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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1942)
Clothes Problem Nil As Coeds Swell Roll By JOE MILLER Men will be able to wear less and less heavy clothing this year and still be socially prominent, as the University more and more becomes the Oregon Seminary for Young Girls and Indigent Fe males, but there are still certain clothes-wearing customs that will persist as usual. Cords will still be worn by the upperclassmen; the sophs will hold out in moleskins, and the frosh will wear their traditional ly-airty tin pants. Outside of these taboos, male dress can be carried to a Mahatma Ghandi ex treme. Now don’t take us se riously. The Oregon collegian is a no toriously casual dresser on the campus. But campus dress is de signed for comfort primarily, and males are eminently practical about it. Starting from the bot tom up saddle shoes, brown and white, are by far the most at tractive and comfortable shoes for campus wear. Socks are best when they are big and woolly with plenty of color. Pants, out ;de of class ones, should be able .o hold plenty of moisture and not too overly insistent about getting pressed constantly. Dress shirt and tie aire less than seldom worn on campus, so a plentiful collection of T-shirts is a “must.” Sweaters deserve an entire paragraph in themselves because they are such an integral part of Joe Webfoot’s attire. We doubt if there is a man on campus with out a roomy hard-wool sweater. They are by far the most practl* Ir cal piece of wearing apparel for any new students. Coat sweaters often find favor with the Ducks and are nice “wrap-arounds” for the foggy trek to eight-o’clocks. When checking your wardrobe don't forget sweaters! So much for campus wear. On dates it is a different thing. Coke dates are traditionally informal, but for house and school dances," slacks and a spcrt coat are gen erally the thing—increasingly on the conservative side, as we’ve noticed over the last few years. “Loud” clothes don’t go over too well. Tweeds are very popular— a good single-breasted tweed suit is usually "convertible.”—It can serve acceptably for business, sport, and date affairs. Formal evenings at Oregon arc quite numerous—especially dur ing winter term—but tuxedos are not necessary (freshmen are not usually allowed to wear them), and a good dark suit is proper. If you have a tuxedo, bring it down, but don’t feel that you have to have one, because they are definitely not required, fall term least of all, as most of the dances are informal affairs. Summing up, I’d say that the best idea for an Oregon ward robe is to make the most cf your clothing practical—stuff that can take a beating. Let style be secondary, because there is no great emphasis on sartorial ele gance at the U—we show as much as any school on the coast when it comes to dress, but there is no “Snob Set” that sets dress rule for the campus. Here at Ore gon the slogan is “individually casual.” 1 Seen Your Favorite Parfume Ciro — LeLong —•* Corday Your Favorite Make-up Dorothy Gray in colors as new as tomorrow Your favorite Accessories Chen Yu and Revlon Tiffany-Davis DRUG CO. Stli and Willamette University Men Face 50-50 Fighting Chance University men, for years fighting: the most severe numeri cal handicaps, are at last coming into their own—but it is taking the war to clo it. Estimates released by Clifford Constance, assistant registrar, indicate that come fall registra tion, the campus will reach the interesting proportion of half men and half women. Men have long outnumbered the “weaker sex,” an extremely unfair advantage in dating they argued. As late as 1940-41, reg istration showed 61 per cent men, 39 per cent women. The 1941-42 year showed greated equality with 58 per cent men, 42 per cent women. What the utlimate effect will be if the war lasts longer than three years, Mr. Constance re fused to predict. At least campus males can say “It's an ill wind that doesn't blow some good. Frazier Is City Ed Bob Frazier, former Emerald news editor, is now city editor of the Aberdeen World, Aber deen Washington. Frazier was city editor of the Eugene News from February, 1942, through May, when the paper folded. He started work on his new job in June. He does not expect to re turn to the campus. .. JOE RICHARDS MEN'S STORES SMART NECKWEAR ^ilIHlIlinillllHlllJlGililimilllBllllinilllHHIlIHliiNBlIIIHth. Welcome to the Service Station Closest to the Campus VARSITY SERVICE 13th & Hilyard Watch Those Curves Get those bulges under con trol for iush week activities. We specialize in a styling that si/ts the co-eds doin’s whether house dancing or tennis playing. EEGEXE GOSSARD SHOE 110 East Broadway rhone 1710 WELCOME TO OREGON, COEDS! We specialize in College clothes . . . clothes that have the stamp of fashion authoi'ity . . . many as advertised in Mademoiselle, Glamour, Harpers and Vogue. 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