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
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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
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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.
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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
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Mulling Over the Current Magazines
By JOE KICE
“The Renaissance of Iceland”—
■ Earl Hanson in the Geographical
Review for January. “Born within
the 20th century”, Iceland presents
a remarkable scene of social, politi
cal and industrial change. The meta-.
morphosis has been accomplished in
12C yean. A 500 year change has
been wrought in what was until
1900 a “backwash of civilization.”
Now laborers arc singing the “In
ternationale”; banks, a university,
cable service, and new. periodicals
arc building a new mental and so
cial background. 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
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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'
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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
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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
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