Weekly Dyes Hair
For Performance
Some people would give their
eye-teeth to do a good job, but
Norman Weekly donates the color
of his hair to do his job of portray
ing Duke Mantee in “The Petrified
Forest.”
Weekly's natural blond hair
must be black by Friday for the
first of the show’s eight perform
ances.
Dyes Hair
Rit dye will again be used by
Norm to change his hair for the
theater. Last year, as Lt. Charles
in “The Adding Machine,” he dyed
his hair red.
In one way or another, Weekly’s
hair plays an important role in al
most every play he has appeared
in. As Oberon in the University
theater’s McArthur court spectacle
production of “Midsummer Night’s
Dream,” Norm didn’t have to dye
his hair—it was completely cover
ed by a head-dress.
The reason for black hair in
“Petrified Forest” is to comply
with Gramp Maple’s description of
Duke Mantee —• "straight black
hair, he’s got Injun blood in him.”
Lethal quietness JNeeaea
With opening night only a week
away, Weekly is still “experiment
ing” with his speech.
“I find it difficult to get a soft
spoken quality,” shouted Weekly,
“as well as a peculiar speech pat
tern to accentuate the toughness
of the gangster.”
His main trouble at present is
making his “machine-gun stacat
to” talk understandable.
The part of Duke Mantee was
the role that gave Humphrey Bo
gart his start, when the play was
presented on Broadway during the
early ’30s.
Blanks to Give Effect
Sychronization of off - stage
sound effects with on-stage action
presents a difficult problem in the
last scene of the play. Pistols, sub
machine guns, and sawed-off shot
guns are going to be used.
“Some blanks can be used,” ac
cording to Weekly, “but some of
the guns can’t use attachments and
off-stage effects will have to suf
fice.”
Weekly is a junior, affiliated
with Campbell club. He has appear
ed in numerous plays during his
three years at the University, and
■has also worked on the technical
side of some shows. Last year he
served on the University theater
advisory board as junior represent
ative.
Reservations Ready Monday
Season ticket holders may pick
up reserved seat tickets for “The
Petrified Forest” at the theater
box-office in Johnson hall Monday.
The play is scheduled to run Fri
day and Saturday, October 22 and
23, and Tuesday through Saturday
of the following week.
The lightest player the Rose
Bowl has ever seen was Skeet
Manerud of Oregon, who only
weighed 124 pounds.
NORMAN WEEKLY
Freshmen Elect
Haeal to Head
Inter-fraternity
The freshman interfraternity
council resumed official status on
the University campus last Thurs
day night when it completed elec
tion of officers and made plans for
activities and projects for the
forthcoming year.
The council, composed of fresh
man class presidents from the var
ious living groups, elected as of
ficers Russ Haeal, president; Dick
McLaughlin, vice-president; and
Shan Trebbe, secretary-treasurer.
Speech by Roger Wiley
Roger Wiley, Varsity O presi
dent, spoke to the group concern
ing traditions and the part fresh
men will play in Homecoming
weekend.
“Cooperation of everyone is es
sential to the success of Homecom
ing,” he said, “it’s up to the lead
ers of all living groups to see that
the traditions are known and un
derstood by all members.”
The group decided to have the
cup known as “The Freshman In
terfraternity Scholarship Award,”
presented each term to the pledge
class with the highest grade point
average.
The council gave further empha
sis to scholarship in discussing
more desirable grading systems,
possible benefits of an honor sys
tem rt Oregon, and activities
which seem to conflict with grades.
Also discussed were various
means of bringing the freshman
class together through activities
such as a party or hayride. Sug
gestions were advanced toward the
betterment of rush week.
The next meeting will be at the
Chi Psi locUe next Tuesday eve
ning at 7:30.
To get up early for three morn
ings is equal to one day of time.
Secluded Nook
Must for Lovers
NEW YORK, Oct. 15—(AP) —
Secluded nooks for courting
should figure in mapping parks and
parkways, the American Society of
Planning Officials was told this
week.
Concerning himself with the
practical aspects of courtship,
Lewis Mumford, author and lectur
er, asked the officials: “How many
places have you provided for lov
ers in your planning?”
Deploring broad, open sweeps of
parkways which obliterate the
nooks and crannies, he spoke with
approval of “The Ramble”, a haven
in the heart of New York’s Central
park.
YM Frosh Club
Elects Officers
George Paris was elected presi
dent of the newly-formed YMCA
freshman club at a recent meeting.
Other officers elected were Art
Choo, vice-president, and Bill Hem
py, secretary-treasurer.
Bob Bozarth was chosen chair
man for a proposed Halloween
party, and tentative plans were laid
for the affair.
German Honorary
To Meet Tuesday
Delta Phi Alpha, German honor
ary, will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.
m. on the Gerlinger hall sun porch,
according to president Gene
Thompson.
Dr. H. M. Dougherty, head' of the
language department, will speak
on student life in Switzerland.
Members may bring a guest to the
meeting and refreshments will be
served.
YeomenfMeeting
Set forTMonday
Yeomen will discuss initiation of
new members at their meeting
Monday night at 7 in Gerlinger
hall, according to President Bill
Turnbow.
Yeomen is a group of off-cam
pus independent men students.
Turnbow urged all old members,
new members and interested peo
ple to attend the meeting.
Campus
Calendar
Lutheran student association
will hold a breakfast at 9:15 a.m.
Sunday at the new Luther house.
Plymouth house speaker tomor
row evening will be Chirtianne
Beyler, who will discuss “A Stu
dent’s Life in France.”
Wesley house will hold its “Uni
versity of Life” series tomorrow
at 6:30.
Westminster house will remain
open this weekend.
Monday, Yeomen will meet in
Gerlinger hall at 7 p.m.
Blind Student Memorizes Radio Cues
By KEN METZLER
Keith Black, junior majoring in
speech, who has been blind since
the age of five, handled the sound
effects in yesterday’s radio drama,
“All You Need Is One Good Break,”
presented by the University radio
studios.
He is able to distinguish between
only light and dark. The script of
the program was read to him and (
from that he was able to memorize j
the cues for the opening of doors
and ringing of doorbells.
Keith formerly attended Boise
junior college and this is his first
year at Oregon. The campus, he
says, is a very easy one for a blind
person to go around because it is
laid out so systematically. He finds
the Oregon students very friendly
and helpful in finding his way
around.
He worked his way through high
school and the junior college by
working as a drummer in Boise
dance bands. He is attempting to
finance part of his education here
by working in local Eugene bands.
As for the future, he is not sure.
When asked about it in an inter
view yesterday he said, “That is
hard to say—if possible I’ll do
something in radio, maybe script
writing. It is rather hard to find
a job.”
He wrote several radio scripts
while attending the Boise college.
GOV. EARL. WARREN
Warren Says
(Continued from page one)
tion every contender for the G.O.P.
presidential nomination declared
himself wholeheartedly for the
election of the ticket,” he stressed.
And the platform we adopted is
concise and direct, "declaring our
principles and recognizing the
problems of the day, it pledges us
to their solution,” he said.
SX Sweethearts
Narrowed to 22
A candidate list of 52 girls has
been narrowed down to 22 in the
competition for Sweetheart of Sig
ma Chi.
The 22 still remaining in the
race will be dinner-dance guests at
the Sigma Chi house on Wednesday
evening. They will return on Friday
for a fireside. The five finalists will
be serenaded on Saturday night,
following voting.
The large number of girls chosen
for the semi-finals stems from the
extremely close voting, according
to a Sigma Chi spokesman.
Among the 22 girls are Lela de
Jarnette, Barbara Masberg, Alpha
Chi Omega; Jackie Wren, Alpha
Delta Pi; Nonda Gustafson, Alpha
Phi; Margaret Roberts, Bev Os
trom, Chi Omega; Joan Risley, Del
ta Delta Delta; Joan Nelson, Betty
Bond, Delta Gamma; Martha Sta
pleton, Dorothy Haines, Gamma
Hall.
Mary Ann Clark, Gamma Phi
Beta; Carol Johnson, Gerlinger
hall; Nancy Allison, Hendricks
hall; Mary Carol Merrifield, Jeanne
Hoffman, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Joanne Gary, Mary Dunson, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Lucille Durst, Ann
Darby, Pi Beta Phi; Lois Johnson
and Betty Pollock of Susan Camp
bell.
No Pictures Today
House pictures for the 1949 Ore
gana will not be taken today. Res
idents of McChesney hall will con
tinue the schedule Monday at Ken
nell-Ellis studio.
The schedule includes:
French hall—October 19.
Alpha Tau Omega, Cherney hall
—October 20.
Phi Kappa Psi, Cherney hall—
October 21.
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Mgr.
Joan Wagenblast, Day Manager.
Soliciting Manager, Anona Free
man.
Staff, Joan Skordahl.
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Oregon Rally
Scheduled For
Portland Streets
With the Eugene campus nearly
feserted and Oregon rooters
pepped up by last night’s rally, a
big turnout is expected for this
morning's pre-game parade and
rally in Portland, according to Al
ex Murphy, rally board chairman.
Norm Morrison, entertainment
chairman, says that student enter
tainers will present a program of
approximately 20 minutes follow
ing yells led by the rally squad
this morning. Among the perform
ers will be Barbara Henton and
Margot Spangler, singing a duet
accompanied by a ukulele, and
Denny Marvin, Rod Bright, and
Bob Nelson in a comedy trio, sing
ing “Mimi the College Widow,” a
novelty number.
Charles F. Berg, Portland cloth
ing firm, will distribute 1000 rally
sticks to Oregon coeds and 1000
megaphones to aid masculine root
ers in making themselves heard at
the Oregon-USC game at Mult
nomah stadium at 2 p.m.
The University of Oregon band,
which led the rally parade last
night, will march again this morn
ing and play at the grid classic
this afternoon.
"In My
Opinion"
-From Our Readers — —
OREGON SPIRIT
To the Editor:
It seems that the majority of
Oregon students have suddenly
become dejected with the team’s
recent showings in the Stanford
and Idaho games. It has also been
mentioned that the “good old
Oregon spirit’’ is sadly sliding
down the gutter. Maybe most stu
dents don't realize it, but plenty
of strain on the old vocal cords,
via bleachers, can really fire the
team up and certainly be a de
terminer in the game’s final
score.
uregons spirit tnese past iew
games has been bad; agreed.
Now the question comes up,
“What shall we do about the
spirit?” I’ll tell you what we’re
going to do. A new era has ar
rived and with it a new spirit so
high that the rooters are wearing
ear plugs so they won’t be'4F’s.
We have a great team and a team
that has the ability to be “you
know where” come New Year’s
Day.
I’d like to recall to the Oregon
rooters of a game played
against UCLA back in 1942.
(Yes, I was here then) Oregon
was a fair club with only a slim
chance of emerging in the win
column. BOY! You should have
heard the Oregon spirit that
rainy afternoon on Hayward
field; it was terrific.
The students didn’t let down
once throughout the entire game
and the team was playing like a
bunch of tigers. When the gun
blasted ending the game, Oregon
was on top by a touchdown. It
couldn’t happen but it did.
That’s the old Spirit we want
to recall again, what do you say
every one make it his or her per
sonal attempt to really “get on
the band wagon” and re-open the
lid to the old Oregon Spirit. We
can do it, we will do it. We’ll
BEAT USC.
George Watkins, Yell Duke
The fellow who says that scatter
rugs are the No. 1 household haz
ard must live in a neighborhood
curiously apathetic about roller
skates.