Radio Veteran Makes
Stage Debut Friday
Mention type casting to a mem
ber of the “Born Yesterday” cast
and they’re likely to shudder in
indignant horrification. And with
just cause—Joyce Sommerlade
plays a kept woman; Faber De
Chaine a corrupt, uncouth, sel
fish junk dealer; Gordon Howard
an author who sells his soul to
be publicity man; and so on down
a long list of “undesirable” peo
ple.
The show opens this Friday in
the University Theater.
But mention type casting to
Jim Blue—and he won’t feel bad
at all—because he’s the hero of
the play. He’s true blue from act
one to act three. Paul Verall, the
role Blue plays, is a journalist of
the highest type.
Radio Conflicts
“Of course, the only contact
I’ve ever had with journalism is
what I read in the papers,” Blue
admits. “But the main difficulty
I have with the play isn’t under
standing the character—my trouble
is too much background in radio.”
Active in radio on the campus
for the past two years, the good
looking speech major finus that
the technique for stage acting and
radio acting are not as similar
as he hoped.
“This is my first stage appear
ance,” Blue commented. “And I
find that I am apparently too
JIM BLUE
loose-jointed, that I have a pecul
iar tendency to bend somewhere
between the knees and the ankles,
and that I put too much youthful
vitality into my love scenes with
Billie (Miss Sommerlade).”
Finds Difference
On this lhst point there is con
siderable cause for understanding'
his reactions. On the other points,
Blue explains that “sitting in
front of a microphone and talk
ing, and standing in front of an
audience are two different things.”
His venture into the theater
was caused by his desire to learn
the techniques of stage work. Ra
dio is still his main interest, and
Blue intends to go to Tulsa Uni
versity in Oklahoma next year to
continue his radio study.
“Tulsa has one of the top 10
radio schools in the U. S., * he ex
plained. “It is there, while visit
ing this summer, that I saw a lot
of television work. I was convinc
ed that if I intended going to ra
dio, I would have to learn the
techniques of television—which
are similar to techniques of stage
acting.”
Blue has more radio shows be
hind him than he can remember,
and is a member of Kappa Rho
Omicron, radio honorary. He is a
junior this year and a member
of Campbell Club, men’s coopera
tive living organization.
Exec Council Okay's
New Dessert Policy
In order to comply with the
new “seven to three” ratio foi
desserts as planned by the Exe
cutive Council, campus living or
ganizations will reschedule their
dessert schedules of Nov. 29, and
Dec. 6.
Dana Lind, campus social chair
man, explained the new ratio to
living organization representatives
Monday. Under the present pro
gram, Greek and independent
houses have dessert schedules
which include too few houses in
the opposite catagory. tinder the
new program, the last two des
sert dates of the term will be re
scheduled, if necessary, to comply
with the requisite number of des
serts with opposite groups. Some
desserts may be rescheduled Nov.
22.
Dorms and houses which had
Mheduled ten or nine desserts
will reschedule their desserts to
include three “outside" dates. A
program with eight, seven, or six
desserts wilt be rescheduled to in
clude two outside dates. A group
with only five or less desserts
planned, must include one outside
dessert.
The Nov. 22 date, which falls
during the Thanksgiving holiday,
is optional, as many of the stu
YWCA to Hold
Soph Meeting
Sophomore members of the
YWCA will meet at the Y head
quarters in Gerlinger tomorrow at
4 p.m., according to Mary Alice
Baker, chairman of the sopho
more commission.
The commission-sponsored meet
ing is designed to acquaint .sopho
more women with their part in
the YWCA's activities. Members
of the commission will speak
briefly on finances and on duties
of sophomores in the Y,
Joyce Sommerlade and Sue
Lichty are in charge of refresh
ments for the meeting,
dents will be off campus.
One of the required number of
outside dates may be fulfilled ear
lier if two groups have an open
dessert date which they can
schedule together before Nov. 22.
But no early dessert may be can
celled.
Social chairmen from all liv
ing organizations are to turn in
by Friday to Mrs. Margaret Kopp
at Emerald Hall, the number of
desserts they must reschedule,
and the number of people in their
organization attending desserts.
According to a plan adopted by
the social chairmen, the men’s or
ganizations must turn in a list
with their first six choices, from
which the required number will
be chosen to complete their des
sert agenda. Women's social chair
men will indicate which date they
are available.
The social chairmen will meet
again at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
IM Members
(Continued from baae four)
of boxing and that schools Includ
ing boxing in. their intramural ac
tivities reported no bad results
when contacted by him last year.
First on the meeting’s agenda
was the tentative intramural bask
etball contest between OSC and
Oregon. This game was suggested
to Intramural Director Paul Wash
ke by Don Kirsch, Frosh basketball
mentor.
Chief advocate of the addition of
bowling to IM activities was Clar
ence Naapi, member of the Student
Union recreation committee. Nill
represented Bill Bowerman, varsity
track coach, on the subject of intra
mural track.
Swimming Coach John Bor
chardt presented an argument
against intramural swimming. Due
to the overcrowdedness of the pool
during most of the day, Borchardt
stated, it would be difficult to op
erate an IM swimming schedule.
The pool's size would also be pro
hibitive, he said.
Besides swimming .wrestling was
the only sport discussed that was
not approved by the group.
Year in Norway
To be Awarded
Duck Student
A complete year of study in
Norway with, full tuition and
maintenance at the University
of Oslo, plus vacation hospitality
at a Norwegian home, is being
offered to some male student on
the campus for next year.
This is the first scholarship of
its kind resulting from the pre
sent program of foreign student
exchange.
Only stipulation for the scholar
ship is that the recipient be a
member of an organization that
has sponsored a foreign student
on the campus. The award is
available to graduate or under
graduate students. Transportation
costs to Norway and money for
incidentals is all that the student
need provide.
Selection of the candidate is to
be made at an early date to al
low time for the student to plan
and also give him a chance to
take work in the Norwegian langu
age. Complete fluency in Norwe
gian is not required, but some
knowledge would be helpful.
Applications for the scholarship
are available in the office of
James D. Kline, foreign student
adviser, at Emerald Hall.
The award was made possible
through the family of a Norwe
gian boy who is applying for ad
mittance to the University here
for next year and was arranged
due to the generosity of Oregon
students in providing board and
room scholarships for foreign stu
dents here, Kline explained.
Bricks made in the U.S. would
build a wall several feet high
around the whole country. When
do we start.
Wear out your old shirts now.
It'll soon be time to leave off the
coat and vest.
Change, says a writer, helps us
get better view of life. Yeah—
if we get enough of it and spend it
wisely.
Belluschi to Talk
Before Architects
Pietro Belluschi, Portland ar
chitect, will speak at the first
monthly meeting of the Univer
sity of Oregon student branch
chapter of the American Insti
tute of Architects 7:30 tonight,
third floor Gerlinger.
Belluschi has just returned from
Washington where he was appoint
ed chairman of the Capitol Plan
ning Commission by President
Truman. Belluschi was recently
offered a deanship at Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
The student branch chapter at
tempts to bring upper-division de
sign students into actual contact
wdth practising architects. Next
month slides of Brazilian archi
tecture will be presented by
Barney Franks of Portland.
'YWto Sponsor
Scout Program
An extensive Girl Scout lead
ership training program may be
brought to the campus, provided
enough University women are
willing to participate.
The program, sponsored through
the University VYWCA, will be
possible only if enough students
are interested, according to Jean
ne Hoffman, YW service commit
tee chairman.
Students may enroll at the
YWCA office, Gerlinger, through
Nov. 1.
Women interested in other pro
jects of the YWCA service com
mittee may contact Miss Hoffman
at Kappa Alpha Theta for infor
mation, she explained.
Thum Initiated
Into Kwama
Denise Thum, Sigma Kappa,
was initiated into Kwama, sopho
more women’s honorary Thurs
day at 6:30 p.m. at the Kappa
Alpha Theta bouse.
Miss Thum was tapped Oct. 12
to fill the vacancy left by Mar
ian Brown who did not return to
Oregon this year.
On the agenda for Saturday is
the first strictly social function
of the year for Kwama and Skull
and Dagger. The co-honorary
party is being arranged by Frances
Gillmore and Jack Byars, presi
dents of Kwama and Skull and
Dagger, respectively.
Monday and Tuesday Kwama
members will be selling Home
coming buttons during the lunch
and dinner hours at both men’s
and women’s living organizations.
The buttons will sell for 10 cents
each.
Di Stefano >
Concert Held
By Association
Giuseppe Di Stefano presented
a, well-received concert at McAr
thur Court last night under the
auspices of the Civic Music As
sociation.
His lyrical tenor quality gave
an especially beautiful interpre
tation of the early Italian works.
The program was quite weli bal
anced with numbers ranging from
the pre-classic period through the
Romantic.
The personable young Sicilian
sang French, Italian and English
numbers, substituting Gounod’s
"Faust” and Grieg’s “I Love
Thee” for the program pieces by
Georges Hue and Rimsky-Korsa
kov. The audience was very en
thusiastic and gave him two en
cores, the famous “La Donna e
Mobile” by Verdi and a Spanish
piece, “Granadinos,” by Calleja,
in spite of the fact that many of
the pieces were not too well
known. His native Sicilian songs
were very well received.
Asked what type of vocal ij^sic
he preferred, Di Stefano said ffiat
Puccini and modern music were
his favorites.
Vladimir Brenner, who studied
in Leningrad when that city’s
name was Petrograd, W'as Di Ste
fano’s accompanist. He also ac
companied Kirsten Flagstad last
year.
Di Stefano’s expressive Latin
face changed from sad frowns to
gay smiles, and his audience per
sonality was always on the qui
vive.
Having just made his San Fran
cisco Opera debut with Donizetti’s
“Lucia di Lammermoor,” Di Ste
fano plans to continue his opera
tic tour with his pretty youhg
singer-wife wherever fortune leads
him. This is his fourth season
with the Metropolitan Opera, and
his second coast-to-coast tours.
After the concert the handsome
singer was practically mobbed by
autograph-hunters.
Although Di Stefano has a beau
tiful natural quality, he is prone
to singing a trifle off pitch. His
tone production as a whole was
very good, except for a few places
where he attempted to maintain
his natural quality and sing his
high notes, which resulted in a
somewhat blasted quality.
His ability to change from what
is known as “head-tone” to a fals
etto was phenomenal. His change
is extremely difficult to perform
and he did it with great dexterity.
The average pianist’s fififl&rs
move 2000 times per minute, caus
ing the neighbors to move just
once.
Union Sanitary System
Object of Intensive Search
“Out of sight, but never out of
mind” was the motto adopted by
the Emerald as it set out on a
quest to find the location of the
restrooms in the SU.
Careful scrutiny of press re
leases from the SU failed to re
veal the answer to this vital prob
lem, so a reporter was dispatch
ed to ferret out the information.
In a report titled “The Private
Privy Problem” he outlined his
search for the roaming restrooms.
“Upon entering the lobby of
the SU a close inspection was
made of the walls in an effort to
discover signs or arrows indicat
ing the location of a restroom.
No such signs or arrows were
observed. However, a man wear
mg' blue denim overalls and carry
ing a mop and a pail was spot
ted walking across the lobby. Tak
ing immediate advantage of this
accurate observation, I followed
the man to the third floor. Much
to my disappointment I found
that he had come to mop up a
bottle of spilled ink.
Sinking down on a convient
bench, I considered my problem.
I HAD to find the restrooms. Sad
ly I jolted down the stairs and
into the SU administration of
fices. I walked into Larry David
son’s office and tossed my Dick
Tracy Crime Stoppers badge on
his desk. ‘I give up,’ I said. ‘Where
are they?’ ^