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MISS FORBES GIVES ARTISTIC CONCERT Production and Interpretation Quite Remarkable at Fri day’s Concert in Villard. (Emma Wootton) Amid a sotting of Oriental rugs and Japanese hungings, Miss Winifred Forbes, head of the instruction in violin of the University school of music, assist ed by Mrs. Jane < Scotford-Thacher, as sistant instructor in the piano depart ment, have a very artistic concert in Vil lard hall at 8:15 on Friday evening. Perhaps the most praiseworthy quality of Miss Forbes’ playing was her method of tone production, which was above re proach. The purity of her intonation was remarkable. Tier rendition of Con certo No. 1 by De Beriot was one of the most enjoyable numbers on the pro gram, because it had more of variety and showed plainly the clean cut technique of the player. Miss Forbes’ interpreta tion of this selection was truly “violonis tie.” Her three numbers, Allegretto, Song and Pavane of Louis XIII, and I/a Precieuse were remarkable for their real beauty and classical simplicity. So much of our modern music is given over to a riot of tones that the dramatic effect of the true simplicity of such pieces ns these, is neglected. Throughout, Miss Forbes’ playing was most artistic and full of fire. Mrs. Thacher’s interpretation was wholesome and authoritative; her tech nique, truly modern; and tone, wonder fully given. Her playing showed plainly that she has studied in a thoroughly sane and up-to-date musical center, under one of the greatest modern artists, Neschit izky. Her numbers were taken from JCduard Hchuett and were especially interesting because she had known that composer in Vienna. She responded witli the encore, Aria from Sonata Opus 11, Schumann. Of Mrs. Timelier, l)r. J. J. Landshury, head of (he instruction in piano, says: “She is one of the best pianists on *.h const and we are very fortunate to have her on our faculty. We are hoping that she will give ns u concert soon.” The program as a whole was not too long, well selected, and well varied. It was as follows; For Violin and Piano— Schumann .Sonnto, Opus 10o For Violin— I)c Beriot.Concerto No. 7 For Piano - Eduard Sehuett, Carnival Mignon (n) Prelude. (b) Heuerade d’ Arlequin. (e) Tristesse de Columbine. (d) Pollchinette (burlesque) (e) Pierrot lieveu. (f) Caprice Seunarelle. For Violin— (a) Boccherini-Kreisler (1743-1805) .Allegret o (li) Oouperin-Krelaler .. Song and Pavanco of Louis XIII (c) Oouperin-Krelaler .La Precieuse Alberto Raudegger. .Bohemian Dances There was a large and sympathetic au dience to appreciate the two musicians. The ushers were: Pearl Online, Louise Clausen, Estelle Campbell and Beatrice Gaylord. Tht" average scholastic standing of Cot" npJl University mm n whole increased very nearly one per cent during the last year. Princetort freshmen meet at intervals between classes to roll bandages for the lied Cross. Cornell university basketball team lias been placed on the trailing table for the first time in the history oj" the sport tit this institution. The entire elnss of 1SV17 of all Uusslas universities has been called out by the government. Syracuse university is now consider ing the adoption o fa rule that bars men from competing in varsity athletics for more thon three years, BROWN WANTS BASKETBALL More than half the graduates at llrown have signed a petition asking that bas ketball lie restored as an intercollegiate sport. Mary l>unn and Agnes Busier spent the week end in Portland. LECTURES INTEREST FEW Requests Come in for Only One Subject For Holiday Evening Talks. The members of the student affairs committee who have had charge of the lectures for Friday eevnings say that little interest is being shown by the stu dents so far, as few requests have come in. Virginia Peterson heartily favors the plan and thinks that it will afford an ex cellent opportunity for seniors especial ly to get work along some lines that they have had no time for in regular courses. Georgia Kinsey thinks these lectures will be interesting to supplement other work. Donald Onthank says that they will be all right for some students who may want to do a little studying on the side. The only requests that have come in to date are for modern English litera ture. Dr. E. S. Conklin thinks the plan is a very commendable one if enough students are interested. He says that a half dozen students would be enough to make a lecture worth while. Dr. Conklin’s lecture “On the Trail of the Ghost Hunters”, deals with spir its, ghosts, etc., and will be given when there is a demand for it. * SOCIETY * yc -j- w Bishop Walter T. Sumner and Miss Ruth Guppy were dinner guests at the Delta Gamma house Saturday night. Katherine Hartley, of Hood River, is pledged Kappa Kappa Gan.ma. Mrs. Hamilton Weir, Katharine Brid ges and Kate Stanfield are spending the week-end in Portland. Constance Fulton, ex. ’10, has an nounced her engagement to Lloyd Van Dusen, ex. 10, of Astoria. The wedding will be an event of the early spring. Ben Dorris, Jr., *15, is spending the week-end visiting parents and friends. Harvard has a new strong man in George H. Percy, a sophomore. His offi cial strength test is 1442.2, heating the best previous 1424, made two years ago by H. It. Hardwick. University of Michigan track officials arc keenly interested in the efforts of two Chinese students, S. C. Hung and W. I). Wong, to make the Varsity cinder squad. Both Chinese athletes received their preliminary training at Tsing Hua College at Pekin. At Illinois, students absent from clas ses immediately preceding or following a vacation are excluded from the final ex aminations in the courses from which they have absented themselves unless they get a permit from the department con cerned. The freshman class of an English Uni versity consists of one Englishman, one American «and one Indian. Athletics in most colleges have been abandoned and many of the athletes have gone to the front, while college spirit is at a low ebb. Most of the members of the basket ball squad think that W. S. C. has the strongest: team in the conference, al though they all say that classification does not include O. A. C. There is a strong possibility that Har vard and Nebraska may meet on the grid iron in 1017 at the Harvard stadium. A 1(1150 purchase of late books on the war has been authorized at Ohio State 1 niversity. Fourteen Students Adopt (Continued from page 1) the "Future Religious Activities of the t'niverlsty of Oregon.” Rev. A. S. Von Tohel, of the Presbyterian church of Cor vallis, was the speaker for the February service. His subject was "America's Greatest Asset.” In March, Rev. Henry Mareotte of the Westminister church of Portland will speak, and in May, Fath er E. B. O'llara, of Portland. There has been an average attendance of about 100 at these services. The com bined glee clubs have acted as a choir. People Big Road Show EUGENE THEATRE Saturday, Feb. 26th. People First Class Peasant Comedies MUSIC! SONGS! DANCES! OBERAMMERGAUER PEASANT PLAY Commencing at 8:15 A. M. Admission. 125<\ 50<\ 75c4 and $1.00 Advance Sale, Fri. Feb., 25th, 10 A. M. TO SPEAK ON ART OF THE RENAISSANCE Uluatrated Lecture to Be Oiven lfext Wednesday by Mr?. Ralph Wilbur. “Tliie Art of the Italian Renaissance” will t|e the title of a lecture to be given at 4 o’clock Wednesday, in Guild hall, by Mrs. | Ralph Wilbur, of Portland. Mrs. "Wilbur is said to be a speaker of un usual ability and # this lecture should be especially worth while, because it will be ilustrated with lantern slides of special selection from the great art master pieces of the period. Among the 20 masters will be included some selections from the work of Michel Angelo, Dona tello,; Brunnelleschi, Fra Angelico, Ver onese, Corregio and Raphael. The students in the class in art appre ciation, taught by Allan Eaton, are re quested to attend the lecutre as a pajrt of the class work. Thp slides which will be used to illus trate this lecture are probably the best of their kind that have been shown in Eugene. They were carefully selected by Mrs. Wilbur while she was in Eu rope, making a personal study of the art about which she will speak. It is understood that those who at tend the lecture be on time, as the iroom will |be closed and kept dark during the lecture. I EXCHANGES *-— ★ According to the University of Cincin nati News, co-eds at Northwestern have opened a barber shop with four chairs, the profits of which will go toward a new women’s building. Purdue university has one of the big gest baseball schedules in the history of the school. They will play 19 Raines this' season. The WashinRton State ColleRe basket ball five defeated the University of Mon tana quintette by a score of 35 to 31 last Tuesday night at Missoula, Montana. At the first meeting of the athletic advisory board of Stanford University held last Tuesday, it was assured that the “farm” teams would be trained by paid coaches this spring. r^abor Day will be set aside at the Uni versity of California for the construc tion of a path leading from the Greek Theatre (elevation 450 feet) to the Big (elevation 850 feet). The path will be 3000 feet in length and 4 feet in width and ned her will be the completion of work plan and started in 1912. A large mun of alumni are taking active inter est ,in the project. Iowa Nets $8465 Gross receipts from athletics at the Iowa State Agricultural College last year were $31,432 and t+ie net receipts $8,465 according to figures made public at Ames last week. Football was the leader ns a money maker, receipts from that source being approximately $20,000. The present season marks the fiftieth year of the founding of the Yale Uni versity Glee Club. The singing has im proved steadily until now it is conceded by musicians that Yale has a club which is second to none in the country. One K. U. student dame carries a gun. The difference between militarism and preparedness. WANTS Y.M.IN SPRINGFIELD Former Graduate Sees Possibilities of Association. William A. Dill, of the class of ’08, is now editor of the Springfield News in Springfield, Oregon. Though an attempt to organize a Y. M. C. A. in Springfield during the past winter failed, Mr. Dill sees the probable success of such an at tempt next winter.' “There are quite a number of young (men and boys here,” said Mr. Dill, “and' when the long win ter evenings come again some such or ganization will be real need.” During Mr. Dill’ll junior year in the University he completed a history of Y. M. C. A. work at the University of Ore gon up to 1907. After graduation Mr. Dill acted as presiding elder for four years in the First Presbyterian church of Eugene. Up to 1913 he lived in Eu gene and was for several years news edi tor for the Eugene Register. For the past two y§ars Mr. Dill has edited the Springfield News, and, though not act ively engaged in Y. M. C. A. work, he advocates strongly its establishment in Springfield. HIGH AWARDS GIVEN Honorable mention has been given to twenty-two of the twenty-three draw ings sent to the f^an Francisco jury of the Beaux Arts sqciety by the students of the University school of architecture. This is the highest award that the San Francisco jury can award. Each student of the school of archi tecture that entersi the contest is given nine hours time to work up a sketch of the drawing to be made. The student is then given about six or seven weeks to make the drawing. At the end of this time if the work is finished the orig inal sketch and the finished drawing :.*e sent to be judged. The jury is madA up of prominent San Francisco architects. During the contest the name of the student who made the drawing is covered and the judges do not kbow whose drawing they are re viewing or where, it came from. The student must follow his original draw ing very closely or his drawing will be marked H. 0. (hors concours) which means that it is eliminated from the con test. This is what happened to the draw ing which did hot receive mention. The first charts isent from the Univer sity this year were drawings of a monu- ! ment in memory of the sailors that lost their lives at Vera Cruz. This set was turned in last November. The last set sent were drawings of a prison doorway and were sent on January 17. This is the last group toi go to San Francisco. In nbout a week a set of drawings will be forwarded to the jury in New York. These judges can give two higher degrees of mention. The drawings sent east will be in competition with over two hund red drawings from the large schools of the east such as Columbia university and Cornell. The students who sent drawings to San Francisco are: Tom Hugh, Louise Allen, Kyler Brown, Curtis Marshall, Cordon Sengstake, Jr., Dell Hinson, Clayton Baldwin, John McGuire, Jo Tominaga, Walter Church, Glenn Stanton and How ard Hall. With the appointment of February 20th as “Labor Day” at the University of California, the students have inaug urated a new idea which they hope to per petuate. Once in every four years, it is planned, they will devote a day to mak ing needed change s about the campus. Dean Collins, TO, of Portland was a Friday luncheon guest of Delta Tau Delta. I ■ the I Guild Players Present , ■“The Taming of /fie Shrew” I * Under the Direction of Prof. A. F. Reddie GUILD HALL i Friday and Saturday, February 25-26 1 Admission 25c Curtain 8:15 i NEW Spring Goods Are arriving daily for your inspection. We in vite you to come in and look them over whether you wish to make a pur chase or not. Spring suits for young men have a lot of “pep” and are designed along new lines. The fabrics have a wide range of col or and pattern. Spring hats are here in many shapes to fit any face or figure; and there are many new shades this year. Spring shirts are new and dif ferent in many respects and are moderately priced. New neck wear, hosiery, collars, and underwear are arriving every day. Telephone 229 UNIVERSITY PHARMACY Luther Thompson, Prop, and Mgr^ Cor- Eleventh and Alder Parker Fountain Pens; A. D. S. Goods; Hudnuts Soaps; Perfumes and Toilet water; . Eastman Kodaks; Ensign Cameras; Seneca Plate Cameras; Kodak Developing and Printing. Eugene Theatre Wednesday, flar. *^1* The Play that has given joy to millions of Play-goers SEATS TUESDAY, 10 A. M.—MAIL ORDERS NOW PRICES $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c Signal! Advertise . . . .Score Result