EDITORIALS
International House
Bookworm Blues
Gift To Humanity
NEWS
Glee Club Recital
Playmaker Experimental
Machicado Speaks
Serving: Civilian and Military Students at UNC
VOLUME LIII SW
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1945
NUMBER SW 105
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Glee Club
Concert Set
For Tonight
Few Tickets Left
For Joint Recital
Tickets for the joint Christmas con
cert to be presented tonight by the
men's and women's glee clubs have
been almost completely sold. NROTC
and Marine units have been released
from study restrictions to attend the
concert which will begin at 8:30 p.m.
in Hill Hall.
Four selections sung by the men's
club will open the concert. In this group
of songs will be "Ave Maria" by Arca-
delt, "Come Again Sweet Love" by
Dowlahd, "Adoramus te, Christe" by
Mozart and "Let Their Celestial Con
certs All Unite" by Handel.
This will be followed with "Kyrie
(From Mass VII)" by Lotti. "Alleluia
(From For Us A Child Is Born)" by
Bach, "Chorus of Polovetzian Maidens
(From Prince Igor)" by A. P. Boro
din, sung by the women's club.
In the third section the men's club
will render "Angels O'er The Fields
Were Flying" "Christmas Hymn" by
Jungst, "01' Man River" by Kern and
"The Battle of Jericho" by Bartholo
mew.
Christmas Music
The last half of the concert will be
entirely Christmas music. "Christians,
Hark!", "Hush-a-by Darling," arrang-
ed by Gwynn S.
Song" by K. K.
Christmastide In
Reinbecke and
Bement, "Wassail
Davis, "On That
the Long Ago" by
"Holy Day Holly
Carol", arranged by Channing Le-
f ebvre, will be presented by the wo
men's club.
Both the men and women will sing
"Carol of The Russian Children" by
Gaul, "A Joyful Christmas Song" by
Gevaert, "Alleluia" by Thompscn,'The
First Noel" and "0 Holy Night" by
Adam. ' The last two. . are familiar
Christmas carols.
Broom As Partner
Highlights Dance
For Smith Sirens
Friday night the girls of Smith
Dorm and their dates stepped into a
land of merriment as they danced in
a fairyland of shimmering evergreens
and gay red ribbons. - " - - w J
The lively entertainment planned by
Marie Holman, social chairman of the
dorm and ' Cecile ' Morgan, chairman !
of the entertainment committee con
sisted of a lively card dance, a Paul
Jones, and the hilarious broom dance,
during which the "extra" man was
left dancing with a broom. During the
evening, white frosted buns were
served with punch from a crystal
bowl.
The highlight of the evening 'was
the special number given by Emily
Writenhour, Pat Anderson, and Marie
Hrlman who sang the soft strains of
Silent Night, Holy Night," and
"White Christmas." In the soft glow
of candle light the evening drew to a
close as the guests sang Christmas
carols in unison.
Veterans To Hold
Christmas Party
Saturday Night
Saturday nieht from 8-12 p.m. the
walls of the Vets' club here .will rock
to Christmas carols sung in true bar
bershop style and to the easy strains
of dance music by the Carolina
Rhythm Five, as the University Vet
erans Association plays host at their
Christmas party. '
Tickets, at 50 cents per couple, may
be purchased by veterans in the "Y"
any day after Monday, or they may
be obtained at the club.
The Carolina Rhythm Five is a new
campus quintet making ' its first ap
pearance this weekr its members are
vets from several service bands, and
they have wide experience.
Interdorm CenmeW Mptinr
' The Interdormitorv Council will
meet Tuesday night at 7 in Roland
Parker Lounge. The Yack picture will
be taken at that time, and a report
will be given from the committee that
has been investigating the Book Ex
change. ! '
,
Willis Gates, former instruc
tor of music m Livingston State
Teachers College in Alabama, who
has just received his discharge from
the Army after four and a half
years' service, has been appointed a
graduate assistant in violin in the
University Music Department.
Mr. Gates received his B.M. de
gree fromPeabody Conservatory of
Music in 1939 and attended Penn
sylvania State College and Johns
Hopkins University. He studied vio
lin under Frank Gittelson. He will
work towards his graduate degree
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Union Plans
Gala Party
AH Students Urged
To Bring Gifts Early
Plans for the gala Christmas party
to be sponsored by Graham Memorial
next Sunday night are rapidly taking
shape, and director Martha Rice
especially urged all students to turn
in their presents early this week, to
have them distributed by Santa Claus
Commencing immediately after the
"Messiah": recital in Hill Hall on Sun
day evening,? the party will be held in
the main lounge of Graham Memorial
as the final student event of the quarter
and the campus Christmas season be
fore exams.
Presents Due
Main feature of. the event will be
Santa Claus giving out the Christmas
presents to all the kiddies, under the
huge Christmas tree" in the " main
Iounerel: Miss Rice emphasized that
students should bring their presents.
either serious or funny ones, to the
student union office all during the
week, and have Santa give them out
to their friends
Also featured on the colorful pro
gram will be a "Community sing" of
Christmas carols and musical enter
tainment. Refreshments of cider and
cookies will be served in the 24 Below
Club. : '
The regular Friday Night Frollic
will be held in the main lounge from
9-12 Friday night. Music will be furn
ished by recordings.
South Building
Releases Figures
On Registration
A breakdown of enrollment figures
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fnf fViis term, lust released dv me
office of the registrar, reveals a total
of 1,576 civilian men students, 904
coeds and 477 military students now
on campus.
Ficiired in the count of military
men are 367 ROTC's and 110 Marine
V-12's. Total number oi stuuencs at
Carolina at the end of November was
2,957.
Enrolled in the freshman class are
580 civilian men and 22 coeds; in the
sophomore class, 317 civilian men and
37 coeds; in the junior class, 147 civi
lian men and 275 coeds; and in the
senior' class, 123 civilian men and 313
women, mere f ibuuok; ce
dents and 152 special students.
The General College has the larg
est registration, with 947 students.
The College of Arts and Sciences
comes next with 721 enrollees, accord
ing to-the registrar's figures.
Chi Psi-Phi Party
The newly reorganized local of Chi
Phi' fraternity was entertained Witn
a supper puny uu o&er
Friday night by the members of the
Chi Psi fraternity at the Chi Psi
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Playmakers Plan To Produce
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Experimental Bill Thursday
Campus To See Three Original Plays
iWritten And Produced By Students
Samuel Selden, director of the Carolina Playmakers, will introduce the
second bill of experimental plays in the 1945-46 season Thursday evening at
7:30 p.m. in the Playmakers Theatre. The campus is invited to see these
three " original one-act plays written and produced by students in Dramatic
Art under the general supervision of
-"Cornbread," a domestic farce,
John Fries Blair is the first play on
the bill. Mr. Blair is an assistant
director in the Institute of Govern
ment here. Since last spring he has
had several leading roles in Playmak
ers' major productions, and has had
a one-act play produced in the Win
ston-Salem Little Theatre
''Cornbread," the scene of which is
laid in a cornfield by a public road
will be directed by Wayne Bowman
a graduate student in Dramatic Art
who has previously directed shows a
North Georgia College. The cast in
eludes: Farmer Brown, Jim Geiger
Mullican, Harvey Baumgardner; Ma
loney, John Bridges; First Player,
James Crutchfield; Second Player,
Ray Levine; A Hunter, Jim Moos
Steve, Raikes Slinkard; JLem, James
Riley; Bob Lawton, Jack Atkins
Cicily Weatherby, Alice Flory; Mr,
Lawton, Lawrence Berry.
"Egypt Land," a tragedy of a negro
chain gang, by Robert Armstrong,
Jr., is the second play to be presented
Mr. Armstrong has written one-act
plays before and had them produced
at Howard College in Birmingham
Frank Hamson, a graduate student in
Dramatic Art who has done profes
sional and little theatre directing, will
direct "Egypt Land." ,
in tne cast lor "iJgypt .Land ' are:
Robert Armstrong as Mose Rivers, Jim
Moos as Jig Salter, James Riley as
Jim Tidwell, Harvey Baumgardner as
Sim Thomas, Jack Mauney as Harve
Rankins, Lawrence Berry as John
King, Chuck Borton as Captain Frank,
Rue Guthrie as Mammie Lou John
son, J ames Crutchfield as Jackson La
tham, Thomas Heath as a trusty.
"St. Magdalen's Guild," a comedy of
situation, by Mimi MacGowan is the
ast play on the bill. Miss MacGowan
has had other plays in experimental
productions. The scene of this play
is laid in the parlor of Madame Hexe's
exclusive establishment in a small
southern city.
Lynn Leonard, a graduate student
m Dramatic Art wno last year naa
a directorship with the University of
Denver, will direct "St. Magdalen's
Guild." Following is the cast: Man,
im Warren; Lilli, Tree Fidel; Sheila,
Hallie Dockery; Francme, Alice
lory; Cissy, Rue Guthrie; Mabel
(Madame Hexe), Lenny Eyster; Ora
ohnson, Mildred Danforth; Kathryn
Worth, Lois Wernshuis.
Tubercular Drive Opened
By Chairman
By Marianne Browne
Tables and chairs were being vig
rously pushed into place. With the ad
dition of a stack of Christmas Seals,
the Tuberculosis Booth was ready for
use.
Yesterday the Annual TB Drive
opened, with seals going on daily sale
in the "Y", the Bank and the Post
Office. The drive will continue until
Saturday, December 15.
A booth has been set up at the Y
which will be open each day from 9
until 5 o'clock. About 50 coeds are
dividing this time on one-hour shifts.
In addition a canvass of every dormi
tory, fraternity and sorority will be
made during the week.
One sheet of 100 seals costs $1 and
the committee's goal is to sell one sheet
to every student on campus.
Nancy McClendon, chairman of the
YWCA Social Service Committee,
heads the drive. "There will be 60
girls selling Christmas Seals in town.
We are getting college girls to do this,
because they appeal more to people
buying." She is working with Dr. S. A.
Emery in the sale of .seals in town.
Jane Richardson is in charge of the
booths, and John Lineweaver is
managing the sale in the men's dorms.
UNC Senior
Nancy McClendon, or Fenner, as
she is known, is a senior at UNC. She
attended Hollins College for her first
two years. At Hollins, as at Carolina,
she was active in the YWCA. Here
at Carolina she is also an assistant
Kai Jurgensen.
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Awards To
Be Given
Stanford
r The Dramatic Alliance of Stanford
University i3 offering four awards for
outstanding dramatic writing in its
eleventh annual competition.
ine maxwell Anderson award o
$100 will be given to the best verse
drama submitted, which may be either
in full length or one-act form. The 1942
winner of this award, "Dark of the
Moon," a drama of the Carolina
Smokies, ran on Broadway for 200
performances and excited much favor
able comment in theatrical circles.
Full-Length Drama
Another of the prizes offered is the
100-dollar Miles McKinnon Anderson
award for a full length prose drama
to be based on those sturdy, construc
tive qualities which underlie the daily
life of our American scene. For the
best radio play submitted in prose or
verse, tnere is tne Stephen Vmcnet
Benet award of $50 given in memory of
the late beloved poet. The Henry David
Gray award also $50, is to be present
ed for lucid, vigorous dramatic criti
cism.
wniie no second prizes are given
all prize-winning material, and leading
honors plays are recommended to first
rate producing and publishing units.
Other privileges open to contributers
include opportunity to ohtaih " brief
critiques of their wrok for $4 beyond
the registration fee, the introduction
of promising young dramatists to mem
bers of the Alliance already placed
prominently in the theatre and mo
tion pictures and the appearance of
every item contributed in the lists of
;he Alliance Bulletin which is circu
ated nationally to libraries and pro
ducing groups.
These Carolina dramatists interest
ed in keeping up the tradition of the
past should send for information and
registration forms as early as pos
sible. Address all communications to
Dramatists Alliance, Box 200Z, Stan-
brd University, California. March 20,"
946 is the final date of this season's
competition.
McClendon
girl scout leader. She is a member of
Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Fenner is a collector of clocks. She
has two Se th Thomas clocks in her
collection; one is 135 years old. In
spite of its age and its wooden works,
it still runs. Another in her collection
shows the house of the first governor
of Virginia.
Forte Is Swimming
While at Hollins, she studied hard
for as Fenner says, "There wasn't
much else to relieve the tension. While
there she almost made the hockey team.
But her real sports success was in
swimming. The teacher would send
her out into the pool to demonstrate
the trudgeon." Very interesting. Look
at that, do just the opposite, and you'll
get an "A".
Fenner is from Shreveport, Louisi
anaa city known for its oil and cot
ton. Progressive School
Southfield, is where Fenner hopes
to teach some day. Her major is Eng
lish but, "I'll just teach them rest
period or feed them milkshakes three
times. a day. They have rest periods
between each subject and two hours
of gym to fill up' the day."
v Other postgraduate plans include
raising bulldogs.
KA Initiates
New KA's initiated Sunday morn-
ing are r ranic vr enaeii oaunuers,
Reidsyille; Paul Barnard," Forest City;
and Mac Hobkirk, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
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Commander H. W. Carroll, Jr., of
Bennettsville, S. C, Executive Officer
of the Naval ROTC and V-12 unit at
the University was recently pro
moted from lieutenant commander to
his present rank.
Hill Recital
Set Tomorrow
Sonata From Brahms
Highlights Program
The fifth in a series of Student Af
ternoon Recitals will be presented to
morrow at 4 p.m. in Hill Husic Hall
Students appearing on tne program
are Jean Youngblood, soprano; Alice
Summers, soprano; William Smith,
tenor; Dolly Donelson, soprano; Wil
liam Fitzgerald, clarinet; William
Waters, piano; Pauline Bell, soprano;
Mary Stringfield, violin; Monte Ho
well, organ; Charles Stevens, Durema
Fitzgerald. Ruth von Bramer, and
Carolyn Bowman, accompanists.
One of the highlights of this recital
will be the performance of the Third
Movement of Brahm's "Second Clari
net Sonata" by William Fitzgerald on
the clarinet and Carolyn Bowman at
he .piano. This is one of four .things
written for the clarinet by Brahms
and is heard infrequently.
Repeat Performance
Fitzgerald has appeared on each of
the five recitals this year, four times
as clarinetist and once as tenor. He is
one oi tne youngest promising stu
dents of Dr. Haydon. Miss Bowman
also appears frequently on the stu
dent recitals and plans to give a junior
recital this Spring.
Another interesting instrumental
number will be Wieniawaki's "Ko-
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mance piayea Dy mary omngueiu,
the Kay Kyser Scholarship winner for
his , year. Mary is well known here
as a pianist and vocalist as well as a
violinist.
Books Are Released
By University Press
For Christmas Sales
The University Press has released
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a nail dozen lilies Since oepieuiuei ,
three of them have been second print
ings. "Freedom Under Planning" by
Wootton and "Mexican Village" by
Josephina Niggli have had second
printings during December. A sec
ond printing of "Memories of an Old
Time Tar Heel" by Kemp Plummer
Battle, who was once president of the
University, will be ready soon after
Christmas.
Released earlier in the fall was the
first of the Sesquicentennial Volumes,
"A State University Surveys the Hu
manities," edited by Mr. MacKinney,
Mr. N. B. Adams and Mr. H. K. Rus
sell; Paul Green's new "Forever Grow
ing"; "Reading and Speaking For
eign Languages" by H. R. Hughes;
and "Oil" and Deep Water" by Kaj
Klitgaard.
Both the first and second printings
of Josephina Niggli's "Mexican Vil
lage" were of 5,000 copies each. The
book appeared in two different lists of
ten books, five fiction and five non-
fiction, picked by ten prominent per-J
sons as those published during the
year that they would most like to give
for Christmas; the lists were printed
in the New York Times Book Review
Section. Orville Prescott, co-editor
of "Books of the Times" chose 'the
book, and the president of the Ameri
can Booksellers Association, Joseph A.
Margolies, had it on his list.'
Anyone wishing to order books as
Christmas gifts may do so at any
bookstore or direct from the Univer
sity Press.
Bolivia Topic
Of Machicado
Address Here
Public Health Man
On Clinical Tour
Doctor L. F. Pierola Machicado of
La Paz, Bolivia, will lecture tomorrow
night at 8:30 in Graham Memorial
about life in Bolivia. Dr. Machicado,
who is completing courses in the School
of Public Health here, is in this country
to study and make observations on
V-D control and skin diseases. He will
leave Thursday morning to observe
clinics in other parts of the country.
The Institute of inter-American Af
fairs is supplying a one-year fellow
ship for Dr. Machicado to study.
Writes Article
In Bolivia he is a private physician
and a medical instructor at La Paz
University. Dr. Machicado is also the
author of medical articles for Bolivian
newspapers.
The University of La Paz gave him
his academic degree and the Sorbonne
in Paris, France, granted him his
medical degree.
At various times Dr. Machicado has
lived in England and Germany. While
serving as an army doctor he received
the Distinguished Service Medal for
outstanding medical service.
Phi To Choose
New Officers At
Meeting Tonight
Officers of the Philanthropic Assem
bly for the winter quarter will be
elected tonight at a special closed ses
sion, Speaker Jack Lackey has an
nounced.
The present slate of Phi officers
were installed two weeks ago to serve
for the remainder of this term. The
new. officers -will, servo during the
quarter ending in March.
The election of officers will com
prise the only business of the meet
ing, and Lackey has urged all mem
bers to be present.
Members of the Phi voted at an un
official discussion last week in favor of
establishing a student committee to
meet with faculty and administration
eaders to consider the present Uni
versity curriculum, making any ad
ditions or changes that the group
might agree upon. The discussion was
ruled unofficial since a quorum was
not present.
Dr. Nathan Sinai
To Give Lectures
On Public Health
Dr. Nathan Sinai, professor of pub
ic health administration at the Uni
versity of Michigan, will give a series
of lectures on public health economics
in the auditorium of the Med building
December 11 through December 15.
On the first four days he will speak
at 10 a.m. and on December 15 at
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. AIL sessions
are open to the public.
Dr. Sinai, a native of Stockton,
Calif., received his M.S. and Dr. of
Public Health degrees from the uni
versity of Michigan. At various times
in his career he has been a local di
rector of sanitation, a local health of
ficer, a university professor and a
consultant to various government
agencies in this country and in Can
ada. He is a member of Tau Kappa Ep
silon, Phi Kappa Phi and Delta
Omega, and is a fellow of the Amer
ican Public Health Association. A
member of the committee on Medi
cal Care of the American Public
Health Association, Dr. Sinai is a
noted lecturer and the author of many
articles. This is the third consecutive
year that he has lectured here.
All Dormitory Men
Must Register Now
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Bob Gavin, manager of dormi
tories, announced today that all
male students desiring dormitory
rooms next term must register
with the cashier in South Building
before noon , December 15. This
registration will be . required by
students now occupying dormitories
as well as new students.