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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1940)
*000 SPORTS PAGE: Final Score: WSC 47, OSC 40 See Sports Page VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1940 NUMBER 57 She Played Last Night (.Courtesy the Kegister-Guard) .lane Young, Eugene, violinist in the University of Oregon symphony orchestra, performed with others last night at the music auditorium. Music Critic Praises Opening Performance Of Oregon Sgmphong Rex Underwood Conducts; 7ane Young, Youthful Violinist, Impresses Audience; Russian Numbers Please; More Assured By GtJENN HASSELROOTH Military exploits of Russia may not be finding favor with Americans at the present time, but there are few who won't “throw their hats in the air” when they hear Russian music well played. There was a good deal of figurative “hat throwing” Tuesday night in the music building when Rex Underwood and the University symphony orchestra had concluded their first concert on the 1940 series. Intelligent interpretation of Russian compositions was evidenced in CAMPUS CALENDAR The PE mix for men and women will be at 7:30 tonight in the AWS social room third floor. The badminton club will meet tonight at 7:15 in Gerlinger hall. The China, Cupboard and Chest group will meet today at 4 at the YWCA bungalow. Mr. Seth Lar away of Laraway’s jewelry store will speak. An important meeting of the Fencing club will be held in Ger linger at 4. Election of officers. Outsiders welcome. All freshman boys are invited to attend the frosh YMCA meeting in the Y hut Wednesday night at 7:30. Dr. Shumaker will speak. The commission on economic and social problems, a part of the YMCA program .will meet Wed nesday at 4 o’clock in the YM lounge. Dr. James R. Branton, of the school of religion .will discuss “Our Relation to Community Problems.” This discussion is open to everyone. Invitations are espe cially extended to girls who would like to attend. A covered dish dinner will take place at Westminster house at 6 o’clock this evening. The bi-week ly business meeting will be held then. Anyone interested in attend ing is urged to come and bring a covered dish, the only reuirement for admittance. All Yeomen who are attending the preference dessert next Thurs day evening are asked to call Mrs. Seifert by Thursday noon. Master Dance will hold tryouts tonight at 7:30 in the Gerlinger dance room for all girls interested in becoming members of Master Dance. The school of Master Dance will be held at the regular time, 4:45 to 5:15. the tirst numher, uiinka s overture to “Russian and Ludmilla.” Mr. Underwood and his 70-odd musi cians gave it a performance that had vigor and thrust and at the same time colorful melody. Running Mr. Underwood a close second as the outstanding perform er of the evening was Jane Young, a violinist in her second year of music at the University, who was soloist in the playing of Debussy's “Girl With the Flaxen Hair.” Miss Young invested the number with touches that imbued Debussy’s ly ric impressions with feeling and the right absence of emotionalism. Four dance movements from Massenet's ballet, “The Cid,” were expressive of the dance rhythms of pre-civil war Spain. All were well liked by the almost-capacity size audience. Three other student soloists contributed pleasing- moments to the program. Elizabeth Walker and Verne Sellin were enjoyed by admirers of Bach when the duo played the “double solo” roles of the first movement from “Concer to in D Minor for Two Violins.” Gordon Hogan brought back mem ories of Tschaikowsky’s “Nut cracker” when he played tlje pic colo part of Glaznounovv’s “Mar ionettes.” To say that Tschaikowsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” wras successful in telling the story of Shake speare’s lovers in a truly dramatic and romantic effectiveness would mean that it was one of the best numbers Mr. Underwood's group has ever done. The theme of love’s fulfillment — recently used by popular arrangers for the song I “Our Love” — was tenderly ! stated. More than one member of the audience took on an undeniable expression of “I know that one!” i when it began. Use of the harp by Doris Helen Calkins w-as particu larly fine, and Elwood Rickman’s timpani had the right amount of | emphasis. • Cataloger Injured Mrs. Mabel K. Garner, cataloger at the University art museum suffered a sprained foot and other slight injuries in an accident which occurred Monday when she was returning from North Bend by bus. She expects to be back at work I Wednesday or Thursday. WINTER TERM SOCIAL CALENDAR OUT •Tigers" will have many a busy weekend with three formats, l»esides five other all-eampus affairs, slated for winter term ac tivities. Friday, January 10, will be the deadline when all dates for the social events must Ik* in to the dean of women’s office. The following is a list of tentative dates on the winter term social calendar. PE Mixer Wednesday, January 17 physical education mixer, 7:30-10. Thursday, January IS—Alpha Chi Omega reception for house mothers. Saturday, January 20—Alpha Phi house formal; Winter Wonder land, WAA all-campus formal; Delta Gamma house dance; Delta Tau Delta dinner dance at Eugene hotel. Tuesday, January 23 Doris Helen Patterson and Mrs. Under wood. joint recital harp and piano. Wednesday, January 24—mixed recreation, men's PE and WAA. Friday, January 20 -basketball game, Oregon vs. Washington. Saturday, January 27—Dad’s Day; basketball game, Oregon vs. Oregon vs. Washington Washington; Phi Kappa Psi house formal. Monday, January 29—Phi Delta Kappa meeting, Dean Morse speaker. Tuesday, January 30—St. Olaf choir. Friday, February 2 — Delta Upsilon bouse danep; University house; and Sigma Alpha Fpsilon. Saturday, February 3—Military ball. Monday, February 5—Midterm grades due. Tuesday, February G Hal Young and George Hopkins, joint recital. OAFi Dinner Danre Friday, February 9—Alpha Omicron Pi dinner-dance at Ei.gene hotel; Beaux Arts ball; Christian Science lecture; Sigma Phi Epsilon house formal; Canard club dance; Kirkwood co-op house dance; "Night Must Fall.” Saturday, February 10—Highland house formal; Kappa Kappa Gamma; Gamma Phi Beta formal; Beta Theta Pi house dance; Sigma Alpha Mu formal; Delta Delta Delta house dance; interdorm dance: “Night Must Fall." Sunday, February 11—All co-op tea. Oregon vs. WSO Monday, February 12 Basketball, Oregon vs. Washington State college; Phi Delta Kappa meeting. Tuesday, February 13 -Basketball game, Oregon vs. Washington State college; “Night Must Fall." Wednesday, February 14— Heart-hop dance given by YWCA; University of Oregon Symphony orchestra. Friday, February 16—Pi Beta Phi house dance; Alpha Delta Pi house dance; Theta Clii house dance; Alpha Chi Omega house dance; Kappa Alpha Theta house dance; Hilyard house dance; Eugene high school convention. Ducks vs. “Aggies” Saturday, February 17—Basketball game, Oregon vs. Oregon State; Whiskerino. Sunday, February 18—Orides tea. Tuesday, February 20—Dean Charles Gilkey, University of Chi* cago assembly, Eugene Gleemen assembly. Friday, February 23—International Relations Conference; Phi Gamma Delta formal; Pi Kappa Alpha formal; Susan Campbell dance; Alpha Tau Omega formal; Phi Sigma Kappa formal; Chi Omega formal. • Senior Ball Saturday, February 24—Senior ball; International Relations con* ference; Kwama breakfast dance, Tri Delt house. Monday, February 2G—Phi Delta Kappa assembly with Dr. Dex« ter Keezer. Friday, March 1—Closed. Saturday, March 2—Kappa Sigma formal; Alpha Xi Delta house dance; Sigma Chi house dance. Monday. March 4— Martha Graham, modern dancer. March 11-15—Examinations; Phi Kappa Delta with Herbert Marks, chief legal counsel for Bonneville. Saturday, March 16—Vacation. Dads Will Hear of This (Courtesy ot the Oregonian) This committee, in charge of Dad’s Weekend, January 26, 27, 28, hears ideas from W. B. Gard, presi dent of the Lane County Dads. Standing are, left to right, Betty Jane Biggs, Yuba City, California; Eliza beth Steed, Salem; Norman Foster, Hollywood, California, and Eleanor Sederstrom, Salem. Seated on the left is W7. B. Gard, with John Cavanagh, Oregon City. Junior Class Postpones Nominations Members to Choose Vice-President Tuesday Evening That old story of the “Ship Without a Captain” took on strong semblance of the “captain without a ship” last night when junior class members staged their first meeting of the winter, 1940, term in Villard assembly hall. President Jim Pickett, reinstat ed to the “pilot’s” post last week, was president as head man for the assembly, but only 25 students re membered to show up at the ap pointed time. Election Postponed Main business of the evening which was scheduled to include election of a vice-president for this year, was postponed until 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday when it is hoped a larger number will be pres ent. At that time members will discuss plans for a class project. Last night’s work centered on general preparations for junior weekend and possible term activi ties. Pickett appointed a commit tee composed of Pat Keller, John Cavanagh, Bill E h r m a n, and Marge McLain to draw up a list of suggested term projects. N’o Class Cards to Nominate Pickett asked that all students try to attend the coming meeting and stated that members do not need class cards to attend or take part in discussion of disputed ques tions. They may nominate and are only denied the right to vote or hold active office. Lloyd Sullivan, junior weekend chairman, will discuss plans for the annual spring event and is ex pected to announce committees who will work on the project, stated. Desmond to Speak In Guild Hall Robert W. Desmond will speak at 11 Thursday in the Guild theater room of Johnson hall instead of in Chapman hall as previously announced. Propeller Clubbers To Elect Members Voting on new members, the out lining of the year’s program, and the sponsoring of Robert Norton, prominent economic speaker, will be the main business discussed at the meeting of the Propeller club Wednesday evening at 7:15 in room 105 Commerce. Robert Norton, associate editor of China Today, will speak on “China and the Present Situation There,” Thursday evening at 7:30 in the faculty room of Friendly hall. Friday noon Mr. Norton will speak to the Eugene chamber of commerce. “Everyone is invited, and I think all students who attend Mr. Nor ton’s lecture will learn a lot,” As sistant Professor A. G. Dudley, ad viser of the club, declared. Mike Moran, president of the club, urged all members to be present. YM Council Report Says Differences Must Not Interfere Petty denominational differences should never interfere with the task at hand, said the report brought back from the Student Christian Council held in Toronto, Canada, during the latter part of December by Milton Small, local delegate to the convention. Small, the newly-elected presi dent of the YMCA, is giving a series of reports before the council about his recent trip. He stated that three of the larger Protestant churches of Canada have united into a greater church.' Prizes to Be Given for Best Letter to Dad Three Loving Cups Will Go to Houses Registering Most To the “alibi Ikes" who can pen a note to his pop, explaining why he got such a low GPA last term and lure him down for Dads’ weekend, January 26, 27, and 28 to see the reason why, will go one of the four prizes offered in the 13th annual letter writing contest. Three silver loving trophies will also go to the living organizations who can register the highest num ber of Dads. The O. L. Laurgaard cup will be given to the house with the largest number of Dads present, • the A. W. Norblad cup, to the or ganization having the highest pro portion of Dads in attendance, and Paul T. Shaw, to second high. Awards From Business Men Down-town firms have signified their willingness to enter into the (letter-writing contest by donating the prizes. Hart Larson’s and Paul D. Green will give a merchandise order to the two best boy’s letters and Kaufman's and Lerner's will furnish the awards to the two win ning girl’s writings. Friday at 4 o’clock will be the deadline, and all letters must be turned in to the educational activ ities office by then. All letters must be written on the official Dads’ Day stationery j and must not exceed a page in length. Judges of the contest will be: J. H. Gilbert, dean of the college of social science; J. D. Barnett, head of the political science de I partment ;and E. D. Kittoe, in ' structor in English. Wanna Get out Of a Date? Get In Infirmary — Once upon a time a certain clergyman, Pope Gregory by name, thought Roman Julius Cae sar’s calendar was rather “sca rew-y.” He, therefore, summoned his “brain-trust” in a special ses sion, had it slice a notch in, then graft an "Extra - Day - Every - Four-Years” plan onto Julius’ date page. Hence we have leap year. 1940 is one of those four years, so tradition has it that boys can be particular on the grab-your partner situation this year. Ac cordingly, some fellow who got rooked into a non-amiable date approached the Emerald's in firmary-beat reporter with the following: “Say, Johnny, look (and he ex plained the ‘dire’ situation) . . . so how’s about putting my name on the infirmary list. ... I wan'na make a graceful exit . . . etc.” The reporter apologized as best he could. It couldn’t be done. The following were in the University’s health service on January 16: Bill Barlow, George Bujan, Scott Corbett, Bernie King, Paulina Ewan, Virgene Wade, Jean Schurman, Dorothy Greer, Neva Barber, Miss Lou Vogel, Truman Carter, Robert Neh berg, Jack Stinsman, Wayne Boyd, Alan Torbet, and George McPherson. Soph Societies Raising Cash For Relief Fund Tag Day' Today, Chinese Students To Get Benefits With a goal of $300 named for the University of Oregon, white garbed Kwama and Skull and Dag ger members this morning will of ficially set out on their campus campaign to raise money for Dr. T. Z. Koo’s fund for relief of col leges and universities in warring China. Although several of the small lapel cards which are given con tributors to the Chinese fund were put in circulation yesterday, the actual “tag day” attempt to get $300 in relief funds from the cam pus starts at 8 o'clock today. Booths Set Up In front of the College Side, the University Co-op, and the library, members of the sophomore honor aries will have booths where the tags will be available. "The tags will merely be out ward signs of some contribution,” Chairman Janet Morris said last night, "and will not have a definite sales price — just whatever the giver wishes to donate." “A few cents that might be spent (Please turn to page two) House Displays for Dads’ Day Vetoed in Campus Poll by Service Groups Final Results of Sign Election Reported To Weekend Committee by Cavanagh, Chairman; Other Plans to Be Forthcoming Resulting in a loud "no” to the idea of having house displays for Dad's Day, January 2G, 27, and 28, campus living organizations were polled yesterday noon. The voting was conducted by members of Kwama and Skull and Dagger. An impressive majority of the local student body is definitely against constructing signs for occasions of Dad's Day nature, according to the report of Helen Angell and Jack Lansing, heads of Kwanra and Skull and Dagger respective ly Committee Makes Plans The results of the poll were presented to the Dads’ Day com mittee yesterday afternoon by Chairman John Cavanagh. Bowing to campus opinion, the committee decided to let the matter drop and set about making plans for some other means of decorating the Uni versity for the festivities of Dads’ weekend. It was decided that the city park department should put up appro priate banners welcoming campus bound dads and that colorful pos ters would comprise the rest of University decorations celebrating the 13th annual Dads' Day this year. Too Much Work Chief objections to the house display proposal were that such displays were far too expensive, and that they required a great deal of both manual and mental labor to construct. Would-be student leaders sur veyed the results of the house dis play question with some apprehen sion and concern. The feeling is prevalent among the leaders that the ‘‘no signs” opinion may carry over and effect such campus activ-1 ities as Junior Weekend and next [ year’s Homecoming fete. YW-YMCA Members Plan for Co-op During Convention Plans were made for a proposed Seabeck co-op for members of the YW and YMCA who intend to at tend the annual convention for Christian youth at Seabeck, Wash ington, by a committee composed of Henry Carr, chairman of the committee for conferences and re treats for the YMCA; Virginia James from the YWCA; Paul Sut ley, executive secretary of the YM., and Professor John Casteel. The Seabeck co-op will meet regularly to discuss aspects of the convention in order that they might derive more benefits. One of the important activities of the group will be to raise funs through special events to contribute for the summer session. A membership fee for $1 has been set for pros pective customers. The convention is composed of delegates from the YMCA, YWCA, and church organizations from Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The meetings are held from June 8 to 16. Army Enlists Twenty Girls As Privates , Colonel 'Reviews' Begin Saturday At Formal Dance By BETTY JANE BIGGS Twenty girls have enlisted in the army. The “rookesses” will be given tests in personality, attractiveness, and charm by the student body to see which will rise from the ranks to higher posts. Results will be announced at the Scabbard and Blade military ball February 3. Several positions ’are open on the staff, according to Mike Mo ran, propaganda minister. At the ball the girl who passes the ex amination with the highest votes will receive the commission of Lit tle Colonel. Hqr staff, consisting of two majors and two captains, will be chosen from the grades given to other girls by the student body. Dick Sears and Dob Jolly, in charge of the new “troop,” have planned many "reviews” for their command. They will be seen first on parade at the student novelty program for Dads' day, January 27. The rooks will report for their first examination, photography for the Emerald later this week, ac cording to Harry Milne, captain of the local military honorary. The twenty buck privates cho sen from their home camps are: Eadie Yturri, Alpha Chi Omega; Lois Welborn, Alpha Delta Pi; Lois Ann Soule. Alpha Gamma Delta; Donna Ketchum, Alpha Omicron Pi; Eleanor Sederstrom, Alpha Phi; Jeannine Withers, Al pha Xi Delta; Jeanne Mills, Chi Omega; Bette Norwood, Delta Del ta Delta; Blanche McClellan, Del ta Gamma; Jean Burt, Gamma Phi Beta; Betty Anderson, Pi Beta Phi: Mary Jane Shaw, Kappa Kap pa Gamma; Peggy Parker, Zeta Tau Alpha; Evalyn Kirchhofer, University house; Aida Brun, Hil yard house; Rebecca Anderson, Orides; Carol Cook, Hendricks; Mary Peck, Hi-land house: Joan Hoke, Kappa Alpha Theta; Fay Evans, Susan Campbell; and Alice Hoffman, Sigma Kappa,