Power Facilities
Back to Normal
University electric power facil
ities are back to normal with the
return to service Sunday of a gen
erator in the heating plant, which
was repaired after burning out last
month, according to physical plant
officials.
The University has been buying
extra electricity ‘‘at considerable
expense” from the Eugene Water
and Electric board because of the
shortage resulting when the steam
turbine generator burned out, said
Lyle Nelson, director of public
services.
One generator carries the nor
mal campus power load, with the
stand-by providing extra power
for peak times, usually in the late
afternoon. “It’s this extra power
used at peak times which the Uni
versity has had to buy from the
water board,” Nelson explained.
With the return of the second
generator, the University power
plant is resuming its policy of
easing the Northwest power short
age by providing extra electricity
to the power pool.
Pianist DeCoursey
To Give Recital
The school of music is present
ing Ralph DeCoursey, pianist, in
a graduate recital tonight at 8
p.m. in the music school auditor
aim. The presentation is partial
fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of Master of music.
Included in the program will be
She following numbers: ‘‘Sonata in
D Minor,” “Sonata in C Minor”
and "Sonata in E”, by Scarlatti;
“Sonata Op. 7,” by Beethoven;
“Sonata No. 2," by Hindemith; and
“Images, Deuxieme Serie”, by De
bussy.
Three etudes and a ballade,
by Chopin, will conclude the pro
gram.
OLD INDIA HAND
Oriental Art Museum's Custodian
Enjoys Occupation and Outdoors
For most students of the Uni
.versity of Oregon, the imposing
Museum of Oriental art is a con
venient windbreak and a place to
point out to visiting parents.
For W. R. Cuthbert, its slight,
gray-haired caretaker, the museum
is much more than that. He pre
i sides from 2 to 4 p.m. daily over
i the valuable Oriental objects of art
! contained in the museum's Murray
Warner collection.' donated to the
j University in 1921.
For Cuthbert, a retired lawyer
j who spent 26 years in India, his
I residence in Oregon enables him to
i satisfy his two main interests
1 forestry and art. Since his boy
hood in New York state, Cuthbert
has had deep-going liking for for
ests, and enjoys thoroughly stays
at his ranch, the famous old Steve
Rigden property near Diamond
Peak, in the Willamette National
Forest.
To India
Cuthbert studied law at Cornell
university at Ithaca N. Y„ after
which he served in World War I.
The war's end found him restless
and reluctant to return to a life of
legal drudgery in familiar sur
roundings so he took a job in 1920
as a lawyer for the Standard Oil
Company of New York, in India.
During working hours Cuthbert
handled legal matters for Stand
ard's Indian marketing depart
ment, and also doubled as a sales
man.
Incidentally, he recommends for
eign service with a corporation or
the government as an "excellent"
career for any young man.
"I'm hoping both my sons will
enter some phase of it,” he said en
thusiastically. The sons, who were
born in India, are attending school;
\Ted, the older is majoring in for
estry at OSC, and the younger goes
to high school in Eugene.
Left In 1946
The tweedy, bespectacled ex
barrister left India in 1940, so he
Infantry Chorus
Presents Concert
The de Paur Infantry chorus, a
male vocal ensemble composed of
35 ex-G.I.'s, sang at McArthur
Court Monday night under the
auspices of the Civic Music Assq- |
ciation.
The program included "Waltzing
Matilda” by Co w e n, "Rodger
Young" by Loesser, “Sweet Little
Jesus Boy” by MacGimsey, Each
Gour.od's “Ava Maria” (sung in
Latin), and "Sound Off".
This is their second Eugene con
cert in two years. During this time
the group has toured South Amer
ica and Canada. They have also
made many television appearances.
Their current tour includes mid
westein Canada and Quebec.
Students and faculty members
were given an opportunity to meet
and talk to the chorus at a Student
Union coffee hour after the con
cert.
The western meadow lark was
chosen the state bird of Oregon by
popular vote of the school children
in every county of the state in an
election in the spring of 1927,
sponsored by the Oregon Audu
bon society.
still has numerous contacts there.
Just before he was interviewed, lie
was giving advice in a precise,
stacatto voice to an Oregon stu
dent who wants a job overseas
after graduation.
Cuthbert's interest in art devel
oped naturally from the countless
opportunities provided by the rich
cultural heritage of India, lie talks
with a conno"sieur’s appreciation
of the unparalleled sculpture to be
found on the inner walls of Fort
Gwalior, Fort Chitorgarh, and the
town of Japur. Paintings, over
1.000 years old, on the walls of
Aganta and Ellora eaves, were also
objects of bis admiration.
Fund of Persian Rugs
"And tlo you know, I got terribly
fond of Persian rugs while I was in
India," he said. "My house on Uni
versity street is just loaded with
Persian rugs I bought there." The
rugs came to India over historic,
bandit-infested Khyber pass, or
through Baluchistan, he explained.
He seemed proud of his ranch,
which is near the road used by a
lost wagon train of pioneer days.
“It's the only piece of private prop
erty in the whole Rigden area of
the Willamette national forest,"
he stated.
There is time to enjoy the ranch,
because his job at the art museum
is not a demanding one. All the
pieces in the museum are under
glass, so there is little danger of
theft. And since the average daily
crowd is a meager 20-25 persons,
the pace is pretty slow. Far too
slow, in fact for the energetic
Cuthbert. “I wish more people
would visit the museum," he said a
little sadly.
Book by Williams
Receives Praise
"Perhaps the most provocative
book yet printld on the history
of American Russian relations,"
says the current Saturday Review
of Literature of the new 367 page
book by William Williams, as
sistant professor of history at
Oregon.
The book, "American-Russian
Relations, 1781-15)47," according to
reviewer Samuel Bemis, asks
whether subsequent relations
would have been better with the
Soviet nation had U S. adminis
trations supported the Bolsheviks
and later Soviet rulers Instead of
lending themselves to the forces
of counter-revolution and the pol
icy of containment.
Bemis, profesor of diplomatic his
tory and inter-American relations
at Yale university, adds that Wil
liams’ book is heavily documented
from apparently unrestricted ac
cess to State Department archives
to 1937 and from printed Soviet
papers.
Both the book, the central core
of which is a study of American
policy toward Russia from 1917 to
1937, and the "brilliant young
author who puts it forth” are
bound to leave their marks on th“
historiography of American for
eign policy and diplomacy, the re
view adds.
Last Performance
Of 'Henry' Tonight
"Henry IV, Part I," Univeisity
theater's second production of the
season will conclude its six-per
firmance run tonight. Tickets arc
still available for the show.
The play, directed by Mrs. Otti
lie Seybolt, associate professor of
speech, is a Shakespearean histori
cal-drama. Tickets may be pur
chased at the theater box office
from 1 to 5 p.m.
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