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VOLUME XXXVIII CHAPEL HHX, N CTIJESDAY, MAY 20, 1930 NUaiBER 171
KOCH IS STAR 1
OPEN - AIR SHOW
Has "Great
"Mercutio"
Time" Playing
; His First Role
Since 1923.
Frederick H. Koch, who is
listed in the University catalog
as professor of dramatic litera
ture, but who is better known to
Tar Heels as chief of the Caro
lina Playmakers, has appeared
in the role of actor only twice
during the 12 years he has been
in Chapel Hill. He figures it's
his business to try to teach oth
ers how to act and write.
Professor Koch made- his sec
ond appearance in performances
given here Friday and Saturday
nights in the Playmakers beau-
tiful Forest Theatre. The pro
duction 'was- Shakespeare's im
mortal "Romeo and Juliet." Pro
fessor Koch did not play the title
role. He took the part of the
gallant "Mercutio." But he was
by far the star of the show.
"I am having a great time,'
he said during intermission.
And he evidently was. He was
a first-rate example of an actor
who lives the part and enjoys
it. His only other appearance
in the role of actor was back in
1923, when he played the part
of "Petrucio" in "The Taming
of the Shrew," another outdoor
production.
Miss Lois Buell, of the Boston
Repertory Theatre, as Juliet,
and Howard Bailey of the Play
makers, as Romeo, had the title
roles, and they handled the
Darts exceotionallv well. But
"lio" little" credit " should go"Tto
Harry Galland, who played the
role of "Benvolio" in magnifi
cent fashion.
One particularly pleasing fea
ture of the production was the
continuity of the action. The
scenery by Elmer Hall, techni
cal director, was based on the
unit set idea with different
stages for different scenes, with
the action shifting from one
stage to another. There were no
waits between acts xcept a 15
minute intermission. The scen
ery was magnificent.
The incidental music for the
balcony scene and other scenes
of the play was furnished by the
University Faculty Orchestra,
augmented by the State Sym
phony Orchestra.
Among the 40 members of
the cast, in addition to these
mentioned above, were : B. C.
Wilson of Glenville, Eveland
Davies of Chapel Hill, Horace
Ward of Rose Hill, Charles El
ledge of Salisbury, Kent Creu
ser of New York City, Professor
George McKie of Chapel Hill,
Fred Cole of Southern Pines,
Gordon Dike of Germantown,
Pa., Ernest Deans of Selma, Joe
Fox of Metheun, Mass., Curtis
Muse of Carthage, Herbert
Davis of High Point, George
Wilcox of Newport, Margaret
Vale of Chapel Hill, Lois Buell
of Boston and Nora Del Gumble
of Redpack, Pa.
MAYOR MANNING IS
INJURED IN PALL
Mayor John M. Manning of
Durham, an alumnus of the Uni
versity and brother of Dr. I. H.
Manning, is confined to the
Watts hospital in Durham as the
result of a fall Thursday. .
Mayor Manning was jarred
by falling from the porch of his
brother's home here last Thurs
day, and is now being confined
for the purpose of rest. He is
a member of the class of 79 and
has been mayor of Durham for
the past ten years.
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Commencement
Notiee
There will be a meeting of
all the Commencement mar
shals and Ball managers who
are to officiate during the
coming commencement week
promptly at 7:15 at the Sig
ma Chi fraternity house. All
officials are requested to be
on time.
SIGMA ZETAFRAT
has mm PARTY
Tea Dance and Banquet Held At
Carolina Inn; Russ Bolin
Plays. .
Sigma Zeta fraternity held a
house party ana! dance during
the past week-end. From 6 to 9
on Saturday evening there was
a tea dance given in the Caro
lina Inn. The music was fur
nished by Russ Bolin and his
Ohio Cotton Pickers, and the
ballroom was decorated with
the fraternity colors. Later in
the evening after the Grail
dance, the fraternity had a ban
quet also at the Inn. The speak
er of the occasion was Dr. Ru
pert Vance of the sociology de
partment. , v
The following is a list of the
girls who were guests of the fra
ternity : Hallie Virginia Dry,
Cary ; Betty Addicks, Atlanta,
Ga. ; Margaret Bain, Greens
boro ; Margaret Bryan, Golds
boro; Alice Elizabeth Freeze,
High Point ; Irene Clute, Fay
etteville ; Margaret, Hammond,
Afieboro ; ?feMizabetH " Beasleyv
Durham; Lillian Warren, Mon
roe ; Julia Davis, New Bern ;
Frances Chandler, Winston -Salem
; Mary, Emma Strickland,
Fayetteville; Edna Blackwell,
South Boston, Va. ; Virginia
Worley, Monroe; Elizabeth Van
Dyke, Gastonia ; Lo'uise Thack
er, Greensboro; Lois Meacham,
Charlotte. v
Mabel Walters, Marshville;
Mabel Griffin, Marshville; Jus
tine DavisTtaleigh; Lucile Wor
ley, Monroe ; Charlotte Smith,
Raleigh; Caroline Nichols, Hick
ory, Doris Hardell, Greenville ;
Billie Mabry, Greensboro ; Rheba
Usher, Bennettsville S. C. ; and
Ailene Young, Durham.
Ferguson To Head
Soph Y Next Year
The Freshman Friendship
Council held a banquet last eve
ning in the basement of the
Methodist church at 6:30. Af
ter dinner, the election of officers
for next year's sophomore Y. M.
C. A. Cabinet took place. "Bim"
Ferguson was elected president,
"Tommy" Thomas, vice-president,
Bill HoiTman, secretary,
and Jim Steere, treasurer.
Immediately following" the
elections, the council was enter
tained by the "Y" quartet. Then
Mr. Rozzelle, pastor of the Meth
odist church, spoke to the mem
bers on "Right and Wrong
What Norm of Comparison Shall
We Use,", v The meeting closed
with a word of prayer.
Phi To Elect
Speaker Carr of the Phi As
sembly, will conduct an election
of officers tonight for the fall
quarter of next year.
Providing the assembly finish
es its business in a reasonable
time the house will turn to the
consideration of the following
bill : "Resolved, That the legis
lature should be called upon to
support its institutions in a
proper rnwrtT,'T." -
CROWD ATTENDS
EPISCOPAL TEA
Group Joins In Singing Old
University Songs; BIrs. An
derson Given Ovation.
With an unusually large at
tendance, thexfinal Episcopal stu
dent tea for the year was given
Sunday afternoon in the parish
house of the Chapel of the Cross.
Hostesses on this occasion were
Mesdames J. H. Anderson, C. W.
Woollen, S. H. Hobbs, Jr., J. B.
Bullitt, I. H. Manning, A. S.
Lawrence and Harding, who
have also previously assisted
with the teas.
Miss Frances Stratton at the
piano (and Jack Wardlaw, ban
joistfurnished the music for
Sunday's affair. These musi
cians have previously appeared
on the programs for the teas as
have Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Lawrence, Mrs. R. H. Wettach,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Harris, Har
old Cone and members of Bill
Stringfellow's orchestra.
Sunday's program was com
pleted with the jjroup singing
" 'Neath the Oaks of Old Chapel
Hill," a college song of the '90's,
revived for this occasion; "Auld
Lang Syne"; and the University
song, "Hark the Sound." 5 L
The students present also
joined in one of the University
yells for Mrs. Anderson, who
has been largely responsible for
the success of the teas and who
is to leave Chapel Hill soon to
make her home in Raleigh.
A feature of the teas to which
puDiic ai;xention nas not pre
viously been attracted is the
home-like atmosphere of the par
ish house interior. The furnish
ings for these rooms were pro
vided by the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the parish, under the direc
tion of its president, Mrs.
Hobbs.
There were a number of out-of-town
visitors at the tea.
Ex-President Of Michigan Writes
On What Y Wrong With Colleges
Clarence Cook Little, eminent
scientist and former head of the
University of Michigan, has
written a book in which he se
verely criticizes American insti
tutions of higher learning. The
volume, entitled The Awakening
College, is sure to be the sub
ject of considerable discussion
in educational circles. The New
York Times calls it the "Now
It Can Be Told" of an ex-university
president."
Here are some of the passages
from the review in the Times:
"It cannot be said that Dr.
Little has completely escaped
bias. His is no Olympian aloof
ness. He is still smarting under
the abrasions of campus war
fare. He sees pink if not red
when he thinks of hide-bound
professors, arrogant deans,
young Babbits in the f raterni
tiesand bloated athletics. But
his book is notthe work of a man
with a grouch. He is not trying
to 'expose' the University of
Michigan or any other one insti
tution. He takes an optimistic
view of the changes now going
on in the colleges and universi
ties .
"The unfortunate aspects of
the college system are not hard
to find. The old methods of ex
amining candidates for admis
sion, now being slowly modified,
are unscientific and unfair.
They do not test even factual
knowledge with any degree of
precision and they neglect the
Activities Group Will Pass
Judgmen On Daily Paper
Tonight At Annual Dinner
Senior Invitations
Senior invitations will be
given out today at the Y. M.
C. A. between 10:30 and 12:00
,in the morning, and between
2:00 and 5:00 in the aftej
noon. Seniors should, call for
them at this time.
Y HILLSIDE MEET
HELD IN THEATRE
The annual hillside meeting of
the three Y cabinets was held
last Sunday afternoon near the
Forest theatre. Seated on the
ground, the cabinet members
listened to a talk by Frank Gra
ham. Mr. Graham in an informal
way spoke to the members on
the advantages of getting out in
the open and being alone out
with . nature. Continuing the
speaker gave examples in the
life of Christ where He had gone
away from the crowd to be alone
with Himself.
Prior to Mr. Graham's talk
the yearly reports of the Y were
I given by Jimmie Williams, Jack
Dungan and Jimmie Kurfees.
The devotional exercises were
led by John Lang, while the
meeting was in charge of Ed
Hamer, the new Y president.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
ENTERTAINS FACULTY
The Chapel' Hill high school
board entertained all the school
teachers at a banquet at the
school building last night.
Engineers Head In New York
M. G. Braune, dean of the en
gineering school, went to New
York Saturday where his daugh
ter, Miss Anna Braune, is ill
with measles.
emotional factor entirely. ,The
same error is carried over into
the standardized and over-professionalized
curriculum. Al
though colleges are supposed to
exist for the purpose of educat
ing students, devotion to teach
ing is generally frowned upon
and 'creative scholarship' is
practically forced upon the fac
ulty. Men who are admirable
teachers but who do not write
monographs are constantly be
ing left behind in the race for
promotion . . . .
"Fraternities are likely to be
snobbish and selfish, putting
their almost inconceivably nar
row interests ahead of those of
the institution which permits
them to exist. Inter-collegiate
athletics, stimulated by groups
outside the campus, absorb
much of the interest which
under a better system might be
given to wholesome exercise, to
intramural contests ot many
sorts, and even to studies. In
the state universities the diffi
culties of higher education are
increased by political pressure,
and in all universities and col
leges the alumni are at times a
pernicious factor.
"If one stopped here the pic
ture might be such a distressing
one as to justify a movement to
abolish colleges and universities
and educate our educable youth
in the future by a system of ap
prenticeship or In the ancient
(CoTetb&z&i. n page tw)
Special Committee Will Confer
Today; To Present Findings
At Meeting Tonight."
OTHER TOPICS ON DECK
A banquet and meeting for
the newly selected student activ
ities committee is to be, held to
night in the Carolina Inn at 6 :30
o'clock, at which time the fate
of the Daily Tar Heel is to be
decided.
As a result of the discussions
of this conference, it is hoped by
President "Red" Greene that
some definite decision concern
ing the advisability of continu
ing the Tar Heel as a daily may
be reached. It is an openly
known fact that the paper has
been running at a considerable
loss this year.
Just how much this deficit
amounts to will be reported to
the committee by the chairman
of the Publications Union Board,
Clyde Dunn. Another report
will be brought to the student
activities committee by a sub
committee which President
Greene has appointed to .inves
tigate the status of the publica
tion and to present its findings
for consideration of the group.
Made up of J. E. Dungan,
Robert House, Will Yarborough,
Pat Patterson, J. M. Lear, Os
car Coffin and J. A. Williams,
this committee met for the first
time last night and will convene
again at 10 :30 o'clock this morn
ing. ; "-; -f ' r::-:-:i
After considering the report
of the sub-committee and after
having concluded its own dis
cussions on the subject, the ac
tivities committee will formulate
its own conclusions. If it is de
cided to continue the daily pub
lication, recommendations will
be made for financing the paper.
Although the above-mentioned
topic is to occupy the larger part
of the evening's discussion, other
pertinent subjects that relate to
local campus activity will be
aired.
The following men have re
ceived invitations from Presi
dent Greene to attend theban
quet and to take part in the
business carried on there : Ray
Farris, Pat Pattersdn, Theron
Brown, Dave Henry, Mayne Al
bright, Ed Hamer, Burgess
Whitehead, Henry House, Will
Yarborough, J. E. -. Dungan,
Glenn: Holder, Travis Brown,
Clyde Dunn, John Mebane, J. C.
Williams, Cy Edson, Kermit
Wheary, Harry Galland, E. C.
Daniel and K. C. Ramsay, repre
senting the student body. ,
The following faculty mem
bers have also been invited: F.
F. Bradshaw, W. S. Bernard, J.
M. Booker, H. S. Dyer, Addison
Hibbard, H. D. Myer, D. D; Car
roll, C. T.; McCormick, A. S.
Mangum, J. M. Bell, N. W. Wal
ker, G. M. Braun, E. V. Howell,
W. W. Pierson and W. M. Dey.
Di To Initiate
The quarterly executive ses
sion of the Dialectic Senate will
be held tonight in the Di hall at
7:15 o'clock, at which time of
ficers for the fall quarter will be
elected. The regular quarterly
initiation of new members will
be held. Any one wishing to
propose men for" membership
should do so at this meeting.
Full attendance at this meet
ing is urged by President Rec
tor, as there will be only one
more meeting this quarter.
TAFT LECTURES
IN PHILLIPS HALL
ON 'CLASSIC ART'
To Speak Again At Blethodist
Church On Renaissance
Sculpture.
Lorado Taft opened his series
of lectures on art in Phillips hall
last night with an. entertaining
and educational talk on "Classic
Art." Owing to an unsuitable
screen for the illustrative slides,
the Methodist church was not
used as planned.
Spicing his main theme it
self very interesting with ex
cellent witticism, Mr. Taft held
his audience of assembled towns
folk and students interested
throughout the length of the
talk; he is one of the few men
ever able to accomplish this feat
at the University. His lecture
was accompanied by slides, dem
onstrating the various beauties
of Greek sculpture and architec
ture. Perhaps one of the main fac
tors in holding the interest of
the audience was the fact that
Mr. Taft is acknowledged to be
one of the foremost authorities
on sculpture in not only the
United States but also the world
at large. His statements and
surmises, about ancient Greek
sculpture are accepted as the
standards of the nation's leading
art centers.. .
Tonight Mr. Taft will talk
on sculpture ot the Renais-
sance.'L :xDue to the -.spread of
favorable reports on his first ap
pearance in Chapel Hill, even a
larger attendance is expected to
night than last. The Methodist
church will be equipped with an
ample screen for the occasion.
Chapel Hill Firemen
Receive Certificates
Stage Annual Feast With Mayor
Council Presiding.
Forsaking, for the time being,
their trucks and hose for music
and dancing and barbecue, the
local fire department held its an
nual feast at. its lodge near here
Saturday night. At this feast
there were 60 guests, including
all the town officials.
Thirteen certificates for ser
vice of five years or more were
awarded to the members of the
local fire department by J. L.
Miller of Concord, secretary of
the State Fireman's Association.
Other speakers were Rev. B. J.
Howard of the. Chapel Hill
Christian church, former Chief
Andrews of the fire department,
and Chief J. ,F. Bennett of the
Durham fire department. ;
Other features of the celebra
tion were music by Jack Ward
law's Banjo Boys, selections by
the "Dixie Boys," local colored
quartet, horseshoe pitching and
Brunswick stew.
Service certificates were
awarded to Chief J. L. Foister
for 26 years of service; J. W.
Hiiskey, 26 years ; D. T. Nevill,
23; A. B. Leigh, 21; R. C. An
drews, 18 ; P. B. Sparrow, 17 ;
P. R. Perry, 13; P. Partin, 13;
C. C. Pickard, 12; E. V. Leigh,
12; C. L. Merritt, 11; S. W. At
water, 9 ; and D. W. Merritt, 6.
Vanity Fair Pictures
The pictures used in the Yack
ety Yack for the Vanity Fair and
dance sections have been re
turned. Those students who sub
mitted pictures may obtain these
at Room 212 Old East today
and tomorrow.