Famed Abbe Family
flhats of Past and Future
Four members of the famous Abbe family, Jim Abbe and
his children, Patience, Richard, and Johnny, agreed after the
Dads’ Day luncheon Saturday that the University of Oregon
was much larger than they expected and that it was especially
friendly.
“I was so surprised when I noticed how genuinely friendly
everyone was,” said 18-year-old Patience, who is a senior at
j_,mcom mgn scnooi m roruana,
A slim blonde, who with her two
brothers authored the best seller
of 1936, “Around the World in
Eleven Years,” she continued,
“This is what I’m usually doing
-—interviewing. I’m planning to
e^-ue here to Oregon next year
minor in journalism. I’m also
interested in nursing. I was a
nurse’s aid at the Good Samari
tan in Portland last summer.”
Abe and Sons
Just then a short, bald-headed
gentleman with a twinkle in his
eye appeared, accompanied by
two boys, one tall and dark and
the other shorter and sandy
haired. After Jim Abbe and his
sons, Richard and Johnny, were
introduced, Mr. Abbe said, “I
can't get over the size of your
campus. It’s really much larger
than I expected.”
The KGW war commentator
continued, “I was really a little
nervous when I began to give my
speech, but this seemed to van
ish when one of the waiters
dropped a tray of dishes.”
Frelers Opinions
^ peaking- of his radio program
he said, “I prefer listeners who
aren't neutral. My audience has
certainly given me a lot of rope."
I really didn’t expect to stay here
•so long when I came last July,”
he explained in referring to his
commentating. His plan for the
future is to continue with an
nouncing.
Abbe, who was the first person
to photograph Joseph Stalin,
said, “I’m especially interested in
your yearbook and want to buy
one. A few years ago I was pho
tographer for several college
yearbooks in the South as far as
Georgia. I guess the last one I
did was about 1916. I haven’t
done any recent work in photog
raphy since the war in Spain,"
he added.
^Richard Abbe, 17, and a senior
.^-Lincoln high, as is his sister,
said, when asked what he plans
to do in the future, “I would like
to come to Oregon next year and
major in science but might be
called into the navy before I have
the chance.”
A junior at Lincoln, 15-year
old Johnny Abbe, who is usually
the bashful one of the family,
said, “I want to take forestry af
ter I graduate, but I don’t think
there is any chance because of
the war.”
Jim Abbe interrupted, "And
he really knows forestry forward
and backwards.” He added that,
they were pretty good ranchers,
too, after living on their Colora
do ranch outside of Larkspur for
several years.
The trio, Patience, Richard, and
Johnny, speak four languages,
French, German, Russian, and
English. French was the first
language they learned.
Referring to their hook,
“Around the World in Eleven
Years,” Patience said, “Dad was
supposed to write it, but he never
got around to it so we wrote it.”
The best seller was written when
Patience was only eleven years
old.
Jim Abbe continued, “They
wrote it in five weeks, and we
didn’t ever expect to have it pub
lished, least of all be best seller.
It made 540,000 profit for them,
too.” About this time I had writ
ten a book, “I Photograph Rus
sia,” and one of the staff mem
bers of the “American Mercury”
said, ‘Now I know who wrote
your book,” after Tie had read
“Around the World—.”
Before leaving Abbe said
again, “I hope I can get a copy
of your Oregana. It’s a finebook.”
Larsen Says—
(Continued from page two)
thinking isn’t nearly as impor
tant as the old-timers pretended.
Knowledge is power.
Most important aspect of the
security offered by higher educa
tion is the method by which it is
gained. A system of grades has
been devised to measure the
learning that students can absorb
and transmit to paper. It's an in
fallible test.
Tests “Supreme”
Even minor flaws such as
cheating, last-minute studying,
lack of significance of some
things learned, or only casual in
terest by students, does not alter
the supreme truth that tests de
termine what students know.
And what can be more valuable
than to knew things?
College students, through a
careful study of unvarying cer
tainties, have been able to ob
serve the growth of Christianity,
the development of science, the
expansion of industrial societies,
the peculiarities of war, the
smooth struggles of economic
movements, the cultural conflicts
of the American Way of Life,
and other fascinating historical
phenomena. Knowledge gives
strength to face any of the real
ities of the world.
On the other hand, curiosity is
the most fatal of afflictions. It
causes one to think. Some people
even lose their feeling of security
and become actively concerned
about the future of the world, or
democracy, or business, or peo
ple’s happiness. But for college
students such activity is chiefly
an extracurricular pleasure. They
sit tight and take their exposure
to learning on the chin.
When Looking for All Types of
857 Willamette
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'Foyle7 Ends Tonight
“Kitty Foyle,” the film which
won the Academy award for Gin
ger Rogers, ends its run tonight
at the Rex theater. Supporting
Miss Rogers are Dennis Morgan
and James Craig.
Also on the double bill i3
“Moonlight Masquerade.”
Grad Misses
Campus Days
The campus seemed pretty good
to Second Lieut. Hubard Kuokka,
'39, when he visited here yester
day, although he admitted that
when he graduated he thought
he would never want to come
back.
Kuokka is on his way back to
Corpus Christi where he will
serve as a temporary instructor
in the marine air corps. He was
graduated two weeks ago from
the marine air corps school and is
now the possessor of a pair of
gold wings. He hopes he will soon
be transferred to active duty on
the fighting front.
Being on the giving end of an
interview was something rather
different for the second lieuten
ant since he is in the habit of in
terviewing people himself, hav
ing worked on the Emerald and
various Oregon and Washington
papers.
The blue-eyed marine blinked
and laughed as he recalled some
of his experiences interviewing
people for the Emerald—such as
the time he got lost in the wom
en’s dressing room after the Bal
let Russe in McArthur court.
While here Kuokka was a mem
ber of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s
journalism honorary, sports edi
tor of both the Oregana and Old
Oregon, and assistant managing
editor of the Emerald.
Between the Lines
(Continued from page Hvo)
Lindley didn’t have much to
say, as usual. Miss van Petten
said “Hello,” which was as good
a thing to say as any.
Now that Lindley has met a
Theta, we are expecting great
things of his column, which, up
until now, has been nothing but
a would-be lead to a Theta in
troduction. Incidentally, any sim
ilarity between- Lindley’s stuff
and the style of a more-estab
lished columnist is strictly pla
giaristic.
AJLIU HUW, LU iXLl .Dill .LilUUItiya
who have found a girl but who
are faced with the problem, “How
can I get Her to ask me for a
date?” we offer the following ad
vice. (This is a male supplement
to the advice we outlined to fe
males in an earlier column.)
Have you tried the old drop
the-hankie gag? If you have no
hankie, try a box of Kleenex.
Picture the situation. You are
going past the Gamma Phi house,
and there is Virginia Wright sit
ting on the . lawn. Now’s your
chance. Your box clangs to the
pavement. She bends to pick it
up.
She hands it to you. What do
you say? You say, “Thank you.”
She is impressed by your voice.
She opens her mouth. She is go
ing to ask you for a date.
“You’re welcome.”
Well, let’s try another method
of approach. How about the
phone ?
Let’s look in the Guide, here.
Hayden, Dorothy J. Will she do?
Well, give her a ring—on the
phone, of^course.
Ask her if she likes coke. A lot
of them do. Tell her you’ve got a
car. Then tell her the truth. She’ll
like an honest boy. And there’s
your chance.
I could go on for hours. But
this should give you a picture of
the technique to use. And if you
still have trouble, drop around
and we’ll talk it over. I’m home
any Friday or Saturday night.
'Flyers’ Face
Deferment End
(Continucd from page one)
March 10, army air corps reserve
students will no longer be on .1
deferred status. This does not
mean, however, that they will be
called immediately, but they will
be subject to call at any time, ac
cording to the needs of the ser
vice.
Spring term, students in this
reserve will be advised to take
the courses that wlil help them
most in flight training. Advisers
will be available during registra
tion to aid students enrolling in
these courses.
New Location
(Continued from page one)
So that each girl will feel that
there is a time for her to work
and to enjoy the work with her
friends, each day has been given
to two houses. However, these
houses will not have exclusive
rights for the day. All girls are
asked to come as often as pos
sible.
Potential Requirement
Four or five instructors will
always be on hand to help the
newcomers. If sufficient work is
not turned out this term, campus
Red Cross work will become a
required activity spring term.
Houses for the next week are:
Thursday, Chi Omega and Delta
Delta Delta; Friday, Delta Gam
ma and Gamma Phi Beta; Sat
urday, all houses in both morn
ing and afternoon; Monday, Hen
dricks hall and Highland house;
Tuesday, Hendricks hall and Hil
yard house.
All girls may come on all days.
Nothing Sacred
(Continued from page two)
given the Pi Phi hashers—have
initiated a new tradition con
cerning birthday cakes and extra
desserts.
Chuckey, Woody, and Stinky
think it really shows!
Popular Farce
(Continued from page one)
The entire play is set in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sim
mons, and characterizes the home
life in a small Midwestern town.
The cast of the play includes
James Bronson as Chester Bin
ney; Marge Quigly, Mrs. Sim
mons; Maxine McNeil, Ethel
Simmons; Bob Farrow, Mr. Sim
mons; Louise Rossman, Letty
Lythe; Ray Dickson, Donald
Swift; Merlin Dow, Roger
Shields; Vivian McNamee, Sadie
Bloom; Nelda Rohrback, Lila
Wilson; Grace Diallard, Sally
Otis; Vivian McNamee, widow;
and Bill Neder, taxi driver.
The box office is open from
10-12 m. and from 1-5 p.m. Tick
ets are 55 cents and all seats ara
reserved.
OAC had several stitches tak
en when the Triad skit hit the
northern campus. The rally boys
and girls blitzed the Beavers
with a lightning laugh raid.
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