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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1945)
HTTATCltJTT) MUiMAU Editor Business Manager JEANNE SIMMONDS News Editor WINIFRED ROM I V ED I Acting Managing Editor tiLUK.1 A i? rjjju Acting- Advertising Manager MARILYN SAGE, WINIFRED ROMTVEDT Associate Editors JIM BEYER, LOB CHAPMAN Acting Sports Editors MARYAN HOWARD Assistant Managing Editor BETTY BUSHMAN, PATRICIA KECK Assistant News Editors JANET WHELAN Executive Secretary SHIRLEY PETERS Chief Night Editor ANITA YOUNG Women’s Page Editor JACK CRAIG World News Editor BETTY BENNETT Music Editor Editorial Board Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Jack Craig, Ed Allen, Beverly Ayer Published daily during the college year except Sundays Mondays, and holidays and final exam periods by the Associated Students, University ot Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the posloftice, Eugene, Oiegon.___ llsJjSt CL44X2& ld<d> » • » “Heels and short silks are to be worn by the women, and suits for the men. Corsages are once more in ordei. To the casual reader this quotation from the October 2 Ivm ; dd is merely the definition of policy for a coming campus dance. To many men, especially the returning veterans, it spells disaster. At the present time men's dress clothes are extremely haul to purchase. Consequently many returning men find themselves without the necessary “suits for men" either because they have have been unable to procure tire style and quality they desire or because service life has broadened their shoulders and the pre-war suits no longer fit. The dress suits available to the returnee are of poor quality and very expensive. Relief has been promised in both fabric and cloth. Sports clothes are more plentiful and do not require the large cash expenditure of dress clothing, therefore they aie moic practical. Saturday’s dance is in celebration of a hoped-for-victory over Idaho’s Vandals, and as such falls into the class of a sport dance, not that of a semi-formal Whiskerino or brush (flee. It would Seem that the prescribed garb for the event is not congruous with the occasion. If the style of dress is likely to keep some men from attending, it is a poor policy for the opening all-campus dance. The veteran who comes back to the l niversity feels that lie wants to take full part in both the social and academic life of the campus but such ill-advised decrees as "suits for the men make him wonder.—T. 15. « • fecdanced Social ^hiet Kntlmsiasm over the increased number of men on the Oregon campus apparent] v inspired some of the women s living 01 ganima tions to get a little carried away in planning social activity. When the Women's Coordinating council discovered the num ber of open houses scheduled, the council cut the quota down to two for each house each term. To some coeds the limit of two desserts or open houses may seem unfair. The\ consider these functions the only means ol getting acquainted with Oregon men. But Oregon men are not so oblivious to the coeds that they won't get acquainted with them m classes or around the campus. A crowded scheduled open houses probably would elimi nate them as social affairs altogether. There are not enough men on the campus vet for very many of the houses to be assured a good attendance at parties on any one night. And the men won't continue to be enthusiastic about open houses if they are held several times a week. The limit will not mean a lack of social activity at the Uni versitv. The 2? women s organizations usually hold a house dance each term as well as the more informal mid-week affairs. All campus functions wilt include rally dances, such as the Kwama Skull and 1 bigger dance this Saturday, the Sophomore \\ lusker iuo, concerts and 1 loiuecoming weekend. With the Women's Coordinating council taking an all-campus view of the social calendar, students will be assured a balanced program of recreation at Oregon. Any limitations will serve only iii bring the numbers of activities into a regular schedule instead of a confused hodgepodge. Assurance that Oregon is not alone in its housing shortage is found in the Indiana lbiily Student, published by the L ni-. varsity of Indiana. Indiana warned women students before the fall term started that housing was filled up and also predicted an acute shortage for married veterans. \nd Indiana ofticials made an appeal to town citizens to t*pen their extra rooms for students. ■ ■ the Crditan, About Coeds Emerald Editor: In reply to the letter by Bar bara Hawley and Robbieburr Warrens, this is written. First of all I will say that not being a female I wouldn’t know the trials and tribulations they endure with the BMOC. It seems to me, though, that something should be said about the little girls who put on their first sweater and at once become women of the world. It is humorous to -say that the least to watch them walk down the street with their smeary leg make-up and slant-eyed, red-rim med glasses, looking as if they really knew what it was all about. Of course, I’m wrong because I have never seen a woman of the world and couldn't possibly know what one looks like so it just looks funny to me because I’m ignorant. So it seems to me that all the BMOCs should go back to their toys and let these women, who think that holding hands in a cinema is having an affair, wait for their big, strong, bearded men to come marching home. I also hope that these same men don’t politely overlook what it is pos sible they will think are still kids and look for greener pastures.. Here’s to razor blades, Alden Beeson. The Art of Being Dull When the Mood Strikes By Rex Gunn People with classes at 3 o clock in the afternoon should lead the chapter based on that time in "The Y\ ed and the Rock by "*■ Thomas Wolfe. If your prof is a sympathetic man with a touch of whimsy, chances are the class will adjourn to a hardware store or to the cool, green moss of a hidden place far from books, educations, bells, logic, and people. Wolfe goes into the whole subject very thoroughly and he has complied damning evi dence against attending to anything at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Opportunity Unlimited If you are an opportunist you can follow Wolfe, speed past him, and apply his logic to practically every hour of the day. Lulled by his words you can sink to new depths of inertia, casually ignore strikes, murders, intrigues—ignore everything un less it’s cool, soft, pleasant. Thought at any time is very dangerous, but particularly so at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Time for Indecision At that time of day, everyone is over that initial spurt of eager ness, the will to learn something, the desire to excel!. Clips and Comments By CARLEY HAYDEN Mistake of the week at Oregon State: A responsible girl typed an important wire to Washington, D.C., concerning OSC’s use of pre fabricated houses from Richland. She mistyped an “o” for an “i” in the word live and came out with “Married students have no place to love.” Northwestern University made plans for the semi-annual Flunk ers Frolic which follows each semester's finals. Enrollment on the WSC campus has reached the pre-war figure of 2800. The girls outnumber the fellows two to one, however, and some of the mens fraternity houses have been converted into dormitories for the women. * * At Stanford, the men have come back in large enough numbers to make the ratiio almost even. More than 1500 men are registered, as compared with 828 last fall. Total enrollment is more than 3300. The Sorbonne in Paris has never had a prom, football team, or fra ternity, yet it is about 700 years old. * * * A Pajamarino rally heralded the UCLA-California game at Berke ley. UCLA’s Kick-Off dance featured both an indoor floor and a hard wood platform superimposed on the outside terrace of the country club where the affair was held. Door prize of the evening was a football used in the California game and autographed by the entire Bruin pigskin roster. * * * Freshman Week at Indiana uni versity featured a Rhinie Round Up to welcome new students. Highlight of the evening was a take-off on the courses of study offered in various schools and de partments. * * * White shirts, sweaters or blouses will be required apparel for stu dents in the California rooting sections this year. * * At the University of Colorado, two Mortar Board members are arranging for sales of chrysanthe mums for the homecoming game. The mums will be shipped from California. Girls in one of UCLA's dormi tories complained because the uni versity had sold two out of four dorms and brought on a housing shortage. They suggested that a new sorority be formed—“gully, gully gulchers”—of girls evicted from the dorms. At Colorado the board of re- | gents has approved a contract to lease 200 trailers for housing veterans. Laundry and shower units will be set up near the trailers. Sentimental students at the Uni versity of Utah moved a rock to the campus to stand for school solidarity. The rock was painted green and nicknamed Rostrum, Jr., because it stood in the same site of another rock which had played a part in the school’s his tory. However, Rostrum, Jr., is being moved because exuberant student painters splashed green paint too zealously ever the surrounding lawn and walks. Syracuse university is holding one of those ever-popular queen contests. The football team will choose the five semi-finalists from representatives from the various living organizations, and vote of all men on the campus will deter mine the Football Queen of 1945. * * * Titles must intrigue Syracuse students because they recently conferred the name of campus Wolf on Harry Pedley at a dance. He was presented with a datebook along .with the title. * * * A boogie-woogie contest for freshman boys and a jitterbug con test were the highlights of a re cent dance at Louisiana State uni versity. A colored boy was strolling through a cemetery reading the inscriptions on the tombstones. He came to one which read, “Not dead, but sleeping.’’ Scratching his head, the Negro remarked: "He sure ain’t foolin’ nobody but hisself.” All the day's theories are be coming tarnished and running together. The brain gets soggy. The nerves become nervous. Docil ity fades. It is dangerous at 3 o’clock in the afternoon to say that grass is green. Somebody just out of abstracts will tell you it isn’t. And if you agree with them, they’ll call you stupid for having said grass is green in the first place. If you don’t agree, an argument is required. The Sleep Method The only way to be safe from trouble at 3 o’clock in the after noon is to be nearly asleep or totally'so. If you happen to be in a class, the former is practical. The first time I read Wolfe’3®^ opinions, I was on an island. Under the spell of his words, I forgot the locale and ended up with a mouth full of sand and a broken toe nail from trying to dig my toes in coral. Thus we find that one should become whimsical with reserva tions or the result is broken toe nails. Only Hawaiians can dig naked toes into coral with no ill results. Hence everything is relative— no, Hawaiians are exceptions; or maybe Wolfe isn’t practical. I find myself nearing the think ing point. Come and get me, Wolfe . . . leave us find the cool, green, moss of a hidden place far from books, columns, bells, logic and people. "BILLINGER" Eliza Cook Jr. Lawrence Tierney 'CARRIBEAN" "FIRST YANK INTO TOKYO" Tom Neal, Barbara Hale 'PRACTICALLY YOURS" Fred MacMurray Claudette Colbert "BRAZIL" as a 3 Kf'K rXTL'RIS- PWcCT BUR? "ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY" with Alan Carney Wally Brown 'GAY SENORITA' Jinx Falkenburg