North Carolina Newspapers

Pete Three THE TAR HEEL Saturday, Fehrcary 9, 1929 SIX CHAPEL HILL MOTHERS TEND TO BABIES ON COBffiUMTY PLAN - Novel Method Adopted by Group Families Form Com munity Playground, With Each Mother Taking Charge Once a Week to Look After Youngsters. By CATHERINE GROVES "Gimme that wagon!" "Won't." "It's mine." "Tisn't, mama said we , could all play with it." Two , youngsters "were having a squabble in one corner of the com munity playground. . An older child intervened and spoke dmonishingly to one of the two panting lads tug ging desperately at opposite ends of a large red wagon. "Any toy brought to the playground belongs to all of us, don't you know that?" '.: "Then I'll take my wagon right back home," said the owner of that apple of discord. And hedid. "All right," stated the other, "you can't play With my tricycle either. Ill take that back to my house." And he did. At this point the contest remains. The other children have offered them selves as arbitrators, but both the combatants stick staunchily to their guns, refusing to yield an inch. The peace movement has not yet reached to the kindergarten. The mothers of these children, how ever, have heeded the doctrine of co operation and efficiency. The women of the Gimghoul section of Chapel Hill no longer have their young children always under foot. Six families in this community have one or more chil dren of pre-school age, and formerly 1 t wnen any one 01 tnese youngsters cried all the mothers would rush to the window to see which child was in need of assistance. , Lightens Burdens of Mothers Agreeing that this was an pver-lap-ping of function and a waste of energy, the six families got together and formed a community playground. Mrs. D. D. Carroll cave a vacant lot for the location, and clubbed to gether with the other five Mrs. H. R. Huse, Mrs. T. H. Evans, Mrs. E. R. Groves, Mrs. E. E. Peacock, and Mrs. D. L. Grant to add some equip ment; a slide, a see-saw," a sandpile, swinsrs. . and- some blocks. Each woman takes charge of the play ground one morning each week, and can cive her undistracted attention to household matters on the other five mornings. Now when a child howls j five-sixths of the . community can go unconcern edly on getting the dinner or cleaning the house, knowing that the young sters are in competent hands. The discipline varies from day to day. The child who falls out of the swing on one day gets petted, he who falls out on the next is told not to cry, but to be a little man, while he who tumbles on the third is ignored. Some mothers believe in the efficacy of reward and punishment, while others believe in letting the children alone as long as they are not endan germg life or limb. - JLach woman rules supreme on her day, and does not interfere during the rest of the week, and the mothers trust each other in cases in which they would not trust servants. Plan Works Wonders In the beginning the smallest tots were always running home to their mothers for this or that, but now the difficult thing is to get them to go home when twelve o 'clock comes. Ordinarily they are just in the midst of some important enterprise, such as constructing a whole village in the sandpile, when dinner time arrives. The youngsters learn various things at. tTi nlaveround. even foreien lan guages. The two Huse children had lived in. France during the last two years and spoke French more easily than English. Soon the other chil dren were asking their parents what "ne touche pas" meant. Not onlv are the mothers saved wear and tear, but the experience o playing with others has been good for those, two, three, and four year olds who had been accustomed to play alone all day while their older brothers and sisters were at school. WIG AND MASK GETS OFF TO - A GOOD START Cast Has Been Selected and Producer Eahn Gets Down To Hard Work. Friendship Council Gives Oyster Supper The Freshman Friendship Council gave an oyster supper at the Meth ndisfc church last Monday night. Rev. W. D. Moss made a talk on "Builders of Democracy," and there were sev eral other speeches by the various leaders of the Y.M.C.A. A musical program was also arranged, and the ntir nroGrram was very much en joyed., London sea. lies fifty miles from the GLEE CLUB TO GO ON TRIP SOUTH Program of Music to Be Entire ly Different from That Ever Used Before. The University, of North Carolina Glee Club leaves for its Southern Tour on February 18. It will be gone from the Hill for a week and includes in its itinerary the following places: Monday Charlotte (under auspices of the Parent-Teacher Association), v Tuesday Tryori. Wednesday -Athens, Ga. (State Normal College). ' Thursday Macon, Ga. (State Nor mal College). ; .Friday Anderson, S. C. (State Teachers' College). Saturday Asheville (under aus pices of the Alumni Association, con cert to be held at the Woman's AClub" Auditorium). The personnel of the trip has not yet been chosen, but will be an nounced in a later issue of the Tar Heel. Although ten days have been allotted the Club to make its trip in, and many other places throughout the Southern states are clamoring fpr admission to the Glee Club's cal endar of engagements, the officers of the Club thought it best to limit the trip this quarter to one week only on account of the fact that this "quar ter is the shortest of the year and prolonged absence from the Hill may : cause many 01 tne memDers to fail their work and thus be ineligible for further work in the Club. The program of music to be sung on this tour will be slightly changed from the one used on the fall trip. However, all songs will be new to the towns in which they are to be sung. Two songs (The Volga Boatmen and Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella) have been retained by popular demand from southern sponsors of the Club. Two- very attractive new groups of songs nave Deen aaaea 10 tne vjiee Club's repertoire this season, one be ing a collection of folksongs from Norman England, and the other be ing a modern setting for old English folksongs, with ! an arrangement for baritone solos and chorus. The for mer stoud; was arranged by W. G Whittaker of Durham University, at Newcastle, England, and has never been sung in this country before. They were given by Dr. Whittaker to Professor Paul,, John- Weaver, head of the Music department here, f for introduction into this country. The latter group will be sung by a select ed chorus and Wesley Griswold, stu dent soloist with the Glee Club. At the close of the concert tour, a free public concert will be given by the club here in Chapel Hill. The date and details of this appearance will be announced later. A new plan has - - ... .. - . . m- I Ferebee Addresses r u"d" alrZ . 1 department mis ywii, maw ui us LlVll JLLngineerSl Glee Club's giving one free concert here each quarter. It has met with AUTOGRAPHS ARE FOUND ON TREES AROUND STADIUM Nature Has Preserved Names And Initials of Some of Caro lina's Well-Known Alumni. The cast of "Mum's the Word," the forthcoming Wigue and Masque pro duction, has been definitely picked, and the rehearsals are beginning to strike an even stride, each night in Memorial hall. Producer Al Kahn has lost little time in putting the vari ous members through ; their ,' ' initial paces, and last night saw the whole thing: taking; on a surprising air of smoothness. ' The lineup of chorus girls is be ginning to show its ritzy wares in good form, while the men's chorus is becoming: expert at getting its numerous pairs of long legs untang led in a graceful manner. The two choruses look to be. a fast dancing set of eds and co-eds, and it is hard to say what they will do when straight ened out. It was likewise evident that Al Kahn has a leaning toward pleasing proportions of face and figure when he made his selections from tbs herd of applicants. Physically speaking, the troupe possesses unity, coherence, and emphasis. The members are rapidly becoming acclimated to their parts. The male lead has not yet been chosen, but here is the balance of the cast. Look them over: Phoebe Ha'rd ing, Gloria Dane, Andy Macintosh, Bull, the president of Beta Beta Beta; Elizabeth Barber, Eloise ; Castle; Bobby Hedgecock,, Alfred Gate; Marilee Shaw, Flo Flo. Farraday; immy Turner, Mr. Clement Willough- by, Eddie's father; Mary Dirnberger, Mrs. Willoughby, his mother; Moore Bryson, Dean Leffingwell, the dean of he college; Bill Phillips, Dick, a radi cal B. B. B.; E. P. McLean, M. A. Webb, T. R. Brown, G. C. Keim, Frank Jacocks, as Tom. Don, Bob, Harry, Jim the fratres; the Misses Emily McLelland, Margaret Carlton, Celeste Edgerton, Mary Lyn Giles, Virginia Payne, Kelso Currie, Helen McKay, as Mary, Jane, Nan, Alice, Emily, Lois, or the Six Misses Smith, also known as the Dirty Half a Dozen A. D. Sickles is Marty Brown, a B. B, B. passive. The girls' chorus is com posed of the Misses Moore, Curry, McKinne, Falkener, Altizer, Forester, Lawrence, and Carpenter. The mens' chorus includes the Messers. Huff, Stahr, Edson, Shelton, White, Noble, Prevost, and Dannenbaum. Mother Nature is the proud pos sessor of the autographs of some of Carolina's best known alumnj. The autographs are in the forms of initials, ana sometimes lull names, with class year of the individual, carved m tne oars 01 almost every Poplar tree along the Creek bank be low the new stadium. nf ' 1 " uxaiiy ul urcse engraveu names are very old, one name dates back to April 20, 1877, being the name of J. H. Blackwell. Other names have dis appeared entirely as a result of the injudicious selections of trees by the carvers. Those names cut in gums have not lasted, and those cut on the North side of the trees have become covered by moss. I The zeal and eagerness with which these names were inscribed can be shown by the fact that in some in stances, the carvers would shin up the trunks for a considerable distance in order to get their name or initials above those of someone else. In one instance there was the name of "WVL. Proctor, of the class of 1916, in the top of the tree, fully twenty-five feet above the ground. Some of the work shows painstak ing care, while others reflect the Sun day afternoon lethargy that was probably responsible for most of the carving. r In 1927, the White House was re paired at a cost of $400,000. Freshman To Hold Triangular Debate The executive secretary of the De bate Council announces that plans are under way for holding a Fresh man triangular debate with Davidson and Wake Forest in the near future. All Freshmen who are interested in the matter should see Dr. McKie Thursday night 'at the regular meet ing of the debate class. This meet ing will take place in 201 Murphey at 7:30. LOST : -Lost Sunday, February 3rd, a gold fob pendant with crest for seah Finder will receive reward by return ing to Dr. J. G. deR. Hamilton at 517 North Street or 310 Saunders Hall. DR. R. R. CLARK DENTIST Office Over Bank of Chapel Hill Telephone 385 For Refreshments - Such as Chapel Hill made candy, cookies, sandwiches and tea before and after the afternoon dance visit The Spinning Wheel Shop CUSTOMS" Brooks clothe are truly Col lege "CUfr rOMS." Custom tailored to Indi vidual measure, they breathe high distinction which has mad them quite -the custom - in tn best t College Circles. VVm .9. Clot hen for College Mea "MADE FOR YOU" cvAKHlNUTON DUKE HOTEL m Showing in Chapel Hill j Monday and Tuesday FANCY ICES .... SHERBETS Durham Ice Cream Co., Inc. v i"BLUE RIBBON BRAND" Ice Cream Special Color Schemes for Sorority and Fraternity Affairs Dial L-963, Durham, N. C. BLOCKS PUNCH CARS FOR RENT U DRIVE IT YOURSELF " Open Day and Night Chevrolets 18c per mile. 7-pas. Packards 20e per mile Oakiands 20c per mile. 8-pas. Packard Sedan 20c mile Taxi Cab, 50c trip, or 20c per mile. Long Distant Trips Over 60 Miles 2 to 3 Cents Discount E. E. PUGH Day Phone 3861 Night Phone 5706 The William Cain student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers was addressed by Mr. Fere bee, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at their regular meeting last Thursday night on the subject of the Milwau kee sewage disposal plant. Mr. Ferebee went into detail on the preliminary investigational work done by himself and others on the plans for the plant, and told of the final construction of the plant by the city of Milwaukee. This plan is one of the finest of its type in the coun try, and is estimated to have cost, to date, $25,000,000. A considerable amount of pioneer work on the acti vated sludge process was done in connection with this project by Mr. Ferebee and other eminent engineers. Mr. Ferebee was in Chapel Hill visiting his son, who is a member of the sophomore class, and took ad vantage of this opportunity to address the engineering chapter. To Give Entertainment For University Students Due to the success of the informal tea given last Saturday aftejrnoon in the Parish house of the Episcopal church, another similar affair will be held tomorrow afternoon at the same place from 4:30 to 6 o'clock, under the auspices of the student Vestry. Mrs. Charles Woollen, assisted by Mrs. John Anderson and several of the University co-eds will act as hostesses. A large number of 'stu dents of all denominations turned out last Sunday and enjoyed a delightful program of music, both instrumental and vocal, followed by delightful re freshments. It is hoped that a still larger number will be present tomor row afternoon, as a varied program has been planned for their entertain ment. . '" the enthusiastic approval of the fac ulty and interested students, and so it has been decided to use this plan hereafter and not charge any ad mission for any concerts given, mi Chapel Hill by the Glee Club. The concert last quarter was given while the Press Institute was meeting here, and everyone was admitted to. the per formance without charge. Owing to j the fact that the seating capacity of the Carolina Playmakers theatre was so limited, many students were not privileged to hear the Glee Club at that time, and so the program that will be presented upon the club's re turn from their tour of the South will be comparatively new to them. Professor Nelson O. Kennedy will accompany tne uiee ymD as piano soloist and accompanist on their next trip, as well as Professor Weaver, di rector of the organization. Carolina Theatre. Puts on Contest Manager Smith of the Carolina theatre introduced a novel contest yesterday in connection with the show ing tomorrow at the Carolina of the) feature picture "Fugitives" that has been arousing much interest among students. ' Four one dollar bills three real and jbne "phoney" or conterfeit were pasted on display in the outer lobby of the teatre, and free passes offered the first ten persons who could spot i the counterfeit bill. ' The answers ' were numerous and often incorrectT From all appear ances to the untrained fye. the four i bills were exactly alike, and the pick ing out of the counterfeit was more a game of chance than anything. i. 3m ?r j j. Great I states T was unprofitable wilderness, most men thought But James J. Hill had faith that it could grow wheat and so he built his railroad. Settlers turned the waste-land into wheat-land, the wheat into wealth, the wealth into great west-, ern states. Faith in the economic future still points the way. Right now men in the Bell from wheat seeds .System are planting the seeds pf vast pos sibilities for even better communication. Out of the belief that the public needs a broader use of the telephone is grow ing a' constantly improved long distance telephone service. Like the railroads of an earlier day, this service is now tapping and-helping to develop rich new terri tories of commerce. BELL A prehistoric skeleton has been found, its legs wrapped around its neck. This would seem to indicate that the rumble seat is older than we had mont. supposed. Greenville Pied- Major Chester P. Mills promptly received the $25,000 check for his prize-winning solution. At a late hour last night, however, bootlegging had received no check whatever. The New Yorker. Send the TAB HEEL home SYSTEM A nation-wide system cf ihter-connecting telephones OUR. PIONEERING WO ml .H-AS JUST BEGUN