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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1944)
-IFathah’ Baiiey’s Boys End ’Stand’ The disbanding of “Fatha'a Bailey and his Crew” writes, the last chapter on the life of the first and only all-army band at the Un iversity of Oregon. The army came to the Univers ity in 1913. Men from every part of the country, engineering, air corps and language students, were housed in the available dormitories. One thing some of them had in common was a talent for music and from their scattered rooms came the mellow tones of trom bones and the blare of trumpets. -■•■“Fhe unharmonious results hurt the sensitive ears of Owen Bailey, a talented musician from Chatta nooga, Tennessee, who decided to ge these musicians together and have them all play the same tune at the same time. Thus “Fathah Bailey and his Crew” came into existence. After a few rehearsals, Bailey’s boys were scheduled to play for the opening assembly of the school year. The band then consisted of four saxophones, three trumpets, three trombones, drums, and piano. The new band was in acclaim from the first. The boys had only one day a -wreck to rehearse, and gave gen erously of their precious free time. No money was ever involved with this band; they played because they loved to play. At its peak, the band consisted of fifteen men and two vocalists, Sue Welch and George Barker. The brass section consisted of Bob Stotlar, Merle Getchell, John Sheviak, Walter Hayes, and Fred Patterson. Sax section was “Ace” Fehlberg, Jack Blumenthal, James Scurlock, Gail Myers, Pat Haga meyer, and Carl Gutmann; and the rhythm section featured Ralph Sutton on the piano, and “Whitey” White on the drums. Sutton once played with Jack Teagarden and White had his own band in Ne braska; Blumenthal played with Louie Prima and Fehlberg with the Purdue swing band in Illinois. Owen Bailey played with Bill Sawyer’s band in Tennessee. Saturday night, February 12, “Fathah Bailey and his Crew" sounded their last downbeat at the army-co-op mixer. With Rice and Sutton gone, Barker, Bailey and Blumenthal accepted for aviation cadet training and Stotlar, Sheviak and Fehlberg graduating, the band is being disbanded. Bailey and his boys built up an ~§!tth,usiastic audience here at Ore gon and the army and civilians look forward to another such or ganization to take their place. If You Want any tailoring, pressing, or cleaning done on either men’s or women’s gar ments, be sure to See The UNIVERSITY TAILOR 1128 Alder Phone 2641 Dean Has Activity Blanks for Townees All girls who are not in regular living organizations should come to the dean of women’s office as soon as possible to fill out an ac tivity blank. Girls in dormitories or sororities will fill out the blanks through their houses. The purpose of these blanks is to have material on hand with which to give references for jobs, enlisting in any women's branch of the service, and to give a record of every coed's college activities. Western Reserve Uuniversity school of medicine celebrates its j hundredth anniversary October | 27. ' I Exam Schedule Exams begin on Wednesday, March 1 and last through Satur day, March 4. Written English (K, composition, and business)) will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 1; physi cal education will be held at 7:30 p. ,m., March 2, and constructive accounting at 7:30 p.m., March 3. All other exams are as follows: March 1: 8-10 a.m., 9 o’clock 3-5 day courses; 10-12 a.m., 9 o’clock 1-2 day courses; 3-5 p.m., 4 o’clock 3-5 day courses; 3-5 p.m., 4 o'clock 1-2 day courses. March 2: 8-10 a.m., 10 o'clock 3-5 day courses; 10-12, 10 o'clock 1-2 day courses; 1-3 p.m., 3 o'clock 3-5 day courses; 3-5 p.m., 3 o'clock 1-2 day courses. iniillliiiiii March 3: 8-10 a.m., 11 o'clocl 3-5 day courses; 10-12, 11 o'clock 1-2 day courses; 1-3 p.m., 2 o’clock 3-5 day courses; 3-5 p.m., 2 o’clock 1-2 day courses. March 4: 8-10 a.m., S o’clock 3-5 day courses; 10-12, 8 o’clock 1-2 day courses; 1-3 p.m., 1 o’clock 3-5 day courses: 3-5 p.m., 1 o'clock 1-2 day courses. Monday Dime Deadline All house representatives for the Dime-Digging Dinners should phone in the total' amount col lected for fall and winter term to Mary Bentley at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house by Mon day at 5 p.m. .. omiimiiirawMffiiM; asu • • EUGENE HOTEL 4 Presents 4 ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA 4 4 Every Sat. Nite 4 Dancing 9 'til 12 4 in the Persian Room 4 4 _,1 wuh Him- ina Carole Kint a Carol* be SfffS£y Uf King ^'"‘•“S'tose this cenn»'g''! •'' b “fjdge't outWtediorcomlt.es 12.95 7.95 to Bright- Headed Exc^slV with vis ‘StjMoctefyn tAlibb ” .in STRAW Millinery—2nd Floor mii i in IT’S OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU