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VOLUME XLVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, Number 74 FEBRUARY 1. 1947 'Aiken to Speak at Assembly Opening Local WSSF Drive Jim Aiken, Oregon’s new viewed in an assembly at Me.-’ which will also open the Univ< dent Service fund. Tom Haz keynote speech concerning the Arranged by Webfooters, of the rally squad, the progran Bjorg Hansen YWCA Pians Foreign Fete On February 8 Registration of all foreign stu dents who attend the International Festival February 8, will begin at 10 a.m. at the YWCA, Renee Cow ell, registration chairman, has an nounced. Each student will be given a name tag with the name of the country they are from printed on it. General chairman of the second annual International Festival is Bjorg Hansen. A large map will be posted at the YWCA bungalow, and tags will mark the countries where the visit ors are from originally Miss Cowell added. However, to enable everyone to register, there will be three op portunities for them to do so. In ad dition to the first period, everyone who attends the luncheon at the Osburn hotel will have an oppor tunity to register, and the third time will be before the afternoon tea to be held in the alumni hall at Gerlinger from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Dedo Misely, general publicity chairman, announced January 30, that a picture of the committee heads, and Miss Marian Fong, who "^ill appear in her Chinese costume, will be taken at the YWCA at 5 p.m. Monday. All committee heads are urged to be present. Journalism Group To Preview Drive Previewing the World Student Service Fund drive, which begins here February 3, the senior journal ism class in editing under the direc tion of Dean George Turnbull will broadcast the “WSSF Forum” over radio station KUGN at 3:15 p.m. today. The broadcast, which will be a round table discussion, will be held to raise interest in the campus drive. Taking part in the radio discus sion will be “Rusty” Sparks, Don McIntosh, Les Schlangen, and Dick Shelton. % The WSSF campaign, which will be carried on all next week is under the general membership of Tom Kazzard. The money received will go to aid in rebuilding foreign uni versities. football mentor, will be intcr .rtbur court Sunday at 7 p. m. irsity drive for the World Stu zard. yell king', will deliver a WSSF drive, February 3 to 8. the behind-the-scenes workers i will include a talent program of University students. Among the features planned are a Hawaiian group, the Theta Chi quartet, a Delta Gamma sextet that will provide background mu sic, a skit entitled “A Coed at College,” and . Julianne Chevrier, pianist. Hammorbeck to Interview Bernie Hammerbeck, Emerald sports editor, is scheduled to in terview Aiken. The basketball team will be introduced by Coach Howard Hobson. According to Hazzard, the audi ence will be seated downstairs in the Igloo before a golden picture frame as the stage. Bob Moran, junior in liberal art's, and Dick Savinar, junior in liberal arts, will be in the first act to step through the curtains of the picture frame and will both follow through as masters of ceremonies. Bally Will Encircle A snowball rally beginning at 6:30 p. m. will encircle the cam pus and' proceed to McArthur court. Starting points are the Alpha. Tau Omega and Beta Theta Pi fraternities, Sigma Kappa so rority, and the Veterans’ dormi tory. Kwama and Skull and Dagger, sophomore honoraries, and the rally squad will lead the rally. Student from Rome To Talk on WSSF Giovanna Ribet, student from the University of Rome, will arrive on the Webfoot campus Tuesday, Feb ruary 4, to speak on behalf of the World Student Service Fund drive scheduled for February 3 to 8. She will speak at various campus living organizations during the week and at the Washington-Oregon basket ball game Tuesday, Tom Hazzard, chairman of the campus drive, an nounced Friday. Miss Ribet has recently resumed her long-interrupted medical stud ies. In fascist Italy she was active in the anti-Fascist struggle. After the collapse of Fascism and during the German occupation she worked in the underground resistance. WSSF, founded to aid students in other lands, is bringing Miss Ribet to the Oregon campus as a part of its national drive. She is active also in the International Student Ser vice and in student relief in Italy. Frosh Win—See Page 4 Orangemen Trip Huskies Oregon State strengthened its lead in the Northern Division basketball race by edging Washington 36-52 in an overtime period at Corvallis Friday night. The score was 47 all at tbs end of the regular playing time. The teams play again to night. Washington moves to Eugene for a two game series with Oregon Monday and Tuesday nights. Top Dad’s Letter to Appear; Students to Invite Fathers The Emerald will soon publish the winning Dads’ Day letter which will appear on a full page together with other information concerning the Oregon’s dads’ annual visit to the campus. Students are urged to add their personal F.S. to this letter and turn it in to their house representatives. These letters will then be given to Ann Burgess at the Kappa Alpha Thta house and eventually mailed. It has been announced that the living organization turning in the most letters will receive a collection of phonograph records. By following this procedure, all Oregon dads will be personally in vited by their own son or daughter to the 1947 Dads’ Day at the Uni versity. Committee heads emphasize that in winning the letter contest, living organizations may pave the way to winning the cup which is passed from year to year to the house having the most dads on the campus for Dads' Day. Petite Oregon Senior Recounts Recent European Experiences By BETH BASLER Maybe you’ve noticed a little girl in a red beret industriously pedaling her bicycle across the campus. That would bgfrgl*K£mcj,h de Cou, seiyjjfc at the University, and just returned from a six-month trip to Europe, where she visited England, Holland, Belgium, and France. She explains that while she was in France she wore the beret to look Parisian, when she went for a walk along the Seine, but now that she is home it serves a more utilitarian use— pre venting sinus trouble. On a closer look, you would see that she is very charming, with brown curly hair, serious blue eyes framed with long dark lashes, and dainty features. Chosen by the Intercollegiate Christian council, the national body of the YMCA and YWCA, as a dele gate to the World Student Christian federation which was to meet in Switzerland, Elizabeth took advan tage of the opportunity and first at tended a conference in Cambridge, England. After about a month in England, taken up with the Inter national Student Service conference and conducted tours over the sur rounding country, Liz began a tour of Belgium and Holland. Dutch and Belgian students served as guides for the entire tour, and the visitors were housed in pri vate homes and at the universities which they visited. Elizabeth spoke of the large areas of the lowlands "which were completely flattened during the war. “Especially around Arnheim,” she said, "we passed town after town which had been to tally destroyed.” “Piles of bricks and white mortar were all that was left of the buildings,” she added. Her special purpose in visiting Holland and Belgium was to sec how the money contributed to the World Student Service fund had been used. “Women would come up and shake your hand and thank you for helping to save their children’s (Please turn to page three) The Iron Curtain Lifts At last the press is no longer sup pressing That baffling winter term quiz Of course we know that you haven’t been guessing That the riddles solution is— WSSF D.F.S. Marian Anderson, in First Visit Here, Signs Autograph, Receives Bouquet By LAURA OLSON The night of January 30 was one of supreme interest to college stu dents and Eugene townsfolk: it was Marian Anderson’s first appearance in the city; it was the only time a artist had remained in the dressing foom to sign autographs for all who desired them; and it was one of few occasions when the Eugene Civic Music association presented a bou quet to the guest artist. Miss Anderson arrived in town Wednesday evening, but remained in her hotel room most of the time to prepare for her Thursday night concert. She received invitations to attend various events Thursday, but did not accept any, in keeping with her custom of not tiring her self the day she is to sing. “It is hard not to accept these invita tions,” I. A. Jofe, her manager, said, “but if we started doing this, it would have a decided effect on Miss Anderson’s voice.” Keeps Eyes Closed Miss Anderson was queried as to why she keeps her eyes closed while singing. "Closing my eyes helps me concentrate,” she said, “if I do not I find that I may become distract ed.” While Miss Anderson continued to sign autographs, Jofe gave the reasons why the famed contralto had never entered grand opera, “Miss Anderson feels,” he said, “that if she sang in grand opera, she would have to discontinue her concert tours, and she believes that through these tours she can dc? more to interpret music for her audi ences.” Rupp Accompanies Contralto Accompanist for Miss Anderson is Franz Rupp, dynamic pianist who has been with her for five years. Rupp met her for the first time in St. Louis, Missouri. Her accompan ist fell ill, and he flew from New York to accompany her the night of her concert. “We had never met before, and there was no time to rehearse,” Rupp said, “but the concert was a success and I have been with her since then.” Prior to joining Miss Anderson, Rupp was Fritz Kreis i ler’s accompanist. Marilyn Wherry 'Aunt Jenny' Has Trouble With Accents First cockney, and now a Nor wegian accent. Twice in one the ater season has the problem oi learning a new dialect been give r to Marilyn Wherry, junior in drama. After recuperating from the effects of “Pygmalion's” Eliza. Doolittle on her straight Ameri can pronunciation, Miss Wherr is now submerged in masterin the Norwegian accent for her forthcoming role as Aunt Jenny in “I Remember Mama.” Aunt Jenny Interesting “Aunt Jenny is an interesting role, as she is a domineering, bossy character who clashes peri odically with Mama,” Miss Wher ry said. "My one trouble with her is that once in a while she de velops a cockney accent, rather than a Norwegian.” Miss Wherry feels the play will be fun to see because it has such a warm, subtle humor, and each character has his own special niche with no two people being alike. 03 Scene Appealing The favorite scene of Miss Wherry is the conversation be tween Uncle Chris and his great grandson Arne, who is hospital ized with a fractured kneecap. The appeal of this scene lies ii the tenderness of the uncle who is considered by others as a tei rible, “black Norwegian.” Of the scenes in which Miss Wherry participates, she likes the one where the four sisters come together for the first time in the play, because here each person’s special characteristics are so clearly revealed. Miss Wherry is originally from Ohio, but her home is now in Eu gene. She hopes to trp for the legit: mate stage after graduation from the University.