Lack of Appreciation
Deplored by Reviewer
By JEAN LAWRENCE
Proving that dramatic masterpieces do not always come to
tUftdern audiences with a yawn, “Liliom” has brought laugh
ter, struck tears, and borne wonderment for four productions
of the University theater.
Even then, as as great a play as it has been proven to be,
Guild hall audiences, if last night’s
group is representative, do not
seem capable of sustained emo
tional response. The inability of an
audience to step clear of this world
into that of the production curtails
its own enjoyment. Perhaps since
the University theater is attempt
ing to give Guild hall audiences a
four-year view of the best in the
world’s drama, it can teach appre
ciation at the same time to faculty
am^_ townspeople as well as stu
dents.
Doors of Hell
In the final production of “Lil
iom” last night, Lewis Vogler
stood well out before all the rest
as the braggart, roughneck Liliom
who was not afraid to light his
cigaret, flip the burnt match into
the glaring fire and swagger
through the doors of hell. Mr. Vog
ler has played other excellent roles
on the University campus, Dion
Anthony in Eugene O’Neill’s “The
Great God Brown,” and Mr. Antro
bus in Thornton Wilder’s “The
Skin of Our Teeth,” but in neither
case did he so create a man as in
“Liliom.”
A different Julie than her co
actress, but no les staunchly beau
tiful was Mary Steel. Miss Steel
played Julie for both Saturday and
Thursday nights while Phyllis
Kiste opened with the role on Fri
day and again on Tuesday. On the
same production schedule as Miss
Steel was Jean Ashworth dually
cast with Nina Ferniman as Julie's
daughter, Louise. The play has been
under the direction of Horace W.
Robinson.
Stage Design
A final survey of “Liliom” would
not be complete without mention of
stage design. The prologue opens
before the candy-striped awning of
the carousel, but the first scene
has a quiet setting in a small ad
jacent park beneath acacia trees.
The home in which Liliom and
Julie lived was represented by a
corner of a room set down among
those same trees, its poorness ac
cented by an off-hanging shutter
and a broken lattice at the win
dow. A sense of disaster, futility,
and fear was caused by the shad
owed railroad embankment and the
black railroad ties upon which old
Fiscur dealt his cards. Music fol
lowed every feeling from the hap
py carousel spirit to Liliom’s death
and his weary return to earth. “Lil
iom” is a play not to be forgotten
for a long while after the last
curtain call.
Nuf Sed
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a pair of black eyes that flashed
exclamation points on everything.
The men of education observed
and the Dunham intellect began to
lecture, but not before a grey
haired ornithology prof whispered
his conclusions to the goateed head
of a geology department. “Sex,”
he whispered.
Proof Was Easy
La Dunham, never one to chal
lenge the conclusions of her elders,
proceeded to prove the thesis. Les
son No. 1 was the Rara Tonga, a
folk dance from some island in the
South Pacific. In this Miss Dun
ham, clad in a couple of large
tropical flowers, almost disjointed
her lovely neck by wiggling it from
left to right in the Javanese man
ner. Her expressive hands said sev
eral pertinent things.
This was followed by some prim
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IT’S OUR PLEASURE TO SERI E \ OU
itive rites. The curtain opens to
reveal a native boy lying flat on
his back on the ground. It seems
he is in some sort of trance. Sud
denly he awakes, wildeyed as if
he had spent the night in the Kap
pa living room. Several ebony fig
ures who well may have been
housemothers in black face run
rings around him until he can
stand it no longer and gets up and
goes home.
the iady-with-the-cigar number
is the best received in the show.
Miss Dunham undulates in balanc
ing a bird cage on her head and
smoking a huge Havana stogie at
a rakish angle. Her ruffled red
skirt is draped like a parting cur
tain. Throughout this dance she
makes like a mocha cocktail shak
er, and drops several suggestions
worthy of annotation.
It Was a Nice Try
Then there was the Bahiana in
which Miss Dunham insists she is
a fish. This was not altogether con
vincing.
The Florida Swamp Shimmy wras
so rudimentary she couldn’t help
but put her point across. From
w-here we sat very little of Florida
or the swamp were in evidence.
For this Miss Dunham had
squirmed into a checkered yellow'
satin number. The girl next to us
who saw the show last year and
should be an authority on such
things insisted she shimmied bet
ter in a tight purple dress. We
took her word for it, and left with
Dr. Whiting to study occipital pro
tuberances among the Comanches.
Bloc Presents Solid
(Continued from page one)
the council. This nomination was
made by the fraternity men whose
representative stated that the nom
ination was made “to secure the
most efficient representation on
the student council.” Marjorie Cow
lin, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and
Marjorie Allingham, Delta Delta
Delta, were also nominated for the
office but were eliminated. Miss
Cowlin was later elected to Greek
candidacy for junior class presi
dent; Marguerite Wittwer, Sigma
Kappa, was elected to run as junior
vice-president.
Sue Schoenfeldt, Alpha Phi, nom
inated with Marilyn Stratton, Del
ta Gamma, was elected to run for
sophomore representative on the
council. Miss Stratton was later
elected to candidacy for vice-presi
dent of the sophomore class.
Greek candidate to head the
sophomore class is Barbara Haw
ley, Alpha Chi Omega.
New Plan
Following a new and streamlined
plan, senior representatives from
each the fraternity met Thursday
afternoon and considered all pos
sible candidates for the 12 ASUO
offices. These candidates were
then narrowed down and the sev
eral nominees for each position
were presented at the bloc meet
ing for the final selection. This
method proved highly satisfactory
since it avoided confusion and de
lay in the final decisions.
Ted Loud who was yell leader
his freshman ypar was nominated
by the bloc as its candidate for this
spot. This nomination was made in
answer to a request from Audrey
Holliday, ASUO president, that the
ASUO yell leader be elected by the
student body.
A fighter pilot in training kept
replying over the radio, “R-r-roger,
dodger!”
Time after time his commander
on the ground corrected him, say
ing, “Roger will be sufficient.”
In spite of his admonitions, “R
r-oger, dodger” continued. Finally
he picked up the mike. "This is
Commander Smith speaking, and I
said Roger would be sufficient.”
The voice from the airplane
came back: “R-r-roger, dodger, you
old codger! I’m a commander too!”
When the other fellow looks that
way it's because he’s dissipated.
When you look that way it’s be
cause you’ve been working too
hard.
1945 Summer
Bulletin Now
Available
Any student interested in attend
ing the forty-first annual Univer
sity of Oregon summer session may
obtain full information about the
summer quarter from the 1945
bulletin now available at the Uni
versity editor’s office in Friendly
hall.
The first session is scheduled for
June 18-July 23, and the second
session, July 24-August 29. Regis
tration for the first session will be
on Monday, June 18, and classes
will begin the following day. Reg
istration for the last session and
the commencing of classes will be
July 24. Registration material will
be available at the summer session
office, room 3, Oregon hall. The
only requirement for admission to
the summer session is ability to do
the work; however, students who
wish to work toward a degree must
satisfy the regular University en
trance requirements, which are
listed in the general catalog. Fur
ther information may be obtained
from the registrar.
Guest Faculty
The faculty will include four
members not regularly of the Uni
versity staff: E. Elwood Adams,
Ed.D., guidance coordinator, public
schools, Long Beach, Calif.; Roger
B. Barker, Ph.D., acting associate
professor of psychology and educa
tion, Stanford university; E. Merl
Clasey, M.A., supervisor of handi
capped children, Corvallis city
schools; and R. Nevitt Sanford,
Ph.D., assistant professor of psy
chology and research associate in
the Institute of Child Welfare, Uni
versity of California. There will be
77 members on the faculty.
Board and room for both men
BA Statistics
Aid Officials
The school of business adminis
tration at the University of Ore
gon is receiving heartfelt apprecia
tion from Charles Cannon, head of
the social security office for Lane
and four nearby counties.
Last week Cannon received a re
quest from the government asking
for statistics on population, per
centage of white and native-born
people, potential labor reservoir,
principal industries, and the labor
ers employed by them, etc.—all in
all, as he put it, "a breath-taking
request.”
“They'll think I’m terribly effi
cient here — thanks to the B.A.
school—because the next day I
had the complete reports in the
mail,” he laughed.
How did he do it ? “Well, I just
reached in my drawer and pulled
out several copies of the Oregon
Business Review, which is pub
lished by the bureau of business
research of the B.A. school at the
University. There were all the sta
tistics that I needed. I just copied
them and sent them off!” Cannon
said.
and women will be available dur
ing the first session in the dormi
tories and during the second ses
sion if demand is sufficient. Stu
dents living in the halls must also
board at the dormitory dining
room. Applications for reservation
of dormitory rooms should be sent
to the director of dormitories be
fore the opening of the summer
session and should be accompanied
by a room-reservation deposit of
five dollars.
The Summer Sun, a four-page
weekly newspaper devoted exclu
sively to summer-session news, is
published by the journalism classes
and is distributed free to the fac
ulty and students during the first
session.
This Weekend
BRING YOUR
MOTHER
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Let her see our colorful
collection of spring
clothes in all sizes. She’ll
admire our dressy prints
and cool cottons.
Slic'd love to see you in
our just-arrived playsuits,
shorts and halters. Show
her, too, the latest tiling
in summer sleep-wear—
short pajamas.
Remember—Junior Week
end is the time for you
and yo.ur mother to shop,
at—
Gordon’s
of course