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If f '- - A 1" I 1 u "HARY OP SCOTLAND" 8:30 O'CLOCK PLAYMAKERS THEATRE arts and crafts exhibitions 2:00 to 5:00 o'clock VOLUME XLH CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1934 NUMBER 144 ICFOLK-DRATiIA, LIUSIC, EXHIBITS CLOSEpTWAL Second .Dogwood Festival Ends Successfully with Handicraft and Painting Exhibits, Rendi tion of Original Folk-Tunes, Presentation of Native Drama. EXHIBITS WILL CONTINUE With a full day of programs including music, dancing, exhi bitions of North Carolina handi craft and painting, and Carolina folk-plays, the second annual Dogwood Festival came to a suc cessful close here yesterday. Al though the festival proper has ended, the exhibitions of crafts and paintings byt state artists will continue this afternoon. The crafts exhibit, housed in Graham Memorial, will be open to visitors this afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 o'clock; the arts display will be open at Hill Mu sic hall during the same-hours. The program got under way at the Forest theatre yesterday morning. Fanfares by a brass -ensemble from the University land arranged by Herbert Ha zelman and directed by T. Smith McCorkle signalized the opening of the festivities. The ensemble included a drum corps directed hy Charles Crews. : Poetry. Contest Winner : Professor Frederick H. Koch," director of the Carolina Play makers, read the winning: poem in the Dogwood poetry contest. The competition was won by Mrs. Lucy Phillips Russell of Hockingham with "The Dog Tvood Speaks." Following the reading there laras folk music played by string lands; solos and duets by gui tarists and banjoists; and coun try dances by groups of children under the direction of Richard Chase. "Mammy" Jones of the Ebe nezer community near Cary led the singing of Carolina ballads, many of which have - been brought down from the 18th -century and which contain many -words and phrases of old Eng lish. The morning program was closed with square, dances by teams from Carrboro, Durham, and Rose Hill, and square danc ing in which the audience was invited to take part. Afternoon Program The afternoon program, held in the Playmakers theatre, open ed with the Penland Playmak ers production of Gertrude Wil son Coffin's "Magnolia's Man." The cast was as follows: Mis' Tish Davis, Georgia .Morgan; Newt Morris, Andrew C. Tain ter; Magnolia Starnes, Louise Morgan and Bartholomew M. Burgess, Howard C.-Ford. The production was directed by Bon nie Ford. The Shaw Players of Shaw University in Raleigh staged Paul Green's Negro comedy, "The Man Who Died at Twelve O'clock," with the following cast: Uncle January Evans, Carl Easterling; Sally Evans, Olivia Glascoe; and Charlie, Arthur Williams. Loretto .Car roll Bailey directed the play with the assistance of Sarah E. Mar tin. Original Folk Music Mountain music was played by Henry Whitter, composer of the. 'Wreck of the Old 97,'' and .Worth Taylor, the "playin'est" boy in the mountains. Abbie Greenwood MacKinney sang (Continued on page two) WINNING DEBATE TEAM Miss Katherine Covington and A. Thomasville high -school which won state finals here. Fiftieth Anniversary Of Reopening j Jo Be Observed By Graduate School Story of Its Development, Especially Since 1920, When It Was Reorganized, Is Regarded as Phenomenal; Has Grown Faster Than "Any University Department in Recent Years. . ' o By Robert W. Madry Looking back upon a record of growth and achievement that, with due modesty, may be re garded as phenomenal, the grad uate school of the University of North Carolina is to celebrate this spring the 50th anniversary of the first degrees to be award ed in course following the re opening after the Civil War. The story of its recent pro gress is revealed in statistics which show that the increase in enrollment from 1920, when it was reorganized, to the present year, has been 339 per cent as compared with an increase of 220 per cent for. the country at large and as compared with a 97 per. cent increase in all the undergradute, nonprofessional divisions of the University.'' Another significant fact in this recent development was that in 1922, chiefly in recognit ion of the standing of the grad uate school, the University was admitted to membership in the Association of American Uni versities, made up of a group of institutions usually regarded as having the foremost graduate schools in America. The only other two members in the south are Texas and Virginia. 1,200 Graduate Degrees A grand total of 1,260 gradu ate degrees have been awarded by the University during the 50-year period that is to be cele brated this spring. , Of these 175 have been doctorates in phi losophy, 155 of them since 1918; 165 have been masters of science, 134 of them since 1918; 918 have been masters of arts 746 since 1918; and two have been masters of philosophy, both of them prior to 1918. With the reopening of the in stitution in 1875, the authorities proceeded almost immediately to establish graduate study as a recognized University ' enter C. rLovelace, the affirmative team of the Aycock Memorial ,cup in the prise. In 1877, the degrees of master of arts, master of science, and doctor of philoso phy were announced. They were to be conferred only "upon rigid examinations on prescribed courses. lne desrrees of mas ter of arts and doctor of phi losophy were awarded under this, new system in 1883. In 1885 a further significant step was taken to effect a formal separation of graduate: and un dergraduate work, and courses open only to graduate students were listed in the fields of con stitutional law, political econo my, classical languages and lit erature, English language and literature, French, German, mathematics, chemistry, natural philosophy, and geology, botany, and zoology. At about the same time (1883) the impulse to further research at the . University gain ed new strength through the establishment of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. For the first three years the society published annual, volumes of proceedings; afterwards the journal became a quarterly. The Philological club established an annual record of research, called Studies in Philology, in 1906. Journals Helped The establishment of these learned journals in the fields of science, and philology, together with the activities of the re search clubs which have held monthly meetings now for many years, afforded a great stimulus to investigation at the Univer sity and increased recognition of the importance of graduate work. In 1904 the deanship of the graduate department was ere ated. The catalogue announce ment was "The development of the University has made it nec- (Continued on last page) DRAMA TRYOUTS TO BE TOMORROW Trials for Parts in "Hamlet" Scheduled at 4:30 O'clock in Forest Theatre; Production Is Slated for May 24-25. Try-outs for Shakespeare's xi&uiicb win ins liciu lAjiiiui- row afternoon at 4 :30 o'clock in the Forest theatre. In case of rain, the trials will be conducted in the Playmakers theatre. "Hamlet" will be presented in the Forest theatre by the Play makers probably May 25 and 26, and will mark the end of the 1933-34 season. This final production, which will be direct ed by Samuel Selden, is to be an elaborate one. James McLean, director of the Southern School of Creative Arts, is designing the scenery, and Phoebe Barr will direct dance scenes. Grady Miller will provide incidental choral music, while Thor John son is adapting instrumental music for the presentation. Koch to Play Professor Frederick H. Koch is slated to play the title role. Iri the last 28 years he has play ed only four parts, never taking a part that a student could play unless forced to do so. The Forest theatre produc tions have been annual features of the Playmakers seasons- for the past 16 years. "Hamlet" is being presented this year as an anniversary performance of the centenary of Edwin Booth, prob ably the greatest actor ever to interpret the title role of this drama. Booth's own version of the play will be used for the pro duction. Y. M..C. A. CABINET TO HEAR FRAZER Professor Will Address Junior- Senior Group Tomorrow. Professor K. C. Frazer will address the junior-senior Y. M. C. A. cabinet, at its regular meeting tomorrow night, on "Foreign Policies." There will be a discussion of the subject by "Y" members following the talk. The sophomore cabinet will hear Rev. O. T. Binkley of the B aptist church and the Rever end Albea Godbold of the Meth odist speak in a general open forum on "The Church and Sun day Programs in the Student Community' Included in the business to be conducted in the .freshman cabi net meeting will be the nomina tion of officers for next year's sophomore "Y" cabinet. Methodist Church The Reverend Albea Godbold will preach on "Believing the Best" at the 11:00 o'clock ser vice of the Methodist church this morning. Sunday school begins at 9:45 o'clock and the Wesley Student association at 7 :00 o'clock in the evening. The Rev erend O. T. Binkley will address the latter group. High School Math Contest The state high school math contest, open to all accredited public high schools in North Carolina, will take place April 20, E. R. Rankin, secretary, an nounced yesterday. Boxing Meeting There will be a meeting of all varsity lettermen (in boxing) at 15 :00 o'clock Monday after nocci on Emerson field, Coach Rowe announced yesterday. Proctor, Weathers Will State Campaign Platforms Tomorrow Pictures Due Yackety Yack Photographs to Be Cleared up by Wednesday. All leaders ot dance sets, com mencement marshals, members of executive committees, and finals and ball managers who have not yet had their pictures taken for the Yackety Yack must make appointments tomor row to have these made if the pictures are to be accepted for publication. Pictures of girls with their escorts must be made by Wednesday. All those who have had pic tures made but have not selected the proofs must do so immedi ately. . MSU.T.fflM TO REAMONIGHT Carolina Playmakers Sponsor Reading of Maxwell Ander son's "Mary of Scotland" To night at 8:30 O'clock. Maxwell Anderson's "Mary of Scotland" will be read by Mrs. Urban T. Holmes this evening at 8 :30 o'clock in the playmakers theatre continuing the monthly series of playreadings spon sored by the Playmakers. "Mary of Scotland," is a drama of the life of Mary Stu art from the time of her coming to Scotland to that of her im prisonment in Carlisle Castle. It is the story of a woman's, fight for her throne and later for her life; Broadway Success This play, which is still , run ning on Broadway, has been her alded as one of the outstanding achievements of American drama. Stark Young stated that, omitting the final act, "it is the finest work of poetic elo quence yet produced by an American dramatist." It is a poem not only because Anderson "used verse rather than prose as his vehicle, but also because he has brought the flame of the poet's insight to bear upon a human struggle of epic proportions." Mrs. Holmes' readings have come to be annual features of this series because of her ability at script interpretation,. Her reading last year of "Another Language" will be recalled in support of this. Organist; to Appear Professor Dwight Steere of Elon To Play Here Wednesday. Professor Dwight Steere of Elon College will play an organ recital in Hill Music hall Wed nesday evening at 8 :30 o'clock. This concert is in keeping with the policy of the music de partment to exchange concerts with faculties of other colleges over the state. Professor Nelson O. Kennedy, of the University music department, played at Elon in February. Townspeople, faculty and stu dents are cordially invited to at tend this concert. . Dr. Howell to Sneak Each Sunday morning during the rest of this quarter, Dr. A. C. Howell is discussing "The Christian Church from the Days of the Apostles to the Reforma tion" in the student class of the Baptist church. Anyone inter ested in religion and its problems is invited to attend. SPEECHES TO BE AT 10:30 O'CLOCK Addresses Will Take Place Freshman Assembly. cf B. C. Proctor and Virgil Weathers, candidates for the presidency of the student body, will speak at Memorial hall to morrow morning at 10 :30 o'clock. Each man will state his qualifications for office and his platform for administration. Regular freshman assembly will not be conducted tomorrow morning. The hour will be turn ed over to these candidates for the purpose of campaign speech es. Candidates' Qualifications Proctor a member of the senior class, has served during the current school year as presi dent of the International Rela tions club; has been a member of the Daily Tar Heel editorial board and columnist for the pa per; has worked with the bad check committee for several years; and is a member of the staff of the Carolina Buccaneer. In last year's elections, Proc tor was an unsuccessful candi date for the same office for which he stands this year. Weathers, also a senior, has been an outstanding athlete at the University throughout his career.; He was a member of the freshman basketball and baseball teams his first year, and for the past three years has been a varsity letterman in the same sports. He is president of this year's graduating class ; a member of Golden FleecejV Grail; and a member of the ex ecutive committee of the Mono gram club. Both candidates are non-fraternity men. The program today is in ac cordance with the custom estab lished several years ago of al lowing presidential candidates to appear before the student body to state their platforms and views concerning the office. KENNEDY PLAYS THIS AFTERNOON University Organist Will Give Recital at 4:30 O'clock. Nelson O. Kennedy will play the first vesper-organ recital of the spring quarter in HH1 Mu sic hall this afternoon at 4 :30 o'clock. Everyone here for the Dog wood Festival is cordially in vited to attend, although this program will not be a part of the festival. The program -for today is as follows : Overture in B minor, Rogers; "Cantilena," McKinley; "Dreams," McAmis; "Piece Herioque," Franck; "Minuet," Boccherini; "Fisherman's Song and Pantomime,"' DeFalla; "Finlandia," Sibelius. Baptist Church "Keeping Awake" will be the topic of the Reverend O. T. Binkley's sermon at the Baptist church this morning. Dr. A. C. Howell of the English depart ment will speak on "Saint Fran cis of Assisi" at 8:00 o'clock this evening. Faculty to Bleet There will be a general fac ulty meeting Wednesday after noon at 4:00 o'clock in Bingham hall, President Frank P. Gra ham announced yesterday.
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