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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1939)
Parade of Formal* Apex of Social Life By MARGE FINNEGAN Rain or snow, ice or sleet, seventeen house dances have been plannei for the coming weekend. It is hoped that the weather gods will be kirn though, as most of the dances are formal—and what is worse thai shuffling through slush in a formal? Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi, after much fuss and ado have combined their efforts and equipment Friday night and will holt a joint formal at the Eugene hotel. Art Holman’s orchestra will play and the hotel will be simply decorated with early spring flowers anc Gamma Phi Beta is being very secretive about its dance Friday night. The freshmen have taken full charge of the affair, only in forming the upperclassmen that they are to come in formal attire. Swedish Motif The Osburn hotel will be taken over by Alpha Omfcron Pi Friday for its winter formal. The motif is built about a Swedish smorgas bord. Earl Scott’s orchestra will play. Another Friday night formal will be held at Gerlinger hall by Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Maurie Bin ford’s campus orchestra will furn ish the music. “Hearts and Flowers” is the theme of the Hilyard co-op semi formal Friday night. Guests will enter the house through a large red heart, and the room decora tions will consist of red and white streamers, balloons, and heart shaped mirrors. * $ # Saturday Dances On Saturday evening the All Dormitory winter formal will be held in the men’s dorm. Decora tions are to symbolize a night club opening. An unusual and interest ing feature of the affair will be a half-hour broadcast direct from the hall over radio station KORE. Art Holman’s orchestra will play. Alpha Chi Omega is using the “Penthouse” theme, with decora tions depicting a skyline scene. Programs are silver and black with a penthouse silhouette. Earl Scott's orchestra will play. Alpha Tau Omega’s annual win ter formal will be held at the Os burn hotel. Hal Huggins’ orchestra will play. The Betas are also keeping the theme of their dance a secret, but it is to be formal and Jimmy John ston’s orchestra will furnish the music. Startling Effect Delta Tau Delta will attempt to! achieve a startling decorative ef fect at their formal through the use of indirect lighting on tall sil ver corrugated columns. Bright flowers and potted palms will also add to the decorations. The frater nity colors will be carried out in the programs. Phi Kappa Psi has arranged a formal dinner-dance at the Eugene hotel Saturday night. Fred Beards ley’s orchestra will play. Pi Kappa Alpha will try a jun gle effect for its house dance. The j orchestra will be placed in a straw hut formation, the ceiling will be covered in colored paper, and the room will be decorated with bal loons in bright colors. Theta Chi will use the “Silhou ette motif for its dance Saturday night. Maurie Binford's orchestra will play. * * * Sigma Nu will entertain with a fireside Friday night. Bridge and dancing will be the main diver sions for the evening. Housemothers Entertanie d Phi Sigma Kappa entertained Wednesday evening with a forfna dinner for all housemothers on the campus. Hm! Now what will a poor housemother be able to sa> when one of her girls comes in af ter hours, if she’s with a Phi SigV * * # An upperclassman exchange din ner will be held Sunday between members of the Oregon and Ore gon State chapters of Phi Delta Theta. * * * Week’s Desserts Desserts this week find Sigma Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma putting their heads together for final plans for their dance—mix ing business with pleasure. Other desserts are Gamma Phi Beta, Al pha Tau Omega; Alpha Gamma Del ta,, Delta Upsilon; Delta Tau Delta, Chi Omega; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Hendricks hall; Delta Delta Del ta, preference dessert; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Chi Omega; Susan Campbell, Phi Kappa Psi; Univer sity co-op, Yeomen; Hendricks hall, Theta Chi; Alpha Phi, Phi Gamma Delta. Alpha Omicron Pi had a Valen tine party Tuesday evening. A special dinner was served, followed by games. * * * Thursday evening Tri Delta is having a dinner for all heads of girls’ houses and the housemoth ers. * * * Miss Hanson Honored Alpha Xi Delta honored its housemother, Miss Mathea Han son, with an informal coffee at the chapter house Tuesday eve ning. In the receiving line were: Mrs. Herbert Nelson, province president, Miss Hanson, and Miss Barbara Stallcup. Miss Fannie McCamant, Mrs. J. Laurin Rey nolds, and Miss Ethel Sawyer poured. Engagement Announced A party given at the Zeta Tau Alpha house Wednesday evening by the upperclassmen for the un derclassmen was merely a camou flage for the announcement of the engagement of Mary Ellen Wil liams to Lester Van Lydegaraf, ’36, of Boise, Idaho. The wedding will take place in Eugene on June 5. Van Lydegaraf is affiliated with Sigma Chi fraternity. The theme of the party was “Castle in Spain.’’ It was in the form of a fireside, following which ice cream and red heart cookies were served. Announcements were in the form of pictures of a cot tage surrounded by a moat, and inscribed vvith the words, “This castle will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Van Lydgaraf after the fifth of Jun«.” The University of Virginia al umni association will request that congress give the university the 13,000,000 fund available as a monument to Thomas Jefferson for an “educational, living trib ute.” iiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiitiii) Miss Match Suits THE NEWEST THING FOR SPRING! 12.50 * PLAID JACKETS with plain skirts 1 2.50 and up MANNISH TAILORED styles in stripes, blacks and navies 1 2.50 and up * DRESSMAKER SUITS in tweed and new light shades of spring! — Blouses — Sheer batiste with soft, lovely lace trims. Tailored fronts for that new spring suit. 9> BROADWAY*1 SO EAST BROADWAY - . rJ—»..!■ :innmw STAFF Editor .<.B. Bowman Associate editor.B. Chapman Society editor.M. Finnegan L. Lemen, E. Erlandson, B. J. Staff—S. Mitchell, M. K. Riordan, Thompson, M. Wodeage. SHOTS By B. Bowman Cornered It was bound to come. I've beei scared for weeks that someom would get me in a corner with m; hands up, back to the wall and al that. So here’s one of the Bettj Hamilton victims staging a hold juP' “There is a group of us Emeralc readers who would like to know why the features of Betty Hamil ton are run so constantly on the front, page. Isn’t it time someom came to their defense?” And there it is—Frankly then doesn’t seem to be too great a unanimity of opinion on the sub I ject. Although the fraternities ob ! ject, one must say that Betty's in | tentions are the best. She’s out foi a feature story and there’s nc I stopping her. That she carries things a little I too far is probably true. The main i objection from these quarters is ; that she is presenting a picture of campus life that most of us are trying to live down. And that’s the "movie version.” Anyway, it’s a good thing Betty doesn’t have to pay a poll tax. Equal Rights? For at least 360 days in the year, I'm for equal rights, equal respon sibilities, equal opportunity, equal pay, equal every old thing. But at least five times a year I relapse into docile, clinging femininity when I just adore being “protect ed.” That, of course, is when I’m not feeling .quite up to snuff and the gentlemen around are particu larly chivalrous, gallant ahd in a “There, there, dear, don’t you worry, we’ll take care of it” mood. It’s rather sweet. Then, too, there are the days on which I view Boulder dams and San Franciscc bridges and such and stand awee with these evidences of masculine superiority. Presently, however I'm listening to some feather brained jitterbug reviewing mas culine achievements in the world and I’m right back on the Equal Rights bandwagon. A teeterer that’s what I am. Of course, deep down in my heart what I’d really prefer is that all men would be superior and prove it. ! A Record Bob Hochuli, more recently known as the knave of hearts, rc j ceived 12 letters yesterday! Won J der how many King Stan Staiger received. A New Note The Alpha Chis found the end of a perfect evening last Saturday night. Informal singing by Bar bara Ward, Bud Saunders, and j Fred Beardsley with Zo Brassey at the piano was a pleasant change from the usual radio and shagging j during the last 15 minutes. It may surprise some people that college students actually like something a little on the cultural and more se rious side of life. DGs Get Surprises Those signs which decorate the DG house during the early morn, ing hours are something new and different. The donors remain a mystery but they arc faithful. Each morning the DG’s find a new number awaiting their inspection. The latest wras a “Dump no gar bage here.” Campus Mystery After all the fuss about the time the girls have to get home to see them coming in at 10 on Monday nights, of their owti accord, must be a surprise for the dean of wo men. Her surprise might w^ell turn to indignation when a few mo ments later all of the lights in the drawing room go out. To see the same things going on at 11:45 Friday night would prob ably bring down an investigation. She would discover a recent fad for mysteries, which is being en joyed by the entire campus. “The Devil's Scrap Book” and “Black Chapel” arc current hits. The ra dio program is usually aided by sound effects from the assembled audience. Queen's Routine Queen Elizabeth has a definite color routine, it was revealed in an article, “King George Strives to Please,” by Ben Robertson in a recent Saturday Evening Post. Although the queens friends liked her in black, which she wore V.'liCU ’ ’' llw'l!VH,'tl ftp Sorority Tribute International organizations are observing this year the centenary of the birth of Francis E. Willard, 19th cnetury women’s leader and educator. Shown is Miss W’illard as a 21-year-old student at Evanston, Illinois. This oil painting by Karl Buehr was presented to the new W’illard hall at Northwestern university by Alpha I*hi sorority, of which Miss Willard was an early member and national president. i A Coed’s Education By MARTHA YY’ODEAGE “If he doesn't come in a minute, I’ll never speak to him as long as I live,” the little freshman was wailing as the mascara made two dark paths down her cheek. “He can’t stand me up after I’ve spent three hours getting dressed.” Which, poor girl, is perhaps why she has been stood up. Completely oblivious of the fact that a boy, even her steady, may tire of waitin0 for his date, this 'little self-centered beauty sheds a Willamette of tears because he is 15 or 20 min--—-—__ utes late. Dates Kept Waiting It is not exaggerating in the least to say that nine out of ten girls keep their dates waiting at least 10 minutes before they ap pear. The 101 necessary touches that add to the fair lady’s charm are excusable by most big-hearted escorts, but when they require half an hour or 45 minutes, any discourteous act upon the part of the boy is justified. Of course, if the girl is a sopho more she has probably learned that tears not only do not help the situation, but spoil the effects she has labored to obtained these many minutes. She knows that no one arrives at the dance before the sixth dance anyway, so she uses the extra time to finish her make up. If it is she who keeps him wait ing, it is not because of the ner vousness of having a new date, or the inability to get her formal pressed on time, as her freshman sister, but because she has spent the time trying on all her room mate’s formals. Junior Improved When confident junior steps out, ■ she can be depended upon to be i ready, in most cases. After three years she has establishd a routine for the entire day before a formal affair and prepares for the occa sion calmly and with assurance. The dress.up and make-up proced ure is clock-work for her; she puts on lipstick at the same time that she takes the curlers out of her hair and while her finger-nail pol ish is drying. She still keeps him waiting, how ever. for her college education has ! taught her that a girl has to keep la man waiting or he will become big-headed thinking she likes him enough to be ready on time. Senior on Time Sister senior (oh, dear, how do they get so smug and efficient?) hat not only budgeted the 21 hours prior to the dance, but at 9 o'clock sharp, in her nicely pressed dress, and wanted her to continue wear ing it, she refused for she docs not like it, but prefers blue and green and pink. “When she tours in Great Uritain. she wears powder blue the first day, pink on the sec ond, apple green on the third, dove gray on the fourth, and powder blue, again on the fifth. It is her color routine. .her correctly moistened lips, and the exact number of perfume drops on the lobes of her ears, she waits in her room till she is rung—with a copy of Nietzsche in her hand! Rare specimen of perfection, ideal of the underclassman, pride and joy of housemothers, how do you do it? Does she keep him waiting ? Not if she wants to hang on to him, she doesn’t. If he has to talk with the housemother too many times about the horrible appearance of the campus, where the humanities building is being dug, he will not. call again. (He will forgive the freshman anything, but the senior can't get away with it.) But woe be unto the lad, who didn’t send a valentine! He will be kept waiting so long that he’ll think every girl he ever took out was an amateur at making men wait. Coeds Discuss Cut Throating Pro and Con The decree of Oregon's new king I of hearts that romance should rule ! over the campus is indeed a lovely ! sentiment, but Oregon coeds be lieve that this question of love has ( other and less desirable features. “Would you steal your girl friend's boy friend?” they were asked. “Not I," was the reply of Ruth ellen Merchant, “because throat cutting has too many complica tions.” While on the other side of the question, one thoughtful young ! lady said, “Yes, I’d steal him if ! I could. It would be easier on my j girl friend to find out now that i he was still in circulation, than to i wait and really be heartbroken.” “I wouldn’t steal a girl’s boy i friend, even if I could," volunteered Pat Taylor, “ ’cause I’d be afraid j she’d beat me in the face with a hatchet, or poison my soup, or something.” One girl's answer to the ques tion was, “I always treat my girl friend's boy friends as cold as ice, so there isn’t a chance.” One coed said the risk involved was too great. “You'd be sure to lose your girl friend, and probably your new boy friend wouldn't last long either,” she said. Another comment on the ques tion, and a very modern one, was, “Yes, I’d steal him. In these days of cut-throat competition it’s every girl for herself.” SpriiMj lormols Go Ultra-Feminine Models of 1890 furnish the inspiration for many of the spring foimals now arriving at Eugene dress shops. Soft full skirts, puffed sleeves, and pastel colors are fea tures being noted by the shopping coeds preparing for this week end’s array of 17 house dances (most of which are formal) and next weekend’s big all-campus for mal the Senior ball. "More feminine than ever,” is the verdict of the buyers of most of the local stores when discussing this spring’s trend. Although some of the very ex pensive Paris models which will be shown on the east coast have I straight gown-like lines, nearly all the formals shown here will have! yards and yards of material in | their skirts. Extreme decollctesj are not so popular here either. Jackets and boleros, which give a dress that two-time wear appeal, will be popular. Basque waists lend ' a charming old-country appear ance to many formals and is an other point of style worth noting. Lace, net, and chiffon lead ma terials in popularity. Organza and taffeta, too, are good. White and powder blue are expected to be leading colors, with light pink and aqua in the race for top place. FOR CAMPUS WEAR ANKLETS AND GLOVES TO MATCH 15 COLORS Dusty {'ink, Maize, Boy Blue, Bust, and all the other new spring shades to match your sweaters and skirts. ANKLETS 35c.. 3 for $1.00 GLOVES 98c New Can-Can Petticoats A short taffeta slip in the newest spring shades witli cleverly con trasted ruffled bottoms. 98c Williams Stores, inc. 10lo \Yillamcltu 1'houc 8i3S Simdcnj Dote Decidedly new and spring-like because of it’s deep rosle khude, this simple dressy sport outfit la accentuated by the smart black accessories worn with it. The ma terial is a light wool crepe, and the pleats, which go in one direction, are stitched down over the hips. Backward Manners Victorian styles seem to have completely taken over spring fash ion trends, and now manners are slowly but surely going backwards. Mannequins of several Paris hous es are being taught to drop curt sies popular of that period. Gone are the old terms of “glamorous” and “Southern Belle,” and in their Dress of the Week There was a whiff of spring in the tangerine and white polka dotted dress, worn by Virginia Swearingen to the Sophomore Whiskerino, Saturday night. Virginia’s smartly cut cruisine dress of shantung had one of the new long waistlines, with a skirt that was tucked and pleated. Very flattering was the unusual semi-squared and scalloped neck line treatment. Six tiny white pearl buttons down the waist front, and a white stitched leather belt, wider in the front offset the gaily colored dress. Soft gathers across the back from shoulder to shoulder made for ; plenty of chique in Virginia's I clever costume. I 1 Names of Four J Girls Added to List of Nominees The names of four girls were added to the list of nominees for the offices of the AWS, WAA, and YWCA at the meeting held yes terday. Genevieve Casey was nominated for the office of secretary of the YWCA. Pat Taylor was nominated for secretary of WAA. Nomina tions for AWS were Betty Nor wood for secretary and Barbara Fulton for treasurer. Elections for the offices will be held next Wednesday, from 9 te 2 at the YWCA. Mrs. Lamar Tooze, of the Ore gon League of Voters in Portland, i was guest speaker. She gave a:i j inspiring speech on "Citizenship.” I She was introduced by Elisabeth j Stetson, AWS president. The minutes of the last meeting : were read by Anne Frederickson, ! secretary, and roll was called. The | singing of the Oregon song opened i the meeting. place newer adjectives are used. Old fashion and different types of petticoats are back in many in. stances. A typical example is a model by Robert Piquet called "Cafe Anglais”—name of a Pa risian boulevard cafe in Edward ian days. Much of the charm of this tiny black and white checked surah is in the embroidered muslin petticoat with a hoop in the hem. The dress also has a starched white Eton collar and Windsor tie which show over the collarless black jacket. BRIGHTEN UP YOUR WARDROBE With Lively New Sweaters and Skirts MIX Oil MATCH in our SPORTS SHOP Sponge knits in all of the newest pastel ohades $2.95 Pastel shades $2,95 Cardigan and slipovers $2.95 and up Soft wool sweaters $1.95 and up Plain slipovers $1.95 - 2.95 New colors Lime Fuchsia - Japonica Spray Blue ■ Pink •hist Arrived NEW SHIPMENT OF CARTWRIGHT DRESSES On the Campus at the Campus Shop EL GENE'S FASHION CENTER