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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY. MAY 3, 1946
Webfoots Register P.N.C.C. Approval
Oregon Nigh School Musicians Compete
Today, Tomorrow in Regional Contest
University Students to Present Concert
For Groups in Music School Auditorium
Musicians from more than 40 Oregon high schools will
gather on the campus today and tomorrow to compete in the
regional music contest. Approximately 1700 students are ex
pected to participate, according to John H. Stehn, University
professor in charge of the meet.
Contests scheduled for today, which will include all soloists
and small instrumental and singing
groups, will* begin at 9 a.m. and
will' be held in the music school
auditorium, Gerlinger hall, Univer
sity High auditorium and the lec
ture room of the music school. All
contests today will be open to the
public.
Schedule Listed
The schedule for today’s contests
is as follows:
Music school auditorium; 9 a.m.
-—piano solos; 10 a.m. — string
solos; 11:30 a.m. — string en
sembles; 1 p.m.—girl’s vocal en
sembles; 2:30 p.m.—boy’s vocal
ensembles; 4 p.m.—chorus contest.
Lecture room, 104 music build
ing: 9 a. m.—saxophone solos; 9:30
—flute, oboe, bassoon solos;
10 a.m.—clarinet solos; 10:30 a.m.
•—woodwind ensembles; 11:30 a.m.
■—marimba solos..
University High auditorium: 9
a.m.—drum solos; 9:15 a.m.—tuba
solos: 10 a.m.—trombone solos;
10:30 a.m.—baritone, euphonium
solos; 11 a.m.—French horn solos;
1 p.m.—cornet solos; 1:45 p.m.—
brass ensembles.
Gerlinger hall: 9 a.m.—girl’s
vocal solos; 11 a.m.—boy’s vocal
solos.
Superior Ratings Received
All students participating here
have earned the right by winning
“superior” ratings in various dis
trict contests held recently. This
meet is one of four being held in
region one, which comprises the
five states of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
These contests are staged in con
nection with the National School
"Mi&fc Competitions festivals.
Judges for the two-day meet are
Donald M. Allton, Stacey Green,
Univeristy professors; Dr. Theo
dore Kratt, dean of the University
school of music; Frank Anarde,
supervisor of music from Tacoma,
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Committee of 100
Extends Deadline
The deadline for contribu
tions to The Committee of 100
fund has been extended until
Tuesday, May 7, Harriet To
zier, chairman of the campus
committee of the national
movement, announced Thurs
day.
The Committee of 100 is so
liciting funds for bail and legal
defense for persons involved in
a riot in Columbus, Tennessee.
The goal of the campus drive
would be reached by May 4.
-—Students and faculty members
are now invited to turn in fur
ther contributions to Miss To
zier or Herb Penny.
Student Union
Head Appointed
ASUO Exec Council
Selects Wally Johnson
Wally Johnson, junior in busi
ness administration, was named
student union chairman for the
forthcoming school year at Thurs
day’s meeting of the executive
council. Johnson, who has held the
position in the 1945-46 school year,
was chosen from three appiicants.
He is a member of Druids, junior
men’s honorary.
Federation Petitions
Petitions for presidency of the
Oregon Federation, an organiza
tion to publicize Oregon activities
over the state, were called for, but
the election of the Federation head
was postponed pending more pe
titions submitted to the council. A
notice to appear in the Emerald
will set the date the petitions are
due.
Moved and passed was a sug
gesion that the equipment for
dances, as paint, paint brushes, and
decoration materials, be kept in a
separate store room for ASUO
dances, and that this closet be ac
cessible to decoration committees
of future ASUO functions. A $25
spray gun to be used in painting
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WALLY JOHNSON
Reappointed Student Union com
mittee chairman.
SHIRLEY PETERS
I
PAUL MARCOTTE
Alumna, Author of ’Address Unknown’
Expresses Attitude to Liberalism
By Marguerite Wittwer
' What happened to the lost
generation they talked about
in the Twenties? Where are
they now?
What happened to the post
war youth of World War I
who wore their disillusionment
with such intensity; of whom
T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Archi
bald MacLeish wrote; of whom
Hemingway and Thomas
Wolfe wrote ?
Kathrine * Kressmann was a
student at the University of Ore
gon in the Gay Twenties. She had
hazel eyes and beautiful fine blonde
hair. She read H. L. Mencken pas
sionately. Being an intelligent girl
tvho didn’t want to miss anything
that was going on, she saw great
things in realism and naturalism.
For W. F. G. Thacher’s short story
-lass she wrote what she thought
about. She was a day editor on the
Emerald.
Bohemian
Being Bohemian was quite the
thing to do. So she used to spend
long evenings with other students,
drinking strong black coffee and
talking about things people were
just beginning to discover at the
time—sex, socialism, the new out
look on life.
Kathrine Kressmann had big
ideas. She realized that the world
was a mess; she realized the war
had solved no problems; she was
aware of starvation throughout
the world, internal strife, labor
trouble, unemployment in the
United States.
And she wanted to do something
about it all. She wanted to change
the world. She though socialism
was an immediate necessity. She
thought reform on a wide scale
was the only solution. She was a
wide-eyed, idealistic, confident lib
eral. . .
Post Graduation
When she was graduated, Miss
Kressmann went to San Francisco
to write advertising copy for the
Emporium. She met a man who
was also in advertising, also a po
litical liberal- he was one of the
doughboys who came back. She
married him, and her career be
came of secondary importance.
However, Mrs. Kathrine Taylor
continued to be interested in cur
rent events, and in the reactions
of her acquaintances to the trends
in the Inirties.
And it was this curiosity which
prompted Mrs. Taylor to write
“Address Unknown,” the story
which sold like UDL throughout
the country, was translated and
sent around the world, published
in pamphlet form and distributed
in mimeographed copies, and made
into a motion picture. It is the
story of an intelligent educated
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All-Campus Poll Shows 182 Plurality
Favoring Student Congress Resolutions
A total of 1,356 ballots were cast in the recent vote conducted
among University students to determine their opinion on the
resolutions reached at the Pacific Northwest College congress,
according to Lois McConkey, University representative at the
congress. The acceptance of the resolutions totaled 769, while
587 rejections were recorded.
uauuia txieic were no
marks of either acceptance or re
jection and these were counted as
negative votes. Miss McConkey
said. The ballots included many
comments and criticisms. The chief I
student objections were to the dis-1
armament program and the trus
teeship plan as outlined in the!
resolution. There was also a great'
deal of disagreement concerning"
the atomic bomb, according to Mi-;a
McConkey. The general opinion
concerning this problem was that
the secret should be left in the
hands of the scientists of the va
rious nations. Suggestions were
also made concerning the United
Nations police force. A majority
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Curtain Time: 8 Tonight
For Barrie’s‘DearBrutus’
Shirley Peters, Paul Marcotte Highlights
As Delightful Fantasy Opens In Johnson
By DOROTHY THOMSON
“Dear Brutus,’’ James M. Barrie’s delightful creation, pre
sented by the University Guild and under the direction cf
Ottilie Seybolt, associate professor of speech and dramatic arts,
opens tonight at 8 p.m. in the Johnson Hall theater.
The little genius, Lob, who is responsible for most of the
fantasy in “Dear Brutus’’ is played by Paul Marcotte.
He described himself as “tbo
little character who arranges to
invite his numerous house guests
on Midsummer's. Eve. On this my s
terious date, the woods near his
country home are enchanted m
such a way that those who ven
ture into them are caught in a
spell.”
Second Chance
The spell, as Paul explained it, is
that of a second chance, a wish
common to all human beings. This
transformation creates varied ef
fects and realizations for the people
involved.
A junior majoring in English
with a radio option, Paul went to
Jefferson high school in Portland
and finished up at Belmont high
in Los Angeles. His first years of
college were spent at the Los
Angeles City college and after
several years in the service he en
tered the University.
Experienced Player
He has appeared in several Uni
versity productions, “Ladies of the
Jury,” “The Time of Your Life,”
and “School for Husbands.” Paul
feels that his drama work will be
helpful for radio, in learning how
to adapt stage dramatics to radio.
His ambition is radio work in the
fields of production, directing, writ
ing and acting.
Sports Hobby
Paul is interested in all sports
but especially golf, swimming,
tennis, and softball. He plays left
field for the Omega hall softball
i team.
When asked for his opinion of
“Dear Brutus,” Paul said, “It’s a
fine fantasy and all the cast seem
to fit their roles remarkably well.
Mrs. Seybolt has the right feeling
for the mood of the play and has
a way of instilling it in the cast.
I hope everybody will get a chance
to come and see “Dear Brutus.”
Miss Peters Shines
The unusual role of Margaret,
the dream child of the University
theater guild production of “Dear
Bruntus,” is played by Shirley
I Peters.
| “I’ve always loved this play of
Barrie’s,” she said, “and when I
was chosen for the part of Mnr
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