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jjiu Hunt, Editor
Ron Bsowk, Business Manager
Hslkn Jokes, Laaar Hosabt, Al Kaaa, Associate Editors
Gone, Yes—But Not Forgotten
“Remember how they followed us when the style was the reverse of
tight sweaters and loose skirts?"
Care to Join Us?
What's happened this year, and what hasn’t?
Some said it’s been eventful with much student activity. Others,
this paper included, were inclined to think that if one word were
used to-describe it, that word would be “apathetic."
Want to get in on the act?
The Emerald invites any student or faculty member with the
-inclination to think about the past nine months to sit down
and write the editor a letter. Make it short. Make it your
opinion.
It’s an Emerald tradition to spend some time in the final
issue (that’s this Friday) going over the recent past and trying
to come up with some conclusions. We’d appreciate some com
petition in this task.
Brigadoon Happy Ending for UT
By Toby jncuarron
The m u si c al comedy, “Brig
adeon” was very adequately pre
l eented by the University Theater
✓ last Saturday night.
The simple plot concerns the
11 experiences and emotions of
.two Americans who get lost
And find themselves in a. Scot
tish village which materializes
- only once every centur y.
• Around these facts revolve
-kaleidoscopic arrangement of
jsdngs and. dances supplied by
Frederick Lowe (music) and
Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics). The
! Scottish motif is present, but
<*Hnot .overdone.
The most striking particular
about the UT’s production is its
^imusical unity. We see an inte
, .grated unit rather than a group
„ of independent factions compet
,shi.ng with each other. The sur
^^prising excellence of the orches
*3tra, the uncompromising specter
.past years, is generally
..equalled by the overall quality of
>the chorus. 'This -is a tribute to
.the musical director, Donald All
n'ton who exhibited in this show his
, superior ability in the field of
.'theatrical music. The small mu
K eical shortcomings of the produc
.rtion can easily be excused when
, measured against the enormity of
-Mr. Allton's job.
Settle Jane Owen’s all too
: | seldom seen choreography and
dance direction adds greatly to
(< the performances. Of - particu
• ( • tar note was the refreshing ef
xervescent vitality or uioria
Lee. The only criticism of the
dance is that this type of pro
duction does not lend itself to
no much “Modern Dance.”
The major actors tend to be
good and the minor thespians
tend to be weak (an«old Oregon
tradition). One noticeable flaw is
the overuse of amateurish melo
dramatic gestures, bjf the minor
players and chorus.
Doug Stobie, the male lead, can
act and sing, but he has difficulty
doing both at the same time. The
major female role was sung by
Dorothy Anderson whose .only
foible is an occasional lack of
clarity and volume. It is hard to
remember when the University
stage has presented more enjoy
able performances than those
turned in by Jeanette Stone and
Jerry Reynolds in the chief sup
porting singing roles. A1 Barz
man got off to a slow and tire
some start, but later played an
agreeable comedy part.
As for the set, it is function
al and occasionally interesting.
The lighting is unique and
pleasant, but some of it is
wasted on a few of the actors
who have an uncanny knack of
staying in the penumbra.
“Brigadoon" will run until June
4 with varying casts. This pro
duction represents an achieve
ment both for Horace Robinson,
the overall director, and the UT.
It is a fitting closing for a gen
erally good season.
Karchmer Wins Award
Sylvan Karchmer, Instructor in
English, has been awarded the
1953 Charles H. Sergei $1000
drama prize from the University
of Chicago.
The prize was awarded for
Karchmer’s play, “The Tooth of
the Lion.” He has written other
one-act plays which have appeared
in various publications.
UIS Slates Election
Of '53-'54 Officers
United Independent Students
will elect officers for the coming
year at' a meeting scheduled for
4 p.m. today, In the Student
Union, Don Collin, president, an
nounced.
The group will also consider
the proposed constitution to be
submitted by Hollis Ransom,
chairman of the constitution
committee UIS operated
- through the ASUO elections
under a set of temporary work
ing rules. Reports will also be
due from the finance, organiza
tion and publicity committees.
All house representatives
should attend the meeting, Col
lin said.
Ambassador Gives
*2500 to University
Ramon Beteta, ambassador from
Mexico to Italy and husband of
Elizabeth DeCou Beteta, a gradu
ate of Oregon, has given $2500 to
the department of mathematics for
the annual DeCou prize in that
subject.
The prize, awarded annually to
a junior or senior student for ex
cellence in mathematics, amounts
to between $25 and $50. It was
established as a memorial to Ed-;
gar DeCou, member of the faculty !
from 1902 to 1947, and his son,
Edgar DeCou.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
11:50 Pearson Luncheon 113 SU
Noon French Table 111SU
WRA 112 SU
1 p.m.Pearson Asbly
Ballroom SU
3 Pearson Forum
Dad’s Lounge SU
4 Panhell Exec Coun 110 SU
Skull & Dag 214 SU
1954 RE Wk 319 SU
UIS 315 SU
5:30 Phi Beta Init Gerl 3rd FI
6 ASUO Banq 111 SU
6:30 FSFF Banq BallrmSU
AWS Recog Dessert
Gerl 2nd FI
7 Young Demos 214 SU
IVCF . 334 SU
Christian Sci Gerl 1st FI
7:30 Psy Club 315 SU
Newman Exec 117 Fr
Trowbridge to Talk
In Browsing Room
“Lionel Trilling,” author and
critic, will be the subject of a dis
cussion Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
by Hoyt Trowbridge, professor of
English. Trilling is an English
professor at Columbia university
and regarded as one of the lead
ing literary critics of this coun
try. He writes for the Nation, Par
tisan Review, and the Kenyon Re
view.
Trowbridge has been on the fac
ulty since 1940 and is co-author of
a book, “Studies in Prose,” pub
lished in 1939. He was chairman
of the committee on general res
olutions, department of higher ed
ucation, National. Education asso
ciation in 1951.
Discussion leader for the talk is
Robert Gordon, instructor in Eng
lish.
All Women Invited to
AWS Recognition Tea
AWS, Phi Theta and Kwama
scholarships will be presented at
the AWS recognition dessert 6:30
7:30 p.m. today.
Mrs. Golda Wickham, associate
director of student affairs, will
give a short talk at the dessert to
be held in Alumni hall, Gerlinger
All women students are invited to
attend and campus clothes are in
order.
Karchmer Is a World War II
veteran who studied playwriting
at the University of Texas after
the war. In addition to his academ
ic work at Oregon, he teaches
creative writing at the Banff
School of Fine Arts, in Canada
during the summer.
Awarded biennially, the Sergei
prize was established at the Uni
versity of Chicago in 1935 to en
courage the writing of new Amer
ican plays. Eligible plays are those
which have never been published
or produced in either the amateur
or professional theater.
Special Student
To Give Concert
A piano concert by Juan de Dios
Montenegro, a special student in
music here from Guatemala City,
Guatemala, will be given tonight
at 8 in the music school auditor
ium.
He will present selections by con
temporary Spanish composers and
will play the music of Bach, Bee
thoven and Claude Debussey. Mon
tenegro is a graduate of the Na
tional Conservatory of Music in
Guatemala City and is attending
the university on a scholarship pre
sented him by the International
Institute of Education.
PE School Honors
Retiring Leighton
A testimonial dinner given
Thursday night by the members ot
the University’s school of health
and physical education staff hon
ored Ralph Leighton, retiring dean
of the school.
Chancellor Charles Byrne of the
Oregon state system of higher edu
cation, was the speaker for the
banquet. His address traced
Leighton's career, the last fifteen
years of which have been spent at
the University.
Since Leighton has been here the
number of graduate students in
the field has doubled, 15 doctoral
degrees have been awarded and 166
masters' degrees and 383 bacca
laureate degrees have been con
ferred.
"Leighton's Influence has been
widely rendered through his lead
ership in the P.E., sports and rec
reational programs in the elemen
tary and high schools . . . and in
obtaining legislation requiring im
proved health and P.E. programs j
in Oregon's public schools,” Byrne
said.
An axolotl is a type of lavrae
salamander found in the moun
tain lakes of Mexico.
1952 CPAs' Prize Awarded to Brisco
Geraldine A. Brisco, senior in
business administration, has been
awarded the Oregon State Society
of Certified Public Accountant’s
prize for 1952, it was announced
recently by John B. Taylor, pres
ident of the society.
This award, given annually to
the outstanding student majoring
in accounting in the school of bus
iness administration, consists of
$50 worth of professional books of
the winner's choice. This is the
first time in the history of the
award that a woman student has
won this honor.
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