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VOLUMfe XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1938
NUMBER 42
Part of Noah's Passenger List
Kay McAlear and Derwent Banta . . . playing the roles of Norma
and Japhet, respectively, in the Guild Players’ production of Andre
Obey’s “Noah” tomorrow night in the University theater, will have
their chance to demonstrate their sailing ability when the ark hoists
anchor.
Andre Obey’s 'Noah’
Opens Thursday Night
Andre Obey’s play, “Noah,” opens Thursday night at 8 p.m. in
the University theater in Johnson hall.
The comedy, second in the series of productions to be presented
this year by the Guild Hall players, was proclaimed a huge success
when shown as a stage play in Paris, London, and New York.
“Noah” features both veteran actors and some new to the Uni
verstiy theater. Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt is directing the show.
Tickets to the play can be procured at the University theater
box office in Johnson hall, and the drama division secretary urges
all those who wish good seats to get theirs as soon as possible.
Ace Scribe Patric
Hates Writing; Once
Was Student Here
By HUBARD KUOKKA
“Just like a tramp” he casually called himself, but the last story
John Patric sold to the National Geographic magazine netted him
$1000 and expenses.
This incessant traveler who has toured the five continents and
who more recently has been a prolific contributor to the National
Geographic stopped in Eugene last weekend to look over the Univer
sity, one of his eight alma maters. He studied journalism under Dean
Phony Phone
, Alibi Fails to
VindicateGirls
By HOPE DONDERO
Two girls in the school of fine
arts at the University of Kansas
stole into a professor’s office the
other evening to check up on their
grades. As an alibi in case they
were caught, they decided to tell
him they were just using the tele
phone. Footfalls fell in the hall
and one of the girls grabbed the
phone. She was saying, ’’Well,
goodby,” just as the prof entered.
“That’s very funny,” he said, “be- {
cause the phone isn’t connected af
ter 5 o'clock.” It was then past
5:30.
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Add Definitions
The intermediate process of de
"i cay is known as a college educa
tion.
Time Slooshes On
Any freshman who thinks he has
been having a hard time of it, will
appreciate this rule from the “Ten
Commandments for Freshmen”
published at West Virginia univer
sity about 1900:
“Freshmen must remember that
no self-respecting girl wishes to be
seen in their company—therefore,
freshmen must not talk to girls on
the campus.”
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Sympathy
University of Georgia’s t o p -
ranking scholar, Julian Hallibur
ton, has a 98.67 grade average, but
he is afraid he can't make the
grade this year because “courses
are getting harder every quarter”
and he fears his average will drop.
Sorry we can’t help you, Mr. Hal
liburton; we’re having troubles of
our own.
Noble Will Speak
At Reed College
On Japan Situation
“Japan’s Home Front” will be
the topic presented to the students
of Reed college by Dr. H. J. Noble
in an address before that student
body in Portland today at 11.
Dr. Noble, professor of history
at the University, spent the last
two years in Japan. He will ex
plain the situation of the Japanese
in their home land as a result of
the war with China.
In, the evening Dr. Noble will
speak before the International
club, at the home of Dr. G. B. No
ble of Reed college on the United
States in the Far East.
nine w. Alien in aooui ivoz or
1933.
Yesterday in Dean; Allen’s ar
ticles and features class he gave
the students some observations
from his experience in the field
of writing.
Hates Writing
“I hate writing,” he said. “I
detest it. It is the hardest work
in the world.”
Then sucking at the revelation
in his underslung pipe, he paused
as a classful of journalism stu
dents looked at each other dis
concertedly. Dean Allen winked
and remarked, “You know, I'd
judge him more by his actions
than by his words.”
This chunky, blue-eyed, 5-foot
10-inch young author with the
wavy brown hair had a bound
volume of the Geographic contain
ing the five issues (since April
1936) with his articles.
Is Prolific
These stories with pictures
taken by himself were: “Friendly
Journeys in Japan,” the first story
he ever tried to sell and for which
he received $200; “Imperial Home
Reborn,” “Magyar Mirth and
Melancholy,” “Roads from Wash
ington,” and “Czechoslovaks, Yan
kees of Europe,” in last August’s
issue. Yes, he gets around.
His writing is remarkably con
cise. He challenged anyone to
eliminate one word from his ar
ticles without detracting from the
thought.
But this footloose young man
with a battery of “gopher” mat
ches to keep his pipe going re
fused to talk about himself saying,
“We can talk about more inter
esting things than my experi
ences.”
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Sigma Delta Chi Will
Fete Rae, Ellsworth
Arne Rae, assistant professor of
journalism, and Harris Ellsworth,
editor and publisher of the Rose
burg News-Review, will be hon
ored at a dinner given by Sigma
Delta Chi at the College Side at
6 Thursday night. Both were un
dergraduate members of the jour
nalism honorary at this Univer
sity.
Mr. Rae is leaving sometime
during the Christmas vacation for
Chicago, where he will assume the
position of executive secretary of
the National Editorial association.
Mr. Ellsworth will be inter
viewed by George Turnbull, who
has been interviewing prominent
journalists every Thursday night
at 7:30 over KOAC.
Humanities Funds Low
National Poll
For Students
To Start Here
Emerald Will Take
Local Opinions of
Current Questions
Each Week
Establishment of the Student
Opinion surveys of America for
the scientific measurement of stu
dent thought has been announced
here with the Oregon Emerald as
one of the college newspapers co
operating in every section of the
United States.
The Emerald will publish the
weekly reports of the surveys giv
ing the opinions of all college stu
dents in the nation on current so
cial, political, and economic ques
tions. Personal interviewing of
students on the Oregon campus
and at other colleges and univer
sities over the country begins this
week and will continue throughout
the year.
First National Poll
Based on the principle ,of scien
tific sampling that has proven
highly reliable in other national
polls in recent years, the surveys
will be the first college poll that
will actually cover the entire na
tion in its weekly reports of stu
dent opinion. The Texas Student
Publications, publishers of the
Daily Texan at the University of
Texas, are sponsors of the surveys
in cooperation with almost every
college daily and scores of week
lies in universities, eachers col
leges, normal schools, and junior
colleges, public and private.
The surveys have been organized
after fifteen months of research in
measuring student opinion on the
Texas campus.
Deutschmann to Direct
Paul Deutschmann, editor of the
Emerald, will be local director of
the poll with John Biggs as inter
viewer. Joe Belden, University of
Texas senior who has established
both the bureau and the surveys,
will be editor of the new polls,
with Waldo Niebuhr as associate.
The project is concerned only
with disclosing facts about public
sentiment and does not in any way
seek to influence public opinion,
the editors of the surveys have
announced. Pressure groups or stu
dent movements will have no part
in the polls, and all reports will
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Geology Group Plans
Coast Trip Sunday
General geology classes are
planning a field trip to the coast
Saturday and Sunday, weather
permitting. They will go to Flor
ence, Sea Lion caves, Seal Rock,
Newport, and to Depoe Bay, where
they will inspect the aquarium.
If they have time, Dr. Warren
D. Smith, head of the geology de
partment, said, they will visit
Cape Lookout, which will require
a two and one-half mile hike over
sand dunes. This is a place which
is seldom visited by tourists be
cause it is off the road, but it of
fers a good field for study, Dr.
Smith said.
Dad's Man
John Luvaas . . . named Monday
by the ASUO executive committee
as chairman of the annual Dad’s
day which will take place early in
February.
Dr. Erb Returns
To Campus After
Eastern Trip
Prexy Will Speak
At YMCA Meeting
In Salem
Back in his office in Johnson
hall yesterday was Oregon’s Pres
ident Donald M. Erb after a fly
ing visit to Chicago for the annual
meeting of the National Associa
tion of State Universities and to
New York City where he visited
several foundations, was the guest
of honor and principal speaker on
November 17 at the University of
Oregon Alumnae banquet in the
eastern city.
On November 16 Erb was the
guest at dinner of Oswald Garri
son Villard, son of the late Henry
Villard, Oregon pioneer railway
builder and one of the men who
helped establish the University.
The president returned home on
Tuesday before Thanksgiving
only to hurry to Portland Wed
nesday to speak at the fifth an
nual all-faith Thanksgiving serv
ice at the Portland municipal au
ditorium.
wane resuming ms otiiciai du
ties at the University, Dr. Erb
will find time to attend the older
boys conference of the YMCA of
Marion, Palk, and Yamhill coun
ties in Salem on Friday and Sat
urday where he will speak on
“The Trend of World Affairs.”
The president will talk on the
“Stage of Economic Recovery” be
fore the Schoolmasters Club of
Oregon and Washington at the
Chamber of Commerce building in
Portland on Saturday, December
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UO GRADS MARRIED
Robert W. Crouder, graduate oi
the University of Oregon in 1936
and Miss Alene King, class of ’37:
were married Saturday afternoor
at the bride’s home in Alvadore
The couple will make their home
in Craigmont, Idaho.
I
More Money
Required for
New Building
Bids Higher Than
Available Grants;
Construction Work
May Be Delayed
The possibility that const ruction
on Oregon’s new Humanities build
ing will not begin before the date
scheduled, January 1, caused Uni
versity officials to rush a request
to Washington early this week for
an additional $12,924 of PWA
funds.
At the hearing for construction
bids in Portland last Wednesday,
it was discovered that the lowest
bid, that of Stein Brothers of Eu
gene, was more than the $120,000
allotted by the loan and grant al
| ready established for the construc
tion.
Needed by January
The request has been rushed to
PWA headquarters, according to
President Donald M. Erb, as it is
necessary that all arrangements
be completed and construction be
started before January 1. If the
request is granted, the construc
tion contract will automatically be
awarded to the lowest bidder, and
j work can start immediately on re
! ceipt of approval.
Request Covers Alternates
Alternate parts of the construc
tion, cancelled last week in an at
tempt to hear a bid that would
come under the already allotted
$120,000, will be restored if a large
enough grant is made from Wash
ington.
The new building will be three
stories tall and will be located on
Thirteenth street directly across
I from the Commerce building.
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Oregon Law Review
Nears Publication
Student - Faculty
I Writers Edit Bar
Periodical
The Oregon Law Review, now in
the hands of the University press,
will be in the mail by December
15, according to Frank Nash, edi
tor.
Student contributions include
articles by Stanley Darling, on for
mer jeopardy; William Lubersky,
insane delusions; Sheldon Parks,
contracts; Orval Etter, judicial re
view in administrative law; and
Austin Dunn, trade marks.
University of Oregon faculty
members who will have articles in
the Law Review are Wayne L.
Morse, dean of the law school, who
wrote an editorial about the law
school; Charles G. Howard, who
also contributed an editorial in
commemoration of the late Benja
min Cordozo; and D. D. Gage, asso
ciate professor of business admin
istration reviewed a book. Two
graduates, Chris Boesen and Jame.
Dezendorf, will each have an ar
ticle in the Review.
The student staff includes Frank
Nash, editor-in-chief; Orval Etter
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They've Hit Pre-Season Form Already
Tetl Sarpola, Bob Anet, Wally Johansen . . . these three former Astoria high sehool boys are. part
of “Hobby” Hobson’s hot-footed hoop squad which turned Portland university back 51 to 24 in last
night’s pre-season opener.
Ducks Dump Pilots
In Opening Tiff, 51-24
Rare Book Collector
Visits UO Campus
By HELEN ANGELL
Last summer Frederick W. Skiff told friends that if another article
were to be added to his collection of 22,000 rare books and hundreds
of antiques which fills his 14-room house in Portland, some of his
family would have to mcfve out.
Yesterday, visiting the Oregon campus, the modest gray-haired
Portlander admitted he is ‘‘still buying books and probably will never
| stop.” His family, however, is still intact, he confessed.
I It was nearly half a century ago that Mr. Skiff began his book
collection with only a few volumes,
and as it grew in scope, he
branched out in other allied fields,
filling his big white house on
Northeast Halsey street with his
rarities. Old Chippendale furni
ture, Navajo rugs that are the
envy of many collectors, an ex
quisite hand - carved bed from
Spain, sculptured figures from an
cient China, wooden steins from
the land of the Vikings, etchings,
guns, pewter, and beautiful rugs
make up the furnishings of his un
usual home.
Collection Old
Yesterday as he toured the Uni
versity library here with M. H.
Douglass, head librarian, whom he
visited for the Thanksgiving week
end, Mr. Skiff remarked, "I start
ed my collection 50 years ago and
that means that it is now quite
old and quite large,” but he added
with a smile, ‘Tm still buying
books.”
Some of the charm of the books
which Mr. Skiff has collected have
been transmitted to two works of
his own, which Mr. Douglass add
ed, are now on the library shelves.
“Adventures in Americana” and
“Landmarks and Literature” are
the titles of the collector’s writ
ings.
Likes Oregon Library
.Stopping in front of the Bur
gess collection in which he indi
cated special interest, Mr. Skiff
said, “Your library here is very
nice. It is not only well-planned
but also very comfortable.” Uni
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S. Smith Challenges Purdue Professor's Stand
With the shadow of final ex
am week hovering low over the
campus, Professor S. Stephen
son Smith, of the English de
partment, voices disapproval of
a statement made by Professor
Fairman, of Purdue university,
who says: “I think final exam
inations are a waste of time,
for I find very few students
have changed their semester
grade by taking a final. The
time spent on these exams could
be better used for further study.
Exams Should Challenge
Professor Smith believes the
above statement was based on
an imperfect conception of
knowledge about examinations.
“An examination should be a
challenge to a student—an op
portunity for him to show his
knowledge and understanding
of the subject,” he said. ‘‘The
chief purpose of an exam is to
test the abilities of a student
and thereby obtain a record of
the exact quantity of his knowl
edge, plus his powers to assem
ble and use this knowledge. The
final exam should be the crown
of the course.”
More Like a Game
‘‘Unluckily though,” Profes
sor Smith continued, “exams
are regarded as a game to see
if the professor can test the
student, or if the student can
outwit the professor and get
by. I would say Professor Fair
man has been affected by the
concept of an exam as merely
a grade giving device, rather
than as a part of an education
al venture or a test of a stu
dent’s powers.”
Oral Exams Best
The most accurate check of a
student’s knowledge can be de
rived through oral examination,
Professor Smith believes, but
since time does not permit oral
exams, written ones properly
devised can test the problem
solving powers of a student and
his ability to tackle new prob
lems on the basis of his accu
mulated knowledge.
Professor Fairman must have
a very low opinion of his cours
es if he thinks he can dispense
with examinations, Professor
Smith said. "He would feel
quite differently about the mat
ter if his students had to en
counter comprehensive exams
which were made out by some
one other than himself. Such
examinations check upon the
teaching as well as on the stu
dent’s work.”
Kxam Technique Better
Professor Smith has noticed
vast improvements recently in
the technique of making out
examinations. Manuals on ex
amination technique have been
published and a book has been
written on this subject, he said.
‘‘There is also a highly devel
oped technique for testing the
merits of an examination, which
should be useful to instructors
in preparing exams.
BA Assembly Called
For Thursday at 11
BA students will meet in assem
bly Thursday at 11 o’clock in room
203^Villard. Victor P. Mortis, dean
of the BA school, will give a short
talk to be followed by an intro
duction of the professors of that
school.
Lynn MeCready, vice-president
of the First National bank of Eu
gene, will give the main address.
He will talk on “College and Busi
ness.'’ D. D. Gage and A. B. Still
man, associate professors in the
BA school, are in charge of ar
tangements.
UO Student Elected
To Lutheran Office
Lutheran students from the Uni
versity of Oregon who spent the
weekend at a Pacific Northwest
regional convention of the Luth
eran Students’ association, re
turned to the campus with a vice
president in their delegation, Ken
Erickson having been elected to
that office at the convention.
Kenneth Selander of the Univer
sity of Washington was elected
president, and Luther Boe of Pa
cific Lutheran college was chosen
treasurer. Other officers included
Almeda Carlson, University of
Idaho, recording secretary, and
Alice Bremer, University of Wash
ington, corresponding secretary.
Next year's convention will be
held in Portland under the spon
sorship of the Oregon State col
lege group.
Wintermute Paces
Hobson's Crew to
Leadoff Victory in
Slipshod Contest
Oregon’s gayly be-decked bas
ketball Webfoots opened their pre
season schedule inauspiciously at
the Igloo last night, overpowering
Portland university, 51 to 24, in a
contest that was conspicuous with
early-season raggedness.
Coach Eddie Fitzpatrick floored
a quintet that was dwarfed before
Hobby Hobson’s Slim Wintermute,
Laddie Gale, Bob Hardy, John
Dick, and company. The Pilots
kept close for half the contest,
trailing 22 to 11, but melted in the
end before Oregon’s more experi
enced reserves.
“Wild Bill” O’Donnell, Portland’s
veteran forward, "ironman” of the
game, got within one point of his
two-year average by sharing high
scoring honors with Oregon’s
Slim Wintermute at 11. Irish Bill
was the only player going the
route.
“New Record”
What may go in the books as a
“new Northwest collegiate record”
went to Sophomore Guard Milton
Bell of the Pilots who was allowed
to play with nine personal fouls on
hjs record, four being the ordinary
total necessary for banishment.
Bell’s nine fouls were a good
fifth of the 41 total on both teams
assessed by Officials Herb Col
well and Jim Hatch. Twenty-one
were called in the first half.
Oregon scored off the first tip
off when Laddie Gale took the ball
from Slim Wintermute and passed
to Wally Johansen for a lay-in. It
was six minutes before the slow
starting Ducks poked in another
field goal. Matt Pavalunas poked
in a rebound on Bobby Anet’s
missed free throw to make it 6
to 1.
Coach Hobson rushed in an en
tire second five before the contest
was over, Oregon's perking up
somewhat in the second half with
reserves playing.
Sarpola Counters
Ted Sarpola, junior forward re
j placement from Astoria, sparked
| the Webfoot offense with four
i field goals to tie Portland’s O'
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Oriental Rugs Arrive
For Browsing Room
Straight from Chinese manufacturers, three beautiful new Oriental
rugs arrived in Portland this week and will be placed in the browsing
room of the University library next week, M. H. Douglass, head
librarian, said yesterday.
The floor coverings, designed by members of the library staff,
came from the Orient on the
steamship President Coolidge, but
are still in the customs office in
Portland. They are to be shipped
to Eugene this week.
The rugs are the last of a large
shipment of new furnishings for
the browsing room this fall. Other
new additions include two love
seats, 12 floor lamps, and several
tables and chairs.