In Time
With the
Tunes
By RUBY JACKSON
“How can I add variety to mj
own collection?” This is a ques
tion that’s asked pretty often
but it’s an easy one to answer
Just like books, records are apl
to take on an aspect of dullness
if the collection is restricted tc
the classics.
One girl we know makes a spe
cialty of collecting samples o1
popular music as a sideline. Gooc
recordings by popular bands oi
the day, novelty pieces, and one
gem called “Who Threw the Mush
in Grandpa’s Whiskers” dot her
collection.
Foreign Likes
Others like to collect foreign
records—Latin-American music,
Hawaiian music, German drink
ing songs, and wliat have you.
Strauss waltzes brighten many
music libraries. Those who have
heard of Dwight Fisk recordings
will understand the suggestion
that every music library includes
a couple. Naughty, but nice.
Books about music aren’t con
traband, either, and they needn’t
be boring ones. Try Deems Tay
lor’s delightful “Of Men and Mu
sic,” or Oscar Levant’s “A Smat
tering of Ignorance.” Both of
these are humorous, and still
manage to be very informative.
“Victor Book of the Symphony,”
while flowery in style, will still
tell you a lot about your music.
Offers Variety
Lovers of poetry will want to
have a few of their favorite
poems on records. Some of the
world’s best choruses have trans
ferred their efforts to records.
Gregorian chants are lovely—
especially those recorded in the
monasteries by male choirs. He
brew music, Scotch music,'French
dance music, folk songs, schot
tisches — even setting up exer
cises. The variety is unlimited.
Perhaps there is someone around
who knows where to buy the rec
ords that no music store sells—if
you want something really un
conventional.
Make Some of Your Own
For the personal touch, make
some recording of your own. The
local radio station has the equip
ment, and the charge for a 12
inch recording is very modest in
deed. (Price on request.)
The advent of summer is cut
ting out some of the best sym
phony programs, but the Stand
ard Hour goes right on. Hear it
Thursday night at 8 p.m. over
KORE.
Believe It or Not
DON’T GUESS
CALL JESS
GODLOVE
The
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31 East 7th Pli. 547
FRED’S
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by
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Across from Sigma Chi
Cleaning Ph. 3141
MODERN RABBIT'S FOOT
English airmen pat their “baldie” friend for luck before taking off
to fight their daily, and deadly, duels with “Jerry.” They need their
skill now as well as their luck.
From All Sides
Exchanges by Mildred Wilson
The honor of receiving the
largest transverse testing ma
chine in the world was recently
accorded Northwestern univer
sity with the installation of a
$900,000 press.
The new machine stands near
ly two and one-half stories high,
and is able to exert 1,000,000
pounds of pressure at the center
of a 55-foot beam.
Daily Northwestern.
He’s not conceited—not much!
With time on his hands but no
cash, an alert Sigma Phi Epsilon
at the University of Wisconsin
decided to put his fraternity pin
to practical use.
Result: The privilege of wear
ing a Sigma Phi Epsilon pin open
to any girl on the campus for 5
cents a day.
—Indiana Daily Student.
A midwestern student survey
shows that students spend more
time playing than doing anything
else except sleeping. The survey
reveals that the average college
student spends 41.1 hours per
week in leisure pursuits.
The greatest amount of this
time is occupied by relatively
aimless loafing, bull sessions, ra
dio listening, drinking, and driv
ing. Organized student activities
are scarcely a threat to academic
interest, involving only 36 per
cent of the student body and only
3.5 per cent of the total leisure
time.
—The Daily Trojan.
* * *
American students’ belief that
the United States can’t stay out
of the war is growing rapidly, as
shown by the polls of the Stu
dent Opinion surveys. Collegiates
of only two sections of the coun
try—New England and the cen
tral western states—are optimis
tic to think we will steer clear of
entanglements.
Latest figures, covering a 14
months’ period, show the follow
ing percentages of students who
think we will stay out of war:
December, 1939 . 68 per cent
December, 1940 . 63 per cent
Now, April, 1941....49 per cent
—Oregon State-Barometer.
# * #
Why do students get married?
This question was popped to a
group of married couples at the
University of Kansas and one of
the reasons given for marriage
was “we got tired of sitting in
coke joints and grinning at each
other.”
—Daily Kansan.
When dog bites man, it’s stale;
when man bites dog, it’s news;
but when man bites man it’s sen
sational!
Strange as it seems, that very
thing happened the other day at
the University of California. In
a north side boarding house Bob
Cunningham play-poked his hand
into the mouth of Gene Mad
dochs.
The victim is now interned at
Cowell hospital with an accute
case of blood poisoning. As for the
biter, well, he has been isolated
for (believe it or not) rabies.
* * *
And the students at Michigan
State college put another one over
on the professor! They put a big
shaggy dog in an absent stu
dent’s chair and when the pro
fessor announced that there were
no absences, amused glances
showed him his mistake. He hes
itated slightly, then 3aid, “I
thought that was a coed in a fur
coat.”
—Indiana Daily Student.
Rehearsals Begin
For Students' Play
Rehearsals are well under way
for the presentation of the orig
inal one-act play “Of Flesh and
Wood,” scheduled for production
Thursday over Station KOAC,
Corvallis.
The play features an all-Uni
versity cast, under the direction
of Fred May and Ch&rlotte
Swartz. Production of the play
is being worked out as a project
in radio program production un
der Don Hargis, instructor in
speech.
Taking part in the play are:
Chuck Haener, Kay Daugherty,
Don Moss, Dick Wesson, Dave
Zilca, Dave Stone, Don Merrill,
Evelyn O’Brien, Jim Bartell, and
Ralph Fulton. Sound effects will
be handled by Lois Gellcr, and
Norma Evans will have charge of
music.
The play was written by Kent
Stitzer.
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
COLLEGE
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Edward L. Ryan, B.S., LL.B., Mgr
860 Willamette, Eugene
Phone 2761-M
UNION
NOW!
By Ann Reynolds
Will the distance off the cam
pus of a student union on the
mill race be offset by the added
attraction of a natural setting?
This is the current question
that is circulating among student
union enthusiasts. Since last week
when the possibility of the mill
race site suddenly received seri
ious consideration, there has been
increased interest in the subject.
As we see it there are a great
many things that can be said for
it and several major problems
against it.
Main Points Against
Dismissing the points for the
site because nearly everyone
knows at least one good reason
why they should like to have the
building down on the race, espe
cially during spring term, we of
fer the main arguments against
it.
une oojection, as we have said,
is the fact that the building would
be off the general student activ
ity lane. Because the students
would want to run into the recre
ation center between classes some
method of crossing the highway
would have to be planned. When
the new highway is in use there
will be a great deal of traffic to
compete with cross-road pedes
trian traffic. Unless an effective
method of underpasses can be
figured out and agreed upon by
the highway engineers this site
would not be feasible.
Some Advantages
If the students would be will
ing to sacrifice immediate con
venience for future possibilities
this mill race location is certainly
the most ideal so far. The advis
ability of having a student union
near a body of water has been
demonstrated by the location of
several other student unions. Ev
eryone we’ve written to has
agreed that if they had it to do
over again, they would choose
natural beauty for a setting. As
we’ve mentioned before, the ar
chitecture would be much less ex
pensive down by the race and
therefore the interior of the
building would be completely fin
ished. Even the possibility of hav
ing the race run right under the
building with some method of
protecting the building from the
dampness has been considered by
campus architects.
Look for a typical example of
muck-raking by a couple of cam
pus big-shots in this week’s bul
letin, “Union Now!”
Held Over!
“A GIRL, A GUY,
AND A GOB”
with GEORGE MURPHY
and LUCILLE BALL
Adventure and Romance!
“Road to Zanzibar”
with Bing Crosby, Bob
Hope, Dorothy Lamour
— plus —
“Scotland Yard”
with Nancy Kelly and
Edmund Gwenn
Oregon If Ememib
Tuesday Advertising Staff:
Chuck Woodfield, manager
Barbara Schmieding
Paul Morris
Morrie Riback
Night Staff:
Don Butzin, night editor
Elsie Brownell
Beverly Padgham
Wes Sullivan
Charlotte Knox
Frances Oliver
Bob Frazier
Tommy Wright
Ted Goodwin
Copy Desk Staff:
Bernie Engel, city editor
Herb Penny, assistant
Bob Frazier
Ruby Jackson
Marjorie Major
Side Show
(Continued from page four)
it is his duty to bring them
through.
Would Take Search
One will search long to find a
better choice of words, a better
choice of phrases more capable
of lashing men into activity and
sacrifice. England is "our island,"
said with proud conviction. The
prime minister observes "that
German propaganda is trying to
make bad blood between us and
Australia by making out that we
have used them to do what we
would not have asked the British
army. I shall leave it to Austra
lia to deal with that taunt.”
The speaker hails the “tremen
dous decision” of the U. S. to pa
trol the “wide waters of the
western hemisphere” and adds in
effect that he is confident the
U. S. soon will be completely in
the war.
“• • . in the long run, believe
me, for I know, the action of the
United States will be dictated
not by a methodical calculation
of profit and loss, but by moral
sentiments and by that gleaming’
flash of resolve (sic) which lifts
the hearts of men and nations
and springs from the spiritual
foundations of human life itself.”
Worth Reading
There is much more. The whole
speech is well worth re-reading.
For me, it has brought forth two
conclusions. The first is that Eng
land would be very foolish to
kick Churchill out of the seat of
power just because of the Grecian
debacle, although they might be
wise to get a better military
strategist to . supplement his
speeches. For to lose such a man
would be to break the morale of
a nation.
The second conclusion is that
a few more such speeches and the
U. S. will be conyoying material
to the British Isles'. Such bril
liant oratory is the most danger
ous weapon against American
neutrality because it hits us
where we are softest—in the
heart.
Two Big Features!
“The Lady With
Red Hair”
with Miriam Hopkins
and Claude Bains
— plus —
‘You’re Out of Luck’
with Frankie Darrow
and Kay Sutton
Love With a Low Cut
Dress!
“THE LADY
FROM
CHEYENNE”
Starring
LORETTA YOUNG