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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1942)
California Plays Host Webfoots Today— See Story Page 4 library 9. or ORE. MERALD m Ducks Voice Opinions On Dance Togs— See Story Columns 4-5 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1942 NUMBER 28. % COIN’ TOWARD THE POST OFFICE? . . . . . . query Jack Olin, left, and Jack Robinson as they are forced to carry their laundry down to the city mailing- depot to send home since Claypool and Van Atta gave up their postal station contract. Scenes like the one above may become familiar around the University unless some sort of a mailing station is set up nearer the campus. Homecoming Dance Formal, Decrees UO Social Chairman Contrary to information released Friday, the Homecoming dance November 7 will be formal, according to a recent an nouncement by Mary Bently, campus social chairman. In honor of returning guest alums, Oregon coeds will be on parade in their most bewitching formals, and campus Casa Manuscript Deadline Set Those who plan to enter their poems and short stories in the Emerald literary contest must do so before November 13 instead of the last day of winter term, as was. previously announced. .Five dollars worth of books from the Co-op store will be giv en for the best poem, and a sim ilar prize will be awarded for the best short story. Winners will be announced in the last issue of the Emerald for winter, and the prizes awarded before Christmas vacation. _ To be eligible, poems must be ^k’iginal and unpublished' previous to October 1, 1942. Any UO un dergraduate is eligible. This con test is net limited to students in the school of journalism or the English department. Judges for the contest are Mrs. Alice H. Ernst, associate profes sor of English, poems; and W. F. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising,' short stories. Entries may be placed in Carol Greening’s box at the Emerald or mailed to her at Hendricks hall. Second Front fhey could open up that second front now From Vladivostok to Siam And t’would be a complete and confusing surprise, If Hitler’s as muddled as I am. J.W.S. novas will accompany them in tuxedos or dark suits. No cor sages are to be sent. Sport Clothes for Game The weekend is to be spent en tertaining alums and sport clothes with heels are in order for the football game with UCLA Sat urday afternoon. Welcoming signs for visiting alums should be “well under way” according to Bill Lilly, sign con test chairman. .All houses are being contact ed and entries must be turned in to Lilly by twelve noon on No vember 6. Contest Judges The judges, W. A. Dahlberg, H. C. Franchere, and Brownell Fra sier, are selecting the winners on the basis of originality, appli cation to theme, and general ap pearance. It has been suggested by Lilly that the signs pertain more to honoring Oregon men in the service than to the collegi ate theme of previous years. Two large perpetual cups will be awarded—one to the winning women’s living organization and one to the winning men’s living organization. Sign Chairmen There will be an important meeting of all house sign chair (Please turn to page eight) Coed Pledges According to reports from the office of the dean of women, Dorothy Wygant, of Eugene, pledged Alpha Delta Pi; Betsy Stwitevant ,of Modesto, Califor nia, pledged Alpha Chi Omega; Janet Fitzmorris, of Oakland, and Barbara Blasinghame, of Fresno, pledged Chi Omega. Smokes for Soldiers’ Drive Begins Tuesday Caper Girls, Characters' Fix Costumes “Well, let’s take the unusual case of ‘Cobina Coed,’ who is al ready such a . . . such a . . . well, not to be unfair to Cobina, but she really is a character.” remarked campus social chair man, Mary Bentley, when ques tioned about the proper costume for the forthcoming- AWS-spon sored Coed Capers. She has lovely eyes . . . limpid pools of a muddy cast, hidden be hind bi-focals. Her mouth, with its special shade of graveyard lipstick, has a glamorous droop. By contrast, her chin is insig nificant.” Figuratively Speaking ‘‘She has an achingly slim fig ure, similar to those adorning the pages of ‘Vogue.’ The rattling you hear when she approaches isn’t her charm bracelet. It's her skeletal system gently clacking.” ‘‘Cobina has beautiful hair. She bleached the front piece in California 'g.g.' style, then tried to cover it up with a brown rinse. It turned green.” In other words, Cobina is a . . witch.” Caper Consolation ‘‘Cobina is going to the Capers at Gerlinger the eve of Novem ber 12. She just can’t make up her mind what to wear,” Mary went on. ‘‘Now, people like Co bina Coed don't have any trou ble finding unusual costumes for the Capers, because owing to their gruesome appearance they’d naturally win at least consolation prize.” She continued, “Remember the scrap drive? Well, all you coeds who aren’t Cobinas will have to be looking for something excep tional in the way of costumes. Clean out your closet. Rummage through the basement.” Feminine Frolic Costumes, for each organiza tion under the direction of Alva Granquist, are getting rapidly in order for the feminine frolic. Eu (Please turn to page eight) Duck-Bear Broadcast, Rally Dance Slated The football game broadcast between the Ducks and the Bears may be heard today in Gerlinger hall. At the same time a rally dance will be given at the far end of the hall for those who prefer to dance. The game broadcast is spon sored by the rally squad, and will be heard ever station KOIN in Portland. The game will last from 1:30 to 4:30. The purpose of the broadcast is to enable all students who wish to listen to enter into the spirit of the game. The dance will be informal, a no-date affair, and is free to all students on the campus. Donald Stephens and Brimin na Vrang are in charge of the dance for the rally squad. Cokes will be on sale during the game. Collection Depots Awaiting Goal of IOOO Packs a Day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week will be set aside for the collection of cigarettes for the men at Camp Adair, according to Rohda Harkson, head of the cam pus USO. Although these are the only three days given to the drive, Miss Harkson has set the sale soal at 3000 nackairpc wtnVt. Adrian Relates Heroic Rescue The thrilling story of how an unidentified Negro mess attend ant rescued a raft-load of wound ed seamen was related by En sign Robert N. Adrian, a former Oregon student, over an NBC radio broadcast this week. Adrian revealed that as the U. S. destroyer Gregory was on her way to relieve the embat tled marines on Guadalcanal, she was- sunk by enemy action. Wounded in the legs and face, he drifted until sighting one of the Gregory’s life-rafts. It was al ready overloaded with wounded men, but he managed to get on. Negro Acts The raft started to drift sea ward. Then the powerful Negro (Please turn to frage eight) means that almost every student on the campus will be expected ito buy at least one package for the collection boxes. Each day of the drive 1000 should be sent in,, Collection Centers | Boxes for the collection will be.’ set in convenient spots around •the campus. Miss Harkson plane, to have them at the College Side, the Co-op, Taylor’s, YMC.A, YWCA, and Gerlinger hall. It. will be hard to miss them, she explained, because big sigma, "Buy a Pack for a Buddy,” will be in plain sight over each collec tion center. A USO representative has been appointed in each, of the campus living organizations, Miss Hark son said, to be in charge of the house’s donations. Each one will be responsible for his own box, she said, and may use his own 'discretion as to how the house will go 100 per cent. There is no (Please turn to page eight) Short Silks Favored 3 to I for Dorsey Dance By EDITH NEWTON Three to one, it would be short silks for the T. Dorsey dance if the majority of students questioned by an Emerald reporter last nighl had their way. That’s the way it looked after a survey of opinions was made* among a cross-section of students from various parts of the campus. As random calls were made to dorms, co-ops, fraternities, sororities*, and students living at home the vote grew strongly in favor of tho short silk dresses and heels for women and suits- for the men. Thinking of the alums visiting the campus for Homecoming, sev eral students mentioned the trouble of bringing formal attire in a suitcase, as well as the fact that many of the visitors wouldn't know about the need for formals and would feel out of place if the students were all in formals. “Sweaters and skirts look too sloppy, and it will bo too crowded . for long dresses,” commented one coed, as she considered the proper clothes for the -affair. - - - Thinking about the financial situation, someone .said that since the tickets were costing so much, boys shouldn't be bothered w;th the extra expense of the lavish corsage a formal would call for. Short silks seem like the type of thing for the annual dance a dormitory girl said, and her statement was fortified by the person who mentioned that the many extra details and expenses of a formal dance seemed inappropriate at this time. One business-minded Oregon student brought up the questma of the extra space formal clothes would take up in the luggage ol" alums, “and after all, that would be unnecessary transportation.” “Who wants a bunch of formals in a crowd like that,” was tho opinion of one sophomore, as she thought of what the crowded situa tion might do to her long dress. This is war time, and unnecessary frills should be avoided, some one said, and mentioned that the University of Washington haq banned all formals and corsages for the duration. “This is Homecoming and not a formal occasion,’’ one of the' interviewed men said. He thought there would be plenty of sport:* dances w-hich left this dance as a specially good one to have as a short silks and suits affair. With simplicity the keynote for the duration, short silks seemed the proper answer to the clothing problem, according to one of The girls who brought u pthe subject of hove much more comforta1 h> short siiks would be than the long dresses and tuxes a formal d:-.r. _t> would call for.