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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1941)
Activities Film Series to Begin Today _— --—— Movie Program To Show 'Oldies' Activities Board Sponsors Re-run Of Earliest Films Sarah Bernhardt, one of the im mortals of the theatre, will be among the actresses featured in re runs of famous old films to be shown University students at 3 and 4:30 this afternoon and 7:30 and 9:30 this evening in 207 Chapman hall. Sponsored by the educational activities board, the program, which includes six short movies under the heading “Devel opment of Narrative,” is free to all University students upon pre sentation of activities cards. Beginning with one of the first films, “The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots,” which was pro duced in 1895, this first program proceeds to the Sarah Bernhardt picture “Queen Elizabeth,” which appeared in 1912. A different group of “oldies” will appear every week for the first six weeks of spring term and are part of the film li brary of the Museum of Modern Art from New York. Museum Collection A benevolent institution, which has as its purpose the preservation of American art forms, the Muse um of Modern Art has collected and re-photographed many of the best of the early films which they thought should be saved for pos terity. Several of these films are still used as criteria for comparing modern movies. The six movies on the program next Tuesday are: “The Execution ©f Mary Queen of Scots,” “Wash Day Troubles,” “A Trip to the Moon,” “The Great Train Rob bery,” “Faust,” and “Queen Eliza beth.” Membership Cards Non-student body members who would like to see the entire series of films may purchase a member ship card in the “U of O Film so ciety” for $1.25. This card will ad mit them to all the shows and may be secured at the activities office in McArthur court. Mem bership in the society will be lim ited to the first 100 persons to apply. Sharpshooters End Successful Season With Sixteen Wins Hanging their shooting jackets tip for the last time, the Univer sity women's rifle team also can hang up a record, for they passed through the season with only one defeat, at the hands of the Univer sity of Washington coeds. The Webfoot women's team, un der the coaching of Capt. Harvey Blythe, won 14 postal matches and two shoulder to shoulder. The Husky team was victorious in a slioulder-to-shoulder tournament. Victims of the Oregon women’s aim by postal matches were: Uni versity of Kansas, Pennsylvania State, Washington university at St. Louis, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, University of Geor gia, University of California, Uni versity of Wichita, Gettysburg col lege, Creighton university, Ripon college. Kansas State, and Univer sity of Michigan. Oregon State lassies bowed twice to Oregon coeds, once in a shoul der to shoulder and the other via the mail. The women also defeat ed the Webfoot frosh men’s team. Veteran members of the squad are: Lillian England, Maxine Wyse, Alice Giustina, Clara Lyon, Bar bara Todd, Gloria May West, Thel NEW DANCE STYLES AT THE 'U' The dance duo of Jose Limon and May O’Donnell demonstrate here some of the capers they will perform before students in McArthur court tomorrow night at 8 o’clock. Miss O’Donnell is said to be one of the most talented and beautiful dancers in the country. Her partner speaks for himself. 'Lightly Trip It as You Go' Dancers Waltz in By DOROTHEA CATHCART When the dancing team of May O’Donnell and Jose Limon ap pears at McArthur court tomorrow it will be of special significance to Miss Gertrude Shurr, graduate student in the physical education de partment. For May O’Donnell and Miss Shurr have both been mem bers of Martha Graham’s concert company in New York. They left to open a dance school together in San Francisco. Miss Shurr, small, quick-moving, and fast-talking, fairly radiates enthusiasm when discussing any aspect of dancing. “My hobby is dancing, dancing, and more danc ing,’’ she states. Backgrounds The most interesting fact about O’Donnell and Limon is the differ ence in dance and family back ground Miss O’Donnell was with Miss Graham’s group, while Limon was in the concert group of Do ris Humphry and Charles Weid man. “Each was the featured danc er of his group,” Miss Shurr said. “It’s the third generation pop ping out,” Miss Shurr exclaimed. “For Miss Graham, Miss Humphry, and Mr. Weidman all studied and danced with Ruth St Denis.” Miss O’Donnell comes from a pioneer family, her grandparents came from Tennessee to Califor nia in covered wagons. Limon was born of an aristocratic Mexican family, but has lived in the United States since the age of seven, Miss Shurr explained, adding, “He is as dark as she is fair.” Met at Mills Although they knew each other in New York, their first appear ance together was at Mills college in California last year. Miss O’Don nell gave her solo concert at Mills. Later she joined Limon as his guest artist at his program there. “Miss O’Donnell and I, later joined by Mr. Limon, started the school on the west coast for one reason. We believe that here is a place to build a school of dance and concert composed of typical boys and girls of pioneer stock, whose racial heritage is much dif ferent from New York boys and girte,” Miss Shurr declared. ma Bouchet, and Lorene Hopkins. Newcomers are: Mary Kay Rior dan, Jean Mihalcik, Jean Cassidy, Helen Moore, Betty Perry, Doro thy Gullette, Marie Rawson. A quarter of a million record sheets are required to record the grades of all students who have ever attended the University of Minnesota. NOVEL TEMPUS ... Alec Templeton To Give Concert On Artist Series Noted Blind Pianist Will Appear Here Tuesday, April 15 Climaxing this year’s Greater Artists series, Alec Templeton, brilliant blind piano virtuoso, will play for University students and townspeople Tuesday, April 15. All students will be admitted to the concert on their activities cards. The performance, which will take place in McArthur court, is sponsored by the educational ac tivities board and will bring Tem pleton to Eugene for his first per formance in Oregon outside of Portland. Still in his 20’s, Templeton has been interested in music from the time he was two years old—in fact he gave his first composition be fore his parents at the early age of four. His formal musical educa tion was postponed until he was five when the first lessons were commenced. Although he has been blind since birth, Alec Templeton has accomp lished more in his chosen field than many of his contemporaries who have had no handicaps. It has been said of him, “With sight he would be a marvel; blind he is a genius.” Since he was born in Great Britain, most of the famous pian Kleig Klips Prominent on the list of Holly wood's from rags to riches stories is one Vaughn Paul who, incident ally, will marry Deanna Durbin for better or for purse this June. A year ago Vaughn Paul was an office boy at Universal studios get ting in the neighborhood of $30 a , week. Now he is an associate pro ducer at the same studio and re ceives about $500 a week. His rise to fame came about because lie had found time in his office boy work to have Deanna Durbin fall in love with him. So when it came time for Deanna to sign her new c ontract, Deanna included in said contract a provision that Vaughn Paul was to be made an associate producer—or else! Carolyn Chapman, the local The ta who turned down a screen con tract in favor of a college educa tion, is now receiving fan mail. It was such an oddity for someone to throw away a crack at fame and fortune just to come to col lege, that Carolyn’s story and pic ture has been published in news papers all over the country. Sub sequently, the fan mail has offered everything from pen pals to mar rage. ist’s education was administered on the British Isles. He attended Worchester college in England and was graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a degree of Licenciate of the Royal Acad emy of Music (A.R.C.M.) MILK puts SPRING into YOUR BODY Demand rich Medo-Land milk at every meal and feel your health and stamina improve! Order a Medo-Land “cocktail” at your favorite lunch counter today. You can buy it plain or with chocolate for only 5c. Medo-Land Creamery Phone 393 675 Charnelton