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
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[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
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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.