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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1941)
T Music School Plans Monday Benefit Concert British Numbers To Be Included In 'Aid' Program In keeping with the spirit of Americans, proud of their British stock, who wish to bring help to Britain, the benefit concert Mon day night at 8:15 in the Univer sity music auditorium will include a number of British songs. Entire proceeds from the sale of tickets for the concert—which will co-feature Jane Thacher, well-known pianist, and Melvin H. Geist, tenor from Salem—\yill be sent to London for war relief by the Eugene branch of Bundles for Britain. Sponsoring the concert, mak ing arrangements and handling ticket sales, are active and pa troness groups of Mu Phi Epsilon, honor society for upperclass wo men in music, and Phi Beta, wo men’s music and drama honorary, the University of Oregon music school, and Bundles for Britain. After the concert a reception tvill be given in the music school lounge to honor Mrs. Thacher, Mr. Geist, James McDonald, British consul at Portland, and Mrs. McDonald. Program for the concert fol lows : I. Mozart, “Romance” from “Serenade for Strings,” arranged for piano by Ignatz Friedman; Mozart, Ten Variations on “As the Simple People Think” from Gluck’s opera, “Pilgrim from Mecca”; Chopin, “Nocturne in G Major” and “Etude in C Major” — Mrs. Thacher. II. Vaughn Williams, “Silent Noon”; Warlock, “Yarmouth Fair”; Handel, “Ah Spietato”; Charles Griffes, "The Lament of Ian the Proud”—Mr. Geist. . HI. Debussy, “Pagodes”; Granados, “El Fandango de Can dil”; Scriabine, "Sonata in F Sharp”; Chopin, “Grande Polo naise Brilliante”—Mrs. Thacher. The polonaise will feature Ralph De Coursey playing the orches tral themes at a second piano. Tickets for the concert are available from sponsor members, at the University Co-op store, or at Russell’s. Busy Girl, This (Continued from page one) In “Tovarich” Miss Fiksdal’s part in “Tovar ich” is that of the mother of two modern children and the wife of a philandering husband. (“He flirts with the maid,” she pout ed.) In “Berkeley Square” she mothered three children. She was a chorus girl in “Idiot’s Delight,” and played the lovely Bianca in “Taming of the Shrew.” "Last night after rehearsal,” she laughed, “I walked in my sleep. I climbed down from an upper bunk on the sleeping porch, went into my room, lay down, and slept there all night. I don't know why, but it must mean something.” Up in the Air “Tovarich” is the last Univer sity play in which Miss Fiksdal will appear this season. But she still has plenty to occupy her time, for she now has her pri vate license and can take her earthbound friends up for a spin. “I spend most of my time at the airport just to see what’s going on,” she admitted. ' I’d like to work on a news paper after graduation,” she dis closed, “and maybe do a little theater work on the side. Of course I’ll keep up on my flying, too. I may even have time to write a bit of poetry. Two PE Professors Speak Over Radio On Health Subject The physical education depart ment will present another pro gram in its radio series over KOAC Monday, April 7, at 8:45 p.m. The subject to be discussed is “Supervised Teaching in Health Education.” Guest speakers will be Ned Johns, assistant professor of physical education, and Wilfred Sutton, instructor of health and physical education at Roosevelt junior high school. A brief history of supervised teaching in Oregon will be pre sented, along with various phases of the student teacher’s work, in cluding his function in the class and his educational background. Among the occupations of working students at Wheaton college is corn detassling. Four 'Oldies' Coming Tuesday Activities Board Brings Second In Movie Series Demure Mary Pickford, sultry Theda Bara, the dare-devil and dead-pan Bill Hart will be among the old stars to appear on the screen before University students next Tuesday in the theater room of Chapman hall (207). Four "oldies” will show continuously from 3 o’clock through the even ing with a brief respite for din ner. Free to all students on their activities cards, the educational activities board-sponsored show, may be viewed by all non-stu dents and faculty members who have purchased a $1 membership card in the U of O Film society. A few cards are still available at the activities office in McArthur court. The four shov/s to be featured in the next program are "The New York Hat,” “The Fugitive,” "The Clever Dummy,” and “A Fool There Was.” Oampus Oops (Continued from page one) dunked in front of the Side at 4 o’clock.” Sophomores will speed plans for their annual dance today when theme committee members get together in the Side at 10 a.m. There will be a general committee meeting Monday at 4 p.m. in the Side. University of Florida college of agriculture stages an annual rodeo at the stadium. This year’s, April 19. JUi&i Uivx, MORE WEEK . . . and that little animal with the long pink ears will be popping out from behind corners. Bright coeds are getting their needs for the Easter Parade right now. 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