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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1937)
DIARY — OF \ — ColJeqe Girl j jan 4 well clear diary here it is the first clay of winter term, i landed on the campus yesterday with some new clothes and a flock of snappy resolutions, one look at my fall term report card and one horrified squawk out of dad and i decided to do some studying this term, at least, he says, give this studying a whirl who knows there might be some thing in it after all. i will cut no classes, i’ll stay out of the side starting today, i am a woman with a purpose in life, i am going to bed early, after all, what is more valu able than health ? jan 8 this life of the mind may have its own reward, in knowledge there may be power but after all diary should a girl neglect her social life? the more i think of it the more it strikes me that the thing can be carried too far. there is more to life than tomorrow’s assignment in marketing. i turned down a date tonight diary, i said i’m going to study, study, he shrieked, on friday night? you must be crazy. i almost faltered then but with quiet dignity i replied we come to college to prepare ourself for a larger life, not to frivol away our time in silly play. oh yeah was his vulgar reply, oh diary where am i to find a companion to share my higher thoughts. i shall be cultured but oh so alone. jan 13 despite diversions too numerous to mention i spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday at the libe. dear diary, what a struggle it was. but i did it. i find this higher life beginning to pall upon me. this evening as i sat studying the thing swept over me—a huge flood of boredom, will it be this way all term, i asked myself. and the next and the next ? they stretched before me interminable dreary afternoons and dull evenings. i thought how i would like to spend one hour one happy hour in the dear old side. and as i sat there jim called up and said let’s go to a show. i weakened diary and i went after all, a girl has to have some fun. tomorrow i'll start studying again, anyway there’s a whole term to catch up in. Subscriptions only $3.00 per year. I Japanese Picture Presents Remarks Mitja Sannomiija A conflict of the olJ world and the new, of old customs and a new outlook, this is Japanese life today, said Miya Sannomiya, assistant general secretary of the Society for International Cultural Relations to Japan during a visit to the campus yesterday. Miya Sannomiya is an American, and was born on a sugar plantation in Hawaii. She came to the United States when she was young, and has received ail her education here, graduating from the University of California, and later attending a girl’s seminary in Alabama. Four years ago Miss Sannomiya decided that she would like to visit the lanu 01 her ancestors, anti since that time she has been in Japan, becoming acquainted with life and people there, working in a factory, in a department store, and living among farmers and fisher men, She began studying under an International Cultural Relations society scholarship, and was dis mayed to see how a lack of under standing of the English language impeded that group in its work. English Inadequate Letters came in from all over the world, she said, asking for pic tures, for literature regarding Ja pan. But the letters sent in return to these were written in English she knew others would not under stand, and the pictures sent were of the Anglicized Japan, not the Japan foreigners would be inter ested in. So Miss Sannomiya of fered her aid with the letters, and from this her work soon grew into full-time employment. During her time in Japan Miss Sannomiya made every effort to see a complete picture of the Jap anese to acquaint herself with every phase of life there. When she worked in a department store she lived meageriy on the 40 yen a month she received. She explain ed that while the Japanese work ing girl always lives at home when she works, and uses her wages for clothes or good times the salary is ample, but when she is forced to live elsewhere and support her self entirely, wages are completely inadequate. Working Girl Gives at Home The Japanese girl, she said, works always with her wed ling day in mind, and spends her wilary for a trousseau or saves it For a dowry. It is almost unheard :>f for her to go away from home ind live by herself, as the Ameri can working girl does. While she wofrfts she lives at home with her parents. Public opinion against women in ndustrlal and public fields is in ensely strong, Miss Sannomiya remarked. For a woman to become outstanding in any field is a stel lar accomplishment. To get a col lege education is perhaps the most Iriving ambition of the Japanese girl today, she added. Very few are able to attend colleges, al though every girl who wishes to make a good marriage must go to high school, where among other things she learns flower arrange ment, cooking, and the tea cere mony. Schools in Japan, she said, ire never coeducational. Gove of Beauty Strong The love for beauty is strong in the Japanese people, and even the poorest home is lovely in its sim -5 . . *fur,mr'i Omi Stvxr ¥ WAfHBURNEJ Mt M o'k RAN (r WASHBURNE -PHONE 2700 MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY Attention! All Knitters NFAV YARN COLORS ARE HERE! Nubby Knit.2 oz. . . . 35c Strawberry. Limerick (liven. Queen Blue, Dovetone, Ber muda ('oral. Turquoise, Chamois Yellow. Sport Angora.1 oz. . . . 45c Turquoise, Crown Hold, Ash Blue, Strawberry. Cassimere Sport.1 oz. . . . 65c Salmon Hose, Haddock Breen. 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And so the Japanese gets his beauty by suggestion, and as a result It is a beauty of which one never tires, and which never grows ! old. Country Life Frugal The life of the country people is exceedingly plain, Miss Sanno miya remarked. They cultivate silkworms, working over them night and day till the silk is secur ed, then it is rice-planting time. “I loved that,” she smiled. "Wad ing around in that mud was great fun.” When the rice is all planted, these people have their festivals, and because their life is so frugal, the rice and buckwheat noodles and the dancing in the v!'lage common, into which everyone joins, is as exciting and gay as the more expensive pleasures of the wealthier class. works in Faccory When Miss Sannomiya worked in a silk factory, she was inter ested in finding out what the life of the girl factory worker in Japan was like. In the tiny quarters which she shared with three oth er gitls, she found the walls deco rated with scrolls, and vases full of flowers. Each girl must take her turn with flower arrange ■ nients, though Miss Sannomiya confessed appalling ignorance on the subject. The girls slept on mats on the floor, rolling these up in the daytime, and tucking them neatly in a cupboard. At six every morning all the factory workers had to get up and attend exercise in the court, to the accompaniment of the radio. Then they ate a breakfast of rice, hot tea, fish cooked in soy sauce, and radish pickles — the Japanese equivalent of bacon, eggs, and cof fee. Friction of Old, New A constant friction between the new ways of the West and the old Japanese customs has made the older and new generations miles I Matched Hat and Rag The matching hug and hat accesory set in felt Is of lovely guards men’s blue. It features a casual hat with manipulated crown and an envelope hag of identical felt. apart, with no way of understand ing each other, Miss Sannomiya said. The young people seek the new manners, the clothes of the West- they even sing our songs, and Miss Sannomiya remarked that one often heard the incongru ous rendition of “Way Down Upon the Swanee River” in Japanese. Students in high schools and colleges learn the new ways, and have almost forgotten the old. Girls wear the same clothes we do, they wear tneir nair short, they think as we do, she said. They seek in every way tb be like us. And the older people are bewild ered; they cannot see why their children are so changed. And sc Japan is a country torn between these two forces, with tlie English winning out. English Taught The English language is taught in all the schools, and is used ev erywhere in preference to any oth er foreign tongue. Our manner isms are copied extensively. Miss Sannomiya said that if anything about Japan astonished her, it was this similarity between Japan and America. And yet, she laughed, it was good to get back to America, and her trip made her appreciate it all the more. "To wake up in the morning with the smell of coffee in your nostrils is a fine thing,” she said. “To sleep on soft beds with mat tresses is a fine thing.” Miss Sannomiya said that she always advises against second-gen Beauty in Sable Eve Symington, popular society blues singer, models a lovely sable cupe which is cut on simple lines. Designed by Dein Baeher, it is a shining example of the new elegance in fur fashions. eration Japanese going back to Japan to work. "They can never keep up the standard of living they have learn ed here on the wages in Japan,” she remarked. Eleneui ExeiMiiracjes Head Social List For Winter Term Exchange desserts begin the merry round of social affairs this term with eleven scheduled be tween living organizations. Six fraternities and five sororities en tertain guests this week. Tuesday night Kappa Sigma had the Alpha Phis as their guests, and Wednesday Sigma Phi Epsi lon entertained Alpha Omicron Pi; Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Delta Delta; Pi Kappa Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta; Beta Theta Pi, Kappa; Alpha Theta; Delta Tau Delta, Pi' Beta Phi. Sororities who were hostesses were Alpha Delta Pi to Sigma Chi, Alpha Xi Delta to Omega hall, and Kappa Kappa Gamma to Sig ma Nu. Gamma Phi Beta will en tertain Phi Gamma Delta on Fri-! day night and Sigma Kappa will entertain Sigma Phi Epsilon on! Thursday night. Alpine Cjhi Omega Honors President Mrs. Carl E. EricKSon, president of the northwestern province of Alpha Chi Omega fraternity, ar rived in Eugene Monday to remain until Thursday as a guest of the local chapter. Mrs. Erickson was entertained Monday evening at a fireside put on by women of the house. She will be honored guest at a banquet to night at which several faculty nembers and alumnae are invited quests. So far this school year, Mrs. | Erickson has visited Alpha Chi chapters at Oregon State, Wash ngton, Washington State, and Idaho. Unusual Costumes Center of Art Ball If you’re in a regal mood, try i Queen Elizabeth; if you'd like o be Wally Simpson for the even ng. come along and bring the Duke of Windsor. Ransack pawn ihops. comb second-hand stores, md make raids on the clothing for he poor at the courthouse. What are we talking about? ,Vhy the Beaux Arts ball which vill be January 29. in C.erlinger. 3o get those costumes out of the Mcrnij Marriages And Enqacjemeats UJ L/ Told in Past Week Four students now attending the University and several graduates were married, and a few engage ments were announced during the past week. Miss Genevieve Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van Wood of Eugene, was united in marriage to Marion Weitz, son of Mrs. Mary Weitz of Colusa, California, Janu ary 3. The ceremony was read by Rev. D. E. Baker at the home of the bride. Miss Dorothea Parker was bridesmaid and Leonard Scroggins was best man. A formal reception was held after the ceremony for which Misses Marge Olson, Flor ence Park, Carol Parker and Alice Olson served. .Jerry Sumner Weds Miss Jerry Sumner and Donald Reed were married at the Sumner home in Wenatchee, Washington. Mrs. Reed is a member of Chi Omega sorority and Mr. Reed is a Beta Theta Pi on the campus. At the ceremony solemnized at St Marks in Portland, on New Year's day. Miss Alice Ann Thomas was married to Robert Burke Mor den. Bridesmaids were Miss Joy Snead of Portland, Miss Mary Alice Hutchins of Portland, and Miss Ann Smead of Boise, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Morden were grad uated from the University last year. Mrs. Morden is affiliated with Kappa Alpha Theta and Mr. Mor den with Chi Psi. Miss Buchanan Married Miss Lova Buchanan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Buchanan, Sr., of Eugene was married to Bernard A. Young of Roseburg, at a candle-light ceremony at the Buchanan home, January 5. Mrs. Young is a former Oregon student and a member of Phi Mu. The bride wore a white lace wedding dress with finger-tip veil of net. She carried a bouquet of lillies of the valley and gardenias. Gayle Buchanan, the bride’s sister and a student here, as maid of honor, wore a green taffeta dress and carried red rosebuds. Ruth Hohmam Engaged The engagement of Miss Ruth Hohmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hohmann of Cottage Grove to Willard Colegrove of Gold Beach. Miss Hohmann is a junior here and Mr. Colegrove is a senior and a member of Theta Chi fraternity. Other engagements announced were those of Miss Constance Bougher, former Oregon student, to William A. Horoham; and of Miss Mary Hague, former student and member of Kappa Alpha Theta, to Borden Poison. moth balls and be eligible for com petition. Decorations are being done by the art students. Stuart Mockford, general chairman states, “We can guarantee you a lot of fun at an entirely different dance than any thing in the past.” Costume prizes will be given for the best costumed man, woman and couple, with any theme eligible for competition. In addition there will be a contest for faculty mem bers. Incongruity of costume is the prime intent. Tickets will be soon distributed to the various living organizations. Will Your Radio . . Swing it . . . Brin" your radio to Experts ECONOMY LAB Next Co-op imimtrwHiikittinmniiuuuummmtmimttiiitHUi Vdiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiniiiiiiiiiiimniin WELCOME BACK TO OREGON OUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION for 19:17 V- to help you to look your loveliest. Our capable staff is ready and waiting to accomplish this . . . KRAMER BEAUTY SALON 1256 Kincaid — near 13th Coed’s Night RicjSj Show OrigmaMlg Recent cold weather has forced | coeds to dig deep down in their wardrobes to keep warm at night. The results are not only original but grotesque. Different girls when interviewed were not hesitant at all in revealing their favorite garb but seemed happy to be able to make the results of their experi ments known to those who have not been so successful. The most helpful of those interviews are published here. Peggy Carper, Kappa, wins the i prize with her costume which con ' sists of two pairs of woolen pa j jamas, a towel around her head ! (Arab fashion), woolen socks, and not only a bathrobe but also a fur coat! * * *. Mary Valplani, Alpha Chi O, is not to -be left out in the cold, how ever, with her hot water bottle, heating pad, woolen pajamas, woolen socks (which come to her knees), bed jacket, and sweater. * * * Dorothy Hagge, like all good Thetas, dons her white flannel night gown with a hood and her bright bed socks. The colder the night the farther into the gown, has been found to be the best technique. j Lois Talbert of Hendricks Hall, is by far the most outstanding as far as colors go. Her "zeroing-to bed” rig consists of yellow bal briggans, a blue sweater, white flannel nightgown, red bathrobe, and black bed slippers. * * * / Jean Mellon, AOPi, braves these cold nights in a red striped flannel night gown, light blue pajamas, a pink knitted bed jacket, and an old fashioned night cap. * * * Harriet Serazin, also an AOPi, looks angelic in blue polka dot Dr. Denton’s (the ones you used to wear with the feet in them and a drop seat). Send the Emerald to your friends. . Subscriptions only $3.00 per year. 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If the Letterman's Limp is any thing as it was last year, informal hilarity will reign. Ballet Russp Scheduled Winter term social events are complete with Entertainment in form of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, two girl-date dances, an open-house dance in form of a dime crawl, and an unprecedent ed dance to be given for raising funds for the turf field. Sigma Delta Chi also sponsors a dance this term and this should be at tractive, if a band anything like Paul Pendarvis is engaged. The girl-date dance is to be a Valentine matinee affair as it was last year for which a campus Gala had will be elected King of Hearts. Four sorority houses provide space for this dance, sponsored by the YWCA. Another girl-date affair is the dance to be given by the Spinsters club of Eugene. 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