vf Library of UITC ' Chapel Hill, II. o. VOUJHELV BUSINESS PHONE 4356 CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1937 EDITORIAL PHOKE 41 SI NUMBER 96 wife Agna Enters Will Present ProgramHere Student Entertainment To Feature Mime Thursday From a repertory of 100 cre ations Agna Enters, American mime, will present a program of contrasts ana vanegatea ; con tent Thursday night when she aooears on the student enter tainment series. Agna enters is not merely a dancer, magician, or a mimic. A mime is all of these. In a recent .article in "Esquire" Gilbert Seldes, foreign correspondent and newspaperman, says, "The stage is positively populated with hundreds of her before she is through. In another, number she runs through a score of ex pressions according to the Del sarte method horror, adora tion, repugnance, indignation, pride, etc." A mime is a person giving a drama in which scenes from life are imitated and generally rep resented in a ridiculous manner. Guggenheim Winner For her work in this field, Agna Enters was awaraea m April of 1934 the Guggenheim Fellowship which carried her to Greece to make a more intensive study of the people and of their heritage in the arts. The Greeks were the first to use this form of drama. The - early Greek mime was a sort of popular rhythmical mose, tfull of slang, dialect and aplibrisni. Union Directors Approve Project Of Junior Glass - , - Graham Memorial Board Gives 'Rube' Graham's Men Permis sion to Use, Building The Reuben Graham Plan for a bi-weekly social in the banquet room of Graham Memorial has been approved by the Graham Memorial board of directors, ac cording to an announcemen made Saturday by Manager Pete Ivey. This plan, originated by Gra ham, president of the Junior class, and sponsored by this class, provides for the furnish mg of the banquet hall with sofas, chairs, lamps, refresh ments (at a minimum cost) , and music. It affords a place for stu dents to take their dates several times a week for dancing and dating. Students To Give Schumann Program In Music Building Music Department to Present Harold Cone, Pianist, Sher man Smith, Baritone An all - Schumann program will be presented in Hill Music hall at 8:30 tomorrow night by Harold Cone, pianist and gradu ate student in (the University, and Sherman Smith, baritone qf the Chemistry department. Harold Cone will play a group f Schumann scompositions, and Sherman Smith will sing several ot Schumann songs. The program for Wednesday evening is . as follows:. "Sym Phonic Edutes," Op. 13, Mr. ume; "Widmung" (Dedication) ; "Schneeglocken" ; "Ich Grolle -ment," Mr. Smith. "Scenes irom Childhood", op. 15; "To- ata," 0p. 7. Mr. Cone. ' A S U Petitions To Admit Town Coeds Obtained Meder States Student Union Prepared to Present Case Be fore Board of Trustees The American Student Union j closed its drive for the admis-1 sion of Chapel Hill girls to the freshman and sophomore class es of the University by inform ing the secretary of the board of trustees Saturday that peti-1 tions had been signed and that the union was ready to present them at any time the board wished.' According to President Tom Meder, negotiations for having the petition -presented at the Saturday meeting of the board ell through at the last minute, and the umon was forced to notify the board of its action in directly, instead of by personal appearance. Meder stated yesterday, "We are ready' to appear before the! board with the petitions at any time that the board desires and we are hoping that the execu tives will want to discuss the matter in the spring.' Red Gross Secures Liberal Collection From Town, Campus Playmakers, Carolina Theater, Others Net $1,610.90 Ohio Valley Flood Relief According to an announce- ment released yesterday by Mr. W. ii. inompson, treasurer of can Ked Cross, local citizens have contributed $1,610.90 for the relief of flood victims m the Ohio Valley area. The Chapel Hill quota was or iginally set at $120, but it was doubled and then trebled. The need for funds and clothes met with such enthusiastic support from students, faculty, and townspeople that the quota was quickly subscribed and liberally passeaaccoramg to m. urum- man, president oi me local cnap- t6V nw SmUhrK . . . , , , eu a. nuu-mgiit sxiow oaxuruaj night for the benefit of the flood relief fund. The patrons gave $68.35 to the cause. The Carolina Playmakers, the music department, and the art department of the University presented a third performance of the "Pirates of Penzance" Sunday night. The proceeds from . this entertainment were turned over to the Red Cross. The performance netted $157. The committe in charge of collectintr clothes for the refu- gees has shipped several boxes of woolen clothes to the flooded areas, and ; local dry cleaners and the express company have co-operated with the Red Cross in making possible free clean - ing of the clothes and free ship- ment to the stricken cities in the munaatea vauey. Shackford To Talk At Bull's Head Tea Teaching Fellow to Discuss Visit to China, Readjustment John B. Shackford, a teaching fellow in the University English department, will speak at the regular Bull's Head tea this af - ternoon at 4:15. Shackford, who has just re- turned from China where he has been teaehniEr for some three years, will discuss "The Per- plexities of a Stranger in China and the Difficulties in Getting Readjusted Upon One's Return." To Play for Publications Ball i. Bill Weil and his orchestra, who the first annual Publications ball. Weil, leader; Charlie Miller' and monsj and Swede Olsen, trombones; Dave Henderson, Derrick Giles and Roy Cole, saxes; Wilson Jenkins, drums; David Bennet, bass; Howard Waynick, piano; and Miss Louise Houston, vocalist. Bill Weil To Furnish Music For Publication Ball At Inn Writers May Get Bids From Publication Representatives Dance February 19 According to an announce ment from Fletcher W. Fergu son, chairman of the publica tions ball dancA committee. Bill Weil and his ' orchestra with Louise Houston as vocalist, have been siffned to furnish music Friday night, February 19, in the ballroom of the Carolina inn. Further announcement comes to the effect that bids for the writers affair are now being printed and are available today. All staff members who have paid their one dollar subscription fee may obtain bids from the com mittee 1 member representing thdr publication; and those who have not paid and wish bids should arrange for them im- me(iiately Publication's representatives I (Continued on last page BradshaW Addresses Sophomore "Y" Men : Cabinet to. Have Social at Swain Hall February 15. ( The Sophomore "Y" cabinet last night had as its speaker Dean Francis Bradshaw who spoke on "Education and Hum an Relations". "Education," Dean Bradshaw saia, "is wnat society aoes m preparation lor the younger generation's life. The first great educational program m our um verse was that of imitation. "The Greeks came along and discovered that the human mind 1 was capable of learning for it self, and we received our first university. They had started the iuc vamiiguig surety m regard to education, and the present-day set-up has been copied somewhat from them.: Alter reterence to various scripture, Dean Bradshaw found the old educational process some- I what in line with the contem porary one, except that little is I being done in the way of indi 1 vidual thinking. "Our present educational system," he said. "does nothing but teach facts To be educated one must think That is where our present plan is failing." It was decided by the cabinet to have their social at Swain hal February 15. 0 have been signed to play for Members of the band are: Bill Carl Pugh, trumpets; Bob Sim Faculty Guests To Be Assigned University Club Will Make Final Appointments Tonight The University club will meet tonight at 7:30 to assign facul ty luncheon guests for Student Faculty day. Fraternity and dormitory groups have already submitted their preferences - to Randy Berg, chairman; of; the" invita tion committee, and the club at its meeting tonight will follow these choices as far as possible. Aproximately 300 faculty members have been definitely assigned, Berg said, and this evening's meeting will place many more. Tomorrow morning the com mittee will post a list of all al- ocated faculty members in the obby of the Y. M. C. A. Frater nities and dormitories are re quested to confirm the assign ments with individual invitations before Thursday night. Friday morning all professors not having any definite date for lunch will be listed, and they will be free to accept an invi tation, from any member of the student body. Student Welfare Board Will Meet Group to. Hold Luncheon Ses sion at 1 P.M.. Today The Student Welf ere board will hold a luncheon meeting to day at 1 o'clock in Graham Me morial, according to an an nouncement made by Dean Francis F. Bradshaw. The luncheon will cost 50 cents per plate. The program of the meeting will include (1) a report of the special committee on the regu lation of student automobiles: (2) a proposal for parties dur ing the week at which dancing might be permitted; (3) the student advisory system and (4) miscellaneous. Are You Poetic? The Daily Tar Heel would like to borrow any students on the campus who write poetry. Students interested in working are invited to meet in the Graham Mem orial Grail room, "5 p. m., tomorrow afternoon. lection Of Qeen Closes Tomorrow German Club Bids Limited Dances Restricted To Students, Alumni Due to the lack of space for the dancers, tickets to the mid winter dances to be sponsored by the German club Feburary 12 and 13 will be limited to stu dents and alumni of the Univer sity, it was announced yester day by club officers. Music for the dances, which will be held in Bynum gymnas- sium, will be furnished by Shep Fields, of "Rippling Rythm" fame, and his band. Individual tickets will be sold at the door only to alumni. Tickets may be secured from Randy Rowland, Louis Shaff ner, Oscar Tyree, Morris Fitts, Jim Finlay, Bill Scott, Bill Lamm, : Bill McClelland, Sam Neaves, Boylan Carr or Brad Tobey. Di To Inaugurate Officers Tonight To Discuss Teachers' Qualifica tions, Student Activity Fees According to iormer presi dent George Spencer Steele, the Di Senate will inaugurate to night at 7:15 into office the new group of officers elected two weeks ago and will also discuss the two bills postponed at the last meeting. The new officers will consist of John W. Kendrick of Greens boro, president; Newton Craig, critic; Sam Hobbs, clerk; Clar ence Kluttz, sergeant-at-arms. Bills to come before the group tonight are, Resolved, That Uni versity teachers should be judg ed on the basis of whether or not they perform the functions of their offices satisfactory and not on the nature of their poli tical views, and , Resolved, That student activity fees should be compulsory. Five New Plays To Be Presented Playmakers Will Give Expert mentals Tonight at 7:30 .five new. plays will be pre sented tonight at 7 :30 in the Playmakers theater. Written, di rected, and produced by students in the dramatic arts depart ment, they are open to the pub lic for criticism and comment. As has been the custom with other experimental productions, Dr. F. H. Koch will introduce the author of each play, and the audience . will take part in the informal critical forum follow ing that author's production. Walter Spearman, Sally Wil lis Holland, Beverley Hamer, David Beaty, and Joseph Feld man are the authors of the five plays being presented, Samuel Selden is the general supervisor, and Frank Durham is general stage manager. Mack Will Speak Dr. Edward Mack, Jr., head of the chemistry department, will speak at the 374 meeting of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific society at 7:30 tonight in 206 Phillips hall on "Why Rubber Stretches." Cast Wfll Be Composed Of Faculty Members And Students Fuller Will Play Balloting for the queen of Student-Faculty day closes to morrow, and the committee" re ports that already more votes have been cast than were re corded in last week's nominat ing election. Nancy Schallert and her co worker, Janie Britt have com pleted the script for the corona tion pageant, and will begin the costuming and stage work as soon as the queen has been chosen. The final ballots will be counted tomorrow afternoon, and the winners will be an nounced in Thursday's issue of the Daily Tab Heel. Pictures Pictures of the ten coed win- ners in the recent elimination election have been posted in the Y. M. C. A. lobby, and" a short biograhpical sketch accompan ies each photo. . A week from tomorrow the queen and her faculty member consort will be crowned in Me morial hall. Their court, two-ladies-in-waiting and a jester, will be students chosen by popu-. lar vote. The pageant will have a cast composed of both students and faculty members. The various sections of the University will be represented by their dukes, and it is reported that some out standing student will have a knighthood granted him soon af ter the monarchs have been crownecL. Woodwind music for the oc casion will be furnished by an orchestra under the direction of Jimmie Fuller. Phi Will Discuss Three Local Bills Assembly to Consider Questions of Campus Application At the regular meeting of the Phi assembly tonight at 7 :15 in New East three bills, all of lo cal interest, will be discussed. The first is, Resolved, That the Phi assembly approve a fresh man representative on the Stu dent council. The second bill is, Resolved, That the University dismiss professors from the fac ulty who instill in the minds of the students subversive doc trines of socialism, communism, and fascism. The last bill to be discussed is. Resolved, That out-of-state stu dents' matriculation fees be raised. The dance committee and the constitutional revision commit tee are scheduled to make re ports at the meeting. . Dr. Beale To Talk , "Education under Dictator ship and Democracy," will be the subject of Dr. H. K. Beale, member- of the political science department, when' he addresses the Durham branch of the As sociation of University Women dinner tomorrow night. At the dinner, which will be held in the King's Daughters home, Dr. Beale will discuss the purpose of education under the two systems and will compare education in England and America, to education in Ger many and Russia.

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