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- EXAMS TO START THURSDAY CIVIC MUSIC SATURDAY NIGHT Z 841 VOL. XX. WINSTON-6ALEM, N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940. Nvimber 13. ''What A Life** Is This Backstage Business "I’m gorry, Miss, but no outsiders are allowed backstage before a per formance.” The gruff old man closed the door against my nose — which, incidentally^ I had just powdered in anticipation of what was to follow. Immediately I shoved the door open again and stood firmly with my foot in the crack. “And I’m sorry, sir,’’ asid I, “but we have special permission to speak -with Mr. Ooogan and Miss Dunn and Mr. McGlynn at fifteen minutes of eight. We’re from the paper.” And raijsing myself to my full height I nervously waited his reply. “Well, since it’s that way. But you ean’t stay but a few minutes, l»eeause the photographers have ap pointments. ” “TTiat won’t bother me. All I want is to get into the dressing room. ” 8o finally they shoved me into «ne of the little ante-rooms, and sat Me down on a box — in front of Miss Josephine Dunn. By the cool look in her pale blue eyes I could tell that she wasn’t nearly so sur prised to see me as I was surprised to be sitting on the box. So I began rather feebly to ask the stock in terview questions. Miss Dunn was a tall striking- lookiag blonde with a tip-tilt nose that seemed to have been ordered especially to go with the questioning blue eyes. She began on the stage when she was four, and has from that time played on both stage and screen. S?he told us that she liked playing before an audience, but “I like the money in movies better — and yon may quote me as saying that too!” TTie production that was her favorite was ‘ ‘ Accent on Youth” in which she followed Con stance Cummings in the leading role. The role she plays in “What A Life’’ is the first of that type she has had, she usually takes comedy • parts, although she says that it is Bot difficult to make such a change after some little experience. Just at the time the photographers pushed me off the box Miss Cyrilla Dome, the Junior CSass president in the play, came into the room. But I had no time to ask questions. All I saw was that she was painting on her lip rouge with a brush, and that she wore a blue suede jacket! When they let me into dressing room number two^ there stood Abra ham Lincoln before me. I felt as if I should say “your excellency” and start asking him about the slavery question. In reality though^ he turn ed out to be Mr. Prank McGlynn who played the part of the High School Principal. He ha« for the last ten years played on the screen in num erous shorts and in longer pieces in character parts. He told us that he was one of the first directors in the show business, directing for the Edison company. When asked about his preference in, stage and screen he too replied — the stage. The two businesses are entirely separate arts with very little in common. The main difference is that while before the camera an actor is perfectly nat ural in his speech and movements, on the stage all is exaggerated. Con cerning the future for aspiring ac tors and actresses he said that the show business was just like every thing else in this world. “You have to have the background and the ability to grasp the opportunity when it arises — Know what you want and how to go after it.” Mr. Coogan is always late to per formances they told me, but never too late. In fact, just as we were all milling around backstage he came rushing in, the tail of his light blue reversible coat flying behind him. He looked like a school boy late to class. But there was no time to QUEEN AND ATTENDANT CHOSEN Mexican Movie On Monday Night see him then; so between the second and third acts we went backstage again. Mr. McGlynn went over to Jackie and told him we wanted to see him. Expecting to see him come quietly over and ask “Is there some thing I can do?”, we were naturally really knocked off our feet (in more ways than one) when he yelled “Timber!!’’ and came rushing over, grabbed us by the arm, and prac tically Jiy main force sat us down — on the box again. By that time every sensible question had long flown out of the window. And we played at reverses. He asked the questions. After we had convinced liim that Salem had many traditions to its credit and that all its stu dents didn’t go prying through closed doors all the time, we finally learned something about him (al though at this time the third act was about to start). He, too, started out when he was four years old (must be the proper age for debut in Hollywood!). That was in 1918 (figure it out) and it was then that Chaplin saw him and got him in the movies. Here he stayed for a long enough time to be Tom Sawyer and a good many more of our heroes. He attended the University at Santa Clara and later Southern California (he was silent on the Bose Bowl subject!) at both of which, he' play ed football^ basketball, and most everything else. His latest picture was “Sky Pa trol.” Between pictures he has traveled about with his orchestra and has spent a lot of his spare (Copttnwcd on Fovr) —JOURN'AZ.-SKNTr;^!. STAFF PHOTO. SLOAK AND LANNING TO PRE SIDE OVEB MAY COURT Reigning as queen and maid-of- lionor over twelve Salem lovelies on May Day this spring will be Louisa Sloan, of Wadesboro, and Vera Mae banning, of Wallburg. Shown, at the top is Louisa, and at the left. Bib” — the two girls on whom Salemites have conferred the highest honor for beauty. Mrs. Charles Laughlin at this morning’s ciiapel period told of her trip to Mexico. Now there are on display in the library, articles which Mrs. Laughlin brought back from Mexico. On Monday night, January 15, at 6:45, a beautiful film in technicolor and sound will be shown in the li brary. The forty-minute film was taken in Mexico by a movie studio in California. Lowell Thomas, a nationally-known commentator, is the narrator of the picture. This film, showing the .scenery, dre.ss, and customs of the country, including: scenes in and around Mexico City, floating gardens of Xochimilco; church of the Lady Guadaloupe, pyramids, the markets in Mexico City, the “Silver Oity” of Taxco, and many other things are shown through the courtesy of Mr. Charles Laughlin of the Texas-Pacific Rail road Company and Mr. Roy I Oliver of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company. This picture will be, not only very interesting, but very educational as Everbody is invited to attend well. the showing, for which there will be no admission charge. JANE RONDTHALER NAMED SECRETARY Jane Rondthaler, only daughter of Dr, and Mrs. Rondthaler, has been appointed alumnae and field secre tary in the department of public re lations of Salem College, She as sumed her duties in the alumnae of fice On Monday, liecember 18. For the past two years Jane has been in musical and dramatic work and study in New York City, and lias appeared in a number of amateur and professional stage performances and in Paul Green’s “Lost Colony” at Manteo. I. R. S. To Sponsor Chop Suey Supper Sunday night from 7 to 8 o’clock in the recreation room of Louisa Bitting Building the I. E. S. Coun cil has a real treat in store for you — something which you have no doubt been hearing about from the numerous ticket-sellers on the cam pus. Miss Wheeler, of Salem Acad emy, who is an expert in preparing Chinese food is going to make us a delicious chop suey plate for all those interested for the reasonable price of twenty-five cents per per son. There will be a big fire, music while you eat, and chop suey that will please even the most discrimin ating person. Buy your tiekets now from any of the council members! VAN PASSEN TO BE REPLACED Because of illness, pierre Van Passen^ booked as second speak er of Salem’s Iiecture Series for this year, will be unable to fill his engagement here on January 31. Announcement of substitution will be made immediately. MRS. RONDTHALER BREAKS ANKLE Salem was most sorry to hear of Mrs. Rondthaler’s fall on the ice last week — a wicked fall that resulted in a broken ankle. We are hoping that her weeks in bed will seem not too long, and we’ll be expecting to have her “out and about” with us again about the middle of February. EXAMS January 18-27 Are you scared of exams? Well, yo\i shotildii’t be. That is really the woi“st attitude with which to approach them. The purpose of exams is to organize in our minds the material of the subject. The m'ain facts and main emphases in the subject are to be reviewed. A certain amount of tension is valuable in study, but the crammmg and too-intense study often attached to exams is most undesirable. The best way to do is to set aside an ade quate amount of time to study for each subject and do your best. That is all anyone can do. Use “reading day” to collect your thoughts, to study for your first exam, and to relax in preparation for a sane period of exam inations. Beattie To Appear In Music Series The Winston-Salem Civic Music Association presents Douglas Beat tie in a concert, Saturday night, January 13, at 8:30 o’clock in the Reynolds Auditorium. Mr. Beattie received his B. S. degree from the University of Cali fornia in 1929. He had planned to become a surgeon, following in the footsteps of his father, who estab lished the Canton Hospital in China; but upon graduation he decided to study music. After two seasons of study in California he went to Italy for two more seasons of study. He made his debut in Genoa, Italy, with twelve performances in as many nights and appearing in three different operas. Returning in 1935 to California Mr. Beattie sang in the Hollywood Bowl. That season he was a member of the San l-'rancisco Opera Company and app?r’'ed as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony Orctiestra. In 1938 he was an outstanding mem ber of the Chicago Oity Opera Com pany. From the ‘ ‘ Musician” for March, 1939, we tak^ this notice: “Douglas Beattie, young American Basso, en gaged in mid-season to fill a vacancy created by the departure of Nicola Moscoua to La Scala, made his first Metropolitan appearance in “Aida’> on February 11. Imposing in voice and stature, Mr. Beattie, made a fiav- orable impres.sion. He sang his part of the King with deep sonority and fitting dramatic expression.” We are looking forward to the performance of this young man who, in addition to an excellent voice, is over six feet tall and very good- looking. THIRD IN SERIES OF PLAYS TUESDAY NIGHT Tuesday night at Reynolds Aud itorium the Legitimate Theatre Cor poration with the Contemporary Theatre Series presented “What A Life,” George Abbott’s stage suc cess written by Clifford Goldsmith. The play was a light. High School comedy, the entire action of the play taking place in the Principal’s of fice in a city high school. “What A Life” offered distinct contrast to the two preceding plays in the series ■— ‘ ‘ Hedda Gabler ” and “ Golden Boy.” The audience was amused from the very beginning and, as Mrs. Claude Glenn of the Contmporary Theatre said, it offered many laughs —“Just what the town needed,” ‘ ‘ What A Life’ ’ is a well-written high school play — if one likes high school plays. However, it was a treat to see Jackie Coogan again, for many remember his well-loved roles as a child star, not so many years past. Some people win fame early in life, most people later on. Jackie won his as a boy star and whether he’ll keep up this reputation in the field of acting or some other, re mains to be seen. University of Mississippi: The Nine Leavell Brothers, most famous family in Greek-letter his tory! All were members of Sigma Chi at the University of Mississippi from 189S to 1912. ■University of Arizona: A trio of local gamblers secured the land for the first building of the University of Arizona. University of Denver: The University of Denver cele brates Adam and Eve Day in Jan uary. Each student receives an ap ple from the chaneellorl
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