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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1943)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 28 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1943 MARJORIE LAWRENCE 'Campus Serenade’ Listed for Sunday Afternoon at Geriinger Sunday’s “Campus Serenade” has been officially scheduled. Having received the approval of the Student Affairs commit ^'■and all others whose word counts, Owen Bailey and his ^Hlestral orphans are ready to make with the music. The time and place will be as previously announced: 3 p.m. Sunday at Geriinger hall. Features Unique Acts The program will be imique in many respects. There will oe a numcer or special arrange ments played by the orchestra, some vocalizing, and more of EClempner's- comics, '•Faced with the catastrophic possibility of an all-standing au dience (no chairs were to be fur nished with the hall), Bailey is sued a request for volunteers who would assist in setting up the necessary furniture. His call was answered by 75 men of Co. A Kd^o offered their services—a seldom recorded in army liflftory. To them should go a sa lute of gratitude and an official citation. Though nothing official can be done, the salute is theirs. Sunday’s show, though spon sored by the army, is open to all campus residents and the down town people. Civilians and mili tary personnel alike are invited. Army-Navy Test Coming Tuesday The second army-navy qualify ing test for students who desire to continue college training while in the service will be given on the campus Tuesday, November 0, in 107 Villard hall. From the scores made on these tests mem bers of the army specialized twining program and navy col lege program will be selected. > Application blanks and infor mation on the test will be furn ished by Virgil D. Earl, dean of men. The test, will begin at 9 a.m. The examination will cover knowledge and use of words, gen eral scientific knowledge, and elementary mathematics. Those taking the test will be notified whether or not they qualified for college training by December 20. The student applicants must state their preference for either army or the navy. To be eli gible one must be between the ages of 17 and 21. Basic Given Students accepted for the army program will be given 13 weeks (Please turn to page four) Pre-mets Renew Contract With UO Pre-meteorology students at the University were virtually as sured of staying through the winter unless unforseen circum stances arise, Dr. Will V. Norris, academic director for army stu dents on the campus, stated Fri day. The announcement was made following the renegotiation of the original contract by repre sentatives of the army and Uni versity officials. No major changes were made in the new contract which is to run until May 20, 1944. No change was made in the length of time air corps men will remain at Oregon, but Dr. Norris said plans were made with the expectation that they will stay at least until expiration of the agreement. Army officers on the campus Friday to make the new contract were Major Fred V, Wetzell, Ma jor Ellsmore Rushton, Captain Arthur E. Fatt.erson, and Lieu tenant Stephen S. Weisman. Two (Please turn to fage four) 'Books for Army’ Drive Commences Monday In order to supply Camp Adair with badly needed books, both technical and fiction, a book drive will be held on the campus beginning Monday and lasting throughout the week. Mary Bush, sophomore in liberal arts, is in charge of the drive. Members of Kwama will han dle the drive in the various hous es and a. box will be placed in the Co-op for additional contri butions. Miss Bush stated that the sol diers needed technical books, especially mathematics ,and also some good up-to-date books of fiction. The Alpha Phis have already collected 300 books, Miss Bush reported. Marjorie Lawrence Concert Opens At 8:15 Tonight in igloo Marjorie Lawrence, famed Met tropolitan opera singer, will ap pear at McArthur court at S:15 tonight, in the first concert of the 1943 scries. Open With Handel She will open the concert with the Recitative and Aria of Ni tocris, from “Belshazzar,” by Handel. The program is divided into six parts. Other selections are from Brahms, Prokofieff, Canteloube, Ravel, Joaquin Nin, Shostakowicz, Scriabin, and in clude “This Day Is Mine" by Har riet Ware, and “Der Erlkonig,” “Der Lindenbaum,” and "Unge duld” by Schubert. The climax will be Brunnhilde's final scene from “Gotterdammer ung" by Wagner, in which the heroine mounts Grane and rides into the burning funeral pyre. Before her illness, Miss Lawr ence performed this feat herself. She will be accompanied by Gordon Manley at the piano. Wagner Scene Climax Miss Lawrence, who has sung from her wheel chair since she was stricken with infantile paral ysis in 1941, arrived last night from Portland on a national tour. While in Portland she christened the liberty ship, Horace V. White, at the Oregon Shipbuilding cor poration. accompanied by a group of youngsters from the Shrine hospital for crippled children. Dehut at 26 The dramatic soprano, who made her debut with the Metro politan opera at the age of 26 and captivated audiences throughout the nation, sang with the Palis Opera for three years, toured the United States and Canada, and appeared in South America. She returned to the stage, after a year and a half of retirement, to sing the part ef Venus in "Tannliau ser" at the Metropolitan last winter. At her first, debut at the Monte Carlo in 1932, she played Elizabeth in “Tannhauser.” In Paris her performance of Crtrnd in “Lohengrin" stopped the show in the second act. Students will be admitted to night with their registration cards. Admission to service men is 50 cents. Seats for the general public run from $1.10 to $2.20. Judges to Pick 'Dream' Finalists All candidates for Oregon's Dream Girl will be judged to day at 3 pan. in Gerlinger hall. Short silks are to be worn. Six finalists will be chosen and will be voted on at Coed Capers, to be held in Gerlinger at 7 p.m. Friday, November 10. Today's Cigarette Total 1,800 1,000 928 500 324 0 Tri-Delts Lead With III Packs Delta Delta Delta forged way ahead of the other houses on the campus Friday with a total of 111 packages of cigarettes donat ed for the war board-sponsored drive. Total of 928 packs were collected by the end of the third day, Phyllis Horstman, chairman announced. The cigarettes will go to the Red Cross hospital at Camp Adair. The patients there do not get cigarettes unless they are brought in to them, according to a letter written to Miss Horst man by Major Carl L. Forsman, FA, special service officer. Ap proximately four dozen will also be given to the Eugene USO. House representatives should turn in all contributions to Miss Horstman by Saturday noon. Alpha Phis Second Number of packages collected in each house is as follows: Del ta Delta Delta, 111; Alpha Phi, 87; Laurel lodge, 65; Alpha Chi Omega, 48; Delta Gamma, 44; (Please turn to pace five) Extension Dean V. V. Caldwell Passes Away After Operation Army-Duck Team Focuses Sights on Marshfield Squad Final practice for Sunday's game was held last night hy the ASTU football squad. Most of the time was spent in running over the plays “before the usual pre-game lecture given by Coach Warren. He warned the team that they would be up against a tough Outfit Sunday—tougher than they were themselves in the previous game—but that with a little de termination on their part they could make a good showing of themselves. It has been learned (Please turn to page four) Writing Honorary Seeks Scribes Fot and tjuiii, women s nation al writing- honorary, is sponsor ing its annual membership con test, Pat Farrell, president of the group, announced. 'Submission of a short story, poem, essay, or any other type of creative writing in the con test and its acceptance is the only reqirement for membership. A prize of $5 will be given to the writer of the best short story or poem. All Women Eligible* Any woman student at the University is eligible to enter the contest, The deadline for turning in manuscripts is November 30. All work submitted must be original and include a sealed en velope with the title of the work on it and the name of the con testant inside the envelope. No work will be accepted that has the name of the writer on it. Judges Named Judges for the contest will be all active members and alums of Pot and Quill. Material may be submitted to Miss Farrell at the Pi Phi house, put in her box at the Emerald office, or given to any of the active members. Those on the campus are: Claudine Biggs, Pat Farrell, Marjorie Ma jor, Betty Ann Stevens, Peggy Overland, and Helen Johnson. jur. verne V. Caldwell, lor the past three years clean of the ex tension division, died Thursday; night in a LaGrande hospital fol lowing an operation. He was stricken while hunting in the Blue mountains. Hews of the death of Dean. Caldwell came as a shock tc-Uni versity faculty members, many of whom knew him well. Several faculty members ex pressed their sorrow, paying ti ib nte to Dean Caldwell. Earl M. P a 11 e 11, executive secretaiy: ' His death is a great loss to e d ucation in Oregon.'’ Dr. H. R. Taylor, associate dean of the graduate division: "I knew lira well and have had close and most pleasant associations with him through his work as a psycholo gist.” Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of liberal arts: ‘'His zeal and enthusiasm for his workt fitted him admirably for the com plex task of bringing higher < lo cation to the mass of the people/’ Dr. Dan E. Clark, director of Oregon'1 summer sessions: "He was exceedingly capable and an .efficient director of thewxtension division, and it is going to be most difficult to replace him. ’ Dean Caldwell was born in Kansas and has been associated with education in Oregon for 3<> years. Before becoming extension director he wa s on the faculty of the colleges of education at Ash land and Monmouth. Last year he was elected president of' the Oregon Mental Hygiene so; i<■1 y. Surviving are his widow, a son, and a daughter in Portland. ' Mifo Woodward Efecfed Proxy of Amphibian Milo Woodward, junior in lib eral arts, has been elected presi dent of Amphibian club, women’s swimming honorary. Miss Wood ward was elected after the resig nation of Beverly Goetz was* ac cepted. Autumn Brought 'Em Some people love the autumn leaves, But I can leave or take ’em; The thing that really makes me giad ■ I) «*; r^| Is that I’m not home to rake ’em. —W.R.L. •.T3garggr