Second Prof Names His Ten Books
Wild
Notes
By Fred Young:
Rumor that Les Brown might
make an armory appearance in
the near future looks doubtful
as recent recoru
successes cause '<
an eastern de- ‘
mand. Those
who have been
able to pick up |
his Palladium f
broadcasts will S
attest to the de- |
sirabi 1 i t y o f j
having- a local 1
Brown performance.
Interesting to hear the latest
jLes Brown Columbia record of
“Fine Romance.” Titles serve to
indicate that the love is still
warm as “Romance” mimics the
successful “Love to Keep Me
Warm” as closely as possible
. without sounding identical. “Ro
mance” spots some Jeff Clark
son piano that improves the
cliche. Other side is more of
rnoon-June tune ballads.
Some recent good songs are
managed by Frank Sinatra on
Columbia. “Bop! Goes My Heart,”
“Some Enchanted Evening,” and
“Bali Ha'i” are all very worth
while Sinatra records in good
tune and with Phil Moore’s ex
cellent musical backing. Although
maybe fading a little behind all
of the new exuberant publicity
agents about, Sinatra proves
again that his jazz skill and taste
leaves him among the finest.
Charlie Barnet with a new rec
ord on Capitol which falls below
norm set by his initial Capitol re
lease “Cu-ba" and “Lonely
Street.” “O’Henry” has scat vo
cal of Bunny Briggs plus tenor,
trombone, and alto solos with
the two reed bits adding most.
Back is Trudy Richards? singing
of "Easy Living” which doesn't
seem to jell.
Barnet whose band complete
with shouting brass and Latin
bongo is expected to pick up some
of the Kenton following is play
ing arrangements by Manny Al
ban, Paul Villepigue (ex-Kenton),
Pete Rugolo (ex-Kenton), John
ny Richards (ex-Raeburn), and
Walter Fuller (ex-Gillespie). We
suspect that the first Barnet
record offerings are not indica
tive of the greater things which
should be forthcoming.
When browsing about the rec
ord counter ask to hear the new
(Please turn to pane seven)
By Jane Clark
Dr. Jack Powers, instructor in
Romance languages, was the sec
ond person I verbally marooned
on that desert island with only
ten books. The question was put
to him some time before I came
around to collect the answer, so
he had had time to organize his
thoughts before he gave the list.
He began with the qualifying
statement—“Of course the books
one would have to live with for
years are different from those
one would take for a weekend. I
think I would take books giving
the widest range of people’s
achievement and experience pos
sible.” With this in mind, he
proceeded to list choices from
each of the important literary
eras.
At the head of the list he put
the King James Bible “for both
literary and theological reasons.”
From the Greek culture, he chose
The Dialogues of Plato, The
Apology and The Phaedrus, if I
could only take specific ones.”
That particular selection would
be in English translation, but be
ginning with the Roman period,
Dr. Powers chose to make use of
his training in languages, and
took the rest in their original
forms.
From the Latin he took The
Satyricon by Petronius for “light
er reading.” “It’s rather a glee
ful thing, and much better not
translated. In fact, I don’t know
if it ever has been completely
translated into English or not.”
Further probing brought the gen
eral impression that some parts
,wouldn’t bear translating any
way!
From medieval times came the
fourth choice, Dante’s Divine
Comedy in 'Italian. Dr. Powers
considers it one of the greatest
works of literature, if not the
greatest ii» poetry, because it
demands more intelligent and
emotional response from the
reader.” From the same general
age he chose Chaucer’s Canter
On News Releases
Shouldn't We Get Even Break
By Kirk Braun
This little treatise is directed
at four people. It is directed at
you, Mr. Leo Harris, and your
able assistant, Mr. Art Litchman
and at you, Mr. Lyle Nelson, and
your hard-working assistant,
Mrs. Josephine Moore:
Isn’t it about time that the
Oregon Daily Emerald, the daily
newspaper of the students of the
University of Oregon, got a break
once .in a while when it comes to
news stories originating on the
campus ?
On story after story, from the
appointment of newcomers to the
awarding of scholarships and tro
phies to outstanding students, the
Emerald has found it necessary
to get it tips from the Oregonian,
Journal, Register-Guard and the
AP. It's about time that the Em
erald became a spokesman for
the University instead of an echo.
Your department, Mr. Harris,
is the biggest offender, possibly
because the athletic department
is the source of more “big” stor
ies; and possibly because you are
more interested in getting all the
free space you can on the sports
pages of the big dailies. You
write nice little notes to the Em
erald, Mr. Harris, thanking them
for support on various issues, but
have you ever thanked them with
an even break on a big story?
The ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
DOESN'T DESERVE THE SUP
PORT THAT IT HAS RE
CEIVED FROM THE SPORTS
PAGES OF THE EMERALD.
Take last Saturday, for in
stance. The official announce
ment that Jerry Lillie had re
signed at Willamette to take over
a post on the Duck coaching
staff, came from your office,
Mr. Harris, in time to make Sat
urday’s Journal which means
that it had to be in their office
by 9 a.m. Saturday. Is there any
reason why the Emerald couldn t
have had the story?
And, you, Mrs. Moore. You
worry and sweat over your type
writer in the University news
bureau, hoping that your big
story will get into the city desk
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time for that first edition, but do
you ever think of giving the Em
erald a break on a big story?
Believe it or not, Mr. Nelson
and Mrs. Moore, lots of fathers
and mothers read the Emerald,
and if the news in the Emerald
isn’t accurate, it’s only because
the reporters and rewrite people
have to get the story wherever
they can, when they should be
getting it from your offices and
getting it first.
The whole story is, that you
people in the control room think
of the Emerald as a sounding
board for embryonic journalists
instead of a publication which
should be the voice of the Univer
sity.
The daily papers in the Bay
area and in Seattle look to the
college daily for tips on what’s
going on around the campuses.
In Eugene, the Emerald looks to
the Portland papers to find out
what's going on in its own back
yard.
That’s a helluva situation.
A Book Review:
Waugh Blasts Modem World
By Joss Brame
In the past, it lias been a
pleasure to read the satiric nov
els of Evelyn Waugh. They have
been amusing, light, gay, and
highly readable. They have had
little explicit “message” to pre
sent, but have been clearly sa
tire on the English upper classes,
and yet with little real sting to
them.
It was only rarely, as in certain
sections of “Vile Bodies, that
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the atmosphere approached that
of a Swift.. Even when cruel,
Waugh was always slightly
amused by these people and their
antics.
But Waugh's favorite society
seeems to be now in hiding, for
“the bright young people” were
either destroyed by the war, or,
since 1945 have had to live on
greatly reduced incomes. So
Waugh, with his pre-war mate
rials no longer so readily avail
able in the night clubs and town
houses of London, seems to be
desperate for subject matter.
His latest effort, “Scott-King's
Modern Europe (Little, Brown;
$2.00). is a long blast at the mod
ern world in almost its every
phase; While this very short book
is obviously an attempt at satire,
in large part it never quite comes
off, for bitterness begins to creep
into the picture. There are some
amusing scenes here, it is true,
but the general tone is unlike
that of the Waugh we once knew.
The story itself is concerned
with Scott-King, Latin instructor
at a small public school in post
war England. As an expert on the
obscure seventeenth century poet
Bellorius, Scott-King is invited
to attend a festival in Bellorius’
honor in Neutralia, a non-exist
en't eastern European country.
The air trip to Neutralia, the re
ception, the banquets, celebra
tions, and intrigues which follow,
offer Waugh an opportunity to
paint his usual satiric portraits
and comic situations. At the same
time, he is attacking the modern
totalitarian state. But there is
the suspicion that the author is
also heaping his scorn upon e'tat
ism and the twentieth century
western world in general.
One should be amused, we can
only assume, but yet the final
reading leaves a feeling of slight
distaste. The first few pages of
the book, in their description of
Scott-King, are Waugh at his
best, but as for the rest of it.
And the whole thing is so short
in length that the publishers
would have been much more fair
to their readers had they simply
issued it as a 25-cent, paper
bound pamphlet!
It is also interesting to note
that the Co-op lending library
has copies of Arthur Miller’s
“Death of a Salesman and Moss
Hart's “Light Up the Sky.” Both
are now top hits on Broadway
and in book form are highly read
able. Devotees of the theater
should at least glance through
these.
bury Tales and—“for tun— tsoc
-cios's Decameron in Ietlian,
“In the Renaissance, I think I
would take Cervantes’ Don Qui
xote in Spanish. It’s one of the
most stimulating and humorous
works ever written, and repre
sents a complex and inexhausti
ble work of art.”
Like Mr. Smith of the law
school, Dr. Powers plans to carry;
along Shakespeare and T. S. El
iot’s Four Quartets, “which is, as
far as I’m concerned, the most in
terpretive, professional, and beau
tiful poetry ih contemporary Eng
glish.” . ' i
He found making the tenth
choice “sheer torture, because
this means that you are leaving
out everyone else! It would be
hard to leave, for instance, Mr.
Spinoza, or Mr. Proust, or Mr.
Milton, home. I suspect I’d just
grab whichever one was most
handy when the fatal moment
came.”
“The Episcopal Book of Com
mon Prayer is the type of thing
which one would put in one’s
breast pocket and sneak away
with, or include as a tenth choice,
if one were not permitted that.”
Dr. Powers’ last remark
seemed most fitting to the whole
problem. “One probably Wouldn’t
read any of the books taken
along, because he’d be so unhap
py about the ones he had to leave
at home!” *
By Bed, Beard
Experience! Ah, yes. That’s
what we need.. But it’s easier
said than done, Pietschman ex
plains that experience is neces
sary in writing a column but
what he didn’t explain was how
to get it! We’ll just type out a
few lines and see what happens.
After so many days of good
weather, the rains paid us a
visit. We knew those sprinklers
would do it! This slight moisture
didn’t seem to hurt the bats of
the Webfoo'ts in the postponed
game with the Beavers on Satur
day for they knocked themselves
into second place in the confer
ence. Two second places ought
to be good enough for first next
year.
£>pect±ving Ui seuuau a
was too bad the spikemen, while
in Seattle had to upset Mr. Tay
lor's predictions.
Something A1 has explained to
us is the large number 6f won
derful diamonds Carl Greve has
to show interested swains. He
also tells us of the silver patterns
that will make a coed’s heart
skip a beat. Drop in while you're
in the Rose City even if it is
just to shop around, for you will
be welcomed.
After a look at a few house
dances Saturday night, it seems
if a lot of experience was behind
all the decorations for they were
terrific. Seen going from house
to house was the Theta Chi's
burro, emphasizing their theme
of “The Red OX Stampede.”
Was that a conga line he start
ed at the Delt house?
The Phi Delta claimed they
didn’t import Indians and if any
one is in doubt please contact
Will Urban.
Virginia Corn, DZ, and Sigma
Nu Darrell Robinson seemed to
be having a gay time at the Nu's
Gardenia Waltz. We hear the
number of SN pins that are out
may take a rise.—(Pd. Adv.)