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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1941)
Dorm Change Proves Bridge Fien ds 'Boon Hy PHYI.FIS FOSTFR Only four in a room this 1 <-)m at tin* dorm! No morn being the one loft out of a game of bridge or being the all around loin; wolf, a when there were five in a room. With 45 girls being rushed this week and the usual number dropping out of school Dean of Women Hazel Sehwering announced that living conditions in the girls’ dormitories would not be as crowded as they had been last fall. i-s As well as helping her from a social standpoint by showing her she is not an "extra" person or an intruder, a gir! will be put ia a room with only three roommates and ample room for her belong ings. Her whole attitude should change grades will jump up sev eral points (she hopes), she won’t have to start looking for a sweat er for more than hour before she wears it (previously the entire suite of rooms had to be ransacked at least a (Jay in advance), and perhaps she might even learn to hold a bridge hand (.students just don’t learn to bid scientifically at the first few lessons I. With only four in a room there will be a much better chance of agreeing on radio programs, and if worse comes to worse not more than four radios will be on at once. Yes, concentration will be much easier this term. Dr. Hail Douglas, who was for merly professor of secondary edu cation here, is now head of the college of education at the Uni versity of Colorado at llonkK r. FOR YOUR RENDEVOUS Willi SPRING DRESSES 111 HARMONY TONES of ‘CREPE CERELLA’ $6.95 I.ovelv little dresses in pas tels and spring prints. . . . 1 de signed by Aitierieans for Am ericans in the Ameriean man -y ner. Sizes 10 to 20. { v Exclusive in Eugene BfflRD/ osnNcnvc APPAnn and aocti^oriii ”' _ ..iiwm atun r may we present An Open Letter to Buchwaeh All right, so wo do go out and help the poor boys to spend their money. You would too, after a couple of times when you had tim idly ordered a coke, and watched him wolf down a hamburger with rdl the trimmings, while listening to his merry quips about girls with nicely rounded figures who try to reduce. You hear his acid remarks about lipstick an inch thick on your (or his, as the occasion appears) face. Pink" and put on just a little. You So finally you buy some "Pastel feel rather odd anyway when you meet him because most of your sorority sisters have taken special pains to tell you that you look like a . . . you look funny, that way, they mean. So when he asks you a little anxiously and rather more sarcastically if you have a headache or is it the heat and would you like to go home . . . well. . . . You cleverly arrange to get home at exactly 12:15 your first date with him, whisk by the ex amples of young love on the porch, brightly ignore his rnutterings and hideous scowl, and say good night in front of the house mother. Then some time later when you know him better (IF YO ITRVER DO), you listen pityingly to his cutting remarks about some poor bird-brain who let him kiss her the first time he tried. Sometimes you wonder. . . . A Bewildered Female. Piggers' Directory Still on Sale at Co-op New students to the University will have 2t! opportunities to pur chase a student directory, which contains names, home and univer sity addresses, and phone numbers of all students in the University, as well as tabular information about the faculty. The “piggers' guides” are on sale at the Univer sity co-op for 25 cents. Owen Williams, Negro cook at a women's dormitory of North Texas State teachers’ college, speaks French and commits Shake speare to memory. -i Women’s Page Sweaters like this are the reasons w in Rl’SSF.l. I ,’S leads the "women's paste" in the notebooks of so main leading coeds on thi't )rej>on campus. The Norseman is one of the smartest, richest sweaters in the Jantzvn sports line. Made in the new Scandinav ian stitch and it features a real Norwegian snow flake dcsis.pi that is colorful and fashionable . . . FINELY TAILORED fOR PERFECT FIT‘ Mittens, $ 1.00 . . . Bonnett ,$1.95... Swirl Socks, $ 1.00 Military Pomp A waits Little Colonel's Rule By LOIS UT LSKR February 22 another Oregon coed will bo escorted with pomp and pageantry to her throne of honor with tier four attendants, presented the eagles symbolic of her rank and the title of Little Colonel of the Oregon chapter of Scabbard and Blade, military honorary. The Little Colonel is chosen by votes indicated on dance tickets from a list made up of candidates from each women’s Organization. She will be attended by two majorettes who will be presented with gold leaves. The other two runners-up will receive captain bars. New members of Scabbard and Blade will be chosen before the finale, the grand march. F.hlers Promises .Much Arrangements for the affair are being worked out on a large scale and Fred Elders, chairman, prom ises it will surpass all other mili tary balls and rival the Junior Weekend crowning for beauty. A large canopy will be used again and elaborate decorations are be ing contracted. A special orches tra is scheduled and refreshments will be served during intermis sion. Spectator seats will be sold this year for the first time. Other tickets include special ones for students and tickets for towns people. Alumni and founders of the Ore gon chapter of Scabbard and Blade have been invited. Guests will include Governor Charles A. Sprague, former Governor Charles H. Martin, and Captains E. W. To Dress Up For Dinner - - Yea Or Nay? “It's so silly ” “But everyone does—” “Maybe they don’t want to either—’’ Still with us is the ancient but powerful problem “Should we wear short silks for sorority rush dinners?” We’ve been trying to cope with this absorbing question for years, getting farther and far ther fi'om a solution as we hear more and more angles. The other day, eavesdropping about, we heard some remarks like this. “I like to dress for dinner—put on a good looking dress, some new make-up, and so on. Girls look better when they’re dressed up anyway.” “But how can you come home from a basketball game or some thing and have a shower and ev erything and still get to dinner on time?” “The rushees probably like to feel that they look their best—we ought to let them show off a lit tle.” “But the rushees have even less time than we have, because they have to come over here!" "Do you think it's nice to have an informal atmosphere the gills might feel more at home?" "After all, this isn't fall term— we have classes and things ” Well, who can tell ? But we do seem to be quoting a few more arguments on the “con" side. What do you think? By Joey Chrystall. SPECIAL DRY-SKIN MIXTURE Save $1.25 a jar on famous Special Dry-Skin Mixture! Rich lubrication for flaky, dry skin. Induces skin to feel pliant, look smooth. Get several jars now/ RIO $1 25 SIZE $ TIFFANY-DAVIS 797 VVillmt. Phone 814 Reed and H. W. Hall. Each house should select its can didate soon for Little Colonel. Any undergraduate is eligible to par ticipate in the contest, Ehlers said. Votes will be counted during in termission by members of the mil itary staff, PMS&T. Winter Hops Last night the Nickel Hop of ficially opened winter term society. Famous as one of Oregon’s innu merable bunion derbies its popu larity is evident. Short silks and dressy wools were worn and will be in fashion Saturday night when the traditionally formal WAA Win ter Wonderland strikes a half-way compromise with the Washington State-Oregon basketball game. In stead of wearing sports clothes to the game and formals to the dance, short silks is the final world. Tweed Suits, Cologne Give Coeds 'Oomph' I.if tit colored tweeds, a fresh dash of cologne, a spray of “Oomph" and we have the Ore gon coed. Following the suit vogue is Virginia Bryant in her tweed suit, well-cut and London look ing; blends in with her auburn hair like an autumn leaf. Anne Carr wears a creamy tweed, mannish-cut suit: simple as rain and elegant as an English lady. In the suit mode too is Shirley Sullavan in her warm brown tweed. These new man-tailored suits are brisks as walks in the fog, and it's funny; they aren’t too severe, they give a certain straight charm to a coed’s walk that is appealing. Jewelry is getting corny. Sev eral necklaces made of corn have been spotted around school —of course it’s polished corn, not just raw out of Iowa. Madge Curtis and Jeanette Teegarden wear some brown nut jewelry that rattles when they walk just like the South Sea Look Lovelier ) for the I First Dance of Winter Term Have your hair and nails done by our ex perienced staff. We arc located on the campus for your convenience. Kramer s Beauty Shop ON THE CAMPUS FEATURING MYTH by Vm l^ciaife Xo matter how harrowing the situation. Myth always makes a good showing! It's such a beautifully sheer quality—au all silk d-thread whieh comes in girdle lengths so that you can he fitted with skin-like smoothness. Myth also has the ex clusive, better - fitting Flextoe* which adds to its long-lasting quality. •‘Becaitse you love nice things " Join our Hosiery Club—13th Pair Free * Keg. I’.s. Pat. Off. DateBait • The best clatp bait this week is the WAA informal and the best idea for a temporary escape from the fellows from happy bell week. Shows and the Park of course will fill in the weekend despite the two maple frays. Islands. They’re thinking of go ing over to join writers Nordoff and Hall in Tahaiti soon. This place is too civilized for them. By Adele Say. tr— .Toan Doyle and .Teanne Schoon over are members of Prof, Cora H. ITennel’s ulgebra class at Indiana university. In 1913 their mothers were algebra classmates under 1 • same instructor. The Oregon chapter of Ti Beta Phi was awarded the scholarship plaqV of the Lambda district for their last year's scholastic stand ing, according to Barbara Pierce, president. The local chapter competed against sororities in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Al berta, Canada. II Coeds Who Lead Busy Lives Slim and Trim . . . are the enchanting1 new spring arrivals to brighten up your ward robe for both sport and dress occasions. 7.95 .... 12.75 EUGENE’S FAS If TON CENTER The Deb Decides By MARY KAY RIOKDVN Hits for 41 For a spring suit in the latest shade—nude—see Bearer. You'll be dazzled! It has the long and more loosely fitted jacket with the new label influence. The edge has saddle stitching and three pockets. The skirt is tailored with pleats. A wooden image of Sea Biscuit is on the lapel. * * * Golli-Wogg Le Golli-Wogg perfume — a true Figi islander with fuzzy black hair, red lips and all, pops out of a black box. The inside, all crimson lined is a fitting setting for this bottle with a decidedly different and exotic perfume. Perfect for an initiation gift. At Tiffany-Davis for 1-4.50. ’4 I Fortune 1941 tune good for A t t h e ^Broadway is a world of lovely new Doris Dodson dresses in a price range irom 3.95 to 12.95. Each has a different name and they are in soft expen sive materials in pastel shades. “Faithful Forever” is a light green dress with a fitted gored skirt. It is trimmed with natural leather buttons and a leather belt with two furry Scotties on the sides. * * * Hi Ho Of course you ^ can't be two plac es at once—skiing in the mountains and going to classes. But you'll be spending time doing both this term so you'd better hurry right down to Russell’s and get one of the Jant zen sport sweaters. A large group in the new Scandinavian stitch for your approval. Designs called Snowfall, Christiania, Swiss-miss, and Norseman. Sleek Queeny Air To give your dresses and skirts a smoother apearance wear a well-fitted slip. Gordon’s feature the Suzette Snip-It slip and petti coat. They have adjustable hems and fitted waistlines. Come in 12 shades including black with white tops for sheer blouses. Price—$2.00. For a New “Sister” WKh fall term grades in, thoughts turn to initiation and gifts for the new “sisters!” Mil ler’s have a selection of station ary in lovely gift boxes made of exquisitely hand inlaid wood. They are of early American de sign and make lovely gifts. Come in several styles—different box sizes and shapes, and bookends . . . $1.00. $ * * New News c For the coed to whom a sweater must be more than A s merely anotner one added to her collection . . . for the coed who recognizes, and rightly, that the right sweater is a Peggy Parker, beyond question. The new' style is a jacket style with a knitted w'aist band, but the actual sweat er is the long hip length. Colors beige, yellow', blue, red, white, and navy. Price—5.95 at Kauf man Bros. * * * Season to Taste With nice weather coming and going it's ideal to have a rather spring-like outfit to wear on sun ny days. J. C. Penney’s new stock of jackets in light pastel shades with light skirts to match are on display now. Lots of beige and light blue are<especially fea tured. Jackets — 3.98 to 6.98. Skirts—1.98 to 2.98. Something Special Dates . . . dances . . . shows . . . for every occasion this term you will want to have lots of fun during a gay Winter season. At Mont gomery Ward’s is a grand group of date dresses that will make you look magnificent for wonderful times. Various styles in new pastel shades ... 14.98.