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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1949)
ONE THOUSAND Ore gon-OSC reserve seat football tickets immedi ately available. See story on page 5. VTTHATtir.R Qi. Chamber Concert Set for 8 Viennese-born harpsichordist Madame Alice Ehlers will be heard in concert tonight at 8:15 p.m. in the School of Music auditorium. This is the first concert of the 1949-50 Chamber Concert Series. Madame Ehlers, now a member of the music faculty at the Univer sity of Southern California, has appeared as soloist with all of the «• leading orchestras and conductors and has devoted considerable time to broadcasting. In one season alone, she played more than 30 broadcasts for the BBC in London. COLLEAGUE OF HINDEMITH Among the famous musicians with whom she has has played and been associated is the celebrated composer and violinist, Paul Hinde mith. Alice Ehlers has been honored by the films, too, having been sel ected to play the harpsichord dur ing the ballroom scene in the Twentieth-Century Fox produc tion, “Wuthering Heights." Critics everywhere have praised her performances. Olin Downes of the New York Times wrote; “ . . . Madame Ehlers’ performance was a focal point of the occasion. She has, as a harpsichord player, every desirable quality, including amaz ing virtuosity, precision, capacity to sing a phrase, which is as con spicuous as her clean articulation, taste, and a temperament which carries everything before it.” TICKETS ON SALE Tickets for tonight’s concert and for the rest of the series are on sale now at the Appliance Center, Wilson’s Music Store, or from any member of Phi Mu Alpha, Phi Beta, or Mu Phi Epsilon, men’s and women’s music organizations. Tick ets will also be available at the door. The program for Madame Ehl er’s concert is listed on page seven. Bids Accepted For Heat Plant Bids totaling slightly less than $1,000,000 were accepted by the building committee of the State Board of Higher Education in Port land yesterday for construction of a new University heating plant, i The committee also accepted bids for a generating power plant to work in connection with the heating plant. The latter totaled approximately $150,000. No formal action was taken by the committee, pending complete study of the bids. Recommenda tions will be made at a meeting of the State Board of Education Sat urday. The heating plant will be fi nanced by the Oregon Legislature. It is the first major project to come under the $6,000,000 appro priation for the State System of Higher Education granted by the last legislature. The new plant will be located across Franklin Boulevard near the f University Warehouse. Viennese Harpsichordist MADAME ALICE EHLERS, praised by critics for her virtuosity on the harpsicord, will appear tonight in the first Chamber Concert for this year. Complete program is given on page 7. Music Association Artist Gained Fame 'Hard Way' By Bob Funk Baritone Thomas L. Thomas, the Eugene and University Civic Music Association’s Thursday-night artist, has come into top musical circles the hard way. As a child, Thomas lived in the town of Maesteg, Wales. As the son of a coal miner, he deeply felt the class discrimination practiced, in his case, by the more patrician children of the fish-monger and the tailor. To add to his social distress, singer-to-be Thomas found school life completely unmanageable. He was completely at a loss when it came to mixing ink, a definite necessity, and differentiating between Welsh and American spellings of English words, a problem which arose when his family moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania. When Thomas turned to a musical career, he found life no easier than in school. It required ninety-six auditions for him to obtain his first independent job as a singer. Reflecting his background, Thomas will sing a group of Welsh folk songs during his Thursday concert. The group will include the well known “All Through the Night.” Scholarships Open for Graduate Study in 11 Foreign Countries xjie rcgisuai s oiuce nas re ceived full and final information and applications for individuals de siring to study abroad on Fulbright foreign scholarships, James D. Kline, assistant registrar, reported Tuesday. Awards will be open to all grad uating seniors and graduate stu dents. Applicants must have their bachelor’s degree at the time they take up the scholarship. Scholarships are available for study in 11 foreign countries for the academic year 1950-51. These are the United Kingdom, Belgium, Burma, The Netherlands, Philip pines, Greece, New Zealand, Italy, r ranee, iran, and Norway. This is the second year in which American students will have the opportunity of competing for the awards, which provide travel, tui tion, and maintenance for one year abroad. The awards are made available as a result of Public Law 584, 78th Congress (the Fulbright Act). Information and application blanks may be obtained from Kline’s office. Kline urges interested individ uals to make application soon, as the deadline is Nov. 30. Informa tion and application blanks may be (Please turn to page eight) VA Demands Return Of All Books, Supplies For Dropped Courses 'I'he Veterans Administration demands return of all books and supplies secured by veterans this fall who have dropped classes or withdrawn from school, stated James D. Kline, as sistant registrar, Monday. 'Phis ruling may affect from one-third to one-half of the stu dent body, as 2109 veterans are enrolled at the present time. To tal University enrollment is 5817. An auditor from the \ eterans Administration told the Uni ui;n mey must adhere strictly to a ruling contained in the University's contract with the Administration. This ruling states that all books and sup plies issued to veterans for a given term will he returned in cases where: (1) Veterans drop courses during the term, (2) withdraw completely from school before completing courses, or (3) desire to return books and supplies because they are no longer needed. Formerly, an informal arrange ment existed whereby veterans dropping courses within the first two weeks of classes were request ed to return books and supplies to the Co-op. NEW HI EING IN EFFECT It was assumed, stated Kline, that the former plan, approved by the Administration last year, would be followed this year. Consequent ly, the University was not aware of the return ruling earlier. Also, in the past it was possible for vet erans to keep supplies on basis of further need. Previous to this year all educa tional institutions were allowed their choice of several plans in re gard to this matter, but now, as far as Kline knows, the same procedure will be followed throughout the United States. EJO IS GOVERNMENT AGENOV Kline emphasized the fact that the University acts as an agency of the government in this matter and has no control over government rulings. Books and supplies issued by the government do not legally become property of the veterans until after the course is finished at the end of the term. Books and supplies returned will not become property of the Co-op. They will be considered United States government property and placed in a separate section of the Co-op. Only veterans will use re turned material. DROP CARDS PROCESSED Registration workers in Emerald Hall are now in the process of go ing through drop cards and deter mining which veterans will be re quired to return materials. These will be personally notified as to the situation. "It will greatly facilitate the whole procedure if veterans are aware that they have dropped classes or withdrawn from school will go immediately to the Co-op with the items to be returned.” said Kline. The Co-op will have a list of the books and supplies. All unused material must be re turned, Kline emphasized. There will be no distinction made as to ex pendable or non-expendable mater ials. Details Released On Sign Contest For Homecoming Contest rules, judging points, and judges for the Homecoming' Sign Contest have been announced by Chairman Steve Church. Deadline for completion of signs is 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18. Judging1 will begin shortly after this. Itemized lists of expenditures must be ready for presentation to judges when thdy make their rounds. The $30 limit on sign ex penses will be rigidly followed, Church said. Four points will form basis for judging. Of equal value, they in clude originality; effort (amount of work); adherence to central theme (Oregon Then, Now, and Tomorrow); and impressiveness. New cups for winners in men’3 and women’s divisions will go on display Monday in the Co-op. Local merchants will contribute merch andise for second and third prizes in each division. Judges will be Loy W. Rowling, vice-president of the First Nation al Bank and vice-president of the Oregon Dads’ Club; C. A. Swarts, Lane County Sheriff; Sidney W. Little, dean of the school of archi tecture and allied arts; S. T. Ford, assistant professor of business ad ministration; and Donald Boyd, graduate assistant i n the art school. Judges will make two judging rounds this year, taking a second look at the signs that impress them most on the first trip. House sign chairmen are now be ing contacted to make sure there will be no duplication in the signs, Church said. Alumni Party Planned at Cal A pre-game party for Oregon alumns and their guests is planned for Friday night, in San Francisco. The affair ,to be held in the Scottish Rite club at 1270 Sutter street, near Van Ness avenue, will begin at 5:30. Fifty cents admis sion will be charged. The Univer sity band will be on hand to help with the festivities Walter Hempy, president of the San Francisco Alumni Club of the University of Oregon Alumni As sociation, will be in charge of tho party.