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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1941)
VOLUME XLII f NUMBER 128 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941 * George Washington 'Sleeps Here’ Tonight In University Theater First Performance of Kaufman-Hart Hit By Amateur Group Set for 8 o'Clock; Play Also Scheduled for May 17,20 “George Washington Slept Here,” latest Kaufman-Hart comedy hit which just finished a long Broadway run, opens here tonight at 8 o’clock in the University theater in the play’s first amateur perform ance. It will also be presented here May 17 and 20. Reservations may be obtained at the University box office in Johnson hall, extension 216. First in war, first in peace, and first in the heart of Newton Fuller OPENS TONIGHT Walker Treece, top, plays New ton Fuller, male lead in “George Washington Slept Here,” which opens tonight. Below, Frank Cal houn plays Uncle Stanley, sup posedly rich uncle of the cast. Orides Sponsors Independent Dance Orides will sponsor the last of a series of Friday night informal dances for independents in Ger linger hall tonight. Dancing will begin at 8:30, ac cording to Jeanne Smith, chair man, and will continue until 11:30. Campus clothes will be in order. A charge of 15 cents w’ill be made of all non-Orides members who wish to attend the dance. Chancellor Leaves For Policies Meeting Chancellor Frederick M. Hun ter of the Oregon state system of higher education, left here this week for Skytop, Pennsylvania, where he will attend the spring meeting of the educational poli cies commission, As member of the commission Dr. Hunter was chairman of the EPC conference co-sponsored by the Oregon state system on the Universitly of Ore gon campus March 24. The chan cellor will return to Eugene about May 26. is George Washington, first pres ident of the United States, The father of the Fuller family buys a broken - down Pennsylvania farmhouse just because the fath er of his country supposedly slept there one night. Only a Shanty But the farmhouse has long outlived such past glory and has degenerated into a rickety old ruin. Things don’t look any brighter when the rich Uncle Stanley des cends upon the family. His fin icky ways and insistent demands are somewhat offset by his wealth, but life with Uncle Stan ley is not all sunshine. Further complications ensue when Raymond, the Dead-End Kid nephew, arrives for a visit while his mother is in Reno get ting a divorce. Raymond wants to be a brat, and is entirely suc cessful. There is also an over-amorous actor who manages to confuse matters for a time, and house full of weekend guests who clut ter up the place. All to all this electrical storms, spendthrift caretakers, vindictive neighbors, and a grasping mortgage-holder. However, "all’s w’ell that ends well," and all ends well for the Fullers, with promise of a future perhaps not entirely peaceful but always interesting. C*' • * n f r r* A •)4 Jo T i ^ v ALL'S LEGAL NOW AS DO officers for next year were sworn into office by Gov. Charles A. Sprague Thursday at tfca last student body assembly of the year. Serving the student body next year will be: left to right, Lou Torgeson, president, Bob Calkins, first vice-president; Jim Frost, second vice-president; Belt® Morfitt, secretary treasurer; Bob Lovell, senior co incilor, and Governor Sprague. Tea to Honor New Emerald Editor Helen Angell, newly appointed editor of the Emerald, will be honored at an informal tea this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the alumni room of Gerlinger hall sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi, women’s professional journalism honorary. All girls majoring in journalism or working on the Emerald are invited to attend. Mrs. George Turnbull will pour. Campus clothes are in order for the tea. Sprague Inducts ASUO Officers Pi Phis, SAEs Receive Honors as Most Spirited Groups in Student Meetings, Ex-Prexy Payne Does Final Emcee By JOANNE NICHOLS Knowledge must be supplemented by earthy realism and moral idealism, Governor Charles A. Sprague told a capacity audience at Gerlinger hall yesterday morning at the installation of next year's ASUO officers. ' We have looked to education as the bulwark of democracy,’’ he said, "but knowledge alone is not sufficient unless it is based on a Boys Rate as Girls Date Tickets for the Lortar Board ball are going fast but there are still many good dates available, according to Betty Buchanan, ticket sales chairman. The dance is set for Saturday night. Joanne Riesch, dance chairman, promises that the floor of Mc Arthur court will be in fine con dition. Art Holman and his band will furnish music for the occa sion. Tickets, priced at $1 each, are now on sale in all women’s living organizations and the following girls are in charge: Alpha Chi Omega, Marjorie Curtis; Alpha Delta Pi, Janet Ross; Alpha Gamma Delta, Nor ma Baker; Alpha Omicron Pi, Penny Mullen; Alpha Phi, Janet Farnham; Alpha Xi Delta, Flor ence Cooley; Chi Omega, Patty Pearson; Delta Delta Delta, Mary Jane Bunn; Delta Gamma, Jac queline Laraway; Hendricks hall, Lillian Zidell; Highland house, Rosemarie Riley; Hilyard house, Aida Brun; Kappa Alpha Theta, Betty Stockwell; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Jean Johnston; Pi Beta Phi, Joan Goodrum; Sigma Kap pa, Veva Peterson; Susan Camp bell, Babs Du Puy; University house, Elaine Lee; Zeta Tau Al pha, Lois Hosford; Gamma Phi Beta, Neva Haight; and Orides, Carol Bird. Politics Finis No. 2 Erb’s crack in assembly Surely hit home. Why ’twas almost as subtle As yesterday’s pome. —J.W.S. IS HE MORTARFIED? Four of Oregon’s most beautiful coeds chase hot on the trail of Lou Torgeson, new student body president, to get a date for Mortar Board Saturday night. Women pictured are, from left, Janet Gorcshy, Marge McLean, Winifred Wilhelm, and Bette Morfitt. xounuation ox wisdom, wisdom is indispensable in the solution of individual and social problems, so we must move individually and socially toward wisdom.” Straight, Narrow Only by a combination of an appreciation of life's fundamen tals with a sense of direction and the moral incentive to drive one in that direction can we as men and women retain our moral bal ance or the world be improved by its future leaders, he asserted. After giving the inauguration oath to the newly elected student body officers, Governor Sprague urged them not to let personal matters influence their judgment but to administer their duties with a strong sense of honor and justice in the interests of the University and of the student body. New Officers Newly installed officers arc: Lou Torgesen, president; Eob Calkins, first vice-president; Jim Frost, second vice-president; Bette Morfitt, secretary-treasur er; Becky Anderson and Bob Lovell, senior executive council representatives; Steve Worth and John Busterud, junior represen tatives; Charles Woodruff and Oglesby Young, sophomore repre sentatives. The Pi Phis and the SAEs were honored as the living organiza tions which have shown the most spirit at assemblies throughout the year. President Donald M. Erb introduced Governor Sprague. Master of ceremonies was outgoing ASUO Proxy Tiger Payne, who introduced and thanked outstanding faculty and student leaders. Tomorrow’s edition of the Em erald will be the freshman edi tion. Bob Frazier will act as edi tor-for-a-day.