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■ " — VOLUME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1932 NUMBER 21 Arrangements, Are Complete For Dad’s Day Sixth Annual Program To Be Entertaining CUPS WILL BE GIVEN Fathers Requested To Register In Johnson Hall After Arriving on Campus A full program has been ar ranged for the sixth annual Dad's day week-end, and every effort is being made to make the affair en tertaining for the visitors. The O. Laurgaard trophy, which will be awarded for the first time to the house with the largest pro portion of “Freshman Dads,” along with the A. W. Norblad and Paul T. Shaw trophies, will add to the spirit of competition. The directorate, consisting of Hal Short, chairman; Marjorie Haas, banquet; Barbara Conly, registration; Helen Burns, secre; tary; Tom Tongue, advertising; and Ed Stanley, publicity, and their sub-committees working in conjunction with Earl M. Pallett, Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, Paul R. Washke, and George Godfrey,' has made every possible prepara tion to make this year’s Dad’s day a real success. Dads Must Register Dads arriving on the campus are requested to register and receive badges at the registration desk in the lobby of Johnson hall. Regis tration will begin this afternoon at 3 o'clock and continue all day tomorrow. The scheduled events on the program for Saturday are: 8:30 a. m.—Executive committee breakfast—men’s dormitory. 10:30 a. m. — Mass meeting of dads—Guild hall. 12:00 noon—Luncheons in fra ternities and sororities as guests of sons and daughters. 2:00 p. m.—Football—Gonzaga versus University of Oregon, at Hayward field. 6:00 p. m.—Annual banquet— men’s dormitory. 8:00 p. m.—“An Evening With Dad.” Dads will be guests of sons and daughters. Sunday Events 9:00 a. m.—Executive commit tee breakfast—men’s dormitory. 11:00 a. m.—Dad’s day services in city churches. 3:00 p. m.—University orchestra concert—Music auditorium. Dads are urged to visit the cam pus between events. They will have an opportunity to visit de partments where sons or daugh ters work, the library( and other familiar haunts. Sunday’s con cert will give the dads a chance to hear the University orchestra. Officers Are Listed Oregon Dad’s officers are: President, W. Lair Thompson, Portland; vice-president, J. P. Lottridge, Baker; secretary, Wil son H. Jewett, Eugene; executive secretary, Mrs. Marian Phy Ager, Eugene; executive committee: John N. Edlefsen, Portland; Carl Haberlach, Tillamook; C. C. Hall, (Continued on Page Three) Soup Hour Busy One, Says Scribe Who W atches Poll By THORNTON GALE More than 1300 students ex pressed their political convictions at soup time yesterday when the Emerald straw ballot was taken. This is a larger number than usually come out for student body elections, campus dog fights, ral lies,” riots, or walkathons. * * * Thomas ran a bad third despite gloomy predictions voiced in the (Safety Valve column of the Emer ald. He received 13 per cent of the total, most of it coming from the unaffiliated vote cast at the Co-op. * * * The Hoover victory is not sur prising considering the fact that Oregon is a strong Republican state. It controverts, however, Roosevelt’s claim that Oregon will go Democratic. * * * Loud partisan arguments in fra ternity houses while the vote was being taken, almost led to fist fights in several instatnces. » * * At least one Oregon professor is willing to express in innuendo his advocacy of Thomas. Dean Landsbury when queried yesterday replied, “I’m not in favor of Hoo ver or Roosevelt.” The inferences are the writer’s. * * « The names of William Z. Foster (Continued on Page Four) Our Chcice for the Presidency Herbert Clark Hoover, an ex-schoolboy of this state, whom Uni versity of Oregon students yesterday designated as their candidate for president of the United States. Out of more than 1,300 votes cast at the largest straw poll in campus history, President Hoover received 60 per cent of the ballots. Franklin D. ltoosevelt was second and Norman H. Thomas a poor third. Moursund Given Honorary Degree In Mathematics Baby Boy Born at Pacific Christian Hospital Last Sunday Andrew F. Moursund Jr., in structor in mathematics, is a dou bly happy man. Not only has he received word that the degree of doctor of philosophy in mathemat ics was conferred on him October 10 by the board of fellows of Brown university, but last Sunday he became the father of an eight pound boy, born ...gt the Pacific Christian hospital. Doctor Moursund began his work at the University one year ago. Before that he received hi3 B. A. from the University of Tex as in 1923 and his M. A. in 1927. After three years of high school teaching, he taught one year in the Texas Technological college, coming to Oregon from there. His doctor’s dissertation, “On a Method of Summation of Foh#er Annals of Mathematics. The first part is now in press, and the sec ond part will appear in a later is sue. He was married in 1931 to Lulu A. Vorleck of Providence, R. I.; also a mathematician, with B. A. and M. A. degrees from Brown university. Series,” is being published AWS Book Week Well Under Way Students who desire to pursue outstanding volumes by modern novelists, poets and biographers will have an excellent opportunity to do so this week in the A. W. S. room in Gerlinger hall. Book Week, which is being held there this week, will continue until to morrow. Book week is being sponsored with the idea of increasing the in terest and knowledge in good books and periodicals on the cam pus and to aid in advertising the dollar rental plan featured by the Co-op book balcony. The books on the display are furnished jointly by the libe and the Co-op; approximately 200 vol umes. Betty Jones is chairman of the committee in charge of the ex hibit. Haney Speaker at Bourbon Meeting Bert E. Haney was guest of honor at a banquet at the Osburn hotel sponsored by the Young Democratic league Wednesday. He was introduced to the members of the group by Nathan Burkhem, president of the league. Mr. Haney urged the young Democrats not to be intimidated by the boasts of registration figures but rather to challenge the statements of opposing parties which they know to be unsound and not to be indifferent merely because there are not as many registered Democrats as Repub licans. The banquet was followed by a meeting at the courthouse at which Mr. Haney was the princi pal speaker. This meeting was sponsored by the Women’s Demo cratic league of Lane county. Sheldon Will Continue World Religion Series Dr. Henry D. Sheldon, head of the lower division social sciences, will continue his series of meet ings on “Comparative World Re ligions” Sunday morning at 9:45 at the First Methodist church. His topic will be “Zoroastrianism.” Remaining topics in the series, which is being sponsored by the Wesley club, are "Brahmanism,” “Buddhism," “Judaism,’ “Moham medanism,” and “Christianity.” Facts Of Note Brought Forth By Professor ' I Dr. Seashore Publishes Interesting Papers — . I MUSCLES DISCUSSED! University Faculty Member Dae* Outstanding Work in Field Of Child Welfare Important facts in muscular coordination, in motor skills and in other fields of ability and achievement, assembled by Dr. R. H. Seashore, associate professor of psychology, and presented at the White House conference at. Washington last May have been published as a part of a series of volumes on “Health and Develop ment of the Child,” it was an nounced here today. Dr. Seashore was a delegate to | the conference, called by Presi dent Hoover, which was attended by several hundred experts on child welfare. Dr. Seashore was assigned the tasks of compiling facts on motor skills, which he j incorporated in the article under ' the title of “Motor Skills in Later | Youth.” New Discoveries Made Several facts of significance were found by Dr. Seashore in his compilation. Persons may be very highly skilled in one thing, only mediocre in another and very poor in another, and the fact that a person may do one thing very well is no indication at all that this person is gifted in a general way and thus may be expected to be above the average. Ability of persons for one spe cific type of motor performance cannot be used as a basis of pre diction for their ability to perform other tasks, his study shows. Con trary to general belief, motor tests do not enable experts to predict with any certainty the speed with which a person will in the future be able to perform a specific task such as typewriting. Old Theory Blasted The so-called “theory of com pensation” also comes in for a rude jolt in Dr. Seashore's trea- j tise. There is no evidence, it is i declared, that because a person [ (Continued on Pai/e Three) Finishes IVo. 2 Franklin II. Roosevelt, Demo cratic nominee, who came in sec ond in the campus presidential poll held yesterday. He polled 27 per cent of the votes. Student’s Father Has Best Seller Sold hi Sweden “Believe it or not”—there are those among us whose father is an American minister who has writ ten more than 50 best-seller nov els, yet not one of them has been published in the United States. Eugene T. Stromberg, graduate studept and secretary of the Uni versity Y. M. C. A., and Elerod Stromberg, graduate assistant in psychology, are the sons of the Rev. Mr. Leonard Stromberg of Oakland, Nebraska. e The elder Stromberg supple ments his ministerial duties with the writing of an average of a novel a year, written in Swedish and published in Sweden, where he is widely known as a popular writer of fiction. During the past summer the Rev. Mr. Stromberg translated one of his best sellers into English and it is soon to be published in this country. Eugene Stromberg says he does not inherit his father’s ability to write popular novels, but that he is now engaged on a work of sim ilar magnitude- writing a term paper for Dean Allen’s class in editing. An exhibit of men’s apparel in New York reveals that the “well dressed man” must have 29 com plete outfits. Students Back Hoover (Results of straw ballots at the colleges of the Pacific Coast) UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Total HERBERT HOOVER . 793 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . 356 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 182 TOTAL VOTE CAST . 1331 OREGON STATE COLLEGE HERBERT HOOVER . 280 " FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . 160 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 15 TOTAL VOTE CAST. 461 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HERBERT HOOVER . 410 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . . 180 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 162 TOTAL VOTE CAST 752 Per Cent 60 27 13 100 61 30 3 100 55 24 21 100 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HERBERT HOOVER .526 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . . 337 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 104 TOTAL VOTE CAST 067 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HERBERT HOOVER . 1198 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . 533 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 216 TOTAL VOTE CAST 1977 WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE HERBERT HOOVER . 478 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . 278 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 112 TOTAL VOTE CAST .868 54 35 11 100 60 27 13 100 55 32 13 100 AGGREGATE TOTALS AT ALL COAST COLLEGES HERBERT HOOVER 3685 58 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT . 1850 29 NORMAN M. THOMAS . 821 13 TOTAL VOTE CAST / 6356 100 Dance Marathon Open House Billed For This Evening Tonight is the night! Tonight comes open house, from 7 o’clock until 12:15. Ten minutes are allowed each house and five minutes between each dance. Twenty-one girls' houses are on the receiving list, and 21 men's organizations are sche duled for the bunion derby. The various groups are asked to have dinner at 5:30, and then their members will be on the march 'til 12:00. The complete schedule is published elsewhere in the Emerald. Chairmen Select Committees for Dad’s Day Events Business Men of Eugene to Have Window Displays For Oeeasion Two important sub-committees have been selected by Helen Rai tanen, decoration chairman, and Tom Tongue, advertising chair man, to assist with preparation for Dad's day, October 29. The banquet decoration commit tee includes: Elma Giles, Emma Meador, Carmen Blaise, Pearl Murphy. Barbara Jean Payne, Marjorie McNiece, Evelyn Jane Genoves, Louise Carpenter, Edna Murphy, Elesa Addis, Kamilla Klekar, Catherine Gribble, Ann Reed Burns, Maxine Hemenwav, Ann Hounsell, Mary Freeburg, Eleanor Higgins, Mildred Maida, Ruth Storla, Marian Taylor, Betty Bretcher, Eileen Coghlan, Beth Payne, Lillian Ross, Maud Long, and Verna Hurley. Members of this committee arc I to meet at the entrance to the din ing room of the men's dormitory at 12:45 Saturday afternoon. The committee that Tongue has appointed to assist in decorating the campus is Malcolm Bauer, chairman; Scott Waters, Bud Thomas, Jack Guiss, Bill Weeks, Charles Halloway, Frank Keaveny, and Bob Zurcher. Hal Short, chairman, has been assured that many of the Eugene business men will have window dis plays for the occasion, and the Junior chamber of commerce and chamber of commerce will also cooperate to welcome the dads when they arrive in the city. W. E. Milne To Speak Before Mu Phi Epsilon Professor W. E. Milne, head of the mathematics department at Oregon State college and former ly of the University, will speak on "Mathematics and Mathema ticians" before Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary mathematics society, to night at 7:30 in the Alumni hall in Gerlinger. The society, which is holding its first meeting of the year, will also be guests to the mathematics society and advanced students of the state college during a social hopr which will follow the lecture. License Tags May Be Bought for Ornaments So many students have indi cated their desire of keeping the license tags issued them when their petitions for driving privi leges were granted earlier in the year that the University authori ties have decided to sell them ack to students at the price of 50 cents a pair. The plates, yellow with the em bossed black inscription of “U. of O.” are an attractive ornament to any student car. The cost of 50 cents is exactly their cost of man ufacture, and a limited number only are available. They may be obtained at the cashier’s office. Professor Adopts Baby Andrew Fish of the history de partment, and his wife, Dorothy Fish, formerly of the household arts department, have adopted a : four-months-old baby, it was learned yesterday. President Sweeps To Victory; Gains Grand Total Of 793 Modern French Airs To Be Given At Sunday Recital Music Will Be Presented in Compliment to Pi Delta Phi John Stark Evans, University organist, will give a concert, Sun day, October 0, at 5 p. m., in the school of music auditorium. French music, principally from 1 the "modern” school, will be pre- ] sented in compliment to the local ! chapter of Pi Delta Phi, French j honorary society. The program follows: "Cortege! et Litanie” by Dupre, "Ma Mere i l'Oye” by Ravel, "Clair de Lune,” by Debussy, "Prelude- Blessed Damozel” and "En Bateau,” both by Debussy, with harp accompani ment by Doris Helen Calkins, “El egie,” by Massenet, with echo solo by Don Eva, tenor, and objigato by Howard Halbert, violinist, “Toccata- Thou Art a Rock,” by Mulet. The latter is one of a group of musical impressions of the Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, Paris. Y.M.C.A. Movies Assume Variety Subjects “on the sea, on the earth and under the earth’’ were in cluded on the second of the week- ; ly free motion picture programs j at the University Y. M. C. A. hut, presented last evening at 7:30. I Three reels made up the 45 minutc program. "The Queen of the Waves” traced the science of boat building since the days of Clinton, concluding with a pictor ial tour through a modern electric liner. "Conquest of the Forest,” a survey of the logging industry in the forests of Oregon and Wash ington, and "Pillars of Salt,” showing the production of this in dispensable food product in the great salt mines, completed the program. Sieber Will Speak to Discussion Leaders Frosh discussion group leaders and their assistants will attend their annual retreat at the home of Margaret Edmunson Norton this afternoon, from 3 o’clock un til 7. Marcia Sieber, secretary of the national student council for Seabeck division, will be a guest, and chief speaker. Miss Sieber’s topic will be "The Y. W. What Is It?”, followed by a discussion group analysis by Margaret Ann Pollltt, chairman of the group, who is in charge of this afternoon’s retreat. Open discus sion of the leaders’ problems will be featured. Following the meet ing dinner will be served. Roosevelt Second With 356 Supporters THOMAS IS THIRD Republican Candidate Gets 60 Per Cent of Slips; Students Thanked for Assistance Herbert Clark Hoover, an Ore gon schoolboy of four decades ago, is this University’s choice for the presidency of the United States of America. The largest straw ballot in University history yesterday threw 60 per cent of the total votes cast to the support of the Republican inhabitant of the White House. Of the 1,331 ballots filled out in the Emerald's straw poll, 793 were for Hoover. Twenty-seven per cent, or 356 votes, favored Frank lin D. Roosevelt, Democratic can didate. Third was Norman H. Thomas, Socialist aspirant, who drew the remaining 13 per cent of the bal lots, a total of 182. Oregon Follows Others Thus Oregon goes the way of other Pacific coast colleges. Vir tually every leading institution on the western seaboard has declared itself in favor of Hoover. This in cludes California, Washington, Southern California, Oregon State college, and Washington State college. Only one school University of Washington — had more students participating in its balloting. A grand total of 1,977 took part at Seattle. Oregon's 1,331 excells by far the figures at California and U. S. C., and goes Oregon State almost three times better. Hoover Higher Here The percentage here closely ap proximates the general percentage of all the colleges of the West. The aggregate figures are Hoover, 58 per cent; Roosevelt, 29 per cent; and Thomas, 13 per cent. At Oregon the percentages were as follows: HoovCr, 60 per cent; Roosevelt, 27 per cent; and Thomas, 13 per cent. Thus the percentage was identical for Thomas, slightly more for Hoover, Slightly less for Roosevelt. Dick Neuberger, editor of the Emerald, who was in general charge of the election, said he wanted to express his appreciation for the success of the project to the campus in general and the men students who helped in par ticular. Neuberger said the following were largely responsible for the creditable manner in which the enterprise was conducted: Aides Are Thanked Robert C. Hall, superintendent, University press; Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism; Ronald H. Robnett, assistant grad uate manager; Bob Hall, Orville Bailey, Oscar Munger, Bill Bow (Continned on Tut/e Three) Returns From Campus Votes Compared With Digest Count By DON CASWELL Although semi-final returns in the Literary Digest presidential poll give Roosevelt a substantial lead over Hoover, students of Pacific coast colleges indicate a a preference in almost exactly the reverse direction and proportion. In all of the campus polls con ducted 'on the coast this fall, Hoo ver has! led his rivals with an av erage Of 58 per cent of all votes cast. Roosevelt has averaged 29 per cent, and Thomas 13 per cent. A remarkable similarity may be noted in the manner that students have indicated reverse of figures, as compared with those of the Lit erary Digest poll of the three i states, Oregon, Washington and California. Hoover has polled 34 per cent in all three states, Roose velt 62, 63, and 63 per cent, with Thomas receiving only 3, 3, and 4 per cent. All three states show almost exactly the same percent ages of preference for Roosevelt. Campus political polls, however, have established Hoover in the Di gest’s position of Roosevelt, and relegated Roosevelt to a position in some cases very close to Nor man Thomas, who on the campus es has received many times the percentage given him in the Di gests’ race. The two campuses of each state were not found to be of precisely the same opinions, since Southern (Continued on Page Three)