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daily EMERALD Better Teachers... ifl fine of the subjects which will he discussed in a forum on improv mg education at the University of Oregon. The forum wfl] appear on the Emerald editorial page Fri day. VOLUME I.II UN1VER8ITV OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1951 NUMBER 100 KWAX Initiates Schedule KWAX stepped over the thres hold lrom the dream of a campus FM radio Mtatlon to materialization after making its initial broadcast in the form of a spec ial dedicatory program Wednesday night. At 5 p.m. tonight KWAX will begin Its regular schedule at 88.1 megacycles, broadcasting from Vlilard Hall. The campus station will be on the air tonight with recorded “Piano Mood." The "United Na tions" program will be called “A Whale of a Story” this week. It will be followed by news gathered in the school of Journalism. “There’s Music in the Air” will be a recorded session of semi classical dinner music. “Through the Bookshelves” will be a discus sion of current, popular novels by Avis Jones, freshman in speech. News Program Included Doug Ambers, junior in political science, will give a news commen tary on world affairs. "Radio Workshop” is a transcribed drama produced by Oregon students. A run-down on the weekend activities in the Eugene area will be the es sence of “What's Going On?” by Tru Vos berg, senior in speech. “Tunes from the Times.” folk music from various countries, will be arranged by Elmaric Wendel, junioi in speech. Selections from recordings by Mel Torme will be featured on the program "Time for Torme.” "Campus Classics,” pro duced by Karl Harshbarger. fresh man in speech, will contain only classical music. Following will be recorded semi-classical music as a background for studying, called “Serenade to the Student.” Music, Sports Featured Next over KWAX will be the “News We Almost Forgot,” fea turmg little-known happenings in the news, by Eddie Artzt, senior in journalism. Disc-jockeys Jim Blue, junior in liberal ai ts, and A1 Hicks, junior in .speech, will dispatch pop ular music over the program "Any thing Goes.” Following will be a sports round-up by commentator Keith Harry, senior in speech. News from Friday's Emerald will be previewed on "The Emerald of the Air.” KWAX will close its achedule with “A Tune to Say Goodnight." UO Singers Will Present Tour Concert Tuesday The University Singers, 40-voice mixed chorus, will present their tour concert on the home campus at 8 ji.m. Tuesday in the Student Union Ballroom. Directed by Donald W. Allton. assistant professor of music, the program will feature Louise Lad ing, soprano, and the University Male Quartet. The program consists of classical, sacred, and secular works by such composers as Bach, Brahms, Mac farlane, Beethoven, Palestrina, Oretchaninoff, Gounod. Robyn. Hassler, Loomis, Fine. Klein, Byr an. Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Warren, Niles, Coop er, Treharne, Cain, Weill, and one home-ground work., "Kyric" by Milton Dieterich, assistant profes sor of music. The male quartet is composed of ; Gary Donlon, senior in business: Robert Henry, junior in business: Malcolm Norton, freshman in mu jaic; and Harold Weeks, graduate student in liberal arts. Their con tribution is entirely their own, as ! they practice it outside of regular ! tour work. Incidental solos will be sung by I Walter C. Martin, baritone, junior in music; Joy Grimstad. soprano, senior in music; and Robert Henry, 1 tenor, junior in business. 'Tomorrow's News Tonight on KWAX Friday morning's news will be heard tonight at 10:50 over KWAX on a five-minute show called "Eme rald on the Air.” This evening summary of cam pus news will be sponsored by the Daily Emerald Monday through Thursday every week. It will in clude news and features which will be published in the following morn ing's paper. Toni King, associate editor of the Emerald, la organizing the show. Sports Show to Feature Four JBoxing Matches Friday Night Four boxing matches are on the program for Sports Night, sched uled for 8 p.m. Friday in McArthur Court. The event will occupy the second half of the entertainment. Two University basketball play ers, Bob Peterson and Jim Loscut off, will fight one of the matches, according to Barry Mountain ASUO president. Other boxers scheduled to fight during the pro gram are: Bob Wilcox vs. Joe Kaiser Joe Richards vs. Charles Oyama Tom Stratton vs. Neil Tardio “AH these boys are excellent boxers," said W. P. Rhoda, boxing instructor, who has been training the men. “Kaiser has done some amateur boxing before, and Oyama has also had some experience." "Incidentally," he added, “this is the first boxing program the University has had since 1941, to my knowledge." Each fight will last three rounds, each two minutes long, with one minute between rounds. Other entertainment at Sports Night will include track events and musical entertainment. Tickets are on sale at booths in the Co-op and Student Union, and through all living organizations. Admission is 50 cents for students, $1 for townspeople. Morning Assembly Features WSSF Speaker from India Dr. Virtor Huga Sword, adviser to the Indian Government for stu dent# studying abroad; Track Coach Bill Bowerman, and Base ball Coach Don Kirsch will head the bill for this morning's ASUO assembly to be held at 11 in the Student Union ballroom. (iaases Mill he shortened Hith the fnlloM'ing schedule in effect: First period, 8-00-8:85 Second period, 8:45-9:20 Third period, 9:80-10:05 Fourth period, 10:15-10:50 Assembly, ] 1:00 Barry Mountain. ASUO presi dent, will introduce Dr. Sword, who will speak on conditions in India where he was a resident for 20 years. His speech was arranged under the auspices of the World Student Service Fund drive rom mitte, the funds which are to go to students in Assam, India. During his years in India, Dr. Dr. Hugo Motor Sword Sword became acquainted with the Indian point of view in education and shifted his interest from archi tecture to administratve and stu dent work. When he first went to India, Dr. Sword was eminent in the construction of hospitals, churches, residences, school build ings and tea processing factorien in Assam. Dr. Sword has recently complet ed a lecture and forum tour of the Northwest, speaking on the edu cational phases of international re lations. While in India he became acquainted with such political not ables as Prime Minister Nehru, Madame Pandit, and the late Mahatma Gandhi. “Spring sports" will headline the second part of the assembly. Both Bowerman and Kirsch will give a run-down on baseball and track respectively and members of both teams will be introduced. USAF to Call Twenty Seniors Approximately 20 University seniors will go on active duty with the United States Air Force upon graduation this year. May N. N. Mihailov, public information officer of the UO military department, announced Wednesday. These men will be among S00 Air F'orcc Reserve Officers Train ing Corps seniors from eight west ern states who will go into active service immediately following grad uation. According to present Air Force policy only students who are grad uated in both ROTC and regular college courses will be ordered into active military service. Students with prior military training or those who are taking special courses may receive their reserve commissions before their college degrees and will be given the choice of continuing towards a degree or being ordered into active service. Five members of the local group reporting for duty in June will go directly to flight schools for pilot training. The remainder will re port to the Air Force base at Lack land, Tex., for training. Maj. Mihailov reported that the names of the students involved will be released at a later date. Registration Hits 4,260 Registration had climbed to 4,260 students as of Monday evening, according to Registrar Clifford L. Constance. Constance commented that this was doing "nicely.” No egmpara ' tivc figures were available. Installation of Lights Nears End Installation of lamps and stand ards, the final step in the new cam pus lighting program, has begun on the first of two new circuits. The 40 lights on the circuit should be completely installed and the included area should be light ed by Friday night, H. D. Jacoby, ./assistant superintendent of the University physical plant, said Tuesday. The circuit will serve the area adjoining 13th Ave.—the old cam pus on one side, and the west side of the old campus on the other. The second circuit, which has had only preliminary work done on it, will include the area adjoining Uni versity St. -the rest of the new campus, including the Student Un ion area. Work on the second circuit, which also will have 40 lights, will begin whenever lawn planting is finished on the Student Union block, Jacoby said. If the weather remains good, he said, the grass shoUld be, planted hy the aid of • • ' -<*■•** <* H 4 * w * - this week. Jacoby added that under ideal conditions the lights on the second circuit should be lighted by May 1. Installation of the lamps and standards was delayed until this time, Jacoby said, due to unknown causes. Original plans were for the lights to be installed more than a month ago. The standards were in transit about seven weeks, not arriving until Saturday. All the equipment for installation of the 80 new campus lights has now ar rived, he said. Vodvil Auditions Set; Schedule Announced Auditions for the All-Campus. Vodvil Show Apr. 34 will take place at 7 p.nt. Tuesday and Wed-1 nesday in McArthur Court. Sched uled times for the acts to appeal arc as follows: Scheduled for Tuesday night at 7:10 Yeomen: 7:20—Ann Judson: 7:30 Theta Chi: 7:40 Sigma Kap pa: 7.50 Tau Kappa Epsilon: 8— r> Beta Phi: 8:10—Sigma Phi Ep silon: 8:20—Ondes: 8:30—Pi Kap pa Alpha: 8:40 Kappa Kap-j pa Gamma: 8:50— Phi Kappa Sig ma; 9- Kappa Alpha Theta; 9:10— Lambda Chi Alpha: 9:20- High land House; 9:30—Delta Upsilon. Wednesday night at 7:10—Camp bell Club: 7:20—Hendricks Hall; 7:30- Beta Theta Pi; 7:40—Gam ma Phi Beta: 7:50—Delta Zeta: , 8 Delta Gamma; 8:10—Chi Ome ga; 8:20—Alpha Delta Pi: 8:30— Alpha Chi Omega; 8:40—Delta Delta Delta: 8:50—Alpha Xi De» ta; 9—Alpha Phi: 9:10—Alpha Omicron Pi; 9:20—Alpha Gamma Delta; 9:30—Sigma Xu. From these acts six men's liv ing organizations and six women' * living organizations, instead cf eight as previously announced, will be chosen to enter the final per formance at 8 p.m. Apr. 14. Judg ing will be done on a 40-point sys tern based upon staging, script, and performers. Living organizations which have not submitted themes ar.d whose acts are not scheduled, may turn in their themes to Joan Dysart, Delta Delta Delta, for their listing. This must be done by Friday of th:o week or they will not qualify. Piano Duet to Perform Tonight In Last of Concert Series Luboshutz and Nemenoff, fam ous piano duet, will play a return engagement at 8 p.m. tonight at McArthur Court for the Civic Mu sic Association. Students will be admitted on presentation of stu dent body cards. The two-piano concert will fea ture Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sicilienne.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Sonata in D Major,” Johannes Brahms’ “Variations on a Theme by Haydn,” Vittorio Rietti’s “Suite Champetre,” and Johann Strauss' "The Bat,” a fan tasy on themes from "Fledermaus.” The last time the musical team from Russia and France, recently dubbed "The Peerless Team,” was in Eugene was during the 1944 1945 season. These pianists have made appear ances and return appearances with many major orchestras, such as the Boston Symphony, the Phila delphia Orchestra, and the New York PhilarmoniCi Playing under the baton of Eu gene Ormandy of the Philadelphia Orchestra and with the Little Or chestra Society of New York last season, the piano team played the premiere of the new concerto for two pianos written by Bohuslav Martinu and dedicated to them selves. Music festivals from Massachu setts to California \ye}cpijie them annually, as do their New York fans in their annual Carnegie Hail recitals. Pierre Luboshutz has al so enriched duo-piano literature by rediscovering ancient music writ ten for two pianos and by mak ing arrangements for two pianos ot many other works. Oregano Position Petitions Due ! Petitions for editor and business j manager of the Oregana and editor ! of the Ore-nter are due by 5 p.m. i Tuesday. Interviews are scheduled | for Apr. 12. All petitions are to be turned in , to Larry Davidson, night manager i of the Student Union, at 102 SU. j Applicants must have academic j clearance through the Office of Student Affairs. Appointments will be made by i the Student Publications Board the night of the interviews. Spanish Club to Meet Members of Sigma Delta P>, Spanish honorary, are asked to meet at 4 p.m. today in 312 Friend ly, according to Anne Insell, sen-* ipr in foreign, languages.