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Heaven MUST Wait ‘
Until February 9 . . .
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VOLUME XLVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JAN. 30. 1945
NUMBER £6
Mortar Board
Party Tonight
For 'Smarties'
All freshman women who
reached a three point grade av
erage or above last fall term
mil be the guests of Mortar
Board, senior women’s honor
ary, at the annual Smarty Party
in Alumni hall tonight at 7.
Airs. Golda Wickham, acting:
dean of women; Airs. J. B. Sharp,
assistant dean of women; Air. Hoyt
Franchere, Airs. Leona Tyler, and
Airs. Catherine Barrett, Afortar
Board advisers, will be in the re
ceiving line, according to Gerd
Hansen, president of the honorary.
Nancy Boles will play incidental
music on the piano and Audrey
Holliday is in charge of the enter
tainment program. Short silks will
be worn and refreshments will be
served.
The following freshman “smart
ies" have been invited to the party
Virginia Anawalt, Phyllis An
nola, Eldene Balcom, Louise Bart
lett, Atarjorie Beckett, Doris Bed
nar, Alary Pat Berg, Roberta
Bestule, Anne Cassidy, Anne Ber
nice Chambers, Thelma Afae Chan
ey, Alarjory J. Churchill, Joan AI.
Coe.
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Calling Little
Boy Blue...
The sheep that was seen wan
dering about the grounds of the
University back of the law
school Monday apparently did not
know that the contest for night
mare boy was already closed,
and was trying to cop the prize.
He was certainly bubbling
over with personality anyway;
and though one can’t say much for
his looks he had two things that
all women seem to crave: atten
tion and a smart new coat.
UO Professor
Writes Articles
The February number of Theater
Arts, drama magazine, will con
tain an illustrated article on prim
itive northwest theater written by
Mrs. Alice Henson Ernst, associate
professor of English at the Univer
sity of Oregon. It is titled “Native
North American Theater: The
Thunderbird Dance,’’ and is the
third in a series of sketches writ
ten for the New York magazine on
the masked ritual dances of the
region.
Material for these was gathered
first hand by Mrs. Ernst during
completion of a research project
for the University of Oregon. Pic
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Russian Cossack Choir
To Appear Tomorrow
From the battlefronts of Europe to the concert stage of Am
erica is a long step, and it took the Don Cossack chorus, led
by Serge Jaroff, to do it.
The Russians, who will appear in Eugene Jan. 31, at 8:15
in McArthur court, were soldiers when they were organized
by Jaroff in Constantinople in 1920.
They became known to the world
when they were established as the
official choir at the Orthodox
cathedral of St. Sofia. Since that
time they have toured the world,
endearing themselves to the mil
lions who have heard them sing.
^ Volga Boatman
On the 5,000 concerts they have
given they have sung one song
4000 times. Through their rendi
tion of it, “The Volga Boatman”
has become the most representa
tive song of Russian. The song
originated with Russian serfs more
than 300 years ago. It has been
translated into 53 languages, and
arranged in 200 different musical
combinations. Despite its thous
ands of performances, there is still
an atmosphere of excitement in
the hall when the giant singers
fold their arms, take the signal
from Director Jaroff, and begin
softly the “Hey, Ookhnyem” of
“The Volga Boatman.”
Vocal Range
The individuality of the Don Cos
sacks lies in their vocal range,
greater than that of any other male
chorus in the world. All their songs
are arranged in six or eight parts,
House Librarians
To Hear Refugee
Lea Lorber. University freshman
who six years ago escaped from
Nazi Germany will speak before a
meeting of house librarians at
library browsing room today at 4.
Mifcs Lorber. her mother and five
brothers and sisters because of
their American citizenship were
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from soprano to bass.
Wherever they have sung, they
have been acclaimed. Following an
appearance in Carnegie hall, the
New York Herald-Tribune said of
them:
“The thirty-two tall singers ex
hibited the remarkable choral tech
nique, unerring ability, and instant
responsiveness which has marked
their singing for many years.”
Managing editor of the Christian
Century, who will speak here
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
this week, at the conference on
world politics and religion.
Chicago Editor
Will Lecture
Acclaimed as an authority on
political movements in the Orient,
Dr. Paul Hutchinson, managing
editor of the Christian Century
journal, will arrive from Chicago
this week to participate in the dis
cussions on religion and world poli
tics which are scheduled on this
campus February 1, 2, and 3.
Dr. Hutchinson's lectures in
Alumni hall will be open to faculty
members, students and the general
public, and will concern the follow
ing topics: the rise of the levia
than state, the church and the war
making state, the church and the
imperialist state, and the church as
a pressure group.
Life in China
A graduate of Lafayette college,
Hutchinson spent five years in
China as editor of the China
Christian Advocate, and through
his close contact there with polit
ical as well as missionary groups
he was able to glean a remarkable
amount of first-hand knowledge of
the cross currents and under cur
rents of Oriental movements dur
ing the turbulent years between
1916-1921. He watched the struggle
in China for a republican govern
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Today’s World
NAZI LEADERS Monday
summoned the German people to
a last-ditch stand for the Father
land as Soviet forces were re
ported? only 90 miles from Ber
lin. The Germans are carrying
out a scorched earth policy.
* * *
PROGRESS IS reported ali
along the western front with the
U. S. 9th and the British 2nd
passing through the Siegfried
line in several places to threaten
the Rlmr and Rhineland. The
German frontier was under Al
lied artillery fire. The Alsatian
front is quiet due to heavy snow.
* * *
GENER ALISSIMO C li i a n g
Kai-Shek officially christened
the new India-Cliina road as the
Stilwell road.
* * *
SAN FERNANDO,- Luzon vil
lage 33 miles from Manila, has
been captured l»y Mac Arthur’s
forces.
THE ADMINISTRATION
Monday planned to appeal for a
reversal of the judgment that
President Roosevelt exceeded his
legal powers in seizing Mont -
gomery Ward plants.
Saturday Is Deadline
Deadline for dropping' courses
is Saturday noon, C. L,. Con
stance, assitant registrar, warns
students. This means that any
course remaining on registration
cards becomes a part of the stu
dents’ record, whether or not
classes are attended. Those who
wish to drop courses must obtain
a card from the registrar’s of
fice, obtain the approval of ad
visers and instructors, and re
turn the card with 25 cents.
Dads Weekend Agenda Full
Luncheon Tickets
Now Available
Dad’s Day luncheon tickets are
now available to students in Dean
of Personnel Karl W. Onthank’s
office, Flora Furrows, Dad's Day
publicity chairman, announced last
night.
With the new tightened ration
ing program, it is urged that res
ervations for the luncheon be made
early so that the affair may be
planned, to some extent, in advance
by those on the food committee.
The tickets are a dollar per person.
In order to assure special Sun
day services for Dads, February 11,
Jill Leachman, chairman of the
Dad's Day special ceremonies, has
contacted all Eugene churches.
Petitions Due
Signe Eklund, chairman of the
junior prom committee, an
nounces that petitions for com
mittee chairmen for the junior
prom are due Friday, Febru
ary 9.
Yeomen Plead
No Jaywalking
Members of the Yeomen voted
Monday night to move toward the
correction of a serious threat to
the beauty of the Oregon campus.
This is the problem:
It seems that a part of the lower
campus has developed into a quag
mire through the carelessness of
campus students and faculty mem
bers who seek a short route from
Eleventh street to Deady hall and
southeastern part of the campus.
The result has been nearly com
plete devastation of a considerable
portion of the most beautiful turf
on the lower part of the campus
bordering Eleventh and Kincaid
streets. Many of the people who
have developed this situation seem
rot to realize that in the vicinity
lies an all-weather gravel-macadam
path covering the same route, ex
cept that this path begins at the
Dads’ gates and ends in front of
Deady hall.
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'Gay Twenties’ Is
Dads Dance Motif
Work on the Dads-Daughters
Date dance .scheduled for Saturday,
February 10. as one of the high
lights of the annual Dad's Week
end, is getting underway this week
after considerable difficulty in
securing Gerlinger hall for the
event,, reports Marguerite Wittwer,
chairman of the dance.
The dance will be an all-campus
affair with visiting Oregon dads
invited as guests of their daugh
ters. Oregon men, whose fathers
plan to be on the campus during
the weekend, are advised to secure
“dates” for their dads and them
selves. Visiting mothers also will
attend the event which is open to
all guests of the campus.
Ticket co-chairmen Stewart Mev
cereau and Phyl Perkins set the
price of admission at 35c and tick
ets will be available for sale by
the social chairmen in all living
organizations later this week.
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i nose are only a Tew ol the corn
cessions which will be ready for?
business when the doors of Gtr*
linger hall open Saturday night .it
7:30 on the WAA’s carnival fo>*
students and townspeople. Besid> h
food concessions, and a telegraph
booth, 21 booths are being- planned.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, and cok<
will be sold by the WAA, and Am
phibians will wander through too
crowds selling doughnuts.
Houses may work on their boot 1 a
between 5 and 6 p.m. Friday, ar il
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Mary Alice Lawson, general chair
man, announces. Partitions arat
tables will be furnished. Hous* *
should bring their own curtains if
possible, and crepe paper and oth- v
decorations. The most attractive*
booth will win a prize, as will the
most profitable undertaking.
Dance Contest
A program and dancing will :
included in the general admissi* it
price of 25 cents, and jitterbug,
waltz, and fox trot contests aro
planned.
Houses which have not an
nounced the nature of their con
cessions are: Alpha Omicron Pi,
Delta Delta Delta, Sigma hail,
Rebec house, Zeta hall, Gamma,
hall, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and
! Sigma Kappa.
Wilhelm Pauck
To Speak Here
A world traveler, author, and
religious lecturer, Dr. Wilhelm
Pauck, will be the principal
speaker at the assembly Feb
ruary 1. The topic of his Thurs
day speech, chosen for its time
liness, practicability, and ap
peal to students, will be “!>.
Religious Faith Necessary fcr
Sound Political Decision?”
Born in Germany in 1901, Ev,
Pauck received much of his educa
tion in that country, graduating*
from tlie University of Berlin in
1925. Following his graduation, j o
attended the Chicago Theological
seminary as a German exchange
student.
Dr. Pauck has taught historical
theology for several years at th*>
University of Chicago, and h.vt
been prominent as a writer of re
ligious literature during his care*, r
in America. He has lectured in .-Or
colleges in this country under tbo
auspices of the YMCA, as well an
having actively participated in re
ligious conferences in Canada and
Switzerland.
'Nightmare Boys'
On Halftime Show
Between halves at the Oregon
VVashington game, "The Mask"
was revealed before students and
townspeople in the form of a littla
brown duck. "Little Don,” as ho
was named, was presented by;
Evans Sax, through a letter, sir,. ■
posedly written to Lois McConkey
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