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PLAYMAKERS TO
OBSERVE YEARLY
NIGHT OF FROLIC
All Faculty Cast WiD Stage
English Christmas Play As
Part Of Revels Tonight.
. Members of the faculty will
play the leading roles in the
Twelfth Night Revels of the
Carolina Playmakers which will
be given as the closing event of
the annual dramatic directors
conference in the Playmaker
theatre here tonight, beginning J
at 7:30 o'clock.
An all-faculty cast will stage
the old English Christmas play,
Saint George and the Dragon,
as was done last year, with P.
C. Farrar, J. 0. Bailey, R. R.
Potter, M. T. Van Hecke, A. S.
Wheeler, G. F. Horner and
English Bagby participating.
Professor Farrar will direct the
performance. '
Following the tradition, the
kitchen scene from Shakes
peare's Twelfth Night will be
enacted by members of the fac
ulty and students, including
Professors U. T. Holmes, Hubert
C. Heffner and W. E. Caldwell.
Holmes Bryson of Asheville and
Louise Thacker of Greensboro
will be the student members of
the cast.
The Playmakers Revels is an
annual event, based on the old
English custom of observing
twelve days of fun and frolic
immediately following Christ
mas. The twelfth night, on
which there was much hilarity,
was the cpnsumm
holidays.
An addition was made to the
program of the Twelfth Night
Revels when it was announced
last night that the Carolina
Fencing club would present a
fifteen minute comedy, "The Re
turn of Count Disease," the. play
being written by Digby and
Fred Wardlaw, University stu
dents, who take parts in their
own drama.
There are nine characters in
the playlet, all of whom are
practicing -fencing on the Uni
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William Beebe, Explorer,
To Speak Here January 30
William Beebe, noted explorer
and author, will give an illus
trated lecture, ABeneath Tropic
Seas," in Swain hall, January
30, as the first number on the
student entertainment program
this quarter. !
Mr. Beebe has, it is .said, by
means of his popular writings
on the subject of birds and in
sects of tropic lands and on the
wonders of the ocean depths,
made the field as interesting
and as familiar as the ordinary
life in this part of the world.
On his famous trip to the Gala
pagos Islands three years ago
he chose the depths of the ocean
as a new field for investigation.
Up to that time little had been
written about the weird, fantas
tic creatures that live miles be
low the surface of the sea, be
cause little was known about
them.
With the help of his newly
perfected diving apparatus and
cast steel camera for making
pictures beneath the surface of
the sea, Mr. Beebe on the cruise
of the Arcturus to Haiti and at
Nonsuch Island, off Bermuda,
gave a record of underwater
life that surpasses any, other
deep sea explorations - yet at
tempted. The Bell Telephone
Local Bank Grows
M. C.
S. Noble Observes 25th Anni
versary As Director.
The stockholders of the Bank
of Chapel Hill held their annual
meeting last Friday, January 3.
It happened that this was the
25th anniversary of the election
of M. C. S. Noble to the board of
directors, and the gathering
f elicited him upon his long ser
vice and his continuing vigor.
He has been president of the
bank for 20 years.v
In his annual report he re
views the bank's growth since it
was organized in April, 1899,
with a paid up capital of $2,500.
In the following August it had
total resources of 10,606, and
listed on the balance sheet were
the items: profit, $14.12; paid-
up capital, $2,437. Thp first
stockholders were C. L. Lindsay,
D. McCauley, R. W. Winston,
J. S. Carr, and J. C. Biggs.
The total resources are now
$1,850,000. The capital is
$30,000, the surplus $7(T,000, an&
the undivided profits $50,000.
The deposits have rmoi nted to
$1,500,000.
"An illustration of our
growth," says Mr. Noble in his
report, "is the fact that we paid
our first cashier $30 a month, a
salary "slightly less than we pay
our present janitor for part
time service." " -
A semi-annual dividend of 4
per cent, was declared in Janu
ary, 1900 and that rate was
maintained for several years,
with occasional extra dividends
thrown in. The dividend rate is
now 10 per cent, semi-annually,
an&ecently
of 5 per cent, was declared.
At the meeting last Friday
the former directors were all re
elected. They -are M. C. S.
Noble (president), D. D. Car
roll, Clyde Eubanks, J. S. Pat
terson, I. W. Pritchard, R. ' L.
Strowd, B. B. Lloyd, R. A. Eu
banks, M. E. Hogan, and
George Howe.
Yackety Yack Notice
There will be an important
meeting of the editoral staff
of the Yackety Yack at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
laboratories had equipped Mr.
Beebe's diving helmet with a
telephone. With a secretary in
a boai at the top end of the tele
phone line, the scientist would
spend hours every day walking
about on the bed of the sea,
going as deep on one occasion as
60 feet, watching the fish, tele
phoning his observations to the
surface or making notes himself
with a lead pencil on a zinc tab
let. In his trips to the ocean
bottom the explorer found fish
that had never before oeen seen,
some of brilliant colors that
carried their own electric light
ing equipment for use in the
vast darkness of the deep sea,
and others that burst open upon
being brought to the surface.
William Beebe is said to be
as fascinating a speaker as he
is writer, being a master at
drawing pictures of the strange
life that he has found on his
uniaue adventures in regions;
little known to man. Mr. Beebe
is an author of note and has
written several recent books that
are entertaining as well as scien
tific. Among these are "Gala
pagos World's End,' "The Arc
turus Adventures," "Beneath
Tropic Seas," and "Jungle
Pays." ... .
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930
STUDENTS TURN
MEMEN SAVING
ABERNETHYHOM
Ruff in And Maybank Extinguish
Blaze Before Firemen
Arrive. !
The third fire-alarm of the
new year was turned in yester
day morning at 10:30 by Dr. E
A. Abernethy, in whose home
occurred a fire of indeterminate
origin which resulted in trifling
damage.
' A passer-by in' the hall of the
third floor of Dr. Abernethy's
home noticed smoke curling out
from underneath the doors of
one of the rooms. The fire de
partment was called but by the
time that Chief Foister and his
fire-fighters, fully equipped with
axes, hose and other fire-fighting
equips , 7 'long, un
wieldy laaue the build-
ing, Charles Ruffirind Thebe
'Maybank had dashed into the
burning room and with heroic
spirit and a good chemical fire
extinguisher, thoroughly extin
guished the entire conflagration
-which consisted of one slight
ly used wicker-chair. f
"The crowd that gathered out
side the home of the University
physician was large, for the fire
was conveniently held during the
chapel period. But the mob of
citizens, much like the Romans
who were . not given a gory
enough spectacle in the circus
es, expressed keen disappoint
ment in the petitness of the
blaze and walked away dejeet
edlysiglimg days when fires like those of the
Pickard Hotel, Phi Delta Theta,
and, more recently,. Delta Sigma
Phi and Chi-Psi occurred more
frequently. As one spectator
remarked, as he clambered into
his new Ford which was to take
him back to Carrboro, "Yes sir,
these days are mighty sorry
ones. ' The whole campus is
changing. Why, I remember the
day when the South building
was the. South building and not
a mere misnomer for a building
right in the center of the cam
pus. Yes sir, the good old days
are gone. What do our fires
amount to nowadays, anyway?
A chair, or a wooden rick. What
we need are fewer students
meddling with fires. Why, if
those two boys, Ruffin and May
bank, hadn't jumped into that
there room and stopped the
flame, we would have had a real,
right looking fire by the time
the good old Chief Never-prompt
Foister and his, troupe of the
"Four Sleeping Firemen" would
have come. Things are coming
to a point where it don't pay to
stir at the sound of the fire
siren anymore. Mark my words,
young man, the day isn't far off
when Chapel Hill will have" to
go through months on end with
out a serious fire. And when
that time comes, I'm pulling out
for Chicago."
MacCarthy Honored
Dr. Gerald P. MacCarthy of
the department of Geology has
recently been elected a fellow
of the Geological Society of
America.. This election gives
the Geolocrv department four
fellows in the society. They are
Dr. Collier Cobb, Dr. W. F.
Prouty, Joel H. Swartz and G. P.
MacCarthy.
The Chi Omega sorority will
move to 227 Franklin street on
January 15 into the house be-
lonsrincr to Mrs..- Patterson and
Mrs. Wilson.
Steele Has Play
Famous
Author Will Take
Residence Here.
Up
Wilbur Daniel Steele, who!
took a lease on the Greenlaw
house recently, has written a
play which is now being pre
sented in Atlantic City and will
have its New York opening next
week. The necessity of attend
ing rehearsals has prevented Mr.
Steele from spending much time
in his new home here since the
family moved in: Mrs. Steele
and the boys are established in
the house, and Mr. Steele will
probably be with them a few
days hence. Thurston, the old
est boy, is going to New York
to see his father's play.
GRAIL WILL HOLD
FIRST DANCE OF
QUARTER TONIGHT
The Grail will hold the first
dance of this quarter in the
Bynum gymnasium tonight with
the Carolina Buccaneers play
ing. The Buccaneers are said
to have one of the best arrangers
in the south and their musical
program will consist of , besides
the regular dance orchestration,
a singing trio, two good soloists
and vocal improvisitations by
various members of the orches
tra. A special attraction is of
fered at intermission in a pro
gram by Jack Wardlaw and his
Banjo Boys.
, On account of a deficiency in
the receipts for the dances of
last quarter, the price of admis
sion to the Grail dances has been
raised to one dollar. The dance
will begin promptly at nine. .
MOCCASIN KILLED
ON EAST CAMPUS
A sure sign that spring is
here was unclosed yesterday
afternoon at four o'clock when
a three and a half foot High
land Moccasin was killed at the
junction of Senior and Presi
dent's Walks on East Campus.
The snake was discovered by
a small ooy wnose cries attract
ed the attention of an old man,
whose name could not be ascer
tained by the Tar Heel reporter,
The man hit the snake with
a large rock breaking its back.
A Tar Heel reporter carried the
reptile to the editorial- office
where it attracted considerabla
attention. At six o'clock last
night the snake was still writh
ing and twisting about with no
s?gns of death.
An examination of t'i? mouth
of the reptile disclosed the
fangs and poison sacs, and the
markings of its back proved it
to be a branch of the' specie of
the deadly Moccasin.
Holland Is Made
-Lab Assistant
W. T. vHolland who,has com
pleted the work for the-degree
of bachelor of science in geology
has returned to Chapel Hill for
graduate work in geology.
He will also be laboratory
assistant in some of the geology
courses. -
Miller Visits Here
Clarence E. Miller, A. B. and
A. M. of the University, was a
visitor in Chapel Hill during
the holidays. While here Mr.
Miller gave Dr. Cobb's geology
class some moving-pictures of
two trips which he made across
the .continent last summer. ;
Mr. Miller is now teaching
mineralogy at the Chase school
of applied science in Cleveland,
Ohio.
D
ramatic Directors To
Assemble Here Today
For Annual Conference
Dr. Finley Returns
Dr. G. Ward Finley has re
turned to Chapel Hill after
having been abroad six
months. Dr. Finley will take
up his duties in the Romance
Language Department as As
sistant Professor of x French.
Mrs. Finley accompanied him
to Europe.
STUDENTS TO BE
ON THE AIR NEXT
FRIDAY EVENING
Wex Malone and Lil Jackson To
Give Musical Program At
University Radio Hour Over
Raleigh Station.
The University radio hour,
over station WPTF in Raleigh,
will be presented at 7 :30 o'clock
next Friday evening, featuring
Lil Jackson and Wex Malone.
They will give a program of
popular song hits.
Miss Jackson, a transfer from
Ward-Belmont College in Nash
ville, Tenn., is a junior in the
University. ' Her part on the
program will be composed of
several vocal numbers.
Wex Malone is prominent on
the campus for his activities in
musical work, especially for his
work for the Wigue and Masque
club. He is the musicaLdirectori
of this organization, a student
musical and dramatic group.
With Block Bryson, Malone was
co-author of the musical show
presented by the Wigue and
Masque last year.
Malone and Bryson also wrote
the new football marching-song.
adopted at the Virginia game
last quarter. At present this
pair is engaged in writing a new
musical comedy for the 1930
production of the dramatic club.
Malone will accompany Miss
Jackson in her numbers and will
also play several piano solos.
Hamilton Has an Article on
Abigail Adams in Scribner's
J. G. deRoulhac Hamilton, of
the history faculty in the Uni
versity, has an article in the
January Scribner's . entitled!
"Abigail Adams: A Joy For
ever." It is a sketch of the wife
of the second President of the
United States. Mr. Hamilton
characterizes her as "the most
interesting in her life, and the
most stimulating in her person
ality," of all the women who
have been the First Lady of the
Land.
The. sketch is based mainly on
information obtained from her
letters. The merit of the piece,
however, lies not in the infor
mation, which is no doubt in
reach of many other students of
history, but in the interpreta
tion of the character of this in
telligent and lively woman, in
the choice of incident to lay be
fore the reader, and in the vivid
ness with which the writer fits
his subject into the Revolution
ary and post-Revolutionary
scene. Mr. Hamilton's years of
research in the records of that
period of American history, and
his consequent thorough famili
arity with the great figures of
the period and their relations
with one another, have enabled
him to present a picture which
NUMBER 77
Twelfth Night Revels And A
Round Table Discussion
On Program.
TO CONVENE AT 10:30
Conference Under Auspices Of
Playmakers And Extension
Department.
Dramatic directors from col
lege, high school and community
clubs of the state will gather
here today for their annual con
ference, to be held under the
joint auspices of the bureau of
community drama of Ihe Uni
versity extension division and
the Carolina Playmakers, of
which Professor Frederick H.
Koch is director and Miss Net
tina Strobach, state representa
tive. The program falls into three
divisions a round table discus
sion led by state directors for
the morning session, the presen
tation of two plays at -the after
noon meeting, and the annual
Twelfth Night Revels of the
Carolina Playmakers this eve
ning. All meetings will be held
in the Playmaker theatre, where
the conference will open at 10 :30
o'clock this morning.
The directors will be wel
comed to the University by Pro
fessor Koch, who will makea
short talk in opening the dis
cussions, i
The discussions are designed
to give the directors an oppor
tunity to "exchange ideas on
methods of directing and pro
ducing plays. Directors who
have already consented to lead
discussions are Robert Wunsch
of Asheville senior higli,3yho
will preside, Miss Grace Everest
of Fayetteville high, Miss Ella
Henninger of Greensboro Col
lege, Miss Vivian Burton of
Smithfield high, Mrs. Oscar Ran
dolph of Morganton high, Miss
Sally Richardson of Winston
Salem high, and Miss Edith Rus
sell and E. R. Harrington of the
Theatre Workshop of Asheville.
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o-
would be, impossible to a dabbler.
Abigail was "possessed from
early youth of much spirit and a
vivacity that even the austerity
of a Puritan personage never
subdued," and some of the
credit for her qualities is given
to a father who was equipped
with "something practically "un
known among the Puritan
clergy a ' sense of humor."
John Adams followed what was
then looked upon as the "low
trade" of a lawyer, and Parson
Smith's congregation did not
like it, and he acquainted the
congregation with his opinion
by preaching them a sermon on
the text, "."For John came
neither eating bread nor drink
ing wine, and yet ye say he hath
a devil."
John and Abigail were mar
ried in 1764. "She never waver
ed in her support of him in
every crisis" and those times
were highly charged with crises.
She was an active supporter of
the colonies' revolt, and "there
was never a time when she was
not ready to make the sacrifice
for the cause." ... "She watched
with her children the ruin of
Charlestown and the smoke of
Bunker Hill." After the war
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