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j uasisidiu iiitxii
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Blizzard-Bound Ballet
COMEWI1EKE on the high southern slope
^ of tlie Siskiyous between Dunsmuir and
Klamath Falls last night lay the twelve-car
special train which was bearing the Ballet
Russo to Eugene. A blizzard’s snow was whip
ping over the track and piling deep drifts in
the road cut. And inside the train y ong
ballerinas might have been thinking of the
snow-swept plains of their childhood's Rus
sia. But they probably weren’t. They were
doubtless thinking how nice it was to watch
the snow swirling against the windows and
not have to work, for it must he work to
dance all the time.
Somewhere in the vicinity of Eugene were
places of entertainment that did their best to
assist YVcbfoots in their let-down after weeks
of anticipation. Wlint, tlie places were and
what sort of entertainment they purveyed
depended upon how individual Oregonites,
took their disappointment. But a movie was
stinking little compensation for missing the
Ballet.
Somewhere in the deepest, darkest, gloom
iest depths of disappointment was Ralph
Seliomp, who for months had been tirelessly
planning what was to have been one of the
finest presentations ever. Planning, prepara
tions, publicity—possibly all for naught.
Meantime the endless trial of reassuring tick
et-holders.
Oh, hell.
Well, maybe things will work out all
right; maybe, a.l’ter all, arrangements with
the Ballet's eastern representatives can he
made so l Imt the lamed troupe may return
Sunday after their two-day engagement in
Portland.
Heck.
The Band Swings Out
HP WO STl'DENT body assemblies hail been
scheduled for wilder and spring term
when President Hilbert Schultz took over the
helm of the associated students just a month
ago. Yesterday the third assembly of this
term was held. Like the other two, it was
fairly successful, although not quite so well
attended. One of the reasons for its success
was the performance of the Oregon concert
band.
Brunt of many a campus wit as a swing
and march band last fall, Oregon s musicians,
reorganized as a concert band, came into their
own at Thursday’s assembly. The pieces they
played were well-chosen and students com
mented favorably on their performance.
For those who find indications of student
spirit in assemblies, the meetings held this
year indicate that Oregon is coming out of its
lethargy. Spirit doesn't account for the in
creased interest in tin: assemblies, however,
for President Schultz has worked hard on his
programs and has presented an interesting
program at each of them.
Sitting on hard assembly hall seats for an
hour isn’t a very attractive prospect, espec
ially for blase students who are not over
enthusiastic about group singing and spirit-j
instilling speeches. As long as sufficient var- i
iety is supplied, ASUO members will continue
to attend assemblies.
The Social Angle
J^EFINITKLY proving that they are not
athletic organizations, despite their
strong showings in men's and women's intra
murals, Yeomen and Orides are swinging it
tonight in their semi-formal winter dance at
Gerlinger hall. Their contention is that a per
son doesn’t have to sport a Greek-letter badge
to have a good time, and in such shin-digs as
the one tonight they set out. to prove it.
For students unaffiliated witli fraternities
or sororities Yeomen and Orides fill a power
ful need—social life, which some say frater
nal organizations furnish to an excess.
Whether or not the social angle of college
life is overplayed by some organizations, its
necessity will be denied by few.
Too prone is many a campus independent
to lead a lone existence, “missing half the
fun,” as they say. And too prone are Orides
and Yeomen to let such independents go their
solitary ways.
What these two potentially powerful inde
pendent groups need is something of the mis
sionary spirit. There are about a thousand
students on this campus who are eligible for
membership in these organizations; yet only
a few hundred are. on the rolls.
Many a student is missing the enjoyment
of such association, and the Yeomen and the
Orides are missing the prestige of the large
membership they might have.
Campus Comment
(Tho views aired in this column are not necessarily
expressive of Emerald policy. Communications should be
kept within a limit of 250 words. Courteous restraint should
lie observed in reference to personalities. No unsigned letters
will be accepted.)
To the Editor: It is the opinion of the STU
DENT COMMITTEE TO TAKE SMALL-TOWN
STUFF OUT OF COLLEGE that the University
under the direction and control of certain stooges
are attempting to transfer this barn of ours (Mc
Arthur court) into the Metropolitan Opera House.
Had we the facilities and the requisite number of
tuxedos at our disposal together with the financial
means we might then deem it in order to trans
form “Dogpateh” into an Esquires Haven.
The STTSTSOC believe that the efforts of our
would-be-sociul-climbers would be spent to a much
better advantage if they would concentrate their
efforts in making one or two of our all campus
dances such as Lire Senior Ball and the Junior
Prom strictly formal and keeping with the tradi
tions of the University.
This group of climbers could not have sincerely
believed that they were pulling the wool over tho
eyes of this talented group of artists with the
Ballet Russe. We sincerely hope that they will
bend their every effort t<> make the future engage
ment of this group a success by enthusiastic at
tendance rather than a conglomeration of stiff
shuts and droops (a coed’s interpretation of a
formal gown).
Signed: SCTTSTSOC,
c. M. w., iChairman)
‘Ballet Moose’ Defies
Elements, Carries On
In spite of snow, rain, or the remainder of Mother Nature's ele
ments the "Ballet Moose,” that arch rival of the Ballet Russe, carries
on. Eddie Vail's ballerinas are not set to surpass any snowbound
Russians but will establish a prestige for the lerpisehorean art that has
not yet been precedented.
These chorines have tlieii obstacles but in spite of basketball
games, social functions and dates until t):30, they have mastered the
true ballet containing three different movements. These movements
arc "Inc* rootballensimo buuauy,
"The Jazz Age,” and "Sweet Ha
waiian Magic.”
The star, Tom McCall, is offer
ing a new version of his famous
dance which originated in Hono
lulu among the Hawaiian tribes.
With the aid of Eddie Vail, a mys
terious dance is to bo interpreted
but is shrouded in secrecy until
the drawing of the curtains Satur
day night in Gerlinger.
Coach Callison has drilled his
men of the gridiron in the impor
tance of cooperation and coordina
tion and fans will know why the
gridiron records of Mighty Oregon
have gone dowu in history as
strong suiewfl and muscles ripple
in perfect rhythm and time to the
ballet music of Gus Meyers.
Students have not yet forgotten
Tony Amato’s "Khythm in My
Nursery Rhyme” of last year but
Don Kennedy and Arleigh Bentley
will supplant that reputation by
warbling to the peppy strains of
Red Cross W ill
Koct'ivc Funds
From Concert
The proceeds of the GIcemen's
home concert, scheduled for Feb
ruary IS in McArthur court, and
the midnight matinee to he held
at the McDonald theatre Satur
day night will be turned over to
the Lane county Ked Cross fund,
and packed houses and large re
ceipts arc expected from both
events.
The Lane county Red Cross
chapter Wednesday received word
from national headquarters that
the original quota of §3000 for
“One Two, Buckle Your Shoe."
Enthusiasm runs high in the tet
termen’s camp and they have se
lected as their motto, "The Show
Must Go On."
Lane county lias been suspended,
rhe tremendous damage caused
by the flood lias made it impera
tive that all communities give all
they can, with no limit set.
The relief drive of the local
chapter has reached a mark of
$2345, this amount is $614 short of
the original quota of $3000. Con
tributions have slowed down to a
great extent and it is hoped that
the proceeds from the two bene
fits will boost the total to well
over the original quota.
According to Miss Irene Kitchie,
executive secretary of the local
chapter, emergency preparations
for Lane county flood relief got
Linder way Tuesday night as mem
bers of the Red Cross disaster
,'ommittee made plans for the
safety of local citizens in case of
dangerous high water.
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QUACKS
By IGLESSO
DE.VI) a good
different
book yesterday.
It was Harper’s
“I Am the
Fox.” A11 men
should read this
book. Consid
erable is the
help forthcom
ing in that near
u n solvable
problem or attempting to under
stand women.
Authoress of “I Am the Fox”
Imagines herself more or less one
(a fox) and pursued by men on
the hunt. Queer complexes on
love, death, and marriage are hers,
hut thought provoking to the ex
treme are some of these quirks
with their quite visible signs of
real realism. Keading time, four
to five hours.
* * *
Attraction point in many coeds
is their sparkling eyes. Today’s
selection is Pi Phi’s popular Nancy
Ogden. In men, so women tell me,
a somewhat similar attraction
point is a certain clean-cut man
ner, a certain smoothness, a cer
tain neatness, all rolled into one.
Examples, for instance, could
include Sigma Nu's Dean. Conna
way as near tops. Others might
be Bill Dalton, John Thomas,
Frank Nash, Lloyd Tupling (the
Emerald must be represented),
and Bill Reese, etc., etc. Feminine
nominations for this added daily
feature may be left on shack bulle
tin board.
* * *
J^JUCK TRACKS .... Queer
greeting is Prexy Gib Schultz’
customary "Hi, young feller,” or
”Hi, son,” etc. . . . Most despon
dent looking person seen lately
was Ralph Schomp yesterday.
More than $600 spent on decora
tions and preparations and no cu
ties to perform . . . Ever notice
how much Speech Instructor Don
Hargis resembles Charles Laugh
ton facially? . . .
* * *
WISE QUACKS t . . Does real
culture, as embodied in Dick Ha
gopian, please you or make you
wonder if you shall continue to
strive for it, too? . . . Fulton
Travis’ staccato speech delivery
is quite reminiscent of what a
machine gun delivering bullets
ought to sound like . . . Frosh
At Dickhart, easterner, more or
less, answers our hazy concep
tion of what Harvard men some
times look like. Big pipe and ap
parent boredom constantly com
bined . . .
jyjORE DUCK TRACKS . . .
Highclimber Simp, sported for
local R-G, climbs on Iguesso for
describing Ralph Coleman as "lit
tle-liked.” In a spirit of sports
manship I remember writing pro
dolertian comments for Emerald
sports page some years ago. How
players thought he was fine. Ad
jective little-liked was applied to
iverage fan's idea of Honorable
Coleman . . . It's slightly criminal,
;o no names, but three Thetas
vere fun to watch recently as they
massed old, abandoned Chi Psi
louse, looked in all directions,
guiltily heaved snowballs through
vindow panes, screamed, and then
•an like blazes . . . Not in the trio,
nit a Theta with sparkling eyes is
lulianne Fortmiller .. . Quack,
hirty, quack. . .
Japanese Matli Device
Explained at Meeting
The Japanese abacus, device
ised for centuries in Japan for
nathcmatical calculations, was ex
plained at a meeting of Pi Mu Ep
silon, mathematics honorary, Wed
lesday evening by Elizabeth Me
Jirr, student member of the hou
irary.
Herbert Iwata, Japanese stu
lent, who presented the mathe
natics department with an abacus
several weeks ago, further ex
plained its use and history.
Second paper of the evening was
cad by Ted Hussell, also a mem
jer of Pi Mu Epsilon, on mathe
natics curriculum in elementary
ind high schools in this country.
Cooperative Courses
May Bp in Curriculum
Courses in co-operative market
ing anil consumers' co-operatives
nay be offered at the University
if Oregon if a bill introduced in
he senate Wednesday by Senator
aruey of Clackamas county be
omes law.
The bill provides that a course in
hese subjects be offered at the
University. Oregon State, and the
hree normal schools, as well as in
he elementary and high schools of
;he state.
. Hop’s
SKIPS JUMPS
By ORVAL, HOPKINS
rjpHAT demon is in again, haunt
ing me. I religiously avoided
any and every assembly which did
not purport to present something
worth while and each time I am
told what good assemblies we’re
having and why didn’t I go.
So today I went. And there was
a swell song fest and there was a
coach speaking and basketball
players speaking and a general
firing-upping was had by all. They
even sprang that old business
about “isn’t that Joe Dokes I see
down there in that back row. Now
we wish that he and all other
members of the basketball team
would come up onto the stage.”
The man didn’t add: “—so that
the assemblage might stare at you
and you can look quite stoogish
and self - conscious. Maybe we’ll
even have one or two of you say a
few trite, hackneyed words to the
loyal followers.” But he might
well have.
Oh well. They did it in our high
school, why shouldn’t they do it
here ?
* * *
rpODAY’S second feeble gripe is
' against the movies, radio, the
stage, and the entertainment world
in general for borrowing each oth
er's cracks to spring on the public
again and again. The quip in par
ticular is that one which goes, "I
hope it's nothing trivial.” The
boys always come back with it
when they hear the sad news of
another’s illness.
According to Charles E. Chap
lin’s story of his life, Irvin S. Cobb
first used the crack many years
ago on the old New York World.
Next came Donald Ogden Stewart
in his play “Rebound,” produced
about 1928. The remark is used in
the second act.
Still later Ben Bernie used it
over the air in reference to the
then bedridden Walter Winchell.
And just recently comes Bing
Crosby’s picture “Pennies From
Heaven” in which the grooner
just slaughters Madge Evans with
the quip early in the picture.
The gag writers can’t be expect
ed to produce something new ev
ery time. But they at least can
put a false face on some of their
gags—some times.
* * *
i^EVENS come elevenes: John
John Chapman in New York
Daily News mentions the oldest
poker game in the world. It’s been
running 24 hours a day in a press
room at Washington for 25 years
. . . Burgess "Winterset" Meredith
is appearing in Maxwell “Winter
set” Anderson's “High Tor” on
Broadway these days . . . You can
get “Wake Up Alone and Like
It” for $1.49 (?) ... Paul Gallico,
who threatened to quit this here
newspaper stuff last fall, is cov
ering the strike in Flint, Michi
gan . . . William Farnham, oldster
of stage and screen, is appearing
in “Return of Hannibal,” which
opened February 1 in San Fran
cisco. with Elaine Barrie-Barry
More-More. Bob Egge was the
best man on either team either
night and would be if they played
every night and six times Thurs
days . . . Hank Luisetti has aver
aged more than 22 points a game
for five conference games . . .
Highly arresting book titles: “Hit
ler Over Russia” (Ernst Henri)
and “Which Way France?” (Alex
ander Werth) . . . Burns Mantle
says Brian Aherne's "lago" makes
Walter Huston’s “Othello” take
the l>ltck seat in current broadway
production.
Campus
Calendar
Phyllis Deal, Amy Johnson,
Maxine Horton, Jean Stevenson,
Mary Lou Nichols, Charles Ash
ley, Virginia Regan, Florence
VVimber, Roma Theobald, Virgin
ia Conrad, Winogene Palmer, Doro
thy Clark, Edna Bates. Woodrow
Robinson and Russeli Iseli are in
the Infirmary today.
Those in the emergency hospital
today are: Wilbur Greenup, Max
Carter, John Belding, Bill Pengra,
Bill Marsh, G. W. Bandy, Walter
Swanson, Joe Meaney. Warner
Kimball. Marvin Boyd, Allen Sher
iU, Charles Bailey, Earl Swanson.
Gene Wade, Gordon Williams. John
Beckett, Harold Haener. Donald
Sereil, Charles Van Scoyoc, and
Luther Koehler.
Westminster house will be open
tonight for games and daueing.
Admission 5 cents.
Wesley club party and hobby
night scheduled for Friday has
been indefinitely postponed.
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PicturesHis Home Life
By LAWRENCE QUINLAN
Joe Winski, 28, “tramp” cartoonist in Eugene’s jungle colony,
sketches weekly cartoons for the Student Social Project’s publication.
He has been helping on “project” work since its inception early in
January.
Last week the ex-Chicago artist penned a “publication” of his own
in which he depicted, in clever and subtle style, life as the bum "on
the road” sees it.
Mr. Winski intends to make his eight-page “one-copy” edition a
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ment of his shanty-town compan
ions who live alongside him down
across the tracks by Willamette
slough.
His initial copy shows the mayor
—so-called by Mr. Winski—in an
“ailing" condition. The rest of the
boys have decided to let the may
or’s condition get a little worse, so
they find out more easily what’s
wrong with him. Another sketch
conveys a warning to “jungle”
cats to keep away—the colony’s
meat supply is waning.
Mr. Winski has seen better
times. He attended Marquette
Normal school in Michigan in 1929,
and Chicago Art institute in 1931.
He helped build the Italian and
Spanish art villages in the 1931
Century of Progress Exposition at
Chicago and before his trip west
last year helped to decorate the
interior of a large Chicago night
club.
Now he’s on the bum. It’s his
own fault, he claims. But he's
“not going to stay there.”
“I’m looking ahead, not back,”
said Mr. Winski. Some day I in
tend to be a cartoonist on a news
paper syndicate.”
What is the BLACK MENACE?
Tune *er
Out...
By JACK TOWNSEND
TODAY’S BEST BETS
12:45 p.m. — HEX — Common
-vealth Club.
6:30 pan.—KGW—Twin Stars.
7:00 p.m.—KEX—Chester Pow
5ll.
7:30 p.m.—KGW—Varsity Show.
9:00 p.m. — KOIN — Hollywood
Hotel.
Tonight’s Varsity Show will
nonor Ohio State university. All
talent paraded before the mike will
be of the campus variety. Inci
dentally, two of the performers on
the University of Michigan pro
gram several weeks ago, have
landed entertainment jobs as the
result of the broadcast.—KGW—•
7:30.
The First Nighter program will
iir a play featuring the adventures
of a pair of newspaper owners and
the usual gangsters. Don Ameche,
the regular hero, will play the part
of a . half-owner of a paper, the
other half being owned, supposed
ly, by Barbara Luddy, Ameche’s
leading lady. The best part of the
play will be when the two find
themselves surrounded by public
enemies Nos. 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, and 10_KGW-7:00.
Ned Tollinger and the rest of
the hoodlums will be back on the
Carefree Carnival show tonight.
We witnessed this show in the
San Francisco studios jU3t before
we came up here last summer and
of all the monkey shines that go
on during the program, it’s a won
der that there is a broadcast at
all. Anyway listen in.—KGW—
9:00.
For the girls! The latest fash
ions from Paris will be described
by Sara Pennoyer, fashion expert,
over a transatlantic broadcast this
morning. This broadcast will fea
ture styles that will not be seen
in the U. S. for several months to
come.—KOIN—10:00 a.m.
The current Fred Allen - Jack
Benny feud brings out an amusing
sidelight in which Allen unwit
tingly played a joke on himself
last year. It seems that last spring
a young man submitted a radio
script to Allen. As the deadpan
NBC comedian writes a!|l of his own
material, he had no need for the
young man, but sent him to Jack
Benny. Benny was so impressed
by the newcomer’s work, that he
hired him at once. That writer is
Eddie Berloin, who now is author
ing Jack's barbed gags against Al
len. Some joke, huh? (or maybe
it isn’t.)
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