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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1947)
French Honorary Elects Richter Louis E. Richter, instructor in the Romance language department, l as received notice of his election as sice-president of the national French honorary, Pi Delta Phi. This makes the second member of the department to have been honored with a national office of the honor :-ry. Mr. Laurence LeSage, assist ant professor, served as national [ resident from 1940 to 1942. Mr. Richter, who is also presi dent of the local chapter, came to the University in 1940 as a gradu ate assistant after receiving his E.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1940. Stationed in Alaska during the war, he returned to the campus in January, 1946, as an instructor. In his capacity as vice-president he will encourage the organization t f new chapters of the honorary in other universities. Wesleyans to Give Carnival Friday Heading the Wesley house activ ities for the week is a carnival to he held this Friday night from 7 to 12 p.m. at the First Methodist church, 1185 Willamette street. Proceeds from the fete, sponsored by the Wesley foundation, will be used toward building a new recrea tion room for Wesley house. Members of the general carnival committee, include Stan Nystrom, Ken Neal, Larry Sharinghousen, Emil Settlage, Jane Bunch, Betty Lou Reynolds, Marcia Summers and Jo Summers. Committee heads will meet at Wesley house on Tues day, 4 p.m. Also listed on this week’s sched ule are a student council meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m., and the tradi t onal Wednesday “jive night,” t om 9 to 10:30 p.m. Contest Offers (Continued from pai/e one) pointed by the head librarian, and v. ill take place at 2 p. m„ Satur day, May 10. The libraries will be judged on the selection of titles as they meet the objectives of a student’s per sonal library. Prizes will be award ed Saturday afternoon at 4 p. m. by a representative of the patrons arid friends organization. The prizes include $15, first prize; $10, second prize; and $5, third prize. Specialized Li be Section A new section of the contest, being given for the first time this year, is for the students’ special i.ed library. Required textbooks ;nay be included in this section. Judging will take place at the Bronson to Star In 'Lawd' Role By EeJEUNE GRIFFITH James Bronson, starrihg in the campus production of “The Green Pastures,” to be presented April | 19 in McArthur court, steps into 1 a role as “de Lawd" which had I the New York managers of the | original play combing the country j for a suitable actor for the ex tremely difficult part. Seventeen years ago a discour aged playwright and a Broadway producer sat in the office of the Immense Thespians, Inc., a Harlem theatrical agency. They had their play ready for rehearsal, had en gaged a choir and hired their cast— with the important exception of the leading player. Marc Connelly had had a struggle selling a producer the idea of do ing “The Green Pastures,” a play based on Roark Bradford's retelling of Old Testament stories in “Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun.” Final ly he found a producer who dared take a chance on the story, but their best efforts had failed to find an actor who fitted the part of the “Pastures” version of “de Lawd.” Entrance: Miracle Connelly and his producer were hoping for a miracle while they sat in the agepcy office. And the mir acle came to pass. Through the door walked Richard Berry Harrison, “a genial and gray-haired old saint,” j who was looking for actors for a church production of “The Mer- j chant of Venice.” Harrison was an itinerant elocutionist (when he could find the carfare), and had been a bellhop, porter, dining-car waiter, and dramatic coach in sev eral small southern Negro schools, j When the two men saw Harrison, they knew the search was over, j Harrison was abashed, as he had. never acted in a play, and he was worried about the propriety of a miserable sinner like himself being presumptuous enough to consider playing the part of “de Lawd." Af ter consulting Bishop Shipman, who had read the play and had been greatly moved by it, Harrison de cided to play the part. The rest is history—the phenom enal success of the 65-year-old elo cutionist who was born in Canada of two runaway slaves. same time as that for the other section. Prizes will be awarded at 4 p. m. Saturday by a representative of the house librarians’ organiza tion, which is sponsoring this sec tion of the contest. First prize will be $15. second $10, and third $5. Further information and appli cation forms may be obtained from Miss Bernice Rise, who is in charge of the contest, at the cir culation desk. _ ; - ■ ■ -j . ' Flowers have it this Spring and we have just the hat you w ill want. Come in and see our selection of new Spring hats. Bonnet Nook xkxt to wkstkrx union 907 Willamette i _i Dr. Wright to Speak Dr. Gordon Wright, associate professor of history, will address members of the Eugene branch of the American Association of Uni versity Women and their guests on Tuesday evening, April 15 at 8 o’clock in Gerlinger hall. Faculty and students are cordially invited to attend. Memorial Plaque Recently Revised J The plaque containing the names of the University men who died in World War II, in Johnson hall, was revised during the spring vacation, Les Anderson, secretary of the al umni, has announced. The plaque now lists 214 dead but, explained Anderson, the list is by no means complete and new names of war dead turn up at the alumni office every day. Information concerning the war dead is not easy to find, Anderson said, and the list as it now stands represents a lot of searching. The alumni secretary is interest e'd in knowing the names of any University men who died in the armed services not covered by the list. He requested all people who have such information to turn it in to the alumni office in Friendly hall It is considered highly sacreligi ous to walk upon the Oregon seal located on the north walk of Vil lard hall. Washington Has Jobs for Seniors Jobs are available for seniors graduating in June with the Wash ington state department of social security, Karl Onthank, dean of personnel administration an nounced Friday. Applications to take the merit system exams must be mailed in before April 8, Cean Onthank stressed. These applications may be obtained from the graduate place ment service in Friendly hall. The jobs available are: junior visitor, account clerk, junior ac countant, statistical clerk, and sen ior clerk-stenographer. Salaries start for junior visitors from $170 a month to $220 a month for the junior accountants. Promotions and wage raises will be considered every six months and the maximum salary for the job can usually be reached within two years, Dean Onthank said. Ad Staff Chiefs for Spring Term Announced New day managers for the spring term advertising staff of the Ore gon Daily Emerald recently ap pointed by Barbara Twiford, adver tising manager, are: Winnie Carl, Monday; Bud Carter, Tuesday; Bob Chaney, Wednesday; Bob Chapman, Thursday; and Kit Wilhelm, Friday. Selections of day managers were made from those students who worked in the business office last term, Miss Twiford said. i i ■■ ■ ja / CO-OP ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of members of the Univer sity of Oregon Co-Oper ative Store will be held at 4:00 o'clock p. m. on April 15th, 1947, in room 207 Chapman Hall. (Signed) Marilyn Sage, President. ——i——i■■—————^■——————» I Support the Emerald Advertisers Emerald Advertisers support you l * ’ - - - - , Rent IDE MOTOR SCOOTERS Rent One Anytime Special Rates on Sunday 559 E. Broadway Patterson and Broadway m Phone 1061-M _ f "LADY IN THE LAKE" with ANDREW TOTTER LLOYD NOLAN and "BIG TOWN" .★McKENZIE I IN SPRINGFIELD I "THE VERDICT" with Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring —Plus— "Child of Divorce" with Sharyn Moffett Regis Toomey _Madge Meredith _ “PARDON MY PAST” Fred MacMurrav i“BLONDE FOR A DAY”