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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1951)
Livingstone Backs Arts * (Continued from paijc three) BUpiilHtition. Dangerous Hoad ■ |fhe road of Imagination, Llvlng ne warned, 1h iiIho dangerous. He ocates a proper balance of the tWo We must at times, he said, ggCape from the analytical mood. We muHt leave the world of thought HI-find the world of feeling. ■ ^)on't Just teach a child to think, he said. In addition to giving him a critical mind, teach him to sec and feel. The best way to make a person critical, said Livingstone, it to show him the best, until everything else loses interest for Mm. ’ .The way to reconcile the spirit of analysis and imagination, suid 'Livingstone, Is to develop a mind sensitive to values and aware of their variety. A poet should keep ^company with the rationalist, he added. In this way, he summed up, we would have the highest cult of educated men. ?Our task now, he said, is to find those studies which will make the student feel rather than think. Pbotry can correct the eye of the mind by developing capacities in it. This in turn, said Livingstone, can bring on an awareness of reality upon which reason can reflect and form a philosophy of life. Poetry over .Music Livingstone favors poetry over music for this purpose because it ‘is more easily understood by most [People, and because it is more directly related to the world. «#The value of drama in education, he said, is that drama can be ab sorbed by the mind to mold hope, fc. ling, and personaility. | Livingstone brought a sympathe tic chuckle from at least the stu dent part of his audience when he paid that examinations are the curse of education. He said that they may stimulate study, but they inay also corrupt it. | Quoting freely from Ibsen, Wordsworth, and Ruskin, Living-; stone used quotations to illustrate Various points in his lecture. Sev eral times he turned to Shakepeare to demonstrate how the analyticalj Spirit can apply to the study of literature. William E. Wallace Wins Essay Prize {William K. Wallace, senior in for- ign languages, has been award ed a free round trip to Paris and $30u for placing second in a na tional essay contest sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Office of the French Embassy. it participants in the contest wrote On the subject “Why I Want to Visit Paris." The contest was a part of the current celebration of the 2000th anniversary of the ‘ mnding of Paris. % CAMPUS CALENDAR 11 :50 h.iii. Journalism Uunclieon 110 MU 12:30 p.m. Phi Theta Upsllon 111 HU 0:30 p.m. Jaut7.cn Picnic. ( onmi 110 MU Phi Kta Sigma III HU 7:30 p.in. Askleplad* 315 HU Insurance Society 331 HU H p.ift. Journal ('lull Faculty Uluh Voice Kceitiil Ballroom HU COMINIi FA’KNTS: FHday, May 25: 1:30 p.m. Sigma Xl-Phl Beta Kappa Initiation Uerlinger Alumni Hall 0:30 p.m. Sigma Xl-Phl Beta Kappa Ulnner Student Union Saturday, May 20: 0 p.m. Mortar Board Ball Ballroom HU Sunday, May 27: 2:30 p.m. Movie—Phantom of the Opera Ballroom HU Monday, May 2H: 0:30 p.m. Kmc raid Awards Bani|uet Ballroom HU rucHday, May 29: 0:30 p.m. Oregana Banquet Student Union Thursday, May 31: 0:30 p.m. Spring Football Movie Ballroom HU Friday, June 1: 0:30 p.m. Testimonial Illnner for fir. Ban Clark Student I'nion All groups having meetings scheduled between May 25 and June 10 are requested to verify Ihe meeting place and time, on Ihe bulletin board in the main lobby of the Student Union. Teacher Confab Held at Monmouth Instructors from the University took part in a conference on thei new joint elementary teacher train- j ing plan held Saturday in Mon mouth. Representing the University were Mrs. Jean Glazer, assistant profes sor of art education; John Pierce Joncs, instructor in education arid psychology; S. N. Dicken, head of the geography and geology depart ment; E. R. Bingham, instructor in history; and A. A. Sandin, associate professor of education. Purpose of the conference was to 1 determine the content and teaching approach of the junior year courses I offered in the cooperating colleges under the plan. A pamphlet giving full details of the new plan, which enables a stu dent to take a specified junior-year ' at the school of his choice, then j transferring for a fourth year of) professional study at one of the | three colleges of education, can be obtained from the registrar's office. A graduate of this program re ceives a degree from each of the in stitutions and is eligible for state certification as an elementary tea cher. —■»——i ■■ I -----I-—,1 i Thanks for Your PATRONAGE It's been a pleasure to serve you during the school year. 1016 \\ lllamettc Ph. 4-3203 'ltlce 1909 Commencement Tickets Ready For Graduating Seniors Today Graduating seniors may obtain commencement tickets and infor mation starting today at the Alum ni Office in the Student Union, Lea Anderson, alumni secretary, an nounced Wednesday. Each graduating senior will be iillowcd four tickets this year. If more are needed, they may be ob tained Saturday, June 9, Anderson said. Those picking up the tickets will be asked to fill out h questionnaire at the Alumni Office and will be entitled to a year’s membership in the alumni organization and a year’s subscription to Old Oregon, the alumni magazine. The office is open form 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m. daily. ASUO Award Is Established A new scholarship, to bo known as the annual ASUO scholarship award, has been announced by Bill Sloan, member of the ASUO schol arship screening committee. Funds for this year's award are being donated by the student court. In future years, any excess ASUO funds may be directed to the scholarship and the amount may vary from year to year. This year’s award will amount to between $100 to $100 and will be divided into three equal parts for use by the winner during each term. Applications already on file with the scholarship committee will be considered, and any other student interested may see Karl W. On thank, associate director of student affairs, by today. Any regularly enrolled student carrying 12 hours or more this term and planning to return in an undergraduate status may apply for the scholarship. The award will be made on the basis of need and scholastic ability. P ' ' 'Opera' Film Showing Slated Sunday at SU Nelson Eddy, Claude Rains, and Susanna Foster are starred in "Phantom of the Opera,” the tec nicolor movie which will be pre sented under the auspices of the [ Student Union movie committee ‘at 2:30 and 4:15 p.m. Sunday in j the SU Ballroom. A powerful story of mystery and j intrigue in the Paris Opera, this I film won the best color photo graphy award during the year in f which it was produced. Operatic excerpts utilize Tschai kowsky's "Fourth Symphony.” An o.iginal piano concerto written for i he .film has since found its way | into many musical programs in j concert halls. "Instiumcnts of an Orchestra” j completes the Sunday afternoon :fiim bill. The picture includes the j music of Benjamin Britten and i Purcell, presented by the London | Symphony under the direction of Malcolm Sargent. There will be no Fi idey night showing of the two films. Admis sion is 30 cents. YWCA to Hold Meeting All women who have not attend ed one of the previous meetings held for YWCA Duckling Counse lors are requested to attend a short meeting at 6:15 Thursday evening, Barbara Johnson chairman said. ■ Carson Hall women will meet in the music room and Hendricks Hall i residents will meet in the living ; i room at their dormitories. The meeting will not last more than ten minutes, according to Miss j ' Johnson. ’ll sun charmer with a - 'TSWfe. •*• $2.98 Linen look New pet for play days! Oar open crown ” v ^ ^ bonnet with stitched brim... that keeps the sun from your eyes! Adjustable headsize! Summer colors! 'v- ___ ■&&&£& Millinery Dept. 2nd floor ORC Units Set Talks Before Opening Night.. Lt. Col. John T. Evans, chief of the psychological warfare branch of the Sixth Army, will speak to members of the Organized Reserve Corps in Oregon this week it baa been announced by Sixth Army headquarters. He will address ORC units in Salem Wednesday, Corvallis Thurs day, and Eugene Friday. Topic of the illustrated lectures will be ‘‘Psychological Warfare anil the Soviet Propaganda.” Colonel Evans will also discuss measures for counter-acting Soviet propa ganda. 4 93ir “The Great Caruso’’ with Mario Lanza, Ann Biyth • also “Inside Straight" with David Bryan, Arlene Dahl MAYFLOWER IfljKv a alder' dial 5-10?f. "Madeline" with Ann Todd. Ivan Dcr.sy also "Holiday Camp” “Dallas” starring Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman also “Our Very Own" Ann Biyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans MC KENZIE 1 -I” spr noful;) 7*270! "Bedtime for Bonzo” Ronald Reagan, Liane Lynn also “Fuller Brush Girl" Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert “Renegades of the Sage" with Charles Starret, and Smiley Burnette also “Trigger, Jr." with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans i;SEE a movie from your car I “Brute Force" with Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn also “Shakedown" with Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy i■ , i t