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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1947)
Emerald UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE FRIDAY. MAY 23, 1947 VOLUME XIA Til Number 137 Curtain to Rise Tonight for 'Joan' Formal Opening for PI ayer's Play Scheduled for 8:30 in Guild Theater A “first night” audience will witness a unique play-within a-play tonight as Maxwell Anderson’s successful “Joan of Lor raine” opens in the Guild Theater. The curtain will rise at 8:30, according to E. L. Clark, director of the production. Robert Over, box office manager, said late yesterday that a few seats were still available for tonight's presentation. Res m--— Dance Concert Slated Tonight Orchesis Honorary To Present Dance ( Members of Orchesis, national' women’s modern dance honorary, j will present their annual dance j concert tonight beginning at 8 j o’clock in Gerlinger hall. A dance I festival, the concert will feature modern, square, and folk dancing. Participating in the program will be members of both junior and sen ior Orchesis. .Members of 'the sophomore, jun ior, and senior professional physi cal education classes will partici pate in some of the square and folk dancing numbers. All of the modern dances have been composed by Orchesis under the direction of Miss Rosamond '“^Wentworth, assistant professor of physical education and adviser for the group. A major part of the pro gram is modern dance, supplement ed by the square and folk dancing numbers. Besides the new dances composed this year, repeated danc es from last year’s concert will have new variations in movement and floor pattern. Beverly Bennett, publicity chair-' man for the concert, has an nounced that there is limited seat ing space and those desiring good seats should come early. No charge will be made for admission and the public is invited, Miss Bennett said. I Oreganas Ready Today At McArthur Court Oreganas will be distributed at McArthur court starting at 8 o’clock today Mrs. Robbieburr ^ Courtney announced yesterday af ternoon. Only 475 books arrived from Portland, Mrs. Courtney point ed out, so it will be a matter of "first come first served," she said. ervations must be made by phon ing university extension 216. The production, which will also be presented May 24, 28, 29, 30, and ,31, stars Mary Hoch and Bill Countryman, both of whom are well-known to Theater Guild audi ences. Tonight’s opener will be for mal. Men should wear dark suits and women ar*5 asked to wear fomials. The play, which recently starred Ingrid Bergman in a successful presentation in New York, tells the story of a Broadway com pany’s rehearsal of a play about Joan of Arc. All members of the cast play two parts in the unusual drama. Others in the University produc tion are Gene Deutschmann, Peggy Randall, Nina Sue Ferniman, Gene Gillard, John Moore, Elton Allen, Bob Cockburn, Ken Chapman, Duff Young, Louise Clouston, Mary DiLoreto, Paul Bender, Irv ing Steinbock. Norman Weekly, Alan Button, Dick Rayburn, Keith Cockburn, Bill Duhaijjie, Ken Lo max, and Elton Allen. Marilyn Wherry is assistant director. All presentations after tonight will begin at 8 p. m. Emerald Dinner Set Tonight at 6 The 'traditional Emerald banquet, held annually to honor the present editor, the new editor, and the year's Emerald workers, will be held to night at 6 in the east dining room of the Eugene hotel. Guest speakeer will be W. Verne McKinney, editor and publisher of the Hillsboro Ar gus. Emerald “O" pins for two years work on the paper, and certificates for one year's service will be award ed to both news side and ad side members of the staff. Bob Frazier, the new editor and Bob Chapman, the new business manager, will be introduced at the dinner, and they will reveal their staffs for the 1947-48 year at that time. Quiet Assembly Upset By Single Darkhorse Pre-Announced Candidates Nominated; Twenty-Five Students to Vie Tuesday By BOBOLEE BROFHY Only one “dark horse” candidate appeared on the election slate at the nominating assembly in McArthur court last night. He is Stev# Gann. Nominated by Jerry Williams, Gann entered the race as a candi date for yell king. All other nominations went off as scheduled in the slates released to the Emerald last week. Gann's name will not appear on the ballot and must be written in, Gil Roberts, first vice-president of the ASUO, announced last night. Craig Nominates Wilbur Craig nominated Stan Williamson as the ASA candidate for ASUO president, and Howard Lemons, ISA, was nominated for ASUO Nominees ! i STANLEY WILLIAMSON HOWARD LEMONS BOBBIE FULLER JEANNE SIMMONDS ASA Platform Stan Williamson, ASA candidate for ASUO president, announced in his acceptance speech last night that he would regard the responsi bility of president above that of a member of the basketball team if elected. “I will not, under any conditions, tolerate a basketball government, and if necessary, I will discontinue athletics to discharge the duties tff this position," he announced. Planks in his platform included the building of a student union, de velopment of the Oregon federation, consolidation of student contribu tions into one drive, and the restora tion of the millrace. Speaking of the necessity for a student union building as a focal point for student activities, Wil ('Please turn to page six) ISA Platform Howard Lemons, ISA candidate for ASUO president, in his accept ance speech announced his inten tion of making the executive coun cil more of a voice of the students. He revealed his plan to notify house presidents when applications for positions are being considered and have them inform the students so that all who are interested may petition. Lemons said that he regarded the chance to be student president an opportunity to restore prestige to the executive council. He blamed much of the lack of faith in it upon political squabbling when the in terests of the student body should have been considered. "While ASA and ISA have bat tled, the administration has lost (Please turn to [•age eight) the same position by Warren Mil ler. Jeanne Simmonds received the ISA nomination for the second ASUO position, and Bobbie Full mer was nominated for this posi tion on the ASA ticket. They were nominated by Catherine Crombie and Hazel Trollinger, respectively. Miss Fullmer did not appear to give her acceptance speech due to ill ness. Council Nominees Nominees for class representa tives to the executive council are: senior class Ralph Himmelsbach, ISA, and Marty Pond, ASA; junior class—Dean Bond, ASA, and Andy Iskra, ISA; sophomore class Nor man Bishop, ASA, and Art John son, ISA. <Please turn to f'a</r eu/lil) ASUO Sets Polls At Mac Court, 'Y' ASUO polling places will lie open Tuesday from 8 a.m. to (> p.m. in the Y.MCA and McArthur court, Gil Roberts, first vice-pres ident of the ASUO, said yester day. Registration cards will be the only accepted identification for voting students. Upon presenta tion of the card, the name will lie checked from the poll books and the cards will lie stamped, Rob erts said. Ballot counting Mill begin im mediately after the polls close and should be completed by 9:30 p.m. Roberts, Dick Williams, edu cational activities manager, and George Hall, dean of men, will lie in charge of the tabulation and Mill lie assisted by 34 others. Summer Group To Total 1500 One out of every five to six stu dents now enrolled in the Univer sity is expected to register for .sum mer classes when advance registrra tion is held next Monday through Thursday, according to the results of a recent poll conducted by mem bers of the journalism and public opinion class under Warren C. Price, associate professor of jour nalism. The estimated enrollment for the first summer session is somewhere between 1500 and 1700 students, with around 500 of these entering the University for the first time, according to D. E. Clark, director of the summer sessions. These fig ures are slightly larger than the en rollment for last summer. Advanced registration for the first summer session, June 17 to July 25, will begin at 8 a.m. Mon day, May 28 and close at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 29. Students not registering during this four day pe riod will have to wait until June 17 to enroll for summer classes. Registration material will be is sued from the registrar’s office in Johnson hall. The registration pro cedure is the same as for spring term, with the exception of the method of filing class cards, which will be left at the registrar’s office instead of with the individual in structors.