Oregon daily emerald., February 01, 1933, Page 2, Image 2

University of Oregon, Eugene
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The Emerald’s Creed for Oregon
" . There is always the human temptation to
forge- that the erection of buildings, the formulation of
now curricula, the expansion of departments, the crea
tion of new functions, and similar routine duties of
the administration are but means to an end. There is
always a glowing sense of satisfaction in the natural
impulse for expansion. This frequently leads to regard
ing achievements as ends in themselves, whereas the
truth is that these various appearances of growth and
achievement can lie justified only in so far as they
make substantial contribution to the ultimate objec
tives of education .... providing adequate spiritual
and intellectual training for youth of toduy—the citi
zenship of tomorrow. . . .
“ . . . . The University should be a place where
classroom experiences and faculty contacts should stimu
late and train youth for the most effective use of all
the resources with which nature has endowed them. Dif
ficult and challenging problems, typical of the life
and world in which they are to live, must be given
them to solve. They must be taught under tin- expert
supervision of instructors to approach the solution of
these problems in a workmanlike way..uan.ith a dis
ciplined intellect, with a reasonable couIMfttirf of the
techniques that ; re involved, with a high sense of in
tellectual adventure, and with «i genuine devotion to the
ideals of intellectual integrity. . . .” From the Biennial
Report of the University of Oregon for 1931-32.
The American people cannot be too careful in
guarding the freedom of speech and of the press
against curtailment as to the discussion of public
affairs and the character and conduct of public
men. —Carl Schurs.
CUT DOWN THE CHARGES
INVESTIGATION by the Emerald reveals that the
men’s gymnasium charges students approxi
mately double the purchase cost to replace equip
ment that is lost. Reason is given that the high
assessments discourage carelessness anti eliminate
frequent losses of articles.
It requires no expert diagnosis to disclose the
flaws in such an incongruous situation. Most miss
ing equipment is stolen. The thief gives not one
whoop whether the lad to whom the article is as
signed has to pay $1 or $2 to replace it. Thieves
are not built that wuy. Thus the students who lose
equipment at the men’s gymnasium are penalized
doubly for another's dishonesty.
If a youth has a $1.15 sweatshirt stolen by a
sticky-fingered school-mate, is it not enough that
he pay $1,15, or, say $1.25, to have it replaced’.’
Why penalize him further by charging him twice
what the article is worth when new?, The incon
gruity of such a situation is apparent at once. It
is reasonable that the authorities at the gymnasium
should assess a 10 per cent administration fee on
all equipment that is missing, but double the pur
chase price is out of all proportions.
Perhaps those in charge fear that students will
make off with their awn equipment if a stiff price
is not charged on missing articles. Logic does not
support this conclusion. No lad of average intel
ligence and reasoning is going to pay for second
hand equipment what it costs when brand new.
Taken by and large, there is little to support the
exorbitant prices now charged by the men's gym
nasium for lost equipment. A 10 per cent admini
stration fee, just enough to place a premium on
carefulness, would be sufficient. It would accom
plish all the good which the present assessment is
.designed to attain. It also would lighten the loads
on the poeketbooks of the young men who are un
fortunate enough to have their equipment stolen.
It cannot be denied that this move would be in
keeping with these difficult times.
The men’s gymnasium has been a leader in
other progressive changes. We have enough faith
in the foresight of Paul Washke and his aides to
believe that a reduction in replacement charges
will not be long in forthcoming.
PICTURES OF VALUE
rT'HE PICTURES which the Faculty club is pre
senting as its annual winter series compare to
our current cinemas as do the classics of yesterday
to most of our rather feeble contemporary litera
ture. They are epics of the screen and merit great
er patronage than they generally enjoy. From them
cau be derived cultural and educational advantage
not to be obtained from other cinema presentations.
Today the club is sponsoring a delightful German
production that centers about the life of the con
cert master, Johann Strauss. The music alone is!
worthwhile. It bring, a vivid picture of the Ger
many of old, before the scourge of war crushed
the government that Bismarck and Von Moltke
built. The offering also is an historical sucoess,
and should be of interest to college students, whose
average cinema choice does not tend towards pic
tures of educational value.
FIGHTING FURTHER REDUCTIONS
THE VIGOROUS fight being waged by Chancel
lor Kerr to prevent further cuts in the budget
for higher education is worthy of commendation
from nis friends and foes alike. Largely because of
the effective work of the chancellor and the state
board, budget reductions by the legislature have
this long been forestalled. With every resource at
their command, Kerr and the board members are
attempting to show the senators and representa
tives of the inadvisability of ordering further cuts
in the appropriations for higher education.
Higher learning throughout the nation is under
going severe restrictions these days, and Kerr and
the board are striving to convince the legislature
that Oregon’s system already has sustained the
largest reduction it can suffer without being
crippled completely. The outcome is not yet de
cided. The legislature has yet to say whether it
will order additional cuts in the appropriations for
higher education. But, regardless of the conclu
sion, Kerr and the board members, especially E. C.
Sammons of Portland, must be given due credit for
their active opposition to further retrenchment.
DR. REBEC’S QUESTIONS
DR. GEORGE REBEC, dean of the graduate
school, has come forth with as baffling a series
of questions as it has been our lot to encounter in
some time. The Emerald editorial board spent a
portion of yesterday afternoon in an attempt to
reach an agreement on the correct answers. There
was no general concensus of opinion, but in the
main the answers were mostly negative.
The questions, admittedly controversial, are so
worded that a definite answer of “yes” or “no” is
almost impossible. It is said that the answers will
relieve considerable of the studenL’s character and
the state of student ideas.
The questions reprinted from yesterday's Emer
ald, which are to be answered by a simple yes or
no, follow:
1. That man is educated who is adjusted to the
life of society in its actual concerns and processes,
with a frank and distinct emphasis on the man’s
economic vocation. Yes or no?
2. American democratic culture is not much in
terested in religions which busy themselves with
eternity and the other world, or philosophies seek
ing the “absolutely real," or an art or literature of
the high-aloft classical variety; American demo
cratic culture must keep close to the common lot,
and the common experiences. Do you agree?
3. The kind of mathematics, physics, chemistry,
and biology that should be taught young Americans
is that v/hich lies close to the life they have to
lead. Yes or no?
4. The topics in history which educate are those
which illuminate the present; history as archaeol
ogy does not educate. Yes or no?
5. The social science which the educated Ameri
can of tomorrow wants is not that which discusses
abstract and ideal politics, or even studies too anxi
ously the framework of our own government, but
that which enlightens him concerning the immigra
tion question, lawlessness as a national phenom
enon. the actual working of prohibition, the reason
for the maladjustment between production and dis
tribution in our capitalistic society, etc. Yes or no?
G. The literature courses should have a lot less
j of English literature, including even Shakespeare
| and the great poets, find still less of Dante and Vir
gil and Homer, and all the rest of the high-toned,
far-away classics, and a lot more of our own Ameri
can literature, and Ihe latter brought pretty near
to date. Yes cr no?
7. The common sense goal of education is to rc
[ concile Success with Service. Are you satisfied?
It is our belief that many highly educated people
! would be embarrassed in an attempt to answer the
interrogations. The “yes” or “no” answers repre
I sent entirely opposed viewpoints in education, sci
j ence, sociology, history, and other fields.
They cleverly test, however, the students’ re
action to pure science as opposed to applied science,
I the abstract to the concrete, the theoretical to the
| practical, and intellectual thinking to technical
thinking. They show the extent to which university
| training has broadened the student and modified his
! reactions.
A. doe with six-pointed antlers was Killed by
j Winsliip Nunnally of Atlanta at Sea Island, Ga.
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Who’s Who
BARNETT, JAMES HUFF, univ. prof.; b. Cairo,
Egypt, October 25, 1870; s. James and Margaret
Lees (Duff) Barnett; A.B., Coll, of Emporia, Kan.,
I 1890; Ph.D., U. of Wis., 1905; unmarried . Fellow
1 in polit. science, 1902-03, asst., 1903-05, U. of Wis.;
instr., polit. science, 1905-06, prof., 1906-08, U. of
lOkla.; prof., polit. science, U. of tire., since 1908.
[ Mem., Am. Polit. Science Assn., Nat. Municipal
League. Author: Operation of the Initiative, Refer
endum and Recall in Oregon, 1915. Contbr. to legal
and polit. jours. Home: Eugene, Ore.
Oloran, Timothy, university prof.; b. nr. Cuya
hoga Falls, ()., Jan. 9, 1869; A.B., Adelbert Coll.
(Western Reserve U.), 1891; U. of Berlin, 1879-98;
U. of Strassburg. 1898-99, Ph.D., 1901; U. of Paris,
1901-00; U. of Madrid. 1905-06; m. Lauretta Edith
Murphy, of Upper Alton, 111 . Sept. 7, 1899. Instr.
in Latin and Greek, Beneva High School, 1891-93;
prof.. French, German and Greek, Shurtleff Coll.,
111.. 1893-97; prof., modern langs., U. of Ida., 1899
1900; adj. prof., Romance langs., Vanderbilt U.,
Term. 1900-04; assi. prof., Romance langs., 1900
07. prof, since Jan. 1. 1908, U. of Ore. Democrat.
Conglist. Mem., Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Author of a Philol. study of "Angler's Anglo-Nor
man French Translation of tire Dialogues of Gre
gory the Great" (manuscript 24766 of the Nat. Lib
rary, Paris i, 1901; also an edition of Chateaubri
and's Atala, 1911. Home: 631 loth Ave. E.. Eugene.
Oregon,
t unkUn, Edmund Smith, prof, psychology; b.
New Britain. Conn , Apr. 19, 1881; s. Edmund Sid
ney and Catherine Annette (Smith) C.: B.H.,
Springfield (Mass.) Y. M. C. A. Coll.. 1908; M.A..
Clark U. 1909, fellow in psychology, 1909-11,
Ph.D., 1911; m. Helen Corey Holbrook, June 27,
1915; children Marietta Muir. Edmund Holbrook.
Asst. prof, psychology and acting head of dept..
U. of Ore., 1911-13, prof, and head of dept . 1913-:
29. prof, and chmn. dept, since 1929. acting dean of
giad sch„ 1922-23: visiting prof.. U. of Chicago'
Dtv. Sch . winter 1931. Mem., editorial bd. Jour.
Genetic Psychology, Genetic Psychology Mono
graph- Fellow A. A A S men; Am Psychol.
An., u tv tern Psychology An. iprc,.. 1920. j
Any Offers - - - By KEN FERGUSON
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A Message to Garcia
This is one of a series of articles to which outstanding members o)
Oregon s higher educational system are contributing. Another will be
published in the next issue of the Emerald.
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By WAYNE L. MORSE
(Dean of the School of Law)
IT is generally recognized that
* the administration of American
criminal justice is in need of a
great deal of improvement. How
ever, it is socially dangerous and
costly to introduce changes in our j
criminal law machinery, as it is a
common practice for legislatures
to do, unless those changes are
based upon objective data or at
least are representative of the
opinions of a large number of those
who because of training and ex
ipepience, are best qualified to
speak.
The ‘‘professional reformer’’
with his snap judgments and in
terferences from unproved premis
es, motivated often by prejudice
and selfish interests, constitutes
perhaps the greatest obstacle to
| sound criminal law reform. He
| often succeeds in swaying our
! law-makers into enacting into law
1 his pet theory which in due time
1 proves itself a failure with the re
! suit that the legal profession espe
cially and the public generally are
| losing confidence in all legislative
; reform programs.
* * *
It is true that the value of law
reform as a means of controlling
the crime problem has tended to
be over-emphasized, yet it is un
i doubtedly true that if crime as a
j social disease is to be checked, one
important therapeutic measure
; along with others will always be
i the enactment into law of sound
1 legal reforms.
On the other hand, many chang
es can be brought about without
the enactment of legislation if
those entrusted with the adminis
tration of criminal justice will rec
ognize and assume their full re-1
[ sponsibility to the public.
* * *
Undoubtedly the efficiency ofj
the system must be measured in i
terms of its effects upon those ac
cused of crime and upon society as
a whole. Such standards are not
fixed and certain, but rather are
often intangible and exceedingly!
elusive. It is self-evident that j
American criminal justice is inef
ficient and, what is more, that it I
often produces social ills as se
rious as those it seeks to cure. It i
costs inestimable sums of money |
and it is wasteful of energy and j
far too often of human lives. It is i
hobbled with the theory of punitive j
justice, fixing punishment, as it 1
does, according to the offense com
mitted. It is saddled with many
obsolete legalistic concepts which
were formulated by courts of the;
past at a time when little was j
known of the science of human be
havior. It is administered today by j
public servants, most of whom.j
though honest and well meaning,
have had little training in the so-1
cial sciences. Further, they are|
not provided with the necessary fa
cilities or with expert assistants
so that they can apply the many
contributions of social science to;
their work.
The administration of American
criminal justice will not be great
ly improved until the people de
vote a corresponding amount of in
telligence. time, energy, and money
to controlled social planning as
they have devoted to the develop
ment of our great technological
system. The social system with its,
units of human behavior is more
'•epic >nd in>ricn*e than the
technological system resulting, a-.
it does, from a knowledge and ap
plication of the laws of the physi
cal sciences; nevertheless it, too,
functions on the basis of cause and
effect relationships. The task of
the social scientist is a challeng
ing and difficult one, made more
difficult by the obstacles of popu
lar prejudices, social taboos, emo
tionally colored “moral” dogmas,
selfish desires of affected inter
ests, and politics.
* * w
Improved criminal law machin
ery alone will not solve the many
complex problems involved in the
administration of criminal justice.
Incompetent and poorly trained
administrators can negative the in
herent values of any administra
tive system no matter how care
fully and scientifically devised. On
the other hand, able and faithful
administrators cannot produce so
cially desirable results if limited
by law to the use of obsolete and
cumbersome methods. The im
provement of criminal law machin
ery is chiefly a legislative prob
lem but the responsibility for the
improvement of the caliber of ad
ministrative officers must be as
sumed to a large extent by the
American law schools and by the
American legal profession. How
ever, both of these groups should
be indicted for their failure to de
mand that criminal lawyers and
judges should be more thoroughly
trained in both the criminal law
and in those social science disci
plines which seek to analyze and
understand the complexities of
human behavior.
Why is it that many of the best
law firms practically refuse to
handle criminal cases ? Why is it
that many law teaehers, practi
tioners, and judges urge law stu
dents and young lawyers to avoid
criminal court practice? Why do
most American law schools minim
ize the importance of criminal law
by giving the subject a very re
stricted place in curriculum offer
ings ? Is the growing recognition
of the importance of human and
societal rights as contrasted with
private property rights forcing our
law schools and legal profession to
justify their neglect of the crim
inal law? Can they justify it?
Some of the problems raised by
these questions will be discussed in
subsequent articles.
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:<: :[i *
Guy S. Claire, versatile law pro
fessor, is reported to have received
m-1
promenade by carol hurlburt
TVTO matter how well edycated we
” become (as determined . . .
with apologies to Dean Eric W.
Allen ... by whether or not you
know how the expression, "He
didn't do right by our little Nell,"
originatedi, we still arc members
of that strange institution, "The
Animal Kingdom."
* * * '
All year long different persons,
co-eds, professors, and freshman
men. have come \o me, asking
"Can't you do something about
the way the men dress on the cam
pus?" The point being that, with
dirty cords, coat tails flapping and
shirt awry, you don't do much
credit to this kingdom of ours in
spite of the fact that you may
know all about Little Nell. Being
a mere woman I, obviously, can't
do much about the appearance of
the species masculine, and so I
asked Bart Siegfried and Jim Em
mett, both specialists in the gentle
art of men's apparel, what they
could suggest. Together we hit
upon a solution: in this issue and
the nine following they will select
the ten men whom they consider
to be the best dressed on the cam
pus.
* $ *
Messrs Siegfried and Emmett
select: John Powers, because they
consider him one of the ten best
dressed men on the campus,
i Watch for No. 6!)
« # $
Consider how carnivorous, pari
sh ic we are in this kingdom of
ours. Think of all the little silk
wor\iu 11'at pin tlnii li\c. out iu
i scries of endless cocoons to make
the laquered and crinkled silks
that are all the rage just now.
Granulated and blistered wools, off
the backs of a million bleating
lambs, are what you will wear this
spring: wools that feel spongy or
ribbed or fuzzy, harsh or angor
ish.
The leopard rearsh is spots to
blush unseen upon the jungle air
until Miss 1933 goes swaggering
down University street in them.
The zebra specializes in stripes,
all for our benefit.
* * *
Man is only an animal at heart,
they say, but he goes the animal
one better by the use of his imag
ination. We are using spots and
stripes this season, but we are im
proving on them. You can wear
i checks with a night club air,
plaids that swear, diamonds that
| scream, circles that shoot off at
a tangent, dots like pink elephants,
and scroll designs with all the
witchery of a Japanese tea garden
... “Where the horses are fast
and the ladies are beautiful,” and
a girl's best friend is her mirror.
$ $ *
The expression, “He didn't do
right by out Little Nell,” originat
ed with Henry the Eighth, who,
turning on his death bed. admon
ished his court to “Do right by
Our Little Nell.” Little Nell was
the beautiful Nell Gwynn, who
caused Henry to forget his eight
tragic wives.
* $
We Select for Promenade: Bettie
Powell, because she is an honored
membc of out kingdom in her
jaunty leopard skin Coat.
a silver medal for gallantry in ac
tion in the world war. We think
it would be appropriate if he re
ceived a medal for his valiant
work in the law school, too. It
must be tough to have to stay
that long in the same building
with men like Eva, Langtry, Hus
ton, Elbow, and Brown.
* * *
An Emerald headline says: “Ex-:
Oregonian writes book explaining1
logic.” That sounds a great deal j
like logic about logic but if it were '
logic about logic there would have
to be something logical about logic
about logic. To all of which Harry
Handball comments tersely: “Why
wear a truss?”
3! * *
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
Bill Meissner plus studious look
. . . Harry Weimar just walking
. . . Warren D. Smith in the Side
. . . Bob McCombs talking about
his inamorati . . . Julius Rehal
back at the slot machine . . .
Marytine New blushing.
Contemporary
Opinion . , .
Such Men Are Needed
A FEW months ago, when it ap
peared certain that E. C. Sam
mons would resign from the state
board of higher education, some
thing like consternation spread
among persons who hoped to see
the board's unification plan devel
op into a broad, well-balanced
program taking full advantage of
all present plant. These folk were
relieved when he finally consented
|o remain on the board. Now that
higher education is up against
new legislative difficulties, these
people are coming to an even more
complete realization of the value
of his services.
The most recent public exam
ple of his work was the defense of
higher education which appeared
j under his name in Sunday's Port
land Oregonian. He pointed out
! that higher education was the only
state department that brought in
money from the outside and yet it
was made to suffer more than any
other “major state activity” in the
budget. The statement presented
facts and figures concerning tlrt:
higher educational financial situa
tion and makes eye-opening com
parisons. “Do the people of Ore
gon in their zeal for reduced taxes
want to destroy the usefulness of
all the institutions of higher learn
ing?” Sammons asked. Later he
asked another question that hit
straight at a suggestion that has
been put forward seriously at Sa
lem: “Do the people of Oregon, in
view of their vote at the Novem
ber election, which was the most
overwhelming decision ever re
corded by the people of Oregon,
desire to close institutions?”
Having fired those and other
1 salvos by means of questions, the
board member borrowed H. E.
I shells from the Oregon Voter for
a broadside of figures. The Voter
compared expenditures from tax
funds for the calendar years of
1921 and 1931 and arrived at the
conclusion that, while taxes for all
higher education expenditure had
increased ONLY 1 PER CENT
during the ten years, the follow
ing percentage increases had been
made by other activities:
Roads and highways .21.9
Elementary and high schools....49.1
Towns and cities .22.6
Ports and docks .5.4
Another heavy blow on top of
! the reduction of 31.9 per cent in
| income already taken would be
ruinous, unfair and unjust,” Sam
mons said. Then he presented fig
ures to show what cuts had been
made and what the effect of fur
ther cutting would be. The article
concludes:
“We, of Oregon, should recall
that the educational institutions
are the only departments of our
state government which bring in
money from outside our state. We
receive approximately $500,000 per
year from the federal government,
besides thousands upon thousands
of dollars of fees from out-of-state
students and the expenditure of
many more thousands by parents
and relatives of students while vis
iting them from other localities.
The University of Oregon has re
ceived more than $1,500,000 in
gifts in the past five years, largely
from outside the state.
“Higher education in Oregon
stands at the cross roads. What do
the people of Oregon want done?”
Those who don't follow the news
from Salem should not get the idea
that Sammons is one of the many
who tries to fight his battles
through the newspapers. Before
the above mentioned article ap
peared Sammons had carried his
fight to the legislature. He had
reported there the status of high
- er educational affairs and had
1 showed how unfair and how ruin
ous would be the further cuts pro
posed. Then some legislators had
construed his remarks as meaning
that the board wanted to close
certain of the state institutions
and wanted the legislature to make
itself the political goat. The state
board has faced that sort of thing
all the way through but has kept
on fighting. The state is seriously
in need of leaders like Sammons
and his associates who are willing
to go the whole road of expense
cutting cooperation, but have the
courage to stop when such coop
eration ha.- reached its limit.—hu
gene Morning News.
I
Letters to the Editor
All "Letters to the Editor" must bear
either the signature or initials of the
writer, the former being preferred. Be
cause of space limitations, the editor
reserves the right to withhold such
communications as he sees fit. Ail let
Iters should be concise and to the point.
The editor of the Emerald solicits opin
ions and constructive criticism from
the members of the student bedg.
Poor Dime Crawl!
To the Editor oj the Emerald:
Sir: The date for another dime
crawl has been set. It seems to be
accepted that there must be a dime
crawl, although no one is enthus
iastic. We admit that the money
is for the “worthy cause” of fi
nancing a student loan fund, but
the method is stale. Why not dis
card this wornout tradition along
with the frosh lids ?
Every Dime Crawl is greeted
with louder groans and less mon
ey. They were originally very en
joyable social events, but constant
repetition has made them an or
deal.
Next week will see the hunted
male trying to escape the grim fe
male who is dutifully demanding
his attendance at her respective
sorority in order that their part
of the crawl may be a financial
success. Those who fail to lure
the male are often requested to
make up the- deficit out of their
own funds. At 7:30 Dime Crawl
is ended with sighs of relief, only
to be faced again the next term.
Won’t some human benefactor
please come to the rescue and pro
duce a new and more painless idea
for raising a loan fund?
I. L. . C.
P. M.
_ _ — '
A Decade Ago
From Daily Emerald
February 1, 1933
0 1
Legislators Visit
Fifty-five legislators visited the
campus yesterday and found stu
dents and faculty going about their
tasks in the approved manner. An
11 o’clock assembly was held in
Gerlingcr hall at which President
Campbell addressed students and
legislators.
* * *
That’s Service
Today’s Emerald was printed
yesterday afternoon so that legis
lators might be able to learn all
about what they and the campus
did.
Pays Visit
Edison Marshall, writer and
graduate from Oregon paid a visit
to the University today. Mr. Mar- ,
shall is headed for a hunting trip, i
a sport which he dearly loves.
* * *
Shake, Brother
I Students are raising a strong
protest against the proposed legis
lation which would set tuition fees
at $100. Students who are work
ing their way through declare that
they will be forced to leave school
should the raise become effective.
Pity the Profs
I A survey conducted among lead
ing universities in the country
shows that the professors at the
University of Oregon receive low
er salaries than those at other
similar institutions. The amount
i of this difference ranges from
$1575 less for the president, to $95
fer some assistant professors.
Emerald
Of the Air
Today at 12:15 the Emerald-of
the-Air cracks open the Oregon
, Daily Emerald and turns it upside
: down, spilling news, editorials, and
! what have you.
Another article on student gov
ernment will be considered. A
story on the charges, exorbitant or
[ otherwise, imposed on students for
lost gym equipment will be read,
and comments—more or less ap
propriate—will be made.
| Campus Calendar
Rev. Fred S. Morrow, Westmin
ster student pastor, will be at the
Westminster house today. He will
begin a group discussion on “Com
parative Religions’’ at 9 o’clock in
the evening.
Pre - legal student association J
will hold its first meeting of the
term this evening in room 109 of
Oregon hall. Earl Immel, Eugene
attorney, will speak. Law students
and faculty invited.
Theta Sigma Phi meeting today
at 4:30 in 104 Journalism.
Alpha Delta Sigma meeting to
day at 4 o’clock in Mr. Thacker s
office. All members please be
there.
Student managers of women's
living organizations meet today at
12:40 at east entrance of Condon
for Oregana picture.
The Oregon Beta chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon wishes to an
nounce the pledging of Lester Hol
lenbeck.
Gamma Alpha C hi will not meet f
today. '