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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1948)
JOYCE PINNER, right, and Larilyn Thompson, both freshmen, dis play the reversible lemon and green rooter’s lids which Oregon coeds wear to the football games. This is the first year that women have worn rooter lids. Sociology Major Describes Job In New York Settlement House By DONNA KLETZING A summer of work in the Henry Street Settlement in New York City with Jewish, Irish, Polish and other American four-year-olds is the experience of Marcia Summers, . senior in sociology. Located on the lower east side, Henry street is just 20 minutes from Times Square by subway, and, it couldn’t be farther away from the . swank and swish of the square. Miss Summers arrived in New York with other college students from throughout the U. S. to take part in the college summer service * group, which meets each year in New York, from June 27 to August 15. Mothers 19 Children The first few days were spent in orientation in part-time jobs with NLRB, churches and settlement - houses and a three day sightseeing tour. * Marcia’s work in the Henry street Settlement House entailed “* loving, mothering, disciplining and playing with 19 four-year-old chil dren while their mothers worked. The school had about 95 children in regular daily attendance. This was her main work for the sum mer, Marcia said, but much work _ and seminaring were also done on government, p-olitics, religion, city *' management, economics and labor. U. N. Trip Taken Their first trip took them to the United Nations where they had „ passes to the Security Council and Trusteeship Council. They heard Andre Gromyko speak, lunched “ with the delegates and listened to much bickering over disarmament. „ One weekend was spent on "Churches and Minorities” and meetings were held with Father ~ George Ford of the Corpus Christi . Catholic church and Father S. L. .. Bishop of St. Phillips’ church in Harlem. -i New York's housing program {was also explained to the students. “Governor Dewey’s housing pro gram was explained by the state ‘ mousing commissioner and private lousing projects were explained by representatives of a real estate firm. The group also visited an dnter-racial housing project of a private company and a co-opera * ' tive housing project financed by a labor union. On politics and civil rights, the group talked with members of five political parties. The speakers in cluded Norman Thomas, Hugh De Lacy, Arnold Johnson, speaking in substitute for Henry Winston the Communist party organizer who was arrested the day before, and a representative of the Republican and Democratic parties. Mrs. Roosevelt Visited One high point of the summer was the visit with the New York "YWCA president’s school to Hyde Park on July 24, according to Miss Summers. The trip was made at the invitation of Mrs. Roosevelt, where she was hostess to the group for lunch in the back yard of her private estate, Val Kil. Miss Summers described Mrs. Roosevelt as “very informal, not snobbish.” Mrs. Roosevelt spoke on her experiences on the human rights committee. The group met Falla, saw the Roosevelt home, gardens and the late President Roosevelt’s grave—all are now na tional memorials. Sees Broadway Plays Marcia visited Coney Island three times, once on July 4 “just to see what a real mob is like.” The theater side of the group was sat isfied when they attended two Broadway plays, “Command De cision” and “Finian’s Rainbow.” Marcia added that she saw her first opera, “Aida.” She also saw the musicals “Brigadoon,” “High Button Shoes,” “Inside U. S. A.”, “Annie Get Your Gun,” and the stage play “Respectful Prostitute.” In My Opinion NATION STAND To the Editor: May I add my bit to what I hope is a flood of praise for your editorial with accompanying ar ticle in Wednesday’s Emerald. Your stand on the “Nation” is sue and General Eisenhoweer’s defense of free education are two of the most encouraging recent manifestations of the spirit of de mocracy making itself heard. Respectfully yours, Joe Cunningham Mortar Board Head Reveals MusicalTaient By CONNIE JACKSON Starting right out with a bang in activities, Nancy Peterson, Mor tar Board president, got her start, she insists, in high school, when she was appointed window monitor for the orchestra. This job, requir ing both strength and sensitivity, gave her the responsibility of open ing and closing the windows in class. Now vice-president of the YWCA, member of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, Symposium and Phi Beta, Nancy keeps plenty busy. She is also vice president of her sorority, Alpha Phi. Harmonica playing was at one time among her hobbies, but every time she started to play, the girls laughed so hard that she finally gave up in disgust. A journalism major, Nancy says that she always seems to work on publicity committees, no matter what she petitions for. She was head of publicity for Dads’ week end last year. She worked on Berg’s college board, met lots of students, and had a wonderful time this sum mer. Quite a change from the work she had done previously at the po lice station, making out tags for traffic violations. Combining speech and journal ism, Nancy is planning to go into radio work. “If that doesn’t work out, I might land right back at the police station,” she added. WAA Games Begin Monday The intramural volley ball tour nament sonsorecl by the WAA will begin Monday afternoon. Team practices for the various houses ended last night and a schedule of the games will be posted later. Hockey Clubs Play Hockey practices are still being held for the tournament which is scheduled to begin November 8. At that time the two hockey teams, the Cascades, and the Evergreens, will play off an allotted number of games. The Northwest hockey confer ence and tournament is being held in Seattle on November 13 and 14 and a selected team will be sent to represent Oregon. Hike Planned Today The Outing club will leave for a hike to Spencer’s Butte Sunday afternoon. Hazel Peterson, presi dent, announced that everyone is welcome to come, especially those unable to attend the Portland game. The group will meet in front of Gerlinger Hall at one o’clock. Those who are interested should bring a sack of lunch. - Points earned in the Outing club count toward a WAA check. Fifty points earned with the club en titles a girl to become a member of the Outing club and gives her the privilege of buying a duck em blem for a sweater. Other events planned for this term by the Outing Club are an overnight bicycle trip to Walker’s barn on October 30 and a breakfast hike to Hendrick’s park on No vember 14. The more stupid, the happier. Women’s Page Oregon Grad Sees Near East, Europe Before Settling Down* uy HiSTKLLlS JNOUIK.HEN Mrs. Helen Angell Kitchen, for mer Emerald editor and later as sociate editor on Reader's Digest, is now at home with “Cole" in a Georgetown residence which dur ing the Revolutionary war, was a tavern on the canal. “Cole,” she explains in a letter to Mrs. Lyle Nelson, “is our name for Jeffrey Coleman Kitchen, jr., to eliminate ‘juniorizing’.” Husband Jeff Kit chen, '43, works at the Persian desk in the state department in Washington, D. C. As the first woman editor elect ed by the Emerald staff, Helen had her picture taken with Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt when the former president’s wife was a guest here in April, 1942. Helen was reading the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, while Mrs. Roosevelt scanned the Emerald. Helen had introduced the tabloid size sheet, improved the type, and added more features and pictures to the Emerald. This quiet, capable red-head was once paid the compliment, by KUGN’s Jack Billings, of having “the mind of a man.” Mr. Billings explained “for a woman, Helen was a most exact-minded and manage rial type of person” and that her success as a leader “was mainly in knowing when and when not to give orders.” Theses Helped Helen, who worked her way through college, managed to main tain an “A” average. Her activities included: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Panhellenic, Junior Week end princess, Kwama president, ASUO executive committee, Pig gers Guide editor, Phi Theta Upsi l°n, and Oregon Federation. A member of Tri-Delt sorority, she got her BA with honors in journal ism and belonged to Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary. “I really feel I am getting a new college education every week,” Helen wrote to Dean Turnbull af i ter graduation, about her experi ences on the Reader’s Digest. She added that writing theses helped prepare her for condensing articles and reading and passing on unso licited manuscripts, by "teaching one to think for himself, formulate opinions and ideas and ferret out information.” Married in Egypt Baler Helen went overseas as research analyst with the Office of Strategic Services, and she and Jeff Kitchen, also a government employe attached to the army, were married in Egypt in August 1944. The ceremony was per formed in an English cathedral by a British army officer. After a re ception at Cairo’s Mohammed All club, Mr. and Mrs. Kitchen honey mooned as guests of the Royal Egyptian government on a depart ment of agriculture farm in tho Nile delta area. Traveling through the middle east by camel after the war, when Jeff became special consultant on lend lease affairs, the couple had various oriental ailments and once left a hotel in Jerusalem shortly before it was blown up, but Helen commented “Our practical expe rience in international affairs has been worth everything we have missed from home ” Free-Lance Writer Helen and Jeff toured Europe and England before returning* home in 1947. Accustomed to dust, heat and oriental climate, they shivered through an Oregon Indian summer here. Mr. Kitchen continues to work with the state department as polit ical desk officer, but because of the birth of their son, Helen re signed from her job as editorial assistant for the Middle East Jour nal in Washington. However, just to keep her finger in, Helen writes free-lance articles for various pub lications, one of which recently ap peared in the Christian Science Monitor. New Hair Styles Designed To Create Campus Notice The hair-raising adventures of Paul Brandefeld brings to mind a few comments made about campus hair crops; seems as though some people went too far in the fall crop ping—they look like a well reaped hay field. FOR THE CAMFXJS: It seems that cold weather has put a stop to the horse-tail hairdo. Two promin ent eye sores of the horse-tail va riety are the “Equestrian’s De light” or “Parade,” where the hair is tied and allowed to drop. Another neat effect is the smooth, complete with lacquer, upswept number worn with sweat shirts and jeans. Bangs really should be worn only by those fea turing heavy horn rimmed spec tacles. It gives them that intellec tual, owlish appeartince. FOR FORMAL OCCASIONS: Certain occasions call for a well groomed head of hair, one that re quires hours of labor, and just as many hours of blood, sweat and tears. When that first big formal of the year comes along it is sug gested that you try this one. After washing- the hair to squeaky clean liness, divide it into four equal parts, one for each side, the front and the rear. Now, take the left side and pull over to the right side, take the right side and pull over to the left side, pull the front to the rear, and the roar to the front, fast en securely, and top with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. Again, for the girl with long hair, try wrapping the hair securely around a small wastcpaper basket set on the head. This can be used as a cunning repository when go ing to Willamette Park. Or yon could imitate “Grenadine Etching" and braid your hair in three plaits, one falling down behind each ear! and the third coiling dramatically on the top of the head with a red, red rose peeping coyly over the rim. Tickets Available University theater season ticket holders may make reservations for performances of “The Petrified Forest’’ between 10-12 and 1-5 Monday at the box office in John son hall.