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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1942)
Leads Scoring Field By JOHNNY KAHANANUI ^Oregon roared into its 1942 Northern division basketball cam paign full of sound and fury, but Washington State obstinately re fused to be ruffled. Oregon ap peared disastrously raw in spots and experienced niggardly suc cess in drawing a bead on the basket, but Washington State simply wasn’t to be cajoled into sympathy. So the Cougars romped on to nimbly out-man euver and out-shoot the Web foots, 61 to 45, as the opening burst of Northern division ac tivity swept over the maples of Oregon’s Igloo last night, j/ack Friel’s invading Cougars reflected shades of the outfit which eventually stumbled before Wisconsin in the finals of the National Intercollegiate basket ball championship, last year, and which took Oregon four straight en route. Oregon’s darting guard and captain, George “Porky” An drews, salvaged a bit of salve with which the W'ebfoots can assuage their wounds ... he led the scoring with 17 points. One squeaky point behind, however, was Washington State’s gangly r center, Gail Bishop. Arrears of the two leaders were a brace of disgustingly good Cou (Please turn to payc jour) LOPPED FIR Oregon tali fir, Archie Marshik, was one of the “tall firs” who were bested Friday night in a match with the Washington State Cougars. The northern team romped over the Webfoots, 61 to 45, but Oregon’s “Porky” An drews salved some glory by tak ing top scoring honors with 17 points. —Courtesy Eugene News Snap-Time Over No individual Oregana pic ' tures will be taken after today by Kennell-Ellis studios, Wil bur Bishop, editor of the an nual, declared last night. Sen iors, club, and house members were warned to have their pic tures taken today at the stu dios. Appointments are not nec essary, Bishop said. ’Mice’ Drama Lifts Curtain OnWinterBill (See picture page 8) John Steinbeck’s "Of Mice and Men," a powerful drama of itin erant farm workers in Califor nia, will be produced by the Uni versity drama division Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday, January 16, 17, ana zO in Johnson hall. Jerry Lakefish and Bob Sted man will play the roles of George and Lennie in the University the ater production directed by Hor ace W. Robinson. Lakefish plays his first lead role locally. Patrons remember him as Mr. Throstle in last season’s "Berkeley Square,” and also as Grunio in “Taming of the Shrew” and Martellau in "To varich.” Several years ago Stedrnan was very prominent in the Ash land Shakespearean festival. He (Please turn to page eight) ’A’ Drill Men Sponsor Hop Oregon’s Webfoots will swing, out tonight to Art Holman’s or chestra in Gerlinger at the first all-campus dance of the term, sponsored by Company “A," ROTC honor drill group. Seniors and juniors in advanced military courses will wear their uniforms. Others will dress in formally, women in short silks. Admission price is 65 cents. Proceeds from the dance will be used to purchase white puttees and other additions to the uni forms of the voluntary military organization. Members oi the company are handling ticket sales. OregonPressmenBegin SecondConferenceDay INSIDE ON THE OUTSIDE 'Wm my'* j, '■'.w - : X<WaswX«-!<»W i.v ; urawmg oy jonnnie naiiainiaiiui While students stepped precariously under hanging branches and lights went out over the campus here is what was actually happening in the skies over their heads and the ground under their feet. It seems that bad news in the form of a low pressure area hit the campus which was already suffering from a high pressure affliction. Symposium Talks Start Final Day Oregon journalists ‘will begirt the second day of their Oregon Press conference in general ses sion at 9:30 a.m. today in room 305, journalism. Morning Session A symposium on subscription prices and other circulation prob lems led by David H. Smith, • secretary of the Pacific Noitb west Circulation Managers, will be given by: T. B. Purcell. Gresh am Outlook; VV, Verne McKinney, Hillsboro Argus; and Arne Strommer, Eugene Register - Guard. Advertising “Advertising: What to Expect in National Advertising and Hut/ to Handle It” will be discussed by Ford Sammis of Los Angeles, director of public relations for the Pacific coast petroleum indiuv try, who will represent the Pa cific Advertising association. J. L. Ritchie of the priorities division, pulp and paper branch, of the office of production man agement will deal with “Prior ities: The Present Status anti What We May Expect.” Publishers Meet The semi-annual meeting of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers' association presided over by Her bert Gray, president, will close* the morning activities. Luncheon will be served in John Straub Memorial hall at (Please turn to payc ci(/ht) Condensed College If we should have an eight-hour day, A six-day week, four-quarter year, Problems of a vital nature Naturally at once appear. Adding on the time I waste, A-bathing,. dancing, et cetera, buddy, I’m afraid that wouldn’t leave Any time for me to study. —J.W.S. Two Mr. Smiths Come to Town If ycu want to talk with Don Smith—the Don Smith of Sherry Ross hall—you’d better now a lot about him before you call. Last term that wasn’t necessary. Last term life was simple for the phone-answering fresh men of Sherry Ross. But that was last term, when there was only one Don Smith of Sherry ^Rcss hall. Now there are two. Don Smith—the Don Smith of Sherry Ross hall—enrolled in school, after transfering from OSC. He is a freshman in law. His home is in Portland. Don Smith—the Don Smith of Sherry Ross hall—was here last term. He is a freshman in social science, who hails from Pilot Rock. 'Thaw’ Really Freeze, Says Oregon Professor By MILDRED WILSON “There’s nothing- thaw about it—it’s a freeze,’’ J. C. Stovall, geography instructor, declared emphatically concerning the strange dish of weather nature dished out to Eugeneans Tues day night and Wednesday. He explained that it took a certain peculiar set of atmospheric and ground conditions—and the co operation of a bit of ram, to re sult in the condition which we call a “silver thaw." “As far as I know the term ‘silver thaw' is used only in the northwestern United States," Stovall stated. “In California they call it a sleet storm and in most places, including the textbooks, it is referred to as a glaze or ice storm.” Between puffs on his custom ary cigar, Mr. Stovall gave a nar rative account of the “before and after" of the recent weather. “It began with the clear skies and low temperatures which ac companied the high pressur e area of last week. All ground objectu lost a great deal of heat due to radiation and even the groun> was frozen. Gradually the high pressure area moved eastward and was partially replaced by a warmer low pressure area mov ing in from the coast,” he ex plained. Recalling the short storm of frozen rain which fell in litthr pellets late Monday evening, M.. Stovall pointed out that th:'9 (Please turn to page three)
