VOLUME XLII NUMBEF 104
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1941
'First Runs7
Of 'Tovarich'
End Tonight
Three Leads Play
Final Performance,
Change Thursday
By JOANNE NICHOLS
Tears, smiles, and laughs
mingled in the comedy-romance,
“Tovarich,” to charm University
theater's audience last night. Di
rection by Ottilie Turnbull Sey
bolt and acting by a well-chosen
cast established the play as one
of the Guild hall's many suc
cesses.
Top acting honors went to Jer
ry Lakefish, who submerged his
own character completely to be
come Martellau, the little French
man in room 12 in the Hotel du
Quercy, Paris. By clever make
up, characteristic mannerisms,
walk and voice, Lakefish walks
away with the show.
Betty Fiksdal radiated poise as
the gracious Fernande Dupont.
Jeff Smith as her husband,
Charles Dupont, was the typical
tired businessman and worried
father.
The spontaneous laughter of
Bettie Jane Quigley as Madame
Van Hemert in the drawing-room
scene was engaging. Another
good bit was Dorothy Durkee’s
performance as the well-padded
cook, Louise. Last night’s fencing
scene went better than Thurs
day’s.
Tonight closes the play’s run
with the present cast. Next
Thursday “Tovarich" will open
■with Jim W. Parsons, Trudy Har
land, and Parker McNeil in the
leading roles.
Oldie to Flicker
On Wednesday
'Intolerance' Free
To UO Students
On Activities Card
Marking the halfway point in
the current re-running of old
films, “Intolerance,” produced in
1916 by D. W. Griffith, pioneer
in the picture industry, will be
shown students next Wednesday
afternoon and evening.
“Intolerance,” at the time it
was conceived opened the wTay for
a new spectacular type of movie
which, in some points, has not
even been equalled in the modern
industry.
The slums of today, sixteenth
century France, ancient Babylon,
and Calvary, speak, in Griffith’s
extravaganza, of the evil that the
self-righteous have perpetrated
through the ages. His Babylon
astonished the C alifornia skies
with walls on which armies could
march, halls in which men looked
like flies.
Unusual, then and today, “In
tolerance” is recognized finally
as a work of art, a film of great
ness and originality. Sponsored
by the educational activities
board, this is the third presen
tation of the six programs to be
shown as a part of the “Survey of
the Film in America.”
HER MAJESTY, ANNABELLE I
(Courtesy of the Register-Guard)
Meet Annabelle Dow, who was chosen as queen of Junior Weekend
Thursday. Queen Annabelle will reign over the first weekend she has
seen, for she transferred from the University of Hawaii this year.
The princesses Ln her court are Helen Angell, Jean Burt, Barbara Neu,
and Barbara Todd.
Success Keynotes
Unusual Career
Of Blind Musician
Success in everything he has attempted is the keynote to the
unusual story of Alec Templeton’s rise in the world. But, considering
the fact that he has been interested only in music from childhood—
perhaps it is not so startling. Templeton will appear in concert at
McArthur court next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
Free to all University students on presentation of their activities
cards, Templeton s concert is the
final of the current year’s Great
er Artist series.
DeBussy, Bach, and Mozart, in
the order named, are Templeton’s
favorite classical composers, and
his program always contains a
representation of each. Often
though, without the customary
stiff reverence of music lovers
for the masters, his instinct for
humor creeps out resulting in
such compositions as “Debussy
in Dubuque,’’ “Bach Goes to
Women Speakers
To Depart Sunday
Women symposium speakers
will embark Sunday on their
longest tour of the season. They
will address 14 audiences in east
ern Oregon and Washington.
Eiva Jane South, Jane Hooker,
and Michi Yasui wall represent
the University on the annual tour,
which includes speeches at Wal
lowa, Pendleton, Hood River, Mil
ton-Freewater in Oregon; and
Walla Walla in Washington.
They will speak on “Does Col
lege Training Better Fit Woman
for Her Place in Society?” This
subject has been the topic of dis
cussion during the current sym
posium season.
Town,” and “Mozart Matricu
lates.” More familiarly his com
positions are called—take-offs on
the old masters.
Tickets may be secured at Mc
Arthur court with reserved seats
priced at $1.25, $1.50, and $2.00,
General admission is $1.
Lettermen’s Dance
To Commence at 8:30
So Singers Can Vie
Coin-Tossing Places Delt Chorus First
In Sing-Offs; Sigma Nus, Phi Belts, DGs,
Gamma Phis, Pi Phis Follow in Order
By BETTY JANE BIGGS
Diggers and their dates may start their dancing a half hour early
tonight at the Order of the O's Lemon Squeeze, Jim Rathbun, i rcsi-<
dent of the athletes, announced last night.
Ray Dickson and his 12-piece student band will open with "EhiOi
Nocture,” their theme song, at 8:30 o'clock in McArthur court in order
to fit in the Interfraternity sing finals and a full evening of dancing,
Rathbun declared.
Coins were tossed last night
for the. "batting order’’ of the
houses competing in the tourna
ment. Delta Tau Delta will be
‘up’’ first at 10 o’clock followed
by Sigma Nil and Phi Delta
Theta. Women’s living organiza
tions will go before the mike at
11 o’clock with Delta Gamma
singing first, followed by Gamma
Phi Beta and Pi Beta Phi.
Trophies will be awarded by
Janet Goresky, president of Pan
hellenic, and "Dutch" Rohwer,
head of Interfraternity council.
For the comedy touch, Order
of the "O's” a cappella choir will
(Continued on fiage five)
Oxford Man's
Daughter Here
Rhodes Student
From Class of '16
To Live in Eugene
The only child ever born to a
Rhodes scholar while at Oxford
arrived here recently to attend
Eugene high school. The child, a
young woman now, is Marion
Ackerson, daughter of Luton
Ackerson, Rhodes scholar from
Oregon in 1916.
A standing rule prevents
Rhodes scholars from marrying
while at Oxford, but Mr. Acker
son, having enlisted for world
war I. was given a dispensation
to enable him to marry before
going "over.” He had been at
Oxford a year before enlisting.
When Mr. Ackerson returned
from France he was given per
mission to study for a time at
Columbia, college before resum
ing his scholarship at Oxford. In
1922 he returned to finish his
course.
Mr. Ackerson is now teaching
in New York college for this year
while Marion and her mother
have come to Eugene. This sum
mer Mr. Ackerson will come to
Oregon also.
Authoress Favors
Bunyan to Ballads
By JEAN SPEAROW
“My father used to tell me Paul Bunyan stories, more years ago
than I’d care to tell you,’’ Ida Virginia Turney, author of three Paul
Bunyan books, spoke over a pile of her latest edition which she was
busy autographing in the University Co-op yesterday.
Miss Turney was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in the heart
of the lake country where many of the Paul Bunyan stories took
place. -__
Told Stories
In 1912 Miss Turney came to
the University of Oregon from
Beloit college, Wisconsin. "I used
to tell the stories there," she re
called. ‘‘Everyone thought they
were funny, and I felt they were
significant. So I decided to use
them for my master’s thesis. But
the English department wouldn't
let me. They made me write
about ballad poetry instead;’’
“It’s not folk lore,” Miss Tur
ney explained, “but gang lore.
And the stories are all symbolic.
Lore cannot live unless it is.”
Illustrations for the present
book were done by Norma Lyon.
Miss Lyon, a bachelor in music,
got her start in art work when
she illustrated her own music for
children in connection with piano
teaching.
The rough draft for the fourth
Paul Bunyan book to be printed
in the near future was on display
at the Co-op during the tea, Fri
day afternoon.
UO Students
Stage Night
Rally March
Pi Phis Win Trophy
Other Sororities
Sing Heart Songs
Howling- snake-dancers serpen
tined up Eleventh and down Uni
versity streets last night to Gcr
linger hall for a pre-game i ally
before today's baseball clash with
Willamette's Bearcats.
The program was full of high
lights, one of the most outstand
ing was the sorority- sing contest,
won by Fi Beta Phi. Other con
testants were Alpha Chi Omega,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi,
Delta Gamma, and Kappa Kappa
Gamma. The Pi Phis will receive
a $24 trophy given by Fan
hellenic and the Interfraternity
council.
The Order of “O” glee club,
under the direction of "Serge
Jaroff” Nelson, "Tended” several
selections during which "Cruiser”
Ashcorn, unable to contain him
self, broke into a sailor's horn
pipe to the delight of the audi
ence.
"Sultan” Gurley, lounging on a
litter, was carried to the platform
where he struggled to his own
feet long enough to plug the
Order of "O” dance in his own
inimitable style.
Ray Dickson's band played
several numbers. Jean Morrison
and Dick Carlton handled the
vocals.
Climaxing the program was the
introduction of the Junior Week
end royalty by Genii Brown.
Assistant Coach Mannie Vezie
was introduced and spoke at the
assembly.
Spanish Honorary
To Initiate Saturday
Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish na
tional honorary, will initiate 26
new members today at 4:30 p.ni.
in Gerlinger.
The minimum requirements foi*
membership are: that the student
must have taken upper division
Spanish work, have a cumulative
GPA of 2.75, and must have re
ceived a grade of "B” or bettc*
in Spanish courses.
At 6 p.m. a banquet will be held
in the sun room, and at 7:30, the
group will have an hour of sing
ing and dancing Mexican senga
and folk dances.
Dear Rushee
They’ve told you by now in thei*
own subtle cracks,
That there's nothing at all a fra
ternity lacks.
Did they mention, dear rushee,
that, too, includes hacks?
—J.W.S.