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41 !I C LlBArVT - CHAPEL HILL, II. -C. 8-31-49 WATHER EDUCATION The editor writes on liberal arts for B.A. School. See p. 2. Fair and coo!r today with high pf 62. VOL. Lyil NO. 109 Complete (JP) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1955 Offices In Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES TODAY "0 ' WCs Arts Festival Scheduled GREENSBORO, March 2. .The drama portion of the 12th annual Woman's College Festi val of the Arts, March 10, 11, 12, is introducing this year a new feature, a symposium on the "Proper Functions of the College Theater" with three well-known drama leaders as guest speakers. These speakers are Walter Prichard Eaton, one of the foun ders of the Theater Guild and for some years head of the Yale University School of Drama; Leo Brady, professor of speech and drama at Catholic University, playwright and novelist, and Norris Houghton, co-founder of the famous Phoenix Theater in New York City. In connection with the drama festival and symposium, ar rangements have been made with the Carolina Dramatic As sociation to hold the Piedmont District Festival and the Caro lina Dramatic Festival here on the . same dates. High school, community and college drama groups have been invited to pre sent examples on their work. The Woman's College Stu dents' Theater, directed by Mi chael Casey, Drama Department head, will give two perform ances of The House of Bernarda Alba, by Federico Garcia Lorca, on March 11 and 12. : The WC student play will have an all-woman cast, with Thomasine Strother of High Point in the leading role of Ber narda Alba. The highly dra matic play was , written by the modern ' Spanish playwright, Lorca, who lost his life in the Spanish civil war. The dance portion of the arts festival was held last week. The music and writing portions are scheduled for later in March. Howes Concert Set Tuesday ' Arthur ; Howes, founder and di rector of the Organ Institute at Andover, Mass., will be heard in concert at Hill Hall Tuesday at 8 p.m. Howes will play works by Bach, Kellner, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Brahms and Widor. As - organist of Phillips Acad emy, Howes' performance of or gan music attracted unusual at tention and interest among the students. He has recently given up teaching in order to devote himsfelf entirely to concertizing and conducting. Howes has been associated with the series of summer organ con certs at Andover. -This third concert in the Tues day Evening Series of the second semester is open to the public without charge. Legislature The student Legislature will meet tonight at 7:30. Convening place is fbe Philatrophic Assem bly Hall on the fourth floor of New East. DEFINITELY INFLUENCED Wood By ED MYERS Some 150 University students and Chapel Hill residents were added recently to the scores of discriminating movie-goers who have attempted, over a period of nearly 20 years, to interpret Jean Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet." Cocteau, one of the most sig nificant figures of the French theater, combines poetry, irony and fantasy to create surrealism. This is defined as being an art which expresses the subcon scious activities of the mind by presenting images without order or sequence, as in a dream. It is definitely influenced by Freu dianism. Cocteau admits that "Blood of a Poet" was an experimental film in- which many of his sym - v ifuiw'i mifjj.jfu. m m mZi'm.mg, m, ;vlu.'?r;.lmm.timHmm, , ,,..,. . 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The North Carolina Guide, edit ed by Blackwell P. Robinson of High Point College, will be a new j edition, completely revised, ofj It contains a brief history of the North Carolina: A Guide to the state, by Hugh T. Lefler of the Old North State, the 1939 volume ; University Faculty a detailed de which was one of the American . scription of the states' wealth of Guide Series. The new volume will show that North Carolina, once a "vale of humility between two peaks of pride," has become in recent dec ades "something of a phenomenon even to itself." BY FREUDSANISM: Of A Poet:' bols actually do not have any significant meaning. The movie was the third in the Graham Memorial Activi ties Board's film series. There are five remaining features. STRUGGLE "Blood of a Poet" wal quite a struggle for those accustomed to Hollywood movies. It was questionable at times whether the projector and sound system were on the verge of collapse, or if it were another of Coc teau's symbolisms. The leading character was Cocteau himself, who was always minus a shirt. Any intellectual or aesthetic as pect was seemingly forgotten as the "artist" jumped from wall to wall, made love to statues, walked into a mirror, and final ly peeped through keyholes. & White To By Monogramers arship fund and also for orphans' parties. The Monogram Club is sponsor ing the contest in conjunction with the Blue-White football game, the formal climax to winter practice, which will be played March 19 in Kenan Stadium. Carolina Set By UNC Press With its 16 maps and 64 pages of illustrations to supplement the reading matter, the guidebook presents a coordinated picture that goes far to explain why the state in some quarters is regarded as the "South of North and North of South." J natural resources, by B. W. Wells oi JNortn Carolina btate college, and a lively account of the present scene in North Carolina, by Wil liam T. Polk of The Greensboro Daily News, author of Southern Accent. Weird NO UNITY There was no attempt at an overall unity of thought. The main theme, possibly, was Art. vs. Life. There was an extreme preoccupation of death through out the film. Even the 1 episode entitled "The Snowball Fight" ends in death for a youngster hit with a fluffy handful of snow thrown by the neighborhood bully. (This samei kid shows up at a poker game, in a later episode, still dead, but with an ace hidden under his coat.) The poet takes the card from the dead boy, wins the game, then commits suicide, making the third time he has shot him self in the head, but it never kills him. This is interpreted by some as meaning .Art is Eternal. Be Contestants for the contest this year have been chosen by each woman's dormitory and sorority. Contestants for last year were chosen by the Monogram Club. Girls who have been chosen to enter the contest are Misses Carol Taylor, Carr; Kay Browne, Mc Iver; Luanne Thornton, Alderman; Jackie Van Hook, Nurses' Dorm; Libbie McDowell, Smith; Misses Nancy Buran, Spencer; Pat Fossum, Kenan; Ann Wrenn, Tri Delta; Ann Penn, Pi Phi; Jackie Wilkin's, Alpha Gam; Misses Nancy Whisnant, Kappa Delta; Liz Lynn, Alpha Delta Pi, and Sara Fair, Chi Omega. , Pictures of the contestants will be on the bulletin board in the Y lobby during the voting. The con testant receiving the most pennies will be the queen and the remain ing 12 girls will be sponsors, six for each team. The queen and sponsors will be presented on the field at half-time of the Blue-White game and will be escorted by members of the Sonogram Club. The queen will present trophies to the Head Coach of the Year and the Fresh man Coach of the Year as voted oh by the Monogram Club. Coaches will not be announced un til halftime of the game. Stacy Dormitory Says Rebel Yell Can Stay On Stacy Dormitory voted in a dorm meeting last Tuesday night manimously to continue its news paper, The Rebel Yell. According to a Stacy spokes man, there had been complaints hat the paper was not worth the money and effort that went- into it. However, the spokesman said 'hot the residents of Stacy decid ed that the Rebel Yell does tell j dormitory news and is interesting as a whole. The staff of the Stacy paper j includes Jack Wilson, Charles Dunn, Norman Germino, Chris j Douty and John Black. j DC mprovemenfs Committee To Meet The Interdormitory Council dorm improvements committee will meet tomorrow to consider recommendations and suggestions for improvements in dormitories. s The meeting will be held in the Woodhouse Conference in Gra ham Memorial at 3 p.m. Jack Hudson, chairman of the IDC dorm improvements commit tee, said purpose of the meeting is to consider suggestions for both immediate and long-range im provements that are needed in dormitories. All dormitory presidents and any interested persons should at Non-Party Candidate Deadline Is March 18 ' The Elections Board has announced that the deadline for inde pendents to file for candidacy in the spring elections is midnight, March 18. Officers to be elected in the spring elections are president, vice- : president, secretary and treasurer Creation Show Continued To Mid-Month Because of the "enthusiastic" reception accorded the Morehead Planetarium's story of creation, "Billions of Years Ago" will be continued through March 14, ac cording to Director A. F. Jenzano. More than 8,000 persons already have seen this new spectacular, and reservations are still coming in, -Jenzano said. "Therefore it was decided to postpone until lat er in the year the next sched ued show, 'Color in the Sky, which was to run March 1-22," he said. Jenzano also announced that the annual spring pageant, "Eas ter, ine Awakening," win open. March 15, a week earlier than previously scheduled. It will ran through April 25. "We have been excited by the attendance at 'Billions of Years Ago,' and it is increasing every week, with reservations coming in," Janzano said, "and we're al ready getting reservations for the Easter show." Korean Veterans File Form For Subsistence According to South Building, all Korean veterans should report to 315 South Building and file a form for February subsistence benefits. If there forms are not filed, pay ments will be delayed considerably. ;H ' 'i . ' " , ' Wi W A i- ,4 iV....- J I l it i -- - ; ; . -;i j Here "are the new officers of the Phi assembly who were sworn in Tuesday. They are, left to right, Lawrence Matthews, from WinstonSalem, speaker pro-tem; Bill Porterfield, Goldsboro, treas urer; Dick Albert, Santa Fe, New Mexico, clerk; State Senator John Larkins; Lewis Brumfield, Yad kinville, outgoing speaker; Frank Warren, Snow Hill, incoming speaker; Hill Johnston, Norton, Conn., sergeant at arms, and Harold Powning, Fa yetteville, parliamentarian. tend, said Hudson. Since all re quests for improvements must go through the IDC to be considered by the office of the director of operations, it is important that anyone interested in specific im provements be present, he said. Anyone unable to attend the meeting may give suggestions to Hudson or leave them in the IDC office in New East Annex. All requests will be put on a priority basis in order of impor tance, Hudson said. Those that need immediate attention will be considered first. of the student body; Student Council (three women's seats and three seats at large); Men's Coun cil (three seniors, one junior and one sophomore); Women's Council (three senior seats and one seat at large); Chairman of Women's Residence Council; officers of the Carolina Athletic Association; head cheer- leader; senior class officers; soph- omore class "Officers; Editors of The Daily Tar Heel and The Yackety Yack, and the National Students' Association Co ordinator. Legislature seats for each dis trict are also slated to be filled. Any student may become a candidate for office, provided tie or she submits a petition signed by 25 qualified voters and himself. Petitions may be turned in to Miss Patsy Daniels at the Chi Omega house or at the Student Govern- I ment office. The petitioner must turn' in his grade qualifications as j certified by the Dean of Students' Office with the petition. Elections will be held on March 29, and runoffs will be on April 15, the board announced. Teaching Math Via TV To Be Talked Tomorrow A special feature of the second annual Mathematics Teachers Con- ference to be held here tomorrow and Saturday, March 4-5, will be an address by Dr. Marguerite Lehr, Bryn Mawr mathematician, who will discuss the use of TV in ! presenting mathematics to the public. Dr. Lehr, who is considered a main leader in the Eastern move ment of math on television, will appear on WTJNC-TV, Friday from i 5 to 5:30 p.m. Phi Officers Inaugurated in,, ,)lr i I. .miMHIIIH II L . - .... Nfc. '.v s. ?4; . ? : .:, i , " . - I , '1 'v?' , i , 9 f y- - if r'r" : ; sty ' ' V l H i V' ' . ,'.VWj WV., "WW Leads in Tomorrow's Play Playing the roles of Julie LaVerne and Joe in the Carolina Playmakers' Show Boat are, left to right, Suzanne. Elliott and David Small. The play will open tomorrow night in Memorial Hall. Former Show Boater To Be Here Tomorrow Mrs. Beulah Adams Hunter, former leading lady of the James Adams Floating Theater, North Carolina show boat on which Edna Ferber did research for Show Boat, will be the guest of The Carolina Playmakers tomorrow. Mrs. Hunter, once known as the "Mary Pickford of the Chesa Show Boat Ushers Ushers for all performances of the Playmakers production of Showboat will meet today at 5 p.m. in Memorial Hall for a short briefing session. Dr. Adkins Gets Copy Of Book From Japan Dr. Dorothy C. Adkins, chair man of the Department of Psy chology at The University of North Carolina, has received from the Japanese government a copy of her book on Construction and An- alysis of Achievement Tests. Dr. Adkin's book was translated and published by the Japanese Govern ment in Tokyo. Parts of the book have already been translated into German un der the auspices of the Hoch- schule fur Internationale Pada gogishe Forschung in Frankfurt, Germany. ! 1 "t 'i 4 peake," will talk at 9 a.m. in I'lay- makers'. Theatre about her experi ences in show boating. The talk will be open to the public. I In 1924 Edna Ferber visited North Carolina to gather material for her novel on show boat life She spent some time aboard th ! James Adams Floating Theatie ! talking to Mr. Adams and Charles Hunter, leading man of the boat and husband of Beulah Adam;. She also did research in North Carolina coastal towns. In her novel, although .she switched the locale to the Missis sippi River, she used many Beau fort County, N. C. names and leg ends and copied, verbatim, an in spection from St. Thomas' Epis copal Church in Bath. Mr.s Hunter is now the only surviving member of the old show boat acting company. She lives in Saginaw, Mich, and has come to Chapel Hill to attend the Univer sity theatre premiere of the musi cal by the Playmakers. Wesley Group Initiates New Feed Policy Students who plan to eat sup per at Wesley Foundation on Sun days are asked to sign up by Fri day of each week, according to a new policy set forth by the Fellowship Commission Chairman Roy Epperson. A list will be posted on the Wesley Foundation bulletin board each Sunday night after supper, recording to Epperson, and stu dents should sign it before they iave or sometime during the week if they plan to eat at the church the following Sunday r.ight. Asked if signing the list would obligate a student to pay for the if.eal in the event that his plans changed and he didn't eat at the Houndation, Epperson said that no one would be asked to pay for a meal that he didn't eat. !Ie added, however, that in such cases the student was asked to scratch his name off the list, if possible, by Friday night, &ince the food is purchased Saturday morning. In the event that a student should decide at the last minute to invite a guest, he should con tact either Rosemary Lemmond at the Nurses Dorm, or Joel Sa vell, at the Wesley Foundation, said Epperson.