The Weather n_
Fair today with showers expected I I T| Pnn\T Dfea™ ^teryieW
, , HI I—I B*> | I I 1% I Pat King interviews Louise Clous*
late tonight and increased cloudi- ■ ■ || |B|-|| I I %|. ton, who plays Puck in “A Mid*
ness Sunday. ■■ MM MM X V summer Night’s Dream,” on page 6.
VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE SATURDAY, APRIL 24. 1|)48 ' Xl’MI’.KR 120
Ed Act Board Picks Publication Heads
*--! ♦ ♦ ♦ _
Shakespeare Reigns
Tonight in Mac Court
Cast to Include Dancers, Full Orchestra
'Dream' Production Lavish, Difficult;
Expected to be one of the most lavish and spectacular pro
ductions ever presented by the University Theater. Shake
speare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will begin at 8:30 p.m.
for its one performance in McArthur court under the direction
of Horace W. Robinson.
Heading the cast of principles as the lovers who become lost
in the woods outside of Athens are Don Smith as Lysander and
Carolyn Lively as Hermia, Dick Nelson as Demetrius and Nina
Weekend Float
Entries Feature
Myth Fugitives
Cinderella, Snow White with her
dwarfs, and Wonderland’s Alice
will ride three of the 26 floats en
tered in the Junior Weekend pa
rade, scheduled for Saturday, May
8.
“The general weekend theme,
(Storybook Wonderland, is ideal for
a float parade,” according to Mo
Thomas, chairman. He predicted
Friday, “I think the float parade
will be something out of the or
dinary, if it is worked out right.”
Trophies Promised
He announced that trophies will
be awarded to the houses sponsor
ing the winning float. Two trophies
were purchased last year, but in
case the winning float is entered by
three houses, the committee prom
ises another trophy.
Judges for the parade will be Les
Anderson, alumni secretary, Ken
neth Carlyle, an Oregon Dad, Mrs.
Howard Boyd, president of the
.Oregon Mothers, Mrs. John Snell
Strom, Mrs. William Russell, and
Keith Jones, Eugene chief of po
lice.
Route Planned
With the cooperation of Chief
Jones, the parade committee has
planned the route so traffic will not
become too congested. The floats’
main route will be down Willamette
to Trirteen'th street.
The University band, under the
direction of John Stehn, will play
for the parade. Thomas said the
committee is trying to get several
high school bands, too.
Committee members assisting
Thomas are Bill Monroe and Mary
Stadelman.
Phi Theta Petition
Deadline Extended
Phi Theta Upsilon deadline for
petitions is extended until Monday
at 5 p.m., according to Laura Olson,
president of the junior women’s
honorary.
They must be submitted to Miss
Olson at the Delta Delta Delta
house or Ann Woodworth at the
Kappa Alpha Theta house.
An activity list, picture, GPA
for last term, and accumulative
GPA is requested with each peti
tion. Only third-term sophomores
are eligible for membership in the
, honorary.
Sue Ferniman as Helena. Ruling
the fairy kingdom in the woods are
Oberon (Norman Weekly) and Ti
tania (Mary Esther Brock) as
king and queen. Part of this fairy
kingdom is the mischievous Puck
(Louise Clouston) who manages
to play tricks on everyone. The
fairies have come to help cele
brate the wedding of Theseus
(Dick Rayburn) and Hippolyta
(Diane Barnhart).
A group planning entertainment
for the wedding celebrations are
the Rustics with Paul Bender as
Bottom, Elton Allen as Quince,
George Watkins as Flute, Dick
Ward as Snout, Dick Monnie as
Snug, and Paul Wexler as Starv
ing.
Orchestra and Orchesis
In addition to the regular cast of
actors, a full symphony orchestra
and a retinue of 50 dancers will
participate in the production. The
school of music’s symphony or
chestra will present Mendelssohn’s
complete score for “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream,” conducted by E.
A. Cykler, associate professor of
musicology.
Members of Orchesis, women's
modern dance honorary, will per
form the dance sequences under
the direction of Miss Rosamund
Wentworth, associate professor of
physical education, and Miss Mar
garet M. Moran, instructor of
health and physical education.
The entire action of the cast,
fiancers, and orchestra will take
(Please turn to paqe three)
Guest Program
Given by AWS
Oregon high school girls visit
ing the campus this weekend as
special guests of AWS and wo
men’s living organizations, will
enter another full day of activities
today, designed to give them a
preview of college life, according
to Barbara Johns, AWS president.
Exchange luncheons have been
scheduled for noon and highlight
ing the afternoon will be a Fun
Fest in the women’s indoor gym
beginning at 2 p.m. A talent pro
gram is planned and the presi
dents of AWS, YWCA, and WAA
will be introduced.
The girls will have a free even
ing and will have dinner in the
living organizations in which they
are staying.
Preview Weekend will end to
morrow after dinner when the high
: school seniors will be escorted to
: trains and busses by their host
| esses for the weekend.
BILL YATES
TRUDI CHERNIS
VIRGIL TUCKER
OLGA YEVTICH
Italian Election Victory Insecure;
Reds Still Threat-Schleicher
By ANITA HOLMES
Although the Christian Demo
crat victory in the Italian elections
is important, Dr. E. P. Schleicher,
professor of political science, em
phasized Thursday that the “vic
tory is not secure.”
Dr. Schleicher will speak on
“Italy Today and Tomorrow” at a
Westminster house forum Sunday
evening at 6:30.
Not claiming to be an expert on
Italy, the professor has studied
their governments and closely fol
lowed recent events.
He said he feels that de Gasperi’s
party will have to bring about so
cial and economic reforms or the
people may turn left. It will have
to be a “really unified party.”
Not Won Completely
“Had the Popular Front won,
there never would have been an
other free election in Italy,” ac
cording to Dr. Schleicher. “But,”
he continued, “the Communists did
not lose this one so completely that
they will not have another chance.”
A vote taken before the election
in one of Dr. Schleicher’s classes
gave a large majority to the Chris
tian Democrats, with four stu
dents supporting the Popular Front,
three the right wing Socialists, and
three the Republicans.
The professor credited the vic
ican parties in the coming election.
I
Uian coup that demonstrated “glar- |
ing stupidity on the part of Rus
sia.” Besides the Czech affair, Dr.
Schleicher listed (1) the church’s
influence (2) the Trieste incident
and (3) “the millions we paid for
each vote”
He wondered what would happen
if the Italian government attempt
ed to influence our election as much
as we did theirs.
“Anything is possible” was the
professor’s opinion about a revival
of fascism, considered because of
the fascist Italian social movement
that won a small percentage of
votes in the election.
Dr. Schleicher believed the Com
munist defeat will not affect Amer
ican parties in th ecoming election.
“It may have made a difference if
votes had gone the other way.
Not Weakened
The Communists in France will
probably not be weakened either,
he declared. Expressing an optimis
tic opinion about possible uprisings
in Italy, Dr. Schleicher was quite
sure “there will not be any organ
ized rioting.”
Comparing our foreign policy to
the de Gasperi party, he said wc
are “against something, but what
are we for?” The importance of
distinguishing between friend and
(Please turn to page eight)
r
Journalism
Juniors Get
Editorships
Tucker, Olga Yevtich
Appointed to Hold
Top Business Posts
Bill Yates, junior in journalism,
was named editor of the Oregon
Daily Emerald last night at a
meeting of the educational activi
ties board. Trudi Chernis, junior in
journalism, was appointed to the
edtiorship of the 1949 Oregana.
Virgil Tucker, junior in adver
tising, and Olga Yevtich, junior in
liberal arts, were chosen business
managers of the Emerald and Ore
gana respectively. Miss Yevtich.
was commended by the board for
her work on the 1948 Oregana. All
appointments are to be recommend
ed to the executive council for ap
proval.
Yates, who succeeds Bob Frazier,
has currently served as managing
editor of the Emerald. He began on
the daily two years ago as report
er for Johnson hall and served in
1947 as news editor. He is a mem
ber of Sigma Delta Chi, men's na
tional professional journalism fra
ternity, Druids, junior men’s hon
orary, and Beta Theta Pi social fra
ternity, and has served as a report
er on the Bend Bulletin.
Miss Chernis began work on the
Oregana her freshman year when
she served as co-layout editor. She
was appointed associate editor in
charge of schools winter term 1947
and has been managing editor of
the 1948 Oregana. Named the out
standing independent freshman,
Miss Chernis was a member of
Kwama, sophomore women’s hon
orary, is a member of Phi Theta
Upsilon, junior women’s honorary,
and Theta Sigma Phi, women’s na
tional professional journalism fra
ternity.
Advertising manager of the Em
erald, Tucker will fill the vacancy
which will be left by Bob Chap
man a,t the end of spring term. Be
is a member of Alpha Delta Sigma,
men’s national advertising frater
nity, and served as University base
ball manager last year. He is a
member of Phi Kappa Psi social
fraternity.
Miss Ycvtieh has been business
manager for the 194S Oregana. She
edited the 1946-47 Pigger’s Guide
and is a member of Phi Theta Up
silon. For nearly three years she
served as secretary to the chief en
gineer of the Kaiser company at
Swan Island, Portland. Miss Yev
tich is a member of Alpha Xi Delta
sorority.
Bobolee Brophy and June Goetze,
juniors in journalism, were other
petitioners for the Emerald editor
ship and A. T. Murphy, sophomore
in liberal arts, petitioned for Oie
gana business manager.
Bail Chiefs to Meet
Committee heads of the Mortar
Board Ball will meet Monday at
4:30 p.m. at the Chi Omega house,
announced Kay Schneider, chair
man of the ball.