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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1945)
Ralph Briggs, Piano Professor Makes First Appearance Today Concert Will Include Varied Works: Chopin, Debussy, Original Compositions Making his concert debut to the University tonight at 8:15 in the music auditorium, Ralph Briggs, assistant professor of piano, will present a program of piano works which exhibit his wide repertoire. Mr. Briggs attended the College of William and Mary, the Cincin nati Conservatory of Music, from which he obtained an advanced degree. He comes to the University from Delaware, Ohio, where he was on the staff at Ohio Wesleyan University. The program is as fol lows : Scarlatti, "Sonata in F-major”; Bach-Busoni, "Chaconne”; Chopin, "Waltz, Op. 2”; Chopin, "Two Etudes”; Chopin, "Fantsy, Op. 49”; intermission; Debussy, "Les collines d’Anacapri”; Debussy, "Voiles”; Debussy, “Reflets dans l'eau”; Debussy, "Feux d’Artifice”; Briggs, "Novelette”; Liszt, "Twelfth I-Iugarian Rhapsody.” Frosh to Sign Activity Cards At Noon Today ^Freshman Activity week will climax is campaign today as Kvva ma representatives make the rounds of campus living organi zations during the noon hour. Ac tivity cards containing blanks to be filled in according to high school activities experience and preference for college activities will be distributed to all interested freshmen. The president of each living or ganization is asked to appoint a time for that evening when two to three ICwamas will return to pick up the activity cards. An informal meeting will be held then to ex plain the procedure for entering into campus activities and to an swer any questions on activity po sitions that are not clear to the freshmen. “If you have not had previous activity experience don't let that stop you from taking an interest yow,” urged Ann Burgess, Kwama president, “for we are primarily concerned with those students who will show cooperation and depen dability in whatever they under take in college no w, not what they have done in the past.” Grad Exhibits Paintings Paintings of the South Pacific by Daniel England, University of Oregon graduate, will be exhibited at the art building gallery from October 30 to November 16. The gallery will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Fri day. Tickets Still Available For Busses to Portland Bus tickets to Portland will go on sale at the Coop at 12:30 today. Five busses will leave the College Side inn at 5:00 p.m. Friday and will return from the Portland bus terminal at 3:00 Sunday. Evans Sax, who is in charge of the sales, said that there are only 100 tickets left and that it is strictly “first come, first served.”' Transportation Complication j The problem of “Just how to go?” Makes student rooters wail. Some person could make lots of dough With pogo sticks on sale. —D. F. S. RALPH BRIGGS . . . New professor cf piano at the school of music who will be presented in recital tonight. Your Men Of War . . . Marine Raider Co-Edits Emerald Sports Section By MARYANN TKIELEN The scenery and vasi opportuni ties of the Pacific Northwest so impressed Leonard Turnbull, senior from South Carolina, upon his re turn to the States after duty with the Marine corps, that he decided to live here and graduate from the University of Oregon. Turnbull attended the University of South Carolina from 1939-42 and left at the end of his junior year to enlist in the marine corps. Jungle Training He took his training with the 4th raider battalion in Oceanside, where the men established two hiking records with combat packs that still stand. In February, 1943, they were sent overseas to New Hebrides for more training in the thick jungles. After duty on Guadalcanal, two companies of raiders were sent to New Georgia more than a week before the campaign began. In camouflage suits, the men pad died rubber boats 10 miles along enemy-held coast. They landed and started through 40 miles of man grove swamps which had been considered impassable by the Japs. “We were ambushed six times,” Leonard said, “but only one man was wounded; however, we picked off plenty of Nips.” The two com panies encircled the town of Viru and either' pushed the defending Japs into the sea or into the jungle jungle. “While this action was going on, the Seabees had steamed into the harbor with full gear for recon verting the dock to a PT boat base." Turnbull added, “Those boys really have what it takes.” Two days later the 4th raiders were sent to Enogia inlet to re lieve the 1st raiders. There were 600 marines against 3500 Japs pro tecting Bairoko harbor. According to Leonard, “The fight lasted all day without let-up and 70 per cent of our men were casualties. We were out of water, chow and am munition.” Retreat Under Fire He continued, “The heavy mor tar fire made it necessary for us to retreat although we had pushed the Japs back 900 yards out of their prepared positions. Wounded men helped carry more seriously wounded cases on the 4-mile hike back to Enogai, where we stayed until September. In the meantime the Bairoko campaign was over.” After two months in “a soft office job” in New Zealand, Turn bull returned to his outfit in New Caledonia, where they were trans ferred to the 3rd marine division. The curly-haired sergeant was in (Plcalsc turn to page eight). George Hafl to Speak At ASUO Assembly | New Assistant Dean of Men, UQ Alum, Will Relate Army Experiences in Alaska C.eorge Lyman Hall, newly-appointed assistant dean of men, will tell of his experiences in Alaska at an assembly todav at McArthur Court. Hall, who is a graduate of the University of Oregon, was recently discharged from the army. As a major he had been in charge of the non-military education of thou sands of American troops in At Rally Instructions The rally squad has prepared a skit about the' game which is to be played Saturday afternoon in Portland. They will go through some of the yells and give instruc tions for card tricks which are planned. The Chi Omega quartet, includ ing Bette Jones, Jean Kirkwood, Dorothy Fleming and Janice Crab tree, will sing “Don't Be That Way” with Floyd Stapp, Ted Loud and Bob Moran. The song was composed by Floyd Stapp and his brother. A graduate of the University class of 1939, Hall took -graduate work at Northwestern university. He has published many features and articles and a book on life in Alaska, “Sometime Again.” In ad dition to the regular duties of the asistant dean of men, Hall is help ing with the administration of veterans’ problems. ’Pigging’ Handbook Out in Co-op Today The 1945-46 Pigger’s Guide, stu dent handbook and directory, will be distributed today and Friday at the Co-op, it has been announced by members of Gamma Alpha Chi, national advertising honorary, in charge of the distribution of the manual. All students who pur chased the Guide at registration may pick up their copies between the hours of 8-12 and 1-5 today, or from 9-12 and 1-3 Friday. Before receiving the directory, students will be asked to sign pur chase cards, and this may be done, by no one but the student himself, according to Annamae Winsliip, president of Gamma Alpa Chi. After 3 o’clock on Friday, students may receive their Guides at the Educational Activities Office in McArthur court. All department and faculty members who wish to obtain copies of the Guide are asked to file requisitions in the Educational Activities office as soon as pos sible. As a special service, Gamma Alpha Chi will place one copy in the telephone booths of each living organization some time this week. They will also be distributed down town to all advertisers. New features in this year's edi tion are a classified list of dentists and physicians and a page devoted to special telephone numbers on the campus such as the deans’ offices and the like. Also unlike last year, all living organizations will be listed on one page. Jack Craig served as editor for the Guide and the cover was designed by Beverly Hopkins. An innovation to this year’s l’igger’s Guide will be periodi cal additions of new names or (l’lcasc turn to pa ye seven) IIABitY GRANGER . . . Newly-elected president (si Yeomen, independent men's or ganization. ’Join Yeomen’ Granger Tells Men Students Unaffiliated students who do not live on the campus are missing many advantages when they do not investigate the possibilities of the Yeomen, the organization for independent men students, Harry Granger, president, stated. The Yeomen have an organized social and service program which costs the member very little. The social program consists of desserts, dinners, dances and en tertainment and refreshments at. the meetings. An intramural pro gram of basketball has been arranged at present for all mem bers or prospective members who will be interested- he said. “Good fellowship is offered to any independent, who is feeling the pangs of homesickness or gen eral fed-up feelings.” Pins are to be had for a nominal cost and the Yeomen dues are at a minimum, (Please turn to page eight) WHISKERINO MEETING There will be an important Sophomore Whiskerino commit tee meeting tonight, at at the Chi Omega house. The following people aro asked to appear: Bobbie Hawley, Dedo Misley, Marilyn Stratton, Kay Schneid er, Ann Burgess, Norma Figone, I’at Webber, Barbara Borrevik, Beryl Howard, Joanne Merwin, Dick Savinar, Dick Williams, Jim Kroder, John Kroder, Jim ftartelt, Jim Ellison, Bill Ellison, Bill Love, and Bob Dagget.