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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1938)
Helen Jepson Sings Tomorrow in Igloo At End of Weekend Mothers' Day Event To Have $1 Section Saved for Mothers And Students Cleanup position in the three-day Junior weekend program this year goes to Helen Jepson, songbird of opera, radio, and the screen, whose concert Sunday afternoon will be the final event on the list. Known all over the United States for her work in three fields, Miss Jepson will be no new voice and personality to her audience. She will be remembered for her years of regular weekly radio pro grams with Paul Whiteman, and for her Metropolitan and Chicago opera work. Also, she appeared recently in the “Goldwyn Follies,” a motion picture. Arrives Tonight The blonde soprano will arrive on the campus tonight on the 9 o’clock train. She will be met at the station and escorted to the canoe fete by a picked committee of greeters. This will be the first canoe fete Miss Jepson has wit nessed, and on the other hand, this will be the first Helen Jepson a canoe fete crowd has seen. The concert Sunday begins at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, with the concert stage of McArthur court the center of attraction. A special section of the Igloo will be re served for mother-student com binations in order that students may sit with their mothers and still benefit from their ASUO cards. Special Section Reserved The special section will sell at $1 for the mothers, ASUO cards for the students. None of the seats in this section will be re served, but the section will be set aside for students and their moth ers. The special section was ar ranged in response to many re quests by both students and moth ers. Although a brisk demand has been evidenced *for tickets, there are still plenty of good seats available for the concert, the ASUO ticket offices announced yesterday. Three prices are listed, the reserved sections selling at $1 and $1.25 and general admission 50 cents. The end of Sunday’s concert will see the beginning of the homeward trek of the hundreds of mothers and other visitors who spent the weekend on the campus. “MK. AND 51RS, NEWT" Streamlined Soprano Helen Jepson . . . star of opera, radio, and the screen ... whose con cert at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon will be the last event of Junior weekend. At the Churches By DOUG PARKER (Special Church Editor) Church groups this weekend will observe Mothers’ day services. A special meeting for students and others is planned for Westminster House at 9:45 Sunday morning. Mrs. George Winchell will speak. A social tea will begin at 6 in the evening, followed by worship ser vice, short talks, and a visit to the Condon museum. A tea for mothers and women of the First Methodist Episcopal church will be held between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m., sponsored by Wesley club and Epworth league. Frances Coffey is chair man. Miss Elizabeth Findley of the University library will review “The Greatest American Woman —Lucretia Mott’’ for the Wesley club at 7. Local DeMolays Local DeMolays will accompany their mothers to the special Moth ers’ day service at the First Bap tist church Sunday at 11. A special Mothers’ day tableau will be featured in First Christian services. Topic will be “A Mother at the Foot of the Cross.” Dr. Childers will speak. “Jesus and His Mother," will be the subject of Dr. Norman K. Tal ly's sermon at the Central Presby terian church. Music and story services will be observed in both the Bible school and morning wor ship service. Glimpses of Japan “Intimate Glimpses of Japan," will be presented by Dr. A. R. Moore at the adult forum in the Community Liberal church. Rev. Herbert Higginbotham will con duct Mothers’ day services at 11. Choir rehearsal is to be held on Monday, 7:30 and board of trus 1 tees are to meet at 7:30 on Thurs day. Young people’s meeting at the First Baptist church will be led by Charles Devereaux and starts at 6:30. Grade school youths of Wash ington school will sing special numbers at the evening services of the First Christian church. Midweek service will be held Thursday evening at 7:30. Dr. Walter D. Howell will be at the Central Presbyterian church Wednesday for conferences and talks. Dr. Howell will be also guest speaker at a luncheon at Westminster House. Hi & First Christian 11th at Oak. Dr. S. Earl Chil ders. 9:45, Bible school. 11, “A Mother at the Foot of the Cross.” 6:15, Christian Endeavor. 7:30, ‘‘Renewal of Pentecost.” Also singing by Washington school children. Midweek service Thursday eve ning at 7:30. * # $ First Methodist Episcopal Willamette at 12th. Dr. B. Earle Parker. 9:45, Church school. 11, Morning worship. 7, Wesley club. Book review by Miss Elizabeth Findley. Tea sponsored by Wesley club and Epworth league between 4 and 6 p.m. e * $ First Baptist Broadway at High. Dr. A. J. Harms. 11, ‘‘Mothers of Great Men.” 7:30, Evangelistic sermon. * $ * Community Liberal (Unitarian) Nations of the World Is Theme of Canoe Fete This Evening Queen Virginia's Float Will Lead Spectacle; Program Scheduled to Start at 8:30; Few Seats Left in Reserved Sections Nations of the world on parade, bits of nine nations built onto floats and sailing down the <millrace, is the spectacle which will unfold before crowded stands at tonight’s canoe fete. The program begins at 8:30 as the queen’s float bears Queen Virginia and her four princesses to the throne across the millrace from the stands, after which the other floats will come past the crowd at intervals. This year’s fete marks the first use of four-dimensional floats, built with all sides complete. For mer years have seen floats in the fete which were presentable from only one side, the side toward the audience. Program Listed The complete program, includ ing the floats, their titles and builders follows, as announced by E«d Thomas, fete chairman: Queen’s float—Yeomen. Robin Hood, England—Phi Sig ma Kappa, Delta Gamma. Love Song of the Nile, Egypt— Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Chi Ome ga. Toreador song, Spain—Phi Kap pa Psi, Alpha Omicron Pi. Taho Wahu and Alaka Falls— Hui Kameana singers. The Moon of Manakoora, South Sea islands—Delta Upsilon, Delta Delta Delta. 1 In a Chinese Temple Garden, China—Theta Chi, Alpha Xi Delta. Neapolitan Nights, Italy—Phi Delta Theta, Gamma Phi Beta. 11th at Ferry. Rev. Herbert Higginbotham. 10, Adult forum. “Intimate Glimpses of Japan,” Dr. A. R. Moore. ; 11, “What Is Due to Mother hood.” * ❖ * Central Presbyterian 10th at Pearl. Dr. Norman K. Tully. 9:45, Bible school. 11, “Jesus and His Mother.” 6:30, Christian Endeavor. 7:30, Gospel service. “Give Me Thine Heart.” Dr. Walter D. Howell comes this Wednesday. Also a conference in the chapel at 3 for officers and workers. General meeting at 7:30. * Westminster House Kincaid at 14th. Mrs. J. D. Bry ant. 9:45, Special meetings for stu dents and mothers with Mrs. George Winchell speaking. 6, Social tea. Luncheon on Wednesday with Dr. Walter D. Howell, guest. ♦nmmrrtmmmmmrnmmrnmmmmmrnmmmmmr Tandem Swimming—Amphibian swimming groups. Little Dutch Mill, Holland—Be ta Theta Pi, Alpha Phi. Russian National anthem, Rus sia—Sigma Alpha Mu, Kappa Al pha Theta. The Echo Song, Switzerland— Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Kappa. Other lEvents Offered In addition, the program lists other entertainment features such as Fred Beardsley, tenor, singing a new song, “Campus Melody,” written especially for this year’s canoe fete by Wilfred Roadman, University student. Bruce McIn tosh and Barbara Ward will sing a group of popular selections. The Hawaiian number will be a group of native songs by the Hui Kameana singers. The Amphibian swimming group, in conjunction with the varsity swimmers, will give an exhibition similar to the program they gave in their recent men’s pool demonstration. A prospective sellout of the stands was indicated last night with the announcement by the ASUO ticket offices that only sin gle seats were left in the reserved sections. General admissions, placed on sale yesterday after noon, were going fast at 50 cents. A special section was announced! last night by the ticket offices with 350 seats on sale at 75 cents, with reservations as to section but not to specific seat. The special section is directly in front of the stage. 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