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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1947)
Ork Conductor Ignored Odds Despite heavy odds in his youth which were not favorable to his becoming a musician, Dimitri Mi tropoulos is today one of the out standing conductors in the world. Webfoots and members of the Eu ■ gene Civic Music association will have a chance to see the famed conductor in person Tuesday at 8 15 p. m. when he appears with the Minneapolis symphony or chestra in McArthur court. Mitropoulos was 7 years old when things came to the point where arbitration would no longer work—his parents could no long er find other entertainment to take the place of the piano. He had had difficulty convincing his parents, devout members of the Greek Orthodox church, that he should be permitted to study, for instrumental music had no place in the rites of their church. Relations Priests The fact that his grandfather was a priest, his grand-uncle an archbishop and that two uncles were monks made his task no easier. Mitropoulos’ persistency won over family disapproval in the end. Today he is one of the most talked-of figures in the inter national field of music. Talks with Mirtopoulos reveal that his music is a hard—but lov abie—master and takes up the ma jority of his time. It forces him to live a life of austerity and depri vation. He doesn’t have time for social activities or travel. Likes Movies His relaxation therefore comes when he goes to the movies. He places himself in the role of the hero, detective, or socialite of a fast moving picture—and enjoys it. The Greek conductor has a word of caution for any young com posers to acquire depth, get the habit of going to the heart of things and not to hurry! Daily newspapers, including the Emerald, may be found at the Co-op every morning at nine. '■ . - -— - -y« dd Large Selection of Flowers for EASTER Eugene Flower Home 598 13th K. 0 Q . . . smart "No Tip Bottle" with streamlined / "Sure Stroke Brush" makes polish 0 I application easy as writing . the polish itself has sparkle and wear to soare! / ... truly indelible . . creamy, dreamy fljtJL/ ' 1 ' texture, too. Stunning silvery-metal fl** i swivel case. A I ... twelve “Tropical Colors". . . dramotic, J[Ar . ' daring, different. . . matched for * IMjiU ''PSl l>LU5 TAX PENNY-WISE DRUG ' I I ! I i : ' ! I > f 1 ' ' f ‘ M Library Exhibit Suggests Spring The current exhibit in the circu lation department of the library, arranged by Miss Deborah Lewis, circulation assistant, is in tune with the times with a suggestion of spring. One part of the exhibit features two paintings, done in pastels, showing spring scenes. Another sec tion exhibits several books on gar dening, a book on bicycling, and a book on the popular spring pastime, picnics. Still another phase of the exhibit features pictures of campus activ ities during spring term. The last part of the exhibit shows spring fashions, as they are now and as they were in great-grand mother’s day. One picture shows the beautiful satin gowns worn in 1872 and another features a beach cos tume, as worn in 1897. mmi CAMPUS CALENDAR YWCA freshman commission election at the Y bungalow at 12:30 noon. BUSINESS STAFF Day Manager Bob Chapman Layout Executives A1 Ruedy Virgil Tucker Contract Executives Bob Bechtle, Mary Lou Timmons A1 Ruedy Virg Tucker Bob Zundel , Dave Goss Fred Matthias Marge Huston National Advertising Manager' Mary Ellen Davey There are 14 tennis courts be hind John Straub hall. __a!— GIFTS for all occasions 9 Lamps • Crystal • China • Pictures • Greeting Cards THE GIFT COTTAGE 56 West 13th Phone 212 Books W anted THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE BADLY NEEDED AT THE "CO-OP" 6 Blackwood: Introductory College Physics 10 Vinacke: Far East in Modern Times 1 Radder and Stemple: Newspaper Editing, Make-up and Headlines 7 Maier: Psychology in Industry 3 Guyer: Animal Biology 3 Woodworth: Experimental Psychology 20 Beard: Rise of American Civilization 1 Micks and Longi: Fundamental French 5 Estey: Business Cycles l Jniuersitij 4CO-OP’ CHAPMAN HALL ON THE CAMPUS i *-__ Rent IDE MOTOR SCOOTERS \ Rent One Anytime Special Rates on Sunday 559 E. Broadway I’atterson and Broadway Phone 1061-M "The MIGHTY McGURK" WALLACE BEERY and DANE STOCKWELL and "FLIGHT TO NOWHERE" Alan Curtis - Evelyn Ankers "SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM" Betty Grable - Dick Haymes Plus * "Red River Valley" with GENE AUTRY uliUH 'LAST FRONTIER UPRISING" MONTE HALL —cind— "The Magnificent Rogue" LYNN ROBERTS WARREN DOUGLAS Merle Oberpn in "TEMPTATION" ★McKENZIE 1 IN SPRINGFIELD I "BACHELOR'S I DAUGHTERS" Gail Russell, Claire Trevor, ' Ann Dvorak, Adolf Menjou “Lone Star Moonlight’’ KEN CURTIS Ivan Barton, Guy Kibbee Robert Stevens WED., THURS., FRI., SAT. “3 Little Girls in Blue’’ “Rough, Tough and Ready’’