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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1944)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 100 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944 finalists Announced For Weekend Court Suspense was heightened today in the contest for the Junior Weekend court with the announcement of the eight finalists made by Carol Wicke, chairman of the queen selection com mittee. The girls chosen to compete in Friday’s election are Frances Colton, Kappa Alpha Theta; Lorraine Davidson, Alpha Delta Pi: Mary Elizabeth .Davis, Haw thorne lodge; Patricia Farrell, Pi Beta Phi; Anita Fernandez, Gam ma Phi Beta; Phyllis Horstman, Delta Gamma; Peggy Klepper, Kappa Kappa Gamma; and Elaine ^Tiison, Alpha Chi Omega. The contestants will be presented at the nominating assembly to be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Pictures of the finalists must be turned in to Carol Wicke at the Alpha Delta Pi house before 9 o’ clock Friday morning. Voting will take place in the Co-op from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone will be permitted to vote, including the air corps and the pre-meds. Civilian students must show their registra tion cards to be eligible for voting. Plans for the soldier vote have not yet been decided. Phi Thetas will be in charge of voting. Judges in yesterday's prelim inaries were: George Turnbull, act ing dean of the school of journal ism; Warren Teter, University photographer; Nathan Beard, so cial chairman of Campbell club; Jack Howell, social chairman, Stei wer; Bob Gellard, social chairman, pre-meds, and air corps flight leaders. faculty Plans to Enter Contributions to Smoker At an unofficial faculty con clave yesterday afternoon in the office of Dr. L. K. Shumaker, di **e.ctor of the lower division ad visory group, a number of faculty provided contributions to the pro posed all-men’s smoker to be held April 21 were discussed. It was decided that as many em bellishments as possible should be procured out of a list that included (Please turn to page four) Changes Made In Frosh Glee The time of the Frosh Glee has been changed to 8 p.m. and the ad mission price to $1.20 per couple, according to General1 Chairman Nadine Neet and Russ Monahan. Tickets will be on sale at the men’s living organizations, air corps bar racks, and in the Co-op from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. They will also be sold at the door in Ger linger hall Saturday night. A campus-wide poll of all houses to select the three favorite tunes of the students is to be taken Fri day afternoon. The cooperation of all living organizations is request ed by Nancy Sampson, publicity chairman. Each house is to choose by popular vote the three top tunes and the results of this voting will be tabulated and announced at che dance Saturday, Miss Sampson said. Representatives will call after 3 p.m. Friday at each organization for the names of the songs chosen. Leonard Ray and his seven-piece orchestra, with Sue Welch as vo calist. will feature the favorites at the dance. Sam Benveniste will be master of ceremonies during the intermission. Patrons and patronesses, as an nounced by Martha Thorsland, are: Acting President and Mrs. Orlando J. Hollis, Chancellor and Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, Mrs. Alice B. MacDuff, Dr.' and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Dean and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Dean and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan. Colonel and Mrs. C. L. Sampson, Mr. and Mrs. Loy Rowling, Mr. (Please turn to page three) Citizen Recognition Day Sponsored by AAUW “Citizenship Recognition Day,” a program to honor new v&ters and recently naturalized citizens, will be presented Sun day, April 16, at the Roosevelt junior high school on 18th and Agate street at 3 o'clock. Sponsoring the program is the Eugene branch of the Amer ican association of of university women. Mrs. Karl Peterson is cnairman oi me committee ar ranging the assembly. According to Mrs. V. N. Free man, president of the Eugene branch of the association and member of the state, board of the league of women voters, out of the more than 2,000 people of Lane county who have come into full citizenship since the last election, ^here are 210 University students. Also 133 new citizens have been naturalized since that time. “We feel that it is especially ap propriate for the association of university women to sponsor this program since the majority of the new voters will be women,” Mrs. Freeman said. The purpose of the meeting is not only to honor the new voters and new citizens but also to stimulate voting interest and registration blanks may be ob tained at the meeting by those who have not already registered for voting. _ The program for Sunday is as Tollows : Band selections, "Songs of the Services,” 51st army air forces technical training detachment, Pvt. Orlyn C. Lewis, director. (Please turn to page fovr) Marty Beard, Alice Harter Nominated by Class of '45 MARTY BEARD Charline Pelly Given Fellowship Third senior from the Univer sity to he given such an oppor tunity, C’harline Telly, senior iu political science, has received a fel lowship to the National Institute of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., Dr. William C. Jones, head of the. department of political sci ence, said Wednesday. The institute picks a group of from 30 to 50 outstanding seniors from university and college cam puses throughout the United States to serve as interns in various gov ernment offices in Washington. Usually the fellowship winner is closely associated with the chief administrator of the department office. This, together with conferences ( Please turn to page four) CORPORAL CARROL ANN FAGELER . . . . . . former student here, is shown above at her desk in the paymaster department at marine corps headquarters, Washington, D.C. Corporal Pageler, class of ’45, attended the University in 1941-42 and 1942-43 as a journalism major. She underwent basic training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. ""r Running smoothly according to schedule, last night’s class of '45 assembly nominated Marty Beard and Arliss Boone, sponsored by the Greek block, and Alice Harter and Edith Newton backed by the ISA for the two top class offices. Marian Gage, junior class presi dent, called the meeting to order and Nancy Ames, president of the ASUO, read the constitutional ar ticles concerning the nominations and called for the candidates. Since only four positions, presi dent, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, are open each candidate will get an office; the voting will be merely to decide who is to be the proxy of next year’s senior class. That is, unless someone takes advantage of the rule that a. nom ination may be made in the form of a petition signed by 25 members of the class and submitted to the ASUO president by 5 p.m. today. This is a rule that applies only to this class. Surprise note of the assembly was Paul Lum’s speech appealing for class unity and his motion that a comprehensive history of the class be written. Lum, junior in liberal arts, stat ed his disapproval of the neglect of men on the campus and the breaking of formerly strictly up held Oregon traditions. Before the (Please turn to page jour) Bidu Sayao’s Time Taken By Music Career Operas, recitals, and concerts consume the time of Bidu Sayao, Brazilian coloratura soprano who will sins; at McArthur court Wed nesday, April It), as a featured artist on the series sponsored by the educational activities board. She knows 15 French and Italian operas, but she has not sung all of them yet at the Met. She has sung in every major opera house in. Italy, Faris, Buenos Aires, and Lisbon. Her singing career began when she was 14 and first started to take music seriously. With the help of a sympathetic uncle she studied se cretly until she was so far on her way that her parents did not try to stop her. In her native Brazil she helped to break down prejudice against women with careers. She has commented on herself That she was a. "determined little girl’ with "only a little voice, a small and light voice.” She is a mixture of "pure Bra zilian,” Swiss, and French. Her family is one of those associated with the history of Brazil and President Getulio Vargas is an old friend of the family. Her home is a great white mar ble house that fronts on Botafoga bay of Hie de Janeiro across from Sugar Loaf mountain. The family also has a hanana plantation near the city. It was at the plantation that she learned her favorite sport, (Please turn to pace tv;o) \ ALICE HARTER ASUOAssembly Set for 4 p.m. Tapping- of new Kwamns arwt the introduction of finalists for tho Junior Weekend court, will add s> note of newness to the AS CO nom ination assembly to be. held1 in >lc Arthur court at 4 pan. today. On the political side there >vill be nothing new, only the formal announcement of the Greek and Independent candidates for ASUO president, first vice-president, sec ond vice-president, and class repre sentatives on the executive coun cil. Jnst to add a bit of variety, maybe someone making- a nomina tion speech will forget his candi date's name. That has happened. K warn a President Phyllis Ev.wi-i asked that all freshman women at tend tlie assembly since the names, of new members will not be an nounced until that time. The class of '46 will meet tonight at 7:30 in 207 Chapman to nom inate their new officers but the assembly time and place for tha class of ’-17 has not yet been an nounced. Dr. Curtis J. Ducasse To Discuss Criticism In Lecture Series First of two nationally-known, educators scheduled to address: campus listeners the evenings of April 14 and 15 is Dr. Curt Johiy Ducasse, outstanding worker in, the field of aesthetics and profes sor- of philosophy at Erown univer sity, Providence, R.I. The French born lecturer and former world traveler will speak Friday evening at 8 on "Criticism of Art and Lit erature.” “What this criticism ought !» be the sorts of questions a lit erary or other critic should an-v swer in his consideration of art, music, or literature,” will be tho basic theme discussed by Friday':* (Please turn to page jourJ