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Directorate of 10 Get Positions On Homecoming John Penland Appoints Student Committee First Joint Celebration With O.S.C. Slated for Nov. 13, 14, 15 The first step in the preparation for the 1931 Homecoming week end celebration, November 13, 14, John Penland IA 11 u J. t/, TV LI taken last night when John Pen land, chairman of the event, an nounced the ap pointment of his directorate. This directo rate is made up of 10 students, each of whom will work under Penland in con uucung one pnase oi me many events of the week-end. They are: Assistant chairman — Wayne Emmott, Hillsboro. Secretary—Marguerite Tarbsll, Portland. Rally — Carson Mathews, Eu gene. Dances—Bob Holmes, Portland. Publicity—Barney Miller, Ash land. Decorations—Roger Bailey, Eu gene. Features—George Kotchik, Port land. Welcoming and accommodations •—Carolyn Haberlach, Tillamook. Campus luncheon—Alexis Lyle, Klamath Falls. Finances—Omar Palmer, Port land. Appointees Active All the members of the directo rate have distinguished themselves in college activities. Marguerite Tarbell has been ac tive in A. W. S. activities and has served on a number of class com mittees. She was a member" of the high school conference direc torate last year. Wayne Emmott has served on a number of student and class committees. Carson Mathews has headed the Univer sity rally committee for the past year. * Roger Bailey is business man ager of the Oregana. George Kotchik was a member of last year’s Junior Jinx committee. Omar Palmer is chairman of the A. S. U. O. finance committee. Alexis Lyle has been prominent in A. W. S. activities and headed the A. W. S. chrysanthemum sales last year. Bob Holmes was a member of the frosh bonfire com mittee and has served on numer ous class and student bo'dy com mittees since that time. Barney Miller has worked on the Emerald and has also been a member of several committees. Meet Tonight Definite plans will be discussed and settled at the directorate meeting which is to be held to night at 7 in 104 Journalism, Pen land announced. “It is imperative that every member be there promptly,” he said. He announced that the tentative program for the week-end will be revealed in Wednesday’s Emerald. « * I Committeemen on Upper-Class Hop Will Meet Tonight ; £jOMMITTEEMEN working on I A plans for the Junior-Senior dance, to be held at Cocoanut Grove Saturday night, October 31, will meet at the Phi Psi house at 7:30 tonight, Ferd Fletcher and Gordon Day, gen eral chairmen for the dance, said last night. Reports of progress will be made at the meeting, and the personnel of all committees an nounced. The social function, which will be the first annual upperclass dance, has been planned as a new campus tradi tion. Staff Plans Drive To Increase Rate Of Subscription Parents and Alumni To Be Main Obectives of Campaign In an attempt to create a wider field, the Emerald business staff has planned a subscription drive to go into action tomorrow. Un der the direction of Cliff Lord, cir culation manager, and Ed Cross, assistant circulation manager, the drive will be pointed at parents of students and alumni. Special subscription rates for both one-term and three-term pe riods will be offered, was the statement issued by Lord yester day, and special representatives have been appointed by the busi ness office to get in contact with the students, through whom the parents will be reached. As an added inducement, the living or ganization returning the most subscriptions, for either one or three terms’ duration, will receive an appropriate trophy as a perma nent gift. Soliciting representatives named by Lord are Chuck Clay and Bill Roberts, who will cover all men’s living organizations; Nancy Mack el and Harriet Campbell, who will cover women’s living groups; Eli nor Henry, in charge of independ ent women, and Junior Porter, who will contact independent men. “We receive letters from parents every day,” Lord said, “requesting copies of the Emerald. Through this drive we hope to put the Em erald in the homes of all parents and alumni so that they may keep in direct contact with doings on the campus.” Speakers for Education Club Meeting Announced The three principal speakers at the meeting of the Education club tonight will be Dean H. D. Sheldon of the school of education, B. H. Hewett and John Dewitt Davis, graduate students of the school of education. Dean Sheldon will talk on “Some Recent Educational Developments in California.” Mr. Hewett will give a discussion regarding the ex tension and type of the national participation in education, and Mr. Davis will give a resume of his doctor’s thesis, “Aspect of Person al Work in Higher Education.” The meeting will be held in room 3 of the Education building at 7:15 o’clock. Many Townspeople, Students Welcome Sunday Concerts L Last Sunday’s twilight organ re-; cital played by John Stark Evans, I University organist, was an in- ■ stantaneous success. If there were ’ any vacant seats, those who stood : in the hall and on the balcony stairs could not find them. The idea.conceived by 20 campus and townspeople was at once popu lar, and with Mr. Evans at the console of the music building pipe organ, the continued success of the twilight hour programs is vir tually assured. Similar recitals I will be given every Sunday at 5: o'clock throughout the year. i The Guilmant introduction and i allegro demanded dexterous pedal ling, and displayed alternate atten tive quiet passages and vigorous thematic developments in strict contrapuntal style. The melody of Valentini’3 ’'Min-' uet” was carried in many stops, with decorative figures interwov en. To Godard’s “Adagio Pathet ique,” Mr. Evans has given many beautiful effects. The theme is one of Godard's best, and Evans’ ar rangement has added the beauty of a full choir, fading away into an expression of spiritual sorrow. Powell Weaver’s “The Squirrel” was humorously descriptive of a familiar figure crossing 13th street to climb a maple in Dr. Hall’s front yard. The finale to Tchaikowski’s sixth symphony closed the pro gram. The second theme was rem iniscent of Franz Schubert. The work was quite unlike other fin ales, in that fireworks were miss ing. The sorrowful melody faded quietly away in the twilight, and the concert was finished. J Edison Paid Tribute by Dr. Hall, Science Heads Inventor Held Outstanding In W'orld Electrical, Chemical Research Thomas A. Edison, recognized | throughout the world as probably I the outstanding man of all time j in scientific research and inven tion, died early Sunday morning. Tribute to him was paid by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University; Dr. O. L. Stafford, head of the chemistry department, and Dr. W. P. Boynton, head of the department of physics, in statements to the Emerald Mon day. They follow: Dr. Hall "Thomas A. Edison stood out during his lifetime as the greatest research worker of his generation, and one of the greatest of all time. Like the true scholar, he was never satisfied with results, even when they seemed to be most practical, and he was ever seeking further. He cared little for himself, or his own pleasures, seeing in service to mankind his greatest joy. “The world has gained much from this man, who, starting life humbly, handicapped by physical infirmities, rose to a place of high est respect and acclaim. Perhaps + his greatest contribution will come to be the inspiration with which he endowed others. ‘‘Thomas Edison was a great in ventor and a great scholar. His loss will be mourned by the entire world.” Dr. Stafford—"Although univer sally characterized as a great sci entist, Edison was much more i truly a supreme empiricist, this I term being used, however, alto 1 gcther in a commendatory way. The scientist moves by slow but sure procedures based upon guid ing principles inductively created, j The Edisonian method was either to arrive at a bound through exer cise of a most extraordinarily de veloped intuition, or to obtain re sults through a painstaking exam ination of the terrain in which the thing sought might be concealed, no detail there being regarded as irrelevant. The measure of a man is determined, of course, not so much by his methods of work as by his achievements. By this measure Edison is colossal in stat ure.” Dr. Boynton—"Thomas A. Edi son is not only the most famous (Continued on Pape Two) V.M.C.A. Freshmen Schedule Meeting To Form Council Pawson, ^ heeler Chosen Temporary Officers On Friday Freshmen of the University Y. M. C. A. will meet this afternoon at the “Y” hut to form a perma nent organization of the Frosh “Y” council. “The purpose of this group is to acquaint freshmen with the func tions and activities of the campus Y. M. C. A. and the campus in general,” R. B. Porter, executive secretary of the “Y” explained. “Freshmen will meet in discussions and endeavor to solve problems of campus life that ordinarily escape consideration in other groups.” Carroll PawsoA was chosen tem porary chairman of the council at a preliminary meeting held last Friday. Bill Wheeler was named secretary. Interest indicators were filled out by the men present, and a program thus suggested. The council will have a restricted mem bership, according to a vote cast by the group. Freshmen present at Friday’s meeting were: Carroll Pawson, Bill W'heeler, Bob Erickson, Rolla Goold, Gerald Scott, Paul Anthony, Ted Pursley, Howard Ohmart, and Max Dunaway. Others interested in this organi zation may get in touch with any of these men, or may come to the meeting this afternoon, Mr. Porter said. Dean J. H. Gilbert To Meet With Interim Committee Appointment Comes Through Governor Meier Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of literature, science, and the arts, has been appointed by Governor Julius Meier to the interim committee of the state legislature, and will attend its first meeting at the Imperial hotel in Portland, Saturday, October 24. The group is composed of six members, two appointed by the governor, two by the president of the senate, and two by the speaker of the house. The meeting this week has been called by Senator W. B. Johnson of Monroe, Oregon. Having as its purpose the in vestigation of the problem of tax ing municipally owned utilities, the committee will recommend legislative action either for or against taxation of water and power plants owned by Oregon municipalities at the Tlext meeting of the state legislature in 1933. Dean Gilbert plans to return to Eugene Saturday in time to at tend most of the Dad’s Day activ ities. FROM SIDVERTON Mildred Wharton, who graduated last June, spent the week-end in Eugene, visiting friends. She is teaching at Silverton, Oregon, this year. Faculty Member Listed in October Who's Who Issue Anne Lamlsbury Beck Is Accorded Recognition In Journal Another Oregon faculty member has appeared in “Who’s Who.’’ This time it is Mrs. Anne Lands bury Beck, head of public school music in Eugene city schools and head of the department of public school music in the University school of music. Mrs. Beck appears in the “Who’s Who” section of the Supervisor’s Service Bulletin, national educa tion journal, for October. The lengthy list of activities beside her picture points out her work at the University and in the Eugene pub lic schools as being of a distinctly progressive type, and rates her high among the leaders in her pro fession. In the Music Supervisors’ Jour nal for this month, Mrs. Beck’s first presidential address to the members of the Northwest confer ence appears. Mrs. Beck was elected president of the division last spring. A long article describing the ex periments and discoveries which accompanied the presentation last June of a chorus of 1000 school children also is in the October issue of the same magazine. Its title, “The Use of Strings with Large Choruses,” is an implica tion of the chief discovery of the program. Mrs. Beck found that by seating the violins among the chorus, evenly spaced, the entire group could be kept on pitch with greater accuracy. The concert drew widespread attention at the meetings of public school teachers during the summer. 'I)nicy ' Promises Excellent Comedy At Guild Theatre “Dulcy” is a lovable young wife whose efforts at helping her hus band in his business are the basis of the rollicking comedy to be shown in Guild theater this week. The play will open Wednesday evening. The efforts which “Ducy” make to aid her husband in his jewelry deals give rise to many embarrass ing and laughable situations. The story is also accompanied by a mi nor romantic theme. The Guild theater box office is open every day from 1 until 5:15 j and will be open on the days of the performances also from 6:30 on. Mrs. Ottillie Seybolt, director of the play, made a special request that the early box office reserva tions be made by those intending to sea the play in order to facili tate getting the crowd into the theatre and seated before the ris ing of the first curtain. Program For Biggest Dad’s Day Outlined City and Campus Will Welcome Parents Window Displays Slated; Langtry ami Gilbert Plan Features Plans for the reception of the greatest number of dads ever to attend the annual Dad's day event at the University of Oregon are rapidly nearing completion as the week-end celebration nears. With only four days left before the par ents arrive, all students who have not sent out invitations to their dads are urged to do so at once by Ken Jette, general chairman for the event. Campus and town will be fully prepared for the visiting fathers as gay streamers flutter across downtown streets and huge ban ners shout their welcome from campus buildings. Many stores will feature special wjndow dis plays this week in honor of the Oregon Dads and every living or ganization is preparing to enter tain as never before. Virgil Langtry and Madeleine Gilbert, special features chairmen, have completed plans for the indi vidual organizations, and Cliff Beckett has promised that the mock football game between halves of the Frosh-Rook game will excel anything of its kind ever attempt ed. • With Saturday morning occu pied with business meetings of the Dads’ organization, the festivi ties will start with the special feature luncheon at noon. This will be followed in turn by the broad cast of the Oregon-North Dakota football game, and the afternoon smoker at 3 o’clock. In the afternoon smoker many athletic events are planned for the entertainment of the Dads. There will be fencing, boxing, and wrest ling matches as well as tumbling and bar work. After the banquet at 6 o’clock, the Dads will journey to the Frosh Rook game at Hayward field. The game is scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock and the guests "Will occupy a special section of the grandstand and will be led in yells during the game by their own cheer leaders. Kooters Welcome Team Home With Impromptu Rally Students To See Squad Off For Eastern Journey Tomorrow About 300 enthusiastic Oregon rooters gathered at the Southern Pacific depot yesterday morning at 7:30 to welcome home Oregon’s varsity football squad with cheers, speeches, and general manifesta tions of faith and pride. Despite unfavorable weather conditions and the early hour, the impromptu rally was successful, and the rally committee was en thused over the interest and loyal ty displayed by students. Ed Wells, assistant yell leader, conducted several cheers for the team. Speeches of welcome were made by Kermit Stevens, president of the Order of the O, and Brian Mimnaugh, A. S. U. O. prexy, pledging the loyalty and enthus iasm of Oregon students to the team in spite of adverse criticism and unfortunate scores. A big farewell rally has been planned for tomorrow to send the team off on its journey to North Dakota and New York. Complete details of the rally which is being planned on a large scale, will be given in tomorrow’s Emerald. Moore Talks on Modern Italian Affairs Thursday Present conditions in Italy will be the subject of an address by Dr. A. R. Moore, of the biology de partment, before the first meeting of the International Relations club Thursday evening. Dr. Moore, who has just returned from Italy, will speak for half an hour and then answer listeners' questions. Students and faculty are invited to attend the meeting, which will be at 8 o’clock in the International house, 727 E. 13th. j --- We Demand An Investigation I—-EDITORIAL KRF was somethin'; mighty “rotten in Denmark” in tin* freshman class elections on the campus last Friday. Driven by would-be politieal bosses, two party ma chines careened down tin' road leading to the presidency of the class of 1935 and left behind them the stench of petty politics. With no view of contesting the election or questioning the successful candidates, but seeking an improvement in freshman class elections in future years, the Emerald to day demands an investigation by campus powers-that-be into the recent campaign and voting, which we fully be lieve to be the worst exhibition of a freshman class elec tion ever given the Oregon campus. Here are some salient features of the ignominious elec tion of last Friday: 1. Illegal voting. Three freshmen women and two men definitely told the Emerald that their names had already been checked off the poll list when they appeared at the Y hut to cast their ballots. No identifications were required for voters. 2. While only these five students have been willing to admit their disfranchisement, it is obvious that fully a score of other freshmen, very likely on both sides, were thus unable to vote. * 3. Sophomores are alleged to have voted in place of freshmen. 4. A member of the winning ticket is reported to have deplored the manner in which the victory was won. 5. Walter Evans, vice-president of the student body, (Continued on l'apc Two) Plans Announced For Conference On Mount Hood Delegates From Seliools To Diseuss Relation Between Groups Definite plans for the faculty student conference to be held Oc tober 30, 31, at the Government Camp hotel, Mount Hood, were made by representatives of Oregon State college, Reed college, Uni versity of Oregon, represented by Ann Baum, and the national field secretary of the Y. M. C. A. last week. The conference will undertake a consideration of the relationship between faculty and students,'and a criticism of present lecture and classroom programs. “What’s Wrong With the Faculty,” and "What’s Wrong With the Stu dents” will be the topics for gen eral discussion on Friday and Sat urday evenings. Saturday night the specific func tions of a faculty will be consid ered by a group consisting of Dr. Coleman of Reed college, Dean Fertig of Washington State col lege, a representative from the University of Washington, and Miss Baum. The conference will make no ef fort to cover problems pertaining to' extra-curricular activities since they feel that such work should in a university be subordinated to the regular study program. Elton Edge Elected Head Of Zoology Department Oregon Graduate Winn Position In San Bernardino Elton R. Edge, graduate of the University and last year a demon strator in the department of zool ogy here, has recently been elected head of the department of zoology at the San Bernardino junior col lege, San Bernardino, Cal., accord ing to Dr. Harry B. Yocom, head of the local department of biology. It is a far cal! from the sea to a 1 lecture room, but for 20 years Pro fessor Edge was a sailor. He joined the United States navy when 16, before he had graduated from high 3chool. For 20 years he saw ser vce in the navy and then was re tired. However, two years before retiring he completed his high school education through a corre 3pondence school and also one year’s university work in the same manner. In 1926 he entered the University sf Oregon and received his B. A. degree in 1928. His M. A. was con ferred upon him at Princeton in 1929. Last year he returned to the U. of O. and completed work for a doctor’s degree. CAUL FURIt IN CHICAGO Carl J. Furr, former instructor n Spanish at the University of Oregon, is now a graduate student it the University of Chicago where le is studying Oriental languages. Skull and Daggers Will Elect Frosh In Winter Term Sophomore Men’s Group Plans To Take Part In Celebrations The list of 15 freshmen who will be chosen next spring for the Skull and Daggers, sophomore men’s honorary, will soon be in the mak ing, said Neal Bush, president, last night in issuing a call for men interested. The organization is making plans for participation in Dad’s day and Homecoming events, the call for workers being in the way of preparation, said Bush, who is anxious to have a large number of first-year men try for the serv ice honorary. ‘‘The Skull and Daggers was founded last year to give the freshmen a goal to work for, and to form a basis of training for upperclass honoraries, both service and professional,” the president stated. "It is also active in up holding the tradition of the cam pus, and gives the freshmen an opportunity to enter campus ac tivities and service.” Any member of the honorary may be seen by first-year men who wish to apply to the group. Of the men working during the year, 15 will be chosen at the Frosh Glee next spring. Article Written by Tuttle On Character Education An article, entitled "Character Education,” by Prof. H. S. Tuttle of the education department, has been published in the October is sue of the “Religious Education” journal. This journal is devoted to the development of character through the family, the church, the school, and other community agencies. Frosh Election Charges Bring Emerald Probe Several Found Deprived Of Votes Statement Issued by Evans; Investigation Will Be Continued With the heat of the “over political" freshman elections cooled, rumors of questionable campaign practices run rampant about the campus. The Emerald has started a thorough investiga tion of these rumors, and over the week-end uncovered the evidence which serves, to a degree, to sub stantiate these charges. "In making such a survey, the Emerald is not championing the cause of any candidate or any party, but is fulfilling its place on the campus as a newspaper,” ac cording to Willis Duniway, editor, and Thornton Shaw, managing editor. Rumors of a possible demand for a re-election were heard about the campus Friday when the charges were made, but those heading the movement reported to the Emerald that their plan was not to be carried through. Illegal Voting Charged Alleged illegal voting under false pretenses, using the name of another student, has occupied the spotlight in the charges of fraud. The Emerald’s investigators have already found five students who were thus deprived of their vote, and every attempt is being made to complete the list. It has also been charged that members of the election board at several hours were both sympa thizers of the same party. While complete investigation of these charges has not been made as yet, this has been found to be true in a few cases. Complete investiga tion of these charges may furnish an important key to the uncover ing of conclusive evidence. Evans’ Statement Walt Evans, vice-president of the A. S. U. O., who has general supervision of elections, issued the following statement yesterday to the Emerald: “I have investigated the pro cedure followed in the freshman election, and found it to be strictly legal, according to the constitu tion. The number of ballots tal lied with the number of names crossed off on the official poll list supplied by the registrar. “If, as rumors would have it, certain people were unable to vote because someone else had voted in their place, this would certainly not be the fault of the election officials, for common sense would tell us that no poll board could be expected to know each voter by name, but rather would show that there was a sense of honor lack ing in some members of our fresh man class. “If any student wishes to pro test this election or call for a re count, if he will come to me with the facts, I will be only too glad to follow the course prescribed in the constitution.” Unfavorable comment on the al leged undue campaign expendi (Continued on I'aye Two) Title of 'Youngest Law Dean In America* Held by Morse Students in the University of Oregon school of law believe they are one jump ahead of those at the University of Washington, regard less of who first put in the appli cation for recognitio hin the halt of fame. “Whatever honor that goes with the title, ‘the youngest law dean in America’ should come to Oregon.” In saying so, the students have in mind the new dean of the school, Wayne L. Morse. They also have in mind a recent claim of the Washington law men. Harold Shepherd was hailed by the Seattle student publication un der that cognomen in all sincerity. Dean Shepherd of Washington is 33 years old. Dean Morse is but 30. In addition to being under the guidance of the new dean, Oregon law students are also in part in the hands of two new instructors this year. Orlando J. Hollis, a graduate here in 1928 and formerly a special lecturer in the school, is this year professor of law. Guy S. Claire, the other, received his Ph. D. at Stanford in 1930 and previously practiced law in the East. The appointment of Mr. Morse last May followed the resignation of Dean Charles L. Carpenter who went to the University of Southern California. | The new dean came here two j years ago from Minnesota. He holds the degrees of bachelor of philosophy from Wisconsin, bach elor of laws from Minnesota, and has completed his work for a doc tor of jurisprudence from Colum bia. Numerous research' surveys are (Continued on Page Three)