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Psychologist Explains New Test Success Practice of Measuring Ability Debunked Method Would Tell How to Find Right Niche In Fife By HOWARD W. ELAKESLEE Associated Press Science Editor. | NEW HAVEN, Conn. Nov. 23 \ —(AP)- A new psychological so-j lution for one of life’s biggest puz-' zles, how to find the job you are best fitted for, was proposed to night at a Yale colloquium. The tests which psychology has been developing for 30 years are wrong, the conference was told by Dr. II. M. Johnson, professor of psychology at the American uni evrsity, Washington, D. C. The old tests rate the ability. Dr. Johnson's new formula pro poses to rate success. The old rule, he said, is to grade a person’s aptitude or skill. Under that rule if a job required five dif ferent types of skill, a test of each ! would be made on the boy or girl, man or woman wishing to qualify. I May lie Error This applicant might possess four of the skills in very high de gree, but lack the fifth. He would get a high rating because of high standing in four-fifths of the re quirements. But on the job, Dr. Johnson said, this person would be a failure. Much as a tenor singer who was perfect in everything except reach ing high notes. Dr. Johnson's new technique would first rate all the abilities re quired for the vocation sought. It would nole the deficiencies. Then it would seek, by methods well established already in psychology, for substitute abilities, which could be employed for the deficiencies. Talents Interchangeable This explains the one or two talent person who makes a big success. His limited talents happen to be exchangeable. They cover more than one kind of work, so that they will bridge his defic iencies. "While the new method has not been previously formulated,” Dr. Johnson said, "Certain practical men have been definitely groping toward it. They have been hindered in their efforts by the propaganda of certain groups of psycholo gists.” Youth of Germany Will Read Stories About Oregon Life P Schmidt Ends Translation ()1‘ ‘Marooned on Crater Lake’ Hitler youth in Germany nmy Foon become familial with pioneer and present day life in Oregon, as well as many features of this state, it was announced here today by Dr, F. G. Schmidt, head of the de partment of German at the Uni versity of Oregon. Dr. Schmidt has just completed a translation of "Marooned On Crater Lake,” by Alfred Powers, dean of the general extension division. ine stones, which include ad ventures of the Old Oregon Trail, j Skyline Trail, Umpqua Trail and others, will first be published in various boys’ magazines in Ger many, it is stated. They will be issued then in book form by a Peipsig publishing house. Dean Powers’ hook was first brought to the attention of (Her man literary men by Margaret Creech, formerly on the extension division staf and now on the fae-j ulty of the University of Chicago, and by Dr. Schmidt. Their interest ! for German boys was tested, and the result was the decision to translate them. “Marooned On Crater Lake," since its publication in 1031, has acquired a reputation as a classic j because of its style and ingenious plots. It is on the school library of several states, and a former Japan ese student of the University is working on a translation of the book into his language. One of the stories, “The Vanquished Riders" is also being dramatized for presen tation over radio station KOAC soon. BETTER BUSINESS REPORTED WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (APi —Better business and a better bus iness outlook were reported today by the chamber of commerce of the United States and upheld by government statistics. Alpha Kappa Psi Drive for Charity Well Under Way Fraternities, Sororities and Faculty Will Tie Contacted The charity drive to secure clothes and toys for the poor by Alpha Kappa Psi, business admin istrative honorary, in conjunction with the Lions club, is now well under way and will continue dur ing next week, it was announced yesterday by Clark Irwin, presi dent of the organization. Final plans were worked out at a committee meeting held in the Sigma Chi house Thursday night The committe, headed by Floyd Deeds, is composed of Fred Gies eke, Paulen Kaseberg, Bill Corman and Paul Reichman. All members of the honorary are cooperating in solicitations, which will include all fraternities, soror ities and faculty residences. Dona tions are to be collected the first of next week. Boxes have been pro vided at the YWCA and YMCA houses for contributions of inde-i pendent students. After completion of the drive, j toys will be sent to the local fire house and the government tran sient camp, where (hey will be re paired. The clothes are being mended and cleaned by the Red Cross and Welfare League, who1 will finally distribute bolh clothing ' and toys among the needy. November Chills Mean Nothing to Budding Lilacs Lilacs in November ! Oh, you’re from Missouri? Well, go see the lilac tree back of Friendly hall. It’s in bloom and buds are fighting for possession of the branches which the old leaves reluctantly cling to. They know it isn’t spring. It isn’t the fault of the lilac tree, though, says Sam Mikkelson, cam pus gardner, that is has decided "spring is here" at the wrong time of the year. The weather man de serves the blame for that. The tree, approximately 30 years old, is of a very early-blooming variety but it has never before been known to bloom so early, (that is, late. In the fall). Since it can only bloom once a year except for flowers on possible new sprouts, “spring of 1935” has been robbed of a part of her flowery raiment. Weatherman’s fault, too. No, not really the weatherman’s fault either. After all, he has to take the sun spots as they come. And they, according to A. E. Cas well, professor of physics, deter mine the weather. Scientists have discovered that weather has 23-year cycles. This means that this year's weather will probably be repeated 23 years hence. Will the lilac tree be mislead in time-judgment again? We’ll have to wait 'n see. Beck to Address Sigma \i Tuesday Ur. F. Ij. Boclc, assistant profes sor of psychology, will address the University chapter of Sigma Xi next Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m. in room 101, Condon hall. The t pie, “Motor skills and measurements of handedness," will cover a discussion of the relative ability of the hands and eyes and their relation to disabilities in speech, reading and writing. Cor relation of "handedness and eyed ness" in functional assymmetry of the nervous system will also be shown. The talk will be illustrated by ingenious apparatus for measure ment, some of which have been de- • veloped at the University. •MAKKKT CONTROL I'OHKCA.NT WASHINGTON, Nov. 123. (API A semi-administration campaign i to complete the aura of govern- ! tnent control over the speculative markets, with grain and cotton ex change regulation a principal goal, was forecast today in high quar ters. The prospective commodities ex change legislation to be passed in the coming congress was indicat ed to be much the same as that which fell by the wayside last ses sion. CONSKliY VTIYK FLARES I WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (API The liberal-conservative conflict within the administration broke sharply into the open today as James A. Moffett, the federal housing administrator, publicly termed ruinous a vast federally fi nanced housing program advanced by Secretary Iekes. Send the Emerald to your friends. Those Faculty Ten Commandments By FREDERIC S. DUNN P. L. CAMPBELL President of the University of Ore gon during its greatest period of growth. The first student of the U. of O. tv Rules for the 4&0vtttmtni iht -W THE Oregon State Universe!” y ikj tfio $ra:u.(h^, Sapfam&ei 1 ltJht 188?, A nr tot jl t -A ttuilent iiiuot not enter the tvi-ewery ^ ,, a tsaloon; Aw. IT—Nor drutfc say intoxicating Hiper*, »}*&> m at-' fcetitfatK-e Hi ti><? I, nivcraity, or on htn <jp- her vrtry U> nud from, the name, except on th* prwriptum of t» physician; Awe. .{ft—Nor »*«* tobacco »>• any form-or w-ay, white on tin? college raimpoa: AST. IV—N<* injurs' the ImUdiog or property at tha University; . Art. V.Nor join ally college r<y*rrT society; Art. VX- Nor stand or sit armiorl the doors, or mains anv disturbing noise in % iiaik of tins colleges building; A«f. V|I —Nor. as n niemlser of a elmss, or any literary society, ponspi.ro against the getvorroersi and control of the Faculty, or any (nemls* of the Fni-tiHy; Am Till—Xer refa*e to pay my fine mmamt by the Faculty,, npon nlussolf ox upon the literary soriciy of which ho is a member, for any misieoniJuw of himself, or of at>y inrruW of his society; A«t, IX—.Nor i» social- gatherings c-om^sed hr whole tu rn jwirt of students, of the University, remain, from ItU room later than eleven o'clock f. M. A ST. X—Nor violate or break any of the ]*«« of t he Skate of Oregon. J, V. JOHNSON, President. if, STRAUB, Secretary, JOHN W. JOHNSON First president of the university. Instruction began in 1876. C. V. Boyer, present president, September 11th, 1882, a dec alogue was delivered to the students of the University. A Pu ritanic age, a F .culty keenly alive to its fearful responsibility, consti tuted the Sinaitic background of those ten commandments. And a generation that had not yet open ly manifested any inclination to rebel, was duly awed by the levin that seemed to illumine the names of the signatories,—J. W. Johnson, President, and J. Straub, Secre tary. It could not have been a mere coincidence, that there were ex i actly ten of those Faculty regula tions. It was as if the Mosaic j style itself was reflected in those ! ten “Thou shalt nots.” Darwin | Bristow, of the staff of the First — National Bank, has carried them next to his heart for over half a century. He will show them to you today, from the treasure of his pocket wallet. As this memorable document has never been published in any student organ, it is herewith spread upon the pages of the Oregon Em erald, in order that this present Student Body, which sometimes be lieves itself to be immolated upon the altar of unreasonable demand, may appreciate what it missed in being born thirty years too late. Like the perishing creeds and dogmas of the ages, even though based upon indestructible truths, its tenure did not outline its pro mulgators. In fact its pronounce ment was met with murmurings sotto voce. A parody was issued,— they did not have green paper fifty years ago,—by a group of wits, who, if not avowedly rebellious, were skeptical and a wee bit naughty. Tradition credits the au thorship of the lampoon to George Noland and Absalom Woodcock, whether correctly I do not know. This blasphemous sheet, contain ing such perversions of the origin al as “Thou shalt not consume all the wine in thy father’s cellar,” was subscribed by “Jake Anger” and “Johnnie Gimlet.” Very wisely, the Faculty, if cog nizant of the prank, ignored it. No inquisition resulted, there were no suspensions or expulsions. And the code of the true law prevailed,— with occasional lapse, of course. In such case, our Areopagus was inexorable. There was no euphem istic evasion of the issue, such as a letter of advice to a father that his son would do better on the farm. It was a clean cut sever ance of relations,—the son was given a passport homeward. And expulsion from college was a most uncomfortable bomb. But, honestly now, it required rather strenuous effort not to slip once in a while, and sometimes we were guilty without malice pre pense. As I am a pretty poor “ali biter,”—at least, so Mrs. Dunn tells me, I shall make a truthful declar ation of some of those errors. (The next issue will contain ‘THE LAUREAN SOCIETY ON A PEANUT BUST.’) Theater Revue By CYNTHIA LILJEQVIST “Leave It to Psmith,” Guild hall play on tonight. TOYE throw our roses to Ted Kar afotias in his presentation Persmith, pardon me. but the P is silent like in soup, so he says, in last night’s Guild hall show, “Leave It to Psmith. Mrs. Seybolt found the perfect part for Dorothy Parks as the overbearing Lady Middl e w i c k whose artistic presumptions nearly lose the family diamonds for her. Dorothy has perfected her stage presence, in this role and executes the whole with a versatility of voice and manner that brought her fussiness some real laughs. Karafotias is further aided by Lord Middlewiek, Bill Dougherty, I whose realism in protesting against his wife elicited our entire sympa thy, humorously speaking. He did' a rousing good job of it. During his time in the drama department, Ted Karafotias has done many different type of roles, and each time he is the focal point of the play. You can’t submerge him in anything. After the tech nique of the part is mastered he always adds that something that places him a step up the ladder from the supporting cast. Defin itely Karafotias possesses the in tellectual and emotional under standing of his roles that denotes an amateur of real ability. The play is rollicking good com edy .ably cast and directed. Don't miss it. Foreign Trade Future Topic of Club Meeting The University of Oregon for eign trade club met for the first time Wednesday to plan for the year's program. Prof. A. L. Lomax, faculty advisor of the organization, told members of the future of the foreign trade student. Jim Fonce was elected secretary of the club, and plans were made for trips to Portland during the school year to confer with the fed eral foreign trade advisory board and shipping line executives. I'l.M SEEKS NEW SKY TRAIL DETROIT. Nov. 23 iAPt Seeking' to blaze a practical com mercial air trail from Vancouver to Melbourne. Australia, in his sil ver plane, "The Star of Australia," Capt. Charles T. P. Vim paused DANCING F riday 6c Saturday Sunday—5 to 8 FREE Sunday 2 to o and S to 12 \Yednesda\ Night WILLAMETTE PARK at the Wayne county airport Fri day for the first stop on his jour ney west from Montreal to his of ficial starting' point. ONE BREAD FOIi GERMANS C.OSLAR, Germany, Nov. 23— (API —To the national slogan ‘‘one reich, one people, one fuehrer” the National Nutrition Guild today added the words “one bread.' Karl Vetter, chief of the Guild's grain division, explained to assem bled German farmers, meeting in their second national congress un der Nazi auspices, that the govern ment not only has fixed the price of bread but has prescribed exact ly how this bread shall be made. Send the Emerald to your friends. Send the Emerald to your friends. Be lCn*' light "ened! Use the Classified Ad Columns! They Pay! 10c per line Former UO Girl Leads In Dance Presentation SAN JOSE, Nov. 23.— Beth Sim merville, graduate of Eugene Un ion high school, and student at the University of Oregon from 1931 to 1933, now a senior student at the San Jose State college, danced the leading role in the “Juggler of Notre Dame,” presented Novem ber 5 by Orchesis, San Jose State college dance society, of which Miss Simmerville is president. Miss Simmerville was very act ive in student body affairs while attending the University of Ore gon. She was an active member of Tau Delta Delta, and of several honorary music and dancing so cieties. She is working for a teach er’s certificate at San Jose State college. WITNESS RECEIVES THREAT SEATTLE, Nov. 23.— (AP)-As state and defense completed pres entation of evidence in the “mock ery murder” case of Charles G. Duke today, police revealed that Dr. N. E. Nelson, one of the prin cipal witnesses, had received two anonymous letters threatening his life. irarananncinnrannnnf-nnnnnCTrir-v-ir Pollard Points Out Error in German Word Definition Eric A. Pollard, assistant pro fessor of German languages and literature, has an article in the December issue of Modern Lan guage Notes” which explains his discovery of an error made by three prominent German philolo gists of the 19th century in the interpretation of a gloss in an old 10th century Latin manuscript. The three noted scholars, Graff, Mone, and Steinmeyer, whose work in historical language research is outstanding for its accuracy, mis interpreted the old, high-German word, ferwazzot, which had been inserted between the lines of the ancient manuscript by a monk of early times, as the definition for the word in the text. Pollard rec ognized the mistake and proved conclusively that the gloss was not the definition of the word in the manuscript but only an explana tion or interpretation of another word. The discovery of the true meaning of ferwazzot is a further step toward the reconstruction of the old high-German language. Previous to coming to the Uni versity, Pollard spent three years of study in Germany, completing his examination for the doctor's degree in 1931. "The Germans,” he said, “are more like Americans, they are more modern, than the people of any other European country I have visited.” He claims that the Germans, in stead of being bitter toward Amer icans because of the World war, are extremely friendly and that American students in Germany are treated better than those of any other nationality. Pollard be lieves that the treatment cf the Germans by the American soldiers is partly responsible for this so ciable attitude. TILLAMOOK WIND SLACKENS PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 23— (AP)—The wind slackened tonight and the pounding seas about the Tillamook rock lighthouse subsided somewhat, but nine occupants re mained virtual prisoners in the cylindrical fortress. Last night a 65-mile an hour gale shrieked overhead and moun tainous waves broke over the un protected rock base and swept completely over the 132-foot light tower. KLAMATH SLAYER HELD KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Nov. 23.— (AP)—Willard Williams, 29, alleged slayer of Charles Cowen, 1,7,. in a Klamath Indian reserva tion quarrel and shooting today, was held in jail here tonight for department of justice agents. Students, Alumni Inv ited to Attend Clift Holel Affair Buffet Supper, Dance to Be Held oil Eve Of Game All students, alumni, and friends of the University who will be in San Francisco the evening- before the Oregon-St. Mary's tilt are in vited to a buffet supper and dance by the San Francisco alumni. It will be held at the Clift hotel, San Francisco, at 7:30, R. K. Allen, alumni secretary, has been in formed by Maurice Hyde, ’21, San Francisco alum chairman. “Prink” Callison, Oregon coach; the Oregon football squad; Hugh E. Rosson, graduate manager; and the rally committee will be pres ent. A rally will be held and Ore gon songs will be sung. The pro gram will be conducted by the Oregon rally committee and the San Francisco alumni. The buffet and dinner will take the place of a luncheon which, in former years, has been given the day before the game. Over 600 alums have been sent invitations. 51.50 each will be charged. STRIKE PLANS PUT OFF LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.—(AP) —Mediation offers from Washing ton brought a truce in the Pacific Electric Railway strike today. Called for 2 a. m. Saturday, the v/alkout of some 1600 train and signalmen first was postponed to the same hour Monday, and later put off “indefinitely.” The concil iation offer was from the national mediation board. RANCHER FACES CHARGES THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. 23.— (AP)—Charges of assault with in tent to kill were placed tonight against Urban Jensen, Wasco coun ty rancher, who allegedly kidnaped Curtis A. Tom, former state rep resentative of Dufur, Ore. 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Advertising carries the good news to us almost immediately of any new and comfort-bringing commodity. The better a product is—the sooner you will see it advertised. Oregon Daily Emerald “Influencing 3,500 Moderns”