Pure American Music Browsing Room Topic A recorded program of "purely American music" presented by George Hopkins, professor of mu sic in the school of music, initiated the first lecture of the spring term Berios in the Student Union brows ing room last night. Hopkins selected the works of four American composers who in future years may be looked upon as the pioneers of American mu sic, possibly the U. S. version of Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven. •Two Feet’ These composers, he said, "stand on their own two feet" in complete independence of the influence of the traditional European masters. He indicated it has been in the past decade that their works have become recognized. "American music* came of age some time ago, but we're just beginning to re alize it," he said. The oldest of the four compo sitions presented was “The Indian .Suite" of Edward McDowell, a sincere, romantic work written in 3891-2. More representative of the American scene were "Appalach ian Spring," a ballet on rural life Written 10 years ago by Brooklyn ite Aaron Copland, and the more serious "Second Symphony" by Roger Sessions and "Second So nata for Violin and Piano" by Charles Ives. American ‘Hybrid’ American music has, what he • Campus Briefs 0 An important meeting of the entertainment commission has been scheduled for today at 7 p.m. in the Student Union. Topics to be dis- 1 cussed include a change in the ex- i change assembly hour, finance re port, and a new faculty speakers tour for the Portland schools. 0 News for the Campus Merry Go-Round column should be turned in to the Emerald Shack by 3 p.m. Wednesday. The column will ap pear on Thursday as usual. • House lists for Duck Preview Weekenu must be turned in to Mrs. Golda P. Wickham's office in Em erald hall by 9 a.m. today, accord ing to Dorothy Kopp, women's housing chairman. • Inter-Fraternity Council will meet today at 6:30 p.m. in the Stu dent Union. Nomniation of officers for the coming year will be held at this time, Dick Morse, IFC presi dent, said. Also slated is a discus sion of rushing conditions. ^ Students who are planning to re-apply for scholarship or who are applying for them, must have their applications in immediately, the office of student affairs has announced. The applications were due Wednesday, but will still be accepted in the student affair's office. 0 University of Oregon Young Republicans will meet tonight at 6:30 in the Student Union, called, a "hybrid background.” There are traces in it of Inca anu Classifieds APT. FOR RENT—3 rm. apt. Walking distance from campus and town. Furnished, modern, private, and spacious. For 2 boys, $65.00. 727 E. Brdwy. Ph. 4-8586. 4-2 1946 Plymouth Deluxe, four door. 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Y Cabinet Sets Retreat Friday Old and new YWCA cabinet members of the sophomore and up per class commissions will attend the annual spring term retreat Fri day and Saturday at Kitson Spring, Ore. A Mrs. Gladys Lawther, regional YW secretary, will attend to meet the new cabinet and present ideas from other schools for the YW pro gram. Purpose of the retreat, accord ing to Mary Elizabeth McDowell, director of the campus YW, is to unite members around the purpose of the Y, to get to know each oth er through worship, discussion and fun and to plan the program for the coming year. Cars will leave from Gerlinger hall Friday at 2, 3, 4, and 5 p.m. and return Saturday at 10 p.m. Committee chairmen for the re treat are Jane Simpson, arrange ments and transportation; Cathy Tribe and Barbara Keelen. pro gram; Sally Hayden, food; Kath ryn Holloway, work schedules, and Kose Warner, worship Officers Duties Revised The Student Union Board voted in favor of revising the duties of the five officers of the Board as set forth in the perpetuation plan of the SU program, at_a meeting held Wednesday afternoon. Purpose of the change is to fur ther enumerate and clarify the duties of the officers, according to Clyde Fahlman, chairman of the board. The motion also widened the re sponisibities of the assistant chair man to include handling petition ing of chairmen of special events committee and standing commit tees and taking charge of election mi chinery. Position of the board members was also set forth as “attend all board meetings, serve on any spec ial board committees . . . and to take an active part in the SU pro gram both as an adviser and as a participant. The governing docu ment formerly did r.ot include an enumeration of the responsibilities of board members. A report submitted by Valerie Cowls, chairman of the Creative Arts Workshop special events committee, was also considered. Miss Cowls, in a report read by Don Zavin, recommended that the workshop committee be made a standing committee under the di rectorate to strengthen and unify the Creative Arts program. Plan ning and organization work would be simplfied, Miss Cowls said. The recommendation was tabled to be reconsidered after the presenta tion of the Creative Arts Work shop in late May. Robert Kubeck, chairman of the recorded music committee, an nounced the opening of a record lending library in the SU Mon day. The date for the annual SU Awards banquet was set for May 21. Awards for outstanding stu dents in the SU program are pre sented at the banquet. Six vacancies are open on the board, Fahlman announced. The closing date for receiving petitions is April 8. Vacancies include rep resentatives from the college of liberal arts, schools of law. phys ical education, music, architecture and allied arts, and graduate stu dents. Don Zavin, chairman of the Career Day special events com mittee, reported arrangements for Career Day, to be initiated on April 14, were complete. Welfare Official Plans Interviews* Margaret White, personnel di rector for the state public welfare commission, will be on campus all day Wednesday to talk to seniors interested in public welfare work in Oregon. Students planning to talk to Miss White, should make appoint ments to see her through Herbert Bisno, assistant professor of so ciology, whose office is Common wealth 205. Contract Awarded For New Hospital PORTLAND (.Pi—A contract was awarded today for a 14-story teaching hospital for the Univer sity of Oregon medical school in Portland. Construction will start in two weeks, and the hospital will be finished in 1955. Bids for the building, wiring, ele vators and heating totaled $4, 700,000. The Donald M. Drake company of Portland got the building contract for $3,085,000. Scholarships Open To Women Schiller New Prexy Of Co-op Council Elsie Schiller, Junior in journal ism, was elected president of Co ed council at the finat.winter term meeting of the group. Patricia Hahn, freshman in liberal arts, was elected secretary for the com ing year. Co-ed Council is the governing body of the three women's co operative living organizations on campus—University house. Rebec house, and Highland house. Retiring officers are president, Pat Ward, senior in geology and geography; and secretary, Louise Matter, sophomore in music. Freshmen and sophomore wom en who plan to attend the Univer sity next year are eligible to apply for the Kwarn a and Phi Theta scholarships, respectively, accord ing to Nan Mimnaugh, Kwama president. Money for the awards is obtain ed by the two organizations from service projects held during the year. An indefinite number of scholarships will be given. Their size will depend upon the number given and the funds available. Those students interested in ap plying for the scholarships should contact the office of Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, associate director of student affairs, in Emerald hall as soon as possible. HEXAGON ON CABLES Inventor of Dymaxion Is Art School Lecturer R. Buclcinster Fuller, famed architect and inventor of the Dymaxion house, will he a visiting lecturer at the architecture and allied arts school for two weeks beginning Sunday. Dymaxion is Fuller’s trade name for philosophy which "aims to harness on a non-profit basis the maximum technological — .resources for the greatest number UN Nominates Sec.-General Associated Press The way has been cleared for a Swedish diplomat to take over as United Nations secretary general. He is Swedish Deputy Foreign Minister Dag Hammarskjold. His nomination came as a sur prise. Russia and the Western powers came out a meeting with the recommendation that Ham marskjold be given the S40,000-a year, tax-free post which Trygve Lie of Norway wants to quit. The security council approved. In Stockholm, Hammarskjold said the news was a complete sur- ! prise to him. He added: "I had ' not the slightest warning of any kind." Diplomats at the U.N. con sider the agreement on a new sec retary general a major break. There had been strong feelings that Russia and the West could never agree on the subject. Many diplomats felt that if the problem j of a new secretary general could be solved, a break on greater issues may follow. Asked in Stockholm how he i thinks he will get along with the 1 Russians, Hammarskjold replied, i "I hope to get along with them all. It is quite an essentia] part of my ! job.” He must still be approved by the U.N. assembly, but that will be a formality. Oratorical Contest! Open for Seniors j Graduating seniors have been I urged to try out for the annual! Failing-Beekman Senior Oratorical contest by W. A. Dahlberg, asso ciate professor of speech. Three cash awards ranging from $50 to $125 are given to winners | of the contest. Five Eugene towns people will serve as judges for the contest to be held Friday evening, June 12. Subjects for the oration may be selected from the contestant’s own field of interest. All seniors, re gardless of their major field, are eligible. The speech is to be from 12 to 15 minutes in length. For further information and help in the preparation of the speech, applicants are asked to contact Dahlberg in Villard 210. For the Best in fish and seafoods Call 4-2371 NEWMAN'S FISH MARKET Fresh, frozen and canned fish and seafoods 39 East Broadway of people.” The Dymaxion hoii«e, designed in 1927, is a hexagon shaped building hung on cables. Fuller invented a Dymaxion automobile and patented a Dymax ion map projection in 1944. He recently completed the installation of a 90-foot dome for the rotunda of the Ford Motor company in De troit, Mich. Fuller will bring with him a 36-foot geodesic dome which will be erected on the campus and used by the architect in conducting a research problem on spherical trussing for architecture students. Twenty students will be selected to work with Fuller on a special project during his visit. He wi/1 also conduct three seminars at the school on "energetic geometry.” A lecture, title to be announced, will be given in the Science building amphitheater Thursday, April 9 at 8 p.m. Fuller has recently been a visr iting lecturer at such Eastern schools as Yale university and Massachusetts Institute of Te'cb nclogy. He has also created a sys tem of mathematics which will probably be discussed at one of the seminars, S. W. Little, dean of the architecture and allied arts school, has announced. Campus Calendar Noon Aren