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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1942)
Second Qlance By TED HARMON Weather Report Rosies are red, pansies are yellow, I can’t sing ’cause I’ve a falsetto Teeth. SENIOR BALLIGHTS: Consid ering the time and place, the Sen ior ball was probably the gayest event of the year thus far. There were both sailors and soldiers there, proving to the campus that in this vicinity there are adequate arms for defense. As Operative X-34 said, flicking the ashes off his hand grenade, there were long formals, short formals, wide formals, thin formals, and formals. If we were to take a poll of the best-dressed, from a mascu line viewpoint, we’d select, among others, DeeGee Bobbie Younger in black net, Tri-Delt Rylla Hat ton in blue, Mrs. George Hopkins in a turbanned formal, Alpha Phi Gloria Kibbee buried in gardenias, Jean Kabisius, AOPi, in silver and black, Kappa Jane Williams in pink, Chi O Lois Haefele in sumpin beautiful, Alpha Chis Mary Arkley in black and pearls and Nelda Rohrbach in orchids and blue. And then after the dance the bearded old man came across the maple floor. We laughed when he went to the piano. We didn’t think that he could play. He did n’t. He was the mover to take the piano away. Other things bothered us at the dance, too. There was Dave Stone’s Statue of Liberty with her slip showing . . . the informal bridge games in the center of the dance floor . . . the Oregon danc ers going California and the Cal ifornia dancers going .... the happy mosquito that had passed the screen test . . . the influx of Salem high students . . . the fellow that had the “tux” taken out of his ego . . . and Photogra pher Teter handing hot flash bulbs to everyone. Peas porridge hot, Peas porridge cold; Peas porridge in the pot Nine days old. Which is carrying this ration ing business just a bit too far. GOSSIPATTER: The revela tion that Bob Rowen’s income has been about 1:30 a.m. lately . . . Thetaki Uly Dorais planting his pin on Margaret Davis at Susie Campbell . . . the wild rumors that ran all over Oregon State last weekend to the effect that Tommy Dorsey was playing for the Senior ball, which is a nice bit of publicity on someone’s part . . . Ruth Jordan, Sigma Kappa, announced her engagement to Emerald associate editor Fritz Timmen at the last meeting of the Three o’clock clan . . . Sat urday night, not going to the dance, several boys from Cutler’s tumbling classes entertained the Sigma Kappas . . . Even with no millrace spring term, the coeds will probably use worms for bait, anyway . . . news that cokes are being more or less rationed in San Francisco and Portland . . . Ted Hallock and Susan Huffaker proving that it’s marmalade for breakfast . . . Soprano Ruth Mer ritt with one of the best voices anywhere on this campus at any time . . . Kappa Sig Jack Lan sing worked hard to make Dads’ weekend really an event . . . the tired faces of the drama division after rehearsals of Ottilie Soy bolt's “Wingless Victory.” . . . the odd assortment of pictures taken during the Beaux Arts ball . . . swell music on KNX's new swing-shift schedule, being the first radio station to adopt the schedule. . . . the Orson V/eliesish ( Please turn to ['aye three) Oregon W Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sunday, Monday, holidays, and periods by the /iL.-ociatcd Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates : $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year, class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. final examination Entered as second Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles-—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle.____ HELEN ANGELL, Editor Associate Editors: Hal Olney. Fritz Timmen FRED O. MAY, Business Manager Kay Schrick. Managing Editor Bob Frazier, News Editor , Betty Jane Biggs, Advertising Manage^ Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager Lars Gilson, Circulation Manager u rrr<A cj vv o ox nr r ^ Helen Flynn, Office Manager Peggy Magill, Promotion Director Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager MMlcllllUIJ rVdllclIJclM III, 1 UUULi^. 13 XjUIIUIS ;uoutlV ,1 IV.IIU.O, < - - Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Co-Women’s Editors Mary W’olf, Exchange Editor Herb Penny, Assistant Managing Editor Lois Clause. Circulation Manager 1941 Member 1942 Associated CoUe6iale Press • • • A Dad-Confab great many Oregon dads, as they left the campus after the 1941 Dads’ week end, expressed only one major criticism of the program offered for their enjoyment. Their idea was that the weekend is so filled with business meetings, special programs, and other such functions that there is no time for a good “down-to-earth” confab with other visiting dads on the things that fathers like to talk about. Many of them recommended some sort of an “open house” early in the weekend, when campus visitors could meet informally with students and other dads. At such sessions, a great many ideas could be brought into the light, and some interesting angles uncovered which might be the forerunners of really worthwhile efforts on the part of clads toward University betterment. • * * * # that time they cited the average profes sional convention, at which most of the really important ideas come ont of the in formal get-together the night before the cut and dried sessions open. It would follow logically that the same principle would apply to a group of men meeting to consider the growth of a University such as this one. Perhaps Jack Lansing’s committee this year could add some sort of an informal get together to the dads’ schedule of events . . . and, next to the Oregon State game, it prob ably would get number one vote for the most interesting feature of the weekend. Atherton Comes of Age • • • PACIFIC Coast conference members desired to banish various dubious practices, par ticularly proselyting, of which all at one time or another have been guilty. So in the fall .of 1940 representatives of member universities drafted and assured adherence to sets of rules which defined the nature of practices to be hence prohibited, conditions under which other practices could be and could not be tolerated, and finally empowered Edwin N. Atherton to penalize universities^ for infrac tions thereof. Atherton executed the duties of his'office. Atheletes were chopped from various univer sities because patriots, particularly alumni members, wittingly or unwittingly had vio lated sections of the anti-proselyting code or other pertinent regulations. jfc # # 'jf ^JIIACKIN and confusion resulted because students and alumni of universities from whose institution athletes were banned viewed Atherton’s decrees through biased eyes, and because students and alumni in general were sadly uninformed as to the scope of anti proselyting rules. Recently, however, statements of clarifica tion as regards proselyting have been released for general consumption. At is applies here, the word “interview” has been defined— “any conversation in which information re garding a member institution is given to a prospective college student, or, in which an attempt is made directly or indirectly to per suade such student to attend a particular member institution” — and conditions were described under which these interviews are permissible. CCORDINGLY, and briefly, an alumnus or a member institution may interview a high school or junior college athlete when normal social or business contacts with the athlete or members of his family provide such an occasion. An alumnus, should he be offi cially designated to participate in an estab lished institutional program of recruiting stu dents of high scholastic ability may, in the pursuit of his assigned duties, interview high school or junior college students who possess the requisite scholastic ability, whether ath letes or not. A student of a member institution may interview prospective students when such interviewing is not at the request, on behalf of, or in cooperation .with any athletic official of his institution. These statements of clarification will per haps clear up this particular situation for all and will perhaps eliminate the confusion which previously was prevalent.—J.K. A Solution for Drives? rJMIERE,S an old saying, “whenever there is a need, there’ll come an organization to meet that need.” Today with war drives practically an every-day oecurranee, there is a definite need for an efficient way for Ore gon students to do “their bitJ’ The unique way the seniors aided Uncle Sam by “donating” the ball and having students buy in return a dollar's worth of defense stamps inclosed in their program, gave a germ of an idea to another campus leader. “Why couldn’t Oregon,’’ he asked, “build up a reserve fund to answer requests for money from the students? The reserve fund could be built up from dances such as the Senior ball, twisty sales, and other money raising schemes. The profits from these activ ities would go directly into the “defense pool.” Then when Oregon is asked to meet such-and-such a quota for tlie Red Cross, de fense bonds, etc., money would be drawn di rectly from this source without the bother of trying; to contact each student individually for his coke money. * * # # rJ''llERE are several good arguments ad vanced for the contribute-as-one idea. In the first place campus dances have been cut way down this term. Willamette Park is only in the process of being rebuilt and too many weekend evenings are left free, forcing stu dents to seek entertainment at amusement places not under campus jurisdiction. Inexpensive dances, with the proceeds go ing to “defense” seem to be definitely favored by the Webfoots as the Emerald Gallup Jr. poll showed them yesterday, when 100 per (Please turn to page three) • • Saesiabaja Indies Basr Enigma In Allies’Plan By BILL HAIGHT While Japanese are hurling bombs at Singapore and Correge dor the Allied command an nounces that they are determ ined to make a “united stand” against the aggressors in Tav£y Java, holds the last great naval base in control of the united na tions, the Dutch enigma, Soera baja. Yet after many promises of unexpected strength ready to be unleashed against the Japan ese at this base the astonishing communique issued last night carries the following: “Soerab&ja naval base was violently attacked with some damage naval estab lishments and to a few aircraft lying in the water.” Typical of the allies is the statement that they lost a few aircraft lying in the water. After each successful battle by the £xi3 forces from Singapore to Libya, we hear that only a few old bat tleships, or aircraft was lost in an attack. JL' 1U UUg • Perhaps my flu bug has taken possession, and clouded my thoughts, but why in heaven’s name are the Allies always bombed on the ground ? Again: “The big guns were poised, fired intermittently, but so far the tar gets have been well concealed.’’ I will blame the flu once more, but why should the Japanese be concealed from British guns on ground the British should know. One would think the military of3*~ ficials would have maps, pictures, plans on every plot of land around the tip of the Malayan peninsula. The propaganda re leased before the war on Singa pore would leave one with the as surance an ant crawling along with his booty couldn’t get away with it, without an official pass. - Darker News Let us hope as the news grows darker, army minister Francis M. Forde, Australia, knew what he was talking about when he told the overseas forces that a “big movement by the allies is under way.” He could have meant they would retreat but the purpose of his speech was to encourage the men in their stand with the news that equipment: planes, guns, tanks, submarines, and men were on their way to repel the invad ers. Maybe Soerabaja and Batavia will provide the point to stop the Japanese. Maybe we are sending extensive reinforcements to this area. Maybe, but the Allied prop aganda has consistently from Dunkirk to Malaya, failed to pre sent actualities until “too late.” Maybe it is my flu. To study, or not to study, that is the question Whether ’tis better to learn the contents Of the assignments that are given to one, Or to take a chance on bluffing And to say that energy is saved. To pass, to bluff. That’s all; and by bluffing to say we need Waste no precious energy and get no new wrinkles. That our brains are wont to ac quire: 'Tis a joy greatly to be longed. To pass, to bluff, To bluff perchance to fail! Ay there’s the rub! —Bulldog. * * * ^ Professor: “Give your oral re port.” Student: “I can’t. I left it at the house.” ■—Baker Log.