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NO. 104
UIS Party Plans
For ASUO Primary
With 24 members In attend- '
ance the United Independent
Students laid preliminary plana i
for the coming primary elections j
at their Wednesday afternoon
meeting at Campbell club.
UIH President Len Calvert;
said that "We have an excellent j
chance of winning thia year and j
it will be our own fault If we
lose.
Calvert emphasized that UIH
“has the chance of sporting a
good slate of candidates! this
spring. This should give ua our!
best opportunity for victory since
our organization." UIS became j
a campus political party two
years ago.
Platform Plans
Platform Chairman Kip Whar
ton reported that he would call
a meeting of his committee in
the near future to lay plana for
the UIS campaign platform.
In other business the group
discussed the possibility of hold
ing a party "get-together" some
time between the primary elec
tion*. April 20, and the all-cam
pus general election. May 4. Cal
vert said that "I think we need !
something to draw' us together t
before the final election."
April 27 was set as a tenta-1
tive date for the "get-together"
and it was agreed that a final
decision on the matter would not
be made until representatives had
a chance to talk the idea over
with members of their respective
organizations.
Poll-Watchers
Another Item of business
brought up at the meeting was
the matter of having UIS "poll
watchers" on the day of the elec
tions. Calvert said “it sounds like
a good Idea, maybe we could
work It out In one hour shifts."
He urged representatives to dis
cuss the plan In their living or
ganizations and report reactions
back to him.
The problem of Introducing i
new freshmen to UIS and “con
Biggs President of
Young Democrats
University Young Democrats
officially reorganized Wednes
day night with Bob Biggs, junior
in pre-law. elected president.
Other officers elected were El
liot Carlson, freshman in jour
nalism, vice-president; Carole
Mohr, junior in general science,
secretary, and Elton Engstrom,
sophomore in pre-law, treasurer.
Other members include Jack
Robinson, Elizabeth Collins, Ed
Hirano, Michael Bnoff, Norman
Keeley, Ralph Hillier, Bill Bell
irigton and Dave Roberts.
Professors nominated for ad
visers were W. A. Dahlberg, pro
fessor of speech, and Waldo
Schumacher, professor of politi
cal science.
Action was taken to send a
delegation to the Young Demo
crat convention at Pendleton
early in May. Delegates who will
attend are Bill Swenson, Carlson
and Biggs.
Biggs was contacted by Na
tional Democratic Committeeman
Monroe Sweetland and Represen
tative Maureen Neuberger as
well as the local Eugene Dem
ocrats who expressed hope for a
strong group at Oregon.
vlnclng them that remaining an j
Independent doesn't make theni
Inferior to the Greeks,” was also
discussed.
Harn Vahey, member of the
ASUO .Senate and current candl- !
date for ASUO president in the
UIS primary, suggested that
“With the new dorms next year,
rushing won t be what it has
been in the past. Freshmen will
have good living quarters at a
fairly low cost and this will en-!
courage them to remain there
and Join UIS if they are ac-,
quainted with the organization." ;
The idea of publishing a
pamphlet to be given to enter
ing freshmen each year was men
tioned but no final action was
taken.
No Politics, Vets
Committee Says
The newly-formed Veterans’
Committee haa no current plans
for participating in campus poli
tics, according to Bob Biggs,
treasurer of the organization.
Biggs said that the commit
tee's organization so near elec
tion time was not for the purpose
of running candidates for ASUO
offices. He confirmed his state-1
ment by announcing that he in
tended to run for a senator-at
large office in the United Inde
pendent Students' primary.
"However," Biggs said, "pres- '
ent plans call for the committee!
to hold a meeting and decide just |
what candidates, both UIS and
ACS, that we will support. We j
then intend to vote in a block j
for these people.
S. U. Chairmen
To Get Salary
The Student Union board ap
proved a recommendation for a
salary of $836 for SU board
chairmen, starting next year, at
ita meeting Wednesday. If the
budget committee accepts the
recommendation, this will be the
first time the board chairman has
been salaried.
In other business the deadline i
for SU board petitions was ex
tended until 5 p.m. today.
Petitions may be picked up in
the board chairman’s office on
the third floor of the SU. As
yet. no petitions have been filed
for the two year position of
architecture and allied arts.
Petitions may also be filed for
the law and graduate schools,
both one year positions, and lib
eral arts, music and PE, all two
year positions.
Marlis Claussen, sophomore in
art, was appointed SU personnel
chairman for the remainder of
the term. At her interview, Miss
Claussen stated that she "would
like to see better orientation for
freshmen concerning SU com
mittees and their functions."
A merger of the browsing room
and creative arts workshop com
mittees was accepted by the
board. The executive committee
recommended this move because
it will improve both programs
and will make it easier in leader
ship training.
It was announced in a direc
torate report that approximately
1700 evaluation sheets, printed
by the public relations commit
tee, will be distributed soon to
a cross section of the campus.
In "Blood Wedding;” F'ederico (
Garcia Lorca, one of Spain’s most
outstanding modern poets, has
used every dramatic element j
from the allegory to modern
poetry to capture in his play the
feeling of deep, swift tragedy. |
The University Theater pro
duction of the play which opens ;
tonight dramatizes with intensity
and beauty the unending human
struggle.
"Blood Wedding,” the first i
play in a trilogy of simple folk {
tragedies, is a poetic drama based
on the story of a bride who!
elopes on her wedding day with
her lover. The tragedy that re- j
suits from this deviation from
tradition, bounded in the Spanish '■
concept of family honor and
pride, is' symbolized in the play ;
by the knife, the horse, the blood,
the dark water, the withered
flowers.
This play will be the first j
HELEN WATSON ADAMS,
director of Blood Wedding,
chose the play, east the acton
and designed settings.
2,000 Children
Take Part in Hunt
Approximately 2000 children
from Eugene elementary schools
and St. Mary’s will attend Opera
tion Easter Egg to bo held Sat
urday afternoon on the campus.
The children will arrive on
campus at 1:30 at various living
organizations where they will be
served ice cream and cookies.
The Hunt will begin at 2 p.m.
and will be on the old campus.
Thirteenth street between Kin
caid and University streets will
be blocked off during this time.
After the Hunt 300 prizes will
be awarded to children finding
Biggs Announces
Senate Candidacy
By Bob Robinson
Emerald Aitiaiant Newt Editor
Bob Biggs, junior in pre-law,
announced Wednesday his candi
dacy for senator-at-large in the
UIS primary. At the same time
he criticized the current Univer
sity student government and re
vealed many changes that he
would propose if he is elected to
office.
Biggs, who is in his first year
at Oregon, said that "the way
student government is enacted
at the University now, it does
little more for the school than
similar high school governmental
bodies.”
What the ASUO_Senate needs
is "some meat and potatoes,”
Biggs said. "I would favor hav
! ing veterans get more represen
tation on the senate. If they had
two or • three members it would
give the senate a much more
rounded organization and some
mature minds to express the
feelings of older students.”
Segregation Opposed
Biggs also suggested that it
“would be a good idea to have
two or three foreign students
represented on the senate in a
non-voting capacity."
Explaining his ideas more spe
cifically, Biggs said that one of
the first things he would try to
change would be the tradition of
separating men and women stu
dents at athletic contests.
“There are nearly 1000 vet
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Blood Wedding
One of Triloav
special prize eggs. The jfrizes are
being donated by downtown mer
chants.
A variety show will start at
3:45 in McArthur court, and chil
dren will be picked up by their
parents after the show in front
of Mac court.
Signs which will be carried
around the campus identifying
the living organizations are be
ing made by Lambda Chi Alpha
and will be distributed Saturday
morning.
Women's houses will color the
eggs this afternoon. They will
be collected at 8 a.m. Friday and
taken to the Student Union
where they will be kept in re
frigeration. Women's houses are
donating 160 cookies each.
Men's houses are asked to con
tribute 75 cents per organization
to pay for the ice cream.
"It's up to each pairing to look
after the children assigned to
them and to show them a good
time,’’ 'Bud Hinkson, co-chair
man of the event, stressed.
«"■ 1
Queen Deadline
This Friday
All houses should turn their
entries for Junior Weekend
queen in to either Barbara
Bailey, 5-6626, or Anne Ritch
ey, 4-7834, before Friday at
5 p.m.
Candidates must be junior
women, and may be nominat
ed by either men's or women’s
living organizations.
Thesis Production to be present
ed in the University Theater. It
is being handled entirely by
Helen Watson Adams aa work
towards her master’s degree.
Miss Adarns chose the play, cast
the actors, designed the settings,
is directing the production, and
handling the promotion and tick
et sales. University Theater of
ficials hope to be able to offer
more productions of this kind in
the future.
The universality of the theme
of the play is found in the fact
that Lorca does not name his
characters, except the lover,
Leonardo, who is the most per
sonalized character of the play.
Joan DeLap Pearce heads the
cast as the bride; the mother
is portrayed by Tru Vosburg;
the bridegroom by Ron Morgan,
and Leonardo, who is the only
character of the play not bound
by tradition, is played by Tom
Gaines.
Miner Actors
Supporting them will be Mar
jory Ramey as the neighbor,
Donna Barrick as the mother
in-law, and Mary Ellen Moore
as the wife. Jon Powell will play
the father and Mrs. Ottilie Sey
bolt, associate professor emerit
us of speech, will be the servant.
Also in the cast, Rosemary
Bruce will play the first young
girl; Joyce Niedringhaus, the
second young girl; Margaret Da
vis. the third young girl; Hoyt
McCacbren, the youth; Jack Du
gan, the first woodcutter; Scott
Lehnc r, the second woodcutter,
and Darrell Keeney, the third
woodcutter.
At the climax of the play, the
moon, portrayed by Gerald
Pearce and symbolizing fate, and
the beggar woman played by
Marilyn Stratford, symbolizing
death, raise the tragedy to its
poetic heights.
"Blood Wedding” which was
originally to run for only two
days. Thursday and Friday, will
also be presented Saturday eve
ning for a special production.
The play is a bonus attraction
for University Theater season
ticket-holders.
Those not holding season pass
es can obtain tickets after 1 p.m.
at the University Theater box
office for $1. Reservations can
be obtained by calling ext. 401.
Dull to Tell
Asia Problem
“The Problem of Asia" will be
the topic of this week’s browsing
room lecture held tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the browsing room
of the Student Union. Paul S.
Dull, associate professor of po
litical science and history, will
deliver the lecture.
Dull received the Friar's award
for the most outstanding profes
sor at Oregon the first time
it was given. He received his
doctorate at the University of
Washington and did post-doctoral
work at Harvard university.
In State Department
Dull has been in the chief Ja
panese intelligence section of the
office of war information for the
state department. He was grant
ed a sabbatical leave for a year’s
research in Japan in 1952. While
there he studied the political
behavior of the Japanese.
Dull, who came to the Uni
versity in 1946, has published nu
merous articles in scholarly mag
azines.
The discussion leader for the
lecture will be J. V. Berreman,
professor of sociology.