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.