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Daily EMERALD VOLUME III UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1951 NUMBER 69 Dimes Day to End Annual Polio Drive Match of Dimes Day” today is the last opportunity for stu dents to contribute to the 1951 polio drive and bring the total col lections from the University closer to last year's $500. ' "Looking at the $85 total reported Monday,” says Lillian Schott, general chairman, "it is quite evident that only 18 per T Opposing Views Two exclusive articles writ ten for the Emerald by Senators Wayne L. Morse (R., Ore.) and Robert A. Taft (R„ Ohio), will be printed in Thursday’s paper. In there editorial features, the two Republiean senators give opposing- views on the eontro versial Taft-Hartley Bill after its first three years. ui me suiaeni Dociy con tributed dimes.” The Univer sity was not se't a specific goal, but contributions were to be added to the $50,000 quota of Lane County. The March of Dimes committee appointed representatives in each living organization to contact Specifically each member of their group for contributions today. They will turn in their collections to Miss Schott today or tomorrow. Houses with the largest contribu tions will be announced in Friday’s Emerald. A March of Dimes dance spon sored last year by the University March of Dimes committee and the Eugene Junior Chamber of Commerce accounted for the high figure of $500 collected and don ated to the drive. The committee attempted to repeat last year’s success, but restrictions imposed since then have made it impos sible to find a place to hold the benefit dance. The committee urges every stu dent to drop a dime into the iron lung containers in the Co-op or Student Union or turn their con tributions in to their house repre sentatives. Chambers Discusses Engagement in Talk By Kathleen Fraser “Engagement is a time of mu tual understanding,” said Dr. and Mrs. O. R. Chambers Tuesday night in the third of a series of four lectures on Marriage and the Family being sponsored by the YW and YMCA. Before going into the discussion of engagement proper, Dr. and Mrs. Chambers first talked about pinning. Dr. Chambers called pin ning a ‘‘trial engagement” and Mrs. Chambers a “declaration of intention,” but both agreed that various campuses differ as to what they think pinning means and that it was important that each party concerned know what the other means by it. Then getting into the discussion of the engagement, they explained that our society likes the period of personality exploration and get ting used to the idea of living to gether. In spite of what some peo pie think, Dr. Chambers said that people do marry into families and that the engagement period is needed so that faftiilies involved can get accustomed to the idea of a son or daughter marrying. Engagement Changes Tone Mrs. Chambers said that, during the dating period, people are just out for the fun more than any thing else, but that after the en gagement, the dates change tone. “Now you are exploring the areas of mutuallity, finding out where you have the same interests,” she said. “The engagement period ought to be one of practibility,” Dr. Chambers said, in emphasizing the importance of investigating stand ards. “Standards are the least you can have, be, or do and be happy," he stated, and said that a couple should agree on standards of money, food, clothes, and they (Please turn to page seven) Different Type Play, New Director Arrive Together A different type of play, directed by a new director in the Uni versity Theater is in store for students who see “Right You Are (If You Think So) ’ which opens Friday at the theater. Frederick J. Hunter is directing his first play at Oregon, and FREDERICK J. HUNTER 'Finian's Rainbow' In Need of Star If you're a harmonica player, you may have a chance of be coming a theater star. Horace Robinson, director of the University Theater, wants a harmonica player for the part of Sonny in the forthcoming „ musical production, “Finian’s Rainbow.” Interested students may con ''ytact Robinson today by calling ’ Ext. 403 or by contacting him at his office, 208 Villard. audiences will be able to judge his abilities at this weekend’s performances, and next week Wednesday through Friday. His production is also the the ater’s attraction for delegates to the Northwest Drama con ference Feb. 8, 9, and 10. “Right You Are,” which Hunter terms an “ironic-drama,” was chosen by the speech instructor for several reasons—one simply being that he finds the plays of Luigi Pi randello fascinating, and he’s par ticularly fond of this particular play. “It’s a good example of the per iod, fearly 20th century Italy,” Hun ter said, “and it represents the rev olutionary tendency of the better playwrights of this period. Piran dello has discarded many -of the cliches and hackneyed ideas of 19th Century drama.” There is no pat boy meets girl, love at first sight romance in “Right You Are.” It is a drama in which there is no central figure, but characters who are both good and bad. “I’m trying to get my actors to act as if there were a distinct four th wall present,” Hunter explained concerning his directorial tech nique. “The cast should move as if the room existed in its entirety. They should be talking to one an other, and not make attempts al ways to be standing stage front \ facing the audience.” This will be in keeping with the j intent ' of the dramatist, Hunter said, because the drama, w’ritten in ' 1918, was breaking with much of the artificiality of dramas of the ' (Please turn to page seven) Mortar Board To Hold Party The annual Smarty Party, honor ing all freshman women achiev ing a grade point average of 3.00 or better fall term, will be held at 6:30 p.m. today in Alumni Hall, Gerlinger. Campus clothes will be in order. A plaque will be awarded by Betty Wright, President of Mortar Board, senior women’s honorary which sponsors the party, to the three sophomore women who earn ed the highest grades in the fresh man class last year. A trio from Hui-O-Kamaaina, Hawaiian club, will present part of the entertainment at the party which will last approximately one hour. Mrs. Golda Parker Wickham, di rector of women’s affairs, will give a short informal talk. Any girl who is eligible and has not receiv ed an invitation may call Mrs. Margaret Kopp at the student af fairs office. Gordon to Discuss Bridge Art in SU Sam Gordon, author of “Horse Sense Bridge’’ and card expert, will be on campus to discuss the art of playing bridge Thursday. Gordon, whose columns on bridge and canasta appear in the Oregon ian, will appear at two afternoon sessions and one evening meeting in the Student Union. Sessions at 3 and 4:15 p.m. will be held for more advanced bridge players. At 7 p.m. Gordon will dis cuss bridge fundamentals with non-experts. Gordon's appearance is being sponsored by the YWCA upper ! class commission and the Student Union Recreational Committee. I Anyone may attend. Board Selects New Business Manager For Daily Emerald Petitions lor the business managership of the Oregon Daily hmerald " ill be accepted by the Student Publications Board up to 3 p.m. l'lnirsday in the administrative oflices of the Student Union. I his decision was made unanimously by the board Tuesday afternoon at a special meeting- called to consider the Hmerald s financial problems.•'Before the meeting, the campus daily was ap proximately $400 below its advertising budget for winter term. 1 his $400 was taken out of the photography, engraving, and travel items of the 1950-51 Hmerald budget, so the deficit was completely removed by action. 1 he board considered cutting the Hmerald from eight to four pages daily to avoid dropping below the budget again. Instead, it agreed to adopt a new plan for at least the remainder'of winter term. The plan—called an incentive system—is based on commis sion selling. Formerly the business manager and his staff were paid set salaries, regardless of the advertising sold. Don Thompson, present business manager who is also a mem ber of the publications board, agreed to stay in his position until the situation is cleared up. lie will be allowed to petition, along Judges Pick 12 King of Hearts Semifinalists Twelve of the 32 young men com peting for the title of King -of Hearts reached the semi-finals Tuesday night. They are: Pierre Pasquio, Alpha Tau Ome ga; George McMath, Beta Theta Pi; Dick Fuhr, Campbell Club; Dick McLaughlin, Chi Psi; Fred Schnciter, Delta Tail Delta; Jerry Irion, McChesney Hall; Mike Lai ly, Phi Gamma Delta; Wilson Wilt, Phi Kappa Psi; Martel Scroggins, Phi Kappa Sigma; Merv Hampton, Sigma Alpha Mu; Curt Finch, Sig ma Phi Epsilon; Henry Wedemey i er, Sherry Ross Hall. ! The 12 will appear for inter views again Thursday night in the Student Union. At this time they will be narrowed down to six final ists. The final student vote will take place next week in the Co-op, with the King of Hearts being an nounced, crowned, and tubbed the night of the Heart Hop at 9 p.m. on the front porch of Zeta Tau Alpha. The 32 candidates were inter viewed Tuesday night by Lois Peterson (Betty Co-ed), Bill De Land, Margaret Wiese, Milton Dieterich, Ann Leonard, and.C. E. Ivey. These people composed the interviewing board of two students, two faculty members, and two townspeople. The judging was done on a point system of five possible points in each of the following four divisions—looks, personality, poise, and campus activities. Besides Zeta Tau Alpha where the coronation will take place and the dance will begin, the Heart Hop will be held at Hendricks Hall, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, and Chi Omega. with any other interested stu dents,' {or the business manag ership under the new plan. The Student Publications Board will meet at 4 p.m. Thurs day. It will interview petition ers at 4:30 in the Chambers room on the third floor of the Student Union. The motion setting lip the new plan was worded as follows: “Student Publications Board re quests petitions for the position of business manager of the Oregon Daily Emerald to take office through winter term, 1951, and to be paid: a. . A guarantee of $70, or b. 8 percent of the first $1760 of advertising income, whichever is greater (a or b.l; plus 25 percent of all collected advertising revenue from the Oregon Daily Emerald, above the total of $1760. Present Staff Continues With the provision that the pres ent advertising staff members of the Oregon Daily Emerald be con tinued in their positions at the pleasure of the Student Publica tions Board; with the understand ing that any person so selected by the Student Publications Board serve through winter term, 1951, unless earlier relieved, or not be paid any amount for his services.’’ The total of $1760 includes na tional and local advertising based on 22 issues of the Emerald. Begin ning next Monday, 22 papers are left to be published this term. Board members felt that the pro vision concerning present advertis ing staff members would be work ed out with the business manager chosen a;t the meeting Thursday. Members of the Student Publica tions Board present at the meeting wore Secretary R. C. Williams, D. M. DuShane, E. C. Robins, G. A. Sabine, C. T. Duncan, Robert Funk, Ruth Landry, Don Smith, Anita Holmes, Don Thompson, and Larry Davidson. Chairman C. G. Howard and Bob Schooling were absent. 7000 Pictures Open To Student Circulation Sharing honors with Da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa” for top billing in the portrait world is the white-capped mother of artist James Whistler, who yearly symbolizes the Ameri can mother on Mother's Day. A print of the famous oil paint ing featuring Mrs. Whistler is now available for circulation at the Library Browsing room as part of a new service that allows pictures to be checked out for 30 days. A selection of 1,000 pictures is avail able to choose from. For those individuals who are not especially fond of Whistler, a more somber note can be found in the French Impressionist Claude Monet’s "Le Cathedrale de Rouen” and "The Seine Near Argentual.” Although spring is on the com ing agenda, Norwegian artist Jonas Lie’s “Autumn Landscape” adds a bit of pastoral charm to ,an otherwise drab room. Also out | of season but still full of present, significance are American painter | George Inness’s "After a Summer Shower" and "Mill Pond." English 18th Century Shown A dash of quaint English 18th century charm is inherent in the portrait paintings, "Blue-boy,” "View in Suffolk," and "Mrs, Richard Brimsley Sheridan" by Thomas Gainsborough in the stu dent print collection. Next week’s article on paintings in the student print collection will be dependent on Eugene weather. If the weather is still below freez ing, pictures with a sleepy river, warm wind, and watermelon effect will be discussed, but if the ground hog forecasts early spring Friday, the article will deal with picture-; of sleigh-bells, snow, and Santa i Claus nature.