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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1942)
Music Week Highlights Morale Lifts “American Unity Through Mu sic and "Music Maintains Mor ale are the two keynotes chosen for National and Inter-Ameri can music week, which will begin on May 3. This institution will be ob ssS^ved at Oregon by three events: a University orchestra concert on Sunday, May 3; a harp recital on Tuesday, May 5, and an advanced violin recital by Verne Sellin and Helen Horner on May 7. Latin-Amerlcan Music The week is designed to em phasize the harmonizing qualities of music, and the atmosphere it creates of sympathetic under standing, comradeship, accord, and common interests. Through out the United States groups are being urged to play more Latin American music, and more mu sic by native American compos ers. mrougn schools, churches, li braries, clubs, museums, radio music will be emphasized as a means of bringing about better accord. Representatives of such organizations as the Metropolitan Opera Guild, ASCAP, and the Na tional Association of Schools of Music are on the active commit tee. Chairman of the honorary committee of governors is Frank lin D. Roosevelt. Mayor to Set Music Week Elisha Large, mayor of Eu gene, will publish a proclamation opening music week officially in Eugene on the first day of the 'fi'eek. Sunday the University or chestra will lead off with their concert at 3 p.m. in the music auditorium. Featured on their program will be “Symphony Moderne,” by Max Steiner, and “Classical Sym phony” by Prokofieff. Other num bers will be Nicolai’s “Merry Wives of Windsor” and the “Em peror” waltzes by Strauss. Rex Underwood, professor of music, will direct the orchestra. Next on the list of music week celebrants are the harp ensemble, directed by Mrs. Doris H. Calk fils, instructor in harp. The en semble consists of Dorothy Bruhn, James Gibson, Lynn Alex ander, Maxine Cunning, and Sal ly Calkins. Assisting the ensem ble will be the University quartet and members of the University orchestra. Music Ensemble Program Their program will include: “Danses Sacree et Profane” by Debussy, “Bohemian Song” by Skroup, “Au Monastere” by Has selmans, “Little Chinaman” by Smith, “Last Rose of Summer,” “Two Guitars” by Horlick, and “Introduction and Allegro” by Ravel. Verne Sellin and Helen Horner, advanced violinists, will be pre sented in recital on Thursday eve ning, May 7, concluding the ob servance of music week at Ore gon. This is the first advanced violin recital of the year. The pair will present as main works on their program: Saint-Saens’ “B flat minor Concerto” and Mozart’s “Concerto in A major.” New Pledges This week’s additions to fra ternity pledge rolls were: Erling Erlandson, Sigma Phi Epsilon; George W. Fletcher, Sigma Chi: and Bill Gallagher, Theta Chi. Teachers Will Meet Members of Phi Delta Kappa, S men’s education honorary, will meet at 4:30 p.m. in room 2, edu cation building, Friday. New of ficers will be elected and new candidates will be voted on, S. E. Williamson announced Tuesday. ‘OfTheelSing’ Schedule McArthur Court Friday, May 1, call to be post ed, for evening rehearsals. Beginning Sunday at 7 p.m. and thereafter at 7:30, there will be complete rehearsals every eve ning. These will include every cast member. Womens’ Faculty Club Elects New Officers Officers for the new year were elected by the Newcomers’ divi sion of the University of Oregon Women's Faculty club, Monday afternoon when the group held its final tea and meeting of the sea son at the home of Mrs. R. Hues tis. Mrs. W. C. Ballaine was cho sen president and Mrs. Lloyd C. Faust, secretary-treasurer. Retir ing officers were Mrs. C. F. Kos sack, president, and Mrs. Gordon Wright, secretary-treasurer. For the tea Monday, Mrs. Hues tis and Mrs. Howard R. Taylor, advisers from the faculty club, were hostesses. Miss Zimmerman Gets Opera Auditions Margaret Zimmerman, Eugene soprano who was featured as a soloist in the production of “The New Earth,’’ was chosen repre sentative from the state of Ore gon in the Cincinnati Opera asso ciation auditions over KOIN, Sun day afternoon. Miss Zimmerman, a sophomore in music at the Uni versity school of music, will com pete in district auditions in Port land this week to select a winner from the Pacific Northwest. Twelve district winners from all over the nation will go to Cin cinnati with all expenses paid to vie in the final eliminations. Four first place winners will appear professionally with the Summer Opera company. Phi Beta Kappa (Continued from page one) languages; Alvin John Gray, law; Earl Albert Holmer, history; Rob ert William Currin, business ad ministration. Jerome B. Shank, English; Hol land C. Merrifield, Germanic lan guages; Ruth Margaret Sprecher, English; Mary A. Krafsic, Eng lish; Buck Aaron Buchwach, journalism; and Nina Rae McCul ley, English. The Phi Beta Kappa book prize was awarded to Edith On languages; Alvin John Gray, law; thank, sophomore in architec ture and allied arts. The Oregon Phi Beta Kappa chapter plans to appoint a com mittee later to set the date for initiation and initiate the new members in the honorary. Miss Durkee Says (Continued from page one) one of the reasons why Mr. Rob inson gets things done.” The picture of calm, efficient and unruffled most of the time, Dorothy occasionally lets up and takes a nap on the drama studio couch. ‘‘Oh, I am responsible to Mr. Robinson, and then I take care of lots of the mechanical things and organizing,” she said. This assistant manager is re luctant to talk about herself, and constantly bursts out with some new angle of “the show.” “Real ly, you’d be surprised—it’s really professional in lots of ways, and we’ve got a large budget, so the stage craft is really going to town. You should see those stairs Jim Bronson built; they go clear above the balcony seat level for the Capitol scene.” Then she turned to serenely an swer the fifth telephone call and listen to the woes of the third visitor in the last half hour. Junior-Senior Breakfast Ticket Sellers Named Beverly Padgham, chairman of ticket sales for the annual junior senior YWCA breakfast, released the names of coeds selling tickets in women’s organizations Wed nesday. The breakfast will take place this Sunday, May 3, at ^:30 a.m. in the Osburn hotel. Junior coeds will escort senior girls to the af fair. Each ticket is 45 cents. Chairman of the breakfast is Betty Kincaid. Abbie Jane White, president of the YWCA, will make a speech welcoming all to the breakfast. House ticket saleswomen are: Alpha Chi Omega, Edith Davis; Alpha Delta Pi, Shirley Ralph; Al pha Gamma Delta, Elsie Brown ell; Alpha Omicron Pi, Mary Ott; Alpha Phi, Janet Farnham; Al pha Xi Delta, Sylvia McBride; Chi Omega, Nancy Lewis; Delta Delta Delta, Beth Seward; Delta Gamma, Cis Steel; Gamma Phi Beta, Betty Kincaid; Hendricks hall, Helen Holden; Highland house, Rosemary Fishback; Hil yard house, Lee Montgomery. Kappa Alpha Theta, Grace Wil liams; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Nancy Weston; Pi Beta Phi, Phyllis Foster; Susan Campbell, Helen Mae Hatcher; Zeta Tau Alpha, Helen Trask; Sigma Kap pa, Mary Mercier. Adeney Talks, Shows Films on China Crises David Adeney, visitor to the campus from the Orient, will speak today at 4 p.m. in 207 Chapman. His talk on China will be illustrated by films. Thursday Adeney spoke in Chapman hall about “Christianity Survives the Crisis in the War of China.” A missionary, Adeney first went to China in 1934. He lived part of the time in northern Chi na within 100 miles of the Jap anese lines. In 1937, at the start of the Chino-Japanese war he was in Japan. Beta Gamma Sigma Names New Officers At a meeting of Beta Gamma Sigma, national business honor ary for outstanding juniors and seniors, with faculty members, held Tuesday, April 28, the fol lowing officers for the next year were elected: Dr. Wesley C. Bal laine, president; Dorothy Oshan ic, vice-president; Lorene Mar guth, secretary-treasurer, Hugh Muir, initiation chairman. Oregon ^Emerald Herb Penny air raid warden. Ray Schrick, air raid warden Reporters: Dorman Alford Bette Armstrong Margaret Brooke Elsie Brownell Ruth Kay Collins Joanne Dolph Bob Edwards Carol Greening Ruth Jordan Flora Kibler Mona MacAutey Marjorie Major Roy Nelson Edith Newton Peggy Overland Betty Ann Stevens Janet Wagstaff Mildred Wilson Marjorie Young Barbara Younger Night Staff: Shirley Davis, night coeditor Betsy Wootton, night coeditor Ted Bush John Gurley David Cross Copy Desk Staff: Fred Kuhl, city editor Ted Bush Marjorie Young Bill Stratton Charlotte Allen Anne Craven Advertising Staff: Barbara Thomson, day mgr. Arliss Boone Edith Newton Office Staff: Leslie Brockelbank Layout Staff: Norma Trevorrow Students Set Recital Thad Elvigon, pianist, and Eliz abeth Walker, violinist, will be presented in a joint recital on May 14. YM Advisers Elected G. Bernhard Fedde, Rev. Wil liston Wirt, and Dr. Calvin Crum baker were elected to serve a three-year period as members of the YMCA advisory board, at a meeting held last week. Gamjxui. Gcde+t&asi WAA cabinet members will meet at 4:45 in the social room of Gerlinger today. FLOWERS FOR YOUR HOUSE DANCE FLOWERS FOR YOUR GIRL FRIEND EUGENE'S FLOWER HOME 13th & Patterson. Ph. 654 • Be sure your fig ure is ueat and trim in a Gossard nylon no that you will be outstanding and k fetching at all those < house dances this weekend. Prices from $6:50 up. EUGENE GOSSARD SHOP NOTE CHANGE OF DATE IS THE DATE TQ-GP’ Tickets must be in T IigMgIOII will be cut on cr before May 23 No rebates will be paid on tickets turned in after May 9.