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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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