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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1949)
Theater Selects Year's Best Performances For the third time, Lewis Volger was awarded the University Theater’s acolade as having turned in “the best performance by a man in a leading role”, when the theater organization offeied its annual awards last June. Voider who was given the award for his performance of the role of Tom in “The Glass Me nagerie”, had won the “Oscar” for his performances in the title roles of “The Great God Brown” and “Liliom” in previous years. The veteran actor has also been seen as Mr. Antribus in “The Skin of our Teeth”, as Joe in “The Time of Your Life”, and as Alan Squiers In last season’s “The Petrified For est." MENAGERIE SWEEPS AWARDS “The Glass Menagerie” made a sweep of the acting awards for the season. For the best perform ance by a woman in a leading role, Geraldine Hettinger was given an award for her portrayal of Aman da, the mother, in “Menagerie.” This was Miss Hettinger’s second award. She had won the “best sup porting role” prize the previous year for the roles of Miss Preen in “The Man Who Came to Dinner” and Mrs. Zero in “The Adding Ma chine." The former Mary Esther Brock, now Mrs. Robert Alford, completed the trio of acting award winners for her performance of Laura in “The Glass Menagerie”. BOX-OFFICE MANAGER RECOGNIZED The award for the greatest con tribution by a man or woman to the theater in a non-acting category” was given to Don Smitfi for his out standing work as box-office man ager and for his handling of pub licity. A special award was presented to Nina Sue Ferniman Gordan as the best salesman of season tickets for the 1949-50 season. Transportation Group Meets at 7 Delta Nu Alpha, national trans portation fraternity, will hold its first fall-term business meeting at 7 p.m. today in room 5 Commerce. President Walter Grande an nounced that students who have taken courses in transportation and are interested in the organi zation are invited to the meeting. The Oregon chapter of Delta Nu Alpha was formed last spring term, and the only active chapter west of Kansas City. The fraternity’s purpose is the encouragement and advancement of men in the traffic and transportation field of busi ness. LEWIS VOGLER SAE's to Get Mugged Today Sigma Alpha Epsilon individual pictures for the Oregana will be taken at the Kennell-Ellis studio today. Phi Delta Theta pictures are scheduled for Wednesday. Westminster Sets Reception lonight The Westminster House Com mittee will hold a reception for the Rev. and Mrs. Thom Hunter this evening at Westminster House, 1414 Kincaid. All interested per sons may attend. Rev. Hunter is the new Presby terian University Pastor at Ore gon. He was formerly at Westminster Foundation at Cornell University Ithaca, New York. Mrs. George Hemphill, chairman of the affair, announced that the reception will be from 8 to 10 p.m. Today's Staff Assistant Managing Editor: Diane Mecham. Desk Editor: Gretchen Grondahl. Copy Desk: Suzanne Cockeran, Pat Bishop, Bonnie Bressler, Dean Pass, Bob Tweedell, Florence Erie, Diane Ford, Dixie Fitzwater. M. Bush Given Bid by Kwomas Marjory Bush, sophomore in lib eral arts, was tapped by Kwama, sophomore women’s service honor ary, during the dinner hour last night. Miss Bush, who lives in Carson Hall, is a desk editor of the Em erald. She fills the vacancy created by Barbara Hollands, who is study ing in Paris. Membership in Kwama is based upon activities and scholarship. The group is limited to 30 mem bers. Committee Petitions Due for Red Cross Petitions for work on the cam pus Red Cross committee should be handed in to Sally Waller, Theta house by Thursday noon. Vacancies are publicity, ski safety, disaster, water safety, posters, and librarian. All students are eligible to petition. Robinson Schedules Theater Auditions There will be no general tryouts for the University Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 5, Horace Robin son, theater director, announced yesterday. Those interested in try ing-out for the year’s plays are asked to attend the meeting today at 4 p.m. in room 102, Villard. Inter-Varsity Group To Review Camp Members of Inter-Varsity Chris tian Fellowship who atended “Campus in the Firs” in Belling ham, Wash., will give a report of speakers and activities of the camp Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the dining hall of John Straub. Colored slides of the camp taken by Lee Boles will be shown. Attendance Urged At GPA Discussion All women students who have specified GPAs or whose cumula tive or spring term GPAs are below a 2.00 have been requested by Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, director of women’s affairs, to attend a schol arship meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday in Gerlinger Alumni Hall. Scholarship chairmen from all women’s living organizations are asked to attend with the girls from their houses. A dress may impress, But a sweater is better. tf££0S F0A T££ All Types of color film at Catch the Fall Colors Now 698 Willamette Phone 4S241 Hearing Clinic Located in Villard Offers Speech and Hearing Tests Hearing tests and remedial speech services are among those offered by the speech and hearing clinic, located in Villard Hall. Services offered by the clinic were explained recently by Dr. Kenneth Scott Wood, associate professor of speech, and director of the clinic. Audiometer tests are offered for students wishing to check their hearing. “I suspect there are stu dents on the campus who have sig nificant hearing loss who are not aware of it,” Dr. Wood stated, adding that “A person with a hear ing loss should certainly know of it.” Appointments may be made with Dr. Wood. A second service is offered for those who stutter or have other types of blocking spasms when they talk. This group will meet from 4 to 5 Mondays at 105 Villard. In addition to group work an indi vidual program will be arranged for each person. Students with foreign language backgrounds who wish to improve the intelligibility of their speech will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tues days in the clinic. “This service is not primarily concerned with grammar or vocabulary, but aims to achieve greater intelligibility of English speech sounds,” Dr. Wood advised. A fourth service is aimed at aid ing students with articulatory speech defects such as lisping, sound substitution, and problems in voice quality or volume. These cases are treated individually or in small groups. Campus Calendar 12:00—AWS cabinet—at the Side. 4:00—AGS representatives—Alpha Chi Omega house. 4:0G—Panhellenic executive council—ZTA house. 5:00—Phi Chi Theta, business honorary—101 Commerce. 6:30—Phi Beta, music and speech honorary—Sigma Kappa house. 7:00—Deseret Club, LDS students—YMCA. 7:00—Delta Nu Alpha—106 Commerce. 7:30—Forensics Club—104 Villard. 7:30—Christian Science—1251 Emerald. Education School Hits All-Time High An increase of 20 per cent over last year’s enrollment in the School of Education signifies an all-time high in this school, according to Mrs. Catherine M. Lauris, secre tary in this department. Some 550 men and women have enrolled this term with students still arriving. They come from all parts of the United States, Hawaii and China. Washington, California, Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, New York, Utah, and Virginia are rep resented among the future teach ers. AT ENDICOTT'S RADIO SERVICE 871 E 13th Dial 5-6272