VOLUME XXXVIII linn hies Tumltletl fly Rentier Quintet In 211-27 Thriller NUMBER 58 The Passing Show Flood Heightens Bombers Land Mellon Collection Extend Spending By DARREL ELLIS Water along the Mississippi riv er's 1,000 mile course rose slowly yesterday as the overflowing Ohio river valley continued to pour thousands and thousands of gallons against the already weakening levees. According to reports of army engineers, working diligently to check destruction, no major break has yet occurred. Fear was ex pressed that water from the Ohio river, subsiding slowly in its own valley, would spread disaster when the added impact was placed in the rising Mississippi’s water. Federal authorities started a clean-up drive in Louisville, Ken tucky, where doctors and relief agents declared that damage and death would run higher than first estimated. Flyers Lick Storm Piling through a terrific storm that had them stopped out over the broad Pacific, 12 big navy bombers landed in Honolulu yesterday end ing the greatest non-stop trans oceanic flight in history. About 300 miles out from Pearl Harbor the ships were tossed mer cilessly by a rising gale. After battling winds for an hour and a half, the flyers rose to higher al titudes, eventually passing over the storm. FDR Mores Acceptance Objets d’art in the famous An drew Mellon collection, valued at $50,000,000. will become the prop erty of the United States govern ment, if congress accepts the spe cial message prepared by President Roosevelt yesterday, moving the acceptance of the former secretary of the treasury's offer. The president has completed two other special messages. One con cerning water conservation and the other based on a report by the Great Plains drought committee. Velocity Dollars Proudly awaiting returns on America’s first Townsend spending spree, Chelan, Washington, insti gators of the movement yesterday viewed with pleasure the spread of the velocity dollar experiment. Four cities have instituted the movement, making varied techni cal changes bift leaving ft essen tially the same as the creators planned. From other cities came the news that the experiment would start. Various Groups Foster Cheaters, OSC Prof Avers By BERNADINE BOWMAN Who yields to dishonesty in col lege ? Here are the answers of Dr. Frank W. Parr, professor of secondary education at Oregon State: “Men cheat more often than wo men, perhaps because women rank higher in intelligence. “The older the students, the more they cheat. “Fraternity men and sorority girls cheat more often than stu dents who do not belong to houses. “Students of Scandinavian de scent are far more honest than representatives of any other na tionality. “Students depending wholly on their parents for financial support are far more honest than self-sup porting students. “Students who are doing satis factory work in their studies cheat less than those who are behind in their studies.” Cheating is done because the student feels that he must make a good competitive showing. A sys tem of education ignoring compe tition and placing its emphasis upon the development of the pow er of independent thinking appears I to be the only solution to this j problem, Dr. Parr said. Ruck Rogers Realism If someone would invent a grav ity repeller all of the fantasies of the Buck Rogers comic strip would probably be brought into realism, according to assistant director of the Washington experimenting sta tion. He says that flying will be come as universal as driving auto mobiles is today when the manu facturers fiulfill their hopes of putting out a cheap, small air plane that anyone can fly. Flying cannot become universal until a method of cancelling gra vity is discovered. Today an air plane depends upon forward mo tion to keep in the air. Warren Smith OKs Proposed i Minerals Bill Geology Heay Wed nesday, February 3, announces Ralph Sclioni]), educational ac tivities manager. Tickets will be exchanged in M c A r t h u r Leader Speaks To New PE Club iLectures, Sports Will Bo Features of the Group Recently Organized Colonel John Leader was the first to speak in a series of lec tures sponsored by the newly or ganized Physical Education club, (which held its first meeting Thurs day evening in the gym. The club was organized about ‘seven years ago, but because of the little interest and the lack of facil ities for gym work, the club lan guished and a year later folded up. Now with a new gym, and all that goes with it, the club has been re organized. There are no restrictions, as it is a campus affair. Members of the physical education staff will act as advisers. The club also will have a social program. Inter-house get-togethers and athletic contests have been planned to make the club as interesting as possible. YMCA Sets Goal At 100 Members Drive io Finance Campus Organization Launched; 29 Join in First Day Glenn Griffith, secretary of the YMCA, announced today a mem bership drive of that organization which will last until Wednesday of next week. The membership fee is $1 and the income from the fees is used to pay for the general expense of the campus organization and to make contributions to the national organization. Phoebus Klonoff, the Y's treas urer, is in charge of the drive which in its first day netted 29 members. Griffith said that he ex pected about 100 members would sign up before next Wednesday. Each year the members sign up and pay their fee which entitles them to the use of the gymnasium and to rates on living facilities where the YMCA has local branch es of its organization in the large cities. • Griffith stressed the fact that all men are welcome to the privi leges offered by the Oregon Y to its members even if they aren’t affiliated with the organization. Beautifying ofrBack Yard9 Of University Impractical, Lack Room, Says Cuthbert Railroad and Parkin" Space Make Only Minor Improvements Practicable* Tracks May Be Moved Soon Any extensive beautifying' of the area around the University power plant, shops, and storehouses would be impractical on account of the close proximity of the railroad, explained Mr. Fred A. Cuthbert, asso ciate professor of landscape architecture yesterday. “At present, there is not room enough between the sheds and the railroad to plant a thing," Mr. Cuthbert said. “In fact there is hardly enough room now for loading and unloading purposes.” Minor improvements can be made, such as rebuilding the ram shackle fence, training ivy on the heating plant walls, and beautify ing the area behind the school of architecture, he continued, but whatever will be done will be lim ited greatly by the narrow quar ters of that part of the campus and the heavy use to which it is being placed. The gravel road running from the end of University street to Eleventh avenue is very narrow, and the area behind the school of architecture is one of the busiest parking spaces on the whole cam pus, he pointed out. To I»o All Possible "However, we’ll do whatever we can to make that area much more attractive,” he promised. But the greatest hope, he ex plained, lies in getting the railroad tracks moved adjacent to the riv er. This plan, he went on, is a very live issue with the Eugene City Planning commission, which is desirous of having the tracks moved on account of the many dangerous grade crossings in the present set-up. Numerous deaths have occurred from auto-train crashes on the crossing along the strip of railroad coming in from the city limits. Underground crossings have been proposed, but projects of this kind are very costly. What the Eugene city planning commission desires, explained Miss (Pl(asc turn to pai/e two) Snijlers Sniff as Sickma Flu Loses Social Members In an effort to gain member ship, the new chapter of Sickma Flu has lowered the entrance re quirements. To be admitted to the organi zation, it was announced last night, the pledge’s temperature need only reach 101 degrees. Th resignation of the presi dent, Clifford Thomas, and the social chairman Wayne Harbert, has been deeply felt by the local chapter. Until a reorganization of association leaders, all social activities will be cancelled, in cluding the Bath Robe Ball, and the Slipper Shuffle scheduled for tonight. Mattson Returns to Work I)r. W. VV. Mattson, father of Charles, iO-year-old kidnap-murder victim, recently resumed his duties as a physician. As one of his first “duties” he called a conference with newspapermen to convey to the public thanks of himself and Mrs. Mattson for the thousands of mes sages of sympathy they have received since their son was found murdered. Committee OK’s Kerr’s Position Research Bureau Is Held Important; Measure Is Voted Down The measurfc which would abol ish the position now held by W. J. Kerr, director of production and marketing research in the higher education system, was voted down by the education committee of the Oregon house of representatives in an executive session Thursday eve ning. The committee decided that the work done by this office was im portant, as a report to be made soon by the department would show. Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter and Charles D. Byrne, of the Oregon State system of higher education, were present at the meeting. Polyphonic Choir Plans for Concert ‘The Creation’ Considered For Spring Production; Paul Petri to Direct Although a definite date has not yet been set for the event, plans are already in progress for the spring concert of the polyphonic choir. Paul Petri, director of the group, has announced his inten tions of giving ‘‘The Creation” by Joseph Haydn. The oratorio, which is the story of the creation of the world, is of ten spoken of as one of the most beautiful of all productions. In commenting on the creation, John J. Landsbury, dean of the school of music, said, “It is one of the most enjoyable of all composed, for reasons that it is tuneful, that it has in it some exquisite melody. It has, besides chorus numbers, beautiful solos, duets, trios, and quartets. It is so divided that it is not monotonous.” Male Singers Make Ready ForSongFest Contest to Start Monday; Houses to Draw Lots For Schedule Position During February Men's living: organizations are practising long hours this weekend as the day for the beginning of the all-group sing draws near. Al though none of the organizations know at present when they will be called on to sing, the contest will officially begin Monday, Feb ruary 1, and run through the month. Rules of the contest call for the judges to visit the houses on a schedule to be determined by drawing shortly after the first of the month. The judges are Hal Young, professor of voice, S. Ste phenson Smith, professor of En glish, and George McMorran of McMorran and Washburne. Sing Three Songs Each house will sing three num bers: “Dear Land of Home,” one Oregon song other than "Mighty Oregon” or “As I Sit and Dream at Evening,” and an optional selec tion. The contest is sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha, men’s musical honor ary, and arranged by a committee headed by Freed Bales. The con test is expected to stimulate inter est in group singing on thy cam pus, and to revive traditional Ore gon melodies. The judges will pick the three best groups during the month for final competition during the last week. Winner of the finals will be awarded the Phi Mu Alpha song cup, which, if won three years in succession, becomes permanent property of the victor. Finals competition will be held at a student assembly which will feature the mass singing of "Dear Land of Home,” by the combined choruses. Westminster Board to Confer on OSC Campus The place of Westminster house in the lives of college students will be discussed at a Westminster conference at Oregon State col lege this weekend. A. E. Caswell and Karl Onthank, members of the board, and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, host and hostess at the house on the Oregon campus, will attend. An inspection of the Oregon State Westminster house, confer ences, and discussions are planned for the weekend. Delegates and members of the board from Port land will also attend. Some weekend in February the same group will meet on the Ore gon campus to inspect the West minster house here and confer about expenses and activities. Tailor-Made? I’ll Take Vanilla, Says Godfrey Every cigarette smoker has at one time or another thought of various means for cutting clown his consumption, stopping altogether, or at least has searched for some way to decrease the cost of that daily package of cigarettes. George Godfrey of the news bureau found such a means. He rolls his own. That, in effect, is not startling, as many have tried this method, only to find that finally, after twisting the end of an awkward ly luncu iiruicuc, men patience is at a breaking-point and that the fag is bitter and usually unsooth ing in taste. But Mr. Godfrey, after much ex perimentation, has discovered a way to mellow good old Bull Dur ham so that it is pungent and pleasant to taste. He uses plain, everyday vanilla. He got his first bright idea from the contempla tion of a humidor in the cover of which was a small sponge. One of his friends told him of his method of wetting the songe with vanilla to give the cigarettes a fine dis tinctive flavor. If cigarettes could be treated in this way why couldn’t common, ordinary tobacco ? thought George. So he went home to experiment with cloths, steaming water, van illa, and tobacco. He found that best results came from holding a cloth containing tobacco over a pan of boiling water mixed with a teaspoon of vanilla for about five (Please turn to page tivo) Pupil’s Interest Studied as Basis For Curricula '"Interests of Students as a Ba sis for Revision of the High School Curriculum” was the subject on which Dr. Howard R. Taylor, head of the psychology department, talked before a group of Eugene public school teachers at Roose velt junior high school, Thursday evening. Dr. Taylor stressed that propos als to base curricular reorganiza tion on student interests are dan gerous because of the fleeting and superficial nature of the interests which are likely to be utilized. If a few interests of such a funda mental nature that they might well be called needs can be agreed upon, said Dr. Taylor, they would prob ably afford sound basis for the at tempt.