Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1939)
Freshmen May Still Hope, Dean Earl Says By BUCK BUCHWACH Freshman hopes were renewed Monday, with a statement from Dean Virgil Earl commenting on the recent dash of cold water poured on the high hopes of members of the class of '42 by Boston Univer sity's Dean E. W. Lord, who predicted that not more than one-half of the nation's freshman crop could graduate. “A large per cent of the students do not drop out of college because of failure, but because of success,” Dean Earl pointed out. “Some students quit to take positions far ahead of their time.” He clarified his statement by giving as examples two boys who quit college for well-paying jobs. "One of the boys quit and left for San Francisco where he has a $125 a month job awaiting him. The other went to Portland and a sal ary of $135 per month. You wouldn’t say these boys failed, would you?" Dean Earl further stated that he knew a number of boys who came down with the express pur pose of remaining only a year or two and then taking over a job. These boys he also did not class as failures. Concerning the number of fail ures, Dean Earl pointed out that college was a selective process, and the ones who did weather the 4 year storm were in a more advan tageous position. “If one wants to get through college he usually can,” said Dean Earl. Winter Mid-Terms Above Fall Grades Four Women's Houses Get One Danger Slip Apiece Four women’s living organiza tions got through midterms for this term with only one danger slip apiece, the dean of women’s office reported yesterday. There were 102 danger slips sent out to various women’s living or ganizations, and 28 to those “living out” or off the campus, according to the dean of women’s office. However, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of women, says that the midterm grades were much better on the whole than last term. “Dumbell” honors go to the sor ority which had 10 danger slips sent to its members. Six organiza tions received only three each while one of the largest women’s living organizations on the campus received 14. All women students who have an accumulative GPA of two - point and who have not been on grade probation the preceding term are eligible for committees and offices. The dean of women's office wishes it understood that all failing to meet the above grade requirements are not eligible. All committee lists should be checked with the dean’s office be fore the chosen committee mem bers are informed. Loveliest Lips New England’s most entrancing lips competed for first honors against those of Olive Mullens of Worcester, Mass., above, but lost. Hers were tops, Boston judges said. Breen Upholds Prize Fights as War Substitute “Divorces should be argued on the stage,” according to Quir inus Breen, social science in structor. If the world were arranged the way Dr. Breen would like it, wars would also be fought in the prizefight ring. (For instance, Schmeling vs. Louis representing Germany vs. United States; Galento vs. Farr representing Italy vs. England, etc.) Dr. Breen also advocates fighting with the mouth instead of the sword or gun. The only trouble, as wc can see it, is that tlie women would have the de cided edge. How to Win Jobs * — AND — Influence Employers ENCLOSE YOUR PHOTOGRAPH IN THE APPLICATION ■ Be Well Represented . . . ! An application print from your I Oregana u e g a live will help ; “put you over.’’ : Kennell - Phone I 967 for information Ellis Students' Accounts Invited Wc take pleasure ill inviting use of our facilities and advisory services. Interest on Savings Eugene Branch of the United States National Bank of Portland Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation UO Extension Enrollment Goes Up Winter Term ! Portland Division Has 1600 Students; 111 Study by Mail Enrollment in all departments of the general extension division of the University has increased this term, late figures released yesterday through Mozelle Hair, head of the correspondence study, showed. January correspondence study | enrollments for 1939 show 111 stu dents enrolled in 131 courses, a gain of nine students and 21 courses over January, 1938, said Miss Hair. For the first time men students proved more studious than women, numbering 73 out of the 111. 1600 in Portland The total Portland center en rollment for the winter term is expected to reach 1600, as com pared to 1519 during the same pe riod last year. The fall term reg istered 2130 Portland center stu dents, or an increase of 119 over the fall term of 1937. Winter term enrollments for the classes inside of Portland show 408 different individuals at work in the 20 courses given, as com pared with 380 enrolled for the corresponding term last year. Albany, Eugene, Klamath Falls, McMinnville, Medford, Salem, and The Dalles are the centers where current extension classes are held. Alfrd Powers, dean of the gen eral extension division in Portland, is being included in “Who’s Who for Authors,” and has been asked to became a member of the Authors' Guild of the Authors’ League of America. Two summer school posters ad vertising this summer’s classes have been printed and will be ready for distribution about March 1. One, showing campus scenes of the seven extension schools in Ore gon, will be used within the state. The other, featuring the scenic beauty of Oregon, will be sent to schools and libraries all over the West. I Novel Devices for Collectors Noted Chinese celebrate their New Years with firecrackers to chase away the evil spirits. To them it is a day on which to pay all old debts in full—why not follow their example and pay the bills and de liquent accounts before the Chi nese New Year’s day, February 19. This is the advice presented in “The Credit World’’ by one of the. students in Dr. D. D. Gage’s class in credit management. Through the class project of handing in ideas concerning col lection methods, some of which were original, Dr. Gage’s class has obtained national recognition in , “The Credit World,” published by ■ the National Retail Credit asso ; ciation, according to Dr. Gage. j Dr. Gage write the methods into : an article entitled “Unique Co’l lection Devices.” The article con cerning Chinese New Years was made into a special article and put on mats. Stetson Leaves for | LaGrande to Plan ! Demonstration Unit Professor F. L. Stetson, of the education department, left Mon day afternoon for LaGrande, Ore I gon, where he will conduct a dem ! onstration school. Principals of j high schools from nearby towns | have been invited to attend the demonstration. The school is held for the pur pose of evaluating the LaGrande high school, according to standards ! Which have been set after a na ' tionwide study of other high schools. I Professor Stetson will return to ; Eugene Thursday, but will leave I the next day for Medford, Oregon, II where he will have charge of an ■ ’ other demonstration school. * Four 'New' Books 1 Added to Co op Libe Four just-off-the-press books, have been added to the modern li brary shelves at the Co-op, Mrs. Daisy C. Hamlin, librarian, an nounced yesterday. “John Dewey's Philosophy,” anc John Dos Passos' “U. S. A.." arc j in the giant size. ”Lu3t for Life.’ | the story of the life of Vincent Van Gogh, by Irving Stone anc Lidell Hart's “War in Outline," die —L vednicies. Lost Chief Finds Way Around Big Chief Pun Gin Gano of the C-oncow tribe, lost in San Francisco seeking a pow-wow, which had been postponed, found solace in a paleface whoopee wigwam, enjoying company of Sally Hand, right, and a trio of cuties. Tension on the set of “Emperor Jones,” now being rehearsed on the Johnson hall stage, is increasing with each grueling hour of work in the dramatic atmosphere of south sea jungles. The finished play will be one of the most arresting productions the University of Oregon has seen since “Peer Gynt” was presented in McArthur court last year. Background of the action in the eight scenes of the play is a. beating Jones'Set by Dium xyi umuici LUiu-tuiu, upviabi.u y Jens Hansen to the precise count of a metronome. Tempo of each scene is set by the metronome, ami action scaled accordingly as the plot reaches a climax. A dim moonlight effect is ob tained by the use of a curtain of midnight blue “scrim”, or cheese cloth-like material to give a weird effect to the jungle scenes. Smokey Whitfield will take the part of the “Emperqr” in the pro duction. The play is under the direction of Horace Robinson, drama in structor at the University. Autographed Picture Of Pope in Library A picture of Pope Pius XI that was given to John Hemy Nash, is displayed in the library showcase today. This picture was sent to Mr. Nash as thanks for three books that he had printed for the Pope. The books were “Psalms of the Singer David,” "Laudes Vergilianac,” and the “Life of St. Francis of Assisi.” The picture is autographed by the Pope himself with the words Rushing Fees Raise OK'd bg House Managers Additional $2 Will Be Used for Rush Week Expenses Routine business was the order of the evening last night when the fraternity house managers coun cil held its regular meeting. No word has been heard from the group’s petition to the legislature asking that fraternity and soror ity student workers be exempted from paying an old age social se em ity tax, said Karl Koch, presi dent of the council. A plan to have $2 added to the fall term ?8 rushing fee lo be used for the houses’ expenses dur ing the week v/as approved and will be sent to President HJrh. Such a move was started last spring but was passed too late to become a rule. Athletes’ Problem Tabled The matter of housing higl j school athletes during the spring term state track meet was tablei by the council, until a petition be fore the University housing com i mittce asking that dorm men b< i allowed to move out at the end o; the term they pledge Greek house: is passed, Koch said. Three managers will siL in will I the interfraternity council eael meeting and the presidents will re ciprocatc, it was decided. This plat ! would eliminate any possible fri< tion caused by divergent action 01 | similar problems, it is believed. Approx-. Intramural tups The council approved a plan o the interfraternity council to s< I cure cups for intramural sports i , the houses vote accordingly. Election of officers will be hch iat the next meeting at ctait u spring ten*. “grato ammo, with gracious re gards, written with the signature. In a letter received by Mr. Nash from the Pope’s secretary, Father Villa, he stated in part that the Pope had said about the books: “... they show that Mr. Nash has an exquisite taste.” Another statement made by the secretary to Mr. Nash was, “You ought to be proud of having re ceived such a high compliment of a Pope who is very scarce of his praising.” An unusual thing about this autograph is that it is by the Pope himself, and not by one of his secretaries, stated Mr. Oliver Field reserve assistant in the library who is in charge of the exhibit. In 1940 the University of Penn sylvania will celebrate the 200tl anniversary of its founding. Any Old “This-n-thats” for Sale . . . I I I _l Try EMERALD CLASSIFIED By selling those ul<J golf clubs, typewriters, ami other nick na<i'..; you eau raise enough cash for a weekemi splurge. Only 2c a word Call 354 ! Marshall Dana To Be Speaker At Assembly Associate Journal Editor to Discuss Civic Obligations Campus assembly-goers will hear Marshall Dana, associate editor of the Oregon Journal February 23, when he comes to the University to deliver the annual Washington’s birthday address. “Civic Responsibilities” will be the subject on which Mr. Dana is slated to talk. He was secured for this top spot in the 1939 assembly program after President Donald M. Erb of the University heard him address a Rotary club meet ing in Portland. The Oregon proxy asked assembly chairmen to secure the speaker because he was “great ly impressed” by the manner in which the newspaperman attacked modern American problems. Well Schooled Dana attended Doane academy, Denison university, Southern Bap tist Theological seminary, and Whitman and Linfield colleges be fore he began his colorful journal istic career. Starting work on the Hunting ton Advertiser in West Virginia, he then worked on other West Vir ginia papers, in Kansas City, and finally came to Oregon where he early became affiliated with the Journal. Co-author of “More Power to Vou,” leader in several Columbia river basin projects, and first chairman of the Pacific Northwest planning commission, Dana will come to the University well versed on the civic problems that face the whole nation, personnel direc tors in charge of the assembly, Dl'omisnri Inst niohf DO ROTC Enrollment Beats National Total Ten Per Cent Rise Over 1938 Figures, j Colonel Reports | Enrollment in the University ; ROTC has increased about 10 per cent more than the increase in na tional enrollment for the year end ing June 1938, according to figures released yesterday by Colonel Rob ert M. Lyon, commandant of the University ROTC. The national increase for the year ending June 1938 over the previous year was approximately seven per cent while the Univer sity records for the same year show an enrollment increase of 17 per cent, Colon Lyon announced. Also the University records for this year show a five per cent in crease over the last year’s high total. Which all in all makes an increase of 22 per cent over the en n l'.ment figures for the 1930 to 1937 school year. Where Will The Kappas Go From Here?— Rumor has it that the Kappas will give their winter formal at the Eugene hotel with the Sigma Chis. Both houses thought they had reservations for February 17, but an unknown girl cancelled the sorority’s reservation. Last week the Kappas dis covered that they had no reser vations for that night, after they had hired their orchestra and had their programs made. Yes terday the Kappa house was in a quandary, to put it mildly. With rushees and dates invited and orchestra hired, they have no place to give their scheduled house dance. The Sigma Chis generously offered to share the hotel with them. Incidentally, no Sigma Chi was invited to the Kappa dance. Suggestions have been made for the Kappas to give their dance at the Phi Delt barn. How ever. what they will do definitely is not known. UO Piano Student Featured on KOAC Evelyn Erickson, student of Mrs. Aurora Potter Underwood, was featured in the University school of music, broadcast over KOAC yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’ clock. She played two piano selections, Moszkowski’s “Waltz in E Major” and “A Flat Ballad” by Chopin. Council Okeys Stop Signs for Oregon Campus: Traffic Will Be Halted at Kincaidi University Streets A request from the University to stop all traffic entering the campus on Thirteenth street was granted last night by the city council. The request asked for stop signs at University street to stop all traffic going west, and at Kincaid to stop all traffic going east. The new signs will be put in within a few days and a trial to see if they are effective in elim inating much of the speeding will follow, according to members of the council. This request followed many complaints on speeding and con gestion of traffic on the campus during the periods when students are going between classes, Mayor Elisha Large told the group. Enforcement of this ordinance drew considerable comment from council members, some expressing the belief that the stop signs would be torn up. The group, however, decided that with the aid of the University the new rule could be enforced. Another request to stop traffic going north on University street at 13th was turned down. These new Titles from our Rental Library * Faulkner: Wild Palms * Bottome: Danger Signal * Frankau: Royal Regiment * Lowe: Salute to Freedom * Hull: Frost Flower * Van Loon: Our Battle * Edman: Philosopher’s Holiday * Walker: Dr. Norton’s Wife 3c to 5c per day THE Uiik)ersitij **CO-OP’ GIVE yOUR PIPE WOES THE RUN-AROUND, MEN, WITH FRAGRANT, MELLOW smoking Prince Albert. you GET SO PIPEFULS OF \ THAT GRAND TOBACCO IN / EVERY BIG RED PA. TIN! Ccyyriifhl, !'■It. J. Her not da Tobacco Company YOU get extra taste, extra mildness out of your pipe when you put "no-bite” treated Prince Albert in it! P. A. smokes cool and mellow, with a full, rich body. Packs easier, burns slower, too, because of its famous "crimp cut.” Say "PRINCE ALBERT” today, and get real smoking joy. Wm/M m mt". Vam!?/-, wffi// m*<y f»MOKC 20 FRAGRANT PIPE I ULS of Pnn'-^ Albert. If you don't find it the mellowest, tastiest pipe tobacco you over iiroked, return the po< kr t tin with the rest of the tobacco in *t to us at any time within a month from thi&date.and v/c v/ill refund full nurrhaer price, plus p^hKc. f Signed) R J.Reynold* f ob*« i o Company. Winston-Salcrn, N.C. 50 pipefuls cl IrrfCMiit IoIm< -o in rvnrv 2 *tc. tin cl Pi line Albert