T. Dorsey
Interview
(Continued Irani page one)
baseball player in the American
league, who had come down to
the train to meet the band.
Amid much handshaking and
back-slapping, Gordon excitedly
said, “Everything set for a duck
feast tonight?” With the arrival
of the train, pandemonium broke
loose interrupting their conver
sation as prominent music mak
ers flocked to the platform and
were met by students.
Draft Kits Hard
While being interviewed at the
depot the “Sentimental Gentle
man of Swing” revealed that the
draft has taken quite a toll of
his orchestra, “I have lost 16 men
and will lost about 11 more in the
next couple of months.”
Because most of these 11 are
key men and compose the great
er part of his brass section, Dor
sey stated that eventually he will
have a sweeter band. Rather
than change overnight he ha3
been making this change gradu
ally, which accounts for the ad
ditional violins in his orchestra.
.steals musicians
His advice to a college fellow
who wants to break into big time
playing is to play with a small
orchestra, listen to every record
he can get his hands on and copy
whatever style he can.
“How do I pick my mu
sicians?” breaking into a laugh,
“I steal them from any other or
chestra I can everybody does.
By the way, I just hired Maurice
Purtill who used to play for Glen
Miller.”
One Night Stands
His schedule for the next few
weeks includes a week in Port
land, Seattle, and a few one-night
stands.
“December 15 we start a pic
ture called ‘Girl Crazy,’ with
Mickey Rooney and Judy Gar
land, and sometime next year my
brother and I are going to do a
musical of our lives,” he added.
All-Star Band
“No, I didn’t go to college— X
was too smart already—or so I
thought.” Blessed with a mar
velous sense of humor, Dorsey is
what all college fellows would
call a “good Joe,” only the name
is Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
“Whom would I name for an
all-star band? Well, let’s see,
Harry James, Benny Goodman,
Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Zig
gy Elman, Jack Teagarden,
Claude, Buddy Rich, and Carmen
Mastrum are seme of the out
standing fellows I can think of
offhand."
Jam Sessions
Dorsey lias been an instrumen
talist for the past 24 years, he
and his brother having organized
their first band in 1920- Dorsey’s
Novelty Six, "the jazz band of
’em all.”
He grew up in jazz and played
in small bands for records, mean
while improving at jam sessions.
Baseball and moving pictures are
his pet likes. He saw “Pride of
the Yankees" four times and
could thoroughly enjoy it again.
No Athletics
Hopping from one dance floor
to another has made his athletic
life practically nil. “Anything
more strenuous than reading a
book is too much now, I hardly
have time even for that,” he de
clared.
“As far as food is concerned,
anything fattening is right up my
alley,” he laughingly said.
Bear’s Hits
He owns a music publishing
house in New York. The first big
hit the house published was "I'll
Never Smile Again," which he
played at the dance Saturday
night while students “swooned
all over the floor.”
THINK IT’LL FIT? . . .
... a few of the “gals” try on letterman sweaters in preparation to being “cops” at the Coed
Capers in GerlSjlger hall next Thursday . . . left t > right are Wary Ellen Smith, Janet Ross, Connie
Averill, Neida Christenson, and Caroline Holmes.
Bullet Ends Life
Of Law Student
An 18-year-old sophomore in
law, Arthur Sherman Davidson,
Jr., was found dead with a bul
let hole through his head Satur
day in his room at 1260 Patter
son street. A small gun was
found in his hand. His death was
apparently a suicide.
Davidson left no note or clues
leading to an explanation of the
act. His father had visited him
earlier the same day, though it
is believed that he was alone at
the time of his death.
He was born September 18,
1924 at Quilcane, Washington,
moving to Mapleton about seven
months ago. He is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Davidson, and a brother and
sister.
In 1941 they published "Yes
Indeed," "This Love of Mine” and
“Everything Happens to Me”
among many others. So far this
year their biggest hits have been
"Just As Though You Were
Here,” and “There Are Such
Things.”
Likes College Life
"I get a bang out of this col
lege life. My daughter is a fresh
man at William and Mary Col
lege, and my son plays football at
Harvey in Westchester, New
York.”
Although Homecoming is now
past and gone, Tommy Dorsey
and his orchestra will long be re
membered by Oregon students
for their super)? music and friend
ly personalities.
Rhine' Reveals
( L ontinued from page one)
“Just think what the Theater
Guild players can do with Fri
day the 13th.”
Two of the main parts, the
hero, Kurt Muller, and his wife,
are played by Bob Farrow and
Kay Dougherty Richards, both
long-time members of the Guild
players.
Farrow, a junior in drama, is
a German anti-Nazi who has
taken an American wife to Eu
rope to bring up their two chil
dren. At the outbreak of the war
they return to their original
home for peace, but are followed
by Villain Dan Wessler. Their
lives are disrupted and dictated
as only a pro-Nazi can do until
the climax of the play brings a
turn of events and an unexpect
ed, exciting end.
Baseball player Farrow last
year played in “Wingless Vic
tory” and took the part of Slim
in “Of Mice and Men.”
A Southern California man,
Farrow .has acted in high school
plays with movie actress Larraine
Day in Long Beach.
As Muller’s wife, Kay Dough
erty Richards turns in another
performance to match last year's
work with the Guild players.
Married this summer, she and
her husband are back in school
for their last year. Her perform
ance in the play interprets the
part of the hero’s wife as a seri
ous minded young pro-Nazi Am
erican girl of wealthy parents
who has learned the German way
of life and returned to her origi
nal home in Washington, D.C.
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The course of instruction at the
United States Military academy
has been reduced from four years
to three.
CAMPUS 0
CALENDAR .
Pot-luck at 6 p.m. Tuesday, at
Westminster house, “Dad” Elliot,
speaker. There will be no noon
luncheon.
Homecoming committee heads
will meet at Friendly hall this af
ternoon at 4 for their Oregana
pictures.
Important meeting of all WAA
house managers Wednesday at 3
p.m. in Qerlinger hall.
Hui - O - Kwaauma, Hawaii}
club, will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday
on the third floor of Gerlinger.
The AWS council will not hold
its meeting today as previously
scheduled.
Oregon ^Emerald
Night Staff:
John Gurley, night editor
Altha Paul
Lamora Mewell
Carol Greening
Rod Swanson
R. Yates
Popularity of the song, “I've
Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” led men
students at Kalamazoo college to
choose Sara Woolley, a na||
of the city, as “the girl in Kala
mazoo College.”
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