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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1947)
Sigma Xi Ends Lecture Series Monday Night By JACK SETO Sigma Xi science honorary chap ter will conclude its 1946-47 lecture series Monday with an illustrated report, ‘‘A Naturalist’s Glimpses of Brazil,” to be given by Dr. A. R. Moore, professor of general phys iology, at 8 p.m. in 207 Chapman hall. Dr. Moore has done research and teaching in the United States, Italy, Japan, and most recently, in Bra zil. He will spend August in re ; search at Stanford university’s Hopkins station, Pacific Grove, California, where he lias spent his summer months almost continu ously since his first year on the Ore gon staff in 1920. He also plans to teach this summer at the Marine station, College of the Pacific, to be established at Dillon Beach, Cali fornia. Cross Presented In Rto tie Janiero last summer, tDr. Moore gave seven lectures at it'ie invitation of the Biophysical in stitute of the University of Brazil medical school, and under the aus pices of the Division of Internation al' Exchange of Persons, U. S. State department. He assisted in studies which led to a marine biological survey of the Bay of Rio. Last win ter the Brazilian Order of the Southern Cross was presented him in a ceremony in the office of Jose Cochrane de Alencar, San Francis co consul-general of Brazil. The Rockefeller foundation hon ored Dr. Moore in 1933 with a year’s visiting professorship at Tohuku Imperial university, Sendai, Japan. Tu Naples, Italy, in the spring of 1923 and 1925, Dr. Moore was en gaged in research at the Stazione Zoological, the world’s leading bio i gical station, founded in 1872. Last week ho received copies of Sci entia, an Italian-language science magazine which carried his article ‘‘Acetylocholine as a Chemical Fac tor in the Transmission of the Nerve impulse.” He has contributed two other articles to the magazine. The May meeting of Sigma Xi will precede Dr. Moore’s lecture at 7:15 p.m. in 204 Chapman hall. Next year’s officers will bo elected by the chapter. Scheduled Classes Off No classes will meet this after noon or Saturday, President Har ry lv. Newburn announced yes terday afternoon. But, all sched uled classes will be held this morning, the president empha sized. Serenade Set For’Sunday at 3 Closing an event-packed week end, the Sunlight Serenade will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday in the music school outdoor auditorium. Oregon mothers and student will be serenaded by University musicians while members of the campus music honoraries, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha and Phi Beta, usher and serve. Under the direction of Bill Bishop, master of ceremonies, the program will feature soloists, June Johnson; soprano, and Wayne Sherwood, baritone. Other enter tainers will be the Alpha Phi trio composed' of Miriam Shellenburg er, I’hyllis Potter and Barbara Kafoury, and the Theta Chi quar tet, I_,owell Chase, Gene Hebbard, Bill Pengra and Glen Snyder. The final participants will be the win-! ning All-Campus Sing groups. Faculty to Play In Music Fest Seven faculty members of the j music school will take part in the forthcoming Festival of Contem porary Music, scheduled on the campus May 14 to 16. A composition of Dr. Arnold Elston, assistant professor of music, “First as Last the Question Rings,” a song for a woman’s chorus, with brass ensemble, will be included on the program. Her man Gelhausen, assistant profes sor of voice, will sing five songs by modern composers. Instrumental numbers will be played by George Hopkins, profes- ! sor of paino; Donald Allton, assist ■ ant professor of organ and theory; j John Stehn, clarinetist, assistant professor of wind instruments; j Milton Dietrick, instructor in cello; and Saga Collin Boughton, instructor in piano. Somner Elected Leader Of University Fellowship! In a recent election held by the LTO Fellowship, Art Somner, junior in business administration from Eu gene, succeeded Jim Soden as presi dent for the ensuing 1947-48 school year. Ben Wetherald, sophomore in history from YVemme, Oregon, was elected vice-president. Other officers elected to the ex ecutive council include; Bill Sher man, program chairman; Lewis Knight, missions chairman; Eileen Riemer, devotions chairman; Vir ginia Foster, secretary Zulauf, treasurer; Marilyn Scroggin, pub lications chairman and Robert Judge, publicity chairman. _ - i DON'T FORGET! Mother's Day is this Sunday—May 11 Gift suggestions: Blue Ridge Pottery Pictures Lamps Cups and Saucers Candy at THE GIFT COTTAGE 56 West 13th Phone 212 Students to Honor Attending Notables A tea in honor of visiting cele brities, present on the campus for the Contemporary Music festival, will be given next May 16, between 1 and 5:30 p.m., at Gerlinger hall, rhe tea is jointly sponsored' by Phi Beta, Mu Phi Epsilon, and Phi Mu Alpha, men’s and women’s music lonoraries. Celebrities attending the tea will include critics, com posers, and star performers. The function is unique in that mly students are invited. Former receptions and teas of this nature lave commonly been open only to faculty members, with the result that many students have voiced their disappointment at being ex cluded from such events. This tea will give interested students an op portunity to meet, and become ac quainted with, people recognized is experts in the various fields of -nusic. All students participating in the festival are invited. The dress will be campus clothes. Dean to Give Talk For Group Sunday Visiting mothers will be wel comed to the house by Tom Haz zard, president, and Mrs. R. Har ris. Mrs. Niedermeyer of Medford will reply for the mothers. Beginning with breakfast at 9:30 a.m., the program includes in addition to Dean Wickham s ad dress a violin solo by Olive Oldfield, prayer by Dr. Harris, vocal solos by Bob Reeves and Helen Tims, a read ing, and selections by the male quartet—Warren Mack, Clell Con rad, Bill Putnam and Wally Bullard. All visiting mothers are welcome to attend, Mrs. J. D. Bryant, West minster director, announced. Golf originated when the Scot shepherds amused themselves by batting rounded pebbles across the moors with their shepherd’s crooks. Charles II is titled “father of the British turf” on account of the pro gress he brought about in horse racing. 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