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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1935)
Frosli Spout Freshman prexy candidates to day list reasons why they ought to be the men to head the class of ’39 for the following year. Literary Fans! The initial edition of the Emer ald Magazine, which is to be a regular weekly feature of the Em erald, appears today on page four. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1935 NUMBER 11 Homecoming Plans Swing Into Action Bud James, Bill Hall Named by Blais To Head Directorate Of Annual Event Bud James was yesterday ap pointed by ASUO president, Jim Blais, as general chairman for this year’s Homecoming events which student officials believe will set new high marks in attendance, be cause of the return to Eugene of the football classic of the season— between the perennial gridiron foes of Oregon State college and the University of Oregon. Bill Hall was named to assist James in all phases of the week end which is crammed with social attractions. Blais stated yester day that all appointments on the directorate would be completed in time to appear in Friday morning’s Emerald. The bonfire appoint ments will not be announced until the winning frosh party gets or ganized after the election Thurs day. Overshadowed in importance only by the torrid football game will be the Homecoming dance Sat urday, November 9. Friday eve ning preceding the game the whole campus is to turn out in what rally officials hope will be the most gigantic pep demonstration parade on Eugene streets since the good old days before the “big” game was moved to Portland. As the victory-chanting students serpen tine down Willamette street, the freshman class will show its stuff by igniting the huge ‘O’ bonfire on the southern slopes of Skin ner’s butte at the head of the main I street. Alums will hold their big get together Saturday evening before the dance when they will gather for the banquet in John Straub Memorial hall. A new event which is to be in augurated into Homecoming fes tivities this year will be a break fast for all the student body presi dents who have ever held office at the University who will be able to attend. Tc add to the above bill of en tertainment, the various fraterni ties and sororities will compete with each other in attempting to get the highest percentage of for mer students to attend the annual “back to Oregon” movement. Y Banquet Date Reset by Cabinet Meeting at the YWCA banquet last evening members of the Y cabinet postponed the membership banquet until October 24 and ex tended the membership drive an other week. The time of the membership drive was extended in an effort to give the purpose and contact group a better chance to get in touch: with Eugene coeds. A letter from Betty Forsythe, logional president for Washington, Oregon and Montana was read at the cabinet meeting. Miss For sythe, of Washington State col lege, recently attended a conven tion held in the East. Second Installment Of l .O. Fees Now Two Days Overdue Many students have not yet paid their second installment of fees, and are being1 fined 25 cents a day for every day this week. After this week students behind in payment are subject to suspension for non-payment of fees. The cashier’s window is open only until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Rally Group Reorganized Shake-up Made to Bolster Oregon Spirit Jack Campbell, rally committee chairman, last night announced a new and revised edition of the Ore gon rally committee in hopes of keeping Oregon spirit at a high pitch. Campbell said that he is sure that the new committee will give the cooperation necessary to put the rallies over. The new committee will give representation to virtually every men’s organization on the campus: Bill Schloth, Frank Bondurant, Craig Finley, Reid Swenson, Mel vin Johnson, Fred Gieseke, Bill Jones, Bud James, Bill Paddock, Cecil Barker, Stanley King, Craig Povey, A1 Davis, and Marion “Doc” Hoblitt. "I wish to thank the students for their cooperation last week end in Portland during both the pre-game rally and the rally dance.” said Campbell. “It is re grettable, however, that so many people in possession of old rally sweaters insisted upon wearing them in Portland — Portlanders must think the whole campus is on the committee.” The new committee and the wo men’s rally will meet Wednesday at 7:00 at the College Side Inn. More Leaders Aim of YMCA The elements of campus leader ship will be discussed in a meeting to be held in the “Y” bungalow Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m. with the YWCA as sponsors. Any campus women interested in be coming leaders are invited to at tend the meeting and discussion. Elizabeth Hughes, executive sec retary of the YWCA, will act as leader. Miss Hughes will be assist ed by a group of six girls to be se lected later. Technique of leader ship qualities and actual training for leadership itself will be taken up in the group meetings. Frosh Council Sets Election Date, Oct. 22 Next Tuesday was set for elec tion of officers and the forming of a permanent organization, when the recently revived frosh council met Tuesday afternoon at the YMCA hut. This council consists of a fresh man representative from each men's living organization on the campus. Preliminary plans and activities were discussed informal ly at the meeting. University Drama Gets Praise from Noted Man Harold E. Ehrensperger, director of the division of plays and pag eants of the Methodist church, who spoke to drama classes on the campus Monday, assured them that the theater of today, despite the movies and radio, is vitally a'ive and stressed the need of re sponsive and intelligent audiences to theatrical performances. Mr. Ehrensperger stated that drama departments in universities everywhere are training students in the technique of acting, direct ing and other phases of the thea tre, not particularly for the pro fessional stage, but for the valu able contribution they will make in community theatres and their much needed efforts to develop keen and discriminating audiences for good amateur dramatic produc tions. He also discussed the decentrali zation of the theatre from New Voik and the federal aid that is row being given to thousands of unemployed actors in starting community theatres and repertory companies in various parts of the country. Mr. Ehrensperger, who was brought here under the auspices of the Wesley Foundation, is an cutstanding authority in the field of drama. A Harvard graduate, he has been a lecturer and faculty member of the school of speech, Northwestern university, director of the Indianapolis Little theatre ana the Evanston Community the atre, and national executive secre tary of the Drama League of America. Frosh Politics Heads Down Home Stretch McAvoy, Barnett Give Statements Regarding Candidacy for Presidential Office As the freshman political com | bines neared the home stretch in the race for votes yesterday, few new developments occured. The Yeoman’s frosh political manager disclosed yesterday that the in dependent men would throw their support to the ticekt headed by McAvoy. It was erroneously stated in Tuesday’s Emerald that Sigma Al pha Epsilon was a supporter of the Burnett ticket. This is not the case, however, the fraternity pro fessing last night that it was backing McAvoy. Other houses listed apparently were standing by their chosen as handbills heralded the nearing of election time. Tomorrow the yearling class members, who are also bonafide ASUO members, are to cast their ballots at the YMCA hut. The polls will be open from 9 until 3 o’clock. Burnett Lists Policies The ticket headed by Burnett submitted the following quotation to the freshman class at a late hour last night: This freshman class of 1939 is the largest in en rollment and has the potential power to accomplish the mest of any group to enter the University. “As a representative of that group I wish to place the follow ing points in our plan for your consideration: “1. All appointments are to be made impartially and with respect (Please turn to page tzeo) Students Have Last Chance To See Art Work ‘‘Now is the last chance for stu dents and the campus at large to see representative work of the dif ferent departments in the art school,” according to Mrs. Mabel Houck, secretary of the school of architecture and allied arts. The art work which is now on display in the art gallery of the school of art will be taken down in a very short time. The exhibit was put on display at the end of spring term and has been on display dur ing the summer session. Six different departments are represented in the work, including architectural design, interior de sign, landscape architecture, gen eral art, normal art and sculpture. ‘Time to Live’ Group Meets at ‘Y’ Tonight ~~ Annette Surdam announced yes terday the first meeting of the “Time to Live” group of YWCA. The group which meets at the YWCA this evening at 9 p. m. deals with the general apprecia tion of drama, arts, music, leisure and interest in life as a whole. All campus women are invited to attend the informal gathering. IT Campus •> ❖ Calendar There will be a meeting of Ta bard Inn 7:30 Wednesday evening at Professor Thacher’s house. * * * There will be a Kwama meeting at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house tomorrow afternoon at 4:00. * * * Tonqued council will meet at 3:30 today in the College Side. * * * Special meeting of Phi Mu Al pha Wednesday at 5 o’clock at music building. * * * Master Dance tryouts tonight at 7:30 in the dance room of Gerlin ger. All members are expected to be present and dressed for danc ing at 7:15 sharp. Greater Oregon to Greet Dads This smiling group of students h «s been making elaborate pre parations to entertain severa' hundred Oregon dads next Saturday, scattering invitations and publicity all over the west. Pictured above are: front row, left to right: Jean Stevenson, banquet; Marv McCracken, registration; Virginia Proctor, secretary. Back row, left to right: Dan Clark, II, advertising: Frank Bnndurant general student chairman; Wayne Harbert, publicity. Military Group Announces New Pledges, Banquet Patterson, Stroble Made Lieutenants at Meeting Eleven outstanding military stu dents will be formally pledged to Scabbard and Blade, honorary ROTC organization, at the formal pledge banquet to be held tomor row evening at 6:15 at the Chi Psi lodge, according to Captain Tom Aughinbaugh, junior in law, who was elected head of the military group yesterday. Howard Patterson and Marvin Stroble were elected to the posi tions of first and second lieutenant respectively. The other officer elected at the first Scabbard meet ing yesterday at the College Side, was Allan Wall, sergeant. The pledges are as follows: Bud McCredie, Frank Michek, John Paddock, Bill Summers, Ken Be Lieu, Pete Brooks, Dave Morris, Ed Morrow, John Thomas, John Keyes, and Cy Cook. Captain Aughinbaugh declined making any immediate statement in regard to the Connelly military exemption case, but said that his organization would have some thing definite to say in the near future. Travel Group Plans Big Year The travel group of Philomelete will hold its first meeting this af ternoon at the Alpha Delta Pi sorority at 4 p. m. Gretchen Smith, who will lead the group, has planned an interesting schedule for the term. Foreign countries will be visited through books, pictures, moving pictures and lectures by visiting guests. Each member of the group will also choose a country which she would like to visit in partic ular and make a puppet to repre sent the country. Back Funeral Held Yesterday More than 100 University of Oregon students journeyed to Portland yesterday to attend fun eral services at 1 p. m. for Walt Back, star Oregon football player who died Sunday from an infec tion brought on by a leg injury. Fifty-five members of Phi Delta Theta, Back’s fraternity, made the trip in a body, leaving in cars from here yesterday morning. Final rites will be held later this week at Palo Alto, California, Back’s home, where the body was shipped for burial. Found A girl’s brown suede leather purse. Owner please contact the University depot. CLASS INCREASES An approximate 50 per cent in crease in James C. Stovall’s intro ductory geography class has forced him from a too small Condon classroom to the auditorium in Vi'lard. The enrollment increas* over last year is 10 per cent. Coach Callison, Rosson Escape Serious Injury Car Overturns After Skidding Into Culvert Hugh Rosson, graduate mana ger, and Prince Callison, head foot ball coach, escaped injury Mon day when the former’s car over turned after ramming a culvert near Jefferson. The two were re turning from the football game in Portland, where they had just completed arrangements for the funeral services of Walter Back, Oregon grid star. Rounding the Jefferson bridge at a rapid pace, the car got out of Rosson’s control, careened down the highway for 200 yards, and struck a culvert, overturning in a ditch five feet below the roadbed. Neither occupant was so much as scratched. The car was dam aged to the extent of $250, which is completely covered by insur ance. v Zeta Hall Revived; Begins Busy Year Zeta hall again swings into ac tion after a four year’s rest, with Tom Guy as president, Bob Baily social chairman, and Clifford Speaker secretary and treasurer. An executive council has been made up of the officers and a rep resentative from each class, except the freshmen who have two. Start ing this year’s social events is a dinner dance given Wednesday night at which the girls of Hend ricks hall will be the guests of honor. Two Architects Visit Local Club The architectural club will be visited by two Portland architects this year, following out the same type of program that was used last year, announced Rollin Bowles, re cently elected president of the club. The visiting architects will be members of the Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The More Moores The Merrier, About Sociology School Two Moores, both tall and distinguished, have caused some confusion for the sociology de partment. Dr. ICIon H. Moore, former | head of the sociology depart ment at O.S.C., was made di rector of the division of social work in Portland this fall, but until next fall, he Is teaching here. Dr. Moore received his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, and is the author of numerous articles on the different phases of sociology. Wilbert Moore, graduate as sistant in social science, re ceived his degree from Lln field. Mr. Moore took the place of William Bruce who went to St. Helen’s Junior college to teach social science. Five Houses Protest Fines Of Council Groups Question New Pledging Plan Substituted in Place Of Psych Test Decile Five of the nine houses against which fines were levied at the Thursday meeting of the inter-fra ternity council entered apeals yes terday or plan to enter them this afternoon. Houses appealing yesterday af ternoon were Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, and Phi Sigma Kappa. The tribunal will hear the appeals of Sigma Nu and Theta Chi fraternities today. No decisions on the three cases heard were announced by the tribunal following yesterday af ternoon’s meeting. The tribunal’s ruling as to the legality of the motion which was rushed through by the council the Saturday before rushing week will also be announced tomorrow. When the psychology depart ment decided not to release the decile ratings of freshmen former ly used to determine the eligibility for pledging, some action became necessary. A special meeting of the council was called and the decile prep record was substituted. The motion’s legality was ques tioned because it was not held over a month before a vote was taken. Cases Puzzling Several cases in which men were pledged under the old decile psych syystem and who are not eligible on the basis of their prep records have arisen. A special meeting of the council is planned for Friday to consider the tribunal’s decision on the ques tioned motion. Impatient Patient Denies Receiving Chicken, Biscuits Protestations that they didn’t get their share of the chicken and biscuits rang- out on the campus from several students who recent ly paid the infirmary a pleasant visit. One student said he had to get up and leave because the soup was too salty. When interviewed, he indignantly asked, "how is the in firmary going to keep up its pres ent popularity if they do not have equality, impartiality and chicken and biscuits for all?” Infirmary heads announced to night that they would protest a recent decision of the inter-fra ternity council which did not pen alize them $30 for dirty rushing. Luncheon Open To All Students Any student, whether an inde pendent or not, wishing to attend the luncheon club meeting when the men will entertain Wednesday afternoon at the YMCA hut will be welcome. In fact, special invitation Pas been extended to any frater nity or sorority member who cares to join the group. This distinction was made today ay Glenn L. Griffith, YMCA sec retary. An effort is being made to break down any feeling which might exist between the indepen dents and their fraternity or soror ity brothers and sisters, according to Griffith. Wednesday’s meeting will be the second scheduled meeting of the Dill Pickle girls’ club and the Question Mark men’s club with the men, headed by Fred Geiseke, Yeomen president, in charge of the program. Every student is in vited to bring his or her lunch and join the group. Church Croup Plans Weiner Roast Tonight A weiner roast sponsored by the 38-’39 club of Westminster house, s being given this evening at six. The group, made up of fresh men and sophomores, invites ev eryone to meet at Westminster bouse tonight at 6, bringing 10 :ents or a covered dish. Blais Postpones Nominating Assembly i Until Next W eek Because of the press of the frosh election and the Dads’ day program, the special nominat ing assembly for naming can didates for the position of jun ior finance officer, will be post poned until the latter part of nevt week, James Blais, ASUO president, announced last night. The meeting originally sched uled for Thursday of this week was to nominate successors to Robert Prentice who did not return to school this fall. Soph Informal Goes ‘Top Hat’ Annual Affair Features Art Holman’s Music Top Hat is to be the motif of the Sophomore Informal it was disclosed last night at a meeting of the directorate. On the evening of October 29, McArthur court will be transformed from a bas ketball pavilion into a swank modernistic dancing center. Canopies, drapes and a profu sion of color, will form a back ground for the music of Art Hol man’s orchestra. The motif of Top Hat will be carried out to the full est extent, Bill Jones and Louis Hillis, co-chairmen of the affair, stated. Working on the committees are Frances Johnson and Marge Gear heart, assistant chairmen; Virgin ia Wellington and Bill Pease, publicity; Clyde Keller and Sam Fort, decorations; A1 Carter and Ralph Cathey, finance; Gladys Battleson and Harold Olsen, con struction; Gayle Buchanan and Marjorie Brainnard, refreshments; Peggy Church and Molly White, patrons; Betty Rosa and Beverly Burkitt, reception; Genevieve McNiece and Bill Finch, entertainment; Melvin She vac and Larry Crane, floor; Bill Dalton, policing; Vivian Emery and Charles Barclay, music; Noel Benson, cleanup; Bob deArmond and Marion Dryer, programs; Bob Wilhelm, tickets. Burkitt-Sanford Engagement Told Of interest to campus friends is the announcement of the engage ment of Beverly Burkitt, '38, Al pha Phi, to Glenn Sanford, '37, Beta Theta Pi. The announcement was made at a fireside gathering at the chapter house. Mrs. E. A. Burkitt, Beverley’s mother, was present for the event. Miss Burkitt is a Thespian, a Kwama, and is secretary of the sophomore class. She will leave college and return to her home in Portland. Sanford is a member of the var sity basketball squad from Salem, Oregon. DEAN HAS MAIL Mail has been received at the dean of women’s office for Lucinda Cox Brown, Edith Jobe, Marian D. Johnson, Ruby L. King, and Aduia Robertson. Campus Radio Station May Be Installed Programs Would Be Released Over KOAC; Speech Division May Direct Broadcast Rumored prospects of the in stallation of a radio broadcasting studio on the campus have aroused a great deal of enthusiasm among University students the past few days. Although no definite announce ment has been made from any authority, there is a definite im-. pression among students that plans for the work have been made, and that all that now is needed is a demand for the station on the part of students, faculty and alumni. 56 Hour Programs According to information that the Emerald has been able to ob tain, the plan is that the Univer sity be on the air around five or six hours each day. The programs would be released through the state owned station, KOAC, now in Corvallis. This would necessi tate installation of a leased wire running from Eugene to Corvallis. The radio engineer of the Cor vallis station, and also the pro gram manager have been seen on the University campus frequently of late, and it is declared that they make no secret of their errand. They are, it is understood, definite ly for the project, and are willing to aid in the establishment of the station in any way possible. opeecn division in unarge The tentative location of the studio is believed to be in Friendly hall, on the third floor, in the northern part of the building. It is possible the management of the station would be handled, at least in part, by the speech division. All of the faculty members of this department have had radio exper ience. Recently the speech department obtained new equipment designed to aid students in voice work somewhat related to radio broad casting. The possibility of these students’ being able to display the benefits of their instruction over a University station has caused much elated discussion both among the students and among faculty members. * Ex-Secretaries Send Addresses Martheil Mathews, former secre tary to Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, is now living in Ellens burg, Washington, where her hus band, Jack Mathews, is a member of the English faculty of the El lensburg normal school. Mrs. Charles Singleton, sister of Mrs. Mathews, who will be re membered as Eula Duke, also a former secretary to Dean Schwer ing, has been sojourning in Paris with Mr. Singleton. They have now returned to Florence, Italy, where they are living. They can be reached there in care of Amer ican Express. Dr. Crosland Lectures on Defective Reading Traits Reading is done between the pauses of the eyeball as it moves across the page. The two eyes do not move parallel. Usually the right eye leads. People with a dominent right eye have an ad vantage in reading English, and as a result only 50 per cent of the poor readers are right-eyed. Tests indicate that defective left-eyed readers are superior to good readers in observing and re cording letters seen at the right hand side. These are some of the interest ing facts Dr. H. R. Crosland, as sociate professor of psychology, brought out in his lecture Tuesday night in Condon hall before the members of Sigma Xi, national science honorary, and other lis teners. Since Dr. Crosland had a scissor blade run into his right eyeball at the age of five he has taken a great interest in reading and caus es of inefficiency in reading shown by many people, he said. With the aid of a dodge mirror tachisto scope built in the department he has conducted numerous experi ments on various reading abilities ol superior and defective college students as well as grade school students and Jewish children. Results almost invariably indi cate that although the “superior" reader with right-eye dominance scores higher in printed material to the left, the “defective" reader with left-eye dominance has a greater accuracy and remem brance score in recording material printed to the right. Dr. Crosland said that a certain type of lens would aid persons in changing their eye-dominance as well as certain practices in read ing. Questions from the audience fol lowed the lecture.
