Bronze Beauties Hail
VO Spring Sunshine
Sun bathing—it’s a perennial event on the University of
Oregon campus. Already complexion-sensitive coeds have be
gun to complain of peeling ncses and rosier-than-rouge cheeks.
For each year when fair Spring starts to bestow her first
feeble sun rays on Oregon’s green lawns and (more important)
gray roofs, husky fellows and pretty girls shed a few articles
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bask.
Between the Phi Delt and the
Kappa house there is a garage.
And this is not an ordinary struc
ture—no indeed. For a cluster of
i#.g-limbed girls with flying hair
may be seen there almost any
afternoon now in shorts and
bathing suits, waiting for Old
Sol to present them with a layer
of golden brown.
“Outdoor Men”
And, not too many feet away,
the flat south room of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity house
holds a bevy of slowly-bronzed
supermen. Clad in trunks, the
lounging lads turn this way and
that to exhibit their bare torsos
to passersby, carry on mock
wrestling matches for all to see.
Boots are taken outside—yes—
but only- to prop masculine heads
up at an angle to better benefit
from the sun. “Self-styled out
door men,” the fellows have been
called. One of them was mistaken
for a Comanche the other day.
Radios blast forth the newest
hit tunes on a roof outside the
lounge of the Pi Phi house. Co
eds mingle talk and laughter with
the swing, read magazines, enjoy
themselves thoroughly. Spring
needs only to whisper a warning
around the comer of McArthur
court and these young dryads
scoot through the upstairs win
dows to the roof.
“Roof Natives”
^ The sun bathing roof of the Phi
Gamma Deltas can be viewed
from Kincaid street. And the
Thetas, Chi Omegas, and Delta
Gammas can be viewed strolling
to classes by the Phi Gamma Del
tas. Above the flat ceiling of a
sleeping porch the Fijis enjoy
card games, mostly spend the
warm hours in sleep and obser
vation. And to see them one would
think the fellows natives of South
Sea islands.
Oh many are the houses, the
backyards, the roofs where these
children of Apollo hie themselves
c?me early golden afternoons.
And many are the moans, groans,
and slatherings of creams which
result. Like cooked lobsters, those
with tender flesh become livid;
unlike the sea creatures they may
fade to light toast-color.
The invention of ultra-violet
rays was not overly appreciated
by such students. They like the
colors of nature, tan especially.
Pease Still 'Safe'
According to a letter received
by friends on the campus, Bill
Pease, graduate of 1939 is safe,
“somewhere on the Pacific.”
Pease, who graduated from the
School of journalism, recently
left his position as editor of the
Oregon Motorist in Portland and
enlisted in the navy for active
duty.
Colgate university students
picked Veronica Lake, screen ac
tress, as honorary queen of their
winter party, describing her as
“an ocean of emotion, not a
lake.”
Does MacArthur Offer
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people that if they followed out
his suggestions of national de
fense the Philippine island could
become impregnable. Mac Ar
thur’s plans were carried out
rather well and still the islands
surrendered.
After the Battle
In following through on Mac
Arthur’s speeches, the defense
plans made in the Philippines and
pre-war promises, one can't help
but wonder what the estimate of
the brilliant leader will be when
the heat of the battle has cleared
away and the public is made
aware of the actual conditions. A
comforting thought may be that
without exception the general has
been considered to be one of the
most brilliant and able men in the
history of the American army.
While MacArthur is strength
ening and directing the Austra
lian war front the Japanese have
described a protective arc and ac
cording to Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill, the enemy has at
least three battleships, including
one of 32,700 tons mounting 16
inch guns, along with five air
craft carriers, a number of light
and heavy cruisers and several
destroyer flotillas operating at
the front door to India.
Churchill No Help {
The British naval strength is |
thinly spread throughout the j
world and whether the navy
would meet the Japanese chal
lenge was left unanswered by
Churchill or reports from India.
The gravity of the situation was
emphasized' by the Prime Minis
ter and observers believe there
was a suggestion that the United
States fleet would be needed to
meet the foe. I
While the Japanese are assem- I
bling their forces at the front
door of India, 'the Russian bear
suddenly stands on his hind feet (
and warns the Nipponese about
“blabbering” over the Siberian
land. The sharp warning in the
editorial columns of the official
communist organ, Pravda, came
at a time when the Japanese am
bassador to Russia was present
ing his credentials to the govern
ment, and on the first anniver
sary of the Japanese-Russian neu
trality pact. The story may be
played up much beyond its actual
worth because the Allied nations
would give their eye teeth to have
a Japanese-Russian break and
throw the Vladivostok bases open
for possible Allied use. As the ice
melts into the sea we will know.
Grad Teaches Health
Miss Ellen E. Stadius, R.N.,
graduate of the Portland Medical
school, is teaching a class in home
nursing in Klamath Falls, the
extension division announced
Monday. Miss Stadius has been
connected with the Klamath
county public health unit and
the class has been opened in con
nection with it and the Red
Cross.
828 Willamette St.
Phone. 3428
Phipps Sets
Committees
For Law Fete
Starting gun on the renowned
aw school weekend set for April
25, sounded Tuesday by Charles
A. Phipps, law school student
)ody president, as he appointed
aid Lucky general chairman. Also
lamed were subordinate commit
eemen who will vie to make
heir particular section the most
'xciting and revolutionary of all
ime.
In charge of the coronation
vill be John L. Luvaas and Leon
ird Colwell. Parade organization
ind selection of a route will be
landled by Norman J. Wiener.
Dale Helikson and Hull Phillips
vill contract a band.
Other Members
Other committee members in
clude carriages—Leon F. Olm
itead, Frank Nieldrum, and Mil
er Olesen; caps and signs Rob
;rt Carmichael, Leroy Elliot, and
foe Floyd Walker; ball game—
:oach; Gene Brown, playing as
iistant; Don Walker, administra
;ive assistant in charge of chal
enge and arrangements, Irvin
Aneoln Mann, Jr.; cheer leaders
—Jeanette Hafner and Mary
lane Wormser; refreshments—
Jecil Wright and Morell E.
sharp.
Picnic—William D. MacGibbon
ind Jerry Thompson; refresh
nents—Cecil Wright (ex officio).
Oregon Mothers’ Club
Elects at Final Meeting
Final meeting of the year for
the University of Oregon Moth- *
ers' club is at Gerlinger at 3 p.m.
today. Election of officers will
be held, with Mrs. Harry H.
Hobbs, Mrs. Harold R. Crosland,
Mrs. J. A. Plummer making up
the nominating committee to
make a report. Mrs. F. T. Findt
ner is the retiring president.
A program, including vocal
and instrumental music, is being
arranged by Mrs. J. F. Cramer,
with Miss Elizabeth Walker tak
ing charge. Tea will be served.
Df. Staples to Attend
Geological Meeting
Dr. Lloyd W. Staples, assist
ant professor of geology, will
leave Eugene Wednesday to at
tend the meeting of the Geolog
ical society, Cordilleran section,
to be held on the campus of the
California Institute of Technol
ogy, Pasadena, April 17 and 18-.
Dr. Staples will present a pa
per on scientific work in connec
tion with geology and exploration
for quicksilver. He wall also con
tribute to a symposium on ge
ology in relation to the war ef
fort.
Dr. Staples plans to return to
the campus Monday, April 20.
Kenneth Shetterly, and Brad
Fancher; publicity — Philip B.
Lowry, Walker Treece and Carl
ton Ft. Reiter.
• Now —- more than ever before — those railroad
warning signs should be rigidly observed, night and
day. A fleet of powerful Union Pacific locomotives
are hauling precious cargoes over the Strategic
Middle Route, connecting the East with the West.
Rolling over the rails are shipments of materials for
armament plants, trainloads of troops and supplies.
They must go through without delay. America's
welfare — and your welfare — are at stake. Please,
then, be extremely careful when approaching rail
road crossings. In that way — you, too, can help.
For information concerning passenger anti freight transportation,
address H, E. Lounsbury, Traffice Manager, 751 Pittock Block,
Portland.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
*Ute SbuU&jic Middle Route
Tasty Twisties
Sale Swinging
Into Second Day
Not trying- to swing the vote,
or influence the outcome of the
election in any way, were Phi
Theta twisty salesmen stationed
at the polls yesterday, according
to Adele Canada., chairman of
the drive.
Today, opening the second' day
of the sale, twisty salesmen are
still hard at work stationed at the
libe, co-op, Side, law school, and
Oregon.
In charge of deliveries is Mar
cella Glover; house sales, Lois
Bechdolt; and tables and posters,
Mary-Ellen Smith.
More than 1,000 high school
seniors throughout the country
took recent examinations ior:
University of Chicago scholar
ships.
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DON'T MISS!
Marlene Dietrich
Fred MacMurray in
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WILLING'
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DONALD DUCK!
CARTOON
SIP-ROARING FUN!
Abbott & Costello in
'RIDE 'EM
COWBOY'
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