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THE
CAMPUS
KEYBOARD
by PhU Hammer
Student-Faculty Day Program
Gets Better And Better
Democratic Student Progress
PLAY ON FASCISM
OPENS ORIGINAL
DRAMAWC EVENT
Joe Abrams' "Swastika" Pre
sented Last Night by
Charlotte Theatre Group
PLAYS CONTINUE TODAY
YOUNG TENOR
PffiMEN INSTALL
SPEAKER DURFl
The newest developments in
plans for Student-Faculty Day
are about the most interesting
-and surely the most novel since
the annual affa,ir was inaugurated.
Purported to take the edge off
the dignity of the faculty mem
bers, the hesitancy from the stu
dents and a bit of muscular
-stiffness from the bodies of
fcoth, the scheme which will fill
the dormitory quadrangles with
Tiundreds of people bids well to
"become one of the most popular
features of the day.
Joe Barnett has brought
T;oucn oi uamornia color to a
program which might easily
Tiave become a bit stilted.
Games, dances and refresh
ments, enshrouded in a spirit of
congeniality, ought to set off
In nice fashion the departmental
exhibits and expositions which
-will be observed in the morning
nd the afternoon before. In
i;his way we will get the ful
meaning of the day without los
ing any attractiveness and f es
livity.
Whether or not a student body
:gains or loses from its seeming
ly inevitable tendency to be
judged by a few of its leaders
iather than by its entire parti
cipation seems to be a question
"which has ceased to be contro
versial.
Throughout the history of
student government we have
seen that developments in ef
fecting a democratic student
government have resulted from
The North Carolina Dramatic
Festival opened at 8:30 last
night m the Playmakers' thea
tre with the production of the
German play "Swastika" by Joe
Abrams of Charlotte, by the
Charlotte Little Theatre.
The cast for the production of
Swastika' included: Misses
Martha Akers, Catherine Culp,
Penelope Alexander, and Messrs.
Henry Alexander, Burke Fox,
Sam Citron, Earl Redfern, Fred
rick Hoffman, Parks McConnell,
John McNeeley, John Harden,
Robert Putman, Joe Abrams,
and Harry Asbury.
Today !
Today's festival program in
cludes: 11 o'clock, a speech on
play directing by Sam Selden;
12 o'clock, a modern drama lec
ture by Dr. Fredrick Koch; 2 P.
M., the production of "Love,
Love, Love" written by Ella Wig-
gims and presented by the Bilt
more Junior College Players.
At 2:30 P. M., the final con
test in play production of orig
inal plays by the high schools
will be held. This list includes :
(Continued on page three)
A. S. U. WILL HOLD
REGULAR WEEKLY
SESSION TONIGHT
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Assembly Has Heated Discuss
ion Over Motion to With-
draw ASU Representative
Student-Faculty Exhibits
Open Tuesday Afternoon
James Melton, screen and
radio star who will appear
here soon under the auspi
ces of the Student Enter
tainment Series.
Discussion Expected to Center
On Proposed Anti-War -Demonstration
The American Student Union
convenes tonight at 8 o'clock for
its regular weeKiy meeting on
the second floor of Graham Me
morial. Interested non-members
are invited to attend.
Discussion is expected to cen
ter on Nick Read's committee
tide-bucking individuals who in which is now laying the ground
work for an anti-war demonstra
tion.
many instances have martyred
-themselves to certain democra
tic ideals and have set up the The dance tobe jmtly spon-
foundation for subsequent group sored by tne A- s- and the
adoption of these principles. It Veterans of Future Wars tomor-
lias been significant that the row niht is also likely to be
.student body at the time of the talked over in this evening's
exploits of these individuals did meeting.
not condone nor approve of The local chapter of the A. S.
their ideas. U. was organized last quarter by
A perfect situation would find Irving Suss. Still in a forma
J - It t'm
oi course, a forward movement ve stage, tne organization is
toward perfecting student demo- being temporarily headed by
cracy by the whole group rather Bill Levitt, who will preside at
than by a few persons. It is a tonight's meeting,
-fortunate thing that we never T: ZI " T
-waited around for such an event Co-Eds Elect BarlOW
to happen, it seems that pati- As First May Queen
- .onro tn waif, until a stnrlpnf hnHvl -
sees the value of a lone stand Mary Prid,e. ?yuiank Chosen
for a democratic improvement Mam oi nonor
is tne cniei virxue we must pos- Hester Barlow was recently
jsess in improving our student chosen by the co-eds to be the
government. first woman at the University to
be crowned Queen of the May,
and Mary Pride Cruikshank
Changing seat of the fresh- was elected Maid of Honor
man assembly for the first time Aipna is.appa uamma, wo
this year, the General College man's honorary fraternity, is
nnnRored the Wednesday morn- inaugurating the May Day cele-
ing session for the first year men bration on the campus, but the J
3h the Hill Music haU yesterday, aare nas not Deen aenniteiy set
An informal recital was given for it. Committees are working
l)y Peter Hansen and a goodly now on the plans for the event,
number of freshmen was pre- No means of selecting the
sent. The feature of Mr. Han- court attendants has been work
sen's program was entitled ed out as yet, but will be chosen
"The Harmonica Player" which soon. In the election Tuesday,
Winthrop Durfee was install
ed in the speaker's chair of the
Phi Assembly Tuesday night
amid a heated discussion arising
from Representative McGlinn's
motion to withdraw the Phi's
representative to the American
Student Union.
At the opening of the meeting,
Wylie Parker, last quarter's
speaker, made a brief farewell
address and installed the new of
ficers, Winthrop Durfee, speak
er; Drew Martin, secretary;
and Leighton Dudley, sergeant
at-arms.
Dance Report
After a brief report from the
dance committee, the assembly
TO OFFER TENOR McGlinn, and McMullen arguing
James Melton to Be Heard in U1S
Quarter's First Program Bv? ' ey' -T S"
well with the aid of visiting Sen-
In two weeks the student en- ator Wingfield upholding the A.
tertainment series will present S. U.
James Melton and Gunda Mor-
dan as the first spring quarter
entertainment.
Melton is at present one of
America's most prominent ten
ors. He may be heard current
ly the Palmolive radio program
Saturday nights, and on the Kel
logg hour Friday nights.
Miss Mordan, Melton's sopra
no accompanist,, is well known
for her operatic work. Three
- t i i
years ago sne was unaerstuay "You know, it's a. queer thing,"
to maria jeritza m tne ngnt op- began Lieutenant Colonel A. H.
era, Anma. Nnhlp nf tVio TT
The two singers will present as to how thebovs enlisting for
a program of serious and popu- the training camn this summer
lar music to University students. dif f er so neatly. It seems that
t apat dAmmTTAXTv they run in squads. If an ath
UJuilJ OIlYimUlM n t ;
rrn TT AVrnTTOCriAV BtrtA 4111 llli XUi
x j jt x a u rjvum lowers sign with him." he
chuckled.
uontmumg nis experiences
with college boys, he said, "Some
The University of North Lf the boys have strange ideas.
Carolina Symphony Orchestra, They think, for the most part,
Benjamin Swalm, conductor, that Quantico is akin to a mon
Senior Week
Senior week will be cel
elebrated May 3-9, Billy
Yandell, chairman of the
committee in charge of
the seven-day program
announced after a meet
ing of the group last
night.
Tentative plans for the
period include a senior-faculty
baseball game, a
senior show, and a carni
val. The junior-senior
dance set will be held
during the week.
NO PARENTS DAY
TO PRECEDE EVENT
Displays Created by Organiza
tions and Departments Have
Been Kept Intact
HOLIDAY CUT RULES CITED
April Student-Faculty Day ex
hibits will go on display at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, April
7, according to tentative plans
announced by Frank Willing
ham and his exhibits committee
yesterday.
When the holiday was orig
inally scheduled foflr last Feb
ruary. Parent's Day was to have
STATE ENGINEERS been observed on the day imme-
PREPARE FOR FAIR diately preceding the Student-
Facultv celebration and all ex-
Raleigh Students to Climax Cel- hibits for the later .were to have
ebration with 'Grand Brawl
(Continued n page two)
Marine Officer
Discusses Boys
In Enlistments
Colonel Noble Gives Interesting
Account of Army Enlist-
ment Psychology
Freshman Assembly
Woman's College String Players
To Suport Group in Concert
The North Carolina State Col
lege Engineer's Fair to be held
tomorraw and Saturday in Ra
leigh will feature many pre
pared exhibits by the student en
gineers and also the "Grand
Brawl," social climax of the cel
ebration. Prizes will be awarded to both
individual and departmental ex
hibits. These exhibits include
model airports, highways, steam
engines, and model chemical
plants. Invitations to attend the
celebration have been extended
to engineers, high school stud
ents, and parents of the State
College .student engineers.
been opened the day before for
the parents.
No Parents Day
No Parent's Day precedes the
April 8 occasion, but the commit
tee has tentatively determined
to continue the plan for open
ing the displays on the day be
fore. All the various organizational
and departmental exhibits have
been kept practically intact
since last quarter, following re
quests made by Chairman Jake
Snyder of the Student-Faculty
Day committee and by the ex
hibits committee headed by
Student Willingham and Faculty
Member Harold D. Meyer of the
sociology department.
The celebration will be opened
tomorrow at noon with the State V p W. WILL HOLD
College R. 0. T. C. regiment ANTI-WAR DANCE
tZZ' TOMORROW NIGHT
which is held in Frank Thomp- Veterans of Future Wars to
son gymnasium. ' Give Informal Dance in .
ACTORS DISCUSS
NATIONAL DRAMA
Graham Memorial
The Veterans of Future Wars
will hold an anti-war dance on
FTP Troupers Address Student the second floor of Graham"
Group in Playmaker Theatre
will give its second concert of
the season Tuesday night at 8 :30
in Hill Music hall.
Eight string players from Wo-
an's College at Greensboro will
support the local players. Miss
Genevieve Griffey and Albin Pi
kutis, violinists, will appear as
soloists, accompanied by Peter
Hansen.
The program includes "Over
ture to 'The Magic Flute' " by
Mazart; "Symphony in D Min
or" by Franck; "Concerto in D
Minor" by Bach, featuring Miss
Griffey, Pikutis, and Hansen;
"March of the Toys from 'Babes
of Tovland' " bv Herbert : "Irish
w or
Tune from County Derry" by
Percy Grainger; and "Waltz" by
Strauss. '
Banquet To Be Given
Staff Of Magazine
Dinner Will Enable Local Writ
ers to Become Acquainted
lie dedicated to Dean House.
The next assembly will be
lield on Monday morning as
usual in Memorial hall.
the co-eds cast one vote and the
two girls receiving the .most
votes were made May-Queen and
Maid of Honor.
The Carolina Magazine staff
will hold a banquet Monday
night at . 6 :30 at the Carolina
Inn. Those who are planning to
attend are asked to pay 75 cents
to Editor Charlie Poe or to Nick
Read in charge of arrangements.
The purpose for the banquet
is to enable contributors to the
Magazine to become acquainted
with their fellow contributors,
Among the notables expected to
attend -will h last, vear's. this
(year's, and next year's editors,
astery. A great percentage of
those I have talked to," he ex
plained, "consider that what
goes on in a military training
camp is of no immediate concern
to them.
Pacifists
"Some of them," he pointed
out, "have told me they are pac
ifists and therefore do not be
lieve in war. Incidentally," he
added, "I don't either. Some
think," he continued, "that wars
start solely from nations build
ing up good military defenses
and therefore tell me they will
have nothing to do with training
to fight. To this," he ventured,
"I sometimes suggest that we
should look more closely for the
"The First Nantucket Tea Par
ty" by Cordelia Day Jones, and
presented by the Aulander High
School; and the "Bridal Cham
ber" by Sadie May Deal and
presented by, the Rocky Mount
(Continued en page two)
A. I. Ch. E. MEETING
Dr. G. R. MacCarthy of the
geology department will give a
lecture at the meeting of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers tonight at 7:30 in
Venable hall. The lecture will
be illustrated and the subject
will be "Volcanoes." -
All chemical engineers will be
expected to attend and refresh
ments will be served at the con
clusion of the talk. .
Miss Mildred Byron, Guy
Standing, Jr., Philip Worthing,
and Thomas Carnehan, members
of the Federal theatre troup who
presented John McGee's histori
cal play "Jefferson Davis" in
Memorial hall recently spoke at
ues-
Memorial tomorrow night be
ginning at 8:30. It will be in
formal. Members who come will be
asked to contribute 25 cents to
a fund which will be used for an
anti-war demonstration on the
campus later in the month.
Students who wish to become
members of the Veterans of Fut-'
ure Wars (or co-eds who wish
to join the Future Gold Star
the Playmakers theatre
day afternoon.
The program was sponsored
by the education department of Mothers group) may sign up at
the door.
the Chapel Hill Community
Club, and the subject discussed
by the group was "The Emer
gence of the National Drama
Movement."
Philip Worthing, business
manager of the troupe, discuss
ed the organization and the fu
ture of the Federal Theatre Pro
ject, dramatics in the C. C. C.
camps, and successful plays un
der the sponsorship of the Fed
eral. Theatre Project which are
on the road at present. Among
the plays which he mentioned
are: "Chalk Dust," a play con
cerning the underpaid American
school teachers; "Plowed Un
der," a play about the unconsti
tutionality of the A. A. A., and
"American Holiday."
According to Guy Standing,
Jr., who played the lead in "Jef
ferson Davis," the U. D. C. ap
preciated "Jefferson Davis" and
the troupe is sorry to see the
play close. In discussing other
federal plays Standing said:
"We had to change the name of
"Hell's Bells" because we had to
play it in a church auditorium
and that would never get by.
(Continued on page two)
Music will be furnished by
radio 'and phonograph. Refresh
ments will be served. An effort
will be made to obtain amateur
entertainment from among stud
ents on the campus.
Annual Staff Votes
Go To Henry Lewis
Alpha Tau Omega Man WTins
Staff Nomination for Editor
Henry Lewis was officially
nominated by unanimous vote
for the editorship of the 1937
year book at a meeting of the
Yackety-Yack staff yesterday
afternoon.
Lewis has served continuous
ly on the Yackety-Yack for three
years; as a staff assistant in his
freshman year, head of the Class
Division in his sophomore year,
and as Managing Editor this
year.
THIRTEEN CLUB DANCE
The Thirteen Club will give a
special invitation dance in the
Carolina Inn Saturday night
from 9 until 12 o'clock.