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VOMJME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933 ....NUMBER 53 uuLna Faculty Grade Point Average Figures Given 1 * f. Instructors GPA Class Is Shown hy List 2 89 TO .60 IS RANGE Figures Not Literally Indicative Of Instructor's Severity; Other Factors Enter By BARNEY CLARK Theoretically speaking, you can read over the grade point average which faculty members compiled during the fall term and see just which instructors are most in clined to give “A’s” and those who are most inclined to do other wise. The highest grades were given out by four members of the school of music staff. The highest average is 2.89. The other aver ages are 2.72, 2.53, and 2.51. On the opposite end of the list is L. K. Shumaker, who thus earns for himself the title of Oregon’s stiffest grader. His average is only .60, exactly 2.29 below that of the highest. This is explained partially, it is believed, by the fact that his classes, many of them being required, contain students that are somewhat backward. J. M. Rae had .66 and J. T. Ganoe had .75. That celebrated dispenser of few high grades, James Duff Barnett, was a surprisingly long way from the short end of the list, i He was 22 places from the bot tom with 1.04. Bulletin Explains Points An exact following of the letter of the rule would give an average of 1.00, as representing exactly fair grading of an exactly aver age class. However, these figures cannot be interpreted literally as indica tions of the severity with which the professors mentioned grade their students. According to a re cent copy of the faculty bulletin, “it should be remembered that there are more factors than are shown here. Quality of students, objectives of courses, theories of reward may vary appreciably from one department (and in structor) to another, and all these may affect grading practices.” Coach Has 1.51 It was noted that a majority of those near the top were instruc tors in the music school, and thi3 fact is explained by the item from the faculty bulletin which refers to the variations in course objec tives and requirements. Physical education and military personnel were fairly near the top of the list, although Bill Reinhart, basketball coach, was well down with 1.51. The instructors most nearly ap proaching the 1.00 average are: J. D. Barnett, 1.04; V. P. Morris, 1.03; H. Pettit, 1.03; and R. Hea gen, 0.99. The complete statistics are published elsewhere on this page. Manufacturing Class Inspects Iron Works In order to give the students a chance to visualize manufacturing operation in iron and steel, the class in manufacturing under Prof. J. H. Bond of the school of busi ness administration inspected the Eugene foundry and machine shops yesterday afternoon. The manager of the plant, Mr. . R. T. Burghardt, explained to the visiting students the operations of casting. The entire process of making iron castings was demon strated. Answers _^iBy BARNEY CLARK.= 1. Vice - president Thomas R. Marshall. 2. Just old enough to be a fresh man. 3. Steve Brodie. 4. California. See map. 5. Channel isles. They were part of Normandy. 6. Elijah. See Bible. 7. The various people who car ried the coins out of the country of origin. 8. Put quotes around the middle ‘ that” and you will see the mean ing. Grade Point Averages of Faculty for Fall Term Instructor GPA Rose E. McGrew.2.89 J. H. Stehn .,2.72 R. Underwood .2.53 A. Boardman .2 51 Mary H. Annin .2.50 L. E. Frazier .2.50 A. P. Underwood .2.40 M. Chamberlain .2.37 Grace P. Artau .2.02 R. G. Bryson .2.30 Jane Thacher .2.29 F. S. Dunn.2.21 O. L. Barrett .2.20 Edith B. Pattee .2.20 E. L. Casford .2.1C P. G. Callison .2.15 J. S. Evans .2.13 K. W. Onthank .2.12 M. L. Kerns .2.08 C. L. Kelly ..2.05 L. P. Artau .2.02 Mrs. O. T. Seybolt .2.02 J. F. Bovard .'2.00 Margaret Goodall .2.00 W. L. Hayward .2.00 P. A. Parsons .2.00 G. Hopkins .1.97 S. S. Smith .1,93 W. R. B. Wilcox .1.93 R. P. Bowen .1.92 T. Cloran .1.92 Clara Smertenko .1.91 Edna Landros .1.89 B. Frasier ....1.88 E. S. Prouty .1.88 R. H. Back .1.87 E. W. Kelly .1.87 J. Angell .1.85 D. E. Clark .1.80 W. S. Hayden .,.1.80 H. Sinnard .1.80 Florence Alden .1.78 N. L. Bossing .1.73 Janet Woodruff .1.73 J. R. Jewell .1.70 F. L. Stetson .1.C9 N. B. Zane . .1.69 Mary Jo Ivens .1.68 L. E. Ellis .1.67 R. K. Cutler .1.66 C. L. Huffaker .1.66 E. F. Shields .1.66. Anne L. Beck .1.65 Margaret Duncan .1.64 Instructor GPA R. C. Hall .1.64 J. A. Holaday .1.64 J. B. Rael .1.64 Ruth H. Bloomer .1.60 E. R. Knollin .1.69 L. A. Wood .1.60 G. Jones .1.59 C. L. Andrieni .1.58 C. Beall .1.58 Ruth Jackson .1.58 A. W. Vincent .1.58 E. Pollard .1.57 Ruth Hanson .1.56 H. Thomson .1.55 J. R. Dunbar .1.53 A. L. Peck .1.53 H. G. Tpwnsend .1.53 W. J. Reinhart .1.51 Alice H. Ernst .1.50 E. C. A. Lesch .1.48 F. G. G. Schmidt .1.48 Victoria Avakian .1.46 A. B. Stillman .1.46 P. P. Adams .1.45 P. R. Washke .1.45 E. E. Boushey .1.44 A. J. Mathews .1.44 E. G. Nesom .1.44 F. Thompson .1.44 E. D. Kittoe .1.43 Mary H. Perkins .1.43 G. Rebec . 1.43 Julia Burgess .1.42 F. P. Sipe .1.42 H. D. Sheldon .1.41 E. E. DeCou .1.41 Mabel A. Wood .1.40 W. D. Smith .1.39 Margaret Wiley .1.37 L. Wright .1.37 Christina Crane .1.34 B. Jennings .1.34 O. K. Burrell .1.31 R. D. Horn .1.31 G. Turnbull .1.31 R. T. Oliver .1.30 E. C. Moll .1.30 Rosalind Wulzen .1.30 N. H. Cornish .1.29 R. H. Ernst .1.29 H. S. Hoyman .1.29 H. Taylor .1.29 R. W. Breshears .1.27 G. Williamson .1.27 | Instructor GPA Mary E. Starr .1.26 j H. J. Noble .1.26 H. C. Howe .1.24 E. W. Allen .1.22 R. Seashore .1.22 F. L. Shinn .1.22 Marian G. Hayes .1.21 ' J. H. Mueller .1.20 J. L. Casteel .1.19 P. Morrissette ..•...1.18 A. F. Moursund .1.17 I C. Belliston .1.16 | E. S. Conklin .1.16 j H. R. Crosland .1.16 C. Crumbaker .1.16 W. V. Norris .1.16 W. P. Riddlesbarger .1.15 E. B. Mittleinan ..1.15 Anna Thompson .1.14 R. C. Clark .1.12 W. A. Dahlberg .1.12 J. Landsbury .1.12 A. G. Rae .1.12 Jesse H. Bond .1.11 W. Schumacher .1.08 C. Spencer .1.08 F. B. Morgan .1.08 W. F. G. Thacher.1.08 E. Kremer .1.07 D. M. Erb .1.05 W. Smith .1.05 J. D. Barnett .1.04 V. P. Morris .1.03« H. Pettit .1.03 R. Heagen .0.99 A. L. Lomax .0.97 L. C. Ball .0.96 A. Fish . 0.96 P. Merrick .0.95 J. H. Gilbert .0.93 P. E. Hartmus .0.92 R. R. Huestis .0.92 O. F. Stafford .0.92 W. L. Morse .0.91 L. S. Cressman .0.90 S. H. Jameson .0.90 H. B. Yocom .0.87 C. Howard - 0.86 C. V. Boyer . G. S. Claire a J. Hollis J. T. Ganoe J. M. Rae . 0.66 L. K. Shumaker .0.60 In reading the list printed herewith, it should be kept in mind that the objectives and requirements of various courses differ considerably, and this often accounts for an instructor having an exception ally low or high grade average. For example, certain music courses are studied only by students pro ficient at that particular art. Hence the high grades. On the other hand, many courses are compul sory and draw students who are slightly backward in intelligence. Thus the low grades. These facts should be remembered. Plans for A.W.S. Campus Carnival Now Under Way Helen Binford Appointed General Chairman for the Affair; Everyone Invited Preparation for the A. W. S. all-campus carnival, to be held, April 8, got under way yesterday,,! when the committee for the affair met at 4:45 in the College Side to make arrangements. The car nival is an annual affair, spon sored by the A. W. S., and in augurated for the first time last1 yesir. Helen Binford has been appoint- j ed general chairman for the car- j nival by Louise Webber, A. W. S. president. Miss Binford has ap (Continued on Page Four) ‘ Next Installment Of Term Fees Due On February 4th STUDENTS who have not ^ paid the second installment on the registration fee are warned by E. P. Lyon, cashier, that this payment will be due Saturday, February 4. Mr. Ly on pointed out that only six full days and two half days are left in which to pay it and that payment should be made im mediately to avoid a last min ute congestion. A fee of 25 cents per day will be charged for late payment of this installment. Non-resident fees are due on the same day. I Einstein Gives Requirements For hnprovemnet of Schools BERLIN, Jan. 20 — (AP) — Higher requirements for admis sion, teachers that engage the "reasoning power” of their stu dents — these things Dr. Albert Einstein sees as prime requisites in improving the quality of schools and education. The German mathematician, who left here for the United States last month to take up teaching duties made that date an important one, believes that higher admission qualifications would prove beneficial by chang ing curricula. "The less the curriculum as such has borne down upon the young people like a weight the more will the teacher find worthy of graduating—” This from the scientist who will head the school of mathematics at the New Insti tute for Advanced Study at Princeton university, Princeton, N. J. Much concerning Einstein’s views on education has been re vealed in a book by Alexander Moszkowski — for instance, the contention that teachers them selves are often at fault. He says they waste time asking questions to determine what the pupils do not know instead of try ing to ascertain what the pupil already knows or is capable of knowing. This theory of education may shed some light on the way the German savant will conduct his mathematics classes in America. Professor Einstein has a faculty of measuring his audiences and then discussing the most abstract ideas in the plainest of terms. To the verbosity of lecturers he at tributes the fact that entire class es sometimes fail to progress ma terially during a semester. “The example set by the class is the measuring stick for the teacher’s adaptability. If a class fails to progress, one doesn’t say it’s been a bad semester, but rather an incapable teacher in the chair,” the professor maintains. “Teaching can be made highly interesting and delivered in a manner that the reasoning power of the pupil sways with the lecture and his curiosity remains alive," he said. The German scientist is an op ponent of the blackboard and chalk and diagram method of teaching trigonometry. (Continued on Page Three) Lecture Series To Start Monday; Tickets Available Love and Marriage Talks Will Be Given Under Sponsorship of Personnel Division Tickets for the love and mar riage series of lectures which will begin Monday will be available at all living organizations this after noon. There will be no charge for the tickets, one of which will ad mit a student to all four of the speeches. This series of talks was given for the first time last year, and met with such success that the personnel division decided to spon sor them again this year. The four lectures succeed one another to form one unit, so stu dents are urged to attend all to follow the line of thought. The first lecture, Monday, Jan uary 30, will discuss the sociologi cal viewpoint of the situation. This meeting will take place in Villard, with Dr. Harold Leonard Bowman speaking. The second lecture will deal with the psychological side, and will be given by Dr. E. S. Conklin. This speech is scheduled for Feb ruary 6, at Villard hall. There will be two meetings on Monday night, February 13, one for men and one for women. These meetings will feature the biologi cal phase of the love and marriage issue. Dr. A. Kenan will speak to the women, and Dr. W. K. Living ston to the men. p>r. Conklin will conclude the ad dresses on February 20 in Villard hall, when he will hold a discussion of the post-marital idea. The committees responsible for the arrangement of the lectures are Ed Schweiker, publicity; Jean Grady, publicity in men’s houses; Bill Davisj, tickets; Mary Ellen Bradford, publicity in women’s houses; Frances Johnston, secre tary; and Helen Binford, managing chairman. Four in Infirmary With several students released from the infirmary yesterday, the number of patients has been re duced to four. Those recuperating are Betty Bretseher, Sarah Louise Frederick, Millicent Olin, and Frances Fearnley. Purdue Uses Different Plan Of Accounting System Keeps Activities On Business Basis established 1925 Financial Report Submitted Each Year to Comptroller of University (Editor's note: Recently the Emerald proposed a general plan for the reorgani zation of Oregon's student government, the main features of which would be a faculty legislative body and an advisory I student parliament. In the following story Mr. Prescott tells how a system simi'ar to ihat which he Em* raid suggests has beer inaugurated successfully at one Of the na tion’s leading colleges.) By JULIAN PRESCOTT Purdue university’s big contri bution to student body govern ment is the system of accounting used in the handling of finances for all activities with the excep tion of those receiving less than $50 a year and those groups occu pying houses. The system works under an auditor of student organ izations. The office was established in 1925 by the board of trustees to secure uniformity in accounting ! records, establish continuity be | tween business officers and their i successors, and to be of assistance | to the organization officials in j keeping their activities on a sound business basis. The entire cost of maintaining the office is borne by I the university. j Audits are made of the books at j each organization at least twice a I year. All receipts and disburse ments pass through the auditor’s office. President Gives Approval At the end of each school year the auditor submits to the univer sity comptroller a complete report of the funds of each organization and activity. After approval by the president of the university, the report is published. Items included in the report are letters of transmittal instructions to organization treasurers and bus iness managers, explanation of re port terminology, summary state ment and organization reports. The organization reports occupy from one page for some of the smaller groups to seven for the Playshop. The reports of the individual ac tivities include itemized cash re ceipts and cash disbursements. Ev ery item of expenditure is shown in the statement by the activity treasurer or business manager. Forms Are Standard To aid the student officials in maintaining their accounts a set of standard accounting forms which all student groups, with a few exceptions, are required to use. They include blanks for the budget, remittance advice, vouch er, ledgers for cash receipts and for disbursements, a ticket report, j and a circulation report. There ! are also standard duplicate re ! ceipts and standard check forms. (Continued on Page Pour) J Campus Calendar j W. A. A. is sponsoring a recre i ation hour today from 4 to 5 in j the women’s gym. Tumbling acts i will be featured. | -Social swim tonight from 7:30 ! to 9:30 in the women’s pool at | Gerlir.ger hall. Kappa Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi will appear in a swimming meet today at 4 in the women’s pool. | Everybody interested in the con test is urged to come. Managers of intramural athletic | teams take pictures for the Ore gana today in front of the men's gym at 1:30 p. m. Be there. Interfraternity council will meet j at 12:40 p. m. today in front of Johnson hall for the Oregana pic j ture. • Alpha Delta Sigma meeting to day at 11:50. All members must be there. — At 4 this afternoon a class in ; tumbling will be offered to girls j desiring to participate, at the women’s gym in Gerlinger hall. Takes New Post N. Thomas Stoddard, assistant graduate manager, who has taken over the duties of Ronald H. Rob nett, resigned, in addition to his own. This business was done in the interests of economy and is a part of the extensive paring down of expenses now being done by the A. S. U. O. Words Battle in Discussion of New Philippine Bill Smith Refuses To Be Quoted on Stand Taken in Hot Verbal Tilt Words flew free and fast last night when Warren D. Smith, head of the geography department, and Florendo Mangavil, Filipino stu dent on the campus, discussed the recently passed bill for Philippine independence before members of the Cosmopolitan club and the In ternational Relations club at a meeting in Johnson hall. Mang'avil, endorsing the inde pendence bill, based his arguments upon the neutralization agreement. "This is determined (the neutrali zation of the area) by the close proximity of British, French and Japanese territory. Japan would not like Great Britain to go to the Philippines and endanger her in tegrity.” Warren D. Smith based his ar guments upon the geographical po sition of the islands, but requested that his statements not be report ed. Following the presentation of the basic arguments, the discus sion became open for questioning. A number of Filipino students of fered evidence against Dr. Smith’s arguments. Dean Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, who presided at the meeting, in troduced the argument that pos session of the Philippines is a grave weakness to the United States. “So long as the independence question is unsettled, so long will Philippine business be paralyzed,” was the statement of a proponent of the bill. No reconciliation of opinions way, accomplished. Thie s Enter Ten Men’s Organizations In Raids Yesterday -¥ - Leap Year Gone; So Men Will Pay For Dime Crawl rpHE EDITION of the clime crawl wiil be the dyed-in the-wool straight variety of dime crawl, Harry Schenk, stu dent head of the interfraternity council, announced yesterday. He said that the council had voted against reversing the craw! this year and pledged the cooperation of the men in the project. Schenk said that the men were hopeful of making the event highly successful this year. Nancy Suomela, chairman of the event, announced that the assistants would be Virginia Hartje, Phoebe Greeman, and Beverly Price. A girl from each house will also be selected to assist in the work. Juniors To Have Annual Shine Day While the rain and wind com pleted the destruction of any shoe shines that might be boasted by pedestrians, the junior class met in Villard hall and decided to hold the annual shine day about the middle of February. Hubert Tot ton was appointed chairman and the date and other committee members will be announced next week. The class also discussed the problem of a junior class council, although nothing definite was de cided. Neal Bush, president, will make an announcement on this in the future. Last year the shine was delayed until the spring term by unfavor able weather, but the class hopes to hold it the winter term this year. Four stands are planned, one to be located in front of the Col lege Side Inn. Dr. Conkliu Will Speak To Christian Council The Student Christian council announces the first vesper meeting of the term to be held Sunday evening at the Y. W. C. A. bunga low at 6:00 p. m. Dr. E. S. Conk lin, head of the department of psychology, will speak on the "Universality of Worship.” Refreshments will be served during the social half-hour from 6:00 to 6:30. Mary Margaret Lott is the chairman of the re freshment committee. Lawrence Frazier is in charge of 'the pro gram which will follow. Technocracy Will Abolish All Money, Says Crumbaker (Editor’s Note: This is the concluding article in the series on technocracy.) By CALVIN CRUMBAKER (Assoc. Professor of Economics) As told to Jack Bellinger While one interpretation of the statements of technocracy leads us to a glorified model of the pres ent imperfect exchange system, other statements of the same spokesmen make possible a far more radical program. Price, val ue, money, exchange of value for value, and good for good, are to be abolished. While members of society would specialize in such tasks as would continue to be per formed, as they do now, their products would not be for sale or exchange, as now, but for the com mon income of the entire group. Machinery and mechanical power would so completely supersede hu man labor (in at least 90 percent of all production, we are told) that any distribution of income upon the quantity of labor performed would be unjust and unfair, and destructive of the purposes of the society. The social group for whom all work is done, is not an [employer, and income received by those who work is not wages. Most of our worry about determin ing the number of ergs generated as the wheels go around in the head of a professor when he writes a book are groundless. There will be no need to reduce mental and physical effort to a common de nominator, and issue erg certifi cates therefor. The human factor can be ignored; statements of technocracy are inconsistent un less it is assumed that these fac tors are to be ignored. This is supported by the fact that tech nocracy promises to members of society who work a few hours per week between the ages of 25 and 45, for example, a life income equal to a present income of $20, 000 per year. It is further support ed by the fact that technocracy in sists that quantitative measure ments give way to qualitative. Income under technocracy is not based upon the contribution of the recipient to the common social in come. Distribution under technoc racy would resemble that of the modern family, which apportions an important share of the family income to a minor son, or daugh ter, with no pretense that either contributes in any way to the in (Continued on I’age Three) Jollies, Watch, $148 in (lash Stolen SURGLARS ARE SEEN L.T.O., Theta Chi, rhi Pelt, Sigma Nu, 1*1 Kap, Slgina Chi, S.C.T. I)elt, Fiji, Bela Invaded t — Prowling one house after an other, burglars took $148 in cash, a watch valued at $100, clothing and other items from eight fra ternity houses early yesterday morning. The houses robbed were Alpha Tau Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Thetd, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, and Sigma Pi Tau. The Beta Theta Pi and Theta Chi were entered also, but % the intruders were scared away before they could find anything to take. The watch was taken from Oli ver (Spook) Pope at the A. T. O. house. It had been given to him by his father for Christmas a year ago. Pope said yesterday that the value of the watch was approximately $100. Riding Boots Gone The A. T. O. house was also looted of $26 in cash, a pair of military boots, spurs, breeches, and a pen and pencil set. The boots and spurs were valued at $30 and belonged to John McCul loch. A suit of clothes and some $15 in cash were taken from the Phi Delt house. The Pi Kaps lost ap proximately $15, it was estimated by the members. At the Sigma Chi house, the prowlers stocked up with four or five packages of cigarettes in ad dition to taking about $15 from clothes. The Sigma Nus reported losing about $25. This also was picked up in small amounts in various rooms. An undetermined amount of money was taken from the Sigma Pi Tau house. Seven dollars were taken from the Delta Tau Delta house and $5 from the Phi Gamma Delta house. Robbers Know Way The "jobs” have the appearance of having been done by the same group that went through student rooms in the Northwest about three years ago, according to Sergeant W. J. Mulkey, Jr., of the state police. At that time houses in Eugene, Corvallis, and Mon mouth were burglarized. A short time later similar robbers were perpetrated in University of Wash ington fraternities. “Whoever made the raids was familiar with the layout of fra ternity houses and the habits of the men in them,” it was com mented yesterday by Captain El mer Geiger of the Eugene police. “They didn't have to ransack around much and were seen in only two places.” Finger prints were found in sev eral places, but it is thought that they probably belong to members of the houses. The prints will be sent to San Francisco for check ing with files there, if it is found that they do not belong to house members. Descriptions Given Descriptions of the prowlers, (Continued on Page Four) --— ^nterfraternity Singing Contest Closes Today The interfraternity table song contest will close with the judg ing of Alpha Chi Omega at din ner today. The three judges will announce their opinions of the various combinations of sopra nos and contraltos and contral tos and tenors, baritones and basses found in the campus liv ing organizations soon, Don Eva. contest promoter, said. Judges are John Stark Evans, John Mueller, and Mrs. Doris Helen Calkins. The closing weeks of the contest were de layed somewhat by breaks in the schedule, but the rounds of the houses will be completed today.