Wingless’ Star Flies
In Many Artistic Paths
Dick Turner, who takes the part of Nathaniel McQueston
in the production, “The Wingless Victory,” has many interests
other than dramatics.
A ousiness administration major he is also a commercial
artist, has done some work as announcer, is interested in radio.
art, writing, and advertising.
While he was attending Whit
man college, Dick did some com
mercial art work for the cham
ber of commerce at Walla Walla.
Radio
He has done quite a bit of an
nouncing and has played in sev
•^'eral of the radio workshop plays
last year.
Another phase of his interest
lies in designing sets. He is the
first leading man ever to design
the set for the play in which he
was acting.
Dick’s future plans include
writing plays, and some day, he
hopes to combine his art talent
with advertising and the theater.
Interests
Interest in dramatics started
in high school, when Dick was in
several high school plays. Then
going to Whitman for his first
two years of college, he developed
this interest, and finally, landing
at the University of Oregon, he
has played in “The Taming of
the Shrew,’’ “Three-Cornered
Moon,” and “George Washington
Slept Here.”
So far Dick has played straight
leads with no experience in char
acter leads. Although he is going
into the navy in June he still has
high hopes of continuing his act
ing experience, with the possibil
• ity that he may go into the mov
ies or on the stage.
Check for $I00 Given
. To Music Honorary
Patronesses of Mu Phi Epsilon,
national music honorary, pre
sented a $100 check to the Uni
versity chapter last Wednesday,
according to Mrs. Elsie Miller,
treasurer.
The money will be used for the
establishment and maintenance
of a library of record albums,
Mrs. Miller said.
A promise of -future checks
was made at the Wednesday
meeting by the patronesses to
add to the record collection.
Clothing Students Hear
Guest Speaker Today
Clothing construction and se
lection students will have a guest
speaker when they meet this
afternoon in the living room of
the home economics department
on the third floor of Chapman
hall, according to Mrs. Mabel
Wood, head of the home econom
ics department.
A representative of the Butter
ick pattern company will speak
to the group. Last year the rep
resentative showed the girls
movies about sewing, and dis
played dresses make from But
terick patterns. Members of the
class modeled the clothes.
The Butterick Contest for De
Infirmary Sees Drop
In War Drill Excuses
Few were the excuses given
for exemption from the day’s
war drill to “ROTCers,” ac
cording to student health au
thorities. The usual crowd of
men getting excused from mili
tary drill was considerably
smaller.
In the infirmary yesterday
were: Helen Lnvias, Maxine
Cunning, Betty Stockwell, Jean
Kabiscius, Beatrice Beard,
Robert CameTon, John McKin
ney, Sidney Nicholson, Harvey
Fielder, George Mengelkock,
Robert Rowan, John Hediger,
and Jean Thomson.
Ducat Sales
Hit Ceiling
“It looks as if everybody is go
ing to go 100 per cent,” stated
Harry Prongas, co-chairman of
the all-star ticket sales commit
tee, Thursday. He went on fur
ther to say, “All the living or
ganizations have shown a great
interest in the show, and we
should be sold out very soon.
Some houses have not yet re
ceived their ducats, but they
will be taken care of immediate
ly. It looks as if it will be a great
show.”
Defense Fund Will Gain
Russ Hudson, director of the
student defense committee is
handling the financial end and a
sizable profit for the defense fund
is expected to be realized, he said.
The immediate response of all
the organizations has been ex
tremely gratifying, and from the
way the show is shaping up, ev
eryone will get their money's
worth and more, Hudson report
ed.
Newly elected AWS prexy,
Marge Dibble has been hand
ling the women’s end of the af
fair, and she reports that cam
pus coeds will turn out en
masse next Wednesday night.
The houses that went 100 per
cent first will be presented with
cups at the games, and the house
having the most members pres
ent will also receive a prize, re
vealed Joe Miller, co-chairman.
The Sigma Nus and Sigma Chis
will also receive their intramural
“A” and “B” league champion
ship cups.
(For additional all-star stories
see sports and edit pages.)
signing Girls will be explained
by the speaker. Prizes totaling
$300 will be awarded in connec
tion with the contest.
The meeting starts at 4 o’clock.
Correction!
In the advertisement for
EVERYBODY'S DRUG in Thurs
day's Emerald, the price on
POCKET WATCHES was er
roneously printed 19 cents. The
advertisements should have
read:
Pocket Watch Guaranteed 99c
DOROTHY DERKEE . . .
. . princess for three nights.
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DICK TURNER . . .
. . . Maxwell Anderson’s Na
thaniel McQueston.
Miss Jepson
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nesday night, and she does not
sing in Salem until this evening.
While here she is staying at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Horn.
A jaunty blue cap was pushed
down over carefully groomed
blond hair, and interested brown
eyes flashed an amused smile as
she explained that this is her
“second visit to Eugene.”
“I’m getting to the point now,”
she offered, “where all my con
certs are ‘return engagements,’
and that makes me feel old.” The
youthful lilt of her voice was a
forceful contradition.
When she was here four years
ago to sing for Junior Weekend,
Miss Jepson says her most vivid
memory is of the “mill pond”
where she sat with a group of
University boys and watched
floats come down the moon
brightened race in the traditional
canoe fete. “I remember, one just
about tipped over!” she recalled.
She likes singing to young au
diences better than any others,
and thinks college students show
as much real appreciation of fine
music as any trained group of lis
teners.
Her favorite opera? She puck
ered her brows, and answered
helplessly, “I haven’t any, I guess
. . . it’s always the one I’m work
ing on at the time.”
Dr. Horn broke in with a de
scription of the 12-pound fish that
she had caught last time she
was here, and with which she was
pictured in the 1939 Oregana.
“That fish grows every time
somebody tells the story!” she
hastened to add. Seizing a sam
ple “Bundles for Bluejackets”
navy kit, she extracted a ■glass
bottle closed with a cork, and
held it up admiringly to the light.
A boy at her Oregon State con
cert Wednesday night had given
her specimens of "hand-made
flies” for her next fishing trip.
It won’t be now, because she’s
too busy.
She threw a fur coat over the
trim blue official uniform of the
Portrayer of Princess
Has Arty ’ Background
Dorothy Durkee, taking the part of the Princess Oparre in
the production “The Wingless Victory,” has a well-established
interest in dramatics.
Acquiring this interest in high school, Miss Durkee played
in “Tovarich” and “The Drunkard” at the Very Little tliea
ter, and “George Washington Slept Here,” last year at the
At a visit to Michigan univer
sity last summer, she played the
part of the nurse in “Romeo and
Juliet." While at Michigan, she
also played in “Smokescreen"
and “Hobson’s Choice” directed
by Whittford Kane.
This year at the University,
Miss Durkee has taken a part in
"Three-Cornered Moon” and the
present play “The Wingless Vic
tory.”
Interested in radio, she has
done several plays and sketches.
When asked if she wanted to go
to Hollywood, she replied, “I
don’t believe I’d be interested. I
am much more interested in go
ing on the stage.”
In the current play, Miss Dur
kee plays the part of Princess
Oparre, wife of Nathaniel Mc
Queston.Coming from Malaya to
the small, tight-lipped town of
Salem, she meets bitter prejudice
and subtle attempts to get rid
of her.
Her only friend in the McQues
ton family is Ruel, the gay,
young son of a rich family. His
sympathies go out to her, a
stranger in a strange land, and
he alone stands by her as the
leaders of the town band together
in attempts to exile her.
quartermaster corps, which she
is permitted to wear “only when
I’m really working for Bundles,”
and dashed off to a late luncheon
engagement.
Huestis Names
ISA Officers
Swinging into action for spring
term functions, Gerry Huestis.
president, last night revealed ap
pointment of activity and social
committee heads and members
for the Independent Students as
sociation. Names of those on the
political committee will be re
vealed at the senate meeting
Monday afternoon.
Huestis explained that commit
tee members are selected from
senate representatives and will
work until the end of the spring
term.. A member of the executive
cabinet will act as an ex-officio
member of each committee.
Jean Spearow was named chair
man of the activity committee
and assisting her will be Edgar
Lewis, Audrey Holliday, and Gene
Newbrey. Main purpose of this
group is to aid in orienting inde
pendents into campus activities,
according to Huestis.
Heads of the social committee
will be Elaine Lee with Audrey
Lynds, Max Brown, and Harold
Brevig, the other committee mem
bers. The senate members will
arrange ISA social events and
work with the all-campus enter
tainment chairman, still to be ap
pointed1, in encouraging inexpen
sive entertainment.
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