Theater Board Plans Varied Season
By Dorothy Her
Emerald Reporter
"Variety is the spice of life.” This might be the motto of the Univer
sity theater executive board as it plans the program of the theater of
each coming season.
Productions of the theater range from Shakespeare to musical com
edv. This diversity of productions is planned partly to provide a more
interesting program for theater go
ers and partly for educational pur
poses. Students who participate in
the University theater productions,
whether acting or helping build the
sets, receive valuable training from
working on a variety of plays.
Each different one presents new
problems to be solved and obstacles
to be overcome.
As is its job each year, the board
meets in the spring, plans, dis- !
cusses and finally chooses the type
of program the theater will pro
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duce the next season. This group
not only sets up the program for
the season, but also after serious
consideration of many titles, se
lects the productions to be given
each year upon the University
stage.
The board follows a tentative
plan in choosing each season’s
plays. One serious work, one good
comedy, and a recent Broadway
show are usually included when
the program is selected. At least
one arena show is a must for the
season and the theater has usually
produced an original manuscript
each year.
Each season a musical comedy is
produced. A serious type, usually
an opera, is produced jointly with
the music school every other year.
On alternate years, the theater
produces a musical comedy, assist
ed by the music department.
The current season opened with
“The Happy Time", a comedy.
Next on the agenda is “Henry IV,
Part I”, a serious Shakespearean
drama, on Dec. 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Future productions include
“Death of a Salesman”, a recent
Broadway show, on Feb. 6, 7, 10,
11, 12 and 13; and “Brigadoon",
this season’s musical, on May 22,
23, 25, 26, 27 and June 3 and
4. The arena show is scheduled for
Feb. 27 and 28 and March 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12; and pro
duction no. 5 is listed for April 17,
IS, 22, 23, 24 and 25. Titles for
these dates have not been chosen
yet.
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. 'Henry IV'
Greo. Britain
“In the play, the name, Percy, is
pronounced as though it were
spelled “piercie", says Mrs. Ottilie
Seybolt, director of the forthcom
ing University theater production,
“Henry IV, Part I,” in an inter
view. This gives real meaning to
the pun, “I'll pierce him:"
This is an example of one of the
many things Mrs. Seybolt learned
in England last year as back
ground information for the produc
tion.
During her trip to the British
Isles, on leave of absence from the
University, she traveled to the
various parts of the country where
the historical play takes place. ,
A visit to the little seacoast town
of Warkworth and conversations
with the inhabitants of the town
where the castle of Hotspur, the
Northumbrian, is in ruins, furnish
ed the information about the
Northumbrian dialect and ancient
life. "The insignia of the Percy
family still shows quite clearly on
the remains of the old building,
observed Mrs. Seybolt.
Tape recordings of English
speech, both standard and regional
dialects, which she brought back
to the U.S. with her. have proved
invaluable to "Henry IV actors.
"Prince Hal’s statue still stands
n Guild Hall in Monmouth, a love
ly little town in the mountains on
the Welsh border, where he was
Holiday Celebrations
On Campus Are Quiet
By Len Calvert
Emerald Assistant News Editor
A look through past issues of
the Oregon Daily Emerald reveals
Thanksgiving has been, on the
whole, a rather quiet celebration
on the Oregon campus.
The old Emeralds show profes
sors and the administration, then
as now, were concerned with stu
dents cutting their Wednesday
classes and not returning in time
for their Monday classes. The pa
pers also reveal the number of days
for the vacation has not always
been the same.
The 1921 Emerald was particu
larly concerned with the problem
of students cutting classes. The
paper editorially warned students
if students did not return for Mon
day classes the faculty might can
cel the vacation period.
Few Stayed
The next year, few Oregon stu
dents stayed on campus, as usual.
However, those who did stay plan
ned informal get-togethers. Typi
cal of these gatherings was this
one described in the Emer ald. “Ten
Alpha Delta Pis and three Alpha
Phis will give an informal dance
at Alpha Delta Pi house on Fri
day night.”
In these early years, the South
ern Pacific and Oregon Electric
railroads were running special
trains to Portland to take care of
the Oregon students going home
for the holiday.
In 1924, the Oregon faculty said
the students could have the Wed
nesday before Thanksgiving as
part of their legal holiday.
Closed Cars
The campus was in the midst of
a flu epidemic in 1928. Permission
had to be obtained from the State !
Health officer before Oregon stu
dents were assured of their annual
break. However, students who
were confined to the campus in
firmary were allowed to go home
only if their parents would come j
after them in “closed cars.”
The Emerald commented editor-'
ially, “ ‘Just another Thanksgiv
ing.’ But that is enough.”
Thanksgiving Football
The 1932 Emerald was complain
ing on the editorial page about
professors^ who give tests the day
after Thanksgiving. That year stu- j
dents received Thursday only as a :
vacation.
Thanksgiving day, 1933, saw
Oregon’s football team playing St.
Mary’s college in California. Again
students received Thursday only
as a vacation, because of the
amount of cutting done in Wednes
day and Monday classes.
In 1943, Thanksgiving was cele
brated on campus with a Thanks
giving service Thursday morning
and an ASUO sponsored dance
that night.
Perhaps Thanksgiving, 1951, re
ceives the honor of being the most
celebrated by the University of
Oregon, but Thanksgiving was
only a sidelight. Always close to
Thanksgiving, Homecoming last
year officially opened on Thanks
giving day. The usual Homecoming
activities were held, with most of
them being concentrated on Fri
day and Saturday and many stu
dents returned to the campus from
Thursday dinners at home.
This year mark3 another quiet
celebration of Thanksgiving on the
Oregon campus. Tuesday’s Thanks
giving assembly was the only offi
cial recognition of the day. Most of
the living organizations noted the
holiday with turkey dinners and
Thursday will find the campus al
most deserted as the majority of
the students return home for the
traditional dinner.
born. However, his castle i.s almost
completely destroyed."
Greatest Pleasure
"I believe I received the great e t
pleasure from my many vl-its |()
Stratford-on-Avon.” the ns'oeiaic
professor of speech stated There
the Shakespeare Memorial p layers
produced the four history pin;,, ,,f
the great pluywi.ght, including
"Henry IV. Part I," an part of the
Festival of Britain.
The play is based on the r< bi l
lion of Hotspur of the North
against Kmg Henry, and ends with
the battle of Shrewsbury, In which
Hotspur i.s killed. Mrs. Seybolt
. pent some of her time in Shrews
bury, the town near the scene of
the battle.
This production is unique be
cause it presents three heroes in
addition to the title role, played
by Herald Smith, senior in political
science.
I.oved Taverns
Karl Harshbarger. junior in
speech, portrays Hotspur, who-e
armies tune and again drove back
the Scots In their attempted raids
across the border. Prince Hal,
young and apparently irrespon
sible, whose love of tavern com
panions was the despair of the
king, is characterized by Dennis
Vernon, graduate in English. Gor
don Howard, senior in speech and
winner of last year's best actor
award, takes the part of Falstaff,
the witty "town loafer".
“Henry IV’. Part I" i.s scheduled
to open Dec. 5 for a six perform
ance run. Season ticket holders
should turn in seat requests before
Friday. Other tickets to the play
will he sold at the theater box of
fice for $1 beginning Monday.
MIFFIN WINS IRC LEADERSHIP
The International Relations club
elected Eob Miffin, senior in politi
cal science, as president of the or
ganization for the year at a meet
ing held Tuesday evening.
Other officers elected were Ea
ton Field, vice-president; Donna
Knoll, secretary; Georgianna Mills,
treasurer; and three faculty advis
ers, Ivan Nagy, assistant professor
of political science; M. D. Wattles,
assistant professor of economics;
ar.d W. A. Williams, assistant pro
fessor of history.
Tuesday, Dec. 2, a panel com
posed of Williams, Wattles, and
M. S. Venkataramani, fellow in his
tory will discuss the manner in
Oregano Pictures
Still To Be Taken;
Deadline Dec. 24
Oregana retake and makeup
pictures will continue Tuesday,
announced Jody Greer, Oregana
associate editor.
laving organizations to have
pictures retaken or madeup
Tuesday are Barrister Inn, Hale
Kane, Sherry Koss, Susan Camp
bell, Stitzer, French, and Nestor
halls, Hendricks and Hendricks
Annex, Yeomen and Orides.
All retakes or makeups must
be taken by Dee. 24, and all
proofs returned by Jan. 1, Miss
Greer stated.
II pictures are not returned by
this time, the proofs will be
chosen which are considered the
best, Miss Greer said.
Miss Greer emphasized that
seniors be sure to have pictures
taken and returned by the dead
line, because layouts on senior
pages will begin shortly after
the beginning of winter term.
which the Republican party will I
handle the problems confronting 1
the new administration.
The meeting will be open to all j
interested persons.
English Profs *
Attend Meetings<
During Holidays
Three English professors will at- I
tend out-of-state meetings over the ,
Thanksgiving holidays. ^
P. W. Soucrs, head of English t
department, and Hoyt Trowbtidge, f
professor of English, will attend .
the Pacific Coast Philological as- |
sociation meeting in Santa Bar
bara, Calif., Friday and Saturday.
Sours is a member of the execu
tive committee of the association
and Trowbridge will present a pa
per.
J. C. Sherwood, assistant profes
sor of English, will be in Boston
to attend the meeting of the Na
tional Council of Teachers of Eng
lish. He will represent the Inland
Empire Council of Teachers of
English at the meeting. Sherwood
is chairman of the college group
of the regional council.
Clothes for Korea
Sorted by Wesley
Clothes collected by the First
Methodist Church for Korean refu
gees are being sorted and packed
by students from Wesley Founda
tion this week.
The clothes are separated by Uie
students in three sections: men's,
women’s, and children's clothing,
then packed in waterproof bags
and sent to the Church World Ser- s
vice processing center in Oakland,
Calif., to be cleaned and repaired.