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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1934)
DeBusk Plans Atypical Clinic This Summer Special Courses Slated to Aid Handicapped Education Professor Is One of Two Authorities on Subject In United States Plans are again being made for a session of the atypical children clinic, held each summer on the University campus under the di rection of Dr. B. W. DeBusk, of the school of education. Dr. De Busk is one of the only two ex perts in this line in the United States. Dean J .R. Jewell, of the school of education stated that Dr. De Busk might accept an invitation to one of a number of eastern schools at any time, but his loyal ty holds him at the University of Oregon. The special interest of the course is to correct difficulties in children who are unable to read. The school is not designed for nor mal children who are back in their studies and need coaching, but for those who are definitely in need of remedial work. The idea of the clinic first orig inated at the summer session at the beginning of the summer of 1928. Local parents and the Ki wanis club contributed funds to the continuance of the clinics. Special Course Given In addition to this clinic, a spe cial course si given on the campus for students who have reading and organization difficulties. Changes in grade point averages from .00 average to a 1.29 are not at all un common when a student has re-' ceived Dr. DeBusk’s help. One university case is quoted from from the announcement: “Charles R.—A student in a leading university. At the end of the first semester he was disqual ified. Because of the quality of work which he did in an architect’s office, he was readmitted only to disqualify himself again. The fol lowing summer he came to the clinical school and enrolled. After 11 weeks work in the clinic, six for the regular term and five of spe cial coaching, he re-entered the university where he had been dis qualified. At the end of the first semester he received a straight A card. The second semester he re ceived three A’s and two B’s. Dur ing this year I am informed that his work is of the same high level. This was a case of reading diffi culty involving perception. As seen from his record, it yielded readily to remedial teaching.” Record Shows Improvement An example of a younger child was Tom T. Tom was reading in the second grade level. He was 11 years old with an I.Q. of 126 when he entered. During his second summer Tom, according to the Stanford Reading test .advanced the equivalent of four years work. He is now, after the third summer, reading at a rate of seven hun dred words a minute. His training has been finished. He shows no evidences of the previous disability, which we diagnosed as due large ly to poor visual memory for words.” Dr. DeBusk has been asked to write a series of articles for the Christian Science Monitor along these lines. Articles about the school have also appeared in the Oregonian, the Boston Journal of Education, the New York Times and The Nation’s Schools. Teachers also have been attract ed to the summer session because of this clinical feature. They have confined all their efforts to this field. The great interest in this field has led to its rapid expansion in the summer session. Experienced teachers who are specialists will L>i|ll!!llllllllllilll!llll!llinlllinillllllllllllll!llllll|!l!|IIIIIII!!linllig|lll;|l|!|iii|||||t|l|||!!||n||ii^ For Co-eds | Only I o Rate With Your Date Send Him a Boutonniere from University Florists 598 East 13th Phone 654 I Scanning the Cinemas Above are two of the performers, Dorothy Burke and Verne Elliot, appearing' in “Ed’s Coed,” a moving picture made on the Oregon campus several years ago and now being shown at the Colonial theater, under the wing of Alpha Delta Sigma. MCDONALD —■ “Gambling Lady,’’ Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O'Brien. Also, “A Modern Hero,” Rich ard Barthelmess, Jean Muir, Dorothy Burgess. Sunday, “Men in White,” Clark Gable. Also, “You're Telling Me,” W. C. Fields. C O L O N I A L—“Ed’s Coed,” Campus-made show. Also “I’ll Tell the World,” Lee Tracy, Roger Pryor. Sunday, “Song Birds,” Zazu Pitts, Summer ville, and “Broken Dreams.” By J. A. NEWTON This is to chronicle a change of policy once more. Hereaf ter our little signals, such as position in the column and the heads over the stories have no significance, as they have in the past. We’re switching to straight reviewing, and will hand over to you what is in each show without comment. * * * Jean Muir, the main heroine in Barthelmess’ “A Modern Hero” it would appear from the ballyhoo and the number of roles she’s re ceived lately, is on her way some where. The last teaser in which she was given a boost, it stated that she's slated for stardom. Story about a lad with driving ambition who gets richer and richer and more and more involved uniu ne loses everytmng ne nas. I Meanwhile he takes his amusement with women, totaling some four. “Gambling Lady” has Barbara Stanwyck for a star, and that is about all one has to say. She is a wonderful actress. Story about a gambling girl who plays the game straight and comes out on top in spite of it. “Men in White” my references say, is an important medical pic ture. Clark Gable is starred. Eliz abeth Allen plays the young nurse who dies under the knife, and Myrna Loy is the wealthy gal who takes to Doc Gable. And for “You’re Telling Me,” all that is necessary to say is that W. C .Fields is in it. He’s my idea of one complete comedian. “Ed’s Coed" chronicles the ap pearance of Ed on the University campus as a freshman and the way the mean old upperclassmen treat him. Lee Tracy in “I’ll Tell the World” tells the. world by syndi cate, and constantly has rivalry with his friend (?) on another, syn-; dicate. "Broken Dreams” is once more slated for the Colonial theater, this time on the Sunday bill with Slim Summerville and Zazu Pitts in “Song Birds." Kid named Buster Phejps said to be worth watching in "Broken Dreams.” devote their time to the work. The University clinic is one of the only two in the United States, but plans are being made for the establish ment of a similar one in California. Correction! In yesterday's Emerald there appeared on page 3 a story of the death of Mrs. Lucy March Cham berlain, ex-'88. The Emerald er roneously reported the name as Mrs. Lucy Burch Chamberlain. Philura E. Murch, '87, and one of I the two surviving sister^, was one of the first French instructors on the campus. Stafford to Attend Meeting Dr. O. F. Stafford, professor ol chemistry, will attend a meeting of the Basic Science board at Cor vallis Saturday. This board was established by Oregon law to give preliminary examinations in basic sciences to all candidates for state licenses to practice medicine in Oregon. i Army Captain Slays Friend p C apt. Eduard I. Houck is accused by police of stabbing his friend, Walter L. I'ottcr, to death in the San Francisco home of Houck. The I array officer, recently returned after long and honorable service in the Philippines, is shown aoove being taken from the scene of the tragedy j by police. r I Kappa Koffee Has Decorative Idea Of Mother Goose Senior Women Play Host to Men; Prominent Students (let Razzed in Verses The senior women found out | last night how it feels to be kept | waiting by a date. Dancing, 1 scheduled to begin at S:30, did not ! start until well after 9 at the | Kappa Koffee, Senior Leap Week j event. Once started, however, the party became a gay prelude to the mid night matinee of “Ed's Coed” at the Colonial theater. A “Mother Goose Idea" was the theme de parted from in the decorations— departed a long way from in sev eral amusing verses and pictures hanging on the walls of the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. All caused laughter at the ex pense of prominent seniors. One read: “Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating political pie. He put in his thumb And pulled out Tom Tongue! Oh- what a good boy am I?” Above an appropriate cartoon was another: “If ail the world were pret zels— And all the sea was beer And all the trees were bread and cheese— The Sigma Nus would cheer.” Before the evening was over the decorations had disappeared, as did the even more colorful bar room pictures from Hendricks hall’s “Farewell Folly” on Thurs day night. The Student Church By HELEN DODDS Tj^LOWER in the crannied wall, ^ I pluck you out of the cran nies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower—but if I could un derstand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and * man is. —Alfred Tennyson Methodist Special observance of the Wes ley foundation, which is the or ganization for - church work with students, will be held at the 11 o’clock service tomorrow morning. Howard Ohmart, president of the Wesley club,, will speak. Charles G. Howard, professor of law; Miss Dorothy Nyland, director of the organization; and Rev. Ristow will all have a part in the service. Rev. Ristow will continue the discussion, which was begun last week, at the regular meeting of the Wesley club at 6:30 p. m. on the topic “What Is the Basic Be lief in Religion?” At 7:30, a series of three his torical sermons about pioneer churches in Oregon will be begun by Rev. Ristow. The title of the sermon to be presented tomorrow evening is “Heart Hunger of the Savage.” Congregational The young people’s group is planning an excursion after the 11 o’clock service to Coburg Caves, where they will have dinner. The sermon to be presented at 11 o’clock by Rev. Palmer is entitled “God and the Astronomer.” First Church of Christ, Scientist Sunday services will be held at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; the subject of the lesson sermon is “Probation After Death.” On Wednesday eve ning, the testimonial meeting will be held at 8 o'clock. Westminster Breakfast, to take the place of the regular morning meeting, will be a social feature and discussion group at 9 o'clock. The discus sion, to be led by Edith Grim, will be on the book entitled “The Is sues of Life,” by Dr. Wieman. From 0:30 to 7:30, Eva Burk halter will lead a discussion on the topic, "The Part of Religious Edu cation in the Westminster Pro gram." Catholic Eight o'clock low mass and 10:30 high mas:,. Devotional serv ices will be held at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Presbyterian “Christian Endeavor World” is: the topic from which Rev. Weber will preach at 11 o’clock. At 7:30 p. m. there will be a special service for Christian Endeavorers, both those who belong to Christian En 1 (leaver now and those who have belonged. CAVA Work Continued Continuing their recent CWA work under the new leadership of the SERA, three students are ern | ployed in Condon hall: one typist, one draftsman, and one general handyman. Dream of 50 Years Finally Realized For 50 years citizens of Stockton, Cal., have dreamed of an inland waterway to serve the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. Recently the project was finished at a cost of nearly $10,000,000. Above is a map, showing the location of the inland deep-water channel, which terminates at Stockton, 90 miles inland. Below is a general view of the port, which is served by 14 regular steamship lines. San Francisco Pan Xenia Conclave Pleases Gregory By REINHART KNUDSEN “Streetcars in San Francisco go forty miles an hour!" emphatically declared Sherrill Gregory, secre tary of the Pan Xenia, foreign trades honorary, who maintains that he was the only sober repre sentative at the international Pan Xenia convention held in San Francisco April 14. Apparently Gregory spent most of his time investigating the transportation systems in the golden gate city. “The first day I spent all my time riding the streetcars,” he declared, “and the second day I sailed on the ferry boats most of the time.” "Some of the streetcars run on towropes,” he remarked, “and they're all open so in case you get scared you can step off onto the ground.” “What was the purpose of the convention?” Gregory was asked. “As near as I can figure out it was only to elect officers for the next convention,” he replied, “but you ought to have seen the sensa tion we caused when we asked for milk instead of coffee. We were subject to all sorts of evil cracks about not supporting international trade.” “Dian’t anyone give a tong speech of some sort?” was a fur ther question. “Oh yes," came the enthusiastic reply, “Prof. Lomax gave the best speech in his life. He took all the lectures he ever gave on foreign trade, combined them with his lec - tures and notes on marketing, condensed them, and gave the swellest, longest speech that I ever heard. “By the way, we never saw any thing of him after the convention, but we heard that he was study ing international conditions in Chinatown. You might ask him something about that." “I still don't understand the ac tual purpose,” Gregory was anx iously questioned again. "Mostly to give someone a chance to go off on a spree,” was Freshman Class Will Have Picnic Sunday, May 13 Site for Event Yet to Be Picked; Many Features Promised By Committee Swimming, dancing, canoeing, ind eating will all have their pan n the frosh picnic to be held Sun lay, May 13. “There will be something doing :very minute,” declared David Lowry, general chairman of the iffair. Many games and contests >f all sorts are being planned. The ictual spot for the picnic has not is yet been picked out. As great as possible attendance s being sought. Representatives from each living organization are cooperating to obtain a large urnout, a prize being awarded to he organization which produces :he largest attendance. The affair will begin at 1 p. m. and last until after 7 p. m. A lance lasting three hours and in cluding many features will con clude the celebration. General committee chairmen and assistants appointed by Lowry follow: assistant general chairmen, Louise Ruegnitz and Bob Helli ivell; transportation, Ben Grout and Frank Howland; publicity. Newton Stc.; patrons, Mildred Blackburne and Rose Gore; re freshments, Starla Parvin and Joy Carlisle; features, Phil Hodes; or chestra, Eleanor French; sports, Don Thomas and Henry Minger; dance, Eleanor Stewart and Bar bara Hank; cleanup, Bob Prentice and Jack Lew. the nonchalant reply, “but the poor Washington boys didn’t have any fun. They were all engaged.” “Patronize Emerald Advertisers ” MaiBiiiiHiiiiiaiiiiBiHiiwiiinuiiiHiniiiiiaiwBiiniiiHiiiiBiiiiiBiiiiiiiHiiiiaiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiii | g Special Truck for I Campus Delivery 1 * For Quality Dairy | Products 1 | Eugene Farmers’ Creamery * -PHONE 638 1 Extra! Extra! all about the big —” You don’t ignore the newsboy when he shouts that at you. It’s a promise of news. Your hand goes into your pocket. You want to find out. 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