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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1947)
6 ■VOLUME XLVIII . Number 63 I UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY. JANUARY 17, 1947 REGDN Emerald lolman’s Band o Take Spot it Senior Ball By BETTYE JO BLEDSOE Art Holman and his band, popu lar Eugene swingsters, are to be featured at the annual Senior ball in McArthur Court on January 25, Doug Eden, publicity chairman, revealed yesterday. Holman, who has played at Wil lamette Park since its post-war opening in 1944, will feature his own arrangements played in smooth swing by his twelve-piece d, which he leads playing trom .e. lorn in England, Holman came the United States as a boy and sided in the San Francisco area •here he was given an athletic :holarship from the San Francisco Olympic Club after winning sev eral events in the U. S. and abroad, s college days were spent here, lere he received a degree in mu and earned three letters in •ack. Played the Coast Entering the musical world, ijaying both bass and trombone, biman traveled the Mid-western lircuits and then worked for a Los ngeles transcription studio and [did arranging for bands in Los Angeles. Later, forming nis own group, he traveled up and down the coast, hitting the Santa Monica Del Mar club in California, the Antler hotel in Colorado Springs, and various places at Seaside, Spokane, and Oakland before sign ing a contract to play at Willam ette Pai’k in 1944. An Oregon man, Holman was married in Eugene in 1937 and has resided here since then with his wife and two sons, aged five and one years respectively. Bear Facts Last week ’twas claimed the sickly team From OC was worn. “Slats” said the boys had lost their steam, Were bedrid, had no form. ‘‘Sear-stories” had them in a casket, Then sixteen straight they hit the basket. —G.M.S. REGISTRAR’S LETTERS . .. Mr. C. E. Avery, University registrar, has received these letters and many more from students of foreign lands who desire information con cerning Oregon. Oregon Grass Looks Green To Students of Many Lands By HERB PENNY Oregon is a foreign university! It may not seem that way to the students who attend it; but that’s what it's regarded as by many persons in other countries who have the old-time dream of attending a “foreign” school. From all parts of the world, letters are sent to C. E. Avery, University registrar, asking for information about Oregon. China, S. A. Lead China and South America seem to lead the lists of places w’hich have applicants for admission to “heaven-on-the-millrace.” The ad dresses are as widely scattered as Mexico City to Inside of Peace Gate, Peiping. University Cop Cuts 'Ice' By jitne McConnell A former expert diamond-cutter keeps an eye on errant class cutters. An ex-polisher of precious stones is a key man in the protective police force which watches over the Uni versity of Oregon’s numerous would-be expert apple-polishers. John Kalkhoven, a “campus cop”, whose hobby is working with dia monds, revealed, in a talk Tuesday evening to Condon club members and their guests, the Eugene miner al society, that during the war the United States government used many millions of carats of diamonds in precision instruments. Holland, where Kalkhoven learned about diamond-cutting and polishing from his father, diamond cutters are quite numerous and are very proud of their art. Dishonesty i is almost unknown among them, he said. “There 'is no place to learn how to be a diamond cutter unless one has a relative in the business who is willing to let you watch him work ing and then you would have to serve as an apprentice for many years,” he said. Kalkhoven told the group that a person learning the trade has to spend four or five years just experimenting on the different processes of cutting and other as pects before beginning on the rough diamonds. The speaker displayed many stones that he has collected, includ ing replicas of the most famous dia monds in the world, rough diamonds, and other kinds of stones that he has polished and cut in his own workshop in Eugene. Writing, from Shanghai, two Danish students state that they were forced to abandon their stu dies during the four years of the Japanese occupation of Shanghai but would now like to continue their education here. And from Patna, Bihar, India, a physical education instructor has asked for information on ho'fc he may obtain a degree from Oregon. Strong Man “In my early career,” he wrote, "I gave exhibitions of feats of strength, such as stopping motor cars, passing loaded bullock-carts over my chest and thighs, breaking iron chains, etc.” The addresses alone seem to touch on what Americans conceive to be romantic parts of the globe. They range from Cairo. Singapore, and Athens, to Batangas, Batan gas in the Philippines. And at times the applicants evi dence a good acquaintance with American habits. It is possibly for this reason that a father in Zuerich, (Please turn la page seven) Veterans to Receive One Ticket to Game Married student veterans on the campus are allowed one gen eral admission ticket for to night's Oregon -Oregon State basketball game at McArthut court. These tickets must be purchased in person by the veter an before 4 p. m. today. An ASUO card is retpiircd for identification at the ticket office in McArthur court, according to Mrs. Maryelma Wren, ticket , manager of the athletic depart- \ mcnt. * Bevos Given Edge With Three Wins Hoop war will be renewed tonight in McArthur court when Howard Hobson’s Webfoot quintet squares off against the in invading Orangemen from Oregon State in the second game of the 1947 “civil war” series. Game time is 8 p. m. Tonight’s game is a crucial one for both teams. The Bea vers are only slight favorites on the strength of their win last week over the Ducks, and their record of three wins and no Show to Roll Before Game A pre-game program under the direction of the rally squad will be presented at 6:30 tonight in McAr thur court with Sam Gillette, fresh man in business administration, as master of ceremonies. The junior varsity basketball team and their coach, Ted Schopf, have planned a demonstration of common fouls and violations and the referee's signals for them so that the spectators may have a more complete knowledge of the game. The Theta Chi quartet and Evans Cantrell will sing. The old swing yell, to the rhythm of a Tommy Dorsey record, will be revived by Yell King Tom Ha.zzard for its first presentation in several years. Skits promoting the current March of Dimes campaign and the Senior ball are also planned. Similar programs are being planned by the rally squad for pre sentation at all the home basket ball games. , Grandpappy at 30 Turned to Pasture Oregon sent birthday greetings to Man o’ War. The grand old czar of the horse world recently passed his thir tieth birthday and Dean George Turnbull, of the school of jour nalism, visited the Riddell farm near Lexington, Kentucky, to wish Man o' War many happy returns of the day. The whole affair turned into a double feature the next eve ning, however. Dean Turnbull, who was in Lexington, Kentucky, for a convention of journalism schools held January 9, 10, and 11, inadvertently attended a newsreel theater which featured the magnificent thoroughbred and his groom on the screen. losses in conference play is ex pected to get the supreme test. The Oregons. losers in their la^t two conference games, will attempt to get back into the conference running and even up the serit 3 with Oregon State. Holders of ASUO cards are re minded that they should be in their scats by 7:30 p, m. General ad mission tickets will go on sale at that time. Coach Hobson ran his squad through a light drill Thursday and the squad is reported in top shape. Reports from Corvallis have it that the. Orangemen have fully re covered from their stomach fin epidemic and will be at full strength tonight. Festival Chairman Names Assistants Bjorg Hanson, general chairman of the second annual YWCA In ternational Festival to be held February 8, announced the appoint ment of committee heads Thursday. The nine chairmen selected word Dorothy Habel, luncheon; Keith Bacon, discussion groups; Ann Woodworth, invitations; Prudy McCroskey, decorations; Dedo Mis ley, publicity; Beth Basler, tea; Renee Cowell, registration; Marcia Summers, arrangements; and Col leen Marriot, entertainment. Announcement of committee members will be made later, Miss Hansen said. Held in conjunction with the World Student Service Fund drive, the International Festival will be an all-day affair. American and foreign students from campuses throughout the state have been in vited to attend. Included in the festival's pro gram will be a demonstration of the wedding ceremonies of six for eign countries by the YWCA fresb man commission groups. Joseph Schuster, Noted Cellist, To Appear in McArthur Court By LAURA OLSON First of the concert artists to ap pear at McArthur court this term is Joseph Schuster, cellist, who will be presented January 22 at 8:15 . JOSEPH SCHUSTER . .. p.m. The .senes is under the auspic es of the Eugene Civic Music asso ciation, and will be open to mem bers of the ECMA and the ASUO. Schuster has built up a reputation as being the busiest and one of the most sought-after virtuosos of his instrument, the cello, and this sea son finds him with a completely booked tour throughout the United States. Press releases refer to him as the glamour boy of the cello, which seems to have enhanced his reputa tion. His wife tells an interesting tale concerning his recent tour in South America. “Frank Sinatra has nothing on Joseph,” Mrs. Schus ter said. “Those South American la dies were crazy for him. Inside the auditorium, they threw kisses and flowers at the stage. At the stage door, they waited until he came out. Then they mobbed him.” “Believe me,” the cellist's wife continued, “I'm glad I went along.”