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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1950)
Students' Ups, Downs Old Story TolLocal Merchant Kieth Fennell By CORK MOBLEY Kieth Fennell knows the Uni versity students from the inside out. He should—he has dealt with them for 16 years from his two stores on the campus, the drug store on 11th and the men’s shop oh 13th, furnishing them with everything from aspirin to over coats. From his home at 1043 Aider street, Kieth is always on hand for Junior Weekends, Homecomings, and campus affairs. As vice-pres ident of the Millrace Association, he was instrumental in the success of the two-year drive that put water in the race once more. Fast president of the Eugene Ac tive Club and a member since 1929, Kieth is active in civic affairs, es pecially, those which relate to the campus. The campus clothier has experi enced a number of incidents dur ing those years, involving both students and alumni. One incident involved a student who wanted a siphon bottle but had overdrawn his checking account, r- No Money Afraid of his father's wrath if he wrote another check, the fellow came to Kieth to make a deal. Kieth noticed the shoes the young jnan was wearing and asked him “what size?” The fellow replied and they were Kieth’s size. Kieth asked him if he would trade and he said he would. It was then that Kieth told the feilow to take off his shoes. The trader gave Kieth his shoes, took the siphon bottle and left, walking down the street in his stocking feet in spite of the rain. Sports Booster Pre-med student at Oregon from 1924 to 1926, Kieth hasn’t missed a home football game since he bought the drug store in 1933. Be ing a general sports enthusiast, Kieth has missed only a few of Oregon’s home games in any sport. Kieth’s cheers are not only heard at home games but he has followed the Webfoots up and down the coast, especially for football. He says that no matter where he has gone on the Pacific Coast, he always meets alumni whom he knew when they were students at Oregon. "Something that impresses me,” Kieth said, “is the number of form er Oregon students that now hold positions of importance and re Norman Thomas (Continued from page one) The key to world democracy, or fellowship, the speaker said, is in utilizing our modern technical skills to remedy conditions of pov erty and disease throughout the world, rather than using them for purposes of destruction. NORMAN THOMAS “It is up to us to proclaim to the world our intentions to end war and fight for peace—to fight against poverty and disease. “The core of the solution is a strengthening of the United Na tions to the point where the arms race can be halted and the war on poverty begun.” University Libe Staff To Hold Rummage Sale Need any Swiss textile dyes? A fireplace screen? How about a garden fence, or rug-making ma terials ? These will be among the items in a rummage sale Mar. 3, and 4, in the Hayden Electric Annex, 110 W. Broadway. Sponsored by the Staff Associa tion of the University Library—an independent group of professional and civil service library workers— the sale will run from 5:30 to 9:30 p. m. Mar. 3 and from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Mar. 4. The Red Cross assisted in 330 domestic disaster operations last year—almost one a day. DRIVE INN MARKET Picnic Food and Beverages 1222 Willamette Band Schedules Concert Tonight The University of Oregon Band will present its fifth concert of the year Thursday at 8 p. m. in the Music School auditorium. Soloists for the concert will be Shirley Gay Williams, clarinet; Glen Garrett, French horn; and Phillip Green, baritone. All are music majors. Mozart’s Second Concerto in E flat will be played by Garrett; Re citative and Polacca from Concerto No. 2 in E flat by Weber will be presented by Miss Williams; and Green will sing the Toreador Song from Bizet’s "Carmen.” Other program numbers include Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Waltzes from Der Rosenkaviier by Strauss, Excerpts from La Bo heme by Puccini, Burlesque March by George McKay, Kabalevski’s Comedians Galop, and Finale from Tschaikowski’s Symphony No. 4. The University band is under the direction of John Stehn, professor of music. CORRECTION FREE! 20 GALLONS GAS IF YOUR LICENSE NUMBER IS 475-921 EACH WEEK A LICENSE NUMBER IS CHOSEN FROM A CAR IN THE STATION OR FROM ONE PASSING BY. (NO OBLIGATION). INCREASING 5 GALLONS EACH WEEK UN TIL A WINNER IS FOUND. THIS WEEK’S No. 475-921 WATCH OUR LARGE AD EVERY TUESDAY ROY COPPING llth AND OAK sponsibility in businesses. And in 16 years or less, too.” He added that this might be due to the fact that he knows more Oregon grads. Give-away Race While on the subject of alumni, Kieth recalled how two visiting alums had tried to see how much merchandise they could give away from his drug store. A champagne party might have been involved, he said. ‘‘People were so shocked to find someone in my store giving things away that most of them refused,” Kieth laughed. “Before they had given away enough to run me out of business, they made a bet. “They decided,” Kieth went on, “that they would see who could give away the most, but the one who gave away the least had to pay for all of it.” He Won the Bet The first grad had a difficult time of it but finally gave away $30 worth of merchanidse, Kieth related. This was not so with the second one. Two student nurses came in and the alum told them it was bank night and everything was free. Within a few minutes, the two girls had accepted $60 worth of cosmetics, purses, and luggage from the philanthropic alum. He won the bet. The next day, the two men came in and expressed to Kieth the sat isfaction they had both received from being able to give away things neither of them could afford while in college. If Article by Campbell Printed in Magazine “Spring Tonic for Features,” an informational report on the light side of a newspaper, by Dr. Lawr ence R. Campbell, professor of journalism, was published in the Mar. issue of The Scholastic Editor magazine. In the same issue Kenneth Stra ton, president of the National As sociation of Journalism Directors congratulated the Oregon chapter of the association for “. . . the splendid program being developed in the state.” IHeIerald TODAY'S STAFF Assistant managing- editor: Hal - Coleman. Desk editor: Marjory Bush. Copy desk: Lisbeth Trullinger, Carolyn Varney, Lila Mae Pop ish, Joan Hedgepeth. Strash to Speak Today Victor C. Strash, professor of Slavic Languages, will speak on the ‘-Highlights of Classical Rus sian Literature” to a Eugene High School literature class at 2 p. m., today. He's lovely He's engaged He uses "Nectar of the Gods"* He'll be.... "The Warrior's Husband" * PATENT PENDING, UNIVERSITY THEATRE 'ft/fciSt m> et ulujion dotifi do (Ms bfc’— ik cmffttk ! You admire this kid, don’t you? He’s got guts enough to stand up for his pitcher against the whole opposing team. But this kid has more than guts! He has grasped one of our very oldest American traditions—that men and women have the right to be judged on the basis of their individual merits. Being “foreign” is noth ing against an individual—nor is his race— nor is his religion. It’s up to each of us to keep disunity from our families, our community and our country. Make sure that you are not spreading rumors against a race or a religion. Speak up, wherever you are, against pre judice, and work for better understanding. Remember that’s being a good American citizen. Accept or reject people on their individual worth