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f" " ft ( sC 'jk I i SIR HERBERT AMES SPEAKS TONIGHT 7:30 :-: 3IURPHEY HALL 1 SIR HERBERT AMES SPEAKS TONIGHT 7:30 :-: MURPHEY HALL VOLUME XXXVIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930 NUMBER 142 PRICE IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT THIRD YEAR LAW CLASS i - t Mac Gray President Second Year . Class In Election Held Yesterday. Charles Price, of Salisbury, was unopposed for the presi dency of the third year law class in the elections held yesterday at the law school, Mac Gray of Statesville, was named presi dent of the second year class for the coming year. Martin Kellogg of Sunbury was elected vice-president of the third year group with Carlisle Smith, of Asheville, secretary treasurer. W. T. Covington, of Raeford, will be vice-president of the second year class and Paul Boucher, of Damascus, Va., is to be secretary-treasurer. Price received his A. B. de gree with the class of 1928, and entered the law school the fol lowing year. In his undergrad uate days he was chairman of the executive committee of the senior class. As a sophomore he became a protege of Taylor Bledsoe in the campus political campaign of 1926 and has since then been an active leader in' University politics, climaxing his career with the landslide of last week. Mac Gray graduated with the class in 1929, receiving the A B. degree. He is a member of Golden Fleece, Phi Beta Kappa, and was. President of the" Y. M. C. A. during his senior year. During his first year in the law school he has been on the honor roll, and is on the Law Review. EDGERTONWM FRENCHCONTEST 215 Students Take Part In Tests; 19 Receive Honorable Mention. William Benbow Edgerton of the Greensboro senior high school, was yesterday announced as the winner of the fifth annual French contests conducted by the extension division and de partment of romance languages of the University. A total of 215 students from 117 schools, representing every section in the state, took part in the contest, which was . held March 14. Each school sent its three best papers to the Univer sity committee of judges, of which Dr. T. J. Wilson, III, was chairman. Nineteen other high school students were given honorable mention in recognition of the excellence shown in their tests while 15 high schools were given "special commendation" for the high average of their three pa pers. The purpose . of the tests, which consisted mostly of com position and translation, was to stimulate interest in the study of French. Although the highest award, a trophy cup to be presented on the occasion of the final debate for the Aycock Cup here next week, went to a boy, it is inter esting to note that most of the 19 receiving honorable mention were crirls. The 19 are: James Combs, Mount Airy ; Grace Graves, Grainger high school. Kinston; Janie Allgood, Roxboro ; Mildred Downs, Le noir: Maine Vogely, Boyden high school, Salisbury; Genoise (Continued on last' page) Engineer Head On Leave Professor G. F. Bason, head of the department of electrical engineering, is on leave for the remainder of the spring quarter. PROF. KOCH SAYS LITTLE THEATRES ME ONLJPGRADE Seven Thousand High Schools Now Fostering Interest In Little Theatres. The Little Theatre movement, which is devoted primarily to the development of native dra ma, is sweeping the country and the time is not far off when there will be a great national theatre of the people of which Broadway will be only a part, Frederick H, Koch, professor of dramatic literature and director of the Carolina Playmakers of the University, declared here yesterday in an address before the seventh annual festival of the Carolina Dramatic Associa tion. Substantiating his point, Pro fessor Koch asserted that of the 72,000 high schools in America, 7,000 have definite courses in play production and playwriting, with an average of 50 students for each course. In 6,000 other high schools one or more plays are produced by the students each year, he said. "This means," Prof essor Koch declared, "that there are hun dreds of thousands of young actors, writers, designers, and stage hands producing plays for an American audience that runs into the millions. It also means the creation of a new audience for the next generation. "There are 18,000 Little Thea tre groups in America, and, ac cording to Kenneth Macgowan, who has investigated for the Carnegie Foundation, there are five theatres outside of New York City which are better equipped for dramatic produc tion than any theatre on Broad way." In recognition of the impor tance of this movement a great many leading educational insti tutions are today awarding de grees in the drama, Professor (Continued on last page) Until Mr. Bason resumes his duties in June, Professor J. E. Lear is acting as head of the department. , Grail Tickets Red Greene of the " Grail dance committee has announc ed that there are left a few extra tickets for the dance tonight. These will be placed on sale for stags at the rear of the gym tonight at 8:30 o'clock. UNIVERSITY BAND TO GIVE CONCERT Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 the University band under the direction of T. Smith McCorkle will give a symphonic concert in the Carolina theatre. The band has received very favorable - comments in local papers of the communities where it has recently appeared. To morrow's program will be chos en from the same repertoire that its recent concerts com prise. " - E. Carrington Smith, through his donation of the theatre for the occasion, has provi ded a hall with excellent acoustics, which will enhance the effect of the band. Following the 45 minute con cert, the picture, "Close Har mony" will be shown. A silver offering at the door will be tak en in order to secure necessary funds for the band. To Entertain S. A. E.'s Members of the S. A. E. fra ternity will be entertained by Manager E. C. Smith of the Car olina theatre at the 7 o'clock show this evening. All members must accompany their president. This is in keeping with the pol icy of the theatre management. Senior Notice ; All seniors in the college of liberal arts who have not made application for a degree, and who are planning to grad uate in June, are requested to see Dean Hibbard as soon as possible. SIR HERBERT FOR LEAGUE BECAUSE PREVMTS WARS Last League of Nations Lectures Scheduled For Tonight In Murphey Hall. In two lectures yesterday af ternoon and night, in Gerrard hall Sir Herbert Ames outlined the present machinery of the League of Nations and the ways in which this machinery acts in its tremendous task of prevent ing war. Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock he gave a detailed account of the League's organ ization. Last night Sir Herbert listed the past successes of the League in settling disputes and averting war, particularly in the dispute between Holland and Finland and in the Graeco-Bulgarian crisis. In the latter case Greek soldiers had actually invaded Bulgarian territory to collect by force an indemnity which she claimed when the League inter vened and brought the two na tions to a peaceable settlement of their differences. - Sir Herbert very frankly dis cussed the European attitude toward the Kellogg - Briand Peace Pact, which was heralded in this country as a great step toward outlawing war. The Europeans feel, he said, that this pact will guarantee security against war, only if it will cause the ..United States . to I sanction League actions and give its sup port to League policies. He listed the barricades to war which now exist as the fol lowing: (1) the Covenant of the League of Nations, (2) the fam ous Locarno Treaties, (3) the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and (4) the intangible influence which the League exerts through its bringing together representa tives from all over the world and through the numerous sum mer visitors to Geneva. Two projects now being developed which will be of great impor tance in the prevention of war are a multilateral arbitration treaty which all nations can sign, and compulsory arbitration by the World Court in disputed cases. Both these undertakings have the support of the majority of the League members. In closing, Sir Herbert said that the outlook for the future success of the League of Na tions was hopeful. The series of lectures will be closed tonight in Murphey hall with an illustrated lecture show ing the workings of the League. PHI SIGMA KAPPA GIVES FORMAL DANCE AT INN Members, of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity entertained at a formal dance in the ballroom of the Carolina Inn last night from 9:30 until 1 o'clock. Russ Bolen and his Brunswick re cording orchestra of Cleveland played for the affair. Decorations for the ballroom were in magenta and silver, the fraternity colors. A fraternity figure and a grand march were the cotillion features of the dance. "Dink" Fowler, with Miss Martha White of Norfolk led both professionals. The fraternity is also having a liouse party this week-end in connection with the dance. Their visitors include a number of girls from South Carolina, Ten nessee and Virginia. Playmakers Begin Work On Shakespeare's Flay Senior Invitations Orders for senior invita tions will be taken next, week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday at Sutton's, Patter son's and the Y. M. C. A. Of course every senior wants his invitations delivered on time so please place your order next week as it takes six weeks to have them made up. Any men registered as seniors who do not care for their names to appear in the invi tations . will please make this known to me at 35 Steele be fore Monday night. J. Stacy Grant Chairman Invitations Committee. TWO PLAYS WILL BE PRODUCED BY JITNEY PLAYERS "A Trip To Scarborough" Is To Be Staged For First Time . In America. "The Wonder," one of the plays which the Jitney Players will present at the Playmaker theatre Monday and Tuesday, was written by Mrs. Centlivre early in the eighteenth century and was produced at the Drury Lane theatre in 1714 The story is one of a harsh father who insists that his beau tiful daughter marry a man of his choice, regardless of her wishes. The daughter, prefer ring death to this state of af fairs, hurls herself from her chamber window, only to land in the arms of a young British soldier. This daughter has & friend who is- also the daugh ter of a merciless father and with this friend she seeks refuge. This creates a misun derstanding between her friend and her friend's suitor. Other characters become involved, but the affair ends happily in the third act. The principal roles in this play are filled by Richard Skin ner, Harrison Dowd, Francesca Bruning, Ada Cafagna, Douglas Rowland and Alice Keating. Miss Keating and her husband, the late Bushnell Cheyney, founded the Jitney Players" sev en years ago. The other play which the troupe will present, "A Trip to Scarborough," was written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and was produced at Drury Lane in 1777. The play is representa tive of the period. Shepperd Strudwick will take the role of "Tom Fashion" in this play. The jTitney Players are said to be producing this play for the first time in America. "A Trip to Scarborough" was first done by Sir John-van Brugh. Tick ets for the performances may be obtained at the Students' Sup ply Store. SAUNDERS TO PRESIDE AT ALUMNI CONFERENCE J. Maryon Saunders, secretary of the General Alumni Associat tion of the University, will at tend the seventh annual confer ence of the American Alumni Council ''and will preside at one of the sessions. The conference will be held at Amherst, Mass., May 1, 2 and 3. Miss Lois Buell Will Take Part Of Juliet, and Howard Bailey Will Lead As Romeo; To Be Produced In Forest Theatre May 16-17. The Carolina Playmakers un der the direction of Elmer Hall, have begun the rehearsals of their spring production, Shakes peare's tragedy of love, Romeo and Juliet. The play will be pro duced in the Forest Theatre May 16 and 17. The rehearsals at the Forest Theatre began last Tues day afternoon. Among the mem bers of the cast are quite a num ber of the best known of the Playmakers, such as Professor Koch, Eveland Davies, Howard Bailey and Margaret Vale. Miss Lois Buell, who will play the part of Juliet, is a profes sional actress who has been with the Repertory Theatre of Bos- i- -c - i x x . mi.. luu xvi tut: last wwu y tiara, xiie Repertory Theatre closed its season about the first of the year so Miss Buell came to WUMVl All U1UV1 VVS J1C4J tliU part of Juliet in the Playmaker production of this famous play. There are seventeen changes of scene in the play, but due to a unique arrangement of the stage there will be only one in termission, which will be about the middle of the play. This will give the actors, and the audience as well, a chance to rest. The stage will be divided into three parts, eachof whichwill be a" complete, stage in itself. ; While one is being used the others are (Continued on last page) 1 t rum a mTATi mu infn uuimiimi inHud MEET NEXT WEEK Fifty-Five High Schools To Com pete Here For Aycock Me morial Cup April 18. SPORTS ALSO FEATURED Secretary E. R. Rankin of the high school debating union yes terday announced that two more schools, Winton and Bethel high schools, have reported that they will come, to Chapel Hill next week for the finals of the state wide contests. This makes a total of fifty-five schools cam peting for the state champion ships. . The winning debating team will receive the Aycock memorial cup. The subject to be discussed in each of the pre liminary and final debates is: "Resolved, That North Carolina should adopt the proposed con stitutional amendment, author izing the classification of prop erty for taxation. This query was decided upon for this year's contest by the central commit tee of the. High School Debating union. In addition to the debating contest, a track meet and a ten nis tournament will be held. Many entries . have been receiv ed for the track meet which will take place Friday afternoon, April 18, at Emerson field. The tennis tournament, which will be under the direction of Coach Kenfield, will be held on Thurs day and finished up on Friday. The high school representa tives will arrive in Chapel Hill on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning Thurs day will witness the prelimi naries of the tournament and the debating contest. On Fri day the track meet will be held (Continued on last page)
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