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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1949)
Music School to Do Comic Operas Three comic operas will be pre sented by University music stu dents, in conjunction with the Chamber Concert series, on three consecutive nights next week, May 3, 4, and 5 at 8:15 p.m. in the school of music auditorium. “The Maid as Mistress” by Per golesi, “The Telephone,” by Men otti, and “There and Back” by Hindemith will be presented on each night’s program. Tickets for these performances may be pur chased on weekdays at the Co-op from 9 to 12 and downtown at Mil ler’s from 11 to 2. Cast of “The Maid as Mistress,” the only one presented in costume, stars Wayne Sherwood, baritone; Treva Rice, soprano; and Elden Penntilla, tenor. Two actors comprise the cast of “The Telephone.” Claire Lewis, so prano; and Jim McMullen, bari tone, swing the roles. “The Tele phone” is the newest of the three operas, being written about 1942 by an American author. Singers participating in “There and Back” are Dorothy Gangneth, soprano; Lowell Chase, tenor; Rob ert Roberts, baritone; and William Putnam, baritone. Holding non speaking parts are Sue Judde and Jean Young. The orchestra for two of the op eras will be conducted by Herman Gelhausen, associate professor of voice; E. A. Cykler, associate pro fessor of musicology, directs the orchestra for the remaining opera. Annual Rose Festival... 'Melodies In Flowers' 1949 Theme "Melodies in Flowers” has been selected as the theme for the 1949 Rose Festival in Portland in the forty-first annual presentation of the gala event. Since June, 1907, when the first Rose Festival was held, the spectacle of floral beauty, pageantry, and gaiety has been staged each year except in 1918 and 1926. This year’s celebration will be Staged June 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, according to the Portland Rose Festival Association. As in past years, the highlight of the festivities will come on Fri day morning, June 10, when the Grand Floral Parade will thread its way through downtown Port land in full view of an audience expected to exceed 1,000,000 per sons. Fifty or more flower-laden floats, and a comparable number of bands, mounted posses, and marching groups to escort them, willtravel the circuitous five-mile route. Queen coronation ceremonies will be staged in Multnomah sta dium Wednesday evening, Jur.e 8, to start the festive period. Follow ing the pomp and pageantry with which the Hose Festival Queen re ceives her royal crown, Her Ma jesty and the Royal Court will be entertained by several hundred youthful subjects from the Realms of Rosaria. They will perform in tricate mass dance routines on the spacious stadium floor. On both Thursday and Friday, June 9 and 10, the Portland Rose Society, oldest in the world, will sponsor its annual public showing of hobbyist-grown roses with spe cial displays of prize-winning plants. Each year this feature at tracts thousands of visitors from the forty-eight states and from fo reign countries, too. Portland, incidentally, has the only remaining International Rose test garden of the seven estab lished through the world several years ago. The Queen’s Ball, a formal-in Johnson Captures Top ASUO Spot (Continued from page one) Keith Reynolds before the final count was taken. Ballots for class repre sentatives were not counted as all the candidates were automatically elected. Norm Olds, AGS, was elected freshman member of the co-op board with 662 votes. Sophomore members elected were USA Bob Pearce, 512, and AGS Barbara Stevenson, 501. Not enough votes were cast either for or against the proposed AS UO constitutional amendment to count the returns. Ballots were all checked and counted before 10 p. m. last night. Five representatives from each party served as counters. Faculty members Donald DuShane and Waldo Schumacher, and ASUO President Bob Allen and First Vice President Sheldon Jones assisted. Johnson’s term as ASUO president will be his fourth year on the AS UO executive council. He was a class representative his freshman, soph omore and junior year. The 1949 elections mark the second year of the USA, Johnson's party, in campus politics. Forming as a coalition "third” party last spring, the USA won the 1948 ASUO presidency with Bob Allen, as well as other offices. No Taxes on This LICENSE-AND-TAX-FREE - Buyers of this 27 mile-an-hour German auto, built in Upper Bavaria and sold at 900 marks (§270) don't have to have a license or pay taxes on it. vitational affair scheduled for Fri day night, June 10, is held in honor of the Queen and her court by the Royal Rosarians. A bid to attend this event is the most coveted ho nor on the social calendar of the Rose Festival. Because of public demand, Rose Festival Association officials are arranging a repeat performance similar to last year’s “Territorial Band Jamboree” for presentation on Thursday night, June 9, in the Civic amphitheater. Last year, fifteen hundred high school bandsmen brought roaring acclaim from- the thousands- of spectators jammed into the sta dium by their precision drill and superb musicianship. Outstanding high school bands from the North west are again being invited to participate in this spirited musical entertainment. Each band is given an opportuni ty to display its particular talents. Miniature of the Grand Floral Parade is the Junior Rose Festi val parade which travels Port land’s East side on Saturday morning, June 11. Staged by ele mentary school-age children, and principally for their pleasure, the streets are nevertheless walled with the proud smiles of delighted adults as they watch the enthusi astic antics of future Rose Festi val planners. The scene is shifted to the slopes of majestic Mt. Hood, 53 miles east of Portland, for the final activi ties of Rose Festival week. Fa mous skiers assemble there, at Timberline Lodge, for competition in the annual Golden Rose ski tournament. In addition to the major events scheduled, there will be innumer able special events ranging from speed boat races on the Willamette river to street dancing and enter tainment sponsored by organiza tions cooperating with the Rose Festival Association. For the Best in FISH and SEAFOODS Phone 2309 NEWMAN'S FISH MARKET 5S YEARS IN EUGENE IF IT SWIMS WE HAVE IT 39 East Broadway Election Winners Art Johnson and Lou Weston, of the USA party, were elected yes terday to represent the Associatd Studnts of th Universiy of Ore gon. Art is a liberal arts major and has been active in many campus activities, and a'representative on the ASUO council for three years. Lou, a business administration major, has participateed in YWCA activities and is now co-chairman of the all-campus sing. Nine Cities Battling for Right To Host Olympic Games in 1956 HOME, April 27—(AP)—Nine cities wanting to hold the 1956 Olympic Games, including half a dozen from the United States which can’t agree on a single candidate, will begin presenting their, argu ments to the International Olympic committee here tomorrow morning. Otto Mayr, chancellor of the I.O.C. secretariat, said no action was taken at this afternoon’s executive session to narrow the list of U. S. cities seeking the summer games. Unless the committee takes such action later, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago will compete for the honor against three cities from the rest of the world_Mel bourne, Mexico City and Buenos Aires. Detroit is the official candidate of the U. S. Olympic committee and has the backing of congress and President Truman. Chi Os, Delts Win Nickel Hop Honors Winners of this year’s AWS Nickel Hop, Chi Omega and Delta Tau Delta, may send representa tives to the Radio Laboratory on 11th Street for their prizes of a popular record album each. The two houses won on the basis of the most participation from the Delts and the largest percentage of money from the Chi O’s. Radio Lab oratory donated the $4.50 albums, according to Donna Mary Brennan, chairman of the Hop. /VAWtAVVWV WVVWVWV V\\WV1VWVVVVVVVVWVVWVVVVVV VWV’V'V bold colors...bold collar... bold collegian! 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