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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1947)
VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 52 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1947 Russian-Born Pianist Next in Artist Series Alexander Uninsky, Russian pianist, is scheduled for the next concert " i series appearance in McArthur court December 4. By DIANA DYE Hailed in the brief period of three seasons in this country as a pianist to be ranked with the five or six great titans of the day, Alexander Uninsky will appear at McArthur court as the next artist in the 1947-48 concert series. • Russian born, the virtuoso studied at the Kiev conserva tory and was later graduated from the Paris conservatory. He made his concert debut in Paris in 1928 and met with such success that he was engaged for additional Paris concerts. Competing four years later with more than 100 pianists from all over the world, Uninsky won the International Chopin con • course and subsequently concert ized throughout Europe, South ” America, and the Far Fast. He has appeared as soloist with leading symphony orchestras throughout the world. European Fame When it was announced in 1942 that Uninsky was coming to the United States, the New York mu sic world buzzed with the news. He ' had made a name for himself in Europe as a concert pianist and had been widely acclaimed in South America. Completing over 55 appearances » last season, he is now making his third transcontinental tour of the country. * During the second World War, Uninsky joined the French army. After several months of activity . with the division of propoganda, he was arrested by the Fascists. He later escaped and walked and' • bicycled 600 miles across France, finally reacing Lisbon wher he ob • tained passage to South America. Following 12 recitals in Buenos " Aires, he embarked on a South American concert tour. Upon com pletion of his South American ap pearances, he went to Miami and later to New York where he made - a Carnegie hall debut. Infirmary to Stay ' Open During Week t The Infirmary's dispensary will be open between 10 and 11 a.m. on . Friday and Saturday of this week, the health service announced yes , terday. While the dispensary will be closed all day Thursday, the hos pital will remain open the entire ' '"week. The Weather Eugene and vicinity: Partly cloudy and continued warm to day. Mostly cloudy Thursday, with a few showers possible. University Politicos To Pose for Photos ASUO officers and representa tives to the executive council, AWS officers, class officers, and the ISA president will pose for Oregana pictures December 2 and 3, year book authorities announced recent ly. The officers and officials, who may be photographed between 1:30 and 4 either day, are asked to ap pear in front of the Oriental art museum for the pictures. It is requested that the men wear sweaters or coats and slacks, while the women are asked to wear car digan jackets with blouses and skirts. Horne Relations Viewed Mrs. Oenevieve Turnipseed, di rector of dormitories, spoke on “Personal Relations in the Home’’ before the Springfield Parent Teacher association yesterday af ternoon. Authority To Review Fossil Man Dr. F. Weidenreich, Paleontology Student To Tell of Evolution Dr. Franz Weidenreich, out standing authority on the evolution of prehistoric types of man, will deliver the Condon lectures for 1947-48, Dr. L. S. Cressman, chair man of the Condon lectureship of the Oregon state system of higher education and head of the anthro pology department, has announced. Dr. Weidenreich, now with the American Museum of Natural His tory, has a background of achieve ment in the field of human paleon tology (fossil man). Succeeding Dr. Davidson Black as director of the cezenoic research laboratory at Peiping medical col lege, he spent several years in that institution before coming to this country after the Japanese inva sion. Studies Early Man For many years he has headed up the studies of early man in Southeastern Asia. He worked with such eminent scholars as the French paleontologist, Father Teil hard de Chardin. His work in this country has been concerned with the evolution of human stock, with special consideration of the fossil remains in Southeastern Asia and Java. In 1943, as a result of his studies, he published the outstanding work on Peking Man, “Sinanthropus Pekinensis,” also outstanding work on human paleontology. As Hitchcock professor in 1945 he delivered a series of lectures be fore lay audiences at the Univer sity of California. These lectures have bee published under the title “Apes, Giants and Man.” Human Evolution For the Condon lectures, Dr. Weidenreich will speak on the gen eral topic of human evolution. His first lecture, to be given on the University of Oregon campus Feb ruary 17, will be “Trends in Evolu tion.” The second of the series, to be given February 19, will be Evo lution of the Brain.” The lectures will utilize the most recent discoveries of fossil man in Southeastern Asia. Following his lectures on the Oregon campus, Dr. Weidenreich will lecture at Oregon State college on February 24 and 26, and in Portland on March 2 and 4. Kwama ' Kidnaped; Kappas Pay Ransom Maybe the Kappa Homecom ing sign didn't cop the top hon ors but no one can deny it wasn't lifelike. In fact it was so true to-life that a stuffed Kwama doll that was an integral part of the sign in front of the house was stolen Saturday evening. The missing doll, complete with pin, is reported as being five feet tall, with auburn hair and blue eyes. When last seen she was wearing the familiar Kwama white sweater with skirt to match. Kappa members said yesterday | that before her disappearance the doll was carrying a football program and waving a pom pom. Until the return of the doll, an official non-stuffed member of the sophomore women's honor ary is without her pin and others are sans part of their wardrobes. Club Organized To Aid Relations Purposes and work for the Cos mopolitan club were set up at its organizational meeting Monday night, November 24, at the YWCA. The group, sponsored by the stu dent Y’s, has been formed to aid relations with foreign students. A sub committee formed of American and foreign students with faculty advisors has begun work on suggestions made by the group. The committee report has been scheduled to be given to a club meeting at the beginning of winter term. Committee members include: Virginia Brown, Amy Lou Ware, Jerry Harris, Herb Weiss, Captain Hsu, Elizabeth Kra'tt and YWCA and YMCA executive directors Lois Greenwood and Jack Merner. Students interested in the or ganization are asked by the com mittee to contact the YWCA or YMCA. Club work will include: 1. An international house as a possible future goal. 2. Method of correspondence with entering foreign students. 3. Investigation of Eugene hous ing. 4. Committee for distribution of information to foreign students. 5. Plans for caring for foreign students over school vacations. According to acting chairman Elizabeth Kratt, the University has been badly in need of such an (Please turn to page three) [Interview Reveals Life of Ballerina By JUNE FITZGIBBONS “As a dance ensemble usually deteriorates during their season, I teach the members of my company while we are on the road,” stated Mia Slavenska, ballerina who danced here last night. The “Slavenska Ballet Variante” which began its tour two weeks ago, plans to play 22 stops along the west coast. With such a full | schedule, this ballerina needs no | special vacation resort. She makes | her home in Los Angeles with her j husband, Dr. Kurt Neuman, and i baby Maria, who is seven months old. Knitting a yellow sweater for her husband, Miss Slavenska rested in a royal blue velvet robe during the interview. Her light brown hair swept into a Grecian hairdo, which was very becoming to her even features. Heavy ornamental ear rings were her only jewelry. Met in United States Although they lived only thirty miles apart in Europe, they didn’t meet until they were both in Los Angeles. “I was serving on a com mittee for a charity function and Mia was working with the group,” related Dr. Neumann. “After a committee meeting we made a din ner date for later in the week, but I broke it because of a fishing trip.” “But he’s only been fishing once since then,” laughed Miss Slaven ska, “although it’s a favorite sport of his.” Mia Slavenska left the Ballet Russe and stage completely for a year in 1943. Directing her own company now she picks most of her performers from her ballet classes in Los Angeles. Eight people in the company are Americans, one a Canadian,, and the other, Russian, is now a naturalized citizen. Asked when to begin ballet train ing the prima dona answered that 18 to 20 is not too old to start danc ing, although lessons while the student is young will develop grace and poise, useful whether he 'con tinues dancing or not. Symphony To Feature Sherwood Portland Appearance Scheduled for UO Baritone Wayne Sherwood, voice student at the University of Oregon and winner of the Portland symphony orchestra Young Artists’ contest, has been selected to appear in a concert with the Portland Sym phony orchestra January 4. Sher wood, a baritone from Portland and , a junior at the University school of music, was chosen from among seven voice finalists last Saturday by a board of judges that included Werner Janssen, director of the newly x'eorganized Portland Sym phony. Numbers for Sherwood’s con cert with the Portland orchestra, have not yet been announced, but they will include both classical not they will include both classical arias and songs in two foreign languages as well as in English. Contestants in the Young Art ists’ competition, which selected the outstanding vocalist, composer, and instrumentalists from the statewide entries, were required to present half-hour concerts be fore the judges. Sherwood’s pro gram included the arias “Non Pin Andrai” from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figarro,” “Die Mainacht,” by Brahms, and “O Bocca Bocca Bella,” by Lotti, and the song “And So Goodby,” by Charles. He was accompanied by Sylvia Hillman, senior in piano, also from the Uni versity. Contest Requirements Before being allowed to enter the contest, the artists were re quired to present records of ex perience and at least five letters CPlease turn to page eight) Club to Slate Yule Time Fete An old-fashioned Christfnas par ty will be sponsored by the New man club on Friday, December 5 in the YMCA at 8 p.m. Both square dancing and modem dancing will be featured, said Francis Mahula, chairman of the event. Campus clothes will be in order. In keeping with the thernc, pumpkin pie will be served. Newman club members and thvr guests arc invited, and each per son attending is asked to bring a 25-cent Christmas gift for the tree. This will be the last major New man club event this term. Ticket Sales Start For Second Play The Johnson hall box office' will be open for season ticket holders only today from 10 a.m. till noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. for “Playboy of the Western World,” second production of the University theatre this season. Starting December 1 the box office will sell tickets to the gen eral public for the Irish comedy which will be presented Decem ber 3, 4, 5, 0, 9, 10, and 11.