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EDITORIAL 130 AKU
Norris Yates. Edith Newton
Published dailv during the college year except Sundays, -Mondays, and holidays and
f-aal examination Periods by the Associated Students. University of Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.__ __
Came flutte 22 . . .
The Oregon legislature would not take the responsibility of
actual]v preparing lor the postwar increase in students attend
ing institutions of higher learning. So come June 22 the people
in Oregon the voters will determine whether or not the 10-vear
building' program will go through.
Ii is unfortunate that the legislators were unable to bring
liiemselves to appropriating the needed funds. Xow it is up to
the people of the state to be more farsighted than their repre
sentatives.
It i.» unnecessary to tell any student attending one of the
schools in the state system of higher education that new build
jags and improvements are badly needed, flic schools are over
crowded now. What will the\ be like when the war is over
and the veterans return in large numbers to take advantage of
ih -ill bill of rights? This unknown number plus the natural
increase in enrollment must he prepared for now if the facilities
are to be ready when they arrive.
\\ e would not like to see a large portion of these students
go off to some other state because Oregon schools were inade
quate. Students at the University and all the other state system
schools can perform a valuable service to the schools and entire
slate b\ talking up the hill in their home towns. The students,
themselves are best qualified to testify to the needs for class
(donis and buildings.
The student committee made a good start. It is up to the
individual students to carry on the work.
• • •
tyo-u'ne. Out!
1 last-hall at Oregon litis year had three strikes against it. it
seem.-', the moment OSC decided not to field a team.-Without
()SC. the athletic department explains, Oregon would have a
hard time finding competition.
College teams .in Washington had already arranged their
own compelit.iph. Keen with them the Oregon hoard couldn't
see a full enough season to. make it worthwhile.
According 'to. tlu: .Oregon State llarometer, the decision to
hoc no baseball.there w as made by the athletic department
although the students still want it. Oil's Comments, a sports
column, suggested .that the reason for the department’s choice
is that baseball is.not a paying proposition.
Uegardless of. what is hack of the situation, Oregon will have
to he content with intramural sports this spring. There is a
glimmer of hope- that we may have football next fall. That
decision, depends on the outcome of the Pacific coast confer
ence meeting in I line.
San tf-tiandLoa feallet...
Colorful canoe fetes are just a memory this year at the
University, but the ballet at McArthur court tomorrow night
.promises to be just as colorful as any of the water carnivals
ev er were.
The names of the dances themselves are enough indication
of their appeal: “Swan Lake." “In Old Vienna," and “Xut
«. icker Suite.” Thc\ even remind us of some of the Junior
V\ eekend themes.
Oregon has been fortunate this year in being able to act
as host to an array of artists. This particular program should
tin especially appreciated because it is an extra. Students can
,1’t -I smug that, only because of their position as students, then
arc seeing a ballet that is costing others more than twice as
(imich.
Art. entertainment, and inexpensiveness add up to a com
jl*: nation that promises a pleasant evening.
JlaohitUf, Ahead
Music Students Hope for Added
Space, Equipment in Postwar School
By BETTY JANE BENNETT
The music school has proved it
self to be one of the most progres
sive and growing departments in
the University. The growth in .en
rollment in the school has caused
many problems which cannot be
remedied until the war is over and
expansion becomes possible but
there has been much discussion on
what is needed in the department.
Students and faculty alike are
vehement in their first choice for
this postwar expansion: “More
space!" because the number of
practising students far exceeds the
number of abailable practice fa
cilities. With an eye to the future,
Bean Theodore Kratt said: “We
are looking forward to the day
when we are able, through phys
ical expansion, to bring music to
every student who wants it.”
The dean is also anxiously await
ing the return of more male stu
dents so that it will be possible to
again organize a large mixed
chorus. Upperclassmen and alumni
will remember the splendid per
formances such as “The New
Earth,” “The Messiah,” and “Eli
jah” which Dean Kratt’s choral
union has given in recent years.
Outside Theater
Several seniors voiced additional
ideas: Marie Rogndahl, senior in
voice, feels that the outside thea
ter ought to be developed and used
more. “Subh a setting would be
wonderful for spring recitals and
concerts,” said Miss Rogndahl.
Alfhikl Wahl, senior in public
school music, wants the school to
install more soundproofing in both
the classrooms and practice rooms.
Marilyn Miller, voice major, be
lieves that facilities for more stu
dent recitals should be available
“so that students could gain con
fidence and poise through actual
performance.”
Rental Library
Melba Chehak and Elizabeth
Schaefers, both public-school music
students, agree that a fund should
be established to provide a rental
library of instruments, music, and
recordings for student use.
Barbara Bentley, also in public
school music, feels that more lock
er space should be installed. A
large mixed chorus is fir^t choice
for Jean Carkin Sanesi’s postwar
ideas.
Edna Fisher, senior in piano,
thinks there should be a more ade
quate lounge and smoking -room
for student’s relaxation. She would
also like to see the exterior of the
south wing remodeled.
Others Agree
Many suggestions and ideas
have come from non-music majors
and interested townspeople, as well
as those students mentioned. They
follow in the same general line:
more classrooms, practice rooms,
a.nd recital facilities; more and
better equipment, and the return
of a large mixed chorus so that
all students might better acquaint
themselves with the musical art.
Word 'Nazi’
Outdates Hitler
CINCINNATI, OHIO— (ACP)
If you think that highly distasteful
word “Nazi" is of recent coinage,
you are off the beam.
Dr. Edwin H. Zeydel, college of
liberal arts professor of German,
University of Cincinnati, and dis
coverer of literary oddities and
novelties, brings to light the fact
that the word was first used more
than 70 years ago, when the arch
Nazi, Hitler, was undreamed of.
Dr. Zeydel's findings are reported
in the current American Associa
tion of Teachers of German quar
terly.
As early as 1872, Wilhelm Busch,
German humorist, cartoonist, and
painter, coined the term “Inter
Nazi" to describe a character in
one of his works. This “Inter
Nazi" was an ardent internation
alist. unlike his present-day name
sake.
And adding to this curiosity is
the fact that Busch is highly re
spected by the National Socialist
regime. Dr. Zeydel points out, too,
that "Nazi" also has been in use
as a South German nickname for
“Ignaz.”
By way of comfort to historians
and of language and literature, Dr.
Zeydel does agree that “Nazi”
came into general use with the rise
of National Socialism in the 1930’s
as an abbreviation, apparently of
South German or Austrian origin,
of the German “National-social
ists" which reproduced the first
two syllables in phonetic spelling.
Three Seniors Present
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same delicacy and graceful style.
She handled them with accuracy
and gave much expression to the
two works. “Sonnet” by Achron,
was performed extremely well by
Miss Wahl who brought out skill
fully pall the artful nuances of this
modern tone-poem.
Miss Jones’ outstanding number
was the first movement of “Con
certo Op. 54" by Schumann which
she played with a smooth lyrical
line. Her octaves were clear and
the rhythm even throughout; the
cadenza was especially well played.
Elizabeth Schaefers gave a color
ful climax to the program in the
performance of the third move
ment of the Grieg “Concerto Op.
10." She captured the folk-like
spirit of the music and showed
contrast of expression between the
loud opening passage and the later
lyrical melodic figure. Aurora Pot
ter Underwood played the second
piano on the concerto numbers.
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Reprinted from the April issue of Esquire
‘‘Can't you ask for a new dress without dramatics?’
Twas a Dark and Stormy Night
By SHUBERT FENDRICK
Summoning my manly courage, I went to see “House of
Frankenstein” at the Heilig.
Never have I seen such a collection of assorted monsters
gathered on one strip of film. In order of appearance, there
were a mad doctor, a hunchback, a vampire, a werewolf, and
t rankenstein s monster.
The picture had one main fault;
there were so many monsters that
I didn’t have time to get decently
scared by any of them. The show
turned out to be almost a docu
mentary of horror.
Boris Karloff as the mad doctor,
and J. Carroll Naish as the hunch
back, started the whole thing roll
ing by breaking out of prison (with
the aid of a convenient bolt of
lightning) and picking up Dracula
(John Carradine). Dracula had
time enough to drain the blood
from only one victim, however, as
he was caught in a convenient ray
of sunshine, which turned him into
a pile of bones.
Next the mad doctor and the
hunchback thawed the wolf man
and the Frankenstein monster out
of a cave of ice where they had
been frozen following the breaking
of a dam in the last picture. Of
course the Frankenstein monster
was insipid after long refrigera
tion, so the mad doctor set up a
beautiful electrical display which
has been used in every horror pic
ture I have ever seen, (but still
thrills me) and reved up Frank
enstein's glamor boy.
By this time, however, there had
been several full moons which had
enabled Lon Chaney to become a
werewolf. He did somewhat better
than Dracula, getting rid of two
victims.
By the time the picture was
over, everyone had killed everyone
else, and there just wasn’t anyone
left. Of course they’ll all be back,
but who worries about that now ?
I was disappointed. The old liJPF
ror pics “ain't what they uster be."
It’s worth seeing, however. You'll
probably recognize some of your
profs. Among the shorts was a
Donald Duck cartoon that was
strictly from hunger, and a techni
color coast guard film that was
really worth seeing.
"GUNGA DIN1
— and —
"ROXIE HART