MOLNAR PLAY
TO BE PRODUCED
Cast Chosen for “Liliom;”
Date Not Decided
SETTING IS HUNGARIAN
Fantasy First Presented On
Foreign Stage
The definite date for the pro
duction of “Liliom,” by Franz Mol
nar, which ig to be the big produc
tion of the drama department for
the term, has not been decided on
yet; but the casting for Molnar’s
comedy is being made now.
“Liliom,” is a suburban legend
in seven scenes and a prologue.
It is an excellent combination of
realism, low comedy, and a bit of
melodrama. The scone of the play
is a carnival in Budapest, Hungary.
“Liliomy” the main character, is
the “rough neck,” using the trans
lation of the Hungarian. His Hun
garian neighbors call him “Liliom,”
or the lily. He is the pet and pride
of a rowdy merry-go-round where
he works intermittently as boun
cer, and he takes the kronen of the
stray servant girls who fall vic
tims to h^s charms. Liliiom 'is
caught in his first highway rob
bery and stabs himself with a stol
en knife. He goes to heaven and
returns 15 years later to spend an
hour on earth.
Play is Fantastic
The fantasy of the play is
brought out in the heaven scene,
which is heaven as Liliom thinks
of it; in the form of the police
court. Bcsido Liliom there are 23
other characters, including, Mrs.
Muskrat, who owns the merry-go
round; Julie, the servant girl;
Marie, lately from the country and
Liliom’s friend; Mrs. Hollunder,
Julie’s aunt; the Sparrow, a ne’er
do-well fellow, who gets Liliom into
trouble; and the earthly and heav
enly policemen.
“Liliom,” was first produced in
Budapest, where it received much
attention. It was brought to Am
erica by the Theatre Guild, and was
first produced in New York in 1921.
Classes Study Photos
Among the 50 photographs show
ing the tendency of modern stage
craft, made by leading and con
temporary designers, which wero
sent to Miss Florence Wilbur by
the editors of the Theatre Arts
Monthly, the scene from heaven in
“Liliom” is shown. The play
producing and interpretation classes
are now studying the photographs.
The casting of the three original
plays, “The Kiss,” by Kee Bucha
nan; “Tlio Kingdom of America,”
by Helen Webber; and “The Ath
lete,” by Katherine Kressman, has
begun, and they will probably be
produced February 11 and 12.
Present Grade System
Defended by Rebec As
Measure of Performance
(Continued from page one)
house," lie said, “while no doubt
resulting in some very real gains
in routine performance, and sin
cerely enough meant to advance
scholarship, nevertheless, can easily
■work more mischief than good. If
the students select courses primar
ily in order that they and their
houses may make good records,
that, of course, is a sin against
education.
“The bolstering up of weak stu
dents by obliging them to sit around
h table and work a given period of
time under the direction and as
sistance of upperclassmen is a pro-1
eedure that would be of a very
doubtful merit even in a high grade
high school; in college it spells
bankruptcy of the spirit of real
learning. At least half of the sub
stance of intellectual life is made
up of will. A student who does
not develop enough will to carry
himself into and through his work
never can get educated, and, in
fact, is not worth educating, in the
sense in which a university should
understand the word. 1 do not deny
that such a student may get some
‘finishing’ or even some ‘knowl
edges’ by being mothered and fath
ered and coaxed and driven, but
unless he undergoes a deep sea
change, he simply never can be
come an educated man or contribu
tor to the world's life-of ideas.
“If a university is to be regard
ed as the place where society trains
its scientists, thinkers, and higher
professional workers, and transmits
and still more hammers out its liv
ing ideas, the young people of the
sort that have to be held at the
table and rescued, are a hindrance
to the real purpose of the univer
sity. If the University of Oregon
is a magnified high school of a
not very excellent type, or a finish
ing or easy trade school, I have
nothing to say about the patrolled
study-table, at least not now; but
if it really means to be a university,
young people of the sort described
should not be there, even from the
point of view of their own good.
They should be in some sort of fin
ishing school, or humble grade
‘practical’ institution, or, better
still, out in the world learning to
work and to carry their own
weight.”
“If our fraternities and sororities
wish to gain some distinction as
places of intellectual activity and
interest,” Dr. Rebec continued, “let
them organize around some keen in
terests of the mind or of the spir
it, around ideas or causes. Above
all, let them anxiously see to it
that they each enroll two or three
emergent young scientists, or scho
lars, or writers, or artists. Let
them seek this as anxiously and
as far down in the high schools as
they now seek promising athletes
or socially attractive persons. The
quality of any place is shown by
its spontaneous preoccupations and
enthusiasms, its quite unconscious
and habitually pervasive atmos
pheres, and not by even a loyal sub
mission to more or less irksome
tasks in the stretches between the
happy activities of ‘real living.’ I
am glad to see students minoring
in ‘college life and activities,’ but
I want them to major—really ma
jor—in the things of the mind.”
A real university cannot exist
without the same spontaneity and
vim and enthusiasm that is given
to football, Dr. Rebec declared.
However ho did not lay the burden
of blame for the dissimularity be
tween the two activities on the stu
dents alone.
“The society from which our
typical American university and
student derive,” he cxplajned,
“does not overmuch care for them
to strive and moil over, or run the
risks of, the higher intellectual life.
Even faculty members, instead of
[rutting the student under the same
sort of challenges that athletic tra
dition and organization do, are
only too commonly satisfied to
have him accomplish the loyal stint
of courses and grades, and let it
go at that.
“I can not only conceive of, but
i know of persons who have re
ceived almost all I’s and II’s and
have been olected to Phi Beta Kap
pa or Sigma Xi without in any vital
degree whatsoever belonging to, or
oven being seriously aware of, the
republic df ideas. Instead they
have been more faithful and intelli
gent day laborers, doing a neat,
standard, laid-out day’s task and,
like most day ladrorcrs, glad when
the whistle blew six.”
Varsity Meets Pacific;
Schedule for Basketball
Season Is Announced
(Continued from page one)
should bo experienced tourists when
the final curtain is run down.
Schedule Given
The schedule:
.Tan. 15, Pacific at Eugene.
Jan. 19, Montana at Eugene.
Jan. 23, Washington at Seattle.
Jan. 25, Montana at Missoula.
Jan. 2G, Idaho at Moscow.
Jan. 27, W. S. C. at Pullman.
Jan. 30, Washington at Eugene.
Feb. 5, Idaho at Eugene.
Fob. 8, W. 8. 0. at Eugene.
Fob. 13, O. A. (’. at Corvallis.
Fob. 20, O. A. C. at Eugene.
DE. G. A. ROSS VISITS
Dr. G. A. Koss, who preceded Dr.
Fred N. Miller as university phy
sician and director of health serv
ice, has been a visitor on the cam
pus during the past week.
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Tomorrow Night
School of Music
Auditorium
THURSDAY, JAN 14,
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ALL SEATS RESERVED
FICTION CONTEST OPEN
TO OREGON STUDENTS
Harpers Magazine Offers
Three Cash Awards
The Harpers Magazine contest
for prose fiction is open to any un
dergraduate in the colleges of the
United States selected by the mag
azine. Oregon has been named in
this group. Three stories from each
institution may be "submitted.
Fiction, drama and the essay are
acceptable forms of writing. Any
student desiring to try for the
prizes should see one of the three
members of the Oregon committee,
W. F. G. Thacher of the journal
ism department, Mrs. Alice Henson
Ernst of the English departmffht,
and Walter Snyder of the English
department. The contest closes
May 1.
A first prize of five hundred dol
lars, a second prize of three hun
dred dollars, and a third prize of
two hundred dollars are to be
awarded to the three students pro
ducing the best pieces of English
prose. Manuscripts are not to be
more than four thousand words
long. Three well known writers,
Christopher Morley, Zona Gale, and
William McFee have been selected
by Harpers to judge the work sub
mitted by the committees from the
different colleges.
The contribution winning the
first prize will be published in Har
pers Magazine and the magazine
reserves the right to publish also
the manuscripts of the second and
third prize-winners and to purchase
:>ther manuscripts in the competi
tion at regular rates.
WOMEN TEST ABILITY
IN SWIMMING POOL
A classification test is being giv
on by swimming instructors to all
students who aro taking swimming
on their choice day. This test
places swimmers in the beginning,
intermediate or advanced division.
The instructor is able to judge
the students improvement during
the term more easily through this
test, and students are grouped in
classifications for instruction.
The test includes trials in endur
ance, form, speed, diving, and life
saving.
GRADUATE CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The Graduate club elected offi
cers for the year at its meeting yes
terday noon at the College Side Inn.
Ruth Riley was elected president,
Austin Hutcheson, vice-president,
and Marian Hayes, secretary-treas
urer. These officers will hold un
til this time next year.
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JUNIORS of university
HIGH ELECT OFFICERS
The Junior class of the Univer
sity high school has elected the fol
lowing officers: Doris Hardy, pres
ident; Lois Pierce, vice-president;
Elinor Pitch, secretary; and Wilbur
Adams, treasurer. A committee con
sisting of Dora McLain, chairman,
Buby George, Helen P)arker, Lu
cile Burton, Carl Moore, Austin
I Prey, and Thurston Shell will pre
sent a play as the contribution of
the Jjinior class before the student
body assembly.
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
CUSS BASKETBALL
All Star Team Selection to
Be Under New System
Subjects relating to the policy to
be held in athletics during the win
ter and spring terms were discuss
ed at the council meeting of the
Women’s Athletic Association last
night.
Basketball is being carried on
under a new system this year, ac
cording to a report given by Irva
Dale, head of this sport. Girls
turning out are divided in three
classes, beginning, intermediate and
advanced. Much time will be spent
on training these groups before the
class teams are chosen from them.
The first four practices are obliga
tory but after that the player may
use her discretion, although more
credit will probably be given to
the student turning out regularly.
The turn out for riflery this term
has been very 3mall, and although it
is. now too late for beginners to
enter, all those who have had ex
perience in this line are urged to
Miss Graves
Formerly of
BOB’S BEAUTY SHOP
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817 WILLAMETTE
The Social Season is again
at hand. Put into readi
ness formal apparel.
Dry Cleaning removes
odors left by moth balls
and preservatives. Purs
and wraps will come into
use with the cold days.
Dbes our service car
stop each week?
PHONE 220
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W. E. NAYLOR, Prop.
RUTH-ROBERTSON POWDER CO.
Paints and Building Supplies
44 East 7th Phone 924
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'report to Margery Horton, head of
riflery. A team of at least 15 is
necessary, or the sport will be dis
continued.
A motion to adopt a new system
for the selection of all star teams
was carried unanimously by the
council. One all star team will be
chosen and other players will re
ceive honorary mention at the dis
cretion of the coach,
j The council decided to discuss
: plans with O. A. C. for a play day
to be held in the spring. This will
not be held on a competitive basis,
since players from both schools will
be on the same teams.
A mass meeting for all, members
of W. A. A. will be held Tuesday
at five o’clock in room 121 of the
women’s gymnasium.
The W. A. A. food stand is losing
money, and students are nrged to
co-operate by buying their wares.
DICK ECKMA'N TAKES
POSITION IN MOVIES
Dick Eckman, major in the sehool
of journalism until this term, is
now in the motion picture business
in Walla Walla, Washington, is the
word received.
Professional
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Pure
Milk
and Cream
First on the list of essen
tial health-building foods
for growing youngsters
should be — MILK! Let
them have plenty of it
with their cereals at
breakfast time.
Make sure though,
that it is Pure, Pas
teurised and Fresh!
We’ll deliver that
kind to. ybur door
daily. Just phone
365. We manufac
t u r • Willamette
Gold Butter.
REID'S
DAIRY
G. CHASE TO ADDRESS
FRESHMAN COMMISSION
The first of a series of freshman
Girl’s Commission meetings will be
held in the Y. W. C. A., Bungalow
Thursday afternoon at 4:30. These
meetings will be in the nature of
discussion groups. Topics of gen
eral interest are to be considered.
Genevieve Chase, the Oregon girl
who attended the Inter-denomina
tional Student’s Conference at
Evanston, Illinois, during Christmas
vacation, will tell something about
the conference and the remainder
of the time will be spent in an open
discussion, about the topic *‘Are
we students national or inter-na
tional in our thinking!”
FACULTY PARTY THURSDAY
Miss Henriette Gouy will be the
chairman of the afternoon at an af
fair to be given Thursday afternoon
in Alumni hall for faculty women
and wives of faculty members. The
women whose names begin with G,
H, and I will be hostesses, and will
entertain from 3:00 to 5:30. These
social afternoons are a more or
less regular event in the lives of the
campus women.
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are rapidly becoming popular for gatherings
of social and business groups. After a good
lunch in the cozy atmosphere of THE AN
CHORAGE it is pleasant to sit back in one’s
chair to smoke and listen to a good speech by
the toastmaster or guest.
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