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BOB pollock's folly MIGHTILY PERPLEXED Was black-browed Barney Hall, ASUO prexy, a couple of weeks ago . . . along with his perplex ity was a generous sprinkling of fear, for Barney, like every one, is human and has the same fear of flunking that haunts us all. Tlie occasion was a skiing trip to Mt. Hood during the Christmas holidays and the in nocent cause of it all was the Oregonian’s Mr. I.. H. Gregory, sports editor par excellence. Mr. Gregory—who gets his dope from Mr. Bruce Hamby of Ore gon's publicity department — had blandly announced In his widely-read sport gossip that the huge Mr. David Silver, one of the University's towering basketeers, hud stubbed his big toe—<|uite by accident. THIS, THE NOTED sports editor said, might keep the aforementioned Mr. Silver from the easaba courts but, he added with a pleasant grin, this would not incapacitate David from pursuing his duties as president of the Associated Stu dents of the University of Ore gon. You can well imagine the grief and dismay this caused Mr. Hall. After striding prac tically unscathed through the bloody political warfare of last spring and then to be Urns cava lierly thrust out of office—it was preposterous! THEN TIIE disquieting thought struck him: Had he flunked out? They did that to pre-med students sometimes. A little further cogitation reassur ed him, however. For Silver to succeed him it would be neces sary that not one, but three people Hall, Vice-prexy Ben son, and Second Ditto Schaupp —get the axe. It couldn’t be, he felt sure. Mr. Greogry had made a mistake, unbelievable as that might seem. Or Mr. Hamby had made a mistake. Somebody had. Anyway, Bernard Hall is still ASIIO prexy and the Oregon ian has not canned Mr. Gregory and the University still employs Mr. Hamhy. And Mr. Silver’s toe is en tirely well. RICHARD UTKIN, ace poli tician from the windy town of The Dalles, is known through out the rialto not only for his political maneuvering-s, his nice looking grin, and his Esquire clothes, but also for his almost phenomenal successes with wimmen. In 193(1 the estimable Ur. L,lt fin, young, yes, but still n smoothie, went to North Caro lina with the elder I.itfin to at tend a Republican eon vent ion. While there—and in the short course of one month—he met, wooed and won a belle of the deep south. Her beauty was breath-taking, her old gent had gelt, and Richard was really pitching in there. THEN HE returned to The Dalles, the scent of magnolia still in his nostrils and the Sou thern belle still tinkling in his brain. And he did not forget her. In the course of a year or more he received 88 air mail letters from south of the Mason and Dixon line and it kept the Litfin budget in a permanently strained condition answering them also by air mail. Kut distance blurs charm, and No’tli Car'lina is a long way away. So Richard fetched out his charming grin, and entered once more upon the hunt. It is hardly necessary to relate bis successes here. The world knows that. THE SOUTHERN belle? lie still has her picture and various other tokens, but the romance has went. If one were a pun ster, one could almost say it had Gone With the Wind. And all Richard has is the above mentioned tokens. And the 88 ait-mail letters. Thus the saga of an almost true love. After all, you can't expect magnolias to grow in The Dalles. Future Lawyers To Hear Morse At Today's Forum Pre-law students will have a chance to hear Dean Wayne I.. Morse of the law school speak this morning at 11 at an assembly in the Oregon building. Dean Morse will use as a subject, "Is the Bat Overcrowded?” His talk will be followed by an open forum dis cussion of problems relevant to students preparing for law. Dean Morse emphasises the im portance of students who plan to take law having the necessary background courses preparatory to their work in the law school. He hopes to introduce special courses for pre-law students in the near future, to be taught by members of the law faculty, point ing out that the mortality among law students is great, only about 30 per cent of those entering first year law completing the three ear course and graduating. leroy Mattingly, Editor Walter r. vernstrom, Manager LLOYD TUPLING, Managing Editor Associate Editors: Eaul Deutschmann, Clare Jgoe. The Oregon Daily Emerald, officii 1 student publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year exref t. Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods. Entered as second-class mail matter at the postffice, Eocene, Or* yon. Editorial Board - Idarrel Ellis, Bill Peace, Margaret Bay, Edwin Robbins, A1 Dickbart, Kenneth Kirtlpy, Berr.ardine Bowman. To Straw Vote, or Not to Straw Vote great many University faculty members have, in the course of lectures or con versations, expressed doubts as to the success of the competitive system in the field of higher edlirat ion. There lias, however, been little serious consideration given, in the past, to the faults of the system, faculty dissatisfaction lias not led to action, and few suggestions as to how the system might be improved have been produced. Yesterday Dr. Warren I). Smith, bead of the department of geology and geography, rose up in faculty meeting and suggested that the practice of making grades public be abolished and suggested a substitute pro cedure. Although Dr. Smith’s motion was referred to a committee, the faculty will this term be given an opportunity to vote on the findings of the committee. rJ''lll! competitive grading is one of the major blemishes on the scroll of univer sity education. In a series of articles written for The I'lmerald last year on the topic of an ideal university, several faculty men indicated that the present system was, in their opinion, at the root of the problems of cheating, the failure of the honor systcm, poor studv habits, the general decay of intellectual curiosity— and even the lowering of standards in busi ness Melds which students enter upon gradu ation. The competitive system is probably also one of the leading causes, directly and indirectly, for maladjusted students. The tendency in education has been, in theory, distinctly away from competition as a motive or a spur to study, but nearly all the arguments in favor of the grading system are based on the fact that, through competi tion. individuals or groups are urged to greater efforts. Aside from the evils arising from this competition, leading educators have come to question whether it does, all things considered, add anything to the student's education in the long run and whether the desire to top someone else is conducive to that spirit in which the opportunities for intellec tual betterment should he approached. 'I'llK motion which Dr. Smith placed in the faculty’s hands yesterday went even further limn de-emphasizing find slopping the publication of grades by 1 li<* climination of lcttyr grades. I )r. Smith proposed I Imt “honors, “pass ing,” find ‘‘incomplete” lie the only grades given. This would eliminate all marks of failing and might he eoneeived as fin even more, radical departure than the basic move for de-emphasis which Dr. Smith asked. The elimination of the ‘‘failure” classi fication was deliberate on the part of Dr. Smith and met with both opposition and approval from the faculty. Since the 1'niver sitv requires no entrance examinations and since it is somewhat difficult to flunk out or be kept out of the institution, the abolition of failure grades isn’t an important point. And if Dr. Smith intended that any student not doing satisfactory work should be given an incomplete and a chance to meet the course requirements, his argument seems fairly logical. ^^l/riIOIT(JII still giving marks of failure, Mills college has operated for sonic lime on a grades basis much like that which Dr. Smith suggests. The student at Mills is given one of four marks, “I’D. which means ‘‘passed with distinction, ‘•1’.” or passing, ‘‘K,” or failure, and incomplete. At Mills the numerical or letter grades are kept on record, just its Dr. Smith sug gests, to be used when the student wishes to Iransfer to another school but they fire not released to students or parents. # « * TN the primary and secondary schools of today there may he found justification for the use of letter grades and the competitive system. In the university, however, where individual research and the attempt to arouse intellect mil curiosity are supposedly stressed, there seems no place for the archaic system and the impetus to “cut corners” which it represents. tirades, because of current abuses, have come to indicate fit least to some degree, the capabilities a ‘‘student” has at apple-polish ing, cheating, picking easy courses, or getting to know graders. None of these things have ever added much, either to the world’s fund of knowledge or the intellectual capacity of the individual practicing them. Now Marks for the Children's Report Cards rJ'MITC history of .straw votes is not too savory. We all remember the notorious Literary Digest poll during tlie last presi dential election. However, another system of polling, conducted by the American Insti tute of Public Opinion under the direction of a Professor (lallup, has been doing much of late to reinstate the ‘‘testing” method of hallotting as a reliable means in discovering how the public pulse1 is pulsing. They say even the president harkens to the results of t his orgnnizni ion. While The Kmeratd does not claim to he as elfieient in its “feeling” of the campus pulse as the (lallup surveys, it strenuously denies that its poll on tin* coaching candi dates is as inefficient as the first-mentioned vote. It will admit that certain corrections of the totals must be made to counteract stuffing, lack of widespread vote, jokesters, etc. But even after these have been made there remains a reasonably strong sentiment. and that sentiment is overwhelmingly for Gene Shields. * # «■ rJ"'IIE Emerald vote represented a total of about. ,r>00 student, opinions. Due to the duplieation G100 were straw votes, and 200 were taken at living organizations during the dinner hour) at least 100 of these votes ean he tossed out. On tIn* same percentage Shields still retains over 200 votes. His nearest com petitor. Waldorf of Jefferson high in Port land. lias only about f?f> votes in a similarly corrected total. 'fhe above correction also includes possible “stutfing” of the ballot box itself. However, as McGurk (adviser on important decisions says) “If a man’s got energy enough to vote 20 times for one coach, it must indicate some, pretty strong sentiment.” The Emerald editors also wish to thank the kind contributor who dropped the penny into the ballot box. We shall use it for a fund to conduct, bigger and better straw votes in the future. l’.l). SIDE SHOW Edited by .... Bill Cummings, Campus Paul Deutschmnnn, National Campus Organization is generally a good tiling, lint too much of a good thing is sometimes had. And it would ho too much of a good thing if each department of the University were to or ganize its own student body, as the various departments are thinking of doing. Specialized activities for each group of stu dents would be promoted, it is granted, but the tiling would inevitably be carried too far and would tend to undermine the strength of the student body as a whole. ♦ * * Everyone admits that setting the law school aside from the rest of the University wit!) a student body of its own is a desirable setup, but carrying the practice into other departments with the possible exception of the school of business adminis tration would bring about an undesirable state of affairs. (1. a W y e r s need seclusion, wherein to ponder over musty books in their inimitable style. They also need student- body meetings of tliolr own to pro mote a highly specialized type if studying. Furthermore, they need special soeiul activities so (lint thej enn relax in their own quaint ways.) But the other departments would, by organizing into stu dent bodies of their own, con tribute to the already too com plex system of organization which bewilders the average student, it would be especial ly undesirable if these depart mentalized student bodies were to hold assemblies of their own at 11 o’clock on Thursdays, as has been suggested. There are too few ASUO assemblies as it is. * * » Once each department had a student body of its own—the journalists, the physical educa tion students, etc.—it is quite probable that these sub-organi zations would grow stronger with time until they eclipsed the ASl'O itself, like the law school has done in its own field. Let the lawyers band them selves together and ignore out side activities—that’s for their own {rood—but keep other de partments subsidiary to the l Diversity as a whole. Let’s don't desert the ship and let the ASl'O sink in a sea of intra-or K'uni/.ation^. KKK and Squeeze (Continued from page three) Greek Letters Have Desserts Starting the termly toll of des serts this week. Tuesday night found Sigma Chi playing host to Chi Omega. Wednesday night, Pi Beta Phi went to Delta Tau Delta; Kappa Alpha Theta to Phi Sigma Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon to Sigma Kappa; and Sigma Chi to Alpha Omicron Pi. Thursday Theta Chi will enter tain some guests from Hendricks hall at a dessert; Kappa Sigma. Tri Delta: Pi Kappa Alpha, Gam ma Phi Beta; and Alpha Chi Ome ga. Delta Upsilon. Friday night Alpha Gamma Del ta will go to Alpha Tau Omega. Campus Calendar All house mothers and heads c.f halls are invited to attend the Book club meeting Friday after noon at 3 o’clock at the Theta house. The C hristian Science organiza tion will meet in the AWS room at Gerlinger tonight at 8 p.m. Fol lowing the testimonial meeting there will be a short important business meeting. Any Orhles members who wish to help on publicity, posters, etc., please meet at Westminster house between 1 and 4 today. There will he a meeting of Alpha Kappa Psi, business honorary, in 106 Commerce tomorrow at 5 o'clock. A 40-minutP sound picture, "Heat end Its Control,’’ will be shown in 103 Deady today at 11 a.m. under the auspices of the physics depart ment. The showing will be open to the public. Business ad majors will meet to day for an assembly at the Guild theater in Johnson hall at 11. Miss Janet Smith, employment secre tary, will lead the discussion. Infirmary patients at the health service yesterday were: Bruce Giese, Kenneth Eichmow, Jean Weber, Margaret Can Matre, Louis Larson, Alice Mueller, Bill Feas ley, Elizabeth Emison, "Smokey” Whitfield, and Robert Fulton. I’lii Theta Upsilon will meet Thursday, January 13, at 4 o’clock in the AWS rooms of Gerlinger hall. All members are requested to be present. A meeting of Pi Delta Phi, French honorary, will be held at the home of Mrs. Hazel Howe, 1791 j Aider, Tuesday, January 18. The Sigma Delta Chi anniver sary luncheon January 22 will be held in John Straub memorial hall, not at the Del Rey cafe as the Em eral mistakenly p'rinted yesterday. YW publicity committee will meet at the YW bungalow at 4 o’clock. A staff for the “Y’s” Co Edition” will be chosen. All Y members interested please attend. Interfraternity council meeting at SAM house tonight at 6. Waterfront Open (Continued from page one) ground at the time. Another man, missing for some time, was found unharmed later by the rescue crew of 30. Who's Wrong? WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Re versing the recent charges of sev eral big-time business men, A. F. Whitney, of the Railroad Brother hood, told the senate unemploy ment committee today that confi dence among the working people rather than in business is the clue to end the so-called “recession.” He testified that this confidence is necessary to restore buying pow er. Still Missing PAGO PAGO, Samoa, Jan. 12.— Scattered remains floating over the water testified to the fate of the giant Samoan clipper, missing since yesterday. Airway officials were forced to concede that all seven fliers of the crew are dead. Investigators believe that the plane exploded while dumping gasoline in the process of making an emergency landing. Stanford Coeds (Continued front page one) number of sororities be increased proportionately increasing the situation, suggested that either the "pledges,” or that the sororities be abolished entirely and univer sity operated dormitories substi tuted. Well She Was .. . She was only an electrician's daughter, but she had good connections. She was only a blacksmith's daughter, but she knew how to forge ahead. She was only a milkman's daugh ter, but she was the cream of the crop. She was only a convict's daughter, but she knew all the bars. She was only a parson's daughter, but she sure had her following. —Polytechnic. Charming Ohewers Chew and be charming is the : important thing at Marquette uni- : versity these days. The dean of i women has given her girls rules 1 on the niceties of chewing gum. i Chew with the mouth closed, she : advocated. Chew without gusto, except when alone or on occa- t dons deemed fitting. Coeds agree 1 that gum chewing would be in 1 good taste while studying; while t dressing; and before a hard quiz t to relieve nervous tension. • > t Hawaii Fails to Fret Over Oriental Crisis Although Hawaii'3 population is largely oriental with Japanese predominating, the preesnt situation in China has caused ho concern nor even worry in the territory, it was declared here by David L. Crawford, president of the University of Hawaii, who visited the University of Oregon campus this week. President Crawford is making a tour of colleges and universities. Cressman Receives Research Allotment Carnegie Institute Makes Grant for Continued Work The search for evidences of early rnan will continue in southeastern Oregon next summer, under the direction of Di'. Luther S. Cress man, head of the University of Oregon department of anthropol ogy, it was announced here today. A grant of $500 from the Car negie Institute of Washington, D. C., made largely on the basis of important discoveries already made by Oregon scientists, will enable Dr. Cressman and his party to invade the little inhabited re gion for the third summer. Artifacts and specimens found in the now famous Catlow Caves region of southeastern Oregon are evidence of a very old culture and civilization. The grant is also regarded as a recognition of the high quality of scientific work under way at the University, it is pointed out. Car negie grants are made only to reputable institutions and to scho lars of proved qualifications. Novel Themes Mag Cop Prize Awards An additional prize of two tic kets to the canoe fete and two for the Jepson concert, will be award ed in the Junior Weekend theme contest, Zane Kemler, junior class president, announced last night. First prize, as announced yes terday, will be $20. The second award will be two tickets to each of the above affairs as well as one to the junior prom. Entries must be submitted by February 14, Kemler said. He also requested students interested in the contest to confer with him immediately. The junior prexy added that drawings of 15 floats for the canoe fete, in keeping with the general theme, must be submitted with the i entries. Ideas about any novel events to be included in the junior tveekend program may also be in eluded in the contest series and will be considered by the judges, he said. Judges for the contest, also an nounced last night by Kemler, are: Horace W. Robinson, Maude E. Kerns, and Rex Underwood. Appointees Assume New Responsibility Three new appointees will take over their duties this week on the Emerald business staff, Walt i Vernstrom, business manager, said yesterday. Bruce Curry will handle circula tion, Bill Thompson will hold day advertising duties, and Ruth Ket :hum will act as promotion mana ger. Other posts will remain the same as fall term, said Vernstrom. Dr. Smith Speaks At Geology Meet Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the departments of geology and geography, attended a meeting of the Northwest Science association in Spokane on December 29. Dr. Smith spoke about Crater lake at the Sigma Xi breakfast, the first event of the conference: discussed provisions for geologic and mining work under the program of the neawiy created Oregon state de partment of geology and mineral industries, at the meeting of the geology group. Five Mile Limit (Continued from paye one) hese. (Also humor ?). “Handshaking shall not be con sidered a breach of etiquette. “The walls of the hall being weak, a number of the students ire requested to act as props, es jecially near the entrance. (May De that’s what poor old Villard leeds now—a few props.) “For the benefit of science, as nany as possible shall make ob servations on the weather.” tPos tively daring! Shocking, too.) What does grandpa’s ghost up n the top floor of Deady hall or n any of the other of his old-time etreats think when he reads no ices sprawled over the campus of i “Krazy Kopy Krawl,” with the tartling, daring, amazing feature to put it in the words of its ad vertisers) of 50 fan dancers? Babe 5inford will turn on the heat with us swinging modern band (say he notices). Poor grandpa! But, hen, what in heaven's name will | ur grandchildren,think of us? | and while here conferred with Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter, President C. Valentine Boyer, and others. Some of the older Japanese and Chinese feel rather keenly about the trouble in the orient, President Crawford said, but those of oriental parentage born in the islands have even continued to manitain friendship and friendly relations with members of the other race. “Island born orientals are thoroughly American, with only an American's interest in trouble in other parts of the world,’’ he declared. Actually, Dr. Crawford stated, more evidences of prejudice for or against the Japanese are evident on the mainland than in Hawaii. "Perhaps our mild, constantly: pleasant climate, which seems to influence our people, tends to make our residents less inclined to view any sort of trouble with great concern,” he said, smiling. The University of Hawaii, sup ported by the territory, has been making rapid strides, especially in the past 10 years, President Craw ford reported. Many island resi dents now send their children there, rather than sending them to mainland institutions, and last year students came from some 35 states. People of the territory are also becoming more generous in gifts to the institution, and enroll ment is growing as interest in the university grows. Situated at the “crossroads of the Pacific” the university offers many advantages in cultural and social studies, President Crawford said. Scholars interested in inter racial and international relations also find it a particularly interest ing field. Coeds Plan Capers (Continued from par/e three) On the committee are Dorothy Magnusson and Carolyn Dudley, general chairmen; Virginia Regan, construction; Marcia Steinhauser, decorations; Maude Edmunds, re freshments; Kay Coleman, skits; Margaret Goldsmith, band; Max ine Glad, publicity; Cathleen Mc Alear, clean-up; Marionbeth Wol-] fendon, house costumes; Patsy Taylor, display; Harriet Sarazin, judges and patronesses. Wayne Frell, a 1935 BA gradu ate, informed the school of busi ress in a letter that he had just been called to Washington, D. C., for a two month training course on income tax procedure with the federal revenue bureau. Students to Appear In Musical Recital Dorothy Johnson and Dorothy Davis Will Offer Selections Two of the University’s most talented musicians, Dorothy Louise Johnson, violin student of Rex Un derwood, and Dorothy Davis, pian ist, under Mrs. Aurora Potter Un derwood, will give a recital of ex ceptional interest in the school of music tonight at 8 p. m. The most popular of the classi cal composers will be represented in the selections played by the re citalists. Numbers by Chopin, Men delssohn, Levitzky, and Schubert ^ will be given by Miss Davis. Miss Johnson has listed among her se lections compositions by Tschai kowsky, Kreisler, Ries, and Sar asate. She will also play the Saint Saens “Concerto in B-minor.” Both Miss Johnson and Miss Da vis have received favorable recog nition for their unusual musical achievements. Miss Johnson is this year’s holder of the Phi Beta schol arship, and last year was the win ner of the state contest sponsored by the National Federated Wo men’s Music clubs. She has had many concert and radio appear Oregon Law Review Sells 3000 Copies Three thousand copies of the Oregon Law Review have come from the press prior to their distri bution to members of the Oregon State Bar association and law libraries throughout the world. The issue having a 33 per cent increase in student contributions and presenting a greater number of recent cases than any issue in the Review’s history is the first under Editor Harbert Galton and his new staff. Highlighting the edition are ar ticles by Professor Paul Weiden baum of Munich university on Eu ropean law and William Mclntiirff, law student, whose compilation of Oregon law, on interest as dam ages, is already gaining recogni tion. The Review, rapidly gaining a national reputation now has sub scribers in every part of the world, China, Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, and Italy. LEGAL LUNCHEON SLATED Honoring their new pledges Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity is holding a luncheon at noon todays in the Side. " The luncheon is the first in a series, expected to continue through the year, designed to bet ter acquaint members of the law school faculty and the students. Oauti S&oxjl f MMOTRAN *• WASWBUPNI Phone 2700 Hi, Fellows! this is your opportunity to buy that pair of Extra Trousers That you have been needing! Group I $4.69 Plain and pleat ed styles with ~ zipper . . . checks, plaids, stripes . . . tweeds, twists, cheviots. English peg top «. 1 . . . plain and pleated styles with zipper ... all sizes . . . blue, brown, gray, green. Washburne’s on the campus is the Group II Dudley-Field Shop Prices Slashed! Profits Cut to the Bone! Krazy Kopy Kra wl Was .... $1.00 Now . 99c Free Gifts and Prizes * 50 Fan Dancers * 120 Puff Dancers (60 Puffs) * Free Cokes Friday, Jan. 14 — Gerlinger