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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1939)
A Word from the Faculty (Note: This is the second of a series of articles by members of the University faculty. The Emerald, makes no suggestions to these writers, who write just as they please.) By HORACE YV. ROBINSON “I want to be Bohemian.” That would hardly seem to be an ade quat excuse for taking a univer sity course but there are those who have entered thd drama depart ment with just that in mind. This ought to be a good place to put that popular fallacy to rest. The fact that a starry-eyed leading lady may be seen at a local eatery in the wee small hours of the morn ing, decorated with a corsage, and surrounded by a riotously happy cast is not completely convincing proof of an unfettered existence. For those few moments of gaiety there have been hours of mental and physical strain and of social isolation. Public Viewpoint Unfortunately the thing that the public sees in the actor is first, an apparently effortless and blissful two hours lived within the confine of a romantic picture frame. This dramatic fragment is capped by tearful congratulations from friends, boxes of flowers, and hilar ious fun. Oh, for the life of an actor! Well, it is comparatively simple -—just takes time and a lot of stamina unless you can think of a better word. You start out four years earlier and work through a sequence of two courses in voice training. No flowers yet. Then us ually a year of technical work— problems in electricity, working drawing and elevations of settings, research in the library. What does a bundling board look like any way ? How do I go about making a hooka? Or worse still—what do I do with a hooka when I make it? No Congratulations No congratulations yet. In fact the audience you are so anxious to impress doesn't know you exist unless something goes wrong—un less the gun just clicks, or when the actor pulls the door the wrong way or you do a “Waller” and stick your posterior into the switchboard which carries 220 volts causing no end of pain to yourself and throw ing a revealing flash of ghastly white light down through those chicken wire trees. No, no con gratulations yet. That is the year that you learn that anonymity is the stage hand’s greatest asset. Acting Training When do I start being Bohem ian? There's another year of be I Conference Schedule Saturday, October 28 8:30 a.m.—Hymn sing, led by Clarence L. Faris, Music building. 9:00 a.m.—Bible forum. Led by Dr. John Casteel, University of Ore gon. Music building. 10:10 a.m.—Plenary session. Gerlinger hall. Mr. R. H. Edwin Espy speaking. “The Conquering Christ.” 11:00 a.m.—Discussion groups. 12:30 p.m.—Luncheon, First Baptist church. Group singing. Special music. 1:45 p.m.—Plenary session. Dr. J. Quinter Miller speaking. “Youth's Place in a United Church." 2:45 p.m.—Discussion groups. 3:45 p.m.—Free time. Conducted tours of the campus. Committee meetings. Open houses (to be announced). 6:45 p.m.—Amsterdam International Banquet. First Baptist church. Entertainment. Rev. Williston Wirt in charge. Sunday, October 29 7:15 a.m.—Early morning communion service. Dr. J. R. Branton in charge. First Baptist church. 8:15 a.m.—Conference breakfast. First Baptist church. 9:00 a.m.—Bible forum led by Dr. John Casteel, University of Oregon. 10:00 a.m.—Findings, reports, and meeting of the Oregon Christian Youth Council. First Baptist church. 11:00 a.m.—Morning worship services. Various Eugene churches. 12:15 p.m.—Denominational meetings. 1:30 p.m.—Dinner. 2:30 p.m.—Closing service. Alumni hall, Gerlinger. Dr. R. H. Espy speaking. “The Call to Youth.” Installation of new officers. ginning acting training ahead of you. An average of ten hours a | week spent mastering the intra cacies of line reading, psycholog ical background of emotion, basic stage movement, posture and lines —lines—and more lines. No newspaper raves as yet, you haven’t even appeared in public. Three years—and as far as you are concerned the curtain hasn’t opened. At last the fourth year, you have survived the elimination process (only about one in twelve stick it out), you have served your apprenticeship and you’re an actor. Clutch your bouquet with thumb and forefinger, the one you mashed with a tack hammer covering a flat; carefully plant yourself in the center of that spotlight, never mind the headache you already have from the glare; take your bow carefully not to split that cos tume again that you have repaired every night for the last week; walk off the stage and just try to ex plain reasonably to the second lead why you killed his big moment in the third act by sneezing (a cold you caught by sitting on the light gallery waiting for an entrance, temperature 108 degrees in the shade and all shade.) Bohemia! Huh! So this is Bohemia! One snort of disgust tinged with a little envy for the smart person who elected to sit in a well illuminated room, nicely ventilated, with peace and quiet. One who sits in an uphol stered chair and reads through once an authoritative essay on the Cause and Cure of Social Malad justment in the Aleutian Islanders in the period between 1876 and 1903. 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You probably spend four hours a week together with the other mem bers of an ordinary university class while you have been spending 25 with your fellow actors. It is one big happy family and we prac tically live together — in a nice way, of course. A Cross We have one cross to bear that you might be able to help out on. “Now,” as the stage manager says, “this may hurt your feelings but I've got to say it.” This actor that has spent so many heartbreaking hours in preparing himself to play for you is forced to perform in front of an audience at the Univer sity of Oregon which is about as ill-mannered as any ever brought togetehr on this continent. Not the Guild hall audience—we get the cream and mighty fine and responsive people they are, too. But the average student—at a con cert say—pays about as much at tention to the comfort and plea sure of the people about him as a house manager does to a day old pledge. I could say more but—• didn’t I say you wouldn't like it? Just thought I’d mention it in passing. Espy Address (Continued from page one) Crane the group on Understanding the Bible will meet at Wesley house and Dr. E. W. Warrington will be at Westminster house for ! the group on Evangelism in the World Today. For adult leaders or students in terested in personnel work, Miss Gertrude Apcl will lead a seminar in the AWS lounge. Dr. H. F. Mar tin will lead the group on Leader ship in the Local Church on the sun porch in Gerlinger. Guides to Group Worship under Mr. R. V/. Coleman will meet in the YWCA. Music of the Church wil meet in Alumni hall with Mr. Faris. Rev. Oulette will meet with the group on Worldwide Youth Movements in 105 Journalism and Howard Wil lits will meet in 105 Oregon with the group on Christian Attitudes in Times of Crises. During free time in the after noon, delegates will be shown the campus. They may also swim, or participate in other recreation. The afternoon address will be given by Dr. J. Quinter Miller of the federal council of churches. His topic has been announced as "The Place of Youth in a United Church." Climaxing the day will be the international banquet at the Bap tist church. With the 14 delegates who attended the international con ference in Amsterdam in charge, the banquet will be based on the world conference. Among the dele gates to the world conference is Peter Howard, son of Prof, and Mrs. Charles G. Howard. Following the banquet the group will adjourn to Gerlinger hall for recreation led by Rev. Williston Wirt. With Dr. James R. Branton in charge, an early morning com munion service will be held at 7:15 Sunday morning at the Baptist church. Prof. John Casteel will lead a Bible forum after the con ference breakfast. Findings of the discussion groups will be read in the youth council meeting which precedes the church hour. Delegates will atetnd their own denominational church and then meet for luncheon. Closing service with Mr. Espy speaking will be held at 2:30 in the music building. UNIVERSITY BUSINESS COLLEGE SHORTHAND — TYPEWRITING COMPLETE BUSINESS COURSES Edward L. Ryan, B.S., LL.B., Mgr. I. O. O. F. Buildg Evigene Pbone 2973 !'Arms and Man1 Plenty Hot; Catches Fire Not even fire can stop the re hersals of the “Arms and the Man", George Bernard Shaw’s play which will be given by the University theater November 16, 17, and 18. Everything was going smooth ly on stage last night when Ed Burtonshaw nochalantly flipped his cigarette, tied with a string which represented a hookah, in to a waste paper basket. The imitation Indian water pipe immediately burst in flames. Did Ed Burtenshaw, playing the role of Petkoff, hesitate in his lines? Did Charlene Jack son (Mrs. Petkoff) look up from her sewing? No. Without the loss of a single word Gene Edwards, the dash ing Major Saranoff in the pro duction, came to the rescue and extinguished the blaze. Only Lorraine Hixson, the Pet koff’s lovely daughter, became excited. Fred Waller, Captain Bluntchli, helped pick her off the floor after she jumped through a fake window “that wasn’t there.” Symphony Lovers Will Meet Tonight Around Cozy Fireside A group of young people will meet at Westminster Saturday evening at 7 o’clock to sit around the fire and listen to the broad cast of the NBC symphony orches tra, a two-hour program. Professor Kenneth Shumaker, of the English department, will speak concerning people and their atti tudes at 9:45 Sunday morning. A 6 o’clock social tea will be held Sunday evening, and at 6:30 Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of the physics department, will speak on “Lives that Count", after which he will lead a discussion concern ing the subject. Dr. Caswell is chairman of the Westminster campus commission and a member of the Westminster Oregon Foun dation. BIEILIG mm ■ KTlERPjntJIlfS-PlRfKf The Legion of Lost Flyers with RICHARD ARLEN Nancy Drew in ‘1 The Hidden Staircase ’ ’ “The Under Pup” STARRING ROBERT CUMMINGS NAN GREY GLORIA JEAN This Week’s Church News By BETTY JANE THOMPSON Many local ministers will have one of those few and far between opportunities to be on the receiving end of a sermon this weekend I when leaders of the Oregon Christian youth assembly take over the : pulpits of the Eugene churches Sunday morning. R. H. Edwin Espy, organizers of the Amsterdam conference, will replace Dr. A. J. Harms at the First Baptist church; Betty Britton, I conference president, will speak • for Dr. B. Earle Parker at the 'First Methodist church; Dulcina j Brown, director of the conference, will be at the Fairmount Presby- i terian church for Rev. A. R. Jones, j Taking the place of Rev. Willis ton Wirt at the Congregational church will be Rev. E. F. Oulette of The Dalles; Dr. A. J. Quintet Miller of the federal council of churches will replace Dr. Norman K. Tally at the Central Presby terian church. Rev. R. W. Coleman, director of Christian education for the Christ ian churches of northern Califor t nia, will speak at the First Chris S ian church; Major R. W. Ford will ; be at the Salvation Army service; ; Clyde Charters, conference pro i gram chairman will be at the \ Springfield Baptist church, Rev. I Miss Bertha Pease at the Spring field Methodist church, and How ard Berger at the Springfield Christian church. Don Douris will be at the Light house Temple; Muriel Leslie at St. Mary’s Episcopal church; Mr. 1. G. • Nace at the United Lutheran; ; Frank Allen at the Central Luth eran ; Frances Maeda at the Evan j gelical, and Bill Hobbs at the Naz j arene churches. Sunday evening will find the i young people’s groups pursuing a ; normal program for the conference will be over during the afternoon. Following the evening service at the First Christian church at which Dr. Childers will speak on “Some thing New,” a motion picture of Egypt will be shown. Prof. Kenneth Shumaker of the English department will speak to the Westminster morning group at 9:45 and Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of the physics department, m imiiiai.1 n u “Hollywood Cavalcade” with ALICE FAYE and DON AMECHE Photographed in Technicolor Revived!! CLARK GABLE CHAS. LAUGHTON in “Mutiny on the Bounty” WALLACE BEERY JACKIE COOPER “The Champ” IT’S GOT MICKEY! IT’S GOT JUDY! ...IT’S G0T— /•Doors 11:30 P. M. / • All Seats 40c lMcDONALDU will speak in the evening at 6:30. | Bill Hobbs of Albany, one of the morning speakers, will lead the! Wesley foundation meeting at T o’clock on “Echoes from Amster dam.” The Lutheran students will meet Sunday evening at the ‘McNutt Cottage' on the McKenzie with Professor John L. Casteel of the speech department as the speaker. All LSA'ers will meet at 5:45 Sun day evening at the YWCA bunga low. Transportation will be pro vided. A speaker, entertainment, and refreshments have been ar ranged for under the direction of Doris Dunberg and Iris McNutt. Luoma Represents Emerald in Chamber Awarded a complimentary mem bership, George Luoma, Emerald business manager, will be in the Eugene chamber of commerce in the future as representative of the Daily Emerald among Eugene business men. Arranged through Mr. Fred Brenne, executive secretary of the chamber, Luoma’s appointment will give him an excellent chance to obtain a closer contact with the advertisers by discussing mutual problems. In the regular lunch ses sions, he will comment on adver tising in general with the members and in this way acquaint them with the Emerald set-up. Take advantage of the special Emerald rate. $2.25 per year. 'A' fl STANDS * FOR iAppetizing’ which describes Kora's Double-the-Milk Bread Homer E. Townsend Elected Hostel Head Homer E. Townsend of Campbell co-op was elected president of the campus youth hostel group at a meeting in Gerlinger Tuesday night. Marjorie Montgomery was elected vice-president; Mary Krafsic, sec retary. and Pauline Lightfoot, treasurer. A bicycle trip to Coburg bridge was planned for next Sunday af ternoon. Hostlers will meet at Hutch’s bike shop at 2:30. They will return before dark. Libe Representatives Confab in Portland Three of the library staff left Friday for a conference of rep resentatives of college libraries at Heed college in Portland. Those attending the conference are Corwin V. Seitz of the order department and Mr. and Mrs. Cav erhill of the reserve and periodical departments. The next meeting of the group will be in Gerlinger hall Novem ber 8. General Electric Carry about Radio FREE! Wlto-'U win it at OREGON All-wave. No aerial, no ground, no plug-in. Plays outdoors, in doors, anywhere. A Portable Battery bet. Every student can use one. You shall have music wherever you go! 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