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VOLUME XXXVII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1929
NUMBER 87
SCHWARTZ PLANS
TO EXPERIMENT IN
NEW GEO-PHYSICS
Geology Professor to Work un
der Direction of United States
Bureau of Mines.
The development and perfection pf
new methods for the location of bodies
of ore, oil, and other underground ma
terials of economic importance will be
the subject of a valuable and inter
esting piece of summer .research this
year for Prof. J. H. Schwartz, of the
University Geology Department.
Professor Schwartz, who has done
much research along geological lines,
will be associated in this new work
with two Canadian scientists. They
will carry on operations under the
Geo-physics section of the Bureau of
Mines, spending the first month at
wnrlr in P.nnnrla onrl Viq noi4
in the northwestern part of the United
States, probably in Idaho.
The Geo-physics section is but one
year old, and the Bureau of Mines
has been established but four years,
but remarkable strides already have
been made in location of ore and oil
underground. The new methods have
become of tremendous economic im
portance, for these scientific j tests,
eliminating the old trial and error
borings, have meant great savings in
locations of supplies of ore and oil
which will be profitable for extrac
tion. Important among recent research
done by Professor Schwartz have
t i i . fit- ti it' it -t
oeen stumes oi tne unattanooga DiacK
shale of the Eastern United States
and a number of X-ray studies of fos
sils. PHI ASSEMBLY TO
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Meeting Tonight Is Final Gath
ering of Year; New Members
To Be Initiated.
New Reporters To
Be Chosen Tonight
There will be a meeting of the
Tar Heel reportorial staff tonight
at seven o'clock. All men interest
ed in tryingout for the daily staff
are requested to report at this
meeting. Competition for positions
on the 1929-1930 staff will begin
tonight and continue for one week.
At the end of that time new men
will be added to the staff.
JOURNALISM MAT
ANNOUNCES RULES
FOR PRESS CONTEST
Prominent Men to Judge News
Stories and Editorials Sub
mitted by Students.
"Rip Van Winkle" In Open Theatre
The Phi Assembly will hold its
final meeting of the quarter Tues
day night, May 21, 1929, at 7:15 in
the society hall. This final meeting
will be called for the election of of
ficers to serve during the fall quarter
of 1929-30. At ' this time an entire
staff of officers will be elected and
it is very important that all old mem
bers be present.
The retiring officers of the as
sembly are J. A. Crumpler; speaker,
W. L. Montgomery; speaker pro-tem,
A. Collins ; sargent at-arms, and T.
R. Baldwin; reading clerk.
Much interest has been evidenced
in the election of the Phi officers in
past quarters and it is hoped that even
greater interest will be manifested in
the forth coming election
Another feature of interest at the
Tuesday night meeting will be the
initiation of all new members not yet
initiated.
Carolina Student Is
Injured In Accident
On Raleigh Highway
Robert Dees, University of North
Carolina strident, and Miss Jane de
Covan, of New York City, were slight
ly injured Sunday night when the car
in which they were riding skidded
and overturned on the Raleigh road
some distance east of the city. Dees
received the more painful injuries of
the two, but attending physicians re
ported his condition as not being seri
ous. . ' - .. . - - ,, '. - ,v....-
The accident happened when an ap
proaching car crowded their machine
from the pavement, causing it to skid
on the wet shoulder and overturn
Mr. and Mrs. de Covan, the p.arents
of Miss de Covan, were also in the
car, but escaped without any injury.
Karl Bickel, President of the
United Press, Kent Cooper, General
Manager of the Associated Press;
Russel Kent, President of the National
Press Club; David Lawrence, Pres
ident of the Consolidated Press and
Editor of the United States Daily;
and Richard V. Oulahan, Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
Times, will act as judges in the news
story competition sponsored by the
Pi Delta national journalism fratern
ity. In the editorial competition, all
the judges of last year's contest will
serve again.
. To be eligible for prizes, editorials
or news-stories must be submitted to
the director of the competition, Henry
Grattan Doyle, Dean of Men, George
Washington University, Washington,
D. C, not later than July 1, 1929, in
accordance with the following rules :
1. Editorials or aews stories must
have been written by an undergrad
uate and must have been published
during the academic year 1928-29 in
a college journal aany, Di-wtxjKiy,
tri-weekly, etc.), Monthlies, quarter
lies, literary magazines, alumni pub
lications, or comics are not included
in the competition.
2. Editorials or. news-stories must
be submitted in duplicate as follows:
a. One copy in the form of a
clipping, so trimmed as to eliminate
any indication of the source, and
pasted on regular size copy-paper, or
plain white paper.
b. One copy marked, of the com
plete issue of the publication m
which the. contribution appeared.
3. A statement by the editor-in-
chief, editorial chairman, faculty ad
viser, or other responsible of f icer of
the publication, must accompany the
two copies of the contribution. This
statement must give the name and ad
dress' of the N author and certify that
he is a regularly enrolled undergrad
uate, student in the institution.
4. While it is recommended that
editorial boards or editors-in-chief
submit a selection, properly attested,
of the three best editorials and three
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Pictured above is the outdoor theatre of the Carolina Playmakers. The photo was taken during . the presen
tation of ShakeTspeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing." The theatre is in the heart of native forest beneath
tall trees. The only thing unnatural to the scene is the little rock proscenium, and this, though not .a work
of nature, is a work of native art, being built of rock picked up from the surrounding wood. V
The audience is shown on the sloping hillside, which will amply accommodate 5,000 people.
The Plavmakers are to revive Jefferson's famous version of "Rip Van Winkle" in their outdoor shrine
Friday and Saturday nights. lyV .."
HIBBARD PREDICTS
GREAT PROGRESS
IN STATE LETTERS
James Boyd, Paul Green, and
Olive Dargen Are Most Out
standing Authors.
THREE PASSIONS
TO BE SCREENED
AT CAROLINA WED.
Alice Terry Is Star of Jazz Age
Story Produced by Rex
Ingram.
Playmakers5 Final Play
To Be in Forest Theatre
"Rip Van Winkle" Revival of Fambus Jefferson
Play Will Be Enacted in Open Air Theatre of
Unusual Beauty.
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Rex Ingram, hreaks new ground in
several . directions . with. J'The Thiee
Passions," his latest picture coming
to the Carolina theatre tomorrow.
Novel as to storv. treatment and
characterization, the production is
said to typify the present modernistic
spirit expressed in the jazz-mad pace
maintained by the world today.
Cosmo Hamilton's sensational new
novel furnished the plot for this
United Artists Picture filmed in the
original European backgrounds de
picted in this story amid the pleasure
mad society, the passion-craze of
the underworld, and the money ty
rants of present-day industry.
With "The- Three Passions" Rex
Ingram turns modern. Discarded is
the oriental of "The Garden of Al
lah," the mystical of "The Magician,"
the historic of the "Four Horsemen,"
and "Scaramouche" f or a story of the
jazz "age, flaming with the fiery ima
ginations of men and women of today
Baby Reunion Set
For Friday, June
-The Baby Reunion of the class
of 1928 will take place on Alumni
Day, June 8. Already a commit
tee has been appointed to give the
matter full publicity and to make
complete arrangements.
The following members of the
class of 1928 compose the commit
tee: A. A. Perkins, chairman, D.
E. Hudgins, Art Hollett, ...E. ...A.
Cameron, Walter Creech, Fred Gil
reath, Charles Price, George Rose,
and John Allison.
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best news stories puousneu m have rukd mankind from the days of
reSpecuiv ju u. ' aniquityGod, Gold and Love.
tne lUUgeS Will CUIISIUCX sums
basis all properly attested contribu
tions, whether submitted under this
plan or by individuals, providing the
conditions stated above are complied
with.
Method of Judging
Upon receipt of contributions they
will be numbered serially by the. di
rector of the competition, an identi
cal number appearing on each of the
two copies and the accompanying
statement. The unmarked copy alone
will be submitted to the judges, the
complete copy of the publication and
the certifying statement being' filed
in the of ice of the director of the com
petition for use in announcing the
awards.
2. The decision of the judges will
be made by number, and the names of
the recipients of the awards will be
announced by the director after ret
erence to his files.
' 3. The decisions of the judges shall
be final and shall be binding on all
contestants.
4. No material will be returned.
Further information will be given
by Henry Grattan Doyle, Grand vice-
! president, Pi Delta Upsuon, ueorge
Washington University, vvasnmgton,
D. C. ' '
Abernethy Returns to Hill
Dr. Eric Abernethy, University
physician, has resumed his duties at
the infirmary after several days ab
PTire during which he underwent a
minor operation at Watts Hospital in
Durham.
Alice Terrv (Mrs. Ingram) and
Ivan Petrovitch, recognized to be
among the leading romancers of the
movies as a result of their appear
ance in recent Ingram successes, en
act the leading roles. In keeping with
the prevailing , spirit of newness
found in the film, Miss Terry has
discarded her famous wig for her own
shingled hair. , And the exemplary
characters she played in other days
give way to a rather frivolous Eng
lish society eirl. with a taste for
cigarettes, cocktails and late hours
; Rex . Ingram made the interiors of
"The Three Passions" at his studio,
situated above the Mediterranean on
the outskirts of Nice, France. The
exteriors are English and include
scenes taken at Magdalen College, Ox
ford, and in the gigantic Armstrong
engineering works at New-castle-on-
Tyne.
One of the biggest achievements of
the film is the manner in which in
terior scenes made at Nice "match"
with the actual shots of these great
works. The shipyard set is a pro
duction triumph, but scarcely less re
markable are the "futuristic" res
taurant, the individualistic boudoir of
Lady Bellamont a forerunner of the
vogue of tomorrow, and the hall and
dining room of Lord Bellamont's
mansion in Park Lane. English visi
tors to the studio were amazed by the
realism of these scenes.
How simple flood control will seem
to Mr. Hoover after trying his hand
on congress.
By MARION ALEXANDER
Pitch black darkness. Lights
flaring - ominously now an amber
sunlight, now witching moonlight.
Weird, fanciful music, almost ethereal.
A light airy spirit. Song beautiful
song. Shipwrecked mariners being
ed astray, blindly following the song.
On, on and toward a grotesque and
yawning cavern m a sheer rock wail.
Certain destruction!
The thing is real. The fantastic
effects, the realism of it all makes
queer icy chills run up ' and down
your spine. You reach out and anx
iously seize your companion safety
m numoers irom tnis tning cailea
imagination! !
It's just a play, but what a spec
aclel And how real it seems in this
primeval Playmaker Theatre secure
under the towering oaks in the heart
of the native forest.
To Play "Rip Van Winkle"
The theatre is at the height of its
beauty just now, and judging from
the elaborate preparations the Play
makers have been making this per
formance promises to be a memorable
one. It is to be given on Friday, and
Saturday nights of this week. .' ,
Jefferson truly immortalized the
part. There was actually a reverence
about the way the American theatre-
going public , held the character of
the lovable, idle, dram-drinking Dutch
spendthrift "Rip" that he created.
Director Koch saw the great actor
play the role back in the opening
years of the , century at the Colonial
Theatre, in Boston in what was sup
posed to be Jefferson's farewell ap
pearance' ".. ' ;
';. ' Heffner Will Act "Rip" "
" The Jeff erson version, which Boucci-
cault wrote but which J eff erson really
vivified ,with his own genius, will be
used by the Playmakers. Prof. Hu
bert Heffner, Associate Director of
the Playmakers, who has won much
praise in folk-play roles he has
created, is to play "Rip." Director
Koch declares he is admirably fitted
for the part and assures a notable
performance of the character. Pro
fessor Koch is directing the perform
ance himself. Technical Director
Sam Selden has designed original and
beautiful stage sets and is rigging up
ingenious lighting equipment for the
production. Every detail is being
looked after, and the Playmakers are
hoping to make this year's Forest
Theatre production a memorable one.
Description of the Theatre
The theatre is situated in the heart
of the native forest, which was little
changed for its coming. The hillside
sloping' gradually from the stage en
closure gives ample space for an audi
ence of 5,000.
, Giant oaks look down from above,
their huge branches meeting in a
spacious vault. A little branch winds
its way at the rear of the stage, and
the water as it murmurs over the
rocks adds not a little to the spell of
the place. A variety of forest trees
form the background of the stage.
Coker Selected Site
Carolina Playmakers early saw the
need of an outdoor theatre. Prof. W.
C. Coker, who is custodian of the Ar
boretum and the landscaping of the
University campus, was called in
As a selection committee of one he
discovered the beautiful amphitheatre
down in Battle Park.
It was slightly swampy and the
branch ran through the spot where,
the stage now is. They built a plat
form about three feet high, and there
staged two or three outdoor perform
ances.
There were no plays in 1918 the
war was at its height just then and
people forgot plays in the . grimmer
tragedy. i
And then in 1919 Professor Koch
came to the University to. build the
now famous Carolina Playmakers. He
had developed a unique little outdoor
theatre at the ; University of North
Dakota the first to utilize a stream
between stage and audience and he
was very much interested in the Caro
lina outdoor theatre.
The hillside "was perfectly adapted,
and the property belonging to the
University. l Five hundred dollars was
procured, and with this small sum the
work" was done. '
Kenneth McGowan
Again Scheduled to
Speak at Carolina
Kenneth McGowan, dramatic critic,
will speak to the Dramatic section of
the Adult Educational Conference to
convene here tomorrow afternoon.
McGowan has just completed
study of the Little Theater situation
in the United Staes. His book
12,000 Miles of Little Theatres wil
be published in the fall by Harcouri
Brace & Co. He is at present con
ducting a study of Little Theatres
under the auspices of the Carneige
foundation. George Denny, former
assistant director of the Playmakers
will also be present for the meeting,
Since leaving here, Mr. Denny has
continued his dramatic work, having
played in numerous professional, pro
ductions and is at present serving as
director of the" American Institute of
Orts and Sciences at Columbia Uni
versity. He is also the director of
Morning Side Players of Columbia
University.
The replacing of the romantic
Southern literature that followed the
Civil War by a literature that treats
the material in a more thruthful man
ner was stated by Dean Addison Hib
bard in a chapel talk yesterday to be
the greatest of six steps that have
served to develop North Carolina
literature.
The South was the birthplace of
American literature, as some of the
earliest American writing was done
in this state and Virginia. But then
for a long time there was no litera
ture of the South because the planta
tion system was one that developed
politicians and orators rather than
writers. '
Civil War Influences
' Then came the Civil War which
brought out a class of writing which
was romantic to an extreme. As an
example of the writing done at this
period Dean Hibbard read a few
paragraphs from a book written at
that time. The wording was so stilt
ed and filled with romantic phrases
that it. seemed ridiculous -to yester
day's audience. -
. : ; - Now, howey eiy . Korth Carolina
literature is going, to the side of .
tctuality "as witnessed by the work
of Paul Green and James Boyd. As
an example of the literary progress
of the state, Dean Hibbard stated that
25 years ago O. ' Henry, was the only
natiye writer - who was , nationally
known and there was even some doubt
as to whether his work could be count
ed as that of a North Carolinian.
Now there are three men who are
nationally, known: Paul Green, James
Boyd, and Olive Dargen. This may
not seem such a large number, but
when compared with the one of 25
years ago. it signifies progress.
"North Carolina is still in her
period of economic growth," said
Dean Hibbard, "and she is to be con
gratulated for the progress she has
made. By 1940 material progress will
be carried to a point where it will
not occupy such a dominating posi-
ion in the life of the state, and then
there will be room for literary and
artistic employment.
SENIORS IN MIDST
OF ANNUAL WEEK
Will Have Entertaining Week
Of Speeches, Free Drinks,
Sandwiches, and Theatrical
Parties.
According to the usual custom, the
seniors will devote this week chiefly
to the observance of "Senior Week."
This custom has been kept up for
many years, the week usually last
ing from Monday through "Friday.
Owing to' the heavy rain Monday, the
program will begin today and continue
as planned through Friday.
Each night of the program the
seniors will gather beneath Davie
Poplar to hear speeches delivered by
various members of the faculty. In
case of rain the speeches will be given
at the same time in Gerrard Hall
rather than under the Davie Poplar.
During this period the seniors will
wear their Tegalia of the class colors.
Straw hats with red and black strip
ed bands, black and red handkerchiefs
and ties, and canes are the selected
attire. ' '
Carr Issues Program '
Below is given the complete pro
gram as arranged by Buck Carr, the
class president:
Tuesday, 7:15: Mr. Dan Grant
will address the class under the Davie
Poplar. Patterson Bros, will contri
bute smokes and drinks to seniors
any time during the day.
Wednesday, 7:15 P. M.: Mr. Frank
Graham will speak under the Davie
Poplar. Afterwards Mr. Charley
Gooch will give to each of the seniors
a sandwich and a drink. At 11:00 P.
M. the seniors will be the guests of the
Carolina theatre for the show starring
Alice Terry in "Three Passions."
Tuesday, 7:15 P. M. Dean Brad
shaw will speak to the seniors under
the Davie Poplar. ;
Friday, 7:15 P. M. Dr. Chase will
address the class under the Davie
Poplar.