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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1939)
Love and Marriage Series to Be Heard For Eighth Year VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1939 NUMBER 54 Education Funds Fail to Keep Pace With Enrollment. Report Shows By ED ROBBINS Although tho enrollment for the Oregon state system of higher education is 17 per cent higher than in 1929, the millage levy for its support is forced to bear a much heavier load now than then, according to the biennial report of the state board of higher educa tion. The original millage appropriation, based on a 2.04 per cent of the total property valuation of the state, was intended to support mainly the University of Oregon and the state college, with minor parts going to Oregon normal school and Southern Oregon normal. Million Dollars Appropriated in 1929 In the biennium 1929-1930 over a million dollars was appro priated by the state legislature to the support of higher education over and above the millage income. Last biennium these appro priations were only $235,964, and the millage income had to be stretchel to-cover these extra services. Legislative appropriations used to care for the cost of the Ore gon medical school, the Doernbecher hospital. Eastern Oregon Nor mal, as well as part of the expenses of Oregon normal school and Southern Oregon normal. Present Request Not I'p to 1929 Stun The $664,000 asked of the legislature by the state board for the coming biennium would still leave higher education in Oregon operating on less income than in 1929-1930, under the handicap of increased enrollment. Millage levies to support higher education have been used in Oregon for many years. These appropriations are based on general property valuations, but instead of a special tax being levied, the amount, is paid out of the general fund of the state. Depression Causes Divresion of Funds Tn 1929 all the separate millage incomes were given to the state board of higher education. During the depression these millages, based on a lower property valuation, were forced to support many functions that were not originally included. The last legislature, in a continuing bill, raised the millage property basis to the 1929 level, thus cutting down one place of loss. The state system of higher education is still dependent upon legislative appropriation, as it was in 1929 when all millage income for higher education was put under one head. Senate Defers Edgar W. Smith Confirmation I Governors Nominee Not Yet Eligible Higher Education Board Candidate Holds Two Offices; Committee to Study SALEM, Jan. 16 (Special to Ore gon Emerald)—The name of Ed gar W. Smith of Portland, nomin ated two weeks ago by former Governor Charles A. Martin to the state board of higher education, was brought up in the state senate for confirmation yesterday after noon, but was referred to a com mittee of five members for further consideration. The naming of Smith to the edu cation board was deferred after the question had been raised by Senator Franciscovitch, former president of the senate, that the state constitution forbids the hold ing of two lucrative positions. Smith has held the post of chair man of the state milk board for several years and announced his resignation from that board Sun day. Report Due Soon The committee was to have met last night and brought in a report on Smith’s eligibility this morning, it was learned from one of its members. The nominee is a former student (Please turn to page three) $259 a Week For Students' !Bad Habits' By ANNA MAE HALVERSON In an attempt to find out where collegiate allowances go, a student reporter at Whitman university made a survey at one of the most popular campus shops. He found that about 1280 cokes | are consumed in one week. Mik shakes are second in popularity with about 750 a week raising havoc with the campus figures.: About 700 packages of cigarettes: are purchased, and an interesting fact was that the girls buy more cigarettes than the men. At the same little shop, approximately 300 records are played each week. In money, it all amounts to $64 for cokes, $75 for milkshakes, $15 for music and $105 for cigarettes. Substitutions Although the University of Man itoba is offering a course on fur farming, it has not as yet substi tuted a foxskin for the skeepskin. —Daily Kansan. * * * Flying School The University of Washington is the only school on the Pacific coast which has been chosen as one of seven experimental stations at colleges in the United States for a demonstration flying school sponsored by the federal govern ment. This project is the beginning of a plan under which it is hoped that 20,000 youths throughout the United States will receive flying experience. A fund of $100,000 was recently appropriated to train 300 students this semester, the remain der of the 20,000 to be trained next semester. Rally Reform Plan Lands in Hands of ASUO Prexy Weston Reform of the ASUO rally setup, brought to a head Friday when Yell King Paul Cushing was declared ineligible, moved nearer accom plishment yesterday when Dick Williams turned over his rally reform plan to ASUO Prexy Harry Weston. Williams’ report offers a comprehensive plan, complete from A to Z, J and built up from the systems in use at five different colleges. Wil- ' liams has been working for some time, under Weston’s authorization, to arait a new rany setup ior tne ASUO, basing his work on cor respondence with other major schools on the coast. Several Plans Up First immediate action to be taken will be presentation of Wil liams' plan and one or two other systems to the ASUO executive committee, Wednesday, Headman Weston said last night. At this time the committee will discuss the plans, Weston said, reserving any final decision until a week lat er, the day before the first ASUO assembly of the term. Weston, commenting on the ar rangement worked out by Wil liams, said it was much the same as the reform discussed last year by the predecessors of the present ASUO executive committee. Plan Outlined Williams’ plan includes a rally committee whose members would be apportioned on a fixed scale according to classes, election of a yell king by the ASUO and strict accounting of rally committee funds. The rally committee, under the Williams plan, would have an organization much like that of a class, including a secretary and a treasurer and regular meetings. John Stark Evans To Conduct Federal Symphony Orchestra John Stark Evans, professor of music at the University of Oregon, has accepted an invitation to con duct the Federal symphony or chestra in a concert to be given in Portland. Music of the orchestra will com pose the first part of the program; the second half will combine the orchestra with the singing of the choir of the Portland First Pres byterian church, which Mr. Evans regularly directs, in a presentation of Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater.” The concert will be given March 27 in the Neighbors of Woodcraft auditorium. Miss Hixson Will Sing Over KOAC Lorraine Hixson, soprano, will sing three selections on the Uni versity of Oregon broadcast over KOAC this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Her numbers are composed of “Ich Liebe Dich” (I Love Thee) by Grieg, “The Last Rose of Sum mer” from “Martha,” opera by von Flotow, and “The Rosary” by Ethelbert Nevin. Miss Hixson is a junior in mu. sic, studying under Paul Petri. Marian Hagg will accompany her at the piano. MISS SMITH LEAVES Delayed by an emergency oper ation in the Thirteenth street co-op for which she is house mother, Miss Janet Smith, employment secretary left yesterday for Port land. Before returning Wednesday, she will seek prospective jobs for graduate students. Cooks Up Plan Dick Williams . . . besides run ning the business of the Oregana I yearbook finds time to, draft a plan for a rally reform which he will submit to the ASUO executive1 committee. ' ----j Charlotte Plummer To Give Recital Edythe Farr and String Quartet Will Play on Program Charlotte Plummer, clarinetist, will give her senior recital tonight at 8 o’clock in the school of music. She will be assisted at the piano by Edythe Farr, and by the string quartet, Mary Ann Holt and Lo rene Mitchell, violins, Ruthalbert (Please turn to page three) I Love, Marital Series Here In February Committee Headed By Ruth Ketchum Plans 8th Annual Lecture Schedule — Setting- the month of February as the time for Oregon’s eighth annual series of lectures on “Love and Marriage,” a student commit tee met last night to plan definite schedules for the ASUO-sponsored speakers who have been secured for the series. To begin the series, brought back for the eighth time to the campua because of popular student appeal, Bishop W. P. Remington of the eastern Oregon diocese of the Episcopal church will begin the series with an assembly on Febru ary 7 at 11 o’clock. Following him will be Dr. Lester Beck, professor of psychology here, who will speak | on “Psychological Approaches” | February 22, Dr. Jessie Brodie of Portland will address men and wo men students separately on “Bio logical Approaches to Marriage.” Committee Named Headed by Ruth Ketchum, the student committee last night in cluded Roy Vernstrom, who will be j in charge of Dr. Brodie's assembly! for men students; Beatrice Thom- j son, to direct the physician’s con- j ference with girls; Lois Ann Soule, j in charge of personal conferences ! with the speakers; Helen Angell, I who will manage publicity; and Bill Knight, directing poster mak ing and announcements in frater nities. Miss Ketchum will appoint about 10 new members for the commit tee today in order to make sure' that the 1939 lectures will be well publicized and as popular as ever, she said. The series this year will paral lel former programs, although new problems and new subject matter will be brought in. The purpose of the assemblies, according to ASUO heads, is to give an unsen sational approach to the problem of happy marriages for modern j young people. Extension Education In Oregon Praised “The University of Oregon has the best extension classes and the largest for the population of the state of any college or university that I have visited,” W. G. Beattie, director of social welfare in the general extension division of the University, said yesterday. v Beattie has recently returned from a trip to the East and Middle West where he visited seven universities and their extension services. At the University of South Carolina, stated Mr. Beattie, they had 0.21 O.OOC11 iviy K.KJ OV-^UOillU XlCSlllilO.il students with the extension work. It might be a good plan to have something like that hear. While East, Beattie visited his son, Ronald H. Beattie, a graduate of the University in 1926. He now holds the position cf criminal re search statistician for the U. S. census bureau. Extension classes in connection with the University of Oregon are being held in Klamath Falls, Med ford, Grants Pass, Albany, Salem, McMinnville, and The Dalles. Fac ulty members from the state pni versity and college and the normal schools teach at the towns closest to them, on a variety of subjects including education, literature, so ciology, psychology, history, pub lic speaking, and business admin istration. Statistics are not available yet as to the complete enrollment of the classes in the outside cities, J I because enrolling is still in pro- j gross. Last term there were about j 2000 enrolled in Portland and 400 in all the other cities. Requests have recently been made by the cities of Ontario and La Grande to hold classes there. Governor Sprague To Join Newsmen At Press Conference Headlining a special program for the Oregon Press conference, to be held on the campus Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will be talks by several prominent west coast newsmen, a talk by Oregon’s governor publisher, Charles A. Sprague, and a discussion of the future of news paper photography, according to plans released last night. The conference will open Thursday with registration and general business meetings scheduled for the day. During the evening the news No. 1 Newsman Charles A. Sprague . . . who will attend the twenty-first annual press conference on the campus this weekend. Governor Sprague is a former newspaper editor. Schedule Changed For 'Private Lives' Formal Opening To Be Feature Of First Night A change in schedule for “Pri vate Lives,” next offering of the University theater players, will put the three performances of Noel Coward’s play on February 3, 4, and 8, moving the last per formance from Tuesday to Wed nesday night, according to Austin Dunn, secretary of the drama di vision of the University of Ore gon. “Private Lives” will start the winter term dramatic season on Thursday evening with a formal opening, in the manner that has come to characterize University “first nights.” On the opening night, members of the audience, in full formal attire, are the guests of the cast and producers at the first showing, when they gather in the foyeV during the intermission for coffee and cigarettes and a discussion (in a sociable and in variably complimentary manner) of the merits of the new produc tion. Fraternities Pledge Four New Members Later winter term pledges to Oregon fraternities this week were Bill Brenner, Clare Eshelby, and Roger Miller, Phi Sigma Kappa; and Howard Mackey who pledged Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Quotas for winter term pledg ing in men’s houses are not re quired to be filled until the end of the term, and so pledging may continue in fraternities until March, Dean of Men Virgil D. Eirl, said yesterday. men will adjourn to attend the Pasmore and Trerice concert in McArthur court. Governor Will Speak Governor Sprague will talk on “The Press and Politics” during a Friday night banquet at the Os burn hotel. Mr, Sprague, former publisher of the Salem Statesman, will attempt to point out the im portance a newspaper plays in gov ernment and politics. Among the other highlights of the conference will be the talk by Palmer Hoyt, manager of the Ore gonian, on a survey of “Graphic Journalism — Yesterday—Today — Tomorrow.” This speech will be along the same lines as that given by Mr. Hoyt at the recent national Sigma Delta Chi convention. The speech will be followed by a discussion of graphic journalism and an explanation of Wirephoto by George Godfrey, head of the University news bureau. His talk will be illustrated by a demonstra tion on a special Wirephoto ma chine which will be in operation on the floor of the conference room. Members of the association who are present at this demonstration will see the .actual tsending of Wirephoto “shots” to the Ore gonian in Portland by way of a special Associated Press portable transmission set which will be brought here for the conference. University officials predict a record registration for the confer ence with already most of the hotel reservations already taken. Infirmary Reports First Mumps Case Of Year on Campus With "Isolation” staring from the doors on three of the infirm ary’s better wards, deep-throated coughs echoing through the vacant halls, and pungent inhalants gath ering from all sides, the infirmary seems more like a hospital than ever. Yesterday, this year's first case of mumps was put to bed with a hope that 1937’s epidemic will not be repeated. "Infirmary members swelled the weekend from 9 to 15, which means that infectious diseases are gath ering momentum,” Dr. Marian Hayes suggested Monday as she prepared ephedrine to treat severe colds. Her roster included Jean McCarter, Adeline Hanson, Daryl Hoyt, Kathleen Kidd, Zaidie Enos, Alice Luvaas, Samuel P. Knight, John Beaver, Lee Withrow, Tom 1 Barrett, David Compton, Hugh Hoffman, Charles Putman, Scot Corbett, and John Smeed. Final Step Done in Parking Lot Project Concrete curbings at the en trance to the faculty parking lot in the rear of Friendly hall were poured yesterday as the final step in the project. The new lot occupies space on which the old educational activi ties building formerly stood. Park ing space for 25 automobiles is available. 1 He's Building Things Up Again Horace Robinson . . . shown here building' a model of the stage he planned last spring for the production of “Peer Gynt.” He will direct an all-campus musical this coming spring. Robinson, Pallett Push Work on Musical Comedy; Rehearsals to Begin Official Approval for Nameless Production Assured; Tentative Plans Call for Six Day Run During Middle of April By MAX FRYE With official approval assured, work on Oregon’s nameless musical comedy was being pushed Monday by Horace Robinson of tbe drama department, who is to direct the all-student production, and Dr. Earl M, Pallett, chairman of the ASUO’s educational activities board. Robinson also said that tryouts were nearly closed and that re hearsals would start soon. While most of the part will be taken by drama students, the show will not be limited to them alone. The tentative date is the middle of April, and advance ticket sales will be for six nights, the longest run of any UO production. The Guild theater in Johnson hall has been selected over McArthur court and Gerlinger hall as site of the student-written, student-acted production. Poor acoustics and in adequate facilities of the larger buildings made necessary selec tion of the smaller theater, which seats approximately 200. Students Are Authors “We of the board are very happy to be able to present the drama department in this musical com edy,” Mr. Pallett said. “This year we are lucky in having students on the campus who are able to write the music and handle the production of a show like this, so we thought we would have it while we can,” he remarked. Mr. Robinson said the musical comedy would be of the older style —a story set to music, and not a revue. It will be a complete story, with characterization and a solid plot. About twelve songs have been written for the show, seven of these being composed by Wilfred Roadman. The title of the show will probable be the title of one of the songs,” Mr. Pallett stated. Work on Dialogue Begins Work on the dialogue is being done by Mr. Robinson and a group of drama students who are inter ested in the work. They are evolv ing the dialogue by discussing the plot situation, and working out the speaking parts from this. The presentation of this musical comedy marks the first all-stu dent production on the campus in many years. Girls of the hospitality group interested in serving tea meet at the YW bungalow at 4 o’clock. 'Neighborhood' News Program Set tor KOAC Four Journalism Seniors Will Act As Commentators Four seniors in journalism at the University will go on the air weekly starting Thursday even ing at 7:30 over KOAC to give to the state of Oregon their resume of “Neighborhood News” as com piled from the entire list of week lies and dailies in the state outside of Portland. This novel program, suggested by Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism, will endeavor to keep away from the broadcast of' "hot” news as covered by the major newspapers and broadcasts several times a day, but will be restricted to the dissemination of the little items often not to be played up beyond the “country correspondent” columns of the state’s weeklies and small dailies. Already two trial broadcasts have been delivered to the senior editing class by the quartet con sisting of Warren Waldorf, Laura Bryant, David Van Fossen, and Hubard Kuokka, and many helpful suggestions were offered by the class. The first broadcast, which wlil be made from the University music building over a special wire to the transmitter in Coravllis, has been scheduled for the opening evening (Please turn to page three) Coed's GPA Higher; Co-op Groups Lead Attaining a 2.438 grade point average for fall term as compared with a 2.220 average for male students helped Oregon coeds to settle the question which has disturbed the peace of the world since the days of the Garden of Eden, records from the office of C. L. Constance, assistant registrar, showed yesterday. The GPA for the whole University was named as 2.306 in the survey, which is a little above that required for most fraternity initiation, nut sngntiy neiow tne 2.75 required of students who are NY A employees. According to Constance’s sur vey, both men’s and women’s co-ops were tops in their sections for grade averages with the 86 Uni versity women belonging to such organizations obtaining a grade average of 2.605 while co-op groups led the male living organizations too, with a 2.445 GPA for their 101 members. Non-organized women students averaged 2.472 and non-organized men 2.262. Men living in balls, of which there are 243, made a 2.260 as compared with a 2.427 for coeds living in Hendricks and Susan Campbell halls. . Sororities and fraternities showed slightly lower averages than those of other living groups, with the 567 girls living in such organizations obtaining a 2.391 average, and fraternities averaging 2.147.