VOLUME XXXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1938 NUMBER 74
News Commentator Audition
Draws 238 Contestants to
Top Record of Other Schools
Don Kennedy, Don Hunter, Barney Hall ... in first Emerald audition.
'Peer Gynt' Is
Nearly Ready,
Says Robinson
Directors Will Study
Original Script in
Seattle; Cast to Be
Announced
“Peer Gynt,” University of Ore
gon show of shows scheduled for
, spring term presentation, at last
neared the beginning of actual pro
duction yesterday with the an
nouncement by Director Horace
W. Robinson that enough of the
script had been chosen to begin
- work.
According to Robinson, the
scenes to be used have been select
ed and their order determined. All
that remains of the editing is the
cutting of speeches down to a
•usable length.
Robinson and assistant director
Walden Boyle will leave Thursday
for Seattle where they will inspect
the original script used in the first
production of “Peer Gynt” by the
National theater of Oslo, Norway.
They will also look at the edition
used by the Seattle repertoire com
pany some time ago.
Main Part is ‘Peer’
Casting for the major parts has
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Night Classes
Help to Raise
( Cultural Level
By ALYCE ROGERS
It isn't the little red schoolhouse
but the lighted skyscraper that is
now the bulwark of democracy in
the United States, Dr. Walter Dill
Scott, president of Northwestern
university, believes.
“The modern metropolitan edu
cational movement offers one of
the best ways to raise the cultural
level of the nation,” he says.
“This movement has come so fast
and is so new, that we scarcely
have been aware of it. It is tax
ing the universities for space and
men. It is giving us a new pic
ture of America, in which tens of
thousands of men and women are
fitting themselves to be better cit
izens and better workers by at
tending non-vocational night class
y es, many of them conducted in
towering urban buildings.”
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Polish ...
“Instead of applying polish to
breeding, personality, and educa
tion,” says an Indiana Daily col
umnist, authority on feminine life,
“too many coeds are busy getting
it on fingernails, shoes, and ap
ples!”
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Lucky Boy...
Nice future if you can get it.
Seven-months old Stephen S. Fas
sett of Needham, Mass., is one of
the youngest collegians on record.
Steve has a four-year scholarship
• waiting for him when he can use
it. The scholarship was offered by
the class of 1912 for the benefit of
the first grandson born to a mem
ber of the class.
j Entrants Deliver Short Announcements as
Judges Note Voice Quality; High Ratings
; Received by Coed Reporters
_
j Oregon’s student body turned out 238 strong for the first Emerald
i news commentator audition yesterday to hang up a record of nearly
j 2 to 1 registration over other universities where the program has been
! started.
j Yesterday’s record turn-out set the stage for the two audition
periods which will be held today from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m.
Directors of The Oregon Daily Emerald radio news program forecast
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enter the tiny broadcasting' sta
tion in the educational activities of
fice before auditions end, on Fri
day afternoon.
As entrants came into the office
they were registered and given
script to read into the microphone.
Each entrant delivered a brief news
item and commercial announce
ment which was carried to the
judges’ booth in KORE by a leas
ed wire connection.
Records Given
At the same time voice record
ings were made and when the en
trants left the “studio” they were
presented with a card which they
could redeem for a “flat-fifty” of
cigarettes and a recording of their
broadcast.
At the other end of the wire sat
two judges noting the voice quali
ties of the participants, and grad
ing each entrant. KORE judges
commented on the excellent quality
of the women’s voices; several
coeds are reported to have received
high ratings.
Second Edition Prepared
In the meantime Emerald news
gatherers went their daily rounds
to pick up material for the second
news-cast which went over station
KORE last night at 10:30.
Radio editors announced last
night that the first men’s and wo
men’s living organizations to gain
100 per cent turnout would receive
a prize. A subscription to The
Emerald will be mailed the parents
of each member in the winning
groups.
HUFFAKER TO SPEAK
Dr. C. L. Huffaker of the school
of education will speak on Febru
ary 19 to the Douglas county prin
cipals’ association, at Roseburg.
The convention, scheduled for last
weekend, has postponed its session
a week.
1Slow But Sure'
Is Not Correct,
Says H. Taylor
Quicker students are, in gen
eral, more accurate than slower
ones in the opinion of Dr. How
ard R. Taylor, head of the Uni
versity psychology department.
In his speech on “Slow Workers
Are Not as Sure as Fast Ones,”
over KOAC yesterday at 2 he
pointed out a number of the psy
chological inaccuracies in the
phrase, "slow but sure.”
“The phrase is not meant as
advice to individual learners at
all,” he declared. “It is intended
to be a general statement of the
relation between speed and accu
racy in performance. What ‘slow
but sure’ really means to most
people is: ‘I may be slow but I
am a whole lot surer than those
who are speedier.’ What we have
in mind is that comforting fable
of the tortoise and the hare,” he
explained.
One should practice with the
goal of maximum accuracy rath
er than speed in mind, in order
to attain maximum speed, he
said.
Dr. Taylor believes that on the
average it is the fast workers
who can be depended upon for
greatest accuracy.
A number of experiments up
hold this premise, including the
one which Dr. Lester Beck, U. O.
psychology professor, performed
by measuring the speed with
which students read a number of
articles, and the accuracy with
which the faster students an
swered questions on their read
ing.
Smokers Satisfied\
Students Stock Up
By DAVID COMPTON
The time-worn phrase, “Have you got a smoke,” is taking a much
needed rest this week as campus nicotine fiends stock up on free cig
arettes, thanks to a major tobacco company’s latest advertising cam
paign. Such phrases as, “here’s that pack of cigarettes I owe you,”
and “Have one on me,” are enjoying a brief popularity.
It is rumored that despite the efforts of radio artists, stock in
two other large tobacco companies has dropped to a new low on the
campus. Funny, but students just don’t feel like spending money for
tneir iavorire Dranus wncn so many
free smokes are in the offing.
Some of the more crafty and en
ergetic students have already ac
cumulated enough smoke-sticks to
last them for quite a while. One
Phi Delt claims to have amassed
a grand total of 11 packages in
just one day.
One Zeta Tau Alpha was heard
to remark that none of the girls
in her sorority smoked.
“I don’t know what we are go
ing to do with all the cigarettes
we have piled up. Guess we’ll hold
an auction or something.”
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New Prexy to Speak
At Portland Meeting
Dr. Donald M. Erb, newly elected
University president, will speak in
i Portland, February 26, at a meet
; ing of Stanford alumni and certain
members of the Stanford faculty.
“It is presumed that Dr. Erb, af
ter finishing conference with Stan
ford alumni, will return to Eugene
to take up his duties as president
of the University,” Dr. James H.
Gilbert, dean of social science, said
yesterday.
Cougars Win; Oregon Loses Lead
Equalization of
Mail A ttempted
In Men's Tongs
The old, reliable spread-on
table system is still the favorite
method of mail distribution in
Oregon frats. Running it a close
second, is the alphabetical or
individual slot system.
The houses have the system
well analyzed and have even
adopted a communistic idea to
try to equalize the distribution.
Along the mill race, the houses
favor dunking in the cool, clear
waters for any “pen pal" who
receives more than three or foul
letters.
Of the houses not near the
canoeists’ paradise, the Phi Sigs
have the drastic equalizer of one
hack for each letter over three.
Allah be merciful on the Kap- I
pa Sig frosh whose ardent cor
respondence nets him more than
the allotted three-a-day for all
those in the classes above him
rate a hack. This applies to all
men in the house, but of course
with increasing ease as the man
gets along in school.
Authority on Orient
Speaks Tomorrow
To Discuss Sino-Jap
Conflict; Served as
Correspondent
“Japan Changes the World” is
to be the topic of Upton Close, na
tionally known writer and news
commentator, who will address
University of Oregon students at
11 o’clock in Gerlinger hall to
morrow morning.
Close has been in constant touch
with developments in the orient
for the past fifteen years, and is
well qualified to interpret the por
tent of the Sino-Japanese strug
gle.
Close was born in the Columbia
river region, and was educated in
Washington, D. C., before going
to China to write for a mission
magazine until the war, when he
made a secret investigation for the
American government of the Jap
anese penetration of China. It was
in this work that he signed his
telegrams "Up Close” to signify
his proximity to news events.
American newspapers used this as
a byline and it evolved into "Up
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Justice Brand
Outlines Real
Democracy
Justice Says Fresh
Desire for Equality
Will Arrive Before
Next Century
The nation is arriving at the ue
ciding point between democracy
and the absolutism provided by dic
tatorship, Judge James T. Brand
said last night in his address,
"Realistic Democracy.” The public
will decide the nation’s course
when they decide which form of
government will give them liberty
and' equality, he said.
Democracy has its faults and its
structural impediments are in need
of correction, Brand said, citing
examples. "Who besides those be
lieving in Santa Claus thinks that
a million dollar contribution to a
party campaign fund will bring no
results?” he asked.
The fact that the proletariat
elect the government, but do not
instruct it, is another fault, he
pointed out.
(Equality Is Security
“Before this century is over we
will see a flood of desire for equal
ity. Equality is man’s social se
i curity, and it is no ‘pink tea’ phil
| osophy that equality is a fighting
■ faith — as many kings have
I learned,” Brand said.
Under a democracy we are as
i sured of liberty, the judge said,
while totalitarianism assures so
cial security.
Trying to use a political cure for
; an economic ill is the major fault
of several foreign countries, he
said. In this attempt, foreign na
tions across the sea have done
away with liberty and equality,
the handmaidens of democracy, he
said.
Dean Wayne Morse of the law
school introduced Judge Brand
and reviewed his life.
Attended Harvard
The judge is a graduate of Ober
lin college and Harvard law school.
In 1934 he was president of the
Oregon State Bar association. He
is now on the Board of governors
of the bar association.
He is circuit judge for the sec
ond congressional district. He
served as an instructor in the 1937
summer session of the law school.
Social Security Training
Courses Possibility for
University, Says Boyer
By BUD JERMAIN
The possibility that the University may in the future offer train
ing for a new type of work created by recent social security legisla
tion was a result of a conference held last week in Boise, at which
the University was represented by President C. Valentine Boyer.
Presidents of state universities from the western area, together
with several state relief and WPA officials, gathered in Boise for
this educational conference last week, feeling that recent legislative
Home Ec Girls
Lure Beggar
With Cooking
Whatever the domestic sci
ence students were cooking in
the home ec. building Tuesday
morning, it was so fragrant and
smelled so appetizing that one
passerby could not resist coming
in to beg a bite.
The cooks turned down the
visitor, and he wandered up
stairs to the offices of the gen
eral, extension division, where he
found the welcome he had been
looking for. So pleased was he
with the extension workers that
he made himself at home and
spent the rest of the day purring
contentedly there. But he was
fickle; and when suppertime rol
led around, and no cooking clas
ses showed up, the visitor left
without so much as a goodbye
meow.
Poor cat.
trends had created a demand tor a
new field of training. The meeting
was a result of previous meeting
last year, at which a committee
decided to look into the question
of the relationship of the curricu
la of state universities to the need
for persons well enough trained to
enter the new positions in social
work.
It was found by the conference
that there already exists an asso
ciation, the American Association
of Schools of Social Work, which
offers work of this type. The as
sociation is composed mostly of
private schools and some state uni
versities.
Reequirements Strict
The requirements of the associa
tion, however, were felt by the con
ference to be too strict for state
universities, Dr. Boyer said. Mem
ber schools of the association must
conform to the letter to require
ments set up by the parent body.
The only direction action of the
conference was to decide to enter
into negotiations with the Ameri
can association to determine if the
requirements could be modified to
fit actual conditions, so that state
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Swings It
Shan Kar . . . lift sways to Hindu
music.
Old India Brought
To Campusbg Ballet
Final ASUO Concert
To Be February 21
In Igloo
Bringing the atmosphere of old'
India to the new raised stage of
McArthur court, Uday Shan-Kar,
his Hindu ballet, and his 15-piece
native orchestra will appear in the
final ASUO attraction of the term
on the night of Monday, February
21.
Demonstrating an art as old as
the East itself, Shan-Kar and his
troupe of talented musicians and
dancers are said to have captured
all the mystery and charm of the
orient in their ballet.
Shan-Kar’s presentations are
properly called “rhythmic dramas,”
which are lifted bodily out of the
heart of Indian mythology, relig
ion, and culture.
Not the least of the mood creat
ed by the ballet is the part played
by the music. The native orches
tra use the curious instruments of
their homeland exclusively, the
group bringing all varieties with
them. Key to Hindu music is said
to be the drum-beat, which is not
used in western manner.
Tickets for the concert, which
will begin at 8:30, are on sale at
the concert window at McArthur
court, reserved seats selling for
fl.50 and $1.25, with general ad
mission at 50 cents.
Applications for
Leading Spring
Card Drive Sale
Students who would lead the
ASUO spring term drive must
have their names in today at the
ASUO shack, Student Body
Prexy Barney Hall announced
yesterday.
The names should be in at
Hall's office as soon as possible
in order that the executive com
mittee may meet and consider
applications for the post. Ap
pointments will be announced
later in the week, probably on
Thursday.
WSCHoopersTumble
Ducks From Top Spot
In Speedij Tilt, 44-37
Howard Hobson's Crew Ends Disastrous
Trip; Johansen Paces Ducks in Futile Rally
But Mates Falter
Washington State’s ever-scrappy Cougars tumbled Univer
sity of Oregon’s Ducks from first place in the nothern division
basketball race last night, 44 to 37, at Pullman.
The Cougar triumph was the first in four games with Oregon
this year, but it dealt a smashing blow to Webfoot hopes of
winging away wit hthe northern division hoop tiara.
Musical Quiz to Be
Broadcast at 8:30
The Emerald Rhythm Revue will
be on the air over station KORE
at 8:30 tonight instead of the for
mer time, 8:15 o’clock. The musi
cal quiz will feature the half-hour
broadcast.
Five contestants for the quiz
have been picked from the many
students who have applie'd to Don
Kennedy, Emerald radio editor.
The participants will be given five
questions each about bands and
popular music, after the fashion of
Kay Kyser and his Musical Col
lege of Knowledge. They will be
graded on the basis of 100 points
for a correct answer.
The winner will receive a prize
donated by a downtown merchant.
Babe Binford and his band will
furnish the music for the broad
cast featuring music from the
week’s hit parade. A guest star
for the third broadcast of the se
ries has been selected by Kennedy.
Many favorable comments on
the broadcast have been received
by the station. Listeners are asked
to submit questions suitable for
the broadcast to Kennedy. Anyone
wishing to watch the broadcast
may do so in the KORE studios.
Phi Psis Winners
Of N ational Award
First prize for the most useful
and educational program for
pledge members has been awarded
to the Oregon Alpha chapter of
Phi Kappa Psi by the District of
Columbia alumni association, ac
cording to a letter received by
president Sam Kroeschel from the
national fraternity head, Leverett
S. Lyon of Washington, D. C.
The trophy was awarded to the
Oregon chapter in competition
with all other chapters of the fra
ternity. The purpose of the pro
gram is to develop a positive men
tal attitude and the finer qualities
of manhood by means of a prac
tical democracy.
Announcement of the award is
timely here, in view of the fact
that the Universtiy interfraternity
council is investigating methods of
more effective pledge training.
Fundamentals First to
Taxpayers; SaysProf
Parents and taxpayers are not so anxious to have their children
learn how to employ their leisure time as they are to have them
learn the so-called fundamentals of education, such as English, mathe
matics and the sciences, according to Dean J. R. Jewell of the school
of education, in commenting on recent curriculum trends.
“We hear a great deal about leisure time activities, and the import
ance of them,” said the dean, “but the taxpayers feel the first thing
they pay for is to hire teachers to teach their children the more funda
Linfield President
Speaks Tonight at 8
Dr. Elam J. Anderson, president
of Linfield college in McMinnville,
will be the guest speaker at the
American Association of Univer
sity Women’s meeting tonight at
8 o’clock in Gerlinger hall. Dr.
Anderson, who has lived in the or
ient for nearly ten years, will
speak on some phase of the Jap
anese situation.
menial tilings.
Although educators may believe
it is highly desirable for students
to know how to enjoy their leisure
profitably, the fact always remains
that culture costs money, and be
fore there can be leisure, there
must be work. Dean Jewell cited
an example of a man who had a
large family and who spent his
evenings reading classics in Greek
and Hebrew to them, while his wife
took in washings for the family
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NORTHERN DIVISION
STANDINGS
Points
W L Pet. For Agt.
WSC . 9 5 .643 556 535
Idaho. 9 5 .643 530 523
Oregon .10 6 .625 748 652
Washington 9 7 .563 641 635
OSC . 6 10 .375 544 555
Montana . 3 13 .188 627 825
Jack Friel's men now are tied
with Idaho’s powerful Vandals for
top spot in the standings, while the
Ducks marshall their forces for a
last-ditch stand from third place.
Howard Hobson’s boys have won
10 and lost six.
Defeat stalked the Ducks all
through their road trip into the
Inland Empire. They lost two to
Idaho and split with Washington
State, winning Monday night from
the Cougars 44 to 34.
The Cougars elected to run with
the Webfoots again tonight after
failing to out-race the Oregonians
Monday night. But last night, it
was the Ducks who could not keep
pace down the stretch.
After the first six minutes of
play, the Cougars maintained a
lead throughout. Oregon led 5 to 4
at the end of five minutes, where
upon the Cougars took cor', .and.
Washington State boosted the
score to 12 to 7 but the deter
mined Duck band crawled to within
one point of the Cougars, 14 to 13.
The Cougars cut loose again at
this point to lead 20 to 14 at half
time.
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Symphony Sips
Network Broadcast
Oregon Musicians to
Play Over NBC on
February 27
A contract between the Univer
sity of Oregon and the National
broadcasting company was signed
Tuesday afternoon for the presen
tation of a broadcast of the Uni
versity symphony orchestra Sun
day, February 27, from 3:30 to 4
p. m., it was announced by John J.
Landsbury, dean of the school of
music.
The broadcast will be given over
the blue network of the broadcast
ing company, and possibly may bo
presented over stations from coast
to coast, Dean Landsbury stated.
The program will be sent direct
ly from the music auditorium.
Program plans are not yet made,
Rex Underwood, professor of mu
sic and director of the orchestra
announced, but will be given later.
Lecture Board
Names Speakers
For Next Meets
The University lecture commit
tee is sponsoring two lectures,
scheduled for the near future. “Ad
venture in Isolating the Mobility
Factor in Population Change” will
be discussed by Elon H. Moore,
professor in socialogy, on February
24. Dr. Mahanam B. Brahmachari,
who studied in Chicago at the
Meadsville seminary, will talk on
the Hindu religion.
The first two lectures of this
series were given by Judge James
Brand and Prof. R. R. Huestis,
The lectures are to be given in
the faculty room in Friendly.