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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1945)
VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 131 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1945 FROM QUEEN MARY TO PRESIDENT HOLLIS . . . Rise Stevens, American opera, radio and motion picture star, first sang before English audiences at the request of Queen Mary of Eng land. Saturday her latest concert will be on the University campus. ★ Where’er You Walk, from “Semele” . Hist! Hist!, from “The Maid of the Mill” . Aria: Habanera, from “Carmen” . II. Von ewiger Liebe . Sta'ndchen . Und willst du dienen Liebsten . Mausfallenspruchlein . Zueignung . III. "it-ria: Mon Coeur s’ouvre a ta voix, from “Samson Handel Arnold Bizet Brahms Brahms . Wolf . Wolf Strauss et Dalila” .Saint-Saens Intermission IV. Impromptu . La Fille aux cheveaux de lin . Four Waltzes . Mr. Ulanowsky V. Over the Steppe . Cradle-Song . When I See Those Little Feet of Thine . Hopak . VI. Conversation . The Child Asleep, from “The Eternal” .. Look, Edwin, from “A Very Little Sphinx” .... Command. Schubert . Debussy . Brahms Gretchaninoff Gretchaninoff . Rubinstein . Moussorgsky Weinberger .... Korngold ... Wagenaar ... Kinersford Morris Believes In UNCIO Success By KAREN MARTIN “My general impression of the United Nation’s conference at San Francisco was one of confusion and perhaps depression, but a cer tainty that the charter for a world organization which they will draw up will work,’’ declared James M. Morris, director of the KOAC school of the air, to a group cf townspeople and students Thurs day night. “The charter which comes out of the conference may not be per fect,” continued Mr. Morris, bro the^of Dean V. P. Morris, “but it will have provisions for the changes that must be made to meet new problems as they develop.” Mr. Morris outlined the set-up at the conference; the steering committee composed of Stettinius, Molotov, Eden and Soong; the ex ecutive committee composed of the chairman of all 49 nations (includ ing the representatives from Ar gentina, White Russia and the Ukraine); and the plenary sessions composed of all the delegates, the press and the radiomen. He then painted clear pictures of the 'more prominent delegates. “Steftinius appeared to us to be very, very able. He’s a gracious man, and knows many reporters by ^Please turn to page four) Today's World HEINRICH HIMMLER bit into a vial of poison and killed himself after his capture by the British 2nd army. * * * WHITE HOUSE Press Secre tary Charles G. Ross announced that President Truman will fly to the west coast for his appear ance for the final sesison of the United Nations San Francisco conference. * * * THE WHITE HOUSE said that an early meeting' of the “big three” definitely “is in the works.” It was announced that special missions of Harry L. Hop kins and Joseph E. Davies to Moscow and London were pre liminary to the projected meet ing. • • « THE GREATEST AIR RAID of the Pacific war, consisting of 550 superforts, lighted huge fires through Tokyo as American car rier planes were reported renew ing their attacks on suicide air bases of southern Japan. Birthdays Honored The infirmary staff honored Dr. F. N. Miller, director of the stu dent health service, and his wife, Dr. Marian Hayes Miller, at a birthday party this week. Both of their birthdays fall during May. Opera Lovers to Hear Rise Stevens Saturday Top Juniors, Sophs Tapped; New ASUO Officers Sworn In New members of Phi Theta Upsilon and Skull and Dagger were tapped at Thursday's in stallation assembly, bringing the list of service honorary pledges to a close. Those tapped for Phi Theta were: Beverly Carroll, Alpha Phi; Gloria Cartozian, Delta Del ta Delta; Marge Cowlin, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Gay Edwards, Kappa Alpha Theta; Jocelyn Fancher, Gamma Phi Beta; Har riet Farr, Hendricks hall; Betty Householder,' Chi Omega; Flor ence Hintzen, Delta Delta Delta; Bea King, Delta Gamma. Jean Lawrence, Alpha Gamma Delta; Pat Metcalf, Alpha Chi Omega; Berta Reische, Alpha Gamma Delta; Winifred Romt vedt, Highland house; Marilyn NOTICE University registration cards, possessed by each student, serve as admission tickets to the Rise Stevens concert Saturday. How ever, all students are warned by the educational activities office to observe the stipulation print ed on the cards that the cards are not transferable. Students using other cards than their own will be deprived of them at the door. Two Women Win Poetry Contest Co-winners in the annual $25 Julia Burgess poetry prize compe tition are Audrey Mathews and Claudine Biggs, announced Ernest J. Moll, acting head of the Eng lish department Thursday. After a careful consideration of all manu scripts submitted, the judges de cided that two poems were so equal in literary value that the prize should be divided between them. This competition, which closed May 12, was open to upper division stu dents. Miss Mathews, senior in sociol ogy! will share the prize for her poem “To J.S.” with Miss Biggs, junior in English, for her poem “Foothill.” Though some manuscripts of considerable merit were submitted in the $15 Walter Evans Kidd poetry contest, the judges felt that no manuscript achieved the prize standard. It was open to lower divi sion students only. Faculty Banquet June 7 To Honor Orlando Hollis In honor of Acting President and Mrs. Orlando J. Hollis a faculty banquet will be held Thursday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. in John Straub hall. Members of the University staff and their wives are invited to attend, and tickets must be pur chased from Miss Eileen Juhl at the business office in Johnson hall. Reservations must be made by Tuesday, May 29. Sage, Pi Beta Phi; Virginia Scholl, Alpha hall; Anne Scrip ter, Alpha Delta Pi; Marge Skor dahl, Chi Omega; Martha Thors land, Pi Beta Phi; Jean Watson, Kappa Alpha Theta; and Mar guerite Wittwer, Sigma Kappa. Those tapped by Skull and Dag ger were; Dean Bond, Winston Carl, Bill Davis, Floyd Fredrickson, Hank Kinsell, John Kroder, Ed Marshall, Bob Moran, Jack Powell, and Don White. Oatli of Office The oath of office was admin istered by Lt. Col. James Owen Conville, , > the new executive coun cil members, Ed Allen, Jack Craig, Janet Douglas, Phyllis Evans, Dorothy Godknecht, Anita Young, Bob Davis, and Sue Sehoenfeldt. Dick Wilkins and Gil Roberts, sophomore and junior representa tives respectively, were unable to attend the assembly. Gifts were presented by Audrey Holliday, outgoing ASUO presi dent, to this year’s executive coun cil members, Phyllis Horstman, Jean Taylor, Bob Schott, Alysone Hales, Joe Grimm, Phyllis Evans, Florence Hintzen, and Douglas Moore. Gene Conklin, junior repre sentative for the past year, was not present at the assembly. Glamor and glory have coma quickly to Rise Stevens, young American singing star of opera, concert, radio and motion pic ture fame, who will be heard here Saturday evening at 8:15 p.m. in McArthur court under the auspices of the Eugene Civic Music asosciation. Asso ciation members and holders o£ student body cards only will be admitted. At ten Rise Stevens sang' on tho radio, in her middle teens in an opera comique series, and at nine* teen started serious vocal work with Mme. Sehoen-Rene, supple mented by a three-year course at the Juilliard School of Music. In 1935, the New York-born song stress was a semi-finalist in tho Metropolitan Auditions of the Air, but never participated in tho actual finals because of her decision to go abroad for further study. A year later she made her op eratic debut at the Prague Opera house in the title role of “Mignon” and following this, she sang in opera in Vienna, Cairo, and Buenos Aires. English audiences heard her for the first time when she sang' before Queen Mary at the Glynd bourne music festival that same year. She was now ready for the Metropolitan and made her debut as Octavian in “Rosenkavalier.” Miss Stevens will be accom panied by Paul Ulanowsky at the piano. QoUuj* Cjoin<f - Sold . . . AWS Barkers Will Wield Wicked Gavels at Auction By ANITA YOUNG Saturday noon at the stroke of twelve, fifteen prominent campus figures will be informed by a mysterious voice to appear in front of the Side Thursday at 4 p.m. The occasion: the 1945 AWS aution to top all auctions. Champions Bob Moran and Evans Sax have auctioned off everything from war bonds to Co-op Board Members To Be Elected Tuesday Due to the fact that one candi date’s name was left off the elec tion ballot, the Co-op elections will be held Tuesday, May 29, at the Co-op, from 8:45 to 5 p.m. These elections are for the members of the Co-op board, and one sopho more and two junior representa tives are elected. Sophomore candidates are Bob bie Fullmer and Betty Hanks and candidates for the junior positions are Jack Ruble, Jean Watson, Marilyn Sage, Marjorie Skordahl, Florence Hintzen, and Elizabeth Gilmore. Red Cross Petitions Dues Tuesday Noon Petitions for the Red Cross board must be turned in to Mary Landry, chairman, by noon Tues day, May 29, at the Alpha Phi house. Petitions open are for chair men of finance, water safety, acci dent prevention, publicity, phone, scrapbook, and blood donors com mittees. basketball players this year, but AWS committee heads have dreamed up an auction to outshine them all. The secretly-selected fifteen, con sisting of both male and female students, will compete for the title of "AWS's Amazing Auctioneer of the Year.” The would-be auction eers wil be judged on the basis of noise, vocabulary, speed, crowd re sponse, and price paid. Appropriate prizes will be awarded by a secret judging committee. This auction is held each year under the sponsorship of AWS to sell the lost-and-found items turned in to the depot. A small price will purchase articles ranging from fountain pens to jackets and lip sticks. A more complete list of the items to be auctioned off will ap- * pear in the special edition of the Emerald next week. THETAS IN BED Food poisoning from an unde termined source has sent 25 to 30 members ' of Kappa Alpha Theta to bed. Many of the girls became ill Wednesday night and were still in bed under the care of Dr. A. B. Peacock of Eugene Thursday evening.