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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1934)
Press Makes Survey Plan Of State News Eleven Weekly Papers to Study Interest Individual Results Will Be Sent To Dean Allen at School Of Journalism A survey of reader interest in news and advertisements will be made by eleven weekly newspa pers of the state, according to ar rangements made Saturday morn ing at the weeklies’ departmental session of the Oregon Press con ference. Joe C. Brown, University gradu ate and editor of the Redmond Spokesman, suggested the scheme in his paper on “Converting a Non-Advertiser’’ presented at the general session of the state editors just preceding the weeklies’ sec tion meeting. Following the plans outlined by the state editors, each weekly cooperating will send the results of its individual survey to Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism, where they will be compiled to show general results. Tabloid Size Discussed Another feature of the group meeting of weekly editors was the argument of R. B. Swenson of the Monmouth Herald in favor of the tabloid size sheet for weekly newspapers. Swenson has pub lished his paper for more than two years using the five-column page. Personalities and problems back of the news from the state capitol became realties as they were de scribed by A. L. Lindbeck at Sat urday morning’s general session. Lindbeck has reported the state house and legislature doings for the past 15 years, and has seen the capitol change from an old establishment of one building to a modern outlay of four buildings with 30 different activities, new departments, and a constant change of personnel. Government Approved In closing, Lindbeck observed, “The government of Oregon is now under a political rule, and doing a good job at it, too.” The principal topic in the dis cussion of of the dailies’ editors was the advisability of accepting liquor advertisements. No vote was taken but opinion favored such action. The editors decided against a request of the Oregon motor bus code authority that»they accept advertising from only those motor bus companies which were ob serving the regulations of the na tional code. President Elected In closing the final session, the newspapermen voted a resolution of thanks to the University and the city of Eugene for the hos pitality extended them during their stay in the city, and to the students with whom they came in contact while on the campus. F. J. Wheeler, representing the Milton Eagle, was elected as pres ident of the association to succeed Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg. George S. Turnbull, professor of journalism, was once more named to fill the office of secretary which he has held for a number of years. These elections were held at the closing luncheon Saturday noon. Dahlberg Gives Talk Walfred A. Dahlberg, assistant professor of English, spoke last night at the dinner meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, men’s education hon orary. The group met at the An chorage. Sailing Destination-Reunion The Prince and Princess Mdivani (she was Barbara Hutton, $40,000,000 Woolworth heiress) are on the high seas—on widely separated ships. The princess sailed from San Francisco in a “royal suite” of 18 rooms aboard the Tatsuta Maru, while her aristocratic husband, Alexis, departed from the Straits of Juan de Fuca aboard the less palatial Hikawa Maru. They will be reunited in Yoko hama shortly. Plii Beta to Give Party and Program To Honor Patrons Musical Selections and Dramatic Skit Is Prepared by Group To Entertain Guests Phi Beta, women's music and drama honorary, is giving a des sert party at the Alpha Chi Ome go house at 7 o'clock tonight, in honor of patrons and patronesses. Frances Brockman is in charge of the program, which will consist of musical numbers by Phi Beta members, and a skit, presented by pledges and new members from the drama department. Several selections will be played by the Phi Beta trio, with Vivian Malone, violinist, Theresa Kelly, pianist, and Roberta Spicer Moffat, cellist; and by the violin quartet, Vivian Malone, Ellen Galey, Clara Larsen, and Floy Young. Vivian Malone and Marian Moore will play solos. Members of the Phi Beta chorus will sing the honor ary’s traditional songs. The skit to be given is “Little Prison,” by George Milton Savage. It is a one-act play, with an all woman cast, the setting being an elevator stuck between two floors. t Those taking part are Virginia Wappenstein, Ann-Reed Burns, Dorothy Smith, Mary Babson, and Dorothy Parks. Committees for the dessert par ty are: refreshments, Helen Gould, chairman, Alvhild Erickson, Ruth May Chilcote; program, Frances Brockman, chairman, Mary Bab son, Theda Spicer; reception, Ellen Galey, chairman, Helene Ferris, Virginia Wappenstein, Margaret Stauff, Dorothy Smith; serving, Betty Wilson, chairman, Helen Harriman, Clara Larsen, Marjorie Bass, Floy Young; publicity, Ann Reed Burns and Roberta Moody. Kappas Cancel Tea Mrs. Sydney Johnson of Seattle, who visited at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house Sunday, received word yesterday that her son was ill, and returned home. This will necessitate cancelling the tea which was planned by the Kappas to be given in her honor today. “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” STARTS TODAY! Direct from New York CttOMC OWM4D • €UC€NfS OWN | O L O N I A L II - tr ALOPl^ During the next three clays—whenever two or more in telligent people meet—this picture is certain to be a topic of conversation. You may not like it—or you may agree with critics that it is the greatest picture of the decade. . . . But you must see it! ! I A DRAMA WRITTEN FROM THE HEART OF HUMANITY Hauntingly Beautiful Poignantly Dramatic - Terrifying in its Realism THE MOST TALKED OF FILM OF THE YEAR EISENSTEIISIS masterpiece Material Change Appears in Last Old Oregon Issue News Classification Is Different; Magazine Gives Honor to Edison Marshall The December issue of Old Ore gon appeared on the campus late last week exhibiting a definitely changed arrangement of material within its conventional cover. The most notable change, inaugurated by Robert K. Allen, editor, is the classification of the news under departmental heads — research, campus, alumni, faculty, sports, and news of the classes—similar’to Time magazine. The other important change is the initiation of an entirely new department entitled “Letters,” in which alumni subscribers are per mitted to air their opinions. The issue, in its regular depart ment, “This Month We Honor,” pays tribute to Edison Marshall, writer, traveler, explorer, who started his literary career while at the University studying short story under Professor W. F. G. Thacher. The following is Old Oregon’s brief summary of Marshall’s ca reer: “Two years after leaving school hf had built up a national reputation and has been a constant contribute r to the nation’s leading periodicals ever since. His fiction, short stories uiid novels are vivid, replete with local color, full of action, usually based on his ex periences in foreign lands and out of-the-way corners of the world. His latest: ‘Masks Off in Septem ber issue of Good Housekeeping was a story of his recent eight day journey across Asia and the pla teau Loas and his visit with King Sisavang Vong at Luang-Prebang. Has two serials scheduled to ap pear in Good Housekeeping and American in early spring and sum mer. Home: ‘Seven Gables,’ Au gusta, Georgia. Marshall is the donor of the annual campus short story contest prize.” Tonqueds Will Choose Officers for New Year A meeting of the Tonqueds will be held sometime in the near fu ture to decide the officers for this group for the coming year. Election for the various posi tions will be held at this meeting from those nominated at the ses sion Tuesday, January 16. Roberta Moody was chosen for president at that time. Other nominees were Eloise Knox and Janet Hughes for vice-president; Mary Hunt and Virginia Endicott for secretary; Adeline Adams and Ethel Compson for treasurer. Joan Shelley will be in charge of the next meeting. LIFE OF ROLAND HAYES MARKED BY CONTRASTS (Continued from Patje One) appeal of the negro spirituals—a beauty which they had scarcely known. But above all, they mar veled at the fine-spun beauty of his tones, his perfect command of vocal utterance, the complete emo tional penetration which underlay his quiet presence upon the plat form. Then he returned to America. The group of friends he had left had grown to be the entire na tion, awaiting the matchless singer. Great audiences welcomed him in city after city. He sang with the orchestras in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and other principal cities. In Eugene, H^yes will sing un ,der the auspices of the Associated Students of the University of Ore gon. Students will be admitted free upon presentation of their student body cards. | LOST—On campus, blue Shaeffer I pen, name Delia Hosstetter. Action Reported On Requests for New Structures Proposed Library and Infirmary For Oregon Campus Declared Under Consideration The information that additional federal funds will probably be al lotted by Congress for PWA proj ects was received this week from C. W. Hockley, engineer for this district, in reply to inquiry made at the instance of Chancellor W. J. Kerr, it was announced at the chancellor’s office yesterday. If more funds are allotted, En gineer Hockley indicated that at least part of the board of higher education building program would probably receive favorable consid eration, with the state bridge pro gram out of the way. Letters of inquiry received at the chancellor’s office within the past few days indicate that both the University infirmary and li brary are being given considera tion in Washington at the present time. Further information on stu dent enrollment and special in quiry into the stability of student fees was requested. The six PWA building projects of the state board of higher edu cation all were submitted in good shape, in plenty of time, and were all approved by the Oregon office, according to Hockley. There is, however, no possibility of any of the projects being granted until further funds are appropriated by Congress. Contrary to opinions apparently held in some quarters, there was absolutely no connection between the high school project at Corval lis and the sthte board building program, Hockley said. Further more, each of the six projects in the $686,000 program will be con sidered at Washington on its merits as to need and method of financing. Washington officials have paid no attention whatever to the rat ing of projects by the Oregon of fice judging from action thus far, Hockley pointed out. Thus the Corvallis high school building project was thirty-fourth on the list submitted from Oregon, yet it was among the first approved. Hockley said he believed this was because the Corvallis project car ried perfect financial security by reason of the bond issue voted by the people, and had no other doubtful features to delay action. As matters stand now, Hockley 1 concluded, the entire program is beyond the reach of any officials in this state, either of the state board of higher education or of the local PWA office, and every thing depends upon the allocation of funds and the subsequent deci sion of the national office. Estes Snedecor, attorney for the board of higher education in con nection with the building pro gram, has been in Washington several times since the applica tions were filed on November 1 with the local PWA board, and has consulted with federal offi cials on the legal and financial aspects of the projects. The fact that the educational building proj ects were contingent upon the passage of the student building fee act by the special session of the legislature may have delayed somewhat the consideration of the applications by the federal gov ernment, in the opinion of Sned ecor. Sigma Xi Will Discuss Year’s Work at Meet Sigma Xi, national science hon orary, will hold a business meeting this afternoon at 4 in 103 Deady. The question of dues for the year, and the program of activities ! for the remainder of the year will i be discussed and decided upon. Municipality Facts Sought I11CWA Plan : University Bureau Gets Six Assistants Information and Statistics About I rban Problems to Be Obtained l inter New Project A project, of gathering informa tion and compiling statistics con cerning problems of city govern ment was begun yesterday by the University bureau of municipal re search and service under the direc tion of Herman Kehrli. bureau head. The project financed through an allotment received from the CW'A, will engage the services of six stenographers for four weeks. Under the plan, two stenogra phers will work at the capitol building in Salem compiling tax statistics, from which Kehrli will ascertain for the information of Oregon municipalities facts con cerning comparative tax rates over periods of years, sources of tax es, reasons for tax delinquencies, possible new sources of tax rev enues, and other information to i give them a better understanding of their finance problems. Pamphlets to Be Filed The other four stenographers i will work in the bureau’s Friendly hall offices writing for pamphlets of the federal government and oth- j er research institutions containing knowledge on a variety of subjects pertaining to problems of city gov ernment. These pamphlets will be filed to make a library to be used as a clearing house of information for Oregon cities. As another feature of the pro ject to be undertaken through the CVVA appropriation, Kehrli, with the cooperation of several of Ore gon’s leading city attorneys, will prepare model ordinances to aid cities of the state in putting into action the legislation passed at the last session of the Oregon law makers. Bureau Created in Fall This project marks a second def inite stride in the progress of the University’s! municipal research bureau, which was established on the campus this fall by virtue of a $6,000 appropriation, made by the state board of education at the request of the League of Oregon Cities and the commonwealth serv ice council of the University. The first step was accomplished early in November, when Kehrli succeeded in receiving from the National Municipal association and the Carnegie foundation an appro priation of funds for the employ ment of a consultant and adviser for Oregon cities. CLASSIFIED DRESSMAKING — Ladies’ tailor ing, style right, price right. 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Roll Wagner, critic of Liberty, gave the pieture four stars, and other New York writers gave it a similar rating. McDonald—“The Mad Game,” Spencer Tracy, Clair Trevor, Ralph Morgan. Also “Son of a Sailor," Joe E. Brown. Colonial - Eisenstein's “Thun der Over Mexico." By J. A. NEWTON It Is Said Sergei Eisenstein is generally considered one of the greatest mo tion picture directors of the day. The possibilities of the motion pic ture as a medium of artistic ex pression, so say those who should know, have barely been realized in the 25 or 30 years that they have been a field of amusement. In all this time these same per sons who should know say that there have been maybe 20 pictures which would live in that category. Works by Eisenstein have been among these. And when you are one of about 20 who have produced something worth while in a field which has produced several hun dred thousand of works of the same type, if not the same quality, then you are somebody. Well, Eisenstein came to Holly wood to do some directing for the would-be producers, but found he couldn’t stand their ideas of what was good. He hied off to Mexico where he exposed 200,000 feet of film which took about 35 hours to preview. This was pared down into “Thunder Over Mexico,” which is playing at the Colonial. Another Tracy “The Mad Game” packs quite a dramatic punch. All the plots, of course, have been used up, and this one is nothing new. But it is put across entertainingly. Clair Trevor as the attractive and blase newspaper reporter who rolls her own—cigarettes—is a treat for the eyes. Spencer Tracy has always been good. Here he does better than usual. Story about a nice beer baron who is taken up on the income tax count and becomes a model prisoner. Lieutenant gangster has i his moll shot which annoys him very much, and he determines to get out and get this lieutenant. A tragedy is refreshing after all these happy-ending shows. If you're particularly tender hearted you might even weep a little. Ralph Morgan, brother of Frank, can put more drama and feeling into a few lines than most actors can in a Shakespearian mono logue. He plays the part of a “crime administrator” whose son is kidnaped. Plenty of laughs and lots of im possibilities in Joe E. Brown’s “Son of a Sailor.” Plan Formed To Entertain Communities University Offer Gets Large Response Parsons Supervisor of Service; Variety of Programs Slated To Be Provided Oregon communities are res sponding enthusiastically to the University’s offer to furnish them with entertainers and educational programs, it was revealed yester day by Dr. Philip A. Parsons, pro fessor of sociology and chairman of the community service program. According to Parsons, requests for University entertainers have been pouring in daily. A variety of entertainment is in cluded in the program that the University’s bureau of social re search and service has offered to provide communities of Linn, Lane, Douglas, Polk, Benton, and Coos counties. The Westminster Play ers, the Wesley club, and the drama divi v: 1 era offering plays from 30 minutes to one hour in length. Speech Division Aids The speech division will send out students in groups of five to dem onstrate methods of conducting meetings according to parliamen tary law, forum discussions and debates. It will also stage debates or symposiums on four different questions of timely political inter est. The physical education school will send out groups to stage ex hibitions in apparatus and tumb ling, boxing, life saving, first aid, interpretive dancing, clogging, fencing, basketball, archery. Be sides giving these exhibitions, the physical education department will offer instruction to community groups in all of these activities. Music Furnished Vocal and instrumental enter tainers will be provided by the mu sic department as a part of the community program. Wendell Van Loan, principal of Roose.velt junior high school, and other speakers will, in cooperation with the bureau’s service program, make talks on health or current economic or political subjects be fore community gatherings. As another part of the program, Dr. Parsons will aid communities in their problems of organization. "No More Than 5 Persons Shall Sleep in One Bed" This was one of the rules of an old taveran in New York in the ’40s LOCATED at Fifth avenue and 23rd street, this fa I mous tavern, once the hub of New York’s social and political life, has now been replaced by some of the world s tallest buildings. Times change, and with them come changes in service and policy. 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