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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1937)
PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Fred W. Colvig. editor Walter R. Vernstrom, manager LeRoy Mattingly, managing editor Wm. F. Lubersky, Assistant Business Manager Associate editors: Clair Johnson, Virginia Endicott. UPPER NEWS STAFF Pat Frizzell, sports editor. Bernadinc Bowman, exchange editor. Paul Deutsclimann, assistant managing editor Gladys Battleson, society editor. Paul Plank, radio editor. Lloyd Tupling, news editor. Edwin Robbins, art editor. Clare Igoe, women’s page editor. Jean Weber, morgue director Chief Night Editors: Bill Davenport. Warren Waldorf Martha Stewart, feature editor. Reporters: Myra Hulser, Rita Wright, Irvin Mann, Bill Prngra, Wen Brooks, Dick Litfin, Bob Ritter, Kathryn Morrow, Louise Aiken, Louise Sheppard, Mary Failing, Margaret Rankin, A lyre Rogers, Laura Bryant, Marolyn Dudley, Parr Aplin, Maxine Glad, Catherine Taylor, Kenneth Kirtlcy, Betty Jane Thompson, Warren Waldorf, Lew Evans, Hubard Kuokka, Peggy Robbins, Gertrude Carter, Margaret Ray, Stan Jlobson, Sports staff: John Pink, Elbert Hawkins Chuck Van Scoyoc, Bill Norenc, Larry Quinlin, Morris Henderson, Russ iscli, Dick Hutchison, Lucille Stevens. City editors: Jean Kendall, Rita Lee Powell, Katherine Morrow, Jack Townsend, Warren Waldorf, William Robinson, Gladys Battleson, Mary Kay Booth, Dave Cox, Alice Nelson, Larry Quinlin. Assistant managing editor Day editor: Bob Emerson Lillian Warn Night editors Morris Henderson Bob Jolly Monkey Glands for ASUO 1>-J E('T10NS to tin- new proportional rep resentation eleetoral set-up have been few, and none has been serious. On the whole, one might say that the innovation has reeeived more favorable reception than ever could have been expected for it a short while ago when it was regarded as a desirable reform, but one which would take months or even years to put into effect. The most vociferous squawk aroused by its enaction came from those who said “all the fun is being taken out of campus politics.’’ That complaint, we think, was raised merely humorously, for everyone knows that, how ever much fun the old cutthroat campaigns were, elections under the old set-up consider ably detracted from the unified campus which all agree is to be sought. And these plaintiffs are a bit wrong in giving up the ancient and honored excitement of campus elections Tor deceased so soon, for, unless we are mistaken, the new procedure if anything will provide monkey glands for a system whose life was becoming withered in the grind of the two old machines. Actually, the two-party set-up had no excuse for exist ence, anyway. Jl was entirely artificial, be cause. there were no issues in campus politics that could justify such a split of the elector ate. What it amounted to was this: the two major parties would erect their respective platforms on some matter of little con sequence and then would cajole and threaten minority groups to their support. Then, with elections over, the victors would forget their promises of impartial distribution of patron age and hog the “gravy” for themselves. There being no issues strong enough to support a large and potent party, under the new set-up each candidate will become the potential rallying-point of a party of sup porters. The issues of the campaign will be merely the comparative abilities of the differ ent aspirants, and there will bo as many parties as there are candidates. ExcitementV There’ll be plenty of if. Hut. remember this, the outcome will not he a student body split, into the “ins” ami the “outs,” as it was under the old system, but it will he a campus unified under a truly representative executive committee, that will make its appointments impartially. Educating Employers (lie school of business admiuislra (ion is brinyrin«>- lo (he campus the first otlucational conference of ilie Oregun .Retail Distributors association, hi doing so the It A school is falling behind the lead set by the schools id education and journalism, •which have long proiited troiu such conventions. Jlctuilcrs ol the state, retail advertising men, and members of the University business ^acuity will gather and discuss their mutual problems, with great benefit to all parties, lu'lailers will get a larger picture of business than a personal survey of their own enter prises would allow. And the University facul ty will get a breath ol the aetualiteis of busi ness Jile, which never does any harm to academies. ■lint 1>A students w ill benefit most, for they will taste the advantages long enjoyed by journalism and education majors. {Student journalists have had the annual conference of the Oregon Publishers association for their profit, meeting prominent newspaper men of the state, learning something about the prac ticalities o| the protession, aiul putting theui selvrs in position for jobs later on. Education majors, in conference like that of the Pro gressive Education Association .just con cluded. gain much of the thought ami spirit ol working educators and make valuable eou laets with school superintendents, their poten tial employers. it JAiUlj. is iu LLu- lacigouiy utu.u that these conferences are of greatest value to stu dents, even of greater value than what may be learned from these men of the employing world in the brief convention days. For the campus has tended to drift too far from life outside; a college education, sadly enough, often goes wanting for proper appreciation from employers, and the cash remuneration too frequently fails to make up for the four years of sacrifice. The picture of college grad uates venturing forth to hang their diplomas over $20-a-week jobs is a sorry one. Conferences such as these may be hoped not only to impress University students and their faculty with what goes on outside the gates, but they may serve to re-acquaint em ployers with the value of college-educated men and women. The March of Terms "JJ"NJ)J'illCDAKS advisors in the University's schools and colleges are now meeting with advisees, laying tentative plans for tlie students’ courses for next year. Despite the fact that the fall term registra tion period is the longest of three, hundreds of students entering school for the first time must he enrolled and registered in that period. The new move, then, which will lighten the advisor’s work with his sophomores, and with some juniors, next year, will allow him more time to confer with these freshmen and to do justice to tlie job of helping them select their first-term program. Schedules lined up this term are, however, sketchy and tentative. They are being formed on the basis of this year’s class schedules. There seems little reason, however, why the hour schedule for next year could not he al ready prepared. Were it available, a tempor ary copy of the student’s exact schedule could be lined up this year. Such an extension of the system would naturally take up more of the advisor’s time Ibis term but would act to lighten his registration burden even more dur ing next year. w 'J'lIH new advisory system, which has been in the stages of development for at least several terms, might well he extended in still another direction. It is limited to work with next year's sophomores and a few upperclass men. probably with the idea in mind that these students most need advise in selecting a schedule. On close analysis it. would seem that the opposite is true. In his senior year tin* advisee has com pleted his basic work ami requirements to a large extent. He is faced with two problems— the selection of courses in the field of his major, the final and most important work of his college career, and the choice of a wide range of courses in the University’s other schools. Advice and conference from faculty members is extremely valuable in him at this time and should be made available. The advisory program has been gradually extended but it is still a rushed and hurried one. The selection of courses is an important and a determinant phase of each student's col lege work. It can scarcely be over-emphas ized. Era of Naturalism (Oregon !St.ute Barometer) JN THE Vietorian days when smoke issued forth from the chimney of the little red sehoolhousc tlie coming of the board of trus tees was an occasion for ceremony. The pupils would stand in an immaculate row with their hair smoothed down and their faces glisten ing. The stale board of higher education will hold one of its eight annual meetings here on Monday and Tuesday, but Oregon State will receive them in a natural setting, not with flags flying and trumpets blaring. The board acts as sort of a foster parents to five big in stitutions throughout the stale id' Oregon, and it likes to see them as they are, not as they might pretend to be. The days of superficiality are gradually passing into oblivion. Frank ness is the catch-line of today. The men's faculty club will entertain the visiting men on .Monday night, and the women of the official party will be guests of the American Association of I’nivcrsity Women. On Tuesday before noon there will be a mili tary review, tullowed by a special convocation tor the board. These events are merely what a host might ordinarily do for a guest . . . not special features. Tin* state board of higher education is meeting here for a triple purpose. They are! coming part in celebration of the NJth amii-j versary year of the founding of the experi ment station, partly because this is one of their regular meetings, and because this is the hist meeting of Oregon’s beloved J!. F. Irvine j since bis resignation from the board. Irvine. lio is close to the heart of every Oregon I (Stater because of the many things be lias! done for the college and because of bis loyal interest, declined reappoinment, having re tired voluntarily. And thus, Oregon State n il! welcome the coming of the hoard. She wants to be seen in her every day tranquility, not m Sunday; Campus Calendar The Interfraternity council will meet today for dinner at the Phi Delt house at 6 o'clock. Rushing rules will be discussed and Dr. De Barr will speak. Phi Mu Alpha will hold a ban quet at six o’clock this evening at the Anchorage. Sophomore commission of the YWCA will meet this afternoon at 14 in the Y hut. Women’s living organizations representatives on the committee to select nominees for ASUO offices will meet upstairs in the College Side at 4 this afternoon. The Oregon fencing club will hold a meeting tonight in Gerling er at 7:30 for members, and all those who want to learn to fence. Water Carnival committee for Junior weekend will meet at 8 : o’clock in the College Side. House librarians meet at 5 o' clock today in the AWS room in (lerlinger hall. This is a special meeting. Theta Sigma I’hi meeting this noon at the Anchorage. Everyone must be there or pay a fine. Master Dance will meet this af ternoon from 4:45 to 5:30. It is important that all members come. Hilton prize contest room 105 Commerce tonight at 8. Anyone interested in working on the night .staff of the Emerald for the remainder of this term, please eome to the Emerald room this evening at 7. Arrangements will be made at that time for proof readers and night editors. “Must Nots’ Turn (Continued jrom page one) burned so they would learn to pro tect themselves in the future,” he said. He said that rules are not, and will not be kept. Those students who strain away from regulations, and break them only because they exist, will be balanced by those who observe them. But the rank and file of students will get around the regulations, will learn to lie and cheat, lie said. Noon or Midnight “What is the difference between eating at 10:30 in the morning and 10:30 at night? he asked. ‘‘What is the difference between a drive in Hendrick’s park at noon or mid night. ?” Dr. Taylor felt that it is not so much freedom students need as re sponsibility. A control of the money from home, so that the stu dent could not write for money to pay those library lines that were incurred in a Saturday night poker game, would be ideal. Dr. Jameson concurred with this idea, but pointed out that freedom and responsibility and synonimous —by freedom, meaning regulated freedom, not a no rule, no stop gathering of young men and wo men. Co-op Board to Be (Continued from page one) meeting, and the possibility of owned building was brought up. moving tlie store to a University Three positions on the board, now held by Jack McGirr, Frank Drew, Richard Sleeter, Phyllis Gardner, and John Lewis, will be filled. At least two candidates must be nominated for each posi tion according to the co-op by law's. Phyllis Gardner is the only re tiring member eligible to renomi nation. Charles McGirr, president of the student board announced. Mental Telepathy (Continued front page one) cent feature article on the theory in the Sunday Oregonian, declared that, “Official science refuses to accept as truth the existence of •mysterious human powers,' and asserted that while theoretically the Duke university tests prove the existence of extra-sensory percep tion, psychologists are not yet con vinced that in practice there may not have been some element of error.” The tests are made up primarily of five cards with symbols on one side, such as a square, circle, cross, star, and waves. The test-pupil calls the symbols before the card is exposed, and a series of five sets is usually given. According to mathematics, the law of chance w ould have him “sense ' one out of five, or twenty percent. Seme Newest Frisco ‘Longer Thun Longest’ Span Second of San Francisco's “longest single suspension spans in the world” will be opened for traffic late in May with a brilliant six-day fiesta. The 37-million dollar Golden Gate bridge, which has been visioned ; since the days of '49, and will eliminate the time-consuming ferry crossing between the bay city and I northern points. I individuals run scores higher than j that, even as high as 100 per cent on successive tests. Uphold Mental Telepathy This has happened not only at Duke university, but also at sev eral large schools in the city of New York. Scientist maintain that these results are not due to chance, and that there is no escape from the fact that knowledge was j transmitted from one mind to an ! other without the use of any j known sense. “These results remind me of a psychological phenomena that oc curred about the first of the cen tury,” he said. “A large horse by the name of Clever Hans was found which could solve mathe matical problems by pawing the ground for answers. At last this phenomena was explained by psy chologists—it was proven that the horse could sense the muscular ten sion of his trainer as he pawed the ground the right number of times. This may be applied in a different way to this popular theory—that some actual, although unintention al, tension or sign may be perceiv ed by the person taking the test. It is true also that with each card that is ''sensed” the odds on guess ing the remaining ones are lowered by the subconscious thought of what cards are left.” Psychologists Disregard Mysticism All ot the data ot me present : science of psychology has been : assembled on the assumption that j telepathy and clairvoyance do not exist. When proof can no longer be rejected, psychologists must face the task of reconstructing | their science. According to Mr. ! Williams, the theory must stand a great deal more trial and allow i ances for any errors in giving the tests and computing the results i before science should accept the j evidence as conclusive. Emerald Politicos (Continued from page otic) appointment with appointment in the coming battle. The campaign for editor of the i men's edition was not so well de fined. Gordon M. Connelly, noted social worker, loomed as the most logical candidate, as a whispering j campaign in his behalf was re ported to have been started by his chief competitors, Lloyd Tupling | and I’aul Deutsehmaun. The women's conflict, smoldering at present, has possibilities of eclipsing the other two torrid races. Well-schooled women poli ticians ijeruacune rsowman, ex change queen, and .Myra Hulser, proud possessor of an AP (.or is it UP card), looked like the best bets to accumulate party lines. Veterans Virginia Endicott. Mil dred Blackburne and Clare Igoe were not campaigning actively. Student Lawyers (Continued from fjje one) Eugene: and Fred E. Smith, at torney, Eugene. The Hilton contest has been held annually since 192'.’. first prize given each year by Frank H. Hil ton. Portland attorney The $25 second prize is given by the law school from its trust fund. Third Scud the Emerald to your friends. Subscriptions only $3.90 per year. prize of $10 has been donated by Chase Inn of Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity. The public is invited to attend the contest. Passing Show -— (Continued from page one) at the request of a restaurant man ager. A disturbance resulted, the in evitable policeman arrived, took them to court, where Magistrate Ford found them guilty not only of “disorderly conduct,” but "bad manners and bad taste." They were admonished with suspended sen tences. Busmen May Walkout The serene dignity surrounding the coronation of King Edward VIII next month is quite liable to be set upset unless the demands of 40,000 of London’s busmen are met soon, it was learned yesterday. The transportation men threaten to walkout at midnight April 30 un less they are granted a seven-and a-half hour day. in place of their present eight hour schdule. Fear was expressed in some quarters that the strike might ex tend to subway and suburban transportation workers. All efforts of th e labor conciliation depart ment to effect a truce have been unavailing’. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official ■tudont publication of the Uareeraity of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mon days, holidays, examination periods, the fifth day of December to January 4, except January 4 to 12, annd March 6 to March 22, March 22 to March 80. Entered as second-class matter at tha postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rate, $3.00 a year. Circulation Manager.Caroline Hand Asst. Jean Farrens Frances Olson.Executive Secretary Copy Service Department Manager ...Venita Broui National Advertising Assistant: Eleanor Anderson. Collection Manager—.Reed Swenson Tuesday advertising manager: Walter Naylor; Assistants: Ruth Kctchum, Jean Farrans Permanent Glory Offered Students By News Bureau “Prominent men of the camp us” that journalists describe, beautiful girls that have been queen of May or some other fes tive occasion, and all those that brag in the old home town that they know these important peo ple have a chance to illustrate their days of college glory by going to the office of George Godfrey, University news bureau head, and choosing any of the large selection of pictures dis played there for sale. Mr. Godfrey reports that the pictures have gone very fast, but there are still plenty to to choose from. 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