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■Seems like every columnist this week is talking about
BKOC’s, so here we are to talk about BMOC’s.
I saw our student body president once. I walked up to
him and said: "Are you the president of the student body?”
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“Yes, I am,” he said,
"£ am a member of the student
body," I volunteered.
Horror
He looked at me for a moment,
a 'A an expression of disbelief
changed to one of horror as he
stared. His face became blue, and
T thought he was going to faint,
but one of his trusty five "yes"
mea ran up just in time with a
glass of water and poured it be
tween his white, dry lips.
Slowly his eyes opened, but
they closed again when he saw
nrl staring at him. He started to
stagger again, but then with an
almost superhuman effort he re
gar-ed an upright position. When
h looked down at me again, his
eyes had a kind of sad and sym
pathetic look in them.
"Sorry, buddy," he said, “but
sometimes the immensities of
this job just overwhelm me."
Theta?
T knew a Theta once . . . that
was way hack in 1942 B.J.M.H.
(Before Joe Miller’s Haircut).
One morning I was eating
■breakfast and glancing at the
Emerald now and then, when sud
denly I sputtered in my coffee
like a Johnson Sea-Horse on a
clear day on sun-spangled Clear
Lake high in. the Oregon Cascades.
A cool breeze blows across the
waf. -r and ripples through our thin
shirts as we dig our canoe pad
dle;? deep into the translucent
lion d lake and head for Koosah
Falls . . . oh . . .
There it is staring at me in big
b'cck type. She’s let some other
character plant his scrap metal on
h r sweater. Speaking of sweat
ers .. . oh, all right, Mr. Hays,
if ; >u say so.
(kits Classes
'What to do? I cut all my class
es ins usual) and slouch down
to foe Radio La’o to trade in my
“Cmv-cow Boogie" for Chopin’s
‘T .moral March” and "Danse Ma
cs!' -C.”
Finally sight comes. Slowly,
not realizing what my sub-con
sc: is mind is doing, I head for
ttm liver. The swift, murky Wil
iam tte will end it all . . .
Wimpy Specials
I ini almost there when a light
b< ze wafts the delightful frag
raa :o of hamburgers toward me—•
liar burgers with mustard and on
ion r I tui'ii and grope through
tli’ dark toward the establish
ment.
Maxine McNeil Heads
Cast of Guild Hall Play
Growing up is no problem for
M? me Mi Neil, who plays oppo
site James Bronson in the coming
GuiYi Hall theatre play, "The
.Whole Town's Talking.” In
‘‘Watch on the Rhine" she played
ft r;-year-old and in the current
.production -she plays the role of
a g >1 about dO.
Tie current production finds
lie falling for an unsophisticated
ina. \vho considers himself a
ina: of the world. He winds up
or. the chandelier.
‘ Usually I am cast in character
parts of approximately eight
lines,” she commented.
Miss McNeil, an art major, is
int vested in costume design and
stage sets although she thinks
costumes are much more interest
ing, She is wearing the pin of
The a Chi, Bill Wood.
I- or brother, Parker McNeil,
\va - also active in dramatics until
he 'ft last January for the air
for \ He is now a second lieu
t' - ut. Hr had parts in "Idiot's
•i ght." "Berkeley Square." and
Taming of the Shrew."
“Six hamburgers with onions.”
“Yes sir, and mustard?”
“Yes.”
“And relish?”
“Yes."
“Gee, wasn’t that sad about
Prune Face?
“And lettuce?”
“Yes.”
“And catsup?”
“Yes.”
“And mayonnaise?”
“Yes.”
“Listen, bud, we’ll be losing
money if we fill your order. Get
out!"
But I began to think. Why com
mit suicide as long as we can get
hamburgers—with onions, and
lettuce and a thousand other
things ?
After all. she isn't the. only
Theta at the Side.
Bookkeeping Only Bug
For Dorms In Rationing
By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
toed rationing wont bother campus dormitories because
when it occurs they will be certain of obtaining their designat
ed amount of food per person, it was predicted Tuesday by
Mr*. Genevieve Turnipseed, director af dormitories.
“I have no fears regarding food rationing for the dorms. I
think it will be better for us because people won’t be able to
hoard, thus assuring' the dorms
of receiving their designated
amount,” said Mrs. Turnipseed.
Increased Efficiency
As an example she continued,
“If we are allowed five cans per
person over a certain period of
time, we will be assured of get
ting that amount of food under
the rationing system. It will be
much easier knowing the exact
amount we will be able to ob
tain.”
“The bookkeeping required will
be the hard part of the rationing
system for us,” she explained.
December Base
Revealing figures on the dorm
food situation, Mrs. Turnipseed
said that during a period of 16
days last December, a total of
52,150 pounds of canned fruits
and vegetables were consumed by
approximately 500 students in
the campus dormitories.
According to her, this term, al
though there are only 400 stu
dents in the five men’s dorms and
two women’s dorms, the amount
of food being used can be esti
mated by the specific amount
used during the 16 day period in
December.
At that time the following
amounts of food were consumed:
500 pounds of sugar, 50 pounds of
coffee (served only once a day),
480 pounds of butter or 30 pounds
per day, 511 pounds of poultry,
963 pounds of pork, 807 of veal,
195 of sausage, 126 of tuna an^
salmon combined, 120 of shorten
ing, 167 of dried beans and peas,
21 of dried fruits, 225 of salad
oil, and 125 pounds of American
cream cheese.
In terms of gallons, 1220 of
fresh milk, 151 of cream, and
11114 of ice cream were con
sumed.
Mrs. Turnipseed explained that
these figures don’t include tha
fresh fruits and vegetables,
canned juices, bread, and baked
goods which were used.
Foods that are practically im
possible to buy now are baked
goods and beef, the dorm direc
tor stated.
Between the Lines
(Continued from page two)
bol RKO means. (The origin of
the symbol, incidentally, can ba
traced to Comrade Beckwith.)
Happy Hoppy was set to decor
ate Marion Anderson, when tha
latter broke a date and gave him
the royal kiss-off.
Wails the frustrated freshman:
“They never treated me like this
in Myrtle Point!”
He’s in the
Only twelve years old ... but he is a purchas
ing agent with a whale of a big order waiting
for someone. Before this young fellow dies he
will buy 300 shirts, 50,000 meals, 15 automo
biles, 200,000 cigarettes, 200 pairs of shoes, and
make 25,000 phone calls.
We can't think of anyone who would ignore a
prospect like that; yet he is only an average
American boy starting out on life.
Market
for
300
SHIRTS
50,000
MEALS
25,000
PHONE CALLS
200,000
CIGARETTES
15
CARS!
Up on college hill, just a few blocks from your door, are 2500 young
boy and girl purchasing agents just like the proud young fellow in the
picture above. We'll admit they are over twelve years old; but what's
more important, they are just beginning to do their own buying for
themselves. As they go through college, they will spend thousands of
dollars, and in a couple of years they will begin buying for their own
families.
Whether or not these purchasing- agents buy from you depends
on whether or not you bid for their business. Buving habits
are being formed right now .... habits that, in most instances,
will become permanent. If you win a friend now, he may be
come a lifetime customer.
Introduce yourself now through the Oregon Emerald to 2500 lifetime
buyers.
Oregon
Emerald