VOLUME XXXVI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1S2S
NUMBER 73
LIUSICALCOLIEDY
TO HAVE MIXED
CASTAS YEAR
"Wisue and Masque Sets Prece
dent and Will Permit Co-eds
To Appear on Stage.
Tot the first time in its history, the
Wigue and Masque will use a mixed
cast in the production of "Whoops
M'Dear," a musical revue, on the
twenty-third and twenty-fourth of
if ay.
This announcement by the presi
dent of the organization marks a new
epoch in campus dramatic work open
ing the Wigue and Masque scale of
activity to female talent, available on
the campus. The cast for the new
play will consist of approximately
foTty members, a large part of which
will be girls.
The show itself is a revue of the
Intimate type now so popular on the
New York stage. Following the usual
policy of the organization, they are
again using a play and treatment en
tirely original to the campus. The
new play, written by Gene.Erwin and
Al Kahn, is divided into two acts with
a total of twenty-four scenes. Erwin
is one of the notable performers in
the past Wigue and Masque produc
tions, and Kahn recently had his one
act play, "The Queen Has Her Face
Liftel," produced by the Playmakers.
Both the authors will take part ih
the staging of their play.
The musical numbers for the spring
production promise to be especially
brilliant and peppy; the entire score
was written by Parker Daggett, Wex
ler Malone, and P. J. Weaver, who is
also the director of the organization
in its productions'. Daggett will be
remembered as the composer of music
used in previous Wigue and Masque
presentations, especially "The Kalif
of Kavak." Malone has written mu
sic for the Blackfriars Club at the
University of Chicago and contributes
to the new music for '"Whoops M'
Dear." Mr. Weaver is head of the
University music department.
Tryouts for the cast of the new re
vue will be held Tuesday, April 24,
with the time and place to be an
' nounced later. None of the parts have
been assigned yet, so the girls are
especially urged to try for places in
the new cast.
SIGMA NU DANCE
STARTSMK-END
Hup at Carolina Inn Last Night
Goes Over Big to Inaugurate
Week-end Festivities.
The week-end got off to a good
start last night when North Carolina
Psi and Beta Tau chapters of" the
Sigma Nu Fraternity, entertained at
a dance at the Carolina Inn from nine
until one o'clock. The Buccaneers
furnished the music.
The dance was staged in connection
with the house-party given at the
Sigma Nu house this week-end, and
due to this fact the girls were plenti
ful. The State chapter was also here
en masse. The ballroom of the Caro
lina Inn was beautifully decorated
for the occasion. " A large Sigma Nu
pin studded with lights showed up
brilliantly at one end of the room, and
around the walls were tall baskets of
flowers.
The figure at 11 o'clock was led by
"Happy" Moye and Miss Elizabeth
Tkornton, assisted by Frank Johnson
of the State chapter and Miss Marga
ret s Sherrill. Beautiful georgette
shawls 'were given to the girls for
favors. A short intermission imme
diately followed the figure during
which refreshments were served.
Tonight both chapters will give a
basquet at the Inn at 7 o'clock. This
will close the activities in connection
with, the house party. .
Prohibition Subject
For Epworth League
The Ep worth League service tomor
row will be an effort to determine
tfee present status of prohibition in
tie United States and to discover
what should be done with the Volstead
Law, it was announced yesterday by
President J. Winfield Crew. It will
t be a meeting for propaganda
either in favor of or against the
regulations regarding liquor as they
now exist, he stated. The facts in
the case and open-minded discussion
are the objective for the gathering
in the Ifethodist Church at 7:00 P. 1
Three State Records Fall as
Greensboro Wins Track Meet
Theron Brown Features When Gate City"Highs Break Charlotte's
Five-Year String of Victories in Annual State
High School Track Meets.
o
In the annual high school track and
field meet held on Emerson field yes
terday Greensboro broke Charlotte
high's five year winning streak by pil
ing up a total of 33 points to annex
the state title. Wilmington was a
close second, scoring 30 1-2 points
while Charlotte tallied 26 points to
gain third place. Other entrants fin
ished as follows: Winston-Salem 9;
Oxford 6; Marshville 5; Durham 4;
Burlington 3 1-2; Thomasville 3; High
Point 3; Statesville 2 1-2; Raleigh 2.
The relay was won by Wilmington.
The other team3 finished as follows:
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Char
lotte.
In the high jump Brewer of Winston-Salem
moved the state record up
to 5 feet 9 inches. Reid, of Charlotte,
broke his own record in the .120 yard
low hurdles, doing the stretch in 14
4-5 seconds. In the shot-putting event
Williams of Oxford bettered the old
mark by 12 1-2 inches, throwing the
weight 47 feet 11 1-2 inches Wil
liams is a brother of Zach Williams,
former Carolina star .and present
state collegiate champion.
- Theron Brown of Greensboro was
the outstanding individual' performer
of the meet. Brown scored thre
firsts and one second. Farmer, tha
Wilmington flash, also did nice vork,
obtaining two firsts.
ro Issue of
Neg
Is Good, Says Reviewer
Editor Gardner and Honorary
Editor Alexander Deserve
Lauditory Comment; Locke
And Johnson Write Good In
troductory Articles to Poetry
Number.
(john me bane)
This issue of the Magazine strikes
a t note that is far from cacaphonic.
Both editor Gardner and honorary ed
itor Alexander deserve laudatory
comment for making the number pos
sible. Taken in general the magazine
strikes us as excellent, though in sev
eral spots a cautious pencil would
have deleted errors. The make-up is
good, and there is a unity about the
number which makes it enjoyable
reading. The contributions were ori
ginally written for the Negro issue,
and that is quite a bit in the way of
commendation.
Pen and Ink Sketch
The New Negro, a pen and ink
sketch by Allan R. Freelon, is ex
cellent. The artist apparently pic
tures the negro of the new age seek
ing a higher level on which to plant
his litorical feet. The lines and shad
ings are done well.
The Black Runner, initial poem by
Georgia Douglas Johnson, is symboli
cal of the note struck throughout the
book. The verse is stripped, like the
runner. It is divested of superfluous
words, and includes only the phrases
which give it motion. -
Locke and Johnson
Alaine Locke's "The Message of the
Negro Poets" makes a delightful in
troduction to the issue. The editor
makes a clear distinction between
negro poetry and poetry by negro
poets. He deplores the distortion of
the work-ballads and folk-songs, and
encourages the younger generation of
negroes in their, attempt at a revision
of the dialect tradition. Dr. Locke
uses well-chosen selections from the
school of the black poets.
Charles Johnson's "Jazz Poetry
Blues" parallels to a certain extent Dr.
Locke's article. Editor Johnson vig
orously defends the new racial poetry,
and contends that it is more than a
mere experimentation in a new tech
nique. New Age Jazz Rhythms
Jazz Notes and Blues Tones, the
first section of the verse, contains
eight poems of the typical new-age
jazz rhythms and chants. Lover's Re
turn by Langston Hughes falls a lit
tle below the majority of the writer's
other verse in the issue. Waring
Cuney claims four of the poems in
this division. De Jail Blues Song
is by far the best of his contributions.
It is saturated with a freshness and
an arrogant swing which make it de
lightful reading. Sterling Brown
shows a mastery of the negro dialect
in Old Man Buzzard as does Lewis
(CoiituivLyJL on page four)
The summary of the entire meet is
as follows: 100 yard dash: first Farm
er," Wilmington; second, Austin,
Marshville; third, Hancock, Wilming
ton; fourth, Goodwin, Greensboro.
Time 10 2-5 seconds.
220 yard dash: first, Farmer, Wil
mington; second, Goodwin, Greens
boro; third, Austin, Marshville; fourth
Carson, Statesville. Time 23 3-5 sec
onds. (One second behind state rec
ord.) 440 yard dash: first, Olsen, Wil
mington; second, Weaver, Greens
boro; third, Thomas, High Point;
fourth, Hancock, High Point. Time
54 3-5 seconds.
880 yard dash: first, Rankin, Wil
mington; second, Sherrill, Charlotte;
third, Lafort, Greensboro; fourth
Early, Charlotte. Time 2 minutes
0 1-5 seconds.
- Mile run: first, Phoenix, Greens
boro; second, Stead, Thomasville;
third, Bennett, Wilmington; fourth,
Davenport, Charlotte. Time 4 min
utes 46 1-5. seconds.
120 low hurdles: first, Reid, Char
lotte; second, Smith, Wilmington;
third, Watt, Statesville; fourth, Ray,
Durham. Time 14 45 seconds. (New
state record.)
High jump: first, Brewer, Winston
Salem; second, Rankin, Wilmington;
(Continued on page three)
Magazine
A CORRECTION
The new management of the
Tar HeeL: which takes charge of
the campus news sheet with this -
issue is obliged to make a cor
rection for a mistake that appear
ed the Thursday's issue, the last
to appear under the old staff re
gime. The faculty vote for Al Smith -in
the campus straw vote Tues
day for the presidency of the
United States was actually 16,
although the Tar Heel story re
ported it as 68. An error made
by the reporter in taking down the
returns from Student Body Pres
ident Charlie Jonas was respon
sible for the incorrect report. ,
Herbert Hoover, the Republican
candidate in the primary, received
9 faculty votes. The members of
the faculty and the students voted
separately. -
SOPH AND GRAIL
DANCES PLANNED
FOR NEXT WEEK
Decorations Will Feature Hops,
With Two Organizations Co
operating on Finances. ,
Two dances have been planned for
next week-end. The sophomore class
will give its informal in Bynum Gym
nasium on Friday night, to be fol
lowed by a Grail dance Saturday night
at the gym.
Decorations will feature these two
hops. The sophs and Grail are coop
erating, combining finances for this
project, and expect the result to equal
any embellishment ever made to the
interior of Bynum Gymnasium. Con
fetti, and other novelties, have been
bought by the second-year men.
The Grail dance on Saturday will
be in honor of the new initiates to
the order. These men are expected to
be taken in during next week. A col
or scheme of purple and white, Grail
colors, will be worked out, in the dec
orations. Jack Wardlaw and His Orchestra
have been booked for the Grail affair;
officers of the sophomore class are
still negotiating for their music.
NOTICE
Monday . afternoon at three
o'clock there will be a meeting of
the entire Wigue and Masque or
ganization in the office of the mu
sic department in Person Hall.
All the members are urged to
be present to assist in further
plans "for the new Wigue and
Masque production and in making
casting arrangements to be de
cided after the try-outs on Tuesday.
Y STARTS BLUE
RIDGE CAMPAIGN
Comer Sets Goal of ra Hundred
3 1 en for Annual Con
ference. Beginning' Monday, the Y.M.CLA
will launch an intensive campaign for
student delegates to the Blue Ridge
Conference to be held June 15-25. The
first floor of the "Y" will be turned
into a campaign headquarters, and jfche
place will assume an atmosphere of
aggressive work, according to Mr.
Comer.
The goal this year is a hundred
men, the minimum being seventy-five.
Already fifteen men have signed up,
and each day adds new names to the
list. The largest number of Carolina
students ever to attend was fifty
eight. Blue Ridge, where the conference
will be held, is one of the most beau
tiful sites in Western North Carolina.
It is situated near Asheville, and can
be reached by rail. The famous Rob
ert E. Lee Hall is the central build
ing, of the group in which most of
the meetings will take place. A gym
nasium, a lake, and all of the appoint
ments of a summer camp and of the
mountains are close at hand.
Prominent among members of the
faculty who will attend are Dr. Chase,
Mr. House, and Dean Bradshaw, who
will lead discussion groups. College
leaders, students and faculty mem
bers from all the leading colleges and
universities of the South will also be
present. According to Mr. Comer,
this year is expected to be one of the
greatest in the history of Y.M.C.A
conferences.
13 Club Dance Comes
Off at Gym Tonight
Hop Will Close Week-end . Social Ac
tivities Buccaneers to Furnish
Music.
The social activities of the week
end will close tonight with the "13"
Club dance, which will be given in By
num Gymnasium from nine ' until
twelve. The Carolina Buccaneers will
provide the music.
Elaborate preparations for the
dance have been made by members of
the Club, and it is expected to be a
fine affair. The gymnasium will be
decorated with black and gold stream
ers which will be draped from a frame
in the center of the room. These col
ors are emblems of the club. Pine
trees will also, be used.
There will be a short intermission
at 10:30, and immediately following
this the members of the organization
will join in a figure. This will be led
by Charles Burns, Carrigan Wilson,
and Tommy Gresham. "
Fats and Student
Snobbishness,
-0-
Richard Halliburton, .Noted Lecturer, Traveler, and Romanticist,
! Comments Interestingly on a Number of 'Topics
Decries Tendency to Favor His First Book.
o -.
Richard Halliburton, famous Amer
ican author, lecturer and traveler,
commented in a very favorable man
ner upon the Carolina Playmakers
and made a number of observations
upon life in general when he was in
Chapel Hill for a short time Monday
morning. The romanticist visited
the Bull's Head Book Shop, where he
autographed a copy of his "Glorious
Adventure."
"Glorious Adventure" Best
The youthful author expressed his
disappointment in the American- pub
lic for preferring his first book to
his second. Said he, "Sales on the
'Royal Road to Romance are three
times heavier than on the 'Glorious
Adventure,' and it had the third larg
est library circulation in the United
States last year. Discriminating per
sons tell me, they like best the 'Glori
ous Adventure'; and they are right,
for 'tis the better book." "In Amer
ica today,"; he added, "one does: not
attain literary - success merely by
writing good literature, but by accom
plishing some such feat as flying the
Atlantic or going to the pole, then
writing about it." .
"Many young literary aspirants
come to me seeking counsel in start
ing a career," he said "and here is
the gist, of what I tell them : 'Do not
hope to add to your ability by reading
the works of other writers. It is
waste of time; you must write from
your own rich experience and develop
unaided, your own style. " Mingle with
"people, all classes, live with them,
know their lives, try to feel all the
Aiycock "Cup Is
"Wisis
"The Tempest" Will
Be Staged In Forest
Theatre Next Week
The Carolina Playmakers will pro
duce Shakespeare's "Tempest" at the
Forest Theatre next Friday and Sat
urday, April 27 and 28. Professor
Koch is directing the play while Mr.
Samuel Selden has charge of the con
struction of the scenery and the light
ing effffects.
This play is being produced for the
benefit of the Shakespeare Memorial
Fund, and the proceeds will go to
ward a reconstruction of the Shakes
peare theatre at Stratford, England.
Numerous theatre groups throughout
the. country are giving plays for the
benefit of this fund..
Mr. Selden is constructing a special
permanent set of scenery for the pro
duction. Special lighting will be
used to secure the various desired ef
fects. " Special music has been rented
from New York for this occasion, and
Dr. Urban Holmes is also preparing
additional music for the play.
"The Tempest" is one of the best
known of the. plays ' of Shakespeare
and was written near the end of his
period. . A select cast has been chosen
being composed of the best actors of
the Playmaker group.
This is the first play that has been
produced in the Forest Theatre in the
past two years. Last year effort was
expended to beautify the big open
air bowl.
Dr. Urban Holmes, of the Univer
sity faculty, has been selected to play
the principal role, that of Caliban
Shepherd Strudwick will play Pros
pero, and Miss Enita Nicks will carry
the part of Miranda. Others in the
cast are Moore Bryson, Henry Chea
tham, E. S. Day, Mary Dirnberger.
Alvin Kahn, Charles Lipscomb, Henry
Mazych, W. B. Owen, Arthur Sickles,
Lois Warden, Emily Slade, Walter
Spearman, James Turner, Richard
WTalker, and A." B. White.
Tickets for the production will be
placed on sale at Sutton and Alder
man's Friday.
New Student Body
Officials Will Be
Installed Monday
The recently-elected Student Coun
cilmen and the new Student Body
President will be inaugurated into
office in a special inauguration cere
mony in Chapel Monday morning, it
was announced, by C. R. Jonas, re
tiring president of the Student Body,
yesterday afternoon.
Gars Breed
Declares Author
emotions of men, and don't" stay in
one spot, move about; it is only
through these things that you will
acquire a. true sense of values. Above
all, you must have a great natural
desire to tell to the world what you
have to say."
When asked about the likelihood of
a stereotyped course in journalism's
hurting a young writer's style, Mr.
Halliburton said, "Oh, no, such a
course could only be beneficial; but
ten years on a hard-boiled newspaper
staff might have some bad effects."
Student Cars, Frats and Snobs
Speaking on another subject of in
terest to students, he said, "It is my
opinion that Princeton is right in
allowing neither student-owned cars
nor fraternities on her campus. I be
lieve that both breed snobbishness and
inferiority complexes."
Mr. Halliburton is very entertain
ing in narrating some of the strange
and amusing experiences met with on
his lecture tours. Especially inter
esting are his episodes in the staid,
fashionable finishing schools. Do not
think that even a trace-jumping lec
turer's life is all roses, however, he
says, for the constant rushing from
place to place, and all that such a life
carries with it, is a weariness of the
flesh and spirit- Last Saturday night
he was in New; York City; he spoke
to the FloraMcDonald girls at Red
Springs on Monday, : then' hurried
northward again to fill his next en
gagement in Richmond - Wednesday
night.
-Won by
ington Ii
liC
800 STUDENTS HERE
Annual High School Week Is
Bis Success in Interest and
Attendance Says Rankin.
The Washington Collegiate Insti
tute Negative team, Henry Roper and
Harold Hopper, . won the Ayeock
Memorial Debating Cup in Memorial
II all last night against the Grace
High School Affirmative team, com
posed of Virginia Styles and Edwin
Allison, in the finals of the annual
State High Seheol Debating Contest.
Goldsboro was awarded second place
in the semi-finals for negative teams.
No second place was awarded for the
affirmative.
The finals for the Ayeock Cup last
night brought the annual High School
Week exercises to a close. The state
high school meet, and tennis tourna
ment were held yesterday. Over eight
hundred students from more than for
ty schools were in Chapel Hill Thurs
day and Friday, and the contests were
the best that have yet been held in
point of attendance and interest ex
hibited, according to E. R. Rankin,
secretary of the High School Week
events.
Last year the Ayeock Memorial Cup,
given in honor of the late Governor
Ayeock, went to the Greensboro High
School represented by Harry Gump
and Henry Biggs. Winston-Salem
won the cup in 1926. Wilson High
School has won the trophy four years
since it was awarded for the first time
in 1913. Durham High School fol
lows Wilson with three wins.
Annual Affair
The contest is an annual affair, the
purpose of it being to stimulate in
terest among high school students in
questions of public concern and to keep
alive the interest in debating and pub
lic speaking which in the last few
years has lost the place of importance
that it once held.
The boys and girls were entertained
and housed in the homes of the res
idents of Chapel Hill. Some of the
students also accommodated some of
the visitors. Mr G. H. Leonard, as
sistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
had charge of entertainment during
High School Week.
Preliminary Winners
The first preliminaries began Thurs
day at 7:00 p. m. The following
schools won decisions:
Negative s
Tryon, Myrtle Mille and William
Burton; Goldsboro, Eleanor Bizzel and
Ezra GriflSn; Mars Hill, Alma Delch
and Kermon Lewis; Rikesville, Addi
son Hosea and.Deavor Hicks; Scot
land Neck, Frances Parks and Wal
ter Denson; Lexington, Grace E.
Lindsay and Ernest Staples; Rocking
ham, Pauline Levine and Mary Ford;
Reidsville, Cantrel Cole and Margaret
Bane; Roxboro, Rachel Bradsher and
F. O. Carver; Washington Collegiate
Institute, Henry Roper and Hal Hop
per; Mount Holly, Mildred Honigman
and Mary Wilson Spence ; Liberty
Charles Elkins and Paul Smith; Le
noir, Beatrice Triplett and Mary Ang
ley. ; Affirmative
Scotland Neck, Sallie White and Al
len Harreld; Roxboro, Carrie Neva
Lunsford and Walter Eugene Connal-
(Continued on page two)
Flaymakers Plan a
. New Summer Course
The Extension Division of the Uni
versity is planning a 10 day institute
in Play Production from June 18 to
30 under the management of Mr. Hu
bert Heffner and Mr. Samuel Selden.
This course will comprise a study
of make-up, lighting and the princi
ples of electrical effects, scenery con
struction and a study of-., the geog
raphy of the stage, Little Theatre or
ganization and management, the con
duction of rehearsals, general stage
management, and play selection.
" There will also be special lectures
and discussions by Mr. Selden and Mr.
Heffner. Each student will be re
quired to do extensive work in make
up. The students will also be re
quired to do extensive laboratory
work in make-up. The students will
also be required to construct a com
plete flat.
The total estimated expenses ag
gregate approximately forty dollars,
including the registration fee, room,
board, .and materials.
; This is the first time in the his
tory of the Carolina Playmakers that
such "a course has been conducted dar
ing the summer here.