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1-31-43 : . - C' A' WEATHER EDITORIALS Conit.futiondlly Corrrc! Tca.l.cr Grdmi DiIem Plans. For Town Men Partly cloudy and warmer. VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1943 Phone F-3371 F-3361 cr? n n n it u m - lf. Tin (HIT fiJi fedM 0DDb .v ' '0 " 1' y 'i'lVX ' '7 'WWW', V MS' '''-I, I t . t ' ' ''',,', A ', 4 ",s JW, ?.' ' ' , ' 'Z L b ' i ' ' - ' '4 ',"',' ""J& 'it THE CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS annual Forest theater pro duction, the climax of each year's activities, will be presented next Friday. Saturday and Sunday nights at 8:30. This year's play is Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac." and in the scene above, Cyrano calmly watches as Roxane meets Christian in the romantic drama, a story of the swashbuckling swordfighier and poet with the tremendous nose. Frederick Johnson (center), of Chico, Calif., plays "Cyrano;" Gloria Gunn, Wellington, Nev. plays "Roxane," and David Samples, Joliel, 111., portrays "Christian." Norman Cordon To Direct State Musical Program Norman Cordon, North Caro lina's contribution to the Metro politan grand opera, is coming home "to use his distinguished talents and dynamic personality in the service of the people of the state of his birth and great devotion," President Frank P. Graham announced last night. Speaking at an informal and somewhat impromptu dinner given at Lenoir hall to welcome Cordon, with a few of his per sonal friends in Chapel Hill and other towns in attendance, Presi- great music concert stage during the . winter season, but will devote most of his time to his work here and throughout . the state. Cordon in responding to the warm welcome given him here tonight said in part: "All the time I've been travel ing around the world I've con stantly had in mind a great de sire to return to North Carolina Claude Shotfs Sails For Berlin to Serve In Relief Program Philadelphia, Pa., May 15 Claude Shotts, secretary of the YMCA at the University of North Carolina, sailed yesterday aboard the Queen Elizabeth for Berlin where he will work with the American Friends service com mittee program. Shotts spent more than a year in Germany during 1946 and 1947 as representative of the American Friends Service committee and as chairman of CRALOG (Coun cil of Relief Agencies Licensed to Operate in Germany). During that time, Shotts was instru mental in opening negotiations with Russian military authorities for an Amcrian Friends Service committee child - feeding pro gram in the Russian zone. He visited often in the Russian zone and arranged for other AFSC personnel to visit there after his return to the United States. On his -current trip to Berlin, Shotts will observe this AFSC feeding program in the Russian zone .which is planned in con junction with the feeding of 100, 000 school children by the Inter national Red Cross; Shotts will also study and work with the youth program at the Mittelhof Neighborhood center established by the Service com mittee in Berlin. Another of his tasks will be to study the pos sibilities for holding an inter national seminar in Berlin to ward' the close of the" summer whirh would use American teach- to Woollen gymnasium, will be ing personnel and to which would jma-de. k???y'z 'zjr " iV'Y IPS'"- A ' V V .i r If ' ' --. - HS ' YKX7 -aF 4J y " y PICKETING STRIKERS AT THE Morehead planetarium were still parading up and down in front of the construction job Friday afternoon, and all reports indicate that they will be there again tomorrow as the strike goes into its second week. Arbitration con ferences have been held continually this week at the A. F. of L. Labor temple in Durham, but no definite steps at mediation have yet been taken. One of the pickets remarked Friday, "If they don't settle pretty soon, we'll be eating this lumber out here." First New Dormitory Nearing Gompletion By Margaret Gaston comtroller and business man- In a week or ten days the last ager' and J- S- Bennett, director finishing touches of Dormitory of operations said they consider "A" located on the Raleigh road ed the new dormitories a tremen and Raleigh street and paralkft 'dous improvement over the other dormitories on campus. Maryland and Duke Chief Opposition For Local Tcackmen By Bob Goldwater The Southern conference track and field championship will remain in Chapel Hill- its usual resting place for at least one more year, from Maryland and Duke, For despite bitter opposition by strong cinder units from Maryland and Duke, North Caro lina's track team, the perennial power, ran off with top honors in the title meet yesterday af ternoon on Fetzer field. The Tar Heels scored 55 1-7 points, with Maryland's 44 1-4 tallies being sufficient to withstand a late Duke rush that netted the Blue JMAJfA !UeviJs 40 and 25-28 Pmts. sood tor third place. N. C. State finished a good fourth with 31 points, and the rest of the eight teams that broke into the scoring totals were far below. The additions of the 1948 championship gave Carolina its 10th crown in the past 14 years. Easily the outstanding star of the afternoon was Norm Rucks, South Carolina speedster who lowered his conference quarter mile record set in the prelim inaries Friday afternoon and al so breezed home first in the 220 yard dash. His 440-yard dash effort of 47.4 was seven-tenths Mjjttw vr mmmmmmmm wqr mm. niiuui ii wiiinTT mm"" "! . p -w-yip s I i m It i : i T 1 I i i .'it Jf u -i ''"1 i i til !i hi ,k: j.- "STORMY" WEATHERS and his bdiid will give an hour concert in Graham Memorial tomorrow night. Front row. from left to right, are saxrnen John Cooper. Jack Vilkcrson, Bob Couch. Howard Whitehead end trumpeter Clifford Doll. Others are vocal ist Sam Green, far left, Jimmic Weathers, pianoi Bynum Weathers, bass, and "Skip" Eiheridge on drums. dent Graham hailed the Metro politan star's return to the state as "an important part and the next advance in the development of fine arts in North Carolina." Promoting Music President Graham also announ ced plans that call for the estab lishment at an early date of a North Carolina Music, Founda tion for the purpose of encour iiging existing music organiza tions and organizing and promo ting other groups throughout the state. Governor R. Gregg Cherry, a student at Duke at the same time Cordon was attending Carolina, was unable to be present on ac count of a conflicting engage ment, but he sent a message m which he said "North Carolina is indeed fortunate in being able to bring Norman Cordon back to his home state. This is one of the happiest movements that has been started in North Carolina. It is a long step toward the rounding out of a well-balanced fine arts program for our state." Extension Division Cordon will be associated with the three institutions of the con solidated University in a state wide program designed to pro mote the knowledge, understand ing, and enjoyment of all kinds of music including church, folk, community singing, radio, instru mental, and orchestra. In Chapel Hill he will be connected with the University Extension Di vision. Cordon has been spending a good deal of time in llhe state sinre the end of the opera and come American, British and Ger man students. Since his return from Germany, Shotts has been serving pn the North Carolina State Committee and do my part to help my home- for the Church World Service. folk get a better appreciation and He has spent many years in re- understanding of the world's -Hgious worK, navmg served as associate secretary ot me christ ian association of the Massachu setts Institute of Technology, as general secretary of Colgate Uni versity Christian association and for 13 years as general secretary of the YMCA at Northwestern university. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and of the Yale Divinity school. "I'll do all in my power to take the stuffed shirt from classical music. People would live a fuller life if they weren't frightened by the word 'classical.' I am especi ally interested in seeing the en couragement of composition among our musicians and a great er development of folk festivals throughout the state." Mrs. Cordon and their eight-year-old daughter, Susie Har wood, who are now in Charlotte, will move to Chapel Hill early next month. They will live in the home being vacated by Dr. and Mrs. Lee Wiley, who are to spend the coming year in Europe. Mrs. Cordon is a well known golfer, having won the Southern champ ionship for women once and the state title three times. They will also continue to make their sum mer home in Linville. Dormitory "A" is the first of the three new dormitories to be completed, and will be open next monday for occupancy by men students in the summer school. Dormitories "B" and "C" will be completed in 30 to 60 days, and the University plans to open them for occupancy in the fall quarter. t Pharmaceutical Group Installs New Officers The recently-completed dormi tory has 95 rooms, of which 90 will accomodate three roomers each and 5 will accomodate two each. The total capacity is 280. The halls are insulated, and each hall is divided into four sections. . Each section has a bath, they added. The rooms . are the same type as others, and contain two closets each. The dormitory itself is about twice as large as any other men's dormitory on campus, and is about the size of Kenan dormitory. Phone Buzzers Installed the nine-piece swing outfit is under the leadership of Jimmic; and Bynum Weathers, brothers from Shelbv. Jimmie. a niano of a second under his previous ;.major in the Music dt.partmf.nt day's record-breaking time. has la d with various bands tt: : . f n. ' nign scoring nonors ior xne .:- th stat H al, attinfi-ri dm I mm a Student Umm Concert Slated ?Eiwrw Mdit w Graham Memorial will present "Stormy" Weathers and his orchestra in an informal concert tomorrow ni;dit in the main lounge from 8:30 to 9:30. urganizea in tnc lan o j:ii,i f episcopal v-nurcn To Hold Pentccosf Services Tonight day went to Charlie Chambers, State's one-man track team. The Wolfpack star copped firsts in the. Navy School of Music while in service and played with Admiral Ingram's fleet band aboard the 100 and low hurdles, and took S. S. Augusta which to, Considered Big Improvement In discussing the new dormi tories C. E. Teague, assistant were made to organize an active alumnae chapter in North Caro lina. Miss Blanchard presided i 1 1 irn Tre;ir- r,nrrv thar- i "vlt me session. maceutical sorority, recently in stalled Jean Snyder new presi dent of the Lambda chapter to succeed Lynn Blanchard. The ceremonies ;were held at the chapter's annual Founders Day reunion banquet at the Caro lina Inn at which alumnae from 1940-47 were special guests. Plans I of Pharmacy April 21, 1940 Other officers installed for the coming year were Ginger Lim baugh Callahan, vice-president; Jane Bradford, secretary-treasurer; and Peggy Costncr Simmons, pledge sponsor. The Lambda chapter was in stalled at the University's School Paul Green's Drama. . . .Shenkkan's Arrangement The Lost Colony On Air Today By Jim Dickinson near Fort Raleigh in Manteo un- A special radio adaptation of der direction of Samuel Selden. Paul Green's symphonic drama, The radio play today will fea- "The Lost Colony," will be aired ture several members of the regu- on the University hour over a lar "Lost Colony" cast and will statewide network at 1:30 o'clock include a larger group composed this afternoon. of University students and Radio The half-hour radio play was department instructors, arranged by radio writer Robert Marjorie Norris is serving as Schenkkan of the Radio depart- assistant production director and ment and will be directed by Bob Andrew will be narrator for Jane Grills, instructor in the the show. John Young is studio Radio department. Robert Rol- engineer and Merrily Brooks and nick will serve as announcer. George Holloway will serve as Paul Young of the Music de- turntable operators. Earl Hartsell concert season. He has appeared '.partment will direct the music and Colbert Leonard will be in twice as guest soloist with the North Carolina symphony orches lra. has done some promotion work for "The Lost Colony." and will b narrator in the "Shout Freedom" symphonic .pageant in Charlotte May 20. To Continue Opera Work He will continue to make guest appearances in opera and on the period of time. When the first for the show which is being pro- charge of sound effects duced in the studios of the Com- The play will feature Robert munications center. John O'Steen, "Epstein as Old Tom, Jean Schenk student accordionist, will also be kan as Eleoner Dare, Sam Hirsch featured on the program. as John Borden, John Ehle as "The Lost Colony," an out- Father Martin, Alice Ross a? door drama with music and danc- Dame Coleman, Carolyn Padgett ing based on the early history as Queen Elizabeth and Irvine j gatepost bearing the word "Cro of North Carolina, Will open un ouum cts on "anci ivacri5ii. July 1 in the Waterside theater Also included in the cast will Each room in the new residence hall has a buzzer over the door so the occupants can be singled to the telephone, thus alleviating the general confusion of calling someone to the phone. Dormi tory "A" has terrazo floors, which is ground stone. The three dormitories combined cost $1,200,000, exclusive of furniture and ground work. Con struction began about two years ago, and Raymond Weeks, Dur ham, was the architect. The build ings were erected to relieve the serious scarcity of living quarters. Contractor's Inspection Last Wednesday the new dor mitory was submitted by the contractor to inspection by the University. The University was represented in the inspection by Collier Cobb, Jr., chairman of the Buildings committee of the Trus tes; J. S. Bennett; and Giles Horney and Joe Sparrow, techni cal experts in the Buildings de partment. Frank Turner, the en gineer, represented the State Budget-bureau. Main Building Satisfactory Although finding some details that needed correction, they said in the main the building was a satisfactory job. ' The furniture for the residence hall will be brought from High which has played for dances on a second in the 220 for a total PrPsifW Tri.m;,n in n.,. P..t;; ot 14 points. Both Rucks and Chambers played big roles in the Carolina victory, gaining important points that otherwise would have gone to Maryland. Outside of their help, the Tar Teel triumph was definitely a team victory, with three first places and seven sec onds making up the bulk of the Blue and White total. Winning performances for the Tar Heels were registered by Dick Taylor in the high hurdles, defending champion Bob Selig nan in the discus, and Bill Joyner, a surprise victor over Jack Moody in the high jump. It was the latter event, the ninth on the program, that paved the way for the Caro lina success. At the end of the first - eight events, Carolina, Maryland and dam conference in 1945. Bynum Weathers majored .in music at the University of Michi gan before the war, and has play ed bass with bands in Pennsy lvania and North Carolina. Tomorrow night the band. isle r fn.m Chapel Hill takirr; Students and townspeople will join tonight in a .service of wor ship jn coiiiiijcriioration of Whit sunday, (ii- JV'iilorost, the festival of the hiilhday of the Christian chtiich, In he held at 8 o'clock in the EpLropal church. Dr. II. SheJton Smith, professor of Americvu religious thought il Duke, will be the principle -pcakcr at the .service, and rnin- pat t will inehi'le the Rev. Bernard Muriger and Ihe H' v. K. C. Cooper. Music-, which wa.; arranged by Ihe YWCA music committee un- be John Clayton, Betty Jane Bla lock, Pat Hole, Ophelia Hooks, Frank Mooney, Mary Jo Cain, Grace Marie Blades, and George Holloway. "The Lost Colony" relates the story of the first English settle ment in the new world. It tells of Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition in seeking a new colony for men, women and children. The play is enshrouded in a mystery of the group of early Point May 20 and installed im- ,eiuers wno wanea at KoanoKe mediately. The building will prob- ' isiana ior snips to arrive from England bearing supplies. Duke were all tied at 24 eacn. the smaller instrumentation of (See RUCKS, Page 3) the outfit. Betsy Huggins Is Elected President Of 2,000 Campus Baptist Students Betsy Huggins of Raleigh has been elected president of the Baptist Student union for the year 1943-49. Miss Iluin:; and her council will direct the activities of the largest number the campus during the past year, will feature three original com positions by Bynum Weather:;. Both of the brothers are arran gers and a number of their ar-j'''1' t!"-' leader, hip of Gwen rangements will appear on the ; Howar d, will he by the combined program. . 'choirs of Chapel JIill churehe:;, In discussing the outfit the dircclcd hy Gene Stryker. Hilda brothers explained that the or-j Frances Lawrence will be fealur chestra has been organized on the as soj0j;.t. belief that "a small group can be made as full as a large group Dr- S''th i.-; a member of the with the proper arranging." The North Carolina Council ot numbers the band plays have all j Churehe:-; and .served as chair been re-arranged and adopted to j man f,f the J fJ 1 G Convocation of Churehe;-;. He has also been ac tive for many yean; in the In ternational Council of Kcligioui Education. England became entangled in a war with Spain and was unable of Baptist students in any North Carolina college or university, numbering close to 2,000 in the current student body. Among the activities which the B. S. U. council directs are fellow ship groups, study clubs, worship programs, recreational functions and social action. Plans are being made this year to erect one of the largest and best equipped stu dent centers in the country to provide facilities for these stu dent activities. Other members of the council are Riman Muth of Hilton Vill age, Va., treasurer; Bill Cash, Spindale, secretary; Orman Hut- cherson, Winstdn-Salem, and Frances Greene, Chapel Hill, Spanish Dances Scheduled Toniaht Fran'-es lured in l Johnson recital will of ahtv hr nt;nH' fnr thn nuartprinf of visitors and alumni at this .membership; Edlyn Freerks, year's commencement. SPruc Pl"e,s; worship; Joe Giles, Chapel Hill, publicity; Anne to send aid to the settlers for ai The three dormitories, "A", "B", , Carlton, Atlanta, Ga., and Oliver ship finally arrived at Roanoke no trace could be found of the colony. All that remained was a "C", for practical purposes are Gaskins, dieticians; Mary Tandy duplicates of each other. The Lacy, Hopkinsville, Ky., and Welfare committee of the Univer-jGene Truner, Laurinburg, recrea sily has designated one of the ilion; Bob Hanes, Charlotte, Sun dormitories as a graduate resi- day school; Milton Bliss, Thomas- atan" and there was born the dence hall, and all three will be ville, music; and Helen Phillips, ageold mystry of the Lost Colony, occupied by men. Chapel Hill, pianist. be fa opoli:..1 ?.'Vl 79 V , S J BETSY HUGGINS The work among the Baptist students is sponsored jointly by the Chapel Hill Baptist church and the Baptist state convention of North Carolina, with full co- dames torrght at o o'clock in the main lounge of danam Memo rial un-'er sponsorship of tr.3 Spanish club. The program v.-iJI icatuie Miss Johnson in f-'-ry nypsy dances from Andalusia and popular rhy- jthrns from Latin America. j Wihlam II. Hooks, craduate j student from Whitevillo, will team with Miss Johnson in two eanc-s- speeialties and Bob Mc Donald will serve as accompan ist at the piano. Admission fo I l.bc fine urrf-o st cf this ocras.cn to see five Eponich dan'-ts performed by a profess ional. "."v.- Jo) nso.n has studied in Cahforma with .jevmal ir.embr-rs of the Can mo f.-it.-jjJv 0f t,. the recital will r.d the Spanish c'ub icnts to U world'.; dies. While featured most famous dance- fam- in California she was a dancer with the TVcden- operation on the part of the Uni- iSavov Liyht Opera company, the versify administration. The Rev. Pacific Opera Company ISalh t, J. C. Herrin is serving as the the San FYancisco Ballet and the first full-time chaplain. Mount Tamalneas Ballet.
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