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Anothci bi^ double bill at the E-ta
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Monday
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Tue day, February 23, 24 and 25
The first feature stars Bette Davis,
W ill Hold 11th
Annual Conference
considered by many the greatest act
The eleventh annual conference
ress oi ull time, in the dramatic mas for the study o f home interests will
terpiece “ The Letter.” This picture be held at Oregon state college Feb
is considered Bette’s greatest tri ruary 25 thiu the 28 according to
umph. Second feature is "llrand Old M. Irene Leach home demonstration
Opry” starring the Weaver Bros., agent. The conference will open wim
and Elviry. This is a riotous comedy a reception and banquet Tuesday ev
that is ace high in entertainment/ ening, February 25, in the Memorial
Program concludes with news.-- Adv. Union; Governor Sprague will be
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the speaker. Following this a concert lies our utmost moral and material)
presented by the glee and Madrigal suppor.t a policy which Hitler if he:
clubs under the direction of Prof- is se king a fight with this country,
fes-sor Petri. The fifty piece college could logically construe as a declara |
orchestra will accompany a chorus of iion of war in effect.
On the other side o f the fence the
190 voices. This is an opportunity
to see and hear as thia concert will arguments have not been so well pu b.!
be one o f the highlights of the con licked. In a recent issue the United
States News summed up five princi-j
ference.
The homemakers o f Clackamas pal reasons for believing that this
county will find the three and one- country is no, ,oing to war.
First, says the News, the United |
hall days o f the conference filled
with educational and inspirational States can aid B.itian more by not
helps for them. Speakers of interna fighting than by fighting. Britiun in
tional note will be present. E. Stan other words needs supplies not men.
ley Jones will discuss "The Part of If we entered the war it would bq
Religion in International Affiars.” impossible to send much abroad,, as
Dr. John T. Keisner executive secre-i our own under-supplied mllltaiy es
tary o f the rural missions will speak tablishments would need all our fa c
on “ Is a Christian Rural Civiliza tories could produce.
tion Possible.” Other speakers of note
Second,, the U. S. can help her
will include Miss Rowntree head of own defenses more by staying out o{
the foods and nutrition department the war. The amis we send to Eng
of the university of Washington, and land may be lost but we won’t lose
Dr. Todhunter heud of home econo men so long as we remain a non-bel
mics research at Washington state ligerent. And we will find out if our
college.
cats and planes are adequate for mo
General assembly speakers will in dem war. England, in other words,
clude Dr. MaGruder who has traveled will be the proving ground for the
in many foreign countries and will ' products o f our factories.
discuss “ The Present Intei national
Third, thru the lend-lease policy
Situation.” Dr. Branton of the uni the U. S. can exert its major effort
versity of Oregon will speak on “ The In the war. Actually taking up arms
Place o f Functional Religion in the against the Axis would not permit ui
Home” .
Under the topic "Happy to do more.
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Hours Ahead,” Miss Harriet Long,,
Fourth,, the fact that all-the-aU
state librarian will give a short synop for-England policy ^pparfeatly has
sis on new books. The extension spe the support o f a nation which is also
cialist in family relationships Mrs. committed to maintaining peace is
Buena M. Maris will conduct a panel construed in Administration circles
discussion on “ Problems o f Abdo- as proof o f the fact that its plans
lesence.” This panel discussion will and actions are sound.
be based on a film. Dr. Erickson of
Fifth, according to his intimates
the state public health department the President really hates war, meant
will give a talk on “ Dietary Deficien what he said during the campaign
cies, Case Presentation.”
and will do everything possible to
Interest grodps will include de prevent war. He believes that his
monstrations and lectures on the fol policy offers the surest road to peace
lowing fields: Family relationships, and in that he is backed by large
nursery school methods, clothing, numbers o f his political opponents.
home furnishings, recreation, drama,
All this does not take into consid
music, landscape architecture and eration the fact that the Axis might
foods and nutrition.
make war on us, thus plunging us
The program will also contain many into the conflict whether we want to
recreation features. The concert by fight or* not. Military and political
the college students on the opening experts for the most part don’t think
night; a special exhibition o f folk that likely at this time. They point
dancing in native costume on Wed out that Hitler doesn’t make a par
nesday evening; a three art play by ticular point of "saving face” . As he
the Clackamas county Concord dra has said himself he will not be bad
matic group, direction o f Bess Brown gered into taking steps he believes
will be presented in the high school dangerous. The experts argue that |
auditorium; a style show depicting Hitler will not wage war against us
modem spring fashions will be giv until and unless it suits his time
en in the Memorial union ballroom time-table. And it is obvious that he
on Thursday; the college band under has enough troubles on his hands now
the direction o f Captain Beard will without asking for more.
give several selections at the college
Time, which heals all wounds and
convocation on Wednesday and a cho solves all arguments will prove the
rus o f Corvallis homemakers under soundness or weakness of ftiese var
the direction o f Mis. Murdock will ious contentions. In the meantime
sing at the assembly on Thursday af there are many thotful observers who
ternoon.
feel that we will be in wa" before the
There will be exhibit.:, tours o f the year ends, perhaps within six months.
campus, teas at the home manage Joe Martin the republican leader in
ment houses where oi.e can see some the house is said to feel that. All the
thing o f student life and each day an. people can do now is wait and see.
opportunity to swim in the beautiful
pool in the women’s building.
M any W e ld in g O p era tion s
There is no registration charge for
the conference the only cost being
To perform all the welding opera
for meals and lodging which will be
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nches o f gas welding on each body.,
with M Irene Leach home demonstia-
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Somewhere in the mind o f every log rolls and cherry pies for Wash
American citizen lurks this grim and ington’s birthday at 25 cents each.
disquieting question, “ Will the Un Gresham Bakery.—Adv.
ited States enter the war?”
About every writer and speaker in
See the Weaver Bros, and Elviry
the country has been attempting to
in that great laugh picture “ Grand
satsifactorily answer that question
Old Opry” at the Esta theatre Sun-
for some time. You can find irrts-
lay, Monday and Tuesday, February
sistibJy logical arguments which make
23, 24 and 25. Other feature picture
our entry into conflict seem inevit
>n this big double bill will star Bette
able as death and taxes, and you call
Davis in “ The Letter” considered o n '
find equally logical arguments which
of the supreme dramatic masterpieces
attempt to prove we are in small
if the world. See Bette in this great
danger of being drtawn in. And as the
ilcture of human emotions.—Adv.
debate rages on a good many Amer
icans who make no pretense to bein|
Removal o f the “ moral embargo”
experts find themselves sinking deep
igalnst shipment o f airplanes to Rus.
er into confusion.
The standard polls still indicate sia was purely a diplomatic move.
that the American people are oppos Russia is as air-tight a dictatorship
ed to wrar even as they favor aid V as Germany or Italy and has played
But British and
England with “ all steps short c ball with Hitler.
war.” At the same time the Ameri U. S. governments still hope that
can people going by the same polls Russia may yet be weaned away from
are convinced that if England tall* the Axis. Lifting the emhaigo was
we may be the next on Hitler’s 11s obviously designed to drive a wedge
between Hitler and Stalin.
o f victims.
F’ear has been expressed that Rus
The arguments that support thg
theory that we cannot Ion t ke -p out sia will buy planes here and send
o f war are obvious enough. We have them to Germany. That fear is large
dropped all pretense of neutrality, ly groundless in that British and U
we are simply non-bellige ents., com S. army back orders will keep our
They
mitted to the hilt on England’ s side. factories busy indefinitely.
We have damned the dictator in un won’t be able to take on new busi
ness.
equivocal terms. The leaders c f both
the political parties, the President
and Mr. Wilkie are aggressively pro-
It’s ■ Small World
British and anti-Nazi. And we ar-
Jupiter, largest of the planets.
about to embark on a new policy could contain 1,300 bodies the size
which will give England and her al ol the earth.
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