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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1940)
Master Dance Will Hold Spring Recital Group Dances May 10 Honorary to Give Variety Program, Satirize Women The annual spring recital of Master Dance, modern dance hon orary, will be held May 10 at S:15 in Geriinger. The performance is a part of the Junior Weekend ac tivities. The program consists of a vari ety of dances, some gay and hum orous, others on a serious theme. The dances are given by the Master Dance group, the physical education dance classes, and the Eugene high school dance class. Among the humorous dances is one entitled “Gossip” and another based on campus life and activ ities. The former, a satire on one of woman’s greatest faults, is a part of a group of dances illus trating the faults and virtues of people. The take-off on campus life presents five types of cam pus characters, the professors, the activity girls, the Phi Betes, gla mor girls, and social butterflies. Each is likewise a satire on the various types of students on a campus. The recital is under the direc tion of Miss Pirkko Paasikivi, dance instructor in the women’s physical education department. Kay Holman has complete charge of all music for the dances. Deputation Group Presents Program The Westminster house depu tation team leaves at 6:30 this evening for Riverside community, near Albany, to present a pro gram. Francis Doran will lead group singing and sing two solos. The comedy, “Blue Gate” will be pre sented by the dramatic portion of the group, and' Alice Mueller will give some readings. Two carloads of students will make the trip. From thirty to fifty programs of this type are put on by Westminster groups each year. ‘And the Boy Got Up, Slowly Walked Away9 Sauntering up the campus without much on his mind, Er ling Grimstead stepped out at the intersection of Thirteenth and University streets into the path of a car driven by one of Ore gon’s coeds, who also had not much on her mind. The impact of the auto lifted the day-deaming student from the walk and set him down a few feet farther down the street. The scared coed offered to bun dle up the injured and take him to the infirmary. Grimstad refused. The wound was non-showing but Grimstad knew^ that once up he was going to have an awful time sitting dowrn again. Exhibits Shown at Library Exhibits of all kinds crowded the rooms and halls of the Uni versity library at its annual open house yesterday. The library celebrated the five hundredth birthday anniversary of printing with a display of printing equipment, including a small printing press and samples of work done by ancient work ers of the profession in the main foyer. A group of textbooks which were used by Oregon students was also on display. Some of the books, such as the “Pacific Coast Fourth Header,” by Sam Simp son, some first, second and third grade readers are reminiscent of the day when children also re ceived their education in Deady hall. The collection received outside contributions from Mrs. Irene Dunn Williams’s loans of a spelling book written by Profes sor Fred S. Dunn, one of the founders of the University and in 1876 when she took Greek from “Anaxsis” used by Mrs. Williams John W. Johnson, first president of the University. Other contributors of books of historical interest to Oregon stu dents were Dr. M. C. Harris and Mrs. L. H. Johnson. Correctly Fitted Glasses do not les sen the appeal of lovely eyes. Follow these simple rules and glasses will not de tract from your appear ance—they may even add charm and distinction. ] Eye Make-up—Do not use 'elaborate eye makeup. Lipstick—Keep the line of your lip make-up soft. Rouge—Blencl rouge into your cheeks very care fully, leaving no outline. Carry it up under the lenses, so that there will ] be no break between lens edges and color. Ornaments—Do not wear many ornaments — even ii you are the type. lair—Arrange your hair neatly but softly. Hair drawn severely a w a y from the face, or ar ranged too fussily, does not improve the appear naee of the glasses. Eyebrows — Allow your eyebrows to follow their natural course. Keep them neat but do not pluck them into a thin, stiff line. DR. ELLA C. MEADE OPTOMETRIST 14 W. 8th Phone 330 Pinafore Early Coed Editions Day to Be Tell of War, Fetes Monday Free Photographs To Be Given Every Twentieth Girl Open season for Oregon women not wearing Viennese costumes will start Monday, with the dec laration of Jim Pickett, junior class president, that Monday will be officially proclaimed as Pina fore day. For every twentieth girl in the gaily printed dresses, ordered for this occasion, passing the College Side between 12:30 and 2 o'clock Monday, the Emerald official photographer, Ted Kenyon will be on hand to take her picture free. Picture to Be Gift The finished photograph will be presented to her as a gift on be half of the Junior Weekend com mittee, John Cavanagh, promo tion chairman, announced. “The committee is hoping,” Cavanagh said, “that the girls will continue wearing the pina fores, complete with accessories such as wooden shoes and the peasant scarfs for the rest of the week to build up an atmosphere of a Viennese springtime on the campus.” Percentage to Be Checked Houses will be called Monday afternoon to see how many girls have purchased Weekend cos tumes and the percentage of each house will appear in Tuesday's Emerald, Cavanagh stated. Girls’ Dean To Fly East Hazel P. Schwering, Oregon dean of women, will set out on her two weeks’ trip to the New York's World fair Sunday after noon. While en route she will interview deans of women of oth er universities. Dean Schwering will be a par ticipant in the mass flight to New York which is to be the cli max of one of the greatest peace time cavalcades, according to the dean. The flight terminates a referendum project in which 100 women from each state contrib uted their opinions on peace and freedom. Other organizatoins also assisted in the project. The purpose of the flight is to deliver the results of this project to Mrs. Oswald Lord, this year’s chairman of the National Wo men’s Participation committee for the New York World fair. Other Oregonians to take the trip are: the Mesdames James R. Mott, Charles McNary, Homer Angell, Walter Pierce, Burt Brown Barker, and Alfred Her man. Drama Honorary Elects Members Newly elected members to the national collegiate players (Pi Epsilon Delta) drama honorary, are Helene Parsons, Charlene Jackson, Mary Staton, and Gene Edwards, it was announced yes terday. Initiation will be held Sunday at 3 o’clock in Gerlinger hall, Adrian Martin, initiation chair man, said. The world’s foremost collection of historical works on Spanish influence in the American south west is owned by John Carter li brary at Brown university. By CORIUNE \MGNES The Green Goose was at its peak, and Marie Dressier was playing in “Reducing" at the Colonial theater when the Oregon coeds edited the daily Emerald in 1931. Even then war was the topic of the day. Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of the Na tional Council for the Prevention of War, announced that prepara tions for war were stupid, in an assembly in Villard hall. The canoe fete of the following year, according to the feminine edition, featured floats with fairy tales as the theme. “La Fete Fan tastique," they called it. Also the same day the women featured a story on plans for lowering house bills. Limerick Warns Men A man laughed at perdition He’s now in awful condition His chatter ran rife He cared not for life And scoffed at the women's edition. These sentiments date from ’34, when the limerick appeared on May 19, in the women’s paper. Running for governor were Charles Martin and Joe Dunne, according to the Emerald that day. “Order of the O to Give Bust of Hayward,” is reminiscent of the day the fair sex put out the paper in '35, and the next year the announcement that Dean Schwer ing intended to leave on a trip to Europe appeared withffi the an nual all-women pages. On this same day, the University male population was described as want ing sunflowers for tips, to be worn to the Mortar Board ball. Phi Delts Plant Pins Remember when the Phi Delts were rumored the super pin planters in '38 ? Coed Editor Ber nadine Bowman also featured a literary page that year. Ottilie T. Seybolt was directing “Two Gen tlemen of Verona,” the first dra matic production to be presented on the new outdoor stage behind the music auditorium. Then came 1939— and the day the “Emeraldette” carried stories of Governor Sprague’s presence at the installation of ASUO offi cers and the complaint made by the AWS council that there were too many queen contests on the campus. According to a sketch in the ’39 edition, the coed Emerald is somewhat associated with Junior Weekend, and has been an an nual edition for about 30 years. Townsend at Yale Dr. H. G. Townsend, professor of philosophy, is now at Yale university doing research on American philosophy. Dr. Town send has been traveling through the south conducting his research. According to Professor C. J. Sul livan of the philosophy depart ment, Dr. Townsend will proba bly remain the rest of spring term and part of the summer at Yale. What the Records Show A. checking account gives you a record of—and a receipt for — all bills paid. 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