"Carolina Play makers" To Be Organized Soon : B Jor I V KODAKS I THE XMAS GIFT WORTH WHILE PRICE $7.50 AND UP BROWNIES, $2 UP FOUNTAIN PENS f WATERMAN'S IDEAL PLAIN STYLES AT $2.50 UP GOLD AND SILVER MOUNTED, AT $5 UP STATIONERY IN GIFT BOXES-A BEAUTIFUL LINE, AT 50c TO $1 0 : '; ' ' ' ' :' :' "' " ' ' ' t MANICURE, TOILET, AND DESK SETS WE HAVE A VERY COMPLETE LINE DROP IN NOW it in YOU CAN FIND YOUR XMAS GIFT NEEDS at FOISTER'S nilftnwfllinwwHllrAiliAtliAil IN A BIG HURRYP THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME When You Ride With PENDY L J I J HiiS i C. S. PENDERGRAFT CHAPEL HILL AND DURHAM AUTOMOBILE LINE DAILY SCHEDULE Leave Durham : 9:50 A.M. 12:40 P. M. 5:08 P. M. 8:00 P. M. "THE ALL WEATHER MAN" Leave Chapel Hill 8:30 A. M. 10:20 A. M. 2:30 P. M. 4:00 P.M. Try ANDREWS CASH STORE For A TAILORED UNIFORM Army Hats, Leggings, Shoes; High-Grade Gents', Furnishings BATTALION ADDRESSED BY GOVERNOR BICKETT (Continued from Page 1) to the effect that the Huns could. have peace whenever their terms were ac ceptable to the United States, as the noblest tribute ever paid to the jus tice and wisdom of this nation. He impressed very f orceably upon the stu dents the fact that peace has its du ties and glories no less renowned than war, saying in part: "The world is looking to the United States to blaze the path in which all nations must henceforth walk. It would be a tragic blunder and a fearful miistake for any one of you who can remain in college to fail to do so. The less money you have the less you can afford not to stay." He urged each student to think the matter over very seriously before deciding to be forever a pri vate in citizenship. FALL POST DANCES HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL (Continued from Page 1) son, Falls, Dingleholf, McFadyen, Tay lor, Patterson, and Koontz. Mesdames W. M. Dey, A. H. Pat terson, P. H. Winston, C. T. Woollen, J. M. Booker, Grover Beard, and Lin gle were the patronesses of the dances. The success of the dances was due largely to the activity of the dance committee. The following men com pose this committee: ' , . Ficklen as leader, Gant annd Kim ball assistant leaders; Pemberton, Ruffin, Jones, Harvey, White and Lowe. Plans are now being made for the continuation of the regular Spring dances as heretofore. More definite information concerning these dances will soon be made. Pressing Neatly Done Repairing a Specialty 16 Years in Business 41.50 a Month For the Bt and Qaickmtt Smrvict Ctt "LONG BILL" JONES All students who are interested in any phase of Dramatic Art will have abundant opportunity with the begin ning of the new term to join in the community making of folk plays as actors, writers or workers in any branch of stagecraft. The class in Dramatic Composition, English 31, will be open to advance students with some experience in writing. The work of this class is, the making of a new folk drama from materials found in the life of our people. It is this work in which Professor Koch has been en gaged in the Northwest. During the first term the "members of English 31 have discovered some of the riches of North Carolina as a field of dramatic material. The legends and traditions, the history of the state, the mountain folk with their primitive manners and survivals of old ballads and superstit ions, and negro life with all its com edy, pathos and melody form a wealth of untoched material available for a real drama fresh from the soil. At the beginning of the term a meeting will be held of all those interested in any phase of Dramatic Art. This meeting will be preliminary to the organization of The Carolina Playmakers which will have a community membership and will be open to any student who shows proficiency in acting, playwriting, or stagecraft. Competitive trials for membership will be held later, and The Carolina Plamakers will be limit ed to those who show marked ability. The first program of three original one-act plays by members of Profes sor Koch's class will be presented ear ly in the term. A stage is being con structed in the auditorium of the Chapel Hill high school which is to serve as model for the construction of adjustable and portable stages for halls or school auditoriums in any town in the state. The plan is to take stage equipment to various parts of the State to show the people of North Carolina what kind of plays may be made by our people from our own life, and to promote the creative instinct in folk drama as a part of the exten sion work of the University. The Dakota Flaymakers, which was founded by Professor Koch in North Dakota has proved how successful community drama may be, and The Carolina' Playmakers will be organ ized along the same lines. From The Dakota Playmakers came a native drama which was so genuine and near to the life of the people that it received recognition by those interested in folk drama in all parts of the country. Last year Mr. Winthrop Ames of the Little Theatre in New York urged Professor Koch to bring The Dakota Playmakers to New York and put on a program of prairie plays in the Neighborhood Playhouse there. Thus the new folk drama may fill the need of the Ameri can stage for a "new literature of the people, fresh from the soil' which it is hoped will eventually take the place of the artificial, meritricious, "vaudevil lainous" plays of the American stage of today. Professor Koch came here because he believed that there was material in North Carolina for the making of a great folk drama. The beginning of the new term will see the beginning of a community organiza toin, The Carolina Playmakers, in which all those who are interested may have a creative share. DI SOCIETY ACTIVE DESPITE OBSTACLES (Continued from Page 1) the Society voted unanimously to sup port the Magazine, and the first num ber will appear as soon after Christ mas as is practicable. Taking into consideration the ex traordinary circumstances existing here this year, the Di. Society has done excellent work. The greatest handicap, aside from military work, was the absence of most of its old members. New officers had to be elected; new committees appointed, and the work adjusted to meet the peculiar war-time conditions. After the holidays things will get back into old form. The Smoker that was to have been held Satur day night will come on the night of the fourth of January. The regular debates, with theexception of the Soph-Junior debate, will be held, and Society pins and medals will be awarded the winners as in former years. All present indications point to a great year for th eDi. Society, and its up to the loyal Di. men to get the advantages of this kind of work before the new men of Carolina, and show them that in the work of the Literary society there exists advan tages that will be of distinct value to them it college and after life. Varsity Athletics Will Be Resumed After Xmas In the face of seemingly insur mountable obstacles Carolina had this year a team worthy of the name. That is history. There isno denying the fact that one of the strongest attractions that an institution can have is good ath letics. At Carolina this rule meets no exception and it is a confirmed fact that many students have been and will be attracted here by the glo ry of Carolina's athletics. The S. A. T. C. has been discon tinued and with it the restrictions which, in a word, transformed the Old College so completely and changed Non-S. A. T. C. Unit Developed Rapidly The final examinations for the non S. A. T. C. military students was held Saturday afternon at 2:30. Although the non-S. A. T. C. students have been contending against unusual difficulties they have made a creditable showing in their work and Adjutant Whitfield has expressed his apreciation for the spirit that the mert have shown and the manner in which they have work ed. He expressed his satisfaction with . the amount of work and the quality of the work accomplished. At the beginning of the year prac tically one hundred twenty or twenty five men began the military drill. Of this number about one hundred re main. Those unaccounted for either dropped the course or have left scohol. At the first of the year, the situa tion seemed very gloomy. Officers' material seemed scarce, the men were young and the groater majority of rhem had never had military drill be fore. Then the "Flu" epidemic came on and that delayed the work greatly. The men who had been in the Infirm ary held the others back. But the non-S. A. T. C. was very fortunate in having Capt. J. Stuart Allen and Mr. J. V. Whitfield to start off the mili tary work. Captain Allen, a Canad ian army officer, while Mr. Whitfield had been adjutant at Horner's Mili tary Academy previous to his accept ance of this position of Military In structor in the University faculty. Captain Allen remained at the Uni versity until the first of December when he returned to his home in Canada.. The greater part of the work this year has been in close formation. Squad, platoon, ' company and batal ion drill has been especially empha sized. Besides these several short hikes have been taken and the means of pro tecting a body of trops on the march have been shown. Several small at tacks on the country club have been staged. Thus the men gained a good working idea of the attacks and the methods of procedure in actual war fare. Although the last years trenches have not been rebuilt, the old ones have been used a little by the non-S. A. T. C.'s. Besides learning the parts of a trench from them and getting a general idea of what a trench or set of trenches lok like, a . trench relief has been accomplished. In addition to the open air work, Captain Allen and Mr. Whitfield gave lectures throughout the year on mili tary work in general. Captain Allen lectured on musketry, trenches, at tacks, bombing, and gasing in the present war. , Mr. Whitfield's lectures covered the close order drilling and military coun try. The non-S.. A. T. C. work will be carried on as before afttr Christmas with Mr. Whitfield as commandant. From the number who have an nounced their intentions of taking the drill the course promises to be a great success. it so utterly that it was difficult for a time to recognize it as Carolina. It was but a thin camouflage, how ever, the old Carolina Spirit was there just as strong, as true, as in domitable as ever. With the coming of the new year life at the University will resume its normal trend. Many old laces will return and new ones too will be seen. Then the question of athletics, the prospects, the possibilities and hopes. Will the old Tar Heel teams be able to uphold the splendid traditions of the institution? It may be said that the prospects were never brighter, material more plentiful, nor enthusiasm keener. Lynch, a member of last year's bas ketball team, is back and should show up in great form. The material for a successful team is abundant and the fact that Carolina will have a winning quintette is taken for granted and left to the coaches. They have back of them the record of Carolina, the support of the students and the "Carolina Spirit." Jack Powell, captain of this year's nine, returns to the Hill in the spring. Younce, Feimster, Lewis, Bryant and Harden are back, of the players of last year and with the abundance of good new material that was in evidence last season among the men who are sopho mores this year, Carolina bids fair to have a winning aggregation of horse hide tossers in the spring. This announcement will no doubt be of interest to the number of adher ents to the great American game as interpreted by the Tar Heels. Quite a host of fans and fanettes are look ing forward with interest to the day when Old Man Winter has been driven from the mound and the imperial or der of Carolina Wielders of the Wil low will cavort around the bases at will and the horse-hide pill is driven to all corners of the lot. CO-EDS MAKE POST-WAR PLANS The University has secured for the women students an instructor in Phy sical Training and classes will be held twice a week probably in the old University Inn. The women hope to be able to serve the University in many ways with the return of pre-war activities and look forward to the remainder of the year as a fulfillment of many plans and a step forward in higher service to Carolina.

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