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ORIGINAL PLAYS PLAYMAKERS THEATRE 8:30 TONIGHT ORIGINAL PLAYS PLAYMAKERS THEATRE v 8:30 TONIGHT V rTUl.'KTfl0 I Sf ! . IIS) VOLUME XXXIX DECORATIONS FOR CLASS DANCES TO BE MODERNISTIC Jthnny Harnp Engaged to Play For Junior-Senior Balls. The junior and senior classes iave decided to combine this year and have two big dances on two successive nights rather than have separate dances al together. The Junior-Senior Ball will be given on the twenty fifth and twenty-six of April. , The committee in charge of arrangements succeeded in se curing Johnny Hamp and his ''Kentucky Serenaders" to play for the occasion. Hamp's or chestra, conceded to be one of the ten best aggregations in the country, is very popular in this section, and the committee con siders itself fortunate in hav ing gotten him to play. . The dances will be given in the Tin Can with the Junior Prom opening the affair on Friday from nine to one. The Senior Ball will take place from nine to twelve the following night. Those men of the committee who represent the junior class are: Theroh Brown, president of the class; Jack Dungan, Jack Parris, John Phil Cooper, Steve Lynch, and Harland Jameson. Those from the senior class are : Pat Patterson, president, John Idol, Cliff Baucom, William Cooper and K. C. Ramsay. According to all reports, the color scheme which will be used in the decoration of the Tin Can are to be predominantly black and white. Patronesses from all parts of the state are expected to attend the ball. Those who are not members of either the junior or senior classes, need not have any expectations of attending, as this affair is strictly a class function. Each member of either class, who is eligible to attend, will receive two bids, one for each dance. Formerly it was thought that each person would have a bid to give to a guest, but this is not true. . Battle Park Paths Are To Be Reopened The Battle Park Association was formed last night at the tome of Colonel Pratt. The pur- Pose of the association is to re Pen the old paths in Battle Park, and to build new rustic bridges across the brook to re place those that formerly were there. No type of moderniza tion or elaborate change of any sort is planned by the associa tion. AH that is planned is the clearing of the paths and the replacement of the little bridges iat were cared for by Kemp P. attle while he was president i the University and for years alter that until his death. A great charm of Battle park," said Colonel Pratt, "has always been that it is woodland JIthe natural state. In talking among old acquaintances I have und considerable interest in idea of restoring Dr. Bat h's paths and bridges. . May- 06 a minority who love to alk in the woods, but it's sizeable minority; and I believe t as time goes on the park be used more and more." . Guests at Inn Among the prominent guest at che Carolina Inn are Mrs John J. Parker, wife of the judge n the fourth circuit court of aPPeals, and Judge R. W. Win ln, noted author. 1 1 Johnny Hamp Johnny Hamp and his "Ken tucky Serenaders" are engaged to play for the Junior-Senior Balls which are to be given in the Tin Can on the evenings of April twenty-fourth and twenty fifth. ADVERTISERS OF MWARRIVE Two Graduates of Ohio State Come Here to Publicize Pro duction of Ben Greet. Misses Anne Bettle and Mary Boesel, graduates of the Univer sity of Iowa and University of Ohio, respectively arrived in Chapel Hill Thursday to adver tise the Ben Greet Players who are to appear in Memorial hall Tuesday night, April 14, in a presentation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Both these young ladies, who have been with the organization since it came to the United States, came here from Chatta nooga, Tennessee, wnere tne company presented a bill before an audience of four thousand people. Sir Philip Ben Greet and his associates have played in eading cities and universities ;hroughout the United States on their return tour of America. Some of these include Yale, Har vard, University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, and the University of California. The Hamlet which is to be presented here Tuesday night is known as the first quarto edition. This is only about half as long and is twice as dramatic as the edition which is used as a text book in schools. Only two copies of the first quarto are in existance, the first being owned by the British Museum, and the other by the Henry Huntington collection in California. This is the first time that this edition has ever been produced in America. Sir Philip obtain ed the copy of it from the Bri tish Museum by the permission of the consul in charge. In his presentation of Shakespearean plays, he adheres closely to the old Elizabethan ideas of stage setting. Lvon Addresses Foreman's Uud Norman W. Lyon, of the psy chology department, addressed the April dinner conference of v. "nnrhnm Foreman s Club Thursday evening, on the sub ject, "The Will to Work." The dinner was given in the Durham Y. M. C. A.4 and attended by forty members and guests. The club is an organization of the foremen and superintendents of Durham industries, the purpose of which is to consider mutual problems of human relations in industry. T - ) ( ' : ) J CHAPEL HILL, N. C .SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931 Architect Of Gimghoul Castle 1 Lectures On Old New Orleans Professor N. C. Curtis, of the Tulane University architecture department, spent a few hours in Chapel Hill yesterday while on tour for the Committee of Education of the American In stitute of Architects. He is an alumnus of the University class of '00, and taught here from 1904 to 1907, and is the archi tect of the Gimghoul Castle and the A. T. O. fraternity house here. Mr. Curtis lectured to Dr. J. P. Harland's 9 :30 arch-? aeology class on "The Archi tecture of Old New Orleans," illustrating his talk with num erous lantern slides of the uni que buildings of this colorful and romantic city. "The buildings of New Orleans are not as-old as are popularly supposed," began Professor Curtis. "In fact none of those standing today are much over a hundred years old, as none sur vived the great fire which swept the city in 1787. Their ap pearance of age is accredited to the dampness of the climate which causes the brick and plaster to disintegrate rapidly, and which gives paint a soft mellowness. It is the custom in New Orleans to repaint every thing yearly due to the extreme amount of moisture. In the early days, the danger of fire was so great that the- city passed an ordinance prohibiting wooden shingles, hence slate and tin are used entirely. "By far the most interesting section of New Orleans is the French quarter or Vieux Carre, covering a hundred city blocks, which were originally enclosed by ramparts. This part of the city centers around Jackson Square, and is divided by Char- res, St. Peter's, and Royal Streets on which are located some of the most interesting historical buildings. Because Pledges Hold Forth On Franklin With Usual "Shines" (By Roscoe Rollins) Spring has come and as the buds sprout, just as prolifically dp ideas shoot up in the minds of the fraternity men by which they can make the pledge's life more miserable, if possible, than it has been during the course of the pledging term. Yesterday afternoon the balm- iness of the air and the bright ness of the sun brought forth several aspiring fraternity men, or at least they were led forth "as lambs to the slaughter." Probably the most spectacular "shine" of the day was the one in which a Zeta Psi pledge pro menaded along Franklin street in a pair of wrestling tights. Attracted by the dense throng crowded about Pritchard Lloyd's drug emporium, your trusfy reporter, eager to pick up all the news unfit to print, ran across the street, being nar rowly missed by a passing trol ley car, and with pad and pencil in hand overlooked the scene and cause for the unusual excite ment. There before my horror stricken gaze I found one of my fellow reporters exhibiting his manly chest and swelling biceps, I wonder why he didn't show his forceps, to a tittering group of the fair sex who didn't seem quite fully impressed by the ex panse of muscle displayed be fore them. After his demon stration with an ostensibly heavy weight, the strong arm man ex plained that two months before of the shallow structure of the soil arid the lack of firm founda tions, none of the houses have basements underground, but have the ordinary first floor reached by a curved stairway with graceful sweeps of hand rails. "The streets in this section are very narrow and the build ings have overhanging balconies almost touching. Here is found much ornamental grill work in non-rusting iron, and even mono grams have been painstakingly executed in metal. All of the Creole houses face directly on the street with a private court yard in the rear. It is the na ture of the Creole to keep the shutters of the beautiful case ment windows of his home al ways closed, and this gives oc cupied houses the appearance of being deserted. During its early history. New Orleans was fre quently under several feet of water caused by the Mississippi overflow, and it was hot un usual to find skiff s tied up be side the houses, Louisianians dislike red brick, and when this material is used for building, it is always painted or whitewash ed. The courtyards of the older homes are paved with purple and yellow flagstones imported from Germany many years ago. "Faeing Jackson Square are the famous Cabildo and the St. Louis Cathedral, the former one of the most interesting build ings from a historical and archi tectural standpoint in the city; Other important buildings are: the General Beauregard house, which is a fine example of the raised cottage type; the home of Jean Laf itte, who was a skilled iron worker besides being a noted pirate; the Patio Royal, which was formerly the Louis iana State Bank and is now a (Continued on last page) Before Crowd he had been weak and puny, but after taking C. C. pills for that length of time his muscles had swelled two inches, his chest had expanded immeasurably and he had become a man among men. Despite the muscular mar vel's ardent appeals and con vincing demonstration, his en rapt audience remained aloof and refused to purchase any of his C. C. pills even at reduced price. While intently listening jto the strong man's high powered spiel, " yes I intend to become a traveling salesman, a queer character togged out in a red and black striped coat, a huge curved pipe, gaiters, glasses, a long flowing moustache, a pad, a pencil and a magnifying glass came slithering through the as sembled throng, his eyes careful ly searching the shoes of all persons. Upon some he bestow ed a subtle compliment by gaz ing at their pedal extremities through a microscope, but alas when he came to the broad and solid foundation upholding this carcass, the poor fellow had to squint his eyes his retina couldn't take in an object of such great size. Having often been told by the loving mater that I'm a bright boy I'll hazard a guess that the person in ques tion, he was a - questionable character to say the least, was supposed to represent Sherlock Holmes. Right again Watson. The last spectacle which drew ( Continued on next page) Phillips To Speak7 On African Negroes Dr. Ulrich B. Phillips, of Yale University, will deliver an ad dress in Gerrard hall Monday night, April 13, at eight-thirty. His subject will be "Tribal Ne groes of Central Africa." Dr. Phillips was the holder of a fellowship under the Albert Kahn Foundation for the for eign travel of American teach ers. At this time he made ex tensive researches in central Africa. He will also be remem bered as .the recipient of the award by Little, Brown and Co., for the best unpublished his torical manuscript, "Life and Labor in the Old South," pub lished by that company in 1929. 'COLD BLUE MOON' IS EPItOF SOUTH Howard W. Odum's New Novel Continues the Story of Black Ulysses. Dr. Howard W. Odum has just released his newest book, Cold Blue Moon, or Black Ulysses Afar Off, completing a trilogy to Rainbow Round My Shoulder and Wings On My Feet. ' The story in itself can not be called a. novel, for it is a series of anecdotes related by Black Ulysses otherwise known as John Wesley Gordon, who de signated himself "the greatest water boy and helper in the United States and maybe the world." - V The setting of the story is this: a fine old southern man sion dating from ante-bellum days has been purchased by some northerners, who are hav ing it remodeled as a hunting club. Black Ulysses returning from his wanderings through forty states is one of the work men. One rainy day a group of his fellow workmen are gather ed in a barn, telling stories. He, condescendingly ! listens to their tiresome tales, and then begins to relate the stories told to him by his Mama's mama. Thus he begins his tales. Ghost stories, tales of fox hunts, stories of coon dogs, and stories of the war, tales of the coming ot Yankee soldiers, and of the quality folk who live in the big house. The old South lives again in all its glory and rarely indeed has any writer succeeded in re creating the life of the old South as successfully as Howard W. Odum. Black Ulysses consenting to shelve himself to the back ground is perhaps the truest por trait of a southern negro that has even been written by a mo dern novelist. Ulysses says "Ever since I left by Mother's home everybody has been down on me; I got dem crazy blues, can't be satisfied. I'm living now and I'm last year and I'm last year and tomorrow, and I'm Thursday and next week. I'm Saturday and good ole rest 'em Sunday too. I'm Friday with devil jaybird, and Monday rolled in black cat bones asleep- m in the shade. I'm Adam walkin' in the, Garden of Eden! and Lawd, Lawd ; I'm a sinner man in the last judgment. I'm a man standing was off and looking on. Heard about Lawd. I heard about it. Big house setting up in the trees on the hill. Got to know about it to understand ghosts and slave tales. Lawd, Lawd, I don't know: but believe I'll tell that story. Talk about it. I've go dem crazy blues, and I can't be satisfied." NUMBER 142 NEW SYSTEM OF LISTING COURSES IS MADKMOYN New University Catalogue Prints Old Numbers Alongside the New Ones. In the recent issue of the Uni versity catalogue, the number ing of the various courses has been completely revised. So that students may not become confused as to which courses they may take when they re gister, the new numbers are given, followed in parentheses by the old numbers. In case of courses not listed last year no old numbers are shown and similarly in case the number is the same as it has been. Courses numbered from 1 to 10 are for freshmen only, from 11 to 20 are ordinarily for freshmen and sophomores, from 21 to 40 for sophomores, from 41 to 50 for sophomores (but open to juniors or seniors), from 51 to 100 for juniors and seniors, from 101 to 200 for advanced undergraduates and graduates, from 201 to 400 for graduates only. Courses num bered 301 to 400 ;are research courses. Undergraduates may not take courses numbered above 200 ex cept by special permission of the instructor in the course and the head of the department. Courses numbered from 1 to 100 carry no credit towards vany advanced degree. In the event that required freshmen subjects are taken af ter a student begins his seventh quarter or required sophomore subjects after he begins his enth quarter, such subjects carry half credit only. Courses with a double number are completed in two quarters, and in general credit will not be given until both quarters have been completed, for example, Economics 31-32. Certain of hese courses meet only , three times a week and together count as one course. Courses which meet five or six times a week for two quarters carry a credit of two courses. . " : Courses with three numbers require three quarters to com plete, and in general credit will not be given for the work of one or two quarters only. Those meeting five times a week carry a credit of three courses. Those meeting only three times, a week carry a credit on one and a half courses. Richards To Give Sigma Xi Lectures The Sigma Xi lectures will be delivered April 27 and 28, by Dr. Alfred N. Richards, head of the department of pharmacology at the University of Pennsyl vania. While he is in Chapel Hill, Dr. Richards will be the guest of Dr. William de B. Hac Nider. , The lectures will deal with the general subject of the phy siology of the" kidney, the speci fic titles being : '-'The Function of the Glomerulus" and , "The Function of the Renal Tube." Dr. Richards was graduated from Yale in 1897 and holds the degree of Ph.D. of Columbia. Hi3 achievements in pharmacology have won recognition in Europe as well as in America. In 1917 1918 he was a member, of the British Medical Research Com mittee, and as a major in the Sanitary Corps, U. S. A., he was attached to the Chemical Warfare Serviee in the A. E. F, 0
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