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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1942)
Crocus in the Spring Makes the Piggers Sing By A. TED GOODWIN F')r a short time yesterday the sun wanned the damp earth, staying- only long enough to call forth an impatient crocus that had come up a few days early to check on the ground hog’s findings and then decided to lie low till it could be sure of fair weather. Smiling bravely and letting the sun dry the night’s dew, 19411's first crucus trembled with its own audacity and called to its fellows, ‘ Come on in gang, the water's receding.” C’ildreu playing in the streets sav, the flowers and jumped glee fully over them. Octogenarians chortled with glee, saying. “By grab, I'll put in some sweetpeas next Sunday.” No Spring No one mentioned spring be cause after all the sun only just horned near- and then had left the world to midterms and to rai l. Early in the morning more students iu the library looked out the windows or went outside for cigarettes, the brief sunlight having drawn their attention fro:'.', books. One California student, seeing ti\e sun for the first time since Christmas vacation, hollered. “You’re getting warmer, next time you’ll find us.” Crocus? vvn on Thirteenth street a sophomore boy and girl saw the crocus patch timidly painting the lawn with yellow and encouraged by the color, pulled their joined hands from behind the folds of raincoats and swung them in time to their strides for the world to see that spring had come. The recently cleared area be tween the millrace and the river, once rank with cool shade-giving greenery, loomed drearily against the background of brown river and gray sky, reassuring deans and other interested persons that spring by the millrace would be like spring on Hayward field. i Girls at the YW talked excit- ( edly of men and giggled because they knew that stores were feat uring colorful bon bons and boys seeing the crocuses looked at the heart-shaped candy boxes with new interest. UG Swim Teams (Continu'd from page four) son ./as no test for the frosh. Siu.ce that time the freshmen have improved considerably. Af ter watching them closely for the pas. weeks Coach Hoyman is faiity coufident that this time the first-year men will come thro gh. Duck Quinte\ Primed (Continue 1 from page four) offense has averaged 43.2 points per game against 42.8 by oppo nents, whereas the Ducks have scored 44.1 points per contest, • hut had their defense collapse, pern it ting 48.3 poiuts to be fcico*. at against them. Starting Five Sanje Th > same starting five that had sso much success against the Beavers before will probably get the opening bids, according to Coach Howard Hobson. This unit h as started the last three games and possesses both height and speed. Composing this group are \Y i en Taylor and Bob Wren at forwards, Archie Marshik at cen ter, and Porky Andrews and Paul Jackson at guards. \l*o slated to display tlieir wares will be ltolph I'uhriuan •and Bob Newlund, forwards; J.lovd Jackson, center; and Don Ki.rs* h, guard, all of whom re ceived praise from Hobson in workouts tills week. O »gon State will probably oorv with the following quintet: S , Den: ::t and George McNutt a. i .«a\ai is. J dui Mandic at cen to:. sad Don Durdan and Low lita v 11 g'.i i; S. Alpha Gamma Delta Host to Faculty Group Twenty-four faculty members and wives of faculty members were entertained by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at a formal dinner Thursday evening. Guests at the dinner were: Dean and Mrs. V. D. Earl, Dr. G. F. Lussky, Dr. and Mrs. Pierre V’an Rysselberghe, Dr. K. S. Ghent. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ber nard, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins. Mr. F. V. Cahill. Miss Janet Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Riddlesbarger, Mrs. Astrid Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Franchere, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fee. and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kelly. judges Appointed Judges for the Marshall-Case Haycox short story contest which closes Monday, February 16 will be: Mrs. Helen Hedrick of Med ford; Hoyt C. Franchere, Univer sity instructor in English; and Fred Brenne, secretary of the Eu gene chamber of commerce. Entries are to be submitted to IV. F. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising, in du plicate, one of which may be a carbon copy. The contributors’ names are not to appear on the manuscript, but should be written ill a slip of paper enclosed in an ■nvelope on the front of which ap pears thg title of the story. Chief Selects Ball Chairmen Final selection of Military ball chairmen has been announced by Ed Wheeler, general chairman. Newly appointed chairmen are: programs, Gene Didak; patrons, Lou Torgeson; refreshments, John Raffetto; reception, Cullen Murphey; floor, Dave Scoggins: and clean-up, Paul Bocci. Advisers Faculty advisers in the military department are: programs, Ma jor H. W. Hall; patrons, Major C. E. Knickerbocker; refresh ments, Captain B. F. Davis; re ception, Major Hall; floor, Cap tain Davis;, clean-up, C^aptain Harvey Blythe. The advance sales of ball tick ets will continue until Tuesday, February 17, at the reduced rate of §1.25. Chairmen Chairmen already appointed are Ted Lindley, grand march; Bob Cherney, invitation to Scab bard and Blade alums; Gene Brown, decorations; Don Swink, orchestra; Ken Christianson, pub licity, Ken Bowes, Little Colonel contest and Emerson Page, tick ets. The Military ball is set for February 21, sponsored jointly by Scabbard and Blade and the mili tary department. Grad Assistants Meet In Gerlinger Saturday A meeting of graduate assist ants will be held at 8 Saturday evening, February 14, upstairs in Gerlinger hall, according to Max Kamm, graduate assistant in Ro mance languages. The program for the Valen tine’s day meeting is to be a mu sical program and French, Span ish, and German classical and popular records will be played. Refi'eshments will be served and all graduate students are invited to the short meeting. BUY UNITED STATES * DEFENSE ^BONDS | STAMPS A I WAR NEEDS MONEY! It will cost money to defeat our enemy aggressors. Your government calls on you to help now. Buy Defense Bonds or Stamps today. Make every pay day Bond Day by participating in the Pay-roll Sav ings Plan. Bonds cost $18.75 and up. Stamps are 10i, 25i and up. The help of every individual is needed. Do your part by buying your share every pay day. Bug House Staff Says 'Stay Out' "'Members of the. infirmary staff again emphatically urge that stu dents do not visit in the isola tion wards. They warned that, if visiting continues, a ban will be placed on all visitoi'9. Still present in the infirmary are: Betty Edwards, Dorothy Ro senberg, Helen Luvaas, Walter Krause, Gladys Samel, Robert Vernon, Ralph Currin, Leo Reetz, Dan E. Hicks, Richard Carmi chael, Elizabeth Shaeffers, Mar gery Hoffman, and Cornelia Wal ters. New additions are: Harry Fu kada and Mary Morgan Riley, making a total of fifteen. Kappa Kappa Gamma Offers Graduate Award Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority is offering $500 graduate fellow ships to woman graduate students in any of the colleges or univer sities in the United States and Canada where Kappa has chap ters. Application blanks are now in the hands of the dean of women, and should be obtained from her at once and filled out and re turned by March 25. These fellowships, which Kap pa has annually awarded since 1936, are available to sorority and non-sorority women alike, and us ually, although not necessarily, are divided into the fields of sci ence, art, and human relations. 'Snap' Judgment (Continued front page txvo) In this way he can soon see that the farther away the light the smaller and thinner becomes the shadow. By lowering or raising the light source the shadow’s length can be made longer or shorter. Of course we will probably have to wait until spring term to get any real sunshine that is strong enough to really brew up some splendiferous shadows. But then there is much that can be learned from experimenting with the flashlight so that when we are ready to go out the film that is used won’t be wasted. No Wandering Patterns Another thing to remember about photography is to include all of the shadow in the pix. If the pattern wanders out of the print so will the eyes of anybody who might stop to look at it. This may not hold every time but as a general rule it can be considered as such. Ways to shorten life note: “What happens when you press this?” she asked the shutterbug. FRESH Spring Vegetables • Rhubarb • Green Peas • New Potatoes BAKERY SUPPLIES • Salt Rising Breads • Butter Rolls • Pies Real Pork Sausages for Breakfast ELLIOTT'S GROCERY Comer 13th * Patterson Phone 9o Love Lectures Start Thursday At a general 11 o’clock assem bly next Thursday, Dr. Paul Pop enoe will begin the 1942 series of love and marriage lectures under the joint sponsorship of AWS and Panhellenic. Dr. Popenoe has been for sev eral years director of the Los Angeles Institute of Family Re lations and is a noted author-lec turer. During recent years he has devoted much of his time to the promotion of education for riage and family life in schools and colleges. Books He has written eight books which have become textbooks on the subject, and his lectures have made him a recognized leader in his field. Dr. Popenoe last appeared here four years ago when he led a similar series with great success. He is a lecturer in biology at the University of Southern Califor nia and has taught love and mar riage classes at various times. Forum Thursday at 4 he will speak to a women’s forum and at 7 :§0 will address the men. All cam pus men and women are invited to their respective forums. Informal discussion the follow ing week will be led by interest ed University and townspeople. Each house will arrange for these fireside discussions. Phi Delts Club DUs (Continued from page four) and Hollowell 7, and the Phi Psis stunk. The Zeta and Canard game was a two-man show between Carl Backstrom and Sherman “Lind,” both getting 11 markers^ but Carl’s support was a little better and the Canard club sneaked by, 16 to 15. The mar gin of victory was the club men’s ability to tank a higher p.c. of their shots. Sigma hall stunk, but Kirk wood wras stunkier, and Sigma annexed their first victory, 11 to 4. The score expresses the char acter of the game. Killing False Rumors It is rumored Gamma hall also won over the Yeomen, 25 to Tf Lloyd Kelly potted 20 points and looked better than bad for Gammamen. Save Your Energy for Midterms — V Why waste your Satur day mornings in the laundry room. We can do the job quickly and more efficiently and very eco nomically. We specialize in white b louse s and shirts.