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All-Campus Musical Will Not Be Presented This Year Lack of Director, And Short Time Brings Board Veto Plan to Form Dramatic Club Preparatory to Next Year's Production Is Suggested; H. Robinson Asks for More Decorations The educational activities board yesterday accepted a report of a •r special committee that the production of a student musical comedy would not be feasible this year. Reasons given by the committee were the shortness of the prepara tion period before the only possible dates and the lack of directorial services this year. 1 Horace W. Robinson, chairman of the board's committee for the decoration of McArthur court, pre sented a request to the committee for the purchase of drapes in addi tion to those which are now ready at an expense of about $65. They will be used to alternate with the panels at concerts to provide deco ration all the way around the court at dances. Idea Adjudged Worthwhile Organization of a dramatic club which would work towards the presentation of a musical show next year was recommended in the report as accepted by the board. The ,committee approved the general idea as “worthwhile” and declared talent and enthusiasm on the cam pust justified the production of a show w'hen time and funds are available. Chairman Earl M. Pallette indi cated that there might be a possi bility of finding funds for next year’s budget to finance a dramatic organization and produce an all Unfversity show. No Organization Set Up No machinery was set up for the organization of a campus dra matic group. Talent brought to light in the investigation of possibilities for a musical will probably be presented to students in ASUO assemblies if possible, Chairman Pallet indicat ed. Tobacco Heir Gets $80 Day v Expense Limit By ALYCE ROGERS Eastern courts have just grant ed an income of $80 a day to a Princeton freshman in order that he may live in the style to which he has become accustomed. The collegian in question, Anthony N. Duk,e is heir to part of a tobacco fortune. H's mother told the judge that Tony needed $2,400 a month to live the life of a Princeton man. It just seems like these fraterni ties get more expensive every year, doesn't it? What Next? ... Courses to teach the wives of educators how not to be a drag on their husbands’ careers have been introduced at Teachers’ college, Columbia university. 4 Love? ... Wear White If it’s romance you’re after, girls, wear white. Experimenters at Westminster college, Pennsylvania, have found that girls dressed in white get more offers of marriage. White, they say, is connected with moonlight; moonlight with ro mance; and finally romance with marriage. Smarty... Thirteen-year-oid Catherine Mc Grath is a sophomore at the Uni versity of Washington in January. Her forte is mathematics, which she just coasts through for A’s She finished the eighth grade four years after starting school. She hopes to earn a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and then ^ study law. Radio Education To Be Reviewed; Stetson to Speak The place of radio in relation to education will be the general top ic of the northwestern conference in Seattle February 4. Professor F. L. Stetson will speak Friday night at dinner on the American council survey of education. Leaving Eugene on February 3, Professor Stetson will stop for a short time at Albany college exten sion in Portland before going on to the conference in Washington, j Following the conference, he will speak on February 5 to the field chapter of Phi Delta Kappa on the cooperative study of secondary school standards, and will be back on the campus Monday morning. Decorates Sam Fort . . . planning1 decora tions for senior ball. Sophs Bemoan Lost Manhood As Beards Cut Mother, get the old shaving mug out, and whet up pa’s old razor, because when little Willie gets home this morning he’ll be coming out of the brush. Today little Willie’s pride and joy goes up in a swirl of soap lather. For three days he has sported a bristling patch on his chin that resembled the most supercilious of Van Dykes—well, it would have been in another month, anyhow —he must now watch it disappear down the washbasin drain. Nor is little Willie’s sorrow confined to the more spiritual phases of his loss. He knows that in every house and hall gleeful brothers will be waiting, armed with brush and blade, to make his cheerful countenance shine forth, clean and unadorned. He suspects that these brothers, in their overwhelming zeal, will not waste too much tenderness. In fact, helpful brothers have been known to forget the use of soap in their ministrations. Is it any reason he has a feeling of uneasiness ? / Police Gunfire Fatal to OSC Student i Orchestra to Give Featured Radio Concert Hour Program Over National Network Offered University Symphony Director Another “big time’’ musical broadcast is scheduled for the Uni versity symphony orchestra it was announced by Rex Underwood, di rector, yesterday, after he received a letter from the National Broad casting company offering a broad cast date for Sunday, February 28, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The announcement was made following the ovation given the orchestra -and featured soloists Thursday night at its concerto pro gram in the music auditorium. Mr. Underwood stated that he was offered his choice of either red or blue network facilities for the broadcast to be made directly from the school of music auditor ium. He wired immediate accep tance of the offer. Approximately a year ago, on January 27, the symphony orches tra, with soloists Hal Young and Dorothy Louise Johnson, gave a half-hour coast-to-coast broadcast over the red network of the Na tional Broadcasting system. The : broadcast, pronounced one of the 1 biggest musical successes ever giv-: en in the auditorium, was followed February 27 by another with Rob ert Garretson, student pianist, featured. This broadcast was sent to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Sacra menton, and Salt Lake City. Since then the symphony has given numerous concerts, several of which have been put on the air. The audience will be limited to 600, the capacity of the music auditorium. The program will be announced later. ADDRESSES PREP FACULTY Speaking on the significance of the cooperative study of secondary school standards for junior high schools, Professor F. L. Stetson of the school of education ap peared Thursday before faculty members of Roosevelt junior high school in Eugene. University Players Match Former Stars Cast in 'Wilderness' Newman, Schwartz and Lewis Show Fine Understanding of Roles; Robinson Sets Retain Usual Mastership Players of the University theater, with minor exceptions, came admirably up to the standard at last night’s performance set by the finest actors of the stage and screen who have preceded them as char acters of Eugene O’Neil’s great human drama, “Ah! Wilderness.” No one need stay away from this show on the pretext that, “It was so well done in the movies that an amateur show might spoil it for me.” The play was given the finest possible treatment on both stage and screen, but Roy Schwartz, Ethan Newman, and Lewis need doff their hats to no body as the kindly, wise Nat Mil ler, the drunken, lovable Sid and the bewildered, sensitive Richard. Most difficult, and best loved role of this bittersweet comedy is that of Nat Miller. George M. Co han and Will Rogers played it on the stage, Lionel Barrymore in the films. Roy Schwartz gives a skill ful and utterly convincing portray al of a father who is both courag eous and loving. Another difficult role to portray without slipping into pathos is that of Richard Mil (Please turn to page three) Charles Kirby Dies From Bullet Wound; Said to Be 'Prowler' * Special to The Oregon Daily Emerald CORVALLIS, Jan. 28.—Charles J. Kirby, OSC student in forestry, was found dead in a clump of shrubbery early today, the target of a barrage of fire from a city policeman who had been called out to investigate a "peeping tom" who was molesting residents near the campus. Kirby fled when fired upon. After searching the neighborhood Profs Express Need For Sound Projector Lack of Equipment Is Visual Handicap to Instructors “A university without a film projector in these days is like a home without a radio,” said A. H. Kunz, chairman of the committee for visual instruction. He is back ed up by more than half the mem bers of the faculty according to the signatures recorded by Ray P. Bowen, head of the department of romance languages, and Carl L: Johnson, assistant professor in French, in an attempt to determine the interest of the various schools for a film projector. All the men contacted feel that the possession of a sound film pro jector would broaden fields hither to closed through lack of material to explain them to the classes. Other schools, including Oregon State college, California, Stanford, and Washington, and even several schools at Portland, are at present equipped with projectors, accord ing to Professor Johnson. The cost of such a machine will be from $500 to $750; the mainte nance of it would be low as it is expected that many of the films will pay for themselves. Business Machine Display to Remain Here Next Week Business machines on exhibit at the commerce building are to be shown next week at Oregon state college. These machines, as explained by Mr. H. C. Peck, instructor, can do most of man’s work in the business field except answer the telephone. Students who saw the exhibit were mostly interested in the invoicing machine, a great time saver, and a machine that most of the stu dents had not come in contact with before. The invoicing machine can add, multiply, subtract, and total all in a single operation. A large number of outsiders be sides the students have already seen the exhibit, Peck said. NYA CHECKS ON TAP Many NYA checks are still at the business office. Students were warned that unless called for at once, the checks will be returned to the Portland office with no pos sibility of again being sent to Eu gene. without finding- any trace of him, officers believed he had escaped. The body was found at 8 o'clock this morning in shrubbery where he apparently crawled in to hide. Bullet Bounces According to police reports, the student was felled by one of two bullets that ricocheted from the sidewalk. Officers had warned him to stop. Night Patrolman Arron Dearing and John Johnson were called to investigate the report of the al leged “peeper.” Officers said that ; when Kilby saw them he fled, ; despite orders to halt. Kirby. 22, was a resident of Pendleton, Oregon. The patrolmen were exonerated I by a coroner's jury. Senior Ball Ticket Sale Is Scheduled Tickets for the senior ball, fea turing Harry Lewis and his orches tra, will go on sale next week in all the men’s houses on the cam pus. The dance is scheduled for Saturday, February 12, in the Igloo. Sam Kroschel, in charge of ticket sales, has appointed agents to deal out the ducats, which sell for $1.25. At a committee meeting this week, decoration plans for a Valen tine scheme, were sketched by Fred Heidel. Sam Fort, dance decorator deluxe, is working with Heidel. 'Lettermen's j Limp' Ruled! Out in Future Student Discipline Committee Censors Annual Dance Due To Features The “Lettermen’s Limp,” annual dance sponsored by the Order of the "O”, University lettermen’s or ganization, was discontinued by ac tion of the Student Discipline com mittee yesterday. The reasons advanced by the committee for the action were "accumulated discontent with the party, especially with features associated with the party, and par ticularly as a result of a disagree able incident occurring at the dance this year.” Tony Amato, president of the or ganization, refused to make any comment concerning the commit tee ruling. Ballets Sore Spot Although it was understood by the statement of the committee that the dances will be discontin ued1, it is believed that, if the var ious half-time ballets are left out, the limp may possibly be reinstated in the future. The dance, highlight of the or der’s social life for many years, his yielded good income to the club’s treasury. Profits on the dance range from nothing up to about a hundred dollars, Amato comment ed yesterday. Last year the letter men used a large part of their $100 profit to help turf the new Hayward field. ALL-CAMPUS RESULTS The handball doubles team of O. Roberts and M. Johnson advanced to the all-campus quarter-finals by winning from S. Mack and E. Stipe, 21-17, 21-15. The duo of Corey and Koch also entered the quarter-finals by turning back Sin clair and Russell, 21-7, 21-11. The only ping-pong singles match saw E. Hearn defeat J. D. Freund, 21-6, 21-15, 21-18. Binford Music Ends Series; Emerald 'Rhythm Review’ Program Starts Thursday Maurie Binford and his orchestra played the swan song of the Emerald of the Air programs of last term on what was the l^st broad cast of the series over station KORE Thursday night at 8:30. A new series will begin next week. Don Kennedy, program director, announced the end of the broad cast which appeared bi-weekly during fall term, while Windy Kaufman outlined a new series which will take over starting next Thursday night over KORE. New Program Slated The new program, to be called the Emerald’s Rhythm Review, will be modeled after Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge in which members of his audience are asked questions pertaining to or chestra leaders, theme songs, and Tentative Plan Voiced by Benson to Change ASUO Elections to Fall Term In hopes of avoiding some of the petty and distasteful inci dents that have trailed class elections, a plan to transfer the time of elections from spring to fall term was tentatively pro posed yesterday by Noel Ben son, ASUO vice-president. Benson, as head of the ASUO election board, said he felt from past experience that a large amount of politics would be cut out if the change were made, as less time for political agitation would be available the first of fall term. He said it would then be pos sible for all the class elections to be held at the same time un der proper supervision. Charles Erwin, senior class president, was reported as fav oring the plan, and Benson said he was going to contact the re maining class presidents as soon as possible. Only question raised was by members of the underclasses as to the result the proposed change would h;<V(e on their plans for a direct primary to precede the general election. musical numbers, with the orches tra playing the piece in question. Student interest has already been aroused by the new program. Some thirty students were visitors at the studio last night, and appli cations to be contestants have been received from many would-be prize winners. A prize of one dollar in merchandise at Eugene stores will be given to the winner every week, Kennedy announced. Question Solicited Students are asked to submit questions which they want asked on the program to Kennedy or Kaufman. Some teasers have al ready been selected for next week’s broadcast, Kennedy said. The first program of the new series will come on the air next Thursday night. Maurie Binford and his boys will be on hand to illustrate the questions for each and every broadcast, with Kennedy and Kaufman presenting the quiz. Students are invited to visit the studio during the broadcasts. Malamutes Defeat Ducks in First Tilt Of Northern Trip Hobby's Hustlers Top Northerners at Half# 20 to 19; Dave Silver# Bob Anet, Johansen, Out of Rough Game at Seattle Story Seeker \V. r. G. Thaeher . . . opens an- ] nual short story writing contest. Survey Courses Fill Group Requirements One of the misconceptions of students at the University is that the social science survey group is a branch of the sociology depart ment, according to Samuel Haig Jameson, professor of sociology. Rather than providing special ized courses in sociology fields, the survey courses fill the so-called “group requirements” and furnish students with a general back ground that will be helpful in other courses. That such courses as back grounds of social science are not pure sociology may seen by study ing the list of instructors. Profes sors of economics, history, soci ology, aud political science have all spent several years teaching it. One year a psychology professor even tried, his hand at it, said Dr. Jameson. Most students In the “back ground” courses are freshmen, al though members of other classes frequently take them, especially those who change their majors or find themselves lacking in certain requirements. Similar general courses are also available in the language, litera ture, and science departments. Courses for fulfillment of group re quirements in social science in clude world history, general soci ology, introduction to philosophy, and nrincinles of economics. Teachers' Problems Discussion Subject Discussion of the problems of preparation for teaching will be the purpose of a meeting February XI and 12 of the executive com mittee of the Oregon state teacher placement association and Dr. Nel son Bossing of the school of edu cation. This year’s meeting, a biennial event, will be held with the state association of city school superin tendents. Ducks Broadcast Over KORE Today The next in the series of week ly vocational guidance plays, pre sented every Saturday by members of the radio class of Donald E. Hargis, speech professor, will be broadcast today at 1:45 over KORE. A dramatization of the changes taking place in occupations is planned for today in playlet form. Vincent Gates, Eaura Bryant, Kenneth Erickson, Joe Earley, and Eleanor Pitts are cast in today’s broadcast. SKI BUS TOMORROW Ski bus will leave tomorrow morning at 7:15 from the College Side. Roundtrip ticket one dollar. (Summary, Page 2) Before a near-capacity crowd of around 8000 people, Hec Edmund son's University of Washington basketball team throttled the pace setting Oregon Ducks in the final period last night to edge out a 40 to 37 decision on the “ply-wood" court of the huge Washington pa vilion in Seattle, Halftime score favored the Ducks, 20-19. The lead changed back and forth until the final 10 minutes when the Huskies turned on the power and stepped out in front for good. Mid way in the third quarter the score stood at 31 to 30 for the Huskies. Rough play on the part of both teams featured the game with six men—Lockhart, Williamson, Wer ner, Silver, Anet and Johansen— leaving the game via the four per sonal foul route. Laddie Gale ran up a lead on Harry I^ockhart, his nearest com petitor for scoring honors, by counting 12 points to his competi tors 2 for the night. Close checking by both Gale and Slim Wintermute of the Ducks was a highlight of the game. Latest Hit Tune 'Pulling Leg'of Entire Country By BURKERICKSON “Someone is pulling’ your leg,’’ said Edmund Kremer, professor of German, when questioned as to the meaning of the new song craze, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon.’’ Translated, the title would read, “You are pretty with me,’’ and in that case, everyone’s leg seems to be pulled. “Nonsense!” ejaculated the professor, “it sounds like Yid dish to me.” “Now if it were 'You are com fortable with me,’ it might have some meaning,” Professor Kre mer went on, still in a perplexed state of mind. Even with the literal mean ing discovered, the actual motif behind the title still seems a little obscure. Perhaps the composer was a trifle hazy on this point him self. Then again, these words may have fitted in so perfectly with the music, that the actual meaning came to be a minor matter. The fact that the song itself gives several explanations of the phrase may prove that even the author was somewhat dubious concerning its significance. According to him, it means that “you’re grand,” "your’e the fairest in the land,” and tells how "wonderful you are.” What this all ads ifp to is merely the introduction of a new term to revise the rather worn out vocabulary of piggers. So just call her up and say, “Bel mir bist du schon”—she'll under stand. First Rifle Match Pits Girls', Frosh Squads at 10 A.M. The first rifle match of the year will be shot this morning at 10 by the freshman rifle team and the girls' rifle team. This is to be a special 20-shot match, using a prone position. The freshman team is composed of Lawrence Lew, David Curtis, Freddie Quale, Floyd Gould, Wil liam Hermann, Gilbert Wing, Bill Kirkpatrick, Chauncey Brewer, and Till Stone. The girls shooting on the coed team are Louise Woodruff, Ruth Ketchum, Marjorie Bates, Dorothy Burke, Constance Kletzer, Barbara Stallcup, June England, Catherine Miller, and Judith Oswald. The girls’ team will also shoot a postal shoulder to shoulder match next week with the Univer sity of Michigan. The team shoot ing this match will be composed of ten girls.
