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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1943)
p MEMLD VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 83 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1943 Marilyn Campbell Picked to Head AWS Odeon for All, Not Just 'Elite' Photo by Connie Averill CHECKING OVER, THE OBEON PLAY . . . . . . ere Director Horace Robinson, left, Alan Foster, Helen Johnson, Jim Bronson, and Virginia Lippsnan . . . these four will contribute to the dramatic side of Odeon, to be held on February 23 in Ger linger hall, Selections from “King Arthur,” by Purcell, choral fantasia ^om “Tannhauser” by Wagner and “America” by Ernest Bloch will compose the third in the University of Oregon’s Greater Artist series sung by the choral union under the direction of Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean of the school of music. The concert will be held in McArthur court on March 1. Managers To Obtain Second Ration Books Visions of several thousand students flooding Eugene public schools to exchange their empty ration books for new ones has per suaded the local ration board to make a special provision for Uni versity students. According to p. bulletin released last night, house managers may exchange books for members of their respective houses provided they bring along inventory of canned goods (Pl-hich the house has on hand. Registration for war ration book number two will begin Mon day and continue throughout next week. House managers should take a complete inventory of all canned goods on hand and present this list when turning in the old books. The listing should not in clude milk, meat, fish, or cans of less than eight ounces. Students who do not have book one in their possession must write home for and get it before they can obtain book number two. Romantic Note Krhy must the moon eep the landscape transposed Into all of the things Of which dreams are composed .When finals are near And the weekend is closed? —J.W.S. Soloists, from the school of music are Marie Rogndahl, so prano, Barbara Bentley, mezzo' soprano; Lee Ghormley, tenor; and Raymond Leonard, baritone, who will sing in “King Arthur.” Soloists in the choral fantasia from “Tannhauser” are Margaret Zimmerman, soprano, and a bari tone whose name has not yet been announced. War Problem The University symphony or chestra under the direction of Rex Underwood, professor of mu sic, will accompany the choral union in the “Tannhauser” work and “America.” Piano accompani ment, played by Leone La Duke, senior in music, will be used with "King Arthur.” Mr. Kratt stated, “We intended to do this with or chestration, but we couldn’t get it.” He explained that the orig inal orchestra parts, from which copies would have to be made, were stored in London and would be unavailable until after the war. The anthem “America” is from Ernest Bloch's symphony “Amer ica.” Mr. Bloch, according to Mr. Kratt, “was the man who won the $5000 prize for an American symphony offered several years ago, the highest prize ever of fered for a symphony.” Noted Oregonian Mr. Bloch is a composer of in ternational fame. He lives at (Please turn to page three) Free Tickets Now Ready For Everyone By TED GOODWIN The term Odeon has heen ban died about the campus for several days now with little clear infor mation on the subject except that it will be a creative arts show this coming Monday and the name is pronounced Odayon. Barbara Hampson, student chairman of a joint committee in eluding- faculty members headed by W. A. Dahlberg, speech instruc tor, emphasized several pertinent points. Odeon is free to the public. This means that there will be no charge for admittance, but tickets will be required. These tickets may be obtained at the Co-op Monday from 10 to 12 and from 2 to 5 at no charge. Each ticket will ad mit two persons but any one per son may obtain only one ticket, that is, no tickets by proxy, Miss Hampson pointed out. Since Odeon wilhdeal with cre ative endeavor in the fields of mu sic, art, drama, letters and de signing, it was rumored that any such talent display of the “finer things of life,” would be limited to the “elite,” whatever that is. This is definitely not the case, Miss Hampson declared. The en (Please turn to page eight) Beverly Padgham Wins YW, Janet Ross Tops WAA Vote Marilyn Campbell, AWS president; Janet Ross, WAA presi dent; and Beverly Padgham, YWCA president, were elected heads of the three major women’s organizations on the cam pus when University coeds met Thursday at 11 a.m. in Ger linger hall to vote for their new 1943-44 officers. Mrs. Herring to Meet Prospective WAACs Any girl interested in joining the WAACs may see Mrs. Betty Herring, recruiting agent, at the dean of women’s office Fri day or Monday afternoon. Ap pointments should be made through the dean of women’s office. Mrs. Herring will not come to (he campus unless ap pointments are made. Army Offers Many Jobs In WAACs By ANNE CRAVEN Girls 21 years? old or who will be 21 by the end of the school year or during the summer, are being urged to join the WAAC reserve corps, Mrs. Betty Her ring, WAAC recruiting officer, said Thursday. These girls, on joining the WAAC reserve corps, are then allowed to finish their school year before taking basic training. “Do not close -the doors to edu cation as you walk off this cam pus,” Mrs. Herring' said. “In stead, join the WAACs and spe cialize in the thing you are most interested in.” (Please turn to pane six) HAVE YOU SEEN? A Richfield gasolirl' sign bearing the advertising slogan “when mileage counts” at the entrance of Johnson hall ? C. S. UO Enrollment Drops As Men Go Off to War By EDITH NEWTON “Military” is the curt word that appears on the slip of pa per in the registrar’s office that tells the reason for the with drawal of 63 men from the University this term. Each one of these men has quit school to go into some branch of the armed service. Houses Compete In Tin Can Drive The weekly scrap drive will definitely take place Friday Marge Curtis and Art Damschen, co-chairmen of the salvage com mittee stated Thursday. Tin cans are the only items to be picked up, so that living or ganizations can concentrate on getting as much a1! possible. They are urged to solicit their neighbors for the cans. Prefect From Weather The cans are to be flattened and the labels removed. They should be placed in a covered box with the name of the organ ization on the outside. The boxes are to be placed on the front porches of the living organization, so that they can (Please turn to payc three) A total ot 119 students have withdrawn for various reasons din ing the term, but the military call has been the most common cause. With the withdrals regis tered up to last week, the enroll ment for this term stands at 2590 students, a 15 per cent drop from the 3035 mark reached last year at this time. Last year 98 stud ents withdrew from school dur ing winter term. The following have withdrawn for military service this term: Delbert Burk, Orva Max Croft, Richard Crockett, Garnett Clif ton, Donald David, Edwin Den niston, Harry Haugston, Howard Harper, John Lauc, Willard Mc Williams, Peter Miller, Russell Nowling, Bill Nickclson, Jack Orey, Gene Olsen, Wilson Bleed, Wilson Rich, Don Smith, Earn est Snowberger. John Sullivan, Richard Ward, Elvin Williams, Gordon Wood land, William Wharton, Vincent (Please turn to payc three) Marge Dibble, retiring AWS president, presided, introducing Goldie Puziss, retiring WAA presi dent, and Abbie Jane White, re tiring YWCA president, who in turn read the names of girls who were nominated for new position* by their respective councils. Election Results Complete election results are as follows: AWS offices: President, Mari lyn Campbell, 190 votes: Mary Janq Dunn, 169; and Dorothy Clear, 117. Vice President, Nancy Ames, 264; Helen Holden, 105; Barbara Lamb, 68; and Jane Alice Pen gra, 43. Secretary, Mary Riley. 167 votes; Betty Ann Stevens, 12S; Joan Dolph, 125; and Sally Spies, 52. More AWS Officers Treasurer, Phyllis Horstman, 254; Gerd Hansen, 120; Velita E« tey, 44; Ruth Van Buskirk, 39. Sergeant-at-arms, Phyllis Ev ans, 162; Eliza Ann Houston, 158; Mary Corrigan, 74; and Mary Mc Candless, 72. Reporter, Betty Lu Siegman, 194; Phyllis Lacey, 101; June Tay lor, 91; and Dorothy Lenhart, 20. WAA Results WAA offices: President, Janet Ross, 4S votes, and Beverly Goetz, 40; vice president, Martha Jane Switzer, 55; Lucille Yuii gen, 29. Secretary, Doone Eccles, 38; (Please turn to pa ye cfyht) 'Beaux’ Bazaar Set for Tonight The Beaux Arts bazaar is not limited to concessions, stressed Don Hoffman, chairman of the tonight’s art school ball. This year's version of the traditional Bozarts ball will retain most of the old-time flavor, he promised, with dancing, costumes, and oth er typical features with the ba zaar attractions as an innova tion. Camouflaged for the occasion, the drafting room will be the scene of festivities from 8 to 11 :,';0 tonight. Art school students will also be camouflaged for the event in costumes of their own design and daring, the committee, pointed out. Medium of exchange for all the concessions will be art school currency issued at the door. Games of chance and a. food bar ara promised. Main attraction will still be dancing. An extra on the entertainment program will be square dancing called by Andrew M. Vincent, pro fessor of drawing and painting. Grand prizes for the most in geniously dressed faculty mem ber and student will be presented during the evening. Tickets are on sale at the art school coop and librarian’s office. They are 25 cents for members of the Allied Art league who have paid their dues and 50 cents for everyone else. All students who have classes in the art school are invited to the bazaar.