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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1947)
- Weather p « j, Eugene and vicinity: Mostly '-'09e l\eSUIlS • i cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday Oregon trips Fee’s Roilerdronie with occasional light rain Tues- while Aggies drop Linfield. Sec| day night or Wednesday morn- Sports page. ing. ' .. VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1947 " NUMBER 53 Forensics To Travel Over State Symposium Group To Participate In Tournament The first extended tour for the current school year will be under taken by the University of Ore gon forensic squad December 3, 4, 5, and 6 when they attend the northern division meet of the Western Speech association at Whitman college, Walla Walla, Washington. The group will combine sympo sium activity with intercollegiate competition on the tour by conduct ting nine discussions scheduled with high schools and civic groups in the Columbia river area. First Tour This is the first tour of the sym posium group which spoke to 12, 000 people in 130 audiences throughout the state last year. The program is sponsored by the Uni versity speech and drama depart ment and is under the direction of Dr. M. Ray Nichols, Jr., symposium director. Wednesday the symposium groups will address audiences in Hood River high school, at the Hood River Lions club, at The Dalles Soroptimist club, and at high schools in Rufus, Moro, Dufur, and Arlington. Thursday engage ments are schedule* at the Pendle- j ton and McLoughlin high schools. To Enter Debates Members of the symposium group will also take part in the forensic tournament being held at Whitman college. They will partic ipate in debates, extemporaneous speaking, oratory, after dinner speaking, impromptu speaking, and in the student United Nations con gress. Students who will be making this trip include Ralph Teters, Nan cy Peterson, Boyd Peterson, Ed Peterson, Fred Dodge, James Dan ielson, Dorothy Orr, and Warren Miller. The group will -be accom panied by Nichols, and John Baird, instructor in speech. Alum Directs Publicity for . , . Tomorrow's Train General Motors’ “Train of Tomorrow,” of ultra-modern design complete with observation domes in the passenger cars, will arrive in Eugene today for a brief stop before proceeding to Portland. It will come here from San Francisco. While in Eugene, the train will be visited by newspaper and radio reporters, including a reporter and photographer from the Emerald. It will not, however, be open for public inspection. Guiding the publicity destiny of this train is Ken W. Youel, head of press relations for General Motors Corporation. Youel, a member of the class of 192*, was editor of the Emerald and held other high positions 'on the campus. He returned to Eugene this year for Homecoming, his first since graduating. One of the chief features of the train is the astra dome develop ment, already incorporated into cars of some eastern lines. Each of the four passenger cars has the astra dome observation facilities, which jet up two feet above car roof level. The domes are-thirty feet long and ten feet wide. Sleep car, chair car, and lounge car have seats for 24 passengers in their dome, and there are tables and seats for 18 in the dining car. The four car train is 411 feet long, including locomotive, and cars are 15 feet 6 inches high, empty weight is 920,000 pounds. The exte rior finish is steel with flass of blue and silver colors. Passenger capacity is 216. The entire train is air conditioned and is lighted mostly by fluor escent tubes. It has intertelephone service and radio-telephone con nection. Loud speakers for radio program transmission are located in each car. I Traveling Air Force Men At UO To Explain Aviation Cadet Plan A traveling air force team headed by Major William Cope "’ill be on the campus December 2 and 3 to explain to interes ted students and area residents the provisions of the reactivated aviation cadet program under which 3.000 aviation cadets will be trained as pilots during the coming year. The team will be at the ROTC building on Tuesday and Wednesday between 11 a. m. and noon, and 1 and 3 p. m. to explain the benefits and opportunities available both in avia tion cadet pilot training and in officer candidate training for Dryden to Speak At Fellowship Meet Mr. Thomas L. Dr.yden of Port land, will speak tonight at the In tervarsity Christian fellowship meeting in the dining room of John Straub hall at 7 p. m. on the sub ject, ‘‘What’s in a Name?” Dryden, a past president of the Oregon Gideons, an organization composed of Christian businessmen which is dedicated to the placing of Bibles and Testaments in schools and hotels, is a sales representa tive for the Walton N. Moore* Dry goods Company. He is also a mem ber of the board of trustees at Multnomah School of the Bible. Glenna Hurst Gets Female Lead In Current University Production By PAT KING She originally planned to be a psychiatrist, came to the Univer sity this fall on a journalism schol arship, and is now majoring in the drama school. That’s a small indi cation of the varied interests and activities of Glenna Hurst, who succeeded in capturing the femi nine lead in “Playboy of the West ern World,” to be presented Dec. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11 by the Uni versity theater. “When I realized my shortcom ings in math and science, I gave up my ideas about taking a pre-med course for a psychiatrist and turned to drama,” Miss Hurst said. “But I’m still very much interest ed in the field and I’m writing a psychological novel in my spare time.” Likes to Sing Interested in singing too, she re fers to herself as a “fill-in alto.” “Please understand that I’m (Please turn to page three) GLENNA HURST non-flying administrative jobs. Two Years of College Iteequired Eligibility requirements for av iation cadets are: 20 to 26years of age, unmarried, two or more years of college or the equivalent, good health and a sound physique. Those accepted for the 12 month pilot training course receive 35 weeks of primary and basic fly ing training at Randolph Field, Texas, and 15. weeks of advanced training in single-engine or multi engine aircraft at either William Field, Arizona, or Barksdale Field, Louisana. Aviation cadet graduates are commissioned as second lieuten ants in the air force reserve and given the aeronautical rating of pilots. They may compete for a regular air force commission if they have two or more years of college. Receive Pay Plus Extras While training, cadets receive $75 per month in addition to food, clothing, housing, medical and dental care. On graduation they receive a $250 uniform allowance, $500 for each year of active duty and are paid $336 a month. Officer candidates receive six months of training in administra tive work at San Antonio and are commissioned second lieutenants in the reserve upon graduation. They are then assigned to active duty in air force non-flying administra tive jobs and paid $246 per month. Detailed information may be ob tained from the traveling air force team during its stay here, or from the local recruiting office. 'M-G' Entry Deadline All entries in the Phi Sigma Kap pa “Moonlight Girl” contest must be submitted by 6 p.m. today, ac cording to Chairman Doug Fetsch. Entrants are instructed to call 5975-J so that a member of the fra | ternity can obtain the application. E. Robert Schmitz E. Robert Schmitz, who will ap pear for his second Eugene per formance on December 4. 88 High Schools To Send Editors To Press Parley Eighty-eight high schools have registered with the school of jour nalism office to send delegates to the Oregon High School Press as sociation conference this Friday and Saturday on the campus, ac cording to Mrs. Marie Brown, sec retary. Advisers of 36 schools will also attend the meet. John Thompson, NBC news di rector of San Francisco, has been invited by Harry Heath, assistant professor of journalism and chair man of the program committee, to address the delegates at the an nual banquet Friday evening. Preppcrs are to register in the school of journalism office imme diately upon arrival at the Univer sity, according to Mrs. Brown. They will then be assigned sleeping quarters in one of the 21 girls’ or 13 men’s living organizations who have offered services to the school of journalism. Student journalists who are to edit Saturday morning’s Emerald and delegates who must arrive on the. campus Thursday because of distance will have housing provid ed for Thursday evening. Gifts for Needy Featured at Tea Faculty wives, veterans’ wives, off-campus students and Eugene townspeople are invited to partici pate in the benefit tea sponsored by AWS from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ger linger hall Saturday, according to committee chairmen. Chairmen Renee Cowell and Joan O’Neill have announced that dona tions of food and clothing in Christ mas wrappings will be collected at the door. House contributions will also be accepted at that time. Donations may include toys, canned food, sweaters, mittens, scarves, and books. Each house has been given the name of a family for which to care. The price of sep arate gifts may range from 20 to 50 cents. Refreshment Chairmen Pat King and Jeri Boylen have planned for tea and cookies to be served. Entertainment will include the Alpha Phi trio; songs by Helen Thorburn, sophomore in music, and background music, entertainment chairmen Mary Stadelman and Carol Becker have announced. • E.R. Schmitz To Appear In Concert Schmitz Replaces Uninsky's Concert For Return Visit Returning to Eugene for a sec ond performance, E. Robert Schmitz, pianist, will appear as the next artist in the 1947-48 conceit series Dec. 4 in McArthur court. Schmitz, who will be heard instead of Alexander Uninsky, played in the first concert series sponsored by the Eugene civic music associa tion in 1944. Uninsky has canceled his entire concert tour, G. E. Gay lord, president, announced Monday. A personal friend of Ravel and Debussy, the artist has been great ly influenced by leading modem composers. His interest in contem porary music was the cause of his founding the Pro Musica society. Ever since its inception. SchmitK has been president. His aim is t<r promote the work of the lining composer. Studied in Paris Not limited to the modern, the pianist is a student of the classics and he is especially well known for his interpretations of Bach and Chopin. Beginning his musical career aa a choir boy, the artist later studied violin and piano at the Paris con servatory. Following graduation, he won great acclaim as a concert pianist throughout Europe. Since his American debut in 1920, he has given over 1000 concerts, many times appearing as soloist with dif ferent world famous orchestras. Making Records Schmitz is at present making 90 records of Debussy selections for Victor and will go to Paris in the spring to play the solo part with the Paris national orchestra, the premiere of his own concerto. When Schmitz appeared in Eu gene before, he was extremely well received, declared Gaylord. The pi anist will arrive here after giving concerts in Denver and points west. The Eugene Civic music associa tion feels especially lucky to bo able to present Schmitz, Gaylotd said, due to his full schedule. The concert, open to all Oregon students and Eugene civic music association members, is scheduled to begin at 8:15 p.m. I Betas, SAMs RobbedSunday Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Alpha Mu fraternities were entered and allegedly robbed late Sunday night of an estimated $800, it was re ported Monday. The intruders at the Beta house got away with seven wrist watclffes, a flight jacket valued at $30, a typewriter, fountain pen, and ap proximately $50 in cash. The Be tas loss was set at approximately $690. The SAMs reported their losses as amounting to $250 which in cluded $20 cash, luggage valued at $80, a watch at $100 and an over coat. This marked the second robbery j this term for the Betas, but the j first time that anything was re ported taken besides cash.