STUDENT VERSION
Parody of Hamlet
Scheduled for SU
A student movie version of
William Shakespeare’s "Hamlet”
will be shown in the Student
Union Oct. 11.
The farical production, done
by five speech students in 1952,
was directed by Jim Blue, grad
uate in speech, who will narrate
the film.
Since it was filmed, the movie
has been shown to over 2,500
people, and has been featured in
three national theatre maga
zines.
Done in ‘Micro-Scope’
Because the wide screen and
Cinema-scope had not been intro
duced at that time, the movie
was done in "Micro-scope,” ac
cording to Blue, commenting
lightly on the fact that it is an
8 mm film without sound. Blue’s
narration and musical back
ground add to the effect, he
added.
The entire show was done by
five students, who somehow
managed to portray all parts.
One actor. Bob Chambers, plays
ten different parts at various
times and under different dis
guises. He dies in four of these
Lowe to Direct
Teacher Service
New director of teacher place
ment will be P-aymond N. Lowe,
who also will be an associate pro
fessor of education.
Dr. Lowe received his bachelor
degree from the state teachers
college at Fitzberg, Mass., and
his master and doctor degrees
from Northwestern university.
Since 1951. he has been assistant
to the president at Eastern Mon
tana College of Education. He
was also director of its summer
session and graduate program.
He will be teaching in the
area of personnel work in public
schools in addition to directing
the teacher placement service.
This service helps to place grad
uates of the school of education
in teaching and administrative
poositions in the public schools,
throughout Oregon and other
states.
parts, and is dead in another,
that of the ghost of Hamlet's
father.
Three of the participants got
their start in the "movie” pro
fession with this film. Blue was
active in the University theatre
BOB CHAMBERS
Dies Four Times
during his undergraduate years,
and is now taking graduate work
| in movie directing.
•Doing Graduate Work
Chambers and A1 Barzman,
who plays the lead, are now also
taking graduate work at Boston
University, specializing in mo
I tion pictures.
Blue directed a second movie
this summer, titled "The Silver
| Spur," a parody on Westerns.
' Barzman and Chambers also
i worked on this project.
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Today's Staff
Make-up editor: Mary Mc
Croskey.
Copy desk: Liz Minamoto, Joan
Dennis, Bob Scherer.
News desk: Bill Mainwaring.
Cornelia Fogle.
Night staff: Bev Chamberlain,
Dorothy West.
State Department Test
To Be Given at Oregon
Examinations leading to a po
sition with the U. S. Department
of State have been scheduled in
65 cities, it was announced re
cently.
William Belton, a native Ore
gonian currently assigned to the
Rally Board Plans
New Organization
A new organization, the rally
committee, is being initiated this
year on the Oregon campus. It
will be composed of one member
from each living organization
and will operate under the sup
ervision of the rally board and
will serve as the campus “pep
club.”
Officers will be elected and
weekly meetings will be held.
This organization will aid the
rally board in skits and rallies
and will serve as promotion
agency for the games, traditions,
and similar activities on cam
pus.
Living organizations are urged
to elect their representatives as
soon as possible. The first meet
ing will be held next Wednesday.
State department in Washington,
D. C., will be on campus Oct. 13
to interview interested students.
Belton will be available at the
Student Union after 1 p.m. on
that date.
Students to be eligible must be
between 20 and 31 years of age.
a U. S. citizen of at least ten
years standing, and, if married,
married to an American citizen.
Oct. 21 has been set as the
final date to file requests for the
day-long test, which will be ad
ministered Dec. 9. Those who
are successful in the exam will
then be given an oral test before
a traveling panel, which will
meet in regional centers.
Beginning salaries for foreign
service officers range from $4400
to $5500, according to the depart
ment, and additional benefits in
clude insurance, sick leave and a
retirement plan. Approximately
300 officers are expected to be
appointed for positions both in
Washington and in 77 countries
throughout thte world.
Additional information may be
obtained from M. D. Wattles,
assistant professor of economics,
or K. W. Onthank, associate di
recor of student affairs.
SU CURRENTS
Fishbowl Mixer
Canceled by SU
The fishbowl rnixer in the Stu
dent Union which was scheduled
for Friday night, Oct. 7, has been
called off because of the Bunion
Derby taking place at that time.
The Coffee hour which also
was scheduled for Friday eve
ning will be delayed until Friday.
Oct. 14, when E. C. A. Lesch, pro
fessor of English, will be guest
speaker.
Disney Films Shown
Walt Disney’s "Beaver Valley"
and "Seal Island" will be the
featured attractions at the first
Wednesday evening Educational
Theatre to be held tonight in 318
Commonwealth.
These movies will be shown at
7 and 9 p.m. There is no charge.
SU Interviews Tonight
Inervicwing of Student Union
standing committee prospects
will begin tonight in the Student
Union at 6:30. Students will be
notified of the assigned inter
views through the campus mail,
said personnel chairman Marita
! Claussen. She requests students
! to be prompt.
Campus Briefs
• A meeting of Hillel will he
held tonight at 7:30 at the Sigma
Alpha Mu house.
• Members of Mortar Board
will meet tonight at 6:30 at the
Alpha Phi house.
• All Phi Theta I'psilons are
to meet today at 0:30 in front of
the library.
• All students are invited to
attend meeting of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People which will be
held at 7:30 Thursday in the
Student Union.
• There will be a meeting of
all Bunion Derby committee
chairmen today at 12:30 in the
Student Union. The room num
ber will be posted on the Student
Union bulletin board. No ex
cuses will be accepted.
• Positions are now open on
the photo staff of the Oregon
Daily Emerald. Any student is
eligible to join this department.
The Emerald furnishes complete
camera and darkroom facilities,
including a new 3 >4x4 Vi speed
graphic camera with attach
ments. Interested students should
call Sam Vahey, managing editor,
Extension 218, for the job.
• A meeting for women inter
ested in working on the Emer ald
office staff will be held today at
4 p.m. in the Emerald office,
Allen 301. No previous experience
is needed.
• Scenery of the University
theatre's last play will be taken
apart and stored tonight at a
“strike party” from 7 to 10 p.m.
There will be dancing and re
freshments.
e Men interested in the Uni
versity Theatre’s production of
"Macbeth” may try out at 4 p.m.
today and 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Many parts are available.
« Faculty members will meet
on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 4 p.m.,
instead of the regular meeting
normally held on the first Wed
nesday of the month.
Campus United Appeal
Continues Among Staff
The United Appeal drive, be
ins: carried on this week by the
faculty and staff of the Uni
versity, ia nearing completion
with only two days left before
the campaign closes.
Co-chairmen of the drive, W.
A. Dahlberg, associate professor
of speech, and Si EUingnon, Stu
dent Union director, have ap
I pointed five captains, each in
j charge of collecting donations in
| assigned areas. Captains in
clude: Karl Pomeroy, acting head
| of the history department. Rob
ert J. Richman, Instructor in phl
i losophy, Francis K. Dart, assist -
! ant professor of physics, Colonel
Fdwin B. Dally, head of ROTC.
and W. N. McLaughlin, assist
4 UO Graduates
Receive RO Bars
Four I9f>r> University grad
uates received commissions us
! second lieutenants in the Air
! Force after attending training
' camps this summer.
They were among forty uni
versity students who completed
four-week training sessions at
ROTC summer camps in the
West.
Receiving commissions at Me
Chord AFB, Tacoma, wi're
George G. McKnight, Albany;
Hugo Schindler, Eugene; and
Richard L. Reinhart, Portland.
Ronald S. Carlson, Portland,
received his bai s at Fairchild
AFB, Spokane.
unt business manager. Donations
are also being collected on the
payroll deduction basis.
The United Appeal Ih n com
bined effort of the Ked ('comm and
the Community Cheat, Including
its 2li aervlcea, in one big money
making project.
Si'veral distinct advantages
have been derived In combining
these two annual drives in one:
time and effort of volunteers la
considered by asking them to mi
licit one time only; multiple ap
peals are prevented; and cam
paign costs are saved. Solicitors
may designate which agency of
the "chest family" they want to
contribute.
The student United Appeal
fund-raising project, headed by
chairman Margaret Tyler, will
begin Monday, Oct. 10th, con
tinuing throughout the week.
ASUO Car Court
To Meet Tonight
The Student Traffic court will
meet tonight at 7 p.m. on the
third floor of the Student Union.
Students who are not contest
ing their university parking tick
ets may pay the fines ai the
Office of Student Affairs in Krn
erald hall.
If the ticket is not paid
promptly and the student does
not appear in court, the amount
of the fine plus a 50 cent hand
ling charge will be deducted
fiom the student’s breakage fee.
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