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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1950)
Thesis Files Reveal Academic Minds Drink Deeply of Fountain of Knowledge By JIM KNIGHT Nothing is. sacred to the aca demic mind in the quest for knowl edge. A glance at the theses files for advanced degrees at the University reveals that such things as the physical makeup of women, the skeleton of Peromyscus, sewers, and inevitably, the sex life of the turtle, have been investigated and expounded. The students who wrote “A Study of Depreciation Theory And Its Application In Times of In flation, With Emphasis On the Debated Propriety of Depreciation Based On Replacement Cost,” and, ‘‘The Structure of the Endostyle 1 Inamocoets and Tunicates,” appar ently never heard of Rudolph Flesh’s book ‘‘The Art of Plain Talk.” . Other Contributions Two students, however, took pity on the layman and wrote theses on “The Plants of the Northwest That Have Been Used for Food, Medicine, and Economic Purposes,” and “A Short Pronouncing Dic -^tionary of the Theater.” Undoubtedly among the great literary contributions of our time were theses on “A Biometrical Study of the Axial Skeleton of Peromyscus,” “Location As A Fac tor In the Manufacture of Pencil Slats,” and, “The Meaning of Hlehhan and Hleahtor In Old Eng lish Poetry.” Animal Kinsey Report A Kinsey Report of the animal kingdom can also be found gather ing dust on library shelves. For those truly interested in bio logical science, such gems as “Ar tificial Stimulation of Spermato genesis In The Turtle,’’ “Season al Changes In the Testis of A Robin,” and, “Cytological Studies of the Testis of the Ground Squir rel,” are offered. How nosy can you get? For Men Only We recommend the following for men only—women already know the answers. “How A Man May Choose A Good Wife Form A Bad” —(spelled b-A-d)—A Study of Flexibility of Girls In Five Age Groups,” or, “An Objective And Simplified Method of Measuring Anterior Posterior Erectness In College Women”—don’t rush, fel las. Still for men only, “Night Thoughts”—that should fit here somewher e—“A Comparative Study of the Scholastic Achieve ments of Affiliated and Unaffili ated Women At the U. of O.”—a lot depends on which columnists they’re affiliated with—“A Study of Gottfried Keller And Women”— what’s Gottfried got that I ain’t got—except women? Practical Minds Early-day students seemed in terested in more practical things— or perhaps they lacked imagina tion. In 1902, an electrical engi neering student wrote “A Study of Incandescent Lamps.” “Construction of A Concrete Walden String Quartet to Give Concert on Campus Next Sunday A program of classical and contemporary string quartets will be presented Sunday, Feb. 5 t 4 p.m. in the School of Music Audi torium by the Walden String Quartet, recently returned from a tour of Germany. The four members comprising the quartete are Homer Schmitt and Bernard Goodman, violins, John Garvey, viola, and Robert Swenson, cello. Their entire music training has been in the United States. Founded 15 Years Ago The organization was founded 15 years ago when three of the men were with the Cleveland Sym phony Orchestra. During its early years, the quartet performed on the concert stage, read and played new works, and performed radio programs while still maintaining their positions with the orchestra. Cater the group assumed a full time schedule. The concert is sponsored by the Chamber Concert Series. Tickets are available at the Appliance Center, Wilson’s Music House, at the door of the auditorium, or by Chamber Concert Series season tickets. Program Listed The Sunday program includes Second String Quartet by Charles Ives, Quartet in C major by Karol Szymonowski, and Quartet in F major, Opus 77, No. 2 by Joseph Haydn. The Walden String Quartet adopted its name 15 years ago from Henry David Thoreau’s clas sic “Walden.” v The Quartet was selected by the United States government as a representative musical organiza tion to present American compos ers and American musicianship to Europe. NIGHT STAFF Night Editor: John Epley Night Staff: Helen Jackson. Clyde, Fahlman, Jane Pahl, Bar Johnson, and Lois Reynolds State Tax Agents To Help on Returns State income tax agents will be in Eugene on the following date to assist .taxpayers in preparing their state income tax returns: Mar. 13-17, 20-24, 27-31, Apr. 3-7, and 10-14. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Secretary of State’s Building. Campbell Club Initiates Sixteen men were formally initi ated into Campbell Club, men’s co operative house, at ceremonies Sunday afternoon. Vergil S. Fog dall, director of men’s affairs, and Lynn Ellington, men’s counsellor, addressed the group. Those initiated were Ben Bleich, Homer Bowman, Ernest Edwards, Roy Ellsworth, Jack Evans, Leroy Graymer, Don Lawrence, Tom Mc Allister, Wayne MacAskill, John Merryman, Don Paillette, Elvin Riddle, Lester Simons, Bob Stans bury, Roscoe Ward, and Ray Wil liams. CLASSIFIED FOR SALE—1937 Ford cpe. New motor, clutch, brakes and tires, good paint. Perry Montgomery, Ext. 323. 69 WANTED—Radios, dead or ailing, to be repaired by Endicott’s Radio Service, 871 E. 13th, dial 5-6272. 71 LOST—Delta Zeta sorority pin, owner’s name on back. Finder please phone 4-6021. 69 Dam At Willamette Falls” was the topic of a budding mining engineer in 1909, and the “South Roseburg Sewer System” merited a thesis by an aspiring civil engineer in 1912. Tucked inconspicuously between the portentous titles, “A Theorem Concerning the Definite Diver gence of the Conjugate Fourier Series,” and, “Laplace Transforms and Power Series With Multiply Monotonic Conditions,” is a thesis naively titled, “What Is Math?” Them’s my sentiments, too. We can’t imagine what rare stroke of genius and imagination inspired a student in 1909 to write a thesis brilliantly titled, “Boys In General.” Raddiffe Offers Summer Course In Publishing Radcliffe College in Massachu setts recently announced a six week summer course for college graduates interested in the pub lishing field. The course will survey the re quirements and opportunities of this field, and will provide practi cal training for employment in publishing. It is primarily concerned with trade books and newsstand maga zines although it will touch upon techniques of textbooks, scienti fic books, house organs, and speci al-circulation magazines. Tuition fee is $150. The course will start June 26 and continue until August 4, 1950. Wire-Recorder Vanishes The disappearance of a wire recorder, missing since January 16 from Villard Hall, was reported to police Saturday by J. O. Lind strom, business manager of the University. Book Addition Noted A recent addition to the Uni versity Library book collection is “Guadalcanal: The First Offen sive,” the latest of the army’s of ficial histories of World War II. This history is volume two of the series on “War in the Pacific.” Skull and Dagger Meets Skull and Dagger will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the College Side Inn. According to scientists, anger impairs the vision. No wonder people get so mad they can’t see u Ji lA/fijr ciga/ietfz? Camels, ofoounse / * smokens who know... c& &wm c-*M& Yes, Camels are SO MILD that in a coast* to-coast test of hundreds of men and women who smoked Camels—and only Camels—for 30 consecutive days, noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported f NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF THROAT IRRITATION due to smoking CAMELS!
