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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1946)
Metropolitan’s Patrice Munsel Singing In McArthur Court June 14 at 8:15 p.m. Patrice Munsel, brilliant young coloratura sporano will appear at McArthur court June 14—the eighth and final of the guest artist series which is sponsored by the Eugene Civic Music association. The program will begin at 8:15. Known familiar ly by her fans as “Princess Pat,” Miss Munsel made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera company at the age of 17. A native of Spokane, Washing ton, she is well-known to North west music lovers. This is her fourth tour of the nation’s concert halls. In December, 1943, 17-year old Patrice made her debut at America’s first lyric theatre in the role of Philine in “Mignon.” She received an ovation from the audi ence which lasted eight minutes. Now 20, she is still the “Baby of the Met.” ‘Rarely Beautiful’ While visiting some 40-odd cities during the course of her present coast-to-coast tour, Miss Munsel’s voice was described by Claudia Cassidy of the Chicago Tribune as “rarely beautiful, rich and full and warm and the true lustre of colora tura brilliance." She has been chosen as one of the six best-dressed women today. The judges noted that Miss Mun sel gets -away from the frou-frou of her opera costumes with simple classic clothes, and that she light ens her navy and brown tailored clothes with bright accessories. ‘Family Hour’ Star The young opera star, whose brilliant career embraces opera, concert, and the post of permanent prima donna of the weekly Sun day afternoon "Family Hour” broadcast, was signed to a $120,000 contract before she had made a single public appearance. Her mother, Mrs. Audley J. Mun sel, accompanies her on tours and takes care of the details. Miss Munsel also has a mascot, a pink plush horse named Caruso Shos tokovich. t I..SJ* Spokane Native Her parents smiled indulgently when Patrice's teachers said her voice was unusual. But when she was 14 and friends insisted, they took her to the University of Idaho to sing for conductor Vladimir Bakaleinikoff. His verdict—“the most beautiful voice I have ever heard in one so young." Miss Munsel's program the night of June 14 will include: I Allelujah, from “Exultate". .George Frederic Handel Aria: Ah! lo so, from "The Magic Flute” . .Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Wren . Julius Benedict II Le Printemps .Henri Fevrier Petite Poupe (Dancing Doll). ..Poldini-La Forge Chanson de Marie Antoinette. . Myron Jacobson Carnaval. Felix Fourdrain III Aria: Mad Scene, from "Lucia di Lammermoor" . Gaetano Donizetti Intermission Prelude in E minor . . Felix Mendelssohn Etude in A flat, Opus 25 . .Frederic Chopin Etude de Concert . . Cecile Chaminade Stuart Koss Miranda.Richard Hageman The Nightingale and the Rose .. .Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov The Gypsy and the Bird . . Julius Benedict VI Aria: Ah, fors e lui, from "La Traviata” . Giuseppe Verdi Members of the ASUO and the ECMA will be admitted to the concert free of charge by showing their membership cards. PATRICE MUNSEL GRADUATION EVENTS Friday 3 to 5 p.ni.—Benefit tea at the Browsing room. Saturday (S :30 a.m.—Breakfast of the state association of University of Oregon women at the Osborne hotel. 10:30—Meeting of the Oregon Alumni association at Guild hall. 12 noon—Senior luncheon at John Straub hall. 4 p.m.—Reception for President and Mrs. Harry K. New burn at Alumni hall. 6—Class reunion dinners. 8—Failing-Beekman orations at the music auditorium. Sunday 11 a.m.—Baccalaureate services in McArthur court. 3 to 5 p.m.—Open house in campus buildings. 6:30—Flower and fern procession for senior women by the statue of the Pioneer Mother. 8—Commencement exercises and installation of President Newburn at .McArthur court. Seniors Reveal Job Plans After Tassel-Tossing Rites By Laura Olson and Roberta Brophy More than 500 seniors will re ceive their diplomas June 16 in McArthur court. Their plans for the future delve into every field of work: photography, foreign trade, personnel work, and mar riage. Seniors queried as to what their specific plans were came up with varied answers. Phyllis Evans, liberal arts, is going to work June 18 as a field secretary for the Portland council of the Camp Fire girls. During the summer, she will attend Mills college. (Phyl is engaged to Jerry Wolfsehr who is attending the Uni versity of Oregon dental school in Portland). Mary Telles, journalism major, plans work in a commercial photo i grapliy shop in Portland, and after wards enter the field of news photography. Her summer work in cludes society editor and police re porter on the Hayward Journal, Hayward, California, j Janet Douglas, sociology major, I recently received an graduate as sistantship in the dean of women's office at Syracuse university. She plans eventually to become a dean of women, preferably on the west I coast. After graduation Bob Calkins, journalism major, will board a banana ship for Guatemala, where he plans to take pictures of his travels suitable for publication. After returning, Bob plans to at tend a photography school in Cali fornia and afterwards to travel and do photography work for some large magazine such as Life or the National Geographic. Lee Moritz, business administra tion, will begin work in retailing in Portland a month after graduaton, with the goal of a position as a buyer. Lee attended Boise junior college two years before coming to Oregon. Lois McConkey, economics ma jor, plans to work in Portland this summer. Eventually she hopes to go into foreign trade or work in a broker's office. This fall she will go to New York to attend the UNO conference as a representative of the Pacific Northwest college stu dents. Nona Bradley, journalism major, J will return to Nampa, Idaho, this summer to work as a reporter on the Idaho Free Press. She plans to j return to Eugene next fall and I continue her journalistic career. American Veterans To Organize Here Campus Chapter of World War II GIs „ To Hold Initial Meeting Tuesday The Eugene Chapter of the American Veterans committee, largest World War II veterans organization, is scheduled to hold an organizational meeting Tuesday, 7 :30 p.m., 107 Com merce, according to Jack Caldwell, acting chairman of the local group. Following an informal question and answer period on the purposes of A VC, those attending will apply for membership in AVC, apply to the National Planning committee for a charter, and elect officers to carry the new organiza tion through the summer months. John Durr, AVC member of over a year’s standing, will lead the question and answer session. Charter Members Caldwell emphasized that all veterans who think they may be interested in A\C should attend, as only those present will be able to become charter members. “We feel,” stated Caldwell, “that the vets of this war should have their own organization, one that serves their own purposes. There is a difference in thought between the veterans of this war and the last, and we want to bring our viewpoint to the fore unhampered by ties to the past. No Hocus-Pocus “We young fellows don’t care for funny hats or going through cere monial. hocus-pocus at a weekly meeting. But we do know that 12, 000,000 men and women who were in uniform have tremendous po tential influence on the side of a more democratic and prosperous America and a more stable world. That’s why we are forming this AVC chapter. “AVC is the fastest growing veterans’ organization in the U. S. today. It jumped from 20,000 to 60,000 members in three months, and now includes over 400 chap ters, with more being added daily. 56 chapters were organized in colleges alone in those three months.” The acting chairman also said that policies in AVC come from the bottom up, not from the top down. He stated definitely th^ AVC is ready at any time to prove that its decision on any issue was arrived at democratically from within the organization itself. Action “But AVC’s greatest induce ment,” Caldwell concluded, “is its program of action. While others have talked, AVC has done things, from forcing local action on vet’s housing to proposing and winning the increase from $50 to $65 for veterans returning to school. As a matter of fact, the veterans’ hous ing here at the University is one of the problems we hope to tackle as soon as the chapter is big enough.” Students Invited to Attend NW Institute Conference Fifteen authorities on world affairs will participate in the twelfth annual Northwest Institute of International Relations, June 12 to 22, at Reed college in Portland, Dr. E. L. Clark, institute chairman and president of Multnomah college, has announced. College students and professors are particularly invited to attend the institute lectures, round tables, and question periods, for which three term hours ot undergraduate or graduate credit may be earned from R^ed college. Dormitory facilities will be avail able on the campus. Among the faculty of the insti tute will be Dr. Frank Oppen heimer, atomic scientist from the University of California radiation laboratory; Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Associate Chief, Division of De pendent Area Affairs of the U. S. Department of State; Louis Doli vet, editor of Free World maga zine; George H. Middleton, first secretary at the British Embassy, Washington, D. C. Rabbi Morris Kertzer, only Jewish chaplain at the Anzio beachhead, who served from North Africa to the Rhineland; Aouney W. Dejany, of the Arab Office, Washington, D. C., a lawyer in Baghdad and Jerusalem until 1945; Dr. Graham Stuart, Stanford uni versity political scientist, and author of the book, “Latin Ameri ca and the United States.’’ Dr. C. K. Yang, formerly a guerilla fighter in China; Dr. Frank Munk, who will return in June from a year as economic ad viser to UNRRA missions in Po land, Czechoslovakia and Austria; Dr. William Sollman, twice Minis ter of the Interior in the German Republic before 1933; Dr. H. F. Peters, Chief of Intelligence, Morale Operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services in Europe; and Dr. Hans Simons, Dean of the Graduate School, New School for Social Research, New York City. All communications should be addressed to the Institute Execu tive Secretary, 2117 N. E. lo?h~ Avenue, Portland 12. PE Equipment All girls who are not enroll ed in physical education class es, and who still have clothing equipment in their possession, must turn the property in at the equipment cage as soon as possible, it was announced re cently by the department. Assemblies Terminated There will be no more ASUO as semblies this term, according to Karl W. Onthank, dean of person nel administration. TO : UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CASHIER I hereby assign to the University of Oregon Student Union Building Fund as a gift, any balance remaining in my Student General Deposit after all breakage and other charges assessed to me have been satisfied. Name ...!. Date .
