WEATHER—Partly cloudy Thurs
day and Friday with night and
morning fog. High today near 60,
low tonight 37.
Fiftieth Year of Publication and S ervice to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1948
COLUMNIST gives us Lowdown
on the Benny Carter ork. See bot
tom of page, columns 1, 2, and 3.
VOLUME L
NUMBER 26
Concert Series
Season Tickets
Available Now
Season tickets for the newly
formed Chamber Concert series are
now on sale at the Co-op, at the
music school, and may be pur
chased from any member of the
three sponsoring groups, Phi Beta,
Mu Phi Epsilon, and Phi Mu Alpha,
according to Lucretia Prentiss, co
chgirman. This will be the only
week the $3 tickets will be on sale.
They may also be purchased
downtown at Grave's and Wilson's
music stores.
First attraction of the series
will be the California String Quar
tet, scheduled for November 8. Ber
nard Abramowitch will appear
during winter term, and an oper
etta to be presented by the school
of music is slated for spring term.
Good Opportunity
“This is an excellent opportun
ity for students interested in music
to enjoy concerts presented in in
formal style, and to meet the art
ists at the receptions which will
follow,” Miss Prentiss said. She
added that the series is intended
to supplement the larger Eugene
and University . Civic Music asso
ciation presentations.
The program to be presented by
the California String quartet at
the first concert includes Haydn’s
String Quartet No. I, the Bartok
Quartet No. 5, and the Quartet
Opus 51 No. 2, by Brahms.
Kwama Take Mum
Orders at Co-op
Kwamas are taking orders for
mums at the Co-op during the
remainder of the week, Anne
Case, Kwama president, an
nounced. They may be picked up
there Saturday morning. She
emphasized that mums should be
gotten for mothers and wives as
well as the girl friend.
Women’s rotters lids will be
on sale in living organizations as
well as the Co-op, Miss Case said.
Women are requested to wear
them at the game, green side
out.
Mums cost $1.25 and the lids
cost $1.50.
Weather Forecast
Says Rain Friday
What are the chances for good
weather this weekend?
None.
In an early weekend forecast,
the Eugene weather bureau re
ports a general light rain is due
to hit this area sometime Fri
day. They explained that a front
off the Pacific shore line is mov
ing inland and is expected to ar
rive within the next two days.
One ray of hope still remains.
According to the bureau, there
is still a chance that good weath
er will hold out on Saturday.
'Miss Oregana'
To Be Selected
A full page in the 1949 Oregana
will be devoted to the senior wom
an winning the title-of “Miss Ore
gana,” Trudi Chernis, editor of
the yearbook, announced Wednes
day.
She asked that each woman’s or
ganization submit the names of
two seniors to the Oregana office
by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Only requisites
are beauty and a “photogenic per
sonality.”
Contestants will be judged from
their pictures appearing in past
Oreganas, so a recent photograph
will not have to be submitted, Miss
Chernis said. This judging method
will “really show if she is photo
genic.”
Guest at Banquet
Besides the Oregana page, the
winner will be guest at the staff’s
annual banquet in the spring. Her
name will be announced at half
time of the St. Mary’s game.
A similar contest was conducted
by the yearbook staff two years
ago when Miss Barbara Pearson
was named “Miss Oregana.”
Judges will be Miss Chernis,
Larry Davidson, managing editor;
Ann Morton, Dorothy Orr, and
Dick Olson, associate editors; and
Ed Cauduro, art editor of the 1949
Oregana. ^
Contestants’ names will be ac
cepted at the Oregana office dur
ing the following hours:
Thursday—1 to 5 p.m.
Friday—3 to 5 p.m.
Monday—3 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday—1 to 5 p.m.
Extension number of the office,
located in McArthur court, is 216.
Democratic Chairman Calls
University Ruling 'Ridiculous'
To Greet Alums Saturday
HOMECOMING Hostess Jane Hull and
Bob Don, Homecoming chairman
Intellectual, Beautiful Hostess
To Greet Homecoming Crowd
By BARBARA STEVENSON
Homecoming crowds will be greeted this weekend by a
hostess boasting more than beauty. She is Jane Hull, 20-year
old brunette from Agate Beach.
As for intellect—she was valedictorian of her senior class
at Newport high school; business ability—she has worked as
a bank clerk and secretary for
the Newport chamber of com
merce ; popularity — she was
president of her hall, a member
of the junior class council, and
on the legislature of the civic
Versatile Benny Carter Brings His Seven Piece Combo
To Mac Court Saturday For Homecomina Dance
By BUD HURST
(Emerald Special Writer)
One of the most versatile per
formers in the amusement world
will grace the handstand at McAr
thur court Saturday night in the
person of one Benny Carter. This
Orson Welles of music does about
everything but jDrint the scores.
He represents six talents in one
package; composing, arranging,
and playing the sax, trumpet, clar
inet and piano.
Between music and the movies
he has become quite a famous fel
low too. He was good enough on
the tenor sax to be awarded the
coveted Esquire All-American
Gold Medal in 1946. He was good
enough at arranging to hold dowm
spots wTith Glenn Miller, Benny
Goodman and the British Broad
casting corporation before the war.
! In fact they claim it was Carter
who brushed the cobwebs out of
British music.
Good Records
On the music side perhaps his
best work is to be found on Capi
tol. Songs like “I Surrender Dear”
seem to blossom under the Carter
touch.
So do his audiences. Few men in
the biz today can put on a show
comparable to Carter’s. He is all
over the bandstand, first on the
trumpet for a frantic ride, then to
the keyboard for a few fast meas
ures, and then to the sax and clar
inet where he really goes to work.
His book shows the influence of
both Miller and Goodman but he
still carries on the colored tradi
tions of incomparable rhythm and
drive.
Carter’s travels over the past
15 years have been vast in scope.
He and his men have traveled over
100,000 miles and played all the
major capitals of Europe. His was
the first American jazz band to
play in the now famous “La Cou
pole” on Paris’ Montparnasse.
Three major tours “over there’’
helped establish Carter as one of
the pioneers of our style of music
in Europe. It was he who paved the
way for Ellington, Armstrong and
Gillespie.
You might ask why it is that
this “famous” man should deign to
come to a wide spot in the road
like Eugene for a “one niter.” Well,
don't worry because he’s getting
paid for it and paid plenty. It’s our
guess that he’s worth it. Go to
the dance Saturday night and see
if you don’t agree. That’s the Low
down.
association at Stephens Junior
college.
Miss Hull’s beauty won her an
appearance in a St. Louis televi
i sion show after winning a style
show at Stephens. She was also
princess of the junior college’s Ivy
Festival.
Claims Beach Home
Although she’s a native Eugene
an, this year’s hostess claims Agate
Beach as her home. Reminders of
the beach such as fish nets, shells,
and mariners’ lamps decorate Miss
Hull’s room in the Kappa Kappa
Gamma house.
Current activities in the house
include her job as co-chairman of
the Homecoming sign. She has
been a member of Kappa Kappa
Gamma for the past two years af
ter coming here as a junior from
Stephens.
Thinks College Wonderful
The hostess hopes she will be “a
good' representative” of Oregon,
which she considers “a wonderful,
friendly college.”
As' a senior, Miss Hull is es
pecially interested in psychology
and art. Extra-curricular favor
ites include ice cream and the song
“Little White Lies.” A collection
of miniature foreign dolls claims
her hobby time.
Statement Out
After Decision
The University ruling lor po
litical speakers this term, which
limits McArthur court to
presidential and vice-presiden
tial candidates, was branded as
'‘ridiculous" yesterday by Dr.
J. C. Hicks, Lane County Dem
ocratic chairman.
In a statement to the Emerald,
Hicks termed the ruling as nar
rowness ‘‘entirely unbecoming our
University.” Speaking for the
Democratic party in this county, ho
pledged his organization to an ef
fort to get the ruling changed so
that “all views are equally avail
able to University students.”
Committee Stands I’at
Hicks’ statement was made after
a decision by the University as
sembly committee Tuesday not to
reverse its policy of extending ini
vitations to only the presidential
and vice-presidential candidates of
the major political parties. Fol
lowing a meeting Tuesday, the
committee reported that it would!
like to extend the policy to other
candidates and sj\?&kers, but to
do so would lead to more speeches
than could be incorporated in the
regular assembly program.
Only Republican vice-presiden
tial candidate Earl Warren accept
ed the University’s invitation,
which was extended to September
7 through the chairman of the state
organizations.
Complete Text
Following is the complete text of
Hicks’ statement to the Emerald:
A great shock has fallen to fair
minded Oregonians of all parties.
I do not understand how the com
mittee could frame a policy dis
criminating against the Demo
cratic party. Fifty per cent of the
people of Oregon are registered in
the Democratic party, whose
spokesman are equally entitled to
be heard by students of our Univer
sity.
under the ruling limiting speak
ers to presidential and vice-presi
dentil candidates, Oregon Univer
sity students have been exposed to
four opposing speakers; namely,
Messrs. Dewey, Wallace, Stassen,
and Warren—not once has the
president’s position been stated
during the campaign here.
This narrowness is entirely un
becoming our University, and we
wish to air our feelings, use our
efforts in regard to this ridiculous
ruling until it is changed, so that
all views are equally available to
University students.
Dr. J. C. Hicks
Lane County Democratic Chro.
1 ‘ '
Infirmary Hours
The University infirmary has
changed its “in-out” hours to en
able students with all-day classes
to receive service and to relieve
the present congestion. They will
I remain open one hour later Monday
through Friday. The new hours
are 8 to 5 on weekdays and 8 to 12.
on Saturdays. /