WA A Plans Dessert March I For Initiation> Installation Culminating activities of the term and the year, the Women’s Athletic association has scheduled initiation of new members for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in the AWS room, Gerlinger, followed by an installation and all-membership meeting in Alumni hall. The meeting will be a short silk affair, and dessert will be served. Scheduled tor presenta tion are the WAA participation plaque, now held by Highland house, basketball and badminton championship awards, and all-star teams. A prominent Eugene wom an is being asked to speak on tlje part WAA plays in the University, and spring term intramurals—ten nis and softball will be explained. Candidates for the new cabinet to take office spring term have been nominated, and will be voted upon at joint elections with the AWS and YWCA at 11 a.m. Thurs day. ' • = >T 'O! v Meeting for the last time, the present cabinet Thursday passed hockey and Amphibian constitu tions, with the recommendation that the swimmers make provi sions for parfici'pktiion checks. All clubs affiliated with the WAA now have adopted constitutions. Cabinet Complimented Miss Helen Petroskey, WAA ad viser, complimented the cabinet, headed by Mary Alice Lawson, president, for the year’s work. The association revived the putting on of a carnival to include the entire campus in their activities. They hope to make a similar carnival an annual event. Taking office last spring, plans for the year were made at a re treat at McCredie Springs April 15 and 16. Fun nights, Outing club hikes and trips, hockey club games, intramural sports, and Amphibian preparations for a spring pageant have played an important part in activities of the year. Handbook Published Last fall incoming freshmen were introduced to the WAA by a handbook which explained what extra-curricular sports are avail able to women on the University x T DANCING T 4 Every Saturday Night 9 ’til 12 A at the ^ EUGENE HOTEL with ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA in the Persian Room T T ± T f T T T T ± f T I T ♦!« T 4 i AAAAif A A A A A A A "BOWERY TO BROADWAY" MARIA MONTEZ JACK OAKIE SUZANNA FOSTER TURHAN BEY campus through the association. Amphibians, swimming honor ary, selects members by tryouts; membership in the Outing club is gained by participation. Outstand ing students in dance classes are invited to join the modern dance club. These activities function the year around. Volleyball teams from most liv ing organizations participate in in tramurals in the fall. The interest in hockey is less; only two or three teams are organized each fall. Bas ketball, badminton, and swimming intramurals help keep women phys ically fit winter term. Despite the usual interruptions from rain, ten nis and softball teams compete each spring. CAMPUS CALENDAR “What to Me is Worth Living for Today” will be the subject of a panel discussion Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Westminster house. The panel will consist of six students, and others attending are invited to take part. Swimmers to Vie For College Title The intercollegiate telegraphic meet will be held Wednesday, Feb ruary 28 at 8 p.m. in Gerlinger pool, Doris Trask, manager for the meet, announced Friday. Spec tators are invited to watch the most outstanding women swim mers on the campus. Last year the University team won the Western region title, in competition with Washington, California, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, and Hawaii schools. This year’s swimmers, picked from intramural teams, are: Doris Trask, Beverly Bennett, Betty Crabb, Ada Anderson, Maryanne Hansen, Nancy Hecker, Suzanne Sadler, JacTde Paikuli, Rosalind Enns, Lucille Bellinger, Jessica Bartels, Marty Bucknell, Sharlee Heimann. Swimmers are reminded that practices are Saturday morning from 10 to 12, and Tuesday, Feb ruary 27, 4-5 p.m. Dramatic Writing (Continued from page one) ter creative work in the contest to polish their stories this weekend and turn them in to his office in the journalism building before the deadline. The author of the winning short story will receive a first prize of $50, with second and third prizes listed at $30 and $20. The contest is open to all University under graduate students. Judges recently named by Thacher include: John C. McCloskey, assistant professoi of English; Mrs. Blake O’Hagen, manager of the rental library at the University Co-op; and Arthui Priaulx, newspaperman and writei in charge of public relations for the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion. I mzniH "I LOVE A MYSTERY" — and — "SHERIFF OF CIMARRON" When Men Were Men By SHUBERT FEND RICK When men were men and lived in caves, our great-great-ever-so great-grandfathers conversed in grunts. Anyone with a five-word vocabulary was considered of super-intelligence, and usually made a witch doctor. Since those days, the human race has fallen to almost unbelievably high levels. Grunts have almost lapsed into disuse. Taking their place, many confusing and complex sibstitutes have arisen. Among these is English. English is not the fault of any one person. We might, however, blame Chaucer for his aid in mak ing it so popular. Much of the trouble can also be heaped on the knave that invented the alphabet. Despite scientific theories, it is rumored that the whole affair was brought about by a mercenary soup maker who ran out of noodles. When our forefathers met on the hunt', their conversation went somewhat as follows: “Ugh.” “Ugh.” Highbrow Hypocrites Since those happy days, lan guage has lacked sincerity. For example, when two exponents of our language meet today, the con versation goes somewhat as fol lows : “Good morning. How are you?” “Fine. And I hope you’re well.” “I couldn’t be better.” If the thermometer read zero, exponent one would still say “good morning.” and he doesn’t care a bit how exponent two is. Exponent two may have ulcers and ingrown toenails, but he’s still fine verbally. Exponent two cares not one whit whether exponent one is heading for the movies or the coroners. Exponent one, however, ll with flat feet and falling hair, faithfully replies that his condition couldn’t be more perfect. How much better would our lan guage be if we returned to the standards set by our great-great ever-so-great-grandfathers ? Colorful Picture (Continued from page tzuo) pit mines, the landscape colors as huge ore boats move down the lakes, and beauty of the giant stock piles and blast furnaces in operation. A musical score especially writ ten for the picture was recorded by an orchestra of musicians under the direction of Robert Arm bruster. «3 U \ n 511 Night Staff: Robbieburr Warrens, night editor Mary Bruce Crane Copy Desk: ■mm. Winifred Romtvedt, copy edtior Marguerite Wittwer Bill Buell Reporters: Betty Burkhart June Hart Marjory McNeel Lois Evans Advertising Staff: Gloria Grenfell, day manager Betty Hermann Liz Powers Layout Staff: Nancy Hoerlein "I'LL MEET YOU AT FIVE." WHERE? ,vS8L 4 % Oregon ©Emerald News with your breakfast five days a week . . . . Every morning five days a week, the EMERALD is delivered to every living organization on the campus. 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