Students to be Surveyed by Journalists;
Poll Results Will Guide Emerald Content
Chaney Depicts
Ancient Oregon
Tangled tropical and semi-orien
tal forests that blanketed the once
level state of Oregon 60 million
years ago were vividly reconstruct
ed by Dr. Ralph W. Chaney, noted
authority on the forests of this re
gion and professor of paleontology
at the University of California in
the opening address of the 1946
Condon lecture series at Chapman
hall Tuesday.
Dr. Chaney will lecture on “Ore
gon: Crossroads of Forest Migra
tion” at Chapman hall tonight at
8 p. m.
Color slides showing outstanding
examples of ancient fossils, tropi
cal and oriental forests, and fossil
rich areas of Oregon and other re
gions were used to illustrate the
lecture.
President Harry K. Newburn of
the University introduced the
speaker and gave a brief outline
of the history of the Condon lec
tureship which was established
three years ago by the Oregon
state board of higher education to
make known to laymen the results
<# scientific research and study.
Tracing the gradual evolution of
Oregon’s climate and vegetation
from the stages of ancient tropical
levels to the moderate climate and
evergreen forests of today, Dr.
Chaney indicated that these
changes fall roughly into three
periods known as the Paleozoic or
earliest era, the Mesozoic or time
of intermediate life, and the Ceno
zoic or era of most recent life.
“We are living at just the right
time in earth history,” the profes
sor declared. “Conditions are ideal
for studying past life.”
Oregon has proven to be an ex
tremely rich hunting ground for the
study of ancient plant life in the
Northwest, he declared. The John
Day Basin area has been one of
the most fruitful in the production
of ancient plant fossils and speci
mens, especially in the study of the
Cenozoic era.
“Eugene is the center of earth
science studies in this singularly
endowed state,” the professor as
serted.
The University of Oregon found
ed a professorship in natural sci
ences in 1876, Dr. Chaney noted, and
with associated institutions has
taken an important part in the de
velopment of paleontolic research.
As Coal Shortage Hits
UW Closes Indefinitely
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—(AP)—Due
tc a coal shortage, the University
of Washington closed “indefinitely”
today.
Dr. Raymond B. Allen, Univer
sity president, postponed his sched
uled reception tonight for parents
of freshman students.
University officials said the
school had only a six-day supply of
coal on hand and is unable to get
more immediately because of the
Big Four mine, southeast of Renton,
which supplies the institution, is
shutdown by a power failure.
^President Allen said the Univer
sity definitely would not open to
morrow. He said he could not tell
how much longer it would be closed.
Price Forecasts
Accurate Results
Six hundred students will be giv
en an opportunity to express their
opinions of the Emerald in the week
of December 2 to 6 when the com
prehensive poll conducted by a
seminar class in public opinion gets
underway. Accuracy in a poll of this
nature is estimated to be 94 per
cent, and the results tabulated from
the survey answers will be used by
the Emerald staff to determine the
content of the newspaper next
term.
Students who will be surveyed
have been arbitrarily selected from
the student directory. Every tenth
name was chosen and the individ
uals grouped according to sex, class,
major, and marital status. The cor
rect ratio of students in each classi
fication as determined by the Uni
versity enrollment will be polled.
This gives assurance that all groups
on the campus will be given a voice
in the poll.
A similar but less concentrat
ed poll was conducted by Warren
C. Price, associate professor of
journalism last spring term. Tab
ulations of those answers esti
mated the summer session enroll
ment at 1554. An amazing degree
of accuracy was shown by the ac
tual enrollment figure: 1541.
Under the direction of Mr. Price
the survey questions for the forth
coming poll have been prepared by
the seminar class. Members of the
class include: Old Oregon Editor
Harry Glickman, junior in journal
ism; Emerald Business Manager
George Pegg, senior in journalism;
Ted Hallock, senior in journalism;
Anita Young, senior in journalism;
H. V. Alward, graduate assistant
in journalism, and Emerald Editor
Marguerite Wittwer-Wright, senior
in journalism.
Fifty volunteers are needed to
help survey the campus. Any stu
dent willing to work is asked to
register with Pegg or Mrs.
Wright. All volunteer workers
will meet with Mr. Price and the
seminar students at 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, November 26, in 105
Early Results of Readership Poll Indicate Low
Faculty Interest, Show Satisfaction With News
Final Tally to Give
All-Campus Opinion
The Emerald is read daily by 92
per cent of the University adminis
trative staff, but only 18 per cent
of the faculty, according to incom
plete returns of the campus read
ership survey.
With half the faculty and admin
istrative returns tallied, the Emer
ald is getting ready to interview
over five hundred students during
the week of December 2.
The following statistics have
been released by Associate Profes
sor Warren C. Price whose seminar
in public opinion is conducting the
survey for the Emerald.
How often do you read the Emer
ald? Faculty: daily, 18 per cent; 1
to 4 times, 45 per cent; never, 36
per cent. Staff: daily, 92 per cent;
1 to 4 times, none; never, 8 per cent.
What, in order of preference, do
you read in the Emerald? Faculty:
news, 86 per cent; edits, 14 per cent;
sports, none; features, none. Staff:
news, 67 per cent; edits, 17 per cent; |
sports, 8 per cent; features, 8 per
cent.
Would you like to see the Emer
ald run news from a national and
international service? Faculty:
yes, 55 per cent; no, 27 per cent; no
opinion, 18 per cent. Staff: 33 per
cent; no, 58 per cent; no opinion, 8
per cent.
What papers do you read daily?
Faculty: Guard, 91 per cent; Ore
gonian, 64 per cent; Journal, none.
Staff: Guard, 75 per cent; Oregon
ian, 58 per cent; Journal, none.
Do you read Old Oregon monthly ?
Faculty: yes, 27 per cent; no, 55
per cent; occasionally, 18 per cent.
Staff: yes, 56 per cent; no, 44 per
cent; occasionally, none.
Each interviewered has asked
for comment and criticism from
his interviewee with instructive
and sometimes entertaining results.
A secretary in Johnson hall:
“There is not enough news about
independents. All veteran and inde
pendent living organizations should
be covered.”
Member of the English depart
ment: “Haven’t seen an Emerald all
year.”
A secretary to one of the schools:
“I want more faculty news and more
stories about individual students.
And stop the canned overset.”
A member of the school of educa
tion faculty: “The paper should run
whatever suits the students’ pur
pose.”
A speech and dramatic arts pro
fessor: “More accurate titles and
spelling of names.”
Another member of the English
department: “Doing a fine job. Keep
the present policy.
Festival Ducats on Sale
Tickets for the Eugene city
YWCA “International Festival,”
scheduled for this evening, at 7 p.m.
at the Community Center, are on
sale at the YWCA bungalow. Fif
teen countries will be represented in
the festival, according to Mrs. Vir
gil M. Cameron, general chairman
of the event.
Bill Yates Chosen
To Replace Penny
Bill Yates, sophomore in journal
ism, has been appointed Emerald
news editor by Editor Marguerite
Wittwer Wright, pending approval
by the educational activities board.
Yates will replace Herb Penny
whose resignation becomes effec
tive at the end of this term.
An army veteran, Yates is a mem
ber of Beta Theta Pi and has cov
ered Johnson hall as an Emerald
reporter this year as well as gain
ing experience on the copy desk and
night staff.
Future Teachers Meet
Today at Education Hall
A meeting of Oregon students
who aspire to be teachers will be
held this afternoon in room 2, Edu
cation building, at 4 p.m. C. L. Huf
faker, acting director of the Uni
versity Teacher Placement Service,
announced that enrollment for
teaching positions starting in the
mid year and next fall will be open
at that time.
The Teacher Placement Service
has been of great help in the past,
getting positions for fledgling in
structors.
Journalism building for direc
tions.
Questions in the survey will in
clude preference of content, reader
ship of advertisements, extent of
readership of the Oregonian, the
Oregon Journal, the Eugene Regis
ter-Guard, Old Oregon magazine,
and, for freshmen, readership of the
Ore-nter.
One opinion question, “What sug
gestions can you make concerning
changes in the Emerald which
would make it more readable for
you?” will be asked. In answer to
this, students will be requested to
qualify their likes and dislikes with
constructive criticism which will
aid the Emerald staff in producing a
newspaper approximating the wish
es of the student body.
ROY PAUL NELSON . ..
Oregana editor announces winners
of the Oregana-sponsored photo
contest.
Webfoot Speakers
Schedule Contests
Speechmakers from Oregon and
contestants from all colleges and
universities in the state will vie for
top honors in the Intercollegiate
Forensic association of Oregon’s
oratorical contest scheduled for
February 10, on the Webfoot cam
pus. The grand prize will be $50.00,
second prize $15.00, and the third
prize $7.50.
First on the association's sched
ule is the state extempore speaking
contest December 10, to be held at
Pacific university. Prizes of $15.00,
$7.50, and honorable mention will be
given to winners in both the men's
and women's divisions. The subject
for women wdll be, “World Minori
ties,” for men, “United States’ For
eign Policies.”
Linfield college will play host to
representatives of the colleges and
universities on January 13, when
the after dinner speaking contest
will be, “American Political Pot
pourri.” Prizes will be the same as in
the extempore contest.
The final contest of the school
year will be March 6, when old line
orators gather at Oregon State col
lege to speak on any subject of their
choosing. The contest will have both
men’s and women’s divisions.
Poker Snapshot
Rakes in Chips
In Pic Contest
Dean Forbes, graduate student
in psychology, won first prize in
the Oregana photo contest by unan
imous vote of the judges, Roy Paul
Nelson, Oregana editor, announced
Wednesday.
Second and third prizes wei'e
won by Allen Kirk, sophomore in
music, and Kirk Braun, freshman
in journalism.
There was such an overwhelm
ing last-minute response to the con
test that three extra pages in the
Oregana will be devoted to the pic
tures, making a total of five pages,
Nelson said.
Other contestants whose entries
won honorable mention include Roy,
C. Williams, Winifred Romtvedt,
Elgeon Johnson, Carroll Bump, W.
J. Hazeltine, Harold Haevischer,
Doris Spearow, and Leo Nuttman.
All prize winning photos, includ
ing honorable mention, will appear
in the 1947 Oregana. All others may
be picked up at the Oregana office.
Prize winning money will be
mailed to the winners Thursday.
The amounts are: $10 for first prize,
$7 for second prize, and $5 for third
prize.
Nelson pointed out that the pho
tos were all very good, but some
were not suitable for reproduction,
in the Oregana because they were
not clear enough or not of glossy
finish.
The winning entry is a shot of
a Campbell club poker game. The
second prize photo is a shot of the
University quadrangle, and the
third prize is an air study of the
campus. The aerial view was taken
by Kirk Braun from a rented air
plane. Bud Carter, another Univer
sity student, was piloting the plane.
Judges of the contest were J.
Warren Teter, University photog
pher; Roy Paul Nelson, Oregana
editor; Dan Mindolovich, Oregana
art editor; and Marguerite Wittwer
Wright, Emerald editor.
Assembly Tonight
Honors Gridders
Saluting the graduating mem
bers of the Oregon football team,
a special ASUO rally will be held
at the assembly in McArthur court
tonight at 7:30 p.m., Activities
Manager Dick Williams said Wed
nesday.
After the opening number from
the University of Oregon band, Yell
King Tom Hazzard will introduce
President Tom Kay, who is to speak
on the traditions of the Oregon
OSC game.
Coaches to Talk
Kay will then present Ben Win
kelman, Dick Reed, and Vaughn
Corley, assistant football coaches,
to the assembly. Coach Gerald
“Tex” Oliver is to introduce the
first two teams and especially men
tion those who will play their last
game this Saturday. Prominent
among these will be Duke Iversen.
Hazzard and his rally team will,
lead several yells and the Oregon
band will play the OSC song. A rep
resentative of the OSC rally squad
has been invited to be there to lead
a few of their yells, according to
Sis Scott who is managing the as
sembly.
Puddles Back?
The Pledge song will be sung
without the band to practice for the
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