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)