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.
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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.
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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.
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