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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1946)
.VOLUME XLVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Number 15 , EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940 TEX OLIVER TO QUIT AT END OF SEASON _ See Story, Columns 4 and 5 Mister T’ To Spark Homecoming Fete By BETTY BLEDSOE Jack Teagarden, "King of the Blues Trombone,” who will furnish musical entertainment for the "Home for Homecom ing” dance jamboree, is the expert’s choice for the trombonist of the All American band, Marty Pond, chairman of the dance committee said Wednesday. Teagarden will be the first name band to hit the Oregon campus this year, when he plays at Mc Arthur court, October 19 at 9 p.m., following the day’s festivi ties. Famous for his blues singing when he played trombone for Paul Whiteman, he has included almost every one of the great blues tunes in the enormous repertoire of his own orchestra and plays many top tunes in the blues idiom. REPERTOIRE OF FAMOUS TUNES A few of his better known arrangements which will be in cluded in the October 18 program are “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” “St. James Infirmary,” and “Tiger Rag]” featuring his well known theme song “I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues.” ^ “Mister T” was only twenty-two years old when he hit New York in 27, but he had been playing and singing the blues up and down the Mississippi for seven years by that time. Joining Ben Pollack’s band he kept right on. During that period he and Glenn Miller evolved “Basin Street Blues” in its present form. Six years with Paul White man followed, and then the formation of his own band and a top spot among the country’s leading bands. EXPONENT OF BLUES A total of thirteen tunes ranging from 12 to 40 years'in age, all of them playing important individual parts in the story 6f this nation’s musical evolution, are heard in Teagarden’s last picture, Paramount’s “Birth of the Blues,” starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin. In 1944, the popular monthly magazine Esquire ran what they called “Esquire’s Jazz Book of 1944” which featured a selection of the All American jazz band picked by sixteen judges who were selected by Esquire to act as a board of ex perts.. Called by all, “the greatest exponent of the blues,” both with voice and trombone, Jack Teagarden was listed the ex pert’s choic^ as the trombonist for the All American band. New Seating Arrangement To Pack Igloo Board Okehs Billings Emerald Appointment What the educational activities board did: 1. Approved a seating arrange ment for the University concert se ries so that 6600 people can be ac commodated in McArthur court. If all townspeople attend who have purchased tickets the new seating arrangement will be sufficient if past attendance records of not more than 50 per cent of the student body attend. 2. Set Nov. 12 as the deadline for ordering the 1947 Oregana. 3. Approved the appointment of Jack Billings, senior in journalism, as managing editor of the Emerald. 4. Approved funds for a faculty alumni reception to be held during Homecoming. In order to accommodate the in creased enrollment of the Univer sity as well as the faculty and townspeople at the Concert series, the south balcony of McArthur court will be used to seat a total of 6600. Activities board chairman Dick Williams feels that the seating will be sufficient if past attendance rec ords of not more than 50 per cent continue. (Please turn to pagiz eight) ISA Senate Holds First Meet Tonight Independent politics will take vis ible form tonight when the senate of the Independent Students asso ciation holds its first fall term meet ing. The meeting will take place in Room 107 Commerce building at 7:30 p.m., presided over by Dale Harlan, president of the ISA senate. All council members of the ISA executive council are requested to be present at the meeting, Harlan said. Senators from independent or ganizations who have not as yet been announced in the Emerald are: Gerlinger hall, Lorelee Moore and Betty Jo Hansen; Villard hall, Si Garnett and Jim Taylor; Rebec house, Nora Peterson and Billie Mc Cartney; Alpha hall, Kit Draham and Harriet Tozier. Campbell club, Jerry Mosby; Hil yard house, Marilyn Wright and Amelia Diamant; Yeomen, Clay Meyers, Donald Taylor and Gordon Halstead; Orides, Trudi Penny, Kathy Dobson and Colleen Mariott; Hendricks hall, Myrl Sikes, La Verne Gunderson and Charlene Thurston; Vets hall A, Henry How ard, Bob Lindstedt, Bill Rooney and Kirk Braun. Vet hall B, Ed Georgeeffen and Bob Bombarde; Vet hall C, Richard Neely and Bill Hahrarahn; Vet hall D, Ross Yates and Bob Bailey and i Vet hall E,- John Malcolm and Cliff Bevens. UEKAL.D A. -TEX” OL.1VEH . . . ill \ . 1 i Head Mentor Announces Resignation From Staff President Newburn Lauds Coach's Work During Tenure of Five-Year Contract • By BERNIE HAMMERBECK 1 (Emerald Sports Editor) Gerald A. (Tex) Oliver, head football coach at the University of Oregon since 1938, early yesterday afternoon submitted his resignation to President Harry K. Newburn. The resignation, effective upon the completion of the current football season, dispells all rumor as to his return as head coach next year. Oliver is currently serving the final year of a five-year con tract, and with the hiring of next year’s coach by the athletic board scheduled for some time early this winter, speculation had run high as to whether or not Oliver would return. In a statement made shortly before he stepped on the practice field yesterday afternoon, Oliver said "I have decided to move into other fields. I have definite plans for the future, which at the present time do not include coaching.” "I have enjoyed my stay in Eugene with its fine people—and | have made many friends.” t When asked what effect the resignation would have upon the men on his squad, Oliver added ‘‘I believe the boys will play just as hard—if not harder. And as for myself, I will work just as hard because I like to win.” ji President Newburn, when asked for a statement, said “Natur ally we are sorry to know that Tex Oliver has decided to sever his relations with the University of Oregon. His work here has been of high caliber, and he has succeeded in putting on the field at all times an interesting and colorful team.” _ (Please him to page jour) ASUO Exec Council Passes On 3 Major Recommendations What the ASUO executive council did: 1. The ISA request for more polling places was granted. « 2. Major letters will be granted to men in minor sports. 3. Tom Hazzard’s selections for women members of the rally squad were approved. Howard Lemons, Independent Students Association presi ucm., sou a ieu.er 10 tne council at their Wednesday meeting request ing more polling places on the cam pus for the coming ASUO elections. He stated that such an arrangement would enable more students to vote. Lemons also requested that equal numbers of delegates from each political party be on hand at the booths to prevent fradulent voting. Further preventing illegal voting he asked that students be required to show an educational activities card, which would be stamped on the back side showing that the vote had been cast. Following discussion of Lemon’s recommendations, the council un animously approved them. The council approved the award ing of major letters to men engaged in any of the seven types of sport, which the school participates in now, with the approval hanging fire until approval of the same requesf was granted by all five of the other northwestern institutions involved. Anson Cornell, who wrote the let ter recommending such action, re ferred specifically to, football, base ball, basketball, track, swimming, golf and tennis. Tom Hazzard’s selections for wo men members of the rally s quad, were approved by unanimous vote of the council. His recommendation included Patty Beaton, Barbara Vowles, Diane Meade and Marguer* ite Reardon. j