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The Pioneer Log: Lewis & Clark College’s Student-Run Newspaper
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Volume 1, Number 9. 5 p.
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Lewis & Clark College Student Newspaper
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Pioneer Log Staff
Date
1943-04-29
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MAYDAY
Pl~ns for Lewis and Clark's annual
May Day celebration are now nlmost oom•
plated. Mny Week will be officially
opened May 4 during the Cho.pol hour.
Alpha Pi Mu is to be in cho.rge of the
prosram, during which the three candi
dntoa for queen, lbrtho. Finger, Ellono
Monnea and Ruth Hassold will b~ f'ormnlly
presented, with Irving Johnston noting
as M. C.
The Mny Day oelobrution will be
held May 7. A school holidny ho.a bean
deolo.rod and for ono do.y the quean o.nd
her court will rule tho oompua.
From 10 to 12 in the morn1llg, there
will be competitive gnmes on the nthlotio
field, organized by Mnrio::ri Stihsb.a.n .. and
Mrs • Mooro. 'l'he outdoor pool will bo
opon for swimming.
Eotweon 12 nnd la301 Alphn Gnmmn 1 under tho supervision of President Ruth
Hnssold, will providfl n picnic luncheon
on tre lnwn.
Tho Coronntion ceremony will bogin
o.t 2 o 'c locl:: on the terrncc overlooking
tho oity. Tho Quoon-eloct vvill thor.. be
pro~ontod for the i'irst time. A.ftor the
crowning of tho queen, tho atudont body
honor o.Wt\rds for the yenr, tho now mem
bers-loot to Amionno , Sophc.pNl:.tJuitior
woman's honorury, nnd Erodelpllinns,
St:>nior woraun • s honorary ,will be o.nnoul1c•
od, and the Quoon will bestow kni~hthood
on hur aost honored servnnta.
Aftor tho ceremony, the Queen ~nd
hor court will roooivo guests in the
Wonon1 s building . This will olooo the
a.f-tornoon 's program. . ....
CLARK
•· t T • April 2§, 1943
At 8:30 P• me, the Queen's J?ormnl
Dnll will open in the Social Room, nnd
o.t midnight the one-do.y Queen will lo.y
o.sido her scepter nnd cro~tn.
Moubers of the v~rious committees
nro o.s follawBa ~rinn Stinsmnn o.nd
Mrs. Moore, co-cho.irmen ot gnm.es: Ruth
Ifussold o.nd Alpha. Grumnu :members, picnic
luncheon: Jonn Tinlldorson, cho.irman, nnd
Martha Fin~er, mombor, Corona.tion cere
rnonyt Elsn Peterson,. oho.inno.n, Junico.ns
o.nd Erodelphia.ns o.ssisti11g, receptions
Pnt Gro.hnm und Goorge Lund,oo•chnir.men•
Mnxine Doltr. o.nd Mnry Ellen Ro.ndo.ll, ns•
sist~nts, Queen's Formnl Balla Joo.nette
Krist, oha.innnn, Rose• Drown, member, in
vitr ... :bions: Edna. Uo.lo Publicity.
Guests nt the Corona:ticn ceremony
nro tho a.lur.mi, the Wonen' s Lenguo of
lewis nnd Clnrk Col loge, the Mother's
Club, seniors of Portlnnd high schools,
nnd friends of' the college.
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T'no Sophmoro Clnss has chosen C•tl
Hassold their new President, to ~.'replooe
their previous president, Joe Elm. Joe
E~ dropped from school a few weeks ago
o.nd plo.ntr. to e;o into. tho illlvy•
The Sopmooro olnso of this yonr hns
been hnndioo.pped by n small oo~borship
o.ll yoa.r. Its ra.nks 1vero furthor doplont
od by tho grnduo.tion ot sevoro.l ·of ite
menbors nt tho end of lo.st somostor to
the Junior cln.ss. In spite of this,howevcr,
plnns n.ro oinc lo.id for o. Sophmore party.
Tho dn te ho. s beon sot for ?.hy 14e .. -· ... -""IEIT:rs-~ JU\co-IXEm;- ·-------1 1'odo.y,-·-o.lc.ng most of the enrth"u
~ PIONEER LOG -· . ..., au.r&.oo -·the long shn.dow of tota.lito.ri o:J ...
ism has blotted out youth r s right to
.Ddit;or Ed:no. Ha.lo len.rn the truth. Even one of our ooun ..
lfL3Sisto.nt Editor Ruth Hn.ssold try's a.llios, Russia1 ho.s bE: en guilty.
leusiness Mo.nu[!;er Elsn. Peterson Here. we a.ccept our right almost
eporters without a.pprecia.tion, but we should not
:V..n.rth..'l Finger, Jeunetto Krist, Jo.net forget thut the only reason "truth will
Smith, Juu1ice Chundleo, Joa.n Ho.lldor- out" is thut there ha.s always been
son someone willing to dig for it. We do not
'.typists risk our security by merely being !"': atu ...
Junct Smith dents. Our clQ.sses do not ha.ve to be ut-
~.1irneo~ro.pher tended in stco.lth because they a.re "ver··
I. Connie Berkey botcn".
In Europe ··the~e o.re students depend
ant on our chnrity as the only means of
f"olumo I, Number 9 April 29, 1943 continuin g their studies. Tho bulletin
from the 'VVSS.•·mnkos us realize our own
r·R ) . ODELLtS MESSAGE
Two events mo.ke this seo.son of our
f'irst yen.r here on th0 new co.mpus o.
;neuningful a.nd bco.utiful time:
The sa.lo of the old property o.nd tho
removal of the heavy morgnge gives us o.
dmnce to look forward o.nd plo.n where
the new buildings, pa.ths 1 and uthletio
equ:lpment a.ro to go. Our a.rohit0ct is
dra.wing up o. l.ID.stor Site Plan which we
Cllll use in connection with our friends
who a.re interested in tho a.dv·n.ncfJ lilent
of this college.
'.rho other event is the cotdng to life
of -the trees o.nd plo.nt s which no.!~o up
tho lundsoo.pin g of this cumpus of ours.
The delico.cy of the flowering trees a.nd
the mulitude of the forest bloons,a.long
w·i th the coming of the green loo.vo s ,make
it a.lmost a. fa.irylo.nd.
Morga.n Odell
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TRE RIGHT TO LEARN
On a.nother pa.ge of this issue of the
Pi one or Log, we ho.ve printed a. re lon.se
f::~om the World Student Service . Although
~.t is fra.nkly public izint; the work which
"Che Service is doing, it a.lso gives
us un incite into the p;Light of'· students
in conquered Europe todn.y. If' you guve
to ·the USSF drive la.st Fall you may feel
justly protld of the vmrlc which thnt or
cunizo.tion is doin~.
(continued a.bove) good fortune and hope tho.t soon they.too
will ha.ve the richt to leo.rn truth.
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rnEXY PA'i'fhl
Ma.y Do.y is just a. fevt do.ys n.wny1
This is the most important student body
o.ctivity of the whole yeo.r nnd everyone
should assist tho committees now vmrldng
so hnrd to muke it a. success.
It is tr~diti onnl to · invito high
school seniors interested in our college
to o.ttond t!1e celebration, If you ho.ve
o. friend grndunting from high school,
feel freo to invito him ns your guest.
Our Coronation ceremony ha.s never
had such o.s impressive setting. ';ve
should nll feol privileged to be n pnrt
of tho first Lewis und Clark Mny Do.y. ...- .. --~ .
·Hnroid' MoO!o.no
Student Body President
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There is not much time left ·. before
"Tho Voya.geur", our college a.nnuo.l,.,is to
oono off the pross. The staff, especial
ly the editor, Po.ul Ro.dema.cher, : .. --: ha.s
worked hnrd to make it n yenr book you
mny bo proud of. It is disnppointing thnt
fewer orders ha.ve been pla.oed tho.n would
be expooted for our size student body. It
is naoessnry to sell o.t lenst 90 annuals.
If you ho.ve not yet purchased yours, got
on the boo.t.
2. Euoh your nt the Mn.y Do.y oorono.tion
cerer10ny three rt1on nnd three women stu
dents who hn.ve bocn outstr.ndint.; in ool•
loge activities during the yen.r nre pre
sented honor nward keys in recognition
of their sorvicei Points of eliGibility
for tho O.\vnrd urea first semester ero.de
point nvornge of nt lenst 2.5, po.rtioi
pD.ti l~n in student body notivi.ties, oo•
opcrn.tic.:n in ussisting in the plt'.nning
m:d propo.rn.til)n of student o.cti.vitioa•
le~'.dcrship r.nd initiative • ·
Tho first (:)loction for co.ndido.tes to
receive tho o.w~rds was hold April 16.
1'ho students receiving tho hiEhest In.Ull•
her of vottJs woro Ma.rga.rot Reedo, Connie
Borlcey .. N.nrtho. Finger 1 Edna P"dl.lo, Ruth
IJ.nssold, Ruth Hill, Doris Jones, Elsa.
P6torson, Yio.lly Brownlee 1 Ivan Gillnn,
Curl Hassold, J~ Hyde, George Lund•
Goorr.:e Ma.rtin, Don Piorce 1 o.nd Pnul Ru ..
der:w.c her •
The final election for the three
hit;lwst m0n a.nd the·three highest wat1en
\ms holcl April 26. The recipients of
the honor award keys will be a.nnounoed
for tho first time on U,ay Do.y 1 Mny 7'
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SPIRITlJAL EMFIIi~SIS ~lEEK
Dr. Po.ul S • Vlright pastor of the
li'irst Presbyterinn Church in Portlo.nd
nnd n member of the college Bonrd of
Trustees., wus the principo.l speaker for
Spiritunl Empho.sis '!Jeek, April 19 to 22.
Dr. ·;lribht spoke on Christ o.s Lord, ·
Christ r.s Savior, a.nd Christ o.s Pre sent
C or:1po..nion.
On Thursday morning Dr. Odell spoke
in Cha.pe 1 on the subject of Eo.stor a.s n
Triple Viet ry.
\lorship procrOJils for the Chapel hour
were prescn t~d by Lucy McAfee nnd Ua.ry
Ellen No.sh, the .i..nioculBJ Edna. lllllo a.nd
Elsn Ieterson, Sier~ Rho sorority, Da.ve
Spinks o.nd Geore;e Mo.rtin., Sie;ma Alphtl.
Si~ fra.ternityJ nnd Bob Sohroibor o.nd
Don Shick, Alpha Rho amoco. fro.ternity,
** ** ** ** •• SENIOR BENCH
May 17 to 23 ho.s
been deeig1mted na Senior
Week on the Lewis a.nd
Clark Campus. During
this week, the class will
present its assembly pro
gram, o.t which time the •----·--- olo.ss Will will be read,
senior trnditi0ns to be followod by
future grnduo.ting olo.sses will be sug
gested.,a.nd th~ senior girt will be mo.do
to the college. On l&ly 22, seniors will
bo the guests of the Juniors o.t ~ broak
fnst in their honor. Grnduo.tion hns
beon set for tho afternoon of Mo.y 30 on
the Eo.st lAwn of tho Campua.
Our dogroes ure in sight, but · the
reo.liz~tion tho.t for some of us it will
menn nn end to our formnl education und
for nll of us n sepero.tion from the col
loge must bo fncod with somo regret.
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SERVIcE STARS
The lo.test news of our men and women
in the Service c~es from friends, stu
dentsin o.nd even newpo.per reports.
In the Morning Oregonian of April 271 we found tho.t Dorothy Na.sh, n student o.t
Albo.cy two yoo.rs a.go, will now be stn-
tionod o.t S~ Point na.val stntion in
Soo.ttle, Wo.shington. She had just com-
plotod hor tto.ining o.s n YIAVE a.t Hunter's
College, Now York City.
Bob Boehlke, president of tho June,
1942 gro.dua.ting clo.es, visitod the onm
pus last week. Pvt. Bob is stati0ned at
Barnes Gen~ro.l Hospital, Va.noouver, "fa.sh.
Fro.nk Peterson, brother of Bu, lnat
yoa.r student body president, is naw a.t
Camp Adnir • Fra.nk is the first fire
oontrol rnnn to oomo to Ore0on. He re
ooived his comnission during tho latter
po.rt of Mnrch.
Another recent campus visitor wn.s
Lt. :Yo.yne Cordes, whowns o. sto.r bo.sket
bo.ll player nt Albany. Wo.yno a.ttondod
Officer's Training School at Ro~toll5
New Mexico.
•• ** ** ** ** Qr~e of the importnnt projects StJOn•
sorod l)y the V!orld Student Service Fund
in EuropE; wo.s the Student Horne a.t Chruilb
on. in the·) Hc.ute Loire. This home raer-~.nt a.
~m~ li.fe to more thnn thirty students,
some uf who:..n ha.d been studying in the
six French Universities which were still
)po1.·~~t in~, others of whom hnd been re
L.::r:t.30 c". from the huge · re fug;ee cnmps in
Fro.<'.ee, All the studt n~.ts a.t Chrunbon
>vvr-o in desperate need of physicn.l re
·1·· :.i L~.tn.tio n n.fter months a.nd yeo.rs of
uJ .c, ~:rr. ... n~ishme nt. At the Student Home
i~ ~~r roasihlo to ho.vo 0. fo.irly n.de
qucte diet, to do hea.lthful vtork on a.
.rm,. :·J.. ,d to continue studies under a.
trcL~.:ned Director.. The cho.ngo in tho O.P
perrnnce o.nd morale of students o.fter o.
rmv months under this compn.rntive1y · nor•
mnl rog;ime wns little short of mirncul
ou c. ~
· .\t tbe begin:"ling of .. ~ ... ugust, govern-
mente~.! r:~utho rities come to the Director
of ·L:he s·tudunt IIome to tc.ko a. census of
+,h(·; yr;unf~ pcorlo living there., No one
r..~:t ·i.c.d.p". tud thu t the purpose of tho vis
it w:--..s · to lJrepr ... rc the deportu.tion list
of J0'!!S.
··:lith the first surprise deportations
cc.r;lc tho convicti cn tho.t the 18 Jewish
students ut Chrunbon might be throa.tenod
toe·. From thnt dr.y none of tho students
slept in tho house, They spent nights
hidinr; c\.s best they could in the surround
inc fore~ts and fnnns, only coming to
tho houGo a.t certr.:tn hourG during the
day.. Dy tho r.tiddlE.J of August the situo.-·
ti( n hr~ .l be como acute • Throe nights in
a 1·c:w ·!.;ho police· ruidec1 tho· hou~e # con
fisc -.tint, the goods of those they were
sot-:.k:i.:···0.: The students, in hiding, woro
with o::~· lood o:.~.rds or ide:ntificn tion· po.
p(Jr 8 J 'J'o bo vri thout o. food ca.rd in Frunoe
is 1i1~·: .... o.lly to be without food. It vro.s
· o'·lly c..ue to tho spondid support of the
F~ench populn.ticn, both ·· Cntbolio a.nd
P:rot.o stunt, thn.t the Jew·iah students were
n blo to survive ,
.~.~. fow do.ys la.ter tho Director of the
Stude 1t Home wo.s threa.tened with nrro st
for not hewing given th€> students up to
the police. l~o.t this point it bocr:une c lea.:-that the only sa.fety for the stu ...
donts wo.~ to try to flee the cowJ .tr-y~
Thanks to the French countcrpr:.r·t <jf. ·t·.he
"Underground Ro.ilwo.y" 1 they fin.rtlly mr.C'.o
their wuy through numberless hnzards to
the Swiss border,
One by one the students struggled in
to Geneva., asking for help and protection
from the World Student 8o~ice.~· · Funii. t s
Committee. Dy la.te October more thnn 200
Rtudonts, including numbers from rGfugc'3
camps in France o.s well us those f:::-om
tho Student Homo o.t Chnmbon1 ha.d C~.skcd.
for nid• 'ro moot these new ncet1:=.: tl10
WSSF CC'Iilmitteo immQdintely orgnnizod a.
sp0c ia.l service 1 s.tuden-ts wore provided
with wha.t they needed most-food,clothost
sheltcr 1 when they first urrivcd, nnd
books und study ma.teriuls after Going
into tho rQfugoe camps provic.'!.od for thorn.
Tho ComL"littoe is now working on o.
more permanent plr.n to help the student
refugees continue their oducution. \'lhnt
over is done will bo in line with the
Dla.in purpose of student relief-the prep
o.ra.tion of studEn~ts to fill o. useful
rolo in soc ioty a.ftor tho vro.r is over •
•from Yforld Student Service Fund News
Service-· liilmino. Rowlnnd 1 Editor
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WORK FOR THE NAVY
Ea.rn Your Tuition For Next Yoa.r
This Yenr
Union Ylo.go s
Six Do.y Week ***
Best C or:.d it i01~ s
Sunduys Off
Build Sub Chasers- Cnrriors, No.vy ~ugs
***
Apply or Write tos
Fo~sonool .Qfficc
Foot of S.rl. Grover Street
~ Portln~d,·~rogon • SIGNJJ:. f-:.HO EN1'ER1'AINS
Tho 6igrno. Rho "Da.gwood Po.rty", April
third, vvo.s really f'unl Severa.l differ
ent cr.·.rd games vrere plo.yed c~nd nlso the
dice ~,;rune, 11Cooty."
The evenllls was topped off by every
one trying to mukc the biggest a.nd best
srt!ldvvioh. Iva.n Gillam a.nd .Gertrude Christ
:rrm the prizes for the most typico.l · "Da.g
;..,ood" sandwich. In outing their 1 orefl.,;,.
tions1 hc,vmver, the winners ho.d the nest
uifficulty1
After weeks of pa.tient : praot~se,
r. 10 little theater off Quo.d squnro wa.e
. ;;1.o.kon by tho preser.ta.tion of threo
great pla.ys1 "Macbeth", "Romeo o.nd Juliet",
. .tnd "The House of Seven Go.bles" • Sigma.
Rho pre sentod them on April 18 o.nd they
.. )roved to be howling successes. Sinco
:;hen Sigma. Rho has issued ·the sta.tement
·i~ho.t Hollywood scouts ho.ve begged them to
':1,;r;.sider the movies& The plnys, o.ll
'_ .c~~~~ed ie s from a. li tora.ry point of view 1
:lf'molww becnme comedies under Sigma. Rho's
1.:. rcet io:n.
11Serious" po.rts vtere plo.yod by MAry
iJ len Nn.sh c.s Romoo 1 Edr.n Hnlo n.s Juliet,
H:'so Hill a.s Mncbeth. Jennette Krist o.s
}.rtdy ( 1) Mo.cboth, and Po.t Gra.ho.m a.s Hep
zibah.
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One of the Dormitorys1 biggest so•
c5.al events of the year wns the Open
;:rnuse for parents of resident students
.:u:~ld the Sundo.y afternoon of April 11.
T)Dildings o.nd c;rounds were open for in
spoction und sovero.l tours were conduct
~6." Rcfre shments vrere served in tho Re•
veption Hull from 4:00 to 5:00. During
~h.i.r:; time greetings were extended the
r~0~ts by Doris Jones, wome~'s house
.._,r";:'Jidont, and Jim Hyde, president of
· .. L ..• wue~ dormitory. The o.fternoon wn.e
:-' .. ..,:,~ht to a. close with Mo.ria.n Stinsma.n
~.i:·\.,:Lne; two numbers and I.e nnd Van Crunp
~-~·;:..:.1( o. rending.
•rtwse res idont students who vtere a.t
d.J.nil0>. ... , »riday · ovening~ l\.pril l'2~ bQd the
(continued nbovo} ~
s. privilege of meeting "that certain youn f~
ma.n" in Winnie lione s' life, her husband,
Lt. Ffurold J. Jones, now stationed at
Fort ~'fnrron, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Our evening volleyball games are
pretty good, especially when two or three
plnyers can beat an opposition of twi:o.-:
their number. leland Van Camp is our
"sta.r" player.
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:PEnsoNALfT ms nJ THE NEWS
Kay Ellefson---in dcma.ndl
Jim McGregor---Hollywood's loss and T~w
io nnd Clo.rk's gain •
Betty Jcnn Snell nnd Bill I~rrison---but
solidi
Hal Culver---out of oiroulntion.
Joe E~---f~ohors' Awoighl
Sw:im.ming Pool--- to dunk, or not to dunk.
Miles Samuelson---the "Tra.il Blazer"&
"L. C."·- good po.ir of lungs there •
Winnie Jones---o.lwnys knew I'd get
''burned" aomodnyl
Lola.nd Van Cnmp---wa.nted on the phonal
J'n.Ul Tio.dor.mcher•-•llOW let IS support the
a.nnua.l.
Mny Court---unless n couple of husbo.nds
hurry hone 1 two of the top three will
hnve to invite a.n oscortl
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FASHIONS FOR SPR mG
Spring clothes are bringing new gai
ety to the campus.
Po.stel plaids in dirndl style skirts
nre popula.r here at Lewis and Clark. No
tice the Hill sisters in their hcney
beige onoe and Pnt Graham in tho.t lovely
blue plaid. IID.rariot Bo.nbury looks so
"smooth" in hor plnid skirt and her sort
sv-ronters. Colorful rnyon print skirts,
worn with white blousos, nrc popular.too~
Mar·tho. Finger is our ideal for this •
For nc.·ro important ooc:lsions, smart
suits like Ruth Itlssold's and Ellene
Monnes' arc just tho thing.
They mny rntion our shoes or evon
our clothes, but there will never be a
lnck of points for smartness o.nd stylo
on the L a.nd C COl:lpus.
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MAYDAY
Pl~ns for Lewis and Clark's annual
May Day celebration are now nlmost oom•
plated. Mny Week will be officially
opened May 4 during the Cho.pol hour.
Alpha Pi Mu is to be in cho.rge of the
prosram, during which the three candi
dntoa for queen, lbrtho. Finger, Ellono
Monnea and Ruth Hassold will b~ f'ormnlly
presented, with Irving Johnston noting
as M. C.
The Mny Day oelobrution will be
held May 7. A school holidny ho.a bean
deolo.rod and for ono do.y the quean o.nd
her court will rule tho oompua.
From 10 to 12 in the morn1llg, there
will be competitive gnmes on the nthlotio
field, organized by Mnrio::ri Stihsb.a.n .. and
Mrs • Mooro. 'l'he outdoor pool will bo
opon for swimming.
Eotweon 12 nnd la301 Alphn Gnmmn 1 under tho supervision of President Ruth
Hnssold, will providfl n picnic luncheon
on tre lnwn.
Tho Coronntion ceremony will bogin
o.t 2 o 'c locl:: on the terrncc overlooking
tho oity. Tho Quoon-eloct vvill thor.. be
pro~ontod for the i'irst time. A.ftor the
crowning of tho queen, tho atudont body
honor o.Wt\rds for the yenr, tho now mem
bers-loot to Amionno , Sophc.pNl:.tJuitior
woman's honorury, nnd Erodelpllinns,
St:>nior woraun • s honorary ,will be o.nnoul1c•
od, and the Quoon will bestow kni~hthood
on hur aost honored servnnta.
Aftor tho ceremony, the Queen ~nd
hor court will roooivo guests in the
Wonon1 s building . This will olooo the
a.f-tornoon 's program. . ....
CLARK
•· t T • April 2§, 1943
At 8:30 P• me, the Queen's J?ormnl
Dnll will open in the Social Room, nnd
o.t midnight the one-do.y Queen will lo.y
o.sido her scepter nnd cro~tn.
Moubers of the v~rious committees
nro o.s follawBa ~rinn Stinsmnn o.nd
Mrs. Moore, co-cho.irmen ot gnm.es: Ruth
Ifussold o.nd Alpha. Grumnu :members, picnic
luncheon: Jonn Tinlldorson, cho.irman, nnd
Martha Fin~er, mombor, Corona.tion cere
rnonyt Elsn Peterson,. oho.inno.n, Junico.ns
o.nd Erodelphia.ns o.ssisti11g, receptions
Pnt Gro.hnm und Goorge Lund,oo•chnir.men•
Mnxine Doltr. o.nd Mnry Ellen Ro.ndo.ll, ns•
sist~nts, Queen's Formnl Balla Joo.nette
Krist, oha.innnn, Rose• Drown, member, in
vitr ... :bions: Edna. Uo.lo Publicity.
Guests nt the Corona:ticn ceremony
nro tho a.lur.mi, the Wonen' s Lenguo of
lewis nnd Clnrk Col loge, the Mother's
Club, seniors of Portlnnd high schools,
nnd friends of' the college.
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T'no Sophmoro Clnss has chosen C•tl
Hassold their new President, to ~.'replooe
their previous president, Joe Elm. Joe
E~ dropped from school a few weeks ago
o.nd plo.ntr. to e;o into. tho illlvy•
The Sopmooro olnso of this yonr hns
been hnndioo.pped by n small oo~borship
o.ll yoa.r. Its ra.nks 1vero furthor doplont
od by tho grnduo.tion ot sevoro.l ·of ite
menbors nt tho end of lo.st somostor to
the Junior cln.ss. In spite of this,howevcr,
plnns n.ro oinc lo.id for o. Sophmore party.
Tho dn te ho. s beon sot for ?.hy 14e .. -· ... -""IEIT:rs-~ JU\co-IXEm;- ·-------1 1'odo.y,-·-o.lc.ng most of the enrth"u
~ PIONEER LOG -· . ..., au.r&.oo -·the long shn.dow of tota.lito.ri o:J ...
ism has blotted out youth r s right to
.Ddit;or Ed:no. Ha.lo len.rn the truth. Even one of our ooun ..
lfL3Sisto.nt Editor Ruth Hn.ssold try's a.llios, Russia1 ho.s bE: en guilty.
leusiness Mo.nu[!;er Elsn. Peterson Here. we a.ccept our right almost
eporters without a.pprecia.tion, but we should not
:V..n.rth..'l Finger, Jeunetto Krist, Jo.net forget thut the only reason "truth will
Smith, Juu1ice Chundleo, Joa.n Ho.lldor- out" is thut there ha.s always been
son someone willing to dig for it. We do not
'.typists risk our security by merely being !"': atu ...
Junct Smith dents. Our clQ.sses do not ha.ve to be ut-
~.1irneo~ro.pher tended in stco.lth because they a.re "ver··
I. Connie Berkey botcn".
In Europe ··the~e o.re students depend
ant on our chnrity as the only means of
f"olumo I, Number 9 April 29, 1943 continuin g their studies. Tho bulletin
from the 'VVSS.•·mnkos us realize our own
r·R ) . ODELLtS MESSAGE
Two events mo.ke this seo.son of our
f'irst yen.r here on th0 new co.mpus o.
;neuningful a.nd bco.utiful time:
The sa.lo of the old property o.nd tho
removal of the heavy morgnge gives us o.
dmnce to look forward o.nd plo.n where
the new buildings, pa.ths 1 and uthletio
equ:lpment a.ro to go. Our a.rohit0ct is
dra.wing up o. l.ID.stor Site Plan which we
Cllll use in connection with our friends
who a.re interested in tho a.dv·n.ncfJ lilent
of this college.
'.rho other event is the cotdng to life
of -the trees o.nd plo.nt s which no.!~o up
tho lundsoo.pin g of this cumpus of ours.
The delico.cy of the flowering trees a.nd
the mulitude of the forest bloons,a.long
w·i th the coming of the green loo.vo s ,make
it a.lmost a. fa.irylo.nd.
Morga.n Odell
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TRE RIGHT TO LEARN
On a.nother pa.ge of this issue of the
Pi one or Log, we ho.ve printed a. re lon.se
f::~om the World Student Service . Although
~.t is fra.nkly public izint; the work which
"Che Service is doing, it a.lso gives
us un incite into the p;Light of'· students
in conquered Europe todn.y. If' you guve
to ·the USSF drive la.st Fall you may feel
justly protld of the vmrlc which thnt or
cunizo.tion is doin~.
(continued a.bove) good fortune and hope tho.t soon they.too
will ha.ve the richt to leo.rn truth.
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rnEXY PA'i'fhl
Ma.y Do.y is just a. fevt do.ys n.wny1
This is the most important student body
o.ctivity of the whole yeo.r nnd everyone
should assist tho committees now vmrldng
so hnrd to muke it a. success.
It is tr~diti onnl to · invito high
school seniors interested in our college
to o.ttond t!1e celebration, If you ho.ve
o. friend grndunting from high school,
feel freo to invito him ns your guest.
Our Coronation ceremony ha.s never
had such o.s impressive setting. ';ve
should nll feol privileged to be n pnrt
of tho first Lewis und Clark Mny Do.y. ...- .. --~ .
·Hnroid' MoO!o.no
Student Body President
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There is not much time left ·. before
"Tho Voya.geur", our college a.nnuo.l,.,is to
oono off the pross. The staff, especial
ly the editor, Po.ul Ro.dema.cher, : .. --: ha.s
worked hnrd to make it n yenr book you
mny bo proud of. It is disnppointing thnt
fewer orders ha.ve been pla.oed tho.n would
be expooted for our size student body. It
is naoessnry to sell o.t lenst 90 annuals.
If you ho.ve not yet purchased yours, got
on the boo.t.
2. Euoh your nt the Mn.y Do.y oorono.tion
cerer10ny three rt1on nnd three women stu
dents who hn.ve bocn outstr.ndint.; in ool•
loge activities during the yen.r nre pre
sented honor nward keys in recognition
of their sorvicei Points of eliGibility
for tho O.\vnrd urea first semester ero.de
point nvornge of nt lenst 2.5, po.rtioi
pD.ti l~n in student body notivi.ties, oo•
opcrn.tic.:n in ussisting in the plt'.nning
m:d propo.rn.til)n of student o.cti.vitioa•
le~'.dcrship r.nd initiative • ·
Tho first (:)loction for co.ndido.tes to
receive tho o.w~rds was hold April 16.
1'ho students receiving tho hiEhest In.Ull•
her of vottJs woro Ma.rga.rot Reedo, Connie
Borlcey .. N.nrtho. Finger 1 Edna P"dl.lo, Ruth
IJ.nssold, Ruth Hill, Doris Jones, Elsa.
P6torson, Yio.lly Brownlee 1 Ivan Gillnn,
Curl Hassold, J~ Hyde, George Lund•
Goorr.:e Ma.rtin, Don Piorce 1 o.nd Pnul Ru ..
der:w.c her •
The final election for the three
hit;lwst m0n a.nd the·three highest wat1en
\ms holcl April 26. The recipients of
the honor award keys will be a.nnounoed
for tho first time on U,ay Do.y 1 Mny 7'
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SPIRITlJAL EMFIIi~SIS ~lEEK
Dr. Po.ul S • Vlright pastor of the
li'irst Presbyterinn Church in Portlo.nd
nnd n member of the college Bonrd of
Trustees., wus the principo.l speaker for
Spiritunl Empho.sis '!Jeek, April 19 to 22.
Dr. ·;lribht spoke on Christ o.s Lord, ·
Christ r.s Savior, a.nd Christ o.s Pre sent
C or:1po..nion.
On Thursday morning Dr. Odell spoke
in Cha.pe 1 on the subject of Eo.stor a.s n
Triple Viet ry.
\lorship procrOJils for the Chapel hour
were prescn t~d by Lucy McAfee nnd Ua.ry
Ellen No.sh, the .i..nioculBJ Edna. lllllo a.nd
Elsn Ieterson, Sier~ Rho sorority, Da.ve
Spinks o.nd Geore;e Mo.rtin., Sie;ma Alphtl.
Si~ fra.ternityJ nnd Bob Sohroibor o.nd
Don Shick, Alpha Rho amoco. fro.ternity,
** ** ** ** •• SENIOR BENCH
May 17 to 23 ho.s
been deeig1mted na Senior
Week on the Lewis a.nd
Clark Campus. During
this week, the class will
present its assembly pro
gram, o.t which time the •----·--- olo.ss Will will be read,
senior trnditi0ns to be followod by
future grnduo.ting olo.sses will be sug
gested.,a.nd th~ senior girt will be mo.do
to the college. On l&ly 22, seniors will
bo the guests of the Juniors o.t ~ broak
fnst in their honor. Grnduo.tion hns
beon set for tho afternoon of Mo.y 30 on
the Eo.st lAwn of tho Campua.
Our dogroes ure in sight, but · the
reo.liz~tion tho.t for some of us it will
menn nn end to our formnl education und
for nll of us n sepero.tion from the col
loge must bo fncod with somo regret.
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SERVIcE STARS
The lo.test news of our men and women
in the Service c~es from friends, stu
dentsin o.nd even newpo.per reports.
In the Morning Oregonian of April 271 we found tho.t Dorothy Na.sh, n student o.t
Albo.cy two yoo.rs a.go, will now be stn-
tionod o.t S~ Point na.val stntion in
Soo.ttle, Wo.shington. She had just com-
plotod hor tto.ining o.s n YIAVE a.t Hunter's
College, Now York City.
Bob Boehlke, president of tho June,
1942 gro.dua.ting clo.es, visitod the onm
pus last week. Pvt. Bob is stati0ned at
Barnes Gen~ro.l Hospital, Va.noouver, "fa.sh.
Fro.nk Peterson, brother of Bu, lnat
yoa.r student body president, is naw a.t
Camp Adnir • Fra.nk is the first fire
oontrol rnnn to oomo to Ore0on. He re
ooived his comnission during tho latter
po.rt of Mnrch.
Another recent campus visitor wn.s
Lt. :Yo.yne Cordes, whowns o. sto.r bo.sket
bo.ll player nt Albany. Wo.yno a.ttondod
Officer's Training School at Ro~toll5
New Mexico.
•• ** ** ** ** Qr~e of the importnnt projects StJOn•
sorod l)y the V!orld Student Service Fund
in EuropE; wo.s the Student Horne a.t Chruilb
on. in the·) Hc.ute Loire. This home raer-~.nt a.
~m~ li.fe to more thnn thirty students,
some uf who:..n ha.d been studying in the
six French Universities which were still
)po1.·~~t in~, others of whom hnd been re
L.::r:t.30 c". from the huge · re fug;ee cnmps in
Fro.<'.ee, All the studt n~.ts a.t Chrunbon
>vvr-o in desperate need of physicn.l re
·1·· :.i L~.tn.tio n n.fter months a.nd yeo.rs of
uJ .c, ~:rr. ... n~ishme nt. At the Student Home
i~ ~~r roasihlo to ho.vo 0. fo.irly n.de
qucte diet, to do hea.lthful vtork on a.
.rm,. :·J.. ,d to continue studies under a.
trcL~.:ned Director.. The cho.ngo in tho O.P
perrnnce o.nd morale of students o.fter o.
rmv months under this compn.rntive1y · nor•
mnl rog;ime wns little short of mirncul
ou c. ~
· .\t tbe begin:"ling of .. ~ ... ugust, govern-
mente~.! r:~utho rities come to the Director
of ·L:he s·tudunt IIome to tc.ko a. census of
+,h(·; yr;unf~ pcorlo living there., No one
r..~:t ·i.c.d.p". tud thu t the purpose of tho vis
it w:--..s · to lJrepr ... rc the deportu.tion list
of J0'!!S.
··:lith the first surprise deportations
cc.r;lc tho convicti cn tho.t the 18 Jewish
students ut Chrunbon might be throa.tenod
toe·. From thnt dr.y none of tho students
slept in tho house, They spent nights
hidinr; c\.s best they could in the surround
inc fore~ts and fnnns, only coming to
tho houGo a.t certr.:tn hourG during the
day.. Dy tho r.tiddlE.J of August the situo.-·
ti( n hr~ .l be como acute • Throe nights in
a 1·c:w ·!.;ho police· ruidec1 tho· hou~e # con
fisc -.tint, the goods of those they were
sot-:.k:i.:···0.: The students, in hiding, woro
with o::~· lood o:.~.rds or ide:ntificn tion· po.
p(Jr 8 J 'J'o bo vri thout o. food ca.rd in Frunoe
is 1i1~·: .... o.lly to be without food. It vro.s
· o'·lly c..ue to tho spondid support of the
F~ench populn.ticn, both ·· Cntbolio a.nd
P:rot.o stunt, thn.t the Jew·iah students were
n blo to survive ,
.~.~. fow do.ys la.ter tho Director of the
Stude 1t Home wo.s threa.tened with nrro st
for not hewing given th€> students up to
the police. l~o.t this point it bocr:une c lea.:-that the only sa.fety for the stu ...
donts wo.~ to try to flee the cowJ .tr-y~
Thanks to the French countcrpr:.r·t <jf. ·t·.he
"Underground Ro.ilwo.y" 1 they fin.rtlly mr.C'.o
their wuy through numberless hnzards to
the Swiss border,
One by one the students struggled in
to Geneva., asking for help and protection
from the World Student 8o~ice.~· · Funii. t s
Committee. Dy la.te October more thnn 200
Rtudonts, including numbers from rGfugc'3
camps in France o.s well us those f:::-om
tho Student Homo o.t Chnmbon1 ha.d C~.skcd.
for nid• 'ro moot these new ncet1:=.: tl10
WSSF CC'Iilmitteo immQdintely orgnnizod a.
sp0c ia.l service 1 s.tuden-ts wore provided
with wha.t they needed most-food,clothost
sheltcr 1 when they first urrivcd, nnd
books und study ma.teriuls after Going
into tho rQfugoe camps provic.'!.od for thorn.
Tho ComL"littoe is now working on o.
more permanent plr.n to help the student
refugees continue their oducution. \'lhnt
over is done will bo in line with the
Dla.in purpose of student relief-the prep
o.ra.tion of studEn~ts to fill o. useful
rolo in soc ioty a.ftor tho vro.r is over •
•from Yforld Student Service Fund News
Service-· liilmino. Rowlnnd 1 Editor
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WORK FOR THE NAVY
Ea.rn Your Tuition For Next Yoa.r
This Yenr
Union Ylo.go s
Six Do.y Week ***
Best C or:.d it i01~ s
Sunduys Off
Build Sub Chasers- Cnrriors, No.vy ~ugs
***
Apply or Write tos
Fo~sonool .Qfficc
Foot of S.rl. Grover Street
~ Portln~d,·~rogon • SIGNJJ:. f-:.HO EN1'ER1'AINS
Tho 6igrno. Rho "Da.gwood Po.rty", April
third, vvo.s really f'unl Severa.l differ
ent cr.·.rd games vrere plo.yed c~nd nlso the
dice ~,;rune, 11Cooty."
The evenllls was topped off by every
one trying to mukc the biggest a.nd best
srt!ldvvioh. Iva.n Gillam a.nd .Gertrude Christ
:rrm the prizes for the most typico.l · "Da.g
;..,ood" sandwich. In outing their 1 orefl.,;,.
tions1 hc,vmver, the winners ho.d the nest
uifficulty1
After weeks of pa.tient : praot~se,
r. 10 little theater off Quo.d squnro wa.e
. ;;1.o.kon by tho preser.ta.tion of threo
great pla.ys1 "Macbeth", "Romeo o.nd Juliet",
. .tnd "The House of Seven Go.bles" • Sigma.
Rho pre sentod them on April 18 o.nd they
.. )roved to be howling successes. Sinco
:;hen Sigma. Rho has issued ·the sta.tement
·i~ho.t Hollywood scouts ho.ve begged them to
':1,;r;.sider the movies& The plnys, o.ll
'_ .c~~~~ed ie s from a. li tora.ry point of view 1
:lf'molww becnme comedies under Sigma. Rho's
1.:. rcet io:n.
11Serious" po.rts vtere plo.yod by MAry
iJ len Nn.sh c.s Romoo 1 Edr.n Hnlo n.s Juliet,
H:'so Hill a.s Mncbeth. Jennette Krist o.s
}.rtdy ( 1) Mo.cboth, and Po.t Gra.ho.m a.s Hep
zibah.
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One of the Dormitorys1 biggest so•
c5.al events of the year wns the Open
;:rnuse for parents of resident students
.:u:~ld the Sundo.y afternoon of April 11.
T)Dildings o.nd c;rounds were open for in
spoction und sovero.l tours were conduct
~6." Rcfre shments vrere served in tho Re•
veption Hull from 4:00 to 5:00. During
~h.i.r:; time greetings were extended the
r~0~ts by Doris Jones, wome~'s house
.._,r";:'Jidont, and Jim Hyde, president of
· .. L ..• wue~ dormitory. The o.fternoon wn.e
:-' .. ..,:,~ht to a. close with Mo.ria.n Stinsma.n
~.i:·\.,:Lne; two numbers and I.e nnd Van Crunp
~-~·;:..:.1( o. rending.
•rtwse res idont students who vtere a.t
d.J.nil0>. ... , »riday · ovening~ l\.pril l'2~ bQd the
(continued nbovo} ~
s. privilege of meeting "that certain youn f~
ma.n" in Winnie lione s' life, her husband,
Lt. Ffurold J. Jones, now stationed at
Fort ~'fnrron, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Our evening volleyball games are
pretty good, especially when two or three
plnyers can beat an opposition of twi:o.-:
their number. leland Van Camp is our
"sta.r" player.
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:PEnsoNALfT ms nJ THE NEWS
Kay Ellefson---in dcma.ndl
Jim McGregor---Hollywood's loss and T~w
io nnd Clo.rk's gain •
Betty Jcnn Snell nnd Bill I~rrison---but
solidi
Hal Culver---out of oiroulntion.
Joe E~---f~ohors' Awoighl
Sw:im.ming Pool--- to dunk, or not to dunk.
Miles Samuelson---the "Tra.il Blazer"&
"L. C."·- good po.ir of lungs there •
Winnie Jones---o.lwnys knew I'd get
''burned" aomodnyl
Lola.nd Van Cnmp---wa.nted on the phonal
J'n.Ul Tio.dor.mcher•-•llOW let IS support the
a.nnua.l.
Mny Court---unless n couple of husbo.nds
hurry hone 1 two of the top three will
hnve to invite a.n oscortl
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FASHIONS FOR SPR mG
Spring clothes are bringing new gai
ety to the campus.
Po.stel plaids in dirndl style skirts
nre popula.r here at Lewis and Clark. No
tice the Hill sisters in their hcney
beige onoe and Pnt Graham in tho.t lovely
blue plaid. IID.rariot Bo.nbury looks so
"smooth" in hor plnid skirt and her sort
sv-ronters. Colorful rnyon print skirts,
worn with white blousos, nrc popular.too~
Mar·tho. Finger is our ideal for this •
For nc.·ro important ooc:lsions, smart
suits like Ruth Itlssold's and Ellene
Monnes' arc just tho thing.
They mny rntion our shoes or evon
our clothes, but there will never be a
lnck of points for smartness o.nd stylo
on the L a.nd C COl:lpus.