A Full Evening
Vieing for top entertaining honors for University students to
night are the sweet and the swing of the music world—Wag
nerian opera soprano Helen Traubel and Jumpster Stan Kenton.
The issue is weighted on Miss Traubel’s side, we admit, for stu
dents will have the opportunity, through their registration pay
ments, to hear her free, while Mr. Kenton, who evidently does
not impress educational activities experts as strictly a cultural
feature, will cost a bit of a pittance as fee.
As if this evening’s competition for top weekend billing were
not impressive enough, a Washington-Oregon football game in
the Big City will attract hundreds of students. Miss Traubel may
not be able to get her student gathering for a song, but her audi
ence is virtually assured, thanks to the Eugene concert-goers.
Kenton, we are convinced, will fare well also, because scores
will remain until Saturday for the Big Trek, and other localities
will simply take Stan over Wagner.
These conflicts—all of which but not any one of which will
transform the eager student into that “well bounded indi
vidual”—were pointed out earlier in the week, with the hope that
we don’t get any more such confusions. But here’s one to be faced
like a man—Traubel is the thing for the moneyless stay-at-home
Kenton for the flush and jivey stay-at-home, and a ball game for
the gay collegiates.
The Emerald, and you may quote us, is foregoing its usual
pre-game policy of the let’s all go to Portland and rally rally, but
neither is it able to advocate unquestionably the Civic Music
presentation. It isn’t whole hog_for Stan either, by necessity, but
there is one assurance it can give its readers. Regardless of the
event the student attends,he can rely on the fact that it'll be fast
and loud.
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Fashion Indicates Skirtline Up;
Hemline Rise Noted in Vogue
By Jano Ellsworth
It’s very encouraging to look through the last issue of Vogue and find
a decided difference from former issues in the length of skirts. Per
haps the revolt against ridiculously long skirts has had some
influence, for the Vogue models are almost all wearing a sensible
length. This does not mean that skirts are just sneaking over the
knee-cap again, but they seem to be stabilizing themselves at 13 or
14 inches.
Among the many well-dressed Oregon coeds, Leslie Palfrey should
get credit for her swinging corduroy coat in pearl gray that would
double for rain or shine. Bright or forest green seems to be a
favorite this year in coats, for good examples take a look at those
worn by Phyllis Holdman, Anita Jackson, and Mary Lou Diamond.
Full backs, hoods, and deep cuffs mark them as the latest style.
Suede is coming into its own again particularly in jackets. The
one worn by Carolyn Parke especially catches the eye, it’s rust
long box coat and a straight skirt. A great act.
Jean Scott was looking neat and smart in class wearing a black
cashmere and a black and white plaid skirt in a hard-finish wool.
Compliments also to Sally Mueller and her brown plaid suit with a
long box coat and a straight skirt.
Best Dressed Coed of the Week. . . .Mrs. Wickham at the AWS assem
bly. Her shapeless coat, false hair, scarf, and boots were out of this
world to say the least!
Hazel Leonard tried out a really different color combination with
great success: a chocolate brown wool dress setting off a silk scarf
in shades of yellow and orange.
A contrasting hood and rain coat worn by Pan Newton keeps her
dry as well as stylish. The coat is black setting off a hood of yellow
and black plaid.
Until next time. . . .and more fashion notes. . . .here’s looking at
you!
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Trv This on Your Social Calendar
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By LABBY LAU
Tuesday’s editorial “Smiles—”,
written by the original sunshine
girl, Maryann Thielen, set us to
thinking. In the edit “Sunny” ran
through a typical pre-planned,
meeting-filled, studyless week, and
wound up suggesting a “Go-To
Hell week. Let’s not just forget it.
The idea has amazing possibilities.
Why not a Go-to-Hell queen ?
Every women’s living organization
could nominate some sharp-look
ing, coke-drinking, gum-chewing
coed who just doesn’t give a damn;
there’s plenty of them.
Of course with a queen, there
must be a coronation—simple! Just
forget to announce the time and
place. Nobody would come, and the
queen and her escort (some guy
who’s not too particular) could get
together at Clingman’s and talk
over all the things they don’t give
a damm about.
Why not a dance? Just a plain
old dance with Willie Gleek and his
five zithers at about 25 cents per
couple. Corsages would be out of
order, women could wear last year’s
dresses and dress for the men
would be anything they wanted to
wear. Start the dance at 10:30; nc
one ever conies before then any
how.
Suppose two or three weeks ago
some guy phoned you for a date
and you felt obliged to say yes.
Here’s your chance to tell him you
know what . . . Suppose you come
to class some morning just for the
ride. You had a hard night with
Bock and the boys don’t feel like
doing anything but listen, and not
much of that. Usually this is the
one time in the>year that Dr. Sno
mish will ask you to explain some
obscure economic theory. How nice
it would be to give him the busi
ness and go back to sleep!”
Why not have a Go-to-Hell walk
somewheres on 13th? Every time
you passed someone, you could tell
him. This might bewilder the
townspeople who didn’t know what
was going on, but that’s the chance
they take walking through the
campus anyhow. It would be un
lawful during the week to bring
any chaperons along to picnics or
house dances (I’ve never seen a
chaperon yet, but just in case).
Everything Kaput
Desserts are out. Meetings of all
kinds would be cancelled. Girls
could avoid being called Duckling
counsellors . . . everything . . .
kaput! Closing hours would be
any time before the sun came up.
If any couple came in at the regu
lar time, they’d have to go back
outside and sweat out a few more
hours of each other’s company.
This would be a good time to cut
out this double-standard stuff. If
men can go into the women’s hous
es the year around, this week
should see the trend reversed. Men's
living organizations could hold a
week long open house. That way
the women could really get around
and see things.
Everyone would drink at least
[ ten cups of coffee, and play five
games of bridge during the day. If
someone says hello and you think
you might know him but can’t re
member his name, none of this
pussyfooting around about it, just
tell him.
We understand that this very
idea was brought up in a recent
Phi Theta meeting. We also gather
that the girls who brought it up
were told ... In fact I had a girl
tell me that the other night, so
the idea must be catching on. This
writer will personally interview all
applicants for queen. October 20th
is the deadline. Get in the swing
and Go-to-Hell!
Pautdcfi Qusml
Writer Looks at Bob Taft, Is Not Impressed
By REX GUNN
It appears that Senator Robert
Taft of Ohio, made a mistake that
will hurt him during his recent
west coast political vacation when
he blamed the nation’s major prob
lems on members of the Democrat
ic party.
Most voters recognized such a
blanket charge as pure baloney.
Things like inflation and the
housing shortage can be neglected
by Democrats in high places; that’s
true, but they can’t be the result of
anything less than a complex maze
of social and economic as well as
political factors.
Surely (Taft must know that. He
is the son of a president, a grad
uate of Yale. From the first he has
enjoyed the highest political ac
quaintance and social advice. Why
would he assert in public what he
knew to be untrue?
Doing His Job?
If Taft isn’t trying to find out
how inflation and the housing
t'11 1 .. =.—!"
20 Years Ago
(From Emerald Files)
Five girls are members of the
Order of the “O” and 31 are asso
ciate members of the order in con
nection with the Women’s Athletic
association.
# * *
The University of Southern Cal
ifornia's Golden Bears shoved the
Oregon Webfoots into the familiar
cellar' position in the Pacific Coast
conference league which is also be
ing occupied by the Montana Griz
zlies and the Oregon Aggies.
* * *
McArthur court . . . will have
Boston ivy planted around the base
of the building and by next spring
the process of actual outfitting will
be under way.
* * *
One hundred holly trees . . . have
been presented to the University to
form a memorial hedge to the late
President Prince L. Campbell by
John Stump, prominent citizen of
Monmouth and a boyhood friend of
the late president. The bushes are
now being planted to form a hedge
between Mary Spiller hall and the
president’s residence.
shortage, etc., really got started,
and how such things may present
ly be corrected, he is not doing the
work that a presidential hopeful
should be doing.
If he has been working and has
found some of the major causes for
these problems, it means that he
thinks an artifice, a blanket in
dictment of the Truman adminis
tration, will be more effective in
securing west coast backers, than
the truth about such matters.
Whatever his reasons, he did not
present anything of significance for
the large group of impartial voters
on the coast who will demand en
lightenment, not political abuse,
from the man to whom they give
their support.
Taft probably didn’t know that,
because he is essentially an un
feeling person. I think he is one of
the people described by Robert
Louis Stevenson, in an essay, who
throught water, not because he is a
villain, but because he would not
know that it was blood unless some
one blotted out the earth with it so
Surely Taft must know that. He
that no matter where he turned, he
could not escape it.
Taft’s Disease
He has sectional astigmatism.
Here are some examples of the
things he has failed to see during
the past decade.
In 1938, the United States had
exactly 19 heavy bombardment
planes equipped for combat. Taft
didn’t see the necessity for having
any more.
In 1940, he didn’t see the need
for conscription, or for large ap
propriations to*the services.
In 1941, he voted against every
major issue of national defense so
consistently that his reputation al
most went from conservative to an
isolationist.
Little Change
He is generally conceded to be
an excellent senator. He should re
main a senator. The presidency
would involve too much that he has
never seen.
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