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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1929)
'A Wedding’ Presented Over KORE Students of Drama Giye Play oil Extension Program Next Programs to Feature Talks by Professors < EXTENSION DIVISION EMERALD PROGRAMS Friday—Dr. Warren D. Smith, “Will the Pacific Always Be Pacific?" Music. Tuesday—Talk by Dr. E. A. Caswell. Wednesday—Talk by Dean J. H. Gilbert. ' “A Wedding,” a one act farce by John Kirkpatrick, was presented over KORE last night as a feature of the regular Extension Division Emerald program. Seven students of the drama de partment had parts in the fast-mov ing comedy which was directed by Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt. They were: Milton George, the bridegroom; James Lyons, the best map; Kath erine Talbot, the bride; Marshall ^Hopkins* a groomsman; Sylvana Edmunds, the bridegroom’s mother; Hugh Logan, the bride’s father; and Grace Gardner, the bride’s aunt. Scene in Bridegroom’s Room The action of the. play takes place In the groom’s room just before the wedding ceremony is to be perform ed. The groom loses his collar but ton at the last moment and in the unsuccessful search that follows becomes so exasperated that lie doesn’t care if lie ever gets mar ried or not. The bride overhears his remark, and an argument that involves everyone is started. The bride and groom finally decide that ‘they have learned so much about each other in their quarrel that they would not be suited to each other for life. Complications are all settled in the end, though, and the wedding takes place. Play Funny Throughout The lines and setting of the play are funny throughout and hilarious in spots. More radio plays will be featured by flic drama department over KORE in the future. Friday night Dr. Warren D. Smith, professor -of—geology ami geography, will finish his talk oil “Will the Pacific Always be Pa cific?’? Dr. Smith delivered the first part of his lecture on last Tuesday’s broadcast. Another campus news review will be given oil tomorrow night’s pro gram bv Jack Hempstead, associate editor of the Emerald, who is in charge of the broadcasts. Music will complete the program. More Talks to be Given Next week the programs sponsor ed by the Extension Division and the Emerald will feature more talks by professors. Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of the physics department, will be heard on Tuesday’s program, and Dean J. Gilbert, of the college of literature and science, and the arts, will step before the micro phone on Wednesday night. Mrs. C. Fitch Plans Return to States Mrs. Clara L. Fiteli, former, sec retary of the administrative) office, * who with her three daughters has been traveling in France, England and Italy, is planning to return to the United States in July, accord ing to news received on the campus. Mrs. Fitch will spend the summer with her sister, Louise Fitch, dean of women at Cornell university, be fore coming back to the west. Amphibian to Present Annual Demonstration — I “Thar She Blows” will be the j name of the annual demonstration to be presented by Amphibian, wo men’s honorary swimming group, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14 and 15, at eight o’clock in tlie evening at the Woman’s building. This year’s demonstration will be made up of dancing, clogging, and swimming stunts and will be differ ent from anything put on by the club in the past. Rehearsals of all dancing and swimming groups will be held on Friday and Saturday at four o’clock, according to Ernestine Troemel, who is coaching the af fair. A dress rehearsal will take place Monday Jeveriijhg at seven fifteen. Buck Bailey Pledges 4,4c,4» 4HM* T o Baseball School The Oregon School of Base ball announces the pledging of Buck Bailey of Washington State College. They meet every day Oregon plays a ball game. With cocky white caps perched on their heads, they count off in the bleachers behind the Oregon dugout. For every' member of the base ball school who conics in late "slugs” on the arm are generously donated by the more timely. Most of them are Order of the “O” men, but a few outsiders have stormed their ranks. Professor Erb is the only pedagog with arm strong enough to allow his joining. Very spirited rooting for the Webfoot baseball players takes place during the games. Sometimes the opposing team is the butt of their railleries. One of their prize veils given yes terday' was “Two! four! six! eight! Whom do we approach! Buck Bai ley!” (meaning the Cougar’s chol eric coach.) Bailey’s pledging consisted of the presentation of a new white cap of the painters’ union type. But due to the strenuousness of Buck’s high jumping at bad (supposedly') decisions, the bill of his new white cap came off and another had to be dispatched by special messenger. The" baseball school is now ad journed. Its next meeting will be held during the Oregon-Washington game Friday. It is rumored they have a new yell to spring, new vic tims to slug and a new supply of “piggers” to throw over the fence. Classroom Sarcasm Not Constructive NEW YORK—(I. P.)— Johnson O’Connor, of flic General Electric company, speaking before the So ciety for the Promotion of Engin eering Education here recently, se verely criticized the use of psycho logical tests by colleges either to bar candidates for admission or as a basis for dropping students. ‘.‘No school lias a right to use aptitude tests for its selfish pur poses, to exclude men whom the col lege does not wish to educate,” he said. ‘‘Industry has learned to re place men not suited to a particu lar job; the colleges haven’t. It is time for the colleges to accept some responsibility for the men that they fire, as well as those whom they graduate. Non Fiction Books On Sale at High Hat “Cavender's House,” the latest book by Edwin Arlington Robinson, author of “Tristram”’ and one of America's most widely-read poets, has been added to the rent shelf of the Co-op's High Hat labrary. Included among the new non-fic tion books which are up for sale are "The Road, to Oregon,” a his tory of the westward pioneer move ment by W. .1. Ghent; “Herman Mel ville,” a life of the author of "Moby Hick,” by Lewis .Mum ford; and “Mid-Channel” by Lud wig Lewishon, an autobiographical narrative written as a sequel to his previous book, “Upstream.” Board of Regents Meets Members of the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon will meet this morning with President Arnold Bennett Hall to hear his re port and decide upon university matters. TONIGHT - FRIDAY and SATURDAY TAYLOR PLAYERS — IN — “TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY” In this play wc introduce pur new leading mail ME. JOHN B. HUGHES FFEE—Ladies wiF he admitted absolutely FEEE when accom panied by one adult paid admission. Its a two for one bargain tonight and Friday. Curtain 8:00 Adults 50c Children 10c Formal Reception And Tea to Honor U. of O. Mothers Household Arts Faculty And Woman’s League Are Sponsors A formal reception and tea nro I planned for the entertainment of | the Oregon mothers visiting on the j campus Saturday afternoon by the Mother’s Day directorate and Women’s league and by the house hold arts faculty. Both will start at 2:30 and last until 4:30. I The reception will be held in the Woman’s building. In the downstairs hall cookies and punch will be served the mothers by members ot Kwama, sophomore women's honorary. From there the mothers will go to Alumni hall where there will be a receiving line composed of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, Dean and Mrs. John Straub, Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Pal let!, Dean Hazel Prutsnian, Mrs. (1. A. Boss, Helen Webster, and Helen Peters. A special exhibition of dresses made by the clothing class of Miss Margaret Daigli will be on dsplay at the tea in the household arts build ing. The receiving line here will con sist of Miss Lillian Tingle. Mrs. Andrew Fish, Miss Margaret Daigli, Grace Yoakley, and Bath Holmes. I Cookies made by members of Miss Tingle’s cooking classes and tea will b" served. Katherine Talbott, junior in art, is in charge of the arrangements for both the tea and the reception. Library Obtains Book And Historic Medal . The library recently 'purchased a small red volume from a book ex change stoic in Toronto, on the “History of the Hudson Bay Co.’s 8. 8. Beaver,” which was one of the pioneer ships of the Pacific. The book was accompanied with a small copper medal on which was engraved the fact that the coppdr was taken from the 8. S. Beiiver. This ship cruised for half a century in the waters of the North Pacific d*u,jaU£§. J&Ukj;. the..,lath century. Discus Throw Record Broken by Hilda Top The women’s intercollegiate rec ord for the discus throw was brok en recently by Hilda Top, senior in [diysical education, with a now mark of S7 feet, 11 inches. The former record was 87 feet. Last week she broke the old Ore gon record formerly held by Virgin ia Lounsburv, whose record was (57 feet 7 inches. The new record was set during practice in Ernestine Troemel’s track and field class. Y. W. World Fellowship Committee Organizes Teas for foreign scholars, cor respondence with women in other lands, a committee bulletin board, and arrangements .for meeting for eign girls as they come to Eugelre were among the projects outlined by the world fellowship committee of the Y. W. C. A. When it held its initial meeting Monday night, in the Murray Warner library at the Woman’s building. The committee is headed by Mildred McGee, sopho more in English. The bulletin board, placed in the Y. W. G. A. bungalow, will be used by the committee 'for interesting newspaper clippings on foreign sub jects, for the purpose of furthering understanding between the United States and other nations. The next meeting of the commit tee is scheduled for next Monday night, and Mildred McGee promises a program interesting to all who care to attend. Following the pro gram, at the Murray Warner li brary, the committee will read about the Orient among the rare collec tion of Japanese and Chinese text books nssemblel there. ____ Hodge and Dean Bovard On Stream Commission — Dr. Edwin T. Hodge, professor of i economic geology, and Dean John 1 Bovard, of the physical education i department, met this week-end in Portland’with the State Board Of I Health and the Fish and game Com- j mission in a preliminary meeting of the State Stream Pollution Commis- ! sion. At tlie meeting, the various de- ! partments of the commission were organized with a view to maintain ing the streams of Oregon in their ideal forms, free from pollution. Dr. Hodge was made chairman of the committee on resolutions for the ■ commission. The commission will meet-again in Portland oh June 1. Let Us Clean Those Summer Dresses We offer you speedy ser vice for the finest of cleaning, and guarantee our work. Our prices you will like. Phone us to call this morning. Phone 317 Irvin & Irvin 3ISEMSMS12ISJSISISlSJ3ISJSJS®lSJi/Sis PRF ATI Another 100 per cent Ail-Tauung • Three Unit Program De Luxe. You “See ana Hear” All! Now! Among 4s Sinister ” Shadows^ w r wrr* Wallace Beery Florence Vidor Warner Oland firm the ihnlkng- story #TONG WAR PREVIEW TONIGHT Preview Starts 9 y. m. And Aaid TALKING ACTS Professors Offer Summer School German Courses Schmidt and Reinhardt Remark on Popularity Of Language Study Dr. F. G. (!. Schmidt, bond of tlu- department ofMJerman, will give four courses in that language this summer at the Portland summer ses sion. The courses offered are: Ele mentary German, advanced German (literature),, teaching of modern languages, and English lectures on “German literature” which deals with the social problems in modern German literature. Dr. Schmidt an nounced that no knowledge of Ger UK)u was necessary for tlio latter course, but for graduate credit all work must bo done hi German. Dr. 1C. Reinhardt, assistant profes sor of .German, will offer eoprses in elementary German", adva-nced Ger man, and a German seminar, for graduate students during tlie Ku gene summer session. All courses will bo held in the forenoon, five hours a week. “The demand for German in sum mer schools all over the country is increasing,” Dr. Schmidt said in ex planation to the fact that he is teaching so many hours, ‘‘and our courses have been well attended.” Dr. Schmidt was asked to become head of the German summer school at Hunter college. New York city, this year. The department there has 3o00 students and 3d instruc tors, but Dr. Schmidt refused the offer because he could not stand the climate. Waffle* Toasted Sandwiches Salads Pies and Cakes ELECTRIC TOASTWIOH SHOPPE Colonial Theatre Bldg. 786 E. 11th Special 25c Plate Lunch Home-made Pastry Milk Shakes Chess Pies Bottled Drinks Good Coffee In Keeping with the Season One does not whnt heavy food in warm weather Our dinners are light but filling Get one! THE HQW LUNCH ♦> ♦!♦ T Y t Y Y Y X The Bartle Court f I Fully Equipped Modern Apartments 1 1 th Ave. at Pearl ? ; Sunday is Mother's Day. Why not engage a homey little apartment in BARTLE COURT and have mother here for the week-endt EAT SEA FOOD OFTEN 11' |ii'0]ilo a to fislt on Tuesdays and Fridays only wo would bo out of luck. Fortunately ninny of our customers eat soil food other ilays of the week which enables us to do a steady volume of business. You will find fresh fish at our market daily; good fish, too, because we buy carefully. Just for ;t change, serve fish for dinner today. NEWMAN’S FISH MARKET Wholesale Retail Phone 2J09 Free Delivery Thirty Books Donated Miss Elma Orduhl 9>f Eugene <to nnted 30 bo.oks'fjront her private It* •brnjy*to the university recently. Miss Ordahl was leaving Eugene and wished to place her volumes where they would prove helpful and be used. 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