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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1940)
This Was News, Now It Is History By PAX ERICKSON “ ‘WAY BACK IN 1939 A.D.—” How much water has flown over the dam since 1939. Many brave monkeys have died! . . . Last year about this time Tony Amato was Queen of the law school junior weekend. Plans were being made for a parade with Queen Amato’s supporter’s bearing the queen on their shoul ders and remarking "Amato's no feather.” Nine ASUO-head candidates were throwing their hats into the political scramble. Johnson Competes George Pasero was being elect ed president of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journalism fraternity, and Dorothy Louise Johnson, well known student violinist, was get ting ready to compete for an eastern music scholarship. Art School Has New Etchings .... a headline told us. Come up and see ’em sometime! The infirmary was grinding out spot news: half the cases on the registry were complaining of ath lete’s foot. The Jabberwocky was announced as the first canoe fete afloat for the Alice in Wonderland theme. Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon were constructing it. One item promised that "Cm- " derella and her Prince Charming will meet in the land of make-be lieve at the annual spring formal given by the University class at the Baptist church this Friday at 8 o’clock.” Say, I wonder how that ever came out. . . . Picnics and house dances were promising gay weekend on the women’s page. “Torchy” Diage was wearing the dress of the week: new spring colors were be ing named after vegetables — Summer Squash, Onion Whites, and Tomato Red. Bates Is Coed of the Week (Please turn to page eight) Tick-Tock iMarch of Time) My dear Miss 1940: You asked me what the fash ionable golfer is wearing and I am going to tell you. With few exceptions the sportswom an’s skirt opens directly down the front and fastens with a series of stout French hooks. Beneath all golfing skirts, from now on, black wash Japa nese bloomers are the proper garments, and their very slight fullness is caught at the out side of the knees by a silk strap drawn through a small silver buckle. A little praise must be sung for the benefit of the white hats made of tough linen braid. The usual sportswoman-like fashion is to tie a white chif fon veil around the crown, let ting the ends float out at the rear. As always. MISS 1899. Hello, there . . . 1899: Already, I have forgotten about the spring heat and thank heaven for the evolution of the swing skirt. The mate rial has been cut, not for length, but for width and full ness allowing plenty of swing. Ah, freedom! That’s our de mocracy for you. Both speed and safety have been achieved by the substitution of zippers for “staunch French hooks,” but what will replace zippers if democracy becomes an Uto pia? Cashmere, which you might have used for a shawl or bed jacket (priced anywhere from $10 to $200) is today the golf er's only resort to wear and tear. As for something to take the place of 1899’s black wash Japanese bloomers (absolutely essential in your day), I feign to shock your nervous system. Sympathetically, MISS l'AO. Glamorous Youth You’ll be the belle of the “Junior Prom” in our swirling, tiny waisted evening gowns. 8.95 to 14.95 E>£fiftD/ 870 Willamette Houses, Law School Have Spring Dances By MARY KAY KIORDAN A weekend descriptive of the Oregon campus will be this first one of May in which many house dances, and special law school celebra tions are planned, but no campus dance. The special law school weekend, planned for many weeks by the gentlemen of that school, will be climaxed Saturday night at a gala dance at the Anchorage. The latest theme "Springtime in Springfield" will keynote the informal affair. Decorations will carry out the second amended theme Ha w am.n Nights.” Juke-Joint Johnnie's Jam 'n' Jive's orchestra will fur nish the music. SAE Goes Grecian Sigma Alpha Epsilon will hold their annual spring house dance on their tennis court Friday night, with Dor. Nance’s orches tra playing. Theme of the dance will be the "Night of the Gods.” Each dance on the parchment scroll bids will be named after one of the gods with Minerva as central goddess. Decorations will be in the form of burlesque stat ues, carrying out a Temple Min erva idea. Betas Go Dutch The Beta Theta Pi house will resemble a Dutch village on Fair day Friday night when they pre sent their formal spring house dance. The entrance will appear like that of a Dutch house while the interior will be decorated with flowers. The lawn on the millrace will have windmills, a water wheel, a tiny bridge, and a white picket fence around the grounds for the occasion. Maurie Binford’s orchestra will play. DU Has Informal Hop Delta Upsilon will sponsor an informal dance Friday night at their house with a Spring Cruise theme. Tub Brown's orchestra will play, and guests will come dressed as sailors, and other nau tical characters. Delta Delta Delta will be host esses Friday night at the Osburn hotel when they present their spring formal dance following a buffet dinner. Art Holman’s or chestra is playing for the dance. Alpha Omicron Pi freshmen are keeping the theme and decor ations a secret from upperclass men. Bob Calkins’ orchestra will furnish the music. The Alpha Tau Omega house dance Saturday night will feature Spring Varieties as theme. Each class will decorate one room of the house. Bob Calkins’ orches tra will play. Sunday will be the underclass men’s annual spring picnic. The Chi Psis will have a for mal house dance Saturday night with a German Beer Garden theme. A large barge will be in front of the house, with a bar rel 14 feet high. The lawn down to the millrace will be decorated to carry out the garden idea. Don Dance from OSC will play. Sigma Chi to Be Plantation The Sigma Chi house will be turned into a southern plantation. Decorations will be carried out almost completely with flowers, and the bids are to be a surprise. Bob Hunt's orchestra from Port land will play. Hilyard house will have an in formal radio dance Saturday night. University house entertained Wednesday evening at a. faculty dinner. Zeta Tan Alpha will entertain guests Thursday evening for a May Day dinner. Sigma Phi Epsilon is having a regional convention in Seattle for a. May day dinner. Pi Kappa Alpha will have a breakfast and picnic, Sunday at Benton-Lane park. Orides Entertain Seniors Monday. May 5, Orides will be hostess at a dessert to the Uni versity high school's senior class. Entertainment, under the direc tion of Rebecca Anderson, will feature musical numbers. An open meeting will follow. Mid-Week Society Sees Court, Benefit Dances Midweek social affairs -vie with the weekend as Skull am! Dagget, men's service honorary held a tennis court dance during the dessert hour last night. Bob Calkins furnished the music for the sports dance on the law school courts. Jim Carney tvaa chairman. The Youth held its animal dance for the University of Ore gon scholarship fund at the Win ter Gardens. Desserts last night were 1'eUl on the law school courts. Organ izations attending were Chi-Ome ga. preference; Carnard club, preference: Chi Psi. Kappa Kap pa. Gamma; Delta Ta.u Delta- Al pha Gamma Delta.; Kappa Sigma Alpha Omieron Pi: Omega hnll Hendricks hall: Phi Gamma De1 ta-Pi Beta Phi; Delta Gamma Phi Sigma Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilcn-Delta Delta Delta: Sig ma Alpha Mu-Kappa Alpha The ta; Theta Chi-Alpha Chi Omega. Four living organizations will have desserts. They are Urmer (Please turn to.paf/e doltt) for your date. Styled to please any girl. 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