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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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':*
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