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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1950)
Stan Kenton to Perform Here £3utn ^enton, wnose name is ma gic to campus music-lovers, will play a full evening’s concert on the University campus in mid February, the Student Union Board has announced. Kenton will play in McArthur Court on a Monday night—Feb. 13. His music will start at 8 p.m., and will continue “until the last possible moment before closing time,” according to Les Jones, board president. Christy Featured The new Kenton orchestra—40 men and a girl—is just starting a nationwide tour, and the Oregon engagement will be the third of a long series of concerts. The girl is the well-known June Christy. His current tour marks a re entry into the music field for Ken ton, who “retired” temporarily more than a year ago. He’s coming back now with a program called “Innovations in Modern Music for 1950,” based almost entirely on currently popular tunes. The Kenton name in music has held just about all the top honors given to bands over the country. Band of Year In 1946, Look magazine predic ted the Kenton group would be the “Band of the Year.” The good looking bandman didn't disappoint his flock of followers, either he won every popularity poll of the year. Kenton in 1947 organized a tour called "Progressive Jazz.” Audi ences found it so much to theif liking that they preferred to crowd around the bandstand rather than dance. This led to Kenton's de* cision to foresake the ballroom for the concert stage. Tickets Now on Sale Miss Christy joined the Kenton troupe four years ago and was so successful that she has been able to go on her own as a single. How ever, she is rejoining Kenton foi* the duration of the tour. Tickets for the Kenton show go on sale today at McArthur Court and downtown at the Appliance Center. Students get a special price of SO cents, tax included. Other prices are $1.20 for general admission, and $1.80 for reserved seats. U.O. March of Dimes Campaign To Conclude on Tuesday Night; Many Present at Benefit Dance The University March of Dimes Tuesday night, Betty Wright, drive noon. campaign will end officially at 5 p.m. co-chairman, reported Sunday after No tabulation of money collected has been made as yet. A count will be made Tuesday night after house representatives turn in money from their respective campus living organizations. 300 Attend Various campaign activities have been staged' during the two-week ni?ht an estiraated 300 Persons attended a benefit dance heM a n Illamette Park following the Oregon-Washington basketball game. All proceeds were contributed to the Eugene March of Dimes fund Due to a lack of electricity, students and Eugene townspeople danced to the music of Johnny Lusk and his band by candlelight. Entertainment for the dance was provided by University students. Web foots Top Huskies In Double-Upset Here uuiiii warren aria rjregon basketball followers finally have something big to smile about to day, after Webfoot hoop teams turned in a long-awaited "clean sweep” weekend. An underdog Duck varsity came out of nowhere to deal double-des truction to the Washington Hus kies, knocking the Seattle team from top spot in the Northern Di vision, and boosting local basket ball stock to the sky. After watching Oregon measure the Huskies 57-49 Friday night, | McArthur Court fans were as tounded to see the Ducks follow with a thrilling 63-60 victory Saturday night. Frosh Also Win To make the basketball weekend icomplete, the Oregon freshmen also won a pair of games. Don Kirsch’s Ducklings swamped Red mond high 81-19 Friday, and came from behind Saturday to win over Vanport College, 54-52. Guard Jack Keller was a double 'hero in the Oregon sweep over ‘ Washington. The little speedster was high-point man for the Ducks both nights, scoring 16 and 18 points to pace his team. Paul Sow ers returned to scoring form to sink 28 points in the two-game series. WSC Mow on Top Washington State defeated Ida ho Saturday to take over first place in the Division race. Oregon remains in fourth place, but with an improved win-loss record. The Ducks have now won three games and lost four in conference play. Customers who braved icy roads to see the second ball game were treated to a spectacular indoor pole-vaulting exhibition by three Oregon vaulters. George Rasmussen, who holds the Northern Division vaulting crown, pleased the fans by clear ing 14 feet with room to spare. Rasmussen tried 14 feet, six inches three times, but tipped the bar on each attempt. Don Pickens and Lloyd Hickok also performed in the exhibitions. (See the sports page for furth er details of Oregon’s double win over the University of Washing ton.) AWS Week Program Expanded AWS Weekend—renamed Duck Preview—will be expanded this year to give high school boys as well as high school girls a glimpse of life at Oregon. All seniors in Oregon high schools who plan to attend college will be mailed invitations about two months ahead of the April 14-16 date set for the event. Simi lar weekends will be held at the same time by Oregon State Col lege and four other Oregon col leges. Given Preference The high school students who at tend the Oregon weekend will be given their preference of housing in dormitories, co-ops, or fraten nities and sororities. A housing committee will assign them -to specific living organizations. Petitions for eight committee chairmanships have been called for by Marie Lombard and Steve Church, who will head the week end. Petitions should be turned in by Friday at 4 p.m., to Miss Lom bard at Delta Delta Delta, or to Church at Theta Chi. Eight Committees - Committees will include hous ing, registration, welcome booklet, invitations, exchange dinners, lun cheon program, dance, and cam pus tours. The committees will ar range the following events for the visiting high schoolers: A Saturday luncheon, with a program featuring student body "wheels/’ faculty members, and members of the coaching staff; campus tours; a Saturday night dance; and exchange dinners Sun day. In addition, the visitors will be able to see the All-Campus Vod vil Friday night and a varsity baseball game Saturday afternoon. Formerly, AWS Weekend had been held each year for senior girls only. AGS vs USA Four Candidates for Freshman Class Offices Backed by Heavy Record of Past Activities By JACKIE PRITZEN Four candidates for freshman class officers, named Thursday by Associated Greek Students and the United Students Association, will be nominated for first and second posts in the freshman class at a ■ class assembly Wednesday at 4 p.m. Candidates for the number one j position are Don Denning, AGS, and Don Paillette, USA. Helen Jackson, USA, and Jackie Wilkes, AGS, will vie for second position. r* Here’s a rundown on their back grounds : Don Denning Denning, member of Beta Theta Pi, came to the campus from Bend high school, where.he was student body president. Active in student government, he was elected presi dent of the State Student council representing schools throughout Oregon. Before his senior year, he was elected representative to the Na tional student council in Washing ton, D. C. Complementing: his ac tivities in student government, he became a three-year letterman in school sports and Master Counsel or, Bend chapter of DeMolay. Denning, registered in liberal arts, plans to study medicine. Don Paillette Paillette, liberal arts student, entered University activities as as sistant chairman of the Home coming Barbecue. Also serving on committees for Community Chest (Please turn to page five) Annual Dads' Day Draws 300 to U.O. Bobbie Chambers Selected Hostess for Event; Owen Bentley Made President of Oregon Dads Some 300 dads cut through ice, snow and slush to be with their sons and daughters in Eugene for the annual Dads’ Day Saturday. Major happenings of the day were the election of Bobbie Bagley Chambers as Dads’ Day Hostess and Owen Bentley, Portland, as president of the Oregon Dads. • Scratched from the agenda were the campus cleanup contest Newburn Says Quality Vital In Noon Talk Quality in education is the pri mary goal of the University of Oregon, President Harry K. New burn told assembled Oregon Dads and their sons and daughters at the annual Dads’ Day luncheon Saturday. Newburn was the principal speaker on the program. Weather conditions prevented Oregon Gov ernor Douglas McKay, scheduled to speak at the luncheon, from coming to Eugene. “Our whole job is to develop the qualitative aspects of humanity, so that our graduates may do their living on a higher level than if they hadn't come to the University,” Newburn explained. Quality Emphasized The quality of students enter ing the University affects both the institution and its product, the educator asserted. “The individual with average in tellectual talent, a good back ground, and a sincere interest in learning can graduate from col lege. You don't have to be a gen ius.” The basic reason that many of these individuals do not enter col lege is economic, New burn stated. Economic Aid “There is evidence that one of the best things in this country to encourage students to come to col lege would be to give economic aid. The days are past when many students could put their way through schools by part-time work.” Newburn cited the Oregon Dads’ part-time work programs in Eu gene as progress in the right di rection. Quality in the students’ home life is also being considered, the president continued. New Group Living “As part of our program, we are setting up a new type of group living. All freshmen will live to gether in University dormitories. (Please turn to pa ye six) and the welcoming; ceremonies for' the Shasta Daylight, which never arrived; but registration, luncheon, sign contests, and business meet ing continued in spite of the ele ments. Pi Beta Phi came through with first place in the total registra tion contest, demoting- the Tri .Delts to second place for the first time in five years. A record al bum salvaged from the prizes sla ted for the cleanup contest went to Delta Gamma for third place. Hunter Hall recruited the high est percentage of freshman dads, with Alpha Omicron Pi coming in. second. Alpha Chi Omega's sign won. them the trophy for first place in the sign contest. Mrs. Chambers was elected hos tess by the vote- of the Dads them selves at registration booths. The wife of business sophomore Dick Chambers, she attended Oregon State College before transferring to Oregon last spring. She is af filiated with Delta Delta Delta sorority. Other new officers elected by Oregon Dads at their annual busi ness meeting include Paul Patter son, Hillsboro, vice-president; the Rev. Wesley Goodson Nicholson, Eugene, secretary; and Karl W. Onthank, University graduate placement director, re-elected exe cutive secretary. Additions to the executive com mittee were Richard Jones, Port land; Jack Foster, Eugene; E. R. Mobley, Coos Bay; and George Alexander and John Caughell, Sa lem. Ernest Haycox, Portland, be came, as former president, an ex officio member of the board. Snowfall for Month Sets Eugene Record Eugene's record snowfall to taled an even 34 inches for this month as of Sunday evening, the Weather Bureau reported. That's more snow for a sin gle month than at any other time since the Weather Bureau records were started in 1890. Furthermore, it comes close to being a record for an entire season. Only two winter sea sons surpass January, 1950.