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Ducks lhrash Gonzaga Team By50-22 Count Oregon Hoopsters Run Wild at Spokane JAUNT SUCCESSFUL Webfoots Capture Four of Five Contests During Invasion Of Inland Empire SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 21.— (Special to the Emerald)—A sharpshooting Oregon quintet pul verized Gonzaga here tonight by a score of 50-22 to end a success ful invasion of the Inland Em pire. The inspired Webfoot hoopsters rained successful shots into the hoop all evening as the Gonzaga defense wilted under the terrific Oregon offensive. The invaders were never threat ened by the Bulldog quintet. The victory gave Oregon a record of four wins out of five games on their jaunt through Washington and Idaho, including three confer ence victories. Attempts to get further infor mation on the contest from Portland were unsuccessful, al though news dispatches about the game had been sent to that city. Reports on the contest were not available in Eugene. Edith Grim to Present Recital Monday Night Edith Grim, graduate student of piano under George Hopkins of the University music department, will be presented next Monday evening on the program of the student recital. She will give the entire program. Works by Weber, Chopin, Lia dow, Handel, and others will be played. Shearer Names Aides For Junior Shine Day The committees for Junior Shine day, on February 28, appointed by Dick Shearer, chairman, include Jim Wells, assistant chairman; Bill W. Davis and Helen Stinger, pub licity; Fred Whittlesey, construc tion; and Jaack Mulder, materials. It has been announced that cam pus shoe shops may remain closed on that day, but details have not as yet been arranged. A prize donated by McMorran and Washburne will be given. The manner of awarding this prize will not be announced in advance. Sale of Pre-Law Dance Tickets to Begin Today Tickets for the pre-legal asso ciation dance to be held in the Craftsman's club tomorrow night at 9 o’clock will go on sale today in the various men’s living organi zations and at the Co-op. Admis sion will be 50 cents a couple. All those students who are tak ing ^re-law subjects, preparatory to entering the University law school, may attend the affair. Ex pre-law students are also to be admitted. Extempore Speaking Contest Is Postponed; Will Be Held March 1 The W. F. Jewett Extempore Speaking contest, which was to have been held tonight, has been postponed for one week and will take place Thursday evening, March 1. The Oratorical contest, which was to have been held on March 1, will therefore be changed to March 5. Slight Variations In Reading Habits May Help Students Changes May Mean Difference Between Getting Education And Ability to Do So A simple little trick in reading1, such as turning the head slightly to the left, or moving the page a few inches to the right, may mean the difference for backward stu dents between gaining and educa tion or remaining “dumb,” it was announced yesterday by L. K. Shu maker, supervisor of the English bureau, and Dr. H. R. Crosland, professor of psychology. Two educators found that in a group of 24 students segregated because of study difficulties 18 of them were “left-eyed” and right handed, rather than the normal right-hand and right-eyed or left hand and left-eyed. In practically every case, tests disclosed pres ence of a cerebral interference which made reading or printed page difficult, due to the fact that the left eye dominated in vision. By having the student turn his head slightly, or if he preferred, move the book a few inches to the right, the right eye was forced to take over its share of the work. This resulted in an almost instant improvement in learning. Since only this one group has been under observation, the pro fessors are not yet ready to an nounce that their project will have any great importance in education. If further tests among college stu dents show it to be successful, however, the next step will be to test growing children, and apply the method to those who are left eyed and right-handed. If they respond it may ,be possible to sal vage many backward children ear ly in life, it is pointed out. Both experimenters here are eager to hear of any similar tests under way at other institutions. Shumaker has been director of the English bureau since 1925, and during that time has won recog nition for his development of meth ods of teaching English. He has also written extensively on this subject. Dr. Crosland has been on the faculty of the University since 1920, and is an authority on the psychology of readibility of type and other phases of this field. Men’s Honorary Plans To Compile Directory Plans for a directory of mem bers of the local chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s advertising honorary, were discussed at a meeting of the honorary Wednes day afternoon in the journalism building. The directory will include names of all the members since the local chapter was founded and their present occupations and addresses. It will be issued in commemora tion of the tenth annual celebra tion of the chapter. Romance of Missions Clings To Play of Spanish Convent There is romance woven around old missions. Although Oregon did not know them, not far to the south is a string of Spanish mis sions along “El Camino Real.’’ or “The King’s Highway.” Written around the long and colorful life of Father Junipero Serra is Cal ifornia’s famed Mission Play, which draws scores of thousands of spec tators each season. No one who likes the “Mission Play” can fail to be pleased with “Cradle Song,” written not of Cal ifornia, but of Spain, and not of missions, but of convent life. There is all the wistful beauty of the re ligious background of the Spain of yesterday, and the cast, of course, is predominated by women. But three men. Bill Thienes, who plays a countryman, John L. Casteel, who portrays Don Jose, the doctor, and Bill Schloth, tak ing the part of Antonio, are in the cast. Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt has the role of the prioress in the play, as well as directing the produc tion. Sisters Joanna of The Cross, Sagrario, Marcella, Inez, Tornera, and Maria Jesus are portrayed by Lucille Stewart, Pauline Conradt, Virginia Wappenstein, Ellen Galey, Helen Harriman, and Gwen Caver hill respectively. Kay Briggs has the part of the vicaress, Dorothy Parks plays the mistriss of novices, Dorothy Smith and Althea Peter son portray two monitors, and Gertrude Winslow plays Teresa. The Phi Beta Trio will furnish music for the evening with Vivian Malone on the violin, Roberta Spi cer Moffitt, ’cello, and Theresa Kelly, piano. The technical staff, under the direction of Horace W. Robinson, stage technician, is composed of Richard Koken, electrician; Mau rice Pease, property manager, as sisted by Pauline Nelson; and Bet ty Church, script girl, with Betsy Sallee as assistant. The play is to be presented Sat urday evening in Guild theater, i Tickets can be secured at the box office in Johnson hall any day j this week from 4 to 5. All seats are reserved, and the price is 50 cents. Moll Will Give LastLectureof Series Friday Talk Scheduled for 7:30 In Yillard Hall POETRY IS SUBJECT Speaker Is Accepted Authority on Art Appreciation, Author Of Several Books Ernest G. Moll, assistant profes sor of English, will deliver the final lecture of the series spon sored annually by the Committee an Free Intellectual Activities, in Villard hall tomorro wevening at 7:30 o’clock, when he speaks on the subject, “Poetry: The Prob lem of Its Appreciation,” accord ing to Professor H. G. Townsend, chairman of the committee. The speaker will present some of his conclusions from his study of the problem of appreciation of art, i study to which Moll has given a great deal of time and effort. He sas been working for some time under the Carnegie fund, which seeks to provide for means of mak ing available to the average per son a wider appreciation of art. Unlike the other lectures, this will be the first to deal with arts and letters rather than science and public affairs, and students, fac ulty members, and townspeople are invited to attend. Moll is an accepted authority on the appreciation of poetry, having had a book published last winter on that subject which was highly praised by reviewers throughout the United States. He has also had published two volumes of poems, “Sedge Fire” and “Native Mo ments,” which have gained con siderable circulation. The lecturer has taught at the University since coming here in 1928 from Colorado college in Col orado Springs. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Law rence college in 1922 and his mas ter of arts from Harvard in 1923. Burg Makes Trip Across Perilous Straits in Yacht Former Student Studying Customs, Language, Life of South American Natives Amos Burg, former University of Oregon journalism student and now an internationally known ad venturer and explorer, has success fully crossed the dangerous Straits of Magellan in a 26-foot yacht, it was revealed Tuesday by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Burg of Portland, on receipt of informa tion from the National Geographic society of Washington, D. C., un der whose auspices the expedition to South America is being made by Burg. Although Burg was warned at the outset of his crossing by vet eran explorers that the trip was “suicide,” he made the opposite shore of Tierra del Fuego without mishap, and will continue his stud ies of the customs, language, and daily life of the South American natives for the National Geograph ic magazine. Burg attended the University several years ago, and is a person al friend of Dean Allen of the jour nalism school. A recent issue of the National Geographic magazine carried a lengthy illustrated story by him describing the state of Oregon. Honest James Emmett, Spurning Corrupters, Urges More Nominees *Jimmy Emmett is an up right judge. Five of Kappa Alpha Theta’s winsomest tried yesterday — and failed miserably—to induce this incorruptible jurist to per suade his fellow judges to “give dear old Theta a break.” Four Thetas are nominees for places in Gamma Alpha Chi's fashion revue. “No!” thundered Judge Em mett, “I will not consider a bribe!—at least, not until all the ballots are in. One never knows who they’ll nominate.” The ballot box will be open again today at the College Side. Nominations may be made also by phoning Nancy Suomela. ‘Emmett, James L., phone 324.—Adv. • Annual Matrix Table Banquet Set for Tonight Mrs. Allen to Preside at Eugene Hotel MUSIC IS PLANNED Marian Mi'.ler to Be Speaker on Program; Prominent Majors In Journalism Chosen An event of major interest to a large number of campus and townsmen will be the Matrix Ta ble banquet, to be held at the Eu gene hotel this evening at 6:30 o’clock. Mrs. Joseph Hill, better known as Marian Miller, a mem ber of the Portland Oregonian staff, will be the speaker of the evening. Mrs. Eric W. Allen will preside as toastmistress. Maxine Hill is to play the piano and Clara Larsen will play violin numbers, accompanied by Edna Whitmer. Matrix Table banquets are giv en by chapters of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s professional journal ism fraternity, throughout the United States to honor achieve ments in literature and the arts. In choosing guests from the campus groups, invitations were sent to the outstanding sophomore and freshijien in journalism, and to two upperclass women in each living organization, who are out standing in the fields represented in the Matrix Table banquet, as well as to officers of honoraries of these groups. Henriette Horak was selected as the outstanding sophomore woman and Dorothy Dill, the freshman. Lillian Rankin is general chair man of the evening. She is being assisted by Ruth McClain, presi dent, Margaret Brown, Dorothy Dykeman, Mary Louiee Edinger, Frances Hardy, Cynthia Lilje qvist, Margaret Veness, and Janis Worley. Harry Templeton Commits Suicide Rev. Harry S. Templeton, Univer sity graduate of the class of '96, and pastor for the past three years of the Second Presbyterian church of Los Angeles, shot himself to death at his home, police reported yesterday. It was believed that he was discouraged over compli cations resulting from a broken ankle received some time ago, and despaired of recovery. Harry Templeton was one of the famous Templeton brothers of whom five played varsity football for Oregon around the beginning of the century. He was valedicto rian of his graduating class and has many acquaintances in Eit gene, among whom are Frederic Dunn, professor of Latin, Lester G. Hulin, and Fred Fisk, Lane county judge. Four of the football playing Templetons are now de ceased, Frink Templeton, class of '05 having died last November 22 at a Portland sanitarium. Speaker Tonight Marian Miller (Mrs. Joseph Hill), member of the Oregonian staff, will be speaker for the an nual Matrix Table banquet tonight at the Eugene hotel. $60 Charges Set To Get System of Accurate Clocks Synchronization of Timepieces Would Be Made Every Hour After Installation “Approximately $60 would be the initial cost for the installation of an accurate clock that would end all the bell trouble at the Uni versity,’ says J. A. McKevitt, man ager of the Western Union Tele graph company in Eugene. “This clock," states McKevitt, “would be synchronized every hour, so it can never be more than one second slow or fast, and would be one of a system that covers the entire United States, ft would re ceive its accurate time from the naval observatory through the Western Union Telegraph com pany.” The Western Union system of accurate clocks is attached to a special wire which runs from a master clock in the office. The master clock regulates all the clocks in the system automatical ly. This special wire has never been run to the campus, but the Western Union will run one at a cost to the University of approxi mately $60. The clock would not be pur chased by the University but would be rented at a service rate of $1.50 per month. Reports at the Western Union office show that an estimate of $102.57 was made march 17, 1931, for the installation of a special clock wire. Since that time, a wire has been extended to the Pacific Fruit Growers at a cost of $44.52, (Continued, on Pat/e Three) Students Give Flour Factory 'Once Over9 Amid Dusty Haze By ELINOR HENRY Floors trembling rhythmically beneath their feet, flour flying in a dusty haze about them, between 25 and 30 University students Wednesday “toured” the Eugene Flour and Elevator company at Fifth and Mill. Officially the group was made up of students in the marketing class of N. H. Cornish of the school of business adminis tration. Several others interested “tagged along,” however. Chief guide was Gerhard George Bushman, one of the mill’s own ers and a former mayor of Spring field. He gave a brief, informative talk on the technicalities of grain j milling in the laboratory room be I fore the “tour” began. So starting from the place where the flour is made into bread for chemical tests, the students ended their explorations at the grain receiving and storing “ele vator.” Of course grain is tested in the laboratory both before and after being made into flour or feed. The grinding operation, however, was seen in its proper order, from coarse through middling to bolt ed and rebolted flour. [ Some of the boys followed a mil ler’s example and tasted some par j tially ground wheat. "Careful where you put your j hands in there,” the miliar shouted at them above the roar of the ma chines. Then he laughed and add ed, "Don’t eat it all.” Needless to say, they didn’t. The capacity of the mill is a carload of flour and another carload of feed a day. Most alarming agile was the ma chine which removes the "germs" from the wheat and probably does a number of other things not clear to the uninitiate. Its only at tachment with other parts of the building appeared to be b a d 1 y worn canvas bag-pipes (not the Scotch variety), and the huge rectangular box shimmied rapid ly, though regularly. Bushman showed the group a sample of the strong, heavy—and expensive—silk through which the flour is screened to remove all im purities. This silk, he said, can be obtained only from Switzerland. One of the most interesting of the many machines generates gas electrically for "aging” the flour. With this machine the flour is bleached in a few minutes, an equivalent of 30 days, under the old storage method. The Eugene Flour and Elevator company has been in existence since about 1854, Bushman said. In that time, however, the mill it self has been burned and rebuilt several times and remodeled fre quently when it changed owners. Democracy in Education Plea Of C. V. Boyer Intellectual Expansion Is Desired TALK MADE TO AAUP More Opportunity for Students Of Greater Ability Needed, Says President A plea for a true “democracy in education,” which will not only provide for the needs of the aver age and the below-average stu dent, but for those of superior ability and talent as well, was made last night by Dr. C. V. Boyer, acting president of the University, at the meeting of the University of Oregon chapter of the American Association of University Profes sors. Dr. Boyer was honor guest at the meeting, at which he pre sented his views on higher educa tion in an informal talk. President Boyer based his talk on his definition of a liberal edu cation, which he said is “an edu cation that expands the capacities of the individual harmoniously.” Such an education, he pointed out, not only supplies a man with learning on many subjects, but leads him to integrate the mate rial from the various fields so that (Continued on Page Three) Wesley Cub Will Sponsor Annual Banquet Friday John Casteel to Be Toastmaster at Mad Hatter’s Dinner; Special Music Is Promised With John Casteel, professor of speech education, taking the part of the Mad Hatter as toastmaster, the annual Mad Hatter’s banquet sponsored by the Wesley club will take place at 6 o'clock tomorrow night in the First Methodist church. The banquet has been very pop ular and widely attended during past years. Skits, toasts, and fea tures of all kinds centered around the theme of “Wonderland,” or "Rabbit Hole,” are being planned. College students especially should be able to appreciate a skit depicting Alice facing a stupid world of professors and moralists. Bernice Stromberg will take the part of the lonely, lost little girl. Special music taken from all the senseless songs of Lewis Carrol's boojt will be rendered as senseless ly as possible by a quartet. The Mad Hatter’s wild tea par ty, presented in the form of a skit, is also on the program. Charac ters in the production will be tak en by Wallace Campbell as the Mad Hatter; Verne Adams as the March Hare; Bernice Stromberg as Alice; and Reinhart Knudsen as the doormouse. Everyone who cares to pass through the “looking glass” should make reservations immediately by calling 375. All reservations must be in by tonight. Tickets now on sale are priced at 35 cents. Campus Calendar Meeting of the advertising staff of the Oregana in the Oregana of fice at 4 this afternoon. Scabbard and Blade will meet tonight at 7:30 at the Kappa Sig ma house. No A. YV. S. council meeting to night. A. YV. S. Masked Ball directo rate meet at the College Side at 4 today. Uppereluss commission of the Y. YV. meet at the bungalow at 1 today. Hcrmian club meeting tonight at 9 in the club room. Heads of Houses meeting this afternoon at 4 at the Alpha Xi Delta house. Bring your newly elected house presidents. Ded Deutsche Verein meets at 8 tonight at YVestminster house. All University girl students liv ing off the campus on housing permits are requested to call at the dean of women's office in Johnson hall within the next three (Continued on Page Three) Emerald Workers Will Take Vacation During Washington's Birthday The Emerald will not appear tomorrow because Washington birthday activities interfere. The campus daily will be issued on Saturday, however. It will also be published all during next week, the last num ber of the term appearing on Saturday, March 3. YWCA Election To Be Held at Y’ Bungalow Today Polls to Be Open Between Hours Of 10, 5; Results Ready At (1 o’clock Polls will be open at the YWCA bungalow tomorrow between the hours of 10 and 5 so that members of the campus organization may vote on their officers for the com ing year. These officers will take over their duties next term. The election board consists of seniors and a group of office as sistants. This group will count the votes between 5 and 6 o'clock, so it is requested that no phone calls concerning the results of the election be made until after 6. Taking charge of the polls will be Eileen Hickson, 10 o’clock; Ger aldine Hickson, 11 o’clock; Eula Loomis, 12 o’clock; Virginia Hart je, 1 o’clock; Lois Greenwood, 2 o’clock; Polly Pollitt, 3 o’clock; and Louise Barclay, 4 o’clock. Candidates for the various Y. W. offices are Rosalind Grey and Al ma Lou Herman, president; Marie Saccomanno and Eleanor Wharton, vice-president; Betty Ohlemiller and Virginia Younie, secretary; Mary McCracken and Alice Ann Thomas, treasurer; Myrna Bar tholomew and Peggy Davidson, vice president of upperclass com mission; and Elaine Cornish and Martha McCall, secretary-treas urer of the commission. David Campbell To Play Tuesday David Campbell, teacher of pi ano in Portland, will appear next Tuesday evening in the school of music auditorium to present a program of piano music. The visiting pianist appeared in Eugene a number of years pgo and was very well received. Rex Underwood, professor of violin and director of the Univer sity orchestra, says of Campbell: “He is a very fine pianist and has had a brilliant concert career. He will undoubtedly make an ex cellent impression on the music lover's of Eugene.” Congress Club Elects Ohmart as President Howard Ohmart was elected president of the Congress club at a meeting last night, to replace George Bennett, who is graduating from the University at the end of this term. Election of other offi cers is scheduled for next quarter. The topic discussed at the meet ing was “The S6e-Saw in Ameri can Education,” which was intro duced by Ohmart. Constitutional Changes Pour In at Assembly More Than 30 Revisions Introduced 12 READ AT MEETING Complaint Made Against Tongue Cor Adjournment Before A11 Amendments Stated Amendment Mess In Brief (1) 11:50 a. m. yesterday— Student assembly adjourned be fore some 24 last-minute consti tutional amendments are read. (2) Sponsors of amendments declare procedure illegal. Ques tion submitted to judiciary com mittee. (3) 2:30 to 5:10 p. m.—Judi ciary committee hears com plainants and student officers. (4) 11 p. m.—Judiciary com mittee rules all amendments must be printed in Emerald. I (5) Today—Judiciary commit tee will give final opinion. A student assembly summoned yesterday to hear the recommen dations of the constitutional revi sion committee found itself con fronted with more than 30 pro posed amendments submitted by other persons. After reading and discussion of the regularly sub mitted amendments, time re mained to read only four of the indepndently proposed group. Since all amendments passed upon at student elections must be read in meeting, the unread amendments were automatically excluded from the ballot. But a complaint that Thomas H. Tongue, student body president, had vio lated the constitution in permit ting adjournment before all the amendments were read, threw the case into the hands of the judi ciary committee, which will render its decision tomorrow. Amendments Published Meantime, the judiciary com mittee has tentatively ruled that all amendments, those read and those not read, shall be published in the Emerald and placed on the ballot for the special election next Wednesday, pending final decision to be rendered today on the legal ity of procedure at the assembly. Following reading and discus sion of the revision committee’s amendments, Corwin Calavan moved that a three-minute limit be set on debate, since assemblies are customarily closed at 11:50. Immediately Eugene Laird, grad uate student and independent sponsor of several constitutional amendments, gained the floor and started to move for an amendment to the cloture motion. He was ruled out of order, on the grounds that graduate students are not members of the student associa tion. Booing Heard Both Laird and Stephen Kahn, who attempted to defend Laird's (Continued on Page Three) Boxers’, Wrestlers’ Ideal Is 'Sailor Man’ of Comic Strip The hoxers and wrestlers sched uled to compete with Oregon State in the Order of the O smoker Fri day night ought to be pretty tough —for the nail-chewing, blow-me down Popeye is their ideal. All but one of those interviewed stated emphatically that “Popeye, the Sailor Man” was the first com ic strip they turned to in their spare moments. Ray Vanderzander, heavyweight wrestler, even puts his ideal into practice, for his favorite food is — spinach! “I like Popeye the sail or,” he stated, “that's why ‘I eats my spinach’.” The rest of Oregon’s fighters, however, do not carry their de votion to Popeye into their meals. Steaks—rare ones seem to be the fortification of most; although Comet Gibson prefers pie and cake, and Dwight Nielson says that “I’m not particular—I eat anything.” As for the pastimes they most enjoy, both boxers and wrestlers seem to be very versatile. Dwight Nielson likes to sit down and read, or else work out in the gym; Alan Wilson likes playing bridge or pin ochle; Max Donnelly prefers golf. Others like driving, reading, and baseball—and a great many aren’t just sure what they do prefer. Ray Vanderzander maintains that his favorite pastime is eating. . . A number of Oregon's fighters seem to be executives as well, so apparently Popeye’s code involves more than nail-chewing . . . Bill Goodwin, heavyweight box er, is president of the law school student body; Cosgrove LaBarre is president of Skull and Dagger, men's sophomore honorary; Ray Vanderzander is pre-legal repre sentative from Zeta hall; Bernie Hughes was co-captain of the '33 football team. Contrary to what might be ex pected, only one is majoring in physical education—Bob Parke, junior, and member of last fall’s football team. Social science and business administration take the lead in popular majors, with Max Donnelly, Alan Wilson, Bernie Hughes, and Robert Ludington ma joring in the first, and Comet Gib son, Elton Owen, Cosgrove La Barre, and Dwight Nielson in the business ad school. The rest of the fighters are divided up among law, journalism, history, and psychol ogy.