PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
LcRoy Mattingly, editor Walter R. Vernstrom, manager
Lloyrl Tupling, managing editor
Wm. F. Lubersky, ass’t business manager
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Associate editors: Clair Johnson, Virginia Endicott.
UPPER NEWS STAFF
John Pink, Elbert Hawkins,
Sports Editors
Bernadine Bowman, exchange
editor.
Paul Deutschmann, assistant
managing editor
Gladys Battleson, society
^kuI Plank, radio editor.
Edwin Robbins, art editor.
Clare Igoe, women's page
Jean Weber, morgue director
Chief Night Editors:
Bill Davenport.
Warren Waldorf
Martha Stewart, feature editor.
Reporters: Myra JIulscr, Rita Wripht, Irvin Mann, Bill Pengra,
Wen Brooks, Dick Litfin, Boh Ritter. Kathryn Morrow, Louise
Aiken, Louise Sheppard, Mary Failing, Margaret Rankin,
Alycc Rogers, Laura Bryant, Marolyn Dudley, Parr Aplin,
Maxine Glad. Catherine Taylor, Kenneth Kirtley, Betty Jane
Thompson, Warren Waldorf, Lew Evans, Huhard Kuokka,
Peggy Robbins, Gertrude Carter, Margaret Ray, Stan Hobson,
Sports staff: John Pink, Elbert Hawkins, Chuck Van Scoyoc,
Bill Norene. Larry Quinlin, Morris Henderson, Russ Iseli,
Dick Hutchison, Lucille Stevens.
Assistant managing editor
J.cw Evans
Night editors Assistant Night Editors
Lew Evans Betty Janes Thompson
Complete The Job
^JITY find administration officials arcs to be
complimented for taking 1hc first move
in protecting University pedestrians from
reckless drivers and roving campus crates.
The painting of broad yellow safety lane
belts on Thirteenth avenue between Kincaid
and University streets will act as a continual
reminder for speeding motorists to slow
down.
More steps in the same direction ought
to result in elimination of almost, all traffic
violations, and lessen accident danger to a
minimum.
Part of the responsibility is up to the stu
dents themselves. Student pedestrians must
not abuse their protection on Thirteenth. They
must show care in cutting across the street
to and from classes. Student drivers will have
to do their part by obeying speeding rules,
and by showing care in their mad clashes down
Thirteen! h.
A final step which city and administration
officials should take to complete their job is
the installation of stop street signs. The cor
ner of University and Thirteenth particularly
needs this type of regulation. A had accident
occurred there only a short time ago. Signs
at the other end of the block would also he
helpful.
Campus safety would truly he at a high
level if pedestrians, drivers, and officials
joined bauds in (his action.
A Good Yawn
PRECEDENT lias been established. From
now on sleeping in elass cannot be object
ed to. No more can professors object to indo
. lent students nodding and yawning their way
through classes.
Yawning is all right. It must be all right.
Princess Margaret Rose did it. Yessir, she
yawned . . . right in the face of the Archbishop
of Canterbury. Right in the midst of all the
ceremony and solemnity of the coronation, the
little lady of the world’s largest empire yawn
ed. It was the human thing to do. She was
tired. She was bored. So she yawned.
It makes good logic. If a princess can
yawn in the Archbishop's face, why can't .1
college student sleep right in front of a pro
fessor's eyes. Yessir, sleeping must be all
right, too.
Anyway, it's spring term.
An Oregon Tradition
NOT1IER Oregon tradition came to a sue
cessful close last night when Acting Dean
Orlando Hollis rapped “court adjourned at
the finish of this spring’s linal moot trial.
Every year Oregon’s embryo barristers get
into the thick of actual practice conditions
when they enter into the traditional moot
trials. Participation in these, mock affairs pro
vides entertainment for all, as well as giving
future lawyers a test under lire.
The trials are held as regular as the Canoe
Fete. Homecoming, Dad's Day, A\YS Carni
val, and other time honored Oregon events.
Along with llies,1 traditional att'nirs they
assume the place of a true Oregon tradition
. . . an occasion or event participated in will
ingly and freely In a large number of stu
dents . . . not an enforced ruling which var
ious students are coerced into by threats or
physical force.
Plaudits For ’Pygmalion’
JP INAL curtains for this year’s drama activ
ities will be drawn at the Guild hall
theater tonight and tomorrow, as Mrs. Ottilie
T. Seybolt. directs an all-star cast in the pro
duction of “Pygmalion.”
With master craftsman George Bernard
Shaw, the author, with a east which has al
ready made a name for itself in other pro
ductions this year, and with the invaluable
contributions of Mrs. Seybolt and Designer
Horace Robinson, tin- play will undoubtedly
be up to usual University theater standards.
Indicative of the high standard other
plays have reached this year arc the packed
houses which have greeted every production.
It seems not at all premature to predict plaud
its for “Pygmalion.”
No longer can traditional marriage tics I
lay sole claim to the identifying words of
“Ball and Chain.” A group of student ath
letic managers at Southern Cal has adopted
this as an appropriate title for their organi/.a
1 ion.
When they put wings on these here putt
putting motorbikes so reminiscent of bygone
scooter days, then the machine age will be
here for sure.
Miscellany
ARE EXAMS BENEFICIAL? •
Many students in the colleges and universities
of the country will be pleased over a finding re
cently made in hehalf of the Carnegie Foundation
for the advancement of teaching. After a careful
investigation, Dr. I. L. Kandcl of Columbia univer
sity has concluded that the written examination to
test’the students’ education progress is useless and
should, therefore, he abolished.
“The success of an educational system,’’ says
Dr. Kandel, “should no longer be measured in terms
of the numbers who pass or fail in examinations
but by the degree to which it has been able to
discover the abilities and needs of pupils and has
provided for them the type of education from
which they are capable of profiting.”
It is true that the merits of an educational sys
tem cannot be measured by “the number of students
who pass or fail in examinations" but some meth
od must be employed to determine the progress
of students in acquiring knowledge. The written
examination is not an accurate test of the student’s
knowledge on a particular subject. Memory plays
an important part in the written test rather than
the student's ability to do a little straight thinking
on a given subject.
When classes are small enough to have frequen*
student recitations, the class standing of the pupil
should be taken into account in fixing his rating.
However, the matter of examinations depends
largely upon the character and temperament of the
teacher himself. Some teachers conduct the tests
in a sensible manner while others display little
judgment in the matter and therefore make ser
ious mistakes in fixing the rank of students in their
classes.
Teachers who have the ability to kindle in the
minds of their students a real desire for know
ledge and to set them thinking have few failures
in their classes.—The Deseret News.
STUDYING ISN’T “QUEER”
To bo a campus leader at Carolina is a great
thing. To be a sports hero, editor of the Yackety
Yaek, or chairman of the dance committee is recog
nized and respected as a form of leadership. To be
a student is something else.
There is no defense for the bookworm who
can't meet personalities, to be sure; but it is gen
erally true that students interested in scholarship,
original production, and even philosophy (which
might be the common ground for all university
men) is neglected called "queer" -to the stig
matic point.
Educational systems can be destroyed and re
built every day but until a campus respect for
intellectual pursuit is permitted, this will never be
a place for students. Daily Tar Heel.
SWEEPINGS . . .
The spectator defines “deadline" as the legal
limit for turning in assignments, so called because
an editor once dropped dead when the staff turned
them all in on time.
TO SATISFY THR ESTHETIC
sense of our readers, we insert the following quote
taken direct from Cicero: "Sit stillabit sed Amanto
hiscat."
TWO WAYS TO GET THROUGH COLLEGE:
1. Faculty of work.
A*. Working of faculty
* * $
w E HEAR that Mu solini and llitlci ire sched
uled to sing a duet at the next Geneva Benefit.
The boys will render their favorite, "Reign in
Spain The Los Angelos Collegian.
Parasitic Study
To Be Tuesday
At the May meeting of Sigma
Xi, national science honorary, Dr
K. D. Furrer, local physician, will
speak on parasitology: Its Medical
and Social Aspects."
The meeting will be held May IS.
at 8:00 at 10! Condon. The lecture
will be illustrated.
The Lane County Medical asso
ciation has been invited to listen
to the address and the general pub
lic is welcome.
In speaking of the lecture Dr.
Warren l'. Smith said. "Possibly
no more important subject to the
average citizen than this one has
been di-russed on the campus this
year, because this has to <io with
diseases to which everyone is sub
ject and many citizens m our com
munity are now suffering because
of a lack of knowledge of that
subject. While certain aspects of
the address may be technical, the
lecturer will endeavor to translate!
his subject as far as possible into
ordinary language."
Dr. Pt.trot's studies deal with
disease-causing parasites such its
hook worm.
Subscriptions only $3.00 per year.
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(.Continued from paye one)
of the luncheon and recreation
period.
Mrs. Hazel A re hi bald, dean of
girls at Roosevelt junior high, is
in charge of arranging flowers for
the conference.
The \U'S will s.'rvc tea in Her
linger following the afternoon ses
sions
During the afternoon members
of Kwams. sophomore women's
service honorary, will take the
delegates to various campus build
ings and guides will conduct a tour
through them.
W aiting the Big Parade
The afternoon before the procession crowds such as this formed along the line of march await
ing coronation procession and ttie ceremonies of the crowning of George VI. In order to have a
good view of the events of the next day, the onlookers brought their suppers to eat in the street,
and after tiiat they slept as best they could. (Acme photo radioed from London.)
Campus
Calendar
Ellen Torrence, Jack Hazlitt
Jim Hague, Geraldine Thayer, Ger
aid Allen, Elizabeth Dement, Loui
Coleman, Priscilla Mackie, Ro;
Hackett. Julc Graff, Carl Prod
inger, John Rutz, and Mary Man
are in the infirmary.
The Newman club will have ;
“Dutch . treat” breakfast at Sey
mom's cafe Sunday, May 16, fol
lowing Lhc 0:30 o'clock mass.
l*hi Chi Theta pledges meet ii
104 Commerce at 4 o'clock today
Student# who wish to go on th<
Wesley club retreat Friday or Sat
urday should call either Brit Asl
or Hayes Beall.
According to ratings of the Am
eriean Medical association, Ore
gon s medical school is listed ii
third place.
< ONI i;iU:iN< K I’KOOKAM
9:00 -Registration; organ
music, Dorothy Davis Eugene
high school.
9:30 Group singing, leader,
Miss Carolyn Woods, Eugene
high school.
9:45 Welcome, Gayle Buch
anan, president Associated Wo
men Students, U. of O.; Mrs.
Hazel P. Schwering, dean of
women, U. of O.; response,
Dorothy Chambers, Oregon City
senior high; announcements,
Mrs. James V. Danielson.
10:15 Address, “Her Voice
Was Soft" Wordsworth, Mr.
John Casteel, department of
speech, U. of O.
10:45-12:00 Discussion
groups: “How to Find Beauty
Through Everyday Surround
ings," school of music auditor
ium, Miss Mabel P. Robertson,
dean of girls, and Rith Alice
Grant. Salem high school: “How
to Achieve Beauty in Friend
ships," school of education, room
3, Miss Elizabeth Vinson, dean
of girls, and Mariella Frisbie,
McMinnville senior high; "How
to Give Beauty in Service,”
school of education, room 4.
Miss Isabel Willsie, dean of
girls, Astoria senior high school,
“How to Acknowledge Beauty
in Other People," guild hall,
.^iss Elizabeth McGaw, dean of
girls, and Adclc Knerr, Grant
high school; "Our Best Activity
During the Past Year," Johnson
hall, room 110. Mrs. Veola P.
Ross, dean of girls, and Mary
Kay C r u m b a. k c r. University
high school; ' Beauty of Person
ality." (deans only \. school of
education, room 2. Miss Olive M
Dahl, dean of women. Willam
ette U.
Luncheon, men’s dormitory;
recreation, physical education
department, women's building.
1:30 B u s i n e s s meetings:
girls, school of music auditor
ium: deans, school of education,
room 2.
t . to Musk . University high
trio, Doris Hack, Lorene Mitch
ell, Mary Booth
2 00 Address, "Beauty of the
Appropriate Mr: Eric W Al
len
2:15—Introduction of new of
ficers
3:00 Tea, Associated Women
Students. U. of O., sun porch,
women's building.
Books—and Coeds-Get
Ride in New Library Lift
Two very excited Oregon coeds exploring the new library discovered
a room in the southeast corner of the basement filled with many inter
1 esting objects used in the library operation. In this room they dis
■ covered a little door about four feet high, and inside the door a book
s lift, or in other words, a miniature elevator.
, “How cute,” said one.
“How exciting,” said the other.
They exchanged long meaningful glances and said:
“Shall we?” and “Let’s.”
A boy friend was found to man
ipulate the controls on the outside
i, of the door, and the two girls
climbed inside, stooping to do so,
and kneeled down in the little ele
vator.
“Buzzzzzz,” went the push but
, ton, and the girls were enveloped
in darkness. Up and up they went,
past doors and lights and noises!
, “Let me down,” said one.
“Let us down,” said the other.
L “Buzzzzzzz,” went the push but
ton, and finally the girls reached
bottom and emerged with very
silly and guilty looks on their
. faces.
i “Gee! What if a librarian had
seen us,” said one.
Next day in this same room, the
girls sat working. "Buzzzzz,” went
a button. Something was coming
down the book lift - probably
books.
“Let's go see,” said one.
“Let’s,” said the other.
They hurried to the small door,
cautiously opened it, and — what
they saw was neither books nor
mail. Inside sat a' flustered, blush
ing, kneeling librarian, a “boss” of
one of the coeds.
It later developed that several
of the dignified librarians were
testing out the book lift by enjoy
ing rides in it.
I
Zep Crash Could Have
Been Averted, Dr. Kunz
The Hindenburg crash last Tuesday would have been prevented if
helium had been used in the gargantuan blimp, it was explained yester
day by Dr. A. H. Kunz, instructor in chemistry at the University of
I Oregon.
Helium, the second lightest known gas which can be used in lighter
than-air craft, is monopolized by the United States, according to Dr.
Kunz. The major part «f this country’s supply is obtained in the oil
fields of Texas, where it is isolated from petroleum by a liquifaction
process, in no other part or tne
world is there more than a trace of
the valuable gas.
The German dirigible was filled
with hydrogen, lightest of the ele
ments, but very inflammable. Kunz
explained. Helium is the ideal ma
terial for use in ballons, because of
the fact that it is entirely non
explosive since it combines with no
elements.
Although small traces of helium
are found in the air, Dr.»Kunz does
not believe that other nations will
be able to obtain large enough
amounts of it to overcome the nat
ural monopoly of the United States.
There is a chance, he pointed out.
that additional supplies may be
found in oil wells of other parts or
the world, although he feels that it
is very slight.
Production of helium, even in the
United States, is a relatively ex
pensive operation, costing $7 per
1000 cubic feet, Dr. Kunz said. At
present the gas is controlled by the
military department, none of it
being used commercially outside
of the United States.
.lOUKNAIJSTS WOIiK
Journalism students of the Uni
versity edited this morning’s edi
tion of the Eugene News. Mem
bers of the reporting, copyediting,
and editing classes cooperated in
the work
Lots of Death List's in One Basket
But not all in one basket, however. For the Vrim's <>HQ air foree is
.•onductlng its largest eimeentr.ition of planes in maneuvers covering a
large part of California during May. 1’hoto shows one of the huge
bombers being loaded with bombs at Muroc Dr\ Lake in the Mojave
iesert.
Plaintiff’s Attorneys
Contend Judgement
Whether Mr. Devers in person, “saw the light” or not as Miss Hitch
man would say, the jury believed they did last night in returning a
verdict for the defendant, J. Richard Devers, and against the plaintiff,
Herbert Skplet, at moot triol.
No sooner had the verdict been rendered than D. R. Dimick, attorney
for the plaintiff, was on his feet, contesting the decision, asking that
members of the jury be polled. Judge Hollis granted Dimick's request
md it was found two members op
posed the verdict, as rendered. At
torney Dimick, to do things up
right, then read off an impressive,
but evidently pre-war, statute,
claiming the jury should deliberate
further. Judge Hollis, after due
deliberation, pointed cut to Dimick
that the statute. referred to had
been amended and at present three
fourth of the 'jury was sufficient
to pass on a civil case. Dimick ask
ed the clerk note an exception. The
iury was excused from further duty
during the season, and the last
moot court of the spring term
ended. „
During the evening Attorneys
Nora Hitchman and D. R. Dimick
for the plaintiff, Herb Skalet,
claimed Herb's reputation had been
blackened as a result of his having
lost his position as Omega hall
sponsor, this action the result of
the late hours he was forced to
keep due to having been “locked”
in the library by Devers.
Counsel for the defendant, Bob
Miller, and Tony Yturri, maintain
ed the plaintiff could have gained
his freedom and gotten back to the
dorm on time had he really tried
to get out of the library. They said
he could have yelled out a window,
rttracting help with his “prize-win
ning" voice, if by not other method.
Yturri dramatically closed the
argument for the defense and Dim
ick wound up the case for. the
j plaintiff.
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DURING the January floods, Western Electric—Service
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From its three factories and many distributing points,
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stricken area:. Day and night, telephone men and women
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Dramatic as is this emergency Service Of Supply, it is
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