Oregon daily emerald., October 13, 1944, Page 3, Image 3

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By BETTY ROBERTSON
_ Gals were running excitedly back and forth. The telephone
jingled noisily every few moments. The door opened and shut
with a bang at regular intervals, and the babble of voices
was deafening.
In the midst of all this pandemonium sat Butch Leckie, calm,
cool, and collected, the perfect executive, oblivious to all the
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called Roseann by those who don’t
know her very well, is the business
manager of the Emerald, the first
sophomore ever to hold this posi
tion.
_ “I’m not busy—really,” she said.
“Frannie (Ed. Note: Frannie
Maier, advertising manager) is
doing all the work.” Butch leaned
back in her chair. “Whadya wanta
know?” After a little push, she
began the story of her life.
“I went to Catlin in Portland,
but do you have to mention that?
I didn't do a thing there in activ
ities. My official headquarters
now is in Columbus, Ohio, where
the family just moved.”
World Traveler
Butch went on to tell about the
North Cape cruise she took in
3936 which took her to Iceland,
-r Norway, Finland, Sweden, Den
mark, Russia, France, Scotland,
and England. She saw the king
of England and Stalin himself. In
Moscow Lenin’s tomb was opened
for the first time in a long while
so that members of her group
could see it. “I don't know why
they decided to do it for us,” she
said.
As to her amazing rise in the
Emerald office, the business man
ager explained that last year she
was on the day staff for two
weeks, then a day manager, adver
tising manager winter term, and
•►"national advertising manager
DANCING
EVERY SAT. NIGHT
with
Art Holman and his
Orchestra
EUGENE HOTEL
spring term. From there she was
appointed to the top position in the
business office, a truly encourag
ing story for freshmen to note.
Besides this, Butch is president
of Kwama, AWS reporter, and
fire chief of Alpha Phi. “Better
not say much about that,” she
cautioned. “I just love fire drills
and we have them about three
times a week, but I always man
age to ring the alarm about 1:30
in the morning. It sure is funny
to watch everyone dashing around
then. You never can tell, though.
We might have a fire some day.”
High Aspirations
Nineteen-year-old Butch, is short
with curly black hair, heavy eye
brows which sometimes give her
the appearance of being ferocious,
though she really isn’t, and a
charming grin. She is planning to
change her major from liberal arts
to business administration so that
she can do advertising and promo
tion work when she graduates. “I
like national advertising work,”
Butch explained, “or magazine ad
vertising. I’ll probably end up dig
ging ditches or being a secretary,
even though I can only type with
one finger.”
At her sorority house, Butch
rooms with Alpha Phi sisters Bette
Hodecker and Jane Byerly. “Poor
Jane,” Butch said sadly. “Our room
is practically a hotel, so she cleans
the I'oom night and day and it still
looks messy.”
"I like to fish,” Butch announced
suddenly out of a blue sky, “but
I’ve never caught anything.” After
a moment’s thought, she retracted
the statement. “Yes, I have, too. It
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two big pockets and buttons down
to the waist in the back.
Digressing a bit from skirts and
turning to that small but signifi
cant item, shoes, for which you
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ration stamp every time the urge
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notice the unique pair of wooden
shoes covered with lamb’s wool
which Suzanne Stephens sports.
Besides clogs, which seem to stand
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as well as style.
The sport suit, as usual, still
holds first place in the coed’s ward
robe as far as all-around practical
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the strictly tailored lines have ap
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simple lines like the princess style,
has the gored or one-pleated skirt,
and a collarless jacket. Janedare
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Other details that make up a
basic wardrobe for any coed are
hats. In the theme of a war era
has come the Montgomery beret
in either the very plain felt or
those with grosgrain ribbons and
colored stones for decoration.
Equally as popular and' new is the
cloche and infantry cap, so named
because of its resemblance to those
worn by American doughboys.
Joan Hickey wears a blue-gray
checked cloche that goes well with
her matching suit, and Joan Meyer
sports a brown infantry cap that
sets off her beige suit with a
classic touch.
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