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EMERALD
VOL. LV
UNIVKKH1TV OF OH EGON, EUGENE, TLKMDAY, MARCH 2, 1954
NO. 38
Portland Symphony to Play
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THK I'OItTJ.AM) symphony orchestra
All thin, and Stravinsky too
by Joanne Johnston
Emerald Roporter
Tf:or Stravinsky, conducting the
Portland Symphony orchestra In
a program of his own composi
tions, will appear in McArthur
court tonight at 8 under the aus
pices of the Eugcne-Unlversity
Civic Music association.
Admission to the concert is free
to University students upon pre
Science Honorary
Sponsors Lecture
A. A. Benson of the radiation
laboratory of the University of
California at Berkeley will address
a meeting of the Oregon chapter
of Sigma Xi, science honorary to
night at 8 p. m. The lecture is
scheduled for Science 30 and is
open to all interested persons, ac
cording to George Gorin, chapter
president.
"Photosynthesis,’' the process
by which plants live, will be the
topic of the lecture. The University
of California radiation laboratory
has done important work in this
field in which Benson has parti
cipated, said Gorin.
Petitions Due Now
For '55 RE Week
Petitions for 1955 Religious
Evaluation week chairman are due
Friday noon in the YMCA office,
according to Russ Walker, YMCA
executive secretary.
Petitions for committee chair
men will be called for later and
planning for next year's RE week
will be started this spring term.
Mentation of student body cards.
l*rogram for the concert had -not
been announced as of Monday eve
ning.
Born in Russia, Composer-Con
ductor Stravinsky studied compo
sition and instrumentation with
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakoff. Early
compositions brought him to the
attention of Sergei. Diaghilev, for
whom he composed a ballet, “The
Firebird," which was produced in
Baris when he was 28.
Following his association with
Diaghilev, Stravinsky left Russia
in 1910, living for a time in Swit
zerland and nettling in France in
1920. In 1939 he came to this
country and obtained his citizen
hip in 1945.
In honor of his muscianship
Stravinsky was invited in 1952 to
take part in the “Works of the
20th Century" festival in Paris,
where all of his varied talents were
displayed.
At the festival Pierre Monteux
led the Boston symphony in his j
"Le Sacre du Printemps," which
Monteux had conducted in the]
same Paris theater 39 years be
fore in its initial performance, j
Stravinsky himself conducted a i
program of his own works, his bal
let “Orpheus" and “Oedipus Hex," I
with Jean Cocteau as speaker.
Groups Install
Tonight in SU
New officers of WRA, MVS and
VVVCA will be installed tonight
at 6:30 in the Student Union, ac
cording to Judy McLaughlin, out
going AWS president.
All women on campus are in
vited to attend the installation,
for which campus clothes are in
order, said Miss MeLoughlin. Of
ficers will wear short silks and j
heels.
The ceremony will last until
7:30 p. m., and refreshments will
be served.
Show Business - UO'
Plays Here Wednesday
“Show Business — U of O" will
he presented in Mac Court Wed
nesday at 8 p. m.
The Oregon exchange assembly,
composed of various types of stu
dent talent from dancers to a
magician, is a annual variety show
which navels to colleges and high
schools throughout the state.
This year the theme is various
phases of show business which are
represented by the different talents
of the entertainment world.
"Running the gamut from the
comedy of "Triplets" to the well
coordinated dancing of "Man
Hunt," the exchange assembly has
an act to please everyone,” said
Pat McCann, publicity chairman.
Oregon's traveling talent show
has already been to Corvallis and
Pleasant Hill, and is in Salem to
day. Next week they will visit
Portland schools.
PlayBegins Friday;
Tickets Available Now
Shakespeare's colorful historical
play “Rlchaul II” will open this
Friday on the main stage of the
University theater under the di
rection of Ottilie T. Seyboldt, as
sociate professor of speech. Tic
kets arc now on sale at the thea
ter box-office between 1 and 5 p.m.
this week and next.
The play will run Friday and
Saturday this weekend and Mon
day through Thursday next week.
Don Van Boskirk, senior in
speech, and Bill Hathaway, jun
ior in speech, have been cast as
the two opposing forces, Richard
and Henry Bolingbroke. Loanne
Morgan, junior in speech, will play
Richard’s queen.
John of Gaunt and Edmond,
duke of York, uncles of King Rich
ard, will be played by George
Harding, graduate in education,
and Winston Rust, junior in
speech. Aumerle, son of York, will
be played by Wade Eaton, senior
in general social science. Thomas
Mowbray will be portrayed by
John Jensen, junior in speech.
Other cast members include
Carol David, Dan Frank, Larry
Wyman, Bob Kirkpatrick, Peter
Plumridge, David Parkhurst, Paul
Minty, Kerniit Scott, Gary Alden,
Ben Schmidt, Joe Malango, Kent
Parsons, Henry Wedemeyer, Stan
ley Grout, Frank Lockman, Don
Holt, Don Brown, Bob Mars, Cy
rus Faryar, Dale Banks, Jo deLap
Pearce, Jack Bronson, John Bu
chanen, Sonia Dalton, Pat John
son, Bev. Bellarts, Nolene Wade
and Johanna Unkeles.
Settings for tne show will be
the most difficult ever executed
on the University theater stage,
according to their designed, Ho
ward L. Ramey, technical director
of the theater.
English Professor
Schedules Lecture
Carlisle Moore, associate pro
fessor of English, will speak on
two books, "The Rainbow" and
"Women in Love" by the highly
controversial author D. H. Law
rence at the Student Union brows
ing room Wednesday at S p. m.
Moore selected Lawrence for
the subject of his lecture because
of "his original view of human
nature.”
Phi Beta Adds Seven
During Rites Thursday
Seven new names were added to
the ranks of Phi Beta, national
professional fraternity for women
in music and speech, during initia
tion services Thursday evening at
the home of Mrs. Irene Bryan,
alumna.
The new members include Eva
Jean Miller, Virginia Nye, Gloria
Lee, Pat Adkisson, Janid Moore,
Sharlene Stewart and Donna Pet
erson.
Ruz To Discuss
Mexican Ruins
Jhe adventure of "Palcnque and Its Royal Tomb” will b«
chved at today’s 1 p. m. University assembly i„ the sTln*
* A,b"'“ *«* **" - *■» discovered J
Kuz will use colored slides to emphasize the beauty of Mayan
art in the sacred city of Palenque. The speaker is a member of
Thursday Rally
Set for Wilson
A student welcome rally for O.
Meredith Wilson, president elect o!
the University, will be held Thurs
day at 10:45 a. m. at the Student
Union, according to Sally Stadel
man, rally board chairman.
A request to have classes called
off between 10:30 and 11 a. m.
Thursday still had not been grant
ed by Acting President Victor P.
Morris Monday night, but the rally
will be held even if classes arc not j
cancelled, Miss Stadelman said.
Wilson is scheduled to arrive i!
Eugene at 10:25 a. m. Thursday
on a United Airlines flight from '
Portland, according to Les Ander-!
son, administrative assistant.
Although a group from the Uni
versity administration and the lo-:
cal press will be at the airport
for Wilson's arrival, the main wel-!
come for the new president will1
be handled by students, under the!
direction of the rally board.
Tentative plans, according to
Miss Stadelman, include meeting
Wilson, his wife and their six
children at the airport, escorting
them by car to the Student Union
and presenting the new president
and his family to students at the
rally. Two bands have also been
tentatively scheduled to appear at
the welcome rally.
Wilson, ex-Ford Foundation ex
ecutive, will deliver his first of
ficial address to University stu
dents at an assembly March 30 in
the SU ballroom. He will take over
his official duties March 15.
Jr. Weekend
Petitions Due
Deadline for Junior Weekend
committer chairmanship petitions
is 5 p. m. today, according to Jim
Light, Junior Weekend chairman.
Petitions may be turned in at Stu
dent Union 303 or the ASUO's
petition box, SU third floor.
“Any student interested in
working on Junior Weekend pre
parations may petition,” said
Light. “It is not necessary to be
a junior to be eligible for a chair
manship.”
Chairmanships open are for the
all-campus luncheon, cleanup, ter
race dance, all-campus sing, float
parade, junior prom, queen contest
and coronation, sunlight serenade,
traditions, promotion, radio pub
licity and publicity.
Theme ideas have also been re
quested by Light. Deadline for any
theme suggestions is Wednesday,
March 10.
Mother's Weekend
Petitions for Mother’s Day
weekend chairman are due at 4
p. m. Thursday in the ASUO of
fice, Student Union 304.
As in past years, Mother's week
end will be held in conjunction
with Junior Weekend and is
scheduled for May 14 and 15. The
Mother’s weekend chairman works
in cooperation with the Junior
Weekend chairman, but is chosen
by the ASLTO senate.
Interviews of the petitioners will
be held at the senate meeting
Thursday evening. The 4 p. m.
deadline is necessary in case there
are five or more petitioners. An
ASUO screening committee will
interview applicants first in that
case.
tue staff of the National Institute
of Anthropology and History at
the Mexico’s national museum jft
Mexico City.
Native in a Pyramid
This discovery of a tomb within
a pyramid is described as "one*
of the most important discoveries
of the new world,” by L. S. Cress
man, head of the anthropology de
partment. This is the only case in
the western hemisphere where a
native ruler has been found buried
within a pyramid, Cressman said,
Ruz made his discovery when
he located a secret stone door
in the floor of a temple in tbo
sacred city of the Mayas in south
ern Mexico. The temple had been
built on a stone pyramid which,
until Ruz's discovery, had been
believed to be solid stone and rub
ble.
Four Year Clearing Job
The passage under the stone
door had oeen filled with rock %
and it took four years to finally
clear out the passages. Deep n
the center of the 1300 year-old
pyramid, Ruz found a beautifully
carved 5 ton slab of stone. Under
this slab, Ruz found the remains of
an ancient Mayan ruler.
Ruz will also be guest at A'
coffee hour forum at 4 p. m. n
the Student Union, according to
Bob McCracken. Student Union
coffee hour committee.
On Thursday, Ruz will deliver
a lecture on “The History, Cul
ture ar.d Art of the Maya in the
Student Union ballroom at 8 p. m.
Authority on Mayans
Ruz. a noted archaeologist and
authority on Mayan civilization, -
has charge of national monuments
of Yucatan. He is also a member
of the Mexican society of anthro
pologists.
A Cuban by birth. Ruz has held
several positions with the Cuban
government. He was with the con
sulate of Greece in Havana from
1929 and was minister of the in
terior in Havana in 1933.
Ruz is now a naturalized citi
zen of Mexico. He is sponsored fcy,
the University assembly and lec
tures committee and by the Fad
ing Distinguished Lecture fund.
Tuesday's lecture will be his fir t
in the Pacific Northwest.
Worker Petition!
Due for Preview
Petitions for Duck Previe./
workers are due Monday at 5 p n».
in the ASUO petition box, thii g -
floor of the Student Union, ac
cording to Jerry Farrow and Don
Bonime, Duck Preview co-chair
men.
Committee chairmen, sub-chair
men and committee workers are
all needed for the senior visitation
weekend, the co-chairmen sang1'
Petitioners may obtain ASUO peti
tions on the SU third floor.
Chairmanships open are for pro*
motion, program, hospitality ara^.,
housing.
Subchairmanships to be filler
under promotion include invita-*
tions, publicity and campus pro
motion.
Program subehairmcn needed
are for vodvil, orientation assemb
ly, educational exhibits, exchanger
dinners and dance.
Open under hospitality are sub
chairmanships for registration,
transportation and program.
Housing subchairmen includo
men's housing and women's hous
ing.
"Duck Preview committee work
during this term will be entirely^
organizational and actual arrange
ments will not begin until spring
term,” said Bonime and Farrow.