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A Short, Short Story Gail Lane was standing in the center of the room that looked as If it were ready for inspection in a modern furniture display. The simplicity of her deep blue dress accentuated her pale loveliness. A magnificent diamond brooch shin ing like brilliant stars in the dark, deep blue of the night rose and fell on her breast. Her maid was making last-min ute adjustments to the almost too perfect picture of modern loveli ness; a small tuck to place a pre sumptuous lock back in its place; a faint touch of color added to her smooth, clear cheeks. Gail seemed to sparkle as if she Were caught in a gay glittering World of unreality that had sud denly changed to reality. “You can go now,” she said, her low voice earre.ssing each note in timately. Slowly the maid backed away, critically analyzing, her eyes sur veying each detail. Her face sud denly shone bright with admira tion, a little gasp escaped her, “Oh! How lovely you are.” A low chuckle slid into the Words “I have to be lovely — for him!” Jonathan Edwards strode to the center of his room. Suddenly he stopped and pivoted slowly. His dark eyes questioned the critical gaze of his valet. "Perfect, sir. Perfect.” Jonathan’s face lit with a boy ish surge of joy. His deep, vibrant voice almost whispered, “It must be for her.” Quickly he strode across the room, out the door al most as if he were trying to carry the slow-moving train with him. Their meeting- was perfect. She knew that everything was going as she had planned. He was as sured, possessive. Perfectly at tuned, each was well aware of the other. Reacting as if they were under some magical spell. They were drawn together with a power beyond control. She felt the sweet, slightly-sick sensation in her throat. She knew his reputation, how notoriously casual he had been in his affairs of the heart. She knew that hi.' deep vibrant voice that, now fillet her heart with flaming wings could chill as a sudden fog, de scend and smother the untriec flame. Yet when she looked intc his eyes she forgot. He knew her reputation, an in telligent gill that lifted loving tc an art, a girl whose kisses hat seared scarlet memories into doz ens of tortured souls. Yet, when he looked into her eyes he sudden ly knew that it was their world and they alone could play their part. He sat on thp davenport. Taking her hand in his reverently lie kissed the palm. Then gently but firmly he pulled her down to him. For a moment their eyes met as serting an answer already known Their young, eager bodies surged together. Her sleek blond head rested against his broad shoulder. She felt his heart beating against her heart. His long, sensitive fin gers tilted her perfectly-formed chin, throwing her head back slightly so her hair fell gently on her shoulders. His lips stopped her approaching smile. Slowly they sank into each oth ers arms. For a moment they lay clasped in embrace, relaxed in the ecstasy of undenied passion. She turned her head, his lips sought hers. His lips drank deep of her unbridled passion. .Swiftly, adroit ly, he shaped his lean hard body against hers, they were face to face, body to body her heart raced her head swam the blood pounded furiously against his tem ples a faint trace of perspiration showed on his forehead. “Cut!” yelled the director. “We’ll have to shoot that scene over. Jonathan joined his wife across the room. The glamour girl lay for a moment as if she were still in a trance. Slowly she lifted her long bare arm, guided her hand to a small stand near the davenport opened the drawer and pulled out a half-eaten onion. Her strong, even, white teeth crunched the on ion as if she were eating an apple. 'Bama Beauty (Continued from path' one) Her refreshing beauty would be a spur to any football team. Thespian, Columnist Miss McDowell was graduated from the University of Alabama last year and was a major >n jour nalism, a member of Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, of the "Black Friars” dramatic club. "I used to work on the Crimson and White, university daily,” she explained, "and my senior year I was on the editorial board. Last summer she was columnist and drama critic on the Montgomery Advertiser. She appeared in several college plays, and the one she remembers best is, "The Bishop Misbehaves.” "You see, the reason I remember It,” her eyes lit up as she remin isced, "is because I was going with the boy who played opposite me, ami we kissed each other at the end of the third scene. Well, the curtain stuck, and we just went on kissing Indefinitely, while our friends in the audience watched, amazed." “You know,” she drawled, "I don’t think the boys here have half as big a line as the boys at home.” Maybe Oregon boys are just a little afraid to try theirs on Miss McDowell, southern paragon of charm, Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Miss ‘A’ Day, and "a girl with a future.” TVA's Lilienthal (Continued Irani parte one) At this time Oregon students will be able to get the ‘‘low down” on the controversial value of the Tennessee valley government pro ject from one who has worked on it as a director since its beginning in 1933. Presented in ’33 In presenting the TVA bill to congress in 1933 President Roose velt spoke of it as a step in “na tional planning by complete river watersheds involving many states and the future lives and welfare of millions.” Since classes arc usually scheduled for the II o’clock hour Monday morning, these classes will he held instead at the same hour Thursday morn ing nevt week. Dean Onthunk announced yesterday. Opposition has risen largely from three sides, specifically from private utility interests, the coal operators and miners who dislike the use of laborless fuel, and the Arc YOU ... the DARK? Arc you blindfolded by poor vision? You'll see your way dear when you have glasses, the proper glasses, to fit your eyes. Clear, aeeurote sight is not alone needed for elasses, but it is a “must” soeially. Our glasses aid both sight and looks. Come in today for a complete ex amination. Dr. ELLA C. MEADE OPTOMETRIST Phone 330 14 AV. 8th St. Advertised Clothing Forms Gift Display Nationally advertised men’s wpnr, representing some of the ac counts carried this term in the Oregon Daily Emerald, is now on display for two weeks in the old co-op next to the College Side. Contributed by Eugene merchants, the exhibit includes shirts, hats, raincoats, and sport clothes, sug gesting Christmas gift ideas to puzzled Webfoots. To carry out a patriotic theme for national advertising, the col ors red, white, and blue are used in the background. Hon Alpaugh, layout production manager, and Mary Ellen Smith, head of the dis play bureau, cooperated on the layout. As part of the Emerald's extra promotion program for national advertisers, the exhibit is under the general supervision of Bob Rogers, national advertising man ager, and Emerson Page, promo tion director. The photographic department will lake pictures of the showing to send to the nation al advertisers concerned. Dennis Koupal, Eugene realtor, donated use of the windows for the project. Board Will Review j Finances, Concerts At Monday Meeting A financial record and report on special activity presentations and the concert series will be main or ders of business at the monthly meeting of the Educational Activ ities board December 2, according to George Root, educational ac tivities manager. The board will also decide how many Oreganas will be printed this year and consider the report on the activity card file system. Northeast industrial leaders who feared loss of industries to the Tennessee valley if the program of diversification was successful. Shaw Comments Albert Shaw, editor of the Re view of Reviews, noted the oppo sition to the TVA when he said its opponents “regard the TVA as col lectivist fanaticism run wild" with “missionaries of this religion of salvation by politics and cheap hy droelectric power spreading their infectious gospel of 'much-for-lit tle’ across the borders of several southern states." Wendell Willkie, in an NBC broadcast in 193G, designated the TVA as “the most useless and un necessary of all the alphabetical joyrides.” His controversy and that of the private utilities with the TVA until the TVA bought them out for $78,000,000 has gained national publicity. Not Speaking Tour Mr. Lilienthal is on the west coast not on a speaking tour, but to study the power development program as being tried out at Bon neville dam. He is making speech es on the trip at Los Angeles and San Francisco in addition to his talk here Monday, however. Besides giving a clear picture of the situation of the TVA, he will probably make remarks rele vant to the development of public' services in the Northwest. He leaves Eugene Monday af ternoon after talking to a joint meeting of the Eugene service clubs that noon. He goes directly from here to confer with Bonne ville dam officials. OUR SERVICE WILL PLEASE YOU You will liko our fast efficient service, that gets your clothes back to you quickly. They are fresh and clean— ready for anything. Superior Work and Service—We Prove It Domestic Laundry Dry Cleaners 121 W. 7th Phone 252 PHONE 252 and Orebon W Emer/vld Xlght Editors: Ted Goodwin Bill Hilton Donald Ross Mary Wolfe Herb Penny Betty Jane Biggs Ray Schrick Stan Weber. Copy Desk Staff: Ray Schriek, City Editor Herb Penny Bernie Engel Lynn Johnson Dorothea Cathrart Kent Stitzer Betty Jane Eiggs Mimi O'Donnell Sophomores Apply Yuletide Trimmings For Coming Meeting “Deck the halls with boughs of holly” may well be the theme song of members of the YW hospitality group anil Dill Pickle club Monday when they prepare evergreens and Bible scenes around the bungalow in anticipation of Christmas holi days. Yuletide decoration^ will be com pleted for the Christmas assembly that will be given Wednesday by the sophomore commission to which all members of the Y have been extended an invitation. Dois Nordling, chairman of the hospitality group, lias voiced a plea to all students who have cars at their disposal and are willing to lend their support to the gathering of greens to get in touch with her as soon as possible Air Corps Board (Continued from page one) be male citizens of the U.S.; must be in excellent health and of sound physique; must have had at least two years at college or have at least one-half of the necessary credits earned for a degree in a four-year course. Documents Required Men should have the following documents with them when they appear before the board: birth cer tificate; three letters of recom mendation; a transcript of college credits signed by the registrar; a letter of recommendation from Colonel Robert M. Lyon, professor of military science and tactics on the campus. The board will be un able to consider applicants who fail to furnish the above docu ments, Major Buchanan states. At present no provisions for ac ceptance of those of colored or Oriental race has been made. The men who are taken will re ceive $75 a month and $1 a day ration allowance. Their training in flying and “ground” subjects will run concurrently over a period of approximately 30 weeks with ap proximately 10 weeks each spent at primary flying school, basic training school, and U.S. army air corps advanced flying school. Most of the training will take place in California. Figures Show Typical UO Studen tAge 20.5 The typical University of Ore gon student, as described by fig ures from the registrar’s office, is 20.5 years old, unmarried, par tially self-supporting, and belongs to one of two dozen or so churches. Youngest person officially at tending is a 15-year-old girl audi tor; oldest is a 60-year-old male auditor. Auditors attend classes but receive no credit. Men Older Senior men average 23 years, a year older than their coed class mates. Junior and sophomore men both average 21. The third-year women average is 21, but the sophomore coeds are two years behind their male contemporaries. First-year men average 19 years and women 18. A total of 217 students, includ ing 118 graduates and auditors, are married. Sophomore men lead the list of classes with 39 hus bands; there are 11 married wo men sophomores. Altogether, 149 men and 68 women are married. 730 Self-Supporting One-third of the students are not contributing to their self-sup port. Of the male students, 730 claim total support. Coed ranks in clude 193 who are working all of their own way through. A total of 24 per cent state that they are en tirely self-supporting. Presbyterianism leads the de nominational parade with 15 per cent of the student body express ing their preference for it. Meth odists follow with 11 per cent, and Roman Catholics are third with 8 per cent. One Buddhist, one Theosophist, and one member of the Salvation army are listed. Twenty-seven per cent of the stu dents give no religious preference. UO Alumni Trustees To Meet at 10 Today Trustees of the University al umni holding committee meet this morning at 10 o’clock in Dr. Don ald M. Erb's office. Purpose of the corporation they represent is to promote public in terest in the University, and to try to help expand its facilities. Members of the trustee board are J. W. McArthur, Frank L. Chambers, Lynn S. McCready, Karl W. Onthank, and Dr. Erb, all of Eugene; Clarence W. Keene, Silverton; and Hollis Johnson, and Dr. Burt Brown Barker, Portland* Helene Parsons (Continued from page one) Tickets can be purchased from the box office at Johnson hall, the Campus shop, East Thirteenth street; Miller’s department store; Dean Hazel P. Schwering, phone extension 303, 304; Miss Florence Alden, phone extension 262; and members of Bundles For Britain who are sponsoring the premiere, Student Loans Due Students drawing loans at registration for two months are urged l»y tiie business office to repay them immediately. Most of the loans fall due this or next week. No registration material for next term will Is- issued until loans are repaid. Payments will Im> accepted at windows 1 and 2 on the second floor of John son hall. LaGrande Observer Gives Deutschmann Editorial Position Paul Deutschmann, editorial assistant in the division of infor mation attached to the chancellor’s office, will leave for La Grande within a w’eek or ten days to do editorial work on the LaGrande Observer, he announced yesterday. Mr. Deutschmann plans to re main here until he has checked page proofs of the first section of the chancellor's biennial report, which he was instrumental in pre paring. Mr. Deutschmann was editor of the Emerald during the school year .1938-39, guiding the paper to AU j American recognition. He started ! as a freshman reporter and copy desk worker. As a sophomore he took over the post of news-editor and was appointed associate editor his junior year. Before coming to the chancellor’s ofice, he worked as reporter and city editor on the Eugene Register Guard. Library Purchases New Slide Projector A Kodaslide projector was pur chased recently for the library. Forty slides, some of them in color, were made from photographs taken in the library last summer by J. W. Teter, manager of the Univer sity photo bureau. The slides are being used. in some English composition classes by Miss Elizabeth Findly, senior assistant in the reference depart ment, and in th^ three classes in use of the library conducted by Beverly Caverhill, in charge of the reserve book room, and Oliver Field, reserve assistant. 1 Librarian to Read The second reading aloud hour of the year will be Tuesday after noon from 4:15 to 5:15 o’clock in the browsing room of the library. Miss Ethel R. Sawyer, browsing room librarian, who directs the group, welcomes suggestions for the reading. The first meeting of the year was last Tuesday, and another will be held December 10. A1J students interested are welcome to attend. Personnel Division, Library Cooperate To Issue Job Helps A selection of book's, magazines, pamphlets, and free leaflets on vo cational opportunities for college students is exhibited in the cifcu lation department of the library "by the information desk. Copies of bibliographies on oc cupations for Oregon graduates in social work, radio, aviation, and teaching for men are available to those interested. Titles listed have been selected from books and ar ticles in the University library as the most authentic, up-to-date, and helpful. Miss Elizabeth Eindly of the ref erence department compiled the bibliographies, which were issued cooperatively by the library and the personnel division. Some of the books displayed are: “Getting a Job in Aviation," by . Carl Norcross; “Men Must Work,” by Loire Brophy; “My Life in Architecture,” by Ralph Adams Crom; “Breaking Into Ad vertising,” by Walter Hanlon, and “Advertising Careers for Women,” by Blanche Clair and Dorothy Di gram. Librarians Choose 1941 Convention City Victoria, British Columbia, has been selected 1941 conference city for the Pacific Northwest Library association, August 27 to 29, Wil lis Warren, president, declared yesterday. Mr. Warren is periodi cal librarian and executive assist ant in the University of Oregon library. The association covers British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Utah. Bever ley Caverhill, in charge of the re serve department, is chairman of the membership committee, and Oliver T. Field, reserve assistant, is a member cf the necrology com mittee. NYA's Munro Here The state advisory committee of Oregon National Youth Adminis tration work met in Eugene yes terday. Present from Portland for the meeting were Ivan P. Munro, state administrator of NYA, and Robert E. Anderson, the state's director of student work. Dr. Wheeler Speaks Dr. Harry Wheeler, University alumnus of 1930, addressed geol ogy students yesterday afternoon concerning his recent geological work in the Grand Canyon region. Dr. Wheeler is now professor of paleontology at the University of Nevada and is home to visit his family and attend the game this weekend. Fossil material from the Cam brian formation of the Grand Can yon was presented to the geology department by the visiting profes sor, according to Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geology and geography departments. From The Pulpit By MAXINE MILLER Sunday's activities begin at Westminster house with a lecture by Noel Baker on "The Negro Problem” at 9:45 a.m. A student from Alabama, he will attack it from a religious and education standpoint. The social tea will be at 6 p.m. with the forum at 6:30. The speaker will be Arthur Pulos, assistant instructor of arts, whose topic is "An Artist’s Philosophy of Life.” The Student Religious coun cil will meet Monday at 4 p.m. The fireside sing, which is at 9:30, will be spent in practicing Christmas carols. The annual corporate communion for men and boys of the St. Mary’s Episcopal church will be at 8 a.m. Worship service is at 11 o’clock. Canterbury club meets from 5 to 7 p.m. and will include a crafts group headed by Kay Fitzgerald, a discussion group lead by Dan Bacot and John Hartig, and a dramatics group with Lorraine Long and Elizabeth Dick as directors. Study Gospel The Quest group of Wesley foun dation meets at 9:30 a.m. and will start to study! and discuss the Christmas stories and the Four Gospels. Rev. Parker will speak on "My Christ’’ at the morning ser vice in the Methodist church. At 7 p.m. Chester Hicks will bring the second of a series on Christian biographies, this one being on John Wesley. The First Church of Christ, Sci entist, will have as its sermon topic "Ancient and Modern Mecronancy Alias Animal Magnetism and Hyp notism Denounced.’’ Wednesday evening testimonial meetings be gin at 8 p.m. Sermon Announced “The Death Christ Tasted” is the title of the sermon of Simon Fos berg, dean of Multnomah School of The Bible, at the Baptist church Sunday. The University young peo ple’s group meets at 6:30. At the Congregational church Rev. Williston Wirt will preach on the subject “Religion in Everyday Life.” The Lutheran church Bible study begins at 9:45 a.m. with Rev. P. J. Luvaas leading the 11 o’clock wor ship service. Luther league meets at 7:30. Sig Eps Pledge One Sigma Phi Epsilon pledged Rob ert Lowe, Klamath Falls, yesterday, reports Dean of Men Virgil D. Earl. Since pledging rights were reopened November 1 after their closure at the end of freshman week, Lowe was twenty-third to be pledged on the campus. BETTE DAVIS starred in Warner Bros, current hit “THE LETTER" - -1 Every step in the making of Chesterfield | Cigarettes is supervised by skilled in spectors. One is here shown examining a "hand" of tobacco before it goes to the stemmery where every part of the stem is removed. (As seen in the new film ' TOBACCOLAND, U. S. A."J CHESTER* tCLD »jm rAsrE r . 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