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BUD JERMAIN, Editor
Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor
GEORGE LUOMA, Manager
Jim Frost, Advertising Manager
Helen Angell, News Editor
George Pasero, Co-sports Editor
Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor
UPPER NEWS STAFF
Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor
Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor
Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor
Ralph Woodall, Cartoonist
Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor
Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor
Jean Crites, Tuesday Mgr.
Fred May, Wednesday Mgr.
Majeanne Glover, Thursday Mgr.
Hetty Mae Lind, Jay Scott, Friday Mgrs.
UPPER BUSINESS STAFF
Bob Rogers, Saturday Mgr.
Mary Ellen Smith, Nat. Adv. Mgr.
Lynn Johnson, Merchandising Mgr.
Rhea Anderson, Special Acct’s. Mgr.
Doug: Parker, Classified Dept. Mgr.
Kathleen Brady, Promotion
Ted Kenyon, Photography
Bill Ralston, Layouts
A 'Triangle Show’ For Oregon
JJ'OR a strictly home-grown job the some
what underlabeled “Varieties” of last
Friday night showed up well enough to com
pare favorably in much faster company.
The thing was alive. It fairly bubbled over
with healthy, lusty force.
Beyond the appearance or reception of the
show lie some satisfying implications. In the
first place, there is more potential talent (an
other mislabel—talent) around here than any
one suspected, and it is good stuff, too. of
high quality. Promoter Verdi Sederstrom had
a wealth of material he could not use at all
simply for lack of time.
In a school the size of this University such
a showing is distinctly an indication of ability.
The fact that it was staged without the ar
tistic direction which has up to now been
thought indispensable is a further strength. It
may have been this factor which brought the
spontaneity which caught on.
# * *
'JpiIERE were some rough spots, it is true,
but these only provided a “don’t” list
for next time. Not in this category are such
healthy student expression as the animated
discussion as to the why of the grass moving,
nor the famous “no country club” takeoff,
for these are merely manifestations of the
spirit which is necessary to any group con
sciousness. Sometimes such slaps help to
relieve tension.
The latent, potential power uncovered by
the Varieties represents a comparatively un
developed force which should be taken out of
such an uncertain position. This year the
Varieties came under the heading of ASL'O
“bonus attraction,” something to enhance the
value of student body membership. With next
year's student body membership in such un
predictable shape, there is a question as to
whether there will ever be another such show.
Nobody knows, and that is all there is to it.
* # *
JF there is going to be so much talent around
around underfoot, and if interest is going
to maintain or surpass its present high pitch,
the lesson learned from the Varieties ought
to be put in the book for regular use. The field
approached by the Varieties is practically un
touched here, and is therefore wide open.
At Princeton each year the Triangle shows
are good enough to stand national inspection,
and the original music makes its way to the
top in popular national pastes. The Triangle
show is an annual affair at Princeton.
At Oregon it appears that some such idea
ought to be taking form by now. Friday’s
show, of course, might have been a cross with
satirical Gridiron club tactics, but i|l had
w'hat it takes.
# # #
rjpiIE materials are at hand, and further
more here is a place for student partici
pation — something all their own. Only a
minority can be induced to turn out for a
concert, which is after all an impersonal af
fair. but an Oregon Triangle annual show, not
necessarily undertaken for tremendous profit,
might provide a far better student balance
than now exists.
The how of it, as to details, is not so easy,
but someone ought to start looking for the
answer.
The
BAND
BOX
By BILL MOXLEY
And They lleally Sing It
Crazy song titles may come
and go, but Ozzie Nelson seems
to have composed a new dittie
that tops them all. His "I’m
Looking for an Alto Man Who
Plays the Baritone and Doubles
on the Clarinet and Wears a Size
37 Suit" is a killer diller. Yes, it
is a real tune and has a clever
melody, and bandleader Nelson
says it should sell well among
other musicians because it de
scribes a predicament with which
most band leaders are very fa
miliar.
She Loves to Give It Away
Harry Owen’s “Princess Poo
Poo-ly has Plenty Pa-pa-ya” is
one of the few tunes being
plugged by a music house without
the aid of the major radio net
works. It seems that both NBC
and CBS have barred the song,
supposedly for suggestive lyrics.
It’s a swell tune anyway.
Teaching Swing in High School
A New Jersey high school is
giving a regular academic course
in hot swing music. Yes, the Rye
high school in Rye, N. J., has a
16-piece swing band which is the
pride and joy of every teacher
and every student in the school.
Before a student can become a
member of the band he must take
an extensive training course in
hot jive which is sponsored by the
school and for which credit is
given just as in any other sub
ject. Liberal education is right!
A recent article in the musi
cians’ trade mag, Down Beat, says
that negro music is gradually
pushing out white musicians in
the modem music era. Black mu
sic is richer, looser, and more col
orful. The article goes on to say
that all the white bands that are
successfid as swing organiza
tions get that way only by imitat
ing the leading negro swing
bands. Whether all this may or
may not be true, it at least
throws an interesting light on the
Harlem Hop and Gene Coy's band
which is scheduled for a showing
next Saturday night. It has been
a long time since a large negro
band has played for a campus
dance. If Coy is good . . . we may
hear some of that "richer and
more colorful" negro music.
Didn’t Hurt the Hoss
Song inspirations come in fun
ny ways. . . . Carmen Lombardo,
whose singing voice makes jitter
bugs scream in agony, recently
fell off his horse and cracked his
skull on the hard hard ground.
The nasty fall necessitated ten
stitches in his scalp. When he re
turned to the stand at the Coco
nut Grove a couple of nights later,
Carmen introduced his latest
tune. He calls it "What Hit Me?’’
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SPORTS STAFF
Nancy Lewis Bob Flavelle
Bernard Engel Austin Chaney
Don Gibons Mary Belcher
Marge Dibble Ray Foster
Nancy Wilson Len Baliff
Jeon Spearow Milton Levy
Kathleen Brady Lee Flatberg
Bob Robertson
BUSINESS PROMOTION.
Circulation : Janet Reig
Nat. Advertising: Emerson Page
Special Accounts: Alvera Maeder
Office: Emily Tyree
Ale Gray
Kent Stitzer
Layouts : Ron Alpaugh
Milton Levy
Wednesday Advertising Staff:
Fred May, Wed. Adv. Mgr.
Anita Backberg
Bob Corby
Bob Lovell
Fred Welty
Copy Desk Staff:
Wes Sullivan, Copy Editor
Mary Ann Campbell, Assistant
Elsie Brownell
Ray Foster
Helen Moore
Betty Jane Biggs
Ted Harmon
Night Staff:
Leland Flatberg, Night Editor
Jim Banks
Mary Ann Campbell
Ted Kenyon
Dr. Carl Huffaker, professor
of education, left yesterday morn
ing to make a survey of the Os
wego high school. Dr. Huffaker
planned to return last night.
Once Over
Lightly
By PAT TAYLOR and
SALLY MITCHELL
Eyes that have IT: Gamma Phi
Ann Howard’s.
all of james 1. c. ford’s journal
ism students call him "lower
case" because his initials, 1. c.,
are journalism for same—like
this paragraph, see ?
Everybody round 'bouts has
been tearing bis hair over that
darn Send More Money problem—
like to drive you nuts. Goes like
so: SEND
MORE
MONEY
Each letter represents a num
ber.
(Only one number for the same
letter—like each E stands for the
same number.) And you figure
what numbers the letters stand
for. A simple (?) problem in ad
dition. Try this in your eight
o’clock.
* * *
Mary Louise Harvey, Alpha
Delta Pi is now the wearer of
Jack Burton’s Delt pin—congrat
ulations, Mary Lois. The Kappa
Sigs are a bunch of wool gath
erers, at least they have been of
late. They have two baby lambs
that some of the members got
while out reconnoitering t’other
eve. Don’t be stew hard on them,
boys.
While breaking trail through
the cigarette butts in front of
the law school the other morning,
we ran into Virginia Tooze, who
believes in do^ng things right,
she has a cold and hay fever all
at the same time. Gesundheit!
Our idea of a good all-around
Joe: Gurley—Didn’t know we
had any drug addicts at the U;
true, tho, for Friday’s Emerald
said, "Aim to Please Motto
Adopted by Hop Heads.” Oh ?—
Hear tell that Benny Goodman
may hit the campus some time
in May. Even if he doesn’t get
here, it'will be the closest this
campus has been to a big name
band for a long time. Why, it’d
be the biggest thing since the
war.—Never, never, let Ann Bos
singer get ahold of you with a
pair of scissors in her hand.
Never. We know.
Crack of the week: Bette Nor
wood’s gum.
Plantings: Jack McCliment-—
-—couldn't wait to plant his own
pin on Carolyn Clevenger. OSC
Kappa, so he used one of the
brothers—Jary Glover, Hendricks
halier, has an OSC Phi Sig pin.
—Other lads who trek Corvallis
way are Phil Lowry and Eugene
McGee, Theta Chi guys.
Transplantings: Alice “Luke”
Lucas, Gamma Phi, is no longer
wearing AI Gray’s Sigma Nu pin
-—and Doris Murphy, Sigma Kap
pa, likewise with Alan Kahn’s Pi
Kap pin.
Morris to Attend
League Meeting
Victor P. Morris, dean of the
school of administration, will
participate in the meeting of the
Portland branch of the League
of Nations Thursday evening.
The Portland group is known as
Foreign Policy forum and is a
regular part of the League of
Nations.
On Friday and Saturday, Dr.
Morris will attend the sessions
of the Senior Chamber of Com
merce conference to be held at
Dorchester house, Ocean Lake,
Oregon. ' « - * * , , <
Girl Will Reside
In Men's Hall
At Colorado U
By PAT ERICKSOX
Chili today and hot tamale.
-—swiped.
* * *
Oh . . .
Kayo had a little Lam, and the
first girl under 21 to .be a resi
dent of the men’s residence halls
at the University of Colorado will
move in some time in the next
few weeks.
The baby is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William “Kayo”
Lam, assistant to the dean of
men and proctor in Baker hall.
* * *
Cash Prizes, Too!
The junior class at the Uni
versity of Hawaii is thinking of
starting "Information Please”
program with the board of ex
perts composed of faculty mem
bers. The class will pay $1 for
questions that stump the experts.
* * *
All for Education
Some 450 Stephens college
girls, on their annual education
al tour and en route to Mexico
City, stopped off at Louisiana
State university recently, and
raised havoc.
All the LSU coeds could do,
they found, was to stand back
and let the visitors take over,
and take over they did with a
parade, dinner, and dance in their
honor.
A Choir, Too
Erlendsen says No; Hedy La
marr weeps!
The San Jose State a capella
choir was startled to hear this
announcement in a newsboy’s
raucous cry April 1 in Los An
geles. Peacefully and quietly eat
ing dinner with their director,
William Erlendsen, they were
further amazed to see this en
lightening statement repeated in
a newspaper headline.
Explanation: The choir was
giving Erlendsen an April Fool’s
dinner.
* * *
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum
And said, “All right, so I ain’t
neat!’’
—Borrowed.
Bob Elliott Tosses
Hat in Political
Ring in Portland
Bob Elliott, senior in econom
ics, has thrown his hat into the
political ring in Portland, ac
cording to the Oregon Journal of
April 6.
His candidacy is for the posi
tion as delegate-at-large to the
Republican national convention in
Philadelphia. His choice for the
presidential nomination, if elect
ed, will be Thomas A. Dewey, he
stated.
University yell leader fall term
this year, Bob has been active
politically in both Multnomah
and Lane counties, having served
as organizing chairman for the
Multnomah Young Republican
club and also as a precinct com
mitteeman there.
Survey Will Find
Faculty Expenses
■
A survey is being prepared for
University faculty and adminis
tration members to determine
the average yearly income and ex
penditures.
Four main questions in the sur
vey concern the rank of the
member, his place of residence,
average yearly income from the
University and from other places,
anti average expenditures, i