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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1934)
J yPlan Favors Dividing State In Provinces Proposal Made by Smith, Lomax in Article Seven Natural Divisions Would Replace 36 County Units Of Present System Realignment of Oregon counties i to change them from 36 political divisions to seven units based on natural and economic factors is the new plan proposed by Dr. War ren D. Smith, head of the geology department, and Alfred L. Lomax, professor of business administra l tion, in an article published in the latest issue of the Commonwealth Review, University journal. Presenting the results of an ex tensive study made by the faculty members, this article is the first of a series to be written for this magazine. Smith, who is a geolo gist of national repute, has a thor ough knowledge of the physical conditions throughout Oregon, and Lomax has accomplished much re search along economic and busi ness lines in the state. “Provinces” Suggested To replace the present numerous counties of various sizes the writ ers propose seven "provinces,” to be formed without regard to pres ent county boundaries. “The radio, telephone and telegraph, which make for rapid communication, and the automobile and the air planes which greatly shorten dis tances, have disqualified the little county unit and its courthouse of t horse and buggy days as an effi cient instrument for county gov ernment,” the article says. "Boundaries of these social units should be governed not by artifi cial arbitrary decree but by the kinds of soil, climate, geologic his- j tory, topography and hydrogra- i phy.” Divisions Named me seven provinces proposed, in accordance with the factors out lined, are: Coast province. This would ex tend from the ocean to the sum mit of the Cascade range, but in follow the eastern boundary of Curry county. This province would stretch the full length of the state. Should this be deemed too large, it could be divided into north and south portions. Klamath province. Its northern boundary would be the north line of Douglas county, ( eastern boun dary of the eastern boundary of Jackson county, and it would ex tend south to the California line. Willamette province. This would extend along the crest of the k Coast range on the west to the Douglas county north line on the south, and then for its eastern boundary would have the eastern boundaries of the present Lane, Linn, Marion, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, extending north to the border, including the city of Portland. Other Provinces Designated Columbia - Deschutes province. Its western boundary would be the line just traced above and its southern boundary would be the north line of Klamath and Lake counties. Its eastern boundary would follow a line which is some what irregular, and would include portions of Morrow and Umatilla counties. Southeastern Lake province. This would include Klamath, Lake and Harney counties. k Blue-Wallowa province. This is an irregularly bounded subdivision that would lie between the Des chutes-Columbia province and the Southeastern Lake province, and extend to the Snake river north of Huntington. Snake River province. This would include the present Malheur county and a strip of the Snake river north of and as far as Hunt ington. Reasons Cited Reasons for the division of the, j state into these provinces are j given by the writers. In the Coast i province, for example, there is an j area which is ■ for the most part j mountainous with very little ■ coastal plain, cut by short and, generally unnavigable streams.; Everything in this province is con-j nected directly or indirectly with the sea. The chief resources are ! lumber, fish and recreation. Such soils as exist are good, but the j area suitable for agriculture is: limited. The climate throughout the coast region is very much the same. The Coast highway con nects it from north to- south. The Klamath province is a very i mountainous region in which min-; ing is one of the principal indus-; tries. The soils of the intermoun-1 tain valleys are particularly adapt- j ed to the growing of fruits and j bulbs. The problems here are in no way related to those found on the coast. If found desirable, a portion of Willamette province in the north containing Portland could be split off, it is pointed out. This would ! largely be on the basis of popula tion and because this metropolitan | area would have problems peculiar j to itself. Forthcoming articles in the Re- j view will go into detail on the i proposed plan. The next is to be j viitten by Professor Louia^. Scanning the Cinemas MCDONALD — "Eskimo.” Also "Search for Beauty,” Buster Crabbe, Jimmy Gleason, Ida Lupino. COLONIAL—"Beloved,” John Boles, Gloria Stuart. By J. A. NEWTON On Wife-Trading The story of "Eskimo” is as fol lows: Mala, the hero, is the tribe’s greatest hunter. When the supply runs low, they can always depend on him. The first part of the pic ture is devoted to numerous scenes showing Mala on hunts. There seems to be very little faking in these scenes. I doubt if there’s any. They hunt polar bear, walrus and whale, not to mention caribou. Mala is a happy married man, believe it or not. He is an Indian looking man and his wife looks rather Japanese. He has two or three healthy children. The wife-trading comes in while he is on a hunting trip with his family. A friend meets him. He is alone. He tells Mala that a polar bear killed his wife, so Mala picks up a spear and states he has some hunting to do, and goes off, leav ing friend wife with his neighbor. A white trader takes his wife without asking him, which bothers him somewhat. And when it’s re peated a couple of times, Mala' kills the man. Mounted police get j him, but he escapes as noted yes terday. Anyway it moves along and keeps your interest excellently for such a long show'. “Search for Beauty,” I hear, isn't much, but don’t miss “Eski mo.” On Musicals “Beloved” is billed as the great est musical of all time. It is not, of course. “Viennese Nights” still remains uppermost in my mind as the best musical I’ve ever seen, in addition to being the most poig nant drama. “Beloved" is very like this great j show, the change being the happy ; romance in the later one. In both the hero works all his \ life with a great symphony in his ; mind. In this case it is mediocre. Three or four kids in this pic ture provide considerable pep. ' Jimmy Butler who appeared in “Only Yesterday,” an excellent show incidentally, has a brief i scene in this, and there is a young i violin protege who can play. A welcome relief. It's getting, tiresome to see act- i ors splashing their hands meaning- j lessly on a dummy piano while c the music is worked in. Boles does it. ] The piece is very sentimental; 1 too much so for me. However, I tastes differ. Bar Association Aided by Howard On Meeting Plans Law Professor Attends Conclave Of Coordination Committee In Chairman’s Office Charles G. Howard, professor of law, attended a meeting of the Oregon state bar association com mittee on coordination, held at 2 yesterday afternoon in Portland at the office of Sidney Tieser, chair man of the committee. The purpose of the committee, which was appointed recently in accordance with a decision of the American bar association, is to formulate programs of study for the meetings of both the American and the Oregon bar associations. Similar committees have been ap pointed in every state, in order to unify and coordinate plans of the state bar associations throughout the country. At yesterday’s meeting, which was held with a committee from the Multnomah county bar asso ciation, members determined how to answer a questionnaire on prob lems in criminal law administra tion. This questionnaire, which is one of three sent to every state by the coordination committee of the American bar association, is, a thorough coverage of the prob lem. It is to be filled out by a committee from, each state bar as sociation, thus making a complete record of conditions throughout the country in regard to this problem. Coast Rifle Teams Compete for Title Ninth corps area matches for the championship of the Pacific coast are being fired at all the FtOTC units in nine western states this week. University of Oregon maVksmen who have maintained a very suc cessful record so far this year are now firing on the barracks range for these matches. Sergeant Har vey Blythe, who has been coaching the squad, is very hopeful of ob taining a high score. Seven special matches with Ok lahoma A. and M., Cornell, Oregon State college, Culver Military academy, University of Idaho, University of Cincinnati, and Uni versity of Kentucky will be in cluded in Oregon’s schedule. Tonqued Officers < Of Okl Regime to Entertain Cabinet! New Members to Be Welcomed At Dinner Given in Their Honor' The -new members of the Ton- ' qued cabinet will be entertained 1 by the old members at a dinner 1 at Seymour’s cafe at 6 o’clock to night. The occasion is to welcome ' the new officers. Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs. , Alice B. Macduff and Miss Mar- j ian Lowry will be guests of honor. ] The members of the new cabinet : are Roberta Moody, president; i Janet Hughes, vice-president; Vir- i ginia Endicott, secretary; Adaline Adams, treasurer; Eloise Knox, chairman of the dances; Eunice Elliott, chairman of mass meet ings; and Helen Dodds, reporter. The members of the retiring council are Lois Margaret Hunt, president; Robei’ta Moody, secre tary; Mae ...Schnellbacher, treas urer; Peggy Nebergall. chairman of the mass meetings; Adaline Adams, chairman of the calling committee; Catherine Coleman, chairman of the dances; and Ruth | King, reporter. Lois Margaret Hunt is in charge of the dinner. The reports of the past year will be presented and thp new council will be established. Graduate Council Plans for Meeting At a meeting of the graduate council Friday in the graduate division office in Johnson hall, plans were made for a meeting of the graduate faculty before the end of the winter term, and a dis cussion was held concerning a coming meeting of the joint grad uate council of the University and Oregon State college. The council meets every month and consists of the heads of the schools and colleges on the cam pus. Dr. George Rebec, head of the graduate division, is chairman of the group. The graduate faculty meeting is held every term, when members of the faculty who have received their doctor of philosophy degrees meet for discussion. The joint graduate council, which also has one session each term, will meet at Corvallis for their next meet ing. “Patronize Emerald advertisers.’ MCftOSAIJ) Last Time Today PLUS THIS hit: “SEARCH FOR BEAUTY” 30 CONTEST WINNERS IDA LUPINO BUSTER • CRABBE IMEMWKMVBm I § i Green Parrot Coffee Shop : - Features a Noon Lunch ■ I , M | Healthful—Satisfying—Inexpensive I 25c Choice of Salad or Soup Toasted Sandwich Drink "Food with a Personality” If An Example ■ i i a ■ ■ a. ■ a a ■ ■ ■ * ■ a ■ * ■ a. a ■ ■.a.: Coordination Projects Gain Recognition Seashore, Adams Given Nation-Wide Acclaim Schools, Scientists and Iiiflc Clubs Request Information on Research Work Interest in the muscular coor dination tests for riflemen which ire being carried on in the Uni versity by Dr. R. H. Seashore as sociate professor of sociology, and Raymond P. Adams, graduate as sistant in the social science de mrtment last year, has become lation-wide, due to the publicity •esulting from the findings of heir work. The tests, a research project of the University, have jrought letters from every part of ,he country, from educational in stitutions, scientists and rifle dubs, requesting further informa ion on the subject. The tests given to expert rifle nen and to other groups proved hat riflemen excelled in five tests or steadiness, leading the psychol >gists here to believe that it may >e possible to discover the best jrospects for good rifle shots be fore the men are sent on the range or training. Information Sought Complete information on the en ire research project has been re vested by Waldemar Kaempffert, icience editor of the New York rimes, who has informed Dr. Sea ;hore that he will write an exten sive article for the science section )f his newspaper. Dr. J. Edwin Cirkpatrick, of Los Angeles, wants o make use of Dr. Seashore's ap >aratus in testing alcoholic intox cation, while Joseph F. Meister, >f Temple university, wishes to nake use of the tests in physical iducation work. Several letters were received rom rifle and marksman clubs. Jne of these came from the “Na ional Muzzle Loading Rifle asso dation" of Portsmouth, Ohio, and t carried with it an invitation to Jr. Seashore to attend the associa ion’s national meet. From this luaint name, it is believed that he club probably dates back to (Continued on Page Four) I I Society MARY LOUIEE EDINGER, Editor lyTARlAN MILLER, columnist 1 ■*" for the Portland Oregonian, will be the speaker at the Matrix Table banquet which will be held tomorrow evening at the Eugene hotel. This affair is one of the largest social events of the school year and is sponsored annually by Theta Sigma Phi, women's profes sional journalism fraternity. A large number of exchange desserts are scheduled for the mid-1 die of the week. Orides and the pre-legal group will entertain with dances this weekend, and many fraternities and sororities will have their main winter social ac tivities at that time. National Officers Entertained One of the larger social func tions of the winter term was giv en last evening by Sigma Kappa in honor of three of their national Officers. Mrs. Bertha Whillock Stutz, grand treasurer; Mrs. Lilly Nordgren Edwards, reginal presi dent; and Miss Betty Lynd Thomp son, district counsellor, were hon or guests. Mrs. Marguerite Mills from the Berkeley chapter was also present, as were several members of the Corvallis chapter. Others invited for the dinner were personal guests of the local members. Features and entertainment during the evening were given by Catherine Cashow, vocalist, of Corvallis chapter; Clara Larson, violinist; Maxine Hill, pianist; and Edna Whitmer, pianist. Wanda Veatch and Roberta Prickard were in charge. * * * Atmosphere Summer Evening Palms and vari-colored lighting will lend the atmosphere of a sum mer evening at the Zeta Tau Al pha chapter house when they en tertain with their winter inform al Saturday night. Patrons and patronesses for the affair will be Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Huestis, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Van Loan, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. George, and Mrs. Mary K. Wiggins. Features for the evening will consist of Russian dances by Fran ces Kovtynovich, and jnembers of the Zeta trio. Art Muller’s orches tra will furnish the music. Doris Amidon and Margaret Mortenson are in charge of the event. * * * Thespians to Have Tea Members of Thespian, women’s freshman service honorary, will entertain with an informal tea to morrow afternoon from 3 to 5, in the sun porch of Gerlinger hall. George Washington's birthday will be the motif for decorations. Those in the receiving line will be Dean Hazel Prutsman Schwer ing, Mrs. Alice Macduff, Pearl Base, and Eleanor French. Mar tha McCall, Jessie Long, and Nan Smith are in charge of the affair. Orides to Dance An informal dance will be given Saturday evening at the Crafts man’s club by members of Orides. Spring will be featured in the dec orations. Laura Goldsmith fs general chairman of the evening. Other chairmen are: patrons and patron esses, Janet Hughes; programs and decorations, Violet Adams; tickets, Loveda Mann; music, Chrysanthe Nichachiou; and feat ures, Elaine Sorensen. $ * * Stu,dents to Frolic The Craftsman’s club will be the scene of the pre-legal students’ dance Friday evening. Colored floodlights and palms will be used as decorations. The evening will open with a grand march, at 9 o’clock. Members of the law school fac ulty will be patrons for the eve ning. Bill Schloth is chairman. * * * Pi Kaps to Give Dance Pi Kappa Alpha will entertain with their winter formal Friday evening at the chapter house. The motif will be that of “cotton club." Music will be furnished by Art Holman. Bob Zurcher is chairman of the evening. Patrons and patronesses will be Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rae, and Mr. and Mrs. Cal Bryan. * * * Dance to Be Given Chi Omega will entertain Satur day evening with their winter for mal to be given at the chapter house. Decorations will be palms and flowering almonds, Japanese quince, and cherry blossoms. Mu sic will be furnished by Sherwood Burr. Beth Corrigan is chairman of the evening. The patrons and pa tronesses will be Miss Julia Bur gess, Mrs. May Harmon, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Beldon Babb, Dr. and Mrs. Melville Jones. * * « Exchange Desserts Exchange desserts for the week are numerous. Tonight Alpha Om icron Pi will entertain Sigma Phi Epsilon; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Gamma Delta; and Kappa Sig ma, Delta Gamma. Thursday evening Sigma Chi will entertain Delta Delta Delta; Theta Chi, Pi Beta Phi; Delta Gamma, Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Chi Omega; Del ta Zeta, Alpha Tau Omega; Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Psi; Beta Theta Pi, Gamma Phi Beta; and Alpha Phi, Delta Tau Delta. Alpha Xi Delta entertained Delta Upsilon last evening. Delta Upsilon will entertain with a preference dinner tomor row evening, and Delta Tau Delta will be hosts at an underclass din ner tonight. Kappa Sigma will en tertain Alpha Phi members at din ner Sunday. Last Sunday mem bers of the Minerva club were quests at the Sigma Alpha Epsi lon house. * * * Honorary Will Bo Hosts Group presidents, old and new members, and patronesses of Phil nmelete will be honored tonight at i dessert party, given by Phi Theta Upsilon, women’s upperclass serv ice honorary, from 6:30 to 7:30 it the Chi Omega house. Margaret Pollitt, senior, is in charge of the party. Assisting her ire Gwen Elsmore, dessert; Mary golde Hardison, hostesses; Alma Lou Herman, invitations; Janet Cox, entertainment; and Helen Burns, serving. * * » Phi Chi Theta, national business administration sorority, will hold a party tonight at the Alpha Delta Pi house. The affair is scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 o’clock, accord ing to Eileen Hickson, president. Charles VanDine to Marry The engagement of Miss Eliza beth Thayer of Tacoma to Charles Van Dine of Portland was an nounced recently. Miss Thayer is i former student of the College of Puget Sound, and Mr. Van Dine is a senior on the campus this year. He is affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon. * * * Miss Elridge Engaged The engagement of Charlotte Elridge of Portland to Harlow Davis, also of Portland, was an nounced Sunday in Portland and at the Kappa Alpha Theta house on the campus. Miss Elridge is a junior and Mr. Davis is a senior on the cam pus. They plan to be married in Portland during the spring vaca tion, after which they will return to Eugene to continue their stud ies. Miss Elridge is affiliated with Kappa Alpha Theta and Mr. Da vis with Kappa Sigma. * * * Engagement Announced The engagement of Constance McKenzie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. McKenzie of Wallowa, to Phillip J. Koke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Koke, of this city, was announced last evening at the Alpha Gamma Delta house, by the passing of a large box of candy bearing the names of the young couple. Miss McKenzie is an alumnus of the University of Oregon and is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and Phi Beta. Mr. Koke is a for mer student of Columbia univer sity in Portland and the Univer sity. Wedding Performed On February 12 Miss Martha Frey became the bride of Mr. Rus sel Burdett in Portland. The bride is a member of Chi Omega. * * * Guest Here Misses Margaret Kribs and Mary Beckman, Portland, and Betty Cheshire, Salem, were week-end guests at the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Weekend Guest Here Miss Marian Fluke of Monmouth was a weekend guest of the Alpha Delta Pi house. * * * Minerva Club to.Meet The Minerva club will hold its regular meeting at the Sigma Al pha Epsilon house this afternoon. Members of the fraternity will be tea guests. * * * Tea Given by P. E. Group Dean and Mrs. John F. Bovard were honored by a tea given by (Continued on Page Four) % - It isn’t cowardice— it’s jangled nerves JNo one likes a sudden, unexpected noise. But if you jump or even wince uncontrollably at such a time—check up on yourself. It isn’t cowardice. It isn’t timid ity. (You’ll find many ex-service men doing the same thing.) It’s jangled nerves. liet enough sleep—tresn air—rec reation. And make Camels your cigarette. For you can smoke as many Camels as you want. 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