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TO7EATHER: THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH V Probably, -. Somewhat ' EDITORIAL FHOOT 4311 CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937. scamsi raosa 4i NUMBER 173 Theater Play Hits Theory Of U.S. Gov't Set For "Androcles and the Lion" Thomas Concluies McNair Lectures V -"Androcles And The Lion' Pre faced As An Attempt To Suppress Propaganda 'It is quite on a par with at- iacking the American theory of government through the persons of soap-box .politicians, windy .eiiators, and grafting dry agents. Only that instead of leing actually on a par, 'Andro cles ancl the Lion' comes near "to- blasphemy," said one review er of the Playmaker's choice for . the Forest theater production "when it was presented by the Theater Guild. ' In the preface to the printed edition of his play which will be given tomorrow and Saturday, George Bernard Shaw, "play-boy and prophet" writes : To Suppress Propaganda "'In this, play I have repre sented one of the Roman perse cutions of the early Christians, mot as the conflict of a false the ology with the true, but, as "what all such persecutions essen tially are, an attempt to sup press the propaganda that seem ed to threaten the interests in volved in the established law and order, organized and main tained in the nane of religion and justice by politicians." Although the comment on:the subject matter and meaning of Shawns comedy has varied with -each production, reviewers have conceded that the play makes a splendid production from the theatrical standpoint, and every . production has played to full .houses. Philosophy Club To Hear Bagby At Last Regular Meet Psychology Professor Will Speak On "A Philosophy Of Education" Professor English Bagby of the psychology department will address the last regular meet ing of the Undergraduate Phil osophy club for the quarter this evening at 8:30 and will speak in the Grail room of Graham Memorial on "A Philosophy of Education." . Dr. Bagby's address will stress the variety of educational institutions that are the foun dation of a modern university, (Continued on last page) Bath Tub Singers Get Last Chance To Exercise Voice Last Community Sing Sche duled For 8 O'clock Sunday In Graham Memorial Pete Ivey, Graham Memorial director, announced that there would be a final community sing in the lounge of the build ing at 8 o'clock Sunday night. "It will be the last song- jtest of the year" said the gen ial executive, "Len and I plan to iave it the best of the series. -Only one guest artist is to ap pear on the bill, and all the rest of the time will be devoted to irrouD singing. . The program will be made up of old ballads and lyrics, and will take some of the audience back to the dear, dead days of their youth, to the days before Mr. Hearst sent our boys to Cuba, and you could get "'the biggest schooner, .in town Pictured above is the setting given tomorrow and Saturday and 25 feet in height it depicts coliseum. Party Groups To Serve For 1937-38 Given Presidents Pitts, Cole List Student Party's New Set-Up Three major committees to handle all business for the Stu dent party next year, were an nounced Tuesday night by Pres ident Tom Pitts at a meeting of the Student party in the Gra ham Memorial. Subject to revisions or addi tions, the committees are made up of 42 men. Mitchell Britt will be the chairman of the new executive committee. Individual Members Members of that committee include DeWitt Barnett, Bert Premo. John Dorsey, John Graff, Roy Clark, . Sid Schiller, - - - Harry Gatton, Pete Burkhimer, Jack Fairley, Charles "Rider, John Podwika, A. S. Katzen burg, Stuart Ficklen, James Adams, Jim Davis, A. C. Hall, Joe Wilson, Don Benton, Bob Wheat and Phil Walker. E. R. Dickerson is chairman of the dance committee and will be assisted by Joe Hough, Bob DeGuzman, Bernard Nordan, Joe Boak, Aston Beadles, Russ Sheffield, Cy Jones, Nick Pat-: terson, Jack Scattergood, Ma rion Hutton, Bill Bell and Courtland Dawson. Bill Cole new leader of the party, appointed a committee to submit plans for party organiza tion to the next general meeting of the group. This commtitee consisted of Bob Dalton, chair man: Joe Wilson, ,Ed Dickerson, Charles Robinson, Marvin Ruf- f in, Fletcher Ferguson, and Jesse Grier. Wigue And Masque Members Will Meet Names Of Those Listed To At tend At Nine O'clock The following new members of the Wigue and Masque club are asked to attend an impor tant meeting at 9 o'clock this evening in the1 banquet hall of Graham Memorial: Arnold, Aid, Boyd, Branca, Britt, Bluestone, Daniel, Ed wards, Fishback, Fink, Freuden heim, Greene, Halperin, Hughes, Hilderman. Hilfman, Hinton, key, Monroe, Myers, Murnick, Mease. Olsen, Rowell, Rosen, Roughten, Schneeweis, Souther land, Sarratt, Soposnick, Stein, Schallert, Schiller, Scroggs, Speack, Turner, VanCise, Wal-lach. 7 'v be"' Xz for "Androcles and The Lion." the evening at 8:30 in the Forest theater. Measuring 70 feet in lenelh the exterior and a portion of the ' Old Well Gets Face Lifted By Swift Artizans Painter "Pop" Recalls Days When Landmark Was Only Water Source j The old well in front of South building is having its face lifted. Swift-working artizans from the Buildings department are chip ping and burning countless coats of paint off the columns that house the drinking fountain, and soon the shelter will bloss om forth radiant and spotless for the summer school students. "Time was," said a grizzled painter addressed by his fellows as Top', "when this well was the only source of water for the whole university. There was just these four buildings on the (Continued on last page') Bob Dicks Chosen New Leader For Next Year's AIEE Professor Cooper Addresses Chemical Engineers At Final Meeting In the last regular meeting held Tuesday night the local chapter of the American Insti tute of Chemical Engineers elec ted Bob Dicks as president for the coming year. Other officers to serve next year are Charles Mallison, vice president ; John Glenn, secreta ry; and Robert Barnes, treas urer. Dr. A. H. Cooper, professor in the chemical engineering school at State college, gave (Continued on lost page) Janitor Relates Growth Of School For Craig Tells Reporter How Orange County Night School Became Organized By Ray Loweby Charley Craig, colored Gra ham Memorial janitor and pres ident of the Orange county night school student body, had finish ed his duties in the student un ion one afternoon three years ago and was strolling by old Person hall watching the Uni versity, students at their work when suddenly an idea kindled within his head. "I wonders," said Charley to himself, "why we couldn't group all our unlearned colored folks on the campus together and give them a chance for an .edu cation too. We all needs to know some practical ideas about 4 "I - I Shaw comedv which is in he interior of the famous Roman Shelby Foote Given Award For Collection Sophomore's .Library Is Chosen As Best In Contest . Shelby Foote, sophomore, was awarded the first prize of 15 dollars for the best private li brary collected during the past year by the library award com mittee yesterday. Sexton Layton was given the second prize of 10 dollars and Walter F. Illman, received the third prize, of five dollars. Judges : ; The judges were Professors A. R. Newsome, of the history department; R. B. Downs, of the library department ; and H. K. Russell, of the English depart ment. Miss Nora Beust was chair man of the library award com mittee. The 'winning library is built around a special Interest in liter ature, and composed chiefly of fiction and Shakespeare. This is the second annual stu dent library award contest. Last year the first prize was award anonymous person. The third two awards are provided by an anonomous person. The third prize is made up of five dollars' worth of books given by the Bull's Head. Only Four Down Those confined to the Univer sity infirmary yesterday includ ed L. L. Hardison, Tommy Hines, Cornelia Gray, and Elo- ise Sheppard. Colored Folks our work." A Reality Charley's embryonic plan slowly began to take shape and develop into a reality. His idea was to establish some sort of night school for the negroes on the campus who worked during the day and were anxious for the education they never had the chance to receive. Janitor Craig carried his plan to Dr. Harold D. Meyer of the department of sociology, who was doubly enthusiastic over it. Dr. Meyer promised Charley that if he would obtain the stu dents he would supply him with the teachers. That was the birth of the Or ange county night school for University negroes which closed (Continued on page two) Adams Given High Honors Professor Invited To Give Contributions In recognition of his distinc tive work for the "Dictionary of American Biography," Dr. Ray mond Adams of the University English department has been in vited to contribute to the pro jected "Dictionary of American History," under the editorship of James Truslow Adams. This is regarded as one of the highest honors that can come to a worker in American litera ture. Biographical Articles Seven of the biographical ar ticles in the now complete "Dic tionary of American Biogra phy" are from the pen of Dr. Adams; namely, those on Isaac T. Hecker, Frederick Henry Hedge, and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody transcendentalists ; Nathaniel Augustus Hewit, not ed New England Catholic; George Parsons Lathrop, son-in-law of Nathaniel Hawhorne; George Ripley, founder of the Brook Farm community, and Henry David Thoreau, the na turalist. Dr. Adams is recognized throughout the country as an authority on Thoreau, the ec centric philosopher and natur alist of New England. Besides his edition of Thoreau's "Wal den" in 1930, he is the author of (Continued on last page) Fifty Musicians Will Merge For Monday Concert Combined Orchestras To Present Program For Younger Music Lovers Thirty musicians from the Carolina Little symphony of Greensboro, and approximately 20 from the University music school will make up the person nel of the combined orchestra that is to play two concerts in Chapel Hill at Memorial hall on Monday, May 24, at 2 o'clock and at 8:30 that evening. - The afternoon concert will be especially for children. De scriptive and imaginative music of a type likely to appeal to younger music lovers has been selected for the program. This will be the sixth in a series of concerts for children which was initiated in 1932 by the music department of the Chapel Hill community club. It has been the policy of the club to sponsor these concerts through the sale of adult tickets, allowing all Continued tm last paget Zimmermann Speaks At 8 O'clock Tonight Talk To Concern Work Of Co ordinating Committee Dr. E. W. Zimmermann, Ke- man professor of economics, will speak tonight to the Foreign Policy league of the League of Nations association in the Gra ham Memorial at 8 o'clock. Dr. Zimmermann's talk -will be given in connection with the work of the co-ordinating com mittee of the League of Nations of which he is a member. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Topic For Last Speech "Spiritual Basis Of Democracy" ' Discusses Politics Speaking on the "Spiritual Basis of Democracy" last night on the McNair lecture series, Dr. George F. Thomas of Dart mouth college stated that "though we do not expect the political scientist to determine our value and ideals for us, we do expect him, together with the practical politician, to help us to formulate our values and ideals in political programs and forms." Referring to his first two lec tures this week on the general theme of "Spirit, Its Freedom and Power," Dr. Thomas, an authority on the value theory, said that "the human spirit has a distinctive nature and a dis tinctive freedom, but that is not complete until we have shown that it can manifest its nature and exercise its freedom in the sphere of social and political conflict. Common Good "Democracy can not rest on an individualistic basis," Dr. Thomas stated in giving his con ception of democracy," but must have a sense of the common good of the community and a mutual respect amongst its members based on their sense of the community." He explained that the assump ion behind the conception of ception of demcracy, "but must be defined in normative terms. Tolitics, like morals, is a prac tical art which rests upon knowledge of human nature and its distinctive good. The expo nents of the politics of power refuse to believe this." Political Legalism In considering the moral con ception of politics and its ap plication to democracy, Dr. Thomas explained that nothing could illustrate better, the danger of political legalism than its tendency to guard jealously the legal rights inherited from the past, but to oppose violent ly all legal rights proposed to meet the changed conditions of the present. The answer to legalistic con servatism, according to Dr. Thomas lecture, lies in a clear recognition of the sense in which law is related to morality. ' "Y" Cabinets To Sign Off With Meet On Hill-Side Special Program Is Prepared For The Last Meeting Of The Three Y Cabinets In keeping with a tradition of many years standing, the last formal meeting of all the "Y" cabinets for the year will take the form of a hill-side meeting in the1 Forest theater at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. With a specially prepared pro gram of fellowship and spiritual emphasis, the members of the three. Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. cabinets are all expected to attend and bring their friends with them. President Scott Hunter of the Y.. M. C. A. asked that members of the advisory boards . also make it a point to attend the farewell meeting. i- y r pi 1' -J: t I r ' IS! . 1 1 i In i ! j ' f ) I i i -i! i for a nickel. , Ft
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