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The Doors Are Open
The University of Oregon is a liberal arts college. As such
it is entrusted by the people of this state to provide an educa
tion for students attending this institution. Courses offered
here are wide in subject matter and scope. Many of our in
structors have the perceptive depth to truly initiate a college
student in the great mass of knowledge mankind has acquired.
A university also is assumed to present to its members a
"cultural” program in addition to the textbook education. It
should be not only the mecca of modern learning but a fertile
field for presentation of the great arts of mankind—music,
painting, poetry, politics, literature and philosophy.
And how does Oregon stack up on the cultural side? That
question can be answered first by considering our “cultural”
program here as a reflection of the culture of Oregon and the
region which this university represents.
We need only compare the cultural program of the cities,
the towns and the rural areas from which we come to grasp the
.comparative richness of our cultural life here at Oregon. If you
ask for proof, wre could list for you the noted lecturers who have
appeared on our campus. We could quote from the program
planned for the coming year. We could point with pride at our
concerts, our art exhibits, our music recitals, our student dra
matic presentations, our education movies and our recorded
music program.
Oregon certainly has a well-rounded cultural program with
ample opportunity to develop appreciation of the aesthetic
qualities of man. But if we present our concerts and our art
exhibits presuming that we are ready to digest the works of a
nation then points of the program become inadequate.
On the critical side, we might point out that Oregon, like
any promotional institution, has the tendency to build up all
that it does offer. We sometimes overemphasize a speaker or
a musical presentation in proportion to its relative importance
when we regard the entire culture of a nation. Such a prac
tice can tend to give the student a distorted sense of apprecia
tion of what Oregon does offer.
But if we must pass judgment, we hark back to the physical
location of the school and the areas from which our students
come. Certainly we can not ask that Oregon present the same
quality level as those schools located in the traditional cultural
center of our nation, readily accessible to the culture of west
ern civilization represented in Europe. We can only marvel that
culture too “goes west” and that such a young country as Ore
gon can assemble the terrific program it presents.
The doors to the richness of man’s experiences, dreams and
creativeness are wide and open wider every year at this, the
University of Oregon. (E.S.)
The Answer?
“It’s a time out—now run in there and tell that losing
team of mine all about army life.”
-The Loohing-Glass—
Mayflower s Foreign Films
Are Among Europe's Best
By Toby McCsrroll
Emerald Critic
The Mayflower Theater is an
old friend to the Oregon student
body, and as in the case with any
other nobile fratura, we tend to
take it for granted. This ia per
haps the reason so few have at
tended the movies now showing
there. So in case you have not
noticed, the Mayflower is cur
rently showing a series of foreign
films. These films are the win
ners of European and American
awards, and are certainly among
the best offered by the European
screen.
Some people
are frightened
away from for
eign films, the
though being
that they can
not undertand
them well
enough to en
joy them. The
sub-titling Is
usually ade
quate
sotietimes excellent, and there
is occasionally a film that puts
in a complete English sound
track (a cause of no little irri
tation to our more pedantic
brethren in Friendly Hall). And
acting, as with music, Is cap
able of being universally ap
preciated.
Now pUying. is "Brandy (or the Parson"
(English) and “Les Miserables" (French),
with an excellent English sound track)
comes on Wednesday.
• e •
The first showing of the Uni
versity Theater (Oct. 23-31) will
be Phillip King’s “See How They
Run,” which the UT terms a "hi
larious farce.” For the first time
in several years an Irish play has
its place in the UT’s schedule
(Dec. 4-10). Sean O’Casey’s
“Juno and the Paycock”—it’s a
tragedy. Next comes "The Moon
is Blue” (Jan. 29-Feb. 13) in the
arena. Mrs. Seybolt’s farewell
production will be “Richard II"
(March 5-11). The musical is
“One Touch of Venus" (April 23
May 1). The last show (May 21
29) is as yet unannounced.
• * •
During the past few months
there have appeared two Atlantic
Armed Forces Set
Information Panel
Dissemination of correct infor
mation on commissioning oppor
tunities in the armed forces and
stimulation of interest in military
service will be the dual purpose of
the Armed Forces College Infor
mation panel, to make an appear
ance on campus Tuesday, from 3
to 4 p.m. in the Student Union.
Of special interest to college
women, the panel includes WAVE,
WAC, WAF, and WMSC officers
along with some of their male
counterparts. Representing a var
iety of educational backgrounds,
the panel members are all college
graduates, and their experience in
cludes education, business and mil
itary fields.
Well qualified for their mission
of informing college students and ‘
faculty for opportunities in mili
tary service, panel members will
also be available for individual in
terviews on Tuesday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Receptiou Planned
A reception honoring all foreign
studehts attending the University
of Oregon will be held in the Stu
dent Union ballroom Wednesday
at 8 p.m. With the event to be held
in connection with United Nations
day, each student will appear in
his native costume and will be in
troduced individually.
Sponsored by the University Re
ligious Council, the Foreign Stu
dents Friendship foundation, and
the Eugene committee for celebra
tion of United Nations day, the re
ception will include a short pro
gram with H. V. Johnson, Eugene
lawyer, as master of ceremonies,
and featuring Philip Hitchcock,
state senator from Klamath Falls,
as the principal speaker.
Monthly Press books. Neither is
great, but both are enjoyable.
A. J. Cronin's latest is Beyond
This Place. It is the story of the
discovery by a young scholar
that his father is not dead but
in the penitentiary for murder.
He discovers enough to believe
that his father is innocent, and
he makes great sacrifices to
work for his release. He is ob
structed at every turn, but
through a bit of good luck (the
complicated problem warranted
a better solution) he gets his
father’s release.
The situation Is still compli
cated by the father’s bitter
attitude, but the son is equal
to the task. As with most of
Cronin’s books, the cast of
characters he develops is very
interesting. He grinds several
axes, e.g. the complacency of
the machinery of justice, and
a hatred for capital punish
ment, but these In no way de
tract from the book’s quality.
The mediocre career of a ca
reer diplomat is recounted by
James Hilton in another recent
release Time and Time Again.
“Stuffy” Anderson is one of the
last of a dying race of diplomats
who went to the right schools
and can order the right things
from a French menu. We are
shown what effect a series of
affairs have on this likable char
acter.
These events include falling
in love with a girl beneath his
status, losing a beloved wife,
learning to know his son, becom
ing very fond of a girl his son
is in love with, and difficulties
with his strange father— who
during the war thought it would
be nice to be friendly with the
Germans and corresponded with
the high command. The incidents
are not great, neither is ’Stuffy,”
but he is an interesting person
to meet and explore.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
^ A call for petitions for the
Homecoming . radio promotion
committee has been Issued by
Verla Thompson, chairman. The
petitions are due at the ASUO box
on the third floor of the Student
Union by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
^ Theta Sigma Phi, national
women’s journalism honorary, will
meet at 4 p.m. today in the report
ing lab, according to Kitty Fraser,
president.
0 Sue Sears Is the Carson 5
candidate for "Swamp Girl of
Sigma Phi Epsilon,” not Sue Spears
as was erroneously announced last
week in the Emerald.
4 The deadline for submitting
petitions for chairman of the Stu
dent Union browsing room com
mittee has been extended to noon
Tuesday, according to Andy Ber
wick, chairman of the SU board.
The petitions may be turned in at
the SU box on the third floor of
the SU.
^ The regular Monday meeting
of Amphibians, women’s swim
ming honorary, has been cancelled
for this week, according to Dar
lene Hammer, reporter.
Campus Calendar
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Yeomen 112 HU
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