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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1949)
'Marco Millions' Uses Double Stage By Barbara Hollands Action in Eugene O’Neill’s color ful Oriental extravaganza, “Marco Millions,” the University theater spectacle production to be present ed in Mac court on April 30, will take place on two stages instead Greeks Present (Continued from page one) nja Alpha Mu; Barry Mountain, Alpha Tau Omega; William Gaff ney, Pi Kappa Phi; Herb Nill, The ta Chi; Steve Button, Sigma Chi; Bill Lance, Sigma Nu; John Bar ton, Delta Tau Delta; Jim Hersh ner, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; and Will Urban, Phi Delta Theta. Women suggested for junior of fice were: Flo Hansen, Alpha Omi cron Pi; Ann Case, Pi Beta Phi; and Jean Armstrong, Gamma Phi Beta. Ron Clark, Theta Chi, Don Pick ett, Beta Theta Pi; Dick McLaugh lin, Chi Psi; Beldon Owens, Pi Kappa Alpha; Dick Couch, Kappa Sigma; Willard Dodds, Delta Upsi lon; and John Saunders, Sigma. Alpha Mu; were proposed for sophomore nominations. Women named as prospective sophomore candidates were: Kathy Fletcher, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Mary Hall, Chi Omega; Jean Hoff man, Kappa Alpha Theta; Geor gianne Gettler, Gamma Phi Beta; and Marilyn Thompson, Delta Del ta Delta. Two men were suggested for the yell king nomination: James Christman, Sigma Phi Epsilon; and Don Thomas, Alpha Tau Ome ga. USA Final Vote (Please turn to pac/e two) tative; Don Smith, Campbell club, and Dick Dahlberg, off-campus, for junior representative; and for sophomore representative, Donna Buse, off-campus; Virginia Wright, Alpha Xi Delta; and Ron Brown, Campbell club. Recommended for senior class president were John Day, Minturn hall, and Ron Phillips, Phi Kappa Sigma. Jeannine Macaulay, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Janet Nielsen, Gamma hall, were nominated for the number two spot. Miss Niel sen was nominated from the floor. Ed Peterson, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Bob Pearce, Phi Kappa Sigma, were named for junior presiden tial candidate, with Ann Morton, Delta Zeta, and Anne Goodman, Hendricks hall, for second position. Two potential sophomore presi dent candidates were put on the primary slate, Ben Lyon, Tau Kap pa Epsilon, and Lloyd Neal, Lamb da Chi Alpha. For second sopho more position Pat Mullin, Delta Zeta, and Edith Kading, Alpha Xi Delta, were recommended. The USA membership will elect final candidates from this slate Tuesday at the party's open pri maries. Recommended for the USA nom ination for yell king was Dick Reynold. j~' i ' ~i of the conventional .one, according to William E. Schlosser, technical director. "Since this is a spectacle show, everything is being produced on a large scale,” Schlosser said. “The stages are being constructed on the east wall*of Mac court, one on the main floor and one in the bal cony, and will be used independ ently and simultaneously.” An instance in which both stages will be used at the same time is the grand finale, when the upper stage will be the scene of Kublai Khan’s courtroom, where he is foreseeing in his crystal ball the spectacular banquet taking place on the lower stage. Audiences viewing the drama, which relates the story of the trav els of Marco Polo, will be trans ported by colorful sets to Italy, India, Morocco, Persia, and China, where the action will take place in a chapel, a market place, on ship board, by the Great Wall of China, and in the palace of Kublai Khan. "Construction in our small work shop is presenting a problem,” Williams Wants Help in Picking Cafe Monicker The restaurant planned for the Student Union needs a name. Some suggestions have been of fered, and Dick Williams, director of the Student Union, will welcome any others. They may be left at the Educational Activities office in Mac court. Space for campus organizations will probably be allocated next fall. At that time, groups which can show that they need and will fully utilize space, will be granted desk space and others will be able to ob tain filing space for their records. Temporary activities will be housed in one office, which will be set aside for such activities as Jun ior Weekend, Homecoming, dances and other affairs which will need space for only a short time. All student offices will be on the third floor, in the “birdcage” on the north end of the building. ASUO and Oregana offices will also be in the Union. The entire building is proceeding on schedule, with concrete having been poured for the entire main floor, although 78 feet of service entrances will be added later. The complete frame should be up by July 1. Williams added that nego tiations are under way with pro fe ssional interior decorators for the furnishing of the building. 'Blindfold Ball' After the Vodvil show Friday night, Wesminster will have an open house featuring a new “blind fold ball.” Refreshments will be served and the entertainment for the evening will include dancing and games. •i EASTER FLOWERS At Reasonable Prices STEVEN'S FLORAL SERVICE Phone 544S Schlosser went on. “The sets must be built so that they can be shifted in a minimum of time. “Besides that, they are so big and the shop is so small that every thing must be constructed in sec tions—small sections, which will go through the door.” Another problem is the hanging of draperies, curtains and other equipment from the girders in the ceiling in Mac court. “All that is provided us is the ceiling and the rafters,” schlosser remarked, grin ning, “and we’re supplying the rest.” Jim Shaffer is stage manager for the production; Marilyn Steal and Pat White are in charge of properties; Dick Paris, Wayne Wagner, Lester Cupp, Bill Alley, and Paul Wexler comprise the stage crew. 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