Oregon® Emerald
MARJORIE MAJOR
Editor
ELIZABETH EDMUNDS
Business Manager
Marjorie Young--Managing Editor and Acting News Editor
Chas. Politz—Associate Editor
Penny Nichols—Assistant Editc*
Anne Craven—Asst. Managing
Editor
Carol Cook—Chief Night Editor
Will Lindley—Staff Photographer
Betty Ann Stevens—Women’s
Editor
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.
New- SfuAiti flumpin'
There is a new spirit of friendship on the Oregon campus
today, a spirit born of war and maturing in a wartime atmos
phere. It is the friendship of the smile and the everready will
ingness to engage in small talk. Best of all it is the friendship
of soldiers and civilians.
As a civilian returning to an “army” school we naturally
felt a little ill-at-ease, was prepared to keep on feeling so. On
turning our first school corner for the new year we were met
with a “hello fella” from the confines of a certain tan house on
a hill.
That had not happened before. Especially unique was the
tone of the greeting from the boy in khaki. There was no trace
of the professional friendship of the future brother in fra
ternal casualness. The greeting definitely did not have the
“hello, and won't you come up to dinner” air to it.
This is not an isolated instance. Several times during the
three days since we returned to the campus we have been greet
ed by an attitude completely new and very welcome.
Civilian students are not allergic to a hearty handshake
and detailed description of that slightly terrific blonde with
the henna rinse. They never have been, though at times the
slightly frigid attitudes of some campus males—and females,
would have led one to think that a permit from the OWI signed
bv Elmer Davis was necessary for one human to be friendly
to a fellow human.
Some people will argue that the cadets are just lonely and
therefore are over-anxious to talk to the first trace of unfam
iliar humanity. Sure the army boys are lonely, but no more so
than a lot of the former civilian students.
But whatever the source may be, the result has produced
an atmosphere, which, if continued, will break what seemed
to be the never-melting campus ice and those people who have
branded Oregon a "snub school ' will eat their words—with
relish.
It has taken the war to bring this new spirit to the campus.
We hope the war ends tomorrow. But the new spirit of friend
ship—we hope it stays.
—C.P.
'SoLettUfjic ^batiwcj,'
Scientific blind dates will highlight the annual Hello dance
Saturday night. A system worked out by tjie executive coun
cil's new coordination committee will feature “scientific dat
ing" of army cadets and freshman girls so that everyone who
wants to go will be “provided for.”
In previous years the Hello dance has been a standing
joke on the campus, livery year advance publicity gave great
plav to the fact that “this is a strictly no date affair—but strict
ly.” And every year a big crop of trusting frosh would turn up
at the dance sans cutie or eute-he to watch the dated majority
have a good time.
This year such will not be the case—if all goes according to
plan. The coordination committee of four cadets and four civil
ian students has huddled and come up vfith a system by which
all 25 girls’ living organizations will receive “specification lists"
giving vital data about cadet’s heights, weights, ages, and mari
tal statuses. The girls will then pair themselves off with the
most suitable specifications.
Civilian men students will get their dates via the same pro
cess.
The Hello dance is a tradition long with Oregon. In recent
years the two-faced date policy has not only wreaked havoc on
students’ enjoyment of the dance, but has turned it into a mass
of confused handshaking and foot shifting. To be frank, it has
been boriyg. There is no reason why it should remain so.
More detailed organization and planning by the few
people who have charge of the affair should result in a dance
that rocks and is real tun for everyone.
For the first time we can look forward to a Hello dance that
is a “planned economy,” not a catch-as-catch-can flop.
C. P.
..(issiimmiimiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiimmiiimiiiniwmiiiiiiimiiuiitiiiiiiiiimininnnnranmunmniiniiiiiimiiiuiHiimiimiimimiiiuimiiiimiiiiimimitHmiiuiHmHHiiiinimiiig .
By CHAS. POLITZ
Diary of a Shipyard Worker
Part I
We had finished finals, kissed
Dr. Lesch goodbye, packed, un
packed, and said hello to moth
er when we arrived at the office
of the United States Employ
ment Service — Portland man
hungry branch. We were in a
hurry.
What would have been an un
forgiveable loss of time on the
train trip home was spent in fig
uring out seated passenger’s next
S|lll!IIIIIIIIIH«l!llllllll|illlllllllllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!llllllll!llllllHllllllllllll|
GoJm |
\9i. Qfveen
By WILL LINDLEY
As a resident of a third-floor
closet at the Theta house all this
summer, it certainly was a re
lief to get out into the clean,
pure cigarette smoke again. Be
sides, the Lemola bottles were
almost crowding us out.
But they say there’s nothing
like being early to get a bid, es
pecially at the Theta house.
Creeping up through the floor -
I suddenly came to a huge ring
which opened a trapdoor coming
out somewhere on the main floor.
Having lost the road map back
several hundred feet, I was un
certain as to where it would
come out, but naturally indulged
in some delightful speculation.
Imagine my surprise to come
out inside the automatic phono
graph.
After several choruses of “Take
the “A” Train,” satisfactorily ac
companied by Duke Ellington, I
slipped out through the loud
speaker and into the room.
For some unexplainable reason,
I felt a little out of place, but
this was soon remedied when I
encountered a Theta with beau
tiful blue eyes. And there’s noth
ing I like better than a Theta
with beautiful blue eyes unless it
is a Theta when it is so dark she
has to tell you what color her
eyes are.
But my dreams were shattered
when I was approached by the
housemother.
“Why you must be the young
man who applied here for the job
of janitor,” she said.
* * *
Will the Thetas give Lindley
the brush ? Tune in next week
for another thrilling chapter in
this moronic melodrama.
year’s income tax returns on the
Pullman walls.
We entered the confines oi
the employment office. The door
clicked shut. All that was need
ed was a howl of flour and an
electric fan to make us feel like
Mrs. Pruneface. Not a living be
ing was in sight. Not even a dus
ty notice from the draft board.
We were momentarily startled
by a booming voice from a loud
speaker on the rear wall.
“Name? Number of red cor
puscles over three ? You’re hired.
Report to International Boiler
makers, Iron Shipbuilders and
Helpers. Ask for Joe.” The rec
ord clicked off. We had a job.
Inner Sanctum
The doorman in platinum braid
and diamond studded shoestrings
lifted his gold plated deodorizer,
deodorized it, then us, and tele
graphed Tom Ray that we had
arrived. His finger touched a hid
den button which we could not
see and steel doors began to slide
open in unison to the tune of “If
You Had It When You Came You
Soon Will Leave It Here.” Our
wallet jumped out of our pocket
of its own accord and started to
hotfoot it to Brenner Pass.
We passed into the sanctum
sanctorum of the International
Brotherhood of Boilermakers,
Iron Shipbuilders, and Helpers.
Never before have we been so
glad that we are an only child.
After our eyes had become ac
customed to the imported glare
of the imported south Waukegan
marble we noticed several large
printed plaques over little tell
er’s booths marked in turn,
“Dues, Initiation Dues, Fees, Re
classification, Fees, and Miscel
laneous.” We failed to notice any
cubbyhole marked “Refunds.”
There was a long line of peo
ple of various sizes before each
booth. They were watched over
by an over-accommodating wom
an sheepherder who smiled awk
wardly as if she had been recent
ly taught. This invaluable rela
tive of the individual who gave
her the job took our work slip,
fluttered up to the teller's booth
in advance of our approach and
deposited the slip with a flunkey
who looked up in the records how
much we had already invested in
the brotherhood.
When it was discovered that
we were a neophyte at it all, a
wall lever was tripped, we were
beclouded with laughing gas and
paid our $20 cheerfully.
We were then issued our
monthly dog biscuit bearing the
signature of the honoi’ed secre
tary and told to report to Oregon
:hsign muon tu&nesa
HAD TO SHOOT ACCURATELY
£ TO WIN THE U.S. AMATEUR
GOLF CROWN IN 1938
"t:
NOW HE'S TRAINING AT IKE
HOLLYWOOD, FLA., NAVAL
GUNNERY SCHOOL To SHOOT
AT A DEFERENT TARGET
AND YOUR WAR SAVINGS
PROVIDE IKE AMMUNITION/
MCK THt
ATTACK
XW/THWAR
^HBONDS*
Soldiers to f
Get Special
Discounts
Beginning this fall the Emer
ald will operate on a four-page
five-day-a-week schedule, the
educational activities board an
nounced Tuesday. The Oregana,
student directory,, and concert
series will be offered as usual,
with special arrangements being
made for soldiers stationed on
the campus.
Members of the training unittL
may subscribe to the Emerald for
50 cents a term, if their living
groups have a 50 per cent sale.
Units with a 25 per cent sub
scription may receive it for 75
cents, 50 cents under the regular
price.
The 1943-44 Oregana, Univer
sity yearbook, will include a sec
tion on the army units in train
ing here. Subscriptions will be
taken during registration at Mc
Arthur court for $5. The Oregana
will be distributed in May, and
will be mailed free of charge any
where in the United States to
soldiers who subscribe
Members of the armed forc^
at the University will be inclu®*
ed in the “Pigger’s Guide,” an
nual student directory, as well
the name, address, and major of
every student. Copies may be or
dered for 25 cents each during
fall term registration.
Many well-known artists in
cluding Marjorie Lawrence, Ezio
Pinza, and Bidu Sayao will be
presented in the concert series
this year. Soldiers will be admit
ted for 50 cenis and will need no
previous reservation. The Uni
versity band, symphony orches
tra, choral union, all-campus sing,
and other events will be present
ed free to army men. ^
Shipyard in the morning.
Refreshment
We went to the nearest beer
hall — an unimported marble
place operated exclusively for
refugees of the Hall of Exalted
Boilermakers by the International
Brotherhood of Bar Flies, Fleas,
and Helpers.
There was no admission charge.
Oregon If Emerald
Night Staff:
Carol Cook, night editor
Wilma Foster
Jerry Bercovitz
Walt Graham
Charlie
Bill Buell
Charles Politz
Vic Huffaker
Boh Scott
City Desk Staff:
Carol Cook
Edith Newton
Anne Craven
Marjorie Young
Courtney Swander
Bill Lindley
Speech Defects on
Increase in School ^
Speech defects seem to be on
the increase in the school popu
lation, announces "Kenneth Scott
Wood, director of the speech cor
rection clinic. The war is believed
to be the cause.
Ample opportunities for stu
dents in speech correction to gain
experience in a wide variety of
cases will be available. Cases in
c'ude cleft palate, stuttering, and
faulty enunciation.
Anyone interested in speech
correction work should contact
Wood immediately in 107 Friendf
ly hall.
Dartmouth college is opening
a separate department of geog
raphy in recognition of the global
character of the war.