Dorm Residents Consider
Moving BacktoOldHalls
By CAROL COOK
The present topic of concern for many women dorm resi
dents now that the ASTP students have left the campus and
the air corps is soon to leave, is whether or not dorm-ites will
be moved back into the larger units.
The dormitories, once full of soldier-students are now empty;
and the work of reconverting the buildings for civilian use is
a.irea.uy
Rumors have been flying. One
rumor says that the girls will be
moved next fall into Hendricks and
Susan Campbell halls. Another
says that the girls will be moved
into John Straub hall. Even an
other has it that no girls will be
allowed to room off the campus
next year so that all three dorms,
John Straub, Hendricks, and Susan
Campbell may be filled to capacity.
The greatest hope held by the
majority of dorm girls is that they
may-’ by some quirk of chance—be
allowed to remain in the fraternity
houses After the novelty of living
in the houses had worn off, the
girls discovered that a small group
was more stimulating, through
greater friendship with their
housemates and greater coopera
tion because of that friendship.
House spirit and house pride
sprang up where indifference had
existed in the larger groups. And
the girls enjoyed the freedom that
could be granted to the smaller
units, shouldering the responsibil
ities that came with freedom.
Two questions were asked of one
member from each of the dormi
tory units on the campus: “What
is your opinion on the possibility
of living in either Susan Campbell
or Hendricks hall next year?
Why?” and “How would you feel
about living in John Straub?
Why?”
Kitty Brown, freshman, echoing
some of the opinions she had heard
in Birch lodge, said ‘‘We wouldn't
like going into the big dorm. There
would be too many girls, and we
like the small unit better, any
way.” About John Straub, she
said. “We’d rather go into Hen
dricks—the boys said Straub was
awfully dirty.”
Junior Mary Elizabeth Davis of
Hawthorne lodge said, “I hate to
think of moving back to Hen
dricks. Living in a smaller unit
this year was perfect—not at all
like the cold formality of the dorm
units.” Of John Straub, she ex
pressed the opinion that it would
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be a little better, but "I still won't
be completely satisfied ”
Mary McClintic, a former Hen
dricks girl now at Casablanca
lodge, likes small houses better.
Rather hazy on the proposition of
living in the men’s dorm, she ex
pressed the desire “to be in Hen
dricks where the kitchen is.”
Alder Lodge Freshman Virginia
Brunell didn’t like the idea of mov
ing into any dormitory. “In a
smaller unit,” she argued, “The
girls are better organized, there’s
more informality, and the girls
learn more about group life.” She
wasn’t sure about moving into
John Straub.
Hillcrest Lodger Louise Montag,
who spent her freshman year in
Susan Campbell hall wants to stay
in the fraternity house, but would
prefer living in Susan Campbell to
being in Straub. “It’s too dark in
the men’s dorm,” she said.
Elizabeth Haugen, a freshman
at Lombardy lodge, thinks moving
into the dorms is “a pretty good
idea.” Facilities for studying and
living would be better, she said,
“although a lot of the girls think
it would be a pretty big mess.”
Social Chairman Nancy Charl
ton, a sophomore at Laurel lodge,
said she preferred Hendricks to
Susan Campbell because of the bet
ter facilities. When asked about
John Straub hall, she said she
“hadn’t had her ear to the ground,”
and consequently had no opinion on
the topic.
Sedate Junior
(Continued from page one)
ing down the fence surrounding
the campus in 1903.
Burning of frosh lids started in
1910 and only died out about ten
years ago.
In 1911, the first Canoe Carni
val, as it was called, was held.
James Mott, congressman from
Oregon now, campaigned in 1913
for Ruth Gibson for queen, but
rain stymied the whole carnival
and the queen’s reign.
After 1913 the Canoe Fete be
came a regular feature. The floats
started as single eanoes decorated
with flowers, streamers, or lights.
Gradually more canoes were lashed
together, and finally there were
the present-day barges. The jun
iors added the theme which built
the weekend around one central
idea, such as “Melody in Spring”
or “Alice in Wonderland” or this
year’s “Mother Goose Goes to
War.” Prizes were offered for the
best floats, and houses paired off
for the competition.
Dean Karl W. Onthank described
two floats in an interview in a
193S Emerald. One represented a
tropical sea shell all done in pastel
shades, and the other was a Chi
nese junk with Oriental trimmings.
The weekend became Junior
Weekend officially in 1908. Sports
events superseded the work party
in 1914. Other features were dra
matic club plays and the Prom
which always ended the festivities.
In 1908 painting the “O" became
a junior class task, but the juniors
usually pressed freshmen into the
manual work while they supervised
operations.
Other traditions, the tea dance,
the sunlight serenade, the mothers’
luncheon, and the frosh-soph tug
o’ war were later additions. This
year the all-campus sing replaces
the Canoe Fete.
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Union Committees
To oMeet Today
The all-campus and three class
Student Union committees will
meet Monday at 4 p.m. in Room
1, Johnson hall (basement). Class
committees should bring reports
on their projects, according to
Gene Conklin, all-campus chair
man. Work tor the rest of the
term will be discussed.
Religion Group
(Continued from page 1)
pachuttes, returned missionary
from China Inland Mission, who
will speak at 3:15 on his experi
ences under Japanese occupation
in China.
Air corps members of Oregon
intervarsity will have charge of
the dinner program at 6 p.m. on
the second floor of Gerlinger.
Following the evening session at
8 there will be a fireside.
Scheduled meetings for Sunday
include an early morning commun
ion service at 7:30 in Gerlinger
and the closing session at 2:30 p.m.
Featured at these services will be
the army air corps quartet, Rollin
Calkin, from the campus, Olive
Oldfield, violinist, and Phyllis Mc
Cormick, vocalist, both from Ore
gon State college.
This is the first time in a num-,
ber of years that the conference
lias been held on the Oregon cam
pus.
Usefulness Basis
(Continued from page one)
a.m. Saturday,'May 6 and will re
main on display until Sunday night
at 6. Each book must bear a defi
nite mark of ownership.
Prize winners of former years
are invited to exhibit libraries but
aie ineligible for prize awards.
Perlman Wins
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at the University of Wisconsin,
where he had majored in history
before his induction into the army.
The essay which received $25
as first prize, was about 10,000
words in length and was chosen
from among six entries. It was
devoted to a study of the .Averro
ism philosophy which comes from
Averroes, the greatest Arabian
philosoph|er in the West and a
famous commentator on Aristotle.
The choice was peculiarly apt for
Private Perlman, Averroes being
famous for his complaints about
the little time left from, his offi
cial business for studies and philo
sophical research.
Selling of Stella
(Continued from page 1)
for an even four dollars. The money
will be given to the local Red
Cross chapter.
Bouts, brawls, and boisterous
humor marked the first all-men’s
smoker held last night in McAr
thur court with High Commission
er and Guest Critic Charles Politz,
junior in journalism, presiding.
Three exciting fist matches were
interspersed with a wrestling
match and topped off with a battle
royal in which the seconds and two
or three of the friends of the con
testants leaped into the ring and
“mixed it" until forcibly dragged
from the scene.
One of the highlights of the ev
ening was the “Hungry Six” Ger
man band, comprised of Hoyt
Franchere, instructor in English,
baritone sax; D. S. Dedrick, assist
ant professor of chemistry, trom
bone; Charles Bubb, instructor in
mathematics, trumpet; Dr. Law
rence S. Bee, assistant professor
of sociology, tuba; John Stehn,
University bandmaster, clarinet;
and Dr. Will V. Norris, head of the
physics department, clarinet also.
Pledges of Sigma Delta Xi,
men's journalism honorary, pre
sented a skit which parodied stu
dent politics. Participating were
Bill Buell, Bill Lindley, and Norris
Yates, all juniors in journalism.
Causing a momentary diversion,
two girls dressed in men's clothing
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Amphibians will meet at 10 this
morning.
Wesley house will hold its spring
canoe party this evening beginning
at 7:30. Those who plan to attend
should come to Wesley house at
that time and bring 25 cents.
Oregon^ Emerald
Night Staff:
Elizabeth Gilmore, night editor
Bill Lloyd
Norris Yates
Oregana Managers'
Bids Due Tuesday
Petitions for the positions of
managing editors on the 1945 Ore
gana will be due Tuesday after
noon by 5 o’clock, Edith Newton,
editor, said Friday. The top posi
tions this year will be filled by
those presenting petitions, thus,
giving everyone an opportunity to
express their interest in the posi
tions.
Students with experience on the
Oregana or other year books arc
asked to turn in petitions stating
the applicants experience and '
plans, and should be left at the
Oregana office in the journalism
building.
succeeded in slipping into the
building undetected. They were
duly discovered and placed in a
“detention camp” for the remain
der of the performance. A rumor
that a third was also at large
could not be verified despite dili
gent search, and is believed to have
been false.
George Hopkins, professor of
piano, and his young son, put on a
drum-and-piano act which was re
ceived with much applause, as were
also the performances of Paul Mc
Bride, senior in liberal arts, on the
parallel bars, and “Babe” Puziss,
sophomore in liberal arts and Wil
liam E. Van Vactor, graduate
assistant in English, who staged a
mock weight lifting contest.
Collection Ends
(Continued from taqe one)
especially for his friend, Mr. Ray,
and dedicated to the former’s wife
and three daughters. Dr. Nash ex
plained that hand printing and
binding such as that has not been
done since the World War. He did
not own a press, but worked with
another man in San Francisco.
Most of his books have been bound
in beautiful, expensive leather,
costing as much as $250 a book.
Although Dr. Nash has many
rare books, his main interest is
beautiful paper, printing, and bind
ing in books. His chests, shelves,
and display tables in the John Hen
ry Nash collection room on the
second floor of the library were
not included in the purchase. He
may sell these, along with a dis
play of metals and paintings on
the history of printing, elsewhere.
Among his displayed paintings is a
large portrait of himself in his
shop. He travelled to Paris twice
to have this made.
Dr. Nash considers “The Divine
Comedy” by Dante the finest book
he has printed. Bound in Munich
and printed on paper made in Hol
land, five years were required to
complete it.
Among his rare books are sev
eral ineunabulas (printed before
1500); one of these is valued at
$400. The first book printed in
italic type — Virgil — cost him
$1500. A page of one of the orig
inal Gutenberg Bibles, of which he
has made a perfect copy, was
given to him and is among his
prizes. Treasured as one of his
most beautiful books is “The
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer,” val
ued at $2000 and printed in 1896.
Dr. Nash told of his trip in 1921
dirough France, Italy, and Eng
and in an attempt to find hand
-nade paper. Finally, in Holland, ho>
:ound the firm of Van Gelder and
Sonen (sons), from which he or
lered 1000 reams of this fine paper,
[t took them several years to make
ind deliver it, and he used it as
t arrived. Screens with impres
sions for watermarks for this pro
:ess are in his display.
Since packing of the books will
oegin next week, probably the last
:hance for students to view them
will be today. Dr. Nash expects to
be in the collection room all day.
Once open every afternoon, for
some time the room has been
opened only on request.
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