Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 20, 1954, Image 1

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Daily
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, KUOENE, TUESDAY,TprIL 20, 1954
Wear Your Raincoat...
. . . today since partly cloudy
*tkic*» have been predicted by the
local weather bureau. However,
considerable sunshine ha* beeig
forecast along with the cloud*.
High for today will be 65, low,
NO. tiA
Venus Tickets
Selling Out Fast
rickets for the next University
theuter production, "One Touch
of Venus,’’ are selling rapidly, ac
cording to Dick Hiatt, box office
manager. One night, the first Sat
urday, is completely sold out.
The show opens this Friday and
plays April 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
and May 1.
Under the direction of Frederick
J. Hunter , instructor at speech,
"One Touch of Venus" is a mod
ern musical comdey. Heading the
large cast is I-urry Swanson, sen
ior in music, who two years ago
played the Devil in "The Devil and
Daniel Webster."
I’laylng the title role of Venus
will be Verla Thompson, sopho
more in speech, who makes her
OSC to Give Show
Today at Assembly
The Oregon State College ex
change assembly, “College Ca
pers," or “It Is Happening to
1 «u," will be presented today at
1 p.m. In the Student Union ball
room, according to Gloria Lee,
chairman of exchange assem
blies.
The show will be the same one
which was presented at the I'ort
' land high schools, I>*wis and
< lark college and Willamette
university, “except for one Joke,”
.Miss Lee said.
The OSC choir will In* fea
tured on the 30-mlnute program.
After the assembly the c#st of
the Oregon exchange assembly
will be hosts at a coffee hour at
2 p.m. for the OSC cast.
“A band like Kenton,” vocal
ists and dances will be Included
on the program. Kddle Thomas
is chuinnan of the OSC group.
, University theater debut in thiH
production.
Also holding featured roles are
Audrey Miatretta, Junior in music,
seen this season in "The Man,”
,last year in "Brigadoon,” and in
19r»2 us the old maid in "The Old
Maid and the Thief.” Paul Mc
Mullen, graduate In speech, who
has had roles in "Anything Goes”
and "Girl Crazy” at Whitman col
lege, also has a featured role.
Dance numbers have been staged
by two University students, Bar
bara Johnson, sophomore in art,
and John Jensen, junior in speech.
The "Can-Can” dance which ends
the first act was directed by Miss
Johnson and both the "Forty Min
utes for Bunch,” and "Venus in
Ozone Heights” ballets were chor
eographed by Jensen.
Futuristic settings designed by
Hunter and executed by Howard L.
Harney, technical director of the
theater, provide a colorful back
ground for the comedy.
Oregana Post
Interviews Set
Four petitioners for the top two
Oregana posts will be interviewed
by the publications board at its
meeting Wednesday evening, ac
cording to R. C. Williams, secre
tary of the board.
Candidates for editor are Bob
Southwell, junior in business, and
Paul Keefe, junior in business. Two
men have filed petitions for the
position of business manager. They
are Alan Oppliger, senior in bus
iness, and Bob McCracken, sopho
more in liberal arts.
Bob Ford, senior in journalism,
is the current editor of the year
book. Jim Light, junior in business,
is the business manager.
Women s Groups
Qualify Monday
For Vodvil Show
Five women’s living organiza
tion« qualifier) Monday night for
the all-campus Vodvil show. Elim
inations for men’s groups will be
held tonight beginning at 7 p.m.,
according to Edna Humiston, Vod
vil chairman.
Women’s houses and the acts
they will perform at the annual
Vodvil arc Alpha Chi Omega,
"Magic on the Moors’’; Alpha
Delta Pi. "Ugly Faces ’; Alpha Xi
Delta, "ROTC 17”; Delta Gamma,
"Old Faces of ’54,’’ and Kappa
Alpha Theta, “Moulin Red."
Men's living organizations, their
themes and tryout times tonight
are Alpha Tau Omega, “From here
to Fraternity,” 7 p.m.; Phi Sigma
Kappa, "From Here to Fratern
ity,” 7:15; Campbell club, "The
Whistler," 7:30; Phi Delta Theta.
"The Sledge.“ 7:45; Beta Theta
Pi, "Beta Barbershop," 8 p.m.;
Sigma Nu, “The Clem Filler
Story," 8:15, and Sigma Phi Epsi
lon, “Odd Faces of ’54,” 8:30.
Tryouts for master-of-ccrcmon
ies will be held at 8:45 p.m. to
night. Petitioners for the job in
clude Chuck Wingard, Dale Car
roll, Jerry Froebe and Scott Lehn
er.
Women's living organizations
which were eliminated Monday
night are Alpha Phi, "Junior
Weekend Queen Selection"; Delta
Delta Delta, “Off the Record," and
Chi Omega, “American in Paris.”
Tickets for the Vodvil will be
on sale Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday in living organizations, the
Student Union and the co-op.
Price for the tax exempt tickets is
50 cents for college students. High
school students will be admitted to
the show free as a. part of the
Duck Preview program on campus
this weekend.
ALL OUT FOR PREVIEW
Departments Plan Exhibits
by Anne Ritchey
Emerald Reporter
Each department of the Univer
sity, as its part in the exhibits of
Duck Preview this weekend, will
present typical scenes of its every
day work to the high-school visit
ors.
The speech department will fea
ture a complete display of the set
and lighting for "One Touch of
Venus," which opens at the theatre
Friday night. Visitors will be able
to examine the set and also to see
the complete backstage set-up of
the theater.
The speech department's televi
sion equipment, which has been
shrouded in comparative mystery
since its inauguration this year,
will be open for inspection during
the weekend.
TV Exhibit Planned
E. A. Kretsinger, assistant pro
fessor of speech, has planned for
visitors to the department to see
themselves on television, through
the closed-circuit set-up.
In the law school, mock court
room scenes will be arranged for
the visitors, in which the visitors
themselves will take the parts of
jurors and other participants in
the courtroom.
High school students will be able
to go through the stacks in the li
brary and will have an opportunity
to see the micro-film equipment
in use.
Senior boys will visit the phys
ical education school, inspect the
facilities and see demonstrations
of sports and gymnastics.
Ceramics, Weaving
Exhibits of student work will be
displayed in the art and architec
ture school, and the visitors will be
able to see University students at
work in the ceramics and weaving
departments.
The science department will pro
duce a simulated geyser for the
students, and will also feature an
intake furnace in operation. A
chemistry exhibit will also be pre
sented, as well as a demonstration
in optics.
The seniors may begin register
ing for the weekend at noon Fri
day. Registration will continue
through 10 p.m. that day. Satur
day morning, registration will be
held from 9 a.m. until noon.
Friday afternoon at 4 an auction
will be held, under the sponsorship
of World University Service. Gen
eral chairman of the auction is
Jack Lally, sbphomore in business.
Members of Skull and Dagger,
Kwama, the Homecoming court,
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi finalists,
King of Hearts and Joe College
finalists and faculty members and
administration officials will be
auctioned off.
Saturday morning at 10 a.m. the
orientation assembly will be held
in the Student Union ballroom.
Tom Wrightson, ASUO president,
will act as master-of-ceremonies
for the half-hour assembly.
Speakers during the program
will be University President O.
Meredith Wilson; Janet Wick,
AWS president; Barney Holland,
basketball player, and Joan Hutch
on, Danforth graduate.
Educational exhibits will follow
the assembly. Campus tours led by
members of Kwama will precede
lunch in the living organizations
at 1 p.m.
Athletes Share Program
Beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday,
three events will be held which vis
itors and University students may
attend. These include the Amphib
ian water show, a track meet and
a baseball game with the Salem
Senators.
Exchange dinners for which liv
ing organizations will be paired,
will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Following dinner the semi-formal
dance, for which dressy cottons
are in order, will be held. The
dance will begin at 9 p.m. and last
until midnight, according to Phyl
lis Peafson, dance chairman.
Transportation for the visitors
will be furnished by members of
Alpha Phi Omega, men’s service
honorary. This will Include meet
ing \he high school seniors at
trains and buses.
Women to Wash
Cars for WUS
Car owners may have their cars
washed today between 1 and 4
p.m. at any of JO women’s living'
organizations. Charge will be $1
per car.
Money raised through the car
wash will go to World University
Service fund drive being held on
campus this week.
Both faculty members and stu
dents may have their cars washed
by the women during the car wash
today, according to Claudia. Zorn,
V\ US car wash chairman.
Organizations participating in
the WUS fund raising project are
Alpha Omicron Pi at Alpha Delta
Pi; Alpha Gamma Delta at Delta
Gamma; Kappa Alpha Theta at I
Queen Voting
Starts Wed.
Voting for the Junior Weekend
court will take place from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thurs
day, according to Ward Cook,
queen selection co-chairman. Pic
tures of the 12 finalists will be dis
played near the voting booths in
the Student Union lobby and the
Co-op.
Five junior women will be se
lected from the 12 finalists. Can
didates for the court, and their
sponsors, are Ann Hopkins, Kappa
Alpha Theta; Ann Johnson, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Shirley Katz, Phi
Sigma Sigma; Dorothy Kopp, Car
son 3; Janet Miller, Campbell club;
Nancy Moore, Carson 4;
Joanne Morrison, Chi Psi; Nancy
Murrow, Gamma Phi Beta; Alma
Owerl, Alpha Chi Omega, Sigma
Phi Epsilon and Sigma Nu; Jean
Paulus, Phi Gamma Delta and
Theta Chi; Laura Sturges, Sigma
Kappa; Janet Wick, Pi Beta
Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha
hall. Hale Kane and Phi Kappa
Sigma.
A picture and interviews with
the 12 candidates will appear in
I the Emerald Wednesday. The five
, women elected to the Junior Week
| end court will be introduced at the
intermission of the Vodvil show
Friday night.
| -—
Chi Omega; Pi Beta Phi at Sigma
Kappa; Carson hall; Alpha X|
Delta at Zeta Tau Alpha; Gamma
Phi Beta at Alpha Phi; Hendricko
hall; University house at Delta'
Deita Delta, and Rebec house ett
Ann Judson house.
* * *
Hostess Voting
Data Released
Voting for the World University
Service hostess will take place
Wednesday and Thursday along
with Junior Weekend Queen vot
ing, according to Sharon Snyder
and Jean Fay, WUS hostess co
chairmen.
In order to vote in the WUS se
lection, a student must present
a V o d v i 1 ticket at the voting
booth. Tickets are on sale at both
the Co-op and the Student Union
The eight foreign student candi
dates for WUS hostess are Ana
Dlugatch, Argentina; Namik®
Ikeda, Japan; Miyeko Ohno, Ja
pan; Judith Pederson, Denmark;
Demetria Piyante, the Philippines ;,
Omncyo Souelem, Egypt; Agne^
Weitz, Germany, and Gertrude
Wirgler, Austria.
The selection of a hostess, who
will preside at the annual Vodvd
show, is a new feature of the WU 3
fund drive this year. It is hoped
that this feature will promote "in
ternational feeling at the Vodvd
show," according to Ted Gob,
WUS general chairman.
* * *
Foreign Students tc
Speak About WUS
Foreign students will speak afc
World University Service-spon
sored firesides in living organiza*
tions today and Wednesday.
Speakers who will tell of the
work of the WUS in their countries
are Demetria Bujante, the Philip
pines, Ana Dlugatch, Argentina;)'
Franz Hlawati, Austria; Natividad
Malolos, the Philippines; Beatrice
Onoda, Japan; Mitsugu Sakihara,
Okinawa; Tuure Salomaa, Finland;,
Paul ten Hove, The Netherlands;*
Agnes Weitz, Germany, and Gert
rude Wirgler, Austria.
Reed Editor to Talk
Here on Russian Trio
DAVID BARNEY
Three weeks in Russia
David Barney, editor of the Reed
college Quest, will speak on Russia
as lie saw it three months ago, in
a talk at the Student Union,
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Barney was one of seven Ameri
can college editors invited by the
Soviet government to visit Russia.
The group spent three weeks in
the Soviet Union and traveled over
5,000 miles.
Barney will show films that he>
took during the trip. The youns*
editor was allowed to take pictures
freely and to talk with hundreds#
of Russian citizens.
The group spent five days in
Moscow and the rest of their time
touring Russia. They visited Baku,
Tiflis, Kharkov, Odessa and Kiev.
The editors visited collective
farms and watched ballet. Barney^
was able to talk with students,'
workers and government officials.
He spent New Year's eve at a
youth party in the Kremlin.
Barney's talk is being sponsored
jointly by the University Preso
club, the International Relations
club and Pi Sigma Alpha, political
science honorary. The meeting ia
open to the public.
Barney, 27, was bom in Eugene.
He attended the University for two
years, then entered the army. He
has been at Reed for two yea<s
and is a political science major.