VOLUME XLV NUMBER 102
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1944
WEEKEND FINALISTS . . .
. . . for the royal court were front row, Pat Farrell, Princess Pegge Klepper, Princess Frances Colton,
Lorraine Davidson. Back row, Princess Phyllis Horstman, Princess Elaine Wilson, Queen Anita Fernan
dez, and Mary Elizabeth Davis.
Queen Anita t© Rule On Campus
At Fair? Tale Junior Ftfeeltetid
Hail Queen Anita!
Anita Fernandez will reign as queen of the 54th
annual Junior Weekend festivities, it was announced
Friday when the ballots were all counted. W ith her
will be the royal court composed of Princesses
Frances Colton, Phyllis Horstnian, Pegge Klepper,
and Elaine Wilson. The queen and her court will
reign over all affairs during Junior Weekend, May
5, 6, and 7. She will be crowned at the campus picnic
Saturday afternoon during the celebration.
When told by telephone of her selection as the
ruler of the Mother Goose world of this year’s Week
end, Miss Fernandez said she told the caller “Thank
you,” hung up the receiver, ran into the living room
and broke up choral practice. “Then everyone
screamed so much they couldn't sing any more be
cause they were all hoarse."
^ The election for the royal court and queen took
place in the Co-op store Friday and all civilian
and soldier students were allowed to vote. The
election was by the preferential ballot method.
The queen and her court will all be fitted for their
gowns this afternoon, by Dorothy Duree, according
to Carol Wicke, chairman of the queen selection
committee. The colors have not yet Been decided but
the dresses are expected to follow the “Mother
Goose” theme which is being modernized to fit a
1944 Junior Weekend.
Although the exact time, and place of the pre
sentation has not yet been revealed, Junior Weekend
Promotion Chairman Marjorie Young hinted that
the court will be presented to the campus sometime
during the week of April 24.
Members of Phi Theta Upsilon were in charge of
the voting and ballots were counted by Connie Full
mer, Alysone Hales, Edith Newton, and Carol
Wicke.
Last year’s court was ruled by Mary Bentley and
was composed of Princesses Kay Jenkins, Mary
Wright, Frances Johnson, and Sue Sawyer.
Critic Tells Art Approaches;
Dr. Miles to Discuss Flying
Dr. John Curt Ducasse, aesthetic critic, last night told a campus
audience that the two approaches to criticism are the aesthetic and
intellectual. He expressed a belief that everyone should decide about
aft for themselves, letting no technical knowledge influence their
ideas or reactions.
Following his talk was a stimulating discussion participated in by
a large proportion oi tne crowu
of approximately 150 people at the
lecture.
^•vTonight the campus will hear
Dr. Walter M. Miles, professor of
psychology at Vale university. He
Will speak on wartime flying and
various phases of military aviation
in Room 207 Chapman hall at 8
o’clock.
Dr. Ducasse, head of the phi
losophy department at Brown uni
versity, was introduced by Dr.
Rudolph Ernst who was a class
mate of the speaker.
A critic should judge a cigar,
Wine, art, or anything else only by
the actual presentation, and with
»no knowledge of the background
'of the object, Dr. Ducasse said.
For this reason he believes that
art appreciation courses have no
value in the aesthetic approach.
Apprc.ciat.ion should not be in
I fluenced by what the greatest
\ number believe about anything, but
j only by personal reaction, accord
! ing to Dr. Ducasse.
The intellectual approach should
j be discounted in the appreciation
, of art, Mr. Ducasse said. Appre
ciation is emotional reaction to
sensitivity to subtle differences, he
told the group. A critic knows the
specific reason why he does or
doesn’t like an object, but the
amateur consumer does not know
what specific things offerid his
taste, Dr. Ducasse believes.
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Curtain Cali
j The choice of a queen
We applaud without fear,
She’s the only junior
On the campus this year.
—W.R.L
Beer (Maybe Root)
Promised Smokers
A rumor h:is been spread to
the effect that the men's smoker
to be held April 21 will take
place in the barrel-lined pre
cinct!) of a Germ:;n beer hall of
the type, of 1933 F>-1 (Before
Hitler). A reasonably reliable
source has announced that cop
ious quantities <■! the life-giving;
beverage will be available in or
der to maintain the illusion. It
is suspected, however, that it
will be entirely of the root va
riety.
Announced at Mr' meeting of
the men’s committee, beaded by
Charles Polity, ; ip. journal
ism, w as the I act that permis
sion to smoke in McArthur
i
court, the actu >1 seine of the
performance, has been granted
by Dean Earl.
Four bouts have already Ih'cii
guaranteed by .Jim I.und, sopho
more in business administration,
who is in charge of lining up the
card. The rest of the program,
some of which will be provided
by certain enterprising faculty
members, will be announced
later.
Dancers to Hear
Favorite Tunes
Tonight University of Oregon students will know the thred
most popular songs on the campus, when they are played by
Leonard Ray and his band at the annual Frosh Glee in Ger-»
linger hall at 8 p.m. The poll was taken Friday afternoon, but
the results will not be announced until the dance, Russ Mona
han and Nadyne Neet, chairman of the affair, said.
Politics Near
Final Stretch
Quetion of air corps and army
pre-medical student voting has
been referred to the judiciary com
mittee, according to ASFO Fresi
dent Nancy Ames. Whether or not i
tliese students wilt lie allowed to !
vote will be settled on a basis of
the legality of such voting, she re
ported. The matter was referred to
the committee Friday afternoon, to
be decided upon at the next meet
ing of the group.
Oregon politics have rounded the
bend and started down the home
stretch now that ASUO, senior,
and junior class nominations have
been made. Only this year’s fresh
man class has not met and form
ally nominated officers for 1044-45.
The class of ’47 will meet
Monday afternoon at 4 in Room
207 Chapman hall to nominate
class officers, according to Leon
Williams, president.
Tuesday morning, April IS, the
! polls in the YMCA house will be.
open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting
] for both ASUO and class officers
j will be by preferential ballot. The
j voter indicates on . the ballot his
preference for the different candi
dates by marking one, two, three,
or four beside their names.
After the polls are closed, a
quota consisting of the least num
ber of votes through which a can
didate can be elected is set up by
the tabulators. In order to do this
they divide the total number of
votes cast by the number of offices
to be filled plus one and add one
to tlie resulting quotient. For ex
ample, if 1500 votes are cast with
four offices to fill, the quota will
be obtained by dividing 1500 by
five and adding one, giving 301.
When the ballots are counted, if
a candidate receives enough first
choices to equal or exceed the
quota he will be declared elected.
The number of his votes over the
[quota will be given to the second
choices indicated on these ballots.
Thus, the candidate for number
one position on one ticket will get
the presidency and the candidate
for the same position on the other
ticket will get the first vice-presi
dency. And on down the line. How
ever, since there are five candi
dates and only four offices, one
contestant will be out of a job.
45 Students to Receive
Fee Scholar Awards
Because of the decrease in cum
ulative enrollment, only 45 fee
scholarships will be awarded by
the Oregon state board of higher
education this year, in contrast to
the 72 scholarships awarded last
year, Mis. Frances DeFreest, soc
| rctary in charge of scholarships,
has announced.
Approximately the same number
of applications were turned in this
year as last, 104 applications from
the high schools and 68 from col
lege students.
The decision as to the recipients
of scholarships will be made the
first part of May and information
(Please turn to page four)
entertainment, will be provides*
by Gloria Cartozian playing 3.
piano medley of "Rhapsody i:>
Bine," "Stardust,” "Manhattan
Serenade," and "The Man I Love.'
Skull and Dagger, sophomore
men's service honorary, will tap its
members during the first intermis
sion. Tapping at the freshman
dance is traditional for this honor
ary, and it will be carried on thi->
year in spite of wartime difficul
ties.
Tickets will be on sale at the
door tonight at SI.20 per couple,
including tax.
General chairmen for the affair
are Russ Monahan and N a dyne
Neet, assisted by publicity chair
man, Nancy Sampson; patrons an !
patronesses chairman, Martha
Thorsland; entertainment, Pat Per
cival; tickets, Robert Pettingcr,
and coke chairman, Raynar M01 -
rison.
'Battle of Britain’
To Appear Monday
"The Battle of Britain” main
film showing Monday night. Api I
17, at 7,:30 in Chapman hall, is or."
of the series of "Why We Fight ’
films made by the United Stater
army special services division, and
is part of the United States army,
orientation training scheme.
The film, which is being- shown
by the educational activities de
partment, describes the importance,
of the British stand during- the
Battle of Britain and covers the
whole strategy of that period of
the war. A six-reel film, the pic
ture will run about an hour.
The companion picture will be a
short two-reeler entitled ‘‘Como
Again.” The story of this picture
concerns three men who return to
England after several years of be
ing away, to find that England has.
changed greatly since the war.
Some of the changes are more
stressing of labor’s rights, children
evacuated to the country, women
in uniform, and schools turned into
houses for defense work instruc
tions and training.
‘‘Come Again” is released by the.
British Information Service. The
pictures are secured through the
Screen-Addettes agency in Port-*
land.
Bidu Sayao
To Sing Here
In spite of the common assump
tion that all grand opera prim a,
donnas are buxom r r.d middle
aged, and are unsu't d for ffc->
young romantic sir.ping role.*
which they portray, Eidu Sayao, di
minutive coloratura sopumo who
will appear in concert at McArthur
court Wednesday, April 10, is the
exception to all rules. With her*
slim figure, sleek red-tm.wn hair,
large brown eyes framed in thick
black lashes, and impel- hie chic,
she is acknowledged ■ of to >
most attractive and b(. t-IressceV
women in the Americas.
Range of voice and quality are
hers; difficult roles appear easy;
when viewed through the voice oil
Bidu Sayao. The petite Brazilian's*
lyric and coloratura performance*
are among the most popular given
at the Metropolitan Opera house i:\
New* York City.