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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1942)
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The Princess Stars Dorothy Durkee easily takes the show as the star of the pro duction, as Princess Oparre of the Celebes, the native wife whom Adventurer Nathaniel Mc Queston (Dick Turner) brings home to his staid Massachusetts family after seven years at sea. Her first act beginning is slow, and this is contributed to by the rather dull costuming which at first disappoints the eye until one grows with the strength of the character herself. The second and third acts are hers, however, and the gripping denunciation of the Salem pseudo-Christians, who put faith in the Bible’s doctrine of the brotherhood of man yet scorn a "black woman” in their midst, is a tribute to the exquis ite lines of Maxwell Anderson’s drama. The very core of the Prin cess Oparre’s broken soul is ripped from her body as Miss Durkee throws into the role all her strength. The play sustains its suspense until the very last of the third act, and there is no real know ing what poetic justification will be offered until then. Princess Oparre too sustains the strength of the drama until her final scene, where she is able to give the role a feel of the intensity of her emotion as her dream world and her new-found relig ion crash to nothingnesss. Enter, the Husband E»ick Turner d,oes a worthy job as the man torn between love and society’s rules. His forceful interpretation of the returning successful son of adventure and the gradual disintegration of this original rosy superiority against the onslaughts of social disap proval was a difficult assignment handled well. The second act is his strongest. Scene-stealer of “Wingless Vic tory’’ is little Charlotte Means, four-year-old daughter of the re ligion department head, who puts experienced Guild players to a hard task to hold the stage when ever her lithe little body moves across the stage. She never muffs a line nor a movement, and adds a refreshing note to the heavy drama of the production. Special privilege at last night’s produc tion was her between-acts sitting on our laps . . . during which she explained very seriously that the Japanese had captured Singapore. Charlotte was born there. Charles Boice, as the younger brother of the returning prodigal son, plays his best Guild role to date as the usual charming good for-nothing who is one of Oparre’s few friends in her new home. He has some good lines in the first act, which he handles in a light and easy manner that does their inherent humor justice, agd prac tically makes the first aPt his. (Please turn to foyc seven) Oregon If Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and hnal examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon. HELEN ANGELL, Editor FRED O. MAY, Business Manager Associate Editors: Hal Olney, Fritz Timmen Ray Schrick, Managing Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Advertising Manager Jack Billings, Acting News Editor Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager Helen Flynn, Office Manager Lois Clause, Circulation Manager UPPER NEWS STAFF Jonathan Kahananui, Lee Flatberg, Herb Penny, Assistant Managing Editor Co-Sports Editors Joanne Nichols, Executive Secretary Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor Co-Women’s Editors Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. One Man Holds the Key... ''JM1E personality of a man is often the determining factor in deciding whether something is good or evil. Such, perhaps, will be the case with censorship of the Am erican press in time of war. The man Byron Price has already done much to make censorship compatible with free exchange of opinion. There was confusion in those first few weeks of the war, and before Mr. Price was appointed to take complete charge of the censorship divisjpn and originate his war time code, editors throughout America were beginning to turn gray as they tried to justify in their own minds the conflicting de mands for censorship that the army and navy were sending out, and the obviously already-known news that was being called “valuable to the enemy.” 'JpiIE sudden and thrilling confidence with which the people, both believing and unbelieving, suddenly overwhelmed the government was typified in the attitudes of these editors . . . who wanted to keep anything out of print that was valuable to the enemy, but wanted their right to print obvious facts, and particularly opinion. They knew that the espionage act, and the trading with the enemy act, combined with the more recent alien registration act of 1940, had already sharpened the claws of the American eagle. They knew that it was up to the administration to decide whether censorship in this country should be really voluntary or should make free press a mere memory. rJMlEY knew that the absolute minimum of information that the people must know to keep this traditional liberty in cludes the decisions made by elected officials and by the upper level of appointive administrators, factual basis for judging the wisdom of such decisions, and unhampered oppor tunity to exchange opinions bearing on these subjects. They waited for anti-newspaper President Roosevelt to appoint George Creel's successor with some misgiving. From Maine to Oregon, newspapermen acclaimed the ap pointment of Associated Press’ Byron Price as the new censor ship head. One of their own group, he avowedly “hates censor ship” so should be a good man to handle it. ft ft ft ft nPIIE code which lie has drafted for the guidance of editors has shown that he understands not only the problems of his own profession but the duties of his new job as well. Properly observed, these regulations can insure that the essen tials of the American conception of freedom of press will remain intact. The cooperative attitude of Price toward news papers, blotted as it often is by army and navy contradictions, seemed to be the saving quality in all this censorship; he had the newspaperman’s attitude at heart. A great many of the army and navy orders seem downright “silly” to newspapers, and ever since the war began the press has been reacting audibly to the confusion in commands, the censorship of stories already released, etc. They wondered if America had learned nothing from its extensive study of British censorship practices. 'JMIEliE were bright spots on the domestic scene for the Fourth Estate, however. There was a spirit of cooperation amoiii; newspapermen, and a sincere desire to cooperate in helping America win the war. There was real encouragement in the above hoard use of the word ‘‘censorship.” They knew tins time that it meant to restrict, not to prescribe But most of ail. there was the admired, respected, and trusted Byron Brice whom newspapermen knew wotdd go to “all-outs” to maintain a free exchange of opinion in warring America. Independent and Greek all-stars clash in a benefit basket ball game March 4. and February 24's Emerald, carrying an advance on the affair, reads: “A pipe dream that started in the Emerald sports room burst into a starry glow Wednesday night, March 4.” Since when lias the Emerald become pro phetic* And anyway, this is an inter-Oregon attraction, not an Oregon-Oregon State game. At Second (fiance... Bv TED HARMON L_____i L’ENVOI! Roses are red, Violets are blue; This column means We’re all through. Since you (all three of you) started reading the chatter under the heading of “At Second Glance” last October, some 50 columns have appeared, with nearly 15,000 words being cast by the linotype operators. Now, with the end of the term in full view, we, too, retire for posterity. We’ve had a lot of fun writing it and are exceptionally glad that we ve Kepi our menus (see uc low) as well as make the ac quaintance of several new ones. So, with a final gesture, we offer herewith an anthology of some of the better humor that has appeared since the birth of this column last fall. Anthology The first sign of any campus reaction appeared on November 4 when students ACTUALLY climbed the steps of Johnson hall to see if “Chuck Loves Nelda” was carved in the marble facade. . . . the awful odor in the library is the dead silence they keep in there . . he who goes out for wool often comes home clipped . . . uit.: worry surrouuumg graues un der water; y’know, below the “C” level ... a cowboy dies with his boots on so he won't stub his toe when he kicks the bucket . . . college bred is made from the flower of youth, and the dough of their parents ... As one soph omore said: “Don’t thank me for the hug; the pressure was all mine’’ . . . Newspaper headline barks: “Mine Sinks Destroyer.” We wonder just what yours did. . . . The imaginary campus in vasion (remember?) preceded Pearl Harbor by just exactly one month . . . The man with a wood en leg outside Chapman hall named Smith, while coeds pon dered the name of his other leg. It was one of those mornings when the events of the previous weekend were just catching up with the sophomore in the form of a headache. Walking blindly into a campus confectionery, he sat down, ordered an egg. On the way to the table, the waitress dropped the egg. “What’ll I do?” she screamed. The sophomore raised his head, blinked and said, “Cackle like the devil; you’ll have a helluva time doing it again!” •\na, oi course, it you should ever have to solve the problem of finding a fly in your coke, here are five alternatives for solution: 1. Don’t yell so loud; everyone will want one. 2. That's all right. Drowning is more merciful than the swatter. 3. What did you expect for a dime? Humming birds? 4. Grab your fork; maybe a trout will come to the surface. 5. Forget it. There’s no extra charge. Which is something like the law stooge who ordered a cup of coffee, tasted it, and called the waitress. “Say, w'hat's the mat ter,’’ he asked. “This coffee tastes like mud!” The waitress smiled' at him. “Why not, it was only ground this morning!” Hickory dickory dock, Two mice ran up the clock. The clock struck And they couldn’t get supplies in for a week. For the past two terms, we’ve formed some opinions of our own, something like this: that the most friendly house on the cam pus is the Alpha Chi . . . the Al pha Phis have more fun than any one else along with the AOPis. . . . The Phi Delts and the ATOs claim the same honor for the fra ternities . . . we wish there were more people like Gloria Kibbee, Earl Holmer, Phyllis Carlisle, Sue Stickels. Art Wiggins, Russ Hud son, Arliss Boone, Jim Benni son, Dorothy Walthers, Mary Ark ley, Jack Lansing, Greg Decker. Jean Kabisius. Bob Koch, Lor raine Davidson, Bob Mundt, Mona MacAuley, Jerry Battles, Olney, Elaine Voss, Norma Baker, Bob Hancock, and Bobby Mac Laren . . . that the cfrowdedest place on the entire campus is the Co-op between 9 and 10 o’clocks . . . that most of the coeds will be out of luck when Mortar Board rolls around. P.S.—Only adverse comment offered during two full terms was from the Pi Phi abode about the constant reference to their name. So if they want an apology, let them remember that this is the last column. To Pat Taylor: you’re awfully clever, but then, so are we. * Salaam! 0 0 0 By MARY WOLF Michigan State’s Union grill has long held a position as the foremost single distribution cen ter of cokes in the middle west, which title it now relinquishes in the interest of national defense,-^ —Varsity News. i woke to look upon a face silent, white and cold, oh friends, the agony i felt can never half be told, we’d lived together but a year; too soon it seemed, to see those gentle hands outstretched and still that toiled so much for me! my waking thoughts have been of one who now to sleep had dropped, ’twas hard to realize, oh friends, my dollar watch had stopped. -y —Linfield Review. A bargain is a good buy—a good-bye is a farewell—a fare well is to part—to part is to leave—my gal left me without a good-bye—she was no bargain anyway.—Barometer. * * # If you had plenty of good points about you, the world wouldn’t sit on you so hard.— Whirlwind. A chem major at Michigan State begins his letters to that particular person, “Dear C 12 H 22 O 11.” Defense Drive (Continued from page one) value they pledge each month for the duration, according to Harry Prongas who is in charge of the drive. All other drives in the state with the exception of Oregon State and here have been closed. The battle between OSC and the University promises to be a hot one as each school strives to reach 100 per cent mark first. University house, Alpha Phi, and Alpha Tau Omega went 100 per cent during the first 12 hours pledging. A new type soybean developed by the extension division of Lou isiana State university soon may answer the problem of farmers whose lands now lie fallow be cause of reduction in cane acre age.