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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1942)
Harvard Man Will Present Third Lecture Howard E. Wilson, associate professor of education at Harvard university, will present the third University lecture of this term at 7:30 Friday, according to Dr. R. H. Ernst, who is in charge of the series. Dr. Wilson's topic will be “What Does Education Face the Future?” The lecture, to be given in the faculty room of Friendly hall, promises to be interesting to fac ulty members and especially to students, said Dr. Ernst. Mr Wilson has taught in Wisconsin and at Chicago, and is now en gaged at Harvard in training teachers for the social studies. Among his publications are . “Mary McDowell, Neighbor” (a biographical study of one of Chi cago’s best-known social work ers), “The Fusion of Social Stud ies in Junior High Schools” and “Education for Citizenship,” a recently published report of the « social-studies section of the Re gent’s Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education in New York State. Mr. Wilson is co-author of a textbook in United States history and of a series of social-studies readers for the elementary grades. In addition, he has con tributed widely to periodicals of both general and educational na tures. At present, Mr. Wilson is par ticipating' in the Community Stydy Project now being carried on by the Progressive Education association. Marine Corps Visitors To Show Flickers Here Potential U. S. marine corps officers from the University will get a “bird’s-eye” picture of of ficers’ training Friday when Lieut. M. J. Kelly and Staff Sgt. Mack Sherman show motion pic tures on the campus. Applicants to the marines will be reviewed and accepted during the visit of the two officers. Seniors accepted will be or dered to training in May. Juniors and sophomores will remain in inactive service until graduation. Further information may be obtained from Dr. Ralph W. Leighton, dean of physical educa tion, who is in charge of appli cations. Jobs Offered Grads Immediate full-time jobs with telephone offices at Salem, Al bany, Corvallis, and The Dalles are open for girls with college education, Miss Janet Smith, em ployment secretary, announced Wednesday. University alumni who are in terested, are asked to contact the ''^'employment office at once, or friends of former University girls are asked to pass this. informa tion to them. Brown Appointed Max Brown, sophomore in so cial science, now holds the posi tion of basketball manager of the Westminster team. Wendell Jen sen formerly held that position but since he enlisted in the army it has been vacant. Dr. Didrik Arup Seip, former rector of the University of Oslo and visiting professor of Norwe gian at the University of Minne sota, is reported to be a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. Shortage of teachers in music and physical education, because of selective service and centrali zation of schools, is noted by di rectors of these departments at Ithaca college. Education Professor Goes to Bay City Meet Fred L. Stetson, professor of education, is attending national executive committee meetings of Phi Delta Kappa, men's educa tion honorary, this week in San Francisco. Mr. Stetson is retir ing vice-president of the national organization. Meetings, which are held in conjunction with the national American Association of School Administrators convention, began Saturday evening and continue all this week at specified times during the convention. New and retiring national Phi Delta Kappa officers are to attend the sessions, which will be granted ample time for fraternity business. Sigma Delta Chi Takes Ten Journalists Today Ten men will be pledged today at a meeting of Sigma Delta Chi at 4 p.m. in the journalism build ing. Pledges to the national profes sional journalism fraternity are: Stan Weber, Bob Frazier, Herb Penny, Ted Goodwin, Fritz Tim men, Fred Treadgold, Jim Banks, G. Duncan Wimpress, John Math ews, and Erling Erlandson. Prominent journalists will be considered for professional mem bership. Committee work for the SDX spring term dance will be out lined by Co-chairmen Ted Har mon and Jeff Kitchen. National Heads Feted By Republican Group Miss Marion E. Martin, assist ant chair-man of the Republican rational committee, and Mrs. Margaret Rasmusson, national president of Alpha Omicron Pi, were guests at a luncheon given oy the local chapter of Pro-Amer ica, national Republican organi sation, yesterday, where Miss Martin addressed representatives rf the fourth congressional dis trict. A graduate of Wellesley, where she was a member of Alpha Omi rron Pi, a Phi Beta Kappa, and a student of law at Yale, Miss Mar tin is now a congresswoman from Maine. A dinner guest of Governor and Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, Miss Martin was driven to Salem last night where she spoke at a Republican rally. * Mrs. Rasmusson is a guest at the Alpha Omicron Pi house. Specialist to Speak Today an AWS luncheon will be given at the Pi Beta Phi house at which Mrs. Zapoleon, specialist in occupations for women in the United States office of education in Washington, D. C., will speak. Guests at the luncheon will be the air wardens and members of the WAA and AWS councils. Church Group Dines The Westminster house potluck supper this evening at 6 will be followed by a business meeting at which plans for the Sunday Corvallis trip will be discussed. Spring term projects will also be planned. Those who have sugges tions for new activities are espe cially requested to be present. Second Talk (Continued from page one) fornia where, in 1931, he was awarded his Ph.D. He continued his education in Italy, where he was a student at the American Academy at Rome, and in Greece, where he attended the American School of Classical studies in Athens. Dr. Broneer, born in Sweden, was naturalized in 1939, and has been an assistant profes sor of archaeology at the Insti tute for Advanced Study at Princeton since 1935. Catalog Issued For Mai! Study The correspondence study cata log for the school year 1942-43 is now ready for publication, ac cording to Miss Mozelle Hair, head of the correspondence di vision. The catalog will include descriptions of courses for en trance credit and college credit. Also to be included in the cata log are: directions for registra tion, expense, hours of credit that may be secured, and a list of faculty members connected with correspondence work. An application blank is provided in the back of the catalog. Miss Hair reports that the booklet will be of interest to stu dents in every county in Oregon, also in other states. Last year 27 states and Washington, D.C., were represented in University correspondence study outside of Oregon, as were Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, and Japan. It is expected that the catalog will be ready for distribution in a few weeks. Drerrn WEmerald Reporters: Jack Billings Elsie Brownell Elaine Dahl Margaret Deane Joanne Dolph Bob Edwards Bob Fowells Ted Goodwin Carol Greening Ruth Jordan A1 Larsen Mona MacAuley Marjorie Major John Mathews Bette Miller Roy Nelson Edith Newton Margie Robinson Jean Spearow Betty Ann Stevens Janet Wagstaff Mildred Wilson Copy Desk Staff: Mary Wolf, city editor Carol Greening Sidney Seymour Joanne Dolph Kelly Snow Night Staff: Bob Edwards, night editor Betsy Wootton, assistant Ruth May Collins Connie Fullmer Frances Triska Miriam Hoffman Joanne Dolph Wednesday Office Staff: Carolyn McKinley Lorraine Davidson Maureen Conklin Leslie Brockelbank. Maxine Martin Thursday Adv. Staff: Marilyn Marshall, Leith Brown, co-managers Margaret Deane Lee Barlow Orides members will meet in the alumni room in Gerlinger hall at 11 a.m. today to attend the 11:15 elections together. “Religion in a College Wo man's Life” will be discussed by members of YWCA today at 4 p.m. at the regular monthly meet ing. Patty Pearson, chairman of the panel, invites all University girls to attend. Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology honorary, will meet tonight in the AWS rooms at 7:30. Everyone is invited to take part in the dis cussion. Sigma Delta Chi pledge meet ing today at 4 p.m. in the jour nalism building. Attendance re quired. Wesley house philosophy study group will meet at 6 tonight. With the Season’s First Robin will come EUGENE MERCHANTS' Opening featuring The Emerald's Cover Girl • Unveiling of 1942 Spring Fashions • Unveiling of 1942 Emerald Cover Girl • Biggest Emerald in History Oregon IIEmerald