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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1943)
MARJORIE MAJOR EDITOR ELIZABETH EDMUNDS BUSINESS MANAGER MARJORIE Y9UNG Managing Editor ARLISS BOONE Advertising Manager ANNE CRAVEN News Editor Charles Politz, Joanne Nichols Associate Editors EDITORIAL BOARD Norris Yates Edith Newton Shirley Stearns, Executive Secretary Pvt. Bob Stephensen, Warren Miller, Army Co-editors Carol Greening, Betty Ann Stevens, Co-Women’s Editor’s Bill Lindley, Staff Photographer Carol Cook, Chief Night Editor Norris Yates, Sports Editor Published dailv during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays and f nal examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon._ 2>aed Mean fLjou? McArthur court is one building that is two buildings—not 'two building's in the physical sense, in that the "second” build ing is the world’s only mirage with a basketball court—but a double building- in the atmospheric sense. First it is the “Igloo”—rah-rah palace king size. Here, on the polished maple acre basketball reigns supreme. Hobson coached perpetuo-gallop teams run the legs off would-be in vaders from the more agricultural regions, cheer leaders strip vocal cords, "make with” facial contortions that swell the heart <of the creator of I )ick Tracy, frenzied fans in cashmere and plaid and corduroy, stamp feet, bounce on the swaying bleachers. [Yells, yipes, groans and hoots. Here alone do girls scream not for Frankie. It's a marvelous roaring madhouse, this rally pal ace—the "Igloo.” But the nickname vanishes and AIcArthur court is the con cert hall. Here stars of opera, the dance, and concert stage come each vear to entertain the student body of the Univer sitv and citizens of Eugene. The atmosphere of the concert hall is dilferent from that of ihe basketball pavilion. The artist mounts the platform, pauses, surveys the sea of expectant faces about him. A hush comes ever the audience, bins which could be dropped—do not drop. Filence- an absence of sound—that is the courtesy of the con cert hall. It has been the tendency of the student audience in recent years to confuse McArthur court—the concert hall with McArthur court—the basketball pavilion. There has been sound .—an absence of silence. People have straggled in late, while the artist was in the midst of a number. Their feet, however small, have made their presence known. McArthur court is like a cave. There are echoes. A sound, tiny at its inception, swells to gar gantuan proportions. 1. it,.. J IlCIl L I IV. I V ill V lll'ov \\ liu ^vmv, vwu. iuv. ■! itude—"if 1 like il I'll stay and if I don't I'll just get up and walk put"_AX'D TIIKY DO right in the middle of a number. I.et us not forget the “sotto voce critics,” those charming' in tellectuals who exchange running', notc-by-note opinions with equally charming companions. The world would he so empty, so unbearable, and so much happier without them. Sir Thomas Beecham will long' remember the'exemplary Oregon concert audience. I low could he forget them? What happened ? Oh nothing much. T'was just a coke bottle. Becom ing so enthralled with the passion of 1 schaikowsky and the -pressure of its master’s toe it dropped front the fourth tier of the bleachers during a rather impressive soft string number. Sir Thomas, who is touchv that way, lowered lus baton in re flexive response stopping the orchestra, turned on heel, glared in the direction of the broken ”.Pause I hat Refreshes. The pause was not relreshing. Marjorie Lawrence, soprano, will appear in concert tonight ■at 8:15 in McArthur court—the concert hall. •—C.P. 'jbeatU'l Jlav'nincf, lAJuuf,... ‘'Beginning Sundav, November /. monthly vesper services will again he held on the campus, it was announced today. The services w ill he held at 5 pan. in the music auditorium.” .When we read this announcement, many of us, who are not too keenly interested in religion, will remark "so what?” That mat he a good question. Kspecially in these mixed-up limes it may he a good question. Insecurity and turmoil are the two keynotes of our time. Death and darkness are very close around us, ves even around us students on the h niversity of Oregon campus. After all, who is not the friend, lover, or intimate of someone now living under the shadow of "death’s hov'ring wing"? Who among us does not personally know some family which has received that yellow slip of paper which be gins with the words: "We regret to inform you—"? Confronted as we thus are by chaos and eternity, is it any •wonder that we have become perplexed and fearful? We have tended to forget that in man's spiritual existence there is no death, no insecurity, no ugly, bitter turmoil. Again and again A Slip. oft the Hip By LIZ HAUGEN and PEG HEITSCHMIDT What with mixers back again and that smooth army band scheduled to serenade next Sun day aft, the outlook brightens for those few hours that we have off. Many have inquired—so we will tell. The “harem” threesome of the Bill Sinnott “dutch treat” dates is K. J. Jenkins, Julie Car penter, and Shirley Gravely. Not so dumb that Sinnott man— two of them have convertibles. Are Youse Curious Curious people were only “cur iouser” when Theta Phil van Pet ten came downstairs t’other eve ning, looking very swish in a frothy pink ballet dress, ballet slippers, and hair flowing. Where was she going?- to study—and she promtply settled herself in the center of the living-room floor, and' studied—all evening. A picture of Horace with the colonel's daughter sent to Gail Nelson, Kappa dream girl, from Florida, with no explanation, still makes sparks fly. And speaking of flying, Kappa Ellie Jacobs is “up in the air” awaiting the plane that will bring “Jimmie” •— yes, he gave her the ring—in. Navy day, and Birch lodge (Delta Tau Delta) was visited by (Please turn to page three) war’s week ♦ Tri-partite conferees Hull, Molotov, and Eden announce declaration of joint American, Russian, and British war and post war policies: 1. Unconditional surrender, unity of action against the commonenemy.” 2. Cooperation in a postwar organization for the main tenance of peaceful rela tions. 3. Punishment of war crimi nals. ♦ Russians isolate Crimean Ger man forces. ♦ Marines land on Bougainville island in the Solomons. ♦Fifth army cracks Rommel defense line before Rome, crosses Volturno river. ♦ Allies invite entrance of Tur key into war. ♦ Wil'lielmshaven struck by es timated 1,000 American planes. ♦ Albanian mountain forces co ordinate with Yugoslav guer rillas under General Tito. lO Ga/s, a Alan, a Mop * Pull Ropes/ Shift Scenes By ERVIN WEBB The hook and ladder corps of the Guild hall gang, probably better known to most as the Theater Workshop stage crew, can boast this term of an astounding one boy, ten girl member ship (seven girls more and one boy less than last year). This one to ten grid-iron combination (the grid-iron being the iron brace network above the stage) of fugitives from the dramatic mop and broom detail, have just completed several strenuous weeks of fall term spring house cleaning. They cleaned the workshop, stage, store-room and drama studio and did a little general face-lifting on the “Hut’s” library (now a reading room, with lights, tables, and other comforts). Now they have settled down to the nice quiet life of scenery construc tion. Coverall' Kids The white-overalled kids with the green “Theater Workshop” on their backs have already be gan to sizzle on “Out of the Fry ing Pan” sets under the guidance of drama director Horace Robin son. About this year’s crew Robinson says, “This is the best class I have ever had in Work shop, and incidentally the best looking.” The sets for this production are not of too complex nature and are only two in number; there fore the work-minded enthusiasts will not be under much strain to finish them in time for the show which is planned for next month. Ingenuity Will Out The third production of the year will be the crew’s chance to show their ingenuity as it is planned to be of a more or less experimental nature. The class meets twice a week, Tuesday’s and Thursdays, inithe afternoon. Part of each class is devoted to lectures, the remain der to actual work problems. The class is also divided into two ■ parts, one of which works on al ternate Saturdays. The principal work done is set designing and construction, also the manipula tion of the guy ropes, lights, and other stage properties. \>h, Those Ladders Some time is always spent in getting used to working on ted ders and it has been rumored that neophyte class members have become more or less petri fied at the top of a 12-foot lad der as it sways in accentuated rhythms at alternate 45 degree angles. But as mustachioed, imperturb able Horace Robinson always says when approached with the question of “why don’t you fix those ladders?” — “we’ll/t Vt around to that as soon as U Ae one breaks his neck.” Latest re ports indicate all necks intact. So the ladders will just sway on. Globally Speaking By BILB SINNOTT One of the greatest causes of distrust between -Britain and America on the one hand and So iet Russia on the other is the civil war going on in Yugosla via, between the Chetniks, backed by the western allies, and the Partisans, supported by the Kremlin. The Partisans are made up of Croats and Slovenes--the Chet niks of Serbs. The hatred of Serb for Croat made parliamentary government impossible in Yugoslavia after Versailles. This hatred has its roots in centuries past. The Croats and Slovenes are Roman Catholics. They use the Latin alphabet. For hundreds of years they were un it lias been reiterated that man’s strength is almost wholly de rived from spiritual sources, and there is not a one of us who does not need spiritual fortification. What more natural, then, that we should he interested when a service like the Sunday vesper program is offered us? Some of you may not quite understand what the term “ves per services" means. According to Webster, it means, "A ser vice, largely musical, on Sunday afternoon.” Applied to the University of Oregon, it means music by the 30-voice vesper choir. It means the organ in the music auditorium lifting its expressive voice in wordless song. Next month it will mean the strains of Christmas folk hymns in which both choir and organ cooperate. And even more than all this, it means a quiet hour or two of prayer, medi tation. and reflective discussion. There will he no-^preaching'1 in that sense of the word. Just a program of some of the great est. most thought-inspiring music ever written, plus an audience of students, soldiers, and faculty members who have gathered together in this quiet, congenial atmosphere to think, not argue or to he argued at. Tt’s a good thing wo mentioned the soldiers.1 Let it he em phasized that the army hoys are doubly welcome. After all., you are the ones who will soon he out in the mud and blood, giving up your lives in order that the rest of us may go right on attend ing school undisturbed and he free to study' what wo please. You are the men who are living under the grim shadow, death’s hov’ring wing. —N.Y. der the easy-going rule of 4fce Hapsburg monarchy. Used to Self-Government They were used to self govern ment. Croatia is the industrial area of Yugoslavia. The Croats resented the fact that their tax es supported a purely Serb bu reaucracy. The Croats look do\yn on the Serbs as barbarous^l entals that had lived for so long under Turkish rule that they had taken over some of the charac teristics of the “unspeakable'’ Turk. The Serbs are Greek Orthodox, use the Cyrillic alphabet. Tjfct-y regard themselves as the most virile people in the Balkans. The Croats, to them, are effete, from living too long under the old Aus trian empire. In 1917, Pashitch for the Serbs and Trumbitch for the Croats, signed the Pact of Corfu, by which Yugoslavia would become a federal state when it was or ganized. Pashitch was a tough, cynical old man who yowed to see his dream of Greater Serbia realized. He forced through a constitution in 1921 by which Yugoslavia be came a unitary state under Serb rule. Croats Bitter ™ '' The Croats were bitter, their leader, Pachitch, was assassinated in parliament in 1928. The Croat deputies w.alked‘out in protest. This led King Alexander to pro claim a dictatorship in 1929. In 1934, Alexander, himself, was as sassinated in Marseilles by a henchman of Ante Pavelitch, the present Quisling ruler of Croatia. During the later thirties Yugo slavia was in an uproar. The country was a fertile ground for “German tourists.” ‘The' RegH& Prince Paul, in signing the Axis pact, sold out to. Hitler. The •Serbs,- led by ’ Gefiehal Simovich. revolted, put Peter on the throng. Then came the Nazi blitz of April, 1941. Mihailovich was then 'Please turn to page three)