I Oregon Author
Reviews Novel
New Slant On Alaska
£iven By George Hall
By Geneal Cowan
George Hall, assistant dean of
men, reviewed his much-publicized
book “Sometime Again’ for stu
dents in the browsing room of the
Library Wednesday afternoon, in
another of the lecture series spon
sored by the House Librarian’s as--'
sociation.
“Sometime Again,” now going
into its third printing, was inspired
by Hall’s experiences as an army
major stationed in Alaska during
the war years. The book was writ
ten in an attempt to present a new
picture of Alaska in showing that
the serviceman's life there was not
entirely a lonely one. The author
contends the country holds a charm
in its people and in its natural
beauty. “Alaska is the people. . ."
said Hall. The men who once serv
ed there, and are now in the
States, will go “back for the gold,
ffir the land, for the game, and
I for the sunsets, sometime aerain. .”
Kantishma Inhabitants
Introducing the picturesque char
acters of Fannie Quigley and John
ny Busia as the only remaining
inhabitants of Kantishma, which
is now a ghost town, Hall added a
great deal of natural humor to his
review. The author described 73
year-old Fannie as “a person rough
and tough as they make them.”
She left the States in 1899 going
to Alaska as a chorus girl. Later
on tiring of dancing, she opened
restaurants on the frontiers. Fan
nie was the first white woman to
‘‘mush a team of dogs” across 500
miles of frozen Alaskan ground,
alone.
Alaska Migrant
Johnny Busia, born in Criatia,
JSjgrated to Alaska as a small
child. Completely ignorant of the
three R’s, he settled a gold claim
on Moose Creek near Kantishma,
which he still works in the summer
so as to provide a “grub stake”
for the coming winter. Hall pre
sented both of these characters
from his book as representing the
“raw, dirty, gigantic area of Alas
ka” as seen in their acquired man
nerisms and philosophy of living.
The speaker was introduced by
Shirley Walker of the House Li
brarians association.
A certain young sailor had been
giving a certain Oregon girl, home
on summer vacation, the once over
■—about a dozen times—at a party.
Finally he moved over to her.
“Pardon me,” he said, “I’m with
the US Navy—who are you with?”
Frosh Glee Plans
Begun by Officers
The Class of '49 makes its social
debut on the campus with the pre
sentation of the “Frosh Glee,” Feb
ruary 23. Officers of the class,
elected last week, are in charge of
the selection of a general"chairman
and committee heads for the tra
ditional, annual freshman dance.
Petitions for general chairman
and committee heads must be sub
mitted by Wednesday, February 6,
to Fred Goodspeed, YMCA, Jim
McClintock, Chi Psi, or Joan Wil
liams, Delta Gamma.
Of primary interest is the selec
tion of a good theme, and origin
ality of ideas will receive first con
sideration in the selection of com
mittees. Fred Goodspeed, class
president, urges, “This is the first
chance for freshmen to show what
they can do, so—let’s go Frosh,
it’s your show!”
Twenty-One Coeds
Initiated in Orides
Monday night, Orides held its
formal candlelight initiation cere
mony and the newly installed mem
bers were presented with member
ship pins.
The girls initiated were: Muriel
Rappaport, Casey Hyde, Irene Cle
mens, Bobby Lloyd, Nancy Thors
feldt, Colleen Mariott, Helen Mc
Adams, Beverly Brown, Eleanor
Belgrum, Marie Hammerquist, Vir
ginia Hammerquist, Barbara Stran
sky, Trudy Penny, Anna Mae Lahr,
Ardys Dahl, June Bernhardt, Kin
nard Gregg, Janice McDaniel, Em
ily Loenig, Ellen Riechers, and
Margaret Reese. The initiation was
followed by Jhe regular business
meeting. All Orides were invited
by the Yeomen to attend an infor
mal dance in the Sun room of Ger
linger at 8 following the meeting
on Monday night, February 4.
DUCTATION
(Continued from page two)
. . . Marge Cowlin and the SAE’s
have a lot of people wondering.
One night it is Bill Williams, and
the next night it is Dick Sawyer.
Nancy Peterson, Alpha Phi, was
impressed with the luscious orchid
that army man Ed McNulty be
stowed upon her last weekend, but
she was rather indifferent to the
gentleman himself. . . Delt Dick
Shelton seems to be stagging it
these days at Tiny’s. . . His only
companion is an old Olympia
friend. . . The reason that Alpha
Xi Delta Peggy Smith is bubbling
over with enthusiasm is that her
man, -Russell Turner, Sigma Chi
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returned to the states after a tour
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went ’round and Toynd, and then
the phonograph broke down, and
all the Kiddie Characters at the
recent AXiD house dance huddled
around a roaring fire in their short
cotton prints. Reinforcements came
with the addition of another rec
ord-player. . . .
That’s all of the clean-cut chat
ter we have; the rest of the ma
terial is definitely tattle-tale grey j
and so is deposited into the near- |
est garbage receptacle. Our hearti
est wishes to all the visiting fath
ers, and may they regain the spark
of youth that has been burning
around these parts of late. . .
JAM FOR BREAKFAST
(Continued from page two)
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what’s good jack.
Rally At Igloo
Tonight’s pre-game rally will be
held in front of McArthur court
rather than on the now-known-to
be-sacred steps - of our hall of ad
ministration. Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Oh yeah, keep Friday eve’s Ger
linger from 10-12 p.m. affair in
mind.
More for campus union-musici
ans: meeting of all Monday night
at 7:30, place to be announced
Saturday. The Local 689 general
meeting, is Tuesday and we would
have a few words with you con
cerning policy and what kind of
playing-card cellulose we’ll use in
the bomb.
Charge of the week: listening to
H. Franchere’s indictment (blank
et) of Harry James and listeners
to Harry James. Somehow the cur
rent musical “pap” doesn’t agree
with Hoyt. That’s odd. It’s so
good, too. Have you heard Chick
ery-Jack in M-Sharp ? Have you
heard Bunk Johnson’s “Moose
March?” You should, it’s keen for
house dances. I mean “real” keen.
Incidents
Incidents: while the band was
wood - shedding the other night,
pulling the valves out of “The
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Early Boyd Gets the Esquire
Award,” a knock on the rehearsal
hall door, to admit a jelly-smeared
face who says, "Will you fellows
please play 'Rum and Coca-Cola’,
r
we like 'Rum and Coca-Cola’ very
much.” Age seven. I hadn’t the
heart to explain why “yonkee dol
lah” is just not used any more in ,
polite Oregon society.
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