SECTION TWO
VOLUME XLVI
$100,000 Available For
Student Loans Next Term
Students with financial difficulties may find it possible to
return to school winter term by applying for loans through the
dean of men’s office. Virgil D. Earl, chairman of the student
loan committee, says that the amount of money available for
loans is great. Of a total of $138,000 in various loan funds,
Sl^o.OOO may be loaned.
Dean Earl said that the decrease
in loans of last year has continued
this fall, for only $641 has been
granted students. In 1941-42, for
example, $7,103 was constituted to
47 students in regular loans. Emer
gency loans made a grand total of
$41,346.67 ..during ..the ..academic
year.
A student may take advantage
of the student loan funds after he
has been enrolled one term; al
though the University prefers to
loan to juniors and seniors, who
have proved their ability to do col
lege work. A cumulative GPA of
2.00 is required.
On emergency loans the service
charge is 25 cents for all grants
up to $10, and 50 cents over $10,
provided the notes are paid at the
end of the first month. The inter
est rate for long-time loans is 6
per cent a year, for a maximum of
two years. Rarely is more than
$300 loaned to any individual stu
dent, although some loan funds
available to University students
permit larger loans. The signature
of two responsible property own
ers^in addition to that of the stu
dent borrower, is the only security
required.
All applications for student loans
must be made through the dean of
men’s office. Women students must
first have the approval of the dean
of women.
It's an old tradition at Grinnell!
College, Iowa, NOT to have a date
for the Friday night basketball
games. ’’Basketball games are not
for dates; they are for crowds.”
YWCA Plans
Holiday Party
Come to the “Hanging of the
Green,’’ girls! All freshmen and
members of the “YW” are invited
to enjoy a festive hour of fun and
Christmas spirit at the YWCA bun
galow at 7:30 on December 6. This
party promises to be one of the
high spots of the holiday season.
The program for the ensuing
hour will include: a monologue by
Pat McCormack; Pat Jordan sing
ing “Ave Maria,’’ a reading by
Joanne Merwin, followed by a gen
eral Christmas welcome.
Then, after Luella Prescott leads
the merry-makers in a group of
Christmas carols, refreshments
will be served. Co-chairmen of the
part are Gloria Cartozian and Jan
ice Seymour who extend a yuletide
invitation to all girls to come and
have fun.
Those in charge of committees
are: refreshments, Barbara Spang
ler, Ann Stevenson, Jeanne Wilt
shire, Betty Ingebritson; publicity,
Margaret Payne, Mayre Brownlee,
Donnie Boylen, Jo Ann Preble,
Marguerite Hirschbuhl, Joan Elliot,
Betty Johnson, Lois Harrington;
floaters, Virginia Bruckart, Jean
Lausman, Marty Lance, Pat John
son; servers, Joann Swinehart,
Mary McClintock, Jean Ballentync,
Barbara Williams, Joan Ward,
Janice Rust.
GERDA BROWN
Besides selling bonds at the Co-op, this versatile former
sttufent spends her spare time as actress, director, window
notary public, and housewife.
TJ. of O.
designer,
“BLACK HOAD”
This painting, by Sidney Laufnian, now on display at the school of architecture and allied arts, is the
first purchase made from tli' Margaret Widmer art fund.
LJO Art School Purchases 'Black Road’
First Painting From At Widmer Fund
On display at the school of archi
tecture^ and allied arts is “Black
Road,’’ the first painting purchased
by the school from the Margaret i
Wedmer art fund. The fund was I
established through a bequest fee
from Miss Widmer's will. The
painting, purchased through the
Milch galleries, New York, is a
landscape, an oil on canvas, 19 by
25 inches. This painting is one of
■a-number shown last summer in
a very successful one-man show in
New York.
The canvas, handled in the typ
ical style of the artist, Sidney
Laufman, has a single color
scheme, directly painted and with
the economy of means which dis
tinguishes Mr. Laufman's paint
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rs- Gerda Brown Helps Promote
ixth War Loan Drive at UO
A friendly voice and charming manner, mixed freely with a
businesslike efficiency and a sincere interest in people, have
made Mrs. Gerda Brown, executive assistant of the Co-op, a
well-known and popular figure on the University campus. Mrs.
Brown is that versatile woman who can be found these days
behind her desk on the Co-op balcony, busily writing up student
war bond purchases, for her latest
task is acting as a medium between
students and the postoffice in the
sixth war loan drive.
Mrs. Brown, wljose list of inter
ests and accomplishments include
actress, director, window design
er, notary public, secretary, house
keeper, and mother, has been asso
ciated with the Co-op for the past
17 years.
When asked, of her hobby, this
attractive, blue-eyed woman smiled
happily as she answered, “The
theater is my only hobby — golf
and fishing, my recreation. I spend
all my extra energy on the thea
ter. I do it for fun.’’ And her en
thusiasm for her theater work is
indeed justified, for she was one of
the originators of the “Very Little
Theater,” some 15 years ago. This
theater is unique in that it is the
only theater group in the country
that has kept going on its own
membership dues and box office
receipts.
Mrs. Brown, a 1925 graduate of
the University school of drama,
has directed the plays, "Molnar the
Guardsman,” “The Philadelphia
Story,” and the recently complet
ed “The Damask Cheek.” She has
played the leads in “First Lady,”
“As Husbands Go,” "Call It a Day,"
“Vinegar Tree,” and one of a tri
lead in last summer's production,
“Dark Eyes.”
In addition to her many and
varied jobs at the Co-op, Mrs.
Brown also acts as a notary for
students, for no charge. She claims
“It is an intriguing commission be
cause you meet so many people;
People never realize the legal setup
they have to go through to be
drafted, registered for selective
service, married, divorced, or filed
as a conscientious objector.”
Mrs. Brown revealed her love of
travel when she spoke of her trip
to Europe in 1933-31. “Even in
those years, it was obvious that
war was imminent,” she said, “for
hatred of countries was being
built up.” Her tour consisted of a
(Please turn to {'age twenty-four)
ings. The scene, itself, is a view
down a country lane with smoil
buildings and trees seen in the vi
brant light of a summer's day. An.
uncomplicated and direct design
gives strength and dignity to the
painting.
Mr. Laufman is one of the out
standing contemporary artists of
this country. He was born in Cleve
land, Ohio, in 1S91. He attended the
Cleveland School of Art, the Chi
cago Art institute, and the Art
Students' league of New York. Ho
is represented in the permanent
collections of the Metropolitan mu
seum, Whitney Museum of Modern
Art, and the Museum of America i
Art, New York; Cleveland Art mu
seum, Minneapolis Art museum,
Museum of Art of Oberlin, Ohio;
Toledo Art museum, Art Institute
of Chicago, as well as in many pri
vate collections.
In 1932 Mr. Laufman w:vi
awarded the Mr. and Mrs. Frank
G. Logan prize of $1000 through,
the Art Institute of Chicago, 111
inois. In 1937 he received from the
National Academy of Design the
third prize of $500, and in 19-12
the William M. R. French Mem
orial gold medal from the Art In
stitute of Chicago. He was elected
an associate member of the Na
tional Academy of Design in 1939.
Mr. Lfiufman now lives in New
York.
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University art school purchase;!
the painting was given by Miss
Margaret Widmer, daughter of a
pioneer family of Lane county.
Miss Widmer attended the Univer
sity of Oregon and was graduate I
from the department of education
in 1897. She subsequently taught i l
Seattle and in Mills college in Cali
fornia. She also attended Columbia
university.
Miss Widmer's deep interest in
! the arts prompted her gift to the
' school.
Members of the painting depart
ment of the school made the selec
tion of this first picture.