‘Cradle Song’
On Tonight in
Guild Theater
Curtain for Production
To Rise at 8
TICKETS AVAILABLE
Business Manager Has Limited
Number of Ducats I-eft;
Office Open 4 to 5
“An extremely limited number
of seats remain to be sold for
‘Cradle Song,’ ” said Robert Dodge,
business manager for this pro
duction, yesterday afternoon.
“Tickets not called for by 10 min
utes to 8 will be sold,” he warned.
The play will be presented by
the University players this evening
in Guild theater. The curtain will
rise promptly at 8 p. m.
The production is one of the ma
jor presentations of the year, and
the cast has been rehearsing for
several weeks in order to produce
a picture of convent life, the en
tire action of the story taking
place in those surroundings. The
first act deals with the life of the
novices and the finding of the
baby girl who grows up within its
walls. The second act takes place ,
eighteen years later when the
child, Teresa, is grown into wo
manhood.
Leading Parts Named
Teresa, played by Gertrude Win- :
slow, considered one of the out- 1
standing actresses on the campus,
is the child found by the nuns. The
part of the prioress, played by 1
Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt; that ;
of the vicaress, portrayed by Kay
Briggs; and Sister Joanna of The :
Cross, interpreted by Lucille Stew
art, are other leading roles in the
play.
The characters in order of their :
appearance follow: Sister Sagrar
io, Pauline Conradt; Sister Mar
cella, Virginia Wappenstein; the
prioress, Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull
Seybolt; Sister Joanna of the
Cross, Lucille Stewart; the vicar
ess, Kay Briggs; the mistress of
novices, Dorothy Parks; Sister
Inez, Ellen Galey; a countryman,
Bill Thienes; Sister Tornera, Helen
Harriman; Sister Maria Jesus,
Gwenn Caverhill; Don Jose, the
doctor, John L. Casteel; a monitor,
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Students Must Pay Fee
Installments by Noon
Or Undergo Dismissal
Noon today is the final dead
line for payment of third in
stallments of winter term fees,
and those who have not yet vis
ited the business office in John
son hall are advised to make
their trip early, to be sure of
getting their fees paid before
12 o’clock.
Delinquent students have,
been paying fines of 25 cents a
day for the past week and after
today will be subject to dismis
sal from the University if they
have not made their payments.
Portland Pianist
To Play Tuesday
In Piano Concert
David Campbell Will Come Hen
Under Sponsorship of
Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon, women's na
tional music honorary, will pre
sent David Campbell, pianist and
piano teacher of Portland, in con
cert at the music auditorium next
Tuesday evening.
The visiting musician is a half
brother of Prince L. Campbell,
well-known president of the Uni
versity for many years.
The admission will be 35 cents
for unreserved and 50 cents for
reserved seats.
The program has not yet been
announced, since Campbell had
not informed his friends of its
content when the Emerald went to
oi'ess last night.
He is expected to remain with
Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins dur
ng his stay here.
Dignified Juniors
Will Polish Shoes
Next Wednesday
Freshmen to Have Opportunity to
Get Upperclassmen to
Daub Kickers
Shoe-shine emporiums on the
lampus will all close next Wed
lesday, February 28, in solemn
;ribute to the Junior Shine day
:eremonies being performed at
:hat time, according to Richard
Shearer, chairman of the affair,
vhich will give freshmen the op
portunity to have their shoes
shined by upperclassmen.
Stands are to be constructed in
ront of the old library, at Condon
lall, and between Oregon and Com
nerce halls, where for the price of
LO cents, dignified juniors drawn
'rom every walk of life ifi the
University halls of fame will ap
ply brush and polish to the leather
poots of whosoever has the inclin
ition and the price.
Junior Shine day has long been
i bright spot in the college lives
>f underclassmen and all others
vho desire to have University
‘big shots” at their feet, and this
/ear should be no exception.
McMorran and Washburne, de
partment store proprietors of Eu
gene, have donated a prive of $5
;o be given to some lucky individ
ual during “shine day.” More
poncerning this prize and how it
pan be had will be announced
ruesday by the committee in
pharge of the occasion.
Names of Short Story
Contest Judges Listed
The judges for the Edison Mar
shall short story contest have been
isted by W. F. G. Thacher, pro
lessor of English and business ad
ninistration, as follows:
Dr. Ellwood Smith, dean and di
rector of lower division study at
J.S.C. and the University; Mrs.
Beatrice Beebe, who taught a short
story course at Eugene high for
several years; and M. F. McClain,
nanager of the Co-op. These were
phosen from three fields of read
ng, academic, professional, and
general reading public.
The winners will be announced
lext term. A prize of $50 and two
ponorable mentions will be given.
Story of How Henry Villard
Saved University Recalled
By VELMA McINTYRE
How the University "was saved
from disaster by Henry Villard is
recalled to the minds of old timers
by the coming visit of his son, who
is to address an assembly here
March 6. After reading of the
University’s difficulty, the elder
Villard, railroad builder and ex
war correspondent, telegraphed a
$7000 check from New York to
Mathew P. Deady, then president
of the board of regents.
Deady hall, the only building of
the University, was to have been
sold and the deed taken from the
state to pay for indebtedness
against it. In 1876 Deady hall had
been completed and deeded to the
state of Oregon by the Union Uni
versity association, which founded
the University. The $7000 debt
that remained against it could not
be met by the association, and
suit for this amount wras brought
against the University. The su
preme court decreed that the deed
should be taken from the state
and the property offered for sale
It was the account of this actior
which Villard read.
Henry Villard’s gifts to the Uni
versity total $61,000 and the storj
of these gifts was found in the or
iginal documents concerning the
transactions and also in the ac
counts written by J. J. Walton, for
33 years secretary of the board of
regents.
The paucity of material and lim
ited resources with which the de
partments carried on their work
impressed Mr. Villard when he
visited the University in 1881 and
prompted him to bestow addition
al gifts. The following letter from
the railroad builder to the board of
regents will reveal the nature of
the gifts.
Portland, Ore.
Oct. 25,1881.
“To the Board of Regents of the
Oregon State University,
“I beg to confirm herewith m>
promise of pecuniary aid made at
our conference yesterday, as fol
lows :
“1. That I will donate $1000, foi
the purpose of providing addition
al philosophical and chemical ap
paratus. I desire that in the dis
bursement of this sum for th<
purpose stated the boar dbe guidec
by the recommendations of thi
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Hope Rises for
Infirmary and
Library Here
Work Depends on Fund
Availability
PROJECTS TOP LIST
Construction to Sturt if Congress
Appropriates Money for
PWA Activities
A new library and a new in
firmary for the University of Ore
gon are two of the projects which
have been approved by the Public
Works administration, according
to Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of
the college of social science and
member of the state PWA advis
ory board which met in Portland
Thursday. Work will be started if
and when federal funds become
available, assured Gilbert yester
day.
The advisory board met with
Col. Henry M. Waite, deputy ad
ministrator of the PWA, who de
clared that when money was
available, projects would be start
ed in accordance with preference
expressed by the state advisory
board, and since the board places
University projects at the top of
the list, final approval of these
two projects is believed to be as
sured.
As soon as congress appropri
ates funds for PWA projects,
money for the library and infirm
ary will be apportioned and prep
aration of contracts will get under
way. Since the government grants
only 30 per cent of the total cost
of the buildings, a bond issue must
be floated to cover the remainder
of the construction outlay, and
bids for the jobs will be called for
immediately the issue has been
approved.
Costs for the library will ap
proximately amount to $350,000
and for the infirmary, $100,000.
Considerable alleviation of local
unemployment would be one re
sult of the construction of these
buildings, and the Eugene cham
ber of commerce has expressed its
satisfaction over the approval of
the projects in Washington.
Freshman Fights
Fires for Living
Some students earn room and
board by stoking furnaces or
washing dishes, but nothing so
tame as that would suit Keith Mc
Milan, freshman pre-medic from
Rainier. He fights fires for a liv
ing and lives at the fire house
with the rest of the firemen where
he may be found outside class
hours studying or playing crib
bage with the chief.
“There aren’t a great many fires
in Eugene,” McMilan said, "but at
that there are more than there are
in Ranier and I like to be on hand
when they happen.”
Chief W. E. Nusbaum said he
believed a knowledge of fire con
trol should be useful to a young
medic and hoped that McMilan
would be as good a doctor as he is
a fireman.
Foetry lechnique
Displayed by Moll
A discussion of the technique of
poetry and the problem of its ap
preciation was the subject of a
lecture given last night by Pro
fessor Ernest G. Moll of the Eng
lish department, in Villard hall.
Dividing the address into four
parts, the word in poetry, imagin
ation, craftsmanship and the
problem of appreciation, Moll pre
sented his interpretation of poetry
and illustrated his points with se
lections from poetic works.
‘‘The reader of poetry must have
a genuine interest in it and an abil
ity to understand it,” said Moll.
“As Coleridge has said, 'We receive
but what we give,’ in our inter
course with poetry. A knowledge
of technique is necessary to the
understanding of poetry.”
Three Pledges Made
To Alpha Delta Sigma
Three pledges of Alpha Delta
Sigma, men's professional adver
tising fraternity, were announced
today. They are Ralph Schomp,
Charles Burrow, and Philip Gil
1 strap.
■ Initiation will be held at the first
of the spring term.
C. Grant LaFarge
Of New York Will
Visit U. O. Campus
Eminent Architect Making Survey
Of Teaching Methods in
Art Schools
An eminent New York archi
tect, the first man to work on the
St. John the Divine cathedral
in New York, and the descendant
of a long line of artists and states
men, is C. Grant La Farge, who
will visit the University campus
March 2 and 3. La Farge is mak
ing a survey of outstanding art
and architectural schools in the
country, and is observing their
leaching methods. While here, he
will give a lecture Friday after
noon at 4 o’clock, and will use
lantern slides to illustrate his talH^
To honor the visitor, a banquet
will be given March 3 by the Al
lied Arts League. C. V. Boyei*,
president of the University, and
Dean Ellis Lawrence, head of the
art school, will give talks at the
banquet, which is to be held at the
Anchorage.
The banquet is open to everyone,
and the dinner will be 50 cents.
La Farge is a member of a
noted family, famous in American
art. In 1931, three generations of
the talented family held a group
exhibition in the Wildenstein Gal
leries, in New York. The exhibi
tion was represented by three
sons, six grandsons, and a daugh
ter-in-law of the late John La
Farge.
C. Grant La Farge’s brother is
Oliver H. P. La Farge, the author
of “Laughing Boy.” Benjamin
Franklin and Commodore Perry
are among the ancestors of La
Farge.
Educated at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, La Farge,
with a classmate riamed George
L. Heins, took charge of the archi
tectural work of John La Farge,
his father. From then on La
Farge has been recognized as one
of the country’s most outstanding
architects.
Prominent residences and build
ings are among his work. He was
architect for the designing of all
the stations of the New York sub
ways. Among other things he de
signed the new club house and
grandstand of the Saratoga race
track. He has been past president
of the Architectural League of
New York.
While here, he will be enter
tained informally Friday night by
the architecture group.
Phi Theta Upsilon
To Have Initiation
For Pliilomelete
Dean Schwering, Mrs. Macduff
To Give Supper for Old
And New Members
Initiation into Philomelete is set
for tomorrow afternoon at 5
o'clock in Gerlinger hall, to be fol
lowed by a supper given by Mrs.
Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo
men, and Mrs. Alice B. Macduff,
assistant dean, for new and old
Philomelete members, and mem
bers of Phi Theta Upsilon, wo
men’s upperclass honorary.
Any woman may be initiated
who has been, or is interested in
becoming, a member of one of the
five Philomelete hobby groups.
These groups, which are prose,
poetry, and drama, folklore, travel,
nature, and charm school, and
are open to anyone interested in
the subject, are sponsored by Phi
Theta Upsilon.
Anyone who wishes to be initi
ated and has not already signed
up at the Alpha Chi Omega house,
should call the dean of women’s
office. All Phi Theta and old
Philomelete members who will at
tend the supper following initia
tion should also call the dean of
women's office.
Edith Holmes, president of Phi
Theta, will officiate at the initia
tion. She will be assisted by Val
borg Anderson, president of Phi
lomelete. The presidents of the
hobby groups are Laura Gold
smith, folklore; Ruth Vannice, na
ture; Velma McIntyre, prose, po
etry, and drama; Margaret Stauff,
travel; and Dagmar Haugen,
charm school.
Lawyer of Marshfield
To Talk Monday Night
John D. Goss, Marshfield attor
ney, will address the law school
student body at 7:30 p. m. Monday
in room 105 Oregon.
Although the title of Goss’ ad
dress has not been made known,
it is understood to be on a subject
relating to Oregon practice.
Before the speech, members of
the law school faculty and a few
students will meet Goss for din
ner at the College Side at 6 o’clock.
Arne Rae Leaves
For Graphic Arts
Meet in Chicago
Field Manager of O.S.E.A. Named
Member of National Code
Authority Committee
Arne G. Rae. field manager of
the Oregon State Editorial asso
ciation and assistant professor of
journalism, left for Chicago yes
terday to attend a meeting of the
graphic arts code authority com
mittee. Rae's appointment to the
committee was made by Walter D.
Allen, Brookline, Massachusetts,
publisher, and president of the
National Editorial association, ac
cording to telegraphic information
received from Harry B. Rutledge,
executive secretary of the N. E. A.
The National Editorial associa
tion is the national code authority
for the non-metropolitan newspa
per publishing and printing indus
try under the graphic arts code.
At the graphic arts convention
in Chicago last August, the tenta
tive code for the industry was
adopted. Following hearings by
the N. R. A., it was presented to
President Roosevelt on December
23, and was signed by him last
Saturday. Rae, a delegate from
Oregon at the convention, repre
sented the state association of
newspaper publishers and the
Oregon Printers’ association.
The code provides for regional
code authorities for local adminis
tration under the direction of the
national authority for non-metro
politan daily and weekly newspa
papers and for most of the com
mercial printing establishments
outside of the metropolitan area.
Rae is planning to stay a week
in Chicago for the committee’s
first session.
Woman Journalist
From Portland Is
Heard at Banquet
Marian Miller Tells Experiences
For Matrix Table of
Theta Sigma Phi
Matrix Table banquet, given by
the local chapter of Theta Sigma
Phi, women’s journalism honorary,
was held Thursday evening at the
Eugene hotel. Marian Miller (Mrs.
Joseph Hill) was the speaker of
the evening. She was introduced
by Mrs. Eric W. Allen, toastmis
tress.
Mrs. Hill discussed her work as
a general reporter and as a spe
cial writer on Portland and San
Francisco newspapers. Experiences
with people she had met were re
counted, and her observations
after many years of writing were
given.
Ruth McClain, president of the
local group, gave a summary of
the purposes of the traditions of
Matrix Table, banquets which are
given throughout the United States
by various chapters of Theta Sig
ma Phi to honor achievements in
the fields of arts and letters.
One hundred and twenty-five
places were laid at the banquet.
Music was provided by Clara Lar
sen, violinist, accompanied by
Edna Whitmer, and Maxine Hill,
pianist.
Malcolm Bauer to Give
KOAC News Broadcast
The fourth news broadcast in
the series given by Dean Eric W.
Allen’s senior editing class will be
presented by Malcolm Bauer to
night from 8:30 to 9 over KOAC
in Corvallis.
The program will consist of
news from the state of Oregon and
music. About 40 daily and weekly1
Oregon papers are used for the
collection of news.
Tom Clapp, Bauer, and Elinor
Henry, members of the class, are
supervisors of the series.
Campus Calendar
Pi Lambda Theta, national wo
men's education honorary, will
meet at 7:30 Monday evening in
the men’s lounge at Gerlinger for
the election of new members.
Special Temenid meeting today
at 1 o’clock in A.W.S. room. All
members are urged to be present.
All advertising assistants report
to the Emerald business office on
Monday to help them in compila
tion of Rex theater survey.
Orides, come to your dance to
night. Firty cents per couple, pay
able at door.
Oregon Yeomen will hold busi
ness meeting Monday evening at
7:30 at the Y Hut. All indepen
dent men are invited to attend.
Band Will Play
Sunday Event
In Igloo Again
First Division to Appear
Tomorrow at 3
PROGRAM DIFFICULT
Bach Fugue Featured Selection;
Admission Free to Concert
Offered by A.S.U.O.
The University of Oregon first
division band will give a concert
tomorrow in McArthur court. The
program begins at 3 and is free
to everyone.
This is the second band concert
presented by the campus organi
zation, the first having been given
some weeks ago by the second di
vision.
The program, one of the A. S.
U. O. series, is the most preten
tious ever attempted by the band.
It is being attempted on the
strength of the quality of the mu
sicians comprising the group.
Fugue Featured
The Toccata and Fugue in C
major by Bach is to be the fea
tured number of the concert. The
selection was originally composed
for the organ and has been ar
ranged in special manuscript form
for the band.
The program follows:
I Triumphal March from Suite,
Sigurd the Crusader. Grieg
II Toccata and Fugue in C
major . Bach
III Scherzo from Sonata, Op.
26 . Beethoven
IV Isolde’s Love-Death, from
Tristan and Isolde.Wagner
V Overture to "Peter Schmoll”
. Weber
Selection Difficult
Bach fugues are generally con
sidered too difficult for band or
orchestra presentation, being
mostly written for the organ or
the well-tempered clavicord. Few
bands have attempted them. Two,
which have are the Goldman band
and the Carleton college band.
According to John Stehn, direc
tor of the University band, this
is the first time this number has
been played by any band west of
the Mississippi.
The next and last A. S. U. O.
concert for the winter term will
be given Sunday, March 4, in Mc
Arthur court when the Polyphonic
choir will appear.
Edith Grim to Give
Program Monday
At 8 in Auditorium
Recital by Graduate Student of
1’iuno Under George Hopkins
One of Weekly Series
The department of music is pre
senting Edith Grim, graduate stu
dent of piano, on the regular week
ly student recital next Monday
evening at 8 p. m., in the music
auditorium.
Miss Grim took piano lessons
from George Hopkins during her
four-year course here and took her
B. A. degree in music last year.
She still studies with Hopkins.
The program follows:
I
Harmonious Blacksmith.Handel
Romance .Mozart
Moment Capriccio. Weber
II
Sonata in B flat Minor.Chopin
Grave
Scherzo
Marche Funebre
Finale
III
Etude in C sharp Minor ..Scriabine
Scherzo .Scriabine
Poeme .Scriabine
Barcarolle .Liadoff
Valse-Scherzo .Barmotine
The Funeral March in Chopin's
Sonata in B flat minor is the one
which is world-famed and used for
the purpose of its composition.
Rachmaninoff on his next to
the last program in Portland in
cluded this selection.
Orides to Be Honored
By Kwaraa Tea Sunday
Kwama, sophomore service hon
orary, will have a tea for Orides,
independent women’s organization,
from 3 to 5 tomorrow afternoon
at the Delta Gamma house.
Mrs. A. L. Wall, Alpha Phi house
mother, and Mrs. M. P. Barbour,
Delta Gamma house mother, are
to pour. In the receiving line will
be Adele Sheehy, Pearl Base, and
Margery Thayer. All active Kwa
mas will serve.
Y. W. Presidency
Won at Elections
By Rosalind Gray
Big Vote Cast; Eleanor Wharton
Vice-President; Four Other
Coeds Take Offices
More University women voted at
the Y.W.C.A. elections Thursday
than in any of the past four years.
The voting for each office was
very close, especially for the office
of president.
Rosalind Gray was elected presi
dent; Eleanor Wharton, vice-presi
dent and president of upperclass
commission; Virginia Younie, sec
retary; Mary McCracken, treasur
er; Peggy Davidson, vice-president
of upperclass commission; and
Martha McCall, secretary-treasur
er of upperclass commission.
Installation of these new offi
cers will be held Tuesday evening,
March 6, at a banquet at the Y
bungalow. Old and new regular
cabinets, upperclass commission
cabinets, frosh commission cabi
nets, frosh discussion leaders, pur
pose and contact directorate, and
the advisory board.
The members of the new Y cab
inet will be chosen by Miss Gray
during the coming week and will
be announced later. She will
choose them from the many girls
turned out for the interviews held
for three weeks before elections.
Miss Hartje Gets
Place as Head of
AWS Masked Ball
Allele Sheehy to Assist; Informal
Dance Promises to, Be
Different
The “Masked Ball," an all-cam
pus dance sponsored by the Asso
ciated Women Students, promises
to be something- entirely different.
It is to be held in Gerlinger hall
Friday, March 2, and Virginia
Hartje has been appointed by Jean
Failing, president of the A. W. S.,
as general chairman of the affair.
Other members of the director
ate are as follows;
Adele Sheehy, assistant chair
man; Peggy Chessman, secretary;
Catherine Coleman, tickets and
masks; Elizabeth Bendstrup, pa
trons and patronesses; Reva Herns,
decorations; Marie Saccomanno,
music; Ann-Reed Burns, features;
Roberta Moody, publicity; Eleanor
Coombe, refreshments; Elinor Ste
venson, programs.
The admission price has been
lowered from 75 cents to 50 cents
a couple. Masks will be sold in
the various living organizations
next week at a reasonable price,
enabling all students to obtain one
before the night of the dance. Ev
eryone must wear a mask to be
admitted at the door. This is to
be an informal dance, not a mas
querade.
Dean Jamieson of Oregon State
college has been invited to attend
the affair, and members of Mortar
Board chapter in Corvallis have
accepted the invitation issued
them early this week by the Uni
versity of Oregon Mortar Board
members. It is understood that
quite a number of the Oregon State
students will be present at the
dance, following the Oregon-Ore
gon State basketball game, which
is the same evening.
Tuttle Publishes Text
Professor H. S. Tuttle, on leave
of absence from the University
faculty, has published a new text
entitled “Social Basis of Educa
ASUO Meeting
On Wednesday
Declared Legal
Amendment Publication
Unprejudiced
OPINION PRESENTED
Judiciary Says Loss of ASUO Card
Fails to Deprive Student
Of Voting Privileges
Four written opinions handed
down by the judiciary committee
of the associated students yester
day aided in clearing up some of
the perplexing problems growing
out of the student body assembly
held last Wednesday for the pur
pose of presenting amendments to
the A. S. U. O. constitution.
The committee, composed of
Calvin Crumbaker, Wayne L.
Morse, and Kenneth Shumaker,
after hearing student testimony
on all of the questions involved,
concurred in the following:
(11 All amendments submitted
at the meeting of the A. S. U. O.
Wednesday morning were legally
proposed, and the meeting was
legal in procedure.
Emerald Action Unprejudiced
(2) The action of the Emerald'
in attaching to the proposed
amendments the names of their
alleged proponents was not con
trary to the spirit of the require
ments of the A. S. U. O. consti
tution, nor was the order of pub -
lication prejudicial to the rights
of the persons submitting the
amendments.
(3f A student member of the
A. S. U. O. who has been deprived
of his student body card does not
lose the right thereby to vote at
an A. S. U. O. election.
(4) The payment of $2.50 per
quarter by a graduate student
does not entitle him to speak from
the floor in student body meet
ings.
Amendments on Ballot
The first named opinion, sub
mitted by Shumaker, made it
clear that all amendments put in
the hands of student body officials
during the assembly, whether they
were read or not, must appear
upon the ballot. This entire list
of amendments appears in today’s
edition of the Emerald. They will
be voted upon next Wednesday at
a special student body election.
Stephen B. Kahn requested the
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Women Students Who
Live Off Campus Asked
To See Mrs. Macduff
All University girl students
living off the campus on per
mits this term are requested to
see Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, as
sistant dean of women, as soon
as possible, to arrange for their
housing next term.
The majority of these stu
dents have yet to make their
arran gements, according to
Mrs. Macduff.
Marian Miller Gives Points
On Women’s Writing Fields
By HENRIETTE HORAK
Dear Marian Miller: “How can
I be popular?” “I’m in love with
a man 20 years my senior," “My
secret sorrow gave me the go-by,”
“I’m a lonely widow,” "Nobody
loves me, everybody hates me,”
“I want to go into the movies(”
"My father won’t let me go out
with boys, or to any parties,"
“What should a nice young girl
know,”—Oh, Marian Miller, what
shall I do ?
One thousand letters with such
questions a month, 12,000 a year,
with 3000 added for the extra
spring rush—that is the minimum
mail of Marian Miller, columnist
on the staff of the Portland Morn
ing Oregonian, it was revealed by
her in an exclusive interview with
the Emerald.
Miss Miller, telephone book name
Mrs. Joseph A. Hill, who spoke
at the annual Matrix Table ban
quet, at the Eugene hotel Thurs
day, has been in the newspaper
“game” for 25 years, and has done
everything from writing church
news, and persuading right rever
ends to purchase typewriters, to
interviewing murderesses, and act
ing as professional substitute for
men reporters, who occasionally,
attempted to “drown” their sor
rows.
It was on just such a job that
Miss Miller learned her first les
son in reporting.
"Charley, the reporter whose
beat I took,” said Miss Miller, “was
to cover a Consumers’ League
meeting, but it turned out that
Charley had an important confer
ence with the bottle, and didn’t
give a d—— about the Conshum
the Conshumersh League, nor the
resht ovhish beat.
“I wrote the story,” chuckled
Miss Miller, “but I didn’t know
that I was supposed to put every
thing in the first paragraph.
“You should have heard the city
editor! Or maybe you shouldn’t
have! He cut up my story, put
my last paragraph near the top,
wrote a lead, but otherwise the
story was all right; since then I
have been saying all I know in
the first paragraph.
Miss Miller does not consider
her task done with a mere answer
to a letter. In hundreds of cases,
she has had personal interviews
with the troubled; she has bought
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