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Featuring SUE RALSTON
MET IN CLASS
Sue Ralston, Future Bridegroom
Have First Pinning Anniversary'
By Marcia Mauney
Emerald Reporter
"w« had our first anniversary
yesterday of our pinning, that
Is. explained the Kappa Kappa
Gamma junior in her well-known'
slow drawl,
Dark-haired Sue Ralston and
blond Nick Collins met during
winter lerm last year In psych
class, "There are too many an
niversaries to remember," she
said, "so we just keep track of
our pinning, April 10."
Their engagement was an
nounced Saturday night before
winter term final week. Mihh
Ralston's mother had just re
turned from Hawaii and brought
with her leis of tropical flowers
inscribed with "Sue and Nick"
for each guest at the party. Her
unusual engagement ling is a
star sapphire with diamonds on
either side.
Planning an August, wedding,
the two will then drive east to
Quantico. Va.. where Collins will
enter the Marines as a second
lieutenant. He is graduating this
spring In psychology. She plans
to complete her remaining year
in elementary education later.
The wedding will take place
in Oswego, Miss Ralston’s home
town. Her lake front home has
given her much opportunity to
swim and water ski, which are
SI E RALSTON Is pictured above shopping for china in one of
Eugene’* ilowntow n stores. (Photo by Kitty Fraser)
her favorite sports. As an under
classman Miss Ralston spent
much time in Amphibians, wom
en's swimming honorary, and
working in the YWCA.
Her china pattern is Wedge
wood “Wild Oats" and her silver
Kirk's “Repousse." "We picked
them out together, of course,"
she beamed.
Phi Theta Sets ■
Petition Deadline
Deadline for submitting pe
titions for membership in Phi
Theta Upsilon, junior women's
honorary, hflTi been set for April
20. The petitions may be turned
in to Germaine LaMarche at
.Susan Campbell or to Sally Kyan
at Carson 3.
Requirements for the sopho
more women petitioners are the
completions of a minimum of
80 hours at the end of winter
term and a minimum grade point
average winter term of 2.4 ac
cumulative GPA.
All activities are to be listed
in the order of importance. No
pictures are to be submitted with
the petitions.
Regular ASUO petition forms,
available in the ASUO petition
box in the SU, may be used.
Kwama Issues
Petition Call
Petitions for Kwama, sopho
more women's service honorary,
will be accepted until April 22,
according to Helen Ruth John
son, president. They may be
turned in to Miss Johnson or
any other Kwama member.
Only freshmen women with a
2.00 GPA or above are eligible
to petition. A picture must ac
company each petition, as well
as a list of activities. The stand
ard ASUO petition blank may be
used, but suggestions may be
disregarded.
Women to Have WUS Car Wash
All faculty members, men stu
dents and townspeople are urged
to participate in the annual
World University Service-spon
sored car wash, to be held Thurs
day afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m.
Women's houses will be paired
to wash the cars. Each wash job
will cost SI, with the money to
be contributed to the WUS fund.
Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa and
Zeta Tau Alpha are paired to
Amphibians Select
Theme for Show
"Bon Voyage” will be theme
for this year's water show given
by members of Amphibians,
women's swimming honorary.
Performances will be given
April 27, 28 and 29, and will be
| at 8 p.m. in the men’s pool.
Tickets will be fifty cents each
and will be on sale at the box
office at the show, and from
members of the sponsoring
group.
wash the cars in front of Sigma
Kappa. Kappa Alpha Theta.
Alpha Xi Delta and Chi Omega
will wash cars at Chi Omega.
Delta Zeta and Delta Delta
Delta will be at Delta Delta Del
,ta, Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi
Beta are paired, to wash ears at
Gamma Phi Beta. Alpha Delta
Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta
Gamma will be at Alpha Omi
!cron Pi.
Faith Johnston Judges
Bon Marche Contest
Faith Johnston, assistant pro
i fessor of home economics, was a
I judge Saturday, April 9, for the
j Bon Marche sew-it-yourself con
gest. Thirty-nine contestants
; modeled their outfits made with
! material purchased at the Bon
Marche. First prize was a Pfaff
I sewing machine.
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Brides Still Stick
To Old Traditions
A modern miss may use the
techniques of being chased until
she catches her man. but oilce the
alfai is in sight she gives way
to tradition. Wedding customs
historically date back to the
caveman days and stem from
common social practices as well'
as superstition.
Even if the prospective bride
forsakes "something old. some
thing new. something borrowed,
and something blue," the brides
maids and best man are standard
ecruipment. Both of the.se aids
originated in the marriage-by
capture days.
Because the future in-laws
were not always anxious to have
their daughters dragged off by
the hair, the groom was accom
panied on his daring mission by
several of his good-fighting bud
dies.
Coyness Not New
If contemporary cuties think
that coyness is a new invention,
they might learn the story cf
bridesmaids. In by-gone days,
young maidens would band to
gether. as soon as they were sure
that one of them had success
fully planted the marriage bug. >
They would further hinder the
anxious suitor and his cohorts
by dressing alike.
, Honeymoons also revert to the
sneak attack days. The new
groom simply wanted to keep
his bride out of sight until her
parents cooled down.
Another Woman’s Trick
The origin of the bridal shower
comes for the story of a pobr
miller's daughter, who wished to
marry* the son of a wealthy land
owner. Her dowry was insuffi
cient. so her girl friends, want
ing to see her make the good
catch, contributed something to
it.
Certain sects have developed
rituals unto themselves. For in
stance. a Jewish couple drinks
wir.e from the same glass indi
cating their sharing of whatever
life will bring. Afterwards the
groom crushes the glass with his
heel, as a reminder that the
tr'agedv of the Jewish persecu
tion must not be forgotten even
in moments of joy.
Still Superstitions
Although social customs have
contributed the most to the pres
ent-day marriage ceremony, su
perstitions are also still adhered
to. Among the most common are
“Happy is the bride the sun
shines on ' and “Bad luck is in
store for the bride-who sees the
groom on her wedding day."
A mote unusual one is that a
bride will be lucky if she sees a
toad, spider, dove, or lamb on
the way to the church: but if she
encounters a pig. she should go
home and start out again.
Whisper to Mule
Finally, if a girl :s interested
in catching a husband, she might
try the gypsy girl’s tnck of
whispering the question into the
ear of the longest-eared mule
she could find.
Should the mule shake his head
vigorously, the girl can count on
marriage within one year: if he
nods, she has reason to become a
bit doubtful: but if he does not
move, she had better take to rais
ing cats.
Theta Sig Elects
New Officers
Theta Sigma Phi. women's pro
fessional journalism honorary,
lecentlv elected Dorothy Iler,
junior in journalism, to serve as
president for the next year.
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