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P*Ke Six
THE COLLEGIATE
may, 1953
When You’re Finally Tired Of Comic Books
And There’s Absolutely Nothing Else To Do
Bf ROniN KRKV( H
For the third time. Joe Mid
' viU >oj itop rend
Int th4it comic bJuk &nd listeo to
m*' '
thr third Urr^ blf mother
anivrrrd. "Juft m moment. Jo*‘
eph. I limply muJt finish t h L«
Ail wai quiet «rblle Joseph, with
■ome impAtirnrr, wiiited fur hl<
mother U* f»m*h her reading. At
t«>t khe r»-luct*ntl)r closed the fun
ny bor>k. tiiok her fei-t off the c»jf*
fee table and f^ild irritably: "Well,
what It it. dear?"
Joe oprned a iarfe book and
poinUns f»id. "Tell me
about thetr pu'turef. Mama
They fasrinate me ”
’ They what” you"* J*»s«*ph. I
wtih you wouldn't uae tuch big
word** Jujt bt ( .tuse you're a
Krr»hman iit AC i* n*> lico you
have U> tfo annjnd talking liki*
fkitrh lUrtwjck Hie** her kjuI.
h</w u Um' these days**"
Mama. d<>n't change the »ub»
ject Did you »ee ;»ll thcxo play*
when you were over at AUantJc
C*hrt»tian7*'
To iHl you the truth. J<»e, I
did iHit • but I wish nr>w that I
hud. 1 law Xfme them because
they must be good and why didn’t
WiUon five them more encourage
ment. I felt bad when I read that [
editorial because I had not gone '
\£j their plays. Oh. well, it’s too
late DOW to do anything about it."
"Mama, didn't you even see any
We Left Our Hearts
In Tin Can A lley
A nd Society Drag
that's why.’
progrf' live now,
"Oh. I *ee ■■
"Besides all that I Just told you
they had a lot of people come to
Wilson from Nvw York, too
ouA p(*«iple like James Melton.
Nell Rankin, Eleanor Steber and a
man that played the piano called
By JUNE HOLTON
Home is truly where the heart is. There are very few
of the play. Staw Stxip campus of dear old AC who really know
- i.T?.'*" ■ TheUlderof the heaL of the freshman girls of 1949. To
"No. I didn’t. I could have seen these jfirls. the very beauty and luxury of the new Harper
them for free. too. Rather, the Hall bring memories of the ramshackled halls and leaky
admit k>n to those plays was in- jjn Aliev and Society Drag in dear old Kinsey,
eluded ,n our tu.Uon but 1 never Hartsock. Mrs. Holsworth, and Mrs. Eagles
know that their English office is on sacred ground.', for
it is here that the Hou.se president lived that year and
reigned .supreme on the hall, the ever famous Society Drag.
Few on the campus smile now, but there are many xirls
who would certainly smile at the very thought of the eird
Nlitht,'' Romeo and Juliet.” “Eliz- room of second floor Kinsey that now faces new Hardy
abeth the Queen." "The Male Ani- j jbrary You might^say this was the headquarters of Tin
?ou Lik?lt'^ln7a"?otoVot'he‘r Can Alley, for it is here that many, many hamburgers have
one-act and three-act plays. 1 wish been pa.ssed up after light bell
I could surt all over again. I'd >fanv famous events took place on these halls and
go iM evcrythmg they had m Wii- should here be fiet down in print as a memorial to events
hi- mother were that will never be enacted again. It must be remembered
qu'j^t fS a moment, and then she that the two halls vied for most unusual occurences and
burst out laughing. "I remember something exciting was always happening.
did get to them. Something alwayj;
came up. I'd have to wash my
hair or there w.i- a gfX)d movie in
town or something. Everybody al
ways talked about what a good
director Mrs. Holsworth was. She
directed "Blithe Spirit." “T^^'elfth
this couple that came to give
show in Chapel one time. They
we had to ati<'nd Chapel in those Casadesus - I thmk that wai his were awfully good • and real fun-
day* Hut those they had at night name. All ther«* people were spon- uu
1 just didn't have time to g«. or forc'd by the Community Concerts. Griffith. They did skits aM she
thought 1 didn't, 1 sure wish I Th^. North Carolina Symphony Or- danced. I think they shoiud h^e ^ »
had Uken Ume A* a matu-r of cheslra < ime each year and gave had more of that type ming^ "nie ^eACUe the night the building was plunged into darkness,
(act. I < uri’t remember what I concerts, too. . »dt*s all that students really laughed that day. who don’t think girls can have fun sitting in
the dean’s office at midnight, ask Jerry Corbett. Thank
The inhabitants of Society Drag had to be a little more
careful of their activities than those of Tin Can Alley, for
the Dean’s Den was situated right in the front of its
center. Y'es, Miss Ward’s office was then where Dealt
Murray’s is today It was Miss Ward who came to the
had to do that wa* so important there were several amateur
that 1 couldn't go W.jr»e still, I groups in Wii.^-jn. Pretty good. too. could start all over again? Why , * . , ,
can't renu mber df«ng anythmg from what pe<»ple said, although don't you start now? Stage and gOOdness for girls W ho ha\ e tdlent for tellmg ghost StOnes,
much m Coll« gr rxcept crammmg people in Wilson did not 4up- Strip is doing "Ten Nights in a playing guitars, and singing. 1 could never figure out
for exami What a wa*te‘ Kwr port them very well. They put on Barroom*’ tomorrow night. I'll tell whether the girls were sad or happy when the current was
yrar^ iri *ch*K)| and I didr* t learn a lot of plays every year. I didn’t you what I’ll do! I’ll take you to recharged and the light were on again.
any of them though. Wish I see it. O. K.?’’
anythmg!"
■'I have all f<Hjr c»f your year
book* here.* I'vt been looking at
them and it jn-ems that they had
a lot of activity at AC when you
were there Here is a picture of
a group called '*The Barter 'Hiea-
tre ■ from Virginia. It Ray* here
they gave a play in 1S50 called
The Sh4jw-Off ' rU bet that was
gcMid! And I notice that in 1951
Ihry gavr the Merchant of Ven
ire " Oh. I wish you had seen
them f-o ytHi could tell me about
them!"
•Well. I didn’t see the plays, but
I did hear some of the speakers
they had m Chiipel There was a
whole passel of people came in
IMO and '51 l^t * mh? Alice Mar
ble who Teiuvis. some
body who lectured on why we
ipeak ai we d<>. and somebody
set' any oi them tnougn. Wish I
had. There was another group,
too. Now. what was that one
called'' Oh. yes! The Shfx'string
Players • funny name, huh? They
didn’t give many plays in Wils^m
but traveled all around in the
small towns They did sponsor a
Childrens Theatre in the Summer
that was awful good."
Joe looked perplexed, "Why
aren't these groups still here. Ma
ma?"
* I don’t kn<>w. Joe. unless they
^ got discouraged with the people of
Wilson, and )ust gave it up. You
see, 1 heard that they just couldn't
Yes, home is where the heart is and the way to anyon<'s
heart is through the stomach. Harper Hall girls have a
nice, conveniently equipped kitchen that they can use on-
the weekends or in which they can cook breakfast. This
was not true in Kinsey. However, anyone knows that there
is nothing like the smell of country sausage early in the
. .1. uk ■ morning to begin one’s day right- This must have been
instead“of piayinrcardf We can ‘he thought of my roommate who once brought a jar of
play cards any night. Gk>sh! ni , fresh country sausage and a hot plate from home. Her
bet ifU be fun to see a play!” other thoughts were to prove that Kinsey is fireproof and
,to .saev a walk to the dining hall- These two were partly
: proved until Mis.s W'ard's sensitive nose imagined it snicil-
' ed sausage cooking. Classes were pleasant all during that
A newcomer to poliUcs got s<vjday; it was like studying in the nice, cozy kitchen back
and someone! home.
"Well, I don’t know, son. I think
our ' Samba Oub" meets tomor
row night."
"Well, let them meet. You’ll en
joy the play more than playing
that silly game."
'All right! I’ll just call up
HOW TO (itrr ELK(TEI)
get enough people to come to their lected to Congress
performances. I remember there a.Wed him how he did it "I didn't
was an editorial in the Times liit* v,hat the incumbent congress-^ Harper Hall girls have a beautiful kitchen. As I
about that. There was a Drama . was doing, so I ran against! ■'aid, Kinsey didn’t. However, there was a Certain room
Festival at Chapel Hill and all him ’’ he said
else who gaVe wmeTriks'uiei caU.**>' Wil»n went up and ■ But the party machine was
■ dramatic monologues", and oh, i sroup* won against you," persisted his quest-
ye« Khiabeth Stallings came and •*'*'» ioner. ■How did you manage to
Wayrd Uir piaw. My Ust year mighty fine showing for WUson. wm^
I on third floor in which some very lively weiner roa.sts were
held. Of course, there was no bonfire, but a pan of water
on a hot plate plus plenty of jars of mustard and onions
can prove very exciting.
ovrr there Kric Mann spoke on afU-r that an editorial came -Well." answered the new con- Xgver let it be said that fifteen girls can’t sleeD in one
- W’fitern Culture" and Elarle Sole-' scolding the pco- gressman, ■■! guess everyone who ii„ii v, i -u j * 1 i
vT e^mr and «ave a Droaram of ' Wilson for not aupporting knew me voted (or him. and every-t Hall proctors can be bribed With hot dogS. To COn-
•onas - ballads I think he called Broups It said that since body who knew him voted for me—' these .stones consult the Girls’ Dormitory Council
them. Oh, yes,' there was a real won these awards that , and he knew more people” | president of first semester, Mae Wilson.
funny man named Burr Shafer j . . ! We’re proud Of our nice tiled bathrooms and showers
who talked about a cartoon char- -■ -- -■
Lannmisc Students Take To
! curtains as those in Harper They had their advantages
That Ulustrious language frater-; horsehoes and it wasn’t until the i though, for the doors were wooden and did not extend to
'“J*'* discover- the ceiling. This was very convenient for those who
woods last week, defying chig- ed she had been cheering her op- i wished fn a little t. \
ger, and rain, to indilg? m a ' ponent’s throws instead of h« ■ water of
another girl s shower. All one had to do was take a pan of
; water and throw it over the top of the door. A most excit-
Mama. I want to ask you
something else Why did they call
the college dramatic group "Stage
and Script" then? Tney call it
“Stage and Strip" now."
■ Why. Atlantic Christian \% more
Rainbow
Restaurant
and
Cafeteria
*‘Hou»« of Hoapitality"
HO S. Goldsboro Si.
Wil«>n, N. C.
weiner roast at Lamm’s cottage. , partner's.
There was food aplenty and a bon-1 ~ _ , , . j , i vuc luu \j
fire fit to roast a steer over. In! interrupt^ for , usually had by all-
iu,i nf . It... busincss session which was I uy au
ed themselves while trying to roast I Hol'oman, re- i One of the great “advantages” of Harper is the parlor
the hot dogs and marshmallows , Pr«‘d«nt. New Officers for | equipped with individual "courtin’rooms” and many beau-
1 Everyt^joined in the generalK*' Thev ../..I .
fun with the excepuon of Ben-1,
President^ i'"I lamps (count them sometime — 10 lamps, two sets
n. h . K .h »i*;e President^?' plus the beautiful imported chandelier from
i^SV"ea^XIry to^^e^'thSlS Secretary; and | Chechoslovakia). Now in Kinsey Parlor, this wasn’t true!
goodness. thought was given i Kennedy. Treasurer. , Complains about the dimness of Kinsey
to toMing Dr. Long in the pond.! Geraldine Corbett led some songs i ^ j-*- note this great advancement in the living
French and Spanish, a f t e r. and be gratefuF to all who have helped furnish
Just for fun. you krww. But need-{in
less to say. this thought did not which, with
materialize. Robin French chal- hollering. Lx>s
lenged everyone to a game o! AC.
Quick Service
much hooping a n d j individual lamps for each little parlor in the big parlor
Hidalgos returned to of Harper!! -
conditions have changed immensely and
Imany girls. parents, and friends will always be proud of
* ?n u-i those of us who spent some time
renovation cau.ses a lump in
1 .1 beautiful memories of Freshman days
' Wp .hrfi* of fallen plaster and leakv roof.
U will The special place
forthrr .i'" ‘>“';,>>earts will probably enrich our love
harhnr ^ ■‘>tand SO close to the
harbor of our memories of our Freshman year.
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