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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1950)
Daily EMERALD VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1!)50 NUMBER 58 Szigeti Recital Sunday At 3 in McArthur Court By Bob Funk • The Eugene and University Civic Music Association’s winter concert series opens at 3 p.m. Sunday in McArthur Court with Joseph Szi geti, violinist, accompanied by Joseph Levine at the piano. Szigeti, who in addition to his musical career has written an autobiography—“With Strings At tached”—and done some explora tion in the field of fancy cooking, will include in his program works * by Bach and Beethoven. The violinist, born in Hungary, made his debut on this continent in 1925, when he played the Beetho ven violin concerto before a Carne gie Hall audience. Since then he has toured throughout America and Europe, varying his career with appearances on radio, tele vision, and the screen. ‘SKULL PRACTICE’ Contrary to popular beliefs con cerning musicians and long prac tice hours, Szigeti thinks that two hours of practice per day are suf ficient. However, he precedes his two hours with some “skull prac tice”—memorization of musical compositions. “I never begin my real study of a composition,” he explains, “until I have memorized it—not con sciously, but through commerce with it; permitting it, so to say, to take hold of me rather than the other way around.” Szigeti first gained his reputa tion as a concert artist in England, following some years spent in the rather strenuous role of a, child prodigy. He had become noted all over Europe by 1925, when Leo pold Stokowski invited him to come to the United States. ON TELEVISION Not long ago, Joseph Szigeti made an appearance on BBC tele vision. He was required to wear a shirt, tie, and make-up all of a brilliant yellow color, which “some what depressed me . . . however, when I saw the dignified and forceful figure of the Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones, whose lecture preceded my group of solos, made up in exactly the same way as I, I made a turn about, forgot all about yellow shirts with BBC laundry marks on them and decided to enter into the spirit of the thing with good humor.” The program for the Szigeti con cert appears on page 3. Dads' Day Committee Plans Annual Welcome With only two weeks remaining until Dads’ Day, Jan. 28, commit tee chairmen are whipping the program for the annual welcome to Oregon Dads into shape. A general meeting of all chair men was called for 1 p.m. Satur day, upstairs at the Side, by Gen eral Chairman Gerry Smith Thurs day. Chairmen are expected to have their committees completely organized and will be asked to sub mit progress reports, Smith stated. Housing Chairman Marian Chris tenson issued an appeal to all stu dents to make hotel or motel res ervation, for their fathers immedi ately. HOUSING SCARCE “The Eugene Hotel is full and the Osburn almost full, while tht major motor courts are nearing capacity,’’Miss Christenson stated. “In order that as many fathers as possible can come down and enjoy the weekend, individual stu dents should secure housing with in the next few days,” the chair man said. Candidates for Dads’ Day Host ess will be accepted from all stu dent wives, Special Events Chair man Dick Lee announced. “In former years, only the wives of students veterans have been eligible,” Lee stated. “Because of the diminishing number of vets on Oregano Payments Set Deadline for Oregana payments is 5 p.m. Monday according to bus iness manager Jim Sanders. Payments may be mads at a booth in the Co-op until Saturday noon or Monday in the Oregana office upstairs in McArthur Court ^ from 3-5 p.m. the campus, we are opening the contest to all student wives this year.” Rules and deadline for applica tion will be announced later. CONTEST REVIVED The campus cleanup contest will be reinstated this year, Chair man Nancy Pollard revealed. This contest was discontinued last year. The cleanup contest will be con ducted on a similar basis to the contest held before Homecoming, with an anti-litter drive being added to keep the campus neater during the week before the cele bration. Petitions for cleanup committee workers were requested by Miss Pollard. They may be turned in to her at Alpha Phi by 5 p.m. Mon day. OTHER COMMITTEES Publicity committee members were named Thursday by Co Chairman Gretchen Grondahl. Workers include Marjory Bush, as sistant; Frances Gillmore, Andy Friedle, and Norma Huitgren. The committee will meet at 4 p.m. Monday in the Emerald quon set. Statewide publicity is going out under the direction of Co-chairman Lorna Larson. Hospitality Co-chairmen Anne Case and Dave Palmer are plan ning tours of new campus con struction and contacting local min isters about special Dads’ Day ob servances in churches Sunday, Jan. 129. Palmer’s special projects in j elude meeting a special train and ! planning a welcoming program at j the station. JOSJUbeiti Ten Petitioners Seek Positions On Exec Council Ten petitions for ASUO Execu tive Council positions were duly submitted to student body presi dent Art Johnson by 5 p.m. Thurs day. Eight petitioners are members of the United Students Association and two members of the Associ ated Greek Students. When questioned* Johnson stated that other applicants may come for interviews before the Council Monday night, even though they have not formally submitted peti tions. “The Executive Council uses petitions as an aid in selecting appointments. It is not limited in its appointments to the petitions turned in,’’ Johnson said. Applicants for senior represen tative are Hob Deuel, AGS, and Ron Phillips, USA. Junior representative spot is be ing sought by Will Urban, AGS, and Dick Dahlberg, Bob Pearce, and Joe Labodie, USA. Virginia Wright, Gordon How ard, Bill Hart, and Bruce Wallace, all USA, petitioned for sophomore representative. Posts to be filled were vacated by Phil Patterson, senior, AGS; Bill Lance, AGS, and Anita Holmes, USA, juniors; and Ron Brown, sophomore. Faculty Attendance Ruling Now Enforced For Commencement Faculty members Wednesday de cided upon the question of attend ance at commencement. A substitute motion was passed stating that former faculty legisla tion be amended to read, "It is the sentiment of the faculty that its members appear at commencement exercises dressed in proper regalia unless there are compelling reasons for absence.'’ Webfoots, Beavers Clash Tonight at 8 In First War Game lull Coliseum is a new battleground, but two veteran Civil \\ ar basketball toes face each other tonight at 8 in Corvallis, when Oregon and Oregon State College meet in the first of four .Northern Division contests. Duck Coach John \\ arren and Slats Gill, Iieaver mastermind, will be digging deep into strategy books tonight to pull a victory tot theii squad. Both teams have identical records so far, a sulit I with Washington Mato in a | two game series. About 500 Oregon rooters will be in the stands tonight, seated in a special main-floor bleacher section. The Oregon team held a brief workout yesterday afternoon, and will leave for Corvallis early this evening. Warren hasn’t named his starting lineup as yet, but only the center position is in question. STARTERS Mel Krause and Dale Warberg are probable starters at guard, while Will Urban and Paul Sowers will open at the forward spots. Either Sophomore Jim Vranizan or Mel Streeter will start at cen ter, and both will see action. Urban and Sowers arc expected to carry the Webfoot scoring load tonight. Sowers, out of action since mid-December, returned to the | squad against WSC and scored 31 points in the two games. Other Ducks expected to see ac tion include Guards Ken Hunt, Bob Lavey and Jack Keller. OSC PROBABLES I Gill is still in the experimenta tion stage with his charges, and may alternate several combina tions. Guards Bill Harper and Dick Ballantyne are probable starters, along with Bob Payne, a transfer forward. Ballantyne hit for 25 points against the Cougars, while Payne scored 14 in the second game. Other Beavers who will see ac tion are Len Rinearson, Jim Pad gett, Ray Snyder, Glen Kinney, and Ed Fleming. More than 10,000 fans are ex pected to fill the mammoth pavil ion for the first time this season. See the sports pages for further details. Class Officers Choose Theme For Senior Ball “Golden Anniversary Ball,” sub mitted by Marion Galla, was sel ected by Senior Class Officers Bob Weber, Ron Phillips, Margaret Johns, and Jeanninc Macaulay as the theme of the Senior Ball of 1950, slated Jan. 21 in McArthur Court. Skitch Henderson, popular piano playing bandleader, and his orch estra will provide the musical set ting for the anniversary theme. Henderson was selected for his musical stylings, offering music which may be enjoyed with a min imum amount of effort. Decorations chairman Mac Epley believes the theme will lend itself to clastic and striking interpreta tions of events and customs of this I country for the past half-century. Dress for the dance will be form al. Weber explained that suits will definitely be in order and tuxedo3 are not a “must.” He emphasized that although women will be formally attired, corsages are optional, not essen tial. This policy was adopted by [ the senior class to give more stu dents an incentive and opportunity to attend. Attendance is not limited to the senior class. Residents of Eugene as well as all students are welcome to attend. Tickets for the Senior Ball may be purchased at the co-op begining Monday Jan. 16. The admission price oi $2.40 per couple includes forty cents in federal tax. Hender son's recordings will be played continuously inside the co-op Thursday and Friday, Jan. 19 and 20. 'Campus Review' News Show Scheduled Monday on KOAC "Campus Review," a program featuring alumni, campus, and local sports news will be heard Monday, Jan. 16, at 8:15 p.m. over KOAC. The program will be written and edited by members of the radio journalism class of Ray V. John son, instructor in journalism. Bob Hinz and Jane Clark will be heard on the first program, with other members of the class being heard on later shows. Of 15 minutes duration, the re view will include campus news, University sports, and information concerning Oregon alumni. The program will be similar to the | news program heard last spring over KDUK. It will run on a once a week schedule until further no tice. Rushing Statement Due Deferred rushing was discussed in a closed meeting of Panhellenic Thursday, according to President Frances Robson. Miss Robson said a statement would be made Saturday as to the policy which the group would take i toward deferred rushing. “World in Review,’’ formerly hoard at that time, will no longer be on the University KOAC sched ule. It is the second of the fall series of programs to be dropped from the log. “Wcbfoot Huddle Time,” a sports interview program, was shelved at the beginning of the term when a replacement for Eob Roberts, who graduated between quarters, couldn't be found. Registration Ends; 5522 Finish Steps Registration for winter term classes ends Saturday noon, sim ultaneously with the deadline for adding new classes. A total of 5,522 students have registered so far. Students wishing to register af ter the deadline must petition for registration to the Academic Re quirements Committee. No new classes may be added to an individual's schedule after Sat urday. Deadline for dropping classes is Feb. 4.