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A JOURNAL OF
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OF CAROLINIANS
VOLUME XLIH
EDITORIAL PHOXE 4151
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935
EU2XES5 PHOSI 4356
NUMBER 175
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Everybody was
talking over, the
week-end about the
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little altercation between the
Duke and Carolina track mentors
sX the conference games Friday
afternoon.
The consensus was that "it
vas the deuce of a way to effect
friendly co-operation betwteen
Duke and Carolina." Students
seemed to think that all Duke
Carolina hostility had not died
down at all, as has been common
ly assumed, and that for time
immemorial Blue Devil will
scratch at Tar Heel and vice
"versa. - '
"We think these students are
making mountains out of mole
hills. It is no sign that we can't
.and don't have a friendly rivalry
just because one or two mem
lers of our body can't .agree
-with one or two of the Duke
sters. On . the other hand, despite
"the fact that probably both of
-the disagreers were wrong Fri
day, the action on the part of the
Duke coach in getting so nasty
reflects on that school just as it
would on us if our man had
started the unpleasantness. The
Duke students as a whole appear
0 be good sports but some of
-them, like some of us, can't
"'take it" when the home team
is left in the lurch. Moral: try
-to spread good sportsmanship as
-well as practise it.
Dean House said
that this matter of
class-extension can
DODGING
INERTIA
not be hurried and he is un
doubtedly right.
However, we would like to see
the recently-mentioned members
of the student-faculty commit
tee on class-extension swing in
to action before exams creep up
cn them. Attending too much
speed are carelessness and in
efficiency; attending too little
is the accumulation of inertia
which can choke little trees like
our carefully nurtured class-extension
bush.
In the meantime, we hope
faculty and student interest in
the idea doesn't die down. What
these people think will probably
Iiave a lot to do with what final
ly happens to the plan.
There seem to be
no loopholes in the
offer which the gov
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ernment is making to candidates
for Marine Corps Reserve Offi
cers' training camps.
Yes, we have been looking for
loopholes, just as have many
others. We are opposed to war,
but believe such opposition must
look' for its effect in our politi
tal attachments in Washington.
And to be on the safe side
just in case our opposition (and
that of a million other youths
in the nation)' doesn't make any
impression, we think a pleasant
vacation at the marine barracks
at no cost will be enlightening,
entertaining and effective.
To say so is not to hedge about
the question of war. It is
simply to become hard-boiled
about something which needs
more hard-boiling and less coddling.
STATE INSTITUTE
OF GOVERNMENT
TOLL NOR HERE
Senator Bailey and Representa
tive Doughton Will Address
State Local Officials.
DATE SET FOR JUNE 10-11
Continuing the custom inau
gurated with signal success after
the 1 933 general assembly,
North Carolina's city and coun
ty officials will gather here Mon
day and Tuesday, June 10 and
11, to hear their state and na
tional legislators interpret the
laws as they affect each county,
city and town.
The meeting, which will be
held under the auspices of the
legislator's division of the insti
tute of government, will bring
together local officials from ev
ery section of the state. Seven
01 JNortn jaronna s congres
sional delegation came down for
the 1933 sessions, participated
in by more than 1,000 officials,
representing 98 of the state's
100 counties and a majority of
its cities and towns.
Keynoters
North Carolina's senior sena
tor, Josiah W. Bailey, and the
dean of the state's delegation,
Representative Robert L. Dough
ton, have accepted invitations to
serve as the keynoters for the
Tar Heel officials. William
B. Umstead, who represents the
home district, will preside.
Some of the vital questions
that Senator Bailey and Repre
sentative Doughton will discuss
are: How will the four billion
dollars appropriated by the fed
eral government for public
works and relief be allotted and
administered in this state and
its counties, cities, and towns?
How will the program be fi
nanced? And what will be the
cost and the benefits to North
Carolina?
The program in interpretation
of new state laws will be in
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MARINE EXPLAINS
RESERVE CORPS
New Plans Presented by Govern
ment for Summer Camp.
United States Marine Corps
Major Fagan met in Gerrard hall
last night with a large group of
students who were interested in
entering the newly 'organized
Marine Corps Reserve Camp in
Quantico, Va., this summer.
This organization was recently
formed by the government in or
der to pick army officers from
among college graduates. Train
ing camps have been established
in Quantico and San Diego, Cal.,
in order to train college under
graduates. Students who are
now sophomores or more ad
vanced and are from 18 to 20
years of age will be eligible for
entrance.
If the student is a junior this
year he may be given the com
mission of 2nd lieutenant upon
graduation after the completion
of one session in camp. Here
after two years' attendance at
the 'training camp will be re
quired. Several students decided to
apply for entrance to the train
ing camp last night and will be
given physical examinations by
a marine medical officer who will
visit the University in the near
future. A total of 20 applicants
will be admitted from Carolina.
Those accepted will report to
Quantico on or about July 10.
V.
Miss Lena Tuttle's sketch of the stage setting designed by Sam Selden for "Hamlet," to be pro
duced in elaborate 5 and realistic fashion by the ; jpiaymakers this week-end in the Forest theatre.
Four amateur carpenters, Harry Davis, Wilbur Dorsett, Clyde Shaw, and Billy Robertson, and
two painters, also amateurs, Alton Williams and Director Selden, are working rain or shine this
week getting the huge set assembled.
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Dr. Isaac H. Manning of the
University medical school who
sailed from New York for Eng
land, to make a study of iihe
group payment plan for hospital
care.
JACK POOL TALKS
ON HONOR SYSTEM
Tells Freshmen of Plans for Sec
retary, Committee Next Year
To Improve Government.
A small portion of the fresh
man class gathered in. Memorial
hall yesterday morning in the
next to last assembly of the year
to hear Jack Pool give a rather
disjointed talk on the honor sys
tem, the student government,
and the helping of new students
in orientation week.
Mr. Comer, who had charge of
the assembly, before turning
over the floor to Pool, asked
freshmen to leave nickles and
dimes on their seats to go to
ward the fund for Mymie Tuck,
aged Negro.
Commends Class
Pool, speaking to the fresh
men "not as president ofi the
student body, but as a student,"
commended the class on their
projects designed for strengthen
ing the honor system, and urg
ed them to think about the sys
tem, what it means to them, and
what it will mean to new stu
dents.
The co-operation of the class
during orientation week, next
fall was asked by Pool, who then
went on to explain the objects
and aims of the committee on
student government.
Pool concluded with these
words: 'I believe student gov
ernment should be more active
and progressive. Next year we
are going to keep a secretary in
the student government room
every afternoon for three hours
to give advice and help to all
who may seek it, and to receive
suggestions for student govern
ment improvement." : -
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Professor Sam Selden spends
most of his time in and around
the Playmakers theatre fooling
with people who have or think
they have histrionic talent; but
early this month he took a day
or two off to delve into Scandi
navian travel books, a big, old
fashioned volume filled with
pictures of English castles, and
two or three histories of archi
tecture. .
All because he was going to
direct "Hamlet" May 24 and 25
and wanted to get a realistic
medieval effect with his scenery
and costumes instead of putting
on the show in the conventional
Elizabethan manner.
: Choosing the Design
Having made the two discov
eries that English and Danish
feudal lords had very similar
ideas about what was the best
style in strongholds and that
Gothic form in architecture had
penetrated to Denmark by medi
eval times, Director Selden
picked out a simple English cas
tle and used it as a model for
his design of Elsinore, the royal
abode of Claudius, King of Den
mark and chief villain in Shakes
peare's tragedy about the Dan
ish prince.
The various pieces of tower
and battlement and wall which
were to compose the castle were
so big that most of them had to
be made outside the scene shop,
either on the Playmaker stage
Players' Experimental
Planned for May 28
Public try-outs will be held
in the Playmakers theatre this
afternoon at 5 o'clock for parts
in the last group of experimen
tal plays this year, to be pro
duced May 28.
. The dramas, written in the
playwriting course, will vbe di
rected by members of the class
in directing.
The plays are: Ellen Deppe's
"Penny Wise," a character study
of an adolescent girl, directed by
Eloise Sheppard; Virgil Lee's
"Dark Journey," a tragedy of a
disintegrated family, directed by
the author; Ella Mae Daniel's
"Old Maid," a comedy of arrest
ed courtship, directed by Sam
mie Ruth Bell.
Jean Ashe's "Debtor's Hell,"
a colonial episode, directed by
the author; Wilbur Dorsett's
"Queer New World," a Negro
fantasy, directed by Carl
Thompson ; Ralph L y e r 1 y ' s
"Thou Thief," a dramatic sketch
of small town people, directed
by Margaret Wallace; and Mil
dred Moore's "Barn Trash," a
mountain mystery-comedy, di
rected by Kenneth BartJett. x .
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or in the Forest theatre. And,
with the castle over half -finished
and put together yesterday
morning, Chief Carpenters Davis
and Dorsett were glad that
water-proof paint had been used
by Chief Painters Williams and
Selden.
The setting is arranged so
that both the inside and the out
side of the castle may be seen.
The ghost scenes and the Osric
scene will take place at the foot
of the tower on the right; the
indoor court scenes in the cen
ter of the stage, which repre
sents the interior of the castle;
and Ophelia's grave will be in
the left foreground off-stage.
The Thrones
Massy chairs with arms in the
shape of dog's - heads will be
thrones for Claudius and Ger
trude, and a colorful tapestry de
signed by Alton Williams will be
hung behind the thrones.
" The most colorful article of
scenery, however, will be Wil
bur Dorsett's curtain in the cen
ter background, drawn and
painted on green cloth in warm,
bright tints, and depicting, like
many a medieval tapestry, war
riors afoot and on horseback
slaying each other in awkward
poses.
As in all Forest theatre pro
ductions, the action will be con
tinuous, change of scene being
accomplished by a shift of the
lights.
N. Y. Educator Member
Of Summer Faculty
Dr. Frank Misner, director of
research in the public schools
of Bronxville, N. Y., will be a
member of the teaching staff
of the summer session in Chapel
Hill this year. Dr. Misner will
give courses in the construction
and organization of the curricu
la of secondary schools.
He comes to the University
with high recommendations,
having served as superintendent
of schools, secondary school prin
cipal, supervising principal, and
headmaster of a private school.
Dr. Misner is a graduate of
Washington State College, has
studied in New York University
and Columbia University, and
holds the degree of doctor of
philosophy from Columbia.
Invitations Deadline
Today and tomorrow are
the last days on which orders
for senior invitations may be
placed. All seniors who are
planning to get invitations' are
urged to place their orders
either today or tomorrow in
the "Y" lobby from 2-5 o'clock.
RACIAL RELATIONS.
EDUCATION TOPICS
FOR COMMENCES
Graham, Few, Odum, Newbold,
Erwin Among Prominent
Men Who Will Speak.
NEGRO EDUCATORS ATTEND
Joint conferences of the di
vision of co-operation in educa
tion and race relations under the
auspices of the state department
of public instruction, the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
Duke University, starting yes
terday, are being continued to
day at Chapel Hill and at Duke.
The entire conference is di
rected by N. C. Newbold of the
state department of public in
struction. The first session was
held in the Alumni building here
yesterday morning. , As presid
ing officer, Dr. Howard W.
Odum, director of the institute
for research in social science,
gave a sociological background
for the conference. University
Librarian R. B. Downs report
ed on the books, papers, and
periodicals available in the li
brary in relation to racial mat
ters. Education
Present at the morning ses
sion were about 15 prominent
Negro educators, most of them
presidents of institutions. "The
Negro Ministry" and "Negroes
and the Law" were discuss ecL
After lunch the group went
to Duke University, where Dr.
Howard E. Jensen, of the
Duke sociology department and
a member of the faculty of the
Duke school of religion, presi
ded at a meeting in York Chap
el. Dr. William K. Boyd of the
Duke history department, re
ported on the Duke library.
"Negroes, Health and the Prac
tice of Medicine" were discuss
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T CABINET HEARS
GROVESLECTURE
Eminent Sociologist Discusses
"Sex Hygiene" Before Joint :
Cabinet Meeting.
"The problem of sex should be
unified with your, life purpose,"
Dr. Ernest R. Groves, nationally
known sociologist of the Univer
sity, told the joint sophomore
and junior-senior cabinets last
night.
Speaking unaffectedly before
a large and mtent audience, Dr.
Groves used as his subject "Sex
Hygiene." His lecture was the
second in a series on general sex
education which have been given
before the "Y" group.
Dr. Groves advised the cabi
net members to seek the advice
of older persons on sex problems
rather than those of one's own
age. "The only way to solve the
sex problem is to lift it out of
the immediate and think of it as
a life problem," the speaker
stated as a solution for the pres
sure which is being brought to
bear upon youth both from the
inside and the outside.
Advocating wholesome associ
ation between young men and
young women, Dr. Groves said,
"Nothing hurts a person more
than isolation."
When questioned upon the
harm of bull-sessions, the speak
er observed, "Bull-sessions can
be stimulating and educating;
they can be disgusting and
maturing.,