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VOLUME XXXVIII
ACTIVITIES OF
ESPERANTO CLUB
BEGIN TUESDAY
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International Language Group
Receives Text Books And Bi
Jlonthly Magazines As Part
Of Studies.
As several new students en
tered the Esperanto class with
the beginning of the New Year
and more are expected to join, it
has been decided to start the
activities of the "Club" Tues
day, January 14th, at five P. M.,
with a review of the elements
of Esperanto in order to intro
duce the newcomers to this in
ternational language. The gram
mars and dictionaries ordered
in December have arrived. Most
of them have been disposed of,
but about fifteen are left for
others interested in the lan
guage. The price for both to
gether is fifty cents. The bi
monthly magazines have been
ordered and the December issue
has arrived. Copies will be dis
tributed Tuesday afternoon at
119 Saunders hall,, where, from
now on, the regular meetings
will be held. Those interested
in Esperanto, especially those
intending to become regular
members of the class, are urged
to attend the introductory meet
ing next Tuesday, since a later
entry woirld not be advisable.
The only expense for the mem
bers is the cost of the books
used, amounting to one dollar.
Literature Club To
Meet January 21st
The regular meeting of the
literary department of the Com
munity Club will not be held, as
announced in the Chapel Hill
Weekly, on Tuesday, January
14th. It will be held, instead, on
Tuesday January 21st in the so
cial room of the Methodist
church at 7 :30 p. m.
At that time Mrs. E; C. P.
Metzenthin will discuss the Oc
tober book-of-the-month, J. B.
Priestly's The Good Companion,
Playmakers Unmask Drama
During Yearly Bacchanalia
(By Frank J.Manheim) -The
old familiar emblem of
the Carolina Playmakers the
mark that has been leering at
the audiences in the theatre for
the past twelve seasons burst
out into loud guffaws of laugh
ter last night as it witnessed the
fourth annual Twelfth Night
Revel.
Divided into three parts, the
program, not Gaul, fully lived
up to the reputation that its pre
decessors had earned. The first
division of antics was termed
Elizabethan and if silken cos
tumes and songs and acting of
the swashbuckling type consti
tuted the Elizabethan stage
well, Chapel Hill was given a
true taste of 16th century com
edy. Professor Urban T. Holmes,
with the excellent assistance of
Messrs. Heffner, ryson, Thack
er and Caldwell, (who will for
get the retiring Mr. Caldwell?)
commenced the Revel in a man
ner that served to prepare every
one for the revelry that was to
come.
And come it did. The cast
of "St. George," which is now
a local institution, came tripping
down the aisle of the theatre,
preceded by Ewan Clark, who
sang "The Twelve Days of
Christmas." Once assembled
before the Lord and Queen of
eviewers Praise Recent
University Press Books
Appearing in the New York
Times Book Review for Janu
ary 12, a prominently displayed
criticism heralds the success of
The Virginia Plutarch. This
volume of biographies, the work
of Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce,
is the most recent release of the
University Press.
Dr. Bruce, a recognized au
thority on American history,
particularly of the colonial per
iod, has undertaken to produce
in his book "not a series of de
tached character studies, but
rather a continuous narrative of
deed running from the begin
ning of the colonial age to our
own times."
Speaking of this effort Wil-
liam MacDonald, the Times Re
viewer, says: "Any book, es
peciany it it is written oy a
scholar of such standing as Dr.
Bruce enjoys, is pretty certain
to raise the old question of the
respective spheres of biography
and history ... A good deal de
pends ... upon whose lives are
sketched and what aspects of
BAILEY TO READ
LILIOM TONIGHT
Franz Molnar's Liliom by
Howard Bailey will be the Caro
lina Playmaker reading for Jan-J
uary, to be given tonight in the
Playmaker theatre at 8:30.
First produced by the Theatre
Guild a few years ago, Liliom is
one of the favorite plays by the
Hungarian playwright. -Eva Le
Gallienne, founder of thewell
known reperatory group, origin
ally played the leading role of
Julie. The title character,
Liliom, was taken by Joseph
Schildkraut, an American char
acter artist.
During his undergraduate
career Mr. Bailey was promi
nent in playmaking activities.
Since his graduation last spring,
he has been connected with the
Playmakers in an official capa-
city
Misrule, the actors were intro
duced to the spectators Cap
tain Slasher, swirling his sword
about was none other than Mr.
J. 0. Bailey. Mr. Farrar duly
impressed the audience with his
stentorian "I am the King of
England." Virtue and Youth
were beautifully personified in
the glittering person of Mr.
Posey, who by devilish strategy
pierced the tough skin of the
Old Dragon none other than
Mr. English Bagby wearing the
Bull's Head. And lo, for such
things do happen, our shining
youth, St. George, was struck
down by Mr. R. R. Potter, fit
tingly cast as the Terrible Turk.
But, ah, Virtue is rewarded and
again walks this wicked earth
through the timely intervention
of the Noble Doctor whose ap
pearance was unmistakably like
that of Mr. Van Hecke's. And
with the triumph of Virtue and
the fall of Sin. the curtain was
drawn upon the first part of the
performance.
In the intermission that en
sued, an unexpected and amus
ing addition to the program ap
peared in the person of Billy
Arthur who gave an address
in the interests of the under
graduates of the medical school.
Spacje does not permit a de
(Continued on page three)
CHAPEL HILL, N. Q, SUND!jAARYnL2ri9
their careers are dwelt upon.
In explanation of the first of
these conditions "whose lives
are sketched" the critic enum
erates 33 biographies beginning
"with the 'Emperor Powhatan
. . . and ending with Dr. Walter
Reed of yellow fever fame. Only
one woman is included the
'Princess Pocahontas but the
preface reminds us that Mary
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Ball, Martha Washington and
Dolly Madison should not be
forgotten notwithstanding that
'their distinction was primarily
derived from their connection
with a celebrated son or hus
band.' "
As its name implies "The
Virginia Plutarch deals with a
group of Virginia patriots and
eminent characters from the
Old Dominion. 'Mother of Pres
idents." However, Mr. Mac
Donald questions some of the se
lections. He continues: "Are
all of Dr. Bruce's selections
Virginians? Technically, per
haps, they are, but in some in-
(Continued on last page)
RECORDER HEARS
260 CASES IN
6-MONTH PERIOD
Hinshaw Says That Drunk
enness On Decrease Since
Thanksgiving; 72 Tried Since
June.
Although the 1929 record of
the Chapel Hill Recorders'!
Court, made public yesterday
by Judge C. P Hinshaw, dis
closes that the period from
June 1st saw 72 cases of drunk
enness on the docket, there have
been but three since Thanks
giving. "We are proud of the decrease
in drunkenness," says Judge C.
P. Hinshaw, "for we have
brought it about as the result of
some effort. We have sus
pended sentences hanging over
the heads of the worst cases,
and we have reformed even
'Pink' Guthrie to the extent
that he has not been drunk for
weeks. ., When a man has a 30
day road sentence awaiting his
further transgessions, he thinks
twice before repeating his of
fense. As a general thing, the
third offense brings the sen
tence." Included in the total of 260
cases for the year are 72 for
drunkenness ; 30, assault with
deadly weapon ; 28, possession
of liquor; 26, traffic violation;
23, bad checks ; 19, driving while
drunk; 14, gambling (no stu
dents were charged with gamb
ling during the year) ; 10, reck
less driving: 14. simple assault
(with fists) ; 5, disorderly con
duct; 4, robbery. About 35
cases include seduction and
Other forms of moral turpitude,
and such charges as larceny and
pollution of the water supply.
About 90 per cent of the
(Continued on page three)
Negro Slices Girl
Friend With Razor
Jack Cole, 25, colored service
station attendant, is languishing
in the Chapel Hill jail, pending
the recovery of Luna Atwater,
also colored, who is fighting the
consequences of a razor cut from
ear to ear, allegedly inflicted by
Cole in a jealous frenzy.
The charge against Cole is
assault mth a deadly weapon
and assault with intent to kill.
CABINETS MEET
MONDAY EVENING
Second Regular Gathering Of
Y Governing Bodies To Be
Held January 13.
The sophomore, junior-senior
and freshman cabinets will meet
Monday night at their usual
time, 7:15, at the Y. This is
the second time that the cab
inets have met this quarter.
Professor R. M. Brown of the
sociology department will be the
r
main speaker on the sophomore
program. He will address the
cabinet on some subject pertain
ing to "Crime," or "Prison Re
forms." It has been the custom
of the cabinet to have two speak
ers per month ; Professor Brown
is the first speaker for the win
ter quarter program.
The junior-senior cabinet's
program will be concerned
chiefly with a discussion of the
business for the quarter. Presi
dent Williams urges that all
members be present.
A discussion of topics of in
terest , to the cabinet . members
will probably be the only thing
that will feature the freshman
cabinet program. Many discus
sions have been on the cabinet
program in the past quarter,
and it is expected tnat many
members will be at the meeting
for the purpose of taking part
in this discussion.
Sophomore Notice
The election of the vice
president of the sophomore
class will be held at the regu
lar sophomore chapel Monday,
Larry Johnson, president of
the class, announces. This
election will be held to fill the
vacancy caused by the eleva
tion of Johnson, former vice
president, to the presidency.
Ben Aycock, regularly elected
president, failed to return to
school.
Students Chew Gum Fifteen
Hours To Avoid Probation
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Of the numerous records
claimed by Carolina men - the
latest to be announced is in the
simple art of gum chewing. The
group involved in this record
making event,' . ' composed of
George Brown, Nat Ames, Bill
Libertein, Nat Coates, Irwin
Wandernian and Joe Dintsman,
claims noteworthy distinction on
the basis of having properly1
masticated some seventy - five
packs of the chicle product in
fifteen hours.
Unlike those of flag-pole and
raw-egg artists, tnis ieat,
strangely enough, was altogether
unpremeditated. The occasion
for it rose out of a simple prob
lem such as is frequently en
countered by automobilists.
These students, whose homes
are in New York and Boston,
were returning to the Hill after
the Christmas holidays. v The
f edoubtable auto in which they
rode, the prized possession of
George Brown, lacked but one
thing of being a one-horse shay.
That one thing was a sound gas
tank. With a deficiency at this
strategic point, the students
found themselves at midnight on
Wednesday, January 1, watch
ing valuable fuel flow slowly on
the streets of Baltimore.
In this predicament the boys
gave themselves over to hyster-
ics and deep thinking, according
to their respective tempera
ments. Obviously several hours I
Problems Of Little Theatre
Subject of Discussions at
Annual Dramatic Conference
"Baby Radicals"
The editorial staff of the
Daily Tar Heel is caHed "a
group of young boys without
business experience but with
a prejudice against industry
inspired by the teachings of
radical professors" by the
Southern Textile BuHetin,
weekly magazine devoted to
the interest of cotton mill
owners in the ..South. The
cause of the attack upon the
Tar Heel and unnamed mem
bers of the University's facul
ty was an editorial in the is
sue of December 14 in which
the writer commented on the
textile situation in the south.
The article further states
that "some cracked-brained
professor told them that labor
unions would be a fine thing
for Southern Mills" and men
tions "a group of radical pro
fessors at the University of
North Carolina . ..."
On the editorial page of to
day's issue appears the editor's
answer to the Textile Bulle
tin editorial.
Chase Lunches With
President Hoover
v Dr. Harry W. Chase, presi
dent of the University, returned
Friday from New York and
Washington. He went to New
York at the request of the Car
negie Corporation to attend the
meeting of a committee of citi
zens and educators for a confer
ence with Owen D. Young as to
the development of educational
uses of the radio. Returning to
Washington he and President
Glenn Frank of the University
of Wisconsin were guests of
President Hoover at luncheon at
the White House on Wednesday.
would be required for the tank
to dry and then- be mended -
and the morrow was . registra
tion day, while Chapel Hill was
nearly 400 miles . distant !
Then Mr. Brown . rose to
the occasion with character
istic presence 'of-' mind and
suggested that Wrigley had
solved the problem some years
ago. In the puzzlement of his
fellows he hastened away to
purchase a package of the prod
uct advertised by the familiar
elfin figure. Lustily it was
chewed and applied to the hole
in the tank. And lo! the leak
was stopped. So the trip was
continued.
But not for long. Anxious
eyes soon discerned that the
leaking was wont to recom
mence. The process of plaster
ing was necessarily repeated.
After a third application, the
party began to look for a filling
station at which to buy some
more gum. A half dozen pack
ages were obtained and after
much scrambling divided satis
factorily among the crowd.
Thus the night of- frequent
stops for examination and near
ly as frequent repairing began.
More gum was bought this
time ten packages, and more
easily distributed. At the next
stop for buying, Wrigley's was
taboo: the menu must be Varied.
I Just the same there were a mim-
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NUMBER 78
Local Playmakers Hosts To
Statewide Organization; Di
rectors Hear Talks By Koch.
PLAYS PRESENTED
The Carolina1 Dramatic Asso
ciation held its annual confer
ence yesterday in the Playmaker
theatre. The morning session
was devoted to talks and open
forum discussions. A number
of plays were presented in the
afternoon. The problems of the
amateur theatre in North Caro
lina were the subject of the
talks. Thirty representatives
attended the meeting. .
The conference, which has
become an annual event, was
held under the auspices of the
Carolina Playmakers and the bu
reau of community drama of the
University extension division.
Professor Frederick H. Koch,
director of the Playmakers,
sounded the keynote of the con
ference in his welcoming re
marks. "The local theatre
movement has become the most
important thing in the Ameri
can theatre," he stated, "and its
problems can best be solved in
an open conference like this."
The morning session was in
the nature of a round table dis
cussion at which such problems
as "Getting Dramatics in the
Regular Curriculum,' "Original
Pageantry," and "Interesting
the Community" were taken up.
Robert Wunsch of the Asheyille
senior high school presided.
Miss Grace Everest of Fay- '
etteville high school presented
the reaction of the students to
dramatics and stressed the im
portance of letting all depart
ments of. the, school participate
in the productions
Miss-Vivian Burton of Smith
field high school stated that one
of the most important things, in
presenting original pageantry
was adapting the different roles
to the nature of the students.
Mrs. Louise S. Perry of Swan
nanoa high school in reviewing
some of the accomplishments of
the North Carolina dramatic
movement, ! said that prepara
tions for the addition of a dra
matic arts course to the high
school curriculum was already
under way,' the course of study
having gone to the press.
The afternoon program con
sisted of two plays. The first,
"Politics Pays," an original
mountain comedy by Theodosia
Watson, was presented by the
Lenoir-Rhyne : Playmakers . . of
Hickory with Miss Pearl Setzer
directing. The Other a play in
rehearsal, was staged by the
Carolina Playmakers, writh Hu
bert Heffner directing.. The
purpose of the two performances
was to give the visiting, direc
tors an idea of how plays should
be staged for the state dramatic
tournament." l
The evening session was fea
tured by the Twelfth Night
Revels," presented by the Caro
lina Playmakers. A cast of fac
ulty members of the University
presented Saint George and the
Dragon. V 7: . .
Parish House Tea
The students of the Univer
sity, have been given a cordial
invitation to attend the first stu
dent tea of this quarter, to be
held at the Episcopal parish
house today from 4:30 to 6:30.
The last tea given last quar
ter was so well attended that
many guests are expected today.'
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