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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1943)
Dr. Beck Sees Washington; Reports Chaosand Efficiency By CAROL GREENING Eighteen cafeteries, five movie theaters, office space for 40,000 people—all in one building—is now an old story to Dr. Lester F. Beck, associate professor of psychology at Oregon. He is notv on leave in Washington, D. C., acting as a research analyst of visual education. In a recent letter to Bonnie Bailey, former Oregon student, Dc, Beck described his daily habitat, the Pentagon building. aruj, ms inaii ana mDuinuuna uu his way to work. He says: ‘first and foremost is the building where I have my office. It iv incredible. I spent the first w v «c putting my eyes back in my head. The closest analogy is a five-sided anthill. As the name implies, it is built pentagonaliy. The center portion contains six acres. The outside of the building is cue mile around. Office space is provided for 40,000 people. Some 18 immense cafeterias cater to the hunger urge. M. F, on Guard ‘ there is a bank (assets un known) in a room on the first floor. A military policeman is on guard at all hours. Either he does not trust us or the bank. ‘ One might extend the “ant" anSSogy to the employes. There are army ants, worker ants, slaves and parasites. I think I am a worker ant. Every one in uniform is an army ant. The slaves are those civilians who keep books, type letters, and write reports, only to have their production sign ed Toy a major or a colonel in charge. The parasites are the numerous efficiency experts who check to see that one is doing his work the right way. Actually they know nothing about what is right and wrong; hence, they exist only toe-muse a subordinate thinks he cries, Busses Crowded Tv, Beck describes the bus sit - Uatii m: ‘I ride to work about 5 mile3 •—on a bus. Fortunately, I live about a quarter of a mile beyond the end of the line so that in the morning I can always find a.seat; the bus begins with me. In- the short space of a mile or .so the bus is p -eked. Then the fun begins. Boom for One More ‘The driver commences a chant that runs somewhat as follows: ‘ Push right back, folks. Push right back to the rear of the car.’ (T!r. »re are already 40 people seat ed and 40 standing- up). ‘Make roo \ for just one more! (Four people enter). The next stop he says just a little louder: ‘ ‘All right, folks. Push right Ixtct.:. Lots of room back there. Si\ ‘eze just a little tighter.' By that time 1 no longer can see the face of the aisle and a coat hangs loosely in front and around his fa" a stray hand may be hang ing between us. (Five people eu te: i. The driver cautions the last person in to be careful, lest a part of his fanny remain outside as the door is closed. People Jostled ‘Vv'e roll to a stop at an inter see! <on. The bus groans. As the driver starts and makes a left hand turn to the right, front fend er rubs on a tire. The tire groans Tire people in the aisle are jostled and an expression of mixed pain and anger appears. Within a co: pie of hundred yards the bus Slows down for another stop. The driver starts a new theme. ‘ 'Push right back to the trailer in, the rear. Ham and eggs served in bite rear of the car.’ Negro Law ‘ • ho e people who are sitting d n, including myself, think it fu - v and laugh. The others seem to mutter something through the teeth. The two passengers v. are picked up are negroes. V happen to be in Virginia on <-ur way to Washington. The state of Vugiaia has a lav. that Color ed Seat from the Rear. Hence a negro must first go to the rear of the car and work up. “Negroes obviously despise the law. To show their feelings, they obey it to the letter, especially when busses are full. After de positing their coins, the two ne groes (both husky ‘bucks’ as the physically strong males are call ed i start to the rear. Arms and Elbows “They climb over every white that they can. The whole affair reminds me of those healthy ex hibitions at basketball games when the Order of the O starts someone from floor level and transports him to the balcony. In this case, however, the negro gets his arms and elbows on the shoul ders and heads of the passengers and proceeds to “wing” his way down the bus. Of course there is no place for them at the end of the bus, but at least they obeyed the law. They talk good-naturedly there, while the others are squeez ed just a little tighter.” Building a Maze Once in the Pentagon building: “ . . . During my first few days" I did plenty of wandering. It was all a maze to me. The second day I got into a blind alley and went round and round. I knew I was doing it, yet I couldn't get out. t felt just like the white rat in the film we show to the psych lab students." Theaters Included About his work: “My work is fascinating. Just around the corner from my office are five (yes, five) new motion picture theaters accoustically per fect, with the best projection equipment and overstaffed rock ing chairs. The seats are arranged in rows, much like an ordinary theater, yet each seat is independ ently supported by a steel spring. .By slightly shifting one’s weight, the seat assumes either an up tight or restful reclining posi tion. “Naturally, there is great de mand for the theaters, whether pictures are being shown or not.” "Hearts' King (Continued fro»i page one) 100 per cent in their purchase of tickets for the February 11 dance. Others that have reached the 100 per cent mark are Alpha Xi Delta. Alpha Phi, and Alpha Del ta Pi. Admission to the dance is 25 cents, and it is strictly a girl date-boy affair, according to Miss Van Buskirk. Sponsors of the dance are members of the YWCA sophomore commission. The dance will take place at the Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Phi. Pi Beta Phi, and Alpha Chi Omega sororities. The coronation of the King of Hearts will take place at the Gamma Phi Beta house. Pi Phi, Delta Gamma (Continued from pa,je five) land Flingers. Glides has played her way through to the semifin als. ADPis have only the Trl Pelts to play yet; Pi Phis also have only one more game to go and are looking better every game. Sigma Kappa and High land have yet to fight it out for the championship in their league. Co-ops Publish Initial Tabloid ‘■They just told me, ‘Here you are, go ahead’—so I did," de clared Bill Bindley after editing the first issue of “News from the Co-ops," the monthly publica tion put out by the combined ef forts of Canard, Campbell, and Kirkwood, the three men’s coop erative houses. The purpose of the new, sheet as determined by the interco-op executive board is to enable co-op alums in the service to keep in touch with events and doings in their old places of residence at college. “It won’t cost them any thing,” affirmed Lindley when questioned. “And it will make us feel proud and happy to have them write in for subscriptions.’’ Besides Lindley, other mem bers of the staff include Ray Cook and Sid Nicholson, report ers, Dan Mindolovich, art editor, and Dr. Jameson, faculty adviser. The paper will normally con sist of four pages, a front page containing general news of in terest to all the co-ops, and a page each of items from the in dividual houses. An editorial by Lindley and at least one cut by Mindolovich will be included in every issue.. The amount of news will depend mainly upon the ac tivity of the reporters. Items will be restricted to the men’s co-ops only. Gossip is welcome if of in terest to the alums who will read it. The money for the first edition of 200 copies was donated by Dr. Jameson. Subsequent financial aid will come from “petty funds" dealt out by the executive board. Fulton Presents Piano Concert Everett Fulton, Eugene high school student, Thursday night presented a recital at the Uni versity music auditorium. He is a pupil of Jane Thacher, profes sor of piano. Fulton opened his concert with two Prelude and Fuges by Bach, one in C minor and one in D mi nor. He then played Beethoven's sonata, «p. 10, No. 3. For the sec ond group of selections, he played Three Preludes by Delius and two works by Debussy, “The Maiden With the Flaxen Hair" and “Reflections in the Water.” Fulton concluded the main part of his program with Rubenstein’s Concerto No. 4 in D minor. Mrs. Thacher played the orchestral ac companiment on a second piano. Fulton played one encore, Iturbi's “Dance of Spain.” Map Course Ten coeds at Syracuse univer sity have enrolled in a military map course offered to women by the government through the uni versity. Graduates in this course will be eligible for positions in the army map service, Washington, D. C. -—Syracuse Daily Orange In 1942, 170,000 students were graduated from colleges in the Soviet Union. Former Student of UO Enrolled in Air Corps John William Hatton, a former student at the University of Ore gon, is now enrolled as an avia tion cadet in the army air forces pre-flight school for pilots at Maxwell field, located on the out skirts of Montgomery, the capi tal of Alabama. Cadet Hatton attended the Uni versity in 1939-40 and had served 14 months in the U. S. army be fore he was appointed an avia tion cadet in the army air forces. During this period of service he completed courses at Boca Raton, Florida, and at Scott field, Illi nois. Cadet alltton began his pre» flight course at Maxfell field, Alabama, the latter part of De cember 1942. Here the new class of cadets is receiving nine weeks of intensive military, physical and academic training preparatory to beginning their actual flight instruction at one of the many primary flying schools in the army air forces southeast training center. Grad Assistant Positions Open Seniors interests in being graduate assistants or research assistants in the University next year should make application for the position they desire before March 31. Applications should be given to Clara Fitch, secretary of the graduate division on the sec ond floor of Johnson hall. Awards Offered The University each year offers a varying number of awards to the graduates of accredited col leges and universities who have made superior records in under graduate work and wish to go on with graduate study. Appoint ments are open to men and wom en. Recipients are required to register as graduate students and work for advanced degrees. They pay the regular registration fees. Graduate assistants give serv ice of approximately 20 hours a week to a department or school, usually their major, in reading pa pers, teaching quiz or laboratory sections. Maximum course en rollment for graduate assistants is ten hours. Research assistants aid in the research of faculty members for whose project they have been se lected. The hours of service and maximum enrollment are the same as for graduate assistants. i* ieias rsanied Assistantships are ordinarily available in the following' fields. Anthropology, architecture and arts, botany, business administra tion, chemistry, classics, econom ics, education, English, geolog}', geography, German, history, jour nalism, mathematics, music, phil osophy, physical education, phys ics, psychology, romance lang uages, sociology and zoology. Appointments are generally made in early May. Applications are available in Mrs. Fitch’s of fice. They can be mailed to the graduate division, University of Oregon, Eugene. Also expected to be open to graduate students are a limited number of fee scholarships which amount to $22 a term, or $66 a year, and a small number of NYA assignments. "WHITE CARGO" Hedy Lamarr Walter Pidgeon and “McGUERINS FROM BROOKLYN" William Bendix Grace Bradley Concert Offers Ancient Music1 Miss Celia Hager, formerly a member of the psychology depart ment at the University of Oregon, will present the sixth of the Mu Phi Epsilon recorded concerts in the browsing room of the library Sunday. The concert will be held this Sunday at 7 p.m. instead of the regular time at 3 p.m. This is to allow students to attend the orchestral concert which will bo held Sunday afternoon. The program will consist main ly of compositions by composers of the 16th and 17th century. Works included on the program^ are “Dido's Lament” from th<P opera “Dido and Aeneas” by Pur cell, Haydn’s Concerto in D ma jor for harpsigord, first move* ment, and a gavotte by Bach. Hostesses for this Sunday’s con cert will be Miss Celeste Camp bell from the Mu Phi Epsilon pat roness group, Miss Wanda East wood from the Mu Phi alumnae, Miss Nymphia Lam from the ac tive group, and Miss Ella Carrick from the library committee. Senior Soprano Presents Recital Songs of the 17th and 18th cen turies will open Ruth Merritt’s recital when she sings February 9 at 8:15 p.m. in the school oS music auditorium. Miss Merritt is a lyric soprano and a senior in music. She is a pupil of Sigurd Nilssen, professor, of voice at the University. This is her graduation recital. Miss Merritt will sing such songs as “Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me” from “Semele” by Handel, “O Thou Beloved” by Gluck, “Orpheus and his Lute,” by Sullivan, “The Kerry Dance” by James aMlloy, and “A Spirit Flower” by Campbell-Tipton. Did the snow leave your shoes in a condition of near ruin ? We offer quick, compet ent service. Expert Service PENNEY'S Shoe Repair In the Basement On Ice!! "ICE CAPADES REVUE" Ellen Drew Richard Denning "Living Ghosts" with James Dunn Joan Woodbury Dynamite Loaded! ANN SOTHERN RED SKELTON in 'PANAMA HATTIE' also , 'Just Off Broadway* with Lloyd Nolan Marjorie Weaver