Friday, November 20, 1942
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Evolution of the Slack
Changes Modern Coed
,V BY SPENCE PORTER.
J Women's clothes, those in
Stlespensible little items and un
iirientionables, have been discus
feed, argued about, and fought
hyer. However, there is a new
addition to the modern girl's ward
robe. This little garment has just
jKpped into polite society. It is
the slack. Here we will attempt
to attempt, among other things,
to distinguish most girls in slacks
Ifom Bob McNutt in cords. Maybe
this institution brought about the
Mew dance sensation, "Mrs. Five
Five."
, Slacks made their first appear
ance on the frame of super drooper
74 arlcne Dcitrich who created quite
A sensation and almost eclipsed
Garbo's size nines with her sensa
iyonalism. Marlene, however, could
wear them with some success and
the average lady movie-goer who
S'ies to a show just to rest her
et decided this wouldn't be such
bad idea. So the tailors of the
k nation were hounded by a new and
demanding clientcl.
; 5 Next in Brooklyn.
I We next see the slacks in Brook
lyn vherethe goils find them so
handy to carry pop bottles into
the park unobserved or rather un
rjfcticed. These female Ruffings
cbuld just pull out their bot
tles and let the ump have it and
tjiey wouldn't even lose the bottle
deposit.
Comes now the war and all the
-"en in uniform inspire the fair
"ix to go one step further in
Iheir copy of the man. Soon plaids
and checks appear on the campus
'! great number and professors,
especially those near sighted, have
much difficulty with the personnel
Wemale Vandal
.
poes Cosmetic
Job at Dorm
J So what if there is a moronic:
rndal in the dorm? Or maybe it
hould be vandals, because how
H-'ould one person think u and exe
cute so much skuldugery?
1 "Anyway, someone thumbed their
fiose at the shortage of labor Tues
day about 1:30 a. m. Maids already
Overworked had to put in extra
time cleaning up a mess that out
liid most of the pledges' efforts on
-Ijeak nigiit.
An inch or so of soap chips, tal
; rum powder, orange peels, and
perfume covered the hall on the
Uftird floor of Love. Cold cream
Jound an extra use on door knobs,
telephones and mirrors. A beauti
l shade of nail polish covered
ame cards and parts of doors.
"Fire" was marked on the fire
xtinguisher in nail polish and lip
tick. T. P. was strung hither and
vu. Miss v llson even found
ijroty footprints on her floor.
jThe punishment has not yet
oeen announced, but the main ru
$or is that the whole dorm will be
impused. and that the dopes that
lid it will beexpelled if they're
aught. Is someone slightly
ared?
BRICK'S
Barber Shop
3Q8 First Natl. Bank Bide
2-1808
1v
I
I Seven Coeds
The
it
Brief
A 3-Act Comedy
By the Union Series of Uni Theatre
1. o:uu p. m.,
Unk
Inron Ballroom
of the room.
The sharp characters xn the
pool hall corner hardly know when
to whistle anymore for fear of
being taken wrong by the wrong
person. Much confusion. The wind
situation is solved.
Come Picnics.
Comes now spring and South
Bend (this is before gas rationing)
and the couples stoll slowly down
beer can lane both wearing the
same thing. However, this is a
good institution and it gives the
girls more confidence and they
can be gayer and laugh and play
once more.
However, there is a serious
problem presented by slacks. This
problem has been far-reaching and
escapes no slack wearer. I am re
ferring to the one and only be-hind-the-barn
word, gaposis. This
presents itself in acute form as
that is the way slacks are tailored.
One Solution.
One solution is to buy them too
large and let the people wonder
for a while, it doesn't make any
difference as they probably won't
ever see you again. Another solu
tion is to install a zipper which
will be done by any tailor while
you wait.
Combined with slacks is that
similarly indepensable little item,
the sweater. These necessary gar
ments have been lauded, and
banned, ridiculed and exaggerated
all in the same breath (what a
breath) and they have still weath
ered the storm. The Hays office
ban is so strict that they would
not permit Betty Grable even to
knit one in her last picture. The
colors are widespread and vague,
green, yellow, red and hangover
brown. (This is not the brown of
dark brown taste fame).
Color vs. Warmth.
However, color must necessarily
take the back seat as warmth is
stressed. A friend of mine sud
denly turned up missing after he
asked a cardigan clad coed where
she got that nice raccoon coat.
However, when the long sloppy,
loose fitting cardigan is combined
with slacks, the effect is pleasing
and the girls look like girls again
All this can be summed up with
an illustration proving the im
mense popularity of the sweater.
Scene: Phi Psi front porch and
walk.
Time: Any old time you like.
Sweater girl nonchalantly sways
by. There is a seconds silence
before the scratching of the
wolves' claws can be heard as
their owners take off in mad
pursuit, pushing and jostling each
other in their haste.
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Sna;k
or
Dinner
visit
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