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n Daily EMERALD VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3,1949 NUMBER 48 V Cavallero to Entertain Next Wednesday at Park Carmen Cavallero and his Orchestra will appear in Eugene on Dec. 7, at Willamette Park. Known the country over as the “Poet of the Piano,” Cavallero received the title-from fellow musicians after a columnist described f his “poetic” piano interpretations. Cavallero’s first movie appear ance was as featured artist in “Hollywood Canteen.” He has since appeared in “Diamond Horseshoe,” “Out of This World,” and “The Time, the Place, and the Girl.” Besides his regular personal ap pearance tours, Cavallero and his orchestra have appeared often at many well known theaters and hotels throughout the nation. He has made radio appearances as guest star and starred on his own program for the Sheaffer Pen Company. On each musical session which Carmen Cavallero plays, there is a portion called “Album Time” in which he features his piano and a medley of songs from his record albums. His Eugene program will include one hour of concert and three hours of dance music. 'Senior Six' Gives Recipe for Success By MARJORIE BUSH Find your.interest and capacity in the right combination of studying and activities for success in college. That is the opinion of the “Senior Six,” who will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, national liberal arts honorary, at 4 p. m. to day in Gerlinger Hall. These outstanding seniors, chosen for diversified interests as well as scholarship, are Jack Lawson, English major; Eugene Maier, mathematics; Joan Mimnaugh, English; Stanley Pier son, history;Eleanor Ribbans, sociology; and James A. Sanders, Registration Steps End Today at 5 Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline for securing advisers’ program ap proval and enrolling in courses with departments in winter term advance registration. IT*~ Registration material won’t be issued after 5 today. All but 500 sets of material have been secured by students, according to informa tion released Thursday afternoon by Registrar Clifford L. Con stance. Remaining registration steps, with the exception of the Student Affairs check, may be completed through Dec. 10 and on Jan. 3. Students not completing the Stu dent Affairs check by Dec. 10 will be assessed the full late fee of $5 on Jan. 3. Thursday night about 1800 students had completed this step. Students failing to complete the final two steps, checking with the registrar and paying fees, on Jan. 3 will be charged a late fee of $1 a day to a maximum of $5. Dads' Day Head Applications Due Deadline for petitions for gen eral chairmanship of Dads’ Day, Jan, 28, has been extended to 5 p.m. today. Applications, completely filled out, may be turned in to the ASUO office, Emerald Hall. Petitioners will be interviewed by the Executive Council at its ^next meeting Monday, Dec. 5. history. For the secret of success in studying- the Senior Six advis ed : Keep up with studying dur ing the term, proportion time wisely to different classes, and use time to good advantage. LAWSON TO TEACH Lawson, the only married mem ber of the “Senior Six,” believes that “detailed notes religiously studied and memorized are the best means of review.” He is plan ning to take work in California, possibly at Stanford, for his mas ter’s degree, with his goal college teaching. Miss Mimnaugh, now business manager of the Emerald and a member of Mortar Board, proves that grades and activities can be combined. ACTIVITIES TOO “The more I try to do the more I get done,” she said. “People should have activities, studying, and fun.” Last year she won the Winship Pegg plaque for outstanding work on the Emerald. Another of the “Senior Six” with a bent toward business is James Sanders, 1950 Oregana business manager, and last year’s advertis ing manager. For next summer he is planning a three-months bicycle trip in Eu rope on a Youth Hostel tour, and will do government work in Wash ington, D.C. on returning. He be 1 i e v e s activities in college are practical and give valuable experi ence. TOOK GRADUATE WORK Stanley Pierson who was tap ped for Friars during the Home (Please turn to page eight) Dean Backs Decisions Of Advisers Dean R. W. Leighton of the School of Health and Physical Ed ucation Thursday criticized five girls who were dissatisfied with recommendations by their advisers to change their majors for not bringing their complaints to him. The two advisers of all women with a major or minor in PE, Myrtle S. Spande and Marjorie Murray, have been asked to evalu ate students carefully and tell them “if we thought they’d be better off in another field,” Leigh ton stated. “Our judgment concerning the success of a person in PE does not mean he cannot change to another field, he added. Leighton said that both advisers have excellent records. Both are new at the University this year. Students claimed they had been told to discontinue courses in the school because of “improper pro fessional attitudes.” All five felt they had not been given satisfactory reasons for be ing advised to leave the school. One student accused of disloy alty asked for a definition of her disloyalty. She was told she did not talk to her instructors fre quently enough. Leighton believed that “the whole thing started when the girls were told at a meeting Oct. 27 they could not waive chemistry and physics requirements of the school, as far as I know.” The girls, when questioned, re futed this. They claimed they were willing to follow the school re quirements after the Oct. 27 dis cussion. Their complaint is in not being told satisfactorily why they would not succeed in their chosen field. WAA Carnival Heads Liz Erlandson and Kathy Little field will head the Women's Ath letic Association Carnival winter term. They were selected last night following a WAA initiation of 54 girls. Theater to Present Formal Opening Formal opening of the new University Theater and the open ing performance of Maxwell Anderson's “Winterset” will be held at 8 tonight, under the direction of Horace W. Robinson. (iordon Hrickson as Mio and Barbara Pascjuan as Miriamne play the leading roles, i'errance Roseen plays Trock, the gang stti , I aid \\ exler is Rabbi Fsdras, and Richard Walker plays his son, Garth. Cliff Janies is Judge Gaunt, Richard Bontz plays Carr, and Fred Schneitcr is Shadow. Tonight’s production will be number 800 for the University IFC Criticizes Emerald Policy Objections to the manner in which the Emerald is handling the deferred living situation were raised at the Inter Fraternity Council meeting last night. The student newspaper recently has followed a policy of advocat ing immediate action on deferred rushing as well as deferred living, which goes into effect fall term of 1950. The council voted to write a let ter to the Emerald, stating the fraternity position. Fred Van Horn, IFC president, pointed out that the council has many details to work out in regard to deferred living and rushing, and doesn’t want to act in haste. One council member asked what right one man, meaning Emerald Editor Don Smith, had to step into the situation and make it “ten times worse than it actually is.” Objections were also raised to the over balance of power against the fraternities on the nine-man committee set up by ASUO presi dent Art Johnson to study the de ferred living plan. The committee is composed of three persons representing inde pendent living groups, and three persons representing Greeks, in addition to Johnson, Smith, and Anita Holmes, junior representa tive on the executive council. Smith and Miss Holmes were singled out by the council as hew ing no business being on the com mittee, that they only over bal anced independent representation. Committee to Study 'Living In' Today Meeting of the nine-student committee to study “living in,” scheduled for last night, was post poned to 4 p.in. today because of a conflicting Intcr-fraternity coun cil meeting. The meeting will be held in the ASUO office, Emerald Hall. I heater. The new theater is the second campus structure to be built especially for the perform ance of plays. Guild Theater in Johnson Hall was opened in 1915. Robinson calls the new theater, “The best academic theater in the United States devoted to play pro duction.” MODERN BUILDING The building is modern in stylo and has modern furnishings. Tho auditorium is said to be built for" comfort RjS well as appearance. “Wintersct” is considered a very difficult play to produce. Two set tings arc called for. One is a largo exterior and the other is an in terior which is built on wheels for rapid shifting. The production uses a wide range of lighting and sound effects. 27 PLAYERS The cast is made up of 27 play ers, and technical matters are han dled by a large crew of stage hands, property managers, sound and light technicians. Grace Hoffman is assistant dir ector and William E. Schlosser is technical director and scene de signer. Larry Barsness is assistant technical director, Howard Zim merman is stage manager, and Robert Morton is electrician. Joan Landman is wardrobe and property manager and John Leh man handles the sound effects. Dale Thorsted, Terrance Roseen, and Warren Holbrook assist tho scene designer. TICKETS AVAILABLE Tickets for the play, which will be shown Dec. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10, may be purchased at the box office in the lobby of the theater. Season tickets will also be on sale through Dec. 10. Others in the cast are Ace Shir ley, Priscilla Cuthbert, Harold Long, Dorothy J. Chase, Ruth Kil bourn, George Dorris, Rex Ballen tine, David B. Ward, Martin Weitzner, Robert Chapman, Jack Evans, Earle Taylor, Bonnie Birk meier, Donna Clough, June B. James, Martha Walter, Betty Barsness, and LeJeune Griffith. Ken Olson is ticket manager for all University Theater productions this year. AWS Charity Party to Bring Cheer To 22 Needy Families Saturday “Mommy, why doesn't Santa Claus come to our house?” In the homes of 22 needy Eu gene and Springfield families, that question will not be asked this year. In those homes on Christmas day there will be a box from the women students of the University to remind those children that even though he doesn't come in a sleigh with 12 reindeer, there is a little of Santa Claus in everyone’s heart. The boxes of food and toys col lected in each women's living or ganization will be on display at the Associated Women Students’ Charity Party from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Sigma Kappa house. Faculty wives, Eugene townswomen, house mothers and presidents, and students arc in vited to the annual party. Short silks will be worn. The Christmas theme will be carried out in the refreshments and decorations, with a tree under which the gifts will be placed. Carols will be sung by Mary Haw kins, with background music by Irene Phillan and Georgene Shank lin. “The Littlest Angel,” the story of the small boy angel whose in significant gift to the infant Christ child became the Star of the East, will be given by Joyce Sommer lade. On Sunday the packages will bo taken to 13 families in Eugene and Springfield and 9 families in outlying areas. The number of children in these families ranges from two to six. Their names were obtained from Lane County Relief. Ellic Johns is general chairman of the Charity Party. Committee chairmen are: Marilyn Thompson, collections; Betty Jones, decora tions; Dolores Jeppesen, distribu tion; Elizabeth Waddle, entertain ment; Arden Hebb, food; Barbara Clerin, invitations; and Barbara Jeremiah, publicity.