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If you were looking' for Abra
i am Lincoln, you’d search the
ountry roads. You wouldn’t think
r.f him walking proudly in the na
tion's capitol. Rather, you’d picture
i im sitting in a country store, as
much a part of it as the old jar of
tobacco sitting near him and the
;-tove which warms his feet so that
his big. rangy body is comfortable
while he tells his stories—stories
homely as apple pie.
' He became president through as
simple and constructive tactics as
he would have used to build a fence
in New Salem, and yet these tac
tics did not lack determination or
fire. Opposition grew around him
as fast as mustard plants, but the
oak of his character was far above
it. We look toward great men of
the past to measure the men of
today. That is why books on Abra
ham Lincoln will never get tire
some.
On Seven-Day Shelf
One of these books (it is as crisp
as if it hadn't been touched) is on
our seven-day book shelf: “Lincoln,
the President, Springfield to Get
tysburg,” by J. G. Randall, profes
sor of history at the University of
Illinois. Naturally, this book is not
light reading. It requires us to
comprehend the stormy period of
American history when Lincoln
took office. Yet, we are carried
through the weight of historical
RONDEAU
A wasted night, we two agreed,
Each night that palely goes to seed
And, flameless, ripens into dawn,
(You with those sweet pajamas on!)
When conflagration’s what you need.
Your stripes, rose-ash on snow-bands, plead .
The dark that flowers no firey weed jY
To oust you, stifling a pink yawn,
A wasted night.
Should siren moan and firemen speed,
Neighbors would pay you rapt-eyed heed -
How dear you’d be there on the lawn,
A tender, startled zebra-fawn!.
We’d scarcely call those hours, indeed,
A wasted night.
facts with the story of Lincoln's
character absorbing our attention.
Certain facts about him are re
peated again and again as he meets
each new happening in his never
peaceful life, and these give us a
definite impression of Lincoln’s
full character. We see how many
times he substituted silence for
speech when his speech would have
been misunderstood. We see that
before he would believe in any
thing, it had to be as real to him
and as fruitful in results as rich
soil.
When he did speak, Randall
shows us that he used no tricks in
oratory. All of his speeches were
based on reason and contained hu
mility, but not self-depreciation.
He was more at home on a stump,
than on a platform.
•Besides showing us Lincoln a3
president, Randall gives us a very
HONOR MOTHER
"The Hand Pointing Upward"
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l'.vening- Service 7:30
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interesting account of Lincoln's
union with Mary Todd. We have
seen her pictured before as a fish
woman who was constantly throw
ing things and resorting to vile
words in her tempers. She is our
idea of a wife who would be ter
rible to come home to.
In this book, we rather change
our mind. She becomes in Randall’s
description, a ‘‘delightful conver
sationalist,” a woman greatly ab
sorbed in her husband’s political
life, a woman whose early insta
bility and violent tempers in later
years were the result of a mental
illness. We feel drawn to Randall’s'
attitude toward her—that while
she may have thrown quite a few
brooms and undoubtedly often add
ed to the sorrow he carried in his
face- - she really loved him. She off
set his gloomy nature by her fas
cination for life. We are amused
to read an excerpt of one of Lin
coln’s letters when he wrote her
and told her that when he return
ed home, he would enjoy having
some of their friends over for a
visit that is all those she was on
speaking terms with.
Lincoln As Tailor
Randall shows us clearly a Lin
coln who stood like a patient tail
or trying to mend the great rift
between the North and South and
create the unity of the nation. He
shows us a Lincoln who could de
bate fiercely and still keep his
head; a Lincoln not frightened nor
moved by threats, and above all
not willing to compromise. Look at
him a little while, and then look
at Ametica today.
Fire Destroys Float;
Cotton Burns Fast
A fire, following tlie All
Campus sing last night, de
stroyed all but the framework
of the Hendricks hall-Sigma
hall float. The sudden flame
had been brought partially
under control by students
when the fire engine arrived
at the University street en
trance of Hendricks where the
float was located. Firemen
were not certain of the flame's
origin blit stated that a care
lessly flipped cigarette was
probably to blame.
The float theme was to be
“dream cloud” and a great deal
of cotton batting had been
used. Several of the girls de
clared that the float would be
remade and ready to go by
parade-time tomorrow.
BUSINESS STAFF
Day Manager:
Bobbe Fullmer
Office Manager:
Bev Moses
Solitors:
Jo Anne Adler
Diedee Givnan
Bonnie Chappell
Layout Staff:
Bob Chapman
Life at the 'U’ Reviewed __
In New, Colorful Oregana
By LaVerne Gunderson
Say, Webfoots, if you haven’t
picked up that new 1946 Oregana
yet, you’re missing something. It’s
something you’ll want to have and
keep for a long time to help those
memories of Oregon a la 1945-46
stirring.
Deady hall never looked so
bright and cheerful as it does on
this year’s annual cover. It really
looks good all in “blushing tech
nicolor” (we quote a current movie
advertisement).
Snaps and Photos
Inside, of course, the main
reader interest lies—shots of favo
rite campus spots, those never-to
be-forgotten classroom scenes, even
your roommate’s leering photo
graph on the proper page.
A whole section of full-page por
traits of well-known campus per
sonalities covering the rulers of al
most every social activity of this
year is included. Betty Coed, Joe
College, our Victory Queen, last
year’s Junior Weekend Queen, King
of Hearts, Oregon’s Cover Girl,
Dream Girl, the Favorite Dish—
all are there, almost as big as life.
Dentistry, Nursing
Something new this year, are the
sections devoted to the University
of Oregon school of dentistry and
nursing education. Technically a
part of the University, both ar?
situated in Portland, and are some
thing of which not too many stu
dents on the campus are aware.
And speaking of additions, those
392 pages as compared to last
year's total of only 334, should
indicate some change. Perhaps the
school is growing. We’ll check with
the Oregonian.
Throughout, from senior pictures
though classes, through activi
ties, through athletics, through
living organizations, clear through
that chuckle-provoking Lemon
Punch, the Oregana has shaped out
well and—it’s growing.
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