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OLIBIE XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933
NUMBER 100
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PW YORK ALUMNI
IAUNCHCAMPAIGN
AGAINST SLASHES
Huge Crowd Present
At Sophomore Smoker
According to reports, a record
crowd was in attendance at the
sophomore smoker conducted
1 I Tuesday night in Swain hall,
George Gordon Battle and Dean jWith j. j. Binderpresident of
George Braxton Pegram Also jthe class, presiding; and with
Rally to University. . Professor W. A. Olsen of the
. .. " . rt rt (English department as guest
oin -FniH-noT. oqo si ash pa nf i speaker,
x tt: ?4.,J Refreshments
.appropriations xo xne uiuvcxoilj
lias been launched under the of
ficial leadership of W. A. Whit-1
, i.f xi. tt: ai satirical talk on literature
cnapusr oi .uie university xuum
ni association, according to the
New York Herald.
The Herald stated that news
were served
and entertainment was provided
by Jack Wardlaws orchestra.
T . yk t 1 A.
i rroiessor uisen gave a snort
Following the smoker, the
sophomores were the guests of
E. Carrington Smith at the
Campus Readers Enjoy Bid
Fest At Auction Of Books
BOOR EXCHANGE
RELEASES BOOK
BY SAM SELDEN
Manual Written in Attempt
Fill Need for Practical
Manual of Acting.
to
of the plight of the UniyersityJCarolmatheatre foramld-nlht
already seriously handicapped ,sow-
by drastic cuts in appropna-j
tions in the past few years and
at present threatened with such
an additional reduction in the
hudget now before the state leg
islature as to endanger its
rfirst rate institutional stand
ing, found the -New York alumni
eager and ready to rally to its
cause.
Others to Rally to Cause
Other active defenders in
clude George Gordon Battle, na
tionally prominent attorney, al
so an alumnus and Dean George
Braxton Pegram, of Columbia
University. They have com
municated with the governor,
legislative leaders, and Presi
dent Frank P. Graham.
Battle said that they had ex
pressed their deepest sympathy
-with the state program of eco
nomy but. that they had stated
Mayne Albright Struts as Auctioneer and Yells for Bids on Books
From Bull's Head Rental Library at Triennial
Auction in Y. M. C. A. Lobby.
o
Campus readers enjoyed a chapel period.
field day yesterday in the lobby j Bidding was exciting on Char
of the "Y." Soft drinks in hand, leston, Historic and Romantic, a
they waved bottles in the air beautifully illustrated book on
and yelled or murmured bids at the South Carolina capital. Re-
Mayne Albright who was pacing markable aboxt the whole af-
up and down on the desk in his fair was the interest in "the bet
best Atlantic City manner. ; ter things of life." Few modern
Mayne yelled too. ! novels aroused much interest,
The event was the triennial . but Ellen Glascow's The Shel
auction of books from the cir-! tered Life, one of the outstand-
A new textbook on acting, A
Syllabus of Dramatic Practice,
by Samuel Selden, associate and
technical director of the Play
makers, has been released by
the Book Exchange. It is an at
tempt to suppiy the need' which
Selden has long felt for a short,
comprehensive, analytical and
thoroughly practical manual of
dramatic practice, with empha
sis laid on training.
The work has not yet appear
ed in hnnk form, but the author
it i i i i
lueir araent -ana sincere nope hopeg ,at SOme future date, to
xnat means win De iouna to, pre-, ftT11 nnbHsh it.
Selden, with D. H. Sellman, is
vent further cuts into the funds
of the oldest state university
the author of Stage Scenery and
and to avoid threatening further UgUing a book which received
slashes of its professors and in-1 almost unanimous critical ap
structors. "Its traditionally high. jause
acaaemic standard must oe
culating library of the Bull's
Head. Summefs Night, Sum
mer's Night, what am I bid for
a Summer's Night? A quarter?"
demanded the former president
of the student body. The crowd
roared.
Sales Chatter
One of the best sales talks was
on Norman Thomas' America's
Way Out. "Fine book," said
Mayne, "excellent book. What
am I bid?" I
Somewhat mufHed by a pea
nut butter cracker in the pro
cess of mastication, a whisper of
twenty-five cents" came from
the general confusion and
racket. ;: ;
"Twenty-five cents is the bid.
Twenty-five cents is the. bid.
Who'll make it thirty? Do I
hear a bid?" Mayne stopped
short. "Look here, Norman
ing works of the season, attract
ed attention. Another best sel
ler, Willa Cather's Obscure Des
tinies, received bids higher than
the average. Eugene O'Neill's
Mourning Becomes Electra, the
latest and most succeasf ul of his
many plays, brought consider
able bidding.
Mayne sighed enviously for
the ten mystery stories which
went for an average of ap
proximately thirty cents apiece.
The mysteries were auctioned
off in lots of five.
Plutarch Goes High
A new translation of Plu
tarch's Lives, described as a col
lection of all the choice scandals
of history, went high, as did a
beautiful edition of Moore's
romantic poem, LaUah Rook.
Katherine Brush's Red-Headed
Woman and Vici Baum's
Playmakers Plan
For Another Tour
The second tour of this year
and the thirtieth tour since their
establishment is being planned
for the Carolina Playmakers, to
be made March 22-27 through
western North Carolina. The
same plays will be presented as
during the last tour: Davy
Crockett, Four on a Heath, and
Stumbling in Dreams.'
The tentative itinerary for
the tour includes Elon College,
Clinton, Wilson, Campbell Col
lege, and Ellerbe. Campbell
College", at Buies Creek, is the
alma mater of Paul Green.
The casts of characters of the
three plays will remain the same
as on the first tour of the year.
SCIENCE ACADEMY
SETS RULES FOR
ESSAY CONTESTS
Competitive Essays Must Be
Submitted . to Secretary
Totten by April 1.
Thomas is coming here to lec- Grand Hotel, seem to have suf-
ture in a few weeks. He'd feel
bad about this. Get the booic
and read up on him. What am
Ibid? What do I hear? Atta
boy! Thirty cents Thirty cents
is the bid. Who'll say thirty
five?" And so far into the
fered in popularity. They
aroused little interest.
An anthology, The New Poe
try; and 'Maurice Hindus' Hu
manity Uprooted, expected to
appeal to the litterati went for
low bids.
ANNUAL PICTURE
WILL BE TAKEN
maintained," concluded Battle.
PRESS RELEASES
CHILD'S STORY OF
NORTHCAROLINA
Yolume by Greensboro Libra
rian Answers Youngsters'
Questions About State.
The University press has
Tecently released Discovering
North Carolina by Nellie M.
Rowe, librarian of the Greens
boro public library. The volume,
written for children, relates in
teresting facts concerning the
state. Many questions frequent
ly asked by children are answer
ed in the work.
The story is of a trip over
North Carolina, including visits
to many manufacturing plants.
Statistics used in the book are
the latest and most reliable. A
short history of each prominent
historical point visited is told
in simple style.
Little Material on Acting
Unlike the other fine arts, act
ing is a subject on which there
is not a great deal of material.
The actual instruction in such
books as do exist is scattered
through a number of different
parts of the works. Concerning
these books, Selden states:
"While they present excellent
general discussions on certain
phases of technique, none of
them, in my estimation, proper
ly integrates its material or
offers sufficiently convenient
'handles for lifting out into
practice the helpful suggestions
buried in its pages."
Basing his observations on his
iown experience as an actor on
Jthe professional stage, when he
kept notebooks on the . subject,
land on his observations during
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Yackety-Yack Staff Will Gather
2:30 in Front of Graham
Memorial for Picture.
Group pictures for the Yack-
ety Yack staff will be taken this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the
portico of Graham Memorial.
The following members of the
editorial staff are asked to be
present at that time: Billy An
derson, Billy Binder, Branch
Craige, Newton Debardeleben,
Fred Eagles, Sam Elmore, Tom
Fawcett, Sandy McLeod, Rus
sell Mickle, Armistead Maupin,
Cast Complete For
Coming Production
The complete cast for the next
Plavmakprs production, Sad
Words to Gay Music, which wil
Miss Rowe has included a list . be produced February 23, 24
of the important cities of North an 25, was announced yester
Carolina and their leading in-j day and rehearsals began im-
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dustries, and a summary oi im mediately.
-accomplishments of important
people of the state.
The characters will be cast as
follows? Cnra Hamilton, ''Marion
This is the second book issued Tatum . yarren Hamilton, Ed
by the press within a period ot ward Martin; Parker, Car
a week. The release ot vvnite Thnmrwrni- Shelia - Patterson,
Spirituals in the Southern Up-, Eugenja Rawls; Bert Beresford
J. P. McConnaughey;
lands, hv nnro-A Pulleri Jack
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son, was announced a few days
ago.
Council Convenes Tonight
There will be a meeting of the
inf erf raternity council tonight
at 7:00 o'clock in Graham Me
morial, it was announced yes- former
lerday.
Peter
Chase, William Bonyon; Cookie
Ellen Stewart
Bill Cunningham; Irving Suss
Dr.Lawson, Lewis Puckett; and
Emma. Mrs. Harry Davis.
The English-American come
dy was written by Alvin Kerr, a
Carolina student and
member of the Playmakers.
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ALUMNI PROTEST
REDUCED BUDGET
Buncombe County Alumni Send Petl
tion to Legislature Demanding
Required Appropriation.
A petition has been sent to the
Buncombe county representa
tives in the state legislature by
the Buncombe county alumni as
sociation asking that the Uni
versity be granted the appropri
ation which has been requested.
According to the petition- the
aiumni believe that it would be
the most injudicious form of
economy to build up a great in
stitution and then tear it down.
Henry DeVane, Jimmy Sprunt, The petition also states that
and Francis Worth. I "this process would be far more
Immediately following this: costly than the difference in
first picture, the following mem
bers of the business staff of the
publication will have a group
picture taken: Fred Bahnson,
John Entwistle, Julian Myer,
Parks Austin, Leonard Eisen
berg, . Henry Haywood, Dick
Harriss, I. H. Jacobson, L. E.
Brooks, J. C. Grier, Frank Ren
shaw, Louis Barnes, and Hal
Walton.
This system is a departure
from the practice of the annuals
in the past, but it is thought that
the new plan will permit all men
working on the publication to
have their work rewarded with
a picture in the Yackety Yack.
Zimmerman and Taylor Speak
Delta Sigma Pi, international
commerce fraternity, heard Dr.
E. W. Zimmerman, professor of
economics, at an informal smok
er Tuesday night. Dr. Zimmer
man's address was concerned
with the present economic condi
tions and included some possible
remedies. Dr. M. D. Taylor, also
of the commerce school, crave a
short talk following that of Dr.
Zimmerman's.
keeping things on a. living basis
for the present; furthermore,
the coming generation of stu
dents would be the sufferers."
The petition calls the Univer
sity the "center of the progress
of the state." The document
written by Buncombe alumni
states, "The amount asked by
the University is little enough
and should be appropriated as
our greatest certain investment
in future prosperity."
Actress to Appear Here
Cornelia Otis Skinner, famous
actress, will appear in Memorial
hall, April 12, in the seventh of
the programs.brought to Chapel
Hill this year by the Student
Entertainment Committee. Miss
Skinner will give as her presen
tation The Wives of Henry
VIII.
Meeting Postponed
The meeting of the University
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega,
which 'was scheduled for tonight,
has been postponed, according to
an announcement yesterday.
Regulations for the annual
Science Essay contest conducted
by the North Carolina Academy
of Science were announced for
the high school science commit
tee yesterday by Dr. H. R. Tot
ten, secretary of the Academy of
Science.
A silver loving cup is offered
for the best essay submitted to
the academy by a bona fide high
school student upon a subject
selected by himself in the field
of biology, botany, zoology, or
geography f " :-
Essays must be in the hands
of Secretary Totten, Chapel Hill,
by April 1. It is not necessary
that a student be registered in
the subject to compete.
Original Work Required
Students may receive aid from
instructors only in securing ma
terials. The composition shall
be wholly that of the competitor,
and shall be so certified by, the
principal of the school. Careful
avoidance of similarity of diction
to authors consulted and mini
mal. Quotations will be advan
tageous, Secretary Totten an
nounced.
Essays must be limited to a
maximum of 2500 words and
shall be submitted in typewrit
mg on one side of bond paper
eight and one-half by eleven
inchest A title page carrying
the subject, writer's name, name
of school, class to which the
writer belongs, courses taken in
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Societies Vote Against
Staffs' Choosing Heads
By a close vote, the combined
membership of the Di Senate
and Phi Assembly in a joint ses
sion Tuesday night gave the
Buccaneer proposal its first de
feat by voting down a motion
that the power of electing the
publication editors be placed in
the hands of the members of the
various staffs. The resolution
had been passed by the Phi last
week.
Discussion on the motion con
tinued for two hours with a
large number of speakers pre
senting each side of the ques
tion. Bill Eddleman, president
pro-tem, presided over the meet
ing in the absence of William
McKee, winter quarter presi
dent. '
Business of the Di prior to the
a -i -1 -a
joint discussion included com-
mittftA renorts and minor de
tails. The actual vote on the
publication motion was 19 to 12.
STUDENT LEADERS
VOTE TO REQUIRE
STAFFSELECTION
Committee Believes That Com
pulsory Staff Nominations Will
Virtually Elect Nominees.
At the annual activities com
mittee meeting Tuesday night,
the proposal to place power of
electing publications editors en
tirely in the hands of staff mem
bers was defeated by a 16 to 9
vote, and in its place the group
unanimously favored the plan of
the student council's requiring
each staff to select its choice for
editor just prior to campus elec
tions. In discussing these questions,
the group members expressed
the ' sentiment that although
staff selection should not be
consiaerea nnai, nevertneiess, a
great deal of weight should be
placed in the staff's action.
By making it compulsory that
each staff select its candidate
yearly, the group seemed to
think that sufficient credit would
thereby be given the staff mem-
bers' selection so that, in effect,
the staff nomination would ac
tuary be election.
Pass Resolution
The wording of the resolution
was : tie it resolved that the Stu
dent Activities Committee re
quest the Student Council to call
each year upon the editorial
boards of each publication vto
nominate in duly constituted
meetings a candidate for its edi-
torship, such meeting to ; take
place immediately prior to cam
pus nominations.
Honor System Plan Defeated
Another proposal discussed at
the meeting was the student -council's
plan presented last
quarter whereby special com
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FORUM SPEAKERS
TO DISCUSS FARM
PR0RLEMT0N1GHT
Dr. Clarence Poe and Dr. Gordon
Ward Will Lacture on Fifth
Open Forum Series. ,
Dr. Clarence Poe, noted Ral
eigh publisher and Dr. Gordon
Ward, associate professor of
economics at Virginia Pplytech
nic Institute appear here tonight
on the fifth discussion of the
Open Forum series in Gerrard
hall. The question for discis
sion tonight has stirred nation
wide interest during the past
few months Men and Land
and is expected to draw a large
crowd of students, townspeople
and faculty members interested
in the views of these two men.
Poe is editor and publisher of
ine progressive farmer, an
agricultural journal of 850,000
combined circulation in th
southern states alone.
Ward Favors Coops
Ward, an advocate of co-operative
farming, is expected to
bring an interesting message on
his observations of this type of
farming now in force in ' some
sections of the country. He has
spent the past ten years travel
ling through the western and
middle-western states accumu
lating research data.
Next Thursday's program will
feature Miss Winifred Chappell
and Mrs. W. T. Bost speaking
on "Breaking the Breadlines."
As is customary, tonight's le
ture' is scheduled for " 8 :00 .
o'clock.
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