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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1944)
r Farewell To UO By shaun McDermott As the days become longer and the “x-ings” on the calendar increase, the shadow of March 4 hovers over the Term III En gineers of ASTU 3920. On that day, after nine hare this group will be graduated from the basic course of AST? engineering and will return to line outfits or continue their schooling in either engineering or medicine. Many will be glad to leave—many sorry, but certainly none will forget the las4 nine monins, Memories of CO . . . That first day, when we were ushered into the dining room of Straub hail, amazed by it all . . . The first and most tragic event, just a few days lifter our arrival—the death of Frank Hammernick . . . The shuf fling of men and consequent for mation of sections and the cadet Officer system . . . Military drill , . . those summer nights (includ ing Sundays) in study hall . . . the spontaneous air corps-engineer ri valry, now at its peak . . . The ASTU newspaper . . . The trips into the mountains with Lieuten ants Davis and Near . . . The first Soldier dances in Gerlinger hall. As fall came, so did the girls and better times. The original con fusion cleared up by the open hous es .. . The variety of house dances , . . The Campus Serenade, with fBven “Fathah” Bailey and his su per orchestra, Don Dittman and Sy Klempner . . . The football games . . . The visit of the OSC beaver . . . The campus dogs . . ; The animal called Rodney . . . The trips to the graveyard (for mili tary lectures, that is) . . . Martin’s grave . . . Those unforgettable days in Sig ma Chi .and the sorrow of leaving. . . . The meals, especially the mid night snacks . . . Serenading . . . Reveille, soon followed by the early morning "Taps and bed' check" . . . Monte Carlo (ask any basic III) . . ■ Maxine Davis . . . The Armis tice day parade and the battalion reviews . . . The battle of Cemetery Ridge . . . Those fiendish chem. labs . . . The continuous loss of best friends through elimination from the pro gram, and the suspense of won dering “Who’s next” . . . Valen tine , alias T.S. slips, unpunched. . . . T e basketball', team, especial ly the sweet victory over the air '•or; ; after they predicted our rte fea y SO po . . . Those orien taiion films . . . Tbe “fox-hole” . . . Famous Quotes and t’nqiiotes— You men . . . now fellows, I hate to bring this up again, but ... It is indicated . . . Them’s the ones we want . . . Smisst . . . Hit me . . . They won't ask this in the test . . . All down hill from here ... If you ever get to calculus . . . Anyone who doesn’t make at least 50 on this test ... At ease! . . . If you. have 10 red’ headed girls . . . You sad-. . . Stack arms. The March ’44 graduates have always contributed their share of gripes, but their service here has been pleasant and interesting, to say the least. At times a few of the unthinking minority of both soldiers and coeds have aroused bitter feelings, but in general, re lations have been amiable. Army regulations have caused the civil ians to be inconvenienced in a number of ways—we’re sorry that had to be the case. This has not been college life, but it has been a reasonable fac simile of it. At this time, in the name of all the army graduating class, we wish to thank the various social committees, the faculty, and all the coeds who made our as signment here so enjoyable. The first group of soldiers to complete their full course of ASTP training here bids farewell to Universitas Oregonensis. AdLib i C ontinucd from pacj. . ' tccn) pull off with the slightest touch . . . this leaves you a smooth can which stands between you and the rich Jersey-juice beneath . . . try a fork along the edge ... it doesn’t work since the cap is made to fit too well . . . now the question of whether the lieutenant and nina will betray skeezix's trust . . . this does nothing toward getting the milk into your glass . . . try a knife on the edge of the bottle cap Make this your pin-up picture for ’44' Buv war bonds, briim our boys home soon . . Municipal Electric and Water Utilities STAFF Edi lor: I Shaun McDermott j Scribes: | Ted Goodwin Jimmy Kays TIank Lively Neil McNeil . . . nothing1 moves ... at this j point you do one of two things: ! you may plunge your fork into the middle of the bottle cap; (use a downward stroke) . . . this will cover a radius of five feet with ' splashes of milk but is not an eco-1 nomieal way to do tilings . . . the record: a direct hit on a flight leader at a range of seven feet, three inches is held at present by malcolm (flight e) . . . the record is not official since malcolm used a soup spoon instead of the ap- i proved four-tine fork . . . the other ! things you may do is go get a cup of coffee ... it is not as good fo- j you but it may save your mind j from cracking . . . after an en- j counter with such a milk bottle! you wonder why the yale-lock co. j doesn’t wise up and make its vaults in form of a milk bottle | equipped with an unstapled cap J. . . wally hopkins cries out that there would be over 2,000,000 miles ; of wire used a month if all bottle i tops were stapled ... a brooklyn-! ite couldn’t understand how a cow i 1 could lay those pint, bottles with j | the caps already on . . . less effi cacious methods of removing the caps were discarded and the nerves 1 of all milk-drinkers were at the I snapping point . . . frequent milk! ; baths may have been good for anna 1 held . . . but the guy in e.d. across 1 I the table does not like you any j better for his being- the target of ; ! your erupting milk bottle. ... i | then that glorious morning when we found the milk-bottle-caps were stapled . . . now for several days our milk has come equipped with the sturdy "no-slop, no-scoop, no squiri" bottle caps . . . result, much higher grades in calculus and gen eral improvement in the detach u imposition ... it gives the * .:..... 'I I soldier something he can leperd j on . . . and tho he is miles from home he knows when he picks tip his bottle of milk that the cap will come off . . . all of it . . . in one simple movement. by Yutch One of our nation's greatest problems is the health of its people. Vitamins are especially : ceded during the hard working c ays of the war period for strong er, healthier Americans. We who are still in school need vitamins daily to be tops in ment al and physical sharpness. Help your nation by keeping fit and buy your vitamins at Remember to eat meat and fresh vegetables over exam week for the energy and stamina that is essential for a quick alert mind. Order now,we have both. EUGENE PACKING CO. ! 675 Willamette