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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1944)
KHAKI CLIPS Cadaver Palaver We see by the editorial of a but recent issue that minorities should be recognized and accorded their place in campus ac tivities. It seems that the pre-meds are in such a category. That state of affairs will become more noticeable when our brothers in arms, the air corps, take off. The Pioneer Father and the pre-meds are the only permanent men in uniform on STAFF Editor Warren Miller Scribes Leon Zacharias Henny Nicola Dick Murway Alfred Young Incidentally By DICK MURWAY Everyone who is satisfied with his classification can form in a long line behind the colonel. The reclassification board was at the detachment for only a day and a half, but in that short time it determined the futures of 193 soldiers. I am gradually becoming accustomed to the impersonal man V& with which army boards and officers toy with my destiny. Sev eral important questions remain: Is Canada dry ? It is true the mov ies aren't open on Sundays? Does the train really stop at Clinton, or does one jump off ? Will “Frenchie” Heller be able to get gas for his car? “Whitey” White and Bill Thorn quist think’‘they’re headed for the famous salt mines and wonder if they can be happy in a Dfb cli mate. The bunch of characters headed for Goshdarn field, Kentucky, and direction finding evaluator school has been the source of much sad head-wagging and the comment: “We lose more planes that way.” A friend of mine who is studying Russian at Cornell had some sig nificant comments to make con cerning art in wartime in a recent letter. It seems he sent a group of poems he’d written to a friend at a P.O.E. The friend went to Eng land and didn’t have a chance to return the poetry. I quote from the letter: “When he tried to return them the censor decided they were code messages, and reported him for in vestigation. Since he is in extreme liitgmfidential work—even his wife has no idea what he is doing, or will do—there was a long and sweaty session during which lie tried to convince General Marshall (o.k., so it was only a captain) that CLASSIFIED ADS • Lost GREEN ZIRCON ring between commerce and Gerlinger. Re ward. Call 2884. TAN WALLET Wednesday, April 26, near Gerlinger. Finder may keep money. Call Marguerite Schappaugh. the campus nowadays. (Note to the disposition board: Please.) Our first tidbit of the week con cerns the perpetual lament of the G.I.’s on their monetary condition. The big problem is figuring out a way of spending the weekend cheaply and still have a good time with the date. Some of the lads spend their time at the USO mak ing like USO commandos. Then there are the ones that take her for a walk (when it stops rain ing). Some of the boys claim that they're developing webs between their toes. Of course there are al ways the “Eager Beavers’’ who knock themselves out studying. A new record was established Monday in the 1 o’clock class. We counted 23 men in the clutches of Morpheus. Professor Merriam’s in teresting lecture of far off lands helps create a mood for dreaming. The professor was a little drowsy himself from a Saturday night at the Theta house. Uncle Sam has sent out a call for W.A.C. recruits and young women are urged to enlist now. Each girl who enlists will be awarded a date with the pre-med of her choice. (Please call between 5 and 7 p.m.). the papers were Great Art, not instructions on how to blow up American troop transports. “They finally decided he’s o.k., even if he does read poetry—which is almost as great a crime as being a spy—but they still won’t let him send the poems out of the country. “Some of them are the only copies I have, so I have an added reason for aiding the war effort. You see how the arts suffer in time of war?’’ How to play helter-skelter pool: Helter-skelter pool can be dif ferentiated from other forms of pool by the fact that the helter skelter player never (or seldom) attempts to hit the balls cleanly and directly into the pockets. The first rule of the game is to hit the cue ball hard. The second is to put an overspin on the cue ball each time it is stroked. The overspin keeps the cue ball rolling and sooner or later it will collide with other balls and send them to-and fro about the table. The basic thing about helter skelter pool is that the number of ball which drop into the pockets is directly proportional to the square root of the number of balls rolling. Many persons prefer helter skelter to other forms of pool. There is the “chance element,” they explain, which makes things so much more exciting. For further information, see “Red” Toomb in suite four, Hendricks Hall. 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It w^as even rumored that someone had already pinned his brass in what was later found to be a most ap propriate spot. All of these things and many more occur in the dead silence of Saturday night while the rest of the detachment plays and the c. q. works. I remember, I remember—This j year at Oregon . . . spells of hay fever while the rest of the boys took p.m. . . , Bill Larsen: “Von men are . . soft darkness fall ing off of the high hills surround ing Eugene . . . and the first fur lough . . , In the Passing Parade—“Tex’’ Harris, whose current avocation is teaching pretty young coeds the many subtle techniques involved in mastering the use of the slide-rule. “Tex” spent a good part of last Saturday afternoon showing a young miss from the Pi Phi house just about all there is to know, about the slide rule and from there went on to more advanced work. By the time “Tex” had finished his course of instruction, this same young miss, who goes by the name of Betty Ann Keup, could multiply and divide. When we confered with “Tex” a little later, he told us she was quite smart and really caught on to what he was trying to teach her. But we still wonder what he was trying to teach her? Colorado State college will cele brate its 75th anniversary in 1945 Phone 75 ... because there is a big weekend ahead and you will want to look your best. Let us help you make your best appearance. You will be sure that your clothes will be returned looking cris returned looking crisp and new. For Dependable Service . . . EUGENE CLEANERS 245 E. Broadway Hillcrest, AOPi Teams Win in Softball Tilts Hillcrest lodge eked out a win over Alpha Omicron Fi in one of the best games of the season end ing in a 3 to 2 score in favor of Hillcrest Tuesday afternoon in the girls' softball intramurals. Alpha Delta Pi walked all over Gamma Phi Beta to the tune of 14 to 1. 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