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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1950)
VOEGA1K IA UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1950 NUMBER 68 Here's How To Survive Winter Perils By STAN TURNBULL Friend ambushed friend, and foul play and skulduggery were the order of the day Friday as a new snowfall turned out to be a lot different from the last—this snow packed into keen snowballs. Guerilla warfare was rampant (whatever that means), as grin ning fiends armed with snowballs popped out from behind cars and buildings, lowering the boom on friend and stranger alike. Handy Helpful Hints For Snowball Dodgers: 1. Leave notebooks at home: that lost split-second setting it down may mean taking a frosty one in the face. 2. Always travel in twos—and don’t turn your back on your partner. 3. Avoid bottlenecks, such as between Commerce and Oregon. ^ 4. Don’t walk under trees, you may be buried for life. 5. Walk softly and carry a big snowball. 6. Cut all classes and stay home in bed. The Emerald quonset was a haz ardous area—windows had a way of popping open to admit a ton or two of snow, and crossfire kept the hallway from being filled with too many loiterers. Hardened re porters sat at their typewriters looking in all directions at once and kept a “defensive” snowball or two handy. Alliances usually proved mere scraps of paper. Sources “close to Johnson Hall” (within a block) expressed hope that the neutrality of visiting dads would be respected. “No one is ex pected to feel neutral, but we don’t want to start a shooting war,” someone or other might well have said. (This story probably would have been longer and more complete, but wartime censorship was clamped on. Troop movements and ammunition supplies were jealous ly guarded secrets. Good luck.) Chambers, O'Toole, Thompson Vie for Honor; Dads to Select Official Hostess Today By NORMA HULTGREN -* MARJORY BUSH, and JACKIE PRITZEN Three smiling finalists will welcome visiting dads today, and one will be elected official hostess by the dads themselves. Finalists are Bobbie Bagley Chambers, Harriet McGill O’Toole, and Jo Anne Johnson Thompson, all student wives. The winner will be announced at the basketball game tonight, with voting at registration booths to end at 5 p.m., Dick Lee, chairman of special events stated. Last year’s hostess was Pat Met calf Chase. Bobbie Chambers Bobbie Chambers is one of the best-known girls in the University Co-op—she works behind the cig arette and candy counter! "It’s a good way to keep in con tact with the campus,” she ex plains. Bobbie, formerly Bobbie Bagley, went to Oregon State for two terms before joining the Webfoots spring term last year. She is affili ated with Delta Delta Delta sor ority. Five feet two, eyes of blue is almost a perfect description of Bobbie. Only, she says that she used to be five feet two. She is sure (Please turn to page eight) Ducks Bump Huskies, 57-49 Webfoots Welcome Dad—Oregon's Man of the Half-Century Show Goes On Despite Weather; Campus Ready to Welcome Dad The campus is still prepared to extend a royal welcome to every .Dad—Oregon s Alan of the Half-Century,” despite heavy snow. Some housing in private homes may he obtained by calling Afarian Christenson at Alpha Omicron Pi. > Hostess finalists, Skull and Daggers, and a volunteer taxi service will greet the arrival of the Shasta Davlie'ht, scheduled for 10:10 this morning. Manv Dads are expected to arrive on this CArdiiUJAiEai, from left: Bobble Chambers, Harriet O'Toole, ami JoAnne Thompson. (Photos by Gene Rose, Emerald photographer.) train and students are encouraged by General Chairman Gerry Smith to attend the welcoming. First event for the day will be registration, continuing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Johnson Hall and the Eugene Hotel; from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Osburn Hotel, and from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at John Straub Hall. Members of Kwama, sophomore women's service honorary, will reg ister Dads. Trophies will be given to the living organizations with the highest percentage of total Dads The campus cleanup contest scheduled for yesterday will be transformed into a snow-shovel ing contest from 9:30 to 11 a.m. today, if it is not snowing. If it is snowing at 9:30, the contest will he completely called off. Prizes of record albums will be awarded to the pairing which achieves the best-shoveled walks. Records were donated by the Radio Laboratory and Graves Music Company. registered, and to the group with the highest percentage of fresh man Dads. Registration fees wil go toward Oregon Dads' scholar ships. Voting for Dads’ Day Hostess will also take place at the regis tration booths. This year for the first time the Dads will choose their own Hostess from a group oi three finalists, Bobbie Baglej Chambers, Harriet McGill O'Toole and Joanne Johnson Thompson. •'Welcome Dad” signs will be (Please turn to fayc eight) Keller High ForOregon; Scores 16 A hoppcd-up crew of Univer -ity of Oregon basketball spoil ?rs snapped a four-game losing streak last night at McArthur. Court, by trimming the league leading Washington Huskies, 57-49. Oregon Guard Jack Keller led the Wcbfoot uprising with 16 points. Forward Paul Sow ers was second high for the Ducks with 13. John Warren's surprising team turned the tables and played ball-control, to win their second Northern Division con test. A tight Oregon defense held the Huskies to 16 field goals in 67 attempts, a .237 av erage. The two teams meet again to night at S, at McArthur Court. See the sports page for further details of Oregon’s upset vic tory. Snow Blanket Causes Dads To Stay Home Possibility of a large turnout of Oregon dads this weekend was* chilled yesterday when a new snow storm laid down a 6-inch blanket, of snow in the Eugene area. The storm extended over most of the state b y Friday morning, bringing snow and freezing rain. Temperature lows ranged from 5 to 15 degrees but colder weather was forecast for many areas. Traffic on highways in western. Oregon was slowed almost to a standstill over many routes and a few sections were closed altogeth er. Highways Closed State police reported Highway 36 closed near Florence because of a washout. The coast route was cut off 13 miles from Port Orford. Both north and south Santiam passes are blocked with 34 inches of new snow and 10 inches at Wil lamette pass has hampered traffic movement there. A closure on the Columbia River Highway at Shell Rock has cut off through traffic from eastern Oregon and motorists are prevent ed from using the ferry at The Dalles because of ice on the Colum i bia. Train Late Transportation facilities re ceived their usual share of trou bles. Southern Pacific’s north bound train arrived here four hours late because of trouble in the pass south of Odell. Greyhound buses were as much as 1 hour and 25 minutes late. Eugene residents can look for I ward to clearing skies but some | scattered snow flurries are fore cast for today. The weather bur eau reported a low last night of 25 with a high of 28 expected to day. Browsing Room to Air "Simone Boccanegre" The Metropolitan Opera Broad cast of "Simone Botcanegre” by Giuseppe Verdi may be heard at 11 this morning in the University Library Browsing Room.
