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m Daily EMERALD VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1950 NUMBER S 56 Skitch Henderson to Play for Ball ^ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ . - m m m '-4 Shirer to Speak Here January 25 Noted U.S. Newsman Sets Talk William L. Shirer, author of the Berlin Diaries and network radio commentator, will speak at McAr thur Court Jan. 25. Sponsored by the University as sembly committee the veteran world traveler will lecture on what has been called a “front-page an alysis of America in world affairs.” Shirer, placing emphasis on America’s role in international leadership and the world-wide struggle for freedom and peace, has lectured extensively throughout the United States. SUNDAY COMMENTATOR A background of on the spot views enables the Sunday afternoon com mentator to discuss such topics as ............ •crpTW WILLIAM L. SHIRER the war crimes trials, the United Nations, postwar developments in France and Britain, and the strug gle between Russia and Western European nations. Much of Shirer’s life has been spent in Europe. Upon graduation from college he worked his way abroad on a cattle boat and stayed for fifteen years. For seven of them he was European correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Later he became chief of the Ber lin bureau of the Universal News Service and began to broadcast for a major U. S. radio network. Dur ing this time he started keeping the daily journal that became the basis for the Berlin Diaries. EUROPEAN NEWS In 1941 Shirer returned to. this country but went back to Europe on assignments in 1943-1944 and 1945. He was in Berlin during the height of the East-West crisis in 1948. He has won several awards for news interpretation and other achievements in journalism. His lecture is one of a series ar ranged by the faculty committee which Dan E. Clark, head of the history department, chairmans. The group is planning a reception for Shirer in the faculty club fol lowing the Wednesday night lec ture. OTHER SPEAKERS Norman Thomas and Sigmund Spaeth will also appear at McAT thur Court this year to speak to University students and employ ees, and Eugene townspeople in the special series which presented Dor othy Thompson fall term. "Life and Loyalties’’ will be the topic of Thomas, many times soc ialist candidate for President, in his March 1 appearance. Spaeth, an authority on music, will speak on “Music for Fun” April 4. AGS to Choose Council Candidates,* Meeting Slated Today at Chi Omeaa Candidates for junior and senior representatives of the ASUO coun cil will be chosen by Associated Greek Student’s representatives at the Chi Omega house today at 4. House nominations for represen tatives were submitted to the AGS steering committee at a meeting Tuesday. Representatives will vote on the eight names chosen by the steering committee and nomina tions made from the floor at to day’s meeting. Hob Deuel, AGS president, re quested all representatives plan ning to nominate candidates from the floor to bring their candidates to the meeting for introduction. The party decided at Tuesday’s AGS nominees from whom the choice of candidates for ASUO Council vacancies will be made today are Bill Carey, Phi Kap pa Psi; Herb Nil], Theta Chi; Stan Turnbull, Theta Chi; and Will Urban, Phi Delta Theta, juniors. Senior nominees are Curt Finch, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Dick Neely, Delta Upsilon; Marge Petersen, Chi Omega; and Hob Deuel, Sigma Chi. meeting to endorse only one can the council. Houses were requested didate for each vacant position on by Deuel to submit candidates for ASUO representatives only through AGS. Members serving on the steering committee were Fred Van Horn, Delta Upsilon; Jim Hart, Pi Kap pa Alpha; Will Urban, Phi Delta Theta; Cal Smith, Phi Kappa Psi; Janice Hughes, Alpha Phi; Alicia Orcutt, Chi Omega; Marie Lom bard, Delta Delta Delta; and Betty Wright, Delta Gamma. New members to be selected by the ASUO council Jan. 16 will fill vacancies left by Phil Patterson and Bill Lance, who resigned at the end of fall term. USA Declines To Recommend Council Bidders No formal recommendations for ASUO Executive Council replace ments will be submitted by the United Students Association. “We feel that the persons with the best qualifications should be chosen—and chosen by the Execu tive Council, not the party,” USA President John Day said yester day. He added that his party “hopes that all interested and qualified members will turn in petitions.” The USA steering committee at its ■ meeting yesterday issued a call for petitions for the USA nominations for freshman class of ficers. Petitions may be turned in to Sue Michel, Carson hall; Ron Phil lips, Phi Kappa Sigma; and John Day, Minturn hall. The next steering committee meeting will be held in the Side Thursday at 7 p.m. to make tem porary appointments filling vacan cies left on the committee by the resignations of Ron Brown, Clara Belle Roth, and Steve Loy. The appointees will be chosen from the backlog of petitions turn ed in last fall, Day said. Candy Sale to Greet BA Building Traffic Homemade fudge will greet traf fic in the Business Administration building today when Phi Chi Theta, business women’s honorary, opens its day-long candy sale at 9 a.m. Fudge will be sold by members of the honorary for 10 cents a bag in the main hall of the build ing throughout the day. Funds from the sale will be used to finance the Conference on Women in Business Jan. 19. Weather Delays Office Transfer Inclement weather indirectly and indefinitely postponed the sched uled transfer of Did? Williams' office into the Student Union building. The student union director and his staff would be without tele phone service if today’s move had taken place as previously planned. Telephone repairmen have been busy repairing damage done by the wind and rain to lines and are unable as yet to install telephones. Rather than be without tele phone service Williams has post poned the move. Transfer of the office depends now only upon the weather and the availability of telephone line men, Williams reported. Senator Morse To Speak Here Oregon’s senior senator, Wayne Morse, has notified the Oregon Young Republican club that he will be on the campus on or about Jan. 24 to speak to students and townspeople. Beldon Owens, sophomore in pre law and president of the student political organization, stated Tues day that he has received a letter from the Oregon senator confirm ing his willingness to speak. Senator Morse, former dean of the University law school, spoke to law students on his last visit to the campus during fall term. Time and place of the address will be announced later, Owens said. Senator Morse's appearance will be sponsored by the Young Re publicans. Weather . . . Heavy rain and wind in this area will subside today, but cloudy skies and scattered showers, with possible snow flurries, are pre dicted by the Weather Bureau. Smith Releases Committee List For Dad's Day Dad’s Day Chairman Gerry Smith Tuesday afternoon released his list of committee chairmen for the 1950 celebration, Jan. 28. Fifteen students were named by Smith to head twelve committees: promotion, Bob Hinz and Roger Nudd, co-chairmen; publicity, Gretchen Grondahl (Emerald) and Lorna Larson . (outside publicity), co-chairmen. Awards, Herb Nill; luncheon, Donna Buse; registration, Eleanor Johns; special events, Dick Lee; hospitality, Dave Palmer and Anne Case. Cleanup, Nancy Pollard; hous ing, Marian Christenson; budget, Georgie Oberteuffer; decorations, Nancy Kuhnbauscn; basketball game, Eddie Artzt. Assistant chairman for the an nual observance is Virginia Wright. Newly-appointed chairmen , met Tuesday, Two hasketball games with the University of Washington will be features of Dad’s Day weekend, Jan. 27 and 28. Traditional events of the celebration, a welcome to all Oregon Dads, include selection of a hostess, percentage registration contests, the Oregon Dads meeting and luncheon, and programs in in dividual living organizations. Last year’s Dad’s Day heads were Ed Anderson, chairman, and Marie Lombard, assistant. Mrs. Pat Metcalf Chase was hostess. Student Travel Guide A book giving agencies to con tact for traveling during the sum i mer months has been published by the National Student Association. The book, “Work Study Travel Abroad 1950,” may bo obtained from the publications bureau of the National Student Association, 304 N. Park, Madison, Wis. Price is 50 cents. Theme Set By Seniors For Formal i Skitch Henderson's orchestra . will furnish music for the 1950 Senior Ball, Jan. 21 in McArthur Court. Decorations around a Golden Anniversary Ball theme will depict the changes during the first 50 years of the twentieth century, ac cording to Ron Phillips, publicity chairman. CO-OP TO PREVIEW Henderson’s music will be pre viewed from records at the Co-op Jan. 19 and 20, played over a pub lic address system for about a half SKITCH HENDERSON hour out of each hour during those days. Nationally known as a piano playing orchestra leader, Hender son’s music reflects his belief that the present trend is veering away slowly from the frantic and rau cous in dance music, toward the kind of music dancers may “enjoy without perspiring.” l’LAVED WITH NAMES Born in England of American. - parents, the orchestra leader made his debut in this country with Clift (Ukelele Ike) Edwards, and has- ‘ played with such names as Glen Gray, Tommy Dorsey, Skinnay En Groups wanting time for an nouncements, presentations, or tappings during the Senior Ball intermission, may contact Jean nine Macaulay at the Alpha Game ma Delta house. nis, and Artie Shaw. Following suc cessful work in Hollywood and ap pearances on the Bing Crosby ra dio show, Henderson organized his own band. He arrived in the United Statew ’ from England at the age of sixteen, and soon lost an early desire to be come a concert pianist. An early in fluence was the music of Duke El lington, and his music at present shows the influence of the modern French school and such composers as Havel and Debussy, reflected in the danceable style of his arrange ments. WITCHES LOVE HJM “Skitch’s Witches,” which ac cording to publicity releases are fan clubs which began in Califor nia, are reportedly springing up across the nation, attesting to tho leader’s popularity.
