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OREGON DAILY EMERALD
OREGON'S INDEPENDENT COLLEGE DAILY
Juniors
Vole for President
Today
VOLUME XXXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1936
NUMBER 94
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The world is flabbergasted. It is
awed, overcome, taken completely
by surprise. You see. Hitler polled
only a 98.79 per cent majority in
Sunday’s election, and huge sums
are changing hands in every corner
of the globe. Odds-on bets were
being offered that the mustach
ioed-one would get 100 per cent of
the voters to scratch X, or "Ja.”
He has failed. 542.898 completely
insane voters had the gall to try
to find a place on the ballot to
mark “Nein.” Of course there
wasn’t any such place, and it is
extremely doubtful that if there
had been one, 500 and some odd
thousand Germans could be found
who would vote against the Fueh
rer. Prison camps and execution
er's aves are very distasteful even
to the Germans. But foreigners
had to be convinced that the elec
tion was the pure McCoy, and so
we see that Boss Tweed's dream
man has 1.21 per cent of the peo
ple opposing his policies.
For that was the object of the
election, you know. There were no
candidates opposing the “Great
One,” as they were all killed in the
not-so-distant blood purge. It was
simply an election to give Hitler’s
subjects a chance to approve his
remilitarization of the Rhineland
and his subsequent denunciation of
the Locarno treaty. Of course
there were slightly over a thou
sand candidates for the dissolved
reiclistag. but they were Nazi-ap
proved. Of these the “Boss” will
hand-pick about 700, but because
they have no duties they really
shouldn’t be considered.
Mol hod
The method Employed by Hitler’s
.Ta-men was very novel in its ap
plication. Novel in that it worked
before all the voters were pros
trated by nervous exhaustion or
killed by marauding: storm stroop
ers. At crack of dawn the Hitler
youth organization was in the
streets bleating on some trumpets:
taxi-cabs were prowling around
flaunting stickers that the hack
drivers’ union was 100 per cent for
the Realmleader: and laying down
a continuous horn-barrage loud
enough to awaken even the sleep
ers in Flander's field and get them
to the polls. This was successful in
getting everybody up and out, and
when they had voted a button la
beled “Freedom and Bread. March
29. 1936,” was successful, in spot
ting for the storm troopers every
one who had not yet balloted. This
was a great aid in intimidating
the proper people, for everyone
had to vote and to not do so made
them a Class-B traitor. A class-A
traitor was one who insisted on
using a voting booth. The logic
ran that anyone who was endors
ing his Reichsfuehrer should be
proud to do it in public: and if
he used a booth he wasn’t endors
ing. which of course made him a
traitor.
Now to assume that there were
542,898 traitors is foolish. Traitors
are executed, and there aren't
enough executioners in Germany
to lop off that many heads. So
they are obviously only feeble
minded: any German is who dis
agrees with Hitler. If this is the
case it would seem that the best
step that the “Great One” could
take would be to tighten up his
sterilization laws. Procreation by
these people is an intolerable men
ace to the supremacy to the Aryan
race!
Junior Class
Election Set
For Today
Officers to Be Elected
Bv Holders of Cards
At YMCA Hut
The junior class, after writhing
in the coils of political combines. I
for many weeks, will attempt to
settle its difficulties today when it
will go to the polls to elect a presi
dent eligible to appoint Junior
Weekend committees. The Y hut
doors will he open to voters from
9 this morning until 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
Jack McGirr, lone nominee for
president, has been conceded the
election, although the shrwedness
of politicians in the third year
class has led observers to be
lieve that anything might happen.
Starla Parvin, likewise, is the only
name on the ballot for vice-presi
dent.
To vote, a junior must possess
both a student body and class
card.
Morris Made Chairman
Although it could not authenti
cally be determined, it was known
yesterday that Dave Morris had
been matfle chairman of the Junior
Prom as he had made several sub
committee appointments. Who ap-.
pointed Morris was not known.
Likewise, it was learned last night
that Henry Minger, class treasur
er, had been appointed by probable
president McGirr to serve as fi
nance chairman for the event.
McGirr, when called, said that
he would make no appointments
until he was officially president of
the class. If he is elected, the ap
pointments will appear in Wed
nesday morning’s paper.
400 Hear Pomona
Glee Concert
Program Proceeds of $80
Is Added to Browsing
Room Fund
Before an audience of nearly 400,
the Pomona college women’s glee
club gave a delightful and varied
concert Saturday night at the mu
sic school auditorium.
The net proceeds, $80, was do
nated to the improvement of the
browsing room in the new library.
The concert was sponsored by the
sorority alumnae groups in Eu
gene.
“Hail, Pomona, Hail,” Pomona
college song, was well received.
Several voice and piano solos were
included in the program. An in
teresting feature was the reading
“A Name for a Boy,” given by
Frieda Peycke.
The group sang without the aid
of a conductor in order to better
show its ability.
Rae Tells Plans
For OSEA Meet
Selection of media and advertis
ing plans and activities of adver
tising promotion, are among the
featured topics on the program for
the 1936 spring meeting of the Ore
gon State Editorial association ad
vertising department, to be held in
Portland, April 11, Arne G. Rae,
l manager of the association, an
nounced today.
Advertising managers from all
parts of the state will attend the
convention at the Multnomah hotel
in Portland. Students interested in
advertising problems are invited.
Students Lack Book Interest
w Says Prof. Noble
Noting an obliviousness on the
part of University students to the
importance of buying and accumu
lating good books, Harold J. No
ble, associate professor of history,
declared in a class lecture yester
day that the University of Oregon
ranks, along with the University of
Oklahoma, lowest of any leading
United States college or university
for the amount spent on this item.
Mr. Noble’s statement was based
on statistics compiled by S. Ste
phenson Smith, professor of Eng
lish, who recently made a study of
i book buying in United States
, schools of higher education.
“A decade ago students expected
to pay at least $25 a term for
books. These volumes were kept
and used as the nucleus for a li
j brary. Oregon students buy books,
to be sure, but they usually sell
them before graduation,” Mr. No
ble said.
The history professor and stu
dent of international affairs de
; plored the condition and expressed
a wish that students could be
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Theologist Visits
Above is John Bennett, profes
sor of Christian theology at Au
burn Theological seminary, who
discussed “What Is Christianity”
on the campus yesterday as guest
at the Faculty club luncheon and
the YW and YMC'A dinner.
Prof. Bennett
Talks on Campus
Westminster House, YMCA,
Anti Faeulty Club Hear
Visiting; Speaker
Prof. John Behnett fulfilled his
engagements on the campus yes
terday by speaking at the faculty
club at noon, at Westminster
house at 4 o’clock, and at a dinner
given in his honor at the YMCA at
6 o’clock last night.
Professor Bennett has been
traveling among universities of the
United States for three months
giving interpretations of problems
of thought and civilization and
also raising a latent interest in
religion.
A professor at Auburn Theolog
ical Seminary, Professor Bennett
is on a term leave of absence. He
was ™cently at Oregon State col
lege and will go next to the Uni
versity of Washington.
At Westminster he combined the
topics “An Approach to Religion”
and “What Christianity Means to
Civilization.”
Gamma Alpha Chi
Takes 13 Pledges
Choices Made at Fashion
Dance Saturday Night in
McArthur Court
With the appropriate Setting of
the annual Fashion Dance, Gamma
Alpha Chi, women’s national ad
vertising honorary, pledged 13 new
members Saturday night in Mc
Arthur court.
Those chosen by the group are
Carol Pape, Marjorie Gearhart,
Arlene Reynolds, Patsy Neal, Bet
ty Jane Barr, Jane Lagassee, Bet
ty Jane Burnitt, Alice Kettle.
Georgette Wilhelm, Jane Bogue,
Frances Johnston, Ellen Hill, and
Vivian Emery.
As a special feature of the dance,
12 coeds modeled clothes from dif
ferent women’s wear shops of Eu
gene. For decorations displays re
sembling store window's were ar
ranged around the floor with dif
ferent types of clothing.
Maude Long and Betty Coon
were co-chairman of the dance.
Miss Coon was mistress of cere
monies and announced the models
as they paraded across the stage.
Buck McGowan’s orchestra fur
nished music for the dance.
Company Starts
4Hall o’ Fame’
If you are asked to pose for a
photograph, don’t run away or
wonder what it’s all about. It’s
only Stan Bromberg and "Zollie”
Volchok, campus representatives
for Philip Morris and Co., taking
pictures for the company’s “Hall
o' Fame” contest currently running
on the campus.
Each Wednesday, Philip Morris
and company will run an ad in the
Emerald in connection with a pho
tograph of five students. Those
identifying themselves and the
other students in the photograph
will be entitled to a carton of 200
cigarettes. Identification is to be
made at the Claypool-VanAtta
Pharmacy.
Sale of ASUO
Cards Negligible
Stuilents in ASIIO Activity
Must Own ('arils; Total
Reports Not Yet in
Although no figures on ASUO
card sales were obtained Monday,
officials in the graduate manager's
office reported that sales were
negligible. No houses have yet re
ported to either Fred Colvig or
Roberta Moody, co-chairmen, that
they have subscribed 100 per cent
in the term’s drive.
Student leaders yesterday ex
pressed a hope that first-of-the
month allowances would result in
the purchase of cards by many
more students.
The executive council, at its last
meeting, decreed that all students
working on publications must se
cure a student card. A notice to
this effect was posted in the Em
erald news room yesterday. All
students in activities must have
cards.
Student Crushed
Beneath Horse; in
Serious Condition
Robert Wagner, freshman in
pre-law, is in a serious condition
at the Eugene hospital, having
been crushed beneath a horse Sun
day afternoon while riding on a
street near the campus.
His condition last night was said
to be not critical, although it will
be several days before the extent
of his injuries can be known.
He is suffering from a broken
pelvis and is practically paralyzed
from the waist downward. The
broken bone cannot be set for
several days until the inflamma
tion lessens, doctors declared. An
operation may be necessary.
Wagner, hn inexperienced rider,
was using an English saddle,
which has no horn. As the horse
reared into the air, the youth
pulled back on the reins, bringing
him to the ground upon him.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Wagner, 6423 S. E. Nineteenth
street, Portland, were notified of
Wagner’s accident, and will re
main in Eugene until he can be
removed to a Portland hospital,
they said. He will be confined to
his bed for several months.
Riding with him at the time of
the accident were Jean Ackerson,
Jean Stevenson, A1 Whittle, and
Ray Rushlite.
Wagner is a member of Theta
Chi fraternity.
Junior Symphony
To Play Tonight
Rex Uunderwood, professor of
music, will conduct the Junior
Symphony in^ their second concert
of the year tonight at 8:15 in the
music school auditorium.
Features of the program will be
the solo to be played by Charles
Granzer, 13-year old harpist, and
the selection by the younger mem
bers of the second violin section.
Dorothy Rosenberg, 11 years old,
will direct the violins.
The orchestra’s membership is
made up of grade and high school
students of the city, assisted by a
few University students.
Tickets can be puchased during
the day at the McMorran and
Washburne store.
Alpha Xi Delta Gives
Dinner for President
Alpha Xi Delta entertained with
a faculty dinner Monday evening
in honor of Mrs. Dorothy Bryan
■Dench, national president of the
sorority, who arrived from Phila
delphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday.
March 29. Mrs. Dench will remain
in Eugene until Thursday, April 2
She will next visit the chapters at
Corvallis and Seattle.
Guests for the dinner were:
Chancellor and Mrs. Frederick M.
Hunter. Dr. and Mrs. C. Valentine
Boyer, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwer
ing. Mrs. Nelson F. Macduff, Dean
and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Dr.
and Mrs. H. D. Sheldon, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Stetson, Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Casteel, Mr. and Mrs. Cal
vin Crumbaker, Miss Lenore Cas
ford, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Turnbull, Mr.
and Mrs George Hopkins, and Mr
and Mrs. Ben Perlich.
Mon-Resident Fee
Due April 7; Fine
For Late Payment
The $40 non-resident fee will
be due April 7, according to
E. 1*. Lyon, University cashier,
and must be paid by then to
avoid a 25c a day late-payment
fee.
Payment may be made on the
second floor of Johnson at win
dow 4.
OSF Meeting Set
For 7:30 Tonight
Program Committee Men
i To Gather at I)U House
This Afternoon
To complete plans for the Ore
; gon Student Federation meeting
i tonight at 7:30 on the third floor of
' Gerlinger hall, the program com
j mittee headed by Richard Halley,
, will meet at 4:30 in the Delta Up
I silon house. Program and business
to be discussed at the evening
meeting will be arranged, accord
ing to Paul Plank, president of the
federation.
Definitely scheduled for the
meeting is the report of Don and
Robert Thomas, John Luvaas, and
Kenneth Phillips on the question
of compulsory versus optional
ROTC. Selection of a faculty ad
viser will also probably take place
| at this meeting, it was learned
from Plank.
Other topics which may be con
sidered at the meeting are: a grad
i uated student body card system,
j campus political situation, or sup
| port of the Associated Student
( body drive. These topics have been
I suggested at past meetings.
‘Outward Bound’
;
Dates Changed
Mystery Play to Be Given
April 10, 11, 13, 17 by
University Theater
Playing dates for the University
; theater production of “Outward
j Bound,” popular mystery play,
have been changed to April 10, 11,
| 13, and 17, in cooperation with the
University social calendar, which
has an all campus affair scheduled
for Saturday, April 18.
Friday, April 17, has been se
lected as one of the nights of per
formance to accommodate dele
gates to the meeting of the Oregon
Speech association, Ottilie Turnbull
Seybolt, director of the play, an
nounced. A broken week-end run
of Friday, Saturday, and Monday
proved a popular schedule during
the presentation of “Street Scene”
earlier in the season, and the pro
cedure will be repeated with April
10, 11, and 13 for “Outward
Bound.” While the performance
on the following week-end, April
17, is booked especially for Oregon
Speech association delegates, a
limited number of tickets will be
available to the public.
All seats are reserved and will
be placed on sale at McMorran and
Washburne, the University Co-op
and the Guild theatre box-office in
the administration building at a
later date.
Campus •>
* Calendar
There will be a meeting of the
Skull and Dagger at the Kappa
Sigma house at 10:30 tonight.
Phi Beta meets tonight at 7:00
in Gerlinger hall.
Scabbard and Blade will meet
at the College Side at 4 o’clock
this afternoon.
To complete plans for the Ore
gon Student Federation meeting
tonight, the prorgam committee
will meet in the Delta Upsilon
house at 4:30 this afternoon.
WAA council meeting and in
stallation of officers will be held
in alumnae hall, Gerlinger, at 7:30
Tuesday.
All Yeomen interested in soft
ball team meet at Y hut at 4
o’clock today.
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Fraternities
Pledge 16 In
Final Rushing
Spe's and Pi Kaps Lead,
6 Organizations ^ ith
4 Students Eaeh
When spring term's rush week
ended, 16 men were wearing small
pledge pins in their lapels symbolic
of their affiliation with one of six
fraternities.
Displaying the square red and
gold pin of Sigma Phi Epsilon are:
John Pastega, Klamath Falls;
Clifford Morris, Reedsport; Clif
ford Strom, Bend; and Willard i
Graham, Grants Pass.
The diamond shield of Pi Kappa
Alpha is seen in the lapels of El
ton Owen, Eugene; Kenneth
Reeve, Warrenton; Eugene Wil
helm, Portland; and Jim Clinton.
Albany.
SAE Pledges Three
Theta Chi's red and white oval
is being displayed by Homer
Cooley, Pendleton; and Jack Da
vidson, Ellensburg, Wash.
Two men, Jack Heummer and
Bob Haines, both of Portland,
wearing the black and silver
square of Chi Psi lodge.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s tiny blue
pledge button has been pinned on:
Porter Underwood, Portland; Don
Barker, and Cecil Walders, both of
Grants Pass.
Walter Miller, and Wendell Wy
att, Portland, are the possessors of
Beta Theta Pi’s shield.
New AWS'Officers
To Be Entertained
1936 Women’s Heads Will
Banquet at Tlieta House
This Evening
Martha McCall, new AWS presi
dent, with her retinue of 1936 offi
cers, will be entertained tonight by
Margaret Ann Smith, outgoing
president, and the executive coun
cil at the Kappa Alpha Theta
house with a banquet. Preceding
the banquet, the formal installa
tion will be held at alumni hall in
Gerlinger this afternoon at 4:30 as
the program of a regular meeting
of the AWS.
Others who will take part in the
installation are: Helen Bartrum,
who is taking over the duties of
the former vice-president, Virginia
Younie; Gayle Buchanan, as secre
tary in place of Starla Parvin of
last year; Elizabeth Ann DeBusk,
who steps into the treasurer’s of
fice left vacant by Helen Bartrum;
Martha Felsheim, elected to ser
geant-at-arms, the office filled by
Gladys Battleson last year; and
Laurene Brockschink, who will be
reporter in place of Betty Rosa of
the previous year.
Margaret Ann Smith is anxious
to see the new officers get a good
start, so she is urging all members
of the AWS to come to the instal
lation.
E. J. Failing Dies
At Portland Home
E. J. Failing, widely-known
native of Portland, died Saturday.
Mr. Failing was born May 118,
1881, and was educated at Port
land academy and Yale university.
His daughter, Jean, graduated
from the University in 1934. She
was president of the Associated
Women Students during her senior
year and is now teaching at the
Centralia junior college.
Mrs. Failing, the former Mar
jorie Holcomb, is an ex-'13 of the
University.
Mrs. Hunter Gives
Dessert for AOPis
Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, alum
na of Alpha Omicron Pi, enter
tained active and alumnae mem
bers of the sorority at a dessert
party held at her home Monday
evening, March 30.
Mrs. Herbert Bacchus, alumna
of Sigma chapter at the University
of California, who spent the past
week in Eugene and Portland as
guest of Chejjcellor and Mrs. Hun
ter, also attended.
At 8 o'clock a meeting of the al-1
umnae chapter was held.
Emerald Positions
A indications in Full
Requested at Once
Applications for positions of
editor and manager of the Em
erald and editor and manager of
the Oregana should include
qualifications, experience, and
plans of the applicant, lialph
Schonip, assistant graduate
manager, said yesterday. Peti
tions should he submitted to the
graduate manager's office im
mediately.
Business experience of the ap
plicant, how situations would he
handled, what improvements
would lie instituted, and general
policy should be stated in the
petition, Schonip declared.
Work on AWS
Carnival Begins
Houses to Pair for Booths
With Prizes Awarded for
Best Efforts
With the sororities and frater
nities paired off for work on the
booths, concentrated effort will be
gin this week to make the AWS
Carnival on April 18 a larger suc
cess than it has been in past
Jean Stevenson, chairman of the
booths, urges the houses to start
working on plans for their booths
immediately. Prizes will be award
ed for the two best ones. Not more
than $5 may be spent on any
booth.
Groups working together are Al
pha Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma:
Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Chi; Alpha
Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, and
Zeta hall; Alpha Omicron Pi, Phi
Gamma Delta; Alpha Xi Delta,
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Alpha Phi, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta Delta Delta,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Gam
ma, Theta Chi; Gamma Phi Beta,
Omega hall; Hendricks hall, Alpha
Tau Omega: Kappa Alpha Theta,
i Chi Psi and Sigma Alpha Mu; Kap
j pa Kappa Gamma, Phi Sigma Kap
pa and Phi Kappa Alpha; Phi Mu,
Sigma Nu; Pi Beta Phi, Beta Theta
Pi; Sigma Kappa, Delta Upsilon;
Susan Campbell hall, Sigma hall:
Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta. As
there were more men's groups than
women's, it was necessary to have
three houses work together on
three of the booths.
Members of the directorate for
the carnival are Elizabeth Turner,
chairman; Josephine McGilchrist,
assistant chairman; Frances John
son, raffles; Jean Stevenson,
booths; Isobelle Miller, tickets;
Kay Coleman, clean-up; Gladys
Battleson, recording secretary;
Jane Lagassee, secretary; Molly
White, dancing; Betty Reich, AWS
booth; Phyllis Adams, publicity;
Vivian Emery, basket social; Mar
jory Kissling, promotion, and Eliz
abeth DeBusk, finance.
Alumni Art League
Will Exhibit Work
The University Alumni Art
league will exhibit the work of its
members at the Portland museum
of art from April 6 to 29. This ex
hibit is an annual affair and is pre
pared by graduates of the Univer
sity school of architecture and al
lied arts.
Stiener Opens
Term’s Speech
Slate Today
Noted Sociologist Talks
At Assembly Set for
Gerlinger at 11
Edward Alfred Stiener, an immi
grant boy who became one of
America's most prominent sociol
ogists, will be presented today in
the first general assembly of the
term in Gerlinger at 11 o’clock. Ho
will be introduced by Dean Jewell
of the school of education in the
absence of President Boyer.
Discussing “The Conflict Be
tween the Old and New Genera
tions," Dr. Stiener will contrast
the present situation in Europe
with the state of the continent
during his boyhood. It is expect
ed that he will present what ho
considers possible means of solving
the present war-like state by
peaceful means.
Authority on Immigration
An immigrant who came to the
United States in the steerage. Pro
feasor Stiener is well acquainted
with immigration problems and
with immigrants themselves. He
is well known for his volumes deal
ing with immigration.
A member of the faculty of
Grlnnell college, Grinnell, Towa
since 1903, Professor Stiener has
made several speaking tours of the
United States but has never spo
ken at Oregon. He is at present
on a tour of middle western col
leges as well as those on the Pa
cific coast and will come here from
Portland where he arrived after
making a series of addresses at the
University of Idaho and Whitman
college.
Guest of Douglass
During his short stay on the
campus, the speaker will bfc the
guest of M: H. Douglass, Univer
sity librarian. He will leave al
most immediately after the assem
bly for Portland to visit a son who
is a minister there.
Eight Will Enter
JewettContest
Three Prizes To Be Given;
Poetry Contestants Will
Read From Memory
Eight contestants have entered
the annual W. F. Jewett poetry
reading contest to be held some
time during the week of April 20
24, John L. Casteel, speech direc
tor, announced last night.
John Luvaas, Howard Ohmart,
Stanley Bromberg, William Cot
trell, George Bickman, Wilhelmina
Gerot, Don Edwards, and David
S. Eisenberg have signed up in the
speech department for selections
they will read from each of three
types of poetry: lyrics, sonnets,
and blank verse.
The aim of the contest is to
stimulate the appreciation of
poetry through effective oral read
ing of verse. Poems are read from
memory, and the contestants may
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In England rA Homely Woman5
Is a Compliment
“Ten per cent American’’ was
the subject of the speech given by
S. Stephenson Smith, professor of
English, before the F.ugene Ki
wanis club last night. That is the
degree to which Professor Smith
believes that American English
differs from British English.
Differences in usage which ex
ist between the two were dealt
with at considerable length by Pro
fessor Smith. He gave numerous
examples of divergent usages in
the two countries, many of them
humorous in nature.
A “homely” woman means in
England a woman who puts her
guests at ease and keeps a fine,
comfortable home. The practical
result of this difference was
brought home by the example of
the Englishman who attempted to
compliment his American hostess
by calling her a “homely" woman
In England, Professor Smith
said, one does not use the word
“bug” in the drawing room. This
is, explained, due to the fact that |
“bug-” is used exclusively to mean
“bed bug” there, whereas in Amer
ica the term has been extended to
cover many varieties of insects.
“Bloody awful" is extremely foul
language in England, although, ac
cording to Professor Smith, the or
iginal reason for its designation as
a swear-word is not known.
Talkies and world travelers such
as King Edward has been were
given by Professor Smith as tw>
forces which will tend to bring the
languages of the two countries
closer together. He gave one in
stance in which King Edward in a
radio address preferred the Ameri
can word “radio” to its British
counterpart, “wireless,”
The extent to which the two
countries differ in usage and ac
tual vocabulary was illustrated by
Professor Smith when he gave the
examples of the British edition of
Sinclair Lewis’ “Main Street”
which required a glossary of about
800 words that would be intelligi
ble in England.