Sigma Xi's Hear Zechmaster
IT; Professor L. Zechmeister, head
0# organic chemistry at the Cali
^>rnia Institute of Technology, de
livered a technical explanation of
o ft'he Use and Application of Chor
oinotography” to an audience of
► fifty in Chapman hall Wednesday.
-£ Ur. Zechmeister’s nationwide
ispeaking tour is under the spon
sorship of Sigma Xi, national sci
ence honorary,
t ^ Obscure Science
1,1 Chromotography, he explained,
n:.s a relatively obscure art of sci
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70 Symposium
Meetings Due
$n Winter Term
!■
j. Winter term activities for the
University of Oregon symposium
.group were outlined for members
-Tuesday night at their first meet
f- .g following a successful trip to
■ Whitman college, Walla Walla,
Washington in December. Dr. E.
citay Nichols Jr. of the speech and
cdpama department summarized
tpe results of the Whitman trip and
.outlined a tentative schedule call
'in% for 70 symposium engagements
'during the months of January and
[fc’gbruary.
jjr Jin a symposium tour into north
| ;rn and western Oregon preceding
| intercollegiate competition in the
Western Speech association tour
nament at Whitman, speakers un
der the direction of Dr. Nichols and
John Baird completed nine dis
cussions before audiences totalling
1200 people in schools and service
clubs in the upper Columbia river
area.
‘Three first place awards were
-won by University of Oregon
speakers at Whitman. Dorothy Orr,
sophomore in business administra
tion, placed first in after dinner
speaking and won third in lower di
vision women’s oratory; Nancy Pe
terson, junior in journalism was
awarded first place in women’s im
promptu; and Warren Miller, sen
ior in political science, was award
ed first place in men’s ex'tempor
‘aneous speaking. Ralph Teters,
jftnior in psychology, was a final
ist in men’s extemporaneous. Oth
|er University participants in the
(four-day tour sponsored by the Ed
ucational Activities board were:
Boyd Peterson, junior in pre-law;
Fred Dodge, freshman in liberal
‘arts; James Danielson, freshman in
pre-law; and Ed Peterson, fresh
‘man in liberal arts.
I
Grad Students
Schedule Tests
1 . The graduate record examina
tion for present and prospective
'graduate students will be held Feb
ruary 3 and 4, Mrs. Jean F. Brown
'of the graduate department an
•iiunced yesterday.
- Registration is being held for the
tests at the sounselling center, 213
.Emerald hall, from 8 a.m. to 4:30
i
p.m. Deadline for registering is
noon, January 15. There is a $5
fee.
„ The graduate record examination
is given four times a year on a
nationwide basis, Mrs. Brown said,
it is one of the requirements for a
.PhD. The examination consists of
a series of tests oh subjects includ
ing English, language, science, and
mathematics.
- Several departments of the Uni
versity, Mrs. Brown continued, re
quire the examination of graduate
students. However, although many
universities use it instead of a
qualifying examination, the Uni
versity of Oregon requires a reg
ular qualifying test for all gradu
ate students.
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ence but one which is widely used.
It deals with the separation of the
compounds in a mixture by way
of filtering different dyes through
a compressed substance which ab
sorbs and retains these dyes at
different levels.
The principle is the same as in
the spectrometer, the only differ
ence being that the chromoto
graph works by selective absorp
tion of particles on a surface
whereas the spectrometer works by
selective absorption of light.
“Through the use of chromotog
raphy,” Dr. Zechmbeister says,
"the chemist’s dream of separat
ing a mixture by cutting it with a
knife has come true. Now all we
have to do is free from its contain
er the column which has absorbed
UO Extension
Classes Started
Winter term classes of the Uni
versity general extension division
were organized January 5, with
subjects offered on the curriculum.
These classes are held on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus and in
the shop of Eugene high school.
Courses open to winter term en
rollees include lower division paint
ing and lower-division applied de
sign in the art school; personnel
management in the business ad
ministration school; and Oregon
school law and system of education,
applied mental hygiene, alcohol
studies in the school curriculum,
and applied mental hygiene semin
ar in the school of education.
Economic geography will be open
in the department of geography
and geology; methods in wood
working, advanced methods in
the industrial arts section; Dante
and his time3 and great books in
the literature department; and
special teaching methods for music
in the music department.
Physical education classes will
teach body conditioning for women,
square dancing, and special health
problems. Elementary conversa
tional Spanish and advanced con
versational Spanish will -be open
in the department of Romance lan
guages; stenography in the secre
tarial science section; and sociol
ogy of the city in the sociology de
partment.
Alumni Secretary
Makes Island Trip
Les Anderson, alumni ssecretary,
and his family have been visiting
relatives in Honolulu, Hawaii, for
the past three weeks. They will re
turn early next week.
While in Hawaii, Anderson
planned to have a meeting of Ore
gon alumni.
INITIATION GIFT
Sorority and
Fraternity
_A_Naeo sf-.
the components at various levels
and cut away the part we want.”
Useful to Biologists
By the usp of these methods of
isolation and designation of the
components of a substance, that
substance may be tested for purity
to the point of absolutism. The
method may also be used effective
ly by biologists in their study of
mutations in plant and animal life.
In addition to these points Dr.
Zeehmeister illustrated the advan
tages of using chromotography and
spectography as effective checks,
one against the other.
Prior to his arrival in this coun
try before the war, Dr. Zeehmeister
held the post of head of organic
chemistry in the University of
Hungary medical school. In 1935 he
was awarded the Pasteur medal of
France for his work in the field of
carbon compounds. In 1937 he re
ceived the grand price of the Hun
garian academy. He has achieved
fame in this country through his
work with lignin, enzimes and cel
lulose.
Desk Staff:
Gloria Talarico
Anne Goodman
Marilyn Madden
Ruthe Reagan
The expression "Minding your
Ps and Qs” comes from an old
English alehouse custom. In the
pubs, books were kept for each cus
tomer. P stood for pints and Q for
quarts.
UO Graduate i
Receives Honor
Colonel John M. MacGregor, a
graduate of '23, received the Legion
of Merit medal for service a chief
of the legal branch, chemical war
fare service in New York recently.
While at Oregon university,
MacGregor was ASUO president,
started the first drive for funds for
a Student Union building and was
a member of Alpha Tau Omega
i fraternity. He graduated with a
BA degree, in economics and later
received a law degree from Colum
bia university in New York. At
present he is an attorney in New
York, the national president of Al
pha Tau Omega, a member of the
board of directors of international
house, and a member of the board
of directors of International House,
and a member of the board of man
agers, St. Andrews society of the
state of New York.
Magazine Staff to Meet
Old Oregon layout staff for
winter term will be organized at
a meeting in the Old' Oregon of
fice at 4 p.m .today. Those inter
ested in working on the staff are
asked to attend.
Board to Interview
Medical Applicants
Prospective medical school stu
dents of the University of Oregon
will be interviewed today and to
morrow by an admissions commit
tee fro mthe University’s medical
school, it was announced this weeli.
The interviews are a step in de
termining admission to the medi
cal school's fall class of 1918. They
will be conducted in McClure hall.
The admissions committee will
be composed of David W. E. Baird,
M. D„ dean of the medical school,
Edward S. West, professor of bio
chemistry at the medical school;
and Willia mB. Youmans, M.D,
professor of physiology in the med
ical school.
International
Library of Music
Violin -- Piano
See or Call
Mrs. Lillian Secrist
1630 Augusta
Eugene, Oregon
Phone: 5667-J
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