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Dollars for Days
.. ’6 lov iegistrution figure was no surprise to
most of the campus. Predictions that a great many stu
, ..rticularly those from out of state, would wait until
Monday to register were made as long ago as the middle of
.all term. Those predictions certainly proved true as only 24119
en s passed through the mill on opening day—the lowest
ior winter term in several years.
What was more revealing was the very small percentage
..1 out-of-state students who registered. With but one day to
get back to the campus after New Years these students appar
ently decided to pay the late fee and enjoy a few more days
at home.
It is hard to blame the late registrants. Some of them would
have had to leave home on New Years day, some as early as
New Year’s eve. The late registration fee of two or three
dollars probably seemed cheap for a couple of days at home
under such conditions.
* * *
JT cannot be denied, however, that the large number of late
•• registrants will cause considerable congestion at the busi
ness office and will prolong the actual work of registration
far into next week. The purpose has always been to get as
many as possible through the “mill” on the regular day set
aside for registration.
With advisers, fee checkers, housing, departments, etc. all
centered in the Igloo t lie system of registration is made much
more efficient both for the students and for the officials.
Students registering late must seek the various officials in
their campus offices.
No great catastrophe will be cause by the flood pi late
registrants, but a great deal of work could have been elim
inated by a larger “opening day” crowd. If registration had
been Saturday, with classes beginning Monday, the figure for
first-day registrants undoubtedly would have been larger.
When next year’s schedule is planned it would be well to
allow a few more days between New Years and registra
tion day.
i
so be it..
by bill fendall
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT in the
library was really taken out
and trampled on one afternoon
about 4 o'clock shortly before
vacation. . . .
in the browsing room the
lights were at about the right
reading shade . . . students
quietly slipped in and out the
double doors ... at the east
end of the room sat a group of
elderly ladies and some coeds
near an evergreen decorated In
all its XMAS glory. . . .
then to disturb this scene a
student walked in and begun
talking In tones above a whis
per to some friends . . . imme
diately, HEAD BROWSER
ETIIEL SAWYER grasped the
book from which she was read
ing to the group In a hand
knotted by momentary stress
and strain brought on by the
sllghtly-loud tones of the new
comer . . . all this while stu
dents in the room attempted to
shift ears out of the vocal draft
of the reading SAWYER. . . .
after a moment of silence the
thoroughly temper - drenched
SAWYER separated the dis
tance between herself and the
newcomer in about two steps
and launched herself on an ora
tion that included the probable
brain capacity of the newcom
er, his doubtful purpose in even
existing and finished off with
an insulting command to leave
the room . . . even after the
newcomer had managed to slip
In two apologies for thought
lessly talking so loud . . . the
newcomer fled in the wake of
further statements which or
dinarily anyone would require
proof of . . . which the newcom
er didn't hear. . . .
striding hack to her place in
front of the embarrassed group
of listeners meanwhile adjust
ing her shoulders in a shrug of
“1 told him, yes sir,” the now
heavily - breathing ETHEI,
traced a finger down to the
line of interruption und assert
ed over the top of the book—
"NOW WE’LL GET BACK IN
TO THE CHRISTMAS SLUt
IT”. . . .
it is doubtful, oh head of the
browsing room, if anybody that
left the CHRISTMAS spirit
w;tb tije gusto e*4juuleti ly
you tbut afternoon could
turn . . . the width of your
statements that afternoon re
vealed the breadth of your
spirit, yes, your CHRISTMAS
spirit . . . anyway the colm
wishes you a HAPPY NEW
YEAR in spite of yourself . . . .
with apologies:
—break, break break
oh my bankroll, dear E.P.
and I would that my tongue
could utter
the thoughts that arise in me
oh well for the high school boy
who imitates us and ours
oh well for the GREEK set
who play among frat towers
registering still goes on
in the IGLOO on the hill
but oh for the tick of a van
ished watch
and the touch of a greenback
bill
break, break, break
'till you’ve got all E. P.
for the spending grace of a roll
that is gone
will never come back to me. . . .
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campus quips . . . only 356 days
until CHRISTMAS ... a note
to frat men cleaning up around
the house after vacation—don't
step on any broken glass . . . but
all kidding aside, frat men will
have some good looking labels
to paste on their lamp shades
now that CHRISTMAS vacation
is over ... a little volume com
pleted just before vacation has
been entitled "VIRGINIA MI
CHAELS SEES THE LIGHT"
or “STAN HANSEN PLANTS
THETA CHI TIN" . . . riding
in on the airwaves via MU
TUAL on NEW YEAR'S day
came SPORTS ANNOUNCER
ERNIE SMITH'S translation of
SAN FRANCISCO — typical
the EAST-WEST game from
play by play translation was
“there goes HARMON on a TO
BACCO ROAD run — a long
one" also “there goes KISSEL
BURGH through that line like
a bullet through an EASTER
bonnet" . . . dear folks: I didn't
pass, but I was right at the top
of those who failed ... so be
it. . . .
An account of studies by Dr. H.
R. Crosland, associate professor of
psychology, was run in the Asso
ciated Press feature service re
cently. The studies concerned the
comparative reading capacities of
right-eyed and left-eyed persons.
Journalism and photoplay class
es heard talks by Ralph Vincent.
Oregon Journal photofv^fhei',
wright
or
wrong
With TOMMY WRIGHT
The old boy with 366 days’
growth of whiskers is dead!
■'But let the dead past bury its
dead.”
It seems greetings are in or
der, and so we thought that
with, hangover heads back
again to the size of your hat,
and the bicarbonates back on
the shelf with the pink pachy
derms, now was the best time
to say:
'Happy New Year’
None of ye editors '41 reso
lutions erased- our efforts so
we are back building this mud
dy pillar of disordered intellect.
And we’re glad to get the
chance to write the things we
hear but dare not speak.
CAMPUS WHISPERS . . .
Eugene (Fibber) McGee,
prexy of the Theta Chi house
of Beau Brummels, gets our
recognition as 1941 pin planter
number one, and the girl is
Patty Wright, Alpha Chi bru
nette . . . Forty miles isn’t too
much distance for Betty Ann
Lemon’s romance with Oregon
Stater Jack Hanneman . . .
flash—at last the gates that
the Papas donated are open—
unflash . . . SOMEONE said,
this is no country club.” It
might be added that the Oregon
sorority Is no convent. . . Lou
Torgeson falls heirt to a frosh
telephone gag during exam
week and takes his share of
the estate in front of the li
brary waiting for the girl, who
didn't know, to show up. . . .
OVERHEARD . . .
“Please, now, honey, just once
more.”
“No.”
“Why not? Do you hold off
just to be obstinate?”
“No.”
“It means so much to me,
darling. Please now, just one
more and then I'll—”
“No.”
"Most girls would be flat
tered to death to have me urg
ing them like this.”
“Still no cooperation.
"Sweetheart, pul-lez!”
"N-No.”
Double "N” shows signs of
weakening.
"Come on, now, be a sport,
dear. Just close your eyes
and—”
So she did.
He smiled, for at least he had
succeeded in getting his small
daughter to eat the last spoon
ful of cereal.
THIS WEEK . . .
Back to the classes they love
so well, go Oregon’s GPA un
conscious ducks. House prexys
are searching for a new kind of
apple polish to hand out to the
upwards of 50 per cent who
hit the probation rolls. Yours
truly's grades, too, looked
about as uncertain as a jitter
bug eating Jello.
3-MINETE POME . . .
This column, I dedicate
To you who never laugh,
I do not mean to educate,
So don't read more than half.
DON’T MISS THESE !
“Hudson Bay”
with Paul Muni
and Jean Tierney
— plus —
“Christmas in July”
with Dick Powell
and Ellen Drew
TWO BIG FEATURES!
“Oklahoma
Renegades”
with the Three Musketeers
— plus —
“Ellery Queen
Master Detective”
with Ralph Bellamy
and Margaret Lindsay
He's Back Again!
WALLACE BEERY in
“Wyoming”
— plus —
“Up in the Air”
with Frankie Dai row
International Side Show
By KI DO ELY CUMMINGS
Well, here it is the first edi
tion of a new term and there
has been a lapse of three weeks
or so since this column last ap
peared and I suppose I ought
to make some sort of comment
on what has happened during
the interim, before launching
into what is new Thursday
night.
The United Press teletype is
banging away at my elbow and
since I have read it every night
anyway it is simple enough to
give a digest of what’s on the
wire. Giving the facts, or what
foreign correspondents think
are the facts, is simple enough.
It is v/hen one gets in the realm
of interpretation that one
treads on controversial and
shaky ground.
An Easier Method
To make a digest of events
since exam week would be
merely a methodical job of re
search that would use up more
space than is available. To tell
what I think it adds up to is
easier, but it is merely one
man’s opinion and does not nec
essarily reflect the views of the
Emerald editorial board, or any
one else.
As I see it, we are consider
ably nearer to involvement in
the European war today than
we were a few weeks back. In
fact, there are some who main
tain we are already in it in all
but name.
The course that started with
the repeal of the neutrality act
in order that war materials
could be sold on the cash and
carry plan to those who could
come and get them and pay for
them (meaning England) has
been amplified to "all aid short
of war to Britain”; and that
"short of war" slogan has tak
en us to "non-belligerent” par
ticipation that is dangerously
close to actual war.
President Roosevelt has been
the motivating force, the prime
mover, although there is no
doubt that he has had consider
able popular support.
Has Doubtful Odor
Some of the support has a
doubtful odor, however. Doro
thy Thompson, who during the
last year has written so much
tripe that one can’t help won
dering if she hasn't got a cou
ple of morons ghosting for her,
f
has an article in this week’s
Look magazine which hails the
President as the great white
father, the hope of Europe and
the world.
One thing ,1 feel sure of,
along with Senator Clark of
Missouri — if Roosevelt had
made his Sunday night fireside
chat the night before election,
Willkie would be president
now.
Not that that would have
made things so much better, be
cause although Roosevelt seems
to be getting a Messiah com
plex he has a certain finesse
which Willkie lacks. Roosevelt
is moving slowly, surely, but
politely and along accepted
diplomatic lines, toward war
with Germany.
Might Have Exploded
Willkie, I have a hunch,
might have exploded.
Jack Buker, who is back in
journalism school this term af
ter spending half a year seek
ing fame and fortune in Califor
nia, tells an interesting story
on Willkie.
Jack was in Frisco (San
Francisco, you’ll insist if you
happen to be from the "city”)
when the Republican candidate
made his speech on foreign
trade. Jack is still carrying
around a Chinese press card he
used when he worked in Shang
hai, and on the strength of it
he managed to crash the press
section and was seated next to
Roy Howard, who runs the
Scripps-Howard chain of news
papers and is one of the top
men in the profession.
Copies of Mr. Willkie’s speech
were passed out and Mr. How
ard, 'resplendent in a loud
checked suit and a fancy shirt,
got one. Jack stuck out his
hand and was given one also.
Got Warmed Up
Well, Willkie started speak
ing, Jack says, and pretty soon
he got warmed up. It wasn’t
long before he was translating
the speech, rephrasing it into
simple, forceful language that
had all the typewriters in the
press box clicking furiously as
the reporters tried to get down
Willkie’s punch phrases.
Now that particular speech
was for home consumption and
it didn’t do any harm to make
it strong—but just imagine
The
BAND
BOX
By BIIX MOXLEY
Daffodils and Orchids
Daffodils and orchids to the
seniors for signing Bob Crosby
for the Senior Ball. The fam
ous Dixieland crew can cer
tainly be classed in the first
ten top-flight bands of the coun
try. And what a line-up of mu
sicians. Names like Jess Stacy
and Muggsy Spanier are famil
iar to every follower of swing
music.
The roll call of stars in Cros
by’s band is a long and illus
trious one. Mr. C’s appearance
at the Igloo should draw a
crowd resembling the motley
hordes that flocked to the old
maple floorboards last May—
when Benny Goodman lifted his
clarinet to the rafters and drove
the most conservative into a
frenzy. . . .
Frenesl Clicks
Temperamental Artie Shaw
is back again which seems to
show that talent no matter how
eccentric need never go beg
ging. Shaw’s “Frenesi” after
being released nearly a year
ago has finally caught the pub
lic’s fancy with a vengeance.
It’s a beautiful tune though
and well deserves popularity.
Artie has just finished another
first rate recording job on the
famous ‘’Stardust.’’ A nice
clean trumpet starts out on the
melody all by itself and then
the rest of the band casually
Willkie putting Roosevelt's
speech about making the U.S.
the “arsenal of democracy”
into the vernacular and it’s
hard to say what would be the
result.
Well, the space is gone and
I’ve given you more opinion
Chan news tonight, but there’s
always tomorrow. Meanwhile,
if you want some stimulating
reading, don’t overlook the edi
torial in this week’s Saturday
Evening Post. It points out that
to defeat Germany an Ameri
can expeditionary force will
have to be landed in Europe.
drifts in with Artie taking his
usual few bars later on.
Goodwin Not Through
Benny Goodman isn’t through
with swing as idle rumor would
have it or according to his re
cent broadcast on “We the
People.” Benny supposedly read
the script wrong on this broad
cast and so gave the impression
that he intended to spend all his
time on classical music.
And speaking of Benny s abil
ity as a clarinet player, every
New York music critic gave him
excellent reviews after his re
cent concert with the New York
Philharmonic. Benny played Mo
zart’s “A-Major Clarinet Con
certo” and Debussy’s “Rhap
sody.” The only fault critics
could find was the fact that
Benny's interpretations were
perhaps a bit too refined and
conservative! Goodman has,
however, established himself as
one of the best two or three
clarinetists in the world.
Willamette Park is giving a
special dance tonight with Eddie
Gipson’s band featured. It’s a
Start the
New Term Right
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You Bet!
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You to Have
A Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year but can help you
HAVE a Happy New Year! That’s
what we do when we suggest Sally
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every meal. Sally Ann brings health,
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bakery goods, delicious pastries, and
— Birthday and Wedding Cakes —
other delightful treats.
Sally Ann’s Bakery
691 High St. Phone 238
Your Campus Book Store
Is Ready to Serve You
Prepare for the
New Term
Keep that New Year’s resolution—
make your 4-point this winter term. For
high grades in school we have a complete
assortment of high grade pens, pencils,
paper, textbooks and all other school
supply items so necessary for efficient
class work.
Come in today to see our new store and
get off on the right foot for this new term
in ’41. We promise you prompt and
friendly service with better merchandise
at lower prices. A new year, a new term
and a new store to serve you.
On Monday, January 6, a com
plete Men’s F urnishings—Shoe
and Sporting Goods Depart
ment will he open on our
JACK SCHIMBERG,
Proprietor.
balcony.
A
New Year’s
Invitation
to You
stb^gS^S
P^ces
Prompt, efficient ser
vices at ALL times.
A New Store
Featuring:
USED TEXTBOOKS
If we don’t have the book you want, wc
can get it for you in three days.
PAPER — SUPPLIES —
COVERS and RING BINDERS
At prices you rvill enjoy.
Complete Assortment
NEW EVERSHARP
Pens and Pencils
Eversharp’s new, streamlined Pens and
Repeating Pencils have all America talk
ing . . . about their stunning beauty . . .
amazing performance . . . and price!
GREETING CARDS
A fine display of both fancy and -comic
cards.
Silk and Nylon
HOSIERY MENDING
LUELLA INGRAM, operator
Formerly at Miller's
v~ CAMPUS BOOK STORE
ON THE CORNER NEXT TO THE SIDE