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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1950)
CLASSIFIED LOST—Gray “51” pen near Con don. Reward, Mamie Chan, Ext. 483. 128 LOST—Gray “51” pen near Con don. Reward. Mamie Chan. Ext. 483. LOST—Black and silver Parker “51.” Return to Pat Hansen. Del ta Zeta. 127 FOR SALE—4-piece mahogany finish bedroom suite—$120; 5 piece walnut bedroom suite $120; rose-colored davano—$75; 4 chairs plus plastic top table, blue with chromed metal legs— $85; small stove—$70; all these things used only 4 months. Doi othy Drury. Ext. 485. 128 FOR SALE—1930 Buick Sedan. Excellent condition. Good picnic car Call Dick Barber 4-4241. 126 WANTED TO RENT OR SUB LEASE-- Small apartment near campus for married couple dur ing summer session. Call Dick Barber 4-4241. 126 LOST - Black kid gloves, Mon. p.m. on Alder between 15th and 16th. Ph. 5-1511, Ext. 476. 126 FOR SALE — Attractive daveno. Excellent cond. $35. Call 4-3469. 127 LOST Purse containing cigarette lighter and billfold. Georgiann Laca, ext. 484. 132 PERSONAL—To Webfoot Repub licans: Vote May 19, for Ore gon’s Fighting Senator Wayne Morse. (Webfoots for Wayne). 131 Officials Make Educational Tour Seven University officials will spend today and Friday speaking in Southwestern Oregon cities. This Educational Tour will , take them to Coos Bay, Reedsport, North Bend, and Coquille. Each will take on his respective field of education to alumni groups and service clubs. Participating will be President Harry K. Newburn, James H. Gil bert, professor emeritus of econ omics; R. T. Ellickson, associate 'iean of the graduate school and head of the physics department; Uov McCall, head of the speech de partment; Theodore Kratt, dean of the School of Music; Lyle M. Nel son, director of information; and L. E. Anderson, alumni secretary. Speech Manuscript Deadline May 22 Deadline for the first draft manuscripts for the senior ora torical contest is May 22 accord ing to \V. A. Dahlberg', speech pro 1 ossoi and chairman of the con test. By May 29 the final drafts must bo submitted. The field will he narrowed from the 13 students new participating' to five or sis final candidates. Finalists will be chosen on the basis of their manuscripts and at least part of the oral speech. The contest will be held in the music school auditorium June 9. iii— — -- ■■■■ Drama Technique Shown By 'Theater Excitement' • By NORMAN ANDERSON It is unfortunate that the experi mental productions of the Univer sity Theater cannot be seen each year by more people. “Theater Excitement No. 2,” presented Tuesday and Wednesday nights, offered season-ticket hold ers two hours of some of the most absorbing drama possible, com plete with as much of the fascinat ing and novel techniques of mod ern, experimental theater which could be presented in the two hours. Directed and staged by the Theory of Acting class of the speech department, the show was the second of the Ethel Sawyer Me morial Productions, presented each year in memory of the late librarian of the University Library. Perhaps the most thought-pro voking production- of the evening was Tennessee Williams' “The Purification” fascinated an audi Joan Landman, with a modern, starkly realistic set designed by John Lehman, “The Purification” was Tennessee Williams at his best. A well-written, subtle story of in cest blended with murder, “The Purification” fasnicated an audi ence sometimes overwhelmed with the import of the Williams play. Volger, Van Boskirk Lewis Vogler and Don Van Bos kirk displayed skill and talent in interpreting Williams’ plot as they explained their motives; the one in loving his sister, the unfaithful wife of the other man, who killed her be cause of her love for her brother. Mary Ritter was convincing as the Mexican woman who related the brother's part in the sordid affair. The supporting cast of John Leh man, Ruth Kilbourn, Robert Chap man, and Mildred Chetty contrib uted thoroughly to make “The Pur ification” one of the best produc tions of the evening. Probably the strangest of the four productions was “Full Circle,” principally the work of Gordon Erickson who produced the play and wrote the dialogue, based on music from K. Weill’s “Three Pen ny Opera.” "Full Circle” Different Ably enacted by Ericksen and El marie Wendell, "Full Circle was presented through a thin, cloth screen, upon which were displayed modern, surrealistic art. The story of a soldier torn by doubt, who is steadied by the calm logic of a pros titute, “Full Circle” was played mostly through the medium of bal let. The choreograpny uy rvuss 'ven dell was excellent in symmetry and expression, easily conveying the subtle plot of the play. Both Miss Wendell and Erickson presented talents new to their audiences as they danced gracefully through the production’s story. “Full Circle” was followed by Anton Chekhov’s “The Swan Song,” a production which gave tal ented Terrance Roseen plenty of room for characterization. Roseen displayed a complete mastery of timing and stage presence as he portrayed the story of an aging ac tor, driven insane by frustration and the futility of his accomplish ; ments. • The Swan Song" was further en hanced by simple lighting effects, which several times in the produc tion saw only a single lamp on the darkened stage used as illumination of the Chekhov play. Paul Wexler, playing opposite Roseen as the prompter effectively drove home the point of the actor’s mental condition with his calm, bored acceptance of the actor’s at tempt to prove his genius. Not to be forgotten was Chekhov’s man ner of introducing his characters to the audience and exciting them by using the very back recesses of the stage. Roseen’s voice was heard ar riving and departing, long before and after his figure was seen. “The Swan Song” was also directed by Roseen. Ingenuity Displayed The Theory of Acting class dis played ingenuity by inserting into the middle of the run of plays, a light, amusing, completely enjoy able production, “Via The Air Shaft,” played to the limit by Jane Bowen and Don Smith, and directed by Boyd Peterson. “The Air Shaft” was in keeping with the tenor of the other three plays as it utilized an exaggerated ly simple set, placing Smith and Miss Bowen as neighbors, living across an air shaft in an apartment. “Via The Air Shaft” saw Miss Bowen and Smith making the most of author Thomas Herbert’s rhym ing dialogue and each displayed skill in managing to speak and act in complete harmony, making the play amusing where it might have been awkward. Busy Halftime Set for Prom Intermission activities will high light the Junior Prom Saturday night in McArthur Court. A sched ule of events was released yester day by Prom Chairman Gerry Smith. According to Smith, intermission will begin at 10:30 and continue until 11 p.m. A 30-minute broad cast of Chairle Barnett’s orches tra is set for 9:30 over station KUGN. Ceremonies will be opened by the queen’s procession and presenta tion. Barry Mountain, junior class president, will introduce the week end ruler to the audience. Druids, junior men’s honorary, will tap at 10:40. This will be fol lowed by the float parade awards, announced by Will Urban, float co chairman. A presentation of four cups for outstanding scholarship and service to the University will be made at 10:50. The Burt Brown Barker cups will be given to the men’s and women’s living organizations standing highest scholastically during the past year. The Maurice Harold Hunter leadership award will be awarded to the junior man in liberal arts who has, through his achievements, contributed most to the leadership of his fellow students. To the “best all-around’’ junior man and woman, the Gerlinger and Koyl cups will be presented. Intermission activities will close at 11 with the queen's recessional. Doors will swing open at 9 p.m. for the dance. Dress is formal with tuxes, dark suits, or dinner jackets in order for the men. Flowers are optional. Used roulette wheel Or a mongoose Try Kmerald Classifieds and get Results. Duncan Named New Member Of Journalism School Faculty New member of the University School of Journalism faculty next fall will be Charles T. Duncan, 35, now associate professor of jour nalism in the University of Min nesota in Minneapolis. Announcement was made' by Clifford F. Weigle, dean of the University Journalism School. The appointment is subject to con firmation by the State Board of Higher Education. The new staff member will assume duties in September. Mr. Duncan’s newspaper exper ience includes work as managing editor, advertising manager, pho tographer, and reporter. He has served on the journalism faculties of three schools. Beginning reporting and pho tography are among classes the journalist will probably instruct next fall, according to Dean Weigle. Mr. Duncan worked as a pho tographer for the Minneapolis Morning Tribune in 1946. He com pleted work for his master’s de gree the same year at the Uni versity of Minnesota. Correspondent for the Associa ted Press was another of his jobs from 1936-40. He was summer re lief man for the Reno.Nev., bur eau in 1942. From 1942-45 he yras on active duty with the Na val Reserve in the South Pacific end Washington, D. C. Mr. Duncan returned to the Uni versity of Minnesota as assistant professor of journalism in 1947 after holding journalism faculty positions as instructor in the Uni versity of Nevada from 1940-42 and assistant professor in the Uni versity of Nebraska from 1946-47. 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