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10:30TO 5:00 TODAY
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VOLUME XXXVIII
PRESS PRAISING
PRISEOTMONS
Receive Ovation After Perform
ance In Petersburg; Va.; In
New York Today.
According .to reviews and
newspaper -criticismsthe' Caro
lina Playmakers have met with
success on the .: northern tour
which began; lastf Saturday arid
continues through' November 30.
' Presenting Paul Green's negro
comedy ."The No 'Count Boy'
Gertrude Wilson. Coffin's moun
tain comedy "Magnolia's Man,"
and the one-act .version of Lor
etto Carroll : Bailey's mill play
"Job's Kinfolks," the- Playmak
ers appeared in Petersburg for
the first performance of the tour
Saturday. .... -
; One-act plays were something
of an innovation in Petersburg,
and the Playmakers, performing
there for the first time, were
given considerable publicity.
They played at the Petersburg
high school under the auspices
of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion. Of the coming of the
troupe the .Progress-Index said,
"Their appearance here is some
thing distinctive in the theatri
cal life of the city."
Reviewing the performance,
the same paper said : "To ade
quately review three such plays
would require much space arid
a paragraph to each of the ac
tors, one of the stage staff, and
another to theirectors.
"Artistry, combined with good
taste, excellent acting, sincerity,
a well-trained cast, and an ap
preciative audience made the
production one which will linger
long in the memories of those
who saw it."
The work of Holmes Bryson
as the No 'Count Boy was given
high praise.
"It is believe that this
change," the Progress-Index
,rsjtated, "will improve the pro
gram, in as much as 'Job's Kin-
1 folks' received perhaps more en
thusiastic criticism than any
play offered by. the Playmakers
last year." .
For several days preceding
the appearance of the troupe the
Prnaress-Index carried numer-
- c
ous stories about the Playmak
ers, ranging from descriptions
of the "famous show-bus, which
carries both players and all
stage equipment," to an article
on Elmer Hall, the technical di
rector, of the group. One issue
(Continued on page four)
What's Happening
10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Stu
dent tickets exchanged for
. Virginia game tickets. No
tickets will be exchanged af
ter today.
3:15 P. M. Continuation ' of
play between Wilmer Hines
and Bryan Grant for Univer
sity tennis championship on
varsity courts. .
4:00 P. M. Intramural cake
race begins at Emerson field.
8:00 P. M. Der Deutsche Vere
in meets on second floor of
Methodist church.
FRIDAY
3:30 p. m. Meeting of the Com-,
munity Club in the parish
house of the Episcopal church.
8:30 p. m. Meeting of the
Cercle Fraricaise in the parish
house of the Episcopal church.
SATURDAY
10 :30 A. M. Special show at
Carolina Theatre.
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arioe'ettes
Two F.erf orm'an'ces'' Mere
Graduate ClubIs '
Active On Campus
; The recent reception" and
dance given by the graduate club
bring- again before the' . eyes of
the; campus theexisterice "of this
organization about which, as a
club,- little seems to be known. "
The graduate .club is; named
after. Shirley Graves, distin
guished teacher at the Univer
sity,4 who died in 1925." Profes
sor Graves was an authority oh
the Restoration drama; and- at
the time of his death' occupied
a position equal to that of Dr.
Taylor, the authority on Eliza
bethan literature and Dr. Green
law, formerly professor of Eng
lish here. - When the renovation
of the Smith building- was com
pleted the trustees of the Uni
versity gave; it over-to the grad
uate students, many of them in
structors on the faculty, as their
own dormitory- These students
decided to form an organized
club naming it after the first
graduate' student to obtain a
degree here. The records, how
ever, indicated that many of the
earlier advanced degrees were
honorary, and there could be no
definite certainty about the first
student to receive a degree. As
a result the club decided to use
the name of Shirley Graves, in
memory of the noted scholar.
The Smith building is easily
the most modern and best equip
ped, dormitory- on the campus
with its spacious ' living -rooms,
its excellent boarding facilities,
and its large and comfortably
furnished lobby, fitted up for
social and recreational purposes.
It is in this lounge the social
life of the. club takes place.
Coffee is, served every evening,
ancl on Sundays there are after
noon teas. The club gives a re
ception, followed by dancing,
every fall, and spring. At least
once a year a faculty smoker is
given. There are departmental
dinners, and dinners for meet
ings of various scholastic and
honorary organizations. Finally,
there is the Cotillion club, com
posed of graduate students and
the younger faculty members,
which gives occasional dances.
The present officers of the
Graduate club are -the follow
ing : M. D. Whitaker, president ;
J. Glenn Edwards, secretary ; and
George Metz, treasurer.
RED GROSS DRIVE
BEGINS NEXT WEEK
The student Red Cross drive
will be staged the first part of
next week. Next Monday night
from 9:15 to 10:15 each dormi
tory and fraternity house on the
campus will be convassed for
Red Gross membership.
Ray Farris : will "have charge
of the canvassing of the dormi
tories, and he will be helped by
all of the dormitory officers
Each set of dormitory v officers
will, of course, canvas their own
building.
"Red" Green will manage the
fraternity canvassing, and, from
each fraternity there will be
two representatives who will
work in their separate houses.
iThis drive has been put over big
each year so far, and it is hoped
by the local Red Cross chapter
that as many students as pos
sible will join.
Dr. Parry Borgstron of the
Naval Research Laboratories
spent the-past , week in Chapel
Hill visiting Dr. Cameron and
Dr. Bost.
G
ive
Skippyt and "Uncle Wiggily
At The Circus" Given by
Jean: Gros', Company; Shows
In Tin Cani .
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The Jean Gros French Mar
ionettes lived up; tor every ex
pectation? in i their performance
before an enthusiastic- audience
in the Tin Can last ; night. The
program' wa versatile iir the ex
treme, for besides . Percy L;
Crosby's ''Skippy";, an I illumii
nated ballet, the newest things
in the marionette field, . .using
four Aesop's fables w,ith: ampli
fied music by. the marionette
phone (a diminutive vitaphone) j
was presented, as a distinct jiov
elty. ; The ballet was -: presented
against, a dark background and
different colored lights were
thrown on the puppets who were
iri this case manipulated with
out strings. : The illusion was
quite startling and effective.
The character of "Skippy" is
one of the most popular in mod
ern fiction. Almost everyone
has seen Crosby's cartoons of
the little ragged urchin in Life
and other magazines, while
many have read the book called,
"Skippy". The marionettes
made the unique little . fellow
funny, wistful, charming and
pathetic in their presentation
which was so uncanny that it
seemed almost human. So clev
erly staged was the entire per
formance including. , settings,
lighting, music and other es
sentials of the complete theatre,
that it was difficult to realize
that the whole thing was in
minature and that a competent
controlling everything ,Jrom
above and behind scenes.
: The marionettes offered a
very unusual entertainment
one which was appreciated by
adults as well as children. "Un
cle Wiggily at the Circus", the
matinee presentation, was at
tended by ajarge group of chil
dren. .
Chief Foiste r Says Fire
Department
To Go Beyond City Limits
. Chief Foister in an interview
with a representative of the Tar
Heel yesterday afternoon in re
gard to the Kenfield fire of Wed
nesday said: "The call came in
to the station and the depart
ment was informed that the fire
was sounded through Box 47,
which is the last fire box in that
J section of the town. The truck
went out to the city limits and
stopped there. Our instructions
are not to go beyond the city
limits except under special or
ders. Townspeople do not realT
ize that, were the apparatus
to go past the city limits, the
town proper would have no pro
tection in case of another fire at
the same time. To go beyond
the city limits requires a con
ference of the city manager, the
fire commissioner, and the fire
chief . This-is, as it is plainly
seen, practically impossible on
short notice."
Mrs. Kenfield, is reported to
have offered to pay the cost of
the use of the apparatus, but ac
cording to Chief Foister, the of
fer was not made. to the proper
authorities until too late to save
the house. . T t , ,
"It is not ; a- matter of pay
ment," continued Chief Foister,
"as the cost is practically negli
gible, but the underwriters' law,
FRIDAY, -NOVEMBER 22, 1929
Warning' To Public
' The public is warned not to
buy student football : tickets
to the Carolina-Virginia game.
All student tickets will be
carefully checked at the gates
and when found, in the hands
of other . than'iU. NI C stu
dents they Tvill: be- declared
:void. Officers will, be in
strutted to arrest those offering-
to sell stu&entrticketsi:-
etfs Erom ShoTV
Saf uidaK W ' Gk For
Thanksgiving-DinnoH
A special morning- picture
show has been arranged for Sat
urday at 10 :3tf a. m; at the Caro
lina Theatre by local organiza
tions interested , in social service.
The proceeds are to be given to
the county?s unfortunate people
in the form of t baskets of food
on Thanksgiving Day. , . :
The special show, George BanT
crOft in "The Mighty," is being
sponsored jointly by the Caro
lina Theatre, the U. D. C, and
the Chapel Hill Rotary club
Children of school age will be
admitted "free if they bring a
gift of food. Manager E. C.
Smith of the Carolina Theatre
urges that the foocb be of the
non-perishable kind if possible.
"Bring a ham and see" the show
and know that you are helping
to feed the poor of Chapel Hill
and vicinity on -Turkey Day,"
said Mr. Smith.
Bronze Names For
New Library Rooms
Bronze letters, designed by
Atwood and Nash, University
architects, and cast by James H.
Matthews and Company, are be
ing place on the transom bars
of ten rooms in the library. The
purpose of these is to indicate
plainly the names of the various
rooms. Each name is made up
of individual letters, which are
driven into the transoms.- The
letters are of severe Roman
style.
Not
based as it is on the amount of
equipment of the fire depart
ment and the extent of the fire
iurisdiction. would prevent us
from going in most cases.
" "The nine men who went out
with me were ordered off the
truck to do what they could in
saving the house next door,
owned by Mr. Sawyer of the
buildings department.
: "According to Mr. Sawyer
the work done by the . firemen
saved his home from catching
fire from the Kenfield house.
The firemen sprinkled , the Saw
yer house with chemicals to save
it, knowing that they could not
save the Kenfield dwelling with
chemicals as the fire had too
much headway for the chemicals
to do any good.
.There are no water plugs near
the Kenfield rhome, and there
is not enough hose to. reach from
the nearest plug to the house.
"After taking the truck to the
edge of town," continued Chief
Foister, "I left the men to do
what they could on the Sawyer
house and drove back to the sta
tion. r - .
"P.;L. Burch, fire commission
er, came to the station arid said
that probably - chemicals would
prevent the fire from spreading.
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REPRESENTATIVE
RED CROSS TALKS
HERE IN CHAPEL
Mrs. Eiise Mulliken Tells Ad
vantages of ;Movexaent; ; To
Drive for 500 Student MemH
,. bersL
Mrs. , Elise. Mulliken, national
field representative, of f the. Red
Cross from, Washington, discuss
ed in chapePThursday the drive
for membership in the Red
Cross to take, place here Mon
day, The speaker was intro
duced by H. F. Comer, who also
made a few , explanatory re
marks concerning the; drive.- It
is to be:, conducted by the Stu
dent' Council. From 9 :15 to
10 :15 Monday night every per
son on the campus will be given
an opportunity to subscribe the
price of ; membership of one dol
lar to the cause.
In her talk Mrs. Mulliken
presented a colorful appeal for
the cause. Speaking of the type
of work of the Red Cross, Mrs.
Mulliken said that It included
work from aid to individuals to
prominent service in disasters
such as tornadoes. She pointed
out the tremendous benefit to
mankind of this service,' men
tioning especially its help in the
time of war.
- An interesting part of - Mrs.
Mulliken's speech was a. brief
tracing of the history of the Red f
Cross. She told of its beginning!
in Switzerland in the, desire of
a few people to alleviate suffer
ing in war. From this small be
ginning has", grown the tremen
dous movement in which 59 na
tions are taking part. Of these
nations Mrs. Mulliken said the
United States has one of the
greatest organizations. She ex
plained the strength of the
American Red Cross by point
ing to the support given it by
the government.
The Red Cross worker ap
pealed to the students to sup
port this cause by showing its
benefits. She declared that it
was a helpful force in each com
munity as well as in the nation
as a whole. She urged the stu
dents to respond in the work of
the local chapter, which is head
ed by Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt.
Col. Pratt expects to 'enlist at
least' 500 of the citizens of the
town and as many more students
in the move.
Captain Farmer Will
Handle Traffic Here
Announcement last night by
Graduate Manager Woollen that
Captain Farmer and a number
of his deputies of the state high
way patrol will be in charge of
traffic at the Carolina-Virginia
game Thanksgiving gave assur
ance that fans will get in and
out of Chapel Hill with a mini
mum of time and inconvenience.
Captain Farmer's force, will
be . supplemented by special
squads of traffic police f rorii
nearby towns.
Ample parking room has been
provided, three athletic fields,
and other space having been set
aside.
All seniors in thev college, of
liberal arts whose names be
gin with? VJ"' through "L,"
please . report to Dean ... Hib
bard's office, 203 South build
ing, between 9 and 12 and 2
and 4 o'clock. ,
NUMBER 53
Jack Crawford's Orchestra Will
Furnish Music; Five Dances
Wiu Be Given.
As a. co-feature of the annual
Carolina-Virginia game, the
Fall dances are to be held the
two days following Thanksgiv-
img.. Jack Crawford, better
known as the, "Clown Prince of
Jazz," and hisifamous orchestra
will furnish, the music
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Elaborate . preparations are
now underway for the decorat
ing of Swain, hall. The scheme
of decorating the hall is unique
and different from any previ
ous manner of covering up its
bareness. As planned, the hall
will be in the. design of an Ara
bian tent The ceiling will be
fixed so that the ballroom will
have the appearance of an enor
mous tent. The orchestra box
will likewise be arranged in the
same manner, as will the chap
erones' boxes at each end of the
room. , .
The .first dance will take place
Friday afternoon from four un
til six o'clock. This dance will
be followed by a dance that night
from nine-thirty until one..
Three dances are on tap for Sat
urday. The first of these will be
held from eleven a. m. until one
p. m., the second from four un
til six that afternoon, and the
final ball that night from nine-
j thirty until twelve.
. Tickets for the dances are. now
on sale to all .members of the
German Club. Will Yarbor
ough, treasurer, has these. The
fee for the dances is five dollars
plus the yearly dues of twelve
dollars. Yarborough announces
that all members must secure
their tickets before Monday
night at nine o'clock.,. Tickets
may be gotten from him at the
S. A. E. house in the evenings
between seven and nine.
Civil Engineers To
Make Traffic Count
Members, of the senior class
in civil engineering will make a
traffic count in Chapel Hill all
day Friday. This work will be
done as a part of the course in
city planning, and will be direct
ed by R. M.' Trimble, instructor
of the course.
Nine traffic stations have
been selected as points where
the counts wilT be made, and the
two men assigned to each sta
ti will work-in shifts to obtain
an all-day count of traffic pass
ing the station.
The stations selected are all
at corners, and from the data
obtained street intersection
studies will be made for Chapel
Hill on an average day.
In addition to obtaining the
traffic count of Chapel Hill for
an average day, the class may
take a similar count on Thanks
giving day to determine the
maximum traffic on Chapel Hill
streets.
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SMALL FIRE YESTERDAY
.The Fire Department re
sponded to a call at the home of
Rnfna Wpnvpr in the Windv Hill
-. Qf yesterday morn-
ing at 11 :00 o'clock.
The blaze was caused .by a
sjjark from the chimney on the
roof and did a little damage.
Neighbors .had extinguished the
blaze before the firemen arrived.
The fire was outside the city
limits but . .Fire . Commissioner
Burch .gave Chief Foister per
mission to go.
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