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UNIVERSITY Of OREGON, 1C I GENE, THURSDAY, MAY 17. 1051
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NUMBER 13t>
New Group
Authorized
By SU Board
The Student Union Inter
view and Referral Committee
will lie reorganized for the next
school year under plans fornm
lated at a Wednesday after
noon meeting of the SU Hoard.
Hoard members voted to:
1. Change the name of tin
committee to the SI Personnel
Committee.
2. Require a monthly report to
t|n- Personnel Committee chairman
■from each SU standing committee
Chairman stating the success of
their programs and the qualitative
■work of committee members.
3. Have the Personnel Commit
tee chairman submit a monthly re
port to the HU Hoard on findings
compiled from individual commit
tee reports.
1. Kstubhsh a "work pool" by
the fourth week of fall term.
Purpose explained
Under the new arrangement the
functions of the Interview and Re
ferral Committee will be carried
over to the Personnel Committee
along with the additional duties
recommended by the board. The
main purpose of the I und Ft group
has been to interview and select
new members for the standing
committees.
Monthly reports were estab
lished so that the SU Board and
the SU Directorate would be aware
of the various programs taking
plr.ee within the Student Union and
the students working on these pro
grams would get credit.
'Guide' Heads
Named Tonight
By Pub Board
The Student Publication Board
will hold interviews for the peti
tioners for the positions of editor
and business manager for the Stu
dent Directory ( Pigger's Guide) at
7:30 tonight in the Student Union.
Petitioning for editor are Pat
Cboat, Edith Kuding, and Tom
.yJTophcrd. Richard Davis, Delores^
Parrish, and Bruce Wallace are
petitioning for the position of busi
ness manager.
The directory comes out early in
fall term, and lists University and
home addresses, and phone num
bers of students and faculty. The
phone numbers and location of
University offices are also re
corded.
Forces Day
Show Set
For Friday
Three of the latest Air Force
combat films from Korea and a
panel discussion on "The Unifica
tion of the Armed Forces” will he
featured in un Aimed Forces Day
program to be presented at 1 :55
p.m. Friday in the Student Union
Bull room.
The program, sponsored by the
speech and Military departments,
will also include four five-minute
speeches by high school students
on the subject "The Contribution
of the Armed Forces to the Ameri
can Way of Life."
The panel will open the after
noon program. Lt. Col. .1. H. Cun
ning.nam. head of the military de
partment; Lt. Col. E. L. Hibner,
professor of air science; and Lt.
Commander G. W. Ennis, com
mander of the Eugene Naval and
Marine Corps Reserves will partici
pate in the discussion. Robert
Montgomery, instructor in speech,
will act as commentator.
The talks by high school stu
dents will be judged by members of
the panel and Capt. J. M. Pagano,
assitant professor of air science,
who will present a plaque to the
winning speaker.
The Elmira High School band,
directed by Miss Gladys Stone,
will furnish musical entertainment
for the event. .
The three combat film.i are con
cerned with air-ground support in
Korea, evactuation of Huchan, and
a presentation dealing with the
activities of the civil air patrol.
The program will be tape-re-,
corded and rebroadcast over radio
station KERG Friday evening.
The program is open to the pub
lic and no admission will be
charged.
Missionary Brady
Today's YWSpeaker
Speaker at today's noon meet
ing or the YWCA cabinet will be
Miss Grace Brady, a traveling
missionary for the Student Volun
teer Movement, recently returned
from Communist China.
Miss Brady, who was the last
foreign faculty member to leave
St. John's University in China, will
speak on some of her experiences
and also the missionary field.
The cabinet meeting regularly
scheduled for Wednesday, was
put off a day in order to hear Miss
Brady.
Honorary Plans
Mortar Board
Ball for May 26
Plans have been sot and prepar
ation is under way for the annual
Mortar Board Ball, to bo hold May
'M in the Student Union ballroom.
Traditionally, this is the dance
where the women do the asking,
[>ay the bills, and generally furnish
the evening'.-, entertainment. Cor
sages of all types arc made for the
men. Dross for the event will bo
formal.
The band for the event has been
chosen and the theme picked out,
but that information will bo re
leased later, according to Betty
Wright, president of the senior
women's honorary sponsoring the
dance.
Monday has been designated
as “Turnabout Day” in conjunc
tion with the Mortar Board Ball.
Women will dress in slacks,
jeans, and pedal pushers and will
have the privilege of asking the
men out to coffee and on coke
dates. Barbara florin, general
chairman of the ball, explained
that this day will give the women
a good opportunity to get their
dates for the dance.
I no women make or somehow
acquire the corsages for their es
corts. To further interest in this
aspect of the dance, a prize will
be offered for the best corsage
sported by a man. The meaning of
“best" will be up to the judges.
Members of Mortar Board are
visiting all living organizations to
publicize the dance and get student
opinion on some of their plans
for it.
General chairman for the ball is
Barbara Clerin. Assisting her arc
Eve Overback and Dolores .Jeppe
sen in charge of promotion; Rusty
Holcomb, programs; Maggie
Powne, tickets; Gretchen Grefe,
decorations; Virginia Kellogg, in
termission; Joan Jacobs, chaper
ones; and Rosamond Fraser, clean
up.
Military Honorary
Gets New Officers
John Epley, junior in liberal
arts, was selected president of
Scabbard and Blade, military
honorary, Tuesday.
Also elected were Bill Sloan,
vice president; Ned Takasumi,
treasurer; and Jay Huston, sec
retary.
Epley succeeds Ward Haines as j
organization captain of Company!
L, Sixth Regiment. Haines took
the office winter term following
the resignation of James Goode.
Oregon's 74 Years of Theater Work
Ranges from 'Lady' to New 'Anne'
by Bob Forcl
“Lady from Lyons" to “Anne of
a Thousand Days" represents 74
years of dramatic progress at the
University of Oregon.
An extract from “Lady from
Lyons" was the first dramatic-en
tertainment on record to be pre
sented at the University. The pro
duction was part of the “Program
me of Literary Entertainment of
the Laurean and Eutaxian Society"
on Dec. 21, 1877.
it was some time after the ad
vent of "Lady from Lyons" before
the theatrical entertainment on its
own was allowed any kind of
official sanction. In the early days
of the University, the theater was
regarded as a dangerous tempta
tion, and the staging of plays was
discouraged.
The first full production at the
University was “Henrietta,” pre
sented at the Parker Opera House
on Mar. 30, 1901, under the direc
tion of I. M. Glen.
Real interest in the college play
came in focus in 1909, when the
Dramatic Club formed with 100
charter members. The appoint
ment of A. F. Reddie as instructor
in drama in 1912 was a rallying
point for students interested in
drama.
Under the leadership of Reddie
and Dr. George Rebel, The League
for the Study of the Drama was
launched in 1913, with students,
faculty, and townspeople as mem
bers.
With the completion of Johnson
Hall in 1915. the Guild Theatre on
the main floor of the building
opened with the faculty presenta
tion of Jerome's “The Passing of
the Third Floor Back.”
In 1920 the “students of the most
capacity as actors" formed an or
ganization known as the Univer
sity Company. In 1922. the depart
ment of drama and speech arts was
considered the largest and best
equipped school on the coast, with
a play-producing schedule of about
one play monthly.
The University was the first in
United States, if not the world, to
place the acted drama in its cur
riculum: Granville Barker, leading
member of the theater, said on a
visit here that the work of this
. (J’tauv-fiuv* lo ptiija foitr).
Heads of Houses,
Exec Council Approve
Fall Rushing Dates
A suggestion that fall term rushing for women be carried on
from Friday..Sept. 28 through Tuesday, (Jet. 2 was approved by
the A SI '< > Kxecutivc Council and Heads of Houses at a joint
meeting Wednesday.
This recommendation will be presented to the Student Affairs
Committee later this week by ASUO President Harry Mountain.
The dates are tentative, depending upon approval"of Panhell
cine aim internaii Governing
Board.
Wednesday's joint meeting
resulted when recommenda
tions made by Heads of Houses
on the "()rcg<»n I Man" for fresh
man living- were presented to
the Council Monday. The rec
ommendations were discussed
point by point, centering on the
<|Ue>tion of deferred rushing
and a feasible time for fall rush
ing.
Heads of Houses originally ask
ed for the freshman orientation
program to be completed before
rushing begins, and rushing be
completed before classes start. This
would be impossible under the fall
term calendar, with the Portland
football game scheduled for Satur
day, Sept. 22. Classes begin Mon
day. Sept. 24. The compromise on
rushing dates was therefore made.
Other Points Discussed
Other points made by Heads of
Houses included approval of fresh
man living units but freshman dor
mitories were questioned. The
group beiicves upperclassmen
should have a choice of dorms and
select their own officers. No defi
nite agreement was reached on this
point.
On the question of more social
and intra-mural activities for co
op women. Mountain pointed out
that they will have to be considered
on the same basis as sororities, al
though their freshmen will be liv
ing in.
The two groups agreed that the
counseling system would be of pri
mary importance in the Oregon
Plan for freshman living. Heads
of Houses had recommended that
the resident assistant’s job and the
sponsor's job in the dormitory
should not be played up as an
activity. Mountain emphasized that
this would be a job, not an activity.
Discussion arose on the point
raised by Heads of Houses that it
wotild cost a sorority woman more
to live in a dormitory as a coun
selor since she would still have
financial obligation to her house.
Since her board in the dormitory
under the present plan would be
furnished, it would be no more ex
pensive than living in the house,
members *>f the Exec Council
pointed out.
Folowing the joint meeting, the
Exec Council held a short session.
Bands for Picnic
Mountain reported that three
name hands, Tommy Dorsey, Harry
James, and Freddy Martin will be
in the Portland vicinity at the
time of the University Jant/.en
Beach picnic during the summer.
He also said that Jean Gould,
newly-appointed orientation pro
gram chairman has begun work
and is setting up a board to direct
the program.
A recommendation was made by
Mountain and approved by the
Council that a Si 00 AS VO trust
fund be set up with the stipulation
that only one person, the student
body president, be able to with
draw funds, and he only with the
approval of the Senate.
Mountain and Bill Carey, ASUO
president-elect, will leave Tuesday
for Salt Lake City where they will
attend the conference of the Pa
cific Students’ Presidents’ Asso
ciation. Mountain will lead several
discussions on student govern
ment.
Discussion on the National Stu
dents' Association was postponed
until the Council's regular meet
ing Monday.
A motion to send the winning
Junior Weekend float to compete
in the Rose Festival parg.de in
Portland was defeated.
AsklepiadstoAid
Cancer Research
Pledges of AVklepiads. pi e-medi
cine honorary, are raising money
on campus this week for the Asklc
piads Cancer Research Fund.
The money collected will be given
to the University of Oregon Medi
cal School for basic cell study, an
important part of cancer research
not financed by the regular founda
tions.
Visitor Speaks
Tonight at SU
Sir Richard Livingstone, noted
British educator who is on campus
presenting lectures and speaking to
various groups of faculty and stu
dents, will present the third in hi»
series of lectures at S p.m. today
in the Student Union Ballroom.
This third lecture will be on
“Science" and is under the general
topic of his series, “Education and
the Spirit of the Age.’’
Although originally scheduled
for the Dad's Lounge, all future
lectures by Livingstone will be hekl
in the ballroom because of the
large attendance at each of hia
appearances.
Student Draft
Awaits Test
Washington LP>—Drafting of
college students was ordered
postponed Wednesday until they
have a ehanee to provide their
draft boards with aptitude-test
scores or evidence of scholastic
standing.
Selective service headquarters
told state directors, however,
that no inductions.will be post
poned beyond Aug. 20.
The state officials also were
reminded of earlier instructions
to postpone inductions of college
and high school students for 30
days beyond the end of the aca
demic year to enable them to
find essential jobs or enlist for
service.
The aptitude tests will be giv
en at college testing centers
throughout the nation during
the next two months. Test ap
plications must be in the hands
of the Educational Testing Ser
vice, Box 086, Princeton N.J.,
by May 25.