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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1964)
Original Plays Scheduled For Public Presentation Villurd Hall will bo tho scene of Iwo productions May 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30. "Tho Wailing Wall” will bo produced in the Pocket Playhouse, room 102, and “The Visit" in the main theater. Written by Harry Dc Vault, "The Wailing Wall” is the third of a series of original plays to be produced in conjunction with the seminar: "Problems in Pro ducing the New Play.” DeVault, a junior in English, gathered background and developed the idea for the play while in Israel not long ago. The story takes place in Jeru salem during the Arab Israeli war of 1948 The two characters are Lidia (Cheryle Elliott, a junior in Speech and Theater) and Her mann (Larry Ferguson, a senior in Rhetoric). Lidia is a conser vative American student study Letters To the Editor (Continual from page 2) of collegiate wrestling more publicity. Oregon has a super ior coach with 18 years of ex perience. The Oregon squad with a 7-5 record placed fourth in the PCL in l!Xi3 The Frosh squad in 1983 was undefeated in nine matches with fine in dividual performances by Doug Robertson, Iiob Mitchell and Dave Youngbluth, yet the mat men rate no more publicity than a small column article buried on the inside pages. Wrestling takes a lot more skill than football, basketball and baseball Training is stren uous, demanding, and requires more individual stamina that a lot of other sports. The U.O. Athletic Publicity Department admits that the Em erald would be doing a sendee to the community, the athletes, the sport and the school, if the wrestling publicity was im proved. Thank you, Dick I.eedy Soph in Math • • • Thanks Emerald Editor: This is a letter of apprecia tion to those Republicans who have nominated me as their Congressional candidate in Ore gon’s Fourth District, and to those Democrats who have wish ed me well. Your faith and con fidence will be justified, and as God gives me strength, I will be a conscientious and effective candidate and legislator. Sincerely, Paul Jaffarian • * • College... (Continued from pane 2) As higher education continues to grow in Oregon, the role of the community college, as both a pre-university training insti tution and as an end in itself, will continue to serve a neces sary and important function in the educational system. SCHMITZ Jewelers 30th and Hilyard I ing churches. Hermann is an American - .Jewish veteran of World War II who is fighting for Israel. The two are thrown together as a result of the war and acci dentally discover a world more important than either of the worlds they had left. The play is produced and di rected by Nylc Elliott, a business major. "The Wailing Wall" is planned 1 for production in Portland this i summer by a professional acting company. “The Visit,” a Modern Morality i play, has one of the largest casts ever to appear on stage, Includ ing about 25 children. It is di rected by Jean V. Cutler. In “The Visit," author Fried rich Durrenmatt speculates on [ what will happen when human values come into conflict with green masquerading under the name of economic necessity. The visitor is wealthy Claire Zachan assian, played by Margie Elwood, who returns to her native vil lage, a poverty-racked hamlet in Central Europe. She offers the people a fortune in exchange for the life of a former lover, Alfred ill, played by William Elwood, a graduate assistant in Speech Tickets for “The Wailing Wall" are $1.00, and for "The Visit" $125. They may be purchased from noon to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday at the University Theatre Box Office, or they may be re served by calling ext. 1781. Curtain time for both plays is 8 p.m. Drakes Petitions Available in SU Petition* for Drake*, senior men’* *pir!t organization, will be available today on the third floor of the Student Un ion. Junior men with a 2.00 GPA may petition. Ail peti tion* will be due by 5 p.m. Friday on the third floor I of the SU. Be sure and in clude your name, living organ ization, activities (GPA, both | accumulative and last term’s), and any suggestions which you might have. The new mem bers will be selected by t h e Drakes Board of this year's seniors. If there are any ques tions contact either Steve , Walsh or Dan Goff. Theatre Student Accepts Position Robert F. Eggers, University student working on a doctorate in theatre, has accepted a position at Long Beach State College in California. Eggcrs will be business manag er of the theatre and an instruc tor of drama. He is assistant business manag er of the University Theatre, and promotions manager for Carnival Theatre, the University’s summer repertory theatre. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Linfield College and a mas ter’s degree from the University. A performer in several UT pro ductions, he was last seen in “The Three Sisters.” Magazine Offers Employment, Awards Applications for student schol arships and summer employment opportunities are now being ac cepted by the Parent’s Magazine Cultural Institute. Along with a first prize of $1,000, two $500 awards plus oth er valuable prizes arc awarded Besides the scholarships, sum mer earnings are as high as Noh Theatre... (Continued from page I) “The Noh Theater is essentially modern and is the largest of its kind in Japan,” concluded NafT. Naff has taught at several uni versities among which are UCLA, Stanford, and Washington. He has translated numerous Japanese short stories and musical compo sitions, and during 1960-61 he was a Ford Foundation Fellow in Jap an. Three points in Naff’s lecture were: • The Noh Theater has been a representation of Japanese cul ture for 1000 years. • The Noh dramas are essen tially non-verbal. • There is little ornamentation in Noh plays. One thing is certain. What Naff told the Browsing Room audience about the Noh Theater w'as cer tainly 1000 years removed from the American “clap and stomp show” in progress a block down the street in Mac Court where the New Christy Minstrels were wailing out the latest popular folk songs. OPEN 11:30 to 1:00 a.m. Sundays 5 to 11:00 p.m. STEAK HOUSE "home of tender sizzlin' steaks!" • STEAKS • PRIME RIB • LOBSTER TAIL • Business Meetings • Special breakfasts on request • COCKTAILS Large Parking CALL 342-2332 in rear 1905 West 6th $2,000. All students receive training! from experienced educational rep-: resentatives and are closely sup ervised and encouraged in their work. Interested students should, make immediate application to Mr. Paul Schrauer, Educational! Director, Parent’s Magazine’s Cul tural Institute, 52 Vanderbilt Ave nue, New York, N.Y. 10017. or to the Student Placement Director at the university. Flemming to Talk Over KASH Radio University President Arthur S. Flemming will be interview ed by Ross Griffith, local rep resentative of the Council for Advancement of Small Col leges, at 1 p.m. Saturday on KASH Radio. President Flemming will give his views concerning academic freedom. Ex-sfaff Member Appointed Dean A former member of the de partment of philosophy faculty at the University, Vergil H. Dykstra, has been appointed dean of ad ministration at Harpur College, Binghampton, New York. Dykstra was on the faculty of the University from 1954 to 1962, leaving here to go to Harpur Col lege as associate dean of the col lege. Education Honorary Selects Officers Officers of Pi Lambda Theta, national women’s education hon orary for the coming year are Gail Abrams, president; Pam Rei ley, first vice-president; Gretchen Koenig, second vice-president; Carolyn Krcitzer, corresponding secretary; Nancy Hinman, record ing secretary; Anita Bell, treasur er. Members of Pi Lambda Theta are chosen during their junior year from education majors with an accumulative GPA of 3.00 or better on recommendation of a faculty member. Symphonic Band Slates Concert ine last concert of the year by the University Symphonic Band will be presented at 8 p.m. today in the Student Union. The band, composed of select University music students, is di rected by Robert Vagner of the music faculty. Guest Performers William Woods of the School of Music faculty will be featured soloist. He will perform the solo piano part in Hindemith’s “Con cert Music for Piano, Brass and Two Harps.” Featured harpists will be Doris Calkias and Sally Maxwell. The program will open with a ‘.Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cellos and Basses,” by Dvorak. Sylvia Thelen and Vicki King will be guest performers for this number. With UO Trio “Tocatta for Symphonic Band” will be performed by David Waves, a University graduate who received his master’s degree in music composition. This will be a premiere performance. Maves Ls the brother of Lawr ence Maves, assistant professor of music, and violinist with the Uni versity Trio. David is the recipi ent of a Ford Foundation grant for young composers, and will be composer-in-residence with the public schools of North Carolina next year. Maves' “Tocatta” was written r especially for the Oregon band. The final part of the program will feature the music of Spain and Latin America, including “Valencia” by Jacques Ibert, a number arranged for the band by Gerald Paine. Also included will be “Tocatta” from “Bachianas Brasileiros” by Villa Lobos and two Spanish marches, “Espani Cani” by Marquina and “Aguero” by Franco. The program is free to the pub lic. Advertisement It Passed So the bond measure passed. So the chancellor and all the guys said, “Well, let’s build. We got the dough. Let us relieve those sardine students and the kingfisher professors.” So the hammers will ring out across the sprawled summer campus and rat a-tat on into the fall, and we will not be able to hear the words of wisdom dropping from behind the podium, but there will be a roof over our heads, and maybe more room in the library. D.Q. should taste twice as good It will be d 13th and Hilyard, out of the ham mer region. Want to really get results?— Use Emerald Classified Ads— Phone 342-1411, Ext. 1818. 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