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VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933
NUMBER 163
PRJSMTGIVIS
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR FINAL WEEK
ate Outlines Program of Com
mencement, to Seniors at
Meeting Last' Night.,
Students In Accident
Improving
FAMOUS SINGER
TO APPEAR!
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ERE
Miss' Dorothy Norman 'and D.
Allen Green,-- University stu
dents injured Friday night Louise Bernhardt, Operatic Star,
Sings in Last Student Enter
tainment Program.
when the car in which . they
were riding skidded into a ditch
ported as showing considerable Americim. 4nd formfer
The complete program
ia 1933 commencement was
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uitipaH last nicrrit hv Presi-
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dent Arlindo Cate at a meeting H"iC"v
at
Chicago Civic Opera star, will
sing here at 8 :30 o'clock tomor
row night in Memorial hall, as
a feature on the student eriter-
. f or improvemjent yesterday
Watts hospital in Durham.
miss isormans oacK was m-
not ser-
d the senior class in Gerrafd ious1 and she suffered minor tainment, program.
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hall wnicn omciany maugurat- , ' . - xicKets tor the program.
ed senior week. , ? 111 tllc other than student entertain-
The combined exercises as . . ; v,. TT . ment tickets, have been reduced
enounced, will last only three -uua v"- from $i.oo to $.50 and will e
days this year. - They covered yersity policeman, aiso m wans on gale in the office of Dean A.
four last year.
Meeting Follows Vespers
Cate stated before giving the
commencement details that im
mediately following " the senior
Testers service tonight at 7:00
Ital, was said to be getting w , Hobbs today and tomorrow.
along nicely.
SCIENCE ACADEMY
TO CONVENE HERE
o'clock in Gerrard hall a meet
ing of the fourth-year group 1934 Meeting of North Carolina foundation prize the
will take place: More informa
tion regarding the dance bids
will be forthcoming, at that
time.
The vespers will be conduct
ed by Professor Horace H. Wil
liams of the philosophy depart
ment. Dr. Williams' service is
an annual feature of senior
week.
Cate also announced that the
diploma fee has been reduced to
&ve dollars. The regular charge
in the Association of American
Universities is twenty-five dol
lars. .
The seniors will be guests at
a free show tonight of E. Car
ragton Smith, manager of the
Carolina theatre, at 11:00
, o'clock. Only seniors in class
sweaters will be admitted.
Commencement Program
On Sunday, June 4, the com
mencement exercises will be
gin with the Baccalaureate ser
mon in Memorial hall at 11:00
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LASTMTES HELD
FOR BHlROBERtS
Fraternity Brothers Attend Ser
vices at Home of Student
In Marshall.
Scientists Will Meet in
Chapel Hill.
Prize Winner
Miss Bernhardt, of Connecti
cut, has been winner in the Na
tional Federation of Music
Clubs contest in 1931 and of the
Walter W. Naumberg musical
previous
DANCE BIDS MY
BEBOUGHTTODAY
Sale of Invitations to Students
Other Than Juniors arid
Seniors on at Y.
Funeral services for Bill
Roberts, popular University
student who was killed m an
automobile accident Saturday
night, were conducted yesterday
at Marshall, his home. A group
of members of Beta Theta Pi,
Roberts' fraternity, attended
the rites.
The car in which Roberts
was riding struck a car near
Hope Valley, and he was
thrown from the machine. The
other members of the party
were not seriously hurt.
Roberts' remains were sent
home Sunday accompanied by
Henry Anderson, his fraternity
brother, who awaited the group
that attended his funeral.
Roberts was well-known
about the campus, having parti
cipated actively during his col
e career in extra-curricular
organizations. As a freshman
ajid sophomore he was a prom
inent member of the Y. M. C. A.
cabinets and of the Tar Heel
staff, and h;s scholarship rank
lng was well above average.
alph Myers, driver of the
automobile, and Miss Verdie
avesque of Durham, were dis
charged from Duke hospital
yesterday afternoon. Attaches
at the institution reported that
John Boynton, who was also in
"icar, spent a comfortable
The North Carolina Academy
of Science will meet in Chapel
Hill next year, it was decided
at the meeting at Davidson Sat
urday.
The officers for the year 1934
were elected at the closing ses
sion. B. W. Wells, professor of
botany at State ' College, was
elected president ot tne aca
demy, and Miss Helen Barton,
professor of mathematics at
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity, was elected vice-president.
H. L. Bloomquist, pro
fessor of botany at Duke, Uni
versity, was elected secretary-
treasurer. The executive com
mittee for the coming year, in
addition to the officers mention
ed above, is composed of F. W
Sherwood ot the state experi
ment station, E. T. Browne,
professor of mathematics in
the University, and Charles
Heck, professor of physics at
State College.
The officers of the chemistry
section are H. D. Crockford of
the University, chairman, J. E.
Saylor of Duke, vice-chairman,
R. W. Bost of the University,
secretary and treasurer, and
N. Isbell of Wake Forest, coun
cillor. The officers for the mathe
matics section are E. L. Mackie,
chairman, and E. R. C. Miles,
secretary; for the physics sec
tion, E. K. Plyler of the Uni
versity, chairman, and C. C.
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Warfield, secretary.
C. F. Korstion. nrofessor of
- j.
forestry at Duke Umversity,
was selected as representative
to the American Association of
the Academies of Science.
The silver loving cup, the
high school prize given by the
academy, was won by Lane
Barksdale of the Greensboro
high school. His essay was en
titled "Orchid Hunting in Guil
ford County."
In addition to the election of
officers. 31 -new members were
elected to the academy.
year. She was a member of the
Chicago Civic Opera company
for a season arid of the Ameri
can Opera for three seasons.
During the past two years
Miss Bernhardt has made three
coast-to-coast tours, appearing
in some eighty concerts.
Throughout 'the tours she has
received generous praise from
an enthusiastic press.
Miss Bernhardt has heen re
peatedly' praised for her drama
tic ability, acquired during
operatic experience, with which
"she enlivens her concerts. Au
diences are delighted by her
charming stage presence as well
as by the rich tonal quality and
control of her voice.
"The youthful, slender, blond
singer presents a figure of more
than usual dignity and poise,"
the Herald Tribune wrote after
a recital in New York. "Miss
Bernhardt's voice is one of con
siderable volume and flexibility.
It is warm in timbre; and of
good range. Her phrasing is
always intelligent and in good
taste."
PARKER INDUCTED
INTO MEMBERSHIP
OF LEGAL GROUP
DANCE LEADERS TO
MEET IN GERRARD
A meeting of the eighteen
men who have been selected to
i
looi TrmiWSenior oances
this week-end has been called
by Lindy Cate, president of the
seninr Tna. at
chapel period
this mnrninff in Gerrard hall
Some time ago the class of '33
and '34 each chose nine repre
sentatives to serve as - dance
leader and all these students
a rt attend this short
are urgcu-.-"
but important meeting.
Students of the University
other "than juniors arid seniors
may purchase bids f to "the an
nual Junior-Senior dance set
for $1.50. The sale of these
bids will be conducted ? in the
lobby of the' YM. C. A. today
and tomorrow. !
The time for the sale- of the
bids will be during chapel per
iod today arid tomorrow, arid
frdm 2:00 to 5:00 o'clock on
both of these days. The money
obtained from the sale of these
bids will be used to help defray
the senior's share of the expen
ses of the dances according to a
plan adopted by the classes.
Seniors Pay 50 Cents
) Juniors and seniors will ob
tain their bids in the Y lobby
tomorrw, Thursday, and Fri
day. Invitations will.be given
out to the members of these
classes at chapel period on these
two days and also from 1 : 30 to
530 o'clock Thursday and from
2 JOO to 4:00 Friday. Seniors
will be required to pay a fee of
50 cents in order to receive
their bids. .
This annual series of dances
will take place Friday and Sat
urday of this week and will in
clude three dances. The junior
prom opens the set Friday
night, 9:00 to 1:00 o'clock, in
the .Tin Can. Saturday, there
will be a tea dance 4:00 to 7:00
o'clock and the senior ball comes
that night, 9:00 to 12:00
o'clock.
Bert Lown and his nationally
known, orchestra will furnish
the music for all the dances.
His orchestra is now playing an
engagement at the Park Cen
tral hotel m New xorK and is
generally considered one of the
finest dance bands in the coun
try.
Mickle Selects Soph
Executive Committee
Riissell Mickle, president of
the rising sophomore class, yes
terday announced appointments
to positions n the executive
committee. The group will meet
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock
in 215 Graham Memorial to
formulate plans for next year.
Those named to the commit
tee are as follows: Barney
Keeney, chairman, J. C. Grier,
W. C. Durfee, J. R. Taylor,
Vivian Grissette, Jack Clare, Al
Miller, Walter Graham, Lewis
Barnes, Francis Fairley, David
Scott, Irving D. Suss, Earl
Cdnnell. Bill R. Weaver, Bill
Yandell, John Briggs, Bill Dan
iels, and' Bill Reid.
PRACTICE DRAMAS
TO BE PRESENTED
Eight Studio Productions Direct
ed by Playmaker Students
Start Thursday.
HALL PRESENTS
NEGRORIORALITY
DMIIATONIGHT
Trained Cast of Thirty Students
Will Be Assisted by
Local Chorus.
THOR JOHNSON TO
DIRECT CONCERT
OF SALON GROUP
Four Former Members Assist in Ini- Presentation Will Be Made Tonight at
tiation of Circuit Court Judge. Prospect Hill High School,
The Honorable John J. Park-
er, juage oi tne iourtn circuit
of the United States circuit
court of appeals, was initiated
last night irito 'hdndrary mem
bership in Vance: Inn chapter of
Phi Delta Phi, international le
gal fraternity.
Four former members of the
organization aided in conduct
ing Judge Parker's initiation.
They were: Associate Justice
George Connor of the North
Carolina supreme court; Henry
The Carolina Salon Ensem
ble, under the direction of Thor
Johnson, will appear m a con
cert in the Prospect Hill high
school auditorium tonight at
7:30 o'clock. The recital is
sponsored by the Parent-Teacher
association there and was
arranged by" the school princi
pal, H. McSwain, an alumnus of
the University.
The appearance will be in the
form of a lecture concert in
which Johnson will point out
M. London, secretary of the j the uses of each instrument in
North Carolina Bar association;
J. Will Pless, member of the
national council of Phi Delta
Phi ; and Dr. A. C. Mcintosh of
the University law faculty.
A banquet at the Carolina
Inn for visiting members of
Hughes Inn of Phi Delta Phi
from Duke followed the initia
tion. At that time, Judge Park
er was welcomed by Pless. The
new member of the group deliv
ered the principal address.
Spann To Speak
The Chapel Hill branch of the
American Association of Univer
sity Woirieh meets as usual to
night at 8 :00 at the parish house
of the Episcopal church. Dr.
Meno Spanri will speak on " "The
Present Situation in Germany."
the orchestra. Burke Smith,
flutist, Harry Lee Knox, pian
ist, and Raymond Brietz, bari
tone, will perform as soloists.
Knox will play the solo part of
Hazelman's Grainger in . the
Mountains.
The complete program is. as
follows: Farandole, from the
Arlesienne Suite No. 2 by Biz
et; Mountain Song by String
field Ungarische Melodie by
Keller Bella; Aubade, from Le
Cid by Massenet; and Prelude
du Deluge by Saint-Saens.
Magazine Deadline
The deadline for contribu
tions to the next issue of the
Carolina Magazine is today, it
was announced yesterday by E.
C. Daniel, editor.
Eight studio productions, di
rected by students in Prof essor
Samuel Selden's play-directing
course, will be presented Thurs
day, Friday, and Saturday even
ings of this week in the Play
maker theatre as the next fea
ture on the Playmakers season
ticket program. Seven of the
productions are original plays
by Playmakers, with one by ' a
professional dramatist.
The Stronger, by Johann Au
gust strmdberg, the one -pro
fessionally written drama,, will
begin the program Thursday
night. Directed by Martha Hat-
ton, the cast includes Margaret
Hervey, Ellen Stuart, Walter
Terry.
Author Harris
Judgment Comes To Daniel
follows, written by Bernice
Kelly Harris and directed by
Mrs. H. R. Totten. In the cast
are Muriel Wolf, Irene Fussier,
Aileen Stewart, Elizabeth Bol
ton, C. K. Carmichael.
The concluding production on
Thursday is Foster Fitz-Simons'
A Little Boat To India, direct
ed by Jo Orendorff. Peggy Her
vey, Foster Fitz-Simons, Eu
genia Rawls, Walter Terry,
Forney Rankin compose the
cast.
me Friday program opens
with Martha Hatton directing
her own play Comedy At Five,
with a cast of Margaret Her
vey, Foster Fitz-Simons, For
ney Rankin, Eugenia Rawls
Elizabeth Barnett directs Eter
nal Spring by Robert Barnett,
which follows. The cast is Ed
Martin, Margaret Hervey, El
len Stewart.
Ed Martin directs the last
play of the evening, William
Bonyun's Blow Me Down, with
a cast of William Pitt, Malcolm
Moore, Edgar Broadhurst,
Kathrine Jamieson.
The final trio of plays on Sat
urday night opens with Ellen
btewart's The Queen Was In
The Kitchen, directed by James
Thompson. Foster Fitz-Simons,
Ellen Stewart, Marion Tatum
are included in the cast.
Eugenia Rawls play in two
acts, Etowah Plantation, is di
rected by the author and pre
sented by Aileeh Ewart, Wil
liam Wang, Robert Leeper,
Betty Bolton, James Thompson,
Foster Fitz-Simons, Phoebe
Barr, Bob Reid, Bill Bonyun,
Brad White, Harry Coble, Red
Rankin, Frank Mcintosh; Wil
bur Ddrsett, Ed Conrad, Elmer
Oettinger. The play will be ac
companied by Thor Johnson.
The production, Pearly Gates,
will be presented tonight in
Memorial hall at 8:30 o'clock by
students from Clark university
and the Gammon Theological
seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.
Aside from the cast of thirty
students, there will be a negro
Chorus selected from Chapel
Hill and Durham.
Pearly (rates is based on the
negro spiritual and is written
and directed by Professor1 Fred
erick Hall of Clark University.
Professor Hall is widely known
among - negro musical teachers
and is head of the departments
of music in Clark University
and Gammon Theological sem
inary. The musical morality play
strives to intensify the mean
ing of the spiritual through
songs and pantomine, and to
outline more clearly the relig-
ious oeiieis and the . simple
philosophies1 of those who ori
ginated 'them.'
The play is divided into three
scenes: the nrst shows a street
near the meeting ground of a
revival ; the second is at the re
vival ground where the negro
chorus gets into full swing; and
the last portrays the Celestial
City as the darkies see it. The
negro chorus is on the stage
throughout the play, as spiri
tuals are sung at frequent in
tervals.
The drama is being present
ed by the University Y. M. C. A.
as the year's feature program
under the committee on race
study and inter-racial cooperation.
LITERARY CRITIC
SPEAKSTONIGHT
Mrs. May Lamberton Becker,
Well Known Author, to
Give Lecture.
Under the auspices of the
school of library science Mrs.
May Lamberton Becker, au
thoress, critic and lecturer, will
speak tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
Gerrard hall on "The Import
ant New Books."
Mrs. Becker is the authoress
of Adventures in Reading and
other standard guides in read
ing, editor of a collection of
stories, which includes Golden
Tales from the Old South, and
conductor of a column in the
Saturday Review of. Literature,
At a meeting this afternoon,
Mrs. Becker will speak on "Lit
erature for Young People."
Tomorrow at the meeting of
the North Carolina Library as
sociation convening at the Wo
men's College in Greensboro,
her talk at a dinner meeting
will be upon "Books and Plays
for a Changing World."
DAILY TAR HEEL STAFF
WILL CONVENE TODAY
Regular meetings of two di
visions of the Daily Tar Heel
staff will be conducted this af
ternoon at the office in Graham
Memorial.
Members of the reportorial
staff will gather at 3:00 o'clock,
and city editors arid desk men
will meet at 3 :30 o'clock. At-
xenaance at these meetings will
be required.
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