VOLUME XL VI11
UNIVERSITY
OF OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15,
Number 37
1946
SOPHOMORE FINALISTS . . . —EMERALD photo by Don Jones.
Pictured above are the finalists in the Joe College and Betty Coed contest. They are, front row: Jean Her
don, Sue Mercer, Sis Scott, Hazel Roake, Carolyn Wright; back row: John Joachims, Bob Wallace, Bill Bar
num, Willie Stroud, Bruce Hoffine, Eldon Foster. One Betty Coed finalist, Bev Dieschler, is not pictured.
Final Rians Completed
For Stubble Stumble
Religious Council
Chooses Officers
All members of the University
Religious council have been chosen
and organizational plans for .the
group are now being formed, after
the third meeting of the fall term
Thursday with Kelly Hamilton, stu
dent chairman, presiding. Officers
of the council are: Hamilton, Dave
Seaman, adult chairmen; Verna Ap
pling, student secretary; Lois
Greenwood, adult secretary; and
Shirley Multhauf, treasurer.
Committee reports and the func
tion of the council were discussed
at the Thursday meeting. The
council has received the approval
of Harry K. Newburn, University
president, as a unifying group em
bracing all faiths on the campus.
, ■•►Members of the council are:
? YWCA: Shirley Multhauf, Lois
Greenwood; YMCA: Douglas Moore,
A. F. Holmer; Westminster Foun
dation: Tom Hazzard, Joseph Har
ris; Wesley Foundation: Kelly Ham
ilton, Dave Seaman; Episcopal
church: Clay Myers, Rev. Hal
Gross; Congregational church:
>Varren Miller, Mary S. Grubbs.
Baptist church: Jean Hudspeth,
Rollin Calkin; Church of the Breth
ren: Ruth Rickey, Mrs. Forrest
Groff; Christian church: Cecil R.
Warner, Dr. Victor P. Morris; Lu
theran church; Mrs. Verna Applin,
Miss Ann Pasjack; Ministerial as
sociation: Rev. Ernest S. Bartlam,
j Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson, Rev.
' Frank S. Beistel.
Student members-at-large: Mar
tha Thorsland, Herb Penny, How
ard Lemons, Sue Femimen, Bever
ly Pitman, Roy Paul Nelson, Kathy
Dobson, Joan Williams, Wally
Johnson, Harry Glickman. Faculty
members: Dr. H. W. Bernard, Pro
fessor Carl Webb, Dr. Paul B.
Means, Professor Charles Howard,
and Dr. P. L. Risley.
Big Evening Promised
At Igloo Saturday Night
Tomorrow night the 1946 “Sam
son and Delilah” version of the tra
ditional sophomore Whiskerino will
roll into Mac court featuring the
outstanding talent of the sophomore
class, the election of a Betty Coed
Joe College personality and the
awarding of a prize zto the sopho
more man who has attained the
longest beard in the past week of
beard-growing.
Smooth Rhythms
; The entertainment, which is to
take place during the dance inter
mission, will be preceded by the
smooth rhythms of A1 Donahue and
his orchestra which will play until
12:30 p.m. for Oregon Webfoots.
Names of violators of the beard
growing contest appear in a story
in the inside pages.
Contestants Named
Those finalists wh owill contest
for the Betty Coed title are Bev
Deichler, Hazel Roake, Sue Mercer,
Carolyn Wright, Jean Herndon and
Sis Scott. The typical Joe College
will be elected from one of the fol
lowing men: Bob Wallace, Bill
Stroud, Bruce Hoffine, Eldon Fos
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Last Call Issued
By Oregana Head
The Oregana-sponsored photo
contest will end officially at 5:30
p.m. today, Editor Roy Paul Nelson
emphasized Thursday. Entries not
received in the publication’s office
in McArthur court, by that time,
but bearing a Friday postmark will
also be accepted.
At least two pages have been set
aside in the 1947 Oregana for re
production of these snapshots.
There is a possibility that two more
pages will be allotted for printing
entries. All pictures not used can
be picked up later at the Oregana
office.
Prizes of $10, $7, and $5 are be
ing offered to three of the contest
ants. The prize winners will be an
nounced next week. Judges are J.
Warren Teter, University photog
rapher; Roy Paul Nelson, Oregana
editor; Marguerite Wittwer
Wright, Emerald editor; and Mark
Daniel Mindolovich, Oregon art ed
itor.
Participation in the contest is
open to all students except staff
members of the 1947 Oregana.
S&pJv&mox&l Pander JlavejoJis/ieci/id Problem
By LARRY LAU
Never, since the days of Samson,
have the male specie run so great a
risk of completely alienating the
coveted female. Stubble, of all
shades, and thickness is thrusting
itself outward from the chins of
fearful, but cooperative sophomores,
as the appalling thought of being
dunked in front of the Side has
stayed the hand of many a razor
wielding Webfoot.
Some have secretly neglected
their daily chore for weeks; others,
who have never shaved, peer an
xiously into mirrors in the vain
hope that Mother Nature will pro
duce some sort of a miracle. Older
members of the bewhiskered class
have greeted Fuzz week with mixed
motion; on the one hand, the stuff
just doesn’t feel quite right, but on
the other, it’s nice to be able to fore
go the morning chore of whacking
the beard and still be socially ac
ceptable.
Whisker Burn
Betty Coed (besides being subject
to whisker burn) is liable to outrage
masculine indignation should they
simper at the efforts of the har
rassed male. The stuff is too short
to comb and too long not to be no
ticed. It picks up any number of
stray articles, i.e., towel particles,
bread crumbs, small bugs and lip
stick. It's value as insulation is
questionable, as adornment, prac
tically nil.
There are several classes into
which the beardees fall. First, there
is th “Reed” type, whose members
couldn’t rais a beard if a dozen
white shirts were offered as first
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Nilssen Leaves
University Post
Native Oregonian Joined UO Faculty
After Operatic, Concert Career
Sigurd Nilssen, well-known professor of voice in the music
school, has announced his resignation from the University
faculty. Professor Nilssen, who came to the University in
1940, will devote himself to private teaching, he has declared.
Born in Oregon, the singer and coach came to Eugene after
a long operatic career. He is a graduate of the Whitman Con
servatory of Music at Walla Walla and has studied in New
York City with Herbert Wither- . ^.
spoon and others, taking oratorio,
dramatic, and opera work as well
as voice.
In 1922 he made his debut at
Monte Carlo and gave concerts in
Europe and Great Britain before
returning to the United States to
tour with the de Rezke singers in
1924 and 1925.
He joined he Civic Opera Com
pany of Philadelphia in 1925 and
then developed his career in opera
and radio in this country and Cana
da with one European tour in 1929
when he sang in the leading capi
tals and also studied in Berlin and
Vienna.
One of Professor Nilssen’s major
accomplishments as a coach was
the development of Marie Rogn
dahl, who is now on a concert' tour.
Miss Rogndahl won the contest
sponsored by Phil Spitalny’s or
chestra in 1944.
PROFESSOR SIGURD NILSSEN
Well known professor of voice who
is resigning liis post here nt the
University.
Famed Danish Heroic Tenor
Presents Concert Monday
Students who have seen and heard Lauritz Melchior over
the radio or on the screen may see the great Dane in person
Monday night when he appears in McArthur court. Melchior,
one of the world’s leading heroic tenors, will be the second
guest artist to appear in McArthur court this term. Concert
time is 8:15 p. m.
The tennor’s appearance is sponsored by the Eugene Civic
Lauritz Melchior
Petition Deadline Set
Petitions for positions on the
student union committee must be
turned in to Wally Johnson, com
mittee chairman, by 6 p.m. to
day. There are five posts open on
the committee, Johnson said. Pe
titions should include past activ
ities, class, and past promotion
work.
Music association. Members of
the ECMA and the ASUO are
eligible to attend the concert.
World’s Greatest
Melchior has been acclaimed as
the world's greatest heroic tenor,
and has been hailed in Europe, and
North and South America. He has
broken all records for the ntftnber'
of performances of Tristan, Tann
haeuser, Siegried and other Wag
nerian roles.
Highlights in Melchior’s life are
many and not far between. He
was born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
and entered the School of Royal
Opera in Copenhagen and was
later coached Wagnerian roles
with Mme. Bahr-Mildenburg. Later
at the invitation of Cosima and
Siegfried Wagner, he had further
coaching in Wagnerian repertoire.
Debut Made
Melchior’s operatic debut was
hagen. In 1919 he was invited to
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Tapping of Druids
To Highlight Rally
The Druids, junior men’s honor
ary, will tap for new members at
the rally, assembly, Thursday, No
vember 21, where the ASUO presi
dent, Tom Kay and Yell King Torn.
Hazzard, will introduce Oregon's
coaching staff and two teams of
players. The rally is scheduled to
last from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in tba
Igloo.
The University band, under tba
direction of John Stehn, will play,
with Bob Moran, Don Edwards and
Norman Lamb putting on a skit and
singing a song or two. Hazzard will
act as master of ceremonies and
the O.S.C. rally squad will be in
troduced. Introductions to several
of OSC’s outstanding football play
ers will be in the program.