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
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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
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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
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’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.
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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
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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
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