Lead Singers Anticipating 'Martha' Role;
Friday Night Scheduled For Ooenina
By NORMAN ANDERSON
Just “thrilled by it all” are the
two girls who will sing the title
role in the University Theater pro
duction of Frederich von Flotow's
popular opera “Martha,” opening
Friday night for a five-day run.
Joy Grimstad and Dorothy Gang
nath, both music majors with sev
eral years of music experience, will
sing the role of the lady in the
Court of Queen Anne who involves
herself in a ticklish romantical
situation because she gets bored
with court life.
Awaiting Opening
Both girls are waiting for the
production to open with some tre
pidation. Miss Grimstad, who will
sing Friday night says, “I’m just
a little nervous anticipating open
ing night.” Miss Gangnath added
“and hitting the high D’s.”
Miss Grimstad, is a new arrival
on campus, taking most of her col
lege education at St. Olaf in Min
nesota. Now a junior in music she
transfered to Oregon fall term and
lives in Tigard.
Miss Gangnath, whose home is
Yakima, Washington, is a senior
in the school of music. She has
appeared in several Music School
productions, singing the lead in
“There and Back,” one of the three
operas presented last year. She has
also sung in the “Messiah” chorus
for the last two years.
Role Not Difficult
Neither girl has experienced
much difficulty in singing Martha.
Even though the role demands a
good deal from the singer, rehear
sals since last fall have helped
them work out the musical kinks.
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E. H. Moore, head of the Sociol
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day night before members of the
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“All that’s bothered us in these
last rehearsals has been getting
our cues, so that we get on stage
on the right note,” Miss Grimstad
explained. But she added that
“everyone has been so wonderful
JOY GRIMSTAD
and all of us have worked so hard
that I’m sure it will come out just
beautifully.”
Both girls favor the spinning
quartet in the second act. “It’s so
light and so much fun to do. We get
into acting more than at any other
time,” said Miss Gangnath.
This production will round out
Miss Gangnath’s career at the
University. She receives her degree
in June, although she plans to come
back next year to get her credential
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in public school teaching-.
Flans Norway Trip
Although Miss Grimstad has one
more year, she too plans to teach
music, choral work mostly. And
being of Norwegian descent, Miss
DOROTHY GANGNATH
Grimstad hopes that she can go to
Norway in the summer after she
graduates.
Like anyone who gets to sing a
role in an opera, both girls have
ideas about an operatic career. But
as Miss Gangnath explained: “I
don’t think there’s much possibility
of going on operatically. It takes an
awfully long time and there’s so
much that has to be done. But it
is nice tp think about.”
Sosh Session
By JACK LANDRTJD
Well, it’s over. Duck Preview
Weekend is now history and the
hordes of little people who took ov
er the campus have now departed
for parts distant, so we can now put
the “glad hand” back in our respec
tive pockets and stop saying
“cheese” between every other word.
But I think the whole campus put
on a good show and can be con
gratulated for it. After this little
whirl at philosophizing, let us
plunge headlong into the latest
doin’s around the quad.
The magic of Spring term has al
ready hit campus lovers and the
pins are beginning to dron with
celerity (an upperclassman word
meaning swiftly).
The Gammaphis made use of the
many dark corners around their
spacious porch to capture three
pins recently, namely of Phi Psi
Russ Ward by Carolyn Krengel,
Sigma Nu Jerry Crary by Babette
Snitzer, and Phi Psi Dick Dixon by
Crystal Huntington.
Delt Glen K'eltner came back to
school just in time to hang his jools
on Delta Zeta Pat Husband, the
“oomph” girl of the rally squad.
The word from out ZTA way re
ports that Bobbie Richardson and
OSCer Ron Grueb ■ are definitely
past the luke warm stage, and
something is likely to pop any min
ute!
Blushing excitedly when some
one mentions their recent engage
ment are Sigma Kappa Sue Allen
and Phi Delt Bill Teufel, Alpha Xi
Cary Conley and Phi Sig Sam Lack
aff, and Chi O Denice Howard and
Beta Paul Edlund.
Time out to welcome back to the
U. DG’s Joanne Nelson and Ann
Durno and Kappa Eva Moore, who
are now back in circulation for
these legendary spring term sosh
avents.
Good for Laughs: Ask AChiO
Jeanette liouf why she is so crazy
about “Racehorse”, a game she
earned last weekend!
' Beta Rod Harmon decided to
give it another whirl in the Theta
, house as his badge is being worn
AGAIN by Nancy Scanlon.
Guys are urged to stop calling
Carson Hall’s Jan Bosserman for
dates as she recently latched on to
the White Cross of Sigma Chi
Darhl Davis.
Pi Phi Aileen Betsehart didn’t
surprise anyone by her recent con
quest of Phi Psi Marion Rappe’s in
signia.
Kappa Barbara Needham finally
got Theta Chi Tom Dillard to pop
the question, whereupon she natur
ally pounced on his crest.
The Delta Gamma house an
nounces the engagement of Row
ena Renaud to Tom Steele of Port
land.
Alpha Xi Deltas are celebrating
the recent pinnings of Norma Iilos
ter by Yeoman Ed Becker, Jan
Nielson by PiKA Rich Chehak, and
Sally McKinney by Sig Del Mob
ley.
Delta Zetas seem to hold some
strange fascination as far as Camp
bell Clubbers are concerned, at
least in the cases of Jack Evans and
Wayne Macaskill whose pins are
now decorating the sweaters of
Dorothy Anderson and Joanne
Lewis, respectively.
And then there’s Sigma Kappa
Janet Hamren who proudly boasts
the pin of Chi Psi Paul Patterson.
We can’t forget the freshman
transaction that was made recently
when Theta Marilyn Hunt accept
ed the Fiji hardware of Russ Wad
dle.
Making another trip on the pin
ned list are Delta Zeta Ann Brown
hill and TKE Vern Wilder.
Well kiddies, that’s college life,
but before we are dismissed for the
day, let us consider the case of tile
“Eligible of the Week.”
While doing research in Taylor’s,
yours truly stumbled on something
which is too good to keep. (No, not
a stubby of Eastern brew). Any
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Discrimination Fight
Adds to Scott's Fame
Concent Pianist Hazel Scott has attained widespread fame not only
through her boogie-woogie and classical presentations, but by means of
her fight against racial discrimination.
Miss Scott is scheduled to appear in McArthur Court Am- 2S nr*
senung ner piano talents in the
classical as well as boogie-woogie
fields.
A federal jury Wednesday in
Spokane awarded her $250 in her
suit brought against former Pasco,
Wash, resturant owners.
She charged that Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Utz deprived her of her civil
liberties by refusing her service in
the bus depot they operated in Pas
so.
Miss Scott did not atttend the
two-day trial because of a concert
engagement but her deposition was
read into the record.
In his final argument, Willard
Roc, attorney for Miss Scott, urged
the jury to “strike a powerful blow
for civil liberties.’’
Miss Scott, currently touring the
Northwest in part of a nation-wide
concert tour, will appear under the
auspices of the Student Union
Board.
Student tickets, at 80 cents in
cluding tax, are available at the
Student Union Office, in the Erb
Memorial Union.
Nationwide attention was given
Service Group
Takes Nineteen
Nineteen men students were tap
ped Wednesday noon for pledging
to Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity.
New pledges are:
Dick Morse, Bob Manning, Don
Ford, Ray Nelson, Gene Early, Phil
Johnson, Hal Daron, Wally Priest
ly, Jack Stonehocker, Phil Heppner,
Bill Wise, Jack Jones, Aizo Kosoi,
John Kearns, George Boehnke, Lee
McClelland, Robert Walker, Tom
White, and Herb Cook.
The first pledge meeting of the
term will be held at 6:30 p.m. next
Tuesday at the Delta Upsilon
house.
Phi Kaps' Pooch
Lost Since Opera
The Phi Kappa Sigmas found
themselves minus one ^rish ter
rier after the Duck Preview fes
tivities, house members reported
Wednesday.
The dog, named Sehenley, was
last seen at the opera Saturday
night.
Members didn’t elaborate on
whether Sehenley was a music
lover.
They feared he may have been
“dognapped” and were looking
through law books trying to
discern if that was a federal of
fense.
Anyhow the red-brown med
ium-build Sehenley was advised
to “come home—all is forgiven.”
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Miss Scott in the fight against the
Daughters of American Revolution,
when they refused to rent Consti
tution Hall in Washington, D. C. for
a Hazel Scott concert in 1945. Both
she and her husband, Adam Clayton
Powell, dr., Democratic House Rep
resentative, protested the action.
Powell took the matter in hand
sending a protest to both the Presi
dent and Mrs. Truman.
Mr. Truman replied that while ho
was in sympathy with the cause
and opposed racial discrimination,
he did not believe that he might in
terfere in "the management or pol
icy of a private enterprise.”
Mrs. Truman likewise made
known her dislike of the “deplor
able ' situation. Powell had request
ed that Mrs. Truman not attend a
DAK tea to be given in her honor.
In reply to this request, she said she
was obligated to attend because the
invitation had been extended and
accepted before the arise of the
present issue.
A similar issue had faced the
White House in 1939 and resulted
in the resignation of Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt from the DAR. On
this occasion, the DAR had' refused
rental of Constitution Hall to Ma
rian Anderson for a concert.
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