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First Trials Set for Tuesday In All-University Speech Contest Preliminary contest for the All University Extemporaneous Speak ing Contest will be held on Tues day, Feb. 21 at 3 p. m. in 104 Vil lard. The final contest will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 8 p. m. in the same room. This contest is open to all und ergraduate students in the univer sitv. Subject for the contest is American foreign policy. All stu dents interested should prepare generally on the subject, giving particular attention to the areas where American interests are vital ly concerned. Forty-five minutes before speak ing time each contestant will be allowed to choose one out of three topics within the general question. Judges will be selected from among the members of the speech staff for the preliminary contest and from the universitty faculty for the final contest. Judging will be based on the quality of content, ability to or ganize, establishment of a point of view, and facility in speaking techniques. Prizes will be presented by the Jewett fund as follows: first, $50; second, $30; third, $20. Geology Group To Leave U. O. For Coast Trip General geology classes, 100 strong, will take to the road at 8 a. m. Saturday, heading for the coast in their annual field trip. Leaving from Gondon Hall in two chartered busses and private cars, the students will be introduc ed to the “traveling classroom” idea of teaching. Professors L. W. Staples and E. M. Baldwin will lecture to the group as the bus passes various spots of geological interest. The two-day trip will touch 25 points of study in 350 miles be tween Eugene, Tillamook, and Newport. Outstanding parts of the trip will be the study of Coast Range geology, the limestone quarry at Buell, and observance of wave-destruction at Bay Ocean. At Tillamook where the group will spend Saturday night, there will be a chance to visit the lab oratory and shell collection of Ruth Coates. * Harriet Thomas, professor em^ eritus of physical education, will act as chaperone. Another overnight trip will be made to Coos Bay spring term. Dr. Staples points out that "these field excursions are for general geology students only. Library Schedules Switzerland Films Three films on Switzerland will be shown at 4 p. m. Friday in the Browsing Room of the Library. The movies are: "Switzerland Today,” “Winter Sports in the Alps,” and “GIs in Switzerland.” They are being shown in connec tion with the exhibit of books printed in Switzerland during and after the war. The exhibit will be removed Sunday. Group to Organize A meeting will be held on Feb. 27 in 102. Journalism Building for organizing a University of Oregon Historical Society. Graduate students in history are invited. Emerald classifieds bring quick re sults. A. Theater to Stage First Road Show The first presentation of the University Theater traveling road company of “The Bishop Misbe haves’’ will be in the Springfield High School tonight at 8« The road company will put on another performance Friday night in the Creswell Grange Hall, Cres well. They are scheduled for a performance at Oakridge, Feb. 24. Miss Ottilie T. Seybolt is direct ing the production. Miss Vogue Contest Set Miss ' Vogue, campus fashion beauty, will be selected March 2 at the annual open fashion show sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi, women’s professional journalism honorary. Women’s living organizations are each requested to submit the name of one candidate for the title by Feb. 21, Barbara Heywood, president, said. Classifieds don’t cost, they pay! *7<4e CinemcJt (Continued from page two) for best actress; and Ethel Barrymore and Celeste Holm for best supporting actress. William W yler lias a crack at Oscar number three for best direction—this year of "The Heiress." I he nominees for best actor are newcomers to Hollywood for the most part, with Kirk Douglas and Richard Todd post-war addi tions to filmland starring roles. O.regory Peck and Broderick Crawford had no star roles un til the last three years; though Crawford was a featured player in many films. John Wbavne, who was overlooked by pre-nomination ex perts, is the only real Hollywood veteran amongst the group. * Tour of the supporting actor nominees— Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland, Dean Jagger, and Ralph Richardson—are experienced hands at acting; while James Wdiitmore is a newcomer to Hollywood. It looks like “All the King’s Men” has the inside track this year on copping the most awards—but exactly how the votes come out is going to be tough guessing. One of the sur prising nominations in the best film category is "A Letter to Three Wives,” a movie nearly everyone seemed to enjoy, but one that few thought of as a possible award-winner. For one thing, the picture just wasn't touted as Oscar bait. It came out early in the year, and bv now lias just about made ail the rounds; and there was no hullabaloo about "one of the truly great pictures." it was just an ex pertly done job that drew on its own, modest, unassuming merit. There is only one British film in the run ning this year—Carol Reed’s “The Fallen Idol." And for those people who may start yapping about how superior foreign films are and why weren't any other's nominated, please recall that only films in the English language are eligible for academy awards. There is a conference held each year, usually in Brussels, Belgium, that makes awards for outstanding films of every nation. EMERALD ADS BRING RESULTS If you have a car to buy or sell and your transaction does not jell Come to the Co-op today Emerald classifieds don’t cost, they pay! 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