proceeds of the con cert will go to the fund the or chestra uses to buy the more ex pensive instruments which are not owned by students. Riflemen To Get Awards From ROTC and ASUO Because of their superiority of marksmanship, ten Oregon rifle men will be given awards by the military department and by the associated students, early next term. To each man the military department will give a sweater, and the associated students will present each with a gold pin. The ten men who have consis tently shot good scores during the entire season of intercollegiate galley matches, which began Feb ruary 1, are: Carey Thomson, with a total aggregated score of 1452 points; James Moynahan, with 1440 points; Gaylord Cox, 1430 points; Harold Mintura, 1429; Spencer Raynor, 1410; Claude Con der, 1401; Herbert Jones, 1377; Vernal Shoemaker, 1362; and L. E. Smith, 1349. Other men who have shot during the season and their scores are: Ronald De Vore, 1320; Donald Byers, 1285; George Bennett, 1281; Edward Judkins, 1281; Charles Shimanek, 1274; James Morgan, 1260; and Earl Kirchoff, 1214. Bovard’s Book Meeting With Wide Success Physical Education School Dean's New Text Used By Universities Popularity of Volume Due To Increase; UCLA Man Collaborator Already accepted as a text by Columbia university of New York and the University of Iowa, and placed on the special reading list for teachers of California, a new volume, “Tests and Measurements in Physical Education,” by Dr. John F. Bovard, dean of the school of physical education here, and Dr. Frederick W. Cozens, associate di rector of physical education for men at the University of Califor nia at Los Angeles, is meeting with outstanding success all over the United States, according to word received here from the pub lishers, W. B. Saunders company, of Philadelphia. New Material Given The book, which is not only a compilation of test and measure ment methods in use since 1865, but which includes much new ma terial gathered by both authors, has been out only a few weeks, and by next school year it is ex pected to be one of the most pop ular text books in the physical education field, it is said by those who are familiar with its contents. The volume is especially valu able to those who are regarding physical education as a career and profession, and who are doing se rious research work in this field. It can readily be used as a start ing point for many research proj ects, since it will give a reader a thorough background and furnish .him with unlimited source mate rial. Here in 1906 Dean Bovard came to the Uni versity of Oregon as a member of the faculty in 1906, and has been head of the school of physical edu cation since 1920. The school here is a pioneer in this field, and its methods have since been adopted by many other institutions. Grad uates hold prominent places in this type of work in many other parts of the country, and throughout the state. Doctor Bovard has fre quently contributed articles and now has several projects under way based on his experience here and upon research he is doing. Paddock, Pratt, Hughes Victors Students Win Insurance Selling Competition In a contest held in room 105 Commerce last night, three mem “hers of the class in life insurance, Hal Paddock, George Pratt, and Evan Hughes, emerged victorious. The three winners will journey to Portland on March 11, where they will compete before officials of the Life Underwriters association in Portland for $35 in prizes. Each of the contestants in last night's trials, attempted sell an actual prospect a life insurance policy in some chosen company. Each would-be salesman worked on his chosen customer for 10 min utes. The judges were James Harding, district agent for the Connecticut Mutual Insurance company; DeWitt Dormer, of the National Life company at Ver mont, and John M. Kae, associate professor of business administra tion. The winner of the Portland con test is to have his name engraved upon a silver trophy which was presented to the school of business administration by the Oregon Mu tual Life Insurance company. Dean Sheldon To Deliver Address at Rainier High Dean H. D. Sheldon, of the school of education, announced yesterday that he had accepted an invitation to deliver the high school com mencement address at Rainier, Oregon, on May 29. O. M. Byers, superintendent of the Rainier schools, is a graduate of the Uni versity of Oregon and prominent in school affairs of the state, ac cording to Dean Sheldon. Jazz Lecture Set For This Morning J^F.KN interest on the part of students, faculty and towns people is being shown in the illustrated lecture on “jazz" to be given this morning at 11 o’clock in Villard hall by S. Stephenson Smith, associate pro fessor of Knglish, and Ralph Richards, pianist, of Portland. Regarded as one of the most unusual presentations of the school year, the lecture will cover thoroughly this particular field of music. Mr. Smith, whose recent book, “The Craft of the Critic,” contains a chapter on jazz, has compiled some highly interesting material, and has worked oiit a "synchronized" program with Mr. Richards. Following the lecture, Mr. Richards will give several of his o w n interpretations of jazz, pointing out the highlights of the development of this phuse of music. The lecture will be given be fore the class in survey of cre ative art, and will also he open to other students and others in terested. Last Broadcast Of Term Will Go Over Air Today Eric W. Allen Slated for Talk on Newspaper Front KORE At 4:45 this afternoon Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of jour nalism, will speak over station KORE on the subject: “What Goes Into the Newspaper and Why.” This talk will be the last one this term to be sponsored over the Eugene station by the Oregon Daily Emerald. Six Talks Given Six talks by prominent Oregon professors have been given over KORE this term and, according to Ralph David, who has charge of the Emerald editorial broadcasts, these talks have proved so popu lar so far that they will be con tinued next term. “We will prob ably have a much more varied se lection of topics than was possi ble this term,” he says, “and we still hope to be able to present evening programs later on in the spring.” Most of the talks this term have been presented in the afternoon during the regular Em erald editorial broadcasts, but Da vid hopes that enough interest has been aroused among the people of the state to make half-hour pro grams in the evenings possible. All News To Be Discussed In this afternoon’s talk, Dean Allen will attempt to show what the people of Lane county like to read in the newspaper. He will discuss all aspects of the news field, including crime, local and farm news, advertising, and all other things which are brought to the attention of the public by the newspapers. Last spring Dean Al len’s senior class in journalism made a survey of the average reader’s news interests. About 500 people were interviewed, and the results of their ideas form the sta tistics on which Dean Allen will base his address. Chet Knowlton Named Head of Juniors’ Event Week-End Dates Scheduled For May 8, 9, and 10 By Officials Assistants Will Be Chosen By Chairman Early Next Week The 1931 Junior Week-end will be in the hands of Chet Knowlton, junior in business administration, Art Fotwin u nao uimwuuwu yesterday by Art Potwin, class president. The biggest single un dertaking on the University calen dar, Junior Week end, will be held May 8, 9, and 10, Friday to Sun day. Knowlton has served on a num ber of student V.UU1II1II.LCCS uunug ms inree years on the campus, and is perhaps as familiar as any member of the junior class with its activities. He was a member of the Dads’ day directorate, was chairman of the Homecoming dance, and last year was on the Soph Informal commit tee, as well as on lesser class groups. Confidence Expressed "The class of ’32 Is now ready for the greatest undertaking in its history—the annual Junior Week end. This event demands the best efforts the class can put forth, and most of all it requires an able leader. Chet Knowlton, in my opin ion, is the man who can success fully handle our Junior Week-end,” Potwin said in making the appoint ment. In his message to members of the junior class, Knowlton asks the cooperation of its members. "It Is impossible for a small group of persons to conduct the event as it should be, and I am quite confident that the directorate will have the cooperation that it needs to make this a banner year for Junior Week-end,” he remarked. Six Events Listed The completed list of officials will be announced early next week, the general chairman said. The directorate will include chairmen for the following events: the jun ior prom, to be held Saturday night; the canoe fete, Friday night; the water carnival, Satur day morning; campus luncheon, Saturday noon; campus day Sat urday afternoon, and Mother’s day, Sunday. Warren Cress Reaches Final Round of Tourney Warren Cress will oppose Fred Deuel in the finals of the all-cam pus handball singles tourney by virtue of upset victories over Har vey Benson and Jack Rhine. Meeting Benson in the quarter finals, Cress dropped the first set 19-21 to the intramural champ but rallied to take the next two 21-9, 21-9. Cress opposed his doubles teammate, Jack Rhine, in the semi finals and eked out a 21-19 decis ion in the deciding set. Wart War Rages on as Dunn Says Ripley Still in Error By JACK BAUER Was It a wart or a dimple? Was it Cicero, the man who made high school Latin unbearable, or his grandfather? And, while we’re at it, who was his grandfather, any way? The battle of the wart goes on! Ripley, creator of the daily cartoon of oddities, “Believe It or Not,” a month ago featured a statement that Cicero, “the Roman orator and master of Latin prose," de rived his name from a wart on the end of his nose. Frederic S. Dunn, head of the Latin department of the Univer sity, took exception to Bob Rip ley’s statement, and gave the Em erald in its issue of February 13, a full refutation of Ripley’s claim. Now comes a letter from Mr. Ripley which, he says, proves his point. It is his boast that he can verify every statement he makes in his column of the unusual in life. However, according to Profes sor Dunn, who is an authority on Latin history, as well as a profes sor of that language, the proof of fered by the erudite cartoonist falls short of making its point. Ripley still stands refuted. Ripley’s letter to Professor Dunn is scholarly. It is humorous. But the difficulty is that he does not stick to the facts. His cartoon told of a “famous Roman orator and Statesman,” a master of Roman prose. But his letter, copiously quoting the historical Plutarch, in Latin, refers to Cicero’s grand father! And further, even Cicero’s grand father had no wart! Let there be no doubt about it. He had no wart! To quote Professor Dunn, inter viewed yesterday: “It was not a wart at all,—no (Continued on Page Three)A