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VOLUME XLIII
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1935
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NUMBER 173
WOLFE AND EVANS
RING COiifflllTTEE
APPROVES OFFER
FOREST THEATRE, BIERCUTIO, THANATOS
TO HEAD BUSINESS
OP FROSH MANUAL
Two Students Selected by Special
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LAW AND
SPIRITS ' North Caro
lina Christian Ad
vocate, in an editorial entitled
"Let the Colleges and Universi
ties Join in Law Enforcement,"
had this paragraph:
"Our plan is for the adminis
trations at Duke, Carolina, Da
vidson, Wake Forest, and State
to get together and agree that
misbehavior, as a result of drink,
must stop. Publish the decision
to the world, and then at the
first games of the season make
good the declaration and we will
not hear so much about drunken
ness at football games in North
Carolina."
When the administrations of
these schools, which include a
Methodist- a Presbvterian. a
f Baptist, and two non-sectarians,
get together, we can't offer much
hope for definite accomplish
ments. In the first place, the
situation never has become
acute, to cur mind, and in the
second place, how drinking at
a public gathering is to be curb
ed is a problem which adminis
trative action would have a
tough time coping with.
Comparatively speaking, drink-
C lug at Carolina games offers no
great problem. Maybe we are
too far separated from the scene
of the "crime" ; anyway, we see
nothing to get excited about.
The challenge
which the Burling
ton dynamiting case
BROKEN
GLASS
offers to North Carolina's youth
should not be dimmed by cloud
ing details thrown up since the
event last September.
We are not convinced of the
innocence cf the six E. M. Holt
Plaid, millers, nor of their guilt.
What is paramount to us now,
just as at the time we listened
to the workers themselves in
Gerrard hall, is that if what is
transpiring in Burlington is jus
tice in the full meaning of the
term, then someone should fig
ure up a new kind of jurispru
denceand it's liable to be our
selves who will face the problem
of revision or rehabilitation in
our judicial procedure.
"Whether the men were
"framed" or not, we do not
know. But when workers re
peatedly testify to the vicious
methods used in their apprehen
sion, when they disclose the hor
rors of their imprisonment when
they get 57 years in jail for, as
Mr. Clark belligerently put it,
"-$200 worth of broken win
dows," then we cannot be expect
ed to sit back smugly and say
that law is taking its course as it
always has, so let it continue.
Frank Smehurst
over in Raleigh
seems to think that
WE ARE
LUCKY
've're rather fortunate in having
David Clark and not some ra
tional intellect as an attacker of
the University.
Not that anyone intellectual
wouldn't be able to find some
thing to talk about. But the
point is that by being intellec
tual he wouldn't make a fool of
himself by trying to talk about
things without facts, figures or
knowledge to back him up.
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The Forest theatre, where Proff Koch, also pictured above as Mercutio in "Romeo and
and Thanatos or Death in Euripides "Alcestis," will rave and sorrow, soliloquize and die
role of Hamlet next week-end.
GRAIL MEN SELECT
GRIDIRON CAPTAIN
NEXT YEAR'S HEAD
Montgomery, Yandell, Rand, Vol-
. iva Chosen 1935-36 Officers
At Banquet Last Night.
DANCE IN GYM TONIGHT
Harry H: Montgomery df-Tar
entum, Pa., was elected last
night to head the Order of the
Grail for the coming year. He
succeeds Frank P. Abernethy cf
Greensboro.
Billy Yandell of Charlotte
was chosen as secretary, suc
ceeding George Moore of Wheel
ing, W. Va. Trip Rand of Gar
ner, acting as assistant treas
urer this year, automatically
took over out-going Treasurer
Simmons Patterson's k duties ;
and Ed Voliva was chosen to
take Rand's place as assistant.
Last night the 13 initiates
chosen last week were, feted at
the annual Grail banquet. Be
sides the elections there were
other features of the evening,
including addresses by Rev.
Donald Stewart of the local
Presbyterian church and Prof.
William S. Bernard, one of the
founders and faculty members
of the Grail.
Out-going President Aber
nethy reviewed the year's work
of the order, commending his
associate officers on the perfor
mance of their duties.
Members
The new members for whom
the banquet was held are: J. O.
"Red" Drake, Ernest Eutsler,
Francis Fairley, James Finlay,
John Johnson, George MacFar
land, Lester "Buck" McCarn,
Melvin Nelson, John Parker,
Edward Voliva, Fred Weaver,
Frank Willingham, and Ben
Willis.
Other active members of the
Grail are: Frank Abernethy,
Mayne Albright, James Austin,
Sherwood Barefoot, Albert El
lis, Tom Evins, Dennis Fox,
Ralph Gardner, Lee Greer, John
Gunter, Phil Hammer, Tern
Hawthorne, Charles Hubbard,
Tommy Irwin, Frank Kenan,
Ed Lanier, Jim McCachren, Leo
Manley, Bill Minor, Harry
Montgomery, George Moore,
Simmons Patterson, Norment
Quarles, Trip Rand, Charles
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"Our revels now are ended. These
our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And, like the baseless fabric of this
vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous
palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe
itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dis
solve,.. .
These words from "The Tem
pest" were spoken in 1923 by
Prolf Koch as a part of cere
monies marking the second pro
duction in the Forest theatre of
"The Taming of the Shrew,"
which the Playmakers had put
on 'in 1918 as the initial perfor
mance on their sylvan stage.
Tree-Planting
During the ceremonies the
actors, dressed in the Elizabe
than costumes of the play they
had just presented, planted a
tiny willow oak which now
stands, 35 feet tall, bearing
lightly the two-fold responsibili
ty of commemorating the occa
sion and replacing the giant
tulip tree which died when the
stage was regraded.
The 17 years of the theatre's
history have been filled with
such colorful incidents, to which
the brilliant and extravagant
Hamlet performance of next
Friday and Saturday will be in
the nature of a climax.
Productions in the forest go
back to the very beginning of
the Carolina Playmakers. Since
that first rollicking presentation
of the Shrew, 15 plays, eight of
them by the Great Playwright
himself, have been performed:
"Twelfth Night" (1920) ; "Much
Ado About Nothing" (1921);
"As You Like It" (1922) ; "The
Comedy cf Errors" (1923) ;
"The Taming of the Shrew"
again (1923) ; "Prunella"
(1924) ; "The Rivals" (1925) ;
"The Poor Little Rich Girl"
(1925) ; "The Romancers"
(1926) ; "A Thousand Years
Ago" (1926); "The Tempest"
(1928) ; Rip Van Winkle"
(1929) ; "Romeo and Juliet"
(1930) ; and "A Midsummer
Night's Dream' (1933).
Reclamation from the Wilds
The Forest theatre literally
had to be reclaimed from the
wilds. Preparing for its use in
cluded such major engineering
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projects as diverting the course
of Battle Creek, cutting down
several big poplars and oaks,
sloping the land so it would
dry, and, hardest of all perhaps,
making grass grow on the
stage.
When the Playmakers first
started giving . shows in their
outdoor playhouse, performances
were put on during the after
noon. Not until somebody was
brave enough to suggest the in
stallation of a wiring system and
lights to be controlled by opera
tors perched in the big oaks on
the hillside did Proff Koch and
His troupe begin to present plays
at night.
By taking skilful advantage of
the darkness, stage managers
are now able to run the plays off
without changing scenes, mere
ly having the lights focussed
from place to place about the
stage.
The Forest theatre was not
used last year because the pro
jected performance of "Hamlet"
was dropped so the Playmakers
could attend the first National
Folk Festival in St. Louis. v
Ahhhh!
Last night a hysterical young
woman, nearly overcome with
happiness and surprise, received
$45 and three cartons of Lucky
Strike cigarettes in the Caro
lina theatre's lucky number
prize contest.
The lucky girl was Miss Jes
sie Alverson. Miss Alverson
was sitting on a front seat in
the theatre when the number
was announced. She was so ex
cited that a breathing spell was
required before she was in a
condition to receive the cash.
Such was her state of nervous
unrest after being presented
with the award which had ac
cumulated for three weeks, that
she had to leave the theatre and
go home.
Mardi Gras?
The girls' Hi-Y is giving a
carnival tonight in the high
school Tin Can, beginning at
7 :30. General admission will be
10 cents, and the side-shows may
be seen for two cents.
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William Byron Wolfe of El-
kin and Joseph Carlton Evans 1
of Maxton were appointed joint !
business managers of the Caro-
lina Freshman Handbook, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Harry F. Comer, general secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A.
The appointment, which was
made by a special Handbook
committee, came after each of
the candidates had been inter
viewed by the group. Others
applying were W. M. Cochrane
and E. L. Peterson.
Wolfe and Evans are both
seniors in the University and
members of the faithful five who
do the technical work connected
with getting cut the Daily Tar
Heel every morning. Wolfe
reads proof, and Evans sets up
headlines and makes up the sec
ond and third pages.
Gets Better Job
Christopher C. Crittenden,
popular history professor, who
will leave for greener pastures
as secretary of the state his
torical commission at the end of
this quarter.
PLEASURE REIGNS
ATLASTCO-EDHOP
Freddy Johnson Supplies Sooth
ing, Stirring Melodies for
Light-Foot ed Throng.
In Bynum gym, decorated in
Carolina's colors, blue and white,
dancers swayed and dipped, step
ped and shagged to the varying
tunes of Freddy Johnson's throb
bing band in the final quarterly
co-ed ball last night.
The cool night and the lively
music, the colorful decorative
display, not to mention the co
eds, all combined to make the at
mosphere one of gaiety.
The Figure
The climax was reached when
the out-going and newly-elected
members of the Woman's Asso
ciation council and their mar
shals paraded in their figure.
The clock in the Morehead
Patterson spire was striking one
and the pale moon was sinking
low over Carrboro when the
happy dancers ceased their
rhythmic calesthenics.
SENIOR INVITATIONS
For the convenience of those
seniors who have not yet placed
orders for their invitations they
will be on sale from 9:15 to
12:15 and from 1:30 to 3:30 to
day. In order for the invitations
to be ready in time to send them
out before graduation it is nec
essary that all orders be placed
at once.
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Action of Group Must Be For
mally Passed Upon by Brad
shaw and Presidents.
CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS
After weeks of statistical sur
veys, perusals of jewelry con
tracts, heckling, harrassing, and
haranguing by high-pressure
salesmen, the senior ring com
mittee, headed by "Honest John"
Gunter, weary, hollow-eyed, an
nounced the award of the official
ring contract for the next five
years to the Herff-Jones Co., In
dianapolis, Ind.
Climaxing a hectic three
weeks, the committe drew up the
final contract late Thursday
night and submitted the docu-
ment to the dean of students and
the respective presidents for
their signatures.
Economy Rules
The new contract has been
drawn with a view of high qual
ity at the lowest possible price
in accordance with the requests
of the members of the student
body.
The new ring will be fur
nished in 8, 10, or 12 penny
weight 10-k gold with the choice
of either a garnet or a recon
structed ruby 10x12 mm., in the
setting. The present ring, fur
nished by Charles H. Elliott, is
a 12 pennyweight with garnet
setting. The student can have
either a buff or faceted top
stone.
Guaranteed!
There will be no charge for
refinishing and the ring is un-?
conditionally guaranteed against
defective workmanship. Each
ring will be hand touched before
leaving the factory.
The prices -. on the rings for
the classes of 1936-40 inclu
sive, are as follows: Ruby, 8
dwt., $15.00 ; 10 dwt., $16.60 ;
12 dwt., $17.75; garnet, 8 dwt,
$16.95; 10 dwt., $18.25; 12 dwt.,
$19.75. There will be no change
in design and the students' class
numerals and degree will be en
graved on either, side of the
stone. The wearer's name will
be engraved on the inside of the
ring at no extra charge.
New Distribution
The rings will not be distri
buted through the Book Ex
change as was formerly done,
but the personal representative
of the Herff-Jones Co. will take
measurements. He will be in
Chapel Hill at least twice each
school year and his coming will
be announced a week previously.
This will considerably reduce
the cost of the rings as it will
eliminate the jobber's profit.
In an exclusive interview with
the Daily Tar Heel last night,
the members of the ring com
mittee were satisfied that they
had done a good job. Commit
teemen Morris Rhodes and
Charlie Ivey were well-pleased
but non-committal. Trackman
Charlie Hubbard moaned, "Be
fore these meetings I only had
two sore legs ; now I've got two
sore legs and a bad headache."
Chairman of the Committee
"Honest John" Gunter was
heard to say, "Whatta ring!
Whatta committee ! Whatta
meeting! Whatta life!"
House Away
Dean R. B. House left last
night for Lemon Springs to de
liver the commencement address
at the Greenwood high school.