" "■■••"•*»«*»»nMiiiM|uim,i,mmmnminiHmniimiiii!n!!ii!ii!!riiii!!iiniii!iiiii!iii!mniiii!!ii!iiiiii!i!!niiiiiiiinTmni!!i«iniiiiiniinniii!i!iii!i!iiiiiiiimiiniii!!iiiii!ii!i!irniiiiniillliiB» ™ \bucJz at the. jbial ... By PAT KING If you have talent and are interested irt radio, now is the time to rise and shine. Radio has started on a campaign for new talent in all fields of entertainment. NBC will spend $100, 00& in 1946 to bring new faces and talent into the channels of radio acting, production, and writing. Developing this talent much as the major baseball leagues seek out and train players, will revamp audition policies by making talent and show record ings so that talent judgments can be made on the basis of what lis teners might hear, rather than on the basis of what program depart ment personnel might decide on talent seen and heard in studios. Since it is the common man who decides the success or failure of a star or show, production bigwigs have finally realized that it would be a good idea to let him have something to say about what he likes. Corwin Wins Twice Having copped the first award ing of the Wendell Willkie award, Norman Corwin turned around to place first as librettist with Com poser Bernard Rogers in the Alice M^Dittson Fund contest for their winning opera, “The Warrior.'’ Based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah, the libretto was taken completely from Cor win's “Samson” which was first produced over CBS in 1941. Rogers is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. Both share in the awards which total $1500. Four amateur band leaders will be chosen from east, mid-west, south, and west coast as the sec tional winners of Sammy Kaye’s “Best Band Leaders” contest. They will go to Hollywood in June to participate in the finals, where the national winner will be given a grand prize of $1,000. On Kaye’s program, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on KEX, audience applause selects winders from the section winners will be chosen. Judges include Paul Whiteman, Tommy Dorsey, and Kate Smith. Popular Song Lulus Dick Haymes has received some lulus in response to his “Greatest Popular Song" poll. One entry blissfully nominated “Rhapsody in Blue” as “a very popular song.” Other entries have called for mas ter mind deduction to decipher the original intent as in “Claradeloun,” “Lienerstraen” (L i e b e s traum), “You'll Never Walk Alone,” “Chic er-re-chic,” “Calondia,” and “Come to Meet My Melancholy Baby.” One twister interpreted Four Hits and a Miss as “Four Hits in the Mist.” An unconfirmed rumor floating around the ether waves is that NBC and CBS are going to set up stations outside Eugene. If this proves to be true, it will be a boon to listening Eugenians and Ducks. Because Jimmy Durante used a running gag, “everybody wants to get into the act,” somebody who was in the more final stages of insanity decided to produce an audience participation show called “You’re in the Act.” Members of the studio audience will fill out cards indicating the type of act they’d like to try—singing, telling Jokes, playing musical instruments, asking riddles, interviewing guests, impersonations—and will be allow ed to take a stab at it in front of the mike. The broadcasts are originating in the Florentine Gardens, a Hol lywood night club, and will be (Please turn to fac/c thirty) Way Back When... Council Asked Houses To Take in UO Athletes Jay lruui CJnernis ana l»ottie Hubei Thirty Years Ago Losing a two-thirds majority' by a total of ten votes, the sophomore class forfeited its opportunity to •have a sophomore representative on the executive council. The im portant election brought only 314 of the University’s almost 800 students. - ; * *" * ■ “Senior men at the Univer i sity of Texas are to wear full dress collars and l»at-wing ties and carry canes on Mon - -days and Thursdays.” * * * An Emerald editorial proclaimed the University’s desire for inter collegiate basketball. It declared that the one season of intercollegi ate sports had proved the success 'of the experiment, but “now the University is ready to have bas ketball reinstated.” * * * The women’s intra-mural tennis finals were extra important, since the Winners were to receive silk stockings as prizes. Lucky girls were the Delta Gammas, or was it just a hosiery shortage that drove them on to victory? * * * The Oregana circulation manag er almost spent a few days in jail. He had posters put up around the University and 11th street, but the police department called to inform *4he University officials that it was against the law to use telephone poles for advertising. Quick work by some volunteer freshmen saved his day—and night. Twenty Years Ago Roller skating was the latest fad at Oregon Agricultural college. Everyone was skating to classes, to town, and even to the dances. It was estimated that 700 pairs of roller skates were sold by Corval lis merchants during the week. The announcement of the engagement of Howard Hobson to Jennie Noren Was made. No definite date for the wed ding was set, but it was im agined it would be a summer occasion. He was described in the Emerald as “a three-year letterraan in basketball; and this term will be the last in his athletic career. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta.” Ten Years Ago Athletic Aid Asked of Frater nities. It was suggested to the council a plan under which each fraternity would pledge and pro vide room for one athlete. The plea was the last resort in the effort to maintain Oregon ath letics on a par with larger schools on the coast. * * * Up and coming fashions: "These spring days you start thinking oi new additions to the wardrobe and POLLY’S first was a dark blue heavy linen she found at Gordons, It is navy with big pearl buttons, a by-swing back with pleats and a light blue kerchief that gives that casual look for the “brisk blowing” days. New tendencies for footwear on the campus were: buckled straps over the instep, definitely squared toes and heels, built up opera pumps, leather combined with linen, flowered cloth sandals foi evening, and also shining patent leather sandals. Powder Burns iniHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiimtniiiiiiiiimniiipiiiiiiin'ini'iiiiiinimiiiininiiiiiiniiiminiiniHni By Rex Gunn The woman was a useless thing. She sat slumped baclt, rag-like in her chair, her stringy hair askew —a threaded waste. She made you want to take a bath. “Louise,” she whined, “don't fix it like you did before. I can't do nothin' with it that-a-way.” Steel clutched the hair. “Now, like I said, Jim and me never had no trouble 'til that little tramp made eyes at 'im. I tell you they ought to take them college girls and put 'em to work where they'll do some good, 'stead of let tin’ ’em run loose 'round here twistin’ theirselves and wallowin' 'round with other girls' husbands. “I bet there ain't a straight one up there.” " Venom spent, she slumped and put a fudge block in her puffy mouth. Her name is many. Her mind is dirt-covered with sticky ice cream. .... They call it the libe—it is the place of books. I like the quiet books, stiff-backed, hard surfaced boards to lay them on. I like clean fingers flicking through to stop—to move—to grip the learned pulp. Clean minds go there in dress ridiculous, the “crooked” girls. They have been seduced it’s true, seduced by books—the words have broken veils—please God, break more. Break more and give us college girls who see something in sight besides a pan, a gossiped word, a mirror and a man. These things are there, they should be seen; but there is more beyond, much between. . . Give them books to find it if they can. Ignorance alone desires a slave— lust alone glories in a husk—pride alone covets pretty pawns—let us tolerate it if we must. But women damning women in a school—let .them know this— damn themselves man's tool. a«i.. ( Clips and 1 ( Comments i By Carley Hayden The squeeze is back and fel lows and gals put on the old Squeeze play at 'the shin-dig for Oregon Staters and fellow Ducks last Saturday night in the Memori al Union building. This dressy sport, two-stepping affair was the first in three years and carried with it all the traditions that made it so popular in pre-war date books. Brawny Varsity O men sported new jackets that rate high in Es quire. They were black and bright orange, the latest thing in style. The Ducks flew north bedecked in green sweaters with the usual Lemon O. At Syracuse Syracuse University — planned annual Stocking Foot dance, sold snowball tickets. Kent State university — heard veterans say they would not par ticipate in the current campus elections, but would attend to more important work — the national scene. Southwestern Louisiana Insti tute-offered new band courses for returning students; planned a con cert to feature the hit songs of the season. Senators Greeted University of Georgia—greeted two southern senators at the press institute held on the campus. * * * Colorado A & M—proposed re (Please turn to page twenty-four) Jam for Breakfast By TED HALLOCK Last column this term, kiddies. Last dance Sat. nite: Inter Dorm Pirmal. “Up In Central Park," minus choral and Celeste Holm uf kawss. Look mag just informs us that they are initiating a weekly record review just for college rags. Seems it’s assumed that* campus sheet music eds and columnists haven’t the brains or urawn to engage in uie • uargan tuan task" of listening to those millions of horrible jazz records and emerging with any worth while critical analysis of same. To hell with 'em. I’m a union man. I’ll review my own records if it takes all summer, thanks. Same outfit is sponsoring a live ly and well-timed contest amongst the nation's top amateur bands (college formed). No prize men tioned as yet. Probably a used set of Krupa sticks or a split Rico Goodman reed. Vacation Spots For vacations: Seattle; the Tri anon. Show Box, a little joint known colloquially as the Black and Tan; Portland, the Paddock (above Liberty Theater) although Warren Black's combo is finis, Clover Club for same old (he’s really old) Russ Graham and six, J. Beach for possibility of name bands, Palais Royale for Ron Salt and pleasing dance music (period), the Subway, on Williams avenue, for the finest, Dude Ranch for oc casional kicks; San Francisco, Howard McGhee at the Backstage, possibility of Lu Watters again at the Dawn Club (if he hasn’t re turned they have scotch); Jack’s, Club Alabarn, Golden Gate Thea ter, Swet's (Oakland), Finnochio’s (no music). For vacations (cont.): Los An geles: so many spots we can't name all. A few: Palladium, Meadowbrook, Swing Club, Streets of Paris, Three Dueces, Hangover, Latin Quarter, Swanee Inn, Sun day concerts at Shrine auditorium, Zucca's (Hermosa Beach). Vet’s Dance Watch for all-campus. Igloo, veterans' dance come first Satur day eve of next term. Sponsored by recently formed ex-GIers, it promises to do what should have been done for past these many years: start the study period with a. bang; kill the taste of registra tion and vacation debauchery. :■ ; Both Gene Krupa and Charlie Barnett arc slated for very imme diate dates at the Cottonwood, Al bany dance-hall-nitery. Apologies to readers dept.: spy Pat Wood reveals an absence of Tom Todd arrangements from C. Barnet book weeks ago. Addenda comment: Peanuts Holland playej and sang ("Oh Miss Jackson") his way into usual immortality. Vocalists were fair. Barnet was a 1 business. Band played "Skyliner'* three times. All concerned had a good time. Not known how much popcorn was consumed on that dance. FJdridge Disc Hoy Eldridgc has finally record ed a Hackettian fav, "Embrace able You," for Decca. Reverse side ’s flag-waving dog tune a la Hampton riff style, "Little Jazz Boogie." ~ i Good news for radio and jazz minded Oregonians: KOAC is pres ently engaged in dickering with FCC for 5000 watt free channel broadcasting'. Will allow almost full coverage, as publicly owned stations are not as closely restrict ed re wave-cuts as are commer cialites. Means better late'at night reception for jazz wax, etc. The search for J. D.'s “Oh What A” (you know the rest) has ended. KORE possesses a World' trans cription library, including said master. Anyone interested, real interested, in hearing it, drop our man Rex Gunn a self-addressed box top, care of above named out let. Amazing how the so-called "farmers” of neighboring OSG have become accustomed to bring ing both palms (hand) together in loud unison forming a phonetic, sound referred to locally as ap plause. Seems these crude chums of ours express their simple, heart felt appreciation for something they hear and like via the old American practice. A shame they are so damnably obvious. It’s odd however, but the artists concerned seem to cotton to it (an old New England phrase). As a life-long frind of mire would say, upon closing (he own ed a saloon), “Bob-o-le-re-bop." Until April 1, that is. Willie: “Did Edison make the first talking machine, Pa?" Pa: “No, son, but Edison mace the first one that could be shut off." Tadcen Topics fylxMjuenA MAKE A HIT, TOO RUN to the phone ... you'll make no ERROR if you order Eddie's Flowers 50 13th West Phone 265