'Thunder Rock' Set Poses Problem:
Must be Both Unnatural and Real
Lighthouse Interior No Trouble,
But Most of Characters Are Dead
H “Thunder Rock” makes use of
(only one set, which seems like a
simple task for Bill Schlosser’s
stage and design crews to take
care of.
But Robert Ardrey’s play pre
sents a little of a problem, accord
ing to the personsable technical
director of the University Theater.
“We have to create a feeling of
unnaturalness and yet not destroy
the realism of the set,” says
Schlosser.
“Thunder Rock” has the interior
of a lighthouse for its scenic ef
fects.
No Problem,
This, says Schlosser, presented
lo problems. All that was neces
iary, besides the main floor and
raljs,. was the construction of a
itairway, a balcpny-like catwalk
und another, steeper stairway
pleading up, out of the set, to the
flight.
“But because we have to get
iver the idea that most of the
people are dead,” he elaborated,
1‘wfi have to create a mysterious
atmosphere without losing the
realism of the set.”
This will be aceomplishec
through the use of lights. Wher
focused on colors yin the set th<
lights will bring out one part oi
the stage, without detracting fron
action on other parts, he explained
Lighting Important
In addition, the lighting has tc
create a daybreak and a sunset
and with the help of sound effects
a storm.
Finding lamps has been one ol
the director’s biggest problems
One lamp—a kerosene type which
can be hung in a wall bracket, has
remained particularly elusive.
“But,” shrugged Schlosser,
“when we can’t find them, we
make them and hope for the best.’1
Schlosser and the stage crews
have one additional problem to
face. That is, striking “Thunder
Bock” so that the set for “Win
terset” can be put up in time for
presentation for the Northwest
Drama Conference, Feb. 11. This
task should keep the crews busy
until early the following morning.
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International Relations League
To Discuss Peace and Foreian Policy
“Will Present U. S. Foreign Pol
icy Promote Peace and Prosper
ity?” will be the topic for the third
annual conference of the Oregon
High School International Rela
tions League, to be held on the
campus Feb. 24 and 25.
Delegates from high school In
ternational Relations Clubs
throughout the state will attend.
The league is sponsored by the Ore
gon Education Association, in co
operation with the University and
the Extension Division of the State
System of Higher Education.
Dr. Charles P. Schleicher, profes
sor of political science, and execu
tive secretary of the association, is
making campus arrangements for
the conference.
Conference organization will
take the form of the U. S. Senate,
with committees instead of the us
ual roundtables. Phases of the U. S.
^Foreign policy will be considered.
Committees will then present pol
icy resolutions before the plenary
sessions for discussion.
Some of the specific topics are:
What are the probabilities and
conditions for the success of the
Marshall Plan? Can the U.S. and
the New China come to satisfac
tory terms? What kind of U.S.
tariff policy is best for peace and
prosperity? Can the German prob
lem be solved?
Is U.S.-Latin American friend
ship based on opportunism? Will
the bold new program of economic
and technical development of un
derdeveloped areas promote peace
and prosperity?
Other conference business will
be the election of officers of the
league for 1950r51.
This will be the third annual con
ference of the league. Last year’s
topic was “Can the United Nations
Do the Job?” in 1949 the subject
was “Human Rights.”
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Special Showing
Of 'Rock' Slated
A special showing of “Thunder
Rock” by Robert Ardrey will be
given Monday night, Feb. 6, Hor
ace W. Robinson, director of the
University Theater, has announced.
The Trinity Methodist Church of
River Road has purchased tickets
for half of the house. Any organi
zation wishing to purchase the
other 200 seats for the presenta
tion may contact Mrs. LeJeune
Griffith at the Theater business
office.
Two organizations may each buy
100 seats, also. The price for 200
seats is $110. Sixty-five dollars
will buy 100 seats.
Slide Series
On Study
Available
A series of 49 colored slides en
titled “Some Tips for Scholastic
Success in the University of Ore
gon” are now being shown in con
nection with a talk by Vergil S.
Fogdall, director of men’s affairs,
to men’s dormitory residents.
Freshmen and transfer students
in John Straub Hall will hear and
see the illustrated talk next Mon
day evening. Each hall will be
taken separately. Fogdall present
ed the series in the Veterans Dor
mitories last Monday and Tuesday.
Oregon is the only university or
college in the country to present
such an illustrated series to Fog
dall’s knowledge. “We had done
everything to locate a similar ser
ies in some other school without
success, and finally decided to do
the scholastic series locally,” Fog
dall stated.
Sponsor of the scholastic success
talks is the University chapter of
Phi Eta Sigma, national scholas
tic fraternity for freshman men.
First of the slides attempt to
show the student the glamorized
Hollywood idea of college life,
football games, strolling on the
campus, and spring term activities,
for instance. This is contrasted
with the ideas one has of college
graduates, picturing them as doc
tors and other professional men,
putting across the point that grad
uation is the result of hard study,
not frivolous living.
“Pick courses wisely,” is the first
tip given. The slides suggest that
students follow their adviser’s sug
gestions and drop into his office
throughout the year, not only at
the start of the term.
A diagram of the location of a
hydroelectric plant is used to show
students how to pick a vocation, in
that the “bedrock of ambition” and
“natural interest” should meet in
the location of the plant, or voca
tion. Students are also advised to
make use of the counseling center.
Charts showing freshman and
sophomore courses for those who
haven’t yet picked their vocation
are also shown.
“Arrange a good place to study,”
is the second tip. Depicted is a
typical student’s room in the Vet
erans Dormitory.
“Plan a time schedule.” The ser
ies suggests making use of the
personal daily schedule furnished
students by the Co-op Store. Slides
show ways of filling out the sched
ule for various study programs.
A shot of a student working in a
downtown sport shop illustrates
the fourth tip, “Watch for part
time jobs.” Charts in connection
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NW Drama Conference
Brings Theater Experts
I he third annual. Northwest Drama conference, Feb. 9, 10,
and 11, will bring delegates from all parts of the Northwest to
ithe University campus to discuss common theater problems and'
exchange ideas.
Iii its biief history, the conference has become the largest re
gional drama conference in the United States, with the number
uctegaies almost equal to the
attendance of the national con
vention, Horace W. Robinson,
associate professor of speech,
commented.
The conference started on
the Oregon campus in 1948 by Ro
binson. Similar conferences were
sponsored by the University of
Washington until World War II,
when they were discontinued.
Started in 1948
Robinson installed the confer
ence at the University two years
ago, adding Montana, Nevada, and
Northern California to the meet,
which previously included only
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Conference delegates will dis
cuss contemporary problems in
four major divisions of the theater,
centering around the general topic,
“Art and Business of the Theater.”
Divisions represented will be high
school, civic and community, col
lege and university, and children’s
drama.
Activity Schedule
Activities during the three-day
confab will include three full-length
drama productions by the Univer
sity Theater and Portland Civic
Theater Players, a buffet banquet
for delegates at the Eugene Ho'tel,
and the appearance of Barret H.
Clark, author and drama scholar
of New York, as principal speaker.
Maintaining no officers or mem
bership, the conference is merely
a convention of interested drama
personnel, working together to ob
tain new materials, techniques,
ideas, and plays, Robinson con
tinued.
“We hope that the conference
will continue to be a device where
by vai'ious theater interests can be
brought together, and will increase
in size and appeal,” he concluded.
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