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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1950)
Nature Takes Its Course The University of Oregon today becomes a nerve-center. It becomes a nerve-center for approximately 1000 high school students who are descending upon the campus from lo calities all over the state. Only this year, as distinguished from the past, there s a new ingredient. The lads, get in on the fun—as well as the lassies, the University is no longer playing host to a segregated audi ence. And “AWS Weekend” has given away to the more illus trious “Duck Preview.” The switch obviously was a move in the right direction. It’s a sign that the University is growing up just that much more up and out. It’s a sign that the University is at last awakening to the responsibility it owns in making things more conven ient for the incoming freshmen. It’s a sign that the University is concerned about its future just as it is about its present. And pleasingly enough, the benefits are mutual. To the visiting students, both lads and lassies, we can only say: Welcome. The campus is yours. And to the University: Let’s give them a rousing good show. After all, a lot of them will be members of the family next fall. —T.K. Silks, Heels, and Baseball Spring athletics puts on her silks and heels and goes out stepping today. It’s the opening of the 1950 Northern Division baseball cam paign—Oregon against Washington State. Traditionally, this event is the signal for the spring sports season to pick up its full head of steam. Too, it comes at a particularly appropriate time this year, for an estimated 1000 high school students con verge on the campus this weekend. They’ll get a glimpse at the color and histronics of WSC team that rates as a “dark horse” this season. They’ll get a glimpse of WSC, the division’s number one ranking team, pre-seasonally speaking. They’ll get a glimpse at the color and histronics of WSC Coach Buck Bailey. And they’ll get a glimpse of the football team, too. Jim Aik en’s Webfoots, 60 strong, are out on the lower practice field busily laying the groundwork for next fall’s conference cam paign. There’s plenty of action away from home, too. Track Coach Bill Bowerman takes his highly regarded ath letes to Idaho for their division opener this weekend. In Cor vallis, the golf team, coached by Sid Milligan, opposes Oregon State. And Robeson Bailey’s tennis squad goes into ND action against Idaho here next Friday. Thus, the big spring sports program is gathering momen tum. And today’s contest on Howe Field sort of makes it of ficial. Yes, spring athletics is putting on her silks and heels. And, If she’s smart, she’ll carry an umbrella along, too.—T.K. Orman Dailu EMERALD The OREGON DA1I.Y EMERALD, published daily during the college year except all Saturdays hut Junior Weekend, Sunday, holidays, final examination periods, Monday pre ceding Junior weekend in May, and the last Thursday in May by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Opinions expressed in editorials are those of the writer, and do not claim to represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Initialed editorials are written by associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. Opinions expressed in an editorial page by-lined column are those of the columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or his assoeiates. Don A. Smith, Editor Joan Mimnaugh, Business Manager Anne Goopman, Tom King, Associate Editors Glenn Gillespie, Managing Editor Stan Turnbvll, Speeial Editor News Editors: Lorna Larson, .Assistant News Editor: Crete Assistant Managing Editors: son, Hal Coleman, Mae Ep "Merle Clots, Walt McKinney, , Ken Met/ler. hen Grondahl. Norman Ander ley. llill Stanfield. Sports Editors: John Barton. Sam Fidman. Chief Night Editor: Mary Hall. Copy Editor: Marjory Bush. Desk Editors: Marjory Bush, Bill Frye, Gretcheu Grondahl, Larry Meiscr, Jackie Shirley Hillard, Advertising Manager .Assistant Business Manager: Cork Mobley. Office Manager: Karla Van Loan. .National Advertising Manager: Bonnie Birk» nietr. /one managers: Sue bacheltler, \ lrgima Kel logs'. Jeanne Hoffman. Fran Neel, Barbara Stevenson, Barbara Williams. Layout manager: Marty Scroggiu. Wild. Note*. Those Early Morning Hours Ly fyned IjauHCf, We, who are doing our best work first thing in the morning, will find an affable record show aired from midnight till one on KNBC (680 kc.)- Fellow by the name of Jimmy Ly ons who s been connected with radio and the band business for quite a few years emotes some happy words between the finest on popular wax. A real treat. Two new names to be add ed to the list of 15 Victor dance albums. Gene K r u p a a n d Frankie Carle. Both recently switched from Columbia, and we wonder why? Columbia gives its artists freer selection of tunes, and its one.microphone recording system has pro duced some of the best balanced records. May be, money . . Krupa’s first single release on Victor fea tures the thoughtful tenor of Buddy Wise considering “These Foolish Things.” Some thing for the absolute hours in your cabaret. Billy Eckstine shows his delight for the era of the Impressionists by adopting Ravel's “Bolero” in his latest recording, “Free.” Still no sound of the Sarah Vaughn-Billy Eckstine duet to be released soon by MGM. Leighton Noble who’s to appear at the Park tonight is not to be confused with the more widely known, British-born Ray Noble of Charlie McCarthy significance. Anyway it’s only costing us four-bits to hit the Vodvil at 8. Discovery records which are becoming more procurable in our wilderness are put ting out some of the finer things musically. David Allen, who gained popularity singing with the Boyd Raeburn orchestra, has a very pretty new release of “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” and “Did You Ever See a Dream Walking.” Both demonstrate that relaxed feeling that makes jazz so pleas ant. A must for the sporting houses. ■4 GinesnaU Cheap Trip Across Town by Qeatoje. £p.eluin “All the King’s Men” leaves the Heilig for the Mayflower this Sunday, and with the move across town the film comes closer to the students in price as well as distance. The three-time academy award winner lives up to expectations. It is a fascinating, exciting, and thoughtful film with fine acting, and superb direction. It deals with the spell which a Southern Huey Long casts over the people, his tact’cs in getting and keeping power, and the following he holds among the people of his state. Only a few, honest peo ple are able to see through his techniques and fight him; and they are lost souls in the mob. Politics usually make exciting conversa tion, and they usually arouse emotion; and Director Robert Rossen has effectively pro duced this movie to capture the potentialities that the subject offers. The political carnival, the smoke-filled hotel room, the behind-the-scene machine workings are all surveyed by the camera and presented with surprising reality and depth. Brokerick Crawford, as the honest man who fights corruption with corruption until he be believes corruption is right, is hard-working and gusty in his best serious role so far, and gives a performance that shows Ffe deserved his academy.award. Mercedes McCambridge is a startling and different woman, as unlike the usual Holly Avood secretary as imaginable. She plays a tough political secretary that draws both laughs and sympathy from the audience. This is the first important movie role of Miss Mc Cambridge, and Avith it she got the best sup porting actress Oscar. - But these tAvo do not standout in this cast, for it is excellently played in every role. John Ireland as the reporter, and JoAnne Dru as the society girl Avho gets caught-in the spell of the poAver-seeking politician, are both fine, Another dramatic film Avill take over in the Heilig Avhen “King’s Men” leaves, and that's “East Side, West Side” Avith Barbara Stan Avyck leading a top-notch cast including Van Heflin, James Mason', and A\7a Gardner. I haven't seen it yet, but you can usually count on Miss Stamvyck to pull any picture through, especially Avith someone as decora tive as A\'a Gardner in the background. <7Un&utyh the Stacks An Ogre on Reserve By SISTER MARY GILBERT Latent la\v-bTeak*ng tendencies find mild satisfaction this week as students push gaily past a sign that says: “This space reserved for library attendants.” Short of walking through the wall, there’s no other way to get to the stacks. The usual approach has been cut off by ingenious car penters who delight in giving library patrons a daily surprise. It’s a "now-you-see-it, now vou-don't” kind of game, with walls spring ing up in the most unlikely places. Last week we were all set to write a col umn advocating an ogre for every library. We had waited 17 impatient days for a 7-day book, and we felt that more efficient service would result from a library with an ogre on reserve. Puzzling over the problem gave us furrows, and we developed a suspicious squint from trying to read titles on the books of passers by. We began to look so much like an ogre ourselves that we seriously considered sacri ficing our talents for the cause. 1 he book was turned in just as we were working up to asking for the job. Now that the circulation room is shrinking, we re glad we didn't write the ogre column. Someone else might have won the post, and think how frightful our daily journey to the stacks might become. \\ alking past a smile or a preoccupied stare is one thing. YV alking past an ogre is quite another. \ ou can't say, “Pardon me, is it all right to go this way?” Monsters are proverbially unreasonable. Ogre-wise, that sign on the swinging gate is as good as a wall. So we re celebrating our narrow escape in liberty-loving fashion. If we make that swing ing library gate look like a revolving door, it s not just human perversity. We’re reveling in our escape from the ogre that might have been.