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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1943)
Concert Series Slates Comic Opera Company By BETTY LU SIEGMAN An operatic troup which gets as many laughs as a Broad way revue, which travels by bus and carries all of its props in a suitcase, and which won the highest musical praise from 75 American cities last season—this is the Nine O’clock opera company. It presents its swift-moving gay English production of Mozart’s “Marriage of Fiearo” in the University’s Greater Artist concert series, February 15, in McArthur court, according to Richard C. Williams, educa tional activities manager. Proving that opera can be high comedy and great music at the same time, Mozart's Figaro has been agreed by critics as an excit ing, stream-lined production of the 18th century operatic master piece, in an idiomatic English translation and attractive modern dress. Set Substitute By substituting a narrator in the manner of "Our Town” for the usual cumbersome operatic sets, the Figaro troup can travel light. ■As a result they are able to bring their production to places where opera was only a name before. The leading role of Figaro, a gay and wily ex-barber, is played by John Tyers, wrho made his first musical debut singing “Adbul Ab ulbul Ameer” at a local boy scout meeting in San Diego. Talented Susanna The part of Susanna, his lead ing lady, is played by Helen Van Loon, a singer, who as a senior in high school won the Greater Detroit Piano contest over 20,000 applicants, the prize being a Stcinway Grand. The remainder of the cast is made up of Allen Stewart, tenor, as Basilio; George Britton, bari tone, as the count; Vera Weikel, soprano, as Cherubino; Lura Sto ver, soprano, as the countess; and Goan Greenwell, bass-baritone, as Antonio and the Narartor. Educationally Minded Five of the eight members of the cast have college degrees as well as musical ones, and all of them have individually won con ceit laurels. When this production was first done in New York two years ago, critics were united in their enthu siasm for a Figaro which could be as hilarious as a George Kauf man comedy and yet fulfill the highest standard of musical ex cellence. James Whittaker in the New York Mirror called it "An utter ly disarming and delicious per formance of the same opera which set the town afire in Metropolitan Opera performance last season. It is recalled that, in the 'Met,' the audience listened gravely while the cast sang farce. Only those who understood Italian wore per mitted to laugh out loud honest ly, it would be hard to say which of the two performances of Fi garo gave the most pleasure." Ann Sheridan, Olivia DeHavi land, and Joan Leslie spotted in three top roles of star-studded "Night Shift." ATTENTION LEONARD BISH is back on the job to serve the customers of Charley Klliott’s UNIVERSITY BARBER SHOP 1239 Aider Street School Shows Foreign Art Contemporary prints from IS countries of Central and South America will be on display in the Little Art Gallery at the school of architecture and allied arts from January 19 to February 2., The exhibition numbers 75 prints and was assembled by the American national committee of engraving. The International Bus iness Machines corporation pur chased the collection and is cir culating it. Represented on the exhibition are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cu ba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guat emala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uru guay, and Venezuela. Various mediums are used in the prints. Wood cuts, litho graphs, etchings, m o notypes, aquatints, and others are display ed. 'Gladhanders' Named (Continued from page one) the hospitality committee. All students are being urged to write home early asking their parents to attend the 1943 Dads’ day program to which both moth ers and fathers are being invited. It is especially important that students write home early this year to insure ample time to make transportation arrange ments and reservations, Thayer said Tuesday. All committee heads are asked to meet Thursday afternoon at 5 in the Falcon to discuss plans to have a picture taken of the srouD. Piil Palace Fills Flu Ails Many (Continued from page one) low common-sense precautions. If a student feels a cold coming on, he should: (1) Remain quiet, preferably staying in bed. (2) Sleep inside, if possible, rather than on an open-air sleep ing porch. (3) Take a preponderance of liquid food. (4) Come to the health service for examination and treatment if necessary. Dr. Marion Miller also empha sized that students whom the doc tors have sent home to be should stay in bed, as ordered, and not come running over to the infirm ary every day to have their tem peratures taken. “If complications arise, and a student we have sent home to bed thinks he should consult one of the doctors, he should phone the health service,” stated Dr. Miller, “and make arrangements either to move to the infirmary or to have a doctor visit him at his home.” “Phone calls should be made between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. be cause cured patients are dis charged in the mornings, and the way things have been going late ly, infirmary beds are often filled up again by afternoon. “Above all, sick-at-home stu dents should stay in bed,” she em phasized. Frosh Women (Continued from page one) The assembly is one of a series sponsored by Phi Theta to orient freshman women to University life. The first BMOC assembly was held in 1941 and has been held annually since. Notables to be introduced this year are Les Anderson, Dick Wil liams, Steve Worth, Wes Sulli van, Ray Schrick, Bill Bradshaw, Reid Ferrall, Bill Huggins, Ted Loud, A1 Larsen, Jim Thayer, Bud Vandeneynde, Dick Ashcom, Pat Cloud, Roger Dick, Russ Hud son, Ray Packouz, Bob Hender son. Len Barde. and Clint Paine. ^1 THREE BLIND MEN (BUND TO AMERICA'S WILL TO WIN) Open their eyes by investing YOUR CHANGE IN WAR STAMPS ★-—-Yr & BUY HIGH QUALITY SHOES — that will give you serviceable wear — they last longer. Your favorite campus shoes. ROPEEZ $3.95 ♦ Cobblers ♦ Moccarounds ♦ Overtimers Wedgies ♦ Saddles Orchestra Pictures Group pictures of the Uni versity symphony orchestra will be taken this evening; at 7:45 in the music auditorium, according to Roy Nelson, Ore gana managing editor. Men should wear tuxes or dark suits, Nelson announced, and women are asked to wear black formats. New Lease* (Continued from page one) While in training men are given full college credit for all work completed. These men who take the train ing and decide to make it their life work will find that commer cial aviation will readily make room for them following the war because one of the musts of every large airport is a competent me teorologist. The training is offered at vari ous bases throughout the country; most of them are at established colleges where the work is given in conjunction with the regular college courses. Training.leads to a commission as a second lieutenant in the army air corps. Men in the basic and pre-meteorology classes are clas sified as privates in the army air corps and those in the advanced class are rated aviation cadets. All interested men should con tact Dr. Kossack in his office, 207 Deady, to make appointments with Dr. Webb when he returns Friday. Gamma Phis Lead Winners of the weekly sur gical dressing division of the Ked Cross are the following women’s living organizations: Gamma Phi Beta, 18 hours; Al pha Chi Omega, 17 '/2; and Al pha Delta Pi, 16i/2 hours. According to Carolyn Holmes, campus Ked Cross di rector, no wool sweaters or skirts should be worn in the surgical dressing class. UO Cast Named For 'St. Mark’ (Continued from page one) Harold Larson; Private Shevlin, Granville Abbott; Private Fran cis Marion, Press Phipps; Private Buscemi, Richard Landis; Ser geant Ruby, Roy Dyer; Lill Bird, Helen Holden; ,Sal Bird, Betsy Steffen; a waiter, Overton Rob erts; Sergeant Kriven, Saul Barde; and Pepe, Nisma Banta. The eight sets of the play were created by members of the stage design class. ( Student Designs > In act I Nell West’s kitchen and the barracks at Fort Grace were designed by Don Shirley. Patricia Howard planned Janet Feller’s room and Keith Hoppes did the Moonbow restaurant. The pier and field of act II were done by Jim Bronson, the cave by Kay Richards and Nell’s room by Marellen Wilber. Lt. Robert Haven, '42, Killed in North Africa Lt. Robert C. Havens, graduate of 1941, was killed in action De cember 12, according to a tele gram received by his parents from the war department. Havens, who was flying an army plane in northwest Africa, had been pre{ ously listed in army dispatches on November 3 as being one of 50 U. S. airmen who took part in a raid on Sfax, in eastern Tunisia. His death apparently preceded an announcement January 12, that the army’s air medal had been awarded to him for his part in the Sfax raid. A member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Havens majored in law while attending the University prior to his entering the army air force, and passed the Oregon bar examination in July, 1941. OH, YES! AT BARKER'S MUSIC SHOP— BIGGER BARGAINS THAN EVER! See these low prices, while they last. GUITARS — The most popular instruments — at $2.50. $3.90. $4.90, $5.90. S6.75, $7.50, $8.75, $9.50, $11. $14. $15. $18. $24. $34. $87. TENOR GUITARS—at $7.50. $11. $17, $20. GOOD BANJOS—with the Negro kick— at $4.90, $8.50, $15. $20, $34 and $45. UKELELES—at $2.50. $4.50. $5 and $7 BASS DRUMS—at $25. SNARE DRUMS—at $4.50, $5.50, $6.50, $7.50. $9, $14, $16 and $17. % Size VIOLINS—at $5.50, $9 and $15. Regular Standard Size VIOLINS — at $5, $9 $14 $16. $20. $35. $45. $50, $75, $100, $150, $250. These are big bargains! BASS VIOLS at $40 and $60. TROMBONES at*$18, $24. $35 and $55. CORNETS—$10 and $35. TRUMPETS at Similar Prices. BARITONE HORNS—$75. $45 and $60. Cases for Instruments! I Buy, Exchange, Trade and Sell for Cash or by Installments! Oh.YesJ l forgot about CLARINETS—at $34, $45. $55, $75 and $85. Also—VIOLIN BOXES and BOWS. I Do Repairing on all kinds of Musical Instruments at very low prices ! 1 bnnorhta Philosopher’s Library of 1500 Books and lliej; cover many subjects. I am selling them at lUc up to $1 each. 1 his is about pj regular price ! My Advice is to get a Musical Instrument and have fun learning to play! It is more fun than playing ball! The person who can play and sing has the key that opens the Door of Society! REMEMBER— Barker’s Music House 760 Willamette Eugene, Oregon ■*