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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1942)
Frosh Dance Heads Meet Committee heads for the an nual Frosh Glee will meet the latter part of this week at which time several plans, now in the embryo stage, will definitely be decided upon, it was announced y cteiaay by Glen Macy and Lor raine Davidson, co-chairmen of the dance. The Frosh Glee is scheduled for Friday, April 24, at McArthur court, and will feature a naval theme. A Little Admiral will be chofen and her coronation will be the highlight of the evening. Plans to have as an elaborately decorated dance as possible and still keep in accordance with the defense program will be discussed at the meeting. No Orchestra No orchestra has been selected for the dance as yet, but several are being considered, including Art Holman and Woody Hite. Hite’s orchestra, of Portland, played at the Homecoming dance and made a decided hit with the students. At present he is fulfill i mg' an engagement at the Uptown ballroom in Portland. Plans for the selection of the Little Admiral will be announced late this week. It is hoped that the San Diego naval base will make the final decision and that a representative of the navy from Eugene’s locality will be on hand for the coronation ceremonies. The Case Against Jazz (Continued from page tzvo) result was a maudlin sentimen tality. Those heart - swelling, spontaneous melodies were dimmed, and standardized; thus they became vague and uncer tain There is another hypothesis. Some there are who say that jazz did not exist before the first world war, that its sole develop ment came afterward. Possibly this is too strong an assertaion; but I think you will agree that jazz had its great rise to popu larity mainly after the first world »var. So is jazz a “series of poems,” or a musical idiom—or only a psychological complex. “It is not snobblish.” This is a vicious implication, and I resent it violently; for the post part it is a^false implication, although in [ total honesty I will admit that you have the elements of an argu ment. Is It Simple? “It. singles out no one.” Grant ing that this is true—(I don't think it is)—is this a commenda ble feature, especially? It wrould be good to have a functional de mocracy as Mr. Hallock implies, where everyone is an equal per former and gets an equal amount of fame and fortune. But would he hold back those who are ex ceptionally talented, merely to comply with the false idealism of “singling out no one” ? How would he feel if he were a per former extraordinary and knew it. and some people, or an art, or an idealism kept him forever as “one of the boys”? “It is aimed at nothing.” All art, all music, even as life itself, advances or recedes, grows highh er or more primitive. There is no such thing as “aiming at noth ing.” To stand still is to stag nate; to stagnate is to -retro grade. Would you embrace a stag nate art in your loving arms? “It is merely life.” Maybe. If it is a true representation, then that is good. But is there any cer tainty that jazz is total realism, and not often a heterogeneous sound-phantasy ? So end my comments. Jazz is here; maybe it will last, maybe not. That is not for us to say. It is a heritage, as you say. But (on't represent it as part of our ulture—yet. That is an open uestion. A NEW QUEEN . . . . . . for Junior Weekend will soon be chosen to succeed Annabelle Dow, last year’s queen. UO Grads Get Marine Wings Two former University of Ore gon students recently completed their advance flight training and have graduated as United States Marine Corps aviators. They are Jefferson D. Dorrah, Jr., of Hood River, and Jack Cos ley, also of Hood RiverJ^Both are now on a 15-day leaver and upon completion of this, Lieutenant Cosley will be transferred for duty with a Marine aircraft squadron and Dorrah will be sta tioned at a Naval Air Station. In Seattle The pair enlisted in the Marine Air corps at the Naval Reserve air base in Seattle, Washington, and Cosley underwent his elim ination flight training there. Dorroh, a former CAA student, went to Jacksonville, Florida, for his advanced flight training, while Cosley after graduating as an aviation cadet at Seattle, was transferred to Corpus Christi, Texas. Prof Speaks K. J. O’Connell, professor of law, spoke over KOAC Wednes day on the subject, “University and the Law School in Time of War.” Nothing Sacred (Continued from page two) idea—A contest to find the man with the best reasons for “Not wanting to be stranded on a des ert island with MADELEINE CARROLL.” Answers must not be over a hundred words, and the winner will receive a personal autographed photo of LaCarroll, labeled “SUCKER!” Crack of the Week—HARRY PRONGAS . . . quote — “Now that I’m back on the campus everyone can begin to live again.” unquote . . . A LAFF CARGO! Ida Lupino Louis Hayward 'LADIES IN RETIREMENT' Hugh Herbert Anne Gwynne in ‘YOU’RE TELLING ME’ 'Coming, UO' Say 125 Oregon HighSchoolKids E. M. Pallett, registrar, report ed that he found an unusual amount of interest in the Univer sity among the students of Sil verton, Salem, and Albany high sqhools. One hundred and twenty-five of the students to whom Pallett spoke last week during his visits to the three schools indicated that they expect to be members of the freshman class in the Uni versity of Oregon this fall. They expressed interest also in all ma jor fields in the University, Pal lett said. “This is a remarkable showing from these three schools,” the registrar declared. "It is very en couraging'.” Paine Gets Rally (Continued from page one) mittee, and chairman of last year’s Sophomore Whiskerino dance. Packouz, in his capacity as Mothers’ Day chairman, will co operate with Oregon Mothers heads in planning Mothers’ Day. Rally Members Paine announced last night the other members of the rally squad, which were appointed by the ex ecutive committee last term. They are: Judy Eccles, Barbara Hannurn, Jane Williams, Neva Haight, “Mickey” Mitchell, Betty Janie. Biggs, Don Stephens, Bass Dyer, Bill O’Malley, Bob Sell, and Uly Dorais. • Lost LOST—Alpha Gamma Delta pin. If found please phone 1780, Helen Skjersaa. A SWINGEROO Ken Murray Harriet Hilliard in 'JUTE BOX JENNY' Also Paul Kelly in 'MYSTERY SHIP' Love Politicos To Hold Sway ‘‘Woo With Wintcrgreen'' the campaign signs read when a slap happy political party elects love as a platform in "Of Thee I Sing,” Junior Weekend produc tion. Keen satire directed at politics in general, and politicians in par ticular, this Pulitzer prize win ning" musical comedy was pre ceded by the famous "Strike t'p the Band.” Its most successful imitator has been the recent "Louisiana Purchase," which is something of a copy of the Gersh win-Kaufman hit. Top Spot Destined to hold top spot for Junior Weekend, the perform ance of "Of Thee I Sing” is sched uled for May 9 in McArthur court. Director Horace Robinson of the drama division is complet ing final casting to fill the sev enty-five parts in the production. Victor Moore played the role of the insignificant vice-president in in the Broadway production bur dened by the name Throttlebot tom. As the original "forgotten man,” he visits the White House with a group of tourists to see what it looks like after having been ignored for many months in spite of his high office. Two-Years The two-year showing which the show enjoyed on Broadway was in part the result of just such comic and satiric charac ters as Throttlebottom. The structure of the show is well unified as actual drama, aug mented by a catchy musical score. ISA Rally Hop Groups Named Committees were announced Tuesday for the ISA rally dance April 10 when Dance Chairman Elaine Dee called a meeting of the general committee to draw a budget and plan the phases of the dance. The dance will precede the ASUO elections the following Tuesday and the purpose will be to unite the Independent stu dents’ interest in ea.mpys act .vi ties. Housing figures show that more than half of the students on the campus are members of ISA. All independent students are automatically members of ISA and thus invited' to the dance. Committees Committees are: Decorations, Helen Holden. Bill Belt. Don Shirley, Marilyn Hartwell, and Marian Anderson. Publicity— Max Brown, Ted Goodwin, Anne Reynolds, and Babs DuPuy, and Ed Lewis. Pa trons Shirley Scoggins, Joyce Addis and Jane Alice Fengra. Courtesy—Wes Sllivan, Newel Cornish, Bonnie Townsend', and Jeanette Nielson. Music—Harold Brevig. Cleanup—Hal Locke. Cokes—Bob Parsons. Law Prof Speaks Charles G. Howard, professor of law, will address the honor soci ety of Springfield high school this afternoon. His topic is "Intelli gence and How to Use It.1 Key men in government and industry require fast, dependable transportation. That's where Union Pacific Streamliners play an important part. They are on the job '-day in and day out. And so it is with Union Pacific freight service. 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