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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1928)
Students Give "SpoonRiver’’ Beginning Drama Class To Use Anthology of Edgar Lee Masters After intensive dress rehearsals of the last two evenings, members of the speaking voice class will present “Spoon River Anthology” in Guild - theatre this evening jit 8 o’clock. This invitational program will be the first drama affair the class lias attempted. Edgar Lee Masters, author of “Spoon liivcr Anthology,” relates through a Chicago lawyer, the tragical incidents which occurred in the lives of his former clients, and the innermost thoughts of his now dead confidents. Entire charge of the staging, cos tuming and rehearsing has been in the hands of students, with, all nec essary appointments made by Miss Florence E. Wilbur, director' of drama. The staging, in its lonely and dreary setting, will provide a gruesome and morbid atmosphere to the production which will be in keeping with the unusual anthology. The anthology cast is as follows: The Hill ..'.Zelle Ruble Benjamin Pantier... William Gillette Mrs. Benjamin Pantier. . Nancy Thielsen Minerva Jones.Vera Thein Lydia Pickett .Lavina Hicks Doc, Hill .Gard Moody Pauline Barrett.Margaret Brugger Margaret, Fuller Slack.. . Isabel! Murray Widow McFarlane.Helen Williams Mrs. Williams .Reba Powers Dora Williams..Marmion Connor Emily Sparks. Esther Crandall Reuben Panteir....Addison. Brockman Mrs. Merritt.Virgina Peyton Hamilton Green.Kenton Case Esla Wertman .Violet Grek Roscoe Purkapile.Frank Jackson Mrs. Purkapile. .Mrs. Edna Asseiiheiiner The Village Atheist....Audrey Lyons Flossie Cobanis.Frances Kight Miss Fricke.Mary Louise Burton Ann Rut lege.Virgina Moore Amelia Garrick.Helen Parker Rosie Roberts.Ethel Helliwcll' Lydia Humphrey.Iowa Ludington Mrs. Chas. Bliss.Estelle Weinstein Trainor tin1 Druggist..Frank Jackson Mrs George Reese .’.Frances Simpkins Louise. Smith.Jean Williams Russian Sonin.Edith Pearson William and Emily.Dorothy Duncan and Addison Brockman The costuming committee is com posed of Alys Virginia, Znn, chair man, Katherine Van Schuyver, Mar garet Boorman, Wilma Enke, Norma Jacobs, and Mrs. Boyd, councilor. Gracia Haggerty has had charge of the invitations, and Bcatrico Mil ligan is hostess. Those acting as assistant hostesses are Janice Smith, Virginia Johnson and Margaret Ed wards. Staging arrangements have been made by Kenton Case, chairman, Harriet McLeod, Helen Zachary, and Pauline Frigmore. Property mis tress is Margaret Martin. Recital (Continued from page one) through which prolonged liquid con sonant of the contralto rang. A persistent applause of the au dience won another folk song, "A Farmer’s Song So Sweet,” that was sung with considerable pathos on the part of the soprano, depicting the lovelorn lass. A charming back ground of “Abs” was sung in accom paniment to her singing mid that of the baritone. The Italian street cries won favor with their intense animation. Of particular beauty with "Hot Chest nuts.” Beginning softly it cres condoed to loud praise of the wares in question. Then as the voices faded again in the distance the bar gaining bass boomed out tile count, while the other voices tossed in eoun E'illllHiilllltllllllllllllliliiillliiiiiiiii!:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|i|iiii; ... . , | . ' terpoirAf like hagglers striking a bargain. The duets and trios proved so pop ular that the English Singers relent ed to the enthusiasm of the audience and repeated them. The counter point of the number “John Come Kiss Me Now” and the way in which the descriptive words were prolong ed as pleasing. The varying moods in “The Three Fairies” were care fully brought out. The bell rang, the bees hummed, the lazy sleeper was sung of in placid manner, that gave place to the protest of the basi ! on the disorder of the room. The ' pinch was a sharp one and the wail | of the final tone was certainly j “Blue.” One of the most delicate numbers was the canzonet “X Go Before My , Darling” of the final group sung j with exquisite lightness of touch by tiie two sopranos of the ensem I I !e. The counterpoint of the mad j rigid “My Phyllis Bids M.e Pack I Away” was most effective in por j traying two extremes of emotion, I unhappy confusion and ecstacy. | I Traffic Essays To Bring Prizes Fifteen Prizes Totaling $10,000 To Be Given Students and members of the fac ulty' in all departments of the Uni versity of Oregon are eligible to compete in a $10,000 Traffic contest being conducted by Nation’s Traf fic, the national publication devoted to street and highway traffic pub lished in St. Louis. The contest is intended to induce new ideas on traffic control and regulation and to cut down the tremendous death toll taken in motor vehicle mishaps. The problem of expediting traffic, and making it safer should espec ially appeal to engineering students but there are subjects included in the contest oh which other students may prepare plans. Students and faculty members at many universi ties have entered plans in the con test. Fifteen cash awards will be made. First prize will lie $2,500 and the second $1,500. The next three .awards will be of $1,000 each, with the sixth prize $750 and the others ranging in amounts from $100 to $500. Judge's in the Contest will be twenty traffic exports of national recognition who will be aided in an advisory capacity by a traffic con ference to lie held simultaneously with the awarding of the prizes. The contest closes April 00 and the committee on awards will announce their findings in May. The subjects to be written on are as follows: Tc*xt. for uniform traf fic ordinance, plan for regulating movement of traffic with signals and signs, plan for the solution of municipal parking problems, typi cal city plan to better traffic con ditions, curriculum for adult edu cation, plan for handling traffic violators, plan for regulation of pe destrians, curriculum for juvenile education, plan for reducing railroad crossing hazards, plan for traffic 1 police organization, street lighting 1 lau to aid traffic, plan for motor vehicle registration and identifica tion, and plan for handling tour ists. A bonus of $100 will be given for the neatest ami most carefully pre pared manuscript and another of I’he same amount for the most help tul idea or suggestion. Information regarding the contest may be ob tained bv writing Nation’s Traf fic, Title Guaranty Building, St. I I ouis, Mo. __! THE A. NASH COMPANY" —Suits and Overcoats made to measure, $22.90. Spring samples. Phono 49 F-5. E. M. 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With one language this homogeneous group of people presents one of the most interesting studies of world history and devel opment and growth in the world to day. “Occidental Snobs in Oriental Poli tics”—Notwithstanding Kipling’s emphatic, prophecy to the contrary, the East and West have met in a nasty snarl of international politics in the Orient; in China and India in particular. Each side seems to know considerably about the brand of diplomatic skulduggery practiced by the other. Mr. Anderson- shows quite some skill in showing how some of the major kinks in the thread of Eastern statecraft could be untied. “Chats With a Wandering Jew” —Lion Feuchtwangor in the. Janu ary number of the Fortnightly Re view reveals a number of Hebrew complexes in this satiriebil short ' story. Feuehtwanger is one of the ' most powerful writers of novels and short stories in Modern Europe. “Three Great Festivals”—C. Whit aker-Wilson, another contributor to the January Fortnightly Review, essays brilliantly to explain the his tory of Christmas, Easter, and Whit suntide, in their effect on the lives (it Iminans. The essay is the kind one likes to clip and paste in the scrap book against the day when someone asks for such information. “Black and White Magic.”—The two fine arts of hypnotism and con juring, labeled “black” and “white” by Rosita Forbes in t'ae January number of the Fortnightly Review, are revealed in a series of talcs of evil witchcraft superstition, and weird, mass subjection by the con jurers and dervishes of India, Af rica and Arabia. The stories are Woven together with a clear inter prctative. thread of understanding cl the queer complexes ‘that are graved deep in the mental patterns | of primitive people. “And Where Does Ireland 'Stand ?”—Francis Ilackett in the | February Survey-Griphic. Mr. Hack ! ett, “is attempting,” in his own I words, “to throw a ^ight on Irish | mentality.” Now all the world knows that tlie Irish are brave men, great i poets, astute politicians, and fine workers with their hands; in fact a i eery vital, capable and quick-teni I pored people. Clear pictures of otli ' or peoples are always refreshing, lend this one is happily a well-light ed landscape of a nation’s person n lity. “Fighting the Traffic in Women” —Frank Owen in the February num ! be r of the World Tomorrow gives ! an illuminating resume of a report j i f the committee for the suppres sion of the white slave traffic at |'lie League of Nations at Geneva. The vice committee had to resort hi first hand methods of investi gation and enter the brothels and \ icc dens of'Europe and America in compiling their assuming statements ! as to the nature and extent of the | w holesale sale of women into vice i slavery in the great cities of the I world. A cue here for sociological i students. “Herbert Hoover, A Political Por [ trait”—-By Silas Bent in the March issue of Scribner’s. Mr. Bent, using his own best brand of high powered ballyhoo presents ail impressive pic ture of Mr. Hoover. The facts which Mr. Bent present point to Mr, Hoov er as the next president. Silas is doing his best to bring it about. “Prince Gogol”—Marjorie Allen Seifert writes this ballad for the “Palms” March issue. Palms, a po etry magazine published in Aber deen, Washington, lias a brand new dress, and a typographical make-up in this issue. The interior docora I ions are also of a superior quality. This ballad is a fresh breeze of rhythm that will whisk the cobwebs from off a moldy disposition. Here is one stanza: Ho gentled his horse and looked at the sky Where leaves swayed slow in the shining air, Then he looked at the woman, eye to eye, And found her fair. Graduate of Stanford Winner of $1000 Prize STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Mar. 1.—(.P.I.P.)—-Thoreau Cronyn, ’02, former editor of the Stanford Daily and noiv an advertising man Ju New York City, won the $1000 prize for the advertisement “Most ef fective in its use of text as the chief means of delivering its mes sage” in this year’s bestowal of the Harvard advertising awards, according to the current issue of Editor and Publisher. These an nual awards are made through the Harvard School of Business Admin istration, the fund for the prizes having been established by Edward \V. Bok. Cronyn’s prize-winning advertise ment was one he wrote for Marshall, Field .and Company, and was called “Even So Simple a Thing as a Handkerchief.” I Homemade I PIES and CAKES g Are Good—Just Like Your oMtlier Makes Also Our MILKSHAKES are the Best and Biggest They Hit the Spot! 15c Electric Toastwich Shoppe 786 East 11th § iTITI I 11 II......HI Sinclair Is Linked In Slush Fund Graft (By United Press) WASHINGTON, March 1.—Harry F. Sinclair, who is under indictment for the Teapot Dome affair, gave $100,000 toward debts of the Be- , publican national committee arriv ing out of the Harding presidential : campaign of 1920, Will Hays, for- I mer chairman of the committee in' r > —.-■ --- charge of that campaign, told the senate Teapot Dome committee to day. In 1923, Hays said, Sinclair gave him $260,000 in Liberty bonds tc be used for the party deficit. Latei Hays returned $100,000 of this. He said it had been intended that Sin clair should not give more ' than $7500 and that the remainder oi the $260,000 would be returned tc him when enough contributions were obtained to make it possible, But collections were not adequate and Sinclair, rather than have Hays make up the balance out of his pocket, consented that his contri bution should be $160,000. Miss Tingle Hostess At Several Luncheons Miss Lilian Tingle of the house hold arts department, will be liostes; tc day at a luncheon honoring Mis: Sadie Coe. The guests will include Dr. and Mrs. A. It. Sweetser, Dr and Mrs. O. F. Stafford, Mr. am Mrs. John G. Coe, Sadie Coe, am the hostess, Miss Tingle. Yesterday a luncheon was givei by Miss Tingle with Mr. and Mrs N. B. Zane, Dr. and Mrs. A. It Moore, and Miss Mozelle Hair a: guests. Miss Martha Ann Prothero, Mis: Elsie Goddard, and Miss Marge-re Isherwood are the students who are preparing and serving these twe luncheons. Durgan and McKeown Debate Utah Thursday Walter Durgan and Joe McKeown University of Oregon debaters, are working hard in preparation for tlu first debate of the season next We are glad to announce Thatcher’s Millinery Parlor is?; now located Tenth <& Willamette Above Peter Pan Shop We will welcome a call from you. Thatcher’s Millinery He’s In A Hurry I L -J* “EUREKA"! | —from Greek, meaning "Oh, Boy! Here it is!” Just as in the olden days the Greeks used to call “Eu reka!"—so will you when you see the keen ears waiting for you at Taylor's. Phone 2185 0 Taylor’s Auto Rental The Show is Over Now for the best part of the evening, food. Right in your path on the way to the campus is— The PETER PAN o ’ J 996 Willamette ■ THU ff1!—1—BMPBCI^M————aM—MB———a———3— Thursday night with the Utah Agri culture College. The Oregon men will uphold the negative of the question: “Re solved, That the United States should refuse to give military pro tection to property which is owned by its citizens and situated in for eign soil.” The Utah Aggies are making a tour of the Pacific coast debating the leading colleges and universi ties. Their debaters, Alden Lilly white and W. L. Skanchv, have each had several years’ experience. Did Hell-Fire Come from Carthage? In his address next Sunday morn ; ing at the Unitarian Church on |-‘The Religion of Jesus, the Bible, ! and the Catholic Church,” Mr. Whitesmith claims that he is deal ing with the great epic age of Chris tendom, the age when occurred the i greatest revolution in the history of tlie world, and one very much like i our own times. It was the time when the Roman Empire was Christ ianized and Christianity imperial ized. The roots of all our distinc tive social and political institutions go back to those days. ! Of the epoch-making events of that time the vast majority know . little or nothing. It is kept from them. They do not know that the fundamental doctrines of Protestant orthodox are gifts of the councils i of the Catholic Church of that age, and that they owe their Bible to | the decisions of those councils. A little popular knowledge of su;ch matters would put an early end to the Fundamentalist movement and ! would remove the foundations of a hrst of modern sects. The very origin of the name Catholic is known to less than one per cent of those who call themselves Christians. Mr. Whitesmith's address might lie called, “When Carthage conquered Rome.” History shows us that the fiery hell so characteristic of old fashioned orthodoxy, as well as the spirit of cruel persecution so utter ly inconsistent with the spirit of flic real religion of Jesus, 'came j from Carthago. Though little understood it was the greatest age ! of Christendom, the age of creed making and Bible-making. But what has it to do with the lcligion of our age? How will a knowledge of all this help us to find our way to n solution of the moral and religious problems of our day ? That is what he wishes to tell his congregation next Sunday morning and so invites all to attend who are interested in the matter. The supreme need of the hour is j to free religion from the myths, tiro terrorism and' Bibliolatry that de i grades it and that makes it an evil j rather than a good. —Paid Adv. I With a great - showing of new Spring * | i i I All the new fabrics and col ors, in the cor rect three and V four piece Col lege models. ! * * Men’s Dress Wear McDonald Theatre Building I It’s on the Campus at every University ^ vuiodgui uari .xaannei; « .uarx This Hart Schaffner & Marx Suit It’s authentic, right in every detail—in Algerian Browns, Grampian Blues and Greyhounds Price % $33 to $50 I® ' Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes