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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1943)
isy AJNJN SXEViJKS The editor of the Oregana frowned authoritatively, picked up a drawing square from her desk and sat down behind a work ing table. “I’m looking official," Helen (Johnny) Johnson informed, with a smiling nod of her feather-cut. Looking over her shoulder at the layout sheet, we broached, “Are they very difficult?” She replied slowly, “No, they’re not, except for the school pages. You see,” she pointed out carefully., “There has to be an informal shot here, and schools always have so much material.” About the Oregana, she ex plained, tapping the table with her square for emphasis, “Most of it's pretty much in the secret stage.” Formerly the largest book in the country, the yearbook has been changed from an Il-inch by 13-inch to a standard 9-inch by 3.2-inch. Although it’s received an All-American rating for the eighth successive time, Helen is “keeping her fingers crossed.’’ J.W.S. “Oh, by the way,” she ex cidfrmed, “Wes (Sullivan, Ore gana editor ’43) is editing a year HORSEBACK RIDING • he Sport of Kings” Good for your morale Hours: Daily,.1 to 6 p.m. Sunday....8 a.m. to 6 p Morning and Evening rides by appointment. S. HILYARD RIDING ACADEMY 28th & S. Hilyard I used to step on every leaf To hear its crisp, dry crunch, A sound like me with celery, Or rabbits eating lunch. But now I skirt each fallen leaf. One sad October day I learned about those autumn leaves— I learned the hard, hard way. I stepped—the world went "whoosh,’’ And I found out, to my grief, That to turn over people Is the aim of every leaf. —By Penny Nichols. book for his flight in California, and writing poetry for the Yank. Unexpectedly, she added, “And I have Tony Martin’s autograph, and you may see it sometime. I got it at New York this summer.” "New York?” "Mmmhmm. I went to summer session at Columbia, and took magazine writing and book illus trations. I'm going back after I graduate. It was wonderful!” Helen sighed fervently. She paused, then continued en thusiastically, "I interviewed someone for a class this summer . . . the doorman at the Empire theater. He knew Sarah Bern hardt, Maude Adams, and the three Barrymores ,and he showed me the dressing rooms and press clippings. Oh, I was so thrilled!” “Johnny” "Johnny” is from Sheridan . . . "Put in a plug for it. It’s beyond McMinnville on the way to the coast.” She has an older sister in Washington, D. C., and a Swed (Please turn to page four) ...CAMPUS FUNDAMENTALS " In'Rayon Gabardine ^ Dresses, you will wear from eight to six. Made with a shirt collar, shirt pockets ihnd a procession of buttons that open up the front . . . or with a fly front and hand stitching. In bluebell, gold, red, aqua, beige and cocoa. $8.95 $10.95 WOMEN'S PAGE STAFF Co-editors: Betty Ann Stevens, Carol Greening Staff: Joanne Nichols Marty Beard Betty Lu Siegman Bobbi Bealer "The Wind and the Rain in her Hair" may be a good song title, but for that three-inch feather cut, it just isn't practical these days. Bandannas manage to keep most of the hair intact, but it takes something with a brim to prevent those fluffy bangs from becoming' a sodden mess. Rain hats have blossomed out in abundance this year—all kinds, sizes, and shapes. Worn alone,.or as a topping for the usual ban danna, they provide variety to the usual campus wet-weather dress, as well as being practical. Hois Giberson choose a foreign legion type of headgear in beige waterproof material. The back part may either be worn down, protecting the back tresses, or tucked under the brim to change it into a ski hat. . . . Beverly Cameron prefers the regulation beige roller which matches her raincoat. . . Fran Bennett's green and black plaid hunting cap is of corduroy, but is as good pro tection from the elements as any other. And then, to go to the other extreme, there are the inevita ble wooden shoes, which appear each year with more variety than ever. Mary Bursh goes gaudy with her bright red puddle-jumpers . . . Xancy Hallock’s brown and white cowhide wooden shoes are bound to cause comment. And for those coeds who lack the necessary stamp to purchase an other pair, wooden shoes may be re-topped, re-painted, or re dyed with little difficulty. Pat Ferguson utilizes another idea by putting jingle bells on hers— not a canny idea if you have eight o'clocks, however. —By Bobbi Bealer AWSfi/otei Coed Capers promoters are get ting in deeper and deeper as the “big night” looms only two . weeks away, November 19, to be exact. Talking to Janet “Pewee” Ross, who is Shirley Hunting ton’s stooge and co-mistress of ceremonies, Pewee says that all > is going smoothly except for the ’ important item of her entrance on the stage. “I tried making my grand en trance by swinging in on a rrtpj like Superman—but it didn't work, so our big problem still is how to get me in there. Squirrel (Shirley) and I plan to do a little singing too. Just to prepare you, we have terrible voices—we’re nothing but thb worst monotones,” says Pe-' wee. Signe Ecklund is the brawny ' brain behind the sophomore skit; ’ having written the script, she is ' now conducting supervision of the , masterpiece, entitled "Superwo man.” Written as a television pro gram, the skit introduces Super woman herself, with all her pow erful strength, uncanny reflexes, ; and dynamic brain, in the person of "leading lady”, Sally Twohy. . A glance at the cast list in cludes such names as Gene Mc Pherson, Lois Twining, Gloria Newell, Cece Noren, Joan Hart, Jeanne Briggs, Altha Paul, Doro thy Weigant, Peggy Heitschmidt, Joann Holstad, Mimi Staub, and 1 Virginia Wright. —By Betty Lu Siegman. By MARTY BEARD Members of WAA council rolled up their sleeves, and got down to brass tacks no rela tion to income or Victory tacks, —at their meeting Monday eve ning. And something new has been added . . . Bev Goetz, newly elected president, wielded the gavel, and Marian Schaefer, newly elected treasurer, was pres ent with budgets. Most important item of the meeting, we feel, was the deci sion to hold a recreation night. And so, on Friday, November 12, the imaginary rugs of Gerhngor will be rolled up and shoved into some dark corner when all coeds will be invited to a deal called Rowdy Night. Gloomy Friday On one side, here, we had a Friday night slack-off. What it-—"1 1 .. used to bo a date night is now but a fizzling anti-climax to a tuff week. And on the other side was an empty gymnasium, took ing lonely and forgotten on Fri day eves. The- two factors we put togeth er One and one makes two. Two and two makes this four you. . . . Questions7 . . . What do we have to offer? Well, variety! Ping pong . . . Shuttle hoards . . . Volleyball . . . Badminton . . . lessons in real Spanish danc ing . . . and swimming. Wo (ti gress for a moment on the sub ject of bathing suits. You will be allowed to bring your own suits. Not that the suits at tbo gym aren’t the loveliest crea tions . . . well. The faded blue— we'll call it pastel—is the newest shade out . . . washed out, wo mean. And about the fit . . . well, you can bring your own suits. New Just came in ! 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