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EDITORIAL
If ill It Be As Good As "Clarence?"
"The play was good," or "the
play was rotten." This is merely the
verdict of an audience, but a verdict
the Dramatic Council must antici
pate two months before the final
night of production. It is not |
an easy matter to choose a play,
presentable before a Guilford audi
ence, but a choice must be made,
and the choice has been wise, as
a rule, duriiir the history of the
. . .
present Dramatic organization.
But let us see just what problems
the Council must fact in selecting a
play.
First, the play must demand onlv
one stage setting; there is lo be no
further tiresome waits during scene
shifting; the wait is too boring to
everybody concerned, even the stage
manager.
Second, the cast must be balan
ced, with preferance as to the star
ring role given to the woman or the
man, depending 011 whether it is a
fall or spring play, respectively.
Third, the plot cannot depend upon
developments arising from smoking, I
swearing, or drinking as these al- j
most necessary expressions must be |
reduced to a minimum.
Fourth, the play must conform to j
the tastes of the more conservative I
Quaker constituency of the College,
and still be pointed enough to cause
two hundred and twenty-five young
college students who are not past
their romantic days—or mirth lov
ing days either for that matter —to
sit up and laugh. In other words,
the play must be tame and wild at
the same time, or a happy blending,
as it were. And where, OH. where
are the happily blended plays?
Fifth, can we get it? When each
member of the Dramatic Council has
read fifteen to twenty plays with the
above domi lant rules of judgment,
and the plays fall short, it's no won
der they tear their hair, and rave
at the Conservatives who bar a
most elegant drinking or ball room
scene. When when they have done
all this, the Council must say —"Will
it be as good as Clarence?"
Students of Miss Byrd
•(Continued from page 1.)
performers should be congratulated
on the smoothness and ease which
characterized the whole recital.
Every member was well done. Miss
Beatrice Byrd. piano instructor,
should also be congratulated for
making such a successful and attrac
tive recital possible.
OR. PERISHO EXPLAINS
GEOLOGY OF CLAY |
In a short talk at chapel exercises,
Wednesday. April 2, Dr. E. C.
Perisho asked the question, "Why do
we liaye red clay at Guilfoi'd Col- j
lege?"
In answer to this question., Dr.
Perisho showed the students some
small pieces of diorite rock. "Clay
is the insoluble part of rock." said
Dr. Perisho, "and the clay around
Guilford College is the insoluble
portion of diorite rock, which con
tains iron. The iron left in the
clay after tlie disintegration of the
ro. k causes the clay to be red. In
other plates where there was sand-|
stone rock there is sand left instead
of clay."
Dr. Perisho finished by saving,
"We get out of a rock just what is
in it and as diorite rock contains
iron, which colors the clay red. we
have red clay at Guilford."
Greatest Success in Dover
Road
(Continued from page one)
Thelma Hill a "Ministering Angel."
Contrasting with the calm, poised
Anne- —was Eustasia, played by
Thelma Hill. Miss Hill carried off '
this arduous, or rather amorous role
admirably, and demonstrated that
women are indeed "ministering
angels." Having a passion for hot
water, mustard plasters and medi
cines, she found ample opportunity
!to care for visiting | patients, who
were the unfortunate victims of
heavy colds. Then, too, as an in
tellectual stimulant she read extracts
from Gibbons "Roman Empire,"
nightly—even including the foot
notes. (Poor Joseph! we are
tempted to inquire how his troubles
all came out. I
Fred Winn and Paul Holt, as the
two would-be bridegrooms of the
play, both brought excellent knowl
edge and understanding to their re
spective roles. Fred Winn as Leon
ard, made quite a realistic lover—
at first. But not even a prospective :
bridegroom can look handsome,
minus a shave.
Paul Holt, alias Nicholas delighted
the audience highly, and played
the part of a young and unsophisti
cated bov of twenty-six, who has
suddenly realized that women are
| hopelessly contradictory, very good.
It was rather sheepish of both hint
and Leonard to slip away in the
last act —but then there was Eusta
sia. One really couldn't blame
them.
The staff, headed by Everette
Ylcßane as Dominic, was one of, the
hits of the evening. Dominic was
i evidently one of those trustworthy
' souls, in whom it is absolutely safe
to confide. Alonzo and Lonnie
Russell, as the footmen, lived up to
all the traditions hitherto established
about footmen, while Ruth Stephens
and Hattie Burgess made charming
and piquant maids.
The "Dover Road" is one of A.
A. Milne's best known plays, and
has had a successful run in New
York City, where it delighted many
by its charm, light touches of humor
and delightful situations. "Mr.
Milne is one of the strong silent men
of English literature," says the
March Bookmanv and the beauti
ful absurdity of his plays, which
makes a rill of nonsense through
their most serious notes, has made
many people think that A. A. Milne
is but a pseudonym for Sir James
M. Barrie.
The play was ably staged here by
THE GUILFORDIAN
Mile. Hedwig Hoffmann, who has
been untiring in her efforts to ad
vance dramatics at Guilford. S.
Gladstone Hodgin as stage manager
handled the stage direction ably.
The scenery which remained the
same for all three acts was effec
tively worked out, and together with
the help of Elmer J. Linebach and
Frank Crutchfield a system of heavy
overhead lights was worked out
that contributed much to the deco
rative success of the performance.
Others to whom thanks are due, are
Miss Elizabeth Parker, assista.it
coach, Thomas R. English, who
acted as property manager, and J.
W. White, advertising agent, and C. j
T. Robertson, who contributed the
furniture.
During the interval between acts,
the \ irginia Robins gave several
| popular selections, which were very
mu. Ii enjoyed.
(Continued from page 1.)
Dr. Perisho's Address
Last year the I nited States pro
-1 duced 23 billion gallons of crude
I oil, and consumed 21 billion gallons,
I thus importing 2 billion gallons of
I oil.
i David White, eminent geologist,
! estimated that the earth contains 60
billion barrels of oil. The world
I consumes 800 million barrels every
I year. The States alone con-
I sumes 500 million barrels! so at
' (he present rate of consumption there
is oil for 75 years.
It was ascertained in 1906 that
oil was the best fuel for the United
States battleships. The same vear
witnessed the beginning of the
Roosevelt-era conservation agitation.
| The events leading up to the leasing
of Teapot Dome are: 1909, Presi
dent Taft set aside certain areas of
public lands suspected of contain
ing oil; 1910, Congress specifically
authorized presidential action of
] that character and the Supreme
Court declared the act sound.
1912, Taft set aside areas in Cali
fornia.
1914, Daniels, secretary of the
navy, reported to President Wilson
that oil was the best fuel for ships
and suggested that the best oil lands
be set aside for the American Navy.
The Teapot Dome, area of 7000
j acres, was then aside by the
executive order of President Wilson.
Then came Mr. Harding's ac t of
transfering this property from the
Secretary of the Navy to the Sec
retary of the Interior, and Mr. Fall's
private lease of this land to the
Sinclair Oil Company.
Dr. Perisho says, "Let us create
public sentiment sufficient to take
care of the resources of the nation.
Men dare not go against public
sentiment. If the same sentiment
that forced two cabinet members to
resign had existed in 1920 the leases
would have not occurred. This
particular resource is not unlimited.
Unless new deposits not now sus
pected are discovered, it is rather
definitely limited."
Among the old students who were
back for "The Dover Road," were
Misses Lloyd Merriman, Hope Mot
ley, Bertha Neal. Nellie Allen, Nelle
Carroll, Pansy Dannell, Kathleen
Riley and Messrs. L. Lyndon Wil
liams, Jack Harrell, Frank McGee
and Jack Ragsdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry White of
High Point, spent Sunday with Prof,
and Mrs. Robfert Rann.
Miss Polly Trent was the guest
of Miss Alven Stone.
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