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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1946)
Natural History Exhibit Boasts Famous Collection By ROBERTA BROPHY Don t let the skeleton of the saber-toothed tiger standing menacingly near the door scare you away. He’s really quite harmless, as harmless as the rest of the museum of natural history in Condon hall, particularly when you are taken on a conducted tour of the exhibits by H. L. Robe, attendant at the museum. According to L. S. Cressman, head of the anthropology depart ment, the exhibits were organized into a museum in 1936, the ma terial being secured from various collections scattered throughout the campus. One of the most interesting is the Condon collection of fossil ma terial from the John Day country in eastern Oregon. Dr. Thomas Condon, first professor of geology at the University, was also one of the first to investigate these fossil beds which are some of the richest in the world. Specimens were first brought to Dr. Condon when he was a Con gregational minister in The Dalles by a soldier who had found the remains while fighting in the Indian wars. Protected from In dian attack by United States cavalry, Dr. Condon w$nt out to investigate these finds and bring back more specimens which are now included in the collection to be found in the museum. Dr. Prill’s Collection Filling the cases in the center of the center of the museum are the birds, nests, and egges col lected by Dr. A. G. Prill of Lynn county which he presented to the University several years ago. Last year the remainder of his collec tion was purchased for the museum but it is not yet on dis play because of lack of room. The fascinating exhibits to be found in the museum are number less. For example there is the foot print, preserved in a piece of coal, "of* a dinosaur, the largest land animal yet discovered, which was shipped here in a load of coal from Utah. Minerals Hundreds of minerals are ex hibited ranging from samples of the materials from which uranium is secured for use in making the atomic bomb to diatomite, which is used in such varied things as face powder, tooth paste, clean sers, filters for making corn syrup, and insulation for steel pipes. A beautiful collection of agates is on exhibit. One with a history was found in Brazil, taken to Ger many where it was heated in a mixture of nitric acid and honey to bring out its colors, and some how found its way to the Uni tec States and the University. “You don’t have to go to the coast to find agates,” Mr. Robe said when he discussed the collec tion from Oregon. “Beautiful ones can be found on the gravel bars along the Willamette. Oregon is noted for its agates.” Meteorite The meteorology department contains a small piece of the Willamette meteorite, a cast of which stands on the porch of Mc Clure hall. The original is now in New York City. Another scrap of metal comes from a meteorite with an unusual story. According to Mr. Robe this particular meteorite “fell from the sky beside a funeral procession in a small town in Colorado.” The affect of lightning passing through sand is shown by a small, hollow tubular structure which was found in North Carolina. The intense heat melted the sand and expanded the surrounding air, leaving a “hollow tube of sand.” Under the heading of Indian relics is a particularly touching one—the remains of a little Indian girl found by Dr. Cressman near Gold Hill, Oregon. Her family is thought to have been quite pros perous because of the wealth of beds and trinkets found buried with her. In one case the span of 600 years is covered as the ancient bowls formed by the cliff-dwellers of Arizona six centuries ago are placed beside the bowls made by their descendents only three or four years ago. Mocassins Several of the seventy pairs of mocassins found in a cave in south central Oregon are also on ex hibit. Their significance lies ip the fact that they bear scorch marks made by the hot ashes at the time of the Crater lake eruption. If the mocassins could be dated, an enigma of very early Oregon his tory—the time of the eruption— would be solved. In one end of the museum stands an Indian canoe which was found in Klamath lake. It is esti mated to be about 100 years old and was probably in use about the time the first white man came to Oregon. The culture of the Philippines is well represented by two cases, SPECIALIZING IN FINE CHINA AND CRYSTAL WllilllUIIIIIIlK Love Is Best Expressed In Beauty Give Her China Smarty Party Set for Tonight Dr. Newburn to Speak To Freshman Coeds Freshman “smarties” will be the guests of Mortar Board, senior women's honorary, tonight at 7 p.m. in Alumni hall, Gerlinger, at the annual Smarty Party. All first year coeds who received a 3.00 GPA or above fall term have been invited to the dessert and program. Phi Thetas Serve Members of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary, will be on hand to serve the guests, and members of Kwama, sopho more women’s service honorary, will have charge of clean-up duties. Opening the evening’s program will be Dr. Harry K. Newburn, president of the University, who will give a short talk. Other spe cial entertainment is being planned by Mary Corrigan and Signe Ek lund, who say the emphasis will be on the lighter side. Other Campuses The party is similar to those sponsored by Mortar Board chap ters on other campuses in the United States and is part of Mor tar Board’s scholarship recognition program. Campus clothes will be worn to the party, which is expected to last about an hour. Theta Sig Plans Tea, Style Show Women representatives and wives of publishers attending the Oregon Press conference on the campus February 8 and 9 will be entertained Friday at a tea spon sored by Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, according to Mary Margaret Ellsworth, presi dent of the organization. The tea has been tentatively set for 3 to 5 p.m. at the Eugene hotel. Pins for a style show are also underway, with arrangements being made by the three Theta Sigma Phi pledges, Anita Young, Winifred Romtvedt, and Mar guerite Wittwer. each with a story attached. One case was given to the museum by Dr. W. D. Smith, head of the geology and geography depart ment, in memory of his wife. The case contains articles of Philip pine clothing collected by Dr. Smith and his wife when they went to the islands several years ago. In 1898, Creed Hammond of Eu gene joined the national guard and was sent to the Philippines. In due time he rose to the rank of general. The case of Philippine weapons and tools now displayed in the museum was contributed to the University by General Hammond. War clubs from the Fijis, spears made from sharks teeth from the Gilberts, harpoons and ceremonial drums from Alaska, the thigh bone of a giant mastadon, the type of sea shells from which the Phoeni cians made their famous purple dye—this list of varied articles from all times and all places could be continued indefinitely. The best plan is to wander through the museum yourself and see the wealth of past and present culture which is offered there. CLASSIFIED GOING SOUTH? Leaving 10 a.m. Feb. 1 for Sacramento, can take one passenger. Call Bob Blue, Theta Chi. WANTED: Bass man Saturday night. ElCapitan call Dietz 4868-J. LOST: Black and gold Eversharp pencil. Engraved Velma Horen stein. Phone 3300-201. SDX Boys Don the Whites; They are Lowly Neophytes By Laverne Gunderson Don't expect those five little men romping about the cam pus in bartenders’ costumes to reach under the counter and pop up with a mug of foamy beer or a well-blended whisky sour. By profession these bar keeps are dispensers of news, not brews. Sigma Delta Chi, men’s jour nalism honorary, has claimed this quintet, and the aprons, bow-ties, and handle-bar mus taches are all part of the in itiation ordeals. About their necks a by-lined dog-tag of pure linotype metal is hung by a chain of 14 karat grocer’s string, bearing each pledge’s name and the honorary’s ini tials. Initiation Soon Initiation will take place shortly, giving these student journalists a chance to tear off the false upper lip decora tions, gasp with relief as the bow-ties come off, and hang their linotype slug pledge pins over the mantle to show their third and fourth generation progeny what "grandpa” did when he was in college. Five Chosen These Scotch and soda jerk ers, all well-known around the journalism school and the Em erald office, are Leonard Turn bull, sports co-editor; Tommy Wright, Emerald sports editor in 1941-42; Byron Mayo, co r Ductation writer; Carl Cluff, sports staff worker; and Dan ny Mandelovich, Oregana art editor. The outfits will be worn for one week starting yesterday, so until that time, Ducks, re member these fellows belong to SDX and their work takes place behind a typewriter or copydesk, not on the other side of the fence at the Offi cers’ club. ASUO Cards Needed For Tickets to 'Carmen' Any students wishing to at tend the opera “Carmen” Tuesday evening at McArthur court may purchase tickets at the educational activities of fice. Tickets are priced at 60 cents for students who present an ASUO card. 756 - 760 Willamette EUGENE, OREGON Telephone 3-131 1 THE SIBERRIAN IS THE PLACE to Go When You Feel that Midmeal Urge Come in and try our Delicious Sandwiches and Fountain Specialties SWEATERS Hard to Find White Cardigans $7.50 Popular Nubby Nits in pink, blue, aqua, and lime. $8.95 McDonald Theater Bldg. Phone 633 1004 Willamette