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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1947)
Scholarship Clarification See Page 2 Class Officers Head Junior Weekend; Chairmanship Petitions Due Monday i Paul Robeson Explains Why He Left Stage Negro Singer Hopes To Advance Liberalism By MARGUERITE WRIGHT Paul Robeson, word-famous American Negro singer, actor, and athlete, yesterday told a group of Hendricks hall women why he had chosen to abandon his career on the con cert stage to devote his time to the cause of liberalism and democracy. Robeson stopped briefly on the campus to visit a young friend, Trudy Chernis, sophomore in jour nalism, and found himself sur rounded by students as he chatted in the Hendricks livingroom. He wks persuaded to sing several Negro spirituals, including “Old Man River,” and a Russian folk song, to a rapt audience of coeds and housemothers. The only pay ment he exacted was their atten tion to a short talk. "This is a good illustration of what I shall be doing when I’ve finished my concert tour,” he ex plained. The tall massive Negro said he was working with the National Negro congress and the Progressive Citizens of America, of which Henry Wallace is a member. America’s Responsibility “I am doing this because I feel that America faces a very im portant time in its history,” he said, “I feel that we have the ca pacity to shape the world; in one direction we can go backward (to a world half slave, half free) or we can help the forces which will free the world.” America has the ability and background to create a true de (Plcase turn to page three) Quota Club Offers Tuition Scholarship Quota club international will award a tuition scholarship of $37.50 to a sophomore student for spring term on the basis of schol arship, personality, and need. Ap plication blanks may be obtained at the dean of women’s office and must be turned in by March 7, the deadline set by Dr. Marion Hayes, chairman of the Quota Club com mittee. The winner will be selected on the basis of the written applica tion, personal interviews, and counsel of the dean of women. Students who rank high in schol arship, who are in need of fi nancial assistance, and who show professional promise are eligible to apply, according to informa "♦fon on the application blank. Winners of this sophomore spring term scholarship in 1945 were Shirley Louise Multhauf, Ni non Odile King, Barbara Radmore, and Lois Roeder. Beavers to Present Assembly To Usher in Final Oregon Game Oregon State will present their traditional exchange as sembly at 7 :b0 tonight in McArthur court. Planning the pro gram are Tom Moyer, OSC student body president, and Chuck Dunham, OSC rally chairman. ASUO President Tom Kay will preside. Yell King Tom Hazzard emphasized that the assembly is to be strictly entertainment. University of Oregon basketball Half-Grassed Campus Grows Up—No Mowers Oregon students will soon be holding their picnics right on the campus, if the height of the grass is any indication of a picnic area. The campus lawn mowers were burned beyond repair in the ware house fire two weeks ago, and the physical plant has been unable to secure any to cut the flourishing grass these spring-like days. According to C. K. Weidner, superintendent of the physical plant, two power driven triples— the largest the University owns —and one small power mower, as well as two hand mowers, Were destroyed. They will be replaced as soon as possible, but in the meanwhile, the grass is becoming knee deep, and it is rumored that the sheepherders of eastern Ore gon have been scouting the cam pus for potential pasture. lettermen seniors playing their last game Saturday night, includ ing George Bray, Ken Hays, Roy Seeborg, and Bob Wren, will be honored. Coach Hobby Hobson is to speak and present the basket ball team, which will play OSC Saturday night. Master of ceremonies for the assembly is Kurt Cutsforth. Both the OSC and Oregon rally squad are to appear. The assembly is a follow-up on the Oregon assembly at OSC yes terday. Master of ceremonies at the txchange at OSC was Bob Moran. A quartet, consisting of the exchange at OSC was Bob wards, and Norm Henwood, sang “For Sentimental Reason s,’’ “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” and "Sweet Sue.” They also gave their interpretation of what a radio program should be, bringing in Walter Winchell and the man on the street. June Johnson sang two classical songs. (Please turn to page six) Robert Daggett, Barbara Fullmer To Organize Spring Term Function Following the precedent set by the sophomore class in the handling- of its own class functions, the junior class officers yesterday announced that they would take over the reigns of their own Junior W eekend. Mob Daggett, president of the junior class, announced that he and Harbara Fullmer, -secretary of the class, would work together as co-chairmen of the event, scheduled May 9, 10. and Musicians to Give Woodwind Recital A music school recital composed of woodwind solo numbers will be given tonight at 8 p.m. in the music school auditorium. Clarinet and bas soon numbers will form the major part of the program. The recital is free to the public, and is under the direction of John Stehn, associate professor of music. Program Musette and Scherzo (Leclair) : Margaret Holm, clarinet; Wilma! Jeanne Wilson, piano. First Movement, Sonata (Hinde-j mith) Jean Hudspeth, bassoon; Ai lene Wendt, piano. Staccato March (Maganini) John Stehn, clarinet; Jean Hudspeth, bassoon. Sarabande and Allegro (Haen del-Walnl George Warner, clarinet; Thad Elvigion, piano. Condertino (Guilhaud) Gladys Stone, clarinet; Louise Robson, pi ano. Piece Lyrique (Mawet) Shirley Gay Williams, clarinet; Lucretia Prentiss, piano. SDX Meeting Today Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity, will hold a meeting in room 104 of the journalism build ing at 4 p.m. today for the nom ination of officers. Nominee Introduction Program Slated For Women’s Pre-Election Meet Today ] he nomination slate of can didates for offices in the As sociated Women Students, Young Women’s Christian as sociation. and the Women’s Athletic association will he introduced in a pre-voting as sembly from 12:30 to 1 p. m. today in the Gerlinger gym. Voting is scheduled from 1 to 5 p. m. in the hall outside the dean of women’s office m VIRGINIA SCHOLL . . . Outgoing WAA president with members of M o r t a r i Board, Phi Theta Upsilon, and ivvama assisting in the ballot ing. All University women are urged tc remember to take their ASUO cards, YWCA, and WAA member ship cards with them when they attend the A WS-YWCA-WAA elections this afternoon. While all women are members of AWS, their ASUO cards must be punched be fore they can. vote for their officers. Only members of the YWCA and WAA may vote for officers in those organizations. Candidates’ Names Withheld Until the candidates are an nounced and introduced at the as sembly, only the nominating com mittees of the three organizations will know who the candidates are. AWS officers to be elected will succeed Bea King, president; Doro thy Davis, vice-president; Barbara Johns, secretary; ' Ann Burgess, treasurer; Trudi Chernis, reporter; and Prudy McCroskey, sergeant-at arms. IieJprganization Planned New A’WS officers will put to work the reorganization plans pro vided by this 3'ear’s cabinet, with the aid and advice of Mrs. Golda Wickham, dean of women. “There is a great need on this campus for women’s activities, even more so with men resuming their old jobs. It is absolutely necessary that all women get behind the AWS, MARGE SKORDAHE 1946-47 YWCA president which is head and coordinating group,” Mrs. Wickham declared. "I am expecting outstanding work to be done next year to benefit all women students and the Univer sity.” Cabinet Is Nucleus The AWS cabinet is the nucleus for the AWS council, which is com posed of presidents of the YWCA, WAA, Mortar Board, Phi Theta Upsilon, Kwama, Panhellenic, and (Please turn la t>a<jc six) 11, and that Jeanne Simmonds, vice-president, and Joyce Neider meyer, class treasurer, would also take active parts in the Ju nior weekend arrangements. Sophomore First This decisiort was announced after officers of the class of ’49 chairmanned their Sophomore Wliiskerino, and will precede the freshman plan of the class offi cers taking- charge of the Frosh Glee. Daggett, junior in business ad ministration, and member of Dru ids, and Miss Fullmer, junior in psychology and Phi Theta Upsilon president, are calling for petitions for committee heads and workers, it was announced yesterday. Positions open include: pro motion, prom, all-campus sing, terrace dance, all-campus clean up, luncheon, sunlight serenade, finance, traditions, publicity, and coronation. Petitions Due Students are encouraged to pe tition for the chairmanships and places on the committees, and al though only junior class members may serve as committee heads, students from all classes may work on the committees. All pe titions must be submitted to Dag gett, at the Sigma Chi house, or Barbara Fullmer, at the Alprfc Omicron Pi house by 6 p. m. Mon day. UO Miss Vogue To Show Today A silver tea and college fashion show will be presented this after noon for all University students, students’ wives, high school seniors, and faculty wives, by Theta chap ter Theta Sigma Phi, women’s na tional professoinal journalism fra ternity. The show, which will lea* ture the naming of Miss Vogue, >3 scheduled from 4 to 5:30 in alumni hall, Gerlinger. Fashion commentator will be Jane Ellsworth, junior in journal ism, who will introduce each model and observe fashion points about each outfit. The coeds, chosen toy their houses to appear in the show, picked their own costumes, and the fashions will range from pedal pushers to formals, Marilyn Sage, president of the group and chair man of the show, promised. Miss Vogue, who will not be nt tt fied of her honor until the show t: is afternoon, was picked from 15 final ists. She was chosen as a represen tative of Oregon's well-dressed, well-groomed, poised coed, and ' 1 <Please turn to forte six) Special Tickets Needed For Beaver-Oregon Tilt Mrs. Dee Wren, ticket mana ger, issued a reminder yesterday that students planning to attend tlie Oregon State game at McAr thur court Saturday must get ex change tickets from the educa tional activities office. The office will be open from 8 to 12 and from I to 5 today and tomorrow, and from 8 to 12 Sat urday. I