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VOLUME XXXVII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, JMAY 4, 1929
NUMBER SO
Annual Dramatic Festival to
Close Tonight . With Reception;
Reidsville Players Win First
Address by Hatcher Hughes
And Costume Review Feature
This Morning's Session; Guest
Performance by Playmakers
Tonight.
One hundred ipresentatives from
sixty two clubs are present at the
University attending the sixth, an
nual Festival of the Carolina Drama
tic Association which started in the
Playmaker Theatre Thursday after
noon and will continue through to
night with a masquerade party and
reception in the Graduate club rooms
scheduled to bring the session to a
close. - ;
A total of twelve one-act plays
will be produced by the visiting dra
matists. Round table discussions,
lectures, costume' reviews, a make-up
contest, poster exhibit, and other ac
tivities will make a crowded schedule.
Registration began Thursday
afternoon. The Lenoir-Rnyne Play
makers presented an original play by
Barbara Setzer "The Red Hills or
Cotton Mills," to begin the program
Thursday evening. The play was di
rected by Miss Pear Setzer, head of
the Lenoir-Rhyne players.
The final contest in Play produc
tion for community clubs came off
Thursday night.
Grail Dance Tonight
The Order of the Grail will
hold its third dance during the
present quarter tonight at 9 :00
o'clock in the gymnasium. Alex
Mendenhall's Tar Heel Boys have
been engaged to furnish the music
for the occasion. Tickets will be ;
placed on sale at 8 :30 in the rear
of the gymnasium. The German
Club rules of conduct will be in
effect.
HEFFNER WILL
PLAY LEAD IN
RIP VAN WINKLE
Selden Now Working on Elabor
ate Scenery for Forest
Theatre Production.
Hubert Heffner will play the lead
in' Rip Van Winkle which the Play
makers will present in the Forest
theatre May 24 and 25 as their final
number. The same version that
Joseph Jefferson played and made so
famous will be used; Professor Koch
will direct the play. Sam Seldon is
The Reid nlavers now working on elaborate scenery
of Reidsville producing "The Mon
key's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, on
over the Wayne Community, players
of Goldsboro who gave O'Neill's "Ille"
by a two to one decision of the
judges. The cast of the winning play
included Mr. White, William Bur
ton, Mrs. White, Meta Horton; Her
bert, Clyde Davis; Sergeant Major
Morris, Fred Arrowood, and Mr.
Sampson, Sidney Glass. The produc
tion was' directed by Miss Sarah
Richardson.
'With the delegates assembled in
the theatre yesterday morning for
the first meeting. Prof. Koch spoke on
"Our Carolina Stage." A round ta
ble discussion of director's problems
followed with Miss Grace Everest of
Fayetteville speaking on the "Co
operation of City and School Devel
oped by Dramatic Work," J. H.
Johnson of Greensboro discussing
"Getting the Play Before the Public;"
Elba Henninger, of Greensboro, talk
ing on "College Dramatics;" W. R.
Wunsch of Asheville, telling of "The
Relation of City Clubs and the High
School Dramatic Association;" Elena
Copenhaver of Salisbury, speaking on
"Dramatics in the Curriculum," and
Mary Virginia Home of Wilson dis
cussing "Suggestions for Programs."
PEARSON GIVES
TALK ON TRAVEL
History Professor Points Out
Americans' Interest in
Latin America.
TYPISTS WILL
CONTEST TODAY
Sixty-Seven Artists to Tickle
Keys in Memorial Hall
This Morning.
and lighting plans to make the pro
duction the biggest thing of the year.
Like the "Tempest" of last year, Rip
Van Winkle will be the most specta
cular undertaking of the Playmakers
for the season.
The part of Gretchen, Rip's wife,
will be filled by Miss Nettina Stro
bach, director of the bureau of com
munity drama. The cast that has
been tentatively selected is: Meenie,
Misses Edwards and Faulkner;
Derrick von Beckman, Mr. Brandon;
Cockles, Al Kahn; Hendrick, Laur
ence Thompson ; ": Seth Slough, Cy
Edson; Nickles Vedder, T. P. Har
rison; Jacob Stein, Knott. The parts
of a small boy, little girls, and
dwarfs have not been filled yet.
The story of Rip Van Winkle was
written by Washington Irving and
published in his famous Sketch Book.
As a play it appeared first on the
stage of the" Tottenham Street Theatre
in London in a version written by an
actor, John Kerr.
In October, 1829, the same crude
n rti i it 1
version was acted m rniiaaeipnia
with J. Jefferson playing in it. This
actor was the grandfather of the
Joseph Jefferson who made the role
of Rip so famous.
Various American productions ap
An interesting feature of the series
of programs of the Chapel Hill Rotary
Club in which students and faculty
members are participating, was a
"Travel Talk" by Dr. W. W. Pearson
of the University Hisjtory Depart
ment at the Club's regular meeting
and banquet in the ball romm of the
Carolina Inn on last Wednesday
evening. Dr." Pearson chose Latin
America and Venezuela as the sub
ject of his talk, countries which he
has just recently visited and upon
which he is centering a great deal of
his study.
"Latin America and Venezuela is
now in the public thought and mind
as it. has never been before. The rea
son for this," began Dr. Pearson, "is
that Latin America is one vast region,
rich in products and in natural re
sources, and it is still in the process
of development. There are 90 mil
lion people there. Tobacco, sugar,
coffee, oil, asphalt, and cotton are all
to be found in abundance there. Val
uable , woods and fibres all play a
great part in putting Latin America
on the map. Then, too, America has
an interest in this country. It has
dominance in political matters there
to a great extent. That would show
that America has power there, and
power serves to stimulate interest;"
"However," he continued, "the
American people should acquaint
themselves with the real facts of the
situation there. The United States
has maintained a rather faulty poli
cy of trying to intervene every time
revolution breaks out there. These
revolutions are not dangerous. They
are merely the overthrowing of a
tyranny which is constantly being set
up. The whole country there is in the
process of development. Revolutions
are the only logical things that can
occur to make the government evolve
into a stabilized form. Elihu Root
predicted that Latin America will
have as phenominal a development
in the twentieth century as the United
States had in the nineteenth. His
prediction is rapidly being fulfilled.
Dr. Pearson was introduced by
Dr. Eric A. Abernethy, University
physician and president of the local
Rotary organization.
Senior Invitations
The annual state high school type
writing and shorthand contest, un
der the auspices of the North Caro
lina Commercial Teachers Associa
tion, will be held in Memorial Hall
at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, ac
cording to E. R. Rankin, head of the
Department of School Relations of
the University Extension Division.
Miss Ruth Reynolds, of the Rey
nolds High School in Winston-Salem,
will have charge of the contest. Miss
Reynolds is president of the North
Carolina Commercial Teachers Asso
ciation which met at the Carolina Inn
last night.
Sixty-seven contestants, have al
ready entered, 26 from Winston
Salem, 16 from Asheville, and" 15
from Wilmington, and more are expected.
Phi Beta Kappa Takes
Twenty Eight New Men
Deared in several cities after Irvine:
Sam Seldon of the Playmakers told had puWished his short story and the
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Yesterday afternoon the contest will use,
for the production of original plays, Jefferson who presented it first in
the Asheville High school 'produced Washington in 1859 spent almost
"In the Crucible, by Graham Dunlop his entire life playing this one role
in competition with the Central High all over the "world.
school of Charlotte which gave "Her
Rose Colored Coffin."
Last night final competitions m
the production of plays by county and
city high schools occupied the pro
gram. The Swannanoa high school
gave "Sir David Wears a Crown," in
rivalry with the Severn High school
which gave "Sparkin' . For the city
hierh schools, Charlotte
Hold Examinations
For Pharmacists
Here on June 11
The next meeting of the examining
board of the North Carolina Board
of Pharmacy will be held in the Phar-
macy Building June 11. At this
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Sounding Brass," and Wilson high time applicants for licenses as regis
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gave "ine uirtnaay oi tne jLiuanu. t. mi -v
The chief feature of this morning's
session will be an address by Hatcher
Hughes of Columbia University on
"The Playwright and the Theatre."
There will also be a costume review,
a meeting of the dramatic art ses
sion and a business meeting of the
which gave "Sparkin' ". For the city
association at which time officers for
next year will be elected.
This afternoon the Wayne commu
nity players of Goldsboro will pre-
cists assistants will be given examU
nations in pharmacy, materia medica,
and chemistry, as well as an exami
nation in general laboratory practice,
It will take two days for the appli
cants to complete the set of examina
tions, as two three-hour tests are
gvien each day. The members of the
examining board who are to give the
examinations are E. V. Zoeller of
Tarboro. president: I. W. Rose of
Rocky Mount, examiner in pharmacy;
J. G. Ballew of Lenoir, examiner m
sent an original play. In the evening materia mediCa ; and C. P. Greyer of
the winning college play will be pre
sented. The Carolina Playmakers
Morganton, examiner in chemistry,
Professor E. V. Kyser, of the
The senior invitations have arriv
ed and will be distributed in the lobby
of the Y.M.C.A. today. A few extra
invitations have been ordered for
those who wish to make a last minute
order. These will be on sale at the
Y today also.
GEOLOGISTS ON
TOUR 14 DAYS
Will Leave Chapel Hill June 17
and Will Go North as Far
as Syracuse.
Meeting Called To
Discuss Booker Plan
A meeting of all those inter
ested in the success of the pro
posed Booker Plan of student
government has been called for
next Thursday at 7:30 in Ger
rard Hall. At this time a Bi
cameral Club will be organized of
those interested in securing the
popular approval of the pro
posed plan of government.
LAWYERS WILL
STAGE BANQUET
Will Be Held at Carolina Inn
May 18; Many Visitors
. Expected.
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Gordon Gray, WTinston-Salem
Boy, Leads List With Aver
age of 97.29; Juniors Lead
With 19, Followed by Seniors
WTith Nine.
The harried countenances, of the
law ' students these days appear not
to be caused entirely by the forthcom
ing ordeal of final examinations. A
mysterious rumor has prevaded cor
ridors of Manning hair to the effect
that a realistic expose, in the best
fashion of modern biography awaits
only the clatter of table ware at the
Annual Law School Association Ban
quet. This banquet, to be held on Satur-
The tentative schedule for the five dav evnine., May 18. at the Carolina
weeks Summer Geological TOur of Inn will be the f ourth to be staged
the University, which is to be under by the -LawSchool Association. The
Supreme Court of North Carolina
R.
the direction of Professor Gerald
MacCarthy, has been recently an
nounced. The program calls for the
departure of the party from Chapel
Hill on June 17 and its return on
July 20, after 14 days of travel and
18 days of observation.
The tour will go as far north as
Syracuse, and those on the tour will
study the structure, physical geogra
phy, and stratigraphy of the Appa
lachian Mountains by a series of
visits to the points of particular geo
detic interest in Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, and New York.
Several Carolina students have al
ready signed up for the tour this
year, and applications have been re
ceived from students at Conn. Wes
leyian and State College. Further
information about the tour and the
complete program as it has been out
lined may be secured from Professor
MacCarthy, whose offices are in New
East.
Wyrick to Address
Lutheran Students
Rev. H. P. Wyrick,' pastor of the
First Lutheran Church of Burling
ton, will preach in 'Gerrard Hall
Sunday at eleven o'clock.
will be present en banc, surrounded
by a number of the so-called budding
aspirants at the bar who but recent
ly went forth from the campus.
Professor M. T. Van Hecke, it is
understood, is to wield the gavel.
Two committees have been at work
for weeks lining up the gastronomic
as well as the cultural menu. ' One
committee, composed .of P. R. Whit
ley, H. P. Brandis, Jr., and L. W.
Armstrong, voices reticent threats of
unleased oratory. Another, composes
of Wex Malone, Andy Mcintosh,
Moore Bryson, and H. P. Brandis,
has combed the legal tomes and la
tent talents for that which may atone
for the speeches and aid the digestion.
t is said that the spell of delusion as
to the similarity between the apparent
and the genuine personalities in the
student body and the faculty is about
o be exploded and things as they are
substituted for things as they seem to
be. '''
Announcements of a more definite
character may be expected within a
few days.
Give Addresses on
Lightning Effects
On Power Lines
Six Counties Now Operating
Under County Manager Method
Dr. Paul Wager, In First Series
Of Articles on Improvements
In County Government, Tells
How System Has Worked in
Guilford County.
will give a guest performance of Lo- School of Pharmacy, estimates tha
retta Carroll Bailey's "Black Water, 25 m , fo Ucenses at this meet
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ana t&e lesnvai win come xo a -cmm. of the board. This is not an un-
rll-ll XT 1 Q TCTCk TinTYlW f1f Vm7 0"Vl if. Will
TrOXel and t amily be one of the largest groups to have
"Broadcast MottdaV taken the examinations since the
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pnarmacy course was cnangea iron-
Professor Charles Troxel, of the a two year to a three year course.
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t.V,P rpomlar University Radio Hour organ. It starts working tne mom
P. from station WPTF. Ra- ent we get up in ine morning ana
lmrh. next Mondav niffht from 5:45 doesn't stop until we get to class.
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By DR. PAUL W. WAGER
There are six North Carolina
counties that are now operating under
the county manager plan. In three
counties Guilford, Alamance, and
Cleveland the managerial powers
have been conferred upon a member
of the board of commissioners; in the
other three counties Davidson, Ire
dell, and Robeson the manager is ap
pointed by the board but is not a
member of that body.
The manager in Guilford county
D. L. Donnell has been a member
of the board of county commissioners
for nine years. Prior to his election
to the board he served one term in the
General Assembly. His business ex
perience was gained in the lumber and
real estate business. He is forty eight
years old and has lived all his life in
Guilford county. He was given mana
gerial powers following the induction
into office of a new board in Decem
ber. During the previous administra
tion the chairman of the board was
made a whole-time official and given
the title of county manager, but he
never exercised the full prerogatives
of the office.
Bi-Partisan Board
The present boar is bi-partisan,
three Democrats and two Republicans.
It was not designed to be bi-partisan,
but is so as a result of the upheaval at
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Business Managers
For Publications
Selected by Board
Business managers for the 1929-30
Daily Tar Heel and Carolina Bucca
neer were selected at the meeting of
the Publications Union Board Thurs
day evening. Marion Alexander of
Asheville was re-elected business
manager of the Tar Heel and H. N.
Patterson of High Point was selected
as business manager of the Bucca
neer.
Selection of a business manager of
the Yackety Yack was postponed until
Monday evening.
ueorge Jhrhart. oi Jackson was
elected managing editor of the Tar
Heel for the coming year. Ehrhart
has served as managing editor of the
publication for two years. Serving
as managing editor last year under
the system of three managing editors,
he was advanced to full time manag
ing editor last fall when the Board
decided to elect a full time managing
editor.
Alexander served as assistant
business manager under Bill Neal
last year and during the past year
has served as business manager of the
Tar Heel. -
Patterson is a sophomore in the
University. He has worked for two
years on the business staff of the Tar
Heel and Buccaneer. He was assist
ant business manager of the Bucca
neer this year and collection manager
of the Tar Heel at the same time. He
succeeds Garland McPherson as
business manager of the publication.
Twenty-eight University of North
Carolina students were formally ini
tiated here Thursday night into Phi
Beta Kappa, national honorary
scholastic fraternity, f roh high schol
astic averages maintained over a per
iod of three or more years-
The honor was conferred on 19
Juniors and 9 Seniors. Students must
have an average of B (95.5 per cent)
or better on all courses to be eligible
in their senior or junior yeaars, and
the honor is considered one of the
highest that can come to a' student.
Walter Spearman, of Charlotte,
president of the society this year, pre
sided. Joe Holt, of Greensboro, secre
tary, read the names of the new mem
bers, and a few remarks were offered
by Dr. Thos. J. Wilson, Jr., Univer
sity registrar, who is corresponding
secretary and treasurer.
Gordon Gray, Winston-Salem Jun--ior,
led the list with a three-year
average of 97.29 on all courses and
automatically becomes president of
the society for next year. William
J. Adams, Jr., of Carthage, was- sec
ond with 96.48 and automatically'1 be
comes vice-president.
The 19 Juniors winning the coveted
honor were: William Jackson Adams,
Jr., Carthage; Charles Whitlock Ban
ner, Jr., Greensboro; Travis Taylor
Brown Charlotte; Ralph Stokes Col
lins, Ayden; Robert Lee Graham, Jr.,
Charlotte; Gordon Gray, Winston
Salem; Ralph Cordell Greene, Marsh
ville; Robert Alexander Hovis, Char
lotte; John Albert Lang, Carthage;
George Attmore Long," Graham ;
Spencer Shanley Schorr, New Jersey;
Winslow Wilkings Smith, Charlotte;
Francis Marion Taylor, Jr., Enfield;
Francis Rogers Toms, Virginia;
Wingate Egerton Underhill, Lousville;
Charles Edward Waddell, Jr., Balti
more; Herbert Christy Wall, Sophia;
Robert Lyles Zealy, Goldsboro; and
Franklin Banks Kuykendal, Jr.
The nine Seniors elected to mem
bership were: Frank Short Howell,
Fayetteville; John Milton McNeill,
Millers Creek; Haywood Parker, Jr.,
Asheville; Kenneth Bryan Raper, Wel
come; Cecil Grady Taylor,, .William
ston; Henrietta Underwood, of Ash
boro; Rogers Christopher Wade, Ra
leigh; Flora Prevatte Wilson, Dur
ham, and Dixon Thomas.
University Students
In Healthy Condition
According to Dr. Ab
At the meeting of the University
of North Carolina student chapter of
the A. I. E. E held Thursday even-
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ing, Wayne Jtsurcn oi tne Carolina
Power and Light Co., spoke on Light
ning Effects on Power Transmission,
and Blair, Jenkins, of the same com
pany, spoke briefly of ' the problems
confronting telephone communication
because of the disagreeable effects of
harmonics on telephonic circuits.
In .his talk Mr. Burch stated that
only a small amount of information
has been gathered on the effects of
the excess power surges created in
power lines by lightning discharges,
but at present several companies are
working on this problem. The com
pany with which he is connected is
doing research work on the subject,
and together with the others working
on the same subject it hopes to be able
to present within a few years a series
of conclusions drawn from a long
period of observations made on the
lines of many companies. ;
Mr. Jenkins is connected with the
Carolina Power and Light Company
through their communications de
partment" which " is responsible for
the 1200 miles of telephone lines that
the company maintains. Mr. Jenkins
presented to the society a short out
line of the special problem upon which
he is working the elimination of the
disturbances on telephone lines by
harmonics created in generators and
transformers.
A special committee was appointed
by the president of the society to
meet with a similar committee from
the William Cain society to consider
the purchase of a moving picture ma
chine for the Engineering depart
ment. ' The next meeting of the so
ciety, which will be held May 16, will
be given over to the election of of
ficers for the coming school year. '
Wednesday noon, for the first time
since the University opened last fall,
the Infirmary was without a single
patient in the building, said Dr. Eric
Abernathy, university physician.
The number of student patients in the
infirmary at any one time during the
past fall and winter has varied from
a full capacity of the building at the
time of the flu epidemic, which caused
the University to close down a week
early at Christmas, to the single
patient who was dismissed . about 11
o'clock Wednesday.
While there were several minor
cases requiring the attention of the
infirmary, there are only two major
cases of sickness among the univer
sity students. N. A. Underwood, who
was suffering from an attack of ap
pendicitis was removed to Sanford,
his home, Tuesday and was operated
on that afternoon. J. N. DeViney, "
of Greeensboro, is at present at
McPherson Hospital in Durham
suffering from severe sinus trouble.
University Orchestra
To Give Concert
On Sunday afternoonN at 4 o'clock
in Memorial Hall, the University
Orchestra under the direction pf T.
Smith McCorkle, of the Music De
partment faculty, will appear in con
cert. The following program will be
presented :
Marche Carnavalesque Friml
Coronation March from the Opera
"Folkunger" Kretschmer
Zampa Overture
Herold
.Wagner
Haydn
Prelude to Lohengrin
Symphonie Militaire
Adagio-Allegro '
Menuetto -Allegretto
The public is cordially invited to
attend this concert. As usual there
will be no admission charge.