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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1940)
Paul Robeson First In New Artist Series Registration Fee Will Cover Admission To Igloo Performances by Five Stars; Gladys Swarthout, Cossacks Scheduled For the first time in the history of the University, every student enrolled may attend without ex tra cost the performances of the five star collection of artists con tracted for McArthur court ap pearance this year—Paul Robe son, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Don Cossack chorus, Gladys Swarth out, and Alec Templeton. According to the new ruling of the state board of higher educa tion, the $2 raise in regular en trance fees each term will permit every student to attend the con cert series and also to vote in ASUO elections. Previously, a special fee covered these activ ities. Opening the series will be the presentation here November 7 of the negro baritone, Paul Robeson, well-known star of stage and screen. November 15 is the date set for the Igloo appearance of Cornelia Otis Skinner, monologist. Recent ly named as "superb in perfec tion” by the New Yorker maga zine, the star will present the one-person dramatic numbers for which she has gained renown. “The Cossacks are coming” will again be the Eugene by-word ih January, when the Don Cossack chorus visits the Oregon campus for a return performance as part of their tenth American tour. Di minutive Serge Jaroff, conductor of the chorus, and the 36 Cossack singers are all former members of the Russian Czar’s famous cavalry. Gladys Swarthout, soprano, who was described by the New York Times as “lovely to look at and heaven to hear” comes to the campus from successes in opera, concert, radio, and films. Final presentation of the Great er Artist series for this year is the performance of Alec Temple ton, blind pianist, who will play for campus and Eugene music lovers on April 15. 'Welcome Book' To Aid Freshmen Freshmen entering the Univer sity this year won’t be complete ly "in the dark” concerning their enrollment and life for the next nine months after they read the 1940-41 “Welcome Book.” Illustrated with over 100 pic tures and 76 pages in length the “A Handbook for New Students and a Uuide to Freshman Week.” The handbook gives complete in formation pertaining to "rush week” and also “freshman week” when physical, English and vari ous other examinations will be given new students. Ship Your Trunk and Baggage TO SCHOOL VIA CONSOLIDATED • Fastest Service Available • Fully Insured • Wt Pick Up and Deliver • Direct Service to Principal Points in Seventeen States We have handled OREGON students’ school baggage for over eleven years and we know the exact location of every living organization on the campus, therefore we are fully familiar with your problems. We can assure you of quick and efficient service. CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS INC. Phone You Local Agent NOW! Summer Session Enrollment Hits New High Point Increase of 112 Reported by UO Registrar A new summer session record for attendance has been set with the increase of 112 students over the number enrolled in 1939, ac cording to Clifford L. Constance, assistant registrar. The 1940 rolls show 940 students attend ing the University. The increase of 13 per cent in registered students, over 1939’s 828, is in line with the increasing attendance during both special and regular sessions of the Uni versity. Although final figures are not yet obtainable it is expected that the number enrolled in the post session will exceed last year’s to tal of 405. Student Co-ops May Expand Into National Status The formation of the Pacific Coast Student Cooperative League was the main order of business when the representa tives of cooperatives from over a dozen Pacific coast universities and colleges met on the Univer sity campus, June 11 to 15. The League plans to become a part of the national organization of cooperatives. Panel discussions on various topics such as house management, financing, member ship and administration, were held during the four-day session. Long-Awaited Bads' Gates Arrive Here nated to the University last year by the Oregon Dads, arrived on the campus early this week. The task of erecting them was imme diately begun and should be com pleted by the time students re turn for fall term, F. A. Cuth bert, associate professor of land architecture, said yesterday. The gates will be placed on Eleventh street, directly in line with the front of the library. They Huge wrought-iron gates, do are estimated to be worth about $25,000 and were built in Port land by WPA workmen under the direction of O. B. Dawson. 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