Oregon daily emerald., April 18, 1945, Page 3, Image 3

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By BARBARA JOHNS
The smiling powerhouse with the green eyes and lush olive
complexion often seen hurrying cross campus is the new
Emerald editor, Louise Montag, a junior with senior credit
standing and Phi Beta Kappa prospects. “When they told
me I was next year’s Emerald editor, I just said ‘Really?’ ”
What else could she say with her arms loaded with trunk
drawers and surrounded by “simply hundreds” of screaming
gins : it seems that at the time
she was helping a friend move.
Louise declared her aim is to
make the paper more accurate and
to urge more upper-classman par
ticipation. “Right now,” she sighed,
Margaret Alice Price, some
two days old as we go to
press, is our choice for “fu
ture coed of the week.’’ Tiny
Margaret made her entrance
into this world at 12:16 a.m.
Monday, April 16. Come
1962, Margaret will probably
be taking courses from her
journalistic papa, Warren C.
Price. Proud Papa Price,
when announcing her birth,
quipped, “My copyediting
atfass will appreciate her ini
tials!” In case you’re left
wondering, Mr. Price loves
to have his students fill in
maps, maps, and more maps.
“I’m revising the style book, and
believe me, if I had known what
I was doing I wouldn’t have got
ten myself into all this wo^k!”
A former Jefferson booster in
Portland, Louise became interest
ed in journalism when, as a high
school senior, she attended an Ore
gon press conference. One of the
highlights of the convention in
her eyes was “a 3 o’clock club”
party at Korn’s bakery. Enthus
iastic Louise would now like very
much to revive the club, which
used to meet at 3 a.m. Friday.
Tilting her chair back character
istically, Louise laughed and con
fessed she had a cold “from walk
ing in the rain,” one of her favor
ite pastimes. The outdoor type,
she mentioned that she was active
in Girl Reserves and Camp Fire in
high school and now wears her
Camp Fire beads “for decoration.”
She has taken them and made
them into clever bits of costume
jewelry. “I belonged to all the con
structive organizations,” she smil
ingly stated.
“There has been a Montag at
Oregon since 1933,” Louise de
clared. The “baby of the family,”
she has two sisters who live in
Portland and a brother-in-law oil
Guam. Louise attributes her fine
grades to the fact that her sister,
Francie, used to “drag me over to
the libe and make me study.”
Distinction first came to her
when she won a prize for humor in
the Overlook Junior Rose Festival.
“My sister Francie, attired in one
of mother’s nighties, didn’t want
to be groom and cried and cried,
so they gave us the prize,” she ex
plained.
Naturally, Louise has journal
istic aspirations. She already has
a summer position with the United
Press in Portland. After her gradu
ation she plans to do straight re
porting for some small paper, or
free-lance writing. Her plan for a
bright future consists of getting
married, having a home and fam
ily—and writing on the side. “Of
course with about six kids run
ning around—!”
Her eyes crinkling mischievous
ly, Louise confessed to being the
owner of a mysterious nickname,
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MuAac.. .
One of the four arts to be represent
ed at the all-student presentation.
Free tickets will be given
out at the Co-op on Friday.
ODEON
Music Auditorium 8 p.m. Monday, April 23
CORSAGES
Listen Fellow
Remember to
Order Early
for the big
Butler’s Ball
this
Saturday
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JUST 4 BLOCKS FROM THE
CAMPUS — AT THE
Eugene's Flower Home
Corner 13th and Patterson Phone 654
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By JANE ELLSWORTH
Though there’s no telling what
the weather man has to say, coeds
agree that spring has sprung. Out
comes the sun and out come the
cottons to prove that you need go
no further than the Oregon campus
for a colorful style show of the
latest in fashions.
For example, have you seen
Alice Lockhart’s red-red raspberry
chambray with its ruffle 'round the
round neck and as an added foot
note, red shoes to match ? Petite
Pat Hoefle set off her tan, Satur
day, in a brown and white check
with a three-inch peplum edged in
white. Not only pert, but purty!
Twins Ada and Eva Anderson
wore ditto dresses the other day
of pink and black plaid blouses
with gathered necklines and full
black skirts banded around the
pockets and hem with the same
plaid. They make a colorful double
feature. Marilyn Moore wears an
eye-catching pale pink chambray
with ice blue eyelet embroidery
around the square neck and on the
gathered skirt.
A lilac cotton with capped
sleeves of eyelet and a low round
about neck outlined by a peter-pan
collar proves that Carmen Green
not only knows that spring- has
come but knows what to wear.
In the “limelight” is Mary Decker’s
very full-skirted dress with a set
in belt, cap sleeves, and round
neck which she made herself. Alda
Hesby also “whipped up” her green
and white checkered gingham with
inserts of white Irish lace which
is worth looking at twice.
Mickey Metcalf’s white eyelet
dress with a ruffled jabot perfect
ly sets off the bright green jacket
she wears with it. As an added at
traction, Mickey wears a matching
bow of white eyelet in her hair.
Frede Loll’s blue and white striped
cotton looks crisp and smart with
its slit neckline, capped sleeves,
and a fuchsia belt that is to the
dress what an exclamation point
is to a sentence.
For “sox appeal” check Janet
Robert’s hand-knit apklets that are
white with tiny green flecks. Lois
McConkey, too, may appear any
day now, it is rumored, in the wool
sox she’s been knitting since last
spring—watch for them!
A few notes on men’s fashions—
Gil Roberts was seen the other day
looking lovely in a baseball mitt on
the lot by the Fiji house. He wore
appropriate accessories, of course!
Bob Moran will come out in a
sensational new suit at the But
ler’s ball. I’ve heard that said suit
is grey with a chalk stripe, T
square shoulders, a 1-o-o-o-ng jack
et, and trousers pegged to 19
inches.!
I’ve seen lots of gals getting
maximum wear out of a minimum
of clothing on sun porches, lawns,
and roofs but since this was writ
ten on short notice, there wasn’t
time to notice all the shorts. By
the way, how do you like your
coeds cooked—well-done, medium,
or rare?
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By ANITA YOUNG
Mardi Gras, the theme for this year’s Junior Weekend, has
been celebrated in the United States for over a hundred years.
A group of gay spirited students in New Orleans in 1827 started
the first Mardi Gras revelry. They had recently returned from
school in Paris and had received their idea from a celebration
they witnessed there. The people of New Orleans caught the
enthusiasm of the students, and each year saw more and more
pageantry ana iestiviues, culmin
ating in the annual celebration of
today.
Ten years later, in 1937, the first
Mardi Gras parade was staged
when a single, crudely built float
was pulled through the streets. It
proved to be immensely popular
with the crowd, and since then the
parade has increased in size and
beauty till the result today is a
grand elaborate spectacle.
In New Orleans, the Mardis Gras
is held over a period of weeks
marked by a long series of balls.
The climax is reached on Mardi
Gras day when Rex, king of the
carnival, is crowned and receives
the keys of the city to rule for
the day.
There are many organizations
connected with the carnival. The
oldest one, the Mistick Krewe of
Comus, was organized in 1857. Now
there are between 25 and 30
krewes whose identities are never
revealed. Each one enacts a tab
leau on the night of the final ball.
These tableaus are based on events
in history, mythology, song, or
story. These are usually presented
in the municipal auditorium on a
huge, brilliantly illuminated stage.
The children of New Orleans
also sponsor and present their car
nival parades and pageants. Their
ball is held in the afternoon preced
ing the grand Mardi Gras ball.
I T . ‘—. .
They have their own king and
queen and a court to reign over
their ball which has all the glam
our and gaiety of the evening
event.
On Mardi Gras day the streets
of New Orleans are crowded with,
maskers who frolic with abandon.
At the stroke of midnight the
courts of King Hex and Comus
meet, exchange greetings, and an
other Mardi Gras is ended.
Our Junior Weekend Mardi Gras
will resemble the traditional New
Orleans celebration in many ways.
Plans are in progress to turn the
campus into a miniature New Or
leans to provide an appropriate at
mosphere. A Mardi Gras float par
ade will replace the canoe fete of
old. A new feature will be added
to the All-Campus Sing on Friday,
when all of the participants will
sing a finale number in keeping
with the Mardi Gras theme. The
climax of the weekend will con*e
on Saturday night when Queen
Joann and her court will reign over
the Junior Prom. The plans for
the Prom are being closely guarded
by the committee chairman, but
rumor has it that it promises to
be a grand surprise to the campus.
Remember this: Flattery is 90.
per cent soap . . . and soap is 90j
per cent lye.
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