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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1945)
(JO Women Voice Their Thoughts On Coed’s Future as a Housewiie By VICKY UTZ When this article from the Mills College Weekly came to the attention of the editers, it was immediately recognized as presenting a significant question relevant to the students here. On a campus where new diamonds appear every day, the problems—what part should outside interests and a college education play in the life of a housev/ife—faces our coeds as well as those of Mills. Here is the thought-provoking article, and some opinions expressed by a few outstanding Oregon women on the subject. hen College w omen Marry From the Mills College Weekly: Because of the numerous Mills girls who came back from Christ mas vacation either engaged or married, we of the Weekly, a bunch of old maids, view with be wilderment the galaxy of diamond studded fingers. It’s a good thing. Girls should and will get married. We are proud also of the high per centage of alumnae with a Mrs. degree. Our only hope for the new brides and fiancees is that they do not make their marriages an escape into mediocrity. So often a house wife becomes so embroiled in little things. Their worlds can become bounded by four walls. Their con versation can degenrate to John ny’s ailments, their newest recipe, an effective diet, or the latest bit of scandal. It is easy to make tempests in teapots. It is easy to become narrow minded by living a quiet life. Married life has unbounded op portunities for the enrichment of one’s life. It should be every girl’s ambition to make a lovely home for her husband and family. But beyond that it is her duty to stay alive to the world as it progresses. Just as when she is in college, a girl becomes perceptive, so all through life she should keep alive her interest in the world in order to enrich her own life and life of her family. Furthermore, if it is her goal to make life truly beautiful for her husband and family, she must in corporate her love of beauty, and by this we mean music, art, and literature, into her own life. A woman has time for the esthetic side of life. While men must busy themselves with engineering, sci ence, and medicine, a woman is excused for her interest in music, art, and poetry. A true wife can give a lot to her husband in his leisure time by helping him under stand some of the beauties of life that he does not have time for in the business world. Perhaps this is idealism, but women can afford to be a little starry-eyed. If we college women fail to lift our gaze beyond the routine of housewifely cares, we will become narrow minded as our world narrows. — Distributed by AGP. Audrey Holliday: Having been pressed for an opin ion on this article in spite of spend ing a week dodging Miss Utz, about all I can say is that in the first place the Mills editors themselves are not too clear on what they wish their prize married woman to be. Wouldn’t it greatly depend on the capacities of the individual girl as to whether she were able, at one and the same time, to “stay alive to the world as it progresses," Are You Ready for a Spring Fling? If not we are ready to serve you with our newly-arrived stock. Lovely to Look at . . . Delightful to wear. It will be love at first tight when you see our new Spring style .. And how happy you will bo when you realize how comfortable these good looking shoes are. ★ ★ USE YOUR RATION STAMP WISELY ★ ★ keep up ‘‘her love of beauty . . . music, art, and literature,” (is there beauty only in these things?), and take care of her job—namely, raise Johnny and ef ficiently manage a home. It seems to me it would take quite a girl to do all the things implied in those few phrases and do them well. I keep searching through the article to discover what friend hubby is to be interested in; ap parently, he has time for only one thing—his job. Shall we say that a married woman has a job, and a big one, in raising Johnny and managing her home ? There is nothing worse than the woman who broadens herself (in several spots) by going to teas to absorb ‘‘culture” and listens with heaving bosom to some old battle-axe reading Romeo and Juliet while Junior stays home and wets his diapers or belabors his The Cover Gir! Betty Lou Melby, 1945 Cover Girl, wearing a Rosebluni car digan suit from Kaufman Bros. These suits are ideal for dress or campus wear. Photo by J. Warren Teter Coed Cottons Shout Spring By GVY'YN GOODWIN and BARBARA PUCUNELLI Spring is almost here and all of the campus coeds are tempting it by donning their luscious new spring clothes—we see king cot ton reigning again with all of the local lassies. Mary Gregg and Marilyn Wil liams resemble sisters with their darling chambray dresses that have cag_ sleeves and full skirts. The only difference between the two is the color: one is light blue and the other pink. They certainly chum with a baseball bat. Such a woman might better “make life truly beautiful for her husband and family" by reading the appro priate bocks to Johnny or teaching him how to use the bat on the ball. Might it not be better for a mar ried woman to keep her major in terest in the home ? Granted that all women should be broad-minded, (Please turn to page three) make you feel that spring is here!! That good-looking gray cotton dress with white stripes belongs to blonde Mary I>ou Helmer. Marilyn Kakou is waiting until the sun shines for one entire clay before she wears her new gvay green cotton that has hand-painted flowers on the bodice. Wait until spring term is here. ; Everyone will be wearing cottons' i to classes without the usual heavy : coat and bandana. That sounds so j good—why doesn’t it hurry ? Coleen Keating, one of the best I dressed women on the campus, ] adds her dash of color in her rose : and white check cotton with its j flared peplum. i The coats that are appearing on j the campus are ice-cream colors, i But one mystery that is really puzzling all is just who does own that pink coat seen on both Jane Byerly and Donna Suliivan. Is it a. partnership ? Patsy Moffatt hits the print again with her light coral coat. It looks wonderful now but even better when she acquires a tan. Unorthodox Betty Hayman sur prised us again with her char treuse and shocking pink burlap 1 ensemble—walch her for you nev I er know what will happen next. Spring is here so it seems, but ! let's hope that the sun will do as much to brighten the campus ss' the many new additions to femi nine wardrobes. — P.S.: The authors hope that there will be some clothes left when they decide to do their sea I son’s shopping. for your Casual and comfortable what more could you ask of any c a m p u s sweater than that it have these two qual ities. Come in and see our new stock of lus cious colors. Priced at 4.95-10.95. Don’t forget hair, s , for well-groomed ee our salon. Beautiful but practical enough to be worn with anything from formals to plaid shirts. Differ ent sizes $1.98 on up. Soft as an Easter bun ny's ear. That is what college girls sav about our new line of ankle sox. Choose from our fine selection at the very low price of 35c or 75c. Prepare now to be able to meet the spring' with a smile on your lips and a twinkle in each eye. Come in today and see our many new spring prints. Thev are priced at $5.95 - $4.95. 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