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Versatility Shown A great amount of versatility was shown by competing campus organizations in the Emerald KORE broadcasts. Unfortunately only five prizes were awarded. The Weather Fair; rising temperature. Maximum . 57 Minimum . 79 Precipitation .40 VOLUME XXXII UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. MARCH 10, 1931 NUMBER 93 Directors For Annual Junior Event Chosen Junior Week-End Activities Are Scheduled for May 8, 9, 10 Bob O’Mel veny Chosen as Assistant Chairman Of Directorate The directorate for the 1930 Junior Week-end, with the excep tion of one position, was announced last night by Chet Knowlton, general chairman. Active work on the preparation I for the campus \ year’s outstand ; ing event, sched : uled for May 8, :9, and 10, is ex pected to get un i der way this [ week. The first meeting of the Chet Knowlton directorate was held last night, and definite work ing policies were laid down by the chairman. Bob O’Melveny was named as assistant general chairman; and Alexis Lyle will serve as secretary for the committee. This year’s canoe fete will be in the hands of Walt Evans. The canoe fete, in which the living or ganizations of the campus will en ter decorated floats, will be held Friday evening, the opening night of the week-end. Mothers’ Program Arranged Helen Chaney will arrange the Mothers’ day program, which comes on Sunday, May 10. She will have charge of the visiting moth ers. The chairman of the junior prom, colorful formal, has not yet been definitely selected, and will not be announced till next term. Campus day, which will include a number of events, such as the flivver race, and the tennis court dance, will be under the chairman ship of Bill Barendrick; and Car olyn Haberlach will take over the duties of feeding the large crowd of students and visiting parents at the campus luncheon. The water carnival, which includes a program of swimming and canoeing events, will be in the hands of Jack Roll wage. Joe Hughes will supervise the financial matters of the director ate. A new position this year, that of advertising manager, will be held by Larry Jackson, and the job of keeping the campus posted on the formation of plans for the directorate has been assigned to Merlin Blais. Turnbull Faculty Adviser George Turnbull, professor of journalism, was selected as faculty adviser for the group. He is also ^adviser for the junior class, and was last year faculty adviser for Junior Week-end. “The directorate will have as its sole aim the providing of enter tainment and enjoyment for stu dents and visiting parents,’’ Knowl ton said. “We are planning a number of innovations in this year’s Junior Week-end program, and we want to make it the best junior event ever scheduled.” Announcement of the commit tees to work under the chairmen (Continued on Page Four) Quake Predicted by Dr. Hodge Deals Death Through Balkans Omari Theo y Explains Cycle of Temblors, Says Scientist When a disastrous earthquake shook the Balkans yesterday, kill ing between 80 and 150, and in juring, about 500, the Omari theory, explained by Dr. Edwin T. Hodge, professor of geology, was borne out as being correct. Ac cording to the theory, whenever an earthquake happens in one place on the earth, another one will take place a short time later at a spot almost exactly opposite on the other side of the globe. “Nothing in science is simple,” said Doctor Hodge yesterday, “and other factors probably enter be sides the Omari rule. Neverthe less this theory probably had a good deal to do with the quake.” When an earthquake happened in Albania about a month ago, Doctor Hodge first explained the rule, saying that the unrelieved stress at the earthquake of New Zealand, which had taken place a few days before, had found its way about the world to Albania— exactly opposite New Zealand on the globe! Then, Doctor Hodge said, the cycle would continue, and the tension would swing around the earth and strike back at New Zealand or some place near there. True to his prediction, another quake did take place at New Zea land, though not as disastrous as the first. The earthquake fol lowed its cycle once more, and this time took form in the Balkans. The tension had been sufficiently relieved at Albania, so the quake appeared at the nearest point of tension. If the Omari rule is a correct one, we can now expect still another earthquake in the vi cinity of New Zealand. “The Balkans are as famous for their earthquakes as for their wars,’’ Doctor Hodge continued. “It is a place where mountains are (Continued on Page Three) Five Suspended From University For Misconduct Three Others Reprimanded In Lesser Manner; Charges Vary As a result of misconduct, eight University students were yester day brought up before the student advisory-committee for judgment of their cases. Following is a let ter from Karl W. Onthank, chair man of the committee, telling of the action taken: March 9, 1931. For the Emerald: In a series of cases involving eight University students, seven of them from California, which the student advisory committee heard this afternoon the following action was taken: Three men and two women were indefinitely suspended from the University for participating in or being present at a drinking party. A student had his permit to live outside his organization revoked (Continued on Page Four) West Better Off Than East, Says LeRoy Birkliolder LeRoy Birkholder, traveling sec retary of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, was a visitor at the local chapter over the week-end. He came from Berkeley and will leave for Corvallis today. "You don’t know what business depression means out West here,” Birkholder said in discussing con ditions in other parts of the coun try. “The eastern part of the country is more an industrial so ciety than on the Pacific coast, and has felt the effects of the slump much more keenly. “The number of men being initi ated into eastern chapters of na tional fraternities has fallen off sharply this year. School registra tions have dropped only slightly, but many students are so hard pressed for money that they can not meet the initiation fees.” Birkholder graduated from Pennsylvania State college last June. He has been visiting chap ters of Sigma Phi Epsilon west of the Mississippi river since last No vember. From The President’s Pen Study Instructor To Learn What He Expects in Way of Recitations and Examinations, Dr. Hall Urges. One of the opportunities quite frequently missed by students is ^that afforded them of studying their instructors. Few things are so fascinating to study and observe as human nature, and few things are so profitable as to study men who have achieved a certain suc cess in their chosen fields and to observe their qualities of strength and weakness. Thoughtful students learn early in their careers that if they wish to do well in a course and exam ination that they must study the instructor’s intellectual habits and his method of instruction in order to know just what he expects in the way of classroom recitations and final examinations. Certainly it is a mark of an efficient man to f learn quickly what is expected of him in a given task and to pre pare himself efficiently to do that task and do it well. I have heard students complain that they could have passed the examination if the professor had asked a different kind, but the truth is that all through life one is going to have to come in contact with individuals and do tasks that are assigned by others. Now is a good time to begin to study your taskmaster, try to understand and comprehend what is expected of you, and to begin preparing and practicing in acquiring the skill, information or technique neces sary to do your assignment in a splendid and masterful way. Such a habit acquired in college will be of tremendous value throughout life. Professors Visit Oregon for Art Schools Survey Boswirth and Jones, From Cornell and Minnesota Here for Few Days On a survey trip that is taking them to all of the leading schools qf architecture in the United State, Hunt, Boswirth, former dean of the school of fine arts at Cornell and now professor of de sign there, and Roy Childs Jones, professor of design at the Univer sity of Minnesota are spending a few days at the University of Ore gon. While here they will thor oughly inspect the school of archi tecture and include their findings j in a report to be made to the American Association of Colleg iate Schools of Architecture, un der whose auspices the survey is being made. Well Known Architects Both Mr. Boswirth and Mr. Jones are well known in the field I of architecture. Mr. Boswirth has been president of the association he is representing on this trip, and has long been prominently identi fied with its work. Mr. Jones for a number of years was secretary of the same organization. Mr. Boswirth also maintains offices in New York City, where his work as an architect has attracted atten tion. Banquet To Be Held Mr. Jones and Mr. Boswirth will be honor guests of the Allied Arts league of the school of architecture here Tuesday evening, when a ban quet will be held for Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally known architect who has brought an ex hibition of his work here. On Wed nesday the visiting professors will attend a meeting of the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects to be held at the University club. They will then continue their survey tour. Honorary Closes Rifle Competition ; Oregon Croup Scores 1797 In National Matches The Oregon chapter of Scabbard and Blade, national military hon orary, closed its week of competi tion in the national Scabbard and Blade rifle matches last Friday with a total of 1797 points. All chapters of the honorary may enter these matches, which are sponsored by the national chapter headquarters, but only members who shoot on the regular R. O. T. j C. rifle team may participate, j Heading the score list of those who | composed the Oregon team is Ca i rey Thomson with 376 points. Spencer Raynor follows closely | with 375 points. E. J. Pahl has a total of 367, D. H. Guild, 340; and Harold Kinzell, 339. Raynor and Kinzell both made a perfect score in the prone position. , Thomson made a near perfect, 99 points, in the sitting position and Pahl made a 99 sitting. National headquarters is offer ing a cup known as the Scabbard and Blade Rifle cup to the chapter winning this match. The chapter winning this cup two years in suc cession has permanent possession of it. The winner will be announc er early next term. Final Details Announced for Holiday Dance Six-Piece Band Engaged; Bids Will Be Issued Late This Week Annual Gel-Togellier Hop To Be at Laurelliurst Saturday, March 28 Music by “Killorn’s Kollegians" will feature the annual spring va cation get-together dance in Port land, Saturday, March 28, it was announced last night by Omar “Slug” Palmer, who is in charge of arrangements for the affair. A six-piece orchestra has been en gaged. It is the same one which played for the dance last year. The date has been set for the last Saturday of vacation, and the place, as before, will be the Lau relhurst club. Bids will be out on the campus before the end of the week, it is announced by Irma Logan, gen eral chairman. Invitations have been sent out by Marguerite Tarbell, chairman in charge of patrons and patron esses, to Governor and Mrs. Julius L. Meier, President and Mrs. Ar nold Bennett Hall, Mayor and Mrs. George L. Baker, Vice-president and Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Dr. and Mrs. George Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. O. Laurgaard, Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Shaw, and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Templeton. Plans are being made for special features, to be announced later in the week. Eddie Schweiker, who has been appointed by Miss Logan to han dle promotion, has definite plans under way for the circulation of bids within the next few days, both on the campus and in Port land. With the committee work ing under him, the round of the living organizations will be made early next week. Tickets, how ever, will be sold at the door. It will be an informal affair, and the get-together idea will be emphasized throughout, according to those in charge. The Portland dance is one of four which will be held during vacation, all under the sponsorship of the Associated Women Students. The others will be in Astoria, Klamath Falls, and Medford. All of the spring vaca tion dances are under the direction of Adele Wedemeyer, general chairman. Law Instructors Attend Services Memorial Rites for Judge Held in Portland Dean Charles E. Carpenter, Charles G. Howard, and Carlton E. Spencer, of the school of law, at tended memorial services in honor of the late Judge Robert S. Bean, of the United States district court, in Portland Saturday. The services were held at 10 a. m. in Judge John H. McNary’s court. A committee representing the bar association and bench of Ore gon had charge of the service, and a resolution prepared by members of the committee of arrangements was written in to the records of the court. Until the time of his death, Judge Bean was the last surviving member of the class of 1878, the first class to graduate from the University. He died suddenly at his home January 7, after having served the federal court for nearly 22 years and after nearly 49 years as judge of the circuit and supreme courts of Oregon and the federal court. Constantine’s Legend and Life Told by F. S. Dunn The life and legends concerning Constantine and also his mother, Saint Helena, were told by Prof. Fredric S. Dunn, chairman of the Latin department, at the monthly meeting of the Men’s Brotherhood of the Congregational church, last night. The lecture was illustrated with slides, showing portraits of Con stantine and also depicting scenes of his vision of the true cross in the sky, according to the legends. Canoe Fete Seats Will Be Replaced JJLEACHERS along the south side of the mill-moe adjoin ing the Anchorage that are used to seat hundreds of people at the annual canoe fete, one of the highlights of the Junior Week end festivities on the campus, will be torn out and replaced by new seats. The city council of Eugene, at its regular meeting last night, granted permission to the A. S. U. O., represented at the meet ing by Hugh E. Rosson, gradu ate manager, to make the im provement with the approval of the city engineer. During the recent regrading of 11th avenue east and Frank lin boulevard, the bleacher seats were thrown out of line and are in a bad state of repair, Rosson told the council. As the canoe fete seuts rest for the most part on city property, permission to rebuild them had to be obtained from the council. Combined Glee Clubs To Present Concert Sunday Last Program of Term To Feature Pre-Easter Musical Number One of the busiest terms from the musical point of view in the history of the University will be brought to a close next Sunday af ternoon, when the combined men’s and women's glee clubs will unite to present the ninth annual ver sion of “The Seven Last Words,” a sacred mass by Theodore Dubois. Evans Will Direct John Stark Evans, director of the glee clubs, first conducted what was then known as the Uni versity Vesper choir in giving “The Seven Last Words” in 1923, and since that time it has been a regu lar pre-Easter musical event for the campus and Eugene, and has become almost as firmly estab lished as an annual musical tradi tion, as the St. Cecilia Mass,” which is given every Christmas. These two concerts are tradi tionally free, and no admission will be charged to students or to the general public next Sunday after noon. The concert will begin at 4 o'clock. Personnel Listed The members of the glee clubs follow: Women: Helen Ashliman, Sara A.ddleman, Elizabeth Gilstrap, Har riett Roberts, Nancy Thielsen, Christine Baxter, Velma Powell, Esther Lofstedt, Margaret Steck le, MarAbel Braden, Ruby George, Dena Lieuallen, Frances Drake, Jean Beardsley, Jessie Steele, Al ice, Holmbeck, Edna Bird,. Mar cella Rawson, Margaret Sims. Katherine Laughridge, Lois Reedy, Elsie Williams, Mary Margaret Daly, Elaine Moore, Euphemia Laraway, Marjorie Marcus, Mar garet Hammerbacher, Eloise Beau mont, Nancy Taylor, Rose Simons, Juanita Kilborn, Elizabeth Kaser, Esther Kaser, Marguerite Spath, Phyllis Stokes, Vivien Vinson. Men: Herbert Doran, Thurston Shell, Adrian Burris, Harry Eide, Donald Eva, Charles Lane, Robert Tollefson, Jack Allard, Kenneth Allen, Lionel Lane, Kenneth Kien zle, Dean Beistel, Joe Gerot, Jon Conder, Wesley Stein metz, Melvin Hieber, Thomas John son, John McCulloch, George Har rington, George Bishop, Jack Bauer, James Rodda, Charles Aet zel, Harold King, Edward Fisher, Fred Calef, Rolla Reedy, Gifford Nash, James Gilbaugh, Ernest Swanton, Glenn Parker, Rolf Bod ding, Lauren Buel. Columbia Educator Uses Wayne Morse’s Survey The national survey of the ad ministr'ation of justice, conducted by Wayne L. Morse, associate pro fessor of law, in conjunction with the Social Science Research Coun cil of America, was recently quoted from extensively by Dr. Raymond C. Moley, professor of public law at Columbia university, in an arti cle entitled, “The Information Sys tem,” published in the February issue of the Michigan Law Review. Dr. Moley was on the campus at the early part of this term and gave a number of talks on the ad ministration of criminal justice and other legal topics. Phi Sigma Kappa Wins Grand Prize Again In Emerald-KORE Contest X Reality Basis For Century’s Architecture Frank Lloyd Wriglil Thrills Audience of 700 With Theme of Lecture Era Will Make Buildings What They Represent; Ornament To Go Carefully developing his theme of twentieth century architecture, a conception that is based on a deeper sense of reality than the world has ever known, Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally fa mous architect, thrilled an enthu siastic audience of more than 700 at the music auditorium Saturday evening. Mr. Wright'is regarded as a modernist, a term that has been much misused of late, but so sound are his ideas and so high his ideals that he gives a new meaning to the word itself. He is a modern ist, his audience noted, in the sense that he is not depending on traditions of the past, traditions, he pointed out, that have been so bartered and borrowed that they have little, if any, caste. He is a modernist because he senses with a firmness—and a delicacy at the same time—a new era in archi tecture that will make of buildings what they truly represent. In the new architecture exterior and interior will blend in such a way that the character of the oc cupant will be expressed. Mate rials will be stripped of sham and false ornament. Stone buildings will be stone, wood will be wood, and steel will be steel, and struc tures will not just be conglom erate masses, with exteriors mask ing what is within, or worse, one material substituting for another. Basing his theme on what he termed "a great integrity and four resources,” Mr. Wright developed his idea of the opportunity that lies before America in this great field. The “integrity” is the deeper sense of reality, while the four resources are glass as a building material, the combination of the post and beam with strands of steel forming a new standard of (Continued on Page Three) M. Atwood Elected Wesley President Owen Geer Speaks to Club On Social Idealism Margaret Atwood, junior in edu cation, was elected president of the Wesley club, organization of Methodist University students, at the regular meeting of the group Sunday evening at 6:30. Other of ficers elected were Donald Saun ders, vice-president; Jeanette Smith, secretary; Howard Lee, treasurer; Lois Reedy, financial chairman; Thelma Shuey, and Lloyd Brown, social chairmen. This group will meet at the be ginning of spring term to select a committee chairman, who, with the elective officers will make up the Wesley council for the coming year. ' Owen Geer, of Chicago, who is in charge of the young people’s de partment of the Methodist Episco pal church, addressed the Wesley group following the election on the topic, “How can we practice social idealism on the campus?” Mr. Geer stated that modern so ciety failed in four major princi ples: lack of respect for personal ity, unequal distribution of wealth, training of leaders not adequate for their situations, and reeogniz ! ing that the problems around us j are the major issues of the day. Mr. Geer also led an informal i discussion at the fireside hour of | the club at 8:30 at the home of Dr. j Roy Leslie Smith, pastor of the I First Methodist church. Final Broadcast Highlights Judges in the contest held some thing of an endurance contest Sun day night. Seated in a very poor ly ventilated room in the back por tion of the KORE studios, weigh ing carefully the merits of the five final programs. Food arrived at 6:30 to save the wearying judges. Menu: five Denver sandwiches, five coffees, a glass of milk. * * * Harold Ayers, winner of the Paul D. Green cup for the best in dividual performance among the strong sex, may owe his success to playing in his shirt sleeves. (Continued on Page Two) ‘Siegfried’ Will Be Next Presentation Of Faculty Club UFA Film Is Considered One of Very Finest By Critics "Siegfried,” one of the most re markable films ever produced in Germany, is scheduled for the next presentation by the faculty club of the University, and will be shown Thursday at 2 and 4, it is an nounced. The film, a UFA production, is considered by German critics one of the finest pieces of artistic pho tography in the history of the cin ema. Based on Epic The story is based on the great German epic, “The Lay of the Nibelungs,” from which Wagner drew his operas in the Ring series. One of these, “Die Walkuere,” is coming to Portland Friday. The distinctive feature of the picture, “Siegfried,” is the superb scenic sets, which are often held static by the projector, while the highly dra matic action goes on in front of these magnificent fixed sets. The Brunhilde is an actress of temper ament, with amazing physical strength, yet she is no Amazon, but radiates her profound tragic emotions around her, until one for gets everything in the scene, and follows her as she externalizes her jealous, frozen rage. Picture Is Unique This is one of those unique pic tures which will satisfy alike the most critical and the regular movie patron, though perhaps for differ ent reasons, but what does that matter? The music synchronized with the picture is Wagnerian, and it really sounds better than the ac tual operatic music of the talkies. For those who plan to see Wag ner’s opera on Friday, it is rec ommended that they see this pic ture by all means. For those who are unable to get away to Portland for the opera, this picture will be the nearest thing to it. Sigma Pi Tau, Yeomen, ABC Next in Line McMorran and Washbume Majestic Set Goes To Winners Lamp, Chair, Theatre Party And Cups Are Other Awards to Finalists By DAVE EYRE What Phi Sigma Kappa will do with two Majestic radios in their living rooms is a problem. Never theless, this is the problem that Phi Sigma Kappa will have to solve, for the judges of the Em erald - KORE radio contest an nounced last night that this fra ternity is the winner of the grand prize for the second consecutive year. The Phi Sigs won a Ma jestic radio last year as first prize and will again receive one this year, both presented by McMorran & Washburne. Sigma Pi Tau will receive the $50 lamp given by White-Marlatt company as Second prize, and the Oregon Yeomen, rated as third, and Alpha Beta Chi, given fourth place, will be guests of the Fox McDonald theatre this week at any current attraction that they may choose to see. Delta Gamma was declared winner of the best oppo site prize to the grand award, a large overstuffed Birchfield-Cogs well chair offered by the Powers Furniture company. Miss Addleman Wins To Sally Addleman will go the Densmore-Leonard cup for the best work in the women's division of the contest, and Harold Ayers will receive the Paul D. Green trophy for h i s superior performance among the men. Miss Addleman was instrumental in Delta Gam ma’s reaching the finals. She not only announced their program in splendid manner but also did out standing singing. “Song of the Nile” and "The River Shannon” were her two numbers. Ayers was the pianist who offered “Waltz of the Flowers” on the Phi Sig pro gram. Judges in the contest were W. F. G. Thacher, professor of adver tising and English; William Tug man, managing editor of the Eu gene Register - Guard; Dorothy Cordon, manager of the music de partment of Chet Hemenway’s ra dio store; Frank Hill, manager of radio station KORE, and Vinton Hall, editor of the Emerald. All of the judges highly complimented the winning organizations on the quality of their broadcasts. Musician’s Dream Featured The victorious program took the form of “A Musician’s Dream.” (Continued on Page Two) Frank Lloyd Wright Believes Skyscrapers Are Unnecessary “The sky is the only limit to the height of the modern business building. But why go that high?’’ Frank Lloyd Wright, modernist j in architecture, author and lec turer, was talking. "By the way, that’s a ^ iry in teresting building you have on your campus—the new one.” "Do you mean our new memorial art museum ?” the Emerald re porter suggested. "We call it the ‘Tomb.’ ” "It’s a very creditable piece of work. Artificial lighting and ven tilation represent a powerful move ment in modern architecture, and your building is a very fine ex ample of that trend. “But, getting back to sky scrapers—today the city is mov ing out into the country. The forces which caused the rise of skyscrapers in our metropolitan centers—indeed, the forces which caused the growth of our cities themselves—are fast disappearing. Why should a man's office be built a quarter of a mile from the ground?” Wright explained his meaning. "There is no longer any impera tive need for the central location of business facilities. The mobil ity of business, the ease of trans portation and communication will soon make centralization unneces sary in the housing of business. "Glass is the cheapest building material we have today. Why shouldn't our buildings be made of glass, if we can support the struc ture by steel fabrication? In my office buildings, factories, apart ment houses, and homes, windows can be put in place or removed with little effort; walls of glass, movable walls, are here to stag.’*