Fijty-First Year oj Publication and Service to the University
VOLUME LI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1949
NUMBER 3o
Coed Drill Team
Set for Halftime
At OSC Game
Stunts performed by a drill team
of 48 University coeds will be fea
tured during halftime of .the Home
coming football game with Oregon
State College the afternoon of
Nov. 19.
The drill team will perform with
the University band on the field.
Two groups of girls will be used,
one dressed in yellow sweaters and
white skirts, the other wearing
green sweaters and white skirts,
pompoms will be carried by all
members of the team.
First rehearsal of the group was
held Thursday afternoon in Ger
linger Annex. “They looked very
promising,’’ commented Doug Cole
man, game entertainment chair
man.
FIRST TIME USED
This is the first time, to Cole
man’s knowledge, anything similar
to a drill team has been used for
the Homecoming game.
Card stunts, songs, and a radio
broadcast will also be included in
halftime festivities. Jerry Kinersly,
junior in business, will be in charge
of the card stunt section.
“Cruising Down the River,” and
“Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here”
will be sung by the Oregon Stu
dent body. Words to the former
song will be passed out to the
rooting section at the game.
RADIO BROADCAST
Radio station KORE will carry
a five-minute radio broadcast from
Hayward Field. It will be heard
over a West-coast hookup. Stu
dents selected to participate in the
broadcast are Julia Northrup, Chi
Omega; Kenny Warren, Eugene;
and Allen Hicks, Sigma Phi Epsi
lon.
Governor Douglas McKay will
open pre-game ceremonies with a
short address. Following will be
the introduction of Homecoming
^Hostess Marguerite Johns and the
Order of the “O” march.
The 1919 Oregon football team
will also participate in pre-game
activities. Players are holding a
reunion in Eugene during Home
coming this year. This was the
last Oregon team to take Pacific
Coast championship.
Names will be drawn determin
ing the winners of the Betty-Coed
and Joe College date contests by
the Homecoming Hostess between
quarters.
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Rally Set Tonight
InSan Francisco
Oregon rooters in San Francisco
Friday night will join in a rally at
the Shriners’ Temple at 5:30 p.m.
Yell King Jim Crismon and Duke
Bob Stageburg will be present in
full regalia.
The rally is sponsored by the
Oregon alumni of the Bay Area.
Because of the absence of Cris
mon and members of his squad, an
organized reception for the team
on its return is impossible, Rally
Board Chairman Art Ross stated
Thursday.
However, loyal rooters may
stage their own impromptu wel
come when the grid squad returns
Sunday morning, 8:30 a.m. at the
Southern Pacific depot.
'Wheels'Attend
Leaders' Meet
Art Johnson, student body presi
dent, Larry Davidson, Oregana
Editor, Dorothy Orr and Bill
Lance, executive council represen
tatives, and Dick Neely, senior
member of the traffic court, will
represent the University at the
Oregon Federation of Collegiate
Leaders convention at Willamette
University today and tomorrow.
Johnson will lead a Student-Fac
ulty Relations discussion group as
part of the cenvention program.
Thirteen Oregon colleges are
slated to send delegates to the
meeting. Among the speakers
scheduled is Gov. Douglas McKay.
Social events will include a dance
Saturday night and the Whitman
Willamette football game Satur
day afternoon.
Walks Next Item
On Theater Project
Paving of driveways to the new
University Theater has been com
pleted and walks will be finished
as soon as weather permits, ac
cording to I. I. Wright, superin
tendent of the physical plant.
Landscaping of grounds will be
gin as soon as the outdoor stage
is constructed. Two of the old
trees around the building will be
removed, but no radical changes
i are planned, Wright said.
Weekend Buttons
On Sale Today;
Bonfire Plans Set
Homecoming buttons go on sale today.
A new idea this year, the bright lemon yellow and green but
tons will he sold in the Co-op, on campus, and in liv ing organiza
tions by members of Kwama, sophomore women’s service hon
orary, beginning today and continuing through next week. The
price is 10 cents.
Few Ducats Left
For OSC Game
Only a few Homecoming foot
ball tickets remain unsold of the
1000 recently returned by Oregon
State College, Howard Lemons,
athletic director, has announced.
Remaining tickets are being held
to fill orders received in Friday's
mail, Lemon said. The game is
Nov. 19.
The Oregon State athletic de
partment originally purchased 3008
tickets for sale to its alumni, but
was unable to sell 1000 of the tick
ets.
Most of the tickets were sold for
cash at the ticket window, but 40
to 50 orders were received by mail
Thursday. Approximately the same
number of tickets sold by mail
yesterday are being held to fill
orders today, Lemon said.
The tickets are for reserved
seats in sections W and X at the
south end of the field.
Oreganos Drive
Ends at 5 Today
Deadline for chances to date
Betty Coed or Joe College at
Oregana expense will be 5 p.m.
today, announced Bill Lance, pro
motion chairman.
The late sales drive will end at
this time. From these late sales
receipts, winners will be drawn by
Maggie Johns, Homecoming host
ess.
House salesmen are requested
to turn in their receipts Friday
night to Jim Sanders, business
manager. Free Oreganas will be
given to the two salesmen who
place the largest sales in men’s and
women’s living organizations.
nomeconnng y, and a
fierce Duck appear on the pins.
Chairman Cal Smith lias ex
plained that 100 per cent stu
dent participation is the goal,
to publicize' this year's Home
coming, Nov. 18 and 19.
The buttons were sold down
town this week by members of
Alpha Phi Omega, service fra
ternity.
Bonfire Friday,
If Guards Do Well
Oregon's traditional Homecom
ing bonfire will blaze on the Intra
mural field behind McArthur Court
a week from tonight—providing all
goes well on “guard duty.”
Bonfire Chairman Herb Lom
bard has announced that scrap
See page three for groupings of
men’s houses for gathering mater
ial for this year’s bonfire.
lumber and other inflammables
will be collected in four places on
the field this year. On Nov. 18,
they will be gathered into one
pile in preparation for the Friday
night torch.
This system is intended to insure
greater security. As in former
years, campus freshmen will guard
the fire.
“This is a chance for every cam
pus living group to demonstrate
its spirit and organization,” Lom
bard declared.
Assisting Lombard on the bon
fire committee are Bill Gaffney,
Herschel Schweikart, Ken Good
man, and Dud Carlson. The latter
two are in charge of guard duties.
Oregana Pictures Today
Oregana pictures of Scderstrom
Hall will be taken today at Kcn
nell-Ellis studios, as announced by
Associate Editor Ruth Landry.
WAA to Hold
Free Fun Night
In Gerlinger
A no-admission charge, no-date
Fun Night, sponsored by the Wom
en’s Athletic Association is slated
for tonight in Gerlinger Hall gyn\
from 8 to 10:30.
Students in stocking feet will
dance to the square dances called
by Louise Henderson, graduate as
sistant in physical education. In
struction will be given all students
who have not had previous square
dancing experience.
Swimming* suits will be provided
for men and women who wish to
use the pool by the Physical Edu
cation Department. Ping pong will
be played in the sun porch with
volleyball and badminton being
played in the outdoor gym. Re
freshments will be sold.
Entrance will be through the
Gerlinger side doors.
This is the second such night this
term, the first being held on Oct.
19. Janet Frye and Joan Carr, co
chairmen, announced that this will
bo the last Fun Night this term.
Committee heads include Belle
Doris Russell, sports arrangement:
Willetta McDonald, refreshments;
and Phyllis Rich, posters.
Homecoming Color
Due Via Pompoms
To add color to the stands at
the Homecoming game, women
rooters should bring pompoms,
V e.'I King Jim Crismon urged.
Tentative plans include heating
time to band music with the pom
poms.
Associated Women Students
will put the lemon-and-green ral
ly sticks on sale next 'Wednes
day in the Co-op and women’s
living organizations.
Newburn In New York
President Harry K. Newburn, in
New York City on University busi
ness, was guest of the New York
alumni at a dinner meeting Thurs
day night at the Brass Rail Res
taurant.
President Newburn arrived in
New York Wednesday and will re
main there the rest of the week.
Monday he will attend a meeting
of the Commission on Teacher Ed
ucation of the Association o f
American Colleges in Washington,
D.C.
Baritone ThomasL. Thomas PrefersStaae to Radio
By Bob Funk
“Radio has always been secon
dary to the concert stage with me.”
explained Thomas L. Thomas yes
terday, just before appearing in
concert before 6,000 persons at
McArthur Court last night.
Although baritone Thomas has
been successful starring in such
radio programs as “Manhattan
Merry-Go-Round” and the Fire
stone program, he feels that the
concert stage offers a better field
for the singer.
Thomas’ encores included “The
Milkmaid,” “The Sacred Heart of
Notre Dame,” “Because,” the
'^ong of the Flea,” and songs by
contemporary American compos
ers.
“Radio is quite restricted. I have
sung many ballads on the air—
some of them good and some of
them trash. In any case, I try to
sing as many songs by American
composers as possible.’’
Thomas feels quite strongly
about America’s position in the
field of music. “Foreigners come
to this country to live, and in many
cases they do not even attempt to
master the English language. How
ever, if a concert artist makes even
a minor mistake in singing a for
eign language, he will be very
strongly condemned.’’
He expressed pleasure at sing
ing to an audience which would
include language students—“after
all, it is really necessary to under
stand what is being sung to com
pletely capture the mood.”
Thomas comes from a Welsh
family which transplanted itself to
America. “We still speak Welsh at
home (Scranton, Pennsylvania),
and I usually think in that tongue.
I suppose most persons think in
their native tongue.”
“My father is a professional mu
sician, or could be if he were to
perform.” Thomas’ brother is cur
rently featured in a new Broadway
musical—“Regina”—which is an
adaptation of “The Little Foxes.”
The baritone expressed pride con
cerning the "traditional Welsh sec
tion of his program,” which was
sung in that language. “Too many
persons suppose that good melodic
writings can be attributed only to
such composers in the category of
Brahms or Schubert—composers
of opera or of some definite classi
cal school.
“There are many other compo
sitions—such as these Welsh songs
—which are of equal merit.”
Thomas did not know at what
point in his life he decided to enter
the musical field. “It is not your
decision—you are born with it.”
Thomas is traveling' with Jacob
Hannemann, his accompanist. Han
nemann takes a great interest in
the fishing possibilities of the Pa
cific Northwest—and the food.
Thomas is more partial toward
scenery.
“This is the first time I've been
in Eugene, or any part of Oregon.
The scenery i s extraordinarily
beautiful.’’ Thomas and Hanne
mann make congenial traveling
companions, and agree on all but
one point—transportation. Thomas
prefers to stay on the ground,
while Hannemann would choose a
wing and a prayer every time.
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