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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1941)
Not All Broken Bones "Occur on Playing Field Furniture smashing is fun! The Health Service reports that it has received more serious injuries resulting from “horseplay” than from intramural, varsity, and physical education activities altogether. For gory detail, there were: a jaw, broken in two places, a com pound fracture of the nose, two fractured ankles, one coupled with a dislocation, and a serious con cussion. Dr. F. N. Miller, head of the health service, while acknowledg ing that a certain amount of “rough-housing” seemed to go with college life, said, “In indus trial plants, army camps, and places where a large group of men and lovnig and working to gether and where accidents cost a great deal in lost time, precau tions are taken to prevent in juries from impromtu rough-and tumbling.” Not a Gym He explained that athletic ac tivities arc organized and held in proper settings. “In a gymnasium there aren’t pieces of furniture to fall on. “Some of the cases we have had this year have caused a great ; loss of time from school, and also titled expense.” Foot baths, throat swabbings, ear blowings, dinner trays, and all the customary activities con tinue at the Panacea Place. Benches in the downstairs dis pensary hold full waiting lines, and wards in the upstairs infirm ary are busy. Holding down the fort in hos pital wards Monday were: Mary Robertson, Bernice Granquist, Marian Lockman, Robert Moore, Peggy Doxsee, Helen Crites, Eleanor B. Siewert, Shirley Bur berick, Jim Ricksecker, Allen Foster, Stanley Hager, Richard Rule, William Wilson, John Wil 'MJtms, Le Roy Weinstein, and David Cosey. Axis Morale (Continued from page tioo) ed, humiliated, in terrible econom j ic straits, yet her morale pre sumably has not cracked—what ever that phrase means anyway. Cry of “Wolf” It gets to be a standing joke; every week or so some authority states gravely that Germany, or Italy, or Japan, can’t possibly I stand it much longer. The proba (bility is that the Germans espe cially will continue to stand hardship and want of all kinds, barring mass starvation, just so long as her armies keep on win ning. However, we heard a cer tain professor whose opinion we respect declare that if the pinch really did come, the German peo ple would be among the first to go to pieces, just as they did in 1918. It seems certain, neverthe less, that the only dependable morale-cracker for the Axis is going to be victory by the democ racies. Gown Group Members Schedule Open House 1 Mrs. Timothy Cloran held open house Monday at her home on 631 East Fifteenth street for members of the YWCA interest ed in the Town and Gown group. A large collection of early American glass was on display. Other Eugene homes will be opened to the students in the fol lowing weeks. The town and gown group is headed by Margaret De Cou. Educators to Meet Pi Lambda Theta, national hon orary for women in education, will meet to elect new members Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the YWCA house. Topic of the pro gram will be “Professional Prob lems of Women.” Luria Leighton, secretary of the school of educa tion, will be hostess. Franklin Post Wins Hall Cup The Franklin high school (Portland) Post was judged to be the best prep school newspaper in the state at the 17th annual high school press conference held in Eugene Friday and Saturday and was awarded the Arnold Ben Sibelius’ Fourth Symphony will Other awards to student high school publications were: the Ellsworth cup, notes in local pa per, Forest Grove high school; Eric W. Allen cup, mimeographed paper (weekly and bi-weekly), Carlton Union high school Hi Life; Association cup, mimeo graphed paper (monthly), Yam hill high school Ink Drops; Regis ter cup awarded to high schools with attendance under 500, Pendleton high school Lantern, and the Guard cup awarded to the high school publication with attendance of more than 500, Lin coln high (Portland) Cardinal. Leighton to Address Portland's Defenders Dr. Ralph Leighton, dean and director of the school of physical education, will leave for Portland, October 30, to speak at a special meeting called to discuss prob lems of recreation in defense. The group, The Rcreation In stitute for Defense, is composed of persons working on defense recreation in different areas of the state. It is sponsored by the state joint committee for health and physical fitness and WPA recreation program of the state department of education. Dr. Leighton will speak on “Organization and Administra tion of Recreation.” Sophs Start Card Drive To Raise Membership Sophomores who did not pur chase their class cards during registration will be contacted this week by the class service hon oraries, Kwama and Skull and Dagger, announced Len Barde, chairman of the drive, Monday. Holders of class cards will get a 25-cent reduction on tickets to the Sophomore Whiskerino No vember 1. The drive will con tinue throughout the week. Civil Service Job Open to Students Announcement of a civil ser vice examination for a junior pro fessional assistant has reached the office of Miss Janet Smith, employment secretary. Deadline las been set for November 3. The position touches upon bus iness administration and econ omy. No experienc is required. Further details are available at ;he employment office. Frosh 'Y' Dance Set Combined forces of both the ifMCA and the YWCA frosh com missions are presenting a mat nee dance today in the YMCA rouse from 4 to 5:30 p.m. No admission price will be charged and refreshments will be featured. All freshmen have been nvited. Oregon^ Emerald Tuesday Advertising Staff: Jeanne Routt, clay manager Harriet Noyse Harriet Seipel Russell Smelser Office Secretaries: Betty Lee Stuart Yvonne Umphlettc Betty Ann Stevens Penny Mullen Jean Marshall Marilynn Beard Carolyn McKinley Night Staff: Bob Edwards, night editor Betty Schmidt Charline Pelly Barry Boldeman Norma Trworrow Patricia Elliott Evelyn Nokleby Laura Jane Rhoads Pat Cottrell Joyce Martin Carol Pageler Jim Watson Copy Desk Staff: Herb Penny, city editor Margie Robinson Maureen Conklin Charles Politz Marjorie de Pourtales Cider, Doughnuts Form Lab Props The unmistakable aroma of hot spiced cider drifted through the halls of the education building Monday afternoon. An open door disclosed a table piled high with big doughnuts and in the middle sat a steaming kettle filled with —yes, hot spiced cider! Sitting around the table, their eyes nev er wavering from that tempting array, were the principals and teachers of the Eugene schools. But the occasion was not a party. It was the weekly meeting of the curriculum laboratory, con ducted by Dr. Hugh B. Wood, professor of education. Montgomery to Talk At Teachers Meeting Kirt E. Montgomery, instruc tor in speech, will speak at a luncheon for the primary section of the Lane county teachers’ meeting, Thursday, October 30. His topic will be “Facts and Fan cy.” John Casteel, assistant profes sor of speech, will address the entire group at a banquet Thurs day evening. The topic for Mr. Casteel’s talk has not been se lected. Speech Clinic to Help Students With Defects Persons interested in the speech clinic should contact Jack Bangs, instructor in speech at 10 o’clock, Tuesday or Thursday. The speech clinic has been or ganized primarily for those with a speech defect. Help Will be given anyone interested in im proving his speech. Twenty-five students were added last year. Staples Presides Dr. Lloyd W. Staples, assistant professor of geology, presided at the banquet of the Oregon sec tion of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in Portland Monday evening. The banquet honored by the national president of the institute, who is visiting the western chapters. Dr. Staples is chairman of the Oregon section. Professor at Home Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery, as sistant professor of education, has returned to Eugene to con tinue convalescence at home fol lowing a recent operation in Portland. Aviation Board Begins Exams The northern traveling aviation cadet examining board began its three-day examination Monday of students wishing to qualify for training in the U.S. army air corps. The board will be in ses sion today and Wednesday down stairs in McArthur court from 8:30 am. to 4 p.m. List Coming To date the results of the ex amination are not available but a complete list of qualified stu dents will be released on comple tion of the examinations, Lieut. M. A. Bywater, public relations officer for the board, announced. Principal requirements for ac ceptance as an aviation cadet are: applicants must be from 20 to 26 years of age, unmarried, with excellent health and char acter, and must have at least two years of college by January 1942, or pass a written examination covering academic subjects. Navigation In the field of aerial naviga tion the applicant can be accepted if his eyes test 20-40 and can be corrected to 20-20 by glasses. A minimum of college algebra and trigonometry are required as basic mathematics training. Students wishing to take the examinations are requested to do so immediately so that required documents and credits may be met. r y£*tafir fju&cj&ment By DON DILL With the introduction of the “Brownie" to the photographic world snapshooters have increased steadily so that today a camera of some sort is included in the student's list of “musts" for school along with dirty saddle shoes and tennis racquet. Believing that this statement is more or less correct, this col umn will be devoted to shutter bugs, their antics-and-stuff. Be ginning with the pictures so nicely enlarged and mounted over in the photo shop of the Co-op— betcha didn’t know that they were taken by students—possi bly the one next to you. Pictures are funny that way; give them an enlargement and a frame and they look professional. Gordon Read did the football montage on a double exposure he didn’t know about, but there was no accident in pix of the spaniel which is also exhibited. Just shows to go you what can hap pen when you click the shutter. Try it sometime, overexpose, the background scene then make an other exposure on the same nega tive but this time slightly under exposed. The results will proba bly amaze you. Me too. The other bit of photographic art was done by Noreen Wett stein and was taken from Susan Campbell hall which gives the Libe a new and interesting angle. By the way, any shutter click ers who like to see their work “hung” will be happy to know that the Co-op is going to select a print from the pictures pro cessed by them each week and will enlarge, mount, and display it at their photo section for a week. After that the enlarged print will be given the deserving photographer. The pix are to show some phase of campus life— you know, rallies, exchange des serts, and the like or campus scenes, such as the old Pioneer, the buildings, or still life in the cemetery. yiMk\AIJ> WASN’T SHE GOOD7 Robt. Young, Ann Southern Eleanor Powell in 'Lady Be Good" — also — Arthur Kenedy in 'Knockout' HE I LI G SEE THIS ONE ORSON WELLS in • 'CITIZEN KANE' TWO REAL SHOWE 'That Uncertain Feeling' with Melvyn Douglas) — also — Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold in 'The Penalty' fin flVFIOUJE EUVINTH AT AlOtR ; il MOVED OVER! IRENE DUNN and ROBERT MONTGOMERY in 'UNFINISHED BUSINESS' CLASSIFIED ADS READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. 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