North Carolina Newspapers

PL MAKER READING s :30 P.M. PL A, f-rS THEATRE per of t the - VOLUME jt HARRY DAVIS TO READ SATIRE BY GEORGEEAUFMAN Pulitzer Prize Winning Play to - Be Read in Playmakers Theatre Tonight. Of Thee 7 "Sing, George Kauf man's Pulitzer prize winning play, will be readionight at 8 :30 o'clock in the Playmakers thea tre by Harry Davis, business manager of the Playmakers. Kaufman's play was the first musical comedy ever to receive ihe Pulitzer prize, and in pre senting it, the Pulitzer commitr tee said: "This award may seem unusual but the play is unusual ... it is a biting and true satire on American politics and the public attitude toward them." Calling the spirit and style of the play "topical and popular the committee said further that "the work is all the more spon taneous for that, and" has a freshness and vitality which are l)oth unusual and admirable." Comments on Play The New York Times reviewer comments: "Funnier than the government and not nearly so dangerous." The New York Herald-Tribune says of this musical satire of our govern ment : "It says the most outrag eous things in the most out rageous and funniest way." From the opening scene with "banners bearing slogans "A vote for Wintergreen is a vote for Wintergreen," and "Winter srreen A llan's Man's Man" to "the final scene when the com pany sings Of Thee I Sing, Baby gathered around the bed. con- (Continued on last page) : n. u SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1932 - . Z n ' - - ni ,f kkk at DR. FRANKLIN HICKMAN 11:00 A.M. METHODS.;: "JRCH FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT A. I. E. E. MEETING The A. I. E. E. will gather for its regular meeting tomor row night at 8:00 o'clock in 206 Phillips hall. A special of this meetingTvill be a picture brought here by E. F. Baesel of the Gen eral Electric Company. The picture is "Mazda Lamps Pre ferred," and an extra reel will be shown devoted to the description of - the origin of Edison's first lamp. All members are urged to be present at this meeting. SYMPHONY WILL OFFER PREMIER 0FC0WSITI0N Orchestra to Present Symphonic Ballad by Lamar Stringfield For First Time in America. - SOPHOMORE CLASS PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN TOMORROW Class Will First Be Photo graphed Together and Then In Alphabetical Units. Arrangements have been made for the members of the sopho more class to have their pictures taken for the annual, during the assembly period next Monday morning. Four group pictures of this class, to be printed in this 'year's YacTcety Yack, will be made on the steps of the Law building at that time. Sophomores will be required to meet at Memorial, hall as usual at assembly period. After this short meeting, the class will adjourn to the front of "Man ning hall where the nictures will be made. There will be no fresh man assembly that day. Class to Divide in GrnuDS The first picture to be taken at the law building will be group picture of the whole class. After this1, every' one will leave xne steps except those sopho mores whose names begin with the letters A to H and a picture of them will bp taken. Then this group will be excused and the next group consisting of those whose names begin with I to O will take their places on the steps for their picture, fol lowed by the srroup whose names begin with P to Z. On the folowing. Friday it is planned to - take the Freshman pictures in the same way. Newman Club Meeting yA meeting of the Newman club is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock tomorrow in room 210 Graham Memorial. , s - . North Carolinians will have an opportunity of hearing the American premier of a new sym phonic composition at the open ing concert of the winter series of the North Carolina Sym phony Society, according to an announcement made by Col. Jo seph Hyde Pratt, president. The musical entertainment will take place Friday, December 2. In announcing the program for the concert, Col. Pratt re vealed that the final number will be a symphonic ballad, The Leg end of John Henry, by Lamar Stringfield. The composition is based on the . proverbial John Henry, the "steel-driving man," so familiar in American - folk legends. The number was only recently completed and conse quently has never been played to any American audience. In addition to the Stringfield number, others included in the Chapel Hill concert will be Mar riage of Figaro Overture, Mo zart; Symphony No. 2, Beethov en : and the f olowinsr three com positions by Percy Grainger, fa mous pianist and composer: tianaei n me strana: To a Nordic Princess; Spoon River, American Folk Dance. - Grain ger will conduct the orchestra in the second of his compositions and will acompany the orchestra at the piano in the x other two. Concert in Durham A part of the same series will include a concert by the same or chestra in Durham December 1. The program for the Durham concert was also announced by Col. Pratt, as follows: .Hansel and Gretel Overture. Humner- - - 7 XT dinck; Peer Gynt Suit No 1, Greig; Overture 1812, Tschai- k'owsky; and the following num bers by Grainger, who will also be present in person: Lord Pet" er's Stable Boy, The Nightingale and the Two Sisters; and Jutish Medley. Out of towny music lovers may secure tickets in advance by writing Felix A. Grisette, secre tary, Chapel Hill. . 7 PICTURES OF A T J FRATERNITY MEN DUE BY TUESDAY Last Day'- Set for -Freshmen and Sophomores to Have Pictures -Taken for Yackety Yack. Monday and Tuesday of this week are the last two days for freshmen and sophomores to have their pictures taken for the fraternity section of the Yackety Yack, the editor of the publica tion announced yesterday. J These pictures must be in the Yackety Yack November 15, and the editor urges that fraternity men get their pictures in by that time to give their organization complete representation in the year-book. . All of the photographs are being taken in the studios . of Wootten-Moulton. ' The Yackety Yack urges that the fraternities co-operate with the stair so that the fraternity pages will be complete and ac JITNEY PLAYERS WILL GIVE PLAYS" HERE THIS MONTH Famous Professional Company Will Offer Comedy and Satire Here November 29. The Carolina Playmakers have again engaged the Jitney Players, famous professional touring company, for two spec ial performances Tuesday, No vember 29. These players will present two dramas new in Chapel Hill, at the matinee, at 4 :00 o'clock, Tom Robertson's romantic,' mid-vic- torian comedy, Caste; and in the evening at 8:30 o'clock George Bernard Shaw's romantic satire, Arms and The Man. - The tickets for the matinee 1 are fifty centsand for the night performance seventy-five cents with a special price of one dol lar for both performances. This is the third time that the Jitney Players have appeared at the Playmakers theatre. University Professors Approve Of Nobel Award To Galsworthy o Views of Faculty Members Confirm General Impression That Eng lishman's Novel, "The Forsyte Saga," Is Regarded as One of Most Important Contributions to World Literature. Despite striking dissenting opinions, statements from mem bers of the- University faculty secured yesterday indicate warm approbation of the Nobel literature award to John Gals worthy, distinguished English man of letters.. The views, which were obtained from pro- fore more deserving of such a prize." Dr. J. M. Booker, English de partment: "I am delighted with the Nobel award to John Gals worthy. Memorable among his minor achievements are The Pigeon, with the subtlest mask ing of a moral purpose in any Debating Team Will Prepare For Contest With-Dublin At the regular meeting of the debatcgroup tomorrow night the discussion will be directed to the preparation for the debate with the University of- Dublin which will take place early in December. The question is to be, "Resolved: That nationalism is a bar to peace-and progress." Some member of the faculty will lead the discussion which will center around "National ism." This a part of the prepa ration for the tryouts and the debate : which will follow. Try- outs are scheduled ,soon. : A aIax. 1 . J 1 t 1 m xc&auia vivsviy associated witn play I know of: Justice, the the criticism of novels, confirm-'most effective social THncrlie-h ed the general impression that drama in three decades, a crim- vjdifeworwiy s novel, l tie Forsyte mal sympathy play reasonably Saga, is regarded as one of the J supposed to have quickened the most important woks in world . reaction against solitary confine- nterature. Notable variance with the award to the Englishman was displayed by two faculty mem- HENDERSQN TO SPEAK JiT SIGMA XI MEETING Immediately following a sup per which will be given by the North Carolina Society of Sig ma Xi Tuesday night at 6:30 o'clock in Graham Memorial, Dr. Archibald Henderson "will give an address on "Modern Theories of the Conception of an Expand ing Universe and the Age of the Earth." Membership in the society is limited to those who have made some c6ntribution to science. GOAL IS SET FOR LOCAL RED GROSS DRIVE THIS YEAR Two Hundred Mark Ts T?Pinr Neared in Campaign for - 750 New Members. first-class ment; and several short stories. "But his. main achievement, and a monumental nnp - I iiAu bers. One of these charged T7"4"" n ATT rtl n "I Galsworthy with a lack of sig-, which he developed ingenious nificant originality, while The- ways and means not to be found odore Dreiser was considered a in the multiple-generation nov mbre deserving recipient by the els of Thackeray, Samuel But other professor. I ler, or Arnold Bennett. As a ml i ji i j i I . . xne veroaum sxatements are: picture of the urmer middle as follows I ' rlnss HTifl tv,- w. K;i;Tr ; Dr. N. B. Adams, Spanish de partment: "I think that Gals worthy is richly deserving of the they are panoramic. "In them are embedded pas sages that deservedly rank with i t'j't'ti .i . awara, ana it is mgniy appropri- certain ones bv Meredith ate that the award be made to ( Stevenson as the most finished mm. as ior tne candidacy of prose of the last seventy years. no raroja, me great Spanish .Thev afford, with hi nu vin novelist.' I t.hmlr thof v.o, 7,i. r , vcw WW i is n, as nne examples as anv incvciiicxit ui vaiswortny is written of thA tnrl r,n,0u;n 4.:XT I.- , ---- vouiSi xiiuie ai tiic man nis, ana tnere- fr.,,, i. , mm men Hi HOLT AWARDS BY SMCTION GROUP A. W. Lowe, H. A. Hartgrove, R. L. Holt, and W. G. MiDer Awarded Scholarships. Four students, one from each class in the University, were awarded Holt scholarships yes terday after a prolonged session by the scholarship committee. They were A. W. Lowe, fresh man, of Robersonville ; Herbert A. Hartgrove, sophomore, of Hamlet; R. L. Holt, junior, of Pink Hill; and W. G. Miller, sen ior, Rockwell. Scholarships were given students -whose character and work merited their receiv ing financial aid while in school. Funds Given by Alumnus These scholarships are avail able from the interest of a fund of $10,000 given in the Univer sity's favor by Lawrence S. Holt, Jr., of the class of 1904. The amount of $125 is awarded to each of four students who have ""u djjuLuue in tneir worK and who show need of financial assistance in order to continue their education. Holt has also provided other funds for worthy and needy students, These funds are not to exceed $400 per student and are to cover such necessary expenses - as tuition, board, and other University fees. The committee of selection which convened yesterday was headed by Dean A. W. Hobbs. The other members were Dean N. W. Walker, Dean D. D. Car roll, Dean F. F. Bradshaw, Dean M. C. S. Noble, Dean H. G. Baity, Dean J. M. Bell, R. B. -House, and H. F. Comer. Concert Tickets Will Go On Sale Tomorrow Students are reminded that tickets to the concert to be pre sented by the North Carolina State Symphony Orchestra in Memorial hall, December 2, can be obtained by remitting a tieket from their Student Entertain ment Committee booklet. This exchange will take place all week beginning tomorrow in the Y. M. C. A. The musical enter tainment is given under the aus pices of the Phi Mu Aloha musi cal fraternity and ior the bene fit of music scholarships. These concert tickets will al low students to occupy any seat in the auditorium except the 800 reserved seatsin the front of the middle section. Reserve seats can be purchased by students for Mty cents and by .outsiders and townspeople for one dollar. Over one; thousand seats besides the reserved section will be avail able.1;-. Dr. Franklin Hickman To Speak Here Today -Dr. Franklin S. Hickman, of the Duke University school of re ligion, is scheduled to occupy the pulpit this morning in the Uni versity Mehtodist church. Dr, Hickman has gained con siderable reputation as a speaker. at young people's conferences, at commencement services, and as a teacher at the Durham institu tion. ' He preached the commence ment sermon of the University of North Carolina last June, and iie aroused much "favorable com ment" on his masterful handlins- ot his subject and his forceful style. A local professor,, who had heard the baccalaureate ser mons for- forty years.'said that Dr.. Hickman's address was one of the three best during- that long period. Hickman preaches every other Sunday in the new Duke chapel to large audiences. Unofficial tabulations last night showed that thetwo hundred mark was already being neared by the local chapter of the Red Cross in its annual membership drive. The initial contribution of the year came from Spencer hall, amounting to five dollars. Many other large donations to the Red Cross coffers have also been re ported. The Carolina theatre is co operating ' with Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt, head of the 'local organization in the drive. A regular schedule of speakers has been arranged to address theatrj goers. Tonight will find Manager E Carrington Smith as speaker to the audience in the theatre ; Monday night, R. B. House, ex ecutive secretary of the Univer sity ; -Tuesday. night (tentative) , Haywood Weeks, president of the student ; body; Wednesday night, Professor Millard Sheri dan Breckenridge of the law de partment; Thursday night, Pro fessor E. J. Woodhouse, former mayor of Northhampton; Fri day night, Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt,, former state geologist. A special Red Cross film is being' shown twice daily also at' the theatre. Today is Red Cross Sunday 1 'rJ Jl M' -r . Liirougnout tne nation. .Local churches will join in the ob servance of the day, Dr, George McKie will speak at the Pres byterian church; and Colonel Pratt will be at the Episcopal church. Other churches of the v j i ei v t w ill vii ifiivi i i i tr t i- as i o "'J" JUUJ IfllC 1 mn-ni- -U 7 i , , .. Presbyterians and Episcopalians """u0 e United- in the event. - S8' a,nl. cially in North A oaronna. Me will also explain Hope to Get 750 . whv goai ot 50 has been set for idated. the total Chapel Hill member- that will ha a ship of the Red Cross for this efficiencies in government vvhi.h year. Colonel Pratt said: "De- will rn.-e. . . j-i wxii vtuo mu v emeu i. NORTH CAROLINA CLUB WILL MEET TOMORROW NIGHT Dr. Paul W. Wager Will Discuss County Consolidation Move ment at Meeting. The North Carolina club will meet tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in the library room of the department of rura social economics, At the meeting Dr. Paul W. Wager, Secretary of the club, will discuss the county con solidation movement. In his address Dr. Wager will show the extent of the move- spite prevalent "hard times, we are almost sure of going over the top with colors flying." Monday the campaign in Carr boro commences. -This addition ai momentum to the movement is slated to augment consider ably the returns to organization coffers. - Dean Pierson to Return , From Annual Convention Wager Is Authority Dr. Wager is reeotmized as an authority on countv eovem- ment, a field in which he has specialized for ten vears. Hp has done extensive research in the field of county government in North Carolina' and his vol ume on that subject has been widely and favorably received. TheJNorth Garolina club, com posed of students and fa TA TXT " . -"w.v.iv jean w. vv. Tierson will re- members, is now in if nino. turn tomorrow or Tuesday from teenth year. The purpose of fts rnva l -ltv. nwn htVi- i I mi. i ... I ' w AAUU1ULI' represented the Universitv at and accurate acauaintanpp wifh tne tnirty-iourtn annual meeting North Carolina and its problems. - T no a ocAPiotiAw A I AI f j wic ftoouwauuu American eacn raeeiin? a mnpr dtp. I . . W ' universities, uean Pierson left pared by a member is read, last -Saturday to attend n nro. I - convention meeting of the com- Freshman Assembly classification of t z iz A. - A - muLee on ciassmcauon oi col- Thorn txtHi u :r.i. , morrOW as t hfi nPT-inrl yN To Io Liixee-ud.y session vnfr? frv W . I -"v t-o.Ji.iiis sopiiomore pic tures. Ior the Yackety Yack. tending the which opened Thursday.