Svannanoa Players Prove
That Anything Is Possible
Energetic Director Brings One
Seventh of Her School, 270
Miles to Dramatic Conference.
By MARION ALEXANDER,
When Mrs. Louise S. Perry bundled
"her 21 Swannanoa High School Play
ers into the Buncombe County school
and set out for-the State Dramatic
Tournament here she . took exactly
one-seventh of the little high school
enrollment with her. ; . .
, The distance ahead was 270 miles.
The way -was punctuated with many
a bump, for school trucks don't ride
like limousines. 1 And the financial xe
. sources were none too heavy.
But .the group set out with a will.
They had come. through to the finals
in the county play production class
and they were as devoted, in their
quest of the State" honors as if they
had been romantic knights of old
seeking the Holy Grail '
State Title Their Reward
, Perseveranace and devotion had its
'rewards. The Swannanoa players de
feated Severn for the State title .in
the finals of, the contest here for
country production, honors and that
victory looms as a testimonial of
what can be done, despite all handi
caps, if the doers have the will.
There were more than 150 official
delegates to the ' Dramatic Festival
and Tournament, which is an annual
event of the Carolina Dramatic As
sociation. There were contests for
production of original and profession
' al Dlays in which county and city
high school, -college,' and community
dramatic clubs took par. " It was a
splendid tournament with great spirit
from the aspiring drama builders, but
there was probably not another jgroup
that came through as many trials and
difficulties to reach its goal as the
group from Swannanoa.
No Support for Dramatics
Swannanoa High is a fine little con
solidated school. It is new and lodged
in a splendid plant, with a good audi
torium and stage, but there has never
been any support for dramatics.
The subject was only; : included in
the curriculum last year after Mrs.
Perrv had comp. to direct nlavs and
' show what could be done.
Swannanoa this year won , from
Grace and Derita for the right to
compete ih the finals. And then, after
these performances, lo the , treasury
was flat and there were no funds for
the long trek to Chapel Hill!
Big Cask More Share Benefits
Mrs. Perry had especially selected
a play with a big cast so she could
POSTER CONTEST
WINNERS PICKED
Winston-Salem Boy Wins Class
"A" Division in Con
: ' . : -test.- " V -
HIGH ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION TO
MET0NBIAY18
Present Method of Conducting
State Title Races to Be Dis
cussed Here Next Saturday.
. Theron Snider, of Winston-Salem,
Joe Hadlow, of Rocky ; Mount, Harold
Staling, of East Durham, and Ray
mond Fink, of Spencer, were announc
ed as the winners in the four divisions
of this year's North Carolina high and
elementary school poster contest.
Snider won first in the Class A
high school division' with his' poster,
"Travel! A by-word for Education." j
Hadlow's poster which won first
prize in the Class B high school di
vision was entitled . "The Hope of
Democracy."
First prize in the class A elemen
tary school was "". won by Harold
Staling's poster, "Save our Friends,"
and Raymond Fink won the Class B
prize with his "Studious Prosper."
The judges were William "Steen,
local artist; Harold Meyer, - Univer
sity professor . of sociology; and
Samuel ' Selden, technical director of
the Carolina Playmakers. -
Carolina Tar Heels
Play In Virginia
Alex. Mendenhall and his Carolina
Tar Heels have returned from State
Teachers College, Farmville, Va.
They played the spring dance while
at this school. .
' It w,ill be remembered that the Tar
Heels definitely determined their
position on the campus in a recent
battle of music. "( The orchestra has
also come rapidly to tne iront m
neighboring states, where it has
worked up an enviable reputation. It
has just been learned that they will
play the final dances at Hampden-
Sydney College. They have also been
booked to play at several other
schools ,. and colleges in ! the Old
Dominion state.
Notice
There will be a very important
meeting of the Rifle Club Wednesday
night at eight o'clock in Gerrard Hall.
Officers for the coming year will be
elected, and plans for the remainder
of this (juarter will be discussed. All
members of the club are urged to be
present. - '
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The meeting of the North Carolina
High School Athletic Association at
Chapel Hill on Saturday, May 18, is
meeting in a state championship if
they so desire.' All other schools be
low this large size group would take
part in coniests leading up to Class
B championships of the state, with
elimination contests in eight districts,
four in the east and four in the west.
Western s school leaders : regard it
as almost certain that this plan will
be -refused at "the state meeting and
that a more drastic restriction of
championship play will be ' insisted
upon. "V ' -. -' ' '' ,'
The school men of the state have
come to the conclusion that physical
DR. COKER TO BE DELE
GATE TO SCIENCE MEET
sure to be productive of major education is a part of the general edu
cnange m the scheme of football, cation program or that it has , no
baseball and basketball competition, place in the public schools, Mr. Phil
leaders ih the association say after lips says. It is agreed that athletics
a committee meeting' Thursday at must be a phase of physical educa
High Point and a western confer- tion in order to be justified. It is be
ence at Salisbury some days ago. cause of this conviction that the school
At both of these., sessions, the high men have determined to get away
school men expressed an earnest de- from the mad scramble for champion
sire that the association continue to ship honors and for the ' publicity
function but an equally earnest de- honors centering around the present
sire for a sharp - modification of scheme of competitive athletics.
championship contests. The fight is not against the asso-
Guy B. Phillips, superintendent of ciation or against the state univer-
the Salisbury schools and a leading sity. It is against the present meth-
figure in the association, reports the od of conducting contests. : The execu-
practically-unanimous stand of rep- tive- committee of the state asspcia-
resentatives of 19 larger western high tion is composed of superintendents
scnoois ior . an aDandonment ol the and principals and the. athletic corn
state championship idea in i high mittee of the state university. The
school athletic . competition and the public school men hold a majority
substitution of a; conference plan by membership on -the executive com-
which high, schools would meet mittpp and the resnonsibilitv for the
schools of similar sizes in smaller rvrPSMvl-. nrp-arnzatirm is rather on
districts- of the state. The present them. than on the university, as some
scheme of championship contests have thought. 0
after the close of the .regular playing it is: regardeH as certain that the
(Continued from page one) -versity
members. Two papers by Dr.
E. K. Plyler in cooperation with
Theodore Burdine and T. J. Steele
were on Infra-red Absorption Spectra
of Alcohols and Some Organic Ni
trates.' ' : ' .
Prof. Stuhlman and Mr. M.; WvTra
wick presented a paper on the Elec
trodesless Discharge through Mercury
Vapor; .' V . '
The Chemical Section was as usual
predominantly Chapel Hillian.. When
twenty out of a total of twenty-six
papers are presented -by one institu
tion,: then that institution is outstand
ing in that " field. The topics ran
through the whole gamut of chemis
try, starting with Bromination of
Dihydroxynapthalene ta the intricate
constitution of Shrimp Oil. '
statet meeting will be 1 productive of
important chansres in methods of
promote high school competition,
athletics
Sermon In Durham
Dr. Harold D. Meyer, head of the
department of ' sociology, delivered
the sermon at the morning services
of the First Baptist church in Dur
ham last-Sunday. Dr. Meyer is con
sidered one of the best informed arid
most interesting speakers in the state
and was well received by Durham peo
ple: ' y
Mr. Yates McDonald," graduate
'J student here,-delivered the ..sermon at
the evening services oi the same
church.
nave , as many students as possible After several days of inactivity, the
benefit from the dramatic work and infirmary now has four patients stay
tue experience. And ip taices money ing in , the building. George Gleaton
w wiDFn a gwup y ,jyuk has German measles. L.. Ji. liole is
boys and girls 270 miles and back and suffering from dental trouble, Donald
Wood has a severe cold, and Roy Arm
strong came to the Infirmary Sunday
night with a case of ptomaine-poison-ing.
.
Recipe . for a happy life : Work;
Laugh; Have a Job; Get a Hobby.
put them up three days.
A council of war was called and an
active campaign for funds launched.
The county contributed the school bus.
The township school committee gave
funds for the gas . and . oil and the
bus driver. People of the town chip
ped in to pay the production expenses.
Parents willingly donated expense the little group to the utmost.
money for their children in the cast. . Nine Plays This Year
(You see, dramatics is a community They have put on nine one-act
venture at Swannanoa, which carries plays this year. Three performances
with it an intense community pride.) in as many weeks netted gate receipts
And thus they came. They pre- of forty, fifty, and seventy-three dol
sented "Sir' ; David Wears" a Crown," lars in that little village, when ad
Stuart Walker's nrettv little fantasv. mission was only 15 and 30 cents!
and , the real enthusiasm and spirit Derita in th&5 semi-finals of the con
which the young players put into their test at Swannanoa presented Loretto
acting elicited much admiration and Carroll Bailey's "J ob's Kinf oiks";
applause from the audience that sawl yet i the Swannanoa group presented
season was deemed unwieldy and
productive of a too-intense competi
tive spirit. . It does not
the basic idea that all
should be an essential part of the J)l IVleVer Delivers
pnysicai euucanon program jn tne
state and an essential part in gen
eral education. -
The committe meeting j at Salis
bury was in thorough accord with
the views expressed at Salisbury and
arrangements, were made to bring
these views before the state associa
tion at Chapel Hill. Mr. Phillips
says that the group A schools of the
state will work' out a conference plan
if a satisfactory amendment is not
made( to the present constitution
There is already an eastern confer-
encex with 14 high school members.
It has been in operation for two
years and .is -said to be satisfactory.
Another such conference might be
formed in the west and perhaps
others in various Darts of the state
and for schools of various classes. R. BHouse will address, the chapel
A proposed amendment to the as- audience this morning on the subject
lai-Wc r.aitnt.inn hppn of "Democratic Institutions m North
mailed to all members and is to be Carolina," which is one ; of a series of
considered at Chanel Hill on the 18th. talks being made to the freshmen on
It nronoses certain changes but does the history and resources of the state
not go as far as the program to which 'House's address was originally
practically all the. western schools scneauiea ior monaay dui was post-
subscribed at Salisbury. This amend- Pnd due to the-extraordinary condi
menl: would nrovide for eastern and tion created by the Yellow Jourua
westerns conferences amon the six . controversy which necessitated the de-
SAven or mtrht lare-est hiVh srhoolsMivermg ot a speecn oy icayj? arris
in each division of the state and for
percentage play in football, baseball
and basketball . in each conference,
with the option of the conference
House To Talk
In Chapel Today
the same play the next week and the
crowd was as large as at the first
performance. They have really won
the town's support. : x
E. N. Howell, who is principal, co
operates in every way to help Mrs.
Perry, and she is also aided by her
husband, Oliver Perry, a former
them. ; ;; . ' ;..
' Now They're Champions!
The-judges gave them the decision.
Now the little group has gone back
home CHAMPIONS, and Swannanoa
will have an even more intense and
justified " pride, and dramatics a
stronger foothold.
The Swannanoa group really played teacher of dramatics.
unaer a nanaicap. mrs. rerry pur- sif.Simr.i-in
poseiy selected a piay witn a large : Self-suDnortine- all the wav. the
east to -maximize the participation little roup has aiways made enough
and benefits for students. She had to to suppiy costumes and scenery and
HIT parts m a school whose total general expenses. They have accumu
enrollment was not iom, and naturaiiy lated in the two years 36 costumes
she could not get the best cast under anj 2 interior sets.
sucn conoixions. auz spirit sucn as x NoWf with the increased boon of
tneirs admits no handicaps. a State title won. and the new com-
, Mrs. Perry Director
Mrs. Perry is a little woman who
beams with energy and; enthusiasm,
which she reflects in her students.
When congratulated on her success
and asked if she thought it would
lead to school support next year, she
sounded the note which has brought!
the Kttle crab to the fore. Said she:
"We are not even Asking for. financial
support. ,. We are on our own.
They have been exactly that since
Mrs. Perry began dramatics at Swan
nanoa when she went there from, Lan
caster, Missouri, two years ago.
Beginning with next to nothing,!
Mrs. Perry has literally "sold" drama
to Swannanoa. 'The students are
vitally interested. The school authori
ties give every co-operation possible.
And the people back the efforts of
munity pride whicli will transcend al
the old bounds, they can well be ex
pected to outdo themselves in the fu
ture. They may well be held up as
part, and a characteristic part of the
State's renaissance in drama
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