>AIN T, COOK,
Co-op Students Share
Chores, Save Money
By Fronie Bromley
Emerald Reporter
Like to paint a house? Or are
y©u better at whipping up a fruit
silad, mowing a lawn or maybe
Wishing dishes? These may sound
^like rather unusual occupations
Bfor the average college student,
K>ut are simply part of the routine
*^o the over 125 University stu
dents who live in co-operative
Bousing.
f "Co-ops” got their start on the
^>regon campus 17 years ago when
i group of men students decided
to share expenses by renting a
house and hiring a cook. Thus Ca
nard club was bom, and joined
in 1935 by Campbell club. These
men's co-ops reduced costs by such
resourceful measures as doing all
the manual labor themselves, even
to the buying and butchering of
whole steers. During the midst of
New Appointment
To Personnel Post
m Nancy Randolph, sophomore in
■iberal arts, has been appointed to
Wthe personnel committee of the SU.
I She will serve as secretary of the
committee for the rest of the
school year. She will replace Jo
Chase, Junior in sociology. Nancy
was formerly a member of the SU
usic committee.
Her duties will include keeping
ecords of all SU personnel up-to
date, and helping appoint new
embers to the SU committees,
ther members of the personnel
mittee are Andy Berwick,
chairman; Merle Davis, interviews;
Bob Ford, Who’s Who in the SU
editor; Joanne Maxfield, Program
Staff manager; and Jack Nichols,
interviews.
Eugene Advisers
Chosen For YWCA
Mrs. H. T. Gentle, has been
elected president of the YWCA ad
visory board for the coming year.
The board is composed of Eugene
women who work with and advise
the campus YWCA.
Other officers of the board are
Mrs. Francis E. Dart, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Byron Waite, secretary,
and Mrs. Paul B. Cole, treasurer.
Five women were elected to the
board for three terms. They were
Mrs. 'William Barber, Mrs. Carl
Wickland, Mrs. Grant Mortenson,
Mrs. W. R. Hamilton and Laura
Olson, counselor for women.
The function of the board is to
aid in program planning, lend to
continuity in the program, procure
financial assistance and give con
sideration to the major issues of
Christian faith in the college com
munity.
Bridal Fashions
On Women's Day
A bridal fashion show will be the
afternoon feature of Woman’s Day,
Feb. 20, to be held at Gerlinger
hall at 4 p.m. Sponsored by AWS,
the affair is under the general
chairmanship of Sharon Brown,
sophomore in art.
Bridal gowns of two types from
Hart Larsen's will be shown, in ad
dition to going-away suits and ac
cessories. Also in the show will be
honeymoon fashions. Models for
the show will be about 10 girls
from the campus, who have not yet
been chosen, according to Miss
Brown.
He may think
All we do is play
So show him it’s
The other way
Dad’s Day Feb. 0, 7, 8.
the depression the average board
and room at either of the men's
co-ops was only 15 dollars.
Two Phi Betes
University employment secre
tary Janet Smith was the incen
tive behind the first women's co
op which began in 1936 with 12
occupants. Miss Smith moved in
as house mother to occupy a for
mer boardinghouse across from
Gerlinger hall on the present site
of the Student Union. Out of
those twelve women came the
highest grades on campus and two
Phi Beta Kappas, beginning a
tradition of scholarship which has
remained as an important part of
co-op living.
In the fall of 1937 women's co
op members increased in number
and began Hilyard house, which
had several locations until its dis
banding in 1947. One year later
saw the establishment of Highland
house.
The gratitude and admiration
of George Rebec, former dean of
the University graduate school
was responsible for the establish
ment of the most recent co-op in
1947, Rebec house. One of his out
standing students who made the
top grades in law school was Betty
Brown, first president of Rebec
house.
Cook and Housemother
Co-ops were founded on the co
operative principles of the Roch
dale community in England. The
co-ed council is the governing
bodyfor the three women's houses,
with Campbell club a self-govern
ing co-op. A cook and housemoth
er are hired for each woman's
house, with a manager to do the
buying for all three. Providing ad
vice and counsel in legal matters
is the board of trustees, including
C. G. Howard, professor of law,
Golda Wickham, dean of women
and Karl Onthank, associate di
rector of student affairs.
Any girl or boy is eligible for
membership at any of the four
co-ops. There is a probation per
iod of one term before a student
can become a full member.
Icy Water
Part of co-op living is, of course,
the sharing of duties and students
have had to contend with such
items as balky and smoky fur
naces, hot water heaters that ran
icy cold, and temperamental
plumbing. Each member has ap
proximately four hours of work
per week, with all jobs being per
fected to be done in the shortest
time possible. Sawdust provides
heat for the co-ops, and it is often
a race to get it shoveled inside
before the rains begin.
Co-op students have relatively
more freedom in respect to activ
ities before closing hours and do
everything possible on the honor
system. Most of these students are
able to help out expenses by part
time jobs from clerking in stores
to babysitting, while still main
taining a high GPA.
Red Cross Sets
Ski Safety Talk
A talk on ski conditions in the
local area, demonstrations and a
movie on ski safety will be held
today in Chapman 207 as part
of A ski safety program sponsored
by the Red Cross board.
Dolph Janes, president of the
Tri-Pass Ski club of Eugene will be
on hand to tell of ski possibilities
and skiing conditions as they exist
this winter, according to Caro]
Huggins, special events chairman,
Two student skiers will give
demonstrations of ski technique
and a film on ski safety will be
shown, she said.
Rebellion in 1940Interrupted
Dad's Sign Contest Tradition
J he Dad s Day sign contest, now
considered an almost traditional
part of the dad’s celebration, was
not always in evidence on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus.
In 1940, house presidents and
managers rose up in refusal to
have living organizations make
welcome signs for the Oregon dads.
The house leaders said that they
were being coerced and oppressed
when asked to do the signs with
out consulting the houses first,
according to a story in the Jan.
10, 1940, Emerald.
John Cavanagh, Dad’s Day
chairman, that year, said plans,
as in the past, had been made for
signs. It was his belief that the
signs helped create better spirit
and added to the attractiveness
of the campus during the weekend.
“However,” Cavanagh said, “the
committee has no intention of
going against the student body.”
Cavangh ordered a poll of cam
pus living organizations to deter
Bridge Lessons
Offered to Women
By 'Y' Commission
Bridge lessons open to all wom
en on campus will begin to
day at 3 p.m. in the Men's Lounge
on the first floor of Gerlinger hall
under the sponsorship of YWCA
upperclass commission.
Women's living organizations
have been asked to send in post
cards with the number of those in
terested in taking the lessons, ac
cording to Joan Cartozian. senior
in foreign languages. She urged at
tendance at the first lesson be
cause instruction will be provided
in a series of three or four les
sons, and it is important that no
lesson be missed.
Instruction will be provided by
two women of Eugene, Mrs. D. E.
Tope and Mrs. Charles Kingsley.
No charge will be made for the
lessons.
Honorary Calls
For Manuscripts
Manuscripts will now be accept
ed from women interested in affil
iating with Chi Delta Phi, national
literary honorary, Pat Poliak, sen
ior in liberal arts, vice president,
has announced.
Interested women who have
written short stories, plays, or
poetry are welcome to attend meet
ings of the group, Miss Poliak
said. They are asked first to sub
mit a sample of their creative
writing to Bernice Rise in the Stu
dent Union browsing room. Initia
tion of new members will be held
in April.
A short story "Enjoyed To
gether” by Sue Lichty, senior in
journalism, and a poem "Two
Worlds” by Sally Hayden, junior
in business, will be read and dis
cussed at the next meeting, Tues
day, Feb. 10.
Chi Delta Phi is the national
literary honorary for women inter
ested in creative writing who
maintain a high scholastic average
in English and writing courses.
Dr. Leland A. Huff
Optometrist
\3 W. 8th Ave Ph. 5-3725
7th at LINCOLN
mine the exact campus feeling-.
The poll was taken by Kwama,
sophomore women's honorary, and
Skull and Dagger, sophomore wo
men’s honorary.
Among the protests registered
against the sign contest was that
the signs were too expensive, that
it was difficult to get members of
the houses to cooperate in build
ing the signs, that it might rain
and that the houses were asked
to make signs for almost every
campus activity, the Emerald
story said.
Cavangh said that he was in
favor of the signs because of the
tradition of the displays and be
cause it gives the campus a "de
finite sparkle.”
Further protest against the
signs came from the 1940 Inter
Prize Essays
To Bring Cash
Prizes of $50 each will be given
for the two best essays submitted
by a graduate and an undergradu
ate student respectively on the
topic "Civil Rights as a Principle
of Free Government,” according to
includes Glenn Starlin, assistant
professor of speech, Howard Dean,
assistant professor of political sci
ence, and R. W. Smith, assistant
professor of history. All members
are available for consultation re
garding entries in this contest,
an announcement by the Bennett
Price committee.
The essays may deal with any
j phase of this general topic, and
■ may use an analytical, historical,
-or philosophical approach.
All entries must be submitted to
; the chairman, E. C. Robbins, Jr.,
instructor in economics, by April
13. The committee suggests that
the essays be between 2500 and
3000 words.
The prizes are larger than usual
since the contest has not been held
for several years. The University
was one of 25 colleges and univer
sities to receive a grant from the
will of Philo Sherman Bennett, the
income from which was to be used
as a prize for the best essay dis
cussing the principles of free gov
ernment.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Dr. Lamarr Budd and T. G. Marshall, per
sonnel representatives of the General Electric
Hanford works, will be on campus February
9 and 10 to interview interested seniors and
masters degree candidates in chemistry, phys
ics. and accounting.
Additional information and appointments
for interviews may be obtained at the gradu
ate placement office in Emerald hall.
The Portland civil service board an
nounces an open competitive examination for
police patrolmen. This job oflers permanent
; appointment, salary increases and vacation
and sick leave privileges. The monthly salary
| ranges from $255 to $313.
For the Best
in fish and seafoods
Call 4-2371
NEWMAN'S
FISH MARKET
Fresh, frozen and canned
fish and seafoods
39 East Broadway
Fraternity Council and when the
honoraries polled the students, art
overwhelming "no” vote was re
corded.
Cavangh said that the signs*
would be dropped from the week
end and some other method of
decorating the campus would bo
found. The other method proved
to be colorful posters spread
around the campus and signs wel
coming the dads erected by the
Eugene city park department.
When the results of the poll
were announced, campus leaders
expressed the fear in the Emerald,
that the "sign revolt” would spread
to other campus celebrations, but
apparently their fears were un
grounded as the "revolt” failed to:
spread.
The Dad's Day sign contest re
appeared on campus in 1947, when
the houses again made signs wel
coming the dads to the Unrvesrity.
Since then, as prior to 1940, the1
sign contest has been a traditional
feature of Dad's Day.
UO Prof Awarded ,
Committee Post
An appointment to the ten man
commission on electro-chemistry, a
division of the International Union
of Pure and Applied Chemistry,,
has been recently awarded to,
Pierre Van Rysselberghe, profes
sor of chemistry. He was one of
two American chemists to receive
an appointment to the committee.
Sponsored by UNESCO, an
agency of the United Nations, the
union operates in 25 nations and
is concerned with fundamental
problems, nomenclature, defini
tions and data on chemistry. The
union's 27th annual convention will
be held this summer in Stockholm,
Sweden.
A member of the university staff
since 1941, Van Rysselberghe is
also chairman of the International
Committee of Electrochemistry,
Thermodynamics and Kinetics.
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