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At the time of the interview, Jack Billings, editor of the
Emerald, was lying -on his back beneath a flowering quince in
back of the journalism building, with bis head resting on two
striped pillows, reading Shakespeare.
At present, Jack Billings, editor of the Emerald, is lying
on bis back, beneath billowing infirmary covers, with head rest
ing on white pillows, reading
no tiling, since lias a case of ca
tarrhal fever.
Youngest editor of the Emerald
ever, stocky, blond Billings is
also the fust ever to be appoint
ed news editor, managing editor,
and editor in the space of one
year. Replacing Ray Schrick, for
mer editor, who is now stationed
at Shepherd field, he took over
for Schrick too, as editor of the
Portland Franklin High Post,
said Billings.
Post Gets Prizes
"Schrick was the first editor
when it received all-American
rating.' The paper was awarded
the national pace-maker award
when Billings took it over and
"it was the only one west of the
Mississippi,” he added, with well
concealed pride.
"This kills me," lie chuckled.
Dropping Shakespeare for the
moment, he folded his hands,
squinted at the sky and recount
ed. amusedly, ‘‘In my high high
school day I interviewed a lot cf
people. Most important of the lot
were Dewey, Willkie, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Wallace, and a lot of
movie and opera stars like Tib
l>ett.” In Order to interview Will
kie, Billings had to catcli a ride
to Salem, where ‘‘I got to meet
every big shot in the Republican
party.”
During earlier years "I trav
eled around with my father who
was a traveling salesman, and
went to eight different grade
schools,” he reminisced.
To a few comments hurled in
his direction from a member of
the indoor staff, lie countered
with, “This is spring, Margie . . .
There’s no hurry . . . have a while
till the deadline.”
A member of the House of
Characters, Canard club, "Yes,
indeed,' mid Sigma Delta Chi,
Billings also claims smirkingly
that, “I've been offered to pledge
by Sigma Epsilon Chi, too, be
sides the marine reserves.”
too, besides the marine reserves.”
Vital
For other vital statistics, he
announced: “I am 5 feet C inches,
and have been for six years,
weigh 150 pounds . . . blue eyes,
blond hair, fair complexion . . .
my hair is approximately 10
inches long in spots and is part
ed on the left side, except when
I want it to . . . and has seven
waves.”
“Shouder-length bob," uncere
moniously remarked Marjorie
Young, managing editor, who
joined the outdoor party at that
moment. “Have a quince, prince,
. . . he’s man cf the century.”
Unperturbed, B|llings contin
ued, revealing that he has two
sisters and three brothers, of
which he is the oldest.
“What’s new?" called a char
acter who was passing by.
“Read it in the Emerald,” Bill
ings called back.
Puzzlement
Coming back to the interview:
he puzzled over a serious state
ment, “Well, in my job on the
Emerald for the remainder of the
year is more or less as a trainer
for the ’43-'44 staff, and as such
I have been, and will continue to.
gradually place a major portion
of the executive responsibility on
the members of the staff who are
more or less certain that they'll
be back next year. Until they
have assumed the full responsi
bility, however, my job as editor
is necessarily different from the
job of any foi mer editor in that
I must supervise the actual man
agement and standard production
of the paper, rather than super
vising the editorials.”
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NOTICE ... A new star just
discovered in the heavens by the
students of the U. of O.—named,
the Sun!!
What more could any manager
of baseball or tennis ever pray
for! Official baseball games start
today, and considering the mania
for suntans, we expect to see the
second baseman lying cn the field
trying to get her back tanned.
That, they tell us, is Life!
. . . Just a not so gentle re
minder to all those interested in
turning in petitions for the ten
nis court dance. Here’s an op
portunity for anyone with an im
agination to work up some novel
ideas. Since a dance on this or
der has not been given in the re
cent history of the campus, we
Women’s Page Staff:
Mary Ann Campbell, Editor
Staff:
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Betty Ann Stevens,
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Marty Beard
Betty Lu Siegman
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are anticipating it with much
pleasure . . . and we really mean
that!
VVe are glad to report that the
WAA room is completely furn
ished now . . . well, almost,—ex
cept for the small matter of a
few bare windows. We are se
riously considering draping ten
nis nets over them for something
new in interior decoration.
NEXT WEEK — a report on
the Amphibian swimming pag
AWB Note*. |
In order to get rid of surplus
items on the campus including
everything from books (such as
the Dante’s Inferno “go to hell
for a nickel” item which finally
was sold at last term’s auction)
to different types of overcoats
and numerous other “different”
kinds of wearing apparel, AWS
is sponsoring a last campus auc
tion of the school year.
Kathryn Dunn, sophomore in
liberal arts, has been appointed
chairman of the affair and will
announce her committees and
(Please turn to page eight)
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