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Saturday, January 15, 1927 THE TAR HEEL . ) Page Threi Carolina Playmaker Chief Back ; from European Tour Says Folk Plays Are Thriving in Britain ! The folk play movement is thriving in England and Ireland, but in continental Europe it is virtually ' dormant; except in southern Germany ' and in iso lated spots here and there, says , the famous Carolina1 Playmakers nf tin University of North Caro- ua which recentlv dedicated lLllt ' ' . ' v the first theatre in America to be devoted to the development of native drama. . ' . ; - ; ; Professor Koch recently re turned from a six-month tour of Europe during which he and his 74-year-6ld father, with whom he traveled visitea xreiana, Eng land, Holland, Germany, Switzer land, Italy and France. Six hun dred miles of their ' tour they made afoot for the sake ol ex ercise and recreation. Professor Koch was making a study of the theatre ,and his father was on vacation. ' - . v "There is , noticeable an increasing- interest and s influence 111 tile lltwc LAicauiG iuvwt-ui in England and Ireland, but riot on the continent except (what one sees in the survival , of the mediaeval folk theatre in cer tain isolated towns," Professor ' Koch says... , '.. , The State subsidy of theatres in Europe has been of untold benefit, resulting in lower admis sion prices, and with attention paid to the perfection of the cast rather than to individual stars, Professor Koch observed. He was able to secure the best seats in the famous Prince Re genten theatre in Munich for $1, to name ' one instance. Franz Werfel's "Paul Among the Jews" was being played at the time. In the La Scala theatre in Milan, the best of the 3600 seats were only $2.40. Little wonder those folks have culture, the Playmak er chief remarks. State Support Helps c v Due largely to state support of the theatre, the members of the cast are assured more per manency in their prof ession than in America, Professor Koch says. One of the first places he visit ed was the famous Abbey Thea tre In Dublin, Ireland, which Au gustus Thomas 'has praised so much as reminding him of pro ductions by the Carolina Play makers. It is now supported by the Iri3h Free State. "Those plays are developing a national consciousness and uni fying the national spirit," Pro fessor Koch says, "and that is exactly the aim of the Carolina Praymakers here in Chapel Hill. Their plays, like ours, depict the life-of the natives." , In southern Germany Profes sor Koch visited the mediaeval wall towns of Rothenburg, Nord ling, Dunklesbuhl, where he was interested in the revival of the historical folk dramas, in which virtually all the natives partici pate. These plays, have been presented at regular ; intervals for the last 300 years, most of the inhabitants taking part;in , costumes. ' r , , , 'He visited Anton , Lang and ther famous players at Ober ammergau and. saw them en Eage'd in their various crafts of wood cutting and pottery. An ton Lang, he says, will not play the role of Christus again, re tiring voluntarily, but the new Christus, who is to be chosen by vote of the people," is to be a- relr ative 6f ; Lang's, t AHhoughe village has a population of only 2.000, one thousand take part in these religious plays which are Biven throughout the year, The provides the only canopy of stage. There are seats for MOO. Performances are from to XZ o'clock mornings and 2 to 5 o'clock afternoons. Some times there are 500 on the stage at one time. The first perform ance was in 1634 on a stage in the churchyard as a -ritual of Thanksgiving for relief from a plague which took off one fourth of the population. Everything that goes into the production is made by the natives. ; 1 Professor Koch was surprised to find that the Marionette thea tres have almost vanished from Italy; where they were Once a most popular form of entertain ment. He visited the Roman theatre at Fiesoli in Italy and another at Pompeii and the ruins of others. He reports that Mus solini's latest plan is to institute a national theatre in Italy, with principal theatres in Rome, Mil an and Turin,- and with a reper tory company in Rome for classi cal and modern drama. He says that Mussolini is also organiz ing an institute, of religious art and education to utilize the cin ema and that the first films to be made will be of the life of Christ, to be followed by films depicting the life of St. Francis, of Assisi and other saints. The Driftwood Fire . Dave Carroll : Here I gather up and store Sticks that drift upon my shore; And you may find what you de ., 'sire ,. '';., ". On salty rainbows of my fire. . TAR HEELS DOWN J DURHAM Y TEAM Second Game With Same Team Results in Overwhelming Victory for Carolina Team. BILLY : VANSTORY STARS Score 46-22 Coach Ashemore Makes Only One Substitu '. tion During Game. The Tar Heels repeated their victory of last week over the Durham Y quint "Wednesday night by the count of 46 to 22. The Carolina - outfit , defeated their opponents with little diffi culty, scoring almost as many points, in the first half as their rivals succeeded in , rolling up during the "entire contest. Vanstory, slim Tar , Heel for ward was the outstanding star of the game, being seemingly un able to miss. He registered 19 points during the, game, 14 of these coming in the second half. Many of his shots were difficult to the point of being spectacular. Rufus Hackney came second in the scoring. with 10 points, and Captain Bunn Hackney played a splendid defensive game while adding eight points to the Caro lina score. . The Tar Heel aggregation played through the contest with only one substitution, and that was forced when R. Hackney was put out of the game for com mitting four personal fouls. Starling led the scoring for the Y team with 9 points: while "Sis" Perrv. former Carolina luminary, was as usual outstand ing for the Durham quintet. The lineup: ' "'. '. Carolina (46) Pos. Durham Y .ZZ) Vanstory (19) O'Neal (5) ;i ; ." R.F. . .; R. Hackney (10) Starling (9) . - L. F. Cathey (7) , Perry (5) Morris (2) Harris (3) G. ' , B. Hackney '. (8) 1 J.....' Heflin . - - l. g. ; ' Theta Kappa Nu announces the pledging of W. C. Harris of Belhaven, N. C. . The Golden Fleece resolution, introduced in the Dialectic Sen ate, has been tabled for preseri tation at a more suitable time; The presence of such men as Senators Norman Hock and Ed Bludgins was required at the election of Junior prom leaders. Therefore, the affairs of the Sen ate were forced to await the pleasure of such important members,'-':'-': ' .';.:.r'V,-p-; As Others See Us "Where is this University of North Carolina student body go- ing? At this point of a turbu lent year, it is fitting that we consider the impressions which some people get of us. With that in mind, we, devote this column to the expression of , opinions which we consider justifiable in most cases as appraisals, of this campus and its progress. First we begin with our consideration of North Carolina collegians in general. . . . ; . North Carolina College Students All in all, , no more serious reason for . doubting : the prog ress of this state could be found than its college students. With the help of Northern capital and natural resources, North Caro linians, so we are told, r have built the most progressive state in the South. Critics discreet ly skim over .the literature of the state's writers, and point with amazement at the indus tries, highways, school build ings, and most obvious of those American boasts which are North Carolina. And their com mendations are deserved by the genius of those, leaders who brought new life to a state which was, when Governor Byrd of Virginia drew the state line, a miserable section of back-woodsmen. "'- ' 7rt-V 7 ''r r; 5 But the students in the col leges of North Carolina deserve no credit for this glory. Per haps their fathers and grand fathers have made it desirable for North Carolinians to ! lay emphasis upon the North Caro lina. But the youth of this state, reveling in the contributions of its fathers, becomes vain-glorious. The young collegians are willing to offer the agricultuarl records of rustics whom they despise, or the economic feats of distant relatives or even of Northern tourists as a proof of their rank.; What right have. the students of North Carolina colleges to base their importance upon their fathers? The pio neers of this state saw the de cline of their sister-states' and derived from it a great incentive to build. Their children view with infantile understanding such achievements, and derive from them only a boundless su periority complex. So much is true of young North Carolinians in general. This Student Body In the first place, for scores of years it has occupied the sun niest spot among North Caro lina students. Its institution is the oldest, largest, and most ad vertised in the state. A liberal faculty and- legislature have made it a birthplace for intel lectual freedom. ," But the stu dents have made it appear a jumping-off place for infidelity, social rottenness,' and general heresy. Stuffed with combustible-nothings, freshmen return to spout, horrors at their staid families and neighbors. Uni versity freshmen have made a name for themselves in this su perficial show-off. So people say that a round-trip ticket to Carolina is a orierway ticket to The University ' has grown mucfy in the past few years. The larger community life has helped a few - and broadened many to transparent thinness which spreads all over every thing but nothing in particular. There is no depth of thought to day on matters.-which pertain even to the students. . The Open Forum, most students think, is a gymnasium i for ink-glutted i'shines." .The graduate school, perhaps the best department here, assumes no responsibility for campus affairs. If there be any value in a maturer mind, we haven't seen it. Appeals by the faculty to the student, body for help in the perfection of a better study system quarter or semester divisions,-meet with no response. We swear by our abil ity to govern ourselves, but fail to . provide a government. We damn the curricula and profes sors personally, but . do nothing to help better it by the intro duction of art courses, which liberal arts, of course, don't in clude. The ' literary ; societies die while an insulting, cheap, theatre-organ wheezes at , a house-full of sex-perverts.; Cul ture and snooty aristocracy are claimed. Yet the former is sad ly represented in the student body, for concerts, lectures, and plays are scarcely attended As for this idea of aristocracy, the hard fisted builders of the state knew it not. , We laugh at its PICKWICK THEATRE "Almost a Part of Carolina" C SHOWS DAIL1 3:00, 4:45 ',:,' 6:45, 8:30 . REGULAR ADMISSION - 10 and 25c . , , ' ' Candy,' topcorm, Cold ' Drinks, a. d Gum on " Sale in Lobby. . . SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 Pola Negri, ; Jame Hall, and i George Seiginann in ' "HOTEL IMPERIAL? ... Hodge Podge and Krazy Kat Cartoon - Latest Kinogram News MONDAYiJANUARY 17 ' Anna Q."NillSQn,iM''tewia Stone in ; "midnight covers' ; George Lewis in, the Collegians -"The Last Lap" ' ! Roach Comedy f'Only.SonM r , Lost: a pair of Black tortoise Shell rim glasses. : Finder please return to Y. M. C. A. office. existence in other nearby states. The Yacicety . Yack may perpet uate - flattery by ; keeping Senior slush.. . . '.. ';',; ,.i The student body .was ,too dumb to read . the significance of the "We Want More Offices" placards of last year. , It still is. The faculty here' offers stu dents honey and nectar with the gods, but they spurn it for. cab bage with Bernarr MacFadden. And. if evils are attacked, the stodgy - Babbitts say that the critics are on a wrecking crew when their place is on a con struction gang.- , This 'is but a sketch of the most apparent faults. Subse quent , columns will deal with particular sides of the problem. We hope that we may be able to write about the faculty, our mystery;-: It's mystery in that it remains to suffer with such a rut-full of farmers' sons .who scoff at the country; -' j ' If a yoiing inan 'is hunting for a wife, petting parties are very use ful for the purposes of elimination. Washington Post. ' ' ' ' : DR. D. T. CARR ;,; Dentist .. Tankersley Building :. Chapel Hill, N. C. WRESTLING ' TRYOUTS , WEDNESDAY EVENING Tryouts for the varsity wrest ling team Will be held in the Tin Can next Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. At . this time pre liminary eliminations will be held for the first meet on ; the 1927 schedule.: : ,v';;;,' Girl's BasketbqJU. Tonight s The basketbail game between the Chapel Hill .and .Smithfield girls will be played tonight (Sat urday) at 7 o'clock at the high school Tin Can. . I am Leaving Saturday FOR NEW YORK ' and will be back shortly . with a Brand New and . Complete Stock: ' Jack Lipman's University Shop ltnn:immwtnmii tiiiiiuniimnmumtm fancy ices i'.i , .; - sherbets Durham Ice Cream Co., Inc- " . ' "Blue Ribbon Brand" ICE CREAM Special Color Schemes for Sororities ' . , and Fraternity Affairs Dial L-963, Durham, N. C, BLOCKS PUNCH A Good Mountain for Lazy Bones not be a moun taineer? From the top of Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, you may gaze over one of the finest panoramas in the country, and at the same timcexperi encc that peculiar thrill which only historic scenes can inspire. ; The answer, you think, is obvious. You will leave mountain climbing to those who prefer a withered sprig of edelweiss to' the most beautiful rose from an old-fashioned garden; who would rather grasp an alpenstock than the hand of a friend. Perhaps, then, you do not know that the Otis Com pany, which lifts "men so easily to their offices every , morning, is ready to (lift you just as easily to the summit of Lookout Mountain, on the Otis Inclined Railway. p . :K&fa&z3t rh y!it ix V .51 OTIS E LEVA TO R C O MP A NY . 'i ,. Office ia U Ptincipal Gtif f the Wotd - - " : " . . . '
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