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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1931)
VOL ’ XXXII , NUMBER 98 LARGE SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS ASKED Survey Outlines Athletic Control Reorganization I Professorial Basis For All Coaches Urged Intramural Athletics To Receive Support Sports Supervision Should Go Under P. E. School, Says Report Complete reorganization of the present plan of management of in tercollegiate athletics is proposed in the bureau of education survey. Intramural athletics is being ser iously retarded in favor of inter collegiate sports, and intramural funds and facilities are deficient, the report states. In order to correct the prevail ing conditions and to place physi cal education upon a simple but sound foundation it is recommend ed: Boards of Control Banned “1. That the present boards of control composed of students, alumni, and faculty members be abolished. “2. That control of intercolleg iate athletics be incorporated in the schools of physical education and be administered upon the same basis as are the academic major divisions. “3. That all coaches be employed in the same manner as other staff members and receive no larger compensation than is provided in the regular salary schedules of the faculty. Games Receipts Affected “4. That all receipts from inter collegiate games be handled through the same channels as oth er departmental earnings and be budgeted by the administrations, and that budgeting be approved by the board as is the case of other institutional funds. ‘‘5. That the policy of support ing intramural athletics by means of institutional and state funds be adopted and that the proposal to finance intramural sports from in tercollegiate receipts be rejected. “6. That emphasis be placed up on intramural sports with the def inite objective of securing partici pation by all students, both men and women.” ROTC Will Be Visited By Lieutenant Pillow Lieutenant Colonel Jerome G. Pillow, cavalry D. O. L., R. O. T. C. officer of the ninth corps area, who for the last month has been on a r trip of inspection of the entire area will be at the University April 22 to make an administra tive inspection of the local R. O. T. C., according to Lieutenant G. S. Prouty, local officer. Lieuten ant Pillow’s headquarters are at San Francisco, California. A training inspection will also be made about May 1 by Major James H. Tierney, infantry D. O. L. officer in charge of all the or ganized reserves in this district with headquarters at Eugene, Lieu tenant Prouty said. Oregon May Lose High School Meets QREGON HILL LOSE: (1) '“^annual high school confer ence; (2) state high school re lays; (3) high school drama tournament. The practice of holding invita tion conferences and meets of high school students at the sev eral institutions will be discon tinued if the federal survey of higher education meets with the approval of the state board. The commission characterizes such high school meetings as high pressure recruiting of students. Oregon Schools Have Students of Poor Preparation Higli-Pressure Recruiting Lowers Standards, Says Survey Oregon insitutions are receiving large numbers of students of poor preparation and low college abil ity. That charge is made in the final chapter of the survey of Ore gon schools of higher learning made by a federal commission. High-pressure recruiting has tend ed to increase numbers and lower standards. “Of those who entered the Uni versity in 1925 only 19.1 per cent were graduated by the end of the fourth year. Of those who entered the state college in the same year only ?2 per cent were graduated in four years. “The losses are extraordinarily high as compared with those of similar institutions throughout the United States. “Part of the low percentage in Oregon is due to the poor prepara tion and low abilities of Oregon students enrolled under conditions of high pressure recruiting, in part to the poor preparation and abili ties of out-of-state students ad mitted.” The commission made recom mendations for raising standards of admission. Honorary To Entertain Philomelete Initiates At an informal dance to be held Friday, April 10, Phi Theta Upsi lon will entertain the new initiates of Philomelete. Dorothy Hallin is chairman of the dance and work ing with her are: Lilly Strom, dec orations; Alice Redetzke, patrons; Dorothy Eads, and Helen Evans, dates; Mildred Dobbins, publicity, and Janet Osborne, refreshments. Presidents of the various groups of Philomelete who are in charge of calling the members are: Doro thy Esch, drama; Dorothy Dupois, Woman and Her Sphere; Kathryn Orme, music; Edna Prescott, art and crafts; Thelma Brown, nature; Pauline Schuele, prose and poetry; Margaret Hunt, International play; Hazel Crow, charm school, l group; Dorothy Lee MacMillan, | and Harriet Holbrook, mythology. It has not been decided yet where the dance will be held. Whole Educational System Revision Declared Needed Four junior college systems in | the state and two upper-division : schools would be organized under i the plan outlined by the federal r commi,'',ion surveying higher edu cation in Oregon, in the report made public this morning. Teach ing certification is also changed radically. At La Grande and Ashland nor mal schools, at the University, and at Oregon State college, junior colleges with practically the same curricula will be formed. At Eu gene and at Corvallis upper-divi sion work will be given in addition to the lower-division subjects. At Monmouth normal, elementary teaching and junior high work in conjunction with O. S. C. will be taught. At Oregon State college will be centered the advanced study of the physical sciences, engineering, ge ology, mathematics, and like sub jects; at the University, social sci ences, music, foreign languages and so forth, will be given. For teachers a more definite re lation between subjects taught in the high schools would be required under the proposed plan. The combination at Oregon of lan guages, social sciences, and so forth, will necessarily lead to a corresponding combination of sub jects which the high school teacher may be qualified to teach. The same relation of norms for teach ers will hold at Corvallis. Too many teachers are being trained, the report states, and the quality is low. Life certification of teachers would be abolished or restricted. More exact require ments for renewal of certificates would be asked, and qualifications for initial certification raised. Emphasis on administrative po sitions in education should be given at the University, it is be lieved. r-l What The Schools May Get Major Schools and Departments U of O. O. S. C. 1. JUNIOR COLLEGE (Lower Division) . x x 11. SCHOOLS Agriculture . x Applied Social Science . x ♦Architecture and Allied Arts . x * Business Administration—Commerce . x Education: Elementary Teachers . ♦Junior High School . x* Agriculture, Home Ec., Manual Arts . x Commerce . x Natural Science . x x Literature and Language . x Social Science . x School Administration . x Engineering . x Forestry . x ♦Graduate School . x* x* ♦Health and Physical Education . x x Home Economics . x Journalism . x ♦Agricultural Journalism . x x Law . x Medicine . x School of Mines. x Music . x Pharmacy . x III. DEPARTMENTS Animal Biology (Zoology) . x Bacteriology . x Botany (Plant Biology) . x Chemistry . x Chemical Engineering . x Economics . x English Language and Literature . x Entomology . x Geology . x German . x Greek . x History ..v x Latin . x Library Training and Practice . x Mathematics ... Mechanics and Astronomy . Military Science . Philosophy ..... Physics .....:...: Political Science . Psychology . Public Speaking and Dramatics . Romance Languages . Sociology . ♦These schools and departments are to provide joint curricula partly at the University and partly at the college, or at the college' and at the Monmouth Normal. NOTE: Household Arts—a service department—apparently unaf fected in status, and remains on service basis at University. Ann Baum Is Only Nominee for New A.W.S. President Nominations Close as No Names Are Added In Meeting No names were added to those presented by the nominating com mittee of the Associated Women Students for officers for the year 1931-32 at the mass meeting of that organization yesterday. ; The election of Ann Baum as president was assured when no fur ther nominations were made for ' that office. Her name was the only ! one proposed by the committee, and none were made from the floor at yesterday’s meeting. Other nominees are: Virginia \ Grone, Dorothy Eads; secretary, j Maryellen Bradford, Ellen Sersan- ! ous; treasurer, Adele Wedemeyer, Lucille Kraus; sergeant-at-arms, Nancy Suomela, Dorothy Hughes; reporter, Madeleine Gilbert, Betty Davis. Annual reports of officers, com mittee chairmen, and presidents of organizations which are represent ed on the executive council were read at the meeting preceding the nominations. Margaret Cummings, president; Jane Cullers, vice-presi dent; and Helen Chaney, treasurer, gave reports of their activities in office. Committee chairmen who presented reports were: Peters (Continued on Page Two) i Improvements Mark Campus Dance Floor With the Cocoanut Grove back in the old form of the Campa Shoppe of the Kollege Knight days, 1 new decorations, a freshly sanded | floor, and the Ten Commanders, Henry Sims, manager of the night ! club, has scheduled the gala open ing for tonight. A new orchestra pit has been I constructed in the north end of i the building since nine holes of the golf course have been removed. ! The Ten Commanders, new cam pus orchestra, has been engaged j for Friday and Saturday nights to j gether with many different fea I tures, says Mr. Sims, New Required Course Added for Student-T eachers ‘Supervised Teaching’ Is Essential, Says Dean Sheldon All university or college students now in training who plan to teach next year in high schools who have not yet taken a three-hour course in supervised teaching must apply for their certificates from the state department of education prior to September 1, when a new ruling requiring this work goes into ef fect, it is announced here by Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of education. To Raise Standard The ruling of the state depart ment is aimed to raise the stand ard of teaching in high schools, but it is not the intention to dis criminate against students who will graduate this year. These stu dents must have fulfilled other re quirements, however, and must make application for their certifi cates before September 1, it is pointed out. Last year a ruling requiring three hour courses in secondary education, educational psychology and principles of teaching went in to effect, and a previous announce ment was made that students with out this work must apply before September 1, 1930. Some students neglected to make application be fore this date and as a result were (Continued on Page Three) Students To Caper at McDonald This Evening Students at the University of Oregon will have their own night at the McDonald theatre every Fri day evening with the first per formance scheduled tonight be tween the first and second shows, according to an announcement by Russell Brown, manager. Featuring on the stage will be the new campus orchestra, the Ten Commanders. Mac Miller and Art Potwin, in charge of the programs, promise to keep the crowd going with their tricks of the master of ceremony trade. Education Survey Proves Big Task T^XACTLY (512 mimeographed pages were necessary to con tain the report of the commis sion surveying higher education in Oregon. At 80 minutes per mimeograph (University secre tary's estimate), it would take exactly 38*4 stenographers one eight-hour working day to get the report out. If the report had been typed instead of mimeographed, 87 typewriter ribbons would be used once each to write out the (512,000 words. Single School Hint Given; Dual Plan Now Used Scored Classes, Professors May Commute Between U. O. And State College Formation of one great school is hinted for the University of Ore gon and Oregon State college in the recommendations of the higher education survey released this morning. The recommendations provide that there shall be easy transfer of credits between the two schools, that professors shall in some instances teach subjects on both campuses, and that a sys tem of transportation be provided for students to commute between Corvallis and Eugene. Inconvenience Slight “Study of the facts,” the report says, “convinced the commission that the inconvenience caused to a few students would be slight; that the desire of instructors to conduct upper division and research work in areas which are confined to the lower-division level in their insti tutions may be met by exchange of services between the institutions and by development of cooperative research arid graduate programs. “The state may well insist that continued failure to maintain such coordination that may arise , by reason of the present dual admin istration of the two institutions should result in the establishment of a single administration for the two campuses.” , Lower Work Same Until such time as the single ad ministration program might be ef fected, the recommendations pro vide that lower division courses shall be practically identical on both campuses. In graduate and upper-division courses the schools will specialize at Eugene or at Cor vallis. Editors To Hold Meetings This Month Three district meetings of the Oregon State Editorial association will be held this month, it was an nounced by Arne G. Rae, field manager. A review of the mem bers’ newspapers will be a feature of the first meeting at the McMinn ville chamber of commerce on Sat urday, April 11. At this meeting George S. Turn bull, professor of journalism, will comment upon and constructively criticize the news and editorial contents of the newspapers sub mitted to the “reviewers” by this district's publishers. Robert C. Hall, superintendent of the Univer sity Press, will comment in a sim ilar way upon the typography and mechanical phases of the newspa pers. “The presence of Professors Turnbull and Hall, both authori ties in their work, will provide an excellent opportunity for publish ers attending the meeting to ob tain constructive and valuable ad vice about their newspapers," Pro fessor Rae said. The newspapers to be reviewed will be those issued during the week of March 30 to April 4. This meeting is for the publishers of the district including Polk, Wash ington, Yamhill, and northern Lin | coin counties. The second meeting is scheduled for April 18 at La Grande for pub ! lishers in Union, Wallowa, and I Umatilla counties. The last one this month is to be at Baker, April i 25, for the newspaper men in the I district of Grant, Baker, Malheur, 1 and Harney counties. Vodvil Heads Make Complete Show Report Skit Casting Will Begin First of Week Girls’ Chorus Rehearsing; Musie To Be Ready By Saturday At a meeting of the Junior Vod vil directorate last night complete reports from all committee heads were received and discussed. Barney Miller and McGowan Miller, who are jointly in charge of skits and manuscript, an nounced that they have completed most of the manuscript and that it would be ready to hand in to Mrs. Ottillie Seybolt, faculty ad viser of manuscript writers, for approval today. Casts To Be Chosen The two Millers stated that casting of the skits and plays would begin the first of next week, and that for the remainder of this week they would receive further ideas and acts as was pre viously announced. The girls’ dancing chorus, under the direction of Marion Camp, held its third rehearsal in the back room of the College Side last night. The girls wgnt through a series of 12 steps almost without mistake to gain the approval of the entire directorate. At the be ginning of next week they will be gin practice on a series of intri cate figures which have been de vised by Miss Camp. Staging Delayed Work on costuming, lighting and stage properties has been de layed until all acts, skits, and plays are finished in order that that work may progress smoothly without danger of having to in dulge in any costly last-minute changes, Kelsey Slocum, assistant | chairman of the directorate, re ported. Marvin Jane Hawkins, in charge of music for the production, re ported that music for the chorus will be complete by Saturday of this week. Talent Discussed A list of all talent which is be ing considered for use in vodvil was presented during the meeting and other available talent was dis cussed by the directorate. Complete plans for practices, re hearsals, costuming, lighting, and the making of properties are being drawn up, according to “Slug” Palmer, chairman-director of the vodvil, and will be in working or der by the end of the week. Club Leadership Training Course Given Teachers School of Education Offers Two-Hour Seminar Each Week To train future high school prin cipals and teachers in dealing with young people’s organizations a course in club leadership is being offered this term under the direc tion of the school of education. This is the second year that a cpurse of this kind has been given with Professor Harold S. Tuttle in charge. Five Groups Discussed The class, which is a two-hour seminar meeting every Wednesday, deals with five different move ments for boys and girls, the Hi-Y, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Girl Re serves, and Campfire Girls. Rep resentatives from each of these groups are scheduled to speak dur ing the term. Faculty To Talk Activities common to all organ izations are to be presented by members of the University faculty. E. R. Knollin, instructor in physi cal education, spoke before the class yesterday on first aid. Next week Professor Tuttle will discuss the significance of ritual. Other faculty members who are to appear on the term schedule are Miss Florence D. Alden, whose phase is group games, Miss Lilian Tingle, camp cooking, and Prof. Albert R. Sweetser, nature lore. ] Great College of Arts Planned For Eugene In Education Survey O.S.C. Favored For Sciences; Commerce Suggested Here \ GREAT school of science at Corvallis and a great college of arts at Eugene. These are two of the major recommendations of the federal survey of higher education in Oregon, planned to unify the work and administration of the five schools of higher education in Oregon. The report was released at 10 o’clock this morning. -J, New Library for University Asked By Federal Men Rebuilding of Entire Plant Suggested in Survey; Inefficiency Cited A new $500,000 library for the University, a biological science building, and a future chemistry building for the state college are called for in the federal survey of Oregon schools. The first unit of the University library should cost approximately $350,000, the report says. “Practically the entire plant of the University should be rebuilt by replacing obsolete and flimsy structures by fire-proof, well-de signed buildings,” reads the opin ion of the survey commission. “The University does not show a very efficient use of the plant as a whole or of any single building. This is largely due to unwise plan ning which has resulted in the mul tiplication of small units and the building of extravagantly cheap structures. It is in part due to the wide variety of subjects offered on the upper division level and in part to the type of class scheduling that seeks to concentrate classes in the morning hours.” Phi Beta To Present Program on April 23 Phi Beta, woman's national pro fessional music and dramatic fra ternity, will present a program of music and drama on Thursday eve ning, April 23, in the auditorium of the Music building. The program is being given for the Phi Beta scholarship awarded each year. “The Stolen Prince," a play by Dan Tathero, will be presented by members of the drama group. Those participating are Dorothy Esch, Eleanor Lewis, Louise Web ber, Lucille Kraus, Norma Jacobs, Helen Meilke, Marian Camp, Jean Williams, and Louise Marvin. The music program will consist of numbers by the Phi Beta string quartet composed of Jean Aiken, Estelle Johnson, Roma Gross, and Mabel McKinney; piano selections by Helene Robinson, Dorothy Lin deman, and Frances Powell: violin numbers by Frances Brachman, and songs by Pauline Brigham and Estelle Johnson. Winifred Tyson will play the organ. Admission will be 25 cents. Six Recommendations Made A summary of the fundamental recommendations of the survey is as follows: “1. The training of teachers for the elementary schools should be done at the three normal schools “2. Unspecialized freshmen and sophomore work, referred to- as rlower division work, in all the arts and sciences should be available upon essentially identical terms at Eugene and Corvallis. It is the purpose of lower division work to provide the board general educa tion needed by men and women without respect to the careers that they will follow and to provide service courses needed in the many professional curricula. O. S. C. Science Center “3. A great school of science should be developed at Corval lis bused upon lower division work that may be pursued at either the University or the state college. This school of sci ence should provide curricula leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in the various sciences Including botany, zool ogy. geology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, mathematics, and statistics. “4. A great school of arts, lit erature, and social sciences should be developed at Eugene, based up on lower division courses that may be pursued at either the state col lege or the University. This school of arts, literatures, and social sci ences should provide curricula leading to graduate and undergrad uate degrees in the arts, English language and literature, foreign languages and literatures, speech, history, economics, political sci ence, sociology, and psychology. B. A. Here May Gain ‘‘5. The professional schools based essentially upon the natural sciences should be located at Cor vallis. These include engineering, (Continued on Page Three) Lois Nelson Will Edit Honorary Publication Lois Nelson, jun>or in journal ism, was named editor of The Handshake, publication of Theta Sigma Phi, national women’s jour nalism honorary, it was announced yesterday by Dorothy Kirk, presi dent of the honorary. Miss Nelson has done outstanding work in the past as a reporter on the Emer ald. The Handshake consists mainly of material gathered from letters from Theta Sigma Phi alumni of the local chapter in all parts of the United States and in foreign coun tries. The next issue will be sent out some time this term. Three Schools Open Drama Tournament; Plays Pleasing By ISABELLE (ivOWELL The first program of one-act plays in the annual high school drama tournament was performed last night in a crowded Guild the atre. Cottage Grove presented the old favorite by Booth Tarkington, “The Trysting Place.” The second play on the program was "Some body,” by Richard L. Melville, pre sented by Corvallis high school. The University high school entered “Jazz and Minuet,” by Ruth Gior loff. There will be two more pro grams in this contest. The plays to be presented tonight will be "Two Crooks and a Lady,” entered by Gardiner high school; Eugene j O'Neill’s “He,” to be given by the | Milwaukie Union high school, and! “Judge Lynch,” presented by Eu gene high school. The interest of the first play on , last night’s program, “The Tryst ing Place," centers about the amusing plot complications. It tells what secrets can be exposed when three men are hidden under or behind' various articles of furni ture, and other members of the family choose to discuss their pri vate affairs in the same place. The story is of a young boy very much bossed by a sister and a mother. He feels that he is a grown-up man capable of marry ing an attractive widow against any opposition, especially when he learns that his mother and sister are both carrying on secret af fairs. However, he is entirely dis illusioned when he finds that the widow is already engaged to someone else. With the exception of perhaps a little slowness of tempo, the play was nicely given by a cast con sisting of John Clark, Frances Randall, Jerrine Burrows, Louise Wynne, Delbert Safley, Howard (Continued on Page Three)
