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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1946)
SOAP BOX DERBY f By ROY FRANCIS What with all the social organi sations on the campus,- the honor ary societies, veterans’ organiza tions and other cooperative group ings of students, there is probably room for just one more. There al ways is, especially for those found ed on an honorable purpose. Cog nizance of that fact stirs my imag ination and I feel indebted, as do most of the local students, to do something for my society. I have peered at the campus with jaundiced eye, and I am pouncing upon my typewriter with a palsied hand; a slave to a great cause, I am behooved as I have never been behooved before to fight the good fight and carry the blazing banner for a very small minority of college students. It might be wise, at the outset, to inform the interested bystanders the organization I propose to form. Basically, it will be something on the order of a Federal Council for the Prevention of Any Encroach ment on the Tranquility of South paws. I am not a lefthander my self, incidentally; it is just that I am full of the American sympathy for the underdog. In no little measure is the intend ed organization a .matter of self defense. For, now that examina tions are more or less routine as signments, the danger of locking arms with an eager southpaw is ever increasing. While such an ex perience could undoubtedly improve my own handwriting, the indigna tion of the other party is fearful to behold. It would net be politics to form a committee to defend right-handers from left-handers: the American frame of reference bades one to protect the minority. For they have a valid point in question. Most of the desk-like con traptions employed in class rooms are devised and formed for the use of right-handers. The poor south paw, when he decides to take a few notes or under compulsion takes an extended examination, is put in great physical stress trying to make his body fit something not intended for him. His mental an guish, resulting oftentimes in tor tuous sobs, prevents him from do ing his best. And his moaning both ers me. It has not yet reached a crisis situation, though, the trend is in evitably in that direction. Perhaps the committee would not function properly; membership in a large number of societies and commit tees reduces functioning efficien cy of them all. It may be that the only possible solution would be the acquiring of chairs especially con structed for the southpaw. After all, they are trying to get an edu cation much the same as the rest of us. Dad's Day Petitions Petitions for the position of general chairman of Dad’s day, February 15, will be accepted in the ASUO president’s office in McArthur court until December 16. FOR EVENING SCARFS WITH “SEQUINED EMPHASIZED” DESIGNS Braklinl Mesh Keening Belts I'or Formal Wear in • Gold © Silver r Negligee . . . Taffeta-Brocaded Tailored— ^ Double-Breasted ; with button j] trinunin’s |J in G Pink • Baby-Blue '< ® White l $19.95 | t. Bronson, James Prophesy Success for ’Dark of Moon Cliff James and Jim Bronson, who share acting honors in “Dark of the Moon,” are both looking for ward to the run of Birney and Richardson’s play on the campus. Jim Bronson, an English major living in Eugene, plays the part of Preacher Hagglet. Bronson served three years in the army in the in- j fantry and spent two years of this: time overseas. While on pass or furlough he sometimes went to New York to see the different stage productions. Bronson remarked on how much he enjoyed seeing the presentations of several plays with the original casts. Some were: “Life With Fa ther,” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Previous stage experiences in clude plays from the University theater; “Of Mice and Men,” “Of Thee I Sing.” “Plans for the future are rather indefinite,” Bronson de clared. "However, I hope to go East this coming summer for season work with a theatrical stock com pany.” Cliff James, who is built like a football player and has a flare for the stage, portrays Marvin Hud gens. He is a sophomore, and ma jors in sociology. James alo served in the army in the southwest Pacif ic area. ' -^ When asked if he had any hobbies he answered in the negative, but there was a tone of pleasure in his voice when sports were mentioned. Sports of all kinds hold an interest for James. When the New York stage was mentioned, James confessed that acting ability ran in his family. He has a sister on the New York stage and enjoys the theater. Both Bronson and James enjoy the mood and heavy drama of “Dark dl the Moon,” and agree that it ^ should be a big success and well re ceived. Registration is the time to help the student union drive. Student Union now. 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