Shakespeare
Play to Open
This Evening
Robinson's Background
Receives Praise
Acoustics Said to Be Very Good;
Strong-arm Testament of
‘Kate’ Lends Speed
By S .STEPHENSON SMITH
That lively old knock-about
farce, ‘‘The Taming of the Shrew,”
more or less by Shakespeare, is to
be played by the Guild hall play
ers Friday and Saturday nights
under Mrs. Seybolt’s direction. It
was early days for Shakespeare
when he did a fast re-write on an
old play dealing with the popular
Renaissance theme, how to catch
and tame a wife. He put some
good Italian polish on the catch
as-catch-can love scenes, built up
brisk wit-combats between Katha
rine the Shrew and her burly suit
or Petruchio, and sweetened the
sub-plot of the lovely Bianca and
her many suitors.
There is plenty of brisk and gin
gery fun in the scheme these suit
ors hatch up to find a husband
ror tne shrew, so they can have a
free field with the delectable
younger daughter. Mark Twain
used to say that the chief indus
try in the Mississippi Valley was
hunting for rich widows; and the
boys had one eye on the dowry in
Padua, too.
They were willing, at least Pe
truchio was, to take the rough
tongued Kate along with the mon
ey. His scheme for taming her is
simple: to give her a large dose of
her own medicine, or outdo her at
her own humor, as the Elizabeth
ans would have said. And he says
it with a whip.
Acoustics, Setting Lauded .
Since this is written only from a
glimpse of the dress rehearsal, I
cannot review the production in
detail. But Mr. Robinson has de
vised a fine gackground for the
play: an Italian walled garden,
with the huge fir branches over
head, and a mellow light playing
over the scene. The spectacle has
the right Renaissance magnificance
and opulence; the costumes are
rich and varied.
The diction of the actors is
sound, the acoustics of the outdoor
theater surprisingly good. I lost
none of the lines, even from far
back on the second tennis court.
The pace is brisk, and there are
stage waits, since the stage
ops are shifted in the momentary
darkness between scenes. Mrs.
Sevbolt has the acting time of the
pi.'V set for two hours, yet she
has cut none of the essentials.
Hurly-Burly Enjoyed
I enjoyed the hurly-burly parts
of the action most. Petruchio
mauls Katharine about with great
conviction. My colleagues, Profes
sors Casteel and Lewis play the
roles of Grumio and Gremio with
comic force, clarity of accent, and
sharply defined characterization.
Admirers of Parks Hitchcock
can come in the expectation of see
ing him humble and submissive
before Petruchio’s whip; he and
the beautiful Nero of “The Chief
Thing” will do a back spill over a
bench with limber grace. The
principals, Virginia Wappenstein
as the Shrew, Bill Schloth as Pe
truchio, Althea Petersen as Bianca,
and Bob Cathey as Lucentio, play
their parts with great relish. The
cast, in fact, seemed to be having
a rare time; always a large start
toward the great aim of the com
ic theater: to take the audience in
on the fun.
For beauty of spectacle and
rapid-paced comic diversion, this
performance should please not only
Shakespeare devotees, but the ha
bitual movie-goer who like fast
action and plenty of it.
Performance will begin at 8:30
both evenings.
Onthank to Speak
Dean Karl W. Onthank will de
liver a commencement address at
Thurston high school tonight.
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Here’s Mary - - But Where’s Doug?
Arriving in Hollywood for a rest after a strenuous personal ap
pearance tour, Mary Pickford told friends that her husband, Douglas
Fairbanks, would return to the film capital “later in the year.” “Amer
ica’s sweetheart” refused to elaborate any further on her statement.
Condon Hall Greatly Changed
Since Dedication to Pioneer
With the passing of nearly a dec
ade many changes have been made
in Condon hall, since its dedication
to Dr. Thomas Condon, the pioneer
geologist in the entire state of
Oregon, according to Dr. Warren
D. Smith, head of the geology de
partment.
In 1926 Condon hall was com
pletely given over to geology, be
ing fully equipped and having ex
tensive exhibition material, which
has since been moved to that de
department at Corvallis, leaving
only a small portion of its origin
ally large set-up. We find that Dr.
Smith is now the only remaining
member of the original staff, and
that the anthropology ,the herbar
ium, a portion of the botany, and
the remainder of the geology de
partments are now installed in the
building. The anthropology depart
ment has been entirely developed
by Prof. L. S. Cressman during
the last three or four years. The
psychology department has re
mained the same as before.
Today we find a small chapel
in the Congregational church also
dedicated to the outstanding geol
ogist of our state, who was pre
viously a Congregational minister
before confining his time to fur
thering work in his chosen field.
The Condon collection which is
part of the geologist’s life work
was once on display in 110 John
son, but has since been almost
completely dismantled and some
what scattered. Members of the
natural history department are
waiting the erection of the new li- 1
brary building which will release
the reserve library on the second
floor of Condon for a museum in
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which geological, anthropological,
and biological material can be dis
played. “Old timers” are continu
ally inquiring, “where is the Con
don Museum?” We wonder if it is
quite fair to the memory of such
an outstanding man of our state to
have such a situation?
“The University now has the nu
cleus for a fine museum for natur
al history due to the concentrated
work of Dr. Condon and certain
private individuals, but no ade
quate place for exhibition. This is
a serious neglect on the part of the
state,” declared Dr. Smith, “and
not fair to the memory of Dr. Con
don and his great work.”
Dr. Smith stated that “Dr. Con
don’s name is probably the most
notable name save possibly that of
Dr. John McLaughlin, the great
Hudson’s Bay Factor, in connec
tion with Oregon, a name that will
live longer than that of many gov
ernors and Others who have en
joyed the political limelight.”
Board Elects Officers
New officers elected by the cam
pus advisory board is its meeting
yesterday are Nelson L. Bossing,
chairman; Victor P. Morris, vice
president; Walter L. Myers ,treas-'
urer, and Karl W. Onthank, secre
tary.
Chance Given
Econ Majors
For Positions
Government Bureau Has
Work in Statistics
Majors in Business and Sociology
May Also Apply; Exam
Must Be Passed
An unusual opportunity for get
ting into what might develop into
a high type of work is now being
offered graduate students of eco
nomics by the United States gov
ernment through the bureau of la
bor statistics.
Anyone about to be graduated
from the University as bachelors
or as masters in business, econom
ics, or sociology, may apply for a
position as junior social economist
with the bureau, which is widen
ing its investigations into cost of
living problems, price fluctuations,
hours of labor, rates of wages, and
productivity. This extensive work
is carried along as part of the NRA
reconstruction program.
Requirements Given
Qualifications for the position
are a major in any one of the
three fields mentioned above, a
course in statistics, and 150 hours
of actual field work under super
vision. Persons not having the. 150
hours of field work should not hes
itate to enter the examination,
since so many positions are to be
filled in Oregon that it is not like
ly that a sufficient number will
have had this 150 hours or more
of work.
The examination itself will con
sist of a mental test.
Advancement Possible
Persons who make good in a
three months trial period will be
advanced to permanent tenure. In
two or three years it may be ad
visable for those entering the work
now to take a year or two of grad
uate work and perhaps a Ph.D.,
according to E. B. Mittelman, as
sociate professor of business ad
ministration. With sufficient train
ing, the opportunities in the bureau
are unlimited for advancement.
The initial salary of the junior
economists is $2,000 a year.
All persons interested should
send to the district supervisor of
the civil service commission at
Seattle for application form eight,
which should be filled out and sent
to the civil service commission at
Washington, D. C., to arrive not
later than June 12.
Further detailed information
may be obtained from the school
of business administration.
Young Democrats Elect
Ethan Newman, senior in eco
nomics, was elected president of
the Young Democrats at the an
nual meeting and election of offi
cers held at the Craftsman’s club
Tuesday evening. Ted Tursley was
elected vice-president for men, and
Mary Virginia Bryan was elevted
vice-president for women. Mabel
Armitage was named secretary;
Ray Martin was elected treasurer.
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Mill Re-opens After Three Years
The Casper Lumber Mill, Fort Brag?,
Calif., opened recently after three years’
idleness. The mill is shown the morning
of its opening, with full head of iteam
and ready for business.
Scanning the Cinemas
McDonald "Bottoms Up,”
Spencer Tracy, Pat Patterson,
Harry Green, Herbert Mun
din. Also "Smarty," Joan
Blondell, Warren William,
Edward Everett Horton.
Colonial — “Half a Sinner,”
Burton Churchill, Joel Mc
Crea, Sally Blane. Also "La
dies Must Love," Mary Car
lisle, June Knight, Neil Ham
ilton.
By J. A. NEWTON
Wise Guy
^PENCER TRACY always plays
^ the part of a wise guy who
knows his women and thinks he
knows just how he stands with
them and is always caught up
within that respect.
This time he loses a very charm
ing blonde English girl, Pat Patter
son, to John Boles, and he could
lose to worse.
Story of an easy-going loafer
named Smoothy, with his forging
friend, Herbert Mundin. They find
an old pal selling sheets of popu
lar song lyrics, and they run up
against the girl.
They all bunk in an abandoned
miniature golf course house.
Tracy gets the big idea. Mun
din will be an English lord and Pat
Patterson his daughter. The re
sulting publicity gets them all
started in the movies.
"Smarty” is Joan Blondell, and
a most aggravating smarty at that.
She gets hubby Warren William so
sore that he smacks her one, for
which she gets a divorce. She
marries Edward Everett Horton,
who nearly goes crazy handling
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Graduating Students
Retjuested to Pay Fee
Before First of June
All seniors planning to grad
uate this term should pay their
graduation fee of $6.50 before
June 1, it was announced yes
terday by J. O. Lindstrom, bus
iness manager.
No one will be allowed to
graduate unless he has cleared
up all debts with the Universi
ty, including overcharges to his
student deposit, Linstrom
pointed out.
her the wrong way. She goes
back to W. W.
Not Seen
In “Half a Sinner," Burton
Churchill plays a card shark who
finds himself not so successful at
fleecing the small townies. Joel
McCrea and Sally Blane furnish
the romantic interest.
And the other show is “Ladies
Must Love,” and the ladies (?) in
this situation include Mary Car
lisle and June Knight. Four gold
diggers decide to pool the sucker
profits. It goes screwy when June
falls for Neil Hamilton.
Farewell, faithful reader!
Thompson Made
Board President
Orval N. Thompson, junior in.
pre-law, was elected president of
the University Co-op board at a
joint meeting of the old and new
board members held at the Col- ;
lege Side Wednesday noon. Howard j
Ohmart, junior in sociology, was j
elected to fill the position of sec
retary, Thompson completes two
years service on the board this
year, having been elected as a
freshman and reelected when a
sophomore. This is Ohmart’s first
year as a board member of the
University store.
A general report of the store’s j
standing was given by M. F. Me- j
Clain, Co-op manager. McClain j
stated that the sales records were j
comparable with those of last year.
Also that the store’s indebtedness
had been decreased by about $4000 !
and is at the present time of a neg- '
ligible amount.
A vote of thanks for tlieir work ■
on the Co-op board was extended
to George Hibbard, ex-president,
and Bud Johns, sophomore mem
ber, who retire this spring. The two
recently elected members of the
board, Hale Thompson and Ed
Wheelock, were officially welcomed
by the new president.
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our appreciation of your patronage
during the past year and want to wish
you one and all the greatest of
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