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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.