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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 29, 1940)
Style Advance Frees Male Fashion Slaves When a dashing young swain mounted his bicycle anil pushed off for the University for the first time in the fall of 1370. his main con cern wa:s not his studies but wheth er liis pants would split before he reached liis destination. All the men wore suits and high stiff collars, which stretched the neck to any length desired. The pants vied with the collars for the ability to cause the most discom fort. Trousers were tight all over. They went down eacli leg in a skin tight covering which stopped three inches short of the heel. Both the bow - legged and bony - kneed blushed and suffered in style. 'This condition more or less pre dominated for many years, gradu ally being modified by the evolu tion of fashion until ruff neck sweaters made their appearance in the classrooms. Even the sweaters could not blot out the celluloid col lars and the patent leather shoes, however. In 1917 the suits were turned in for uniorms and military rule reigned. Those who were not in ■uniform were wearing debys and sombreros. Time were never the same after the war. The old fashioned suit was replaced by a more modern-looking version. Combinations and sports coat made their debut about this time. During the ’20s caps and I knickers rose and faded. Tlie traditional campus clothes as we know them came in as the result of the depression which made economical apparel a necessity. The class pants started at that time and have remained to the pres ent day. Ducks Tagged (Continued from Page one) various alumni groups through the Oregon alumni association. Outlines Canvass Sederstrom and Wendell Wyatt last night outlined an elaborate plan to canvass all possible sourc es including alums, dads and moth ers organizations and University classes. All these sources will be asked to contribute to the fund. The following are the girls ap pointed to receive contributions in their houses: Billy Christensen. Mary Ellen Smith, Pat Lawson, Marjorie McLean, Lois Nordling, Frances Baily, Bette Norwood, Maxine Hansen, Anne Halderman, Barbara Fulton, Helen Moore, Martha McClung, Betty McNiece, Jeanette Gordon, Virginia Malloy, Jeanne Haehlen, and Aida Brun. Students Will Give Concert Thursday An outstanding ensemble of young musicians will be presented Thursday evening in the music au ditorium in a program to which all students and faculty are invit ed. Participating in the two-piano concert will be Laurie Pratt. Helen Luvaas, Thad Elvigion, and Phyl lis Gray. Elvigion Composes Too On their Thursday night pro gram, each student will offer a solo, a duet, and four ensemble numbers. Young Elvigion, who is a composer of mounting fame, will play the .last movement of his own “Concerto No. 4 in B Minor," and he has arranged Liszt's color ful “Second Hungarian Rhapsody" for a performance by the ensem ble. “Fugue,” “Bolero” “"other ensemble’numbers will be Bach's "Fugue in A Minor,” Mosz kowski’s “Bolero,” and Engle mann’s “Grand Valse Caprice.” Five waltzes by Brahms, and Olive Dungan's “Enchantment,” will be offered in duet adaptations; and movements from concertos by Bee thoven, Mendelssohn, and Mozart will be played as solos by Miss Gray, Miss Luvaas, and Pratt, re spectively. GET YOUR WARDROBE READY FOR AN EARLY SPRING r Men can look smarter The more expertly tailored his clothes, the smarter the man's ap pearance! That’s our conviction, and by way of proof we’ll turn you out more smartly dressed than you’ve ever been, this spring. lie sides you needn’t spend a penny more than you usually do, and you'll look dollars smarter! ‘free and Easy" is the Style Note for Spring Notice tlio wider shoulders—the full, rounded ‘'barrel” eliest . . . tin- slim waist and snug hips. “Athletie" is the word that best deseribes the appearance these smart new suits give. Styled by Griffon and C apps Priced From $29.50 to $35.00 'ihav er> C8S ouoq.i WE NOMINATE FOR OBLIVION By BETTY JANE BIGGS God bless ’em, we love ’em but it they must criticize our ultra smart hats and our knee-length stockings, there are a couple of little things we can say. We suggest the mill race for such quaint little habits as: Their walking three abreast down the sidewalk and expecting the girls to move off the path for them. Calling up at the last minute for dates. Phoning at 5 to 11 and talk ing ten minutes. Result: our being fined for be ing late to bed. At their desserts—the inevitable brick ice cream. The oh, so original corsage of two gardenias. Insisting that you drink when although you aren't a WCTU, you can’t stand the stuff. Their preferences for coeds with cars. The inexhaustible subject of last year’s football games with the oth er fellow on a double date. Talking about the dance last night at which your sisters informed you he attended a little blonde from down the street while you sat home. And then there is the domineer ing type. He doesn't ask you where you want to go. He just takes you. Or maybe he is more subtle. He parks in front of the place and then asks you if you don't want to go in. Talking in an uncomplimentary manner about the other women that makes you wonder what he is saying about you when you see him with that slinky brunette. Looking like they are to win the whiskerino prize next year by get ting a head start now. Their attiring themselves in blue jeans, T-shirts, bow ties, flashing ties with sport shirts, scrambled suits, or Fiji haircuts. Their thinking they have to be the life of the party and amusing everyone. Lines—especially those which he has fed your sorority sisters be fore. Jokes they tell which we can't enjoy in mixed company. For letting the custom of sere nading after their house dance dies out. » Smoking a cigarette without of fering us one. Walking on the inside of the sidewalk. And most of all we suggest a swim in the mill race for the "smoothie” who says after a blind date or dessert. “I’ll see you again"— and never does. L. S. Bee Addresses Sociology Group At the Tuesday evening meet ing of Alpha Delta Kappa, soci ology honorary, officers for the ensuing term were elected. Dr. L. S. Bee, assistant professor of soci- j ology, was the main speaker. Weekend Entries (Continued from poge one) Faculty Helps Vteekenders with the weekenders on the judg ing. Mrs. Maude I. Kerns and Lance W. Hart of the art school, and George Hopkins of the school of music, will work with the group selected by Sullivan. Announcement of the winning theme will be followed by selection of float ideas for the different cam pus living organizations and the formulation of a script for the canoe fete program. Early work on the budgeting of funds has occu pied the time of the committee during the pa^t week. By JIM BANKS General attitude of the he-ducks ] toward Oregon coeds: “Lady, I’d j walk barefooted through hot coals | for you or even borrow my room mate’s last clean shirt, but by all that's holy can’t you do something about That look of supreme boredom, or sophistication so thick it drips, affected by some of the gals. It scares a guy. In fact, he wants to run. Agreeing with every propounded theory or laughing at every joke. Nobody is as smart or funny as all that, so why not give forth with an argument, mildly of course ? V\e love it, and it shows we’re not out with a human echo or something. Those angora sweaters or learn er jackets. You know, those fuzzy jobs. It gets all over our suits and car cushions. Reading “Gone With the Wind" before coming down after your date has rung your buzzer. This may be to show your independence, but it's awfully hard to smile as you trip down the stairs, a vision of loveliness, after cooling out heels in the living room until the show has started or they're in the fifth dance. Not speaking first when you see a boy you know. It's a violation of social etiquette. Yes, we know we aren’t overly up on our Emily our selves, but speak to the guy. “Cussin’,” under stress of emo tion or otherwise, It’s a shock 'a year a young thing, all fresh, dewy, and innocent in her new formal, shatter the illusion with a few ex treme expletives if she happens to drop a cigarette or snag a stock ing. Chewing off night-before-last’s nail polish in class. Dark naiis look okay at night but it’s freak ish in the daylight. Informing your date about the orchid so-and-so sent you (she ; wearing your roses) or telling him all about the good time you had with Bill. Purple lips in your ten o’clock. A tomahawk and you’d be all set to go on the warpath. Breaking a date via a sorority sister. “I’m sorry, Dottie has to study this evening, but etc., etc.” About the clothes, would it be possible to do without those fisher men's pants with rolled legs, dirty saddles, ruffled waists if you aren’t exactly sylph-like, balls of fluff in your hair, saddle shoes and pearls, and sky-swept hair that doesn't match your face? Having a few mixed drinks is O.K. in the best places but killing the last of the Scotch or lining up the beers is a little on the extreme side. Your sister's date may be vitally interesting, but try not to dislocate a vetrebra to get a look at him. When a bona fide compliment is offered it's not a signal to go coy and coquettish. Stalling until the last minute and then running for the house as the lights blink the deadline. Romance (Continual from page three) in the way they go about asking girls to wear their pins,” one of them said. “They still send flow ers to the housemother and buy cigars for all the boys.” “I’m afraid I can't agree with that," piped up another coed. “When my boy friend asked me to wear his pin he said, *Gad. the millrace is going to be cold to night, but I guess I'd better give you my pin so you won't all the time be stepping out on me'."