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Earl Wynn, shown here made up for
the title role in the Playmaker's car
rent Forest theater production,
"Noah." Tonight's performance of the
play will be the last.
PLAYMAKERSGIYE
FINAL SHOWING
OF 'NOAff TONIGHT
Audiences Give
Good Reception
To Open-Air Play
After two successful performances,
the Playmakers will present Andre
Obey's drama, "Noah," for the third
and last time tonight in the Fojest
theater at 8:30. Tickets will be on
sale at the box office in Rattle park for
one dollar; student tickets will be 50
cents.
The presentation of "Noah," one of
the most elaborate productions ever at
tempted by the Playmakers has been
acclaimed a great success by the. two
audiences that have viewed . Ihffprc-
vious performances.
DAVIS TAKES HONORS
Harry Davis, substitute front end
of the elephant and only understudy
necessary for the performance, did
his part in the presentation with all the
grace and agility that an elephant can
display. One of the best laughs in the
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Beke's Janitor
Is Really Sick
"I want my boys tovknow I'm sick,"
said Johnson Merritt, janitor at the
DKE house for 38 years, when Visit
ed at his home several days ago. His
wish was - voiced again yesterday by
his nephew, William, Spencer hall
cook. '
Merritt is a life-long resident of
Chapel Hill, and for nearly four de
cades he has worked at the Deke
house where he has seen many alumni
of the fraternity and of the Univer
sity come and go. The present con
dition of the 73 year-old Negro' is
considered critical.-
Hargraves Pref ers Symphony
To Swing But Swing Pays
Colored Saxophonist-Waiter
Arranges Music For
Durham Orchestra
By KALMAN SHERMAN
"I like symphony music best. I only
play swing because I get paid for it,"
said William Hargraves, colored wait
er at Swain hall, who made a hit play
ing his sax with Ted Ross' Orchestra
at the recent "Battle of Swing."
Willy, as he is known to the scores
of students whom he serves every day,
is quite as adept at playing a sax as
he is at balancing a tray stacked full
of dishes. He has played with King
Oliver, teacher of Louis Armstrong,
and is a member of the Associated Mu
sicians of Greater New York, affiliated
with the American Federation of Mu
sicians. At present he plays and ar
ranges music for the Bull City Night
Hawks, colored orchestra from Dur
ham. With the broad smile that is one of
his chief characteristics, Willy de
clared he came from a f ainily of musi
cians 21 in all. There are 12 now
living and they are all musically
minded.
Willy first began to play on his sis
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ALEXANDER CALLS
ANOTHER MEETING
OF RISING SOPHS
Class Prexy Hopes
To Collect Quorum
For Vote On Photos
Determined to collect the necessary
quorum of rising sophomores, Bill Al
exander last night called a special em
ergency meeting of the freshmen for
next Tuesday to pass the issue of in
dividual pictures. In announcing
plans for the second gathering of the
rising second year men, the recently
inaugurated v president stated, "Why
should we set a derogatory precedent
by failing to have a quorum, when we
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can set a iavorame precedent Dy hav
ing individual photos?"
Alexander then went on to explain
that the hew meeting would be held
primarily for "all those who were sick,
those who thought there would be
enough without them, those who had
quizzes to study for, and those who
just didn't come. I'd like to urge all of
them to make it a point and attend the
meeting."
ENTERTAINMENT
He promised "five-star" entertain
ment, "even better than that last Wed
nesday." In referring to Wednesday,
Alexander gave mention to the first
vote on the issue of individual pictures
in the Yackety Yack, at which 300 stu
dents were almost unanimously in fav
or of the bill. But, failing to get a
quorum vote of 375, the class tempo
rarily defeated the measure.
It was also announced last night that
a definite decision regarding the pic
tures would have to be known before
school closes in the next two weeks.
In the past, no other class has ever
taken more than two meetings to pass
a bill.
BUREAU SETS UP
LAB FOR STUDY
OF CURRICULUM
Douglass, Phillips
Direct Service
For State Educators
The Bureau of Educational service
and research, recently reorganized, has
organized a curriculum laboratory. A
collection of the best city, county and
state courses of study in all subjects,
both elementary and secondary, from
all parts of the country will be avail
able in the future to all individuals
wishing to study curriculum prob
lems.
. Under the direction of Dr. Harl R.
Douglass and Professor Guy B. Phil
lips of the University education de
partment, the bureau is now prepared
to render services free of charge to
schools and educational interests of
North Carolina.
SURVEYS
The bureau stands ready to cooper
ate in or conduct various types of sur
veys and is willing to organize sur
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Archery Exhibition
Today Will Feature
Thompson and Benbow
Carl Thompson of Pinehurst and Ed
win Benbow of Greensboro, well-known
archery experts, will give an archery
exhibition and commentary on their
sport this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the
coed field. The woman's athletic asso
ciation is sponsoring the event, which
will be open to the public.
Following the exhibition, a picnic for
the two archers and members of the
woman's athletic association will be
held at the home of Mrs. J. G. Beard,
director of coed athletics. Coeds who
wish to attend the picnic are to get . in
touch with Miss Anne Buchan, man
ager of archery, this morning.
Young Friends Meet
The North Carolina Young Friends
will meet in the student room of the
Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock this
afternoon for the purpose of holding a
discussion on the subject of maintain
ing the pacifist position in the world
today. All Quakers and others inter
ested are cordially invited to attend.
They Can't Do This
Saturday, May 27, at 2 o'clock
All Hygiene 3 sections.
Monday, May 29, at"9 o'clock
All 12:00 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all
M.W.F. 12:00 o'clock classes.
Monday, May 29, at 2 o'clock ,
All ,8:30 o'clock M.W.F. classes.
Tuesday, May 30, at 9 o'clock
All 8:30 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all
8:30 o'clock T.Th.S. classes
Tuesday, May 30, at 2 o'clock
All accounting classes and all English 3
sections.
Wednesday, May 31, at 9 o'clock
All 9:30 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all
9:30 o'clock T.Th.S. classes. . .
Wednesday, May 31, at 2 o'clock
All 12:00 o'clock T.Th.S. classes and all af
ternoon classes.
Thursday, June 1, at 9 o'clock
All 11:00 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all
11:00 o'clock T.Th.S. classes.
Thursday, June 1, at 2 o'clock
All 9:30 o'clock M.W.F. classes.
Friday, June 2, at 9 o'clock
All 11:00 o'clock M.W.F. classes.
Friday, June 2, at 2 o'clock
All French 25 classes and all other examin
ations not scheduled above.
Collegiania Wants Much
More Practical Curriculum
Surveys Find Average Stu
dent Is Calling For Less The
ory, More Vocational Courses
Modern American education, in the
opinion of the majority of the million
and half college students now getting
educated, is not meeting present-day
needs.
Six out of every one hundred stu
dents in our colleges and universities
have some indictment to make. The"
Student Opinion surveys of America
have discovered this in a national polll
conducted for the Daily Tar Heel and
eighty-seven other campus publica
tions cooperating in these studies.
Some may say that the average col
lege boy is a chronic complainer about
his school work. But interviewers for
the Surveys found that most of these
students are able to put into words
what, they think education needs. The
great cry is for more vocational train
ing and, specialized study. Over
whelmingly, collegians everywhere
made that statement although many
were found who want colleges to
change their courses of study with an
emphasis on cultural background and
liberal arts.
TOO MUCH USELESS THEORY
Still, approximately every student
approached seemed to say, "We are
getting too much theory that we can
not use in finding a job when we step
from college into a world crowded with
unemployed." That attitude goes hand
in hand with a recent poll taken by the
Surveys in which students declared
they believe they are facing a world
that offers less opportunities than it
did before they were born.
Whether the American college stu
dent is right or wrong the Surveys do
not try to point out. This is merely a
record of what they say and why. For
example, there are a good many who
would like to see education "atuned to
the world of today, modernized."
Faults, they say, are found in curricula
that do not fit individual needs, and
there are many incompetent teachers.
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Yackety Yacks
Yackety Yacks will be distributed
again today from 10 to 12 o'clock in
the small lounge of Graham Me
morial. Students who have missed
one quarter during the year will
have to pay a $1.35 charge before
receiving their, yearbook.
To Me!
BAND TO FEATURE
VARIED PROGRAM
Tomorrow's Concert
Will Be Out-Of -Doors
Under the baton of Earl A. Slocum,
the University band will present its
second lawn concert of the quarter to
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock under
traditional Davie poplar.
The 100 musicians taking part on
the program have prepared a varied
program consisting of marches and
light symphonis selections. Sunday's
concert will include; "Dublin Holiday
Overture" by Buchtel; "Fugue Mod
ernistic" by Frangkiser: "Rhapsody
in Blue" by Gershwin ; "Friml Favor
ites Selection," "Pop! Goes The Wea
sel" by Carillet; Wood's "Frescoes
Suite"; "and "March From Love of the
Three Oranges" written and arranged
by Prokofieff.
Townspeople as well as students are
cordially invited to - attend the per
formance by the band which has just
returned fom Rocky Mount where they
performed on the 1939 Sudan Temple's
Spring Shrine ceremonial.
Janitors Fete
Faculty Members
President Frank P. Graham, Admin
istrative Dean R. B. House and a num
ber of other University administrative
officials and professors enjoyed a de
lectable barbecue supper as guests of
the University Janitors association at
Emerson field last night.
The affair has become an annual
event at which the ' colored janitors,
who have had an association since 1927,
entertain representatives from the
buildings in which they work.
President Graham had to leave the
party early in order to meet another
engagement but Dean House and Dr.
Archibald Henderson made appropri
ate talks in which they praised the fine
spirit of cooperation between the white
and colored people of Chapel Hill.
Spokesmen for the janitors included
Kennon Cheek of Venable hall, presi
dent of the association; George Wash
ington of Davie hall, vice-president;
Frank Hairston, secretary, and Eugene
White of South building, chairman of
the executive committee. . .
President Cheek stressed the view
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Carolina Qualifies
Iii Trials, Is Favored
Over Devils, Terps
VISITORS TO VOTE
ON BEST DISPLAYS
IN ART EXHIB IT
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Show Opens Today;
Winners Will Get
Prizes In Cash
A vote to determine the most popu
lar photograph and the most popular
painting, drawing, or piece of sculp
ture in the Photographic society and
Student Art exhibition at Person hall,
will begin today with the opening of
the exhibit and will continue until
May 27.
A ballot box will be placed in the
gallery in which exhibition visitors
may place their votes. Winners will
be announced on May 27. In addition
to the popular prizes, the Photograph
ic society will award first, second, and
third cash prizes for photographs
judged best by the jury of selection.
MISS MUNCH
The exhibition contains a collec
tion of the work by Miss Margaret
Munch of Chapel Hill, who was se
lected as the most outstanding student
in the art department. Miss .Munch
was awarded a single exhibition in
the small gallery. The Photographic
society made up of student and f acul
ty membership, is represented by 32
pieces of photography. The remain
der of the. exhibition constitutes stu
dent works in oils, watercolor, pas'
tel, charcoal, sculpture and prints.
PARTICIPATING
The following are those whose work
has been chosen by the jury of se
lection to appear in the exhibit: Miss
Elizabeth Benbow, Miss Nell Booker,
Arnold Bordon, Miss Phyllis Brumm
Alan Calhoun, Duncan Eaves, Rich
ard Edkins, Miss Irene H. Fussier,
Lytt Gardner, B. . J. Johnson, James
A. Joyce, Robert Koch, William Klenz,
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Hillel Officers
Will Be Inducted
At Inn Tonight
Officers for the 1939-40 year will be
inagurated tonight when the Hillel
foundation holds a cabinet banquet at
6:30 tonight at Carolina Inn. Presi
dent Bill Tennenblatt and Vice-presi
dent Horace Richter will be inducted
into the offices to which they were el
ected last week.
Although a new director has not yet
been appointed, it was predicted yes
terday that he would be announced be
fore the end of the school year. Rabbi
Bernard F. Zeiger will conclude his
last year here this term.
Osborne's Novel' Slide Style'
Is Protected By U. S. Patent
Stylist
Will Osborne, who will play here
for the Thursday and Saturday dances
of the finals set, June 1 and 3. Os
borne's band is the only one in the
country with a patented style.
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South Carolina's
Larry Craig Sets
New Shotput Record
By LEONARD LOBRED
Having led all other schools in th
matter of sending men into the finals,
Carolina's track team goes into the
seventeenth annual Southern Confer
ence track meet this afternoon gener- ,
ally accepted as a sure winner but
nevertheless none too cocky for fear .
Maryland or Duke might come rip
from behind and knock off their con
ference crown.
The Tar Heels qualified 22 men in
the trials yesterday as against 13 for
Duke and 9 for Maryland, and took
two impressive first places. One con
ference record was set and another
equalled in the trials.
NEW RECORD
Larry Craig of South Carolina set
a new record of 48 feet 7 inches in
the shot put to better the mark of 48
feet 4 inches set by Bob Strickler
of VMI last year. Co-captain Bill Cor-
pening of Carolina won his heat in the
120-yard high hurdles in 14.5 seconds
to tie the record set by Duke's Don
Kinzle last year. ' t
Tom Holmes of Carolina and Joe
Murphy both were timed in 9.9 sec
onds to win their heats in the 100-yard
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SUMMER SESSION
ENROLLMENT MAY
SET NEW RECORD
Indications Point
To Registration; .
Of More Than 3,000
' All indications point to a substantial
increase in enrollment for 'the Uni
versity's summer session.
Inquiries and room reservations : to
date and attendance of special groups
for institute courses are expected to
send the enrollment beyond 3,000 for
an all-time record. This would com
pare with an enrollment of 2,637 for
the 1938 session which showed an in
crease of 600 over that of 1937.
Three new groupswill bring a total
of 600 enrollees. Some 225 teachers
from 33 high schools in Southern states
will come to" attend sessions of a South
ern Workshop being instituted this
year. More than 300 WPA adult edu
cation teachers will attend. a special
course under the direction of Dr. Roben
jyiaaske of the department of educa
tion. And a course for teacher-librarians
already has an advance registra
tion of 90.
Dean of Administration R. B. House
will again direct the two summer
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Special Trombone Effect
Used As A ''Trademark"
For The Band
By BILL RHODES WEAVES
Will Osborne and his orchestra rate
the distinction of being the only band
with a patented style, "slide music."
The type was patented by' the United
States patent office November 3,
1936, thereby protecting Osborne for
the performance of his that is defi
nitely original.
Built around a three-man trombone
section, the Osborne style emphasizes
a particular glissando tone achieved
by "sliding" from one note to another
without squarely hitting any of the
intermediate notes.
IDENTIFICATION
The effect, used largely in intro
ductions and in long . interludes be
tween instrumental and vocal soloe,
is distinctive enough to identify the
band without resort to minor efects
as used by most other style bands
"Slide" is used further in the ren
dition of a trio of .trumpets. .Though
not differing matrially in sound, the
trumpets add a novelty touch, v
A Canadian by birth, Osborne or
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