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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1940)
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland arid Seattle. BUD JERMAIN, Editor Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor GEORGE LUOMA, Manager Jim Frost, Advertising Manager Helen Angell, News Editor George Pasero, Co-sports Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF’ Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor Marge Finnegan, Women's Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor Jack Bryant. Staff Photographer Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor Ralph Woodall, Cartoonist un'fcK uusiiNjiias STAr r .Mary n,uen amiin, iNationai Aciversiting .Manager Ted Kenyon, Classified Manager Rhea Anderson, Special Accounts Manager Kathleen Brady, Special Promotion Manager lvay t,ook, Mercnamii.sinj; .Manager Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager Janet Farnham, Executive Secretary Emily Tyree, Office Manager Father Goes Back to School ‘Y^’HEN campus weekends which conic un der the classification of “special” are viewed objectively it becomes apparent that their classification is mostly functional. There is Homecoming for the alums, while Junior weekend, although a show for all visitors, rates as a mothers’ weekend. There are one or two nameless weekends in the spring during which prospective freshmen are guests of honor. There is even the spring law school weekend, when the barristers blow off steam in their own inimitable way. The most purely functional of all such weekends finds itself within two weeks of ac tuality today, which refers to none other than Dads’ Day, the weekend for father. The beauty of this particular weekend, and that feature which puts it in a class by itself, is that it is for father and none other. It, is a foregone conclusion 1 hat the dads will have the field to themselves when they come to the campus. They will,not have 1o compete with a football game or a canoe fete or with spring term. Here is the one instance where the guest of honor is really the guest of honor. *k # # r I'MIEliE is not much point here in going through the reasons which make a fath er’s row a hard one to hoc, especially and im mediately for the father whose offspring has reached the precarious college age. Everyone knows that the business of bill paying is a little unpleasantry which would be happier done without; but it will not be so very long before the very planners of this Dads’ Day celebration will be out paying a few bills of their own. Many of them already know the sting of the formal “please remit.” Father pays, and the traditional picture of the over taxed family pocketbook lias no place in this discussion, for be knows where the money goes and is probably proud of it in the long run. Once a son or daughter gets into college parents find themselves more and more as suming the role of strangers. Possibly a busy father was already on the way long before eollege happened to bis family. Certainly there is little opportunity for the average father to learn first-hand just what his offspring go through (non-financially speaking) while they are in college. Letters home are notable chiefly in their omissions, and anyway there is no adequate way of getting it across without actually demonstrating on the ground. It is for this reason that Dads’ Day as a weekend stands high in special functions of the college year. It is at this time that the father manages to see things with his own eyes, to find out what factors contribute to the change in his progeny. It might even help to point out why it is that a child who has grown up with a mind of his own is likely to go farther than one more tractable to parental law. There are endless possibilities for such a weekend, not the least of which is the obvious one that a large number of fathers will have a chance to compare notes. The fact that there is a program worked out makes little differ ence, for it is the deeper implications which hold the more weight. The program lends a nucleus and no more. There are few frills to Dads’ Day. All in all, it is neither ordinary nor super ficial, this weekend for dads, and it is in a class by itself. Doth generations will benefit from such an association. Curb Cruising By ALVCE ltOUEKS Now it .seems that Oregon is getting quite an aetive group of young professors around and it does our hearts good to sec them out strutting and such. We have noticed that graduate assistant Louise Aiken, Tri Delt, in the company of none other than the dream man (Jor don Wright, history instructor. Many a faint heart quit after that. . . . And dramatic Lor raine Hixson has taken Murk Hanna's Phi Sig pin. Guess the speech prof did sonic remark able talking. . . . And, again we see dreamy Mary Staton out with the new blond’ Murvin Krenk, another speech prof. Mention has not .vet been made of Tiger Pay no's Si Rina Nil pin on Joan Sinus Alpha l*hi. (Absence nuikcs the heart, grow etc.) And undoubtedly when Les A n d e r son, trosh proxy, gets his 1)1 pin, it will immediately be I rails hr red to smiling Mary Ann Fox, I’i rhi. . . . And that definitely goes for Stan “Stinky" Dnxis, Kap pa Sig, and Belle “Skiinky'’ X or wood, Tri Dell, who have been keeping company for sex - eral years. Incidentally, Bette will soon be Hashing a new Chrysler Convertible. Two Alpha Plus arc display ing new Beta pm... Connie Will bridge ha Bill Itcgner’:; and Katherine Vnn Ivinch ha ■lidin \ catch's. . . . I,iig“iiia Itobert son, Alpha ('In. i; wearing Itml Cowman's Phi licit pin . Peggy iiobiiin-, AOPi, is Hash, ing a ca nit give per by Bill 1'hompxoii, . funner . tudent And \\ y noun Kslow , Vlpha (lam. also huts one from tirorge llall. Pelt last year, hailing. Bcekmaii o:«tioa winter Happy little—1 mean I lek Bryant hid tloro I ri tlrlt posted I' let him know tie minute (or xu"r utter) that •teti Kiletien p! mlt d bis Sigm < I -hi pin on The * ui'i d- . An gel, Helen. Bui (la > hided to (all and Helen xioi- (tie x'iide cross *hre« days betoie .1 mg. opened hn> eye* to lu mg be n scooped. bTlALL i fTi " its ' WS *4‘»—6 w —— • •-*o ^ Foster for the Ball and the juniors dreaming of hiring “Oh Johnny,” the Military commit tee is having fits. But seeing's believin’ . . . The big laugh took place at the Leap Year Limp with the winning couple alone on the big dance floor sans the prize ticket. Overcome with embarrassment, time was wasted before Los Anderson finally persuaded them to make their haul. What was wrong with the couple possessing the winning ticket ? Cold feet ? . . . Maxine Glad is now wearing a jeweled Alpha Phi pin, the only one, in honor of making the highest grades in the house fall term. . . . We note that Grant Alexander, Sigma Nu, is dating Mary Louise McElliose, Alpha Gam. . . . And there ac tually is a sophomore when dat ing his Kappa, kindly asks her to wear a black dress so her pin will show up better. . . . An old, old story: “Personally I don't think she's so much but the Thetas seem to want her. so wo may as well take her if we can.” Herb l.lirsaiii. ATO, is still making' his weekly trip to Port land, as per the last four years. . Lorraine Hunt, former stu dent and at present attending NYU, is finding answers prof itable via NBC. Kail term, she won second prize on the Prof, yuiz program and last week she placed on another national quiz program. ... It. would cer tainly be fun to tell some of those librarians to "sh-h-h-" when they get going full force and don’t give a hang about those studying. Did you know Bet tie Jane Quiglev has romantu interests down at Pomona College'! . . . Though dated somewhat, it isn't widely known IKUa Boot, Clu O. and BUI (ientry, DC, were married last spring vacation m Mexico. Incidentally, it wa.» a double wedding Belie Alford and Lloyd lloftnian, Kappa fct'g u > much in love as ever. . One more pin: Black-Inured Lillian Seott, Alpha Phi, recent ly accepted H.tl BrayUm’s Beta pin . . . That's all. \ i COSMETIC SPECIALS' • Dorothy Perkin's Basic Treatment, set $1.00 » "Apple Blossom" Col ogne . $1.00 • Armund ’s Hand Cream .... 25c and 49c * (guaranteed to satisfy) ©Max Factors ‘‘Pan cake' Make-up . $1.50 Penny-wi&e DrugB Hayden Represents UO at Conference Held in Michigan Wallace Hayden, assistant pro fessor of architecture, will repre sent the University of Oregon at a conference on “Coordination in De sign,” which is to be held Febru ary 2 and 3 at the University of Michigan. All major schools of architec ture in the country will be repre sented, Hayden said. mnam A romance of young love spiced with 34 Victor Her bert immortal melodies! .‘•THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT” with Allan Jones • Mary Martin Walter Connolly Plus Second Hit! “CITY OF CHANCE” — Two ‘MUST’ Pictures — Edward G. Robinson Ruth Hussey in “Blackmail” plus “Dancing Coed” with Lana Turner Richard Carlson — Starts Today! — “Two Thoroughbreds” with Jimmy Lydon and “Outpost of the Mounties” with Charles Starrett — Moved Over! — KAY KYSER ADOLPHE MENJOU in “That’s Right— You're Wrong ’ and Selected thert Subject: i The BAND BOX By BILL MOXLEY To those who are still in doubt as to the hot jive ability of Glen Miller, a short listen to one of his seven o’clock cig shows will prove Miller's finesse at making ’em jump when nec essary. Glen has worked out a varied and well-balanced pro gram which he sticks to on all his broadcasts. He starts out with medium fast tempo on his first number; next, the Andrews chirp a tor rid dittie which Glen follows with a folk song revival done up in very slow time. On his con cluding number the rafters never fail to shake. And how the studio fans love it. They yell loudest on the jive and Mil ler knows it because he is gradually weaving more and more swing into his routine. An important part of a big band leader's job is to know what is boring his listeners before they know it themselves. Profit in It A surprising twist to the suc cess of different styles of mu sic is revealed by the financial side of the business. In an era in which ninety per cent of the publicity is controlled by the swing factors, seventy per cent of the income received from theaters and hotel engagements is gobbled up by the sweeter bands. . . . This fact should help to prove, contrary to gen eral opinion, that money and sweetness often go together. Speaking of money, the mu sic business has gleaned more gravy this year than ever be fore. Phonograph records for 1939 outsold by 50 per cent those of 1938, and showed an increase of 700 per cent over tire all time low established in 1933. Last year, Decca alone cleared nearly $400,000 from disc successes. Europe Sings War Away America is just beginning to hear about some of the new British war songs, rrtany of which have been composed in popular dance form. The two outstanding songs to come across the seas so far are “We've Gotta Party in Berlin” and “We'll Hang Out Our Washing on the Siegfried Line” . . . With the embargo tighten ing up on Germany, perhaps the nazis will adopt for their theme song Harry Pease’s new composition, “There's a Tear in My Beer Tonight.” The hottest swing tune of the week is Jan Savitt’s record ing of “720 in the Books.” This is a tune that jumps and jumps and then jumps some more. It's already been acclaimed by east ern jitterbugs as a real sender. “720 in the Books” will be on t sale in downtown music stores "next week. Miss Helen Luvaas To Present Recital Of Piano Selections Miss Helen Luvaas, pianist, will play a number of piano composi tions virtually unknown to Eu gene music devotees in a recital to be given Sunday afternoon, Jan uary 21, at 3:30 o’clock in the mu sic auditorium. The public is invit ed. Among these compositions will be Maurice Ravel’s “Rigaudon” and Friedmann’s “Elle Dansee.” More in the classic line will be Mozart’s "Sonata in B Flat,” and Mendelssohn’s “Concerto in G Mi nor.” Romantic compositions will include nocturnes by Chopin and Grieg, “Intermezzo” by Brahms, and Debussy’s “Arabesque.” Miss Luvaas will be featured on a musical quarter-hour over sta tion KOAC Friday evening, Janu ary 19, at 8 o’clock. UNIVERSITY BUSINESS COLLEGE SHORTHAND — TYPEWRITING COMPLETE BUSINESS COURSES Edward L. Ryan, B.S., LL.B., Mgr. I. O. O. F. Buildg., Eugene Phone 2973 * Important • All Textbooks • Notebooks and Fillers • I yping Paper • General Books • Rental Library • Fountain Pens • Cameras and Supplies • Film and Finishing • Portable Typewriters • Athletic Goods EXQUISITE SOCIAL STATIONERY Unirersiey CO-OP’ CHAPMAN HALL — ON THE CAMPUS Welcome Dads BUSINESS PROMOTION: Dorothy Horn Evelyn Nelson Joan Stinette SPECIAL ACCOUNTS: Alvera Maeder Dick McClintis CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT: Fred Ehlers MERCHANDISING: Kenette Lawrence CIRCULATION: PHOTOGRAPHY: Betty Wheeler Janet Rieg OFFICE: Mary Jean McMorris Ted Kenyon Ray Schrik EMERALD REPORTERS: Bob McGill Corine Lamcn Kay i>chnck Betty Jane Thompson Niama Banta Mildred Wilson Jeff Kitchen Betty Jane Biggs Marion White Dorothy Kreis Wes Sullivan Pat Erickson Jonathan Kahananui Elaie Brownell Jim Banks Edith Oglesby Helen Sawyer Connie Averill Jim Bronson Jean Dunn Kelley Holbart Margaret Holfert SPORT STAFF: Margaret Young Nancy Lewis Bernard Engel Bob Flavelle Bob Potwin Don Gibbons Bill Phelps Austin Chaney Ray Foster Milt Levy Jim Schiller Len Ballif Don Cowley Paul McCarty Jiin Browne Saturday Advertising Staff: Bob Rogers, Adv. Mgr. Elizabeth Dick Margaret Girvin Charles Stafford Gordon Childs Copy Desk: Jack Buker, Copy Editor Mary Ann Campbell, Assistant Wes Sullivan Jonathan Kahananui Tom Wright Night Staff: Bill Borthwick, Night Editor Thomas Wright Jean Dunn Mary Ann Campbell Helen Angell Jim Leonard Article by Dr. Smith, Greenup Published In Science Quarterly Occupying the entire issue of the December Northwest Science quar terly was an article entitled “Lakes of Oregon,” which was written by Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geography and geology depart ments and Wilbur Greenup, gradu ate assistant in geography. The monograph covers the life history, classification, description, biology and economic importance of the principal Oregon lakes and also touches on the origin of lake names. Accompanying the written ma terial were pictures, maps, dia grams, and profiles illustrating various features of the article. Look Your Best for your best boy friend —DAD, He will appreciate your looks and especially the price;. MILDRED’S BEAUTY SALON Next door to Mac 1016 Will. Pr. 2826 n There is a certain “SNAP” to freshly laun dered clothes i You’ll find our laun dering will meet your every expecta tion. Just bundle it up and . . . / Call 252 DOMESTIC LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANERS | t These Eugene Stores Close Saturday Evening 6:00 p.m THE EUGENE STORES listed below take this oppor tunity to thank their customers for the courtesy of their patronage during the past years. THESE EUGENE STORES join in announcing to their customers that commencing Saturday evening, January 20, 1940, closing hours will be, 6 p.m., rather than the present later hour. .. THESE EUGENE STORES know that customers and friends will benefit and appreciate this extra leisure time, just as employees and employers will welcome the free dom of Saturday evenings in the months to follow. THESE EUGENE STORES want to serve you with eco nomical, attractive, goods and services in an efficient and convenient manner. Merchants Signing Petition for Saturday Closing at 6:00 P.M. 4* 1r ■4’»4,'4-4-f’’4’ i’ 1r 4*4*'t*4**t*4**f*4’4*,t*4*'t**t*4*’i**l*'i*',$*4rt*’t'4*4*'t**i**i*'i*'t”t*,i*4"i*4**i'ri**i''ft"i*4’,i*,iMft",t*'fMt"i* l'lHM MAN Buster Brown J. C‘. Penney & Co, Beard’s The Broadway Iue. Montgomery Ward & Co. J. J. Newberry Pv. C. Hadley’s Williams stores, Inc Vogue Cresses "s ■Joe Bullards Men’s Store Bussell’s Abouresk’s bkne's Jewelry Store The Jewel Bos AGEK (As Signed) H. A. Holt 11. 1). Dickinson 1’. L- Beard Koy E. Morse YV. T. bwltwr K. L. Maxon Ernestine Ellis C. H. Olsou I„ Harrington C. A. Crcsscy •Joe Richards W. >. Busseil Joe Abouresk O, L. S>keic Gerald Huff H. Gordon A Co. C & is, Electric 1’ W WnoltvorUi Lara wax's sn'atQ’a Jewelry Harr) 1 . Gordon T. A. Stocker W. 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