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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1946)
Fuzz Fest Comes Off at 8:30 Beards Follow On Sunday AM Donahue's Top Hatters Primed for Whiskerino By BETTY JO BLEDSOE Oregon Webfoots will swing out at the Whisker dance of the year to night at McArthur court to the “top-hat rhythm” of A1 Donahue and his orchestra. Donahue, who uses solid combination of rhythm and swing, will broadcast over sta tions KUGN and KORE during the evening, playing for some 1,000 per sons expected to attend the dance. Donahue’s many engagements all over the United States have lent his music a versatile quality which adds to the pleasure of the listening as well as the dancing audience, dience. The combination of intermission entertainment, A1 Donahue and his orchestra, and the festive attitude of the participants should make to night’s Whiskerino one of the best in Oregon history. Short silks will be in order at the dance which is to be held from 8:30 p.m. until 12:30 p.m. Tickets for the Whiskerino dance will go on sale at the educational activities office in Mac court from 8 a.m. until 12 noon today. They may also be pur chased at the door. The price per couple is $2.40 including tax. Kay Becker, chairman of the iWhiskerino dance decorations com mittee, announces that everyone available Saturday morning will be urgently needed at Mac court to J^elp decorate for the dance. Popular Met Star To Appear In Mac Court Monday Night Housing Allotment Confirmed For UO Official confirmation of the addi tional housing allotment made to the University by the Federal Works administration has been re ceived by Will V. Norris, Univer sity engineering supervisor. The Emerald carried an unofficial an nouncement of the allptment in its Thursday edition. The allotment consists of two C shaped, two-story buildings to be moved here from Camp Adair, near Corvallis. Each unit has 24,000 square feet of floor space. Norris said that he expected the buildings, which will be used for classroom and office space, to be set up and ready for occupancy in time for next fall term. Judges To Defuzz Whisker Champion as Dance Feature Beard Contest Winner to Receive Intermission Shave by Charley Elliott Tonight will find the “befuzzed” Oregon campus emerged in the traditional celebration of the annual sophomore Whiske rino. This year’s beard brawl at McArthur court promises to be outstanding with both Webfoot and OSC entertainment to be presented. Preparations for the big night at the Igloo have been in progress for more than a week with evidences of many an Housing Sought For Press Confab Work has begun to find housing for the expected 150 high school students attending the high school "*press conference here December 6 and 7, according to Leonard Jer main, instructor of journalism and chairman of the arrangements com mittee for the conference. The high school press conference is held annually, to enable high school editors to improve their own papers as well as give general in formation in the field of journal . ism. Later in the year a committee of faculty members and students of the school of journalism judge the papers in a high school newspaper contest. The conference will be climaxed by a banquet at the Osburn hotel Friday evening, the actual meetings ending Saturday at noon. Sigma Delta Chi, national pro fessional journalism fraternity, will hold a formal initiation at the ban quet. Members of the otner committees for the conference are program committee, Warren C. Price, chair man, and Hilliar Kreighbaum and Carl Webb. Robert C. Hall is assist ing Jermain on the arrangements committee. CL LLCinp U CL U CL ucaiu, pctiunxig U1 murals featuring the now well known Samson and Delilah, and the dunking of those who wouldn’t neglect their razors. Entertainment at the dance will include the presentation of the Win ners (of the Betty Co-ed—Jde Col lege conest and the bearded win ner of the Whiskerino contest chosten by the audience’s applause, which will be judged by campus barber, Charlie Elliott. The win ner of the beard contest will be shaved at the dance following the presentation of his prize. Each winner will receive an engraved cup. The shaving will be done by Charlie Elliott and Bob Ringo, chairman of the Whiskerino con test. Committee heads for the dance are: publicity, Laura ofson; Betty Co-ed—Jde College contest, Bob Miller; beard growing contest, Bob Ringo; dance decorations, Kay Becker; patrons and patronesses, Anita Hager; entertainment, Jor dis Benke; ticket sales, Joe Conroy; programs, Renee Cowell. Brahms Concert Sunday The weekly concert held Sunday in the Browsing room of the library, will this week include Brahms’ Pi ano Concerto, from the record col lection of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Glhent. LAUMTZ MELCHIOR . . . “The Greatest” heroic tenor who will appear here Monday. Melchior Concert Begins at 8:15 p.m. By LAURA OLSON Accompanied by his own orches tra, Lauritz Melchior will arrive in Eugene Monday afternoon. He andl his company will appear in McAr thur court at 8:15 p.m. Both mem bers of the ASUO and the Eugene Civic Music association are eligible to attend the concert if they pre sent educational activities or mem bership cards. The concert star has won univer sal acclaim as the Metropolitan Op era's greatest heroic tenor. He is known as the concert world’s most sought-after artist, and has made many guest appearances over the radio. Recently Melchior made his debut in motion pictures when he appeared in "Thr ill of a Romance.” The Great Dane is the first artist to tour with his own orchestra. He is also the first concert star to char ter planes so that his tours may be more extensive. This fall, Melchior will visit 60 cities. Melchior recently returned to Denmark for the first time in seven years. The occasion for this trip was the 75th birthday of King Christian X who issued a decree for a com mand performance by Denmark’s “most distinguished artist and one of her most loyal sons.” On the same trip he sang for allied occupation troops in Europe. JVs Play Today Oregon’s junior varsity, coached by John Warren, will tangle with the Oregon State t'rosh football team on Hayward field this after noon at 2 p.m. The University band will pjay, and the junior varsity rally squad will lead the cheering, under the leadership of Jack Schnaidt, junior yell king. Students are asked to enter the field through the west side of the grandstand and cross to the east side of the playing field. Continental Tour Begun by Morse Wayne L. Morse, Republican sen ator from Oregon and former dean of the University law school, left the United States Wednesday for Europe on a five-week trip which will take him through France, Ger many, Austria, Italy, and the Med iterranean. The senator described his trip as unique in two aspects. He will pay his own expenses, and he is not searching for material to use in an investigation. Senator Morse will also visit Rus sia if it proves possible to get the necessary government permit with out extended delay. After returning from Europe in December, Morse hopes to be able to keep several speaking engage ments in Oregon which were can celed by his recent illness. UN Reception Pleases College Delegates, Portland League Told Lois McConkey Putnam, 1946 graduate of the University, and Troy M. Strong, student at the College of Puget Sound,' spoke before the Portland League of Women. Voters in the | Benson hotel, Portland, Wednesday noon concerning their re cent trip to New York to present the resolutions of the Pa cific Northwest College congress to the American delegation uiui,cu I'tauuixo. The resolutions were drawn up last spring at Reed college where 62 delegates from 31 northwest universities met in the first PNCC. Later these resolutions were ap proved by 47,000 college students represented at the congress. The speakers said that the re ception given them by the Ameri can delegation, by Trygve Lie, secretary general, and others, strengthened their hopes that a national college students' congress and even an international one may be formed. Lois Putnam described the ac tual presentation of the Resolu tions to the American delegation. “The importance of giving adult students a voice in world affairs was expressed,” she said, "and we were assured that the door would always be open to us.” She described the setting of the United Nations meeting and the great, great privilege of seeing particular leaders from all over the world. New Physical Plant Officially Accepted The University Friday officially accepted the new physical plant, lo cated north of the infirmary on Onyx, from the contractors, Stein Brothers of Eugene. The building, which was built at a cost of $37,000, will house the Uni versity paint and plumbing shops, and electrical and heating equip ment. It will be under control of C. Ken Weidmer, superintendent of the physical plant. Lawrence and Lawrence, Port-* land architects designed the new building. The University will occu py the structure as soon as housing equipment and furniture being stored in it can be moved out. This addition to the physical system gives the University ono of the most modem plants on tho Pacific coast.
