VOLUME XLII NUMBER 105
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1941
HE HAS MUSICAL FINGERS
Alec Templeton, famous English pianist, will appear before students
and Eugeneans tonight at 8 o’clock in McArthur court, when he
will play in concert. Templeton's talent is familiar to most people,
because he appears regularly on a radio network. He comes to the
University through the courtesy of the Educational Activities depart
ment's Greater Artist series.
Tunes a la Templeton
Pianist to Perform
McNeil to Play
Soviet Villain
Jim Parsons Cast
As Prince Mikail
In Play Thursday
By JOANNE NICHOLS
Most challenging character role
in the play, that of Soviet Com
missar Gorotchenko, will be
played by Packer McNeil in this
week’s performances of “Tovar
ich,” University Guild hall pro
duction opening Thursday.
The role of the cruel, domineer
ing Gorotchenko is one McNeil
has wanted to play for several
years. Prince Mikail, played by
McNeil last week, will be p’ayed
this week by Jim Parsons, the
former Gorotchenko.
Replacement
Trudy Harland will replace
Helene Parsons as the Grand
Duchess Tatiana. Other roles will
remain the same.
Thursday’s performance will be
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Alec Templeton, one of the
most talented and unique of mod
ern day musicians, will make his
first Eugene appearance on the
stage, of McArthur court this
evening. Templeton’s concert is
scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock.
In a concert free to all Uni
versity students on presentation
of activities cards, the blind gen
ius of the piano will present a
varied program, consisting of
straight renditions of the mas
ters, impressions of their works,
and some compositions which are
straight "Templeton.”
Interesting, normal in his view
points and reactions, a thorough
ly likeable individual according
to his associates and friends,
Templeton caij boast a spot on
one of the highest pinnacles of
fame in the world of entertain
ment and music.
During the past season Tem
pleton has headed his own radio
program "Alec Templeton Time,”
which is broadcast over the Na
tional Broadcasting company’s
red network regularly. He is also
a frequent guest performer on
other leading radio shows.
For Templeton’s program for
tonight, please turn to page 8.
Traditions Change
But Weekend Lives
By JOANNE NICHOLS
An interclass flag day race
started the now traditional Jun
ior weekend. The juniors raised
their c’ass flag in some secret
spot and tried to keep it flying all
day, while the sophomores tried
to discover the flag and tear it
down. Many ingenious devices
were created to guard the flag,
and a campus brawl usually de
veloped.
At this early period in Junior
weekend’s history an important
feature of the program was a
“junior exhibition" of oratory and
music. This was later discon
tinued because “no interest was
shown.”
When the flag- day fight be
came so fierce that much destruc
tion was done to the campus and
to University buildings, “Univer
sity day” was substituted. Uni
versity day had a constructive
program, and its first project was
the building of walks around
Deady hall and between Deady
and Villard.
It was the duty of campus wo
men on University day to serve
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Film Series
Will Present
'Intolerance'
Students May See
Third Trail-Blazer
On Activities Card
By MILDRED WILSON
One of the most unusual and
impressive films ever made, "In
tolerance,” directed in 1916 by
the famous W. G. Griffith, will
be shown students tomorrow af
ternoon in the theater room of
Chapman hall (207). Free of
charge to all students on their
activities cards, this is the third
program to be presented as a
part of the -“Survey of the Film
in America.”
Two years in the making, in a
time when six weeks was the
average production time for a
movie, Griffith’s “Intolerance”
marked the beginning of a new
era in the world of film.
Encompassing many centuries
to present four different stories,
all pointing to the same theme,
this film includes a modern story,
Judean story, French story and
a few scenes taken from the
Babylonian times. Lillian Gish is
featured as the Woman who
rocks the Cradle, a role which
brought her great fame and pop
ularity.
An interesting sidelight on the
early history of the film was that
Lenin arranged for “Intolerance”
to tour throughout Russia where
it ran almost continuously for
ten years.
Times for tomorrow’s program
are 2:00, 4:20, 6:45, and 9:00.
Law Junior Leads
Spring CPT Class
Jack Hannegan, junior in law,
leads the spring term “Flying
Fifty” as far as solo efforts are
concerned. Hannegan is the first
to solo, having obtained the nec
essary minimum of eight hours
dual instruction from his teacher,
Max Green, in the two weeks in
which the class has been in the
air.
Following Hannegan, who so
loed last weekend, Harold- Schlut
er, instructed by Wesley Ham
mond, took his first flight alone
Monday to be number two man in
the class.
According to the CPT office
several students are on the verge
of soloing, needing only to chalk
up a bit more time with their in
structor.
Junior Weekend 4
WThen we write of Gene Brown
We sure go to town
Those puns about “Genie,” we
certainly cuss.
Mr. Webster and I,
We violently vie
On one passage of grammar, we
raise a big fuss.
But just wait and see,
Even Brown will agree
That the singular form isn't
“Genie” but "Genius.”
—J.W.S.
Infirmary Gets
Do u ble-Dosa ge
Of Solo Stars
Don Hicks, who led the Delt
chorus to fame, glory, and first
place in the all-campus sing,
and Harold Schluter, second so
loist tin a CPT Cub coupe)
were stricken by that scourge
of the campus which recogniz
es no favorites, the measles.
Hicks was admitted soon af
ter the "sing'’ contest and
Schluter turned up at the in
firmary for a. request perform
ance immediately after his
solo, "Up Up in the Skv.” P.S.
—Boys and Easter rabbit all
doing nicely.
The chorus in the Pill Palace
Follies is made up of: Judy
Sherman, Muriel Feist, Margery
Williams, Jean Gilmore, Bette
Petterson, Agr.es Barry, Jim
McDonald, "Chub” Church, Ed
Blumenthal, Clinton Childs,
John Crawford, Les Endicott,
Pierre Barnett, Bob Evans, Earl
Beck, Philip Reiter, Don Mac
Gibbon, Wishard Brown, Hicks
and Schluter.
Consul Warns
Webfoot Grads
Architect Studies
Turkish Buildings
Around Istanbul
By KERB PENNY
Included in the American citi
zens warned to leave Istanbul,
Turkey, by the United States
consulate were Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert. Van Nice, daughter and son
in-law of Dr. George Rebec, pro
fessor emeritus of philosophy and
counsellor of the graduate divi
sion. The warning was given be
cause of the danger of an exten
sion of the war zone to include
Turkey.
Said Dr. Rebec, "I have re
ceived no w'ord from my daughter
for some time. I do not know
what their plans are as I only re
ceive an occasional cablegram of
one or two w'ords.”
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Ruler for '41
Starts Dual
Regal Roles
Annabelle to Roll
Along City Streets
In 'Land-Yacht'
At 5 o'clock this evening Ore*
gpn's 1941 Junior Weekend r.eoit
portrays the first of her dual
roles. As queen of Eugene's first
navy day celebration, Annabelle
Dow, her court of four princesses
will roll along the streets of tho
city in a parade heralding: tho
opening of Eugene's nautical fes
tivities.
Garbed in sailor attire, Queen
Annabelle and her four princesses
— Jean Burt, Helen Angell, Ear-*
bara Neu, and Barbara Todd—•
will smile from separate yachts
furnished by the Eugene Yaclit
club as the crafts are towed along
in the parade, sails unfurled, sale!
Jim Thayer.
Every civic organization in the
city will be represented, the Jun
ior Weekend group being of-uuai
representatives from the Ur.rcer-*
sity of Oregon, according to
Thayer.
Bewhiskeved sophomores will
also participate in the parade.
Whiskerino bound, the second
year men will mimic the bearded
sons of Noah this evening-.
Buck Buchwach, promotion
chairman of Junior Weekend*
was chosen to play King- Neptune
I during the nautical fete by Wal
ter Ransom, general chairman of
festivities. Buchwach will wield1
his tri-prongcd scepter on or.e of
the floats in the procession.
IN TODAY’S EMERALD
News, pages .1, 2, 3, 8
Passing Parade, page.....5
Editorials, page .d
Sports, pages . to*, 1
Campus Calendar, page ....fl
After entering 10 amateur con
tests and winning them all, BiJf
Stolberg, Hofstra college fresh
man, is advising Hofstra’s profes
sional musicians to turn am a leu*
and make more money.
Auto Mishaps Hit
Morgan Caravan
ALSO JINXED
Lovely Songstress Phyllis
Lynne. She developed laryngitis.
Pulling into Eugene late last*
night, Nicholas Porozoff, aci\ ancd
man for Russ Morgan, was met
by Tiger Payne, ASUO prexy.
Bud Yancleneynde, sophomore
class president, and Ray Pack oust
and Bill Edlefsen, co-chairmen of
the Sophomore Whiskerino.
One of the first questions that
Tiger shot at Nick was, “That’s tt
pretty bad bang you got on tlxo
side of your car there. How you
happen to get that?”
“Oh that . . . that’s part c i tho
routine, I guess,” grinned Nick.
“We’ve had car trouble ever since
we left Florida for the Pacific
coast.”
Rambling Wrecks
Then followed the sad tale of
automobile wrecks and mishaps
over tl}e last fourteen thousand
miles that the orchestra has cov
ered. It appears that on the way
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