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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1949)
Fifty-First Year of Publication and Service to the University VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 194!) N UMBER 25 Kirsten Flagstad To Sing Tonight duu r uim Kirsten Flagstad, Norway’s great Wagnerian soprano, appears at 8:15 tonight in concert at Mc Arthur Court as the Eugene and University Civic Music Associa tion begins its 1949-1950 season. Madame Flagstad, accompanied by Vladimir Brenner at the piano, will present a program varying from Wagner to lyric compositions by English composers. Also includ ed on the program are selections from Schubert, Brahms, Richard Strauss and Grieg. The soprano’s voice, according to recent press criticisms, is now of even better quality than it was be fore the war. It has gained rather I than suffered from her years of virtual retirement during World War II. Attesting to this is the fact that the singer has received tre mendous ovations from the Ameri can audience and press in spite of controversy over her allegedly pro Nazi wartime sympathies. APPEARED AT MET Kirsten Flagstad was first in troduced to the American public in 1935, when fehe appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She was almost immediately ac claimed as one of the greatest liv ing sopranos, and a genius in Wag nerian interpretations. ju uie ueginnmg ox world War II, Madame Flagstad returned to her native Norway to spend the duration with her husband. She made only four appearances during the war, all in neutral countries; however, due to her husband’s known Nazi leanings, she has been a center of much criticism. CLEARED IN NORWAY This has come chiefly from the United States; her own country has cleared her of all disloyalty charges, and her return to the con cert stage was welcomed enthusi astically throughout Europe and South America. Madame Flagstad’s Eugene ap pearance is one of many included in her second post-war American tour. The program for the concert appears on page 6. Student Fills UK Job Randall S. Caswell, son of Dr. andd Mrs. A. E. Caswell of Eugene, will serve as associate professor of physics at the University of Ken tucky. He will begin work in Feb ruary, 1950, after completing his doctorate degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD Surplus Copies Blamed in Exec Program Probe Joel Krane, who holds the con cession for football programs, ex plained yesterday he had frater nity brothers sell programs at the games because past sales ran as short as 2000 copies unsold. In answering accusations made at Monday night’s ASUO Execu tive Council meeting, Krane said that Art Litchman, athletic publici ty director, told him he didn’t care how the programs were sold so long as there weren't many left over. Krane said he has held the con cession for four years and had con sistently been caught with unsold programs when they were being solicited solely by campus honor aries. He explained that the shortage at the Colorado game Oct. 15 was because there weren't enough cop ies printed. In the future so long as the hon oraries have all the programs they want, Krane said he saw no reason for not letting fraternity brothers handle part of the sales. “The main thing is that I'm not caught With copies left over,” he declared. Deadline Extended Deadline for Skull and Dagger members to turn in Sophomore Whiskerino tickets has been ex tended until Thursday. 'Seventeen' to Publish Student's Short Story Marge Scandling, junior in jour nalism, received a notice of accept ance yesterday from Seventeen magazine for a short story entitled "I Just Can’t Help It.” ‘‘I wrote the story last winter in a short-story class,” explained Miss Scandling: ‘‘Then I entered it in the “Mademoiselle” contest for college fiction. It didn’t win any thing.” She submitted “I Just Can’t Help It” for publication last summer, along with another story which Seventeen had sent back to be re written. A letter from Seventeen Editor Margot Macdonald indicat ed that the accepted story will be published in the January issue of that magazine. “I’ve been writing stories for five years, so of course I was very pleased when this one was ac cepted,” Miss Scandling said. “What am I going to do with the money ? I think maybe I’ll give a party for all my room-mates who have had to read my stories.” Miss Scandling will submit a biographical sketch to Seventeen’s “You Worked With Us This Month” column. The sketch will appear in the same issue with the short story. Houses Choose Hostess Entries for Homecoming Homecoming hostess candidates have been selected by 25 women’s living organizations. First elimination, which will pare the list to six, will be held at 7:15 Thursday night in Alumni Hall, Gerlinger. Candidates have been asked by Betty Wright, selec tion committee member, to wear short silks for the affair. Final voting will be by students in the Co-op next Tuesday and Wednesday, The hostess will be announced Nov. 5 at the Wash ington game in Portland. Judging Thursday will be on four points: poise, charm, appear ance, and ability to speak effect ively. Judges were announced in Tuesday’s Emerald. They include two students, three faculty mem bers, and two downtown business people. Candidates are: Joan White, Zeta Tau Alpha; Virginia Thompson, University House; Shirley Smouse, Sigma Kappa; Clara Belle Roth, Rebec House; Carol Kneeland, Pi Beta Phi; Marjory Griffith, Orides; Grace Hoffman, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Melba Heyser, Keppa Al pha Theta. Sue Dimm, Carson Hall No. 3; Ardetta Daniel, Carson Hall No. 2; Nancy Allison, Hendricks Hall; Eva Paronen, Highland House; Barbara Buddenhagen, Gamma Phi Beta; Lou Weston, Delta Zeta; Marguerite Johns, Delta Gamma; Carol Bartel, Delta Delta Delta. Janet Morrison, Chi Omega; Shirley Anderson, Ann Judson House; Mary Dewees, Alpha Xi Delta; Sally Beckett, Alpha Phi; Wilrae Widness, Alpha Omicron Pi; Jackie Moore, Alpha Chi Ome ga; Frances Flehr, Alpha Hall. No candidate from Carson Hall No. 4 had been named at Emerald presstime. Beard Clarifies Parade Judging Judging- of Homecoming Noise Parade floats will be based on four main points, according to informa tion released by Vern Beard, para de chairman. These are: 1. Sustained .noise along 13th street between Alder and Kincaid —20%. 2. Appearance of float in rela tion to theme displayed—25%. 3. Spirit of float occupants— 35%. 4. Ingenuity in methods of noise making—20%. Dance Committee Petitions Wanted Chairmanships of five Home coming Dance committees and nu merous committee positions are now open to University students. Students are needed to chair man the following committees: Decoration; patrons and pro grams; tickets; clean-up; and promotion. Interested students, freshmen through seniors, are urged to pe tition for dance positions by Jerry Smith, dance chairman. Petitions should be turned in by 5 p.m. today to Smith at the Phi Gamma Delta house. Contestants Interviewed .mmm* jmmmwmmm TWO JOES AND A BETTY share the Betty Coed—Joe College spotlight today. Interviews of these three finalists appear below, with the series concluding in Thursday’s Emerald. Final voting is scheduled Friday night at the Whiskerino. From left, Dick Lee, Kathy Newman, and Bob Gray. (Emerald photo by Deane Bond.) Three More Candidates Share Betty, Joe Election Limelight uy ureicnen uronuani Two Joe College candidates and one prospective Betty Coed were interviewed Tuesday, continuing the series which will be completed in-Thursday’s Emerald. Kathy Newman, Kappa Alpha Theta; Dick Lee, Alpha Tau Ome ga; and Bob Gray, Sigma Chi, will share today's spotlight. Voting for Betty and Joe will take place from 8:45 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Wliiskerino. Skull and Dagger members are taking Betty Coed candidates to men’s houses at noon for beard checks, and Kwamas are introducing Joe College contestants to women's living organizations at dinner. BOB GRAY Bob Gray is glad today that he was fired this summer. The tall, blonde Joe College fin alist told this story on himself when interviewed Tuesday: It seems that he spent the sum mer loading boxcars for the Union Pacific Railroad. Being an easy going fella generally, he used to sneak a few winks on the job, but wasn’t caught until the day before he planned to quit. That day he didn’t play it smart. He went to sleep amid bales and packages in one of the cars, where he was found by the powers that be as they made their final check before sealing the car. FREE RIDE NIXED ‘'Lucky thing,” Bob laughed. “I got fired, but if they hadn't found me I might have found myself in, Pocatello in the morning.” A pre-med major, Bob is getting a taste of his own medicine from his Sigma Chi fraternity brothers. He's always razzed the boys about this “rah rah stuff,” pretending conservatism. Then came his selec tion as Joe College finalist. Now he’s really getting it. Bob’s not all rah rah boy, as his record proves. Last year he was awarded the freshman interfratcr nity council scholarship and served ! as games chairman for the Oregon picnic; he is a member of Skull I and Dagger, sophomore men’s ser vice honorary, and Alpha Phi Ome ga, national service honorary. His phenomenal high school rec ord includes the posts of student (Please turn to paije eight) Rally Tickets Sell In Living Groups Highest percentage of ticket sales for the Portland rally Nov. 4 wil earn some campus living or ganization free passes for each member to a movie at the Para mount Theater. The rally will be held inside the theater. All living organizations are ask ed to select a house chairman for rally ticket sales today. The chair men should' contact Jerry Kinners ley, ticket sales chairman, at the Phi Kappa Psi house immediately. Tickets will sell for 85 cents and will admit Oregon students to the regular movies showing at the Paramount plus the rally program. Th# rally is scheduled for 7:30 Fri day, Nov. 4, the night before the annual Portland game. Married Couple Tickets on Sale Seven hundred reserve seat tick ets to the Oregon State game, set. aside for wives and husbands of University students, will go on sale today at McArthur Court. The seats are. the only ones left to the game. The Athletic Department had originally planned to seat wives and husbands in the student sec tion. However, the University’s en rollment this fall was higher than expected as was the number of stu dents who picked up athletic books. With all students expected at the Oregon State game, it was neces sary to set aside a block of reserve seats for the wives and husbands. The policy followed by the Uni versity is similar to that of other Pacific Coast institutions for their "big games.” Since all seats to this game are reserved, it is necessary to charge the reserve seat price, it was pointed out. Students will have until Thurs day afternoon to pick up those tickets. Those remaining will be used to fill back orders now on. file at the Athletic Business Office,