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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1948)
70'Piece Symphony, 500 Voices Ready 'Messiah' For Performance December 5 in MacArthur Court By WALLACE BENSON Distant rumblings, high vibrant cadenzas and massive eight-part choruses issue from the many win dows of the University music school as the Oregon Choral Union pre pares for the biggest muscial event of the school year. Dean Theodore Kratt of the mu sic school and D. W. Allton, assis tant professor of organ and theory are taking one 70-piece symphony orchestra, several soloists, and one ahorus of 500 student voices, and putting them together to produce Handel’s “Messiah” 'Sunday, De cember 5, in McArthur Court. George Frederick Hande 1 com posed this oratoria when his for tunes were at their lowest ebb. The common people of England loved him; but the aristocracy, the people upon whom he depended for finan cial support, hated him. The reasons behind this hatred OSC Ticket Winners Chosen By ANNE GOODMAN First winner of a chance to at tend the OSC game is Arthur S. Backlund, whose name was drawn toy blindfolded Leo Harris, athletic director, last night at an AUSO ex ecutive council meeting. Harris drew the first ten tickets out of a green, wooden box contain ing over 4000 of them with a ban dana of Jean Swift, 2nd vice presi dent, around his eyes. The box was taken from the Co op today, where students have been inserting tickets No. 33 from their athletic books since last Thursday. The other 1440 names, dawn by members of the council last night will be posted together with the first ten, in the Co-op. library and McArthur court this Thursday, to remain until Saturday. Eligible students may purchase their tickets starting next Monday at McArthur court. They are re quested to bring their athletic books and registration cards so that card numbers can be cheeked with the athletic office files. Continuing the list of the first ten Winners, in the order of the draw ing, are David A. Wheeless, Den netli Van Duyn, Laura Ruble, Dwayne Owens, Dorothy Wight man, Victon Malen, Larry Daniel son, Berger L. Johnson, and George Winslow. The tickets, which will sell for $2 will admit students to a special Ore gon rooting section at Corvallis on November 20. lay in the court politics ot the time. The Stuart kings had been replac ed by the Hanovers, German kings who couldn’t be bothered to learn the English language. This in spired a natural resentment in the populace. One of George ITs bit terest opponents was his own son, the Prince of Wales. King Likes Handel Since George II had a great lik ing for Handel and his music, the Prince of Wales, out of hatred of his father, set out to ruin the great composer. He drew all the aris tocracy to his side and boycotted the opera until “the foreigner,” Handel, was driven from England. Sinking deeper and deeper into debt, he was still undaunted. When his friend Jennings sent him the liberetto of an oratorio composed of passages from the Bible depicting the life of Christ, he retired to his room and in 23 days, rarely eating or sleeping, he had completed the musical scoring for the entire work —“The Messiah.” This prodigious feat has never been equalled, and probably never will. The first performance of “The Messiah” was in Ireland; however, it was during its first English pre sentation that a tradition was set which persists even oday. George II, with several of his court attendants, was present. So impressed was he by the majesty of the work that, when the chorus ex Coach Explains Grid Puzzle No apologies are offered by Head Line Coach Dick Miller for the showing the Oregon football squad made against St. Mary’s Saturday! Miller appeared in the absence of Coach Jim Aiken on the radio interview “Webfoot Huddle Time” last night by the University radio studios. “I don’t believe we have to apolo gize for the game,” Miller said. “Naturally I believe we were down because it was the game after homecoming and it was a non confercnce game. We were not as sharp as we could have been.” St. Mary's, he declared, was in much better shape than had been previously predicted. “Joe Verducci, the St. Mary’s coach, said after the game that they played a much better gamee against us than California,” Miller added. Head Scout Frank Zazula. who watched the University of Wash ington fall 20-0 at the hands of the ! Stanford Indians, said in the in- 1 terview that “the score does not i indicate the struggle. Washington could easily have made three j touchdowns.” i $2.75 to $65 plus tax Possession j P A R F U M b y % CORDAY % Want to be treated like a king? POSSESSION beats a diamond ring! TIFFANY - DAVIS 8th and Willamette Ll.Lani.iy uursi. iiilu lug nouujau Chorus, he rose to his feet and re mained standing until the lact “Hal lelujah” had been sung. The audi ence, rose out of deference to their monarch. Custom decrees that audiences stand to this day when the chorus swells: “Hallelujah. For the Lord Sod omnipotent reigneth.” These strains will echo over Eu gene December 5 when the Choral Union presents its concert. Stud ent body cards will be required for admission. Campus Calendar Tuesday FRESHMAN INTERFRATER MITY COUNCIL meeting at 7 in :he phi Psi house. YWCA SOPHOMORE COMMIS SION meeting at noon in the buga aw. DRAMA STUDIO meeting at 4 ’or students interested in working i>n costumes or makeup for the sec ond production. KWAMA meeting at 6:30. Call A.nn Case for meeting place. NEWMAN club meeting at 6:30 n Gerlinger annex. PHI THETA meeting at 6:30 in ;he Alpha Pi house. Attendance is compulsory. FRESHMAN NUMERAL WIN DERS of last year are asked to neet at 7:15 in the Theta Chi house. SKULL AND DAGGER meeting it 8 in the Side. Wednesday HOLY ^COMMUNION services at 7 a. m. in Gerlinger, sponsored by Canterbury club. Thursday YE TABBARD INN meeting at 7 p. m. in the Phi Kappa Psi house. All members should be present. OreganaSchedules Appointments with Kennell-El lis photographers will be kept to day by Hendricks hall and Gamma Phi Beta members. Pictures taken will be used in the living organi zation section of the 1949 Oregana Schedule for the week includes Susan Campbell hall—Novembei 3. > Ann Jud«on house. Highland house, Zeta hall—November 5. VA Reminds Vet Students Of Allowances Student veterans who do not wish, to draw subsistence allow ances during winter vacation must notify the veterans administra tion’s regional office at least 30 days before the end of the term, the VA reminded today. For the Christmas period, veter ans at the University of Oregon should have their requests in by November 15. Otherwise, leave time will be automatically granted and subsistence will be paid for the period between fall and winter terms, the VA explained. Leave policy adopted a year ago allows subsistence to continue au tomatically for 15 days after the term ends. At most schools, the 45 days will cover the Christmas holi day. Time for which payments are made after a term ends is charged against the veteran’s educational entitlement. Some veterans prefer to sacrifice the leave pay, in order to use their entitlement for actual schooling. Annual Orders Taken in Co-op Orders for the 1949 Oregana will be taken in the Co-op Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, accord ing to’ members of the business staff. This arrangement has been made especially for non-affiliated students, but salesmen will accom modate any others. A member of each living organ ization is also selling the books in his house, Olga Yevtich, business manager, said. The special sales are part of a campaign being con ducted until November 13. Partial payments of $3 will be accepted with the remaining $3 to be paid during winter term pre registration or by January 15. UW Ticket Sale All students planning to see the Oregon-Washington game in Seat tle November 6 must pick up their tickets at the University ticket office in McArthur court before the office closes at 4:30 today. No tickets will be obtainable af ter that time, as the University of Washington must be informed as to the number of Oregon rooters to expect. - brings you shrink-proof wool sweaters! <$al, these sweaters do everything but let the water out of the basin! They can’t shrink . . . just wash ’em like your nylons ... no tedious re-shaping! The exclusive Kroy process takes the shrink out of the wool itself . . . makes them keep their shape permanently! 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