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INAUGURATION STUDENT OFFICERS 3IEMORIAL HALL 10:30 (lv!J Jiifo ' ( : l-57fV !DWr " ! reportorial tryouts I xsS i J CBjDhi-J, !! ; 0$ : JiH inrl. i tar HEEl office i L T - I TODAY -1:00 fvrYXimr ' , " CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1931 . ' NUMBEullo wffiffs To 1 lmmmmid Alt KfiBC! i 1 ... . "4- . . . o BIGGS; WILL READ CHEROIffiE NIGHT, HIS LATEST PLAY 1 MM-WW XfsMolivma Pin vwrio-Vif Will fli-. First Reading of New Folk Drama Sunday Night. Lynn Riggs, the Oklahoma playwright, author of the recent Theatre Guild success, Green Grow the Lilacs will read his rew play, The Cherokee Night in The Playmakers Theatre on Sunday evening, April 19. Mr. Riggs has been spending some time in Chapel Hill and has just completed the play. The .author's reading in The Play- i makers Theatre will be the first jUime he has read it anywhere. ants in Oklahoma of the Chero Jcees who were transported from the Carolinas and Florida to In dian territory. t Concerning Lvnn Ri i play, The Cherokee Night, Isaac I Goldberg, distinguished critic, has written in the Boston Even- if ' m tug i ranscript. . . "Lynn Riggs is at work upon a new play which he is -sure will be his best. It is to be called vnerotcee isignt, and deals ITvith the descendants of that fa mous tribe. : It is, as one should I not be too surprised to learn, ft founded unon a ChemVoa II X - Will The crass is wit.hpiv1 ... Where the river wasis red sand, Fire eats the timber. iSight ' : ; " 'Has come to our people. The central problem of the Play is, as it should be, erao- lonal the problem for that matter, of the Cherokee descen dant who, though not utterly daunted, requires for adjust ment in the white man's world (Continued on last page ) CONFERENCE OF ALUMNI OFFICERS MEETS THIS WEEK Saunders and Grisette Will At tend National Convention In Atlanta. Music Program To Be Given Tonight The public is invited to a meeting of the music d'enart- ment of the community clnh ir the music auditorium tonight at eignt-htteen. The program, under the super- viaxuii oi lvirs. x. s. McCorkle, is cased on modern Spanish music. In addition to a short lecture on the subject, numbers of promi nent -composers will be played, including piano works of Dp Falla, Jonas, and Granados; vio- lm numbers by Albeniz, Sara- sate, and.Valdez; and orchestra tions by Valverde, Sarasate, bhapi, and Albeniz. OFFICERS ARE INAUGURATED IN MONDAY MEETING James Succeeds Formal Program Conducted By "Parson" Moss." The eighteenth rn-nfvrv-nnn nf American Alumni Council take nlarp hia i mj WW VViV lAllA fom the fifteenth through the wenth of April at Atlanta. " i .j, JUCVH X uuu f airmen, and other alumni of- f lals from universities and col- ges all J WUUUV Will U TAttJ J- Maryon Saundprs. fllnmni cretarv anr? ij " "iiv CUilUl Ul LUC Reviewas well as Felix nsette, chairman of the l . vjmujr X' U11U, piail IU e there. Resident Frank Grahn m was wannino- i opcft.iiig- ai xne luncheon Saturday, but due t Press of affairs here at Univproi'fir ...ill u .... . e to attend the conference at Secretar Sir? wauuuciis wm pre- Jver a group of State Uni vTV rePresentatives at ten Jck Thursday morning. r Grisette, who has just re- liw trom a northern trip ,j ere he found all the tniver ? J, alumni .intensely interested Jjfte welfare of the University, hi Iemain in Atlanta for sev dl dav? nftn- 4.x. r tfJin l A'ci me cuiixei eiice is 0rder to see some v e University alumni who 111 and near there. The joint meeting of the "Y" cabinets Monday night in the x. M. C. A. was the occasion of the inauguration the. new set of officers for the coming year. At . this gathering the officers who have served during the past year maae tneir hnal appear- ance m an official capacity. " The meeting was opened by retiring .president Hamer, who conducted the routine part of the business to be transacted by the. cabinet. Following this portion of the program Rev. W, D. Moss conducted the devo The statement of the objec tive was made by the retiring Vice-president, Sam Gorham, who made a thorough exposi tion of the organization's aims. After this brief talk, H. F. Com er outlined the program of the Y.M.C.A. during the past year. In closing the program "Par son Moss made the charges to the retiring president and to the incoming president. Ed Hamer and F. M. James made the res ponses. The set of officers making their last appearance as "Y" of ficials were: Ed Hamer, presi dent; Sam Gorham, vice-president; Harry Finch, secretary; and F. M. James, treasurer. Those inaugurated as the new Y. M. C. A. leaders were: F. M. James, president; Lee Greer,' vice-president ; ' John Manning, secretary; and Frank Hawley, treasurer. DEBATE CONTEST STARTS THURSDAY Fifty-Two High Schools to Send Representatives Here During Week-End. T. E. P. Frat To Hold House Party May 8 Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity will be hosts to a group of guests the week-end of May 8 beginning with a dance in the Carolina Inn Friday night. This is an annual affair by the members of this fraternitv. This year the evening dance will be the first of a series of three func tions given by this group. The afternoon following the formal dance there will be a tea-dance held in honor of the guests in the fraternity's house. Satur day evening will also be the oc casion of a private dance. Sunday afternoon, which will be the close of the series of so cial functions, there will be a bridge-party for the guests. Ty Sawyer and his Carolina Buccaneers have been engaged to furnish the music for the for mal occasion Friday night. T 1 . - - extensive plans are being made and carried out for High School Week, which begins this week-end. The events will in clude debating, track, meet, and tennis competition. Schools which have entered the debating contest number fifty-two and are as follows.- Altamahaw-Ossipee, Aurelian Springs, Benson, Bessemer, Bes semer City, Bethel, Black Creek. Bragtown, Central, Copeland, creedmore, Curry, Denton. Ed ward Jest, Ellenboro. Emma. Fountain, Fruitland Institute, Gibson, Glen Alpine, Goldsboro, Henrietta-Caroleen, Hudson. Lumberton, Manteo, Moncure, Morven, Mountain Park, Mt. Pleasant, Newport, Old Town. Pantego, Reem's Creek, Roanoke Rapids, Rockingham, Roseboro, Rural Hall, Rutherfordton-Soin- dale, Salisbury, Sanford, Severn, bouthport, Tarboro, Thomas ville, Trenton, Wakelon, Wash ington, Washington Collegiate Institute, Wilton, Windsor, Winston-Salem, and Zeb Vance. These fifty-two schools have won both sides of the question in the trial debates. The Question to be debated is ;: Resolved ': That the United States should grant immediate independence to the Philippine Island. Two hund red and eight students will re present the schools, ninety-eight girls and one hundred and ten boys making up this number. The opening meeting of High School Week will be held in Me morial hall at two o'clock Wed nesday afternoon. Dean N. W. Walker, of the school of educa- (Continked on last page) GREET PLAYERS WELLECEIVED First Quarto Version of "Ham let" Is First Play Presented In New Hall. Last night playing before a large audience, Sir Philip Ben Greet and his company gave an excellent portrayal of the First Quarto Version of Shakespeare's immortal Hamlet. The play was staged with the simplicity of the Elizabethan period, except in the elaborateness and nYTi of the costumes. . Not distracted by the beauti ful furnishings which are an in tegral part of the modern pro duction, the, audience was better able to concentrate on the acting and diction of the players. Many persons noted the dissim ilarity between the lines as spoken by the Greet players and the lines in the Second Quarto of Shakespeare which are stud ied by classes. Russell Thorndike's interpre tation of Hamlet was enacted with such fervor and imagina tion as to make the melancholy Dane a vivid personality. Ben Greet seems less pompous and more comic as Polonius than we were wont to think him, but the wise saws of his parts were delivered with new gusto and added meaning. His clowning as the grave digger was enough to show his versatility. lne supporting members of the cast were of better quality than most of the' troupes which have come here. They did their parts with a surety and poise apparently born of love for the playwright and their leader. Enid Clark was. beautifully tragic as Ophelia, and Donald Layne-Smith made a fiery Laer tes. Reginald Jarman asjhe (Continued on last page) Ceremony To Take Place . In New Memorial Hali Three Addresses Are Scheduled By Graham President Frank Graham has several important speaking en gagements during the next two weeks. First, he will make an address at Seaboard April 17 on county education day. April 23 he speaks before the American Association of University Wo men in Winstcn-Salem, and the following day he will return to the Hill to address the Publicity Association Conference, which will be meeting at that time. STAFF TRYOUTS ARE TO CONTINUE ALL THIS WEEK PRESIDENT GRAHAM WILL BE PRESENT Thirty-Seven Men To Take Part In First Inauguration of Stu dent Officers. More Men Are Wanted Work In Reportorial Department. for Plans For Junior-Seriior Ball Are Finally CompU Reports from the committe in charge of the coming Junior- Senior Ball indicate prospects of an event that will bid fair to eclipse all such previous occa sions. Last year the junior and sen ior events were held separately, whereas it has now been decided that the two classes make their respective dances units in a series held together. ' .The junior class function last year took place in Bynum gym nasium with music furnished by Russ Bolin and his Ohio Cotton Pickers. The senior dance fol lowed the junior class tea-dance immediately with a formal even ing occasion. " The two classes decided this year to have the senior dance follow the junior dance, which is to be given ..Friday evening, April 24, and is to be known as the Junior Prom. The dance on Saturday night will be the Sen ior Ball. . ' Contrary to the precedent of last year, the admission, to the dances in this series will be strictly limited. The' rules last year allowed anyone bringing a date to be admitted fiw vw VV) whether a member of the parti cular class or not. The com mittee announces that this year absolutely no one will be allowed to attend the class social events except members of either the junior or senior classes. Johnny Hamp and his Ken tucky Serenaders have been en gaged to furnish the music for the two occasions. Hamp's ag gregation of musicians is con sidered -one of the country's leading ten dance orchestras and is very popular in this sec tion. He is now finishing an engagement :. at the Cocoanut Grove , in Los Angeles, Califor nia. V j. ue aecoraxions ior tne oc casions will consist of black and white streamers and hangings entirely. The colors are intended to emphasize the strict formal ity of the affairs. In the center of the floor there will be a crys tal ball suspended from the ceil ing. Four spotlights, focusing upon the crystal globe from the corners of the hall, will throw vari-colored lights on the sur faces. The whole room will be covered with innumerable par ticles of light reflected from this revolving center. - In the actual arrangement of the. decorations- the committee will pattern the Tin Can, where the occasion is to take, place, somewhat on the order of last year's ball, only more elaborate. The actual floor-space will comprise approximately 120 by sixty feet, not including the space occupied by booths for the chaperones and the orchestra. The entrance will be a very (Continued on next page) The new men trying out for positions as reporters on the Daily Tar Heel met yesterday afternoon with the managing ed itor and assignment editor at five o'clock in room 104 Alumni building. After discussing their stories. which were written on the hypo thetical questions assigned by the editor Sunday evening, the managing editor announced that the men who would be selected would find their names in the masthead this morning. Those men who have been selected should come to the Daily Tar Heel office at one-thirty this afternoon to get their beat as signments. Those persons wishing to try out for either the editorial or reportorial staffs may do so dur ing this week by reporting to the editor or managing editor. Charms are given to the persons who have done the best and most consistent work during the course of the year and in ad dition, the pictures of the best writers are placed in the Dai! v Tar Heel page of the Yackety Yack. Men tentatively placed on the reportorial staff are : Saul Gor don, Vass Shepherd, D. J. Olive, Bob Reynolds, and DonaldJKoch- endorfer. M ARY DIRNBERGER WILL SHOW ART EXHIBIT FRIDAY Mary Dirnberger, former member of the Carolina "Play makers and the class of '29, is to open an exhibit of sketches in water color of stage designs and costumes. Fridav after- , noon, April 17, from four-thirty to six o'clock. Besides having acted in sev eral plays produced by the Play- makers, Miss Dirnberger wrote a play, The New Eve, which was produced by that organization two years ago. She has design ed scenery f or a number of shows here, and last year was in New York doing theatrical and commercial designing there. In the same city, she directed a group of semi-professional actors at the Christadora House throughout the summer of 1930. The exhibit will be in the Playmaker scene shop, the for mer glee club rehearsing room, in Person hall. The first use of the new Memorial hall for a student ac tivity will occur this morning at 10 :30, o'clock and continue through 11:15 when thirty seven campus officers will be in augurated into their respective offices. Today's occasion will be the first of its kind, as hitherto only the members of the student council have had an inaugura tion ceremony. Preceding Ihe ceremony the University Band will assemble on the steps of the building and render an opening number. President Frank Graham will open the program with a few wrords on student affairs, and R. C. Greene, retiring president of the Student Union will preside. He will give his retiring address after which he will turn over the duties of his office to the incom ing president, Mayne Albright. The new president will accept his position with a short speech, following which he will intro duce the other members who are to serve on his council, these being nine in number. Three men on the council are elected from the professional schools of law, medicine and pharmacy, and one man from the old coun cil. The three newly elected class presidents will then be intro duced by the president of the student union and they in turn will introduce the offices to serve with them. Jack Dungan, edi tor of The Daily Tar Heel, who will be introduced with the class presidents, will outline his pol icy for the coming year. Hamil ton Hobgood, president of the rising senior class, and.'Tard ner" James, president of the Y. - M. C. A. will make short talks. ' The complete list of the men to be inaugurated this morning, together with their offices is: Mayne Albright, president of he Student Union; W. C. Med- ford, vice-president of the Stu dent Union; Jack Dungan, edi- or of The Daily Tar Heel; "Spec" McClure, editor of The Carolina Magazine; Pete Gil christ, editor of The Carolina Buccaneer; Holmes Davis, edi-tor-of The Yackety-Yack; Me Bride Fleming-Jones, senior member of the Publication Un ion Board; Charles G. Rose, junior member of the Publica tion Union Board; Don Shoe maker, .memberrat-Iarge on the Publication Union Board: . Thefon Brown, president of the Athletic Association ; Harry Hodges, vice-president of the Athletic Association; J. Carlyle Rutledge and Cecil Carmichael, debate council members; Ed Hazelwood, chief cheer leader. The newly elected officers of the Y. M. C. A., who will be in augurated at the same time are: Pardner James, president"; Lee Greer, vice-president; John Manning, secretary; and Frank Hawley, treasurer. . Hamilton Hobgood, president of the senior class; Haywood Weeks, student councilman of the senior class ; Tom Rose, vice president of the senior class; . (Continued on next page) (
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