The Oregon Daily Emerald it published Monday throngh Friday daring the college year from Sept. IS to June 3, except Noe. 16, 36 through 30, Dee. 7 through 9, 11 through Jan. 4, March 8 through 10, 13 through 29, May 3, and 31 through June 2, with Issues on Noe. 21, t— 23, and mt 8, by the Student Publications Board of the Unieersity of Oregon. En tered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $3 per school year; $2 per term. • . Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to represent the of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor; initialed editorials by the associate editors. AL KARR, Editor BILL BRANDSNESS, Business Manager JACKIE WARDELL, Managing Editor JOE GARDNER, News Edtior SAM VAHEY, Sports Editor Chief Copy Desk Editor: Gloria Lane Asst. Managing Editors: Len Calvert, Bob Chief Makeup Editor: Paul Keefe Patterson Chief Night Editor: Anne Hill Asst. News Editors: Dorothy Iler, Gordon Rice, Sally Ryan Is Oregon Afraid of Jazz? Music—new, different and provocative—will be heard on campus tonight at the Dave Brubeck concert and only a hand ful of students appear enthused. The mere mention of “jazz” seems to instill a fear as great as the phrase “classical and operatic selections” in the musical soul of a conservative student. If it hasn't been heard or danced to before, then it isn’t worth listening to, seems to be the general opinion. Perhaps the fault is with the proponents of modern jazz them selves, who have left the northwest relatively uneducated in this new chamber form of jazz. Pictures of frantic drummers, dis chordant pianos and shrieking brasses haven’t been erased from ‘the minds of Oregon students. Jazz concert and an evening of uncomfortable squirming seem to go hand in hand and no one seems particularly eager to pay eighty-five cents to prove this comfortable comparison wrong. We feel sorry for the students who are afraid to expose them selves to something more rhythmic than the sweet strains of Guy Lombardo. They’re missing a lot by not letting their cur iosity loose for once and investigating the original improvising of Brubeck and his able associates. Jazz has many sides and Brubeck’s interpretation of contem porary music into sophisticated jazz has made him a recognized leader in this field. Whatever the combo does tonight it will be listenable, witty and fresh—never boring.—(P.G.) -The Looking-Glass Art of Conversation Faces Bitter Battle With Television By Toby McCarroll Emerald Critic The life of conversation has been long and turbulent. It had a slow development, and didn’t reach maturity until the time of Castiglione and the Rennais sance. From this time it ap pears to have lead a very sporadic life. All through its life conversa tion has been bothered with the disease of the cliche and th{s disease has been con stantly spread ing. The home has been one of the best places for conversation to flourish, but some years ago people began to fepend as much time away from the home and private gatherings, as possible, and go out to pay to listen to some one else’s conversation or seek other entertainment. Then it was observed that more, and more people were spending more and more time in the home and things looked better for conver sation. But raise your eyes 'to the roof and behold—the television antenna. And now, even to Eu gene comes the conversation murderer, it is enough to drive one to drink, but the bars have r~ the biggest (and loudest) sets. O temporal O Mores! Mary Chase, who wrote “Mrs. McThing” and “Harvey,” came forward with a new play last season. Bernardine (Oxford) has been released for sale recently. . This is Mrs. Chase’s attempt to . capture the world of the high . school senior. Bernardine is the imaginary idol of a gang of or dinary (perhaps) boys, her vo cabulary is limited to one word— viz, “yes.” This play consists al most exclusively of showing how this group of boys react to var ious situations. There are occa sional snatches of humor. Those of us who like Stein beck are given a nice boon with the recent publication of “The Short Novels of John Steinbeck” (Viking). This con tains some of the best works of an excellent author. The Heilig Theater has been showing From Here to Eternity and it will go over to the May flower Sunday. There are dis crepancies between the movie and the book, but that has noth ing to do with the quality of the movie. The movie presents the story of a young soldier in pre war Honolulu. His fight with himself, his girl and his environ ment, to be more specific would spoil the enjoyment of seeing it. The cast is very good and makes one forget many of the script’s shortcomings. Now showing at the May flower is Charlie Chaplin’s Limelight. This is the story of an old Clown who drank too much and was too corny to be much good, but had the usual heart of gold and philosophical mind. He saves a girl from suicide and sees her rise (in six months) to be a prima bal lerina. She wants to marry him, but he knows this would not be good for 'her. Conveniently there is a hand some young man in the picture to whom she used to give music sheets. The acting is reminiscent of the early days of the movies and emotions are aided by the playing of a theme which is the oretically a tear-jerker. It is in teresting to see Chaplin do some acts in his famous way. Music, Maestro! “They say he can hold a note longer than anyone in th’ whole hand." Faculty Members Entertained By Air ROTC at Coffee Hour Faculty members from 11 dif ferent departments were the guests Thursday afternoon of the Air Force ROTC department at a coffee hour session. The purpose of the meeting was an explana tion of the objectives and program CAMPUS BRIEFS 0 Petitions for the promotion sub-committee of the Homecom ing luncheon are due by 5 p.m. Thursday. Petitions may be turn ed in to Shirley Soble, 210 D Car son hall. 0 Newly elected officers of the Women’s Recreation., association include Doris Liljeberg, secretary; Nikki Trump, treasurer; Sally Stadelman, publicity chairman; Aileen Kronquist, volleyball chair man and Darlene Hammer, Am phibian representative. • There will be a meeting of the Student Union dance commit tee today at 3 p.m. in SU 327, ac cording to Phyllis Pearson, chair man. 0 Petitions are being called for talent and committees for the Homecoming Variety show. They should be turned in at the Home coming office on the third floor of the Student Union by Friday at 5 p.m., according to Judy Morse, co-chairman of the show. 0 Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women's honorary, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Stu dent Union. 0 Wesley Matzekeit from the Student Volunteer Movement will speak to the YWCA upperclasa cabinet at noon today at Gerling er hall. Metzekeit’s special field is work camps in Mexico, and the meeting is open to the public. 0 University of Oregon house librarians will meet in the Brows ing room of the Student Union today at 4 p.m., according to Peg gy Miller, president of the organ ization. 0 Campus Merry-Go-Round news should be turned in by 5 p.m. today to the Emerald news office in the quonset next to Deady hall. 0 Druids, junior men’s honor ary, will meet tonight at 6:15 in Student Union 307, according to president Pete Williams. ' 0 The promotion sub-commit tee of the Homecoming dance committee will meet today at 3 p. m. on the third floor of the Stu dent Union, according to sub-com mittee chairman Don Bonime. of Air ROTC by various members of the military department staff. The discussion was started by Air Force Col. E. B. Daily, mili tary department head, who ex plained the overall purpose of ROTC training. "Our duty is to make students better able to com prehend air power in relation to this age, while maintaining as an integral part of the program the academic standards and obliga tions of the university," Col. Daily stated. The main topic of discussion was the newly revised general curric ulum studies instituted by the Air Force this year. Four members of the department's faculty, Lt. Col. S. E. Sheffield, and Majors N. N. Mihailov, C. J. Purcell, and G. R. Smith, presented various phases of the new program. Each of these instructors had previously attended summer sessions at var ious Western universities in prep aration for teaching the revised courses. The main ideas brought forth in the session were those which showed the link between the mili tary to the other department and ROTC’s part in developing the student in a well-rounded program of studies. Campus Calendar Soon Phi Delta Phi TTFSTT French Table 111 SU Little Meet 112 8U White Capa 113 SU 4:00 AWS Auction tryouts 333 SU SU Board 337 SU 6:00 Frosh Elec 315SU Frosh Dessert 213 SU 6:15 Druids 307SU" 6:30 Eta Mu Pi 110 SU 7:00 Judge Hmcg Queen 333 SU 7:30 Newcomer Bridge 111SU Alpha Delta Sigma 112 SU 8:00 Brubeck Concert Ballroom 2nd Great Week HEILIG. "From Here To Eternity" Kraft to Speak Theodore Kratt, dean of the* school of music, will be the iea.‘ tured speaker at the year’s first meeting of the Portland Music r