Dr. Theodore Kratt Refuses Conductor’s Position
Dean Offered
Philharmonic
Directorship
Present bcnedule
Keeps Music Head
Busy on Campus
An exceptionally full work
schedule and earlier commitments
make it impossible for Dr. Theo
dore Kratt, dean of the University
of Oregon music school, to accept
the post of conductor of the Port
land Philharmonic orchestra, it
was announced here Friday.
Dean Kratt, who came to Ore
gon in the fall of 1939 as supervis
or of music in the state system of
higher education and as dean of
the Oregon music school, studied
conducting under the celebrated
composer and director, Dr. Felix
Weingartner. In addition to being
one of the few Americans ever
granted this privilege, Dr. Kratt
has been awarded a number of de
grees, including a doctor of music
degree.
Heads Choral Union
Before coming to Oregon he was
director of music at Miami univer
sity, Oxford, Ohio, where he or
ganized and conducted the Miami
Choral Union of 600 voices, the
largest cfciral group in the coun
try. He was also director of the
60-piece Miami symphony orches
tra. In 1934 he was in charge of
music for the Chicago world's fair.
Reorganization of classes and
faculty work in the music school
liave provided a heavy load for
Dean Kratt during the past year.
One of his largest projects was
the inception of the University of
Oregon Choral Union, which today
boasts 450 student voices.
Born in Portland, Dr. Kratt is a
graduate of that city's Lincoln
high school. His parents, the Rev.
and Mrs. J. Kratt, now reside in
Portland.
To Address Teachers
The present week’s schedule
speaks well for the amount of
work which Dean Kratt has to do.
In addition to his usual chorus re
hearsals, conferences witli stu
dents and faculty, he is this week
end making four talks before
teachers gathered at Ashland’s
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation for an educational confer
ence.
In refusing the directorship of
the Portland Philharmonic, Dr.
Kratt extended his thanks to the
orchestra board for accepting him.
His work at the University of Ore
gon, however, he feels will go far
ther in developing Oregon's youth
ful musical potentialities.
Mrs. Nellie Bernhardt, sec
retary to Dean Virgil D. Earl, has
been absent from her office for
two days as a result of illness.
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KOAC to Feature
'Collegiate Quiz'
"Collegiate Quiz,” a student
radio program, will feature mem
bers of Pi Beta Phi sorority and
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at
its premiere tonight over KOAC at
7:30 o’clock.
Dorothy Durfee and Duke Young
will have charge of the production
and presentation of the campus
quiz which will feature question
games, skits and quizzes.
Prizes will be awarded the win
ning contestants who will he se
lected each week from the Univer
sity faculty members and campus
living organizations.
Joanne Riesch, Barbara Pierce,
and Grace Irwin will represent Pi
Phi and the ATO’s will include
Charles Hoagland, Jack Wagstaff,
and Jack Hay.
Rock Creek Confab
Set This Weekend
Hock Creek will be the scene of
the National Intercollegiate Chris
tian Council convention this week
end. The University of Oregon will
he represented by Jean Crites, YW
president, Pat Salsbury, and Mrs.
E. E. DeCou, executive secretary
of the Y, Wayne Kelty, president
of the YMCA, and Paul Sutley,
secretary of the YM.
Pat Salsbury and Wayne Kelty
have taken over the commission of
co-chairmen of the regional coun
cil of World Student Service fund
and will be responsible for discus
sion of the movement at the meet
ing and later its work on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus. This is
a youth movement to give relief
to the children of war-torn coun
tries of Europe and Asia and to
help build universities.
"The purpose of the council
meeting," declared Mrs. DeCou, "is
to bring students of different uni
versities together in a general dis
cussion of world problems and to
afford them an opportunity to in
struct as well as to learn."
Universities from Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, and Montana will be
represented at the meet. Among
the many and varied subjects that
will be discussed at the council
confab will be plans for another
meeting at Seabeck later in the
year.
Housemothers Meet
All Eugene dormitory, sorority,
and cooperative housemothers and
head residents will be hosts to the
Corvallis housemothers Monday,
October 21.
Or. Kate W. Jameson, dean of
women at OSC, will speak to the
group.
Nine persons from eight states
have recently received scholarships
from Medill school of journalism,
Northwestern university.
Next l ime Try . . .
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TO UNIVERSITY—VIA OXFORD
Professor Franklin Walker, newest addition to the Rnglish depart
ment, who comes from San Diego State college. Professor Walker is a
graduate of Oxford university and possessor of a Rhodes scholarship.
Walker Named
To English Staff
Western American
Literature Forte
Of Rhodes Scholar
The English department has
added Professor Franklin Walker
to its staff. Ur. Walker comes from
San Diego State college after 14
years of teaching experience. Last
year he received the gold medal
awarded by the Commonwealth
club of California.
Professor Walker is teaching a
course of sophomore survey of lit
erature, English composition, a
course in the American novel. He
specializes in American literature
of the West. Walker attended
school in Arizona, later receiving a
Rhodes scholarship to Oxford,
where he received his bachelor of
arts degree in 1923.
Upon returning from Oxford he
received his Ph.D. at the Univer
sity of California. After that he
taught at San Diego State, and
summer sessions at the University
of California.
Dr. Walker has written two
books of importance, one being
“Frank Norris Biography,” written
in 1923, and the other “San Fran
cisco’s Literary Frontier.” For this
book he received the gold medal
of the Commonwealth club of Cal
ifornia for the outstanding non
fiction work of the year.
When Dr. Walker was asked his
impression of Oregon, he stated,
“My first impression was the
greenness of the campus. I also
like the informality of, the stu
dents and am surprised at the num
ber of dogs that attend my class
es.”
Building Continues
Plans have been made at West
minster house to work on the out
side fireplace Saturday morning.
Boys and girls wishing to help will
be welcomed, Mrs. Bryan said.
Oregana Sales Drive
(Continued from page one)
Blumenthal, Byron Van Meter,
Jean Routt, and Joanne Goodrum.
Wilbur Bishop, editor of the
yearbook, announced that lie would
begin work on honoraries and
clubs the first of the week. Mem
bers of living organizations are
now sitting for pictures.
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Committee to Allow
Late Registration
Of 'Good' Students
The academic requirements com
mittee of the faculty is allowing
students whose cases are consid
ered "exceptionally meritorious” to
register this week. Change cards
must be on file in the registrar's
office by noon Saturday, Octo
ber 19.
A penalty of five dollars is
charged all who register late. This
is returned only upon approval of
a petition to the business office
giving a satisfactory excuse for the
delay. Verification of the excuse
must come in writing from some
responsible person.
Professors Make
Program Changes
Approximately 100 students have
been recommended for changes
within the English department, ac
cording to Frank Black, assistant
professor of English. Fifty stu
dents now in English 111 will be
promoted to the advanced section;
about 35 now in English 111 will
be changed to English K. These
changes are being made for the
good of the students after the first
three weeks of observation by the
professors of the English depart
ment, Professor Black said.
SAE, Beta, ATO
(Continued from page three)
Brown scored twice and Ralph
Dunn once for the hotelmen.
The SAM-Yeomen tilt was post
poned.
Betas (33)
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Substitutions: Betas — Moller,
Loud, Torgeson, Osborne, Wyatt,
Stark; Terriers—Girllo, Petty.
ATO (20)
Boone.
Fugit
Brown.
R. Dunn.
Oliver.
Collin.
J. Dunn.
Substitutions
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Baker
Kruger
Holcomb
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All-Campus Play
Begins Monday
Singles, Doubles
Competition Due;
Schedules Listed
All-campus intramurals are
scheduled to begin October 21, ac
cording to Paul R. VVashke, di
rector of the intramural associa
tion.
A list of names of contestants
and their opponents has been post
ed on the bulletin board in the
men's physical education building.
Participants are to contact their
opponents and arrange their own
playing time. All first round
matches must be completed by
October 21.
Defending champions of the 1939
fall term are listed below.
Tennis (singles), Lawrence Key;
tennis (doubles), Terry Mullin and
Paul Livesay; handball (singles),
Joe Amato; handball (doubles), Joe
Amato and Dick Williams; ping
pong (singles), John Sherman;
ping-pong (doubles), Shelton Fou
chek and Bob Baker; golf (sin
gles), Bob Engelke; golf (doubles),
George Pasero and Elbert Hawk
ins; bowling, Hal Adams.
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Campus Architects
Visit OSC Students
The entire landscape architec
ture department, in a three-car
caravan, drove to Corvallis last
Sunday for the house-warming
party given by the Oregon State
landscape architecture students in
their new quarters atop Kidder
hall.
While on the OSC campus, most
of the Oregon group visited the
International Art exhibit from
the world’s fair, which is being
shown at the state college this
week.
Assistant Professor W. Dorr
Legg entertained the students at
dinner and in the evening showed
colored slides of the 10,000 mile
trip he and four students took this
last summer.
This trip took the four land
scape majors and instructor
through famous states and parks
all over the United States.
Nelson Hodges and Hans Nich
olson, two of the students who
made the tour, have transferred
this year to the University and
are completing their landscape
architecture work here.
Dope Bucket
(Continued from page three)
few more tailfeathers. This time to
Southern California, 14-0.
On the same Multnomah sta
dium turf where only a week ago
Oregon’s varsity Ducks met in
glorious defeat, the Ducklings will
drive to a 3 touchdown victory
over the Rooks. Frosh 19, Rooks 0.
Idaho’s not-so-tough Vandals in
vade Chestnut Hill during the
wrong season. An easy victory for
Boston college, 33-0.
Up in Seattle, the Huskies are
due for a tumble. Oregon State 13,
Washington 7.
Santa Clara travels eastward to
find Michigan State just a little
too tough. Broncs 6, Spartans 7.
We take St. Mary’s for «a 4
touchdown win over Loyola. Final
score should be 27-0.
In the toughest game of all,
Stanford should take the Washing
ton State Cougars into camp, 12
to 7.
Ml! HOIIAl.l
Mickey Rooney and
Judy Garland in
“STRIKE UP THE BAND”
with Paul Whiteman and
Orchestra
— plus —
“NICK CARTER SKY
MURDER”
with Walter Pidgeon, Donald
Meek and Karen Vance
Two Big Features!
Brenda Jdyce, John Paine in
“Maryland”
— plus —
Virginia Bruce, Dennis
Morgan in
“Flight Angels”
with Wayne Morris, Jane
Wvnian and Ralph Bellamy
Feet Too Big?
See Iguanodon's
Yard-wide Hoof
People worried because their
feet are too big should go up
to the museum of natural his
tory and take a look at the cast
of an iguanodon footprint. An
iguanodon is a member of the
dinasaur family.
The cast weighs over 200
pounds and measures about three
feet across and two feet in depth.
The print was shipped to Eu
gene from Utah in a load of coal
and dates from the Jura-Trias
period when one of the mammoth
animals stepped in some marsh
mud and left the impression of
its immense three-toed foot for
posterity.
Library Displays
Suggest Readings
"The Good Old Days" is the
theme of the book display this
week in the main office of the li
brary.
Suggested reading under this
heading is "Forty Years a Coun
try Preacher,” by George B. Gil
bert, "Horse and Buggy Essays,”
by Charles A. Brand, and "Fron
tier Doctor," by Urling C. Cox.
Both Brand and Cox are Oregon
writers.
Frank Lockwood
Given 'Guide' Post
Frank Lockwood has been ap
pointed printing supervisor for the
forthcoming students' directory,
George Luoma, assistant manager
of educational activities, announced
yesterday. The directory, which is
published by the educational activ
ities board, will be ready for dis
tribution about the first of No
vember, Luoma said.
Duck Tracks
(Continued from payc three)
which the Beavers had the win
ning' touchdown called back on an
off-side penalty, and a struggle to
defeat a weak Illinois eleven, I say
the Ducks may surprise the foot
ball prognosticators and win. How
ever, Oregon is a hot and cold
team, showing up well only in spots;
so I must predict the more expe
rienced Trojans to eke out a vi"
tory.—I won’t bet on that game,
it has great possibilities of being
an upset.
Atherton a Fan
Edwin N. Atherton, the former
“G-man” of 13 years ago who now
is engaged in keeping the bad
smell out of Pacific Coast confer
ence athletic activities, finds his
job a pleasant one by the time Sat
urday rolls around each week of
the football season. It is one of his
duties to select the officials for
each conference clash and in his
official capacity must go to the
games and watch the officials at
work. Being a great football fan,
Atherton finds the Saturday
“chore" no grind and looks for
ward to the weekends. He will
probably be a spectator at the
Husky-Oregon State game in Seat
tle tomorrow. He is nearing the
completion of his check-up of ath
letes here at the University of
Oregon and will visit Oregon State
next.
Predictions
Stanford 13, YVSC 0.
ITSC 7, Oregon 6.
OSC 14, Washington 7.
UCLA 13, California 0.
Michigan State 20, Santa
Clara 7.
St. Mary’s 26, Loyola 0.
Montana 19, Montana State 0.
Boston College 40, Idaho 0.
Gonzaga 13, Portland 7.
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Don’t Miss These!
BORIS KARLOFF
“Before I Hang”
— plus —
‘Wagons Westward’
with Chester Morris
An Explosion of
Americanism!
“The Ramparts
We Watch”
Produced by
The March of Time
Faculty Members
Speak at Ashland
Dr. Hugh B. Wood, professoV of
educatioun, and Theodore Kraft,
dean of the school of music, will
be two of the main speakers at the
southern Oregon regional confer
ence at Ashland October 17 and
18. Both members of the Univer
sity of Oregon and authorities in
their fields, they will speak before
three of the sectional meetings.
New YW Officers
Installed Yesterday
Carol Hobart and Mary Louise
Vincent were elected secretary of
the YW Frosh commission and
treasurer of the YW Sophomore
commission, respectively, accord
ing to YWCA officials. The an
nouncement came at the comple
tion of the count of re-votes cast
on the tie which existed in both
offices after a previous election.
The newly elected officers of the
Frosh and Sophomore commissions
were officially installed into office
at the YW bungalow yesterday.
The freshman heads are Elizabeth
Edmunds, president; Dorothy
Clear, vice-president; Carol Ho
bart, secretary, and Barbara Cros
land, treasurer.
Sophomore officers are Elizabeth
Daggett, president; Eleanor Eng
dahl, vice-president; Abbie Jane
White, secretary, and Mary Louise
Vincent, treasurer.
Bandaged Ducks
(Continued from page three)
Roblin, to say nothing of Duke
Iverson and Don Mabee, fleet-foot
ed backs in any man’s league. In
and-out Roblin flashed spasmodi
cally in the Stanford game, while
Iverson, with a pair of sideways
through-the-door shoulders, really
swings ’em around when he slams
on jarring blocks.
On the line, Guard Ray Segale,
who played magnificent defensive
ball in the Washington game,
should account for two, three, or
more bruises on Bob Peoples
should the Trojan fullback elect to
bump into the center of the Web
foot forward wall.
Sigurd Nilssen
Sets Program
New Music Faculty
Member Scheduled
For Concert Soon
Sigurd iNUSsen, oass uariLuuc,
who recently joined the faculty of
the University of Oregon music
school as professor of voice, has
announced the program which he
will sing in concert next Monday
evening at 8:15 o’clock in the music
auditorium. The public is invited.
The recital is the first of a series
to be offered during the year by
faculty members of the school of
music. Margaret Notz Steinmetz
will accompany Mr. Nilssen at the
piano.
Opening the program w'il! be •
‘‘Good Fellows Be Merry” from
J. S. Bach’s “Peasant Cantata.”
This will be followed by three old
English songs, George Monroe’s
“My Lovely Celia,” Dr. Arne’s “The
Troubled Swain,” and Graves’
“John Peel.” Two operatic arias on
the program will be "II Lacerato
Spirato” from Verdi’s “Simon
Boccanegra,” and “Le Tambour
Major” from Thomas' “Le Caid.”
The third group will be made up
of Scandinavian and German lieder
from the works of Grieg, Sjoberg,
Brahms, Schubert, and Robert
Franz. Concluding the program
will be a number of American folk
songs, including L. Brown’s ar
rangements of the Georgia songs,
“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?”,
“Were You There?”, and “Joshua
Fit de Battle ob Jerico.” Mr.
Nilssen will also sing the Harlan
county of Kentucky song, “The
Hangman,” and “My Little Mo
hee,” which was first heard in
the mountains of North Carolina.
Have Your Car . . .
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HASTINGS
TEXACO STATION
Across from Eugene Hotel
When Freshmen
Wore Green Lids
Seymour’s was catering to the food require
ments of Oregon men and women. And as Hie
University lias changed since that time so has
Seymour’s kept abreast with the times in food
and modern equipment.
Seymour’s has now become almost a tradition
with four generations of Oregon students. We
wish every student a genuine welcome. Meet
your friends here anytime and try our famous
“Chicken in the Rough.”
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