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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1935)
WATERLOO A SHORT SHORT STORY By Peggy Davidson j The tiling most often said about Joe was, “He doesn’t give a 8amn.” Nothing he did had a point girls he took out when it seemed a good idea, when someone was dating someone’s roommate, or maybe there was a good band in town. Nobody could figure out why he was in school, but nobody bothered. He was simply there, sore of non descript, middling tall, middling dark, neither good nor bad looking. A helluva good guy, though. You could crack him. Then he met Karen. When a brother had first broached the date he said, “Trick name. Hollywood,” and had been prepared to dislike her. At first he thought he did. “Hello,” she said, and that was all— no flutter, no eye-work, no lead of any sort. A total blank, by all the rules. But Joe had an unpleasant realization that that wasn't the case. There was something about her—cool and lovely and detached. Espec ially detached. Anyone could see she didn't give a damn. 1 Alumna Returns To Study College Living for Novel Nancy Wilson Ross, graduate of '24 from the University of Oregon, will spend several weeks in Eugene Viewing college life for a new novel which she is writing. Mrs. Ross, though now a resi dent of New York city is returning Jo her alma mater to absorb ac tivities in which students partici pate, the social life, and the in tellectual accmplishments of the time. Her most recent article in the Saturday Evening Post was an ac count of her experiences and ob servations while she was living in Germany. Mrs. Ross is the author of the novel, “Friday to Monday.” < While on the campus she v/as a mamber of Theta Sigma Phi, na tional journalism honorary for women, and Pot and Quill. I - .Camion Studies i Old Age Pension One out of every four persons in Oregon who reach the age of 70 or above applies for an old age pension under the state old age pension law, reveals a study of statistics made by Arthur M. Cannon, research assistant in the bureau of municipal service and research of the University. Mr. Cannon's figures show that the total population 70 years of age and over is 39,133, and of this number 9,451 applied for pensions. Old-age pensions are granted to about 75 per cent of those apply ing, the study discloses. The re maining fourth are found ineligible because they have some means of Support, or do not qualify for other reasons. In an earlier research made by Mr. Cannon, he fonnd that each pensioner receives an average of $10.65 a month. Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription rates $2.50 a year. SENIORS COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE HERE. the CO-OP ] TUXEDOS and FORMALS EXPERTLY CLEANED 15', discount on all cash and carry work. Lillian L. England BEST CLEANERS Sill loth East Phone 740 ! r He was used to knowing that any girl he dated was worried about breaRing his well-known shell. The experience of having a highly presentable female take over his own “let's-see-your-act but-I-don’t-think-I’ll-like-it” atti tude was not comfortable. For an hour he maintained his rapidly-shattering calm. “Dance?” “cigarette?” were the only words he addressed to her. And “Mhmm,” and “Thanks,” were her answers. Then he became aware of the grins that were surrounding them. Sud denly he could almost hear the grapevine telegraph clicking. “Od Joe’s getting his!” Feminine giggles. "I’ve wanted to see this for years.” Masculine guffaws. “Can't make a dent in that gal.” “Who is she? I’d like to shake her hand.” “Never saw her before. Must be someone’s girl friend.” Then he cracked. Like the break up of a hard winter. They couldn’t go on through the evening like a couple of wooden Indians. Some body had to make some kind of a gesture before he was laughed out of school. So he busted it wide. He played every angle he knew. He practical ly sunk to ‘‘Where've you been all my life?” and that was all the good it did him. She was simply a clam-woman She nodded, smiled occasionally, and looked generally bored. Joe felt as if he’d done a hard day's work in a foundry. He was nearer complete breakdown than he’d been since he decided to do a term’s law exam week. That was the term he was in law school. At twelve she looked at her watch, and they left. Joe’s jaws were clamped on his unaccustomed smile like a mongoose on a cobra. He was going to make a dent if he died. At the door he turned on his best beam. “Karen how about our The Winner! Josephine Winslow Johnson, win ner of this year’s Pulitzer prize novel, “Now in November,” has as her ambition, not bigger anil bet ter novels, but painting illustra tions for her books. house dance? Next Saturday. I’d like it a lot of you came.” She hesitated, “I've enjoyed the evening, too.” She smiled. What kind of a deal was this ? "But the dance?” “I’m sorry- I don't hear very well. What was that ?” White Coats Made White Again Ckanm Phone PICNIC SUPPLIES Salads—Sandwiches—Relishes Cheeses—Cold Meats Picnic lunches prepared for any sized group. From 1 to 5 ELLIOTT'S GROCERY Corner 13th & Patterson Phone 93 State Penitentiary Men Learn Sculpturing Art By Henryetta Mummey Not only intellectual develop mnet, which leads to interest in other fields, but also a manual dexterity, is being gained by 16 men at the Oregon state peniten tiary, who are in a sculpturing class taught by Oliver Barrett, as sociate professor of sculpture at the University. Mr. Barrett and Dean Ellis F. Lawrence, of the school of archi tecture and allied arts, have been working on the idea of teaching sculpturing at the penitentiary for a number of years, but it was only through the cooperation of Gov. Charles H. Martin that the class was made possible this year. Gov ernor Martin, said Mr. Barrett, understood that boredom resulting from confinement has a most de grading effect on persons, and that any creative means of expression eliminates this mental depression. Tables have been built and lights have been put in the engine room of the penitentiary, where the work is done. The class meets Tuesday and Friday of every week, but the men are allowed to work any afternoon from 1 to 4, under guard. Clay work and small stone cut ting is the only type of sculptur ing done, but larger stone cutting will be done as the class progress es. No models of any sort are used, as the work is euLirely rep resentative and imaginary. Only those men who are interested in sculpturing and who feel that they have talent for the work are en rolled. Neal Gardner, who assists Mr. Barrett, said the class is rap idly growing. This creative type of art offers a challenge to the men not found in plain, imitative work, said Mr. Barrett. It offers a challenge to them that mechanical work does not, although a certain amount of mechanical construction is taught them by sculpturing, which helps to make their mechanical work better. The cultural need of the men in the penitentiary is satisfied and their appreciation of art is devel oped through this work, said Mr. Gardner. The modern age, he add ed, leans toward art and the abil ity to design and it is felt that be cause of this the men are benefit ed by their work in sculpturing. Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription rates $2.50 a year. Rim in and let us fix those run down heels before the Mortar Board Ball. 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