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JEANNE SIMMONDS
News Editor
MARILYN SAGE, WINIFRED ROMTVEDT
Associate Editors
Bill Walkenshaw, Leonard Turnbull
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MARYAN HOWARD
Assistant Managing Editor
MARYANN THIELEN
Assistant News Editor
JANET WHELAN
Executive Secretary
ROBBIEBURR WARRENS
Chief Night Editor
ANITA YOUNG
Women’s Page Editor
JACK CRAIG
World News Editor
BETTY BENNETT
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Coal exam periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon._
W Q'leat Scientist . . .
In the death of Dr. John C. Merriam, science has lost a valu
able contributor to research; Oregon has lost an authority on
John Day country, and the University has lost a stimulating
lecturer and consultant.
Dr. Merriam came to the University in 1937 as a consultant
and lecturer on the human values of science and nature. Be
cause of ill health he did not return to the campus after attend
ing the San Francisco conference.
Visiting Oregon in 1897, while he was a professor of paleon
tology at the University of California, Dr. Merriam became
acquainted with Dr. Thomas Condon, pioneer geologist of the
Oregon country, and professor of geology at the University of
Oregon, who interested him in the John Day region. At the time
of his death the scientist was writing a book giving findings,
made on his expeditions into the region, one of the most impor
tant areas in North America for the study of geology and pal
eontology.
Besides holding honorary degrees from a number of leading
institutions of the country, the 76-year-old educator served as
president of Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C., from 1920
to 1938, and president emeritus until his death.
Dr. John C. Merriam will not be forgotten in the scientific
circles of the University of Oregon, nor of the whole United
States.
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“Activity girls” give generously of their time and their tal
ents in service to the University, but as a restricted group they
should he abolished.
Too often the real work that comes along with campus en
tertainment and worthy drives falls on the shoulders of a few—
the few who have carried the burden well in other activities
and who are called upon time and again.
The Kwama activity program is seeking to eliminate some
of this restriction of activities to the overworked minority. If the
activity cards made out this week are drawn upon for talent
throughout the year, all coeds who really are interested in ser
vice to the l' nh'ersity can contribute.
It is obvious that Oregon has many willing workers and
talented students who never take part in activities either be
cause thev do not know how to get started or because they are
never called upon to help.
If the present “activity girls" (and boys) take enough time
to distribute the work among those students interested, Oregon
will have an activity program that really belongs to the stu
dents and not just to the wearers of the white sweater, blue
sweater, and white jacket.
A campaign to build a $250,000 Student Memorial Center on
the Ohio Weslevan campus will be launched in the near future.
The structure will be four stories high and will house a mem
orial shrine in honor of the 2,628 men and women from Ohio
[Weslevan who fought in the war. Seventy-five of these lost
their lives.—Ad’.
Women pharmacy students at the l Diversity of Texas are
learning first hapd w hat ingredients go into their cold creams,
lipsticks, and pharmaceutical products.—Ad’.
According to registration records in the College of 1’har
tnaev, 51 of the present enrollment of 121 students are girls.
Dean W. F. Gidley has announced. Before the war. only 11 per
cent of pharmacy students were girls, w hereas now 40 per cent
of the students are women.—ACT,
“The T’h.l). is one of education’s major ills,” stated Joseph
Brandt, ex-president of the University of Oklahoma in a current
issue of Time Magazine.
He recommended that "the institution of the doctorate
should be either abolished by our universities or Reformed so
that it will reunite the people and the scholars."—AC1\
floi&i On Record
bn the Classical Side ...
By BETTY JANE BENNETT
Aired last Sunday evening by
the San Franciscc* Symphony,
Virgil Thomson’s “Five Portraits”
has been recorded beautifully by
the Philadelphia orchestra under
the baton of Thomson himself.
During the past 17 years the noted
American critic and composer has
written over a hundred musical
portraits. According to Thomson,
they are "drawn from life.”
The subject sits for his likeness,
as he would for a painter; and the
music is composed in front of him,
usually at one sitting. The “Five
Portraits” in this album include
“Bugles and Birds,” (portrait of
Pablo Picasso); “Percussion
Piece,” (Mrs. Chester Whitin Las
ell); “Cantabile for Strings,”
(Nicholas de Chatelain); “Tango
Lullaby,” (Flavie Alvarez de
Toledo); and “Fugue,” (Alexander
Smallens).
Outstanding Portraits
All the portraits are amusing,
but outstanding musically are
"Bugles and Birds,” and "Fugue.”
The former contains interesting
qualities of brass tones, and the
latter a rousing contrapuntal
treatment of a gay little theme.
This album is highly recommended
for students of the modern idiom.
Fascinating for classicist and
modernist alike is the new Colum
bia recording of Villa-Lobos’
“Bachianas Brasileisas No. 5” with
soprano Bidu Sayao and cellist
Leonard Rose soloing. In his eight
"Bachianas Brasileiras” the Bra
zilian composer has attempted to
combine the style of Bach, the
native rhythms of Brazil, and his
own original ideas into a musical
tribute to the great Bach.
Bidu Sayao Sings
In the selection recorded, the
fifth of the series, Bidu Sayao
sings the indescribably lovely
Bach-like aria with much feeling.
The supporting eight ’celli and
bass, with Rose playing the lead
ing cello part, are conducted by
Villa-Lobos. This single can be
rated as one of the best of the
month.
Don’t bother listening to the
new Kostelanetz album. This mot
ley collection has been treated in
the accustomed, over-rich, fuzzy
Kostalenetz manner. It seems too
bad that this maestro can’t leave
good tunes the way they are in
stead of disguising them with sac
charine and glue.
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About Rules for Coeds
Dear Editor,
Your comments on specific per
mission from parents to allow
coeds to go to next Saturday's
game has aroused an old anger.
Your recommendations for revi
sions of rules sounds good, but
weak (as is understandable, since
I don’t imagine that editors of
student papers are helped out by
angering the powers that be).
It seems to me that people
men and women—of university
age and ability should be some
where on the road to becoming re
sponsible for their own actions.
If they aren't, it’s high time they
were given a little responsibility,
instead of having it all taken
away from them. If parents still
wish to be informed of daughter’s
every action and shield her from
all the Evils of Life, they had
better keep her at home.
When such strict regulations as
the one about the written permis
sion to go to the Portland game
are enacted, attention is called,
not to the fact that it is neither
good for the individual nor the col
lege to have its coeds out on im
moral orgies, (or whatever they
do), but the petty nature of the
rule is noticed, and everyone pro
ceeds to delight in the forbidden
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On the Jazz Side ...
By JIM “POPS” WINDUS
Greetings, Gates. Let’s elucidate.
Fly through this like a big, fat
butterfly.
Serving warning to all and sun
dry, Ray Baudus has come up with
his new orchestra, and is amazing
the eastern critics. To most of you,
Bauduc is just a name, a remem
brance of the great Bob Crosby
band, the Bobcats. They played
here in 1941. That was the year
that Crosby had five of the Down
Beat poll winners in the band. And
Ray was one of them, winning the
skin selection.
Then came the war, and active
service, discharge, and this new
band. But a great deal of credit
goes to Gil Rodin, for he is the
power behind the throne. Not only
is he business and musical ar
ranger, but he also plays tenor in
the band.
Smooth Improvement
I heard the band last spring,
just after they formed, and they
sounded a bit rough. Then just re
cently I happened to hear them on
a broadcast from the Meadow
brook date, and what a difference,
and not a stray dixieland beat in
the whole set.
Bauduc and Rodin almost turned
to the two-beat style but decided
in favor of new pathways, not re
takes. And they have the arrange
ments to back this belief up. Such
men as Eddie Sauter, Billy May,
Tommy Todd (of whom I have
already praised for such fine work
with T. D., etc.) and a new trum
pet star, Johnny Plonsky, who
writes on an Ellington kick. It is
a band that is on a modern kick
and is well on its way.
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My only hope is that it is not too
modern, for John Q. Public, the
intellectual giant, is not too hip
to the “new” music. Music that is
exemplified by bands such as the
Herman Herd, Georgie Auld, Boyd
Raeburn, Hamp, and such far
sighted men as that.
Take Raeburn’s case. He had a
Mickey Mouse band several year's
ago, but turned to the modern
side, but it was too advanced for
the public. Dear old John couldn't
understand it. He wanted stuff
that he could see through. Simple
stuff by simple men. Yeah, man.
That will get it.
Going Places
So Boyd folded. But he came
back with a crew, that, while ad
vanced, was not on such a radical
kick. Backed by arranger George
Handy, minus his beard, but still
with the dark glasses, and fine
soloists, the crew has been moving
ahead very rapidly. They have
been playing in San Francisco this
summer at the Rose Room of the
Palace hotel, and those of you
from that area who have seen him,
and appreciate good music will
back me up, I’m sure, when I say
that here, also, is a band that is
going places.
Just a word from George
Handy. He is the character who
plays keys with the band. Dark
glasses. Fits Stravinsky, Bartok,
Ravel to jazz and comes out with
some of the damdest stuff. Easily
one of the top arrangers in the
country.
King Louis
Dug King Louis Sunday eve, and
got my kicks. Yes, indeed. The
man has a new crew, and they are
alive. Took “Caledonia” and made
it leap. Really vibrated over that
one. Took the chill out of the air,
but only temporarily. Was talk
ing to some of the sidemen after
hours and they said that Pops
ithat is their nick-name for him,
too. Just a coincidence) had a beat
chopper and was not up to par.
In other words, his lip was not so
good, and was trying to save it.
Also were talking about a Euro
pean tour, as soon as the travel
situation eases. Just remember
what your old Daddy says. You
will find more and more of the
Powder
Bums
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By REX GUNN
When words get together funn^
things happen.
Sometimes the words cry when
you meant them to laugh.
Sometimes they kick free and
thumb their little vowels at you,
but they are capable of friend
ship.
The toughest word I know is a
little shriveled up guy. He travels
around in very plain clothes. Noth
ing about him looks impressive
except a pair of bi-focal lens that
loom out at you from his spectacle
stems. He never says much, but he
is always around to confront
words who do.
Power Behind
There are two big, husky, blus
tering words which the little guy
beats hell out of nearly every day.
Sometimes he lets them go for
a while, and they forget about the
beatings.
They trample every word they
run across. They go out hunting
trouble.
The little word guy watches it
all with a placid look, let’s them
rave and rant and beat until they
are exhausted, then taps ’em on
the shoulder and swings. He only
needs one punch.
Nemesis
There is one section of town,
however, where the little guy is
very careful. He went there many
times before and was not careful
and got a very cold reception from
a little girl word.
He didn’t give up though. He
kept going back because he fig
ured someday the little girl word
would change her attitude. It was
her mother that finally broke the
ice. She had a long talk with the
little girl word and finally con
vinced her the little guy rated
plenty high on the verbal scale, -jj
“Maybe,” (that’s the mother’s
name) convinced her there is
more to the little guy’s character
than most words gave him credit
for.
So, the girl word, whose maiden
name was “no,” broke down and
married “why”.
They had twins whom they
called "why not.”
And So
Oh, I almost forgot, the two
bullies took a great liking to the
twins, so they follow the little
guy around and avoid a great
many beatings.
The little guy smiles about that
too.
He knows “absolutely” and
“positively1’ are all right when
they hang around the twins.
Words are characters.
Negro bands going to Europe to
escape the narrow-minded bigotry
in this country. And they won’t
want to come back.
See you in Portland, hey. Out at
the Coop, The Paddock, or the
Clover. Incidently, don’t hit the
Coop until after hours, if you just
want kicks. Not much doing until
after 12.
Take five, boys . . . mop. . . .
mop. . . .
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