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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1946)
A WomawL Place ALICE AND AGNES TAN . .. Freshman girls from Singapore recently arrived on the campus to enroll at the University. Emerald photo by Don Jones. Anne Craven Bride Of Robert P. Hecker Miss Anne Craven, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Craven of Portland and Mr. Robert Paul Hecker of Woodburn were married September 28 in Washington, D. C. The wedding took place in Holy Trinity rectory. Miss Craven was graduated from Oregon in 1945, where she served as editor of the Emerald during her senior year. She was also president of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s jour nalism honorary. She has been at tending the University of Wiscon sin the past year, where she has been working for her master’s de gree. Mr. Hecker was a University stu dent before entering the army. Fol lowing his three years service, he enrolled in Georgeown university Washington, where he is attending diplomatic school. Mr. and Mrs. Hecker will live in Washington un til Mr. Hecker’s graduation in June. Ot',t a Many, Way j/iam Malay ... Alice and Agnes Tan, Students from Singapore, Matriculate at Oregon, Comment on.Country By BATH BASLER All the way from the far off city of 'Singapore have come two charm ing sisters to attend the University of Oregon. These diminutive young ladies are Alice and Agnes Tan. They have been to England where they attended Westfield college for a term, and have toured the Euro pean continent, spending a winter in Switzerland. America, however, is new and strange, and as Agnes said, “It will take a time to become adjusted.” Scurrying from class to class in a typical Oregon rain Tuesday was something to which they were un accustomed, for in Malaya there Eager Igora Looks ’em Over Just to show ya how smart these freshman women, are, I ran into a little class of fifty-er trot ting across the quad. “Igora,1’ I said, “how ’bout you write the women’s page and ycur reaction of the recent pigskin shuffle?” And here, dear readers, is the story from our charming girl about-eampus, Igora Frosh. Football’s a wonderful sport. I went to the Oregon-COP game last Saturday and learned a lot that I couldn’t possibly have picked up anywhere else. My first lesson in understanding the game was that football is not ployed in McArthur court. I know, because I sat in a front row balcony seat for three and a half hours be fore a kindly janitor told me me j game was to be played out on a big (Continued from page six) are no seasons. The climate is semi tropical with temperatures ranging between 80 and 90 degrees, the only rain coming between the months of June and August. To explain their excellent and precise English, Alice explained that there are English schools with English professors in Malaya, as well as Chinese schools. The sisters attended the Methodist Girl’s school which is connected with Cambridge university in England. Here they received their senior cer tificates which are equal to a high school diploma. Several weeks of suspense follow the final examina tions, for the tests must be sent to England to be corrected. Arts and Letters The girls are rightly proud of their father, Tan Chen Lock, Tan being the surname; Cheng, the gen eration name meaning “pure” and Lock, the personal name meaning “emollient” according to Chinese custom. Besides owning rubber plantations in Malaya, he is Eng land’s representative to the Strait Settlement of British Malaya. “Mal aya is really our adopted home,” Alice explained earnestly. “Our family has lived for seven genera tions in Fukien Province in China,” she said. Their philosophy of life comes from the teachings of Confuscious. A main idea in this philosophy is respect for elders, especially one’s parents. From the Methodist mis sionaries, however, they have re ceive spiritual guidance. When questioned about their home, Singapore, the girls said that it is a very cosmopolitan city. It was originally developed by Chinesi labor and on the streets you can see these people as well as native In dians, European and Scandinavian business men, and American mis sionaries and executives. “Although we are having an inflation now, liv ing is cheaper in Singapore,” Alice explained, “and where you have gadgets to do the work, we have many servants. r Neudtf-Named SottCfleadete, with Eelectianl By JANET BEIGAL The four new songleaders who make up the feminine part of Oregon’s rally squad all agree that having songleaders is a better idea than girl yell leaders; that the spirit at the game Saturday was splendid; and that it is wonderful to have an opportunity to be out front leading the songs. Diane Meade, the five foot, three inch blonde of the quartet. expressed her surprise and delight when she found out she had been chosen on this year’s squad. Diane, like the other girls, was in bed when notified of her selection. Being a songleader is not exactly a new experience for Diane, who is a Kwama and a member of Gamma Phi Beta. She was a songleader in high school at Long Beach, Califor nia, although, she declared, the songleader’s job is a little different there. ‘♦Wonderful” In contrast with Diane, Barbara Vowels, freshman from Lincoln high in Portland has never been on any kind of a rally squad and she finds the experience new and excit ing. The sorority sisters at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house in formed her of her selection at mid night, then they sang to her, and in Barbara’s opinion, "it was wonder ful.” Barbara is a light brownette, about five feet two, and she says that she ig, just “average in every thing.” She is an English major, with minors in journalism and in terior decorating. Former Songleader “I think I must have been born under a lucky star” said Marguerite Reardon about her appointment as (Please turn to page six) Ajftel a tf-aditio+t By JANE ELLSWORTH Here we are getting last minute wear out of our summer clothes— and the rains came. So pack your light dresses back in ' the trunk, girls, and take a “rain check” on your wardrobe. Classed as essential on the Ore gon campus is a sturdy raincoat that will take steady wear. The trend is toward gabardine in gray which will go with any skirt and sweater combination. As for style, the belted coat seems to be gaining In popularity over the conventional and classical box type. In case some of the freshman girls haven’t been initiated into the No-Umbrella club of this Univer sity here is your invitation. The only prerequisite is to get your bandana and curls completely soaked every day in the “heavy mist” because custom dictates that one doesn’t carry one’s umbrella to class. To keep that damp feelin’ front stealin’ down to your feet, rubber boots or wooden shoes are your sola protection (sole, that is). Or, if you’d like to be different, how about starting a fad for the zip-up sta (Please turn to page six) GABARDINE SKIRTS In Brown, Tan and Black Straight n' Streamlined Compliment Your Skirt with a Short Sleeved Cardigan in Campus Colors McDonald Theater Bldg. 1004 Willamette Phone 633