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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1942)
Oregon VOLUME XLIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942 NUMBER 105 EES ANDERSON. . . . . . PRESIDENT Les Anderson Captures Presidency in Landslide STEVE WORTH . . . . . . FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT CAROLYN HOLMES . . . . . . SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT STANCY KIESCH . . . . . SECRETARY-TREASURER WeekendQueenBallots Now Available at Co-op JudgesCheck Girls Tonight Those intending to vote for Junior Weekend queen and prin cesses at the all-campus assem bly Thursday will have only to day to secure their ballots, Bud Vandeneynde, chairman of the queen’s reign committee, an nounced Tuesday. Ballots may be secured at the Co-op and methods will be used at the election so that only one person can put one ballot in the box at a time. The ballots will be marked with numbers correspond ing to those on educational ac tivities cards. As a double check ^mes will also be crossed off in the student directory. 7:30 Tonight The 21 candidates will meet at 7:30 tonight at the University news bureau to be surveyed by the judges. Short silks and heels should be worn. The ballots of the judges will be saved uncounted in sealed en velopes under the care of the fac (Please turn to page eight) Q-ify j • • ‘Sing' Producers Set The production staff, which will keep the behind the scenes machinery running smoothly during the production of “Of Thee I Sing,” has been announced by Russ Hudson, general chairman of the musical. Headed by Director Horace Robinson, the dramatic and musical section is divided into departments. Dorothy Durkee io QCicicfont Hirpptor. Sound is tne assistant uireciur. auunu is under the direction of Don Hunter; dance direction, Helen Holden; music direction, Art Holman; ensemble direction, Mrs. Seybolt; costumes, Pat Howard; make-up, Marjorie Quigley; cast ing, Earle Russell; special ef fects, Alan Foster. Chorus Captain Marian Riquet will work under Helen Holden as the chorus cap tain and the orchestra will be under the direction of Art Hol man. Production manager is Ted Bouck, aided by Bob Steadman as technical director, who will also act as stage manager. Dick Williams, director of educational activities, will handle promotion and publicity. Queen Contest Rules . .Rules for election of Junior Weekend queen and princesses: 1. Get ballots at University co-op. 2. Ballots may only be secured today. 3. Judges will make selections at 7:30 tonight at University News ^ Bureau. 4. Judges’ ballots will be saved uncounted until assembly Thurs day at II a.m. 5. At assembly ballots will be counted and first eight put up for . election. 6. Students will vote for five for top positions. Worth Elected To Second Spot With a majority of 277 votes over his nearest competitor, LES ANDERSON was landslided into the ASUO presidency for 1942-43 in Tuesday's general elections. STEVE WORTH will take office as first vice-president; CAROLYN HOLMES was elected to the third executive com mittee position as second vice-president; and NANCY RIESCH Frosh Choose 1943Officers Laughing up their sleeves at upper-class house brethren and sistren who couldn't vote for class officers in Tuesday’s elec tions, the freshman class elected Boh Henderson, Greek nominee, as their political leader for 1942 43. Alva Granquist and Jean Tay lor were unanimously elected vice-president and secretary, re spectively. Ted Klehmet will be treasurer of the class of ’45 dur ing' the next school year. On Schedule The elections follow exactly the list of candidates nominated at the freshman class nominating assembly on Tuesday, April 7. At that assembly there was one Greek candidate nominated for each position. Independent oppo (Please turn to page six) will be next, years secretary treasurer. A record vote was set, 1S92 votes cast out of 2799 students registered. Blisterin'! Out John Busterud, dark-horse can didate for the exec comm, was dropped on the second count last, night because he failed to tally, enough votes to equal the quota set by Oregon’s preference voting system. On the first count Anderson’s votes totaled 994, probably a record plurality. Worth wan credited with 717 first place votes. On the third count, Misu (Please turn to page six) Ejection Post-Mortem Elections have finally come to a close With all the upheaval election denotes. My sympathy’s not for the peo ple who lost, But for the poor fellow who counted the votes. —J.W.S. (Thanks to S.F.H.) Noted Piano Artists Play Identically; Differ Widely in Personal Interests Five Tongues Spoken By Talented Twosome The eminently successful two piano team, Vronsky and Babin, who will appear in McArthur court Monday, April 27, play as one person, but in private life are distinct individuals. Victor Babin, tall and muscu lar, delights in mathematics, chess, and golf, while Mme. Ba bin is quite feminine in her hor ror of all three. Both, however, enjoy the “cinema,” as they call it. During their concert tours, whenever they have a free night, they sample movie fare from New York to the Pacific coast. Five Languages Wide traveling has enabled them to speak five languages, Russian, German, Czech, French, and English. Their mutual pas sion for strange food has netted two preferences in American food. Mr. Babin loves oysters in (Please turn to page six) VRONSKI AND BABIN . . . . . . will pound Igloo pianos April 27.