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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1942)
"Juta jteadU ! RetteSi... By C’OKRIN'E NELSON and MILDRED WILSON' Women’s Page C'o-editors This week we’ve decided its time to say something about the gats who wear those oh-so-high heels on date nights and then ride along on the escort's arm all evening, amorously gazing up at him in that helpless sort of man ner We’ve seen the same gals stomping around the house be fore the date arrives and if nec essary they can do plenty okay in the high heels without being carried. Oh well, it wouldn’t be very romantic hanging onto a girt friend's arm, would it? And what with the draft and every thing, maybe we ought to be more lenient and just say to them -—be moderate. Hi % # Talking about women's fash ions .. . We read an article some time ago saying that women’s fash ions would get worse if Ameri car. women weren’t given some thing to do worthy of their tal ents. This, of course, didn't ap ply to our university coeds, who are doing their share at the filter center, knittin' for Britain, and writing innumerable letters to boy friends in the navy, army, marines, etc. Just for our own benefit we read the rest of the article. The “V for victory gowns, slit to the waist in front and without visi-* ble means of support” the author said, “seem to defy the law of gravity as a sort of sporting proposition, requiring some dar ing and valor, but,” he insisted, “it is a desire for personal atten tion in a world devoted to tanks and cannon that drives a woman to it." Interesting, eh? * * Ss Another gripe: “Some time I'm gonna get so mod. . we heard a fellow say the other day when a couple of git 's came walking down the mid dle of the sidewalk and made him walk in a mud puddle. Later we asked him why he was so per tur >ed after all we’re so frail and delicate we should not be pushed off sidewalks and such. Fu: lingly he declared that wo nie claim they wear wooden shoes to keep their feet dry ancl can walk through mud 'puddles in hern without any damage wh tsoever, so why can't they have a little consideration for the fellow who has just had a new sh< ■ shine and whose trousers are all freshly cleaned and pressed. We agree wholeheartedly with hin because some gals pushed us off uito a mud puddle once when v\ •* didn't have our wooden shoes on. and were we mad! CLASSIFIED AJJS reader ads 'IVn wards inii'.imum accepted. First insertion '.’o per word. Subsequent insertions le per word. DISCI.AY ADS Flat rate 37e column ineh Frequeno rate (entire term! : 35c per column inch one time a week. 84c per column inch twice or more a w eek. Ads v' ill be taken over the telephone on a char ire basis it' the advertiser is * subscriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have suffi cient remittance enclosed to twver definite number of insertions. Vis must be in Kmeruld business office no later than 6 p.m. prior to the day of insertion. Slu.MA DELTA CHI key. Fiuder p vise c.tU 33S9-W. Reward. .1.0 KK HALF to green Sheat'tVr GoeJt oj the Week Feminine Class Prexy Radiates Enthusiasm BETTY ANN STEVENS Five feet one and one-half inches is a relatively small amount of girl to shoulder much responsibility that Pat Lawson, petite president of the senior class has to cope with. In fact ,you just can’t imagine blonde, brown-eyed Pat managing half the things she does. Half-Californian and half-Oregonian is Pat, who lived in San Jose for the first ten years of her life, and has lived “near LakeView” rne rest or rne ume. one wants to go back to San Jose during vacation next summer. Second in History She's the second girl-president of the senior class in the history of the University, "and,” Pat, who belongs to Alpha Omicron Pi, said with pride, “the first one was and AOPi, and was vice president of the class, too.” “The Senior ball? Oh, it's wonderful!” she exclaimed en thusiastically and bounced off the studio couch on which she’d been perched. “It’s really going to be a keen deal. The theme is defense, you know. It's just going to be super! Gee, I just get all hepped up over everything.” Many Activities A Phi Theta last year, active in the educational activities of fice and WAA, secretary-treaSur er of the Forty-One club, “now extinct," and soon to w a mem ber of Phi Beta, music, dance, and drama honorary, Pat also man aged to get a 3.77, tries to get on the filter board in defense work, (she attempted to get in the ambulance corps, but “I’ve been learning to drive a car for eight years”), and work down town besides. Evidently she be lieves in her statement that "working under pressure you get a lot more done.” Awaits Call “I'm expecting a long distance phone call from Seattle, and hon estly I’m just on pins and need les!” The explanation for her ex citement was that "the man” was calling. “He’s six feet tall, and weighs 210 pounds.” “What am I going to do when I’m out of school ? Well, I'm go ing to Alaska. My Dad’s up there, and an old prof is up there, and my boy-friend is up there too— or will be soon. He’s on his way to Alaska—the one who is phon Petite Pat Planning for the coming Senior ball is Pat Lawson, the second Oregon coed in the University’s history to steer the course of the senior class. ing tonight.” Pat plans to get a job teaching up there next fall, and put a younger sister through college. Incidentally, she has two younger sisters "both alike” and they’re the same size as she. Teaching’s Fun “Mmm hramm, I’m an educa tion major, but please don’t play up the school teacher angle," she said with a quick smile. “You know, teaching is another thing that's fun.” She’s been teaching drama at Roosevelt junior high for a term. "Oh, I’m crazy about modern dance! It's wonderful for devel oping poise and things like that. Ooops, sorry, there's my phone call!" SPRING SONG ►S t a r 1 y o u r spring soup; on a pav note. . . . . . fh e r i c li. splashy colors in the new jer sey prints are exciting as spring itself. . . . . They are full of new life and rigor .... Thril ling after your darker winter colors. New pleasing lines to add to your enjoy ment of your dress . . , . front fullness . . . new draped and plunging necklines. . . . In crepes and jerseys. . . . See these strikingly dramatic dress for yourself. 1004 Willamette Cue fyo* New IZoMweti a Simplicity Hats on to 1942. With the en trance of a new year, m'lady’s headwear has taken a decidedly new trend. Fantastic shapes and impractical design have given way to a modern simplicity. Note the many turbans that have become so popular. Also miniature pill-box hats with only a brilliant clip or pin for adorn ment. A bird on the hat is worth well, twice the usual price. May "be it is only a brilliant feathered wing, or may be a pair of snow white doves perched on a black brown. Feather your hat well to be in stride with the fashions^. Ribbons redecorate “rollers.” Try a broad flowered band of silk ribbon around your campus roller and you'll be complimented on your new spring sport hat. Or if you prefer to be more conserv ative just pin back the brim with a jeweled clip and wear your hat halo style. —By Virginia Wells. Things are never as bad as they might be. For instance, how would you like to be a parent of one of those Quiz Kids, and have him asking questions?—Indian^ Daily Student. 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