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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1946)
Psychological Experimenters Hunt 'Guilty' Coed Robbers By Jessie Becker One more mystery exists on the campus. Is Mary Rafferty or Anne Burgess a robber? It all began Tuesday afternoon in the general psychology lab. The class is studying emotion as a way of detecting criminals and is using this means to try to determine correctly which girl is guilty. At the beginning of the class Dr. H C. McMurtry, lab instructor, gave each girl a mysterious assignment in a sealed envelope. Emotional Calm The directions for the “innocent” girl merely were to read William Seibrook’s “Asylum" in an empty room, an act which wa3 supposed to leave her emotionally calm. But the “criminal” who the night before had stolen jewels, had to be have as if the police were on her trail. She called the depot for the next train out of Eugene. Then, she waited, imagining her predica ment. After a short time Anne Bur gess was brought in. Was she the guilty one? The two means used in attempting to find the “crimi nal” were the free association word test and the psychogalvanometer. The first tested the speed and type of response that suspect gave to a list of fifty words, while the second indicated her emotion by means of the ohms of resistance it registered. Trick Words Anne said the first word that came to her mind when simple words like “office, dog, music” were pronounced as the psychogal vanometer recorded her emotions. Interspersed with these simple words were ten which were de signed to reveal the guilt of the criminal: telephone, bus, number, ticket, hold, falls, police, rail, thief, and directory. Exactly the same processes were used to try to find out if Mary Rafferty was a criminal. It was interesting to observe that the name “beer” delayed the response of both girls and seemed to em barrass them. With these factors to consider the class has to choose which one is a thief. We will have to remain in suspense until next Tuesday when we learn whether Mary or Anne is a robber! Eugeneans Enroll InExtensionDivision The number of Eugene people j enrolled in courses under the ex- j tension division of the Oregon System of Higher Education now totals approximately 300. The largest class is for women entitled body conditioning, and numbers 39. The second largest is Dr. Friedl's class on Recent Russia, whose roll totals 36. A class in woodworking, held at Eugene High school, counts 39. Other courses offered under this division are elementary Spanish, with 25 enrollees; pottery, 22; twentieth century literature, 21; first year Russia, 17; adolescence, 18; weaving, 16; house design, 13; unit construction, 12; twentieth century music, 11; first year Spanish, 11; public school of music for music directors, 8. Several new courses are being planned for next term, and at least one class in graduate education will be offered. Student's Fraud Gets Suspension „ Suspension from the University was the punishment imposed re cently on a student who drew books from the library using a fictitious name, it was announced Thursday by Professor A. B. Still man, chairman of the Student Discipline Committee. The sen tence was suspended pending good behavior of the student. CAMPUS CALENDAR Today Delta Gamma bridge. Zeta hall dance. YVVCA-YMCA open house. Alpha Phi house dance. .Gamma Phi Beta house dance. Pi Beta Phi house dance. Delta Zeta house dance. At Westminster house at 7:30 Miss Virginia Long will give a talk on “Christian Living and Church Vocations.” After the talk there will be games and dancing. Saturday Frosli glee. Outing club hike. All day international festival. Delta Delta Delta rushing week end. Dream Girl Pictures Any candidate for Dream Girl wishing to get her picture back contact Joan Preble at the Gamma Phi Beta house. covercontest” (Continued from pane one) pictures taken without fail today. The one dollar fee entitles each girl to a five by seven photograph. Miss Winship and Jay Stott, manager of the Bell Studio, are the only judges announced to date. Last year three faculty members served as judges and the year be fore, five of the soldiers, social chairmen of their groups, made the selection. Several other gills will be se lected to model spring clothes for various retail stores in connection with their advertising in the spring issue. . 716 WILLAMETTE Religion Talks Begin Sunday “Mental Health and Religion,” a three week series, featuring Dr. Harold W. Bernard of the educa tion school, will begin Sunday, February 24. at the Congrega tional church, 490 13th Avenue east. The mutual contribution of re ligion and mental health to per sonality development, facing dis appointments, solving personal problems, and marriage, will be the topics the series will include, according to Dr. Bernard. The series is sponsored by the College Fireside group and it is the hope of the group that this series will be the beginning of others dealing with religion in life. All college students, college-age young people, and young married couples are invited to attend. At 4 p.m. refreshments will be served and the discussion hour will follow from 4:15 to 5:15. “It is my hope that the series will prove more than just a lec ture, but that the students will 'LOVE' LECTURES (Continued from page one) of business administration, Camp bell co-op; George Hall, assistant dean of men, Delta Upsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon; R. D. Horn, professor of English, Phi Delta Theta; Professor Charles Howard, Theta Chi; Dr. R. R. Huestis, Hil yard house; Professor A. L. Lo max, Chi Psi; Mrs. A. L. Lomax, Highland house; Dr. Paul B. Means, Sherry Ross hall; Dr. Rob ert Leeper, Sigma hall; Mrs. P. B. Means, Kappa Alpha Theta; Dr. Marion Hayes Miller, Alpha Chi Omega; Dr. Fred Miller, Zeta hall; Dr. R. C. Myers, Beta Theta Pi; Rev. Wesley Nicholson, Alpha hall; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Delta Gamma; Dr. Howard R. Taylor, Zeta Tau Alpha; Mrs. L. O. Wright, Judson house; Acting Dean of Women Golda Wickham, Alpha Omicron Pi; and Dean Karl W. Onthank, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Lecturing February 28 are: Dr. H. W. Bernard, Susan Campbell hall; Mrs. Alice W. Carkin, Sigma ask questions and enter freely into the discussions,” Dr. Bernard com mented in a recent interview. "GR-R*R-OOF!"* ^Translation: “Come See Me!” at the ■ OREGON TRAIL PET CORRAL 35 W nth Phone 3284 THIS IS THE LAST DAY You May Enter "Miss Photogenic Contest" BELL STUDIO Phone 442 Across from Register-Guard OUT TONIGHT DIETZ and his rumba kings FULL COURSE DINNERS Open every night except Monday No cover charge before 8:00—After 8:00. 35c. Phone Springfield 375 or 2144 for reservations Don blotter. Owner and Manager Kappa; Dr. Robert Horn, Omega hall; Mrs. P. B. Means, Alpha Gamma Delta; Mrs. George Moor head, University of Oregon medi cal school in Portland, Alpha Phi; Dr. R. C. Myers, University house; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Delta Zeta: Mrs. C. J. Sullivan, Gamma Phi Beta; Dr. Howard R. Taylor, Sig ma Phi Epsilon; Mrs. L. O. Wright, Rebec house; Dean Karl W. .QOz thank, Alpha Tau Omega. On March 4 Mrs. E. E. DeCou will speak to Orides. Completing the’lectures March 5 the following lectures will be given: Rev. Wes ley Nicholson, Gamma hall, and Mrs. Wesley Nicholson, Alpha Psi Delta. DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER... Let an expert repair your radio now! Carman’s RADIO STORE 128 11th Ave East Phone 4954 ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE CENTRAL > PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10th Ave. at Pearl Rev. Norman K. Tully, Pastor Soldiers, Students and Visitors Cordially Welcomed at Divine Worship 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Broadway and High Dr. Vance H. Webster, Pastor University Group, 9:45 a.m. and 6 :Q0 p.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1166 Oak Street Hugh N. McCallum, Pastor University Classes, 9:45 a.m. Dr. Victor P. Morris, teacher Youth Discussion Groups, 6:15 p.m. Worship Services, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 490 I3th Ave. East Telephone 4192 Wesley Goodson Nicholson, Minister Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. College Fireside 8:00 p.m. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH W. 11th and Charnelton Sunday Masses—6:45, 8, 9:15, 10:30 Confessions—4 :00 to 5 :00 and 7:00 to 8 :30 p.m., Saturday Rev. Francis P. Liepzig, Pastor Phone 1859 Rev. Elbert Radakowski, Director Student Activities CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 6th and Pearl—Phone 4623 Harold Aalbue. Pastor Morning Service 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion last Sunday each month L.S.A. Sundays, 7:30 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH 1165 Willamette St. Llewellyn O. Griffith, Ministe: Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. Wesley House, 1347 Onyx Student Groups 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mrs. Mary Beth Hurlocker Student Director