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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1932)
New Play Will Open To Public On Guild Stage | Players To Present New Comedy Tonight STARTS AT 8 O’CLOCK “Oneo In a Lifetime” Is Title of IToiliietion To lie Liven At Theatre Tonight at 8:15 o’clock the Guild Theatre curtain will rise on the initial performance of its most exacting and pretentious under taking of the season. “Once in a Lifetime” will bow its comic head to a capacity audience, ushered in by the combined prayers of Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, directing, and George Andreini, responsible for the wealth of scenic perfection that will greet the eyes. The task of shaping up this play has been an unusually difficult one. The piece is not far divorced from Broadway, and but lately made into an excellent movie, hence there were from the start many criteria for the Guild play ers to live up to. There was the difficulty of staging, always hard in their cramped quarters, and doubly so this time, with seven scenes and lavish sets to confound them. Difficulties Overcome There was the necessity for crisping up the lines—always a problem with a student produc tion, and made more so in this instance by the speed at which this comedy must move in order j to succeed. There was the diffi- j culty of casting the many char- j acter roles, of finding the right j people for the right parts. It has been done. The play, i seen in dress rehearsal last night, ! has all the components of excel lent entertainment. The sets are good, the lines are good. It moves ahead breathlessly and hilariously. It will be a good play. Well Received Elsewhere As a matter of fact, “Once in a ] Lifetime,” wherever shown, has been a most popular show. We don’t like to draw a line of dis-1 tinction, smacking of editorializ ing, but we like to laugh. The sombre grandeur of Guild Thea tre’s last year presentation of Hamlet was impressing. The sparkling good fun of this year’s “Once in a Lifetime" will be more than that; it will be an evening of let-down and hilarity for an audience never given to anything more than that. Martin Trieb To Visit Physical Ed Honorary Martin H. Trieb, assistant direc tor of physical education in Los Angeles, and western supervisor of Phi Epsilon Kappa, national physical education honorary, will arrive in town today to visit the fraternity. Friday afternoon from 3 to 4 o’clock he will give a demonstra tion on free floor work, and from 4 to 5 he will give a talk. These events are for physical education majors and will be given in the men’s gym. That evening a banquet will be held at the home of E. R. Knollin and will be followed by a short business meeting. Quick Watson, My Sivimming Suit These girls, members of the Dare club, help put some of the zip* in swimming down in California. They are walking the fight rope with the aid of gas-filled balloons. This all takes place in Inglewood. Book Week Talks To Be Presented Library Staff Shaw’s Guide for Readings List Texts Written by Faculty Men _ National book week is being ob served on the Oregon campus by both Miss Casford, and Mrs. Riet man, librarians, who are giving talks on new reading material for children. These talks will be given ! at McMorran and’Washburne’s de ! partment store this week. Book circulation for October | shows, in comparison with the cir culation of last year, an increase ! in books for home use. A drop of 18.4 per cent was made in total circulation. The main library has for the use of students and faculty members a book called, “List of Books for College Libraries,” prepared by ] Charles B. Shaw. Approximately ! 14,000 titles have been selected on j the recommendation of 200 college j teachers, librarians and other ad visers. Books by the University faculty members are listed in this book are: J. D. Barnett’s “Operation of the Initiative Referendum and Re call, Macmillan, 1915; J. F. Bo vard and F. VV. Cozens “Tests and Measurements in Physical Educa tion,” Saunders, 1930; E. S. Conk lin's “Principles of Abnormal Psy chology,” Holt, 1927, Arnold Ben nett Hall’s “Popular Govern ment,” Macmillan, 1929; A. E. Cas well, “Experimental Physics,” Mac millan, 1928. Yoran Warns Students Against Postal Offense -“I wish to warn the students of the University of Oregon of a serious offense which has a large fine,” said Postmaster D. E. Yoran. “Students have been putting notes in their laundries or in other parcel post packages, and there is a fine for anywhere from $100 to $1000.” “I don’t want to have to pun ish so severely, but I hope the students will be careful about , this hereafter,” he said. New Use Found For Oatmeal In Experiment By Dr. Moore Mother may give Johnny and Mary oatmeal with cream-and- j sugar for breakfast, or you may! feed it to your dog when his ears j don’t seem as perky and lively as usual—but that isn’t the use that i Dr. A. E. Moore has for oatmeal. Dr. Moore, professor of physiol ogy both here and in Corvallis, | has in his laboratory in the base ment of Deady hall a dozen small j dishes, each containing a little' oatmeal. On top of the cereal he has placed a small amount Of slime-mould, a yellowish - green! substance—no one knows whether an animal or a plant—which eats the grains out of the oatmeal. This slime-mould is one of the ■ queerest things known. It grows in the woods on fungus, eating them the same as it does the oat meal. Dr. Moore obtained the1 slime-mould from Massachusetts,1 dried in an envelope. He kept it for a year in this dried form, and: yet when it was placed on a dish of oatmeal, it commenced to grow, j eating the grains in the cereal and moving from one side of the dish to the other. It isn’t a plant and it isn’t an animal—or perhaps it is both. That is one of the things Dr. Moore is trying to discover with his experiments. He watches over it as carefully as mother feeds Johnny oatmeal, keeping it in a dark room which is separated from his regular lab oratory by a winding passage, strangely reminiscent of the “Hide in the Dark” and "Topsy Turvy” houses at the fair. He says it grows better back there. Dr. Moore has some other ex periments on hand, too. He is crossing sea dollars and sea ur chins—in case you* aren’t in formed, those are some of the things you find at the beach, and, he says, are biologically as far apart as lions and giraffes. How ever, he doesn’t know much about the sea animals yet, so that must be left to another time. Current Pictures Analysis Posted On Bulletin Board If you're ever confused by the ballyhoo of motion picture adver tising, step down to the Univer sity Y. M. C, A.’s new motion pic ture clinic and straighten your self out. On the bulletin board just in side the front door you will find a brief, impartial, and broad minded analysis of the current pictures. This survey, written each month by Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of Hollywood, and pub lished by the Motion Picture Pro ducers and Distributors of Amer ica, is stripped of all the verbiage of “greatest ever filmed,” “abso lutely unsurpassed in film his tory,” and gives the reader facta as to the relative merit of the pictures. The University Y. M. C. A. sub scribed to the film-review service as a part of its policy of service to the students, according to Eu gene Stromberg, secretary. Smith To Address Religious Groups “Studying the World of Tomor row,” is the title of the address which Dr. Warren D. Smith has been asked to repeat at the coop erative meeting of the Presbyte rian, Congregational, and Metho dist churches, to be held at the Methodist church next Sunday night at 7:30. Dr. Smith first spoke on this topic some time ago before a stu ! dent group, called together at Ger linger hall by Rolla Reedy, chair man of the committee which is sponsoring the series of discussions on the world tomorrow. “I will attempt to show that the next great advances will be in the field of social science by the ap plication of the scientific method,” Dr. Smith declared. Dean Morse To Attend Crime Meeting Friday Dean Wayne L. Morse of the law school will attend the crime commission meeting Friday morn ing at 10 o’clock, in Portland. The purpose of the meeting is to dis cuss reports of all committees and to pass upon all recommendations which will be passed at the next legislature. State Senator William Wood ward, of Portland, will make a report on penal institutions. A committee, on which Mrs. Martha Randall of Portland, is chairman, will report on parole and proba tion, while Dean Morse will report the form of criminal procedure. Dean Jewell To Speak At Education Club Meet Omega Delta Pi, undergraduate education club will meet this eve ning in room 3 of the Education building. Dean Jewell will deliver the address of the evening which will be, "The $10,000 Teacher.” This club exists for the purpose of cultivating interest in educa tional problems. All undergrad uate students in education are in vited to attend the meeting. Six in Infirmary The number of students in the infirmary has again risen with the rain. Doris Homer, Alma Flaig, Dorothy Wright, Louise Anderson, Alfred Sessions, and Alfred Hox worth are now under treatment. x ' Progress Is Made In Initial Attempt Of Finance Drive Animal VMCA Campaign To Be Completed By Tonight Firty students who man the con trols of the annual Y. M. C. A. finance drive reported satisfactory progress at the end of the first day's work, and will bring the all campus campaign to raise an op erating budget of $400 to a close at 10:30 tonight. Under the direction of Cecil Es py and Dave Wilson, the follow ing men are acting as agents for the drive in fraternities: Alpha Tau Omega, Neal Bush; Beta The ta Pi, Don Emery; Alpha Upsiloa', Ed Kirby; Chy Psi, Tom Tongue; Delta Tau Delta, Bob Perigo; In ternational house, Harry Stone; Kappa Sigma, Corwin Calavan; Phi Delta Theta, Ed Schweiker; Phi Gamma Delta, Graham West; Phi Kappa Psi, John Long; Pi Kappa Alpha, Ed Cruikshank; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Bill Ger hart; Sigma Alpha Mu, Lester Goldschmidt; Sigma Chi, Cecil Espy; Sigma Nu, Jack Guiss; Sig ma Phi Epsilon, Dave Wilson; Sig ma Pi Tau, George Schenk; Theta Chi, Maurice Pease. Bill Kidwell and Leslie Dunton have charge of the soliciting in the halls. The individual repre sentatives are: Alpha, Grant Eddy; Gamma, John Gibson; Zeta, Bob 'Holt; Sigma, Bill Shepard; Omega, Leslie Duntan; Sherry Ross, El dred Price, Friendly hall, Lowell Anderson. Rolla Reedy, Don Saunders, Jack Bellinger, Kenneth Ferguson and Clark Irwin are serving as team captains for, the independent men’s campaigners. Among those who are working under them are John Crockett, Ted Pursley, Jay Wilson, Howard Ohmart, Fred Buell, John Larsen, Austin Hall, Gordon Holland, Hugh Holland, Sterling Cash, Joaquin Barr, Glenn Ridley, Don Carruth, Verne Adams, Lloyd Jackson, Ethan Newman and Barney Clark. Dr. John Mueller Speaks to Croup That the definition of the word family does not apply today as it did in the days of the patriarchs, was the opinion of Dr. John H. Mueller, professor of sociology, who spoke at 7 o’clock Tuesday in the league room of Gerlinger hall on “The Home in the World Tomorrow.” All that the present day census of America requires to be neces sary for a family to be registered I as such, is that the same group be j gathered around the same table regularly for meals. Mass Meeting To Inaugurate AWS Conclave j ALL WOMEN INVITED i -. ' V oeaJ ional C o nf er^nce Opens Today ; Exeeutive of T.ipman and Wolfe i Will Talk oti Opportunities For Women in Stores The Associated Women Stu dents' vocational conference will open at 4 o'clock this afternoor in Gerlinger lounge with a mass meeting and fashion, tea for all women of the campus. Cynthia Liljequist is in charge of the en tire conference this year. Louise Webber, president of the A. W. S., has extended a cordial welcome to women of the faculty and house mothers. Wendell To Speak “Opportunities Open to Women in Department Stores” is the title of the talk to be given by Harold F. Windell, president and man ager of Lipman Wolfe and com pany of Portland. He will trace the history of department stores, their various divisions, and the training needed for each, oppor tunities for advancement, and il lustrations of success and failure with the reasons in each case. Mr. Wendell's knowledge is the result of extensive research on his sub ject. Fashion Is Topic Henry Harris, stylist for the Lipman Wolfe company, will talk on "This Thing Called Fashion.” Three models will show clothes for the co-ed, and one will model attire for the older woman. The models are Irma Logan, Virginia Mahan, Corinne Fox. and Mrs. Fox. The latest trend in campus clothes, street and afternoon dresses, informal tea frocks, and coats, hats, and ac cessories will be shown. Tea will be served on the sun porch after the talks. Scabbard, Blade Pledges Students Formal pledging of Bill Morgan, Bill Bowerman, Russell Morgan, and Gene Ison to Scabbard and Blade, national honorary fratern ity in military science, was held vesterday afternoon at a forma tion at the R. O. T. C. barracks. Col. A. O. Waller and Major D. C. Stanard, local national guard officers, were pledged as associates recently. All are fourth year men in mil itary. Morgan is a senior in social sciences and captain of the foot ball team. Bowerman and Russell Morgan are seniors in business ad ministration. Ison is a senior in biological sciences. The pledges were announced by Captain Forest Paxton, head of the local company of the society. The initiation date will be an nounced later. Schmidt Will Describe Mediterranean Cruise The travelogue of a Mediterran ean cruise which took her to many countries bordering it, will be giv en by Evelyn Schmidt tonight dur ing the weekly meeting of the World Fellowship group, to be held at 8:45 in the Y. W. bungalow. Miss Schmidt, a sophomore on the campus, lived on the continent for two years, from 1929 to 1931, and attended the University of Berlin. While abroad she took an extended cruise in the south, vis iting many countries which skirt the Mediterranean. Her talk will be devoted mainly to a description of Italy, Egypt, and Palestine. Helen Binford, leader, has invited all interested, and announced the appointment of Edna Murphy as membership chairman. Campus Calendar Frosh Commission Cabinet will hold a meeting at the Y. W. bun galow today ^t 4:30. World Fellowship meeting at bungalow, 8:45, when Evelyn Schmidt gives her travelogue of a Mediterranean cruise. Anyone in terested is invited to attend. Amphibian tryouts tonight at 7:30. Anyone is welcome to try. Jean Failing’s Frosh discussion group will meet at the Y. W. at 3:50 today, from here members will go to the A. W. S. mass meet ing and tea. Christian Science organization will hold its regular meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 at Y. W. C. A. hut. Welcome extended to all. Socialist club meeting postponed till Thursday evening, November (Continued on Faye Three) Once in a Lifetime Leads * . This dulcet trio plays the lead roles in “Once in a Lifetime,” opening tonight at the Guild Theatre. The lady in the center is Ty Hart mils; flanking her on her left is Wilbur Walker; on her right, Chuck Shoemaker. Informal Dance Decorations Will Arrive on Friday Free Admission to Event Proves Alluring Even Ten Years Ago Although the depression had not begun, free admission to the soph ! omore informal in 1922 was just as alluring as it promises to be in 1932, the Emerald of the early date shows. Manifesting the spirit of the I Montmarte, where in an imitation of Bal Tabarin, ‘‘les garcons et leurs gigolettes” frolicked, was the setting of the hop which was held in the new armory. Black and white yama yama costumes be J decked the orchestra members, ' j and this color scheme was used | throughout the building. Compare this with the new false ceiling and clever Dutch decora tions which are arriving Friday from the John R. Stark company of Portland, who are furnishing | the entire lay-out to attire the : walls of McArthur court. Skull and Daggers, underclass honorary, has general supervision of the dance. Rifle Range Open At ROTC Barracks The time between now and No vember 20, inclusive, will be avail able to rifle teams of living organ izations for practice on the small bore range in the R. O. T. C. bar racks, it was announced yesterday by Major R. H. Back, officer in charge. During the week November 27 to December 3 the intramural ri fle match will be fired in a single stage. Hours on which the range will be available are: Monday, 3 to 5 o’clock; Tuesday, 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 o’clock; Wednesday, 3 to 9 o’clock; Thursday, 9 to 12 and 2 to 9 o’clock; Friday, 3 to 9 o’clock; Saturday, 10 to 12 o’clock. Responsible authority in each living organization that wishes to enter a team will submit to either Major Back or Sergeant Blythe, the name of a rifle representative through whom further arrange ments may be made. These names should be furnished by 9 o’clock next Monday afternoon. Library Adds Eleven Books to Circulation Eleven new books were received last week, according to Miss Rise, assistant circulation librarian at the main library. They are found on the seven-day rent shelf. The new books are as follows: "Mary Lincoln," Carl Sandburg; "Penhally," Caroline Gordon; "The Narrow Corner,” W. Somerset Maugham; “Bernard Shaw, Play boy and Prophet,” Archibald Hen derson; “Frank Norris," a biogra phy by Franklin Walker; "The Three James,” C. Hartley Gratton; "Wanton Mally,” Booth Tarking ton; "Seven Years in Soviet Rus sia," Paul Scheffer; "Other Peo ple’s Money,” Louis D. Brandies; "Earth Horizon,” Mary Austin; the Guild selection for November, "John Dryden,” three essays, T. S. Eliot. [ — . ti i Frosh Ordered Before Council For Punishment The following freshmen are ordered to appear before the Senior Traditions council to re ceive punishment for failing to wear their green lids: Francis Kolkowsky, Jack Miller, Ed Wheelock, A1 Henke, Fred Bronn, Ralph Macartney, Werner Brown, Dave Goodell, Hal Beem, Eddie Vail, Bill Pad dock, JIM Priaulx, Lorry Ford, and Max Stanley. Pan Xenia Fraternity Initiates New Students Seven new members were init iated into Pan Xenia, international foreign trade honorary fraternity, at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon in Ger linger hall. Following the initia tion a banquet at which Mr. Far mer of the Foreign Trade Advis ory board from Portland was the speaker, was held at the Anchor age. President Lomax, interna tional president of the fraternity, also spoke. Those initiated were: Percy Rid dell, John Wade, Stan Haberlach, Roger Comstock, Robert Schriber, Robert Erickson, and Sherrill Gregory. Dean Jewell Will Talk Before Education Club Dean J. R. Jewell will speak on “The Ten Thousand Dollar Teach er,” at the first meeting of the un dergraduate education club today at 7:30, in room 3 of the Educa tion building. There will be a short business meeting. Rolla Reedy, president of the organization, will conduct the meeting in which a secretary and a treasurer will be elected. All undergraduate students in education and all students who are prospective teachers are invited to attend. = d-Will Trio -s II Be Guests t5 f University Will Arrive Here “sday Morning ASSEMBLY PLANNED Visitors Under leadership of Pfaff To Spend One Day in Eugene With tentative plans for a gen eral student body assembly on foot last night, the program for the members of the Japan Good Will team, which will be guests of this University next Tuesday, has begun to take definite form. The Japanese students, who are making a five-month tour of the United States under the leader ship of a University of Oregon graduate, Roger Alton Pfaff, have been able to allot only 24 hours to their stay in Eugene, but pres ent prospects are that they will have an exceedingly busy day of it. Addressing the Eugene Rotary club’s weekly luncheon meeting and being guests at an evening banquet to be given in their honor by the international house are high-lights of the visitors’ day. If the general assembly is arranged, it will make a third big feature of the program. The University Y. M. C. A. cab inet has assumed responsibility for the reception of the Oriental visitors, placing plans under the direction of Dave Wilson. ('lass Schedule Requested The cabinet has asked Victor P. Morris, professor of economics, to arrange a schedule of class meet ings for the various members of the Japanese team and for Pfaff. Arrangements have already been made for individual members of the team to speak to Dr. Morris’ 8 o'clock class in International Trade and 11 o’clock class in Con servation of Natural Resources, which will turn during winter term to the study of international trade policies in the Pacific. Any members of the faculty who would like to have one of the Japanese students address 8, 9, or 10 o’clock classes should get in touch with Dr. Morris, who is call ing a meeting of the faculty com mittee on international relations today to make plans. Reception Being Arranged Officers of the Cosmopolitan (Continued on Page Three) Evans To Present New Hymn Books | John Stark Evans, professor of organ will preside at the dedica tion of ‘‘The New Hymnal for American Youth,” to take place Sunday evening at the meeting of the Wesley Foundation. The Wes ley club has ordered 50 copies of this hymn book, which was writ ten especially for college and young people’s groups. Eleanor Wharton, music chair man of the club, will have charge of the worship service, which be gins at 6:30 o’clock. The service will be preceded by a social half hour at 6 o’clock. H. Augustine Smuh, who edited the hymnal, is head of the depart ment of fine arts in religion at Boston university and was one of the professors of Miss Dorothy Nyland, director of the Wesley Foundation, who graduated from Boston university. University Men Better Read Than Women, Survey Shows By BARNEY CLARK An interesting sidelight on the literary tastes of college men and women is furnished by Miss Nancy Roberts, manager of the book de partment of the Co-op, who states that students have shown a de cided preference for non-fiction this year. Two anonymous books of the political debunking type head the list: “Washington Merry-Go Round,” a volume that has de lighted the scoffers for some time with it.-> revelations of graft and chicanery in the capital city, and “Not To Be Repeated,” its Euro pean contemporary. Other popu lar non-fiction works are “Our Wonderland of Bureaucracy” by James M. Beck, and “Epic of America” by James T. Adams. Pearl Buck’s famous novel of Chinese life, “The Good Earth,” and its sequel, “Sons,” are among the most popular fiction issues. William Faulkner’s “Light in April” in the first edition is also in demand. Miss Roberts reports that male students seem to be much more literary than the co-eds. Three men visit the book balcony to every girl that attends. A newly introduced dollar rental plan which permits the student use of the rent library for one year upon the payment of a dol lar, provided he does not take out over one book at a time, has proven a success, over 200 stu dents being on the list at the pres ent time. M. F. McClain, manager of the Co-op, stated that the purpose of the Book Balcony was to foster an appreciation of good books among the students, and that profit was a secondary considera tion.
