Home Ec Classes
Prepare for Future
By Al Karr
Emerald Feature Writer
"Write a feature on the home
ec department.”
"Who, me?”
The prospect of wandering
through the department of home
economics, trying to become an ex
pert on hemlines and cheese souf
fles, had me—well, wondering. Be
sides, I knew very little about the
department.
But I was curious to find out
just what was the activity of the
home ec program and I guessed
that only a rather small percent
age of the Oregon students know
much about the department. So
I went on over.
There, on the second floor of
Chapman hall, I looked the depart
ment over, and learned from Mabel
A. Wood, head of the department,
that the home economics program
is designed to better prepare col
lege men (yes, men) and women
for their future roles in their own
homes.
The department does not merely
train students in cooking and sew
ing techniques, although those are
important, but it also tries to give
them training in such areas as
child care and training, home
planning and furnishing, house
hold maangement, purchasing
problems in the home, dietetics,
family relationships and selection
of foods and clothing, Miss Wood
pointed out.
Each term there is an enroll
ment of from 300 to 600 in the
department, Miss Wood said. (En
rollment of students in more than
one course makes the total num
ber of students enrolled something
less than the 300-600 figures.)
These include both men and wom
en. Many male students are en
rolled in such courses as purchas
ing problems of the home, child
care and training and family re
lationships, Miss Wood said, as
well as camp cookery, which is
offered to men only.
When speaking of male enroll
ment in the home economics de
partment, Miss Wood likes to re
call the remark of one man who
said he wanted to take some home
ec courses so that as a husband
he could be “intelligently cooper
ative if not actually helpful.”
There is a need for a woman
Two Disney Movies
Slated Tonight
A two-film program featuring
Walt Disney and his work is
scheduled for showing in Common
wealth 138 tonight at 7 and 9.
The films are “Behind the
Scenes at the Walt Disney Stu
dio,” and “Disney Cartoon Parade
No. 3” The admission is free, ac
cording to Barbara Wilcox, SU
movie committee chairman.
to have some kind of education in
her future duties as a wife and
mother, Miss Wood asserted. This
is more true today, she said, be
cause girls don't get such training j
from their mothers—in broad prin- j
cip'les of clothing selection and;
construction, food selection, die
tetics, food preparation and child
care—to the extent that they used
to.
Students in general can benefit
by courses which train them in
their roles as husbands and wives,
Miss Wood feels. The home ec pro
gram is designed to fit in with the
general liberal arts education of
I fered at Oregon, she pointed out.
| The department tires to train the
: future parent in the ability to
j make his home a setting for his
i child's total learning process.
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Women Add Day
To Rush Period
Panhellenic this weekend ap
proved a plan to add one day to
the formal fall term rush period.
The addition will make six days of
rushing, spread out over a week's
period. Five days were used last
fall term.
Open house fall term will be
held from 10 a. m. to 12 noon and
from 1 to 3 p. m. Friday, Sept. 24.
Because of the Portland football
game the next day, there will be
no other rushing until Monday,
Sept. 27.
Afternoon and evening rushing
will be held all through the first
week of classes, with Saturday
night preference night. Sunday
will be pledge day, with each
sorority entertaining its pledges
at breakfast.
The extended rushing period
was approved at the Panhellenic
retreat Saturday by a unanimous
vote.
Plans Nearly Ready
For Moms Weekend
Plans are nearly complete for
Mothers’ weekend, May 14-16, ac
' cording to General Chairman Don
na Lory.
“All we need now is a record
| number of moms on campus,” Miss
! Lory said. She has urged all stu
dents to write personal invitations
i to their mothers to attend the
j event.
The living organization with the
| highest percentage of mothers
registered will receive a trophy.
Registration will be held at the
Student Union.
Special Mothers’ weekend
events include the breakfast and
business meeting at §:30 a. m.
Saturday, a Mothers’ tea from 3
! to 5 p. m. at Gerlinger hall and
! dinner in the living organizations
; at 1 p^m. Sunday.
Tickets for the breakfast are
now on sale at the SU main desk
and in the co-op. The breakfast
will be an all-Mothers’ event and
students will not be admitted.
Barbara Kamm, ticket chair
Sing Eliminations
Tonight at SU
(Continued from Page One)
j of the Night," 6:43; Campbell club,
| “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,’* 6:50;
Hale Kane, “Mom,” 6:58; Kappa
Sigma, “The Lord's Prayer,” 7:06;
Freshmen men, “You’ll Never
Walk Alone,” 7:14; Phi Delta
Theta, “All Through the Night,”
7:22; Phi Kappa Psi, “Meadow
land,” 7:40; Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
“Were You There,” 7:48; Sigma
Chi, “Rodger Young,” 7:56; Sigma
hall, “She’s Fooling Thee,” 8:04;
Sigma Phi Epsilon, “The Three
Bells,” 8:12 and Theta Chi, “You’ll
Never Walk Alone,” 8:20.
Judges, to choose eight finalists
each night, are Mrs. Dale Cooley,
Delbert Chinburg, and Dr. George
Hull.
Wear an Oregon Ring this Summer
If you want your ring by the end of
Spring Term—
ORDER NOW
You have your choice of Four Different Stones—
Onyx, Synthetic Ruby, Blue Spinel, Synthetic
Tourmaline.
Greek Letters May Be Inscribed Upon Stones
If Desired
U. of 0. Alumni Association
Room 110-M, Student Union
1 man, has asked that students pur
, chase .tickets for the breakfast as
! soon as possible because only a
limied number will be available.
Tickets cost $1.25.
Mothers will be welcome at all
Junior Weekend activities, accord
ing o Chairman Jim Light. Events
include the Junior prom, an all
campus luncheon, the float parade,
all-campus sing and the sunlight
serenade Sunday.
There are still many housing va
J cancies for Mothers’ weekend, buj
reservations should be made soon,
according to Nan Hagedorn and
John Socolofsky, housing co-chair
men. Students who have difficulty
arranging for reservations may
i contact Miss Hagedorn at Carson
1 4 for aid.
Political Ads Sold
At Fixed Rate
.The political advertisements in
Tuesday's Emerald were sold at
the same rate to all parties, ac
I cording to Dick Carter, business
manager. The rate for political
advertising is 77 cents per inch as
contrasted to the 63 cents per inch
charged for non-political advertis
ing.
Ten SU Chairmen
Selected Today
Chairmen of the ten Student
Union committees will he selected
at u meeting of the SU bonrd Ht
3 p. m. today, Andy Berwick,
board chairman, has announced.
Candidates for the positions will
be interviewed at the meeting and
names of the new chairmen wilt
appear in Thursday's Emerald.
The chairmen will serve for a one
year period beginning next fall.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Deadline (nr Item* (or thin column i» at «
p.m. die day prior to publication.
^ The Women's housing com
mittee for Duck Preview will meet
Thursday at 1 p. m. in the Stu
dent Union. The committee will
submit its report and make sug
gestions for next year.
0 The last Fishbowl Mixer of
the year will be held Friday night
from 9 to 12 on the Student Union
terrace. The dance is sponsored by
the SU dance committee.
Social Calendar
Wednesday Dinners
Alpha Tau Omega Sister
Daughter Dinner
Friday Firesides
Phi Kappa Sigma
Psi Chi
Saturday Fireside
Alpha XI Delta
Saturday House Uaneos
Gamma Phi Beta
Carson hall
Kappa Alpha Theta
Chi Omega
Alpha Gamma Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Rebec house
Alpha Omicron Pi
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Officers Installed
In Delta Nu Alpha
John Marshall, junior in busi
ness, has been elected president of
Delta Nu Alpha, transportation
fraternity.
Howard Byerly was named vice
I president of the organization and
Kenneth Bosanko was elected sec
I tetary-treasurer.
The new officers were installed
| at a transportation dinner, April
27. Shipping and transportation
men from various parts of the
state were present at the dinner.
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Rocket Experts
Are Ex-Enemies
NKW YOKK Two wartime?
foes met lit the third space travel
symposium yesterday at the Hay- '
den Planetarium.
One m Arthur Clarke, Orllnh )
Rocket authority, who wan modn- t
ator. It fell to him to Introduce
Dr. Wulter Dornberger, who head- '
ed German development of the
V-2 rocket.
At one time. Clarke related, the *
experimental V-2’s were falling ,
apart unaccountably In the air, ,
and there was no time for win 1
tunnel teats. So Dornberger ar- 1
ranged to have the experimental [
rickets fired at him, while h.* i
watched them through a amall j
telescope.
“I am glad." wild Clarke to L
the German scientists, “that you i
were not hit. But, as a Londoner, i
I am aorry you got the informs- ,
lion you were after.
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LOST Metal slide rule In Com
monwealth. Reward offered.
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hall. 5-3 j
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apartment. Call 5-fttW9 after 7 |
p. m.
Your telegram
on Mothers Day
says all the things;
you want to say
i
in such a warm
and loving way
w
Whatever else you do,
send her a telegram, too. ;
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