Oregon 1$ Emerald
MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT Ed.tor GEORGE PEGG Business Manager
■ ' ~ BOB FRAZIER
Associate to Editor
JEANNE SIMMONDS
Managing Editor
BIL.L YATES
News Editor
BERNIE HAMMERBECK
Sports Editor
DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER
Assistant Sports Editors__
" WALT McKINNEY
Assistant Managing Editor
BOBOLEE BROPHY and
JUNE SOETZE
BARBARA TWIFORD
Advertising Manager
PHYLLIS KOHLMEIF.R
Executive Secretary
Don Jones, Staff Photographer_____
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aan, Virginia Thompson, Jim Wallace, Sally Waller._____
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UniTeEnttred as second class matter at the postoflice. Eugene. Oregon. _
Take it Easy > Jupe
(This is it1 Oregon’s traditional prayer for sunshine first
appeared in the Emerald May 6, 1941, and was reprinted in
Portland newspapers. Since then, Buck Buchwach s famous
•editorial often has been reprinted for Junior Weekend, and we
hopefully publish it again this year.)
When the occasion demands, and in truth it has on numer
ouus occasions, the Portland Oregonian and Oregon Journal
have resorted to their editorial columns in an attempt to influ
ence weather conditions. Now there is no exact procedure foi
a journalist to follow when he is begging for rain for poor
fanners gazing at the sky with parched throats, for verily it
takes a combination of subtle demanding, varied pleading, and
good-natured hoping to achieve such desired results.
The Emerald, although of course it adolescently blushes
when compared to such time-honored organs as the Oregonian
and Journal, is driven to adopt such editorial tactics, however,
by Jupe Pluvius, that old gentleman who loves the Oregon
country so well and so much that he delights in spraying it
often and thoroughly . . . especially when asked to by the
Portland papers .
But now, Mr. Pluvius, the Emerald asks you politely, but
firmly, to shift your schedule in such a manner so as not to
spoil our Junior Weekend . . . The farmers have had their
misty blessings, and the Oregonian and the Journal have re
ceived their just due, and the city pavements, too, are washed
clean by the sweet Oregon mist. What the University asks
now is for you, Mr. Pluvius, to rest on your laurels for a while
and visit somewhere else.
There is reason to believe that you intend to scare us a bit.
!n fact, you have. The rain clouds have washed our baseball
teams hither and yon, our track meets have been held in semi
wintry weather, and our golf and tennis teams have been forced
to completely abandon their frolicking.
But please, Mr. Pluvius (or Jupe. for we know you but too
well), don’t come around with your clouds and your tricks. . .
Our Moms will be clown for the weekend festivities, and for
sooth—they will be attired in their springiest of spring outfits,
and their hats will be of the kind to bring male smiles. But we
want to take them to the campus luncheon to see the queen and
her court of beautiful princesses crowned, and my goodness
bow the raindrops do raise havoc with even a proud mother’s
finest apparel.
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'I'lie Portland papers have more important advertisers and
have more influence, perchance, Mr. Jupiter Pluvius, hut noX
even they will praise you with more honest enthusiasm and
open-mouthed admiration if you will but take your vacation. . .
And if you have to take that storm which is declared by
some pessimistis meteorologists to be coming from out New
port way somewhere, perchance you could deposit it at Stan
ford, California, or even USC.
Just for the weekend, you understand. We want vou as out
permanent resident up here in Oregon. Jupe, to freshen our
flowers, to clean our streets, and to keep our soil rich and red.
But not Junior Weekend, please.
MOTHER'S DAY SERVICE
- 11 a.m.
' ‘BY THEIR MOTHERS YE SHALL KNOW THEM'
7:30 p.m.
‘‘FAITH OF OUR MOTHERS" in Song, Scripture,
Sermon. Baptismal Service
9:45 a.in. Bible School 6:30 p.m. S Training Unions
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Bdvvy. at High Ur. V. Webster, Pastor
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We Need The Student Union
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In less than one week the widely
etalked of Oregon Festival of Con
temporary Music will begin. It will
be a musical event upon which close
attention is being focused by many
persons and groups, both far and
near. The festival itself is a tribute
to Oregon's pioneering spirit in the
field of performing comparatively
unfamiliar modern music.
We hope that the work of many
weeks and months, spent in prepa
ration for the festival, will culmin
ate in a thoroughly successful three
days, and that those participating,
whether by performance or listen
ing, will understand and appreciate
the spirit in which the festival is
given: “In the belief that the best
in contemporary music not only
holds up a mirror to' our time, but
also calls forth a vision of a better
and a fuller life, this Festival is
dedicated to the creative spirit in
’j1-'*1 rfr rltr|i rtvifr r{i rli r * 14> rfr r|- rii rj
music everywhere.”
The end of the festival, however,
will not terminate the musical ac
tivities of the year. We can then
look forward, in addition, to the
various recitals that are being giv
en, to a presentation that will be
one of the most enjoyable—cer
tainly the funniest—of the entire
year. That is Mozart’s comic opera,
“The Marriage of Figaro,” several
scenes of which will be performed.
It will be done entire'y in English,
with modern-dress costuming. “Fig
aro” would be thoroughly satisfy
ing in its Italian original, but un
derstanding the dialogue will give
the audience greater opportunity
to appreciate the full humor of Mo
zart’s opera.
If rehearsals are any indication
of the final result, we can promise
two fine presentations, May 25 and
26.
Telling the Editor
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ABOUT VET SUBSISTENCE
Monday I saw many veterans
gathered about the distributing
booths enthusiastically dashing off
post cards to their Congressmen
with the hope that their efforts
would secure the passage of H. R.
870. Evidently their main consider
ation is an increase in their sub
sistence allotments and they no
doubt feel that said increase is their
just due—financial support through
an intermission in life at govern
ment expense.
It seems that a few of the veter
ans favoring this bill consider them
selves the favored children of the
country who now can set back and
collect on their several years of
military service. The government
has recognized that debt by subsi
dizing her fighting sons (and
daughters) for one or more years of
college education—and very liber
ally, too! But it is very apparent
that these few veterans are not only
unappreciative but are even cam
paigning for a larger cut of the gov
ernment's generosity.
No other government has so ex
pressed her gratitude; nor would
any other government inaugurate
such an extensive project, but in
stead of thankfulness the attitude
of these veterans sums up to sim
ple greediness.
When a nation-wide trend toward
lower prices and taxes is in order,
it seems that a plea for increased
allowances is a defeating issue.
Naturally we all could find good
use for an additional $35 each
month, but is that alone just reason
for tying our colors to the band
wagon of the spiraling cost of liv
ing.
Something is wrong when husky,
healthy men are treated so fairly
and given every opportunity while
the physically handicapped are rel
atively ignored. If we must cam
paign for something, let us discard
our selfish motives and lent our aid
to the disabled—the ones who real
ly need support!!
John Bingham
Jay G. Deardorff
R. Hollis
CLASSIFIED
TWO Tuxedo's for sale. Size 36,
$25 each. Bud Watson, Sigma
Nu.
LOST—SAM pin, between co-op
and Emerald St.—Itz Horen
stein, Ph. 2403J. Reward.
JUNIOR—New tuxedo, size 38.
Extra white coat, shirt; worn
twice. Call after 6 p.m., 217 E.
11th St. Apt. 3.
Browsing *
with LARRY LAU
The entire campus has waited
nearly a year now for names and
facts concerning TNE—has gotten
only adjectives, quotes, and rhe
toric. Tell me pretty maiden, just
which way DOES the wind blow?
The Alpha Phi frosh were given a
chilly reception upon returning
from their walkout. The upper
classmen manned water hoses
from the upper decks and thor
oughly drenched the green-rib
boned girls before admitting them
to the house—all amidst the cheers
of a howling mob of local frater
nity men. If it’s ice eream you’re
after, The Duck is a natural.
Lloyd “Deacon” Kinsey has evi
dently decided that Audrey Larson
is more interesting than law
books. Theta’s Hazel Leonard will
be escorted to the Prom by the
ASUO prexy. Speaking of Tom
Kay, many are loud in their praise
of his efficient, however unspec
tacular, administration; some even
say he’s given as many orders as
he’s taken. Something new, Tom
Burbee’s Snack Bar, has hit the
campus. Located in Vets Dorm 2
in French Hall, the well-stocked
emporium, featuring 15c cigs, is
doing a land office business. Tena
cious Jeafi Foster was presented
with Mike Madden’s Fiji pin last
weekend.
Predictions: That a sizzling re
port from the disciplinary commit
tee on Prof. W. C. Price’s recent
poll on cheating will be released
soon. That ..Emerald Managing-ed
Jeanne Simmonds will petition for
the No. 2 spot on the ISA ticket. .
That Steve Gann will enter the
race for yell leader. . That, despite
his present optimism, Dale Harlan
will fail to make a dent in tills'
Howard Lemmons machine. . That
the Charlotte Ann Johnson-George
Billings combo will soon split. .
That Suzy prexy Maryann Theilan
ain ever gonna’ get stuck in the
mud again. . That hundreds of
Webfoots will soon be praising the
Spudnut Shop’s new concoction,
the “Spudnut Top Hat” (with ice
cream too!)
A1 Sundlie, currently chasing
Janet Bradbury, has a hard-to
beat rival at Willamette. The
Westgate Shoppe, serving the
campus debs, has a smart brace of
Mother’s Day gifts, ranging from
jewelry to you-know-what, on
hand for the Weekend. Jim Bar
telt, after batting .000 in the
Nancy Fitzhugh league, landed a
Prom date with Kappa’s sleek
Cathy Cornell (as an alternative
she would have been dunked.) As
; long as we’re up in that neighbor
hood, we have a report that Jack
“Anyface” Gertsun, the working
girls choice, has been dating out
of his circle with Virginia Fletch
er. For popcorn and Carmel-Corn,
Clow’s big little place on lltl^'
can't be beat.
Employes of Bethlehem Steel
Corporation will receive $17,000,
000 back pay under a new sup
plemental wage agreement.
The blade with the
MONEY-BACK
guarantee!
^GUARANTtCD BY
THE MARLIN FIREARMS COMPANY
fiat Guns Siatt 1870
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