THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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Open's -Tccy
Top-Mofch Cast Will Offer
'Spring For Sure 3 Days
An enthusiastic cast of 19, in
cluding carefully trained male
and female choruses, will be of
fering three evening performanc
es of the new Carolina Playmaker
musical comedy, "Spring For
Sure," at 8:30 in Memorial hall
on Friday -Sunday of the week.
Dominating the unu su'ally
skilled company of actors, danc
ers, and singers is Virginia Wil
son, a young .actress and singer
front New Bern. Stith is only 20
ation of a romantic soprano voice
vith a freshness of acting style
s expected to make her per
formance of the mountain girl,
Cindy, one of" the highlights of
the show.
Singing opposite her, in the
role of tall- and handsome Jere
miah, is baritone Laurence Stith
from New Bern. Sitith is only 20
years old, and a freshman here,
but has already demonstrated a
natural flair for the stage which
could carry him to the heights of
success. Ke is an accomplished
pianist and organist, and his sing
ing voice has been highly praised
by many teachers and critics.
, Providing hilarious comic re
lef for the more serious romance
of Cindy and Jeremiah, are Hans
ford Rowe, Richmond, Va. and
Nancy Green, Chapel Hill. Rowe
is a graduate student, and has
long been thought one of the
finest comedians produced by the
Playmakers. He is putting only
the best of his comic technique
into the present part of Profes
sor Percy S. Brown.
Nancy Green is a graduate of
the chorus of last season's "Of
Thee I Sing," and is rapidly de
veloping into an expert comedi-
Smoking Don i
Causs' '-Trouble,
enne, a commodity which has
been relatively scarce in recent
Playmaker productions. Her per
formance of Cc ta, a mountain
girl who has to fight off the men,
could be one of the most memor
able portrayals in' "Spring For
Sure."
The role of Millicent, sophisti
cated New York socialite who at
tempts to steal the love of Jere
miah frm Cindy, Is sung and act
ed by Elaine Gibson, Lenoir.
Others featured in the large
cast are Lillian Prince, Chapel
Hill, as Maw Higgins; Harry Da
vis, Chapel Hill, as Paw; Frances
O'Neal, Chapel Hill, as the
haughty New York dowager, Mrs.
Van Devere; Anne Edwards, New
Bern, as Ivadie; Robert Thomas,
Oxford, as Cindy's bungling eld
est brother, Zeke; Carl Vipper
man, Gainesville, Fla., ' Lynn
Gault, Chapel Hill, and Wade
Williams, Savannah, Ga., as Cin
dy's other brothers; Mollie Swain,
Oneonta, N. Y., as Mossy Belle;
Jean Hillman Newark, Del., as
Luranie; Virginia Young, Chapel
Hill, as Pearlamina; Suzanne Da-
kvis, Chapel Hill, Geneva; James
T. Pritchette, Jr., Lenoir, as
Hank, the Hunter; and Bruce
Pruitt, Anderson, S. C, as the
Airlines Pilot whose plane crash
es, unleashing a group of New.
Yorkers in the mountain wilder
ness of Tennessee.
Reserved seat tickets for all
three performances are on sale
now at Swain Hall and Ledbet-ter-Pickard's.
They will also be
sold at the Memorial Hall box
office after 7 p.m. on perform
ance nights. 1
Si die Eugenic
Used
rogtant.
ouse-Asserts-
Non-smokers are the inventors
of the troubles and problems of
the world. Chancellor Robert B.
House told the members of the
Die Pf eif enraucher on Monday
night.
However, he added, the situa
tion is complicated by cigarette
smokers, a nervous lot who
through their impulsive, helter
skelter way of doing things leave
the majority of the straightening
out to cigar-smokers, who dab
bling in their ultra conservative
personal interests shed light on
the matter.
The Die Pf eif enraucher (The
Carolina Pipe-Smokers Club) had
Chancellor House, who is an hon
orary member, for guest speaker.
He discussed with the members
his views on many matters of in
terest to ihe organization. '
"Eventually," House s a i d ,
"pipe-smokers go to work in their
own quiet way to consider things
in their true , light, calmly, un
hurriedly, and sensibly." He
placed, however, two groups
higher than the placid pipe-smokers,
who, according to him, do
nine-tenths of all the work. The
two groups are the chewers and
the dippers.
He quoted an old mountaineer
who was once asked if he thought
it was a sin to smoke. After
thinking it over, the old man
said, "Well, I reckon it might be
wrong to burn up anything that
is so good to chew."
The Chancellor then gave tips
on how to get the most out of
pipe-smoking. -
Effectively
North Carolina has a sound,
progressive program of engenics
sterilization, Dr. W. P. Richard
son, prof essor of public health ad
ministration here,, and president
of the North Carolina Health
Council, told the Current- Topics
Club of Rocky Mount in an ad
dress at its meeting this week.
"Although the use of the pro
gram is seriously inadequate, we
are making more effective use of
it each year," Dr. Richardson
said. "
He stressed the view' that "there
is need for a greatly increased
understanding and support if the
program is to make its full con
tribution to the health and well
being of our state."
He said that, to render the pro
gram more effective, "two out
standing . needs are . education of
the public and of public officials
to the end that more adequate
funds may be made available for
this program and "education of the
public, the medical profession, and
of patients and their families as
to the" simplicity of the proced
ure and its harmlessness so far as
sex lifels concerned. 'V
Dr. Richardson said that since
1929 there have been more than
2,500 operations performed on
authorization of the State Eugen
ics Board. Two-thirds of these, he
said, were for feeblemindedness,
a fourth were for mental disease,
and the balance for epilepsy.
Eighty-seven per cent were fe
males and 20 per cent males. Sev
enty-seven per cent were white
and 23 per cent Negro.
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by Mary Grace Megginson
Most folks consider the adoption
of a half dozen or more children
quite unusual, but a visitor, at
the University this week has top
ped that considerably. She is the
adopted mother of some 40 Sia
mese children!
Pr. Pierra Hoon Vejjabul of
Bangkok, Thailand (Siam), inter
nationally known for the fight
she has , waged against yenereal
disease and prostitution in the
Orient who is conferring with of
ficials of the" University's School
of Public: Health, legally adopted
the motherless children, many of
whom were left on her doorstep.
Her concern for the many mo
therless waifs of Thailand result
ed in the establishment of a chil
dren's home and a maternity and
cVKld welfare clinic and hospital
by Dr. Vejjabul. Vejjabul, which.
means "complete doctor," is the
name conferred upon her by
Premier Pibul Songgram when
her parents objected to passing on
the proud Hoon family name to
the growing brood of orphans who
fill her home.
Dr. Vejjabul began, adopting
her children- about 13 years ago
and she says she hopes to live
long enough to adopt at least 200
morel
The diminutive Dr. Vejjabul,
first of her sex to be- admitted
to the practice of medicine in her
country, was selected by the State
Department , for a four-month
grant under the Exchange of Per
sons program to confer with lead
ing medical authorities in various
American cities. On her tour Dr.
Vejjabul is studying American
methods of venereal disease con
trol. . , '
She hopes to learn enough to
invoke modern methods to hasten
the conquest of venereal disease
in Thailand and also abolish leg
alized house of prostitution there.
Dr. Vejjabul is also visiting
Lumberton, Charlotte and Greens
boro while she is in North Caro
lina. In addition to heading the clin
ic and children's home,. Dr. Ve
jjabul carries on a private prac
tice and is president of Thailand's
Medical Women's Association.
Merchants ,
-R.GView -'"51 ;
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Best Year ;
The Chapel Hill - Carrboro
Merchants Association and
Chamber of Commerce had one of
the best years in its history in
number and variety of activities
and ranked second in the State
in the addition of new members.
This impressive report of the
year's activities was presented
Monday night at the Associaion's
annual business meeting, a dinner
session at the Chapel Hill Coun
try Club, by Jack Lipman, retir
ing president, and Mrs. Mildred
Cartee, secretary.
George Colclough, manager of
the Burlington Chamber of Com
merce was the principal speaker.
Mr. Colclough, who is . also the
president of the Southeastern In
stitute of Chamber of Commerce
Secretaries and District Gover
nor of the Rotary International,
emphasized that there are two
pitfalls merchants should try to
avoid: expanding too rapidly and
pessimism . regarding the future.
"Be sure you make a legitimate
profit when you sell," he said,"
"and don't worry about the pos
sibility of changing economic or
political trends. As one distin
guished man has said, the great
est thing to fear is fear."
Miss Elizabeth Branson, the
first woman ever to hold the of
fice was installed as president.
Other officers are Herbert Went
worth, vice-president;-Mrs. Car
tee, secretary; Wilbur Kutz, state
representative; and L. J. Phipps,
attorney.
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