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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1934)
Elimination 1 OfFlunkHere Impractical Taylor Asserts Entrance Standards Lower Psychology Professor Commends ‘Flunking Out’ Provisions At Palo Alto School The recently adopted Stanford system of abolishing “flunk-outs" would not be feasible at Oregon, according to Howard R. Taylor, professor of psychology and faculty member in charge of the psychol ogy examinations for entering stu dents. “Entrance requirements at Stan ford are such as to practically guarantee that students will have sufficient aptitude for their studies, and failure may be accounted to lack of effort or talent in the field in whicl\ they elect to major. At the University any high school graduate with 15 points to his cred it may enter, and it is probable that the lowest 25 per cent of the students here could not enter Stanford.” Under the Thorndyke psycholog ical examinations for high school seniors and college freshmen used at Stanford, explained Taylor, a score is specified which must be reached by applicants, below which the chances for success are not considered worth while. “About ten years ago,” said Tay lor, “Stanford administration of ficials started to study the stu dents disqualified for scholarship and decided to prevent from regis tering those not deemed apt enough. They added to the en trance requirements certain apti tude tests which eliminated stu dents who could not come up to the standards. These require ments have been raised year by year until they now successfully keep backward students from en tering. The idea of Stanford’s experi ment in allowing upper division students who fail in a certain num ber of hours to change their ma jor instead of “flunking out” of school was lauded by Taylor, who believes the step is a logical one for Stanford to take. Emerald of the Air and Elsewhere By JIMMY MORRISON I3IRDS have been coming in from all directions criticizing this column’s attitude toward certain dance bands not here mentioned. Not the kind of birds most people think of as birds, however; not tough birds or jail birds, but just plain give-him-the-bird birds. It seems there has been too much mention of Glen Gray’s Casa Loma orchestra. But how could anyone who has ever heard Casa Loma feel any different ? Anybody gets tired of hearing the same old thing day in and day out like Lombar do’s joint. But Gray—ah, there’s so much versatility in his arrange ments, so much contrast, and so much smooth and changing rhythm. It gets me. Glen will be on KSL Thursday night at 7. » * * Little Jack Little really must have plenty of friends listening to his broadcasts. During one of his recent airings he mentioned "friends” no less than ten times. * * * Glen Gray's rehearsal was com pletely broken up the other day when Connie Boswell brought her Scotty pup along and "Joe Horse" Hall, Casa Loma pianist .walked into the Essex house with his pet monkey. If you like tangos and rhumbas interspersed with intervals of typi cal eastern tsyle jazz, listen to Pancho's orchestra. Lombardo is ffrom the East, but his style is not eastern. V Si —I' While Guy Lombardo decorates home interiors with noise, Joe Lombardo, only non-musical mem ber of the family, returned recent ly with a diploma from a school of interior decoration. Maybe Guy and Carmen should have taken business administration. Carmen is the world’s greatest singer. * * * Chick Burrow and Parks Hitch cock entertained the radio audi ence of KOPvE yesterday in the name of Theta Chi. The program consisted mostly of a mock Stoop nagle and Budd performance. The boys’ voices were well suited for the type of program they present ed, and if they’d have made their own music instead of using record ings, the program would have been excellent. * * * Tune in today ^it 4:30 for I>!ta Upsilon’s contest program. ’•Patronize Emerald AdverlLera." Scanning the Cinemas McDonald — George White’s “Scandals,” Rudy Vallee, Alice Faye, Jimmy Durante, » Cliff Edwards. Also “Come on. Marines!” Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino. Colonial — “Picture Snatcher,' James Cagney, Joan Blondeil, Patricia Ellis. Also “Mid night Mary,” Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone. By J. A. NEWTON Of the four or five major song numbers in the “Scandals” you are most likely to remember “You Nasty Man" longest, for two rea sons: because Alice Faye makes it so realistic, and because it is a catchy little ditty. You'll like “Hold My Hand,” in which Rudy holds Alice Faye’s, and around which is done a rather at tractive revue number with a for mal garden background. A touch of humor is brought in by Rudy, Jimmy and Cliff in a number entitled “Every day is fa ther’s day for baby.” Rudy is a Scotchman, Jimmy and Italian, and Cliff a Jew. The story is just enough to hold things together and give the cus tomers a slant at George White in person. “Midnight Mary” at Colonial How the metropolis made a murderer out of Mary—and what happened afterward—is told in “Midnight Mary,” at the Colonial tonight. There's prison, excite ment, and good comedy in the other Colonial show, “Picture Snatcher.” These are excellent entertainment — and sociologically interesting. COCIAL activities of the week ^ end will center around Senior Leap Week and will end with the Mortar Board ball. Sherwood Burr will furnish music for all events, and senior women will be in their glory, for the last time being able to ask the men to escort them. Dorothy Cunningham is general chairman for the week. Fraternity and sorority social events are practically nil Friday and Saturday nights, only one house dance being scheduled. * * * Exchange Dinners, Desserts Gamma Phi Beta entertained Eugene mothers Sunday for din ner. Yesterday, Delta Tau Delta en tertained Delta Delta Delta; Sigma Nu, Delta Gamma; and Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Phi. Entertainment scheduled for to ! night follows: Beta Theta Pi will have as guests Sigma Kappa and Delta Gamma; Omega hall, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Delta Upsilon, Alpha Chi Omega; and Phi Kappa Psi will entertain with an open dinner. | Thursday entertainment f o 1 i lows: Phi Sigma Kappa will have | as guests Kappa Kappa Gamma; | Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Kappa Psi; ! Alpha Phi, Kappa Sigma. Delta Zeta will entertain with a formal dinner Saturday night pre ! ceding the Mortar Board ball. ! Alpha Chi Omega will have an underclass formal dinner betore j the Mortar Board ball. : Ex-Student Weds Elisabeth Steiwer, daughter of Senator Frederick Steiwer of Ore gon and Mrs. Steiwer, became the ! bride of Ralph Talbot McElvenny, i son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. McEl I venny of Salt Lake City, at a sim I pie ceremony performed Saturday | by Dr. Henry Teller Cocke at the home of her parents in Washing j ton, D. C. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a princess dress of white satin, with tulle veil falling from a cap of seed pearls. She carried a bou quet of full-blown white roses. Those in attendance to the bride were Molly Pagan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Albert Pagan of | Washington; Elizabeth Wheeler, ; daughter of Senator and Mrs.1 ! Burton K. Wheeler of Montana; and Miss Elizabeth Adams, daugh ter of Senator and Mrs. Alva D. Adams of Colorado. Miss Pagan, who was maid of honor, wore a dress of pale green, while the bridesmaids were in yellow. Robert Talbot McElvenny of Chicago acted as best man for his brother, and ushers were Donald MacLeay and Hayden Raynor of Washington and New York, re spectively.' Mrs. McElvenny is a former stu dent of the University and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Wedding Announced Miss Mary Annin, formerly a member of the sociology depart ment of the University and execu tive secretary of the Lane county chapter of the Red Cross, was married Saturday in the Methodist chuich in Stevenson, Washington, to Leonard E. Ziniker of Creswell. Rev. Stanley Trefren performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. p. Annin of Los An geles, while the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Rosina Ziniker of Creswell. After May 15, Mr. and Mrs. Zin iker will be at home in Creswell. Engagement Announced At a luncheon given last Friday at the Carpenter home in Portland I a—■■ ■.Wiii-ww i heights, the engagement of Vir ginia Wilcox to John Frank O’Bryant jr. was announced. Mrs. F. S. Gilbert jr. and her sister, Martha Carpenter, were hostesses for the affair. Miss Wilcox is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Wilcox and Mr. O’Bryant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Bryant. Both families reside in Portland. Mr. O’Bryant attended the Uni versity of Oregon and is a member of Kappa Sigma. The wedding is planned as an event of the summer. * s * Graduates Wed At a quiet morning ceremony j April 17, Miss Beryl J. Bernitt, ! eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.j W. C. Bernitt, became the bride of Ira W. Brown of Canby. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert A. Bently at the chapel of the Alameda Park Com munity church, in the presence of the immediate families. The bride wore a navy blue suit trimmed in gray squirrel, with white accessories. She wore a cor sage of gardenias and violets. Both young people attended the University of Oregon, where Mrs. Brown is a member of Chi Omega and Mr. Brown is a member of Sigma Nu. * * * Student to Wed Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hornstein, Portland, recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Rose Marie, to Bernard Berensonf son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Beren son. The wedding is planned for early summer. Mr. Berenson is a senior at the University of Oregon medical school and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. • Formal Banquet Slated Members of Sigma Kappa will entertain with a formal banquet at the chapter house Saturday, April 28, at 7 p. rn. before attend ing the annual Mortar Board ball. Carmen Blaise is in charge of the arrangements for the banquet. Tea Will Be Given All women who are members of the Order of Eastern Star are in vited to a tea, to be given by the Order of Temenids tomorrow from 4 to 5:30 o’clock, in the north gar den of the Alpha Delta Pi house. Campus clothes will be in orde*\ Bernadine Franzen is general chairman. The state convention for Teme nids will be held in Eugene on May 20. Frances Hardy is president of the organization. Alpha Gams to Entertain Members of the faculty will be entertained by Alpha Gamma Delta at dinner tonight. Guests will include Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Crosland, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hay ward, Dean and Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. George S. CLASSIFIED Advertisements Hates Payable in Advance 10c a line for first insertion; 5c a line for each additional insertion. Telephone 3300; local 214 DRESSMAKING PETITE SHOP 573 13th Ave. E. Phone 3208 "Style right—price right” LOST—Green and black Wahl pen. Call Margery Thayer, 688. MiiBMiimimiimiiiiminmiii.imMiimiiimimfiimi' The Green Parrot ALWAYS IMPROVING —Now Booth Service— DAILY EOl'NTAIN AND SANDWICH S V E C I A L S . . . "food with a personality” . . . Next Door to Colonial Theater ■ ■ ■ General of World War Will Address Lane County Meet McAlexander, Called by Pershing The “lioek of the Marne,” to Be Principal Speaker General U. G. McAlexander, called ‘'Rock of the Marne” by General John J. Pershing, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of school principals and superin tendents at West Linn Saturday. General McAlexander will dis cuss educational conditions from the viewpoint of the layman. Lane county will probably have the largest delegation present, since the county superintendent intends to take all of the princi pals and superintendents from the county. School of education fac ulty representatives will also at tend. The meeting is to be an educa tional conference of school admin istrators who are very much con cerned with what to do about school finance and school activi ties for next year. General McAlexander now lives at Newport. It was his troop which held back the German forces at the battle of the Marne. Turnbull, Dean ana Mrs. George Rebec, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Cornish,' Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Jameson. Alumna Visits Miss Anne Kistner of Portland left for her home this morning after visiting at the Kappa Alpha Theta house since Monday. Candidate for Junior Queen Also School-Marm — In Play A candidate for junior queen who plays the role of a dried up old school teacher. Can you imagine it ? But it really hap pens in "The Chief Thing" which is being presented by the Univer sity players on May 2, 4, and 5, under the direction of Horace W. Robinson. Lucile Stewart has ample opportunity to use the tal ents she has displayed in "Cradle Song” in this part. Gertrude Winslow, who plays the part of a dancer in the play, is seen in a role which is singularly appropriate to her as she is a dancer of note and a member of Master Dance. But her talents are not confined to dancing as she has appeared in many University plays before this one. She had the ingenue lead in “Mrs. Partridge Presents,” played in "Flittermouse” and "Gretna Green'* last fall, and more recently was seen as Theresa in “Cradle Song.” In "The Chief Thing” Gertrude is the dancer who is asked by Doctor Fregoli to take the part of a good-natured servant-girl in his .drama of life which is to be given in the rooming house of Maria Yakovleyna. At this boarding house we find the Landlady, Ellen Galey, worry ing about her daughter, Barbara Reed, who is drying up day by day. At the same boarding house is a student, William Dougherty, who was so melancholy that he tried to hang himself. How he i loses his melancholy and finds a j chambermaid, is one of the things that adds interest to this scintil lating Russian comedy. And as an added zest we have a deaf mute—Evelyn Davis, and a fallen woman, Helen Campbell, both married to the same man! Wh6 gets him ? What is done with him ? Wouldn't you like to know? Just call Bob Dodge at local 216 any day between 3 and 5 and reserve your ticket. V Cabinet Entertained By Y Advisory Board The Y.W.C.A. cabinet was enter tained by the “Y" advisory board at a dinner last night at the home of Mrs. M. H. Douglas. Appropriate to the occasion is the recent election of the Y. W. C. A. advisory board. The new mem bers are: president, Mrs. A. H. Norton; vice-president, M. H. Douglas; secretary, Mrs. Virgil Earl; and treasurer, Mrs. Alta Schaaf. These new officers will function immediately. New student mem bers of the board are Rosalind Gray, Jean Lewis .Elaine Sorenson, and Marian Smith. Both advisory board and cabinet are at present concerned with the election of a new Y.W.C.A. secre tary to take Margaret Norton’s place who is resigning and going to San Francisco, California. College of Social Science Puts Out Monthly Journal Lomax, Claire and Parsons Edit Commonwealth It e v i e w ; Discuss County Plans The Commonwealth Review, a journal published by the college of social science, is now out for this month. Philip A. Parsons, head of the sociology department, is editor of the magazine. Outstanding articles appearing in this issue are the second part of the realignment of Oregon counties plan by Prof. Alfred L. Lomax of the school of business administration, “Public Utility Rates in Oregon," by Guy S. Claire, and “The Northwest. Regional Planning Conference” by Philip A. Parsons. Lomax's article deals with the economic considerations affecting coast counties of Oregon. It takes in forest lands, commerce and transportation, power and fuel, fishing, and agriculture. County finances are also discussed. Claire’s article on public utility rates deals with three separate phases of the problem: gas, elec tricity, and water. The northwest regional planning conference discussed by Dr. P. A. Parsons, chairman of the section of welfare, is divided into four sections: (1) relief, child welfare, etc., (2) employment of women, (3) health, (4) recreation, cul tural and social activities. It also contains the report of the policies committee on welfare. Stafford to Give Paper at Meeting O. F .Stafford, professor of chemistry, will present a paper, “Hydrogen Isatope Two” at a meeting of the Oregon chapter of Sigma Xi, science honorary, in room 103, Deady hall at 8 o’clock Thursday evening, April 26, an nounced Howard R. Taylor, profes sor of psychology and secretary of the honorary, yesterday. Taylor will speak on “Time In terval as a Factor in the Reliabil ity of A.C.E. College Aptitude Test Scores.” The program will be open to the public and discussions will follow the presentation of each paper. Prior to the program, a short business meeting of Sigma Xi will be held at 7:30 o’clock ,with sev eral matters of importance sched uled. The program for the remain der of the year will be planned, at this time. Letter Received From Professor in Naples A letter written from Naples, Italy, by Dr. Ray P. Bow'en, head of the Romance languages depart ment, who is at present abroad on sabbatical leave, was received yes terday by Dr. L O. Wright, pro fessor of Romance languages. 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