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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1933)
1 U O Students RankHighin Intelligence Dr. H. R. Taylor Makes Survey of Tests Psychological Examinations Show Rating Superior to Average State University Students of Oregon rank slightly above those in the average state university intellectually, according to a survey just completed by Dr. Howard R. Taylor of the psychol ogy department. In view of the changes in the higher educational organization affecting the Univer sity, and the decreased enrollment, probably attributable in part to the severe depression. Dr. Taylor! remarked that it interested him | to note the comparison of the in tellectual calibre of this year’s en tering class with that of other years, and with those of other state universities. In the past this has been diffi cult because a different form of psychological examination has been given each year; so what previous classes would have done j on this particular form of exami- j nation had they taken it is un known, although the examinations are presumed to be of nearly equal difficulty. This year, however, the 1930 psychological examina tion was repeated, direct compari sons between the scores of the freshman class of 1930, of this year’s class, and the scores of freshman classes in other state universities being made possible. Oregon Ranks Sixth In the published norms for the A. C. E. psychological examina tion of 1930, comparative data for 14 state universities are given. Among these, the University of Michigan ranked first and Oregon sixth, just above the University of Illinois, which was in the middle. COED BEAUTY & BARBER SHOP At 1426 Onyx St. Opposite Men’s Dorm. 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The state univmoities scoring low est on this examination were fur ther below the University of Ore gon than Michigan was above. “This would seem to indicate,” Dr. Taylor explained, “that Oregon ranks a little above the average i state university in intellectual cal ibre, so far as analysis can be made from the psychological tests given in 1930 ” Higher Score Made When the examination was re peated with the freshman class of this year, a slightly higher aver age score than that made by the entering class of 1930 was at tained. Commenting* upon this, Dr. Taylor mentioned that a cer tain proportion of students capable of making the very highest test scores would be expected to go to the state college because of the removal of the school of science. The physical science and mathe matics majors are among those who have always made the high est scores. If that .has occurred, it has been offset, according to Dr. Taylor, by the selective action of the depression, since success in such tests is known to be corre lated to some extent with favor able economic status. "The significance of these find ings,” concluded Dr. Taylor, “lies in the fact that these tests meas ure general aptitude for college work. It does not mean that other things, such as interest, ef fort, and study habits are not im-1 portant, but it does mean that the kind of work the individual can do is limited to some extent by the intellectual capacity indicated in these scores.” Watson Asks For Return of Beauty to Life Need for Development Of Taste Shown ! Speaker of Chicago Art Institute Conducts Forum After Talk In Geriinger Hall (Continued from Page One) year. “It elicited the ardor of ev ery architect and artist who saw it," he said, and added that it re quired only the perspective of time to judge whether it really was equal to the Greek temple. Esthehtics Missing i “Esthehtics have been dropped out of American life in the past 150 years,” Watson stated. "‘Our furniture has gone through a se ries of periods, mostly imported, | until it is no wonder that we are glad to go to the movies for some j thing American. We must revive | American taste." The lecturer concluded by urg ing everyone to give a greater por tion of his time to the understand ! ing of beauty. “Know the arts, and life is never dull,” he asserted. “Go to school reciting poetry. Read the two wisest books ever written, the Bible and Shakespeare. Learn the languages of music, painting, architecture, and sculpture, for art is the greatest treasury of life. Then everyone will be happy, and another ‘golden age’ will be ush ered in.” Watson conducted a forum in Geriinger alumni hall after his speech, answering the questions put to him by students. Independent Men, Women Will Hold Dance on Friday Official Members Holding Cards Will Be Admitted to Affair Free of Charge An all-campus Thanksgiving dance will be featured by the Ore gon Yeomen, men’s independent organization, and the Independent women for Friday night. According to plans worked out by the Yeomen at a meeting last night, all official members holding cards will be admitted free of charge. All others will be required to pay a fee of 25 cents. There will be at least 100 inde pendent women at the dance, ac cording to Laura Goldsmith, gen eral chairman. Frank Evenson, Yeoman chairman, expressed hope that the independent men might make a, comparable showing. Patrons and patronesses will be Dean and Mrs. George Rebec, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, Miss E. Lenore Cas ford, Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Cutler. Don Farr was elected secretary of the Yeomen, and Howard Oh mari. and Reinhart Knudsen were instructed to publish a monthly Y eoman bulletin, at the meeting last night. Liquor Regulation ! Will Be Discussed At Forum Meeting Students and Townspeople Invited i To Gathering Sponsored By Speech Class "How Shall We Deal with the Liquor Control Problem?” is to be the topic of discussion at an open forum meeting today at 4 o’clock in the men’s lounge room of Ger linger hall. The forum is sponsored by the speech division’s class on the con duct of discussions, but all stu dents and townspeople are invited to attend and contribute to the discussion. Glenn Pope, who will lead to day’s forum, announces that he will attempt to have the discus sion approach the liquor control problem from three angles: first, to look into the history of the prohibition question in the United States and try to determine why it was or was not a success; sec ondly, to observe various control | plans now in effect throughout the world; and third, to try to con struct from these various plans a system of control that would be workable in the United States. GUILD HALL GAIETIES OFFER ELEVEN ACTS (Continued from Page One) thia Liljeqvist, Neville Biden, Vir ginia Wappenstein, Ed Pinney, i and Ellen Galey. The usher is Gwendolyn Caverhill. On Friday, the tenth act is en titled “Tree Top in Patter Song and Dance,” which may mean j anything. On the Saturday pro gram it will consist of another j blues song by Dorothy Parks, and a soft shoe dance by BUI McDon ald. The concluding act, "Flitter mouse." has in its cast Kay i Briggs, Gertrude Winslow, Char-1 leen Purcell, and Ethan Newman ' A final number by the Fhi Bata trio follows the last curtain. i Press Freedom Celebrated The two hundredth anniversary of freedom of the press in the United States was celebrated recently at East Chester, N. Y. The j trial of Peter Zenger in 1733 is considered as the starting point of liberty for the fourth estate. Noted American publishers who are members of the honorary committee for the celebration include Adolph Ochs (top left), publisher of the New York Times; William Randolph j Hearst (top right), largest individual publisher of newspapers in the country; Robert R. McCormick (lower left), publisher of the Chicago Tribune; and Frank B. Noyes, publisher of the Washington Star. Dean Earl Takes Large Part In Junior-Soph Battle of 1903 By VELMA McINTiTRE Men earned their campus lunch eon by the sweat of their brow 25 or 30 years ago. A forenoon of manual labor spent in laying sidewalks and cleaning up the campus in general was rewarded by a hearty lunch prepared by the , coeds of the day. And now, how all this came about: The last gory battle between the juniors and sophomores on Junior | clay was abolished after the dis astrous outcome of the conflict of 11903, in which our most dignified dean of men, Virgil D. Earl, played an effective part. Women in the class of '03 spent hours making a glorious flag to be flown, as was the custom, by the junior class on their day. On the eve of this day the flag was raised before Villard and to preserve the pre cious creation from the malice of its sophomore enemies, a drygoods box containing two male guards was hoisted up the pole. The brainy headwork of Virgil Earl won the victory for the sophs. The guards, sitting in their sus pended fortress, were suddenly surprised by a deluge of water pouring on them from a fire hose in Villard. The box descended slowly as the water rained in and the culprits were brought down. A bloody battle ensued, the flag was torn to shreds, and coeds lit erally wept over the fragment of their workmanship. Their spirits were not daunted, however, for they set to work making a new emblem and their honor was saved. In 1905, President Lucien P. Campbell installed University day. which was to be a day of construc tion instead of destruction. The first walk north of Deady was laid on University day in 1900. The engineering department was then a part of the University and under its supervision the men of the campus laid the waik. The walk from Deady to Kin caid, as the dates show, was laid by pieces during successive years. In 1907 a piece was laid directly in front of Deady and in 1908 an other added to it. The next seg ment (1909) we find way down past the middle of the walk. The athletic field was then in that part of the campus and probably explains the gap. When races and other events were held, the board walk was taken up in this place, since a cement walk could hardly have been so easily and conven iently removed. It was about 1911 that the athletic field was trans ferred to its present location and the missing unit was added. The last class to exert its energies in paving was the class of 1912, which completed the walk from Deady to Kincaid. Alpha Kappa Delta Invites all sociology majors and those inter ested to attend an open meeting in Alumni hall at 8:30 p. m. Dr. E. H. Moore of Corvallis will speak. Refreshments served. "Patronize Emerald advertisers.” Scanning the Cinemas McDONALD — "Broadway Thru a Keyhole,” Constance Cummings, Gregory Ttatoff, Russ Columba, Texas Guin an. Also "The Thundering Herd," Randolph Scott, Harry Carey, Judith Allen. COLONIAL "The Private Life of Henry VIII,” Charles Laughton. Also Disney Silly Symphony, "Birds in the Spring.” By J. A. NEWTON On History "The Private Life of Henry VIII" skips Henry's first wife with the sub-title remark, "Henry Di vorced his first wife, as she was a respectable woman.” It begins with the execution of Ann Boleyn, who gets the axe for no good rea son except that Hank has a new frau picked for himself. A few signals are rigged up so that the moment the blade meets the block Henry can proceed with his marriage to a stupid and beau tiful lass. The third wife dies when the king's son is born. The fourth wife is a German, (or is she Dutch) girl of nobility, who makes herself so unattractive to Henry that he plays cards with her all night. It was a political mar riage, anyway. She wins the game and generally gets in Henry's hair (what there is of it) until he gives her a stack of favors to go away. The fifth wife, Katheryn, desires the social position and luxuries anent being a queen, although she really loves another handsome young gentleman. The young cou ple carry on a clandestine affair behind Henry’s back. When he finds out, off comes Katheryn’s head. It seems Henry really loved Katheryn and missed her when she “died.” So when another Katha rine comes along, Henry married her. She is just like a mother to him, and quite gets on his nerves. Thus does the movie present the story. Broadcaster Walter Winchell’s “Broadway Thru a Keyhole” ia billed as the inside dope on the White Way. This show also is said to contain much music and many gorgeous girls. Zane Grey's most famous horse opera, “The Thundering Herd,” shares the Winchell bill at the This is Henry VIII as he appears, played by Charles Laughton. With him is, we think, Kutheryn, his fifth. Colonial. Mac. Judith Allen is getting her face in a lot of shows lately and she deserves it. She recently ap peared in “This Day and Age” at the Mac. Randolph Scott is generally pret ty good as a cowboy. Ancient Book by Boetiusls Kept in Vault of Library Extreme age characterizes a book fragment which is kept in the vault at the library. It is the oldest publication the library owns, and is a work by Boetius, a Ro man philosopher who lived in the first part of the sixth century. “Arithmetica, Geometrica, et Musica Boettii” is the heading on the first page of the fragment. The last page, which is evidently also the last page of the original book, bears the date 1492, and states that the book was printed in Venice by John and Gregory Gregory. The subject matter is in Latin, and is illustrated with diagrams cut on wood blocks. In this book on mathematics, music is treated as part of the subject, as it was always considered in early times. A printers’ mark appears on the back of the last page, being a sort of monogram set in a geometrical design. Edgar E. DeCou, professor of mathematics, who was instrumen tal in the library’s purchase of the book in 1923, often borrows it to show to his class in the history of mathematics. IT TAKES HEALTHY NERVES TO BREAK RECORDS IN THE AIR! HE FLEW AROUND THE WORLD ALONE! Wiley Post climbs out of the Winnie Mae at Floyd Bennett Field as the whole world applauds his skill and marvelous physi cal endurance. “Smoking Camels as I have for so long,” says Post, “1 never worry about healthy nerves.” FLYING EIGHT DAYS AND NIGHTS without a stop, Frances Marsalis and Louise Thaden set the world’s endurance flight record for women. Miss Thaden says, “For some years I’ve smoked Camels. They taste better.” Also a Camel fan, Miss Marsalis says, “ I’ve never changed be cause 1 can’t afford to take chances with my nerves.” RACING ACROSS AMERICA in 10 hours and 5% minutes, Col. Roscoe Turner recently added a new West-East transcontinental speed record to the East-West record he won earlier this year. “ Like most pilots I smoke a lot,” says Col. Turner. “I smoke Camels (or the sake of healthy nerves, and 1 enjoy them more.” Men and women who are famous for their brilliant flying agree about smoking and healthy nerves. “I never worry about healthy nerves,” they say, “be cause I smoke Camels.” They cannot afford to make a mistake in choosing their ciga rette. They have to know. And it is more fun to know, because of the greater smoking pleasure they find in Camels. Camels are milder... better in taste. They leave no “cigaretty” aftertaste. * $ a Change to Camels... and see for yourself that they do not get on your nerves or tire your taste! CAMELS COSTLIER TOBACCOS Clf ON YOUR NERVES... NEVER TIRt YOUR TASTE t’cpjrlght. 1933, B. J. AejtiolcU Toh&sco Compan?