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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1934)
\ NUMBER 59 OSC Professor To Talk Tonight In DeadyRoom 1 Dr. R. J. Williams Is Speaker in Series STARTING TIME 7:30 Chemistry Authority Will Discuss Topic of ‘Chemical Secrets Of Diving Matter’ Dr. Roger J. Williams, who has been nationally honored for his re search in the field of organic chemistry, will speak at 7:30 to night on “Chemical Secrets of Liv ing Matter” ih 103 Deady. Dr. Williams was a professor of chem istry at the University for 12 years, and is now professor of or ganic chemistry at Oregon State. He was born in India, son of a missionary, and educated in the United States, receiving his B.S. at the University of Redlands in California. While he was studying for his Ph. D at the University of Chicago, he won a Fleischmann Yeast fellowship. Advised by his brother, Robert R. Williams, chem ical director of Bell Telephone laboratories, to follow up “bios,” a substance essential for growth in yeast, Dr. Williams started his re search along this line. Experiments Made In 1931, while at the University of Oregon, he and John Truesdail, research assistant, separated the fractions of “bios” by an electro lytic method. An electrical current drifted through a tank of many compartments, and split and de posited each fraction in a separate cubicle. Dr. Williams has made a special study of the relationship of anti neuritic vitamin or Vitamin B, as it is commonly known, to yeast growth stimulants. He is credited with the introduc tion of the term “nutrilites,” des ignating all vitamin-like substanc es which in small amounts func tion in the nutrition of organisms in general. Textbook Popular “An Introduction to Organic Chemistry,” a textbook written by Dr. Williams, was acclaimed by a score of leading cshemists and ed ucators throughout the nation as the leading book on this subject. (Continued on Page Three) Rotary Group Names Gilbert for President James H. Gilbert, dean of the social science department at the University of Oregon has been named president of the Eugene Ro tary club succeeding Edward Mor ris, who resigned Monday because of his added duties as supervisor of the state liquor commission. Walter P. Fell was named vice president. Dean Gilbert presided for the first time at a luncheon Tuesday noon. Major General U. G. McAl exander (the rock of the Marne) was the guest of honor at the luncheon. Tax Exemption Sought Above is the Miner building, property of the University of Oregon. Trustees of the structure have filed suit in county court seeking tax exemption for the building. It was given to the University by H. T. Miner, one of its builders, on February 28, 1933. Senior Ball Motif Depicts Fantastic Russian Scenery Elaborate Dance Will Be Given Saturday Evening at Gerlinger Hall Extensive preparations for the 1934 Senior ball guarantee the campus an unusual dance, an af fair more elaborate than any the students have seen for a good many years. Under the direction of Ralph Schomp, a group of art students have been spending the greatest part of the past two weeks arrang ing decorations that will trans form Gerlinger hall into the Mos cow Art theater on Saturday eve ning, January 27. A Russian atmosphere, complete to every detail, will be carried out through wall hangings, costumes, and orchestra. The ceiling of the ballroom is to be covered with a draped canopy with a Russian royal insignia upon it, bordered in bright colors. Bil lowing curtain-like drapes of blue and ochre will descend from this canopy, and will cover the walls of the room. On each side of the room will be hung three large paintings, two measuring six by twelve feet and one nine feet square, on which has been depicted some typical Rus sian scene with lifesize figures. These are carried out in brilliant shades of blue, yellow, green, vio (Continued on Page Three) Home Economics Instructor Makes Collection of Textiles Laces, prints, metallic cloth,! printed textiles, old and new piec-1 es are numbered in the collection' of textiles Miss Mary Elizabeth! Starr, of the home economics de-1 partment, gathered while in Eur ope last summer. Miss Starr spent the greater part of her time gathering speci mens of ancient and modern cloth. She has a number of pictures of tapestries. In Brussels Miss Starr found a bit of lace, in Vienna some j modern printed textiles. The For tuny prints from Venice are mod ern reproductions of pld designs on modern textiles. While the cloth is a smooth cotton it appears to have depth as if it were velvet. One example was printed with gold and one with silver. The designs are from fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In Italy these prints are used in place of wallpaper or for wall hangings. Umbrian weaving (waste silk) from Perugia, Italy, is an all silk cloth which resembles cotton. A modern Italian copy of a Sardin ian textile is woven in black on ecru. The design features conven tional birds and lions. Another modern reproduction is a silver Persian textile. It has horses and riders woven into the design and would make a gorgeous evening coat. A bit of linen from Florence has a small floral design woven into the cloth. An ancient scrap from Persia is a gold cloth with a flower design. Also from j Persia, Miss Starr has a sixteenth : century metal cloth. Some lace from Italy has a story connected with it. The cousin of Nella Roster, who was an Italian student on this campus two years ago, has an organization among the poor peasant women through which they are able to sell their lace products. It was this cousin who sold Miss Starr her lace. The lace is called Buratta and is in an animal design. A bit of Macrame lace from Italy has a central figure made en tirely of knots. “It looks like a Chinese god,” the reporter re marked. “Yes, or a medieval knight in armor,” Miss Starr said. A soft light wool from Paul Ro dier, the famous French fabric manufacturer, is printed in green and purple on white. A costume of this material would thrill any coed (Continued on Page Three) Undergraduates To Enter Contest Books to Be Offered as Prizes For Brief Winning Reviews, Smith Announces A book review contest open to all University undergraduates will be held about the middle of win ter term, according to S. Stephen son Smith, instructor in English. Brief student reviews ranging from 50 to 150 words are being sought for the “Student’s Guide to Good Reading,” a booklet issued annually by the Committee on Col lege Reading of the National Council of Teachers of English. Free books will be offered as prizes and winning reviews will be published in the Student’s Guide. In a similar book review con test last year Laura Goldsmith was awarded first prize and Jay Wilson won second place. The committee on college read ing plans to include a student re view with each book listed in the next edition of the Student’s Guide. In order to secure these reviews contests are being held in colleges and universities through out the country, with substantial book prizes, offered by the pub lishers. The contest offer will close May 15, when all entries will be mailed to the Committee on College Reading in New York City, countersigned by a member of the English department in each college. Mr. Smith, a member of the Committee of College Reading*, edited the section of the Student’s Guide entitled “The Renaissance on the Continent,” concerned with the books of the period of human ism. One hundred and fifty com plimentary issues of the guide, regularly 15 cents each, were is sued to Mr. Smith in recognition of this service. W. A. A. initiation this evening at 7 in Alumni hall. W. A. A. Whiffler at 8 p. m. fol lowing initiation. Don’t forget to drop around. There will be a full rehearsal by the entire cast of “Gods of the Mountain” at 7:15 tonight in the Guild theater. Order of the O will meet on the library steps today at 12:45 for Oregana picture. Phi Delta Kappa will hold a business meeting at 5 p. m. today in the school of education. Pan Xenia will meet tonight at 7:30, in the women’s lounge of Gerlinger. Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism will speak on “The Future of Inter (Contimicd on Page Two) Have Opportunity Calendar Miner Building Trustees Seek Tax Exemption Ownership of Structure Held by University VALUATION $121,265 Suitors Declare Property Owned By State Should Be Free From Payment A suit was filed at the Lane county courthouse yesterday after noon by the trustees of the Miner building, which belongs to the Uni versity of Oregon, in an effort to secure tax exemption for the property. The Miner building became the official property of the University of Oregon on February 28, 1933, when it was given to the institu tion by H. T. Miner, who stipulat ed that the profits and returns from the property were to go for the advancement of higher educa tion at Eugene. The total property is valued at $124,265 and has been under the management of Professor L. C. Kelly of the University school of business administration. According to the case to be pre sented by the Security Savings and Trust company, trustees, the building is the property of the state and therefore exempt from taxation like other University of Oregon property. However, it has been listed as taxable property on the roll for this year. At the present time the building is undergoing several minor recon structions in the form of redecor ating and wiring in preparation for Gullion, Stanard, and Dyott, prominent eye, ear, nose, and throat doctors, who will take up their offices there. Orides Sponsor First All-Campus Tea of New Term Oregon State, Portland Mothers To Be Honored Guests; Program Planned The first all-campus tea for the winter term will be given Thurs day afternoon, January 25, by the Oregon Independent Co-eds under their newly-chosen name, the Orides. Special guests of honor for the tea will include members of the Oregon State Mothers association and Portland Mothers, who will be on the campus today and Thurs day. In the reception line for the af fair will bs Mrs. William Jasper Kerr, Dean Hazel Prutsman Schwering, Mrs. Gertrude Bas3 Warner, Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker, Margery Thayer and Laura Gold smith. Pouring during the afternoon will be Mrs. D. L. Lewis, Mrs. George Williamson, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, and Miss Lenore E. Cas ford. A varied entertainment program is planned for the tea. Vivian Malone will play two violin num bers; Alice Hult will present two readings; Laura Goldsmith will (Continued on Parje Three) Wood to Address Students of Law Erskine Wood, well-known Port land lawyer of the firm of Wood, Montague, Matthiessen, and Ran kin, will speak on “Admiralty Law” at the annual law school banquet to be held at 6:15 to night at the Anchorage. Wood is well qualified on this subject, and will offer a field which is of. great interest to law students, but which cannot be studied in regular University law curriculum. Members of the local bench and bar, as well as faculty and students of the law school, are invited to tonight’s banquet. A turkey dinner will be served and cigars will be supplied by the faculty, according to announce ments made by Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, and by Jim Landye, third year law student, who is in general charge of the banquet. Tickets are 50 cents, and may be obtained from A1 Schneider, Bill Kinley, Dick Near, Lyle Smith, Art Clark, Bob Thornton, Otto Vonderheit, and Ed Schlesser. Art Clark is chairman of ticket sales. Record House OfPortlanders Greets Hayes Tenor to Appear in Igloo Tomorrow Night PROGRAM IS LISTED Students Will Bp Admitted Free With ASUO Tickets to Hear Renowned Singer A record house greeted Roland Hayes in his appearance at the municipal auditorium in Portland Monday night. The crowd was the largest since the appearance of Paderewski in Portland. Hayes will appear in McArthur court tomorrow night at 8:30 with admission free to students. It will be necessary to present student body tickets. Tickets for the gen eral public are selling at $1.10 and 55 cents at the graduate mana ger’s office in McArthur court, the Co-op, and McMorran & Wash burne's. The program for the evening follows: “The Faithful Lover,” Arne; “Eviva Rosa Bella,” Gajup pi; “Adelaide,” Beethoven, in group one. “Ganymede,” Schu bert; "Wohin,” Schubert; “L’lnvi tation au Voyage,” Duparc; “Col loque Sentimental," Debussy; “Le The,” Koechlin, comprise the sec ond group. “Rest,” Trunk; “The Eagle,” Roderick White; “Come Not When I Am Dead,” Eichheim; “The Fountains,” Tanieff, are in the third group. “Go Down, Moses,” H. T. Burleigh; and “I Stan’, Fol’ My Arms, an’ I Cry,” “Le’ Me Shine,” “Poor Pilgrim," and "I Want Two Wings” arc* in the last group, which consists of • negro spiritual arrangements. The spiritual group appeared to be the most popular in Portland, Hayes being called back to sing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” Honorary Gives Party, Program For Large Group Phi Beta Entertains Patrons and Patronesses With Music And Dramatic Skit Phi Beta, music and drama hon orary, entertained about 75 facul ty, townspeople, and students last night with a dessert party at the Alpha Chi Omega house, given in honor of patrons and patronesses. A program, which was arranged by Frances Brockman, was given throughout the evening. Two num bers by the Phi Beta trio and vio lin quartet, played while guests were entering and being seated, began the program. The Phi Beta trio consists of Vivian Malone, vio linist, Theresa Kelly, pianist, and Roberta Spicer Moffat, cellist. Members of the quartet are Vivian Malone, Ellen Galey, Clare Lar sen, and Floy Young. Piano solos were played by Mar ian Moore and Marjorie Bass, and a violin solo by Vivian Malone. Five pledges and new members of Phi Beta gave a skit, “Little Prison, ’ by George Milton Savage. This play takes place in an eleva tor, stuck between two floors. Those taking part were Virginia Wappenstein, Ann-Reed Burns, Dorothy Smith, Mary Babson, and Dorothy Parks. The party was closed with songs by the Phi Beta chorus, led by Margaret Stauff. Committees who were in charge of the dessert party were: refresh ments, Helen Gould, Alvhild Erick sen, Ruth May Chilcote; program, Frances Brockman, Mary Babson! Theda Spicer; reception, Ellen Ga ley, Helene Ferris, Virginia Wap penstein, Margaret Stauff, Doro thy Smith; serving, Betty Wilson, Helen Harriman. Clara Larsen, Marjorie Bass, Floy Young; pub licity, Ann-Reed Burns, and Ro berta Moody. Philoraelete Will Hold Social Meeting Today Travel group of Philomelete will hold the first social meeting of the term this afternoon at 5, in the AWS room. All interested are in vited. Margaret Stauff, president of the group, will lead an informal discussion, and take charge of pop ping corn, which is to be the chief pastime of the afternoon. Riflemen Have Steady Nerves Above is Dr. Robert H. Seashore, associate professor of psychol ogy, with one of the subjects, in recent tests conducted at the Univer sity showing riflemen to have the best muscular coordination among students. These experiments are seen as an efficient method of select ing expert marksmen. Vandals Trounce Visiting Beavers At Moscow, 31-25 Orangemen Fail to Maintain Lead Of First Half; Fisher, Folen Lead Scoring Parade MOSCOW, Ida., Jan. 23.—(Spe cial)—A grim horde of Idaho Van dals swept an invading Oregon State basketball quintet off its feet to capture a 31-25 contest and tumble the Beavers out of a sec ond-place tie in ttn northern con ference standings. The champion Orangemen led at the end of the first half, 16 to 11, but the home five started a drive which gave them the lead at 19 to 18. They checked the Beavers and added to their advantage. Fisher, Idaho guard, led the scor ing parade for the night with 10 points, and Folen, elongated cen ter of the invaders, led his team mates with nine counters. Both teams play here tomorrow night, with the Vandals out for their third successive victory. Thirteen Books Listed In Most Popular Class The most popular books in the library were named yesterday in a list compiled by Miss Bernice Rise, circulation librarian. Judged by the number of in quiries for them, the 13 most pop ular books at present are “100, 000,000 Guinea Pigs,” Kallet and Schlink; “Life Begins at Forty,” Pitkin; “The Great Offensive,” Hindus; “Poor Splendid Wings,” Winwar; "House of Exile," Wain; “No Second Spring,” Beith. “Master of Jalna,” De la Roche; “Anthony Adverse," Allen; “With in This Present,” Barnes; “Ann Vickers,” Lewis; “The Good Earth,” Buck; “Forgive Us Our Trespasses,” Douglass; and "The Store," Stribling. Art Museum Will Open During Afternoon at 1, Shut Tiro Hours Later Lovers of art will again have an opportunity to witness the Oriental treasures contained within the windowless walls of the Murray Warner art mu seum when the doors of the large, brick building swing open this afternoon at 1 o’clock. Visitors will be welcome until 3 p. m., when the museum will be closed until tomorrow after noon. Hours that visitors are wel come to review the collection are: Wednesdays, I to 3 p. m.; Thursdays, 1 to 3 p. m.; Sun days, 3 to 5 p. m. Council Group of Oregon Mothers To Visit Campus Several Houses Will Entertain Visitors; Meetings Slated For Next Two Days The executive councils of the Oregon Mothers association and the Portland Mothers, will visit the University campus today and tomorrow as the guests of the wo men’s living organizations, accord ing to Mrs. Hazel Prutsman Schwering, dean of women. While here, the mothers will at tend various meetings on the cam pus. This afternoon at 4 o’clock they will meet with the heads of the houses at the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. They will dine with the house mothers and house pres idents at the Gamma Phi house. At 8 o’clock this evening they will meet with the AWS executive council at the Delta Gamma resi dence. Tomorrow at 10 o’clock the mothers will attend a meeting in Gerlinger hall. Fourteen mothers have signified their intentions to attend these meetings, while several others may later be heard from. Those who will arrive this morning include Mrs. W. H. Thomas, mother of Al ice Ann Thomas; Mrs. J. T. Augh inbaugh, mother of Tom Aughin baugh; Mrs. R.oy T. Bishop, moth er of Jane Bishop; Mrs. Jack (Continued on Page Three) Sale of Liquor Prohibited in School Areas Campus Establishments To Be Restricted LIMIT AT 200 FFET Regulation Will Broome Effective On February 10 With Knox. Bill Enforcement PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23.— (Special) Sale of liquors within 200 feet of any church or school anywhere in the stale of Oregon will be prohibited after February 10, when the Knox liquor law goes into effect, the Oregon state liquor I commission decreed as it set out to actively enforce the liquor regula tions today. With the passing of this regula tion, practically all of the estab lishments now selling beer and wines on or near the Oregon cam pus will be unable to sell the bev erage. That discriminations will arise is shown by the fact that the College Side Inn lies just five feet inside the boundaries of this new ly established dry zone, while the Cottage, if open, could dispense liquors legally. Shops situated along Eleventh street will be pro hibited from selling any alcoholic beverages due to the fact that the Eugene Bible college is located less than 200 feet away. Provisions made by the commis sion today provided city councils with the power to pass on all appli cations for liquor permits for state agencies. Tjie commission reserved the right to final decisions in cases 1 of rejections. A report from the Oregon Jour nal states that the commission announced Monday that “there will be not state liquor stores or agen cies allowed to sell alcoholic bev erages containing 14 per cent al cohol or over within 200 feet of any church or school in the state, nor will the sale of beverages un ler .14 per cent be permitted in the same block in any location facing on the same street in which a school or church is located. Allen Will Speak Before Pan Xenia Speaking before the Pan Xenia, foreign trades honorary, Eric Al len, dean of the school of journal ism, will discuss the “Future of In ternational Trade Relations as Based on Present Economic Ten dencies” tonight in the women's lounge at Gerliuger hall. Pan Xenia has been studying the oriental and Philippine Island sit uation in view of future foreign trade. Dean Allen, who has just recently made a trip to the orient should be able to cast considerable enlightenment on the situation. Plans are also being made by the organization to have an interna tional conference of Pan Xenia some time in March. The meeting will probably be held in Portland. Amos Burg Has Illustrated Story in National Magazine Amos Burg, explorer, writer, lec-' turer, and former student of the University of Oregon, has written ! an article, “A Native Son’s Ram bles in Oregon,” which appears in the February edition of the Na-1 tional Geographic magazine, with 63 pictuies illustrating every sec tion of the state of Oregon. This article, the results of many months research, represents but a small part of the adventurous wanderings that have made of Amos Burg's life a variecolored patchwork of picturesque events. More than half of his 32 years have been spent in seeking out the remote and the difficult portions of the globe and bringing back written and photographic data of! what he saw and did there. A Viking heritage was Burg’s at the very outset of his career, j He is the son of a Norwegian who early heard the call of the sea and j shipped for foreign ports aboard a i sailing vessel, eventually coming j to the United States. Amos Burg was born in Port land, December 3, 1901, and at tended Woodlawn grammar school there, graduating in 1915. “I was not a particularly good student," Burgs says in an inter view with Fred Lockley. “If you will ask my teachers at Woodlawn they will tell you that my entire in terest in school was in geography and exploration. In my geography I read about Australia. I think its very distance was what attract ed me to it. I decided that I would go to Australia and raise ostriches. I shipped out of Port land as a cabin boy on a boat bound for San Francisco. I was unable there to find a ship for Australia so I shipped for Hono lulu as an ordinary seaman on the six-masted schooner “Annie John son.” And all this when he was but a lad of 14 years. After visiting the South Seas, Samoa, and Australia, Burg re turned home in August, 1916. But an insatiable wanderlust would not permit hm to return to the desk and the pen. At Vancouver, B. C., he signed on a French transport as a seaman. “This transport was unsea worthy,” he relates, “and there was a good deal of doubt ex pressed along the waterfront whether she would ever reach her (Continued on Page Two) <