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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1942)
m Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. RAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Mgr. Dune Wimpress, Managing Editor Ted Bush, Associate Editor Jack Billings, News Editor John Mathews, Associate Editor Member Associated Co!ie6iate Press ALT.-AMERICAN 1942 UPPER NEWS STAFF Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor Marge Major, Women’s Editor Mildred Wilson, Feature Editor Janet Wagstaff, Assistant Editor Joan Dolph, Marjorie Young, Assistant News Editors UPPER BUSINESS STAFF xiuvci usiriK lwanagers : John Jensen, Cecil Sharp, Shirley Davis, Russ Smelser. Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager. .L.01S ^iaus, ^lassineu Auvenihiug -u<ui ager. Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertis ing Manager. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston —Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland—Seattle. “Of the important shortages, that of steel is one of the most serious. Therefore, the importance of collect ing all available scrap iron and steel can not be exag gerated.”—Donald Nelson, head of WPB. *7he £r4fe-Catcher 0^e<fana. . . “VyEE WILLIE” BISHOP, ’42, now Aviation Cadet Wil bur Bishop of Santa Ana, Calif., set two powerful rec ords in his two years of Oregana editorship. In fact, after his 1941 book was awarded Honor Roll of Distinction as one of the best 10 or less annuals in the nation, few thought he could surpass himself in the 1942 enterprise. But “Bish” came through again, and although no Pacemaker or Honor Roll of Distinction has been announced for last year's judging as yet, judge’s jotting comments on the Oregana are the most lavish ever heaped on an Oregon yearbook. Here are a few of the praise-worthy remarks directed back to Eugene with the rating: . . the book is a real eye catcher . . . While a theme, as such, is not strongly evident, the book has marked unity and coherence . . . The stranger could ‘see’ Oregon completely in (in school life section) . . . A singularly attractive cover . . . You have a book of which you can well be proud. Congatulations!” rJ'MIK Oregana 1942 rated 1540 points, the highest total in its class. This mark was also highest for any of the nine college classes judged, for annuals throughout the nation. As different officials judged different sections, as some graded “stiffer” than others, it is not fair to say ipso facto, the Ore gana rates number one over the entire nation. It is not only fair, hut true, however, that it rated at least excellent in each section, not once “slipping” down to very good, and in al most one third of the marks rated superior. Tall, wiry, red-thatched Wes Sullivan, editor 1943, paved a hard road for himself last year when his job as managing editor of the yearbook played a strong part in gaining this highest rating of all time. That his work contributed to this record is even greater assurance, however, that the coming year's hook will carry on in appropriate style the Oregana’s top-ranking tradition. *1]044/1 cJiead a+uH attandl. . . J^KLAX, Wehfoot. Conu's now a chance to rinse out those quadratic equations and Mendel’s laws, and use the odd brain for some thing; bright and refreshing-. .1 lomecoming- Chairman Pat Cloud is waving a tidy little pack of five dollars to be given to the winner of the Homecoming slogan contest. The contest is an easy one. Knglish themes, grammar exercises, short stories, and theses require a certain talent. They demand the polish of training. Hut your brother in the eighth grade can dash off as good a motto as the first-string center in the senior six. From "Trek the Oregon Trail" to "Blitz the Heavers" we have heard the ring of some excellent quips in the last few years. Those who have been around the campus for a while know how the slogan is run in every form of publicitv, how it becomes a phrase on every tongue. They know that it is not a forgotten thing like the winner of a soap companv slogan competitions. * * * CO, IX addition to the fun of winning- the contest, and of receiving the five dollars from Chairman Cloud, the win ner cannot help getting a lasting satisfaction from hearing his idea express the thoughts of the whole campus. How about it? Why don’t you relax for a while, and trv your head and your hand at a motto for the . Homecoming celebration ? It’s ur WAR By NORMA TREVOEROW We hereby make a call upon, that red, red bluff of pouting lip belonging to the pretty coed, frowning into the distant blue and wishing that there was something she could do. Naturally, there’s plenty that she can do—not just the small monotonous duties either. Yes, strangely enough, real, construc tive necessities, by order of the army and Red' Cross, can and should be done by the quick wits and enthusiastic fingers of col lege girls. Already, surgical sewing is one of the best managed and fully or ganized defense units ondhe cam pus. Under Carolyn Holmes, Ad liss Boone and Sue Sawyer have handled the situation beautifully, appointing Ij^n Campbell, Bever ly Beals, and Grace Williams as superintendents, and Nelda Rohr bach and Mary MeCandl'ess, as sistants. Surgical Sewing The Lowdown: Every Friday from 2 to 5, and every Saturday from 9 to 12 only, surgical sew ing holds its ever-growing circle in the home economics depart ment in Chapman. You don’t need any experience at all; at the same time the more of a super-duper sewer you are, the higher place you will take in the world of sur gical sewing. Honor, Too Then, the nicest honor of all— your official cap and veil with the Red Cross badge after 72 hours of work. Careful records will be kept by the Kwamas of all of your hours. Credit will not only be given to the girl but to her house also. Here they must insist that this be kept entirely voluntary; compulsory methods cannot be exercised. Essentially, however, war work should be done in the spirit of cooperation, everyone trying hard toward one good. So, you see, pretty coed, you don’t have to go around banging your head against walls and things any more for want of something to do for the defense of your country. And to the Red Cross surgi cal sewing division, sincerely—we shake your hand and wish you luck! iiniiiutiniim scene at Random! lllllllltllHinSlllllllllllllllllllHIlBlIllllipllllllllBlIlllllKllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllll By DOROTHY ROGERS Groans from tortured lips . . . the thud of falling bodies . . . cries of sympathy ... a dominat ing voice urging “Do it again!” are all typical of the class of jui jitsu in section C2 of the physical fitness program at the University of Southern Cal. -—Daily Trojan Women's superiority has been displayed in yet another field— tomato picking. A pretty Berkeley coed har vested more tomatoes in the University farm volunteer group than any of the 20 men on the same job. —The Daily Californian Inauguration of a “Chimes” fund to which students may con tribute for the purchase of war bonds, which will in turn supply a jeep to the United States army in the name of the university, is the new project of the University :>f Washington. —U. of W. Daily. A certain Oregon State coed was floored with the remark that the Spanish corn her cook ing class had prepared for the men’s dormitories was tasteless. (Continued on payc three) By TED HA5MON BEACH-COMBER Concerning her past, We won’t say more, Nor bother to cast Driftwood on the shore. Associated Press dispatches which brought the news of the gallant but tragic end of Dale Lasselle brought back to us bits of conversation we had with an other former student last month. While Lasselle will be remem bered for his former gridiron ac tivities from 1934 to 1936 in var sity football, this friend of ours has only a medium-sized college career behind him. and war ahead of him. And for p.nother compar ison, Captain Dale Lasselle crashed to his death only 10 days after he had' arrived in England; our friend expects to be there be fore the end of the year. Net a Sermon This certainly is not any ser mon on the fact that ‘‘war is hell,” but merely to mention what the human mind goes through in certain moments. This friend of ours has secured his air corps wings and is merely adding fin ishing touches to the career be fore him, but already a strange philosophy is weaving its pattern in that young man's mmd. Naturally military discipline is, in part, acceptance of duty without personal regard. And this is a large order, especially for our generation that has been weaned cn a democratic life, nursed with the warm milk of peace-and-plenty. But this friend has to forget all that for a bigger job; the philosophy that he has created witin himself, we th|^^ is important enough to pass^a to e thers. Not Bag Things "One doesn't bother to think of big things” we were told. “Of course there is the job to be done, but it's always the smaller things that linger longer than cne can imagine. On routine flights I have often thought about how the eight o’clock bell used to ring in Oregon, how the words of some so-ng I heard 'way back in 1937 went, or even the hollow sound of a cheering yell at a football game. It’s those little things, not how many com mittees I worked on, who was (Please turn to page three) COMMUNICATIONS* ... directing arm of combat and Western Electric equipment “ goes to every battle front Army pl-« ””aufint‘wcoor*Mtemecha» sets. Radios r,de m« comma„aeM get reports ized operations. Ax Y telephones, vnre and and give orders ove announcing sys switchboards. NavaJ terns, telephones and ra lized equipment A major source of tins ^ manufacturer is Western Electric * ' d today to meeting *- delive”46 8 words to fighting men.