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OregonWEmerald VOLUME XLVIII Number 00 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL L 1947 -Connelly Drama Slated April 19 At Mac Court 'Green Pastures' Cast To Number Over 100 By LeJEUNE GRIFFETH A play of spectacular pro portions. Marc Connelly’s great work "The Green Pastures,” will occupy the stage at McAr thur court one night only, April 19, under the direction of Horace W. Robinson, di ^ rector of the University the ater. Featuring a cast of over 100, a choir which will sing 25 Negro spirituals, and exceptional scenic and costume designs, the produc tion promises to be one of the most outstanding events of the year. “Living Religion” Inspiration for the play was given the author from Roark Bradford’s retelling of Old Testa ment stories in “OT Man Adam an’ His Chillun.” “The Green Pas tures" was written to present cer tain phases of the “living religion in terms of its believers,” who in this case ane the thousands of Negroes in the deep South who have made the happenings in the Bible donsistent with their every day lives. Three Dimensional Heaven The Heaven represented in the play is a three-dimensional Heaven which resembles a continual earthly holiday and includes mag nificent fish fries. The play un til folds with childlike simplicity and great humility, not unmixed with a certain majesty, in its story of the Lord's long battle with the Sinful humans he created. Presentation of “The Green Pastures’’ marks the return to the previous policy of staging one spectacular production each year. Under this policy, the outstanding successes “Peer Gynt” and “Of Thee I Sing” were presented. Literary Addition Approved for ODE Publication April 26 of the first edition of the Emerald Literator, a literary and art supplement, was approved by the educational activi ties board at its last winter term meeting, March 13. Jeanne Sim monds, junior in journalism, has been appointed editor of the Litera tor, , Emerald Editor Marguerite Wright announced Monday. The first edition of the supple ^ ment will be published on the inside four pages of the regular Emerald, •but will carry no advertising. Orig inal student creative writing in the form of short stories, essays, and poetry; music and book reviews, and critical essays on student art work, illustrated, are included in the ten tative plans for the first Literator. The present name of the supple ment is also tentative, suggestions for names being welcomed by the editor. Students may begin submit ting material for publication in the Literator to Miss Simmonds at the Emerald office immediately. May Be Monthly Depending upon the success of the first edition, plans for monthly publication of this supplement on high quality white book paper are projected. If good quality paper be comes available by May, the second edition of the Literator may be pub lished on better grade material. At the same meeting, the board approved Emerald Business Mana ger George Pegg's appointment of Barbara Twiford, junior in journal (Please turn to page six) Mrs. Roosevelt's PNCC Speech, Panel Talks to be Aired Tonight MRS. ROOSEVELT Football Band Plans Revealed John H. Stehn, director of the University band, announced yester day that plans were being made for a greatly enlarged and more effec tive band for next fall’s football games. Included in the plans are new uni form raincoats, new marching man euvers, and special music for the band. An increased travel schedule will include the Stanford game at Palo Alto, as well as the Washing ton and Texas games in Portland. Stehn stated that the exact size of the band to be used has not yet been determined. He said that it would depend on the number of ca pable players available. Since the Texas game occurs the first Saturday of fall term, prepa rations for the fall season will be gin during the present term, Stehn said. For this reason, he pointed out, it is essential that any players now in the University who wish to participate next fall must be with the band this term. Must Join Now All players who wish to join may enroll for music 195, section 4; mu sic 395, section 4; or for the ROTC band. “No one who is now on the campus will be used next fall,” Stehn asserted, "unless he does join now.” Tryouts will also be held during spring term for majorettes. Any girls who are interested should con tact Stehn early this term. Two ma jorettes will be used next fall, he said. Even after all the players now on (Please turn to page four) Oregana Sale Opened To New Students All students registering at the University of Oregon tor the first time this term may order copies of this year's Oregana, the school yearbook, at the time of registra tion or at the educational activities office in McArthur court, accord ing to Dick Williams, educational activities manager. Williams also announced that old students who had not yet pur chased Orcganas could place their names on a waiting list at his office and if enough of the books were available would receive them in the order of application. The yearbook will be distributed near the end of the present term, Williams said. University students and citizens of Lane county will have an opportunity to hear a rebroadcast of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's keynote address to the Pacific Northwest College congress given in Portland April 7, and a 30-minute informal panel discussion among the five section leaders of the congress tonight over KORK and KUGN. Wednesday night the two delegates to the PNCC from Ex-Naval Couple Enlists Together Two University freshmen, a husband and wife ex-navy team, are the first couple in the Eugene area to enroll in the new naval reserve, according to V. C. Hays, local recruiting official. William P, Brayton and his wife, Barbara Jane Brayton, both freshmen, held pharmacist’s ratings in the service, Brayton, a third class rank and his wife second class. Mrs. Brayton, commenting on the recruiting office, said, “It was the navy that brought us to gether, so we would like to con tinue our association with the navy together.” The Bra.yton's, who live in Springfield, were stationed in a base hospital in Pearl Harbor during the war. Monday's Registration Figure Totals 4844 -Registration records continued to go by the wayside with the an nouncement Monday night by C. L. Constance, associate registrar, that a total of 4844 students had completed registration at 5 p. m. Monday. Those persons who did not pick lip their grades at McAr thur court Monday, may pick them up today at the informa tion window on the first floor of Johnson hall. (Please turn ta page three) Oregon, Catherine Crombie, senior in political science, and Ted Hal lock, senior in journalism, will re port to students and Lane county on the whats, whys, and wheres of the congress. The program will originate from the campus studios of KOAC and will be heard from 8:45 to 9 p. m. over KOAC and KUGN. Committee Secretary Mrs. Roosevelt, who is secretary of the United Nations’ committee on human rights and privileges, will be heard over KUGN from 7 to 7:30 p. m. tonight. In her address, she reports on “What the United Nations Means to You.’’ Mrs. Roosevelt acted as an of ficial advisor to the PNCC this year. Ted Hallock, who was chairman of the security and disarmament section, will be heard in the panel discussion over KORE from 10:45 to 11:15 tonight. Other Topics Other topics included in the dis cussion are institutions and func tions of the UN, occupation and peace treaties with Germany and Japan, atomic energy, trade and American policy, development of living standards, human rights, freedom of information and com munication, and displaced persons. The section chairmen will also discuss the resolutions as they came out of the sections before being presented to the general assembly of the congress. These resolutions will be persented to the students for approval at an assembly to be held next week. -eaYMterSi* ss^’s?^ ss.«- ?»” EaSeSgdea^ Tt^ ^^^octSate *?» ^ ^ \ 'S£S,~~’~ Dean Earl graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1906. Before coming to the University of Oregon in 1923 as a professor of education, he taught in high schools at Lewiston, Idaho; Jefferson, Portland; and As toria. He held a professorship in physi cal education from 1923 to 1931 at which time he became dean of men. Movies Cancelled Dick Williams, educational ac tivities manager, announced yester day that there will be no free mov ies in Chapman hall this week. The first movies scheduled for this term will be shown April 10 in Chapman hall beginning at 7:30. The first presentation will be a film which includes 13 reels of old time comedies. Marriage Talks Begin Tonight In Fenton Hall Eleven Speakers To Give Series A special series of ten talks entitled "Youth and Marriage” will he given at the Eugene extension center by 11 promi nent authorities on the subject. The series of talks is present ed under the joint sponsorship of the E. C. Brown trust and the general extension division, state system of higher educa tion. First Speaker First speaker on the program, beginning this evening at 7:15 p. m. in room 3, Fenton hall, will be Mrs. George Moorhead, field Sec retary of the E. C. Brown trust, speaking on the subject, “An Overview of Marriage Problems.’’ The meetings, to be held every Tuesday evening from April 1 to June 3, at the same time and place, will also include as speak ers, Deane Seeger, city manager of Eugene, "The Contributions and Interests of the Community Re garding the Successful Marriage”; Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business administration, "Economic Considerations of Mar riage”; Dr. J. V. Berreman, as sociate professor of sociology, "Sociological Aspects of Mar riage”; Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson, pastor of the Congregational church, Eugene, “A Protestant View of Marriage”; Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, dean of women, "Prob lems of Household Management” and K. J. O'Connell, Eugene at torney, "Some Legal Aspects of Marriage.” Further talks will be: Father (Please turn to page three) Dr. Noble Accepts Intelligence Post Dr. Harold J. Noble, professor of history, has announced that he has been asked to head a bureau in Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s civil in telligence section in Tokyo. Dr. Noble expects to sail for Ja pan later this month and has re quested a leave of absence from the University for this term. Mrs. No ble and their daughter Joyce expect to join him as soon as their names are reached on the army’s depen dents’ list. A veteran of World War II in which he served as a marine corps intelligence officer, Dr. Noble has been a member of the University faculty since 1931. After the war Dr. Noble returned to the Far East as a correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post. Sev eral of his articles on Japan, Korea, Australia, and China have appeared in recent issues of tht magazine. He plans to continue writing for the Post and other publications during his tour of duty in Japan. Dr. Noble wms born and reared in (Please turn to page five) Junior Weekend Theme Entries Due Thursday Themes for Junior Weekend are being sought this week by co-chairmen of the event Bob bie Fullmer and Bob Daggett, and are due Thursday by noon at Alpha Omicron Pi, Sigma Chi, or the educational activi ties office. A first prize of $M» is being offered for the winning theme, and $5 for the runner up. It is requested that students submit a theme that will work into all phases of (he weekend, as float parade, prom, etc.