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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1939)
Easter Spirit Predominates Unieersitij Social Eeents Easter Sunday is the one day a year the campus goes to church. The spirit of the season will pre dominate over most of the social events, which are highlighted by several Easter breakfasts. It's a gay season for everyone, as it not only heralds the coming of spring but points out that it's really here and not just a prevue of that season. With no campus social events permitted on Good Friday and only three dances scheduled for Satur day night, the social program for this weekend consists mostly of Easter breakfasts and teas. Among the houses which are planning to entertain in this way are Delta Upsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Omciron Pi, Chi Psi, and Delta Tau Delta. The lat ter two will be followed by picnics. Sigma Alpha Epsilon will give its annual tea in the afternoon. * * * Tennis Court Dance Ten cents, two for twenty-five— sounds a bit unreasonable, but that’s the point, they say. Kwama and Skull and Dagger, sophomore honoraries, will sponsor a tennis court dance this afternoon from 4 to 5:30 on the court behind Com merce. It is to be a no-date affair, hence the strange prices, and Mau rie Binford’s orchestra will play. The Delta Formal Tri Delta will hold its spring for mal dinner-dance Saturday eve ning at the Osburn hotel. Modern istic decorations have been planned. Centerpieces of white pineapples with twists of tin painted white, and red and white strips of paper •*< >4* | EASTER GIFTS ! Cards Easter greetings of all kinds • Pictures Holy pictures make excellent Easter gifts • Handkerchiefs A beautiful selection of sport and dress handkerchiefs THE GIFT SHOP bv the Rex Theater * * if if if 4 f f * T * «• * * f * * «• I* f * &■ * WHICH? Stopped or Straight across One of the details which make the perfection of lavmc/iepeii fjwnfDirqi Bird 79c and 98c 3 or i thread fine seams, linllct toe, mo. silk yet more sheerness.'1 be? are j us l a lew of the many in portaut tilings to look lor i hosiery , and hod every tin) in these exceptional stockings Look «( them ulien you an in the store. Join our hosiery CLUB 13th pair free Williams INC. Coeds in the News Several coeds have gained prominence in the news this week by being named to new positions. BETTY LOU KURTZ was elected president of heads of houses Tuesday. BETTY BU CHANAN is the newly-appoint ed AWS jsocial chairman. ANNE VVAHA is in charge of the ten nic court dance this afternoon. Latest Junior Weekend ap pointee is PAT TAYLOR. She will head the campus luncheon, and promises that it “will be run more smoothly than in pre vious years.” PHYLLIS MUNRO, FRAN CES McCARTER, and JOAN MURPHY are University of Idaho visitors this week. They are in Moscow to study the co operative living system being used there. MARION HAGG also rated headlines this week. She ap peared in a piano recital with Lester Ready, vocalist. ribbon to trail down the centers of the tables are the table decorations being arranged. The modernistic keynote is carried out in the pro grams which are in the form of round cork coasters with a white pineapple centered on front and back. Art Holman's orchestra will play. * 3: * Alpha Xi Delta’s spring formal dance will be Saturday night at the Eugene hotel. Programs are white with the sorority crest. Spring flowers will form a back ground, with music furnished by Bonny Holmes’ orchestra. 3: * * All-Dorm Formal The dormitories will combine Saturday night when they give their annual spring formal with Hal Huggins’ orchestra. The Jap anese theme will be carried out by over 200 decorative Japanese lan terns strung over the dance floor. Alpha Gamma Delta entertained Dr. J. Hudson Ballard, University visitor, at dinner Tuesday evening at their chapter house. A fireside is being planned Sunday evening for the pledges. Give Easter Party Delta Delta Delta is giving an Easter party in conjunction with the Eugene Red Cross Thursday afternoon for the poor children of Eugene. An Easter egg hunt will be held on the lawn and games and refreshments will be part of the entertainment for the afternoon. * * * Have Dinner Sigma Kappa entertained Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering-, Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Boyer, Dr. and Mrs. L. F. Beck, Mr. and Mrs J. C Mc Closkey at a dinner Tuesday hon oring Mrs. Ruth Gregg, Berkeley, regional president of the sorority who is visiting the local chapter this week. Dean Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs. Alice Macduff, and Miss Helen Dodds were guests of Pi Beta Phi at a luncheon Wednesday. Zeta Tan Alpha was hostess at a dinner Wednesday honoring Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed and Mrs. R. W. Leighton. * S; * Kappa Kappa Gamma enter tained Mortar Board members Tuesday at lunch. Exchange Desserts Planned Wednesday night desserts this week are Sigma Nu, Alpha Omi cron Pi; Alpha Xi Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Pi Beta Phi, Alpha EASTER BONNETS Vogue’s latests at <z E. HEIDEL t EASTER means FLOWERS and you ^ will save by placing your or ders early to avoid telegraph ^charges. College Flower Shop Phone 3018 Across from Sigma. Chi STAFF Emerald Women’s Editor.B. Bowman Associate Editor .B. Chapman Society Editor....M, Finnegan Staff....K, Cannon, S. J. Ingle, E. Erlandson, M. Wodaege, M. K. Kiordan, H. Dondero. It Could Happen Here! The tattered and torn relics of a day long past will go into discard as the walls of the back room of the College Side are redone. No longer will the slightly quaint characters do minuets around the room to the tune of noisy boys and girls trying to drive the gloom of the room into its dark corners. The dear silhouettes, so familiar to most of us, have had their day, as can quite easily be seen by their frayed edges. In their places will be murals from Canterbury tales. I he murals will be, unlike their predecessors the silhouettes, in keeping with the period represent ed by the building. They will be done in warm, brown, yellow and red shades to harmonize with the dark wood. All in all it will be a delightful room, which at present is a fit place for some one with a hang over trying to forget it all. Ah yes, it is positively revolu tionary, And it could happen here— But, Alas, It Won’t. (Thank you so much, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, for your grand offer to furnish the author with free milk- shakes — could we compro mise on free cokes instead ? To my friends, I’ll be the gal wearing a veil from now on when: at the College Side.) * * ^ These Hats! This Easter I would rather go j on an Easter egg hunt rather than 1 go to church. At least one wouldn’t i have to wear a hat on the hunt. They really should sell this sea-; son’s hats in cellophane boxes, be cause they look much prettier to j carry around than they do on. One feels utterly foolish in the preposterous things they put on for hats. But no matter how silly one may feel for the sake of fash-! ion you just have to wear a silly ! hat. I What’s the Use? It certainly is gratifying, to say the least, to have spent almost four long and wear years here get ting an education and most. im:. portant of all learning how to look like a senior—only to come across someone who after hearing your enthusiastic description of the re cent rally looks disdainfully down his nose to say: “Oh the freshmen and sophomores always enjoy that sort of stuff but (quite wearily) it's not such big stuff for the up perclassmen.’’ Classing you with out further ado. But there is still hope for the lad since he is only a junior and it does not dawn on many of us until our last year how much fun it all is and we try to get the most out of it. Tau Omega; Campbell Co-op No. 1, Hendricks hall; Delta Upsilon, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Theta; Chi Omega, Phi Sigma Kappa; Kappa1 Sigma, Delta Gamma; Alpha Delta Pi, Theta Chi; Phi Delta Theta,! Tri-Delta; Alpha Gamma Delta, i Phi Kappa Psi; Chi Psi, Alpha Chi Omega. Sigma Nu, Hendricks hall; Susan Campbell, Sigma Alpha Ep silon; Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Gamma Phi Beta will have desserts Thursday night. * * * Phi Sigma Kappa will entertain 15 Eugene mothers at their house Thursday evening at a dessert to be followed by a business meeting. Gamma hall will entertain at a preference dinner dance next Wed nesday evening. A preference dinner dance will be held Saturday night by Sherry Ross hall. Chic Dance Dress Just the (tress for the new tenuis court dauccs! Any girl would look grand in the snugly fitted dusty rose skirt whose pleats swril just right. The blouse is dusty rose too with a wine scarf, belt and slide fastener. Smart pockets finish the trim of the bodice. Tennis Court Dances Bring Special Fashion Problem By MARTHA YVODEAGE Dame Fashion may ruffe a woman's wardrobe, but she has little voice in the selection of the correct apparel to be worn at a tennis court dance. As proven by Friday's rally dance, “Old Sol” spotlighted a galaxy of clothes that have no place in milady’s Emily Post of fash ions. In view of the fact that a similar affair is to be liecld today, it may be timely to present a brief review of last week’s dance as ref erence for conscientious coeds who will be attending the one today. needless 1.0 say tnc weatner had a great deal to do with the styles, for it was the best that could be desired for an outdoor activity. To begin at the bottom with a firm foundation there are wood en shoes, which are decidedly firm. (Ask the feet of a boy whose part ner wore them.) As the wooden shoes contacted the cement, espe cially in the shag, bystanders heard the staccato rhythm that re sembled the march of the wooden soldiers rather than the spring dance it was. Besides, it must have confused the musicians, who may have mistook the distant rumbling for the beat of the music. Dresses ranged from silks to cu lottes, from ginghams to woolens. The first proved uncomfortable af ter a few dances. Spring dresses in plaid and print predominated, and sweaters and skirts in bright chartreuse or deep fuschia. By far the most comfortable looking outfits were the culottes, which were worn by a few very wise girls who found it pleasant and convenient to stretch out on the glass with a coke after a warm dance. A study of clothes usually sug gests the topic of make-up and there are a few necessary sugges tions on this subject. They are: Don’t wear any! Take a bottle of petroleum jelly or olive oil instead and keep your perspiring face cov ered with it. Another solution to the entire problem is to go jump in the mill race. There will be no need to be concerned with fashion there. If it were permissible, the bathing suits or shorts would be suggested for all dancers at the tennis courts, but such brevity must bj confined to the millrace. “SPECTATORS FOR SPRING" SMART! Navy and White— $6.85 T an and White— $7.35 MESH SHOES NW li.JVf tlu*sc dashing new hccllcs shot's in navy and blank for only — (JO By TONI Come spring and all clothes minded colleens find themselves facing a barrage of fashion slo gans—“Go feminine this spring,” “Be a spring sophisticate," "Back to the gay nineties,” “Get your spring inspiration from the nur sery,” and so on ... . Us, we adore slogans and insist on adding our expostulation— "DON'T BE SENSIBLE.” After a long winter of firesides and Chi nese checkers and a plethora of galoshes and other garments of a warm, slush-repelling nature, the season for bundling up is past, so throw conservatism to the winds. Be nonsensical, absurd, silly, sense less, gay, or giddy. Wear idiotic shoes and impudent hats, wear ribbons and bows and flowers; gobs of junk jewelry and tons of nutty gadgets. Now is the time for college women to get away with murder, so make the most of it and please DON'T BE SENSIBLE. 1939 was ushered in on a swirl of pleats and they continue to be a fashion topic. Skirts are shorter than short this spring to give en chanting glimpses of ruffled petti coats. Wardrobes are harking back to the days of grandma's girlhood and everything must be done to culti vate that helpless-little-woman look. Prim, sheer little shirtwaists, galore with tucks, camisole tops, ribbon insertions, sissy-soft shirts and “hair-loomy" jewelry all add up to demureness and naivete spiced with mischief, a combina tion which left grandpa complete ly captivated and is guaranteed to be just as deadly to his grandsons. We’ll wager our very best bottle of perfume that if a psychologist would apply a thought-reaction test to a hundred women and gave them the word, Easter-, ho would receive a perfect chorus of “new hats,” for that's what Easter means to fashion-wise females. Let i ther e be romance in your Easter bonnet. There arc the usual novelty straws, but the real thrill is to be found in the flower hats. They are like upset bouquets with shiny veils of contrasting colors to make your head a halo. And you will be a chump not to have at least one big, whopsy hat. Your had can be any size and shape just so it has color. Trim mings will be made of bows or feathers or oven birds. Your hat this year is the spirit of spring. PHI BETA HONORED Senior girls of Phi Beta, national women’s music and drama honor ary, were honored at a tea Tues day by members of the Eugene asosciate group. Dorothy Louise Johnson of the Oregon music school played a group of violin selections as part of the after noon’s entertainment. FASHIONS for EASTER Styles that Satisfy Your Desire for flattering smartness — lifautil'u! new colors that complement your Easter clot lies. mcws f r /v.f. fo orwfAf-* Gwmnamsaw Coeds Explore Chorus Life By BEULAH CHAPMAN Many a young girl dreams that some day she will go on the stage. She pictures herself as a lithesome dancer, kicking and twirling in a chorus. But for few coeds does this chorus-giil ambition ever go be yond the day-dream stage. For six Oregon coeds, however, this dream has become a reality. I These six are now real chorus girls —for at least a little while. Donna Row, Janet Earaes, Betty Jean Caldwell, Iris Smith, Alyce | Rogers, and Eleanor Lou Seely | make up the chorus that will dance in the coming musical comedy, “With Fear and Trembling,” For weeks they have been doing lim bering-up exercises, going through routines, and posing for publicity pictures. By the time the musical is presented for the first time on April 17, they should feel like real professionals. To the average onlooker the life of a chorus girl is thought of as' one of glamor, excitement, foot lights, and applause'. But to these girls it means so far just one thing: practice. Each day brings practices, and some days as much as five hours are put in. But all of this time is not spent in dancing, for these chorus girls have lines too, and they furnish background in many scenes where they have no routines. Learning to walk is among the harder tasks of the chorus. Al though all the chorus girls thought they had learned all that was nec essary about walking when they were about three years old, they have found that there is a real art to doing it gracefully on the stage. With their arms out from their sides and with their heads held high, the chorus girls walk back and forth, being careful to place one foot ahead of the other and swaying slightly with the music. “I know chorus girls are sup posed to be dumb,” yelled Dance Director Gene Edwards at prac tice one afternoon. He had been illustrating the correct walk for; some time, but the chorus could not get it right. “But after all, ! remember you’re not regular cho- j ru.s girls. You’re college students, too, and you must have some in telligence.” At other times the director has wished the dancers were a little more regular chorus girls and a little less college girls. For in stance, there is the problem of the “plaeid” step where a quick squat must be executed. The first time the chorus tried' it Mr. Edwards was astonished to hear live distinct ' crack-cracks” of stiff knees not | used to such exercise. In spite of the limbering up that has come since, several cracks can still' be heard above the music whenever' the step is done. Among the worries of the coed chorus girls are the "leg-pictures ' they must pose for. Evidently they are more modest than regular full time dancers, for they say they still feel embarrassed when walk ing down the street and they look up suddenly and see a poster which shows them posed in only a bath ing suit. Toeless Stocking Meceols Pedicures A design soon to be launched by Saks-Fifth avenue is the toeless stocking which will reveal pedi cured toes when worn with toeles3 shoes. A distinctive feature is a gusset-like division in the seaming which fits over the large toe, sep arating it from the open section which fits over the other four toes. The hosiery will be proportioned according to stocking size, provid ing for toes of medium and large sizes. Each stocking will have a large “L" or “R” monogram on the sole to facilitate the correct selec tion when putting them on. Elastic tops are establishing their place. The stocking top is of two-way stretch and stays in place without binding. It may also be worn with garters. The most popular shade for stockings is blush. Particular care ui color, fit, and style is bein j given shoes and stockings this year because of the extra short dresses. I EASTER Greet your friends with Easter Cards Figurines | Pottery Animals Handkerchiefs m $ 4* 4 4 4* 4 4 s 4* 4* 4 *> 4* 4* 4 4* 4 4 4 4 4 T'44'4‘4*I Books Ruth Wheeler (formerly Orientiil Art Shop) 1-2 Iv Broadway For Your Easter Accessories Shiny, black patent lea ther bugs or soft calf skin in complimentary shades for your en semble. $1.98 White fabric gloves for Kus1.it - others with lent her or knitted backs with fabric palms in dusty pink, p o w d e r blue, p e a c h, n a v y, black, and wine. $1.00 A perfect complement 1o every ensemble—lus trous tints in white, fuchsia, veljow, peach gold, and orchid or in si ra n il s of blending hues. $ 1.00 S<m* !>»•< I \ Cmvau ;il (lie Campus Shop for your sportswear. EUGENE'S FASHION CENTER