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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1932__NUMBER 78 VOLUME XXXIII Oregon Leads Pacific Coast in Math Research University Professors Publish Books Department Contributes f Important Material To Science More important mathematical researches have been published during- the past three years by members of the mathematics de partment at the University of Ore gon than by any other similar de partments on the Pacific coast, a survey recently made by E. E. De Cou, head of the department here, shows. In addition to this the fac ulty members have written exten sively on other topics, and two of them, Dr. W. E. Milne and Dr. D. R. Davis are co-authors of a text book, “Introductory Mathematics for College Freshmen,” which has been so successful here that it is to be published in permanent form by a national book company next summer. Moursund Paper Printed Andrew W. Moursund, Jr., new instructor in mathematics this year, had his paper on “On N6v anlinna Summability of Fourier Series” accepted for publication in the October number of Annals of Mathematics” published at Prince ton university. For the past three years Mr. Moursund has been E. L. Marston fellow in mathematics at Brown university, from which he will receive his doctor of philoso phy degree next summer. An authoritative article, “Inte grals Whose Extremeals are a Given 2n- Barometer Family of Curves,” written by Dr. Davis, was published recently in "Transac tions,” the journal of the American Mathematical society. Articles published recently by Dr. Milne in clude “On the Numerical solution of Boundary Problems” in the American Mathematical Monthly, and Numerical Determination of Characteristic Numbers,” Physical Review. DeCou Makes Study Dr. DeCou has conducted an ex tensive research into the develop ment of group insurance in leading colleges and universities of this ». country which shows a large and rapid growth of this type of in surance, paralleling closely that in the business and industrial world. This was published in “School and Society,” and in the Bulletin of the American Association of Uni versity Professors. The high quality of the mathe matics instruction was an out outstanding factor in the granting of a chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, na tional honorary mathematical so ciety, to the University. This was the first chapter granted to any Pacific Northwest institution. Members of the mathematics de partment faculty here are Profes sor DeCou, Dr. Milne, Dr. Davis, Mr. Moursund, and Will V. Norris. Sings Tonight Roy Bryson, baritone, who will appear in song; recital at the Mu sic auditorium at 8:15 this eve ning. The concert is sponsored by Phi Beta for the benefit of its scholarship fund. Single-Act Plays To Be Presented At Guild Theatre Three Productions Slated By Class Members for Friday Afternoon The Studio players will present a second group of one-act plays Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock, ac cording to announcement made yesterday. The plays, to be pre sented in Guild theatre, are open to anyone who wishes to attend. The program for Friday will in clude three plays under the direc tion of members of the class in play production. “Pan in Pimlico,’’ a fantasy written by Helen Simp son, will be directed by Kate Al ward. Rose Halderman will direct “Will o’ the Wisp,” and “Ashes of Roses” will be under the direction of Beth Hurst. The cast for “Pan in Pimlico” will be headed by Mary Gold Par sons as the girl. Wilbur Thibault will appear as the man; Leo Baker, as Hok; A1 Culverwell, as Dickon; Hagon Moore as the policeman. Appearing in “Will o' the Wisp” will be Gertrude Winslaw in the title role; Dorothy Morgan, the country woman; Mary Jean War ner, the lady; Helen Scruggs, the maid. The third play, “Ashes of Roses,” has a cast of four, including Louise Marvin as Kitty Clive; Minnie Belle Heral as Phyllis; Daisy Swanton, Roxane; and Bill Ander son as Walpole. UNDERGOES OPERATION Andrew Townsend, 15-year-old son of Dr. H. G. Townsend of the philosophy department, was taken to the Pacific Christian hospital yesterday morning to be operated on for appendicitis. His condition was quite serious. Hoover Plan Gets Favorable Comment From Faculty Men I Complete reorganization of the executive branch of the govern ment according to the plan outlined yesterday by President Hoover re ceived favorable comment from campus authorities last night. The general principle of changes for efficiency and economy of func tion, which President Hoover asked authority to carry out, is called by James D. Barnett, head of the de partment of political science, “very wise in principle.” “Every president since Roose velt," Dr. Barnett stated, “has ad vocated something of the kind. Ad ministrative and executive depart ments have grown up without science or system and the proposal made by Hoover is in line with reorganization such as has been urged since 1908." More than one-third of the states and many city and county govern ments have been reorganizing for efficiency and economy along the lines suggested yesterday by the president, Dr. Barnett pointed out. “Unquestionably,” said Dr. John R. Mez, of the departments of eco nomics and political science, “there is plenty of room for simplification and reorganization of our federal government. The suggestions made by President Hoover yesterday are in line with what has been recom mended by leading authorities for a number Of years.” The proposed change from com missioner of education to an assist ant secretary of education outlined in the report of the proposal made to congress yesterday seemed to Dr. Mez to be a step in the direc tion of a ministry of education, such as has been established in many foreign countries. Though the brief news report did not justi fy much comment, Dr. Mez said, the step toward centralization of educational work seemed wise. Dr. Barnett particularly favored the plan of giving the president power to carry out the proposed reorganization. This is the way such changes have been effected in Europe, and is in no danger of abuse as long as there is a budget ary control in ' the hands of con gress, Barnett pointed out. The proposed reorganization of the executive department has been, Dr. Barnett stated, a part of Hoo (Continued on Page Two) Becker To Talk On Aeronautics At Villard Hall _ Illustrated Lecture Will Be Given Today Methods for Training Men For Pilot Jobs Will Be Explained J. O. Becker of the Boeing School of Aeronautics at Oakland, Cali fornia, will lecture on aeronautics and methods conducted by their school in turning out fliers, at 11 o'clock this morning in Villard hall. Mr. Becker will present many pic-' tures to illustrate flying methods and to make the talk more vivid. Mr. Becker will bring out the methods of training men to meet the consequent demand for compe tent pilots and mechanics and will show the importance of the air plane as a unit in our national scheme of transportation and com munication. The lecture is open to the public. Will Describe Plant The Boeing School of Aeronau tics is to provide adequate facili ties for flying and ground school instruction for the private plane owner, the student desiring train ing for commercial flying as a transport, or the student prepar ing to enter the aeronautical in dustry as a trained mechanic. The Boeing school is at the pres ent time announcing its third an nual W. E. Boeing scholarships in the Boeing School of Aeronautics. These scholarships are open to stu dents in American colleges and uni versities who have decided on avia tion as a vocation. Contest Rules Given The candidates are required to write an essay of 200 words as one of seven subjects chosen by the school dealing with aviation. The prizes range from a $5275 master (Continued on Page Two) Bennett, Campbell Seek Presidency Of Congress Club Two Varsity Debaters Win Nominations; Election Slated Wednesday Wallace Campbell and George Bennett were nominated for the presidency of the Congress club at a meeting held last night over Col lege Side inn. Campbell is a senior in sociology, and Bennett a soph omore in economics; both are mem bers of the varsity debate team. Officers will serve until the opening of the fall term. The nom inees will be voted upon at the semi-annual election to be held next Wednesday evening. For the position of vice-presi dent, Theodore Pursley, Roy Mc Mullen, and Stephen Kahn have been nominated. David Williams, Howard Ohmart, and Ethan New man will contest for the secretary ship, and Rolla Reedy and Merlin Blais will vie for the post of par liamentarian. President Hoover’s plan to reor ganize the executive department formed the basis of the discussion at last night’s meeting. George Bennett endorsed the president’s move, while Wallace Campbell made a plea for preservation of many bureaus, which he termed vi tal to the welfare of the nation. He suggested reduction of armament as a more logical economy meas ure. Disarmament will be debated at the Congress club meeting next week, George Bennett defending the present system and Donald Saunders attacking it. Dr. Conklin Will Address Wesley Club Sunday Night Dr. Edmund S. Conklin, head of the department of psychology, will address the Wesley club Sunday evening at 6:30 on “How Psychol ogy Helps One to Understand His Own Personality.” In his talk Dr. Conklin will ex plain how we can overcome the de fense mechanism, freedom of will, and the place of religion in the in tegration of personality. This is the second of a series of topics on personality. The first of these was led by Wallace Camp bell, varsity debater, who talked on “Personality Minus the Halo.” Bryson To Appear in Recital Tonight at Music Auditorium 1 Songs in Three Languages tf ill lie Presented by Baritone By DAVE WILSON Writing an advance story on a concert program is not hard whenHone has heard the “dress re-1 hearsal.” So we mav sav without '■ guess-work that the audience which hears Roy Bryson’s song re-. cital at the music auditorium this i evening will enjoy an interesting program handled in capable fa j shion. With Louis Artau at the piano, Bryson will present 16 songs, sung in three languages, and of pleas ingly varied themes and tempos. Tonight’s program, which will begin at 8:15, is sponsored by Phi Beta, women's music and dramatic fraternity, in aid of their music scholarship fund, to which the total proceeds will go. Student tickets at 25 cents are on sale at the Co-op, or may be obtained at the door this evening. Opening the program in quiet fashion, Bryson will first sing r "Water-Parted," a purely melodi ous air by Thomas Arne, 18th cen tury composer. Next will be a Handel arioso, “Dank sei, Dir, Herr,” which will provide plenty of room for the singer's full, rich baritone. Four songs by German com posers. including Schumann’s stir ring "Two Grenadiers" and the contrasting “Traume,” which Wagner wrote as a study for “Tristan and Isolde,” but never used in the opera, will make up the second group. An equal number of French compositions will be the third group. Fevrier's revery “L'ln truse” and Fourdrain’s martial “Chevauchee Cosaque" (Ride of the Cossack) are among those present. TJhe "aria of the evening” will be from Gluck's opera, “Iphigenie en Tauride.” Bryson chose this r.iia, “De Noirs Pressentiments” for! “its long, sustained and solid tones.” Five American composers ex clude other nationalities from the (Continued on Page Two) University Band Will Play Second Concert Sunday Music From Tscliaikowski, Weber Is on Program Of Classics The second of the two winter term concerts of the University concert band will be given at the school of music auditorium Sunday, February 21, at 3 p. m. The pro gram is open to the public free of charge. At the first of these two con certs the band, playing to a large audience, was appreciatively re ceived by campus and townspeo ple and proved itself to be of high musical caliber. When the series is over the or ganization will start preparations for the outdoor spring concerts to be held on the mill race Sunday afternoons. John Stehn, director of the band, has arranged a group of six var ied numbers for Sunday's pro gram, ranging from concert marches to overtures, serenades, etc. Included in the group is the Thorn Rose waltz, from, the “Sleep ing Beauty” ballet by Tschaikow ski, which was among the numbers sung by the Kedroff cjuartet last Sunday. Other selections in the group are, “March of the Bersaglieri,” a band composition by Eilenberg; “Der Freischutz," by the German com poser, Weber; selection from “Babes in Toyland,” Victor Her bert; and “Gypsy Life" by Thiere. I i Cut Off the Steam *n’ Save the Cash, Exhorts Charley More Engineering. Hoover’s asking Congress for authority to completely reor ganize the executive depart ment. Might be good if it were really complete. The rapid growth of commis sions is costing us millions a year. So says Commissioner Hoover, and he ought to know. As in every other business, commissions must be cut. If economy is the watch word, how about eliminating the high pressure publicity ground out daily by a score of bureaus. It’s hard to tell whether public opinion is mold ing government or government molding public opinion. A newspaper colleague in Washington conservatively es timates a cool fifty million is spent annually for propaganda. Not counting such things as the money spent by the army and navy to popularize the ser vice by assisting in films that thrill the denizens of a thou sand Main Street movie pal aces. Or sending two officers through a school of journalism course for not exactly “defen sive” purposes. Economically, WEBFOOT CHARLEY. barren I). Smith Gives Geologist’s Views on Peace Mineral Wealth Is Faetor In Relative Positions of Nations, Is Claim That the work! is moving toward peace was the view expressed in a talk given last night at the In ternational house, by Warren D. Smith, head of the geology depart ment. The topic was “A Geolo gist's View on the Prevention of War.” Professor Smith named several of the causes of friction between nations, namely: land hunger, need for raw materials, need for open ports, desire for markets, high tariffs, and population shifts. Two nations, the United States and Great Britain, own the earth materially, Dr. Smith pointed out. Quoting as his authority, J. E. Spurr, one of the chief geologists of the Guggenheim mining corpor ation, Dr. Smith gave as the rea son the fact that these two coun tries have the largest supplies of minerals. "Because the greatest part of the earth’s mineral deposits lie around the north Atlantic, we need never fear the ‘yellow peril’,” Dr. Smith declared. Instead, he said, friendly relations with the Orient should be cultivated. Dr. Smith suggested four meth ods of securing world peace from the standpoint of geology, as fol lows: First, there must be an econom ic set-up instead of a political one, such as the present league of na (Continued on Paye Two) Douglass Attends Library Conference at Claremore Matthew H. Douglass, Univer sity librarian, left Tuesday night at 11 o’clock for Claremore, Cali fornia, v/here he will attend a conference on “The American College Library and Its Librarian,” and the dedication of Harper hall, a new administration building and library for the Claremore col leges. On February 19, Friday, Doug lass is to speak on "The College Librarian and His Tools” at Scripps college in Claremore. He is expected to return to Eugene Monday or Tuesday of next week. Study in Germany Offered By University of Delaware The graduate department has re ceived a bulletin from the Univer sity of Delaware describing a plan of undergraduate foreign study recently inaugurated. It provides for one year’s supervised study in Germany with full credit toward an American degree. The first two terms of the year are spent at the University of Munich. The spring term is at th“ University of Bonn. A similar type of foreign study plan has been in operation in France for nine years, but this is the first time students have been 1 given the opportunity in Germany. Pageant of Life In North Africa I Showing Today |. Fourth Faculty Picture Praised by Smith Romance of Ancient World Recalled hy Cinema At Colonial i EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow ing review on the faculty club picture showing this afternoon at the Colonial was written by S. Stephenson Smith, associate professor of English, after see ing a preview yesterday after noon. By S. STEPHENSON SMITH The fourth Faculty club cinema, “Lost Gods,” to be shown three times this afternoon at the Colon ial, has many a vivid flash from the pageant of the past in north ern Africa. It is history moved up into the present, by the help of the archaeologist's spade; it is geogra phy made animated by rapid travel and graphic photoplay. But a movie review should, no doubt, try to convey, as well as words can, the actual visual • impressions. Imagine, then, The ruins of Carthage slowly emerging as the Arabs with their spades uncover the walls of hous es, Vandal, Roman, Punic in turn, the discovery of buried tombs, with the skeletons of their tenants al most perfectly preserved by the dry and dust of the desert . . . rings, bracelets in place . . . great wine-jars in a rich man’s tomb . . . Ancient Life Recalled The 7,000 pitiful urns in the vaults of the dread temple of Tan it, where little children were burned in honor of the god . . . just as Flaubert imagined it in “Salambo" ... a child’s bank i found in the business district of Carthage . . . the mighty coliseum of the later Roman Carthage, against which Augustine preached . . . the streets of the city of Utica, where Cato the Stoic fell on his sword rather than yield to Julius Caesar . . . strange that there should be two Catos linked with this area: it was Cato the Elder who always ended his speeches in the Roman senate, “Moreover, Carthage should be destroyed!” Imagine, too, tall apartment house structures built of salt and sandy mud, six stories high . . . long auto treks across the Sahara, the skylines as in “The Garden of Allah,” and the caravans of cam els convoying the automobiles . . . the strange white race of interior Africa, the Tuaregs . . . and by a tremendous stroke of luck, de Pro rok, the archaeologist who lectures most agreeably with the pictures, discovered the tomb, covered with great rock slabs, of the ancient legendary ancestress of the Tuar egs . . . and in her tomb all her gold and silver bracelets still in place on her arms . . . though there (Continued on Page Two) Colonial Gallants and Fair Ladies To Reign Supreme Lace Frills, Powdered Wigs Will Replace Modern Styles Gallants of George Washington’s period will oust the collegians at the Colonial ball tomorrow night, when lace frills, knee-length breeches, and powdered wigs will replace the severely-trim modern apparel. To slip back a century and a half or so and still be fashionable, students may well take heed of these suggestions by Miss Maude Kerns, assistant professor of nor mal art and a member of the cos tume committee. Plus four’s with a stock collar of lace, lace cuffs, and a colored belt becomes a suit of the revolu tionary days. Addition of a large silver buckle on the oxfords, long hose, and a powdered wig com pletes the costume. The wigs can be made from white wool yarn tacked on a cloth base. Other characters appropriately representing the period, which may be easily costumed are enumerat ed by Miss Kerns. The plantation darky, fur trad er, frontiersman, pirate, Indian, innkeeper, Quaker, Revolutionary soldier, plantation owner, tin ped dler, stage coach driver, wander ing minstrel, or a foreign displo rr.at, such as LaFayette. George Hopkins To Give Lecture On Rhythm Today EORGE HOPKINS will re * peat his illustrated lecture on the “Evolution of Rhythm" at 9 a. in. in the musie audi torium for the class in “I-ure of Music.” The campus is in \ited to sit in. Howard Hulhcrt, student vio linist, will assist Hopkins, play inf; “Promenod," a recent Hop kins composition. The great classic masters, the romanticists, and modern symphonic jazz composers will come in for a general scrutiny by the lecturer, with each topic illustrated on the, piano. I3r. Mez Will Give Views Tonight on New Civilization Political, Economic Effects Of Patriotism Subject At Y Hut Tonight The political and economic ef fects of patriotism and national self-sufficiency will be brought out by Dr. John R. Mez, associated pro fessor of economics and political science, when he talks tonight at the Y hut on "Nationalism for the New Civilization.” Dr. Mez will give his forecast of world conditions in regard to po litical unions, such as the proposed United States of Europe. He will also take up tariffs and their ef fect in separating nations into iso lated units, and the possibilities for customs unions and free trade areas. Movements toward political and economic world peace will also be disclussed, and the future proba bilities in this direction outlined. Dr. Mez is internationally known as an authority on the questions which he will discuss tonight. He (Continued on Page Two) Mary Marlin To Take Role Of ‘Alice’ at Mad Banquet Wallace Campbell To Be “Hatter” At Party February 26 Mary Louise Martin will take the part of “Alice in Wonderland,” at the Mad Hatter's banquet, to be given by the Wesley founda tion Friday evening, February 26, it was announced yesterday by Margaret Atwood, president. Wallace Campbell will be the “Mad Hatter,” Jay Wilson will act as the “March Hare,” and Donald Heisler will take the part of the “Dormouse." This group will take part in a skit taken from Louis Carroll, “The Mad Hatter's Tea Party." Tickets for the affair on sale by a committee under the chairman ship of Philip Dale. They are sell ing at 50 cents each. The banquet .which begins at 6:30, is to be informal, but stu dents who will be attending cam pus formals afterwards should feel free to come in formal attire and leave early if they desire, accord ing to Thelma Shuey, general chairman. State Chamber Secretaries To Meet March 21 Commerce Officers Plan Session on Campus Civic, Community Work To Undergo Discussion at Annual Conclave Problems of taxation, land set tlement, and community develop ment will be given discussion at Dean Faville the twelfth an nual chamber of commerce secre t a r.i e s ’ short course, to he held on the campus March 21, 22, and 23, it was announced yes - terday by David E. Faville, dean of the school of business admin - istration, under whose direction the event will be held. Chamber of commerce secre taries and workers from all over the state have already sent in registrations, while a number of men well known in this part of the country have accepted invita tions to speak, it was announced. , Speakers include Robert M. Mount, manager of the Portland Better Business bureau; W. D. B. Dod son, manager of the Portland chamber of commerce; Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, Dean James H. Gil bert, and Dr. P. A. Parsons of the University; T. P. Cramer, secre tary of the Oregon Bankers’ asso ciation, and others. Evening Sessions Slated Two evening meetings, both of which will be open to the public, are expected to draw many people from all parts of the state. At the first of these on Monday, I March 21, Dr. Gilbert, one of the leading economists of the Pacific Coa3t, will talk on “National Af fairs and the Farmer." At the second of these President Hall will deliver an address and Dr. Parsons will speak on “The Part the Chamber of Commerce Can Play in Community Development Work.” The opening morning wlil be given over to general discussions of problems such as "Are Forums Essential in These Times," “Re taining and Developing Revenue," “Shifts in Budgetary Emphasis," and “The County Chamber Devel opment." At the forum luncheon that day Mr. Dodson will address the group on “Columbia River Projects Program." Will Argue Tax Problems In the afternoon taxation prob lems will be discussed, with C. T. Baker of Medford, Harold Boone of La Grande and Earl Reynolds of Klamath Falls leading the group. Tuesday morning will be devoted to publicity, with Mr. Mount speaking on "Oregon Racketeers." E. G. Harlan, secre tary of the Eugene chamber of commerce, will address the group on "Land Settlement and the Acti (Continued on rage Two) Songs and Dances To Feature In Conglomeration of 'Rout’ A "rout,” defined in the Concise Oxford dictionary, is “a tumultous crowd of rioteers,” and "a large, fashionable evening party.” The Colonial Rout Friday eve ning at 8:30 in Gerlinger hall is both of those two things, says Myrtle McDaniels, general chair man. Songs like “Yankee Doodle,” “Fill Every Glass,” “Hand Me Down My Old Squirrel Gun,” “Chester,” “Chevy Chase,” and "Greensleeves” will lend a bit of the music of the frontier days frolics to the affair; while creole clogging, Indian skirmishes, and refreshments of cider and corn pone will give the affair an addi tional touch of gaiety of the revo lutionary days parties. A bit of formality will be added to the otherwise informal affair in such numbers as will be played by the chamber music ensemble under the direction of Rex Under wood, including “Bouree,” by Bach; “Minuet.” by Gluck; “Min uet,” by Beethoven; and “Ga votte,” by Bach. Other more for mal numbers include the dancing of a minuet, a Virginia reel, and martial music played by the Uni versity band, including the “Wash ington March,” and “Welcome, Mighty Chief, Once More.” As another part of the “fash ionable evening party,” Agnes Petzold will sing “The Lady Iso bel and the Elf Knight,” and “The Two Sisters.” All of these numbers will ba features on the regular program of dancing of modern fox-trots and waltzes, played by a promi nent campus orchestra. Some of the dance numbers are “Alexan der’s Rag-time Band 20 Years After, "Sweet and Lovely,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Dark Town Strut ters’ Ball,” “Jig Time,” “Dinah,” “I Got the Ritz,” “Ida,” and “The Tiger Rag.”