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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1946)
Campus Honors Visiting Dads Today .Vesper Choir To Sing Sunday For Fathers Student Singers Plan Program of Readings, Solos, Old Spirituals Visiting dads will be honored Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the music auditorium with a spe cial University Vesper choir serv ice. The program will feature Ne gro spirituals by the choir; read ings by Bobby Reynolds; James Cornett, vocal soloist; and Lois Reader at the organ. The choir will sing such spiritu als as “Gonna Ride Up in De Chari ot,” “Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jeri -Co.” and “Ole Ork’s a-Moverin’.” Arrangements are by Noble Cain. Reading selections by Bobby Rey nolds will be taken from the works of Langston Hughes and Paul Lawrence Dunbar. James Cornett, sophomore in liberal arts, will appear as vocal soloist during the second group of songs sung by the choir. These numbers will be “Sweet Little Je sus Boy” and “Now Rest Beneath Night’s Shadows.” The University student vesper choir consists of 40 women and is under the direction of Johnett King, junior in music. Membership in the choir is achieved through voluntary auditions and is spon sored by the Student Religious Council. Donald W. Allton, assist- I ant professor of music, acts as! adviser to the group. All dads, students, faculty mem bers, and University friends are invited to attend. Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s music honorary, will usher. Music Group Sponsors Sunday Record Concert Visiting dads are invited to the first in the series of browsing room concerts to be presented during winter term by Phi Mu Epsilon Sunday, February 3, at 4:00 p.m. The program will include records from Luella Prescott’s collection. They are: 1. Brahms — Academic Festival Overture. 2. Beethoven -— Piano Concerto No. 3 (Selections). 3. Wagner—Excerpts from Tris tan and Isolde. ^Drop Courses Today Noon today is the deadline for dropping classes this term. Any student who withdraws from a class later by petitioning will have the course marked with a “W” on his permanent record card. DR. HARRY K. NEWBURN Many visiting1 Oregon dads will meet the University’s new president for the first time w'hen he addresses them this weekend. Students to View 'Carmen* On Campus Tuesday Night McArthur Court Converts to Opera House For Presentation of Famed Romantic Story By LAURA OLSON - Advance information concerning “Carmen” runs like this: Carmen, McArthur court, 8:20 p.m., come early to get good seats, and don’t forget to bring your ticket. For the more curious reader (no one excluded) more facts have been unearthed. The opera takes place in Seville, Spain, about the year 1820. The music is by George Bizet and the words are sung in French. Conference Slated For February 23 The YWCA and YMCA are sponsoring an International Week end Festival on February 23 here at Oregon. All students in Oregon colleges are invited to attend and take part in discussions and con ferences on the problems of for eign students here and in foreign countries. The purpose of the conference is to promote better relations be tween American and foreign stu dents here and in foreign countries. Bjorg Hansen and Fred Good speed are co-chairman for the fes tival. Invitations, discussion groups, petitions has been extended to Saturday, February 2, at 5:00 p.m. luncheon, and tea. The date for Petitions to be turned in to Bjorg Hansen, the YWCA or the YWCA. Carmen is eomposed of four acts. Act one takes place in a square in Seville. Soldiers are waiting for the guard to be mounted when Micaela, a village girl, appears; she seeks a brigadier, Don Jose, because she brings a message from his mother. The officer on guard invites her to wait but she de clines and departs. The relief guard and Don Jose come on and the factory bells ring. Among the girls hastening to work is Carmen, a gypsy, who flings a flower at Don Jose. His interest is aroused, but the arrival of Micaela calms him. He resolves to ignore Carmen and devote him self to Micaela as his mother wishes. Hears Noise She has scarcely gone and Don Jose is about to throw Carmen’s flower away, when a noise is heard in the factory. When the girls rush in it is discovered that two of them have quarreled. One of them (Please turn to page seven) Registration, Luncheon Start Holiday Activities Welcome, Dads! That’s the principal thought and saying for this weekend, and it’s a greeting extended from the entire University. From 10 a.m. to 12:30, dads may register in Johnson hall; from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Eugene hotel lobby, and from 2:30 to 5 in Johnson hall. Life membership in the Dads’ club may be obtained for $5. An annual membership costs $1. The Dads' Day luncheon will be- _____ gin at noon, in the Eugene hotel, but doors will be opened at 11:30 so that those attending may be seated without rush. Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s honor ary, will usher. Sammons to Talk Presiding at the luncheon will be Oregon Dads’ President Gene Vandeneynde, and guest speaker, Ed. C. Sammons, Portland, whose topic will be “Where Do We Go From Here?” Short talks are to be given by President. Harry K. New bur,n, ASUO President Ed Allen, a representative from the state board of higher education, and Mrs. R. R. Huestis, president of the Ore gon Mothers’ club. Rev. George Swift, Salem, will deliver the in vocation. Luncheon entertainment will be presented by Iris Duva., senior in business administration, singing “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,” and James McMullen, singing “The Drinking Song.” Sylvia Killman, sophomore in music, will accom pany the singers. Dads’ Officers At the annual business meeting at 3 p.m., election of officers of the Dads’ club will be held. This will be at the Guild theater in Johnson hall. Following this meeting the campus tour will begin, organizing in front of Johnson hall. All dads are encouraged to take part in the tour, which will last 45 minutes. Those dads who wish to visit just a few of the buildings may make it shorter. The group will first visit the Gerlinger lounge, and then the library, where special points of interest, will be the browsing room and various exhibits. The art museum is next on the list, ..fol lowed by the museum of natural history, in Condon hall. Passing to the old campus, the tour will in clude a visit to the art school, the Pioneer Father statue, the Oregon seal, and the Dads’ gates. Dinner tonight for dads is planned at the living organizations of sons and daughters. Evening entertainment begins at 8 p.m. in McArthur court, scene of the Oregon-Washington basket ball game. Doors open at 7 o’clock. At halftime Skull and Dagger will present the 1919 Pacific Coast basketball champions. This Oregon team is holding its 26th reunion here. Members are Carter Brandon, Francis Jacobberger, Herman Lind. Eddie Durno. Ned Fowler, and Nish Chapman. Also to be presented at halftime are the trophies to the women’s living organizations with the largest numbers of dads register ing. The Norbland and Shaw trophies will be given to the first and second place winners, and the Laurgaard cup goes to the house with the largest number of fresh men’s dads registering. Organization Open Houses General campus open house is planned for after the game. All living organizations on the campus will be open for visitors, and Ger linger lounge will serve coffee and cookies to all coming there. The girls living in Gerlinger hall and Mrs. Edith Seifert, Gerlinger hostess, will serve. Dads are welcome to visit any houses they wish, not just those of their sons and daughters. Most of the houses have planned in formal entertainment and refresh ments, and the open house will serve as a get-together with old friends and an opportunity to meet other members of the Dads’ as sociation. Sunday’s schedule of events for the Dads’ executive committee be gins • at breakfast in the Eugene hotel at 8:30 a.m. Old^ and new members will attend. All dads are invited by the churches of Eugene to come to services at 11 a.m. Special recog nition to the occasion will be made by the ministers. Sunday dinner will be in the respective living organizations of dads’ sons or daughters. Final event of the weekend is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the music auditorium. The University vespers will enter tain with an all-Negro program of music. Jim McMullen, baritone, will be soloist, singing “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” accompanied by the choir. The choir will also sing three spirituals and “Now Rest Beneath Night’s Shadows,” with Lois Roeder accompanying at the organ. Non-musical highlight of the (Please turn to page seven) DIMES DRIVE All campus representatives in the March of Dimes drive are asked to contact Eileen Reimer today or before Mon day. THE UNIVERSITY VESPER CHOIR Highlight of Sunday’^ schedule for Dads will he -the Vesper choir concert at 4 p.m. in the music school auditorium