Oregon library CAMPUS Emerald VOLUME XLIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942 NUMBER 126 Regional M usic Festival Contests Open Today Today at 8:30 a.m. the region one contest of the national school music ccmpetitions-festivals will he opened officially by the boys’ vocal solo section in the music auditorium, the girls’ vocal solo in Gerlinger lounge, and the string sclos in Gerlinger men’s lounge. John Stehn, director of band, has completed the final arrange ments for the registration, hous ing, and ticket-selling of the 2000 high-school participants in the contest. Working under Mr. ^tehn as student organizers are John Busterud and Margaret Ann Jackson. Main feature of the entertain ment program for these musi cians is a dance to be held at 10:30 this evening in Gerlinger hall. Sponsored by Orides, this party is for contestants only, and they are requested to wear their badges for identification. Edith Newton is chairman of' the af fair, which is free of charge and will end at 11:45 p.m. A radio program will be pre sented ever KOAC tonight at 7:30 and tomorrow at 1:45 p.m. lSaturing those who receive num ber one ratings. This afternoon at 3 soloists are requested to meet Phyllis Gray in the sunken garden of the music school to have pictures taken and to ar range about this program. A box lunch for all contestants will be held in the Igloo on Sat urday at noon, There will be a small charge. On Saturday morn ing Gerlinger pool will be open to all women contestants from 10 to 12. The men’s pool will be open to the masculine musicians from ILto 12. Season tickets for the contest are 25 cents to University stu dents, and may be purchased at the gates. The contest is under the aus pices of the national school band association, the national school JOHN STEHN . . . . . . welcomes high school musi cians on campus today. orchestra association, and the national school vocal association, and affiliated with the music ed ucators national conferences. The fifth annual contest includes con testants from Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, and Montana. Chairman is Wallace H. Han nah, Vancouver, Washington; Calvin Storey, Longview, Wash ington, secretary - treasurer; Wayne S. Hertz, Ellensburg, Washington, member - at - large; Douglas Orme, Eugene, band chairman; Vernon Wiscarson, Salem, orchestra chairman; Clif ford Elliott, McMinnville, vocal chairman. The following are judges for the Eugene section: Dean Theo dore Kratt, Louis G. Wersen, su pervisor of music, Tacoma, Wash ington; Rex Underwood, profes sor of violin; Owen Sanders, first clarinet, Portland Symphony or chestra; John H. Stehn, director of band; Carl Claus, director of orchestra, University of Idaho; Aurora Underwood, professor of piano; Sigurd Nilssen, professor of voice; Chester R. Duncan, su pervisor of music, Portland. Captain Ted Freiburg, Port land police department; Andrew G. Loney, supervisor-elect of mu sic, Klamath Falls; Wilson Waite, director of band, Medford; Lora Ware, professor of violoncello; Wayne S. Hertz, director of mu sic, Central Washington college of education, Ellensburg, Wash ington; Maude Garnett, professor of public-school music; and Cap tain Clarence C. Woodbury, U.S.A. The Friday program is: 8:30 a.m. Boys vocal solo, mu sic auditorium. Girls vocal solo, Gerlinger lounge. String solo, Gerlinger men’s lounge. Bass ensembles, Gerlinger gym. 9 a.m. Woodwind ensembles, music lecture room. 9:30 a.m. Brass solos, Gerlin ger gym. 10:30 a.m. String ensembles, Gerlinger men’s lounge. Woodwind solos, music lecture room. (Please turn to page three) Grads Orders Now Ready Copy of instructions for grad uating seniors are now available at the alumni office in Friendly hall. These instructions concern the formal occasions in which they will take part. Commence ment tickets may be obtained there also. The seniors, in caps and gowns, are expected to appear in a body three times between May 29 and 31. These are the University luncheon at John Straub hall Sat urday noon, the Baccalaureate service at McArthur court at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, and the Commencement exercises at Mc Arthur court at 8 o’clock Sunday evening-. All graduates in academic cos tume will be admitted free of charge to the Saturday luncheon. Others attending this affair may secure tickets at the alumni ’Of fice for 60 cents. Meet The class must be on hand at 10:40 Sunday morning before the Baccalaureate service to give time for forming the procession, class officers preceding the grad uates. The place of assembling is in front of McArthur court on the south and west side of the building. The class will leave the building in the same order they entered and the procession should keep moving down University street until the rear is out of the building. Graduates are being asked not to stop to greet friends and thus obstruct the procession and congest the halls. Every graduate must be ready to assemble for the commence ment exercises Sunday evening by 7:30, not a. minute later, ac cording to the instructions being given to seniors. Candidates for the bachelor's degree in all schools and depart ments will assemble outside on (Please turn to t enlist those who qualify. First Lt. William A. Miller, president of the hoard, empha sized the point that any man who is interested in the program failed to meet with the board he could take the examination from the permanent examining boar'I. at the army air base in Portland. ' | 1 Game Played Today The Greek-Independent all star game will be played today at 4 o’clock sharp on the new intramural field, just east of the ROTC barracks. The game was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but was postponed due to in clement weather. NYA Time Due The pay roll office, second floor Johnson hall, will receive NYA time cards up to 12 a.m. Saturday, May 16, Mrs. Clara Sarpola, NYA secretary, said Thursday. All cards must be signed and turned in by noon. Operatic Concert Next Wednesday The only purely operatic con cert of spring term will be pre sented on Wednesday evening. May 20, at 8:15 in the school of music auditorium, k Ten pupils of Sigurd Nilssen, professor of voice will be present ed in recital, singing well-known arias from well-loved operas. Margaret Zimmerman and' Barbara Bentley will sing an aria from “Madame Butterfly,” Marie Rogndahl will sing two songs from “La Traviata.” Raymond Leonard will sing Valentine’s aria from “Faust.” Barbara Bentley will present the “Flower Song" from “Faust." Margaret Zimmerman, Lee Ghormley, and Raymond Leon ard, will sing the trio from the same opera. Meryl Corbett will be heard in the “Spring Seng of the Robin Woman” from “Shanewis” by C. W. Cadman. Lolita Pierson will sing a song from “La Gioconda.” Frances Bacon will present an aria from “La Gioconda” and one from “II Trovatore.” Bernice Franetovich will sing a song from “Le Pardon de Ploe mel” by Mayerbeer. Margaret Zimmerman will sing an aria from “Aida.” The program will conclude with the finale from the first act of “Lohengrin” with Margaret Zim merman, Meryl Corbett. Lee Ghormley, Raymond Leonard, Donald Chamberlin, and the op era chorus. Infirmary Roll Call Changes, Leaves One There's no future in the widely acclaimed race for freedom from the Pill Palace. Helen Crites has claimed our last prize as first out, leaving Bob Duden alone to break in new recruits to the in firmary. The ever-changing roll call now lists two more students, Janice Quinn and Sidney Saks. Yell King They'll put the yell king on the ex comm To aid in the student direction. Wouldn't it be easier to put ev eryone on And omit the farce of election? —J.W.S. iQea/i a cMand. . . No Unemployed Here With only four “Mortar Boarders,” Billie Christ ensen, Elizabeth Steed, Helen Angell, and Hope Hughes, the annual Mortar Board ball Saturday night at McArthur court meant extra work for heads of committees this year. The four overworked heads of the six commit tees for the event are as follows: Helen Angell, tickets; Billie Christensen and Elizabeth Steed, patrons and patronesses; Hope Hughes, decora tions; Helen Angell, programs; Hope Hughes, re freshments, and Helen Angell, publicity. With men instead of women hopefully angling for dates, a" freshman women required to attend, and dates at a premium, the “situation” has be come increasingly difficult, with the problems of the typical coed whether to ask the fellow who didn’t ask her to the Junior Prom, would she dare ask the smooth-looking brute who sits beside her in comp, or perhaps now is the time to try to make up with Johnny, with the end of school and everything, since she really wants to go with him anyway. Coed etiquette for Mortar Board requires that girls cal! at men’s living organizations for their fickle dates, provide cigarettes, transportation, cokes, boutonnieres, dinner, let the man precede her, open doors, check wraps, and all the small courtesies except leading the man in dancing. Decorations for the Ball are necessarily sparse, and will consist mainly of potted palms since Mc Arthur is to be occupied until 6 Saturday evening. Boutonnieres are on sale in all women’s living oigamzations, sponsored by AWS. Corrine Nelson, vice president of AWS. is in charge of the sale. New pledges of Mortar Board, honored by the? occasion, are: Betty Jane Biggs, Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Adele Canada, Marge Dibble, Eleanor Engdahl, Nancy Riosch. Mary-Ellen Smith, Mary Louise Vincent, and Abbie Jane White. Ail freshman girls are required to be at the? ball between 10:00 and 10:15, since tapping of Kwamas is to be held at intermission. TLRN'ABOt T . . . . . . is fair play Saturday night.