MYSTERY
HISTORY
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By
GLENN HASSELROOTH
“A Little Night-Music” is by
Gerald W. Johnson, “one of the
world’s worst flute players,”
who is in favor of amateur mu
sicians and their wild attempts
at perfection.
Just when we thought that
they, with their radio programs,
et al, were becoming the scourge
of the country, up pops Mr.
Johnson to give his thousand
times no. In fact he enumerates
about that many reasons why
wre should be thankful to have
these lousy—and some not so
lousy—musicians among us.
“What this country needs is
more bum music,” he says, “as
long as it is handmade.”
Best of all, he thinks, is to be
one of these amateur musicians
yourself. He belongs to an “or
chestra” directed by a profes
, sional cellist, which gets to
gether one evening a week to
•butcher the work of the mas
ters. For him it is an effort
at self-expression. He strives for
perfection, but if he never at
tains it, he will not be unhappy.
This group of amateurs,
which he joins once a week, are
banded together by a common
love of music. They do not play
because they are told they must,
nor because they are vain and
wish to flaunt their accomplish
ments. They are not skilled
enough in their art to know en
tire musical repertoires. But
they have more thrills and satis
factions in their playing than
the greatest musicians, Author
Johnson believes.
In ensemble playing, he says,
there is nothing quite so excit
ing as the few measures when
nobody makes a mistake, or
those rare occasions when ev
erybody ends up their piece on
time. And there is the tang of
surprise, when an unexpected
heavenly tone suddenly chimes
out in the midst of the slaugh
ter. Then there is a certain
kick that you can get out of
hearing your cue and coming
back into the song on time.
Don’t get the idea that Mr.
Johnson wants everybody to be
an amateur. No one likes con
certs led by Stokowski, or Tos
cannini, or Koussevitsky, better
than he. But the enjoyment of
music will be multiplied many
times if one can learn to make a
little (bum or otherwise) music
by oneself.
Mr. Johnson's heartfelt play
ing gives him what Somerset
Maugh&m might call “spiritual
liberation,” even if he plays only
for fun. Of his group, he says
“Nothing can deter us, for our
motive is low.”
Yes, low, in that none of them
ever dream of becoming profes
sionals, but high because they
have caught the spirit of free,
spontaneous music- making.
They have the wholeheartedness
and unselfishness that many
years of study seldom give.
They make music for them
selves.
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Munro Leaf, author of “Ferdi
nand,” that short story book for
children that turned out to be
such a hit after the parents
found out it was “sophisticat
ed,” goes to a different field in
his latest. It’s “Listen Little
Girl Before You Go to New
York,” and Author Leaf pro
vides many darn good reasons
why girls should stay in their
small towns and try to get
ahead, or else get married.
Milligan Wins $225
In Last Moot Trial
Hollis Says Lawyers
Show More Ability
This Year
A verdict against the plaintiff,
Bill Mclnturff, ancl favoring the
three defendants, Dave Silven,
\John Thomas, and Sid Milligan,
was returned by the jury last
night in the last case to come be
fore the law school’s moot court
this year.
Another verdict was returned
for Mclnturff in a counter-claim
of $225 brought against him by
Milligan.
v Mclnturff was represented in
court by Andy Newhouse and Bill
Daugherty. The defendants en
gaged Herb Galton and Ed Wheel
ock. The plaintiff charged that
on April 1, Silven placed a sign
of Mclnturff’s back ! reading,
“Please kick me.” He further con
tended that Milligan and Thomas,
thereafter kicked' him in the rear,
causing severe injury to his spine,
and causing damages of $300.
The basis for the defense was
that Mclnturff had played several
pranks himself, thereby consent
ing to be made a possible victim
of someone else’s joke.
Milligan, also, filed a counter
claim for $225, alleging that Mc
lnturff struck him in the nose.
Aside from the trial, Orlando J.
Hollis, acting dean of the law
school, and judge in the mock
trials, expressed satisfaction with
the conduct of his proteges during
the course of the six cases. He
said that he believed that the at
torneys were uniformly better this
year than in past years.
As the crowning contributiorr to
prankdom from the law school,
some of the neophyte barristers,
upon conclusion of the trial hooked
a sign upon Mclnturff’s back. It
read, “Please Kick Me.”
College Paper
(Continued from page one)
cited a Los Angeles Collegian col
umnist to such Registration day
thoughts:
“This psychology 51 class sounds
pretty good. Refreshments will
be served at each meeting of the
class,’’ says one coed.
“It comes too soon after lunch
though: Besides, I want to take
Italian the next period and the in
structor offers spaghetti and ravi
olas on Thursdays,” continues the
companion.
“I can’t decide which class of
econ to take. One instructor holds
bank day every Wednesday, while
the other professors sponsor tip
and-win Tuesdays and Thursdays.”
And on and on the new salary
system for teachers invokes tasty,
tempting bribes through superior
means of super-salesmanship.
Pome...
’Twas in a restaurant they met,
Romeo and Juliet.
He had no money for the debt,
So Romeoed what Juliet.
—Alabamian.
Columbia university engineering
students graduating this June ex
pect to be earning $3,900 annually
in five years.
Mostly Mr. “Dorothy Dix”
Leaf sounds very discouraging ;
to blossoming womanhood. He
clamps down on their big ideas
right properly. So if you’ve got
a friend who is getting ready to
fly the coop, pass it along to
her. (All in good faith, of
course.)
Now if somebody would only
write a guidebook for the mas
culine sex, should they decide to
go to the big town, things would
be balanced up. In fact, because
of present vacation plans, we’d
appreciate it if someone would
write, “Listen Little Boy Be
fore You Go to Los Angeles.”
Campus
Calendar j
Emerald news, sports an busi
ness staff members planning to go
on the picnic Sunday must sign up
on the bulletin board in the shack
and pay 25 cents to Dorothy Burke
or Billie Rentz by noon today. The
caravan will leave the shack at 2
Monday. More cars are needed.
Oregana staff members should
see Howard Overback at the edu
cational activities shack from 1 to
4 today.
There will be a Yeomen and
Orides dance in the AWS room of
Gerlinger hall beginning at 8:30
tonight. All members are urged to
be there as this is the last dance
for this year.
Wappenstein Will
Be Transferred to
Eastern Post Soon
N Missing from the University fac
ulty next year will be Major W. A.
Wappenstein, assistant professor
of military science. Major Wap
penstein, with the exception of
Frank I. Agule, instructor and
chief clerk of the department, is
the oldest member of the ROTC
staff in point of servicee.
He came to Oregon five and a
half years ago and has taught
here since then. He will be trans
ferred to Berwick, Pennsylvania,
where he will serve in the army.
Major Wappenstein indicated he
intended to leave for San Francis
co early in July and will go from
£here to New York by way of the
Panama canal, finally arriving in
Berwick some time in July or
August.
In commenting on his service
here, Major Wappenstein said;
“My duties at Oregon have been
very pleasant to me. I have seen
many students come and go and
I enjoyed working with them all.”
Stanford Professor
Visitor of Botanists
A visitor at the University yes
terday was Elmer I. Applegate of
Stanford university, who spent sev
eral hours with L. F. Henderson,
curator of the herbarium, and Le
Roy Detling, associate professor of
botany.
Dr. Applegate has recently been
given a position with the govern
ment park service. His article on
“Plants of the Lava Beds, National
Monument, California,’’ published
in the March issue of the American
Midland Naturalist, has been print
ed in booklet form by the Notre
Dame university press.
Sino-Japanese
(Continued from page three)
will in the end suffer with the rest
of them if additional conflicts
arise.
The increasing problems in the
world, including the diversification
and multiplication of demands,
make peace harder and harder to
attain, he said'. Trade expansion
is necessary, and thus all areas
and raw materials are earmarked
for present or future needs by the
i '“assertive nations,” he said.
If people are to be made aware
of the dangers of such aggressive
policies, they must be ‘‘shell
shocked” into the use of ideas, he
said.
Student Travelers
(Continued from page one)
support of the Committee on In
ternational Cooperation of the
League of Nations, and are useful
as letters of introduction to for
eign student groups.
They must be applied for on
regulation blanks, and authenti
cated by University authorities.
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College Athletic 'Slates’
Whitewashed by Cornell
Declaring- that college athletes are not “pros" any more than
the students who accept scholarships in education, Athletic Director
Ar.se Cornell, yesterday defended athletic scholarships as a means cJC
getting athletes to come to college.
In the same way that may students who receive state scholarships
could not come to the University without this help, many of the ath
letes. who would not get an education otherwise, aie here on scholar
ships, Cornell stated. There are many on the Oregon teams whc >9
parents couia nor aitord to send -
them to college if it were not for
this, he said.
“I will admit,” said Cornell,
“that this seems to place the em
phasis on the school with a lot of
money when it comes to having
winning teams, but I think that
is an e*vil that can be remedied.
If each school was allowed so much
with which to give scholarships, it
would help eliminate this."
Many people get the idea that
this tends to bring the lower type
of athlete to school, the “town
bums,” etc., but such an opinion
is entirely unfounded, the busy ath
letic director explained.
'.‘The fellows look upon it as a
great honor to be offered a schol
arship, just as do the students
receiving them for education abil
ity,” Cornell explained. Therefore
they are more likely to work hard
er in order to retain this prize, he
said.
“All funds for these scholarships
are received from outside sources,
none come from the students or
ASUO money. They are handled
as the educational scholarships
hre,” he concluded.
O. S. C. Professor
Will Be Speaker
For Conference
Dr. O. R. Chambers, professor
of psychology at Oregon State!
college, will be the chief speaker j
at the annual McKenzie conference
of students of Westminster asso
ciation to be held May 14 and 15 at
Cedarwood Tavern.
Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of the j
physics department at the Univer-'
sity of Oregon, and Rev. Norman
K. Tully of the Central Presby
terian church will also be on the;
program. j
Ted Pursley is general chairman
of the conference. Other officers I
are as follows: Hazel Lewis, busi- i
ness manager; Adelle Baron and!
Stanley Robe, scribes; Edna Carl
son and Marijane Skillern, housing;
Bob Knox and Leonard Love, wor
ship; Hazel Lewis and Helen
Sutherland, songs and stunts; Bet
ty Lewis and Relta Lea Powell,
food; Harold Draper, recreation;
Zaidie Enos, announcer, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Bryant, coordina
tors.
Drexel Institute officials have
started a move to nationalize fra
ternities at that institution.
Keep out the too
warm sun with ..
Split Bamboo
Porch Shades
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COMPANY
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and very practical
649 Willamette
Yearbooks Still
Left for Claiming
At Activities Office
Although the final shipment of
he 1938 Oregana has not yet
'ived on. the campus, there are stfll
i few copies on hand to be called
or. Oregana Manager Howai d
Overbade said last night.
The books on hand' may bo
:alled for at the educational ac
uities office. Proper identifiea
ion must be presented.
Distribution of the book broke
>11 records for speed and quantity
ast week when 1350 copies went
lut over the outside tables Friday
n slightly more than two hours.
Fwo other shipments have been
eceived and passed out this week,
vith the final shipment expected!
>efore the end of the week.
“MR. AND MRS. NEWT”
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