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Theatre Night
A fine evening of drama is in store at
the University Theatre tonight and Satur
day when “Rashomon” gets underway.
THE UT, UNDER the guidance of Dir
ector Iloiuice W. Robinson, has one of the
finest theatre programs in the United States.
Although theatre has been a part of campus
life since the very beginnings of the Univer
sity, the UT was not functioning as a thea
tre group until 1913. The UT was (in 1914)
the first American campus theatre to offer
courses in specific theatrical subject mat
ter.
Each year the University Theatre is
guest to many representatives of theatrical
groups and institutions who come to see
the UT’s “plant.” The UT itself is one
of America’s best designed and boasts out
standing working facilities. The theatre
was designed, for example, so that its back
wall might be removed, giving extra depth
to the stage. This feature is used for the
third time in UT history in “Rashomon.”
STUDENTS FROM any department
have a place in the UT. Courses are offer
ed under the auspices of the speech depart
ment for those desiring theatrical skills, and
a program is available where a student may
receive a BA, MA, or PhD in drama. How
ever, students need not be drama majors
to participate either as actors or in the be
hind-the-scenes work. The UT is for every
one interested in working in theatre.
The UT hopes to give theatrical oppor
tunities to students and theatrical experi
ences to its public by presenting a highly
varied season of top-quality drama. Each
season is always aesthetically satisfying and
enjoyable.
Tonight at 8:30 the curtain goes up on
“Rashonion”, a new American play set in
medievil Japan, and the show should be a
good one.
Ed Winter, winner of two consecutive
UT awards, as best supporting actor and
best actor, heads the cast. Pat Kozuma,
best known for her work in "Tea House of
the August Moon”, plays the feminine lead.
Bob Stankavich, Howard Cain, and Bill
Watts fill the other principal roles.
WE HOPE the UT has a good turn out.
Student Seating
What should the purpose of a student
seating plan be?
STUDENT SEATING at football games
has been a recurrent issue for more years
than present University students can re
member. Each year campus politicians pro
mise to do something about the student
seating plan.
Last year’s ASUO Senate actually did
formulate a plan for student seating and
this plan is scheduled to be used at the San
Jose State home game, October 8.
The idea is to segregate students into
either a white shirt section and/or into class
sections. Tickets will be mandatory to at
tend. The purpose of this plan is to get stu
dents to turn out in white shirts. This has
its merits. If everyone would wear a white
shirt there would be no particular class sec
tions because the white shirt section would
have to be expanded to seat all the students
who wore them. In this manner the situa
tion would allow for fraternity grouping.
CHUCK CAMERON, head of the student
seating committee, was quoted Wednesday
as saying that “The goal of this new plan
is maximum school spirit.”
The recurrent problem has not been stu
dent spirit. More students have been attend
ing home games than the student seating
section will hold. Whether they yell or not
is largely up to the leadership of a well
trained rally squad.
The real problem is finding a place to
seat those students who want to see home
games and can’t find room in the stands.
This problem was totally ignored in the
current ASUO seating proposal unless it
was assumed that the red tape involved in
getting a ticket would discourage students
from attending and thereby make room for
those who do attend.
This is not a fault of the plan itself but
a fault of the physical impossibility to seat
everyone at the games. The grandstand is
just not large enough. What the Senate
came up with serves its objective in segre
gating students and encouraging the wear
ing of white shirts. The Senate cannot be
responsible for finding more room, though.
SO THAT IS WHERE the real problem
lies. At the present students are allowed
fifty per cent of the main grandstand and
a small end-zone stand for late ticket re
ceivers. The other fifty per cent is broken
up into three sections: donors, president
box, and athletic staff ticket holders; visit
ing school representatives; and faculty and
reserve ticket holders.
Studenfs are allowed to sit in the other
fifty per cent of the stadium. It is apparent
ly impossible for the University to let the
students have more room because it would
be infringing on the rights of the persons
mentioned above.
A new stadium could be built. This would
answer many of the problems. There are
plans for such a venture in process right
now. This doesn’t give a solution for this
season, although.
We will just have to wait and see how
the present plan works out at the first home
game this year. The white shirt section
sounds like a good idea.
For the plan to run smoothly, students
should try to hit the schedule for picking
up their class section tickets. We hope ev
eryone enjoys the game coming up on Oct
ober 8. We suggest wearing a white shirt.
Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
It is indeed heartening to
note the increases in the num
ber of Oregonians seeking to
enrich their educational experi
ence by attending the Univer
sity, but from some of the in
formation given in Thursday’s
story about enrollments it would
appear that at least one person
should bone up on arithmetic.
The old grade school advice
about adding only oranges or
only apples or only sour grapes
falls apart when adding per
centages — percentages CAN
NOT be added to arrive at a
total percentage.
The story stated that the com
bined enrollment drop of the
Sophomore, Junior and Senior
classes was 18%, (2% + ll%
+5%). We can take heart in
the fact that these classes were
really not that hard hit. The
correct percentage drop of the
combined classes was 5.3 %
rather than 18%. That’s bad
enough, but the figures might
improve somewhat when the fi
nal returns are in.
Grad, in Journalism.
Jack Simpson,
I
Emerald Editor:
In the new pamphlet, “Vot
ers Information’’ being circulat
ed toy the League of Women
Voters, there are two errors:
1. The explanation of ballot
measure No. 7 is incorrect in
saying that a person in the
state less than 6 months would
be able to vote for delegates
to the national convention.
They would only be able to vote
for president, vice president and
electors. The clause regarding
delegates to the national con
vention was deleted from the
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Little Man on Campus
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jSam r^t^awson
Columnist Tells of Late Book
by Author of ‘Status Seekers’
J
(AP)—Sometimes business
management wonders if an open
season hasn't been declared on
It.
THIS YEAR HAS seen a mul
tiplication of assaults from: re
bellious customers, dissatisfied
stockholders, suspicious em
ployes, censorious government
agencies, disillusioned stock
traders and critical politicians.
In some cases customers
have rebelled against paying
higher prices and increasing
operating costs. Classic exam
ple is the revolt that first
boosted sale of foreign cars and
currently is booming the com
pacts.
Customers have also grown
more vocal in complaints about
repair bills that seem to come
too regularly on gadgets they
suspect were designed to last
“only until the final payment
is made.’’
PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
has come under increasing at
tack. This is the effort, bor
rowed from the world of wom
en's fashions, to make supposed- •
ly durable goods look or be- -
come undesirable after a year
or two of use. Again, the auto
industry has been widely crit
icized, but also of late the ap
pliance and home furnishings
industries.
Outbursts now and then of
worry lest the United States
is using up its resources too
fast or inefficiently have usual
ly brought quick management
denials. The oil industry points
to its record of finding petro
leum faster than rising con
sumption uses it up. Lumber
companies point to their latter
day record of replanting trees
to replace those felled.
One gadfly of management,
Vance Packard, who has criti
cized advertising practices in
“The Hidden Persuaders” and
building up of questionable con
sumer habits in “The Status
Seekers,” is out today with a
new and scattergun blast at
business methods.
IT’S CALCULATED to irri
tate, anger or disturb manage
ments of countless companies
from coast to coast.
His latest book, “The Waste
Makers,” published by David
McKay Co., charges the nation
is on a binge of conspicuous
waste, partly through consum
er self-indulgence, but largely
promoted by industry and trade
to increase sales that other
wise would dwindle fast.
Packard takes swipes at the
food industry. He says the aver
age American family throws
away 750 metal cans each
year. He criticizes the trends
toward cooking in disposable
aluminum pans, in plastic boil
in bags, or from metal aerosol
cans which he claims don't al
ways expel all the food- mak
ing for still more waste.
HE CHARGES that various
home furnishings don't last as
long as those grandmother
bought, and that they aren't
supposed to. He claims to see a
trend toward quick outdating
of new homes.
Business management is sure
to object to his findings, espe
cially if they arouse the cus
tomers at a time when they’re
restive enough as it is. And
management unquestionably will
have some telling answers to
his charges.
Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
I think it should be pointed
out that "Racers to the Sun”
is James B. Hall's second novel,
not his fifth as stated In The
Emerald Wednesday.
And while it is true that pub
lication was scheduled for Oc
tober, the book is now available
at the Co-op.
(Editor’s Note: This is his
fifth book, not novel—our mis
take.)
Marge M. Lnngcnes,
Senior in Journalism.
OREGON DAILY EMERALD
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KERNAN R. TURNER, Editor
STEVE M11,1,1 KIN, Business Manager
JIM BOYD, Managing Editor
TED MAHAR, News Editor
Dl'f.CY MORAN, KEITH POWELL
Assistant News Editors
AI. HYND1NG, RON BUEL
Sports Editors
SUE HUN TER, Women’s Editor
JERRY BROUHARD, Photo Editor
EDITORIAL BOARD
,-HK*i"‘?tn THrner. Ted Mahar. Keith Pow
Uretoi V'r'"l 'r"-K' o ' 1 K»»ny
Uieui, I red (rafts, Jim Boyd, Ron liuel.