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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1950)
Houses Become Forts In Eugene 'Cold War' (Continued from page one) from Miss Lt. Comm. Fitzgibbons said: “Officials are testing the quality of the snow and headquarters here expects heavy and bitter fighting Thursday.” No statement was forthcoming from opposing forces from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon army. DAMAGES REPORTED Highly authoritative sources re port two more windows broken in the Chi Omega house—“I can’t remember how many have been broken before.” On other sections of the waver ing front spokesman for Alpha Xi Delta forces said they were en gaged in long range bombardment with the Sigma Chis with some occasional hand-to-hand combat— mainly face washing. A foreign student from Guate mala, Carmen Perez, was highly praised by Alpha Xi Delta officers as a staunch defender of the forces. FIRST SNOW SEEN Miss Perez, who saw snow for the first time when she came to Oregon, told an Emerald war cor respondent Wednesday that she thought the snow was wonderful: “Last week when the snow was falling I didn’t even go to classes; I just walked and walked—in the snow—I went clear downtown.” Miss Perez said she hoped for lots more snow. In some areas fighting was ex tremely heavy, particularly along sorority row proper. FIERCE FIGHTS RESULT Severe combat starting around 3:30 Wednesday made passage of neutrals extremely hazardous. Marge Scandling, press relations officer for the Alpha Delta Pis, cabled a message to the Emerald saying: “Fighting here most fierce about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Both long range and hand-to-hand combat. Little damage, no casualties.” On other fronts, tired coeds from the Alpha Phi division took haven in their house after being attacked singly and in groups by Kappa Sigmas. An official com munique from Carol Udy, Adjut ant General in Charge of Nothing in Particular, read: “Girls were attacked by guerrilla warriors in the vicinity of the Kappa Sigma region. There were no casualties and morale is high.” All the way across the campus, Barbara Byrne, press relations of ficer for the Delta Zetas said their forces were rallying for a counter attack on the Delta Tau Deltas. She expected strong con solidations of defending forces, but just where and how the Delta Zetas would counter attack was a I military secret. McMurphy Memorial Ski Hut Provides First Aid Attention By Ken Cushman If you're a skier and you believe in statistics, national averages show that the chances of being in jured this winter are 6 out of 1000, or odds of 166-2/3 to 1. Perhaps you have a premonition that you are going to become a national statistic. If so, make sure that you ski and break your leg in the Willam ette Ski Area, only 70 miles hence. With tlie completion of the Gene McMurphy Memorial Hut this win ter, you can be assured of the finest of first aid attention avail able to skiers. This haven for injured skiers is the direct result of community contributions. Labor on weekends was furnished by members of the Willamette Ski Patrol and mater ials were donated by 39 merchants of the Eugene area. McMURPHY ACTIVE A former University of Oregon student, Gene McMurphy was ac tive in the ski patrol after return ing from service with the moun tain troops during the war. A year ago last October he was killed in an industrial accident near Eugene. At the time, patrol facilities at the Willamette Ski Area were in adequate. Gene’s friends organized and decided that the most fitting memorial would be a shelter for injured skiers. Under the leader ship of Bob Pfeiffer, the building committee swung into action. Building plans were submitted and a scale model constructed by Bryan Kyan, instructor in art at the University of Oregon. Armed with this model, Pfeiffer inter viewed lumbermen, hardware deal ers and other businessmen in the region. The response was gratify ing with more than 50 per cent contributing either building mater ials or equipment. Construction began, on Labor Day, 19-19. Members of the Ski Patrol became weekend carpen ters, masons, and plumbers as j they strove to finish the exterior I of the building before Old Man ' Winter set in. December saw the attainment of that goal. “Inasmuch as the snowfall in Willamette Pass averages better than 45 feet per year,” Pfeiffer explained, “the roof of the hut has been constructed to withstand a snow load of nine tons. This is equivalent to 15 feet of the wet test snow, containing 90 per cent water.” Equipped with five bunks, a movable operating table, and a complete line of first aid materi als, it is estimated that the hut will prove its worth in its first year. According to Pfeiffer, cas ualties on the slopes last season amounted to 12 serious injuries, and minor cases added up to more than 50. BEGINNERS OVERCONFIDENT "We found that 95 per cent of the injuries last winter were caused by overconfidence of be ginners,” Pfeiffer said. “They seemed to think that speeding down the hill and skidding to a stop as performed by experts was easy. Too many of them learned the hard way.” In addition to its functions as a first aid station, the hut will also serve as headquarters for the Wil lamette Ski Patrol and furnish overnight shelter for members on duty. In this way, protection of skiers is greatly increased. "Although the Willamette Ski Area has been under development for 10 years,” Pfeiffer stated, "we feel the construction of the Gene McMurphy Memorial Hut is our first big step forward, the first of many improvements which will make it one of the foremost ski areas in the Pacific Northwest.” Architects Plan Meet An informal meeting' of regis tered architects will be held Jan. 19 at th« Eugene Hotel, Sidney W. Little, dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, re ported Tuesday. Beat Oregon State HANGOVER when you smoke PHILIP MORRIS! in |ust a few seconds y°“ “ J22^ PHIUP MORRIS ls DEFINITELY LESS IRRITATING __now smoking ■f. light UP U PHILIP MORRIS i 2... light up your present brand ._nON’T INHALE _ DON’T INHALE. Do exactly the same rt»ng „ difference Notice that b.te, thats,,n3 from PHILIP MORRIS. duilIP MORRIS'* I ! I i Everybody talks about PLEASURE, but only ONE cigarette has really done something about it. That cigarette is Philip Morris! Remember: less irritation means more pleasure. And Philip Morris is the ONE cigarette proved definitely less irritating, definitely milder, than any other leading brand. NO OTHER CIGARETTE CAN MAKE TEIAT STATEMENT. YOU’LL BE GLAD TOMORROW YOU SMOKED PHILIP MORRIS TODAY!