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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1945)
Oregon Emerald ANNE CRAVEN Editor ANNAMAE WINSHIP Business Manager MARGUERITE WITTVVER Managing Editor PATSY MALONEY Advertising Manager WINIFRED ROMTVEDT News Editor LOUISE MONTAG, PEGGY OVERLAND Associate Editors Jane Richardson. Phyllis Perkins, Virginia Scholl, Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Norris Yates. City Desk Editors Bjorg Hansen. Executive Secretary Mary Margaret Ellsworth. Anita Young Women's Page Co-Editors Jeanne Simmonds. Assistant Managing Editor Darrell Boone. Photographer Shirley Peters. Chief Night Editor Betty Bennett, Music Editor Gloria Campbell, Mary K. Minor Librarians Maryan Howard. Assistant News Editor Jack Craig. World News Editor EDITORIAL BUAKU Norris Yates, Edith Newton Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays and examination periods by the Associated Students. University of Oregon. Eintered as second-class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon, _ *7a fyutuAe . . . It was a great fight; it was a lot of fun, and now it’s all over. We have new ASUO and class officers; by noon today we shall have all the new honorary' members chosen, and now publica tion heads have already been elected. The campus is all set for another year—complete with a new cast of 1>W and IMYTOC,. The congratulations have been steady, the handshaking has been sincere, and the all-around happiness has been complete. But what about the future? Being elected to an important position, whether it is 111cm bcrdiip in a service honorary, or an oftice in a school organ ization, is more than just an honor. It is a fact which puts responsibility upon the shoulders of the duly elected. Being’ voted into an office is of course an honor, but perhaps it would he a clever situation if we were to reverse the process of congratulating people about offices they hold. It would seem a lot more logical to save our big applause for the end— after those, with the responsibility, have proven their ability to execute their jobs well. 'Phis morning we shall see the new school officers duly installed as our leaders, and we can be glad that we have a di inocratic system which allows us to select the people we want by an open election. 'These new officers can be proud that they are the choice of their fellow students, but they can be much prouder a year from tuny if they are able to hold up their Ik ads and say that they have successfully carried out the trust imposed upon them. I’erhaps our real congratulations today should go to our outgoing leaders who have proven their ability to cope with the many problems presented during this past year. J >r. Frederick If. Krecker, professor of zoology at Ohio university was explaining the principles of assimilation to one of his freshman coeds the other day. In order to make it cl arer lu said that a piece of beefsteak eaten by a man turns into two legs and says “how do you do?" But that same piece of steak eaten by a dog, he pointed out, develops into four legs and merely says “woof!" The young thing just looked at him for a moment and then said gently, “Oh, come now, pro fessor."—(ACT) V\Y KOMIS TOD AY? By Grade Allen and <«<>»■’£<* Kurus Illustrated by Ed Reed JAKE PAWN SHOP o c n ED REED **I hurkeil tIn* ollser om» and boufjlit u tt'«r llund!*’ Declaration of Independence We, students of the U. of O., to end the silly touch-and-gc of politics and such like crud, and officeseekers slinging mud and students wasting half their time in desperate attempts to climb the ladder of activities and call themselves BMOC’s to end this petty grade-school strife which forms a blot or college life; in view of ail the evidence that politics is full ol rents and that democracy has failed at Oregon although it’: hailed a great and wonderful success in spite of being in f mess, do hereby throw the old forms out and make our hear that mustached lout A. Hitler, if he’s still alive, if not the next man in his hive; thus will we end these campus wars and stop the wasting of great stores of energy that shoulc assist a man to fill his mental fist; the student setup as it is is far too full of useless biz; one man who knows the jot could do the whole thing and smartly too, and since we al are college folks and think we’re really quite some blokes, ; sort of Master Race in fact, and Hitler too is somewhat crackec along this line, we hereby swear that he could rule us fail and square and him we elevate to power and set our sea thereto this hour. —HATFIELD McCOY The new ASUO heads and class officers should be ab!< to read this without spectacles.—H.M. Jyaiei Oh flecan.d I ON THE JAZZ SIDE By JIM YVINDUS Keep cool, cats, and give an ear. I'm going to hip you about a man and his band that you nave all heard, but probably haven't given much thought to his radical change in style. His name is Wooclrow “Woody” Herman, and in my esti mation he has the finest ofay, or white, swing band in these United States. But the way has not been easy. Woody was born in Milwaukee on May 16, 1915 to a musically in clined family. He first learned to play the alto at the early age of nine, picking up the clarinet when eleven. He played in vaudeville for several years. Leaving Marquette Univ., he worked with several name bands, finally landing with Isham Jones. When his outfit broke up. Woody and several of the boys organized a cooperative band. | This was in 1937. Double-Trouble But from the first they had trou bles. Their style, a semi-Dixieland gutty blues pattern, was out of step with the current band styles. But their hard work finally paid off, when they began to hit the big time in bookings and disk releases. The band itself was full of person j alities, but the war cut into their ranks until only Joe Bishop was left and he is now doing only ar ranging work. With these changes in personnel, a change in the style was born, too. In 1943 Woody really began to hit his stride. This new crop of side men were younger and full of new, exciting ideas. They began to create music, not nearly play some John's ideas. They use what are known ac “head arrangements,'' or arrange ments that grow spontaneously from within the band. Dig his “Ap ple Honey” or “Caldonia" and see what it does to you. These boys take off on these frantic kicks that leave one gasping. Bizarre They are eager to use new and bizarre ideas from any type of music, longhair or jazz, if it strikes them as being original, and as hav ing good possibilities. They dislike the assembly-line type of produc tion that is so common today among the majority of bands. They dislike the type of music one might hear at Nicks in The Village or on special Commodore records; the old two-beat type, but do go for the jazzmans' musicianship. Wit ness Davey Tough, sparking the Herd on, remembering that he is one of the foremost Chicago jazz drummers. Few drummers are mu sicians, but little Davy can be clas sified as one, for he is always there, driving ahead. If you ever have an opportunity to dig these cats, don’t pass it up, for they are making history with their radical innovations. OX THE CLASSICAL SIDE By BETTY JANE BENNETT The young composer, conductor and pianist, Leonard Bernstein, i; still making news. His “Jeremial Symphony” which was voted th. most distinguished new music o the year by the New York Musii Critic’s Circle, has been widely per formed. Also breaking records fo performance is his ballet “Fane; Free,” being given by the Balle theater. ‘‘On the Town,” a musica currently running on Broadwa; contains music that doesn't fit tin prosaic pattern of the run-of-the mill Broadway musical. In it, Mr Bernstein seems to have hit a hap py medium—music which appeal: to the masses and yet which i: not tiresome. The recording of this work con tains eight sides, four of whicl were recorded under the composer’: own baton. Especially commend able is the interpretation of Rober: Shaw and his Victor Chorale o: “Lonely Town,” “I Feel Like I’n Not Out of Bed Yet,” “Lucky tc be Me,” or “Some Other Time,’ (which is Bernstein’s own favorite from the score.) Koussevitsky ha: | commissioned Bernstein to write £ j work this summer—my odds are or | a piano concerto. Worth Watching Another young artist wort! watching is William Kapell, whe recently presented his first sole Carnegie hall recital. He is only 23 and has appeared as soloist wit! three of the nation’s leading or chestras. It is rumored he ma} sign a recording contract soon. The ballad “Rodger Young” com memorating the brave hero of the infantry, has been memorably re corded by John Charles Thomas baritone. The “Army Air Corps' song is on the reverse side. In the ^!IIIIIIIIH!l!IIIIlUII!IIIII!l!!l!IIIIiniIinnilIlllini!n!liniII!IIIIIIIIIII[|l!!lll!!III!III!l!lll!llllllll^ | Clips and j | Comments j By JANE ELLSWORTH and BETTY BUSHMAN Thing's Are Tough All Ove«* . The Louisiana State university Reveille tells this story: The smoke from off-brand cig arets was wafted from a booth occupied by six fag-destitute coeus to a booth occupied by handsome young lieutenants in a Baton Rouge , eating establishment. A waitress came over to the coed booth, hand ed them a package of cigarets and said, “The lieutenants sent these. They say things can’t be that tough.” All for the Price of One Auctions seem to be the most popular means of promoting ^gn 1 pus bond drives throughout the country. At Northwestern in addi tion to Stan Kenton and his or chestra, their seventh war loan drive featured an auction with the highest bidder getting to act as university president for a day. To meet their $50,000 bond quota, Stanford auctioned two air corps lieutenants, cigarets, cash , mere sweaters, and several faculty > members who offered their services l as hashers. Post-W ar Project : One of the more ambitious post ■ war projects we have yet heard ' is that of the Minnesota coed. She ' is going to spend the next three - years, following the fall of Japan. I catching up on all dates she missed r because of the manpower shortage 1 since 1942. An ambitious program, ■ indeed. Note of Envy : According to an announcement i in the Washington State Ever green, fifteen fraternities will be active next fall. Six of these will be new additions to the list of fftf ternities now functioning on the WSC campus. Rest for the Weary Last Wednesday w7as proclaimed J-Day at the University of Minne sota and journalism students threw over tests, labs, and lectures—ev erything, in fact, but putting out the Minnesota Daily. Highlights of the day were the annual baseball game between students and faculty and a special banquet. Bob De Haven, well-known radio personal ity, conducted a J-Day version of Breakfast at Sardi’s as part of the banquet’s program. same patriotic vein is Richard Crooks’ recording of “The Amei icans Come’’ coupled with “Cffe vauchee Cosaque.” The latter is a French version of the Russian “Cossack’s Prayer for His Horse.” It’s a good observation that girls with the least principle draw the most interest. HAVING GIFT TROUBLES? ! If you are, stop in to see us. We have a great variety of small gifts for every occa sion and every purse. The Gift Shop 963 Willamette Next to Rex Theater