Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 06, 1947, Page 7, Image 7

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    Varied Slate of Entertainment
To Honor KOAC's 25th Birthdav
The Eugene studios of state sta
_ion KOAC will mark that station’s
25th year in operation Sunday with
-n hour-long variety broadcast at
2 ^rfn. Featuring contributions
from the finest talent in the Uni
versity, the broadcast will help
KOAC to honor its founders and
former staff members on its sil
ver jubilee year. The entire pro
gram is produced and directed by
John MacDonald, and will be an
nounced by Ken Lomax.
Opening the University show will
be Bob Weber, who will play two of
his original piano compositions,
“Twilight Blues” and “Christmas
Lullaby.” Adele "Sugar” Collinson
will follow, singing two numbers
in her takeoff of the Dorothy Shay
style. Sally Peabody, lyric soprano
from the school of music, will sing
the aria, “Deh Vieni Non Tardar,”
from the opera "Marriage of Figa
ro” by Mozart. She will be accom
panied by Pianist William Horni
broolc, whose later solo will be “In
the Nignt,” by Schumann.
A chorus of 67 voices, composed
of students from the Springfield
junior high school and voice stu
dents from the University school of
music, will continue the Jubilee
. hour with a program of carols and
' songs of celebration. Under the di
rection of Miss Maude Garnett, as
sociate professor in charge of pub
lic school music, the chorus will
sing "Hello Song,’’ “Singing Along
Together,” "Sing When You are
Happy,” "Upon a Housetop,” "The
First Noel,” and "Land of the Em
pire Builders—State of Oregon
Song.” Featured soloist with the
chorus will be Jim Kays, Lyric
<tenor, from the school of music.
Dr. Roy C. McCall, newly-ap
pointed head of the University
. speech - drama - radio department,
will be interviewed by Paul Ryman
.during tne Jubilee hour. The inter
view was recorded on the depart
ment's wide-tape recorder by Ry
•man, a member of the radio work
shop staff.
„ Following the interview will be
“A Morality Play for the Leisured
.Class,” a short radio drama pre
sented by the University radio
workshop players. The morality
'•play is unique in that its cast will
include only two players, Bob Lit
ten and Warren Dobbin.
i.
' Highlights from the early history
.f the University of Oregon, utiliz
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Student Sunday
Forum Speaker
The final Westminster forum for
the fall term will feature student
explorer Willis Caldwell and his
- "Jared movies, according to Clell
Conrad, Westminster president.
Caldwell, a senior in the school
, of business administration, took
part in several expeditions into un
explored areas of Peru, taking
thousands of feet of motion picture
film, and collecting scientific data.
Caldwell will show two reels on
his unsuccessful attempt to ascend
* Mt. Huascaran, a 22,180 foot peak
in the Peruvian Andes.
The program will begin at 6:30
Sunday night at Westminster
house. All students and faculty
members are invited.
Marines Recruit
During Next Week|
Master Sergeants R. W. Solo
. mon, J.S. Kipp, and Staff Sergeant
S.B. Swanson, of the Portland
Marine recruiting office will be in
Eugene on the 8-9-10 of December.
They will be at the Post Office,
• and anyone interested may receive
(.information concerning the Marine
corps.
at
ing the current "Campus Head
lines" show, will conclude the Ju
bilee broadcast from Eugene. Both
narration and drama will be used
in this program. Radio workshop'
players who will appear in the cast j
are Bob Litten, Warren Dobbin, |
Jack Puffenbarger, James Fulton,
Mary Esther Brock, Jens Jenson,
and Gene Deutschman.
Joining in the Sunday salute to
the station KOAC will be Oregon
radio stations KEX, KGW, KUGFi,
and KOIN. The Corvallis transmit
ter will be on the air for a full hour
broadcasting schedule on Sunday
to carry these programs.
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