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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1946)
Women to Choose New Executives The regular Thursday assembly at 11 a.m. this week will be taken over by the Associated Women Students for the purpose of elec tion of new officers of AWS, WAA and YWCA. Gerlinger will be the scene of the meeting and all University women are invited to attend. The several groups will introduce their candidates at this time and voting will take place Thursday after noon at Gerlinger hall. Voters must enter Gerlinger by the sun porch doors. According to Signe Eklund, president of AWS, the slate of the group is prepared by the cabinet. Officers of the AWS cabinet in clude the president, vice president, Anita Young; secretary, Bea King; treasurer, Bobbi Pearson; reporter, Barbara Johns; and sergeant of arms, Mickey Metcalf. Elections of these three organiza tions are always simultaneous and this year they are earlier than usual. Because of the many re cent activities of AWS, including Coed Capers, a tea, and an auction sale, the new officers of this group will not be installed until spring term. Voters must establish their eligi bility by showing their AWS, WAA, and YWCA cards. FROSH GLEE ROLLS (Continued from page one) Co-op. Music will be furnished by Ted Hallock and his orchestra. General chairman for the Frosh Glee is dark-haired Trudi Chernis, journalism major from Portland. Committee chairmen assisting her are Kinnaird Gregg and Prudy Mc Crosky, decorations; Kathy Dob son and Janet Beigal, publicity; Donald Dole and Mary Jane Reeves, ticket sales, and Ann Woodworth, clean-up. Entertainment Set Barbara Blinco and Janis Lee Hansen ore in charge of the enter tainment committee, and Beth Easier is chairman of the com mittee which is securing patrons and patronesses. The entire Frosh Glee commit tee is working in conjunction with the officers of the freshmen class. They are Fred Goodspeed, presi dent; Jim McClintock, vice-presi dent; Colleen Mariott, secretary; and Joan Williams, treasurer. Alder Residents to Meet Former members of Alder hall will meet Thursday in the College Side inn. Ex-residents of the hall, a wartime housing project now re instated as the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, will plan for a winter term reunion and early spring pic nic, at the Thursday meeting. i:- = FAMOUS BARITONE (Continued from pane one) Youthful Ambition Thomas is a shining example of the truth of that philosophy. As a young singer, he took the first job he was offered, that of a church singer. The wages were poor. When a chance came to sing in vaudeville, Thomas accepted. Today, the fact that he can do much with even the simplest songs may be due to that early vaudeville training, to the press ing need he had of “putting his songs across.” Hurried Young People “Young singers are often in too much of a hurry,” he said. “It takes a long time to acquire a technique so secure that one may forget it in order to concern him self wholly with interpretation. One must travel slowly on the road to artistic success. There are no short cuts.” Ample evidence that Thomas abides by his own advice is the fact that his concerts are attend ed regularly by other singers who regard them as master lessons in style and technique. He is recog nizes as the finest stylist among great singers today. Repertoire Sometime ago Thomas was queried as to just what songs a singer should memorize. He had this to say. “I am frequently ask ed just what should be memorized. Of American songs, I should say not more than fifty need be ready at any time for public perform ance. But in the permanent rep ertoire must be kept the best mod ern French songs, the standard German lieder, a few good Rus sian songs, Italian and French op eratic arias, old English and Ital ian airs and, of course, the folk songs of all nations.” Then he concluded, “Sure, I know it looks formidable and is scheduled to scare off any lazy singer, but then the concert field is no place for those who like to take it easy!” TRI-DELTS WIN (Continued from pai/e one) cent attendance over the Gamma Phi's 26 per cent. Other organiza tions who figured closely in the finals were Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Gamma, and Kappa Alpha Theta. One-Year Ownership The trophies are to remain the property of the organizations win ning them for one year, to be given to their successors when results of the following year's winners are ascertained. . The trophies were not presented during Dads’ day, as previously scheduled, because of incomplete lists turned in to the dean of men’s office, thereby making it necessary for the committee to check the dads registering against the living organizations to determine the winners. 71 SDX Nominates Leonard Jermain Leonard L. Jermain, instructor in journalism, was nominated for adviser Tuesday by the Univer sity chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national professional jour nalistic fraternity. Jermain was editor of the Emer ald during the school year 1939 1940. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry upon graduation in 1940 and served in the Pacific with the 41st di vision. The national executive council of the fraternity will act on his nomination later this month. The office of adviser has been filled during the past two years by War ren C. Price, associate professor of journalism. NEW UNIVERSITY (Continued from page one) ed to each house president so that any possible mix-up may be avoided. List Given The list of books selected by the University was prepared by Dean Onthank and Miss Bernice Rise, head of the circulation depart ment. Among those books which have arrived and are now available are: Marriage for Moderns, Bowman; Love Problems of Adolescence, Butterfield; Marriage and Sexual Harmony, Butterfield; So Youth May Know, Dickerson; Your Mar riage: A Guide to Happiness, Himes; You and Marriage, Jordan; Managing Your Mind, Kraines; Modern Marriage, Popence; Mar riage Is a Serious Business, Ray; Women and Men, Scheinfeld; A Marriage Manual, Stone; Love at the Threshold, Strain; Sex Guid ance in Family Life Education, Strain; and Normal Youth and its Everyday Problems, Thom. According to Miss Rise, most of these books follow the same theme which is being used in the lecture series, that of emphasizing per sonalities and the psychology of marriage. Oregon ^Emerald Day Manager: Pat Powell Solicitors: Bob Chapman Barbara Twiford Vernon Kilpatrick Office Staff: Charlene Boles Layout Staff: Bob Blue Merle Pugh Beverly Lytle Norma Salveit Arline Mickelson Dick Byfield CHORAL UNION'S (Continued from page one) eluded ‘'Stars with Little Golden Sandals” by Berwald, Loomis’ “White Birches in the Rain,” and “The Farmer’s Son” by Howard with incidental solos by James Mc Mullen and Robert Wardwell. The orchestra played Schubert's “Rosamunde Overture” and “Pre lude to ‘Die Meistersinger’,” by Wagner, both of which were well received by the audience. The “Rosamunde Overture” was well played but evidenced at times silght weaknesses in the winds and violins. The Wagnerian exerpt was more forcibly played with more unity of effect. ‘Drum Taps’ The most impressive portion of the program, in which the chorus and orchestra combined was “Songs from ‘Drum Taps’ ” by Han son. The first part, “Beat, Beat, Drums” was performed with brilliance of interpretation and re markable oneness in effect of or chestra and chorus under the ex cellent direction of Mr. Allton. This was the most spirited of the three selections. The slow meditative “By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame” displayed to full advantage the purity of the ensemble’s tone quality. The solo was sung by Albert Dunn, who showed a rich baritone voice well suited to the music. The final part “To Thee Old Cause” disclosed in music, words, and interpretation, the spirit and ideal of freedom which the poem embodied. Doing a good job as ac companist throughout the evening was Pat Metcalf. EMERALD STAFF (Continued from page one) parts and the serious interview of Louise Montag at the end, we hope to get across to the listening pub lic exactly what does go on at the Emerald office,” stated Turn bull. He is a senior in journalism and hopes to do newspaper work after graduation. He feels that radio is the coming field in journalism and would like to get into it eventu ally. Others Listed The rest of the cast consists of Annamae Winship, business mana ger; Byron Mayo, assistant man aging editor; Fred Beckwith, co sports editor; and Ted Halloek, columnist. Paul Carcotte, Mac Donald, Kirkpatrick, and Mary Palmer are playing character rolls. Music will be furnished by Herb Widmer and his 5-piece band with vocals by Colette Routeau and Kirkpatrick and some piano boogie - woogie by David Van Zandt. CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY University house open house. YWCA Activators. Hilyard faculty dinner. Phi Theta meeting. Inter-dorm dessert. Alder hall dessert. Zeta Tau Alpha open house. Phi Delta Theta-Alpha Ch1^“ Omega exchange dessert. SAE-DU-Alpha Phi exchange dessert. Sigma Phi Epsilon-Kappa Alpha Theta exchange dessert. Phi Gamma Delta- Gamma Phi Beta exchange dessert. Alpha Tau Omega-Kappa Kappa Gamma exchange dessert. Chi Psi-Delta Delta Delta ex change dessert. Beta Theta Pi-Delta Gamma ex change dessert. Theta Chi-Pi Beta Phi exchange dessert. Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma-Chi Omega exchange dessert. Thursday AWS Tea in Gerlinger at 4 p.m. All University women are invited. Skull and Dagger meeting at 3:30 at the Phi Gamma Delta house. Inter-fraternity council meeting at 7 p.m. at the Side. ^ Sigma Kappa faculty dinner. John Charles Thomas concert. Former Emerald Editor Named Regional Officer Lyle M. Nelson, Emerald editor in 1940-1941, has been appointed regional information officer of the bureau of reclamation in the Northwest. He will be stationed in Boise, Idaho. Nelson was one of the original founders of the nocturnal Three o’clock Club, editor of Old Ore gon, and actnig director of the University news bureau. He edited an All-American Emerald. Following graduation he was employed by the Oregon Journal. During the war he was with the army ordnance department in Washington, D.C., editing training - publications. DON'T BE . 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