56lh Year oj Publication
rNIVKKMITV OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1955
King of Hearts ...
... tubbed at Friday night’*
dunce, See King Oary A Men and
four other finalist* on page
seven.
NO. 81
Seeger to Sing as Part
Off IIO's Festival of Art
Pc ter Seeger, American folk
singer and banjo artist, will give
an informal lecture-recital to
night at 8 p.m. in the choir room
of the Eugene high school. Ad
mission is f>0 cents.
Seeger is also scheduled to
present a lecture-recital Tuesday
at 1 p.m. in the Student Union
ballroom in conjunction with the
current Festival of Arts. His
topic will be “American Folk
Songs."
At tonight's performance,
sponsored by the Oregon Folk
lore society, Seeger will play spe
cial audience requests, which he
does not plan to do Tuesday.
Folk Singer
The folk singer Is the son of
Charles Seeger, leading musi
cologist and Ruth Seeger, violin
teacher and compiler of children's
songs. He learned to play the
banjo simply by first listening
to a song before he attempted
to play It.
Presently engaged In a study
of American folk instrumental
techniques, Seeger has spent the
last 15 years touring the country
making formal and informal ap
Junior Weekend
Petitions Ready
Petitions for chairmanships*
for Junior Weekend committees
may be picked up beginning at 2
p.m. today in room 303, Student
Union.
Special Junior Weekend pe
titions will be available nnd reg
ular ASUO petitions will not be
accepted. Petitions are due Feb.
22 at 5 p.m.
Petitioners are to write a
weekend theme suggestion on the
back of their petition. Commit
tees needing chairmen include
all-campus sing, junior prom,
luncheon, clean-up, terrace
dance, queen contest and corona
tion, promotion and public rela
tions, and publicity.
pearances. He is well-known for
his work with the Weavers, folk
sing'.ng group, and earlier with
the Almanac wingers.
Quit Harvard
Seeger quit Harvard in the 30’s
to thumb hiH way across the na
tion, learning American folk
music as he went. On the road he
learned to play the old-fashioned,
long-necked banjo, which he uses
most today, although he plays
several other instruments.
The banjo artist has also
worked as a folk archivist in the
Library of Congress with the Lo
max brothers, well-known in
folk-music and jazz circles.
UO Orchestra Gives
Concert Thursday
The University orchestra fea
turing five student soloists, will
present its first 1955 concert,
Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in the mu
sic school auditorium.
Each spring term a number of
student soloists are selected by
audition to appear in orchestra
concerts for the next year, ac
cording to E. A. Cykler, orches
tra director. Five of those select
ed last spring will appear in this
concert ami the remaining will
solo in the March concert.
Chosen to appear Thursday
night are Donna McQueen and
Ronald Spicer, sophomores in
music; Rosalie Blickenstaff and
Donna Schafer, seniors in music,
and Marilyn Stratford, sopho
more in history.
The concert will open with
Handel’s Concerto Grosso per
formed by the complete orches
tra. Bach's Triple Concerto for
3 pianos and strings will be the
second number on the program.
Piano soloists will be Miss Scha
fer, M:ss Stratford and Spicer.
Miss McQueen, will solo on the
bassoon. Miss Blickenstaff will
be featured at the piano with the
entire orchestra in the finale
number, Chopin's Concerto in F
minor.
There is no admission charge
for the concert, which is open
to the public.
Dick Schwary's Band Chosen
For Dreams of Tomorrow
IJH K SCUWARY, 1952 lO ORADUATE. will play for the Senior
Kail Saturday night. Sch wary's hand has played at Jantzrn Beach
ballroom and for schools in the l'ortland area. His group was also
ehnsen to play for KlTV's annual TV "Birthday Party.”
Soph Honorari&s
To Host Beavers
Kwama and Skull and Dagger
will be hosts to the Talons and
Thanes at an informal coffee
hour Feb. 26, at 3:30 in Gerling
er hall.
Talons is the .sophomore wom
en's honorary at Oregon State
college, and Thane is a similar
organization for OSC men*.
The «party is an annual event
held before the Oregon-Oregon
State basketball game. Bridge
and dancing will comprise the
afternoon's entertainment, and
refreshments will be served.
Oregon's Debate Squad Takes
Sweepstakes Honors in Tourney
Oregon’s debate team took
sweepstakes honors in Tacoma
over the weekend to win the Col
lege of Puget Sound Tyro Tour
nament way out in front of the
other eighteen competing schools
from Oregon, Washington and
Idaho.
Oregon amassed 54 points to
win the sweepstakes and bring
home seven trophies. Second was
Pacific Lutheran college with
34*4. CPS and Lewis and Clark
came in third and fourth with
28 and 24 points respectively.
Sweepstakes totals are based on
points earned in the jiufior divi
sion individual events.
DeVries, McLean
Taking honors in the women’s
junior division of the three-day
tournament, which began Thurs
day were Donna DeVries and
Shirley McLean, placing first in
debate with a 6-0 total. Pat Pet
erson and Betty Herrman, placed
second, with a 4-2 record.
Erik Hansen and David Cass
placed third in men's junior di
vision debate, 6-1,
Oregon’s feminine debaters
swept the discussion event in
their division. Misses Peterson,
McLean and Herrman took first,
second and third places respec
tively.
1st Place
In women’s impromptu Miss
Peterson took first place honors
and Miss Herrman was a finalist,
in women's oratory, Mi.ss Herr
man tied for first place and
Marsha Meyers placed third.
Miss McLean was a finalist in
women's interpretive speaking.
In men’s extemporaneous divi
sion, Hansen placed first.
Miss Peterson earned the most
sweepstakes points in the tour
nament, in which about 300 com
peted. Her total was 15 points.
Miss McLean was second with 11
points.
In the senior division, Miss
Meyers and Loretta Mason
placed third in women's debate.
3-2. Miss Mason took first place
honors in women's discussion.
Lcland Nee tied for third place in
men’s discussion.
In women's interpretive speak
ing, Miss Mason placed second,
free was first in men's extem
poraneous speaking. Don Mickle
wait was a finalist in that event.
Win-Loss Record
The total win-loss record of
Oregon’s team for the Tyro
Tournament was 22-7. Their total
record to dgte for three tourna
ments including the CPS event,
is 52-16.
The next tournament sched
uled for the debaters will be at
Linfield college, March 4, 5 and
6. The national debate question
debated at all tournaments is,
“Should the United States Ex
tend Diplomatic Recognition to
Communist China?’’
Dance Leader
TalksTonight
Marian Van Tuyl, who has;
been described as "dance leader
of the West,” will appear in the
Student Union ballroom Monday
at 8 p.m. in an evening lecture i
on "Dance as an Art.” Her ap- j
pearance here is being sponsored
by the festival of arts program.
Miss Van Tuyl will give lec
tures and show filiris Monday and
Tuesday to students of drama,
architecture, dance and to the
women's professional physical
education club.
Current editor of Impulse, an
annual publication concerned
wholly with dance as an art. Miss
Van Tuyl has served as super
visor of dance at the University
of Chicago. She is at present
teaching at Mills college in Oak
land, Calif.
Alpha Hall to Pick
Finalists Tonight
Three finalists for the title
"The Toast of the Alphaholics"
will be selected tonight as final
eliminations are made.
Judges for tonight's elimina
tions will be Mrs. Golda P. Wick
ham, director of women’s af
fairs; Brad Blaine, counselor for
men, and Si Ellingson, Student
Union director.
The six semi-finalists will be
guests of the Alphaholics at din
ner and a social hour. The six
and their sponsors are Bette
Bartz, Alpha Phi; Carolyn Wiley,
Chi Omega; Joan Palmer, Delta
Gamma; Joan Hay, Kappa Kap
pa Gamma; Madeline Farah, Car
son 4. and Mary Helen Williams,
Carson 3.
Dick Schwary and his orches
tra, described by one Portland
disk jockey as "Portland’s new
est and best’’ band, will play for
the Senior Ball Saturday night
in the Student Union ballroom,
Don^ Rotenberg, class president
and chairman of the dance, an
nounced Sunday.
Schwary, who appeared here
at Homecoming last year, fea
tures four members of his band
in his engagements. They are
Don Manning, drummer; Pat
Baldwin, vocalist; "Rosy’’ Rosen
lund, tenor sax, and Bob Cairns,
trombone.
The band was recently selected
to play on KPTV’s annual tele
vision "Birthday Party,’’ an hour
and a half broadcast which fea
tured Pat Baldwin. The band
was also selected to accompany
Guy Mitchell when he appeared
in the Portland area.
A 1952 graduate of the Univer
sity, Schwary himself has been
involved in the band business
since his high school days when
he directed a group called “The
Skyliners.” He has played in
Portland bands for several years
and has appeared at several
schools in and around Portland, '
as well as throughout the North
west.
Most of the Members of his or
ganization have appeared with
various big name bands during
their careers. Playing for
Schwary are "graduates’’ of the
bands of Charlie Barnet, Les
Brown, Claude Thornhill, Charlie
Parker and Jack Teagarden.
The dance, the only major all
campus dance this term, will cost
$1.80 a couple, Rotenberg said.
In keeping with the tradition of
the Senior Ball, the dance will
be formal, he said.
The theme of this year's dance
is "Dreams of Tomorrow."
UIS to Sponsor
Dance Saturday
The second annual United In
dependent Students’ dance will be
held Friday in conjunction with
the regional Independent Student
association conference here.
The dance, scheduled to begin
at 8:30 p.m. on the third floor of
Gerlinger hall, will be open to
all Oregon students as well as
ISA convention delegates. Ad
mission will be 50 cents per per
son.
Connie Drury, sophomore in
music, is in charge of dance
preparations. Refreshments will
be furnished by Orides, organ
ization for off-campus women.
ISA delegates are expected to
attend from Washington State
college, University of Washing
ton, University of Idaho and
Oregon State college, according
to Len Calvert, convention chair
man. Meetings will be open to
all Oregon independent students.
Registration will begin at noon
Friday in the Student Union. The
convention will close Saturday
afternoon.