Robinson Direct
Millers 'Crucible
* no Crucible, the powerful
drama !>y Arthur Miller which
«P«n* Its nix-performance run to
night nt the University theater
under the direction of Horace VV.
Robinson, will be shown for the
first time to any West Coast audi
ence.
Van UosUIrk Heads Cast
Heading a large east Is Don
Van Bosktrk, senior In speech,
who plays the role of John Proc
tor. During the course of the play,
Proctor Is accused and convicted
of witchcraft,
Abigail, the girl whose accusa
tions are believed, will be played
by Donna De Vries, freshman In
liberal arts, who makes her the
ater debut with this role. Kltza
l«*th Proctor, Sandra Price, senior
in speech, tells her first lie to pro
tect her husband, and In doing it
condemns him.
Pearce Plays Judge
Other cast members include
Gerry Pearce, as Danforth, the
narrow-minded Judge. Hale, the
Judge from a neighboring town
who believes Proctor is Innocent,
will be played by Clarence Suiter,
senior in speech. Mary Warren,
Proctors' servant, who also turns
on him during the climactlce court
room scene, will be played by Sal-!
ly Mollner. Junior In speech.
Completing the cast are: Joan
Pearce, graduate in speech, as Tl
tuba; hied Whited, as Parris;
Marilyn Stratford, sophomore In
speech, ns Betty Parris; Janet
Kneeland, freshman in liberal arts,
as Susanna; Joella Wood Cheek,
sophmore in speech, as Ann Put
nam, and Ben Schmidt, senior In
speech, as Thomas Putnam.
Other cast members Include:
Pat Johnson, sophomore in speech.
a;> Mercy Lewis; Ottilie T. Sey
bolt, associate professor of speech,
as Rebecca Nurse; Winston Rust,
junior in speech, as Giles Corey;
Tom Gaines, sophomore in speech,
Air Force Officer
Gets Reassignment
MaJ. N. N. Mihailov, assistant
professor of air science and public
iaformalion officer for the Univer
sity ROTC, has been reassigned to
an- force duty in the Far East,
after four years duty at Oregon.
Besides his work here. Major
Mihailov was adviser to the ail
force drill team, and this year
founded the Oregon chapter of the
Air Command Squadron, honorary i
for basic students in AFROTC.
Four other members of the'
AFROTC staff will end their
ROTC tours of duty at the end
of the academic year. They are
Lit. Col. Sam E. Sheffield, Maj.
Giant R. Smith and Capt. Robert
A. Laurence, assistant professors
of air science, and M.Sgt. J. O.
Bateman, student records clerk.
Colonel Sheffield is detachment j
executive and Captain Laurence!
is the adjutant. They will handle i
the public Information duties for;
the rest of the year. Next year the 1
new adjutant will also be the PIO,1
according to Colonel Sheffield.
Colonel Sheffield and Sergeant
Bateman are also completing four- j
year ROTC tours of duty; Major
Smith and Captain Laurence will
leave after a three-year tour.
AFROTC duty was changed from
four to three years this year.
Math Professor
To Lecture Twice
Professor M. A. Girshick of
Stanford university will deliver
two mathematics lectures this
afternoon and Friday in Deady 102
at 4 p. m.
His topic for today’s lecture is
“Decision Theory,” with “The In
variance Principle in Decision
Theory” slated as his theme for
Friday’s lecture.
HORACE W. ROBINSON
Direct* "The Crucible”
as Francis Nurse, and Bruce Holt,
sophomore in speech, as Ezekiel
Cheever.
Rounding out the cast are: Joe
Malengo, junior in speech, as John
Willard; Hill Cheek, Junior in po
litical science, as Judge Haw
thorne; Diane Swanson, sopho
more in education, as Sarah Good;
and t'la Mae Hostetler, freshman
in liberal arts, as Martha Corey.
Students Design
Settings (or Play
The University theater's produc
tion of Arthur Miller's new drama
of the Salem witch trial, “The
Crucible," will feature the first
student designed sot of the cur
rent season. Paul Minty, junior in
speech, designed the unusual unit
setting.
Featuring two levels, the set
ting ia bounded with realistic
beams on three sides. An upper
level, reached by a movable flight
of stairs, affords another acting
area for the production. The light
ing, designed by Phil Sanders,
senior in speech, is also a student
project. Sanders has employed the
use of pools of colored light and
is using strong colors on the sky
background, as well as some speci
ally designed projections.
Crew for th£ show includes
Helen Robertson, freshman in lib
eral arts, stage manager; lion!
Morgan, junior in speech, proper
ties, arid Dalece Peterson, fresh
man in speech, electrician.
Campus Calendar
Noon Larsen Lunch 110 SU
Ital Tbl 111 SU
Emer Staff 112 SU
4:00 Larsen Lect Era Rm SU
6:30 Arner Soc of Church
Hist Din 113 SU
7:30 Amer Soc of Church
Hist Meet 334 SU
8:00 Creative Arts Wrkshp
Ballrm SU
Crucible Represents
Miller s Latest Drama
Arthur Miller, author of the Uni
vcrHity theater’s final production
of the 1953-54 season, “The Cru
cible,” is a one-time winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for play-writing and
a two-time winner of the Drama
Critics Circle award.
His most famous work, “Death
of a Salesman,” won for him the
coveted Pulitzer Prize and Drama
Critics Circle award. The play, a
tragedy about the common man,
was produced on this campus last
year by UT.
Miller’s first work to win public
acclaim was “All My Son3,” in
1947. This play won for the young
American author the Drama
Critic Circle award. It is the story
of an American father who sold
faulty airplane parts during the
second World War. “All My Sons’’
was rooted in Miller’s “conviction
that social responsibility tran
scends self-interest.”
Miller is regarded by critics to
day as the second hope for the sur
vival of significant play-writing in
America. Tennessee Williams, au
thor of “Streetcar Named Desire,”
"The Glass Menagerie,” “Summer
Best Freshman Named
By Math Department
Bruce Bloomfield, freshman in
liberal arts, has been selected by
the University mathematics de
partment as the outstanding fresh
man mathematics student.
In recognition he has been
awarded a copy of the Chemical
Rubber company mathematical ta
bles through the courtesy of the
Chemical Rubber company.
anr] Smoke” and "Camino RejfT,”
is listed as the first.
"The Crucible” represents Mil
ler’s latest dramatic effort. It
played on Broadway with a cast
headed by Arthur Kennedy. Be
atrice Straight and Madeleine
Sherwood. The play was runner
up to last year's Drama Critic
award winner, "Picnic.” "The Cru
cible,” a factual presentation of
the Salem witchcraft trials, was
one of the most discussed new
plays on Broadway. This Univer
sity theater production will be the
first production of “The Crucible”
since its original Broadway run.
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