PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Fred W. Colvig. editor Walter R. Vernstrom, manager
LeRoy Mattingly, managing editor
Desk Staff This Issue
Day editor: Leonard Greenup
Assistant day editor: Lillian Warn
Night Staff This Issue
Night editors: Assistants:
Crawford Lyle Betty Bohnenkamp
George Haley Margaret Dick
Revival of Group Singing
gJAOLY enough. singing fis a means of group
expression and sis a rallying force for fel
low-feeling seems to have fallen from popu
larity. It hasn't been deliberately displaced
from its old importance, although it, is the
way of the modern sophisticate to look down
upon enjoyments of old-fashioned folk. No,
it isn't that we moderns have said “Group
singing is a-kin to the lioopskirt and there
let it remain’’ not tliat at all. We’ve simply
unpremeditatediy let it slip.
Man must have music, but we of 19JG are
taking ours “canned.” Just as the automo
bile is making many of us forget that we have
legs, so is the radio making most of us forget
that we have voices.
# * *
JT really is an unfortunate loss, for (here is
nothing quite that can replace the thrilling
sense of comradery that one receives when he
lifts his voice in a chorus of his friends.
Brotherhood, an almost, emotional fraternal
ism, is an expression of the sociality that
raises man above the lone beast. Ami there
are few expressions of the fraternity of man
so deep as the communal chorus.
The inter-group singing contest which I’hi
Mu Alpha, men’s music honorary, will spon
sor next term will contribute to a revival of
interest in vocal expression at Oregon, we
hope. Group singing is so naturally delight
ful that the impetus given it hy the contest
may serve to reinstall its popularity on the
campus permanently.
II. P. Slugg says that he believes in the
nobility of labor and ascribes whole-heartedly
to the right to strike, but that if the “kiss
strike” gains a foothold at Oregon, as it is
reported to have done on other campuses, he
will have no scruples about “scabbing.”
II. Kessler, papa of the current matrimonal
movement, announces the adoption of the
name Te-elaeka to make the Tt'PACA pro
nouneahle. The hope is that when and if
the organization becomes a clique, it can be
termed the “Clickety-t’lacka.”
Miscellany
Timely Notes on Cramming
C|OMK stay up all night. Some go to bed
hy ten. Some outline the text. Some hull
session far into the morning. But whatever
the method, college students are apt to dis
regard every fundamental rule of learning
when finals begin.
What’s more, Phi Petes show as many idio
syncrasies in their pre-ex “cram” session as
the probat ionarics. If you’re counting on
raising your average by a night-before study
session, here are the best and worst ways to
go about it. compiled from a synthesized stir
vey of how psychologists say students ought
to study and how they actually do.
First, be sure that you’ll flunk if you don’t
learn the course in eight hours flat. That
provides motivation, and raises the whole
level of learning. Psychologists’ experiments
have proved that the rapid learner also re
tain material better, exploding the age-old
fallacy that the plodding method is the most
efficient.
Recitation helps. But the sleepy groups of
“bull-sessioners” are probably going about
it the wrong way. About 40 pep cent of time
should be used in reading, the rest in some
form of recitation. The campus bears out this
theory, for the higher the bawl-out average,
the less the reliance on bull - sessioning.
“Waste of time.” agreed two Phi Betes.
“The more you know the less you get out
of it.”
Their ideal method is condensing the ma
terial they’ve read into brief notes, in their
own words. And it’s psychologically sound.
“But don't just copy sentences that don’t
mean anything to you,” they warn. Eight
hours per medium-sized textbook, plus two
hours for classroom notes, was their estimate
for reading and learning.
* * *
rJ''IIM low point of fatigue comes at about
three in the morning, agreed crammers.
This doesn’t mean that you have to give up
and go to sleep. A “second wind-’ comes to
the student as well as to the track man.
Host periods should be taken—short fre
quent ones arc better than long. And they
should consist of complete relaxation, not an
other form of study.
Major premise of the Gestalt school is that
learning should be “whole” rather than
“part.” Read the entire thing—if necessary,
re-read it. Don’t memorize one small fact
after another. Get the idea and the relation
of one part to another. If you find yourself
cramming irrelevant and unrelated details,
ask yourself “Why? How is" it related to
the point?”
The sandwich - eaters and the midnight
feeders have the wrong idea, say pyscholo
gists. Hunger stimulates mental effort. As
for stimulants—coffee, caffein pills, coca cola,
No-Doze, all have their advocates on the cam
pus, with coffee leading the field.
* * #
JT has been proved that caffein actually
helps efficiency, for about two to four
hours. Large doses may retard motor co
ordination—which is the main objection to
No-Dozes and caffein pills. “Makes you so
jittery you can’t write,” condemned one coed.
Strychnine and cocaine, also listed as stimu
lants hut not in use on the campus, have a
depressing after-effect that coffee does not.
Smoking one cigarette after another is
not so ba*d after all. Tests show that your
pulse rate increases, but so does your resist
ance to fatigue. Claims of coeds that it “keeps
them awake” are based on fact. But alcohol,
although it may make studying more painless,
also makes it more ineffective. It depresses
instead of stimulates. The more you take
the less you leant and the worse you learn it.
Ideal conditions vary. Some students can
learn better with the radio on. “Louis Arm
strong records are better than coffee at three
in the morning,” llioy claim. I’rofessors,
shows a survey, need optimum conditions for
learning, while the younger generation can
often cram in a crowded room, because
they’re used to it. Textbooks can t help you
on that. You re the best judge as It) where
you should study.—Stanford Daily.
Formal Dress
(Continued from page one)
Horace Robinson, director and
designer of “Goodbye Again," said
yesterday afternoon that virtually
the entire house lias been sold out
for the opening night. The box of
fice in the administration build
ing will be open today from !) until
curtain time. Reservations may be
made there for repeat performanc
es Saturday and Tuesday evenings.
The repeat performances will begin
at the usual hour of 8 p. m.
Sunshine Slate
(Continued from page one)
school in Fairbanks, Alaska, she
was selected as one of four girls
who were taught the dying art by
a wizened, brown-skinned Tlingit
Indian squaw, named "Dancing
Water.”
Each blanket is made by hand
and tells the story of the Indian
clan. When the girls were almost
finished with the blanket, “Dancing
Water” took Louise Davis's hand
and ripped off a part of her thumb
nail. This was woven into the
Chilkat blanket “to ward off evil
and poverty from the tribe."
Criminal Curiosity
The hideout in Wisconsin where
the gangster Dillinger and his co
horts were trapped three years ago
by federal men and yet escaped,
has been turned into a sort of
“Dillinger" museum. The manager
of the tavern has made his busi
ness into a proverbial "gold mine"
by preserving nil of the broken
windows and splintered furniture
that was damaged in the gun play,
says Dorothy Reider, of the Los
Angeles Junior college newspaper,
who visited there this summer.
The manager of the tavern sent
for Dillinger's father and gave him
a home and chance to share in his
venture, which has proved profit
able for both of them. Dillinger's
lather now has a room set off from
the bar-room where he is exhibit
ing relics of his infamus son's boy
hood. lie makes a charge of 25
cents to go through the room.
Love, Marriage
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tivc commit tees. There is ii possi-.
bility that this will be reduced to
three terms.
Football \wards Made
Twenty-five varsity football
players were named to receive
awards following the council’s rati
fication of Coach Prince G. Calli
son's recommendations. Heading
the list are Captain Dot Bjork and
Ed Farrar, who will be presented
special award blankets for com
pleting four years of play, during
which they have both won three
varsity letters.
Members of the athletic board
will meet Thursday evening. De
cember 10. to make plans for next
term’s activities and to hear fi
nancial reports of the season's
football games, Karl M. Pallett.
adviser, announced Wednesday.
Ihm (Hark
(Continued from page one)
taken at the convention but no
definite decision was reached.
“Contrary to all statements in
newspapers and other news sour
ces regarding the convention, no
antagonism toward the Newpaper
Guild for its actions was express
ed." Han stated. Sigma Delta Chi
neither favors nor condemns the
Guild.
Another matter that was dis
cussed was the raising of the stan
dards of Journalism from a hodge
podge to the level of an art. At
present there is not close enough
restriction of requirements for
journalism workers and Sigma
Delta Chi members believe that
selection of journalism workers
should be more discriminative, rec
ognizing that thorough social edu
cation and a richer background
than average is necessary if the
high standards of journalistic work
are to be developed and maintain
ed. A committee was appointed
for investigation of ways and
means to carry out these and other
ideas for raising the standards of
the field of journalism.
Delegates to the convention had
an opportunity to view the Texas
Centennial as guests of the city of
Dallas. Of this. Dan said the most
interesting feature Was The Cava!- '
cade, a depiction of the history of i
Texas. The rest of the fair was
only average, being for the most |
part just a smaller world’s fair. I
I
Tune ’er
Out...
By BOB POLLOCK
First of all, we absolutely deny
■ the last three paragraphs in yes
j terday’s blurb. Some one took ad
vantage of our absence and plas
: tered 'em on. That settled, we put
the column in the artistic hands
| of Cloyd Conner, ex-Oregon state
engineer, ex-University of Wyo
ming chemist, and ex-University of
Oregon journalism student. God
save the king!
And God save Pollock. And
so, kiddies, to bcot ... to spur
. . . The first thing that comes
out of today’s grab bag is a
gripe of long standing which the
usual ed., the Tuner Outer with
that touch of finesse, has over
looked — the asphyxiating tripe
that one gets out cf the radio in
the hours from 10 a. m. until 2
p. m. Clever little things like
“Just Plain Bill,” “John’s Other
Wife,” “As Woman to Woman,”
“Western Farm and Home Hour”
this last one of the many rea
sons we abandoned Oregon State
to its own miserable fate. But
it dees save on lunch.
As an oasis in all of that parched
desert, Walt Damrosch and the
NBC Music Appreciation hour —
NBC Blue consoles the serious
minded studes without classes at
11 a. m. . . . Lee Gordon from
Cleveland — NBC Red — does his
bit to help pass away the time
j with a bit of smooth melody around
then too. •
But the prize hot spot of the
eve is tlie C’ampana First Nighter.
Listen, children . . . “The Pro
fessor’s Escapade” — KGW, at
7. Don Ameche as Snakeships,
student nephew of Professor
Horace Higginbotton d raws
frowns for falling in love with a
eced. At the crucial moment,
however, the prof is touched by _
| the breath of spring and falling
■ ing in love with the dean of wo
1 men, murmuring “Semper Te
Amo” — which means in the
vernacular, “Babe, I’m nuts
about ya.” . .
So-Iong, friends . . . back to
Portland and to labor . . . you
have a nice school.
coot
■ Lights
By EDGAR C. MOORE
TODAY’S ATTRACTIONS
IIEILIG: “Ranger Courage” anil
“Down to the Sea.”
MCDONALD: “The Last of the
Mohicans” and "Here Comes
Carter.”
STATE: “The Man From Gun
town" and "Racing Blood."
REX: “Sing, Baby, Sing” and
“Yours for the Asking.”
MAYFLOWER: “Charlie Chan
at the Circus” and “The Coun
try Beyond.”
Ben Lyon. Ann Rutherford, and
Russell Hardie play in "Down to
the Sea," a story of sponge-fisher
men in tropical storms, underwater
battles with man-eating sharks,
and many other thrilling experi
ences. The accompanying feature
at the Heilig is “Ranger Courage."
a wild and wooly western in which
Bob Allen has the featured role.
* * *
“The .Man From Guntown,” fea
turing Tim McCoy, at the State, is
another red-blooded western pic
ture. Billie Seward and Rex Lease,
who have appeared in most of the
recent westerns, give McCoy much
needed support. Peter B. Kyne's
“Racing Blood,” is a picture of the
life at the stables and racetracks.
Frankie Darro has the lead and
Kane Richmond aids him.
* 0 *
"The Last of the Mohicans," with
Binnie Barnes, P^andolph Scott,
Bruce Cabot, Henry Wilcoxon,
and Heather Angel at the McDon
ald, is really a gory and blood
stirring dramatization of Jame3
Fenimore Cooper's book. Lots of
action in it. Ross Alexander and
his wife, Anne Nagel, draw consid
erable comment for their acting in
“Here Comes Carter,” a much bet
ter than average story of a scan
dal-spreading Hollywood radio re
porter. Hobart Cavanaugh, Glenda
Farrell, and Dennis Moore, whose
name we have been trying to find
in our family tree ever since he
first appeared on the silver screen,
help carry the burden.
* * *
Alice Faye, who sang on Bing
Crosby’s program last night, and
who is a ‘vivacious blonde,’ (ac
cording to a triend of ours who
writes a radio column) carries the
Alice Faye, popular singing and
dancing blonde, plays one of her
best roles in thg current “Sing,
Baby, Sing.”
big part in “Sing, Baby, Sing,” at
the Rex. Adolphe Menjou, conies
back in a well acted part.
Tony Martin, who looks like a
star in the making, uses a good
voice to the best advantage in
singing “When Did You Leave
Heaven.” “Yours for the Asking”
finds George Raft and Dolores Cos
tello Barrymore in the starring
roles.
“Charlie Chan at the Circus” at
the Mayflower, finds the Oriental
detective, Warner Oland, with
Keye Luke solving a baffling mur
der mystery with a circus setting.
Rochelle Hudson and Paul Kelly
appear in “The Country Beyond,”
a story of the mounted' police and
a gang of fur thieves. Aaron Ro
senberg, who was an all-American
football player from Southern Cal
ifornia three or four years ago, is
assistant director of this film.
University Friend Gives
Five Books to Library
M. H. Douglass, librarian, an
nounced today the receipt of five
books as a gift to the library from
McKee Smith of Portland. Mr.
Smith, long a friend of the Univer
sity, is employed by the D. C. Wax
Office Equipment company.
The books received included:
“The Business Man’s Libe,” vol
umes 2 to 8 and 10; Library of
Sales and Advertising, volume 3
and 4; Shaw Retailing Series,
books 1, 2, and 3, containing ma
terial on selling methods, making
more out of advertising, and at
tracting and holding customers.
HAL YOUNG SOLO
Hal Young, new member of the
music school faculty, will sing at
a meeting of A.A.U.W. in Ger
lingcr Saturday at 4 o'clock. Mrs.
Aurora P. Underwood will accom
pany him on the piano.
Advertisers Gel
(Continued from page one)
Delta Theta house this coming
ruesday evening at 7:30. All mem
bers and pledges are to be there.
Formal initiation will be held
for the pledges this Sunday at 11
a'clock in Gerlinger hall, and at
me o'clock a banquet will be given
for Ihe initiates at the Benson
Hotel.
Luncheon day, for the group,
was changed from every other
rhursday to every other Wednes
lay to avoid conflicts.
Speech Division Slate
For Year Is Released
By MARGARET ROBBINS
The 1936-37 offerings of community programs which includes
forums, symposiums, demonstrations and speeches of the speech divi
sion and the associated students has been released.
Questions of discussion of the men’s and women's debate teams,
the plan of public discussion, demonstrations, communities addressed
in 1935-36, and several new features are included. The motto of the
. rliviQinn i« “Thf» Stat.P of
Campus
Calendar
Infirmary patients today are:
Evelyn King, Mary Louise Rueg
nitz, Allexine George, Mrs. Mary
Wernham, Irene Heath, Marceline
Seavy, Gwynne Caverhill, Peggy
Hayward, Maurice Kelly, Robert
Marquis, John Dick, Jack Elders,
William Farnas, Lee Allen, and
Winifred Henry.
Skull and Dagger picture will
not be taken Friday as originally
scheduled.
The Eugene Hunt club will meet
and ride Thursday night at the
fairgrounds riding academy. All
interested in horseback riding are
invited to attend, according to
Paul R. Washke, director of the
men’s gym.
Phi Mu Alpha will have an init
iation ceremony in the auditorium
of the music building at 8 Wednes
day evening.
UO Library Puts
NewLife’ Before
Reading Students
Life is now found in the li
brary.' Life in picture form. Life
from all over the world. This
Life is a new magazine gotten
out by the publishers of Fortune
and Time and is one which has
taken the country by storm. The
first two numbers can now be
secured at the periodical desk in
the old library.
Don’t forget to take a good
look at the series of pictures on
a brain operation if you want a
thrill. Life of Black Widow, Life
of Helen Hayes, of Robert Tay
lor, Spencer-the-mystery man or
first husband of Wally, life over
seas, night life in Argentina,
life found in the New Deal towns
in Montana, pictured by Dourke
White, famous photographer for
Fortune, lives of people now on
the news front are just a few
of the subjects for the pictures,
which as Ginger Rogers says,
“Almost move and talk.’’
Spanish Classes
To Hear Mexican
Artists at OSC
A delegation of Spanish class
members and other students inter
ested in Spanish and Mexican mu
sic is expected to attend the con
cert of Mercado's Mexican typical
orchestra in Corvallis Wednesday,
December 9.
A varied program of Latin Am
erican music and dances will be
presented. Lolita Valdez, who has
sung with the New York Grand
Opera company, and Gustavo Car
rasco, best known of Latin Am
erican tenors, are featured on the
program.
A dinner will follow the musical
program at which those interested
in Spanish may converse with
members of the orchestra.
A special price of 75 cents each
for the evening’s program is avail
able to those attending from Eu
gene. Auto loads are being made
up at 40 cents per student.
Oregon Is the University Campus.” I
A series of forums will be pre
sented during the winter term over
station KOAC, on Friday evenings,
called the student forum. Speakers
[for special subjects and occasions
can be supplied, if requests are
made far enough in advance.
At present, men’s debate teams
are discussing the questions of the
“Forums of National Governments”
and “The Constitution Today”
while the women's team is consid
ering “What Shall We Do About
Juvenile Delinquency?”
The discussions aim to give the
information necessary to an under
standing of the problem, and to
present both the advantages and
the limitations of the proposals be
fore the public for settling these
issues; Questions and arguments
from members of the audience are
expected as a regular part of the
discussion.
Under demonstrations come par
liamentary procedure on how to
debate. Student teams are pre
pared to give demonstrations of
these. Speech department heads
have made plans to allow the entry
of groups outside the campus. In
formation concerning entrance re
quirements can be obtained from
the University of Oregon speech di.
vision.
Visiting Alumni
Criticize Student
Artists’ Efforts
Three former Oregon students
visited the art school Wednesday,
criticized students’ work, and
spent the evening at the home of
Professor W. R. B. Wilcox.
The alumni were Glenn Stanton,
educational committee chairman
of the Oregon chapter of the Am
erican Institute of Architecture;
Hollis Johnston, a member of the
committee, and Ed Hicks, who re
cently received his master’s degree
from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Roi Moiron, vice-president of the
American Institute of Architecture,
accompanied the visiting alumni.
For details, consult Southern Paci
fic Agt., or write J. C. Cumming,
Asst. G. F. & P. Agt.,
Pittock Block, Portland
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