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T7 T? DELAYED EDITION DELAYED EDITION OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Volume XXVII. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, JANUARY 24, 1919 Number 13 Tar A NEW MOVEMENT OF STATE-WIDE INFLUENCE PROF. KOCH, IN LECTURE, AN NOUNCES PLANS FOR PROMULGATION CAROLINA HUB OF DEVELOPMENT To Include Playwriting, Dramatic Activity, and Scenic Setting and Interpretation A new movement of State-wide sig nificance and influence was launched at the University of North Carolina last night, when Dr. Frederick H. Koch, Professor of Dramatic Litera ture, gave an illustrated lecture "Play makers of the People," which was a preliminary step toward the formation of a voluntary dramatic and literary organization to be know as the "Carolina Playmakers." Professor Koch told his large attentive audience of faculty, students and townspeople of the purpose of the organization, the lecture being illustrated with lan tern slides of original plays staged in the Northwest, where he has been" doing experimental work in original folk drama at the University of North Dakota for the past thirteen years. His original work in that section of the country has received national re cognition by leading dramatic and literary critics. He is a new comer at the University, having joined the fa culty last fall. Professor Koch is intensely inter esting and thrilling as a speaker and literally gripped his hearers as he unfolded his plan of original folk drama of North Carolina folk life, a plan which not only met with unpre cedented success at the North Dakota University, but which became through his efforts the nucleus of a great movement that has spread and taken root throughout a great section cf the northwest and beyond. Professor Koch comes to. the Uni versity with a history of large attain ments to his credit. Graduating from Harvard University 13 years ago he immediately joined the faculty of the University of North Dakota and there started this original folk drama move ment which has gained momentum through the intervening years, until today it grips a great section of the country. He is the founder of the North Dakota Playmakers and Bank side Theatre and originator of the. Rural Drama of North Dakota. He was a series lecturer on "Shakespeare and Drama" with the Redpath Chau tauqua Association for three consecu tive summers. He has traveled in Europe, North Africa and as far East as Damascus. The scenes in the plays described in his Shakespeare lectures were just as he saw them. As a writer, he is author of many articles on com munity Drama and various aspects of the Modern Drama, which have ap peared in the magazines. Director of the American Pageant Association, National speaker for the Drama League of America, and Directing Author of the "Pageant of the North west" are some of the numerous hon ors accorded Professor Koch. - The Carolina Playmakers, Professor Koch explained in his lecture last night, will begin with a University "Community organization, to be open to all students and members of the community who show ability in any branch of dramatic art, acting, play writing, scenepainting, costuming, and any other form of stagecraft. The prime purpose of the organiza tion will be the production of original plays dealing with North Carolina life and people, and the promotion of such playmaking in North Carolina. This work will be carried on in connection with the Department of Community Drama of the . University Extension Bureau and the Carolina play-makers will present programs of original rep resentative plays throughout the 'State. , North Carolina, professor Koch thinks, is richly endowed both with varied and interesting human types; it is as yet a pioneer State whose .Greatest development is to come a State that offers an unrivaled oppor tunity for the production of a big new play a drama of the people. With the University as a center it is thought that this new movement will spread throughout the State and attain a na tional significance. Professor Koch told cf the work of his class in Dramatic Composition at the University. It has been engaged in writing plays representative of North Carolina life, of the people, of village and country life, of negro char acters, clays representing a wide va riety of interesting folk types. The fist production will be staged about the latter part of February. r The plan outlined by Professor Koch makes prov'sion for a new pro gram of plays each month. The most (Continued on Page 4) INTERESTING WORK DONE ON GRAHAM MEMORIAL $150 000 TO BE RAISED TO ERECT BUILDING OF RECOGNIZED NEED CAMPAIGN PROGRAM COMPLETED Subscriptions to be in Cash or in Fledges Maturing Any Time to June 1, 1920 As much interest has been aroused by news of the proposed Graham Me morial Fund the following record of the work that has been done will be of ;nterest: In response to suggestions received from all quarters of the State, and from alumni and friends of the Uni versity thruout the country that a permanent memorial should be erected to the late- President Edward Kidder Graham, the Trustees and Faculty of the University appointed committees to consider the matter, and outline plans to carry out the idea. The committees met in Raleigh in the Governor's office and reached a decision to erect upon the campus a Student Activities Building to bs known as the Graham Memorial, in which all the activities of the student body, such as the Y. M. C. A., the Lvterary Societies, the North Carolina Club and the County Clubs, the Un' versity publications the dramatic and music clubs, would find a fitting home, and which would provide a badly need ed anditoriun , and a reception room for the alumni, and for relatives and friends of students visiting the Uni versity. In reaching this decision the joint committee had two main objects in mind: (1) the erection of a building which President Graham recognized as one of the most urgent needs of the University and for which he was thinking and planning at the time of his death; and (2) the piovision of a student center where all elements of the student body and all college ''ganizations and activities will be brought together, and which will make possible , the richer development of Carolina campus life. Such a build ing the committee thought would best express his wish and thereby be most approDriate to him. ' The estimated .cost of the building is $150,000, and to secure this amount funds are to be solicited not only from alumni and friends of the University, but from citizens of the State who were friends of President Graham, and all those who recognize that his service was to all North Carolina. For he made the University a State Uni versity in fact as well as name and a vital servant of all the people. And the building to be erected to his mem cry will be in daily use by students who come from every community in North Carolina. It is a cause to which every citizen may well contribute. The entire State is being organized for the work and an intensive cam paign is to be launched over the State on February 10th. Those alumni and friends who can render most effective service in each city and town of the State are being asked to assist in the work. Every indication points to the fact that with perfect co-operation and well planned action the amount re quired should be raise quickly , and with a large over-subscription. Subscriptions may be in cash or in pledges maturing on, or at any time previous to June 1st, 1920. A statement of the plan of the Graham Memorial Fund has been made by Mr. - Coates, secretary of the fund. It is as follows: A Graham Memorial will be a Stu dent Activities Building. It will con tain the Y. M. C. A., the Di and Phi Literary Societies, the headquarters of the college publications: Tar Heel, Magazine, Yackety Yack, etc., a club room for returning alumni, a reception room for relatives and friends visit ing students in the University, a social Fathering place for all students, the headquarters of the Athletic Associa tion, Pan Hellenic Council, Dramatic and Music Clubs, the North Carolina Club, meeting places for various cam pus organizations, and for class smok ers, banquets, etc., and a badly needed auditorium. The Graham Memorial will thus re place the present cramped and home less condition of campus activities with their haphazard meeting places, by drawing into and co-ordinating in a common home, college activities al ready existing, by satisfying needs keenly felt but hitherto unprovided for, and by providing for the normal development of a healthy, enriched, development of the life of the men who come here. Dr. Leavitt has recovered from a sl'ght attack of influenza and is meet ing his classes again. 9 MARVIN HENDRIX STACY The news of the death Tuesday morning of Marvin Hendrix Stacy, formerly dean of the college of liberal arts, but recently chairman of the faculty and acting president, .did not come unexpectedly to the stu dent body, who, for several days, had been aware of the serious nature of his illness. ; But even though not unprepared for the worst tidings, the news of Dean Stacy's death has distinctly shocked the student body and overcome the community, with a keen sense of grief through the loss of one of the University's outstanding figures. Dean Stacy was known intimately to every student in the University. not only intimately but affectionately, for each knew that "Dean" was his personal friend. The relationship between Dean Stacy and student body was of a most unusual type; it was characterized for the warm intimacy and mutual esteem of both. The rugged, clean-hearted char acter of the man, the unfailing justice of all his decisions, the simplicity that marked him and all that he did all these made him close to the hearts of Uniyersity students. ; Time alone can place a true estimate on. Dean Stacy's work for state and nation, but the coming years will only serve to add." to the glory of his achievements, to accentuate the nobility of a life spent and given in unselfish, devoted service to the University and student body he knew and loved. The statistical record of his works are impressive enough but we could never let this issue pass without paying some small tribute to one who has meant so much to our college lives, who has meant so much to our college, and who has made this campus by his presence here, a better place to live on. ' . .' Our good friend and comrade is gone and we sincerely grieve his going. Stacy, the great-hearted fighter for right doing, has fought his last great battle and lost it bravely. Marvin Hendrix Stacy, the son of a Methodist minister, was born in Burke county, this state, forty-one years ago. After preparatory training he entered this institution and received his Ph. B. degree (the former equivalent of the A. B. degree), in 1902. He was appointed instructor in mathematics the same year, which position he occupied to 1906. Meanwhile, in 1904, he received his M. A. degree. In 1905, 1906, and 1911 he attended Cornell University as a student. He was associate professor of civil engineering at this college from 1906 to 1910, when he was made professor of civil engineering. Appointed dean pro-tem of the College of Liberal Arts in 1913, he accepted the position of dean the following year when Dr. E. K. Graham assumed his duties as President of the University. Since the death of President Graham last October, Mr. Stacy has been chairman of the University faculty with full powers and duties of president. As a student and orator, Mr. Stacy was at his best. This is demon strated by his election to the Phi Beta Kappa national scholarship fra ternity and his winning the Willie P. Mangum medal at commencement of his senior year in college. He was senior president of the class in which he graduated. Professor Stacy passed away at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, January 21, 1919. The near relatives that survive him are his wife, nee Miss Inez Koonce, of Trenton ; his father, Rev. L. E. Stacy, of Shel by; and the following brothers and sisters: Judge W. P. Stacy, of Wil mington; Senator H. E. Stacy, of Lumberton; L. E. Stacy, Jr., of North Wilkesboro ; Mrs. Hardin, of Charlotte ; Mrs. C. C. Weaver, of Emory, Va. ; Mrs. Kimsman, of Hamlet ; Miss Rosa Stacy, of Emory, Va. ; Miss 1 Nancy Stacy, of Burlington. Y.M. C. A. BROADENS SCOPE FOR RENEWED ACTIVITIES For the past week the Y. M. C. A., probably more than any other organi zation, has achieved much towards bringing Carolina and Carolina men back to the old order and into .the great new order. The great interest which is taken in the "Y," and a good proof that it is a live factor on the campus, is shown by the fact that over three hundred and fifty students attended the first picture show given by the Y. M. C. A. last Thursday night. The men were very much pleased with the five reel comedy and pronounced it a great move for the association. The . i 1 i 51, secretary says tnai inese snows wui continue at least once, and if possible, twice, a week. The Y. M. C. A. is now working on a directory of the students and fa culty. It cannot state definitely wnen this will be in the hands of the stu dents, but it is safe to say that it will be in the near future. The outof-town directory has yet to be gotten, and any students who room off the campus wiil greatly aid the secretary by help ing him collect these statistics. Bible study groups will be formed this week, and the students in the different dorms will start their dis continued on Page 3) NORTH CAROLINA CLUB PLANS ATTRACTIVE WORK The 1919 work of the North Caro lina Club will be inaugurated next Monday night, January 27th, in the North Carolina Room of the Library. The meeting will be called at 7 o'clock sharp and will last one hour. There are no questions that should challenge the thought of Carolina stu dents as much as the social and in dustrial conditions existing in our state. The North Carolina Club, for the coming months, has mapped out a program for the study of the internal problems of North Carolina. These topics will be' discussed in papers presented at each meeting; and in general debate, following the expo sition of the facts presented in the papers. Such subjects as, "Cityward Drift of CounHry Population," and "Forms of City Government" will be treated. These are vital questions that are now before the state, and are questions that will dominate North Carolina thought for a long time. The Club will secure the assistance of the faculty members of the Department of Economics. The membership of the Club will be composed cf any men interested in this work. There will be ten meet ings of the Club this spring. These (Continued on Page 3) SIMPLE BUT IMPRESSIVE SERVICES MARK BURIAL OF LATE DR. M.H. STACY HUNDREDS IN ATTENDANCE OF FUNERAL OF NOTED EDUCATOR STUDENTS ATTEND IN A BODY Various Classes March to Cemetery to View the Ceremony; Many Well-Known Men Present The remains of Martin Hendrix Stacy, professor of civil engineering, dean of the college of liberal arts, and chairman of the faculty of the Uni versity . of North Carolina since the passing of the late President Graham last October, whose death occurred here Tuesday morning from influenza, were laid to rest Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A service was conducted for family at the residence, followed by a short service at the grave, the Rev. Euclid McWhorter officiating. Simplicity and beauty, which marked the life cf Dean Stacy, marked the burial rites, which were made more impressive by the tolling of the old South Building bell as the cortage wended its way to the grave. The following honorary and active pall bearers assisted in the ceremony: Honorary, Gov. T. W. Bickett, Lieut. Gov. O. Max Gardner, Prof. Eugene C. Brooks, Superintendent of Public In struction; S. G. Brummitt, speaker of the House of Representatives; Vic tor S. Bryant and W. N. Everett, also of the house; R. D. W. Connor, Presi dent of the Alumni Association; Judge W. A. Hoke; Dr. F. P. Venable; Dr. H. H. Williams; George Pickard; Mayor W. S. Roberson; Major Wil liam Cain; Dr. II. M. Wagstaff; Dr. A. C. Mcintosh; Dr. T. J. Wilson. Ac tive, Dr. George Howe, Dr. A. H. Patterson, Dr. I. H. Manning, Dr. W. deB. MacNider, Dr. C. S. Man gum, Charles T. Woolen, Dr. H. W. Chase, Dr. Kent. J. Brown, Dr. L. R. Wilson, and Dr. T. F. Hickerson. Messages of condolence and sym pathy to members of the bereaved family, which continued to pour in Wednesday, and the presence of hun dreds of students, friends and alumni, and the profusion of wreaths and beautiful floral offerings at the grave plainly bespoke the higii affection and esteem in which Dean Stacy was held. The various schools and classes as sembled at designated places on the campus at . 2 o'clock and passed reso lutions of respect, following which they proceeded in a body to the grave. In the cortege leading to the ceme tery were the faculty of the Uni versity, the student body, representa tives of other schools and colleges, a committee from the State Senate, composed of Lieutenant Governor Gardner, Dorman Thompson, G. V. Thompson, and J. A: Brown, alumni and other visitors. Among the out of town relatives present were three brothers, Judge W. P. Stacy, of Wilmington; Senator II. E. Stacy, of Lumberton; L. E. Stacy, Jr., of North Wilkesboro; three sis ters, Mrs. J. J. Harding, of Charlotte; Mrs. H. F. Kinsman, of Hamlet; and Miss Nancy Stacy, of Hamlet; and Dr. Koonce, of Wilmington, brother of Mrs. Stacy. YACKETY YACK BOARD WANTS CONTRIBUTIONS The 1919 Yackety Yack is a campus achievement. The editors are very anxious for each man on the campus to turn in his ideas, snap shots, sketches, designs and cartoons. Drop your material in the Yackety yack box at entrance of the "Y". Turn in pen and ink drawings and cartoons,' humorous and serious tints, illustrat ing the different classes, typical phases of college life and activities, the role of the S. A. T. C. and ideas on "ex libris'V Turn in designs for the following: borders, panels, senior page and memorial page. The de signs are to be worked in colors il lustrating the University our life. Take and turn in snap shots and pho tographs of campus scenes, military life during the past semester, ath letic stunts and games, and especially interesting snapshots from all parts of the state. Submit serious literary compositions, poems and short stories; also jokes and humorous skits. The Yackety Yack is yours, make it a good one by coming out with a big bunch of live material. Ben Thomas, '18, is in training still at Key West, Fla. He writes very in terestingly of the life there, and hopes to make a visit to the Hill soon. Jim Patton, of Durham, and Eli Perry, of Kinston. both members of '17, were on the Hill last week fol lowing their discharge from service.
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