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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1963)
Whitaker on Shakespeare Man Must Reason To Avoid Chaos By TOM McGUIRE Emerald Staff Writer A crowd o( some 150 interested Shakespeare students were pres ent for Tuesday's lecture on “Shakespeare’s View of Man" by Virgil K. Whitaker, executive chairman of the Department of English at Stanford University. THE DISTINGUISHED Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar opened his treatise by posing two questions. "How did Shakespeare manage to write the plays he did-?" and "Why should one read Shakespeare?” In answering the second ques tion, Whitaker explained that in reading Shakespeare, one would counteract the absorption of the literature of our own age and time. He cited the term, secular centricity, as being the inability of those within this century to see outside of our times in the reading of literature. Concerning the first question, Whitaker stated that Shakes peare's first challenge was that he had views of Man, and that he presented these views care fully. FOLLOWING A quotation from “King Lear," Whitaker explained Shakespeare’s philosophy of an order of nature, which was an extension of the created order from man down through its phy sical entities. “Shakespeare believed that rationality is man's distinguish ing trait in the social order of nature." Whitaker emphasized, saying that Man differs from others due to his reasoning pow ers. Salaries... (Continued from page 1) will happen to the salary increase fund is hard to tell. THE SUBCOMMITTEE turned down a move by Sen. Alfred Cor bett (D Portland) to take $1 mil lion from the building budget and use it for increasing salaries instead. He noted that Lieuallen had indicated he would rather have the salaries than the build ings. LIEUALLEN' suggested that an additional $1 million in build ing money could be put in the proposal rather than the general fund, but the subcommittee turn ed thumbs down on that proposal too. In other action Tuesday, the subcommittee took final action on the educational television pro gram. It left control with the State Board of Higher Education, but -it recommended creation of a network supervisor to control ETV under the chancellor’s of fice. Monday night, the Ways and Means educational subcommittee approved a bill to prevent the creation of new community col leges in the next two years. The action would still permit any community to start 'a new college without any state aid. Student Special! WED. - THURS. ONLY at the birdie Circle CHOOSE ANY Milk Shake of your choice ONLY 19c relic Circle Whitaker exemplified his points from his interpretations of pas sages of “King Lear.” pointing , out how Lear invoked the order of nature, how he cast aside his responsibility of a King in this order while he pretended that it did not exist for him. “TO THE Elizabethian, the soc ial order is a part of the nature order, which is non-violable.” said Whitaker. Coming to a point, he stated, “Man must reason with the nature order, for the conse quences that he faces are incal culable. Chaos is the ultimate hor ror." “Shakespeare stated in Chris tian terms that there must be a combination of genuine sorrow and humility in Man's relationship with Man," Whitaker pointed out Whitaker explained the play, "King Lear," as being that of the justice of human experience— there is no poetic justice. “SHAKESPEARE learned four hard-nosed lessons in his educa tion." Whitaker continued, “and the four are Fortitude, Temper ance, Justice and Prudence.” Adding to this, Whitaker gave the instances of Faith and Hope, with “Faith being an order of purpose and Hope being the con ! verse of despair, or a cause of i suicide.” “Shakespeare felt that there was an ultimate relationship of Man to Man.” said W’hitaker, ap roaching the climax, “He couldn't have written drama as he did without understanding the love of man for another. Every man is responsible for each other." “IF SHAKESPEARE had been asked. ‘Are you your brother’s keeper?' he would have answered. T am.' ” Whitaker stated, con cluding his lecture with the idea, “We should take the validity of Shakespeare’s ideas as they are compared to our own.” Campus Briefs • The newly elected officers of the Ar chitecture Student’s Wives will hold their first meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the faculty lounge, Lawrence Hall. • Delta Nu Alpha, transportation fra ternity. will meet at 1 p.m. \\ ednesday in 167 Commonwealth. • White Caps will meet at noon Wed nesday in the SU to hear Miss Olson, Nursing Advisor, speak. • Hiking Club meeting is cancelled for this week. Instead there will be a film. “Trout in the High Country,” at 8 p.m. Thursday in 150 Sciences. • Hiking Club will be active this summer. The first meeting of Summer Term will be 6:30 p.m. on June 20 in the SC. The meeting is open to students who will not be attending summer session. • Profs Are People Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the SU. Koom number will be poster. Kemember to contact your professors. • Duckling Council meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the SU for all who missed the meeting last week. Room number will be posted. Those interested in signing up for program are asked to attend. • Alpha Lambda Delta initiation for new members at 7 :30 p.m. Wednesday in Gcr linger Lounge. Dress for women is heels. • Baha'i Fellowship will sponsor a pub lic meeting in observance of the Baha’i Holy Day of the Declaration of the Bab on 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Baha'i Cen ter, 341 E. 12th. It will be a panel dis cussion of three students on the theme of “The Herald of the Baha’i World Faith.” For further information or transportation, call DI 3-6192. • Lane County Juvenile Court Center will hold open house from 9-11 a.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday. An hour-long dis cussion of the work of the center is being arranged under the leadership of Jewel Goddard, director of the center, and Jerry Jacobsen, director of Skipworth Detention Home. The YWCA Service Committee is arranging transportation to leave Gerlinger at 6:45 p.m. Persons interested call ext. 426. VIEW HOME Contemporary home in eastern hills above University Beautiful, isolated lot, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 levels. Please call James Weaver Evenings, DI 3-8761 J-School... (Continued from pci<it l) Scholastic Press. Dean Hultcng also presented several "T. Neil Taylor" awards for excellence in senior theses. Lloyd Paseman received $50 for first place, and Barbara Wamsley won $25 for second. Tied for third were Linda Landes, Douglas Wil son and Suzanne LeBlanc. Each received $15. Ted Mahar, senior, was the re cipient of the Harphain Prize for Writing on International Affairs. He received a check for $25. Ronald Buel, former Emerald Editor, was named the Outstand ing Male Graduate in Journalism by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic society. ADDITIONS to two plaques, which are displayed in the Allen Seminar Room in Allen Hall, were also announced at the af fair. Mary Ann Dean, a senior, will have her name engraved on the Hillsboro Argus Award plaque, and Everette Dennis, Em erald Editor, won the William U Gurney Memorial award, co-spon sored bv Sigma Delta Chi and Al 1 phi Tau Omega fraternity. The “family dinner” was at tended by about 70 journalism students and faculty members. In addition to announcing the schol arships and awards, the faculty and members of several journal ism professional groups presen ted skits depicting life in the journalism school The scholarships awarded are for the 1963-64 academic year, while the cash awards are recog nitions for the current school year, according to Dean Hultcng Prof Publishes Article “The Necklace of Wyatt’s ‘Di ere’,” an article by F. C. Cande laria. will appear in "English Language Notes.” Candelaria is assistant profes sor of English at the University. Infirmary In the infirmary. overcome by tl*c un*ea> tonal Oregon sun*»!tmc. were Stanton Tub ler, Patricia Noble. Michele landry, Shar* tii X cl-ten. Prtrr Mac Wane* ». Bill Swrct land, Donna Johnton, Julianne Sutherland, George Gate-*, Thomas Growdcr, Linda Me Bee and Joanne Satterberg. -— Motulo Cane Candid Drama Gives Closeup of Mankind By ItON BADERMAN Emerald Contributor “Mondo C'ane" is a travelogue unlike any you have ever seen. Built upon a broad base of smooth transitions and fascinating materials, the action captures and retains audi ence attention throughout. The movie has no major plot; it doesn’t need one. Human ity is presented living its own plot—a man in Los Angeles burying his dog; the unveiling of the statue of Rudolph Balentino in Italy. The variety of man is infinitely unending and every group of people has a unique culture with its unique customs and norms. Within a culture itself, there exists tremendous vaii ations. This is what the movie is about. In New York City, there is an expensive upper-class res taurant that specializes in cuisine of fried ants, fricasseed beetles, broiled bugs, dried rattlesnakes, along with honey coated bumble bees and other such delicacies. The movie’s director decided drama would be heightened by showing closeups of black, fried ants being eaten by a beautiful young woman. The effect of this upon the audience was understanding^ startling, but the scene quickly chang ed to the blue coral shores of Bikini Island. “Mondo Cane” shows the tribalcustoms of New Guinean natives along with the eccentricities of modern man. In spite of its startling qualities, the film is done with good taste. It is well directed, superbly photographed and thought provoking. — MAYFLOWER — Now Showing * BEST FOREIGN FILM OF THE YEAR * ACADEMY AWARD WINNER "Sunday and Cybel” run uii; We Will Buy USED BOOKS Beginning Mon., May 27 thru June 8 Please bring in your books when you are finished next week. Help us avoid the jam-up of finals week. We sent out a questionnaire to the faculty this spring asking which books would be used again. On the basis of the replies received, we have compiled our buying list, which is as follows: 1. Books used in summer session and next year. We will buy these books at one half the new price. Underlined and poor bindings are purchased at one-fourth the new price or less. 2. Books definitely dropped or whose continued use is doubtful will be purchased at used-book dealer prices. We have listings from four large dealers and we will buy each title for the highest bidder. In general, only the latest editions are saleable. Bring them in! We cannot buy back paperbacks. Foreign language books must be clean—no translations. We have used-book dealer listings from other schools so, BRING THOSE BOOKS IN—RIGHT AWAY Please Present Identification When Selling Books U of Oregon Co-op
