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Fifty-First Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27,1949
VOLUME LI
NUMBER 28
Nature Cooperates With Contest Finalists
RESOURCEFUL. PHOTOGRAPHER at wit’s end resorted to convenient seasonal foliage to brighten his
picture. The fourth and last in the Emerald’s Betty Coed—Joe College interview series appears below.
These three candidates will be on the final contest b illot with nine others at the Whiskerino dance Fri
day night. From left, Anita Frost, Roger Middleton, and Helen Simpson. (Emerald photo by Deane
Bond.)
Last Three Candidates
Take Emerald Spotlight
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Interviews with two more Bettys and a Joe conclude the Em
erald’s series spotlighting finalists for Betty Coed and Joe Col
lege. The candidates are Anita Frost, Alpha Chi Omega; Helen
Simpson, Gamma Phi Beta; and Roger Middleton, Sigma Phi
Epsilon.
Betty and Joe will be voted on and announced at the Whisk
erino dance Friday night.
ANITA FROST
Five foot six, “with shoes
on,” brown-haired Anita Frost
likes boys with blue eyes, and
Oregon boys better than those
of Southern California.
She's from Franklin in Portland,
but formed her opinions of Califor
, nia men while in Los Angeles last
June. “They weren’t nearly as cute
as I’d heard,” she reported.
While in Los Angeles she and a
group of friends chased a man in a
white Cadillac for miles believing
him to be Jack Benny. Blithely ig
noring “No Trespassing” signs,
they followed him up to a small pal
ace in the country. He turned out to
be Gene Autry.
ARGYLE ANNIVERSARY
. Anita enjoys skiing, swimming,
and knitting. She’s much better at
the first two, though—it will be the
anniversary of her first pair of ar
gyles next month, and so far she’s
completed two cuffs and one dia
mond.
At Franklin she was student
body secretary and a member of the
rally squad. Her activity record has
been continued here, evidenced by
her membership in Kwama. Big
gest activity-connected headache
occurred last year when she was
threatened with the awful fate of
eating all the surplus “Mysties.”
HELEN SIMPSON
Helen Simpson lives in Honolulu,
and came to the University of Ore
gon because ‘‘it was easier than go
ing home again.” She came here for
her brother’s wedding last year and
decided to stay.
Water-skiing and swimming
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Married Students
Get Ticket Credit
Temporary fund shortage should
not keep any married students’
wives from attending the Home
coming game, Howard Lemons,
athletic business manager, said
last night.
Students should reserve tickets
for their wives by 5 p.m. today, he
said.
He has granted a time exten
sion on ticket payment until Nov.2,
but students must guarantee pay
ment by or on that date.
Students were given this leeway
so that tickets could be purchased
with veterans’ monthly checks.
Overload Causes
Partial Blackout
Six blocks of campus businesses
and residences were in darkness
for nearly an hour Wednesday eve
ning at 5:30 when an overload
caused a line fuse to go out.
The area, mostly between the
Millrace and 15th Street, and Hil
yard and Kincaid, is peculiar in
that it is composed of a large share
of businesses as well as homes. Be
cause it got darker earlier than
usual, more electricity was used
at that time, causing the overload,
officials at the Eugene Water and
Electric board said.
The Weather...
The forecast for today is mostly
cloudy with a few scattered show
ers. High, 55; low, 45.
Still No Convertible
Wanted—owner of a smooth
convertible to drive Homecom
ing Hostess onto field during
Homecoming game intermission.
Any convertible owners inter
ested are asked to contact Ron
Stevens, Tau Kappa Epsilon
house, between 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Non-Bearded List
Growing Larger;
Tubbing Due Today
Have you seen the beard grow
ing by the door of the Co-op?
“It gets longer every day,” ac
cording to Vern Beard, who is in
charge of the annual beard grow
ing contest.
Added to the list of violators
who have been using the ole’
“Gillettes” are:
Bob Gitner, Ted Antone, Bob
Crites, Marion Rappe, Les Cut
ting, Richard and Ronald Terje
son, Don Ferdik, Bob Gilbert,
Dick Cooksey, Art Engstrom,
Bill Korpela, Ven Stolen, and Lee
Osburn.
Dick Coksey, Bob Welch, Harold
Sipe, Burt Goldsmith, Pat Blue,
Frank Preston, Bill Korpela,
Earl Sweet, Ron Clars, and
Larry Bisette.
In addition to the above men
tioned, those fellows who have
not appeared for punishment,
which is tubbing, are to report
to the pool between Fenton and
Dcady today at 12:55 p.m.
Judges To Choose
Hostess Finalists
Candidates for Homecoming
Hostsss will be reduced in number
tonight when judges select the six
finalists from among the 26 hope
fuls.
Short silks should be worn to
the judging, at 7:15 in Alumni Hall,
Gerlinger, requests Janice Hughes,
selection committee member.
Seven judges will rate candi
dates on poise, charm, appearance,
and ability to talk effectively.
Wagnerian Singer
Receives Ovation,
'Liked Audience7
By Bob Funk
" Phis audience has been wonderful!” said Kirsten Flagstad
at McArthur Court last night after over 7000 residents of Eu
gene and the University of Oregon campus cnthustically ap
plauded her concert, first in the 1949-1950 concert series.
Madame Flagtsad displayed her truly “perfect” voice during
a program including Wagner, Schubert, Brahms, Grieg and Eng
lish composers. Of all the things I sang tonight, I like Schubert
best,” she stated.
Hillbilly Theme
For Whiskerino
Set by Sophs
Decorations in hillbilly style will
be featured at the “Stubble Stum
ble,” sophomore Whiskerino Fri
day night, Shirley Dalton, decora
tion chairman, revealed Wednes
day.
Short silks and suits will be the
order of dress for couples dancing
to the music of Les Brown during
the evening.
The Whiskerino decoration com
mittee consists of:
Joan Cartozian, Dorothy Corkett,
Barbara Calvert, Jane Cover, Car
ol Dwyer, Janet Shaw, Joanne
Sweet, Beverly Gibson, Joanne
Lewis, Mary Fran Lorain, and
Betty Jones.
Other committee members are
Molly Eilertson, Nancy Ellen Grim,
Sally Shriver, Pat Bellmen, Col
leen Lee, Shirley Vanderendc, Max
ine Anhoury, Maxine Krisch, Anita
Frost, Francis Lowery, Art Mosh
ofsky, Sydney Hass, and Sylvia
Walker.
Others listed include Bert Camp
bell, Dick Haseman, “Moon” Mul
lins, Larry Soderholm, Jim Walt
ers, Larry Sweet, Flop Cohn, Dan
Strite, Bob Haynes, Bob Abrams,
Joe Proulx, Miles Ralston, and
Jack Byers.
Clean-up Chairman Jo Anne
Hewitte announced her committee
will include Jo Caughill, Pat Potts,
Carolyn Cubler, Barbara Ebeling,
Bill Sloan, Sue Lichty, Joan Beggs,
Jeanne Hall, Wilma Hamilton,
Joan Zener, Matt Frost, Allen
Sherman, Merle Davis, Ron Ab
rams, Mary Yost, Jay McMurrenk,
Tom Wrightson, and Edwin Cohen.
PERFORMS WITH EASE
“Wagner?” asked the woman
who is considered the greatest
living Wagnerian soprano. "Wag
ner is better for singing on the
stage with an orchestra. For con
certs I like Schubert.”
The singer performed with great
ease and enthusiasm; in turn, she
responded to subsequent applause
with honest enjoyment. Most of the
periods between her songs were
filled with the sound of audience
ovations.
“Ich Liebe Dich” (I Love Thee),
popular Grieg song, was the encor e
Flagstad gave at the end of the
first half of the concert. She had
sung five selections from Grieg in
the first half, as well as selections
from Brahms, Schubert and Wag
ner.
RARE GRIEG SUNG
“My first and fourth Grieg selec
tions are very rarely sung,” she
explained. On the whole, the Grieg
section was lyrical, melody pat
terns being definitely carried out.
The second half of the concert
included three selections from Wag
ner’s “Wesendonck Lieder” and
five English-language songs. The
Wagner was deftly presented by
Madame Flagstad; the tempo was
quiet and dignified.
Flagstad declared that “it is
very easy to sing in McArthur
Court. The accoustics seem to be
perfect.”
Told that she apparently had not
breathed once during the evening,
the soprano laughed that "if you
had been sitting on the sides, you
would have seen me breathe! I
am glad that you didn’t though!”
PRESENCE GRACIOUS, SIMPLE
Her stage presence is both gra
cious and simple. The simplicity is
that of a person so great that ex
aggerated hauteur and pride are
no longer necessary.
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Happy Vets Dormers Discover
$2000 Coke Money Bonanza
By Rodney Morrison
Vets Dorm students found them
selves the surprised owners of a
bonanza recently, when someone
found out just how much money
had accumulated in the dorm Coke
fund in past months.
Investigators were astounded to
find that drinking Cokes had been
profitable. So profitable, in fact,
that the fund had grown to a
healthy $2000 plus for the ten halls
involved.
This fund is the dorms’ share of
Coke machine profits in the halls,
and is kept by the dormitory office
at John Straub. Part of the fund
was used last year to buy sports
equipment, but at that time no
one checked on the total.
No decisions have been made on
what to do with the extra cash,
but suggestions have been offered
for console radios for the lounges
and equipment for the new game
room planned in Dorm I.
It’s also been suggested that
each dorm unit take its individual
share for improvements and ex
tras, and part of the money may
be disposed of in this way.
Meanwhile, whatcha got to sell ?
That money’s just burning a hole
in their collective pockets.