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rctem' ; mentis PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Robert W. Lucas, editor Eldon Haberman, manager Clair Johnson, managing editor EDITORIAL OFFICES: Journalism building. Phone 3300 Editor, Loral 354 ; News Room and Managing Editor, 353. BUSINESS OFFICE: McArthur Court. Thone 3300—Local 214. MEMBERS OF MAJOR COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS Represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 K. 42nd St., New York City: 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1031 S. Broadway, Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco. The Oregon Daily Emerald will not be responsible tor returning unsolocited manuscripts. Public letters should not be more than 300 words in length and should lie accompanied by the writer’s signature and address which will lie withheld it requested. All communications are subject to the discretion of the editors. Anonymous letters will be disregarded. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication ot the University of Oregon, F'ugcne, published daily during the college vear, except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, examination periods, all of December except the first seven days, all ot Kfarch except the first eight days. Entered as second-class matter at the postofficc, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates, $2.50 a ear. For Academic Problems, A Remedy SINCE last January, a group of students promi nent in extra-curricular and sholastic activi ties on the campus have been working together as the Student Academic Adjustment committee to study the academic problems of University stu dents, and to suggest remedies for them. Under the capable leadership of William O. Hall, the committee of eight met frequently for discussions among themselevs and for interviews with several faculty members and students. Plans adopted by other schools throughout the country were analysed, and local conditions were studied. Today appears in the Emerald the first install ment of the KAAC report, an ambitious and sincere attempt to discover solutions for the scholarship difficulties at Oregon. In succeeding issues will appear the results of the months of research of the committee members. Great practical value sould be found in the student report, since it embodies not only a survey of the major complaints of undergraduate stu dents, but introduces a number of sound sugges tions, recommendations, and plans, with alternates, by the enactment of which it is hoped to alleviate those complaints. The Student Academic Adjustment committee and the Emerald express the wish that students and faculty members will use this paper for a further discussion of the plans presented by the committee in these pages. Pulitzer Novel Prize Comes to Oregon SHORT time ago, the .state of Oregon was -* »• placed in the spotlight of the literary world when H. L. Davis, an Oregon author, was awarded the Harper magazine prize for his book, "Honey in the Horn.” Hast night Mr. Davis honored him self and his state by receiving the Pulitzer prize for the same book. Mr. Davis, who was at one time in the county sutveyor’s office at The Dalles, has been a familiar figure in Oregon for some 20 years. He married a University graduate, Marion Lay, and has re cently been writing in California. In a recent book published by Dean Alfred Powers of the University of Oregon, entitled “The History of Oregon Literature,’’ interesting facts about Oregon authors include extensive comment about Mr. Davis. Still a young man,, he has a brilliant future judging from hi3 exceptional start as a writer. He is to be congratulated and should be a real inspiration to young Oregon authors who Tind the going ragged in the early stages of the game. r Other Editors’ Opinions NOT A MATTER FOR APOUOGIES MONO many very devoted friends of the Uni versity of Oregon and among some of those officially connected with higher education the ac tivities of so-called campus “liberals and radicals” is a matter of much concern. There have been some efforts to “shush” the situation and in particular to bring the Emerald under more rigorous control because while it has been quite conservative in its editorial views, it has insisted on reporting the doings of the pacifists and politicos as news. There has been built up a very badly distorted picture of politics on the University campus. How much this is a reflection of William Randolph Hearst’s scandalous campaign against all colleges and how much of it is due to a subtle propaganda is difficult to determine. But of this we are certain, the eforts to “shush” and repress and cover up such activities is all wrong. Of course there are pacifists on the University campus! Of course there is the usual handful of youthful “reds” if you want to give anybody who departs from Republican or Democratic orthodoxy (whatever’ that may be) that name! Of course these youthful sentiments (and they must be con sidered sentiments rather than opinions in most cases) take form in "associations,” “leagues,” movements or “reform”! It does not mean that the young people are being taught any of these things. On the contrary, the so-called radicals ars so small a minority that it should prove that teaching is extremely con servative, which it is. These things are expressions of youth and adolescence and even idealism and they grow out of those discussions of the wide world which are vital to any effective education. This paper does not agree with those young sters who have initiated a bill to make military training voluntary instead of compulsory because it believes curricula should be left to board and faculty, but it would be the last to say that stu dents have no RIGHT to such political activity. Nor do we believe for one minute that such stu dent effusions do any harm to the good name of the University, though they may alarm and annoy some of those pompous Tories who pretend to dictate the politics of Oregon. The University after all is accountable to 1,000,000 people of Oregon of whom the Big-wigs are a minority. Far from being a matter of worry or apology, the vigorous political activity on the University of Oregon campus should be a matter of pride be cause it is evidence of a genuine intellectual inter est which is the only tiling worth while in any University. It is no more remarkable than the youthful outpourings in poetry and “journalism” and criticism and drama and athletics. Sometimes we react and blast campus politicos as “a pain-in-the-neck,” which they are, but in our calmer moments we recognize that the progress of every generation must begin in curiosity. Some students will never grow up, but most of ’em will and Oregon will be proud of them. William M. Tugnmn in the Eugene Register-Guard. The Marsh Of Time By Bill Marsh' bet’s go to Arizona and hunt rattlesnakes! And why not? The season is now open, and early reports in dicate that hunting is good. Al though there is no official closed season on the rattlers, tile snakes go into hibernation in November ami stay there un til the heat of the spring sun shine awakens them. Well, it’s spring (although I’d never guess it), and the few Arazinonans who make a living out of capturing rattlesnakes are hard at it. The most famous rattlesnake hunters in Arizona are three young brothers. They have hern in the business for some time, f i n d i n g It profitable, and strangely enough, not the least l>it dangerous. No one of them has ever been bitten. The snakes they capture are not sold to zoos, for some mys terious reason, nobody buys them for pets. But there is, in Tucson, a commercial outfit which buys live rattlesnakes for good prices. Rattlesnakes have many uses. Not only is the meat canned, to he scr\ ell as a delicacy . . . usually as an hors d’oeuvre, with cocktails . . . tint there are many by-products which are even more important. Neckties, buckles, buttons, even jewelry is made from rattlesnake skins. The three brothers whom I mentioned a moment ago have been known to capture as many ns 200 live rattlers in tlnee days. They always take the snakes alive, for to shoot them, stone them or otherwise muti late them usually renders the skin valueless. The job is not a very hard one, for the rattlesnake, in spite Of his wicked reputation, is con siderate. When approached, tie warns you not to molest him. He absolutely will uot retreat, and in so doing ho aids his own rupture. Ho coils, rattles, and stands his ground ... a not over liis head, and Mr. Rattier is cap tured. There is one town in the rat tlesnake bolt where the curator of reptiles in the zoo announces ir> the local paper that fried rattlesnake will be served at a certain hour. The number of people who show up to get their share is amazing. The rattier Is u rather tat member of the snake family. While sizzling away in the fry ing pan, hr looks mighty tasty, tail as a matter of fact lie Hicks any distinctive flavor. Properly cured and sailed In- would prob ably taste something like thin baron. Snakes alive, dearie, don' you think this has gone far enough? * * * Gag of the day: A certain ul tra-conservative club in the East replaced its black coated staff of waiters with young, pretty waitresses, not without some opposition from older members. One day one of the strongest opponents of the change arrived at the club for lunch. "How’s the chicken?" he de manded of a pretty little thing, his voice hoarse and grumpy. Curtsied the waitress, and re plied perkily, “I’m fine, thank you sir. And how's the old porker doing'?” Play By Play Marian Bauer MCDONALD "Small Town Girl," and “Till We Meet Again.” HKILIG "Sutter's Gold." MAYFLOWER "Follow the Fleet." "Small Town Girl” will appeal . to the public in general, and youth in particular. It's got 1 comedy, a heart throb for those ■ who wish it. It's got love, 1 haunting, poignant, and unso- I phistuated. It’s got the happy ' ending. What more do you want t more do you want for a couple : of hours of entertainment? ] Janet Qaynor performs grace- 1 fully and adequately in a role that doesn’t demand too much. 1 However, it has more strength i than Gaynor's usual sweetie-pie parts. She's still good box of- 1 fiee. Robert Taylor, the hand- 1 some lad of "Magnificent Ob- ! session,” plays another rich boy : on the brim of destruction with t a glass of champagne in one hand and the surgean's knife in < the other, Then the right girl * comes along and makes an hon est citizen out of him. Young i Mr. Taylor is most personable < but as an actor he is yet a bun- i die of potentialities, "Small Town Girl ' cann. it- : .self. The story is sympatlu'tic. The dialogue is smooth. Gaynor and Taylor do trippingly. You'll like it. Last times today. junior Shim* (Continued from pni/r one) vill open at 9 Thursday morning, iccording to Vernon I’ueglar and Tex Cooper, who are in charge of he equipment, and junior men vho are to compose the shine tow will be ready to shine shoes, my color or shape, at 9 o’clock, tromised Half Finseth, who is in harge of that group. At 3:4d today, a special Timer ltd of the Air broadcast will be liven by the Shine day committee, t musical program will be given >y a trio, and a vocal solo by truce McIntosh. These songs will lave special words written for thine day. Patsy Neal will an* [ounce the program. Prizes are to be given to the our men and four women who ell the west tickets, Henryetta dummey, ticket chairman, an lounced. Representatives from ach living organization on the ampus will be given tickets to ell at a meeting at the College due today. Report of the SAAC (Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of the report of the Student Academic Adjustment committee, most significant in its being an investigation of undergraduate academic problems by representatives of the undergraduates themselves. The remainder of the report will be published in three daily installments.) The Student Academic Adjustment committee was the out growth of the personal experience of a number of upperclassmen at the University of Oregon, as both underclassmen, and as juniors and seniors who were in responsible positions in their living organi zations and in campus life. A number of these students recognized certain problems and sought some means of explaining and cor recting them. The study which follows is an attempt to outline these problems and to suggest partial solutions for the consideration of the faculty and the students of the University. The committee sought the aid and. advice of faculty members and students. It attempted to make these outside influences as varied and representative as possible. The students on the com mittee itself represent the diversified aspects of social, academic, and political life on the Campus. The committee offers its report as the basis for discussion rather than as the final answer to the problems presented. The committee has drawn its material on freshman problems jrpm informal conferences with students matriculating in the fall of lhoS, as well as from the more academically-experienced upperclass students. It has based its observations of upperclass problems upon personal experience and interviews with other upperclass students. Respectfully submitted, Student Academic Adjustment Committee. Mary McCracken Eiaine Cornish Ann-Reed Burns Adele Sheehy William Hall Frank Nash Howard Kessler Don Thomas I art (Jne: ! fir Advisory System The problems of the academic life of the student in the Univer sity may be divided into two divisions: first, those which arise from liis desire for advice in the choosing of a life career, in the selection of a purpose at the University, and in the intelligent planning of a cm rieulum; second, those which arise out of the arrangement of his courses. It will facilitate matters to consider each of these separately. The majority of the students entering the University have only vague ideas as to their life careers. Experience shows that many of those who enter with a hazy preference for one type of work change their mituls several times after entering the school, only to seek some other field after graduation. At present, the University asks that students elect some major division of interest among the t - ottered. This selection is used as a basis for advising the student. Outside a few specialized departments in which atptitude tests are offered, the student is given no guidance as to his fitness for the major in which he is registered, except his own likes and dis likes of the courses offered. The average student is forced to cull liis vocational advice from casual summer employments, conversa tions with older students, graduates, parents, or some other in toiested persons. Most University students have little "knowledge of tlie potentialities of fields oi endeavor other than the particular one m which they believe they are chiefly interested. They also have lew criteria by which to gauge their suitability for entering voca tions aside from the one in which they are studying. The selection of a purpose at the University is related to the choice of a life vocation. It appears to the committee that in general the University is attempting to educate four types of students. There is a small group which definitely has scholarly interests; there is another group which comes to the University for profes sional training; a third comes for social activities and incidental broadening viewpoints; a fourth seeks a broad general education for citizenship and leisure occupations. There is. of course, an overlapping of these four groups, and any such division is artificial in the specific. It is the view of the i mmittee, however, that the present system of advice fails to recognize sufficiently the importance of these differences. The selection of courses to fulfill these four purposes is a dual problem The University has set up certain minimum requirements which must be complied with before the student can obtain a junior certificate or become eligible for graduation. These requirements involve prescribed courses, minimum numbers of hours and grade points and the allocation of courses in schools. The faculty advisor aids the student in selecting courses to fulfill these requirements. The chief complaint of students on this phase of the registration problem is ttiat their advisors have not stressed sufficiently to then: the requirements for graduation. The committee recognizes i ni this ir.fm mation is presented in all registration material and t-ho'.ild understood by all stuuents. Many seniors, however, fee’, that they are prevented from graduation because they have not understood certain requirements until late in their last year. Bn Ccatmued) Man-and-Coed (Continued from page o/tc) of Dean Carson’s favorite slogans was: “No girl shall ever sit with crossed knees in my classes.” Gives Name to Residence Dr. Collier, a quiet, kindly gen tleman who always spoke well chosen English, astonished a col league with his opinions of a group of students who were gathering tc hear the secrets of a clairvoyant It is from this professor that ths name of Collier hall was given thf residence now occupied by Chan cellor Hunter and his family. Few students are acquainted with thai fact, according to professor Dunn The prize memory of Professoi Dunn’s revelations of early Oregor history came with the account o: social activities. When both sexe: were allowed to gather in a group it was a rare occasion—it actuallj happened by once a year. Dancing Not Permitted Dancing was not allowed. “In troductory Social” was the title be stowed on the affair held in Vil lard. The seats were screwed t( the floor. Som.eone played th< piano, and the president introduce< the boys to the girls. The boy then offered his arm The couple promenaded in th aisles between the seats. As soon as the music stopped everything came to a dead halt. The boy steered the girl to a seat as fast as he was able and hastily depart ed. Perhaps if the girl were lucky the boy would have time to intro duce her to another boy /o she would at least have one more chance to meet another boy before the next year's "Introductory So cial." Junior Prom (Continued from page one) Jacob Kanzler, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Brice, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Peets, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Chand ler, Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Bishop. Patrons and Patronesses Chancellor and Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, President and Mrs. C. Valentine Boyer, Dean and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Dean and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Prof, and Mrs. George Turnbull, Mayor and Mrs. Elisha Large, Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Pallet, Dean and Mrs. Wayne L. Morse. Dean and Mrs. H. V. Hoyt, Dr. and Mrs. Lester F. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton E. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. G. Thacher, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McGirr, Mr. and Mrs. Prince G. Callison, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kitzmiller, Mr. and Mrs, Hugh E. Rosson, Mr. and Mrs. N, Thomas Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Schomp, Mr. James Blais, Dr. and Mrs. Delbert C Stanard, Mr. and Mrs. Williarr Tugman. I Hopkins Scores (Continued, from page one) another selection by the same composer. “The Harmonica Player,’’ bj Guion, brought a ripple of amuse ment from the audience. The remainder of the progran included selections by such famou: composers as Mendelssohn, Ed ward MacDowell,l and Georg< Gershwin. As an encore, Mr. Hopkim played his own composition , “Tango." Proceeds from the concer ■ amounted to $75. Theresa Kelley, general chair ' man of the rectial, was assisted bi i Edythe Farr, Hollis Hoven, am i William Gresham. The progran ■ was sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Mu Phi Epsilon, and Phi Beta music honoraries. 4Honey in the Horn 1 (Continued from page one) ' ten by &n American author pre 1 sented during the current seasor Will Barber of the Chicago Tri . bune, was awarded a prize of $50 : for distinguished service as a foi eign correspondent for his reports of the war in Ethiopia. For dis tinguished editorial writing there were two awards carrying prizes of $500 each; to Felix Morley, edi tor of the Washington Post, and to George B. Parker, editor-in chief of the Scripps-Howard news papers. His exclusive story revealing that the Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England won Lauren D. Lyman of the New York Timtes the $1,000 prize for a uistinguished example of a reporter's work. 300 Invitations (Continued from page one) omore woman. Bernadine Bow man, Eugene, is the most promi nent freshman woman to be intro duced. From Eugene high the hon or goes to Mary Staton. From University high, Betty Jane Thompson will be introduced. Coeds Invited Those invited from the campus are Virginia Younie, Lucile Mc Bride, Violet Jones, Mary Jane Pi per, Gladys Battleson, Signe Ras mussen, Betty Shoemaker, Mar garet Chase, Elaine Sorenson, June Yates, Rnthalbert Wolfenden, Hel en Bartrum, Ellamae Woodworth, Dorothy Howell, Lillian England, Judith ..Wodaege, ..Grace ..Peck, Helen Roberts, Clare Igoe, LeNelle Mathews, Marie Rasmussen, Pearl Johansen, Madelena Giustina, Por tia Booth, Jean Gulovson, Nancy Lou Cullers, Marian Marsters, Margaret Ann Smith, Alice Ann Thomas, Imajean Randolph, Mar garet Jean Cooper, Rosemary O’Donnell, Estelle Hardy, Peggy Realy, Starla Parvin, Genevieve McNiece, Margaret Ray, Ruth Weber, Bertha Sheppard, Doris Amidon, Kay Skalet, Reva Herns, Dorothy Bergstrom, Sue Mosh berger, Laurene Brockshink, Theta Spicer, Margaret Cass, Willa Bitz Martha McCall, Helen Dodds, 1 Frances Spence, Maude Long, Kay Larson, Irene Schaupp, Toni Lucas, Helen Bartrum, Betty Coon, Kath leen Duffy, Margery Kissling, ; Kathleen Salisbury, Mary Star buck, Millicent Olin, Peggy Chess man, Marjorie Gearhart, Carol Pape, Betty Jane Barr, Alice Ket tle, Betty Lagassee, Patsy Neal, Jane Bogue, Frances Johnson, and ' Georgette Wilhelm. I Honoraries Asked i Officers of Phi Beta, women's , music honorary, and members of , Mu Phi Epsilon, Master Dance, Tau Delta Delta, Pot and Quill, and • alumnae of Theta Sigma Phi are 5 also invited. Henriette Horak and Mildred Blackburne are co-chair men of the banquet. Following the banquet members . of Theta Sigma Phi will meet at - the home of Mrs. Lynn McCready ) for an informal meeting with Miss - Farnham. Extra! ( When the Newsboy Shouts: You Are Curious to Inspect His Paper to See What Has Happened When Eugene Merchants Shout About Good Bargain Through the Emerald You Should Be Just as Curious to Inspect Their Merchandise — It Will Pay You — The Eugene merchants who support your Emerald have goods to sell you that you need,#or they would not spend money to get their message to you. If these merchants did not feel that their merchandise was the best in quality at the price offered, the would not spend money to get this message to you. And, if they felt that you would not make subse quent purchases at their stores, they would not continu ously spend money in the Emerald to help keep your trade. It is to our mutual benefit that you choose Emerald advertisers as a directory for your Eugene buying—bene ficial to you, because you are dealing with merchants who are after your continued patronage—beneficial to us, be cause with "advertising results ’ we are able to put out a better Emerald. o “Mention Emerald Advertising When You Buy”