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*
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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.”
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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.
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JOE RICHARDS
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