_ __Fifty-fourth year of Publication
V°L 11 v‘ UNIVERSITY OF ORKUOX, El (ifCNE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959
NUMBER 83
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Well-Known Tenor
Has Varied Career
James Melton, tenor of opera, j
screen, radio and television fame, !
will be heard Monday night at 8
p m. in McArthur court in a Eu
gene Civic Music presentation.
Rising through a series of en
gagements running from his first
debut at the Roxy theatre in New
York to the 1951 opening of his
own weekly television show,
Eord 1* estival,” Melton is some
times called ‘'America's favorite
tenor.”
Melton received his training un
der Gaetano de Luca, former Met
ropolitan opera tenor, while going
to Vanderbilt university in Nash
ville, Tenn., and playing the saxo
phone in a hotel orchestra to earn
his expenses.
In 1937 Melton forsook the field
of popular music to establish him- :
self as a serious artist of the
concert and operatic worlds. Since
1937, the James Melton concert
, tours have taken him into every'
I fctatc and every Canadian prov- !
ince. He has sung with many sym
phony orchestras.
Embarking on his operatic ca
reer in 1938, Melton made his de
but with the Cincinnati Opera
company in the role of Lieutenant
Pinkerton in "Madam Butterfly." ,
That same fall he also made his
debut with the Chicago Operk
company, and he has since sung i
with the Metropolitan.
! One critic has said that "no '
singing artist of the present day '
; can match Melton’s versatility in I
the interpretation of song litera- j
ture/‘ His concerts feature seiec- ;
tions ranging from folk songs to j
. operatic arias.
MEET THE DEANS
Morris Aids City Planning
By Joe Gardner
Emerald Annum Newt Editor
Education, civic affairs and
church service ail play a part of
hkc career of Victor P. Morris,
Kan of the school of business ad
ministration.
Although born in Iowa, Morris
was raised in Eugene and attended
the University of Oregon. After
graduation in 1915, he went to Co
lumbia university to do graduate
work in the field of economics and
received his MA in 1920.
Morris taught in high schools in
the Coos county and Eugene areas
before entering college education
in 1922. He taught at Giinnel col
lege in Iowa from 1922 to 1924 and
Oregon State college from 1924 to
1926. He first came to the Univer
sity of Oregon as a member of the
faculty in the fall of 1928. His
association with the University has
continued for over twenty-five
years, except for residence work at
Columbia where he received his
Ph.D. in 1930.
Religions Work
For the past twenty years, the
dean has taught a class at the
Christian Church in Eugene. He
,has also delivered many religious
lectures throughout Oregon. Morris
is chairman of the board of trus
I tees of Northwest Christian col
I lege in Eugene. He has been a
VICTOR P. MORRIS
mrnibcr of this board for eighteen
years.
His civic activities include mem
bership on the Eugene Board of
Education and the City Planning
commission. He is president of the
Foreign Policy Forum in Portland.
Fiom 1943 to 1949, Morris was
chairman of the state commission
on postwar readjustment and de
velopment, a position to which he
was appointed by the governor.
Many Interests
Morris states that his major in
terest is in the field of foreign
trade and international relations,
although his academic interest is
in economics and business admin
istration. Recently he was elected
to serve a four-year term on the
executive committee of the Amer
ican Association of Collegiate
Schools of Business.
The dean and his wife, who live
on Fail-mount Boulevard in Eu
gene, own a cottage on the beach.
Unfortunately, he noted, his duties
at the University, in the city and
in church work keep them fi-om
spending as much leisure time
there as they would like.
Saturday Carnival
Has Circus Theme
CHET NOE and JOEINE GRAY
In “Circus Daze” Saturday
"Circus Daze" has been selected
as the theme for the carnival
planned for Saturday night after
the UO-OSC basketball game. The
event, scheduled from 9:30 to 12
p.m. in the unfinished portion of
the men's physical education
building next to McAithur court,
is presented annually during win
ter term under the sponsorship of
WRA.
Sideshow attractions, featuring
the thin man and other circus
freaks, will highlight the 6e:orat
ive theme for the carnival. Games
and all the furbelow of carnival
life will be available in the booths
set up by campus living organiza
tions.
The carnival is oper. to the
public with an admission charge
of 25c. Script money will be said
at the door and will.be legal ten
der for the booths, according to
Mary Wilson, general chairman
No money will be exchanged inside
the gates.
Indian Art Background
Related to Nationalism
Contemporary Indian art can't
be understood unless it is looked
at against the background of In
dian nationalism, Niharranjan
Ray, chairman of the art and cul
ture department of the University
of Calcutta, told his audience in
NIHARRANJAN RAY
Calcutta. Educator
the Dads’ Lounge Thursday night.
Ray traced the history of Indian
art to show how contemporary art
came into being, using slides il
lustrate his points.
Indian art is traditionally ly
rical, he said, reflecting the Indian
! philosophy of life as an easy flow
ing thing.
However, he said, during the
18th century, '"When India was
•drinking deeply’ of western, cul
ture and traditions, the artists
traded India's culture for the
'third rate academic art e>f Brit
ain.’ ’’
“This awareness of the West
finally gave rise to a feeling of
nationalism,’’ he said, “which was
reflected in the literature, politics,
and finally, in the art.”
During this period, he explained,
art began again to mirror the
"great heritage of India's past.”
“Wistfulness, lyrical lines, and
soft tones of medieval Indian art
For a full account of this
weekend’s IRL conference ac
tivities, see schedule on page 8.
were part of the art of these
times,” Ray said.
"After World War I the contem
porary art of Paris, and the vari
ous schools were combined with
the traditional lyrical quality of
Indian paintings,” he said.
Topic of Ray's speech was
“Contemporary Indian Art: Paint
| ing and Sculpture.”
This morning Ray will speak
on "Western Economic Aid Pro
grams in India and Their Implica
tions ’ before the Oregon high
school International Relations'
| league at 8:00 in the Dads’ lounge.