Sixty People
Talk Religion
At Discussion
Department Head Leads
Discourse
Question as to Religion as Escape
From Life Is Central Theme
For Westminster Group
“The people who really find God
in contemplation never stay in
contemplation.’’ So Dr. E. W.
Warrington, head of the depart
ment of religion at Oregon State
college and the University, sum
marized the discussion in which 60
men and women took part last
night at Westminster house.
“Is religion just an escape from
life—a retreat from reality?” This
was the question thrown out in
Dr. Warrington’s introduction.
The emphasis at the beginning of
the discussion however, was shift
ed to personal experience and ob
servation of members of the group
on the question, “Do you note a
trend toward formalism in relig
ion?”
Formalism Trend
The awe-inspiring architectural
features of the newest California
churches, the magnificence of the
cathedral of St. John the Divine
which is being built in New York
City, and the general tendency of
most congregations to be looking
forward to building “bigger and
better churches” were suggested
as evidence of a trend toward %for
malis min religious architecture.
Another point of view brought
up by several was that religion
was becoming more interested in
human relations, less interested in
ritual and fine buildings. Exam
ples given included the work of the
Salvation Army and of such indi
viduals as E. Stanley Jones, mis
sionary in India and famous auth
or of religious books, and Kagawa,
Japanese Christian who worked
among the poorest classes and
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Cressman HeIps
With Burial of Dell
Skeleton Mystery
A new factor in the "great bone
mystery,” which arose when the
Delta Tau Delta Ford was found
to be harboring a hack of human
bones, was revealed yesterday
when Dr. L. S. Cressman, of the
faculty, reported on a detailed ex
amination of the headless skele
ton.
“Most of the bones were those
of a small male human," said Dr.
Cressman, but there were some
bones mixed in which were prob
ably from a horse or cow. They
do not appear to be very old.”
Members of the Emerald staff,
in loco parentis to the remains, do
nated them to the sociology de
partment, where they will be used
for anatomical work in anthropol
ogy
wrote religious prose of much
beauty.
Still another point of view
claimed that churches were becom
ing efficient educational plants
rather than “retreats.”
Thinking Guided
Asking leading questions and
summarizing points briefly from
time to time, Dr. Warrington sat
quietly in a chair beside the fire
place and guided the group's think
ing to a point where the “religion
is in contemplation” and “religion
is in activity” conflict seemed
quite pronounced.
In a few moments at the end
he showed the innate relationship
between the two, saying, “Any re
ligion which is only a retreat is a
defeatist religion. Elaborate ca
thedrals may indicate a decadent
age, unless the people come out of
them with a resource of power to
come to grips with the great eco
nomic realities of the day. Christ
always brought the power of the
mountain top into the valley be
low.
“If I go into contemplation af
ter a thin life, will I find God?
Those who have found God have
gone into contemplation out of the
severe strain of the realization of
human suffering and human is
sues, grappling with the great
problems of life.
“Personally, I am not sure but
that God is more often to be found
where people are struggling to find
themselves.”
Next Wednesday night the last
of four discussions led by Dr. War
rington will be held at Westmin
ster house at 9 o’clock. The Ox
ford movement will be the topic.
Youmans in Colorado
John S. Youmans, M.S. ’33, is
teaching English and journalism in
the high school at Grand Junction,
Colorado. Youmans also has
charge of all student publications
and is on a committee to study
grading systems with a view to
making a change in the system
there.
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: Moore Writes of Work
At Sendai Scliooi
Professor Henderson Informed of
Botanical Study Made by
Japanese
Professor L. Henderson, curator
of the herbarium, has received a
1 letter from Dr. A. R. Moore, for
! merly head of the zoology depart
ment here, who was appointed to
: teach at the University at Cendai,
: Japan.
The letter follows:
Institute of Biology
! Tohoku Imperial University
Sendai, Japan
October 1.
Dear Professor Henderson:
We were both delighted to re
ceive your kind letter and to hear
i about your interesting expedition.
You didn’t say whether you had
effected any exchanges with the
botanists in Sendai. In case you
care to have me do any arranging
at this end I’ll be glad to. I wrote
you from Seoul about the botan
ists at C.C.C. I think that is a
good opportunity. An American
and his wife are building up the
herbarium there.
The fall ,is very lovely here
much clear sunshine and a cool
edge to the air. Today we went
walking in the hills across the
river looking for pieces of rotted
wood which are hard to find. 1
am trying to get cultures of native
slime molds. Next Friday all the
Biological Institute is going on a
picnic—students and faculty—to
some hot springs not far away.
Wednesday I am expecting a
student from Tokyo university to
spend a couple of days here to
work over a paper. So you see we
have plenty of things doing to keep
us occupied. We are also getting
a satisfactory : mount of investi
gation done—have four or five
papers coming out in the Science
Reports of this University. In a
couple of weeks we plan to go to
Nikko when the maples are red.
Sincerely yours,
A. R. Moore.
Before Dr. Moore left Oregon,
he was asked by Professor Hender
son to see if he could find a pro
fessor in Japan who was a good
botanist to make an exchange of
plants with Henderson. Until re
cently Moore had found no ciae,
but while in Korea, now Chosen,
he met the professor of whom he
speaks.
Henderson, however, does not
wish to exchange our coast plants
for inland plants. He wants the
varieties from the northeastern
coast of Japan, for the Japanese
current which touches our western
coast also swings around the point
of the island of Honshu, on which
Sendai is situated. Many of our
plants are similar to those on the
coast of Honshu, and a comparison
between the plants of the two
countries would be very interesting
and attractive.
MILK REPLACES BEER
AS NATIONAL DRINK
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stated that Germany as a whole
has improved since Hitler has be
come chancellor. The spirit of the
people has strengthened, and con
fidence in the future of the coun
try is hopeful. Dr. Reinhart add
ed that the press has somewhat
exaggerated the intensity of the
new ruler’s regime, as Hitler is
only trying to do for his country
what any leader would do when
he realized that the national spirit
is at a low ebb and the intruding
the fate of the country,
political factors are detrimental to
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Warner Baxter. Mae Clarke.
Mvrna Loy, Charles Butter
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Rabbit, Betty Boop, screen
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in “Their First Mistake.”
By J. A. NEWTON
Stage and Mystery
Gentlemen, glance at the pic
ture but don't break down the
Mac's doors. It is only Jessie, who
ought to be a good companion for
anybody.
“The Good Companions” is made
from the book of the same name
which has enjoyed a fair amount
of popularity and caused some dis
cussion.
The story concerns a theatrical
: company which is made up of per
i sons from many different walks of
j life. From what I hear, it’s dra
matic, but not a tragedy. Trage
! dies seem to be out of style nowa
j days.
“Penthouse” is a mystery built
j around a Cosmopolitan magazine
story by Arthur Somers Roche.
! Criminal lawyer solving murders
| and defending criminals and losing
i best girl. W. Baxter is generally
good.
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And here we have none other
than the most popular actor on the
screen. Mickey Mouse."”
He's one of the stars a
on the Colonial bill to- (
night along with a$
flock of other famous V
caftoon characters.
screen, Mickey Mouse. He s one
of the stars on the Colonial bill to
night along with a flock of other
famous cartoon characters.
Mickey’s papa, Walt Disney, is
a Portland boy who made good.
Some time back he was just a
struggling cartoonist with an idea
in his mind. I forget just where it
was, but he lived or stayed some
where where the mice ran all
Jessie Matthews, who appears
in “The Good Companions” at the I
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around the room. As these were
his only companions, he made
friends with -them and studied
their ways. Then ail of a sudden
comes Mickey! Fame and for
tune followed.
Now Papa Disney has a studio
all his own and has a staff of, I
believe, 500, helping him turn out
one of the most famous characters |
in the civilized world.
Each cartoon costs about $25,
000, but he gets it all back and
plenty besides.
Show starts at 6:30 and costs
one leetle dime.
CASE OF SCRUBWOMEN
(Continued from Page Tivo)
have been given the episode. Had
President Lowell sounded less
cold-blooded in his reply, nothing
still might have been said of it.
But when it was made clear that
Harvard had turned out the wo
men for a matter of two cents an
hour on five hours a day each, a
newspaper reporter was told about
it.
The story he wrote for his paper
did not stop there. It flew about
the country in the daily papers
and was reported in The Survey,
The Nation and The New Repub
lic. Stories listed in the 1930 New
York Times Index tell a little of
it:
“University will not accept stu
dents’ aid for purpose of re-em
ploying 20 discharged scrubwomen
and paying them wage as ordered
by Massachusetts State Minimum
Wage Commission, Ja 19, 21:3.”
“Socialist and Liberal Clubs as
sail dismissal: pamphlet attacks
'capitalistic attitude,’ Ja 22, 15:6.”
“52 alumni in open letter ask
university to make amends for dis
missal, Mr 17, 48:2.”
“Officials reply to alumni; de
clare university employees are re
ceiving at least minimum wage,
Mr 18, 30:3.”
“Harvard Crimson, in parody on
‘Frankie and Johnny,’ reviews case
in verse, Mr 19, 21:3,”
“Alumni plea fails to influence
official action in wages question,
Ap 21, 19:8.”
“Will receive $280 each ‘back
pay’ from alumni, My 3, 22:5."
“C. Lamont denies responsibil
ity for statement on back wages,
My 4, 18:7.”
“Corporation, on plea by group
of students, will reconsider case,
My 8, 7:3.”
“Benefit ball attended by only
40, My 15, 14:3.”
"Industrial Relations Counsel
lors Inc. engaged to study condi
tions of employment of employees
not connected with administrative
staff, Je 21, 22:3."
“Alumni raise $3,880 to meet
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“Investigation of wage rates,
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“Group of teachers, students
and alumni distribute $3,880
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24, 13:6.”
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So, after a yejr of searching
for work, the Harvard scrub
women received $280 apiece; and
an investigation of wages was be
gun by the state of Massachu
setts.
In The Nation, a writer com
mented: “Particular significance
attaches to Harvard’s avoidance
of the law because of the tax-free
privileges the State accords the
university.” Another article point
ed out that scrubwomen in the
Massachusetts State House were
receiving 50 cents an hour.
One argument used in defense
of the action by the president was
that the university was really liv
ing up to the letter of the law,
because the scrubwomen had a
half-hour rest period during work
ing hours. Does that, or doesn’t
it, sound something like Oregon’s
“long lunch hour” argument?
Had it not been for the alumni,
the end of 'the story of Harvard’s
scrubwomen might not have been
so pleasant. The money was given
to the women on Christmas day,
in the form of bank books show
ing a savings account to the credit
of each for her pro-rata share of
the fund.
“With each book went a letter
which described at length the
‘neglect and niggardliness’ of the
university in the affair," The Sur
vey reported, “and stated that the
policy of Harvard Corporation,
first in beating down wages-below
the legal minimum and then in
refusing to make restitution, did
not represent the attitude of the
students and alumni of Fair Har
vard.”
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| Students Buy No
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“Several students have come to
me in past years at the time of
graduation with the statement
that they have gone to the Univer
sity for the entire four years with
] out buying a single text book,”
j said Mr. McClain, owner of the
j Co-op, when asked about his busi
: ness.
i “Students come to school to ac
| quire knowledge, primarily from
i books,” he continued, “yet each
; student on the campus pays, on
I the average, §4 per term. Of
' course many students spend
around $40 for an armload of books,
but there are enough who do
not pay anything to bring the av
erage down."
Mr. McClain highly compliment
ed the faculty on their cooperation
with him and his store in letting
him know what text books are to
be used during the year.
Interesting Features
Found in New Course
Rollicking student love songs
and poetry aimed at the faculty
constitute but one of the interest
ing features of a new course.
Readings in Medieval Latin, being
given here this year for graduate
students.
In the absence of Professor Fred
eric S. Dunn, Edna Landros, as
sistant professor, is teaching the
course, which consists of the Latin
used by “the man in the street,”
the first Roman novel, the laws of
the later European countries,
songs, poetry, and documents of
the church, and has its scope from
the fall of the Roman empire to
the Renaissance.
The changes in the language
show the steps in the formation of
Latin from the classical to the ro
mance languages, and depicts the
transitional period from the for
mer to the latter.
DISPUTE RAGES OVER
HOURS FOR JANITORS
(Continued from Page One)
to 20.4 per cent for the University
as a whole.”
Suggestion Made
A suggestion as to the solution
of the problem was made by Ster
ling Green, editor of the Emerald.
Conversation with a member
of the janitorial force has con
vinced me,” Green said, “that the
situation can be cleared up with
out drastic change in the present
salary basis.
"I have been assured that if the
present 2',2-hour recess were dis
continued, the work of the jani
tors could be completed by 3 p. m.,
starting the day at the present
hour of 6 a. m. The recess is
valueless as a rest period and re
moves from the janitor’s working
day the most valuable and conven
ient hours for carrying out his
duties.
‘‘The only reason for keeping
the janitors on duty until 6 p. m.
is apparently in order that they
may lock doors and windows, a
task which formerly was per
formed by the watchmen. Mr.
Pallett informs me that at present
one of the watchmen spends only
a small part of his time on the
campus. The rest of his time is
reported to be given over to po
lice duties. I suggest that the
locking of the buildings be made
part ot his duties, with the aid of
a student assistant, if necessary.
“It is apparent that the admin
istration has made little saving by
its present system, and that’ no
improvement has been made in
facilitating the efficient perform
ance of the janitors’ regular du
ties. Some such system as I have
suggested should be worked out
by the administration.”
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iBooks for Every Taste
Are Found in Library
“Does the library have books
just for reading as well as books
to study?” students sometimes in
quire of Miss Bernice Rise at the
circulation desk. The answer is
yes. and there are plenty of such
books to suit every taste.
The shelves by the circulation
desk contain selected books on all
subjects—travel, biography, cur
rent questions, and fiction. Most
of these may be taken out for a
period of 30 days.
Besides the books displayed on
these shelves, the library has an
enormous collection of other books
to read. They may be obtained by
inquiry at the circulation desk.
Dr. Conklin Teaches at
University of Chicago
Dr. E. S. Conklin, head of the
psychology department, taught
this summer for the fourth year
at the University of Chicago. He
also taught once during the win
ter quarter.
Dr. Conklin stayed two weeks
longer in Chicago to attend the
convention of the American Psy
chology association.
The two courses which he
taught this summer were “Mental
Hygiene and Religion,” and “Ado
lescent Behavior Problems.”
Building Exteriors to
Be Sketched by Pupils
Should you perchance coma
across some students found sitting
on the school grounds drawing ex
teriors of buildings, do not think
that this is another collegiate fad,
W. S. Hayden, associate profes
sor of architectural design ha3
been conducting his classes in ar
chitectural rendering on the cam
pus grounds. Since the students
are studying outdoor exteriors, and
the weather condition has been
favorable, Hayden has this class
draw from the actual buildings
which gives them a thorough and
a practical study of the third di
mension as well as being able to
conceive a better picture of groups
and masses.
"In this manner," explained Mr.
Hayden, “the students are able to
study the lines and depths of the
buildings better than by the regu
lar method, which is the study
from photographs that usually ap
pear flat and stilted.”
Prof. Wright Will Have
Article Printed Soon
Professor Leavitt O. Wright, of
the Romance language department,
has just been notified of the ac
ceptance by Modern Language
Notes linguistic journal, of his ar
ticle, “Tlie Final s Plus n-glide in
Mexico,” which will appear in the
next issue. This study deals with
a phenomenon of pronunciation
which has been little known among
scholars in this country and con
cerning which there has been con
siderable dispute.
•Wright, who has lived several
years in Mexico, offers confirma
tion of the observations made by
the late Professor C. C. Marden
which have been recently ques
tioned by Dr. A. R. Nykl of the
University of Chicago.
O. H. Tyson, who is in charge
of the lost and found department
as well as the mail clerk at the
University depot has been at home,
suffering from a bad cold.
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