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SDX-Theta Sig Special Edition Oregon VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940 NUMBER 102 _ CAMPUS Bishop Receives Top Oregana Idiot’s Delight9 Wins Approval 'Idiot’s Delight’ First Night Guild Show Is Formal Pulitzer Prize Play Emphasizes Moral On Men? Munitions By BETTY JANE THOMPSON Living up to the enthusiastic predictions of practice and dress rehearsal audiences, Guild hall’s production of Robert Sherwood’s Pulitzer prize “Idiot's Delight,” directed by Horace Robinson, last night won from its formal clad first nighters unstinting appro val. In her first starring role Helene Parsons as the Russian Irene, who finally speaks her mind about the munitions makers (of whom her boss is onelj shows her versatility in changing convinc ingly from one mood to another. Returning to star in another Guild hall production, Gerry Smith, although his voice at times was almost too big for the theater, played well his part of the guardian of “Les Blondes.” As the outspoken Communist who says what the others really think but are afraid to say, Jerry Lakefish dominated those scenes in which he appeared. Scene steal er Pat Taylor as one of “Les Blondes” made of a small part a much larger one. Another person making the most of a tiny part was Betty Fiksdal. Jim Parsons as the unscrupu lous munitions maker, Betty Jane Quigley as the war hating Mrs. Cherry, and Ray Dickson, as the Italian Captain Locicero were other outstanding actors. The second showing of “Idiot’s Delight” will be held tonight and the final presentation will be Tuesday. (Additional details an pai/c S) Today's Emerald Is Special Event: New Staff on Job History was made last night when Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, and Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal ism fraternity, worked over copy together to publish today’s spe cial edition of the Emerald. It was the first edition of its kind. Co-editors on the special staff were Catherine Taylor and George Pasero, both seniors and heads of their respective organi zations. Hal Olney, sophomore, busied himself in the capacity of managing editor. Continuing the 1939-40 Emerald’s original policy of having a woman as news edi tor, Sally Mitchell, junior filled that office on today's edition. Blackout!! SDX Harlem Hop’ Swings out at Nine Svelte Rhythms of Gene Coy Will Furnish Darktown Music; Queen Betty, Court to Be Honored By MAX FRYE Joe and Josephine Duck will put on their spring "feathers” tonight and glide across McArthur court to the svelte rhythms of Gene Coy’s 13 Aces. The "Harlem Hop” is sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, and starts at 9 p.m. An entertainment-packed evening is in store for dancers, with a double-feature intermission program featuring the first official appear Convention Erb Opens AWS Meet Women Students Start Tomorrow In Music Hall A cheery “welcome” will be written on the mat tomorrow when the Associated Women Students play hostess to more than 150 girls and 40 deans of women representing western col leges in the annual AWS conven tion which opens Monday. The three-day program will of ficially begin with a welcoming assembly in the music building Monday morning, at which Pres ident Donald M. Erb and Dean of Women Hazel P. Schwering will speak. Anne Frederiksen, AWS president, and John Dick, ASUO president, will also extend greetings to the guests. Under the supervision of Grace Irvin, convention chairman, a program built around the theme of “Women in Democracy” has been arranged. Registration will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday in Gerlinger hall after which delegates will be housed in various women’s living organizations on the campus. (Additional details on page 3) ance of Junior Weekend Queen Betty Buchanan and her court. A 13-minute movie of Oregon cam pus life will also be shown. Slice of Harlem Spacious McArthur court will resemble a small slice of Harlem, with four huge murals decorating the walls and a “dark-town” mo tif carried on throughout, dance heads said. Coy has promised to play mu sic that will suit every dancer’s taste, in the smooth, rich style that has made him a favorite wherever he has played. His band is also known for their novelty numbers. Ticket sales will go in living organizations until 5 o’clock, and will be sold at the Igloo after 8:30. Price is one dollar a couple. Law Students Sludy Policy Seven members of the law school student body have been selected to make a survey of lav/ school students to formulate a report containing constructive suggestions and criticisms of law school policy. An atempt will be made to sample the opinion of the law school and let this serve as a recommendation to the faculty in setting the policy to be followed in the administration of the law school in the future. Knotholes Inspire Murals Expressing 'Idiot’s Delight9 By CORRINE WIGNES What’s in a name ? Take “Idiot’s Delight” for ex ample. To the play worker of the present production it means chaos and confusion. To the art stu dent it is another name for the jumbled mass of color that covers one of the art school walls. A week ago the wall was a plain, uninteresting bunch of boards. Today it represents the combined artistry of about 22 upper division architecture stu dents. "The knotholes in the wall in spired us,” said one student, “so our instructor decided it would be a good sketch problem. The space was divided into units and assigned to separate students who covered up the knotholes, and made designs at the same time.” A limited number of colors were used for the mural, and al though the completed design was not intended to represent a cer tain pattern, it was required to blend together. The name of the painting? Yes, it is ‘'Idiot's Delight.” A poster from the production thus labels it. Editor Wilbur Bishop, who has been selected by the educational ac tivities board to edit next year's Oregana. Matrix Table Theta Sigs Honor Coetls Women's Honorary To Give Out Bids For Matrix Table A group of outstanding Uni versity women will be signally honored Monday evening at din ner by members of Theta Sigma Phi, who have chosen that time to distribute invitations to the annual Matrix Table banquet, it was announced Friday. Members of the women's jour nalism honorary will then appear at the various living organiza tions with the cards, on which will appear the names of out standing juniors and seniors who have been selected as honor guests. Speaker at this year's tradi tional banquet is to be Nan Wood Honeyman of Portland, na tionally known for her service as former congresswoman. Mrs. Honeyman will speak on “Wo men in Public Life,” a subject she is well qualified to discuss. The banquet is to be held April 25 in the parish hall of St. Mary’s Episcopal church. Special instru mental music is to be presented at the affair. Mrs. Eric W. Allen will be toastmistress. Miss Smith Travels Miss Janet Smith, employment secretary, left Thursday on a business trip to Klamath Falls. She will be back at the employ ment bureau Monday. Quaint Vienna For the coming; Junior Weekend The campus will be changed To resemble quaint Vienna In the spring, it's been arranged. All the details are in order I suppose it’s quite all right, But I wonder, will we have To have a blaekout every night. —I. W. S. New Editor To Assume Post Soon Pictures of Spring Events First on Yearbook Slate By JOHN CAVANAGH Wilbur Bishop. 0 r e g a n editor, 1940-41—that was the decision of the educational ac tivities board yesterday when it put Bishop, sophomore in social science, into the saddle as editor of next year's an nual. With experience as sports editor of the book. Bishop indi cated last night that he would start immediately getting pic tures of spring events for tlto new book. Also responsible for the activities and administration sections of the 1941 Oregar.a, tho editor is only 20 years old, one of the youngest men ever to fill the post. To prevent congestion next fall, much of the work of organization of the 1941 Oregana will be done immediately, Bishop said )a:it. night. -Appointment Confirmed The student executive commit tee last night confirmed the ap pointment of Bishop, first step in starting the machinery which wilt be responsible for next yeai’w publication. Applications for business man ager of the Oregana. will appear before the educational activities board April 29. Marilyn Ashley was the only other applicant. Fee W rangiers Athletic Board Views Budget Next Year’s Finances, Non-Athletic Fee Under Discussion Either next year's budget or a discussion of the implications arising from the possibility of a non-athletic student body fee would have been enough for one whole athletic board meeting Thursday night. However, both questions were on the docket. Result: no execu tive committee meeting yester day, and Thursday night’s ath letic board meeting lasted until 12:30 a.m. In working over the budget the board found itself running into the question of just what was going to be its financial status next year in relation to student body fees. The student executive committee, all mem bers of the board, asked for ad vice on how to determine student body membership, and on tho strength of that discussion tho students decided it would not br> possible to settle the fee ques tion without further investiga tion. Several suggestions for reduc ing the expense side of the- bud get were gone over carefully with a view toward cutting down. Most of the. cuts considered wero small individually, but consider able in the aggregate. At next meeting April 29, the revised budget will be considered. The board adopted a tentative (Please turn to Pcqc six)
