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TO FORM PLANS
Six Hundred Dramatic Devotees
Begin Work in Preparation for
Annual Spring Contest.'
Opinion that a prolonged pe
riod of financial depression has
in no way diminished amateur
interest in statewide dramatics
expressed a key-note of opti
mism in place for the Spring
Dramatic Festival, scheduled
for its twelfthth annual appear
ance at Chapel Hill, March 31
and April 1 and 2. This'encour
aging out-look was voiced when
officers and representatives of
the Carolina Dramatic Asso
ciation met yesterday afternoon
in the Green Rooni' of the Play
makers Theatre to discuss pre
liminary plans for the event.
The directors' meeting is sche
duled for January 9, and dead
line for competing groups to reg
ister was set at January 16.
N. C. a, Pioneer State
North Carolina has been a
pioneer state in .this type of
state-wide1 competition. With
the exception of little theatre and
community club units, compet
ing groups represent , Carolina
educational , institutions.
It was estimated that 600 in
dividual dramatics devotees will
immediately begin work on vari
ous productions and that the
personnel for the final competi
tion at Chapel Hill will include
some 200 persons;' '
Representative groups will
also compete for makeup, cos
tume worlc, ' posters and' stage
models as well as" for theatre
production arid arts!
OfficersPresent
Those present at yesterday's
meeting included : ' ;
Professor A. T. West, dramat
ic director of Duke university
and president of the ' Carolina
Dramatics Association; Mrs.5 T.
K. Everett of Seaboard, vice-
president; Mrs. Irene H. Fuss
ier of Chapel Hill; secretary;
Thomas Humble, director of the
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STORE IS OPENED
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Saltz Brothers Will ? Operate
Men's Furnishings Shop
in Chapel Hill.
A new clothing store for col
lege men, operated by Saltz
Brothers, opened for businesi
yesterday morning. The new
firm is in the building occupied
by the Waffle Shop last year.'
Saltz Brothers have a store
in; Washington, ,D. C, and at the
University of Vrginia at Char
lottesville. The Virginia branch
was opened last year, and it. is
the plan of the .management t to
spread a chain of stores through
out the sou.th, opening 6ne;sf6re
a year, jine cnain is com?ti
with twelve New England stores.
English Decorations ,
The Chapel Hill store is to be
managed by Louis. Hock, former
manager of the one at Univer
sfty of Virginia. The interior of
the building is to be "panellediri
oak, and ornamented with print
shields of English schools ; how
being made and painted in Eng
land. . At , the back. of . the store
1Q frv Ua. o -firAnlar.ft With a
mantleniece copied from an Old
England home; All lighting fix
tures are of wrought iron. Com
plete equipment will be in by
two weeks it is hoped.
Th o. fmnf-nf tHft store has a
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timbered, English, roof ..effect.
Graduate Students In
Chemistry Form Club
The Carbon Club -was organ
ized Friday among graduate
students' who'are doing research
work in organic chemistry. Fac
ulty advisers to this group 1 are
Drs. A. S. Wheeler and I. W.
Bost, professors of - organic
chemistry in the University. v
It will be an informal club with
out officers. A weekly meeting
will take place at which some of
the members will report their
Pfess in.some investigation in
organic chemistry.' The mem
bers of this club are AT L. Alex
ander, Miss Catherine Aycock,
R. H. Belcher, B. O. Cosby, Jr.,
M. jW. Conn, G. J. Davidsi, J. M.
Early, R. E. Gee, T. L. King, H.
S. Johnson, J. N. LeCont," J. C.
Richey, D. D. Summierf ord, J.
O. Turner and j. H. Waterman.
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DEBATING TEAM
T0MEEMF0RD
ON DECEMBER 16
British Forensic Stars Will Up
hold Query Concerning United
States and Russia.
The resolution : "That the
American civilization is of more
danger to the world' than that 'of
Russia" has' been selected by the
debate council for the ' topic in
the annual debate to take' place
in Memorial hall, December 16,
against Britisli forensic stars of
Oxford university. The sub "j ect,
which is' characteristically Brit
ish, .is, one of five submitted. by
the Oxford team, which will be
prepared to uphold any one of
them against opponents in the
colleges met during ; its annual
southern debating tour of the
United States. The North Caro
lina team will uphold the nega
tive " side "against the" Oxford
squad. .
The resolutions were submit
ted ; to the 1 University debate
council for the Oxford team by
the National Student Federation
of America, which spbnsors the
tours of foreign "squads, princi
pally English' and 'German. "'The
other topics which ' the English
are willing tbjdehate 'are : Ttat
thesWe'pf;IibHyis . not Ja
signpost" but a gravestone" of
which the visitors would take the
affirmative; "That India be given
immediate independence," of
which, in English fashion, they
choose the negative ; "That the
press is : democracy's greatest
danger," with the British ask
ing the affirmative; and "That
the nations take a twenty-year
tariff holiday," which they
choose to "split," taking either
or, both sides.
Choice of Shbjects
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"It is noticeable," remar
ked
Professor William A. Olsen, of
the debating council, "from the
choice of subjects and sides that
tne rjriusn ueuatui in c""1"
wilt riot support a side in which
fe dos noVbelieve. He is sup
posecfT;o be "responsible for what
he says."
.The" resolution for therBritish
debate7 which.is probably, the
nibst widely publicized of the
year, ' was selected last week af
ter correspondence with the
Student federation. It is hard
1 probable5 that Carolina will
have' oth6r foreign opponents,
No Tar Ileel Meeting
There will be no meeting
of the editorial staff of the
Daily Jar; Heel tonight. The
regular Sunday night meet
in tm will he resumed next
week.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1931
Green's Desire lo Develop Native
Art Advanced By Latest Success
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Author of "The House of Connelly" Received His First Real Train
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By Walter Rosenthal
Preceding the showing of Paul
Green's latest work, The House
of Connelly, at the Martin Beck
theatre in New .York city, the
New York Herald-Tribune pub
lished an article about the au
thor, within which was con
tained an analysis of Green's
plays, a short biography, and a
comment by Green'on the Caro
lina Playmakers. "" '
"Mr. Green is an assistant
professor in philosophy at the
University of North Carolina,
the same university where Pro
fessor Frederick H. Koch has
his Carolina Playmakers and
where Bernard Shaw's biog
rapher, Archibald Henderson, is
professor of mathematics ; where
Lamar Stringfellow often con
ducts the school's orchestra, and
where folk plays are most notab
ly presented throughout the
year. ; '
His Biography
"Paul Green, gives his biog
raphy quite succinctly: 'Born on
a farm near Lillington, North
Carolina, March 17,;1894vFarm
ed in the spring and went to
country school a few months in
the winter. Later went to
Buie's . Creek academy, from
which he graduated in 1914.
Taught country school two years.
Entered the University ' . of
North Carolina in 1916. Enlist-1
ed in the army in 1917. Served
as private, corps corporal, ser
geant, and sergeant-major with
the' 105th Engineers 30th Divi
sion. .Later. a second lieutenant
with the Chief of jEngiheers at
Paris. Served four months on
the western front. Returned to
the. University of North Caro
lina1 in 1&19 and was graduated
from there in 1921. Did gradu
ate work' at his alma mater and
at Cornell university. At pres
ent is a member of the faculty
at the University of North Caro
lina'." 1 -His
Ancestry
In addition to 7 ther preceding
short autobiography Barrett Hi
Clarprbinfheiitin matters con
cerning the; drama" 'and 'h good
friend of Professor Green, was
able! to" furthe?ascertairt that
Mr. Greeny ftad growit 'up on' a
farmi 'that his peoplerwere land
dwners; ! a f da'Ss- distinguished
froihthe tenant ' fanmers, but
that they all earned their living
by wdrklng in their own fields.
While' at Buie's Creek academy,
he occasionally bought a few ex
Life Savers' School
Jo; Open At Raleigh
Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt,
chairman of the Red Cross com
mittee, 'announces that all life
savers and examiners wishing to
renew' their 1 certificates may
have a chance to dd so at a school
to be conducted in the State colT
lege swimming ' pool evety day
this week from' 7;:30' ih the' eve
ning until 9:30. A naticrharrep
resentative from' ' Washington
be present. ' n
Accountants' Meeting ,
The 'North Carolina certified
public accountants will gather
for ; their annual meeting in
Durham on October 21, 22, and
23, with Duke university as its
host. All the accounting1 stu
dents in Carolina and Duke will
be invited. "Professor E. E. Pea
cock, 'of the school of commerce
here, will be a member of the
entertainment committee. l-'
; tra books and gradually accumu-
lated a library which included.
in addition to Milton and Steven
son, works of so practical "a na
ture as" veterinary surgery and
as scholarly a nature as the LatT
in syntax. By teaching school
and5 . playing semi-professional
baseball in the summer, he' was
able to defray his expenses at
the University. " ' '
i! Green's First Play
Mr. 5 C lark's further research
es revealed that the first play
that Paul Green saw acted was
a one-act play, which he had
written himself as a freshman.
It was called Surrender to the
Enemy and told of a ravishing
Southern belle who fell in love
with a Yankee captain. Her fa
ther, as might be suspected, was
violently opposed to the union.
ine piay was suomittea m a
competition and . won this was
in 1917. WTien Green returned
to the University in 1919, Pro
fessor F. 'H. Koch had also ar
rived. Green came from France
and" the' war. .Koch came from
the Dakotas, and his first . at
tempts were - at establishing
classes of dramatists who would
use the material around them for
their plays.
Green and Koch
What Professor Koch devel
oped at the University is now
known as" the Carolina Play
makers. Green had . started
writing before the advent of
Koch, but it is also well, it would
seem, ' to know that the , aims of
the professor and the Playmak
ers fitted well with the line upon
which Green had 5 "started -"to
serve as an experimental theatre
for the ; 'development' :of 1 plays
representing 'the traditions' and
various phases of present day
life of the people--to extend in
fluence in the establishment of
a native theatre."- - -
Short works by Paul Green
are contained in the -three pub
lished volumes'of "plays 'given by
the Playmakers. rIri the preface
lb the third volume Koch writes i
' 4 :Kbch Reminiscences V N
"I '! remember'3 he'n 5 young
Green" 'returned from the1 war
to his studies in the-fall rbf 1919.
The war ' had ' made ra deep - imf
pifessibn .1 bit him; arid -the '"first
play he wrote in the University
play writing' course - was ra ';trahf
script of his own experiences ' in
France. - Then -came -the'--first
play' to be produced by bur own
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Page Heads::Chapel
Speakers For Week
e-tx it
The assembly program for this
week has been announced by the
dean of students, Francis F.
Bradshaw.
Tomorrow morning Dr, Eng
lish Bagby, of the psychology de
partment, '- will address the
freshman-sophomore assemblage
on the subject "How to Study."
At the :4f feshmah exercises the
following-day the University
physician, Dr. . E; A. Aberhethy
will speak.-, ''Wday tKtf'nrst
year men will meet their" respec
tive 'deans at chapei period.1 " ;
Kirby Page, 'author vand lec
turer on international "and eco
nomical problems'will make the
Thursday "assemblage 'address.
Concluding the ; "chapel speeches
for the week wiirbe one made by
the president of the'- student
union, Mayhe Albright, who will
talk of "Student Government"
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College "Conference
Meeting In Durham
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Dean N. W. Walker, of the
school of education, sent out no
tices to the colleges in this state
yesterday informing them of the
annual1 meeting of the North
Carolina Conference of Colleges
which 1 will take place at the
Washington-Duke Hotel in Dur
hahi October ::28and ; 29. :
An executive committee con
sisting of E.' C. Brooks, of State
college, president of the group;
W. H. Fraze'r, of Queens-Chic-ora,r
vice-president N. W.' Wal
ker, of the University, secretary
treasurer; W. L. Lingle, of Dav
idson; Dr. A. X Adams, State
Superintendent of Puhlic Educa
tioii i i arid Dr. Holland Holten, of
Duke,1 will have charge of ' the
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GRAHAM, WILSON
TO ATTEND N. C.
COLLEGE EVENT
Consolidation Commission .Will
Meet After 40th Anniversary
of Woman's Institution.
The University will be repre
sented at the fortieth' anniver
sary of the North Carolina col
lege in Greensboro tomorrow by
President Frank P. Graham and
Dr; R? Wilson who will at
tend the Founder's T)ay cere
monies. Governor 0. Max Gard
ner will be the principal speaker
at the occasion. '"
" The program, which is to take
plac' In' Aycock ;' auditor iuhi jat
10 :30' marks : the 1 fortieth anhi
versary of the" founding of the
college by Dr. Charles D. Mc
Iver its first president. A holi
day hW been granted the' stu
idents and facultyand J alumnae
and representatives of - other
colleges' are" expected tb attend.
. " The" Program f : ;,;
The exercises' will begin at
10 :30 Monday" morning-with an
organ prelude, broadcast5 from
the music huilding, f by George
M: Thompson: Anierica" will
be sung ' by the ' audience, f 61
lbwed'by theMnvocation'by Rev:
H. Grady Hardin; pastor of West
Market Street Methodist church.
President Julius I. Foust will
then; according to custom, read
I Corinthians 13, Dr. Mclver's
favorite chapter from the Bible.
" Margaret By erly, of Ashe
ville, soprano,' accompanied by
Marian - Anderson,- of Havana,
Cuba, at the piano will sing
two numbers, "Indian Summer"
and "Mid-October."1- Miss Clara
Bdalunlhaefasso3ationf sec
retary, will read -messages from
former students -of -the - collegef
After the singing 'of the -college
song by the audience under
the direction of -Deari - Wade R.
Brown, - and announcements; fby
Dr. Ioust, -Governor-Gardner
will make his address. The sing
ing of "The Old North State'
will complete the program.- .'
Commission Meeting
After the Founder's Day exer
cises, members of the commis
sion which is in charge of the
proposed consolidation of the
University of -; North Carolina,
North Carolina- college, - and
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Bagby WjUl (Give
Lecture, Tonight
The second of a series of lec
tures and open forum discus
sions in the'Presbyterianchurch
will be given tonight at 7:30.
Dr. English Bagby' of the psir
chological department will be' the
speaker - afid he ' " will discuss
some phase of "the psychology
of religion. '-' - :J' 'tM '
NUMBER 13
EDUCATION MEN
OF SOUTH PLAN
APMSESSION
Prominent Speakers Secured for
Fourth' aleeting WTiich Will
Take Place Here.
A number of prominent edu
cators have been secured to ad
dress the fourth annual South
ern Conference on Education
which will take place at the Uni
versity November 5, 6, and 7,
itVas announced by Dr. Edgar
V. Knight, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements.
' The general theme' this year
will be "Education and the Eco
nomic Depression." The confer
ence is planned in cooperation
with the north central district
meeting of the North Carolina
Education Association, some of
the meetings being in Chapel
Hill and some in Durham.
Prominent Speakers
Prominent among the speak
ers who have already accepted
invitations are: Dr. William
Louis Poteat,1 of Wake Forest
college ; Professor Thomas H.
Briggs, of Columbia' university ;
Professor Paul Monroe, of Col
umbia university; Dr. Albert S.
Cook, commissioner of - educa
tion, Maryland ; President Frank
P.' Graham; University of North
Carolina ; Dean J. J. Doster, Uni
versity of Alabama ; Superin
tendent Sidney B. - Hall j Vir
ginia; Superintendent A. T. Al
len North Carolina; i Superin
tendent J.- H. Hope, South Caro
lina ; Superintendent M; L. Dug-
gan, Georgia; Superintendent JA.
G. Harman, Alabama ; and J. 'S.
Rickards; secretary of Fldrida
Education Association. .
The Conference will open
Thursday night, - November r 5,
and will continue through. Sat
urday morning.- Inquiries indi
cate that the attendance will be
large and" that the. conference
will maintain the high standard,
set by the three previous meet
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TEA TOBE GIVEN
THIS AFTERNOON
First of Series of Episcopal
' Socials Wffl Take Place in '
iv ParislKHouse..:: r
Following a two year custom
that has made it an . institution,
Episcopal ladies .will serve tea
informally-this afternoon at the
parish house from A :30 to 6 :0O
o'clock! This is - the first of the
annual series that .are .-.given
eve"ry Sunday afternoon during
the fall and winter - quarters.
Mrs.P. S Randolph is the chair
man of the hostess committee.
Mrs. Anderson's Regime
The teas'; the 'idea of which
)riginated several years agawith
Coakley' Dick, a medical student
of the ' University' then on the
Episcopal student vestry, have
since, that tittle become extreme
ly popular. Coakley Dick's plan
was- taken lip', by the Woman's
Guild and placed 'for' develop
ment in the' has of ar commit
tee led by Mrs; Anderson.- 'Mrs.
Anderson 'took , charge ' of v the
teas for the first year. ;" ' "
C Last year the different circles
of the Women's Guild 'conducted
the Sunday v afterhooh "socials,
with different circles each' hibhth
supplying 'committees' ' of; host
esses.' The .'same plan 1 will- be
followed this year, ; ;
' The committee for this after
noon are Mrs: ; P; ; S: Randolph,
Mrs. John Couch;: Jr.', and Mrs.
H. kj.Rssell; with Irs. 'Ran
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