SPECIAL EDITION Drama, Radio, Religious Conferences Dedication Program VOLUME U UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950 NUMBER 78 Drama Conference Sets Mark Annual 'Heart Hop7 Dance Slated Tonight AfterGame Win or lose, the Oregon-Oregon State game tonight will soon be forgotten in favor of the 14th An nual Heart Hop, scheduled to start immediately after the game. Tubbing of the King of Hearts has been set for 11 p.m. on the Kappa Alpha Theta lawn, accord ing to Joan Skordahl, head of the coronation committee. The Order of ‘O’ men will conduct the tub bing. Theta Chi has donated a tub for the ceremony. Plans for the coronation have been changed. The king will be ushered onto the floor at McArthur court at 7:45 tonight by the 8 year-old Sanne twins, Darryl and Donald. Barbara Metcalf, chair man of the sophomore commission, will crown the winner. While he is seated on the throne, the band will play the Heart Hop theme, “With A Song In My Heart.” All ticket holder may vote for their candidate at the Co-op until 4 o’clock this afternoon. Tickets are on sale in all women's living organizations until noon and at the Co-op. Women are asked to turn in un (Please turn in paae eiqht) More Than 300 Delegates Register Thursday; Gathering Scheduled to Run Throuah Saturday Over 300 delegates, with more expected today, registered Thurs day as the third annual North west Drama Conference opened in Villard Hall. The conference, spon sored by the University speech de partment, continues through Sat urday. Horace W. Robinson, director of University Theater, stated that the conference is “without doubt” the largest regional meeting of the American Educational Theater As sociation, and the attendance has exceeded, in many cases, the num ber at several national AETA con ventions. DISCUSSION GROUPS TODAY Thursday's program included the opening session and the production of “Thunder Rock” by the Univer sity Theater and “Yes, My Darling Daughter” by the Portland Civic Theater. Discussion groups will be held today. Topics will include var ious phases of the theater. After a breakfast meeting of session chairmen, the editorial committee, and the resolutions committee at 9 a.m., the confer ence will divide to discuss the theater at its four levels. The high school discussion group, led by John Lehman, on leave from the Portland City school system, and a graduate student at the Uni versity, will meet in 201. Villard. UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE GROUP The University and College groups will meet in the University Theater auditorium, with Cecil (Please turn to page three) Broadcasters' Meeting Opens Today Approximately 60 Oregon broad casters assembled today for the' first Broadcasters’ Conference will get a chance to inspect the Uni versity radio program through a special series of shows. At 3 p.m. today, Mitch Mitchell of the Broadcast Advertising Bureau will begin the broadcasters -University schedule of events with a talk to students in Studio A of Villard Hall. He will discuss the future of advertising in radio. CAREERS IN RADIO At 10 a.m. on Saturday those interested in radio as a possible career will be afforded an oppor tunity to participate in a seminar type discussion with men in all phases of broadcasting. Under the supervision of William McCready of KUGN, officials of various Ore gon stations will answer questions of students concerning careers in radio. The program of speakers as tentatively arranged will include: Ted Cook, program director of KOIN, Portland; Mel Bailey, pro gram director of HEX, Portland; Bob Holmes, manager of KAST, Astoria; and Bud Chandler, mana I ger of KFLW, Klamatla Falls. INDEPENDENT SPEAKER McCready said that a speaker representing an independent sta tion would probably.be included. The listed speakers all are from stations affiliated with major net works. They have been chosen mainly because all of them are concerned with hiring and person nel. Three broadcasts are listed for Saturday. The first will come at 1:30 p.m. when Lee Jacobs, presi dent of the Oregon Broadcasters’ Association; Harry K. Ne^vburn, University president; Art Johnson, ASUO president; and R. E. Klein sorge of the State Board of Higher Education speak at the dedication ceremonies in the lobby of Carson Hall. TO PRESENT “MACBETH” A broadcast from the School of Music will go out at 2:30 p.m. and a student presentation of “Mac beth” will be heard from Villard Hall at 3 p.m. Members of Kappa Rho Omi cron, University radio honorary, will serve as guides for the dele gates. Wn \ m V LEADING PLAYERS In the pro duction of “Winterset” Saturday will be George Eriksen (top) and Barbara Fasqiian (bottom). Religious Week Program Starts Sunday Religious Evaluation Week built around the general theme, “First Hand Religion,’’ will go into full swing on the Oregon campus Sun day. A fellowship dinner, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Sunday at John Straub, will officially open the week’s events. University President Harry K. Newburn will introduce the main speaker for the week, Dr. Charles W. Gilkey, and Mrs. Gilkey, a noted worker in the YWCA and the National Council of Christian Church Women. 50 TICKETS AVAILABLE Fifty tickets at 55 cents will be available for students at the door. ASUO President Art Johnson will speak at the dinner. Singing and special music will be featured. Dr. Gilkey’s first major address is scheduled for the union city campus worship service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Music Auditor ium. Topic is “How Long Will Cut Flowers Last?” CHOIR TO SING Eugene High School’s acapella choir, under the direction of Rus sell Harrison, will sing at the ser vice. The congregation will join in the singing of two hymns. Dr. Wesley Goodson Nicholson, pastor of the Congregational Church, will introduce the speaker and pronounce the benediction. The Rev. Mr. Thom Hunter, dir ector of Westminster House, will give the call to worship and prayer. Dr. Beryl Ferris, minister of the First Methodist Church, will read the Scripture. COTHRELL, CHAIRMAN Chairman for the union meeting is Frank Cothrell, assisted by Mary Cochrane and Natalie Beckett. Dr. Gilkey will continue his series of addresses at 4 p.m. Mon day through Thursday. Monday’s lecture will be given in the new University Theater; Tuesday through Thursday, in Room 3, Fenton. Topics will include Monday, “The Impotence of Second-Hand Religion”; Tuesday, "Contempor ary Religious Illiteracy”; Wednes day, “New Crain out of Old”; and Thursday, "The Roots of First Hand Religion.” MORNING WORSHIP Among other daily events of the week will be morning worship, 7:30 to 7:50 each morning in Ger linger’s Alumni Hall. An excep tion will be Wednesday, when the service will be held in the men’s lounge, Gerlinger. Monday noon the faculty will entertain Dr. Gilkey at the Fac ulty Club. Tuesday evening local ministers and youth leaders will conduct fireside discussions in campus living organizations. MAIN SPEAKER. in tiie coming Religious Evaluation Week ac tivities will be Dr. Charles W. Gilkey. Dedication of Buildinas Sei Carson Hall, the University Theater with re modeled Villard Hall, and the new School of Music unit will become an official part of the Oregon campus at 1:30 Saturday when they are dedicated in the lobby of Carson. Students, faculty, and townspeople are invited to the dedication and open house of the building from 2 to 5 p.m. Participating in the dedication will be Gov. Douglas McKay; Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge, chairman of the State Board of Higher Education building com mittee; President Harry K. Newburn; Lee Jacobs, president of the Oregon Broadcasters Association, and students. The U. O. band under the direction of John Stehn will play. A two-hour broadcast of the dedication and other events will be heard over KOAC from 2 to 4 p.m. The tours, conducted by service honoraries, will show the public first-hand the completed part of Oregon’s $6,000,000 expansion program. Coeds will be on hand at Carson Hall to point out the facilities of the new women's dorm. At Villard and the University Theater, visitors may see the theaters, and departments of public speak ing and radio. Open in the Music School will be teaching studios in the new building, practice rooms in the old building, and the recently re-dec orated auditorium. From 2 to 3 p.m. a special program of the School of Music faculty will be presented in the Music School Auditorium. The radio production of ‘Macbeth’’ by U. O. students will be broadcast from 3 to 4 p.m. At 4 a tea will be held by the home economics department in Chapman Hall, celebrating its 10th anniversary in its present location. immam . CARSON HAUL will be one of three University buildings dedicated Saturday.