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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1949)
Reasons for Silence Of KDUK Explained By Marty Weitzner Another term is almost over, and we still are getting reports that “any week now, a decision is expected as to the fate of campus radio station KDUK.” It has gotten so that people are not even bothering to read any thing concerning delays in the or ganization of .the station, because they know that one story is the same as the one before it. “We wanted to go on by-, but . . .” From the beginning of this cf school year, people were puzzled by the lack of action from KDUK. When we left last spring, the sta tion was organized. It was even running a skeleton schedule over the last few weeks of spring term. It is now six months since the last broadcast, and the station is still silent. Why? According to what we have beer, told, this is the situation. For a long time, a campus radio station was the gleam in the eye of several faculty members and students in the radio division. By ,‘ast spring some of the students 'were nearing the end of their fourth year at Oregon, and still nn station. KDUK LASTS TWO WEEKS They and the faculty wanted at least a try at the thing before they left, and so a little jerry-built transmitter was set up. It ran about two weeks. We have been told that the thing couldn’t have run much longer. When school ended and we all went home for the summmer, everyone was happy. The “old hands” had seen their station, a few listeners over at John Straub got a good preview of what an Oregon campus station may one day be like, and a reporting class had been given a good chance to practice running a publicity cam paign. NEW FACULTY INHERITS This year, when a new faculty took over the radio division, they inherited KDUK. The greatest fea ture the station possessed was a reputation, given to it by the re porting class fine campaign with an assist by the Emerald. Every body new about KDUK, only where was the thing? In September, there actually was no such thing as KDUK. The flimsy arrangement of the term before was broken down and had parts missing; what was needed was a more permanent transmit ter. That is what they have been, and still are trying to get. PROBLEMS PLAGUE KDUK There are plenty of problems still not interfere with commercial how to reach a few more places than one hall of John Straub and broadcasts; how to operate on a pygmy budget; how to string wires around the campus in an incon spicuous manner; how to handle a hundred and one technical prob lems requiring a radio engineer when there is none around. All these things have kept KDUK from coming on. The technical angle is the big problem. This week the radio di vision asked any students with any sort of technical experience to vol unteer their services. Results so far have been poor. We do not know if the radio division has asked other departments of the University for assistance, but if they have, the results have also not been satisfactory. STATION TO AID ALL What many of us fail to see is that if we ever do get a station, it will aid all of us and will not be the plaything of one department. As far as personnel is concerned, the station is ready to go on Mon day. They have had their program schedules, announcers, continuity writers, broadcasting personnel, etc., for a long time. They are able to run any standard type trans mitter that can be set up to meet the qualifications listed above. All they need is someone with a sound idea and our periodical delay stor ies will come to an end. Last Emerald of Term Today’s 24 - page special Christmas edition is the last Oregon Daily Emerald for fall term, 1949. The Emerald will re sume publication on Jan. 4, 1950. McDonald Through Saturday THIS YEAR THE PICTURE IS "PINKY"! "IT'S A SMASH"! says WAITER WINCHEU 4 JEANNE ETHEL CRAIN-BARRYMORE ETHEL WILLIAM WATERS • LUNDIGAN ADDED Sigma Chi Sweetheart Sweetheart, Court Honored Guests At Siqma Chi Formal House Dance Pat Laney, Kappa Alpha Theta, who was chosen “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi,” was honored guest at the Sigma Chi formal house dance last Saturday. Also guests of honor were Miss Laney’s court of Joe Martin, Car son; Rosemary Vaught, Alpha Chi Omega; Barbara Calvert, Chi Ome ga; and Joyce Rathbun, Delta Gamma. The five finalists were in terviewed on the radio Friday. 7i Christmas /^THEATRE U^GIFTBOOK! The Perfect Gift For Students A Gift That Keeps on Giving After the Holidays Give Entertain ment Now on Sale at Boxoffice Heilig — Mayflower Lane — McKenzie and Varsity Theatres or Mail Order Heilig Theatre P.O. Box 1226 Eugene, Oregon jWBfwjgi THURS - FBI - SAT - Dec. 15 - 16 - 17 A Foreign Movie Club Attraction DIAL, 5-1022 AN EPIC OF WORK! The French Reply to "Gone With the Wind" N.Y. Times Magazine THE CELEBRATED FRENCH FILM 'CHILDREN OF PARADISE" (Les Enfants du Paradis) NOTE - - A Special Showing of this Movie will be held at 2:00 P. M., Satur day, Dec. 17th Dance Groups Slate Meeting Forf Instruction Members of the newly formed University square dance groups will meet tonight at 8 in Gerlinger Annex. Instruction for beginners will commence at 7:30. v Around 64 students, both men and women, are enrolled in the or ganization, which meets the first and third Wednesday of each month. American folk dances, including the schottische, polkas, and square dances, are performed by the dance group. Dancing garb is full skirts and cotton blouses for women and jeans and cotton shirts for men. Calling the dances tonight will be Mrs. Margaret M. Logan, instruc tor in physical education, assisted by students. Miss Louise Hender son, graduate assistant in physical education, will instruct beginners in square dance techniques and schottische step patterns. Any university students may join the dance group, whether or not they have had previous dance ex perience, Mrs. Logan stated. Houses Demolished Several houses which occupy the site of the new science building have been either partially or com pletely torn down in preparation for the construction of the nev) building. HE! UG Sun.-Sat., Dec. 4-10 “TOKYO JOE” Humphry Bogart Also “AIR HOSTESS” Gloria Henry, Ross Ford Today Last Day “QUARTET” Basil Radford, Dick Bogarde Thur.-Sat., Dec. 8-10 “ANIMAL CRACKERS” Also “DUCK SOUP” UN E £m Tue.-Wed., Dec. 6-7 “SONG OF THE HEART” Also “THUNIJERHOOF” Thur.-Sat., Dec. 8-10 “YOUNGER BROS.” Wayne Morris, Janis Page Also “GUN SMUGGLERS” KENZIE jW I’l SPRINGFIELD 7-//0I Wed.-Sat., Dec. 7-10 “TASK FORCE” Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt Also “BRIMSTONE” Rod Cameron, Adrian Booth VARSITY W SPRINC/FfELD I 7'3403 Wed.-Thur., Dec. 7-8 “THAT WONDERFUL URGE” Tyrone Powers, Gene Tierney Also ‘CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY’ Anne Baxter, John Hodiax Fri.-Sat., Dee. 9-10 “ANGELS IN DISGUISE” Leo Gorcy Also “OLD FASHIONED GIRL”