Friday. July 28. 1957
THE SUMMER SCHOOL WEEKLY
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ANOTHEH FEAT FOR MISS NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Frank Klingberg's History 71 Exam
By JIMMY HARPER
Early this summer, on June 6,
a petite brunette coed from Duke
slipped into a seat in Prof. Frank
Klingberg's' History 71 (Ameri
can History through 1860) class.
Her "S" card read: "Herndon,
Elaine."
Last Saturday morning, some
six weeks later, the same coed
sat in the same seat, taking an
exam on the same course. This
time, if an "S" card had been re
quired, it might well have read
"Miss North Carolina."
Though the names are synony
mous, that of Elaine Herndon will
be .the one best remembered. Or
at least that is the way Elaine
would have it.
' Despite the sudden rise to
fame, the Durham Miss would
prefer to remain her natural and
j refreshing self. That she is quite
refreshing is easily apparent af
ter talking wifh her for awhile.
This vivacity has carried her
through the "Miss Durham" con
test, to the throne of "Miss North
Carolina," and, coupled with her
extremely good looks, stands a
food chance of carrying her on
to win the "Miss America" title.
Touring Drama Group Will Present
'Cry, The Beloved Country Wednesday
"Cry The Beloved Country", a
ftirring dramatization of Alan
Paton's best selling novel, will be
presented Wednesday night at the
Presbyterian Church by the Bis
hop's Company theatrical group.
The tender-tragic production
dealing with racial conflict in
South Africa is sponsored by the
joint cabinet of the YM-YWCA.
Curtain time is 8 p.m.
"Cry The Beloved Country" is
a gripping story of a white man
and a black man locked in the
grimmest of human em'otions. The
adaptation of Paton's masterpiece
was made by Phyllis Benbow
Beardsley, Founder-Producer of
the Bishop's Company.
The story concerns two fathers
from different worlds who are
thrown together by one dis
astrous act of violence. The two
Original One-Act Plays
Next On Dramatics Bill
find themselves bound by a deep
understanding and sympathy, and
their experience becomes a sym
bol of what must occur in "the
beloved country" of South Africa
before the fear, hatred and
cruelty of racial prejudice can be
cured.
The Bishop's Company, created
for the purpose of returning fine
professional drama to the church,
has been in continuous produc
tion since October of 1952. It has
conducted three highly successful
national tours, and the current
schedule again takes the group
coast to coast and into Canada.
But it was Elaine the student
who sat in Saunders Hall last
Saturday, poring over her his
tory exam. And it was Elaine the
student who went to the Book
eteria after the exam to dispose
of her text. And again, it was
Elaine the student who, over a
coke at Y-Court, reflected on her
stay at Carolina.
"I have dated over here a lot
I like Carolina boys but I nev
er got to know the campus until
this summer. At first I had to
park my car in the same place
so that I could find it again."
She found summer school life
at the University "informal and
easygoing. I guess it's different
in the winter," she said. Elaine
is definitely, the summer-school
type.
About her sudden rise to fame,
she said, "At the Miss Durham
contest we thought it would be
over in a few days. We thought
the same thing at Burlington.
Now I guess it won't be over in
a short while."
Originally, Elaine had planned
to go to the second session as
well, but to offset that incon
venience, she is being given a
trip to New York and a week's
vacation at Morehead City, of
which she said, "I hope that I
can get a little rest there."
"Everyone has 'been so nice to
me here and everywhere. I am
a very lucky girl." So saying, she
departed for Durham, New York,
Atlantic City and points upward.
Elaine Herndon is an excellent
representative of North Carolina.
And a worthy cause for increased
rivalry between Carolina and
Duke.
What's Going On
Friday, July 26
Caribbean Cruise Dance by
Memorial Hall, 8 p.m.
Planetarium show, "A Trip To
Venus," 8:30 p.m.
Bishop Reece to speak in Hill
Music Hall, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 27
Planetarium show, 11 a.m.,
3 p.m., 4 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 28
Wesleyan Foundation, 5 p.m.,
Methodist Church.
Canterbury Club, 6 p.m., Epis
copal Church.
Presbyterian Westminister Fel
lowship, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hut.
Baptist Student Union, supper
forum, 6 p.m., BSU House.
Planetarium show, 2 p.m.,
3 p.m., 4 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Monday, July 29
Summer School Activities
Council Executive Committee,
Woodhouse Conference Room,
Graham Memorial 4:45 p.m.
Summer School Activities
Council, Woodhouse Conference
Room, GM 5 p.m.
Carolina Bridge Club, 7:30 p.m.
Rendezvous Room, GM.
Planetarium show, 8:30 p.m.
Instruction and square dance
classes, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., east
terrace of Woollen Gym. (Inside
if it rains).
Carolina Christian Fellowship,
6:45 p.m., Hill Hall Choral Room.
Tuesday, July 30
Summer School Chorus re
hearsal, 4 p.m., 108 Hill Hall.
Planetarium show, 8:30 p.m.
Children's Free Flick,. Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm, 8 p.m.
Carroll Hall.
Wednesday. July 31 '
Instruction and square dance
classes, 7 p.m., east terrace of
Woollen Gym. (Inside if it rains.)
"Cry, the Beloved Country," by
the Bishop Company, 8 p.m.,
Presbyterian Church.
Thursday, August 1
Free Flick, Miracle In The Rain,
8 p.m.; Carroll Hall.
Planetarium show, 8:30 p.m.
Summer School Chorus re
hearsal, 4 p.m., 108 Hill HalL
BY DICK BURROUGHS
Tha Carolina Playmakers will
ring up the curtain on another
scene in their summer playhouse
cf entertainment when they pro
duce three original one-act plays
on August 2 and 3.
The first of these plays, "April
in the Moon," written and direct
ed by Dick Ennis is a romantic
tragedy which deals with a man
who goes off io seek a fortune
for a young girl. When he re
turns, he finds that the girl has
been unfaithful. The dramatic
Cardboard Seeks
New Members
The Cardboard, an organization
which works out the card stunts
for the football games, has its
office in Emerson Stadium. Mem
bers of the organization are paint
ing the office and finishing the
stunts for the N. C. State game
this summer.
Anyone who is interested in
joining the organization this fall
may come by the office now and
begin work immediately. Pete
Evans, the president, stated that
the office will be open on Tues
day and Wednesday from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m. during second session.
irony of it all finds the young
girl drowning with her other
lover as the play ends.
Jim Poteat has written , two
plays, the first of which is en
titled "Bid Time Return" and is
directed by Phil Fischer. This
production concerns itself with
a 45-year old widow who has
abandoned the world about her
with the idealized memory .of
her dead husband.
A practical and aggressive
young woman enters the house
hold and helps the old woman
back to reality.
The second of Jim Poteat's
plays, "A Midsummer Tonic," is
a comedy directed by Rose Lily
Soller. The play is set in the days
of the silent movies and centers
around a little girl who feels that
life around her is very boring
compared to that of her movie
idols.
Upon visiting her Aunt Ruby,
the little girl finds that her aunt's
boarding house is well known
among local salesmen for its
"hospitality." The plot thickens
when Auntie's competitor tries to
put her out of business and finds
that the little girl knows too
much.
Everything turns out all right
for the girl because she gets the
excitement she has longed for.
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MEMBERS OF THE BISHOP'S COMPANY
To Present "Cry, The Beloved Country"
Photo Collection
On Exhibit Here
' A collection of 30 prize-winning
photographs taken by North
and South Carolina press photo
graphers last year are now on
exhibition in the South Art Gal
lery of the Morehead Planetar
ium. Selected from more than 500
entries, the prints were awarded
prizes at the ninth Southern
Short Course for Press Photo
graphers here this spring, and are
now on tour of art centers in the
Carolinas.' ;
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summer in sandwich and refresh
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Afternoon and night work; time
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INTERVIEWER: Exceptional op
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