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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1933)
- Society - MARY LOUIEE EDINGER, Editor Mrs. George Will (Catherine McEntee), a recent bride, was formerly a student at the University of Oregon. T TPPERCLASSMEN will be the ^ envy of freshmen and sopho mores this weekend when the an nual Junior-Senior dance will be held at the Campa Shoppe. The event will be informal, and the lucky coeds who are fortunate enough to attend will. be dressed in their best. The bright colors of their frocks will add to the charm iiig atmosphere created by the dec orations. Fraternity and sorority dances continue to thrill the hearts of the fair young maidens of the campus. * * * Miss Rankin to Be Honored Miss Jeannette Rankin will be honored guest at several affairs while on the campus. On Tuesday evening there was a banquet at Hendricks hall in her honor, and the A.A.U.W. are giving a luncheon for her today at the Eugene hotel. This afternoon there is also a tea in her honor at Gerlinger hall to which townspeople and faculty women are invited. Joint Dinner Held Thespians, freshmap women’s honorary, held a joint dinner with freshman representatives from men’s living organizations, at the John Straub Memorial building, last night at 6 o’clock. Forty-eight freshmen attended the dinner, which was the first so cial event given by Thespians this year. Hester Howard, president, was general chairman of the evening. Committees included Betty Coon, chairman of entertainment; Cyn thia Cornell, Janet Hughes, and Elinor Stewart; Doris Bird, chair man of^ reception; Grace Peck, Margaret Rollins, and Eleanor French. To Be Wed Ruth Metcalf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Metcalf of Eu gene, will become the bride of Rob ert Stehn of Northwood, la., at a formal ceremony tomorrow at 8:30 p. m. Matron of honor is to be Mrs. William Schultze, of Yakima, Washington, and bridesmaids will be Miss Hazel Fields and Miss Inez Jenney. Ray Martin will be best man, and ushers will be Or ville Koselton and Herman Met calf. Mrs. Marion Vaughn will play Lj'jIHli Friendly Brogues Waterproof Black or Brown $6 "They're kind lo youV feet’’ ERIC MERRELL “CLOTHES FOR MEN-’ 825 Willamette g;sjj|O[jOjg0t^gI3EE!SMtir£IEISISIEiSfi2Hif Iflli^ffnran3fr3fr3ffn(rDranon^ran0fnlfr31n3Inirfilinlf Mendelssohn’s wedding march, and •Mrs. Buford Roach will sing during the ceremony. After the ceremony a reception will be held at the Beta Phi Alpha sorority, of which Miss Metcalf is a member. * * * Marriage Announced Miss Hilma Seeborg and John Jeffers, ex-’34, were married in Astoria Sunday. Mr. Jeffers is af filiated with Theta Chi. They will make their home in Astoria. if: * * Nursery Scene of Dance Large paper teddy bears, ducks, and other toys will help to trans form the Alpha Gamma Delta chapted house into a nursery Fri day evening when a dance will be given in honor of the pledges, the “babies” of the house.o Patrons and patronesses will be Miss Maud Kerns, Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsby, chaperon, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rae, Mr. and Mrs. *T. B. Mehl, and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Van Loan. Catherine Watson is chair man of the dance committee, and Merle Gollings is in charge of the decorations. * sis si: Pledge Dance to Be Given The pledges of Phi Mu will be the guests of honor at a pledge dance to be given Friday evening, November 24. Louisa Perry will entertain with a musical number. The patrons and patronesses will be Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Mr. and Mrs. Alton S. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker, and Miss Sue L. Badollet. Music will be furnished by Sher wood Burr's orchestra. Orient Motif for Dance Lanterns, large fans, and cherry blossoms portraying the Orient decorated the Alpha Omicron chapter house last Friday evening, when the annual pledge dance was given. Patrons and patronesses for the affair were Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. John Stark Evans. June Clover was in charge of the arrangements. Founder’s Day Banquet Given Members of Nu chapter of Gam ma Phi Beta gave a founder’s day banquet Sunday at 1 o’clock at ! the chapter house. I The dinner was given in cele I bration of the local chapter's 25th birthday. It was the first national sorority to be founded on the Uni versity of Oregon campus. Members of Chi chapter from Oregon State were invited to at tend the dinner. Pledge Dance to Be Given Members of Delta Zeta will honor their pledges with an infor mal dance Friday night. A circus motive will be carried out in the decorations. Kamilla Klekar and Virginia Terry are in charge. The patrons and patronesses will be Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering. Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, Mr. j and Mrs. Harry Schenk. Madame Rose McGrew, and Mrs. Alberta Powell. Engagement Announeed At a dinner given at her home ! Thursday evening, November 16,; Miss Hazel Fields, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fields of Eugene, announced her engagement to Ted Foss of Marshfield. The announcements were <%n c e a 1 e d in a centerpiece with streamers of yellow ribbon reach ing to each place. Miss Fields is a former student of the University and is affiliated with Beta Phi Alpha. Mr. Foss is a pledge of the Pi Kappa Alpha. * * * Exchange Dinners This week the exchange dinners are not numerous. Tonight Phi Delta Theta will entertain Chi | Omega; Delta Tau Delta, Tri: Delt; Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Psi; | Kappa Kappa Gamma will have a I preference dinner, and Zeta Tau j Alpha will entertain members of j the faculty. Thursday night Phi Kappa Psi will entertain Alpha Phi; Sigma Kappa, Sigma Nu; Gamma Phi is having personal guests, and Kappa Sigma a formal sister dinner. Sun day Kappa Sigma will entertain Kappa Kappa Gamma. Tri Delts Entertain Pledges A sophisticated air was created by tall figures in silhouette adorn ing the walls of Delta Delta Delta, when pledges were entertained with an informal dance Friday evening. Mrs. Aimee O. Parmalee, nation al officer, was the honored guest. Patrons and patronesses were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Weir McDonald, Mrs. Snyder, and Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers. Helen Kalmbach was chairman of the dance committee. Pot Luck Dinner to Be Given Members of Kappa Delta fra ternity will entertain their alum nae with an informal pot luck sup per Thursday. Ruth McClain is in charge of the affair. * * * Province President to Be Guest Miss Maxine Blake, province president of Alpha Delta Pi, will visit the chapter house this week. * * * Honorary Has Banquet Lee Duke's cafe was the scene of a banquet Friday evening, No vember 17, following the pledging of new members to the Phi Mu Alpha, men’s national honorary music fraternity. Darrell Renfro and William Gresham, both of Eugene; James Morrison of Klamath Falls; Clar ence Woods, Ashland; and Kenneth Asbury, Silverton, all new pledges, were the guests of honor. The toastmaster for the evening was Vernon Wiscarson. Rex Un derwood, head of the violin de partment, was among the speak ers. Musical numbers included vocal selections by Roy Bryson, and a violin solo by Delbert Moore, accompanied by Harold Ayres. Initiation will be held in Decem ber. Regular Meeting Held By Pot and Quill Group Pot and Quiil, women’s literary organization met last evening at the home of Peggy Davidson. The meeting was one of those held every two weeks, at which time short stories and poetry written by the members are dis cussed and criticized. There are eight active members this year, as well as four adult members, Mrs. Alice H. Ernst, Miss Julia Burgess, Mrs. George Turnbull, and Mrs. Eric W. Allen. "Patronize Emerald advertisers.” Fresh and Clean We wash away your worries and iron out your wrinkles when we do your laundry work. NEW SERVICE LAUNDRY Phone 825 839 HIGH STREET Scanning the Cinemas McDonald — ‘‘White Woman,” Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, _Charles Bickford, Kent Taylor. Also “T h e Chief,” Ed Wynn, Chic Sale, Dorothy Maokaill. Colonial—"The Private Life of Henry VIII ” Charles Laugh ton. Also Disney Silly Sym phony. By J. A. NEWTON Movie Seminar Motion pictures these days reach so many people, and so many per sons of highly exact education, that they cannot afford to take any chances in matters of histori cal fact. Even the style of hang ings on the walls, and the com mon everyday habits of the people of the past must be done fault lessly, or the producers are del uged with letters and telegrams telling them what great misrep resenters they are. Since movie producers don't like letters and telegrapis which call them misrepresenters, no expense is spared in securing the finest authorities available in order to allow no mistake to pass into the finished product. “The Private Life of Henry VIII” is no exception. Through-* out this production there is a great attention to detail in matters of furnishings and clothing, as well as manners of the court and habits of speech. Without knowing anything about history, we feel perfectly safe in saying that this show is done ac cording to the best historical knowledge of the time. It certainly is a very painless way to get one’s history. Take it from one who never got book his tory. And it’s a great picture. The Jungle! Story of “White Woman” is mostly about Horace Prin, the king of the river, as he has dubbed himself. Charles Laughton, of course, cannot go entirely unno ticed, even when our latest love, Carole Lombard, is supposed to be the main character. Laughton can be so mean—so low-down and sensual that one is seized with the desire to push him to the alligators. He treats that lovely girl so badly that you feel that he needs a good dose of ber ling erl. Kent Taylor is a newcomer, and quite likeable. Chailes Bickford makes a good fugitive gangster who fears nothing and no one, nor, even the king of the river. Ed Wynn’s nonsense doesn't come as fast and furiously on the screen as on the stage or radio. Just good clean fun. Correction The Gentleman in the Showers informs me that it wasn't Harry Green in “Sweepings” with Lionel Barrymore. It was Gregory Ra toff. Well, Ratoff took the show from Barrymore, then. Veddy Soddy. Committee Plans Library Exhibits Exhibits systematically planned and changed every two weeks have been provided for by the library staff through a committee com posed of Mrs. Helen M. Everett, re serve librarian; Miss Bernice Rise, circulation librarian; and Miss El la Carrick, assistant cataloger. Various staff members will take charge of each exhibit, and the showcases on both the main floor and the third floor will carry out the same idea. Displays have been planned to show travel books from several countries, as well as to carry out seasonal motifs. The first of the new series of exhibits is to come out on Friday this week. Will cox Creates Code of By-Laivs For Art Students W. R. B. Willcox, professor of architecture, is the originator of a code of by-laws which is always in view in that department and is applicable to anyone of any de partment -“Coin of the Realm." The coin of this little realm in the department is consideration for one another. The more of it put into circulation, the more prof itably can business be carried on. It comes in three denominations: Consideration for everybody's time, property and nerves your own included. Time: there is only so much of it. Another’s loss of it by one's own thoughtless interference is to tal, it can never be restored,— and there's your own! Have a Will Property: Nobody has too much for his own use. If one borrows, let him repay in full. As one val ues his own. let him value no less that of another. Have a Care! Nerves: One's own noise does not bother him so much, but it raises hob with everybody else. Have a Heart! English Staff Meets A staff meeting of the Englis department was held Monday aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock in Villard hall to consider catalog changes and the introduction of new courses. The chief question under discussion was the introduction of a course in public speaking as a part of the English norm for teachers. Dean Boyer, head of the English department, presided at the meeting. Notebooks Found A loose leaf notebook and law school notebook were turned in to the lost and found department several days ago. “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” Dr. Lemo Dennis Will Visit College Dr. Lemo Dennis, American home economics field worker in child development and parent edu cation, will be on the state college campus Friday. She is speaking Friday at 4 in the home economics building. Anyone from the campus is welcome to attend the meeting and it is open to faculty and stu dents and those interested at the college. Professor Mabel A. Wood, of the University home economics depart ment, Mary E. Starr, also of that department, Helen Binford, senior in sociology, Margaret Chase, sophomore in arts and letters, and Caroline Hahn, senior in business administration, will attend the meeting. Dr. Dennis' subject has not been announced but it will concern some phase of her parent education work. Jewell Gives Address Oil Conduct at Onfield Dean J. R. Jewell, of the school of education, was the "speaker from abroad” at the regular monthly vesper services at 3 o'clock, Sunday afternoon at Lin field college, McMinnville. Dean Jewell’s talk was on “The Place of the Feelings in Conduct.” Every month Linfield invites an outside speaker to participate in their vespers. Students in Need Of Odd Jobs Says Employment Head “Business may be bad every where else but mine certainly has been thriving,” stated Miss Janet M. Smith, of the University em ployment agency. According to Miss Smith, odd jobs seem very scarce lately and there have been few calls for help wanted but the same number of students still need work and very badly, too. Miss Smith urges all town people to call the employ ment agency when they need any one for odd jobs such as raking lawns, fixing radios, washing win dows, waxing floors and others. “Many students are willing to do any kind of work in order to stay in school and such students deserve all the help we can give them, and through me you can help them to earn enough money to at least eat regularly, for in numerable students have a room and must depend on odd jobs for food,” said Miss Smith in conclu sion. On Medical Staff According to recent information received by the alumni office Fred erick B. Joy, who received his B.A. degree fr„..: the University in 1929 and his M.D. degree from the Oregon medical school in Port land in 1931, is camp surgeon at the Wolf Creek C.C.C. camp near Roseburg. Do You Know THAT YOU CAN GET SEWING DONE DURING THIS MONTH FOR ONLY 25c AN HOUR? The very best quality mending, alterations, coat-relining, or new work by an expert seamstress. Sorority girls, get together and save money! MRS. R. J. BRISCOE PHONE 3593-W 2134 V2 FAIRMOUNT YOU! Your Part Next time you make a purchase from one of the Emerald advertisers tell him that you read his ads in the Emerald. - - - This will please him and it will prove to him that It Pays to Advertise in the EMERALD Learn to buy only from Emerald advertisers. - - - I hey sell quality merchandise and they are always anxious to satisfy student trade. Patronize the advertisers in this issue and every issue of your paper. Oregon Daily Emerald