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    THE DAILY TAR HEEL. TUESDAY. MAY S. 1952
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iir jciin Due'
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f King's College
Provost ToGive
3 Talks In U. S.
Sir John T. Sheppard, Provost
of- Kitted . College, Cambridge,
. England, and Senior Fellow of
Eton College, who is in this
country to lecture- at only three
institutions of higher learning,
will speak in Gerrard Hall Thurs
day night at 8:30.
His other appearances include
lectures at the University of
California and Yale University.
He is being sponsored here by
'the English and Classics Depart
ments. Sir John, who was knighted in
1950, has just returned from New
Zealand, where he gave a series
of lectures. He is now visiting
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kennedy of
Charlotte, Mrs. Kennedy being
the daughter of a colleague of
Sir John's, Sir Sidney Whitley.
Kennedy is a former University
law student here. '
In an article entitled "Classics
Made Human", printed last montn
n in John O'London's Weekly, it
was pointed out that radio listen
ers ih England have "discovered
a rare new radio personality in
Sir John Sheppard whose talks
6n Greek literature charmed
thousands who have never learned
that language.
"In Music at Belmont,' a col
lection of 11 essays and addresses,
we catch the authentic ring of
his voice, the same infectious
enthusiasm, the same serene
humanism imbued with a warm
personal humanity. The title
essay is an examination always
dqlicate, never dry-as-dust or
donnish- of the classical sources
which Shakespeare drew upon,
if .only half -consciously when he
created the exquisite last scene
in; The Merchant of Venice.'
Other topics include the Rele
vance of Greek '. Poetry, Homer,
Aeschylus, and Milton's Cam
bridge Exercises, and not least
welcome are the brief glimpses
of the author's own boyhood." ,
Other books by Sir John in
clude "Greek Tragedy," "Aeschy
lus and Sophocles," 'Aeschylus
as Prophet, of Greek Freedom,"
and 'The Relevance of Greek
Poetry." r
SUKI1MY is
"J" r Tim. f 1 - , V
CHINA-BORN Mrs, Toy Len
Goon of Portland. Me., has been
selected American Mother of
1952 by the national jury of the
American Mothers Committee
of the Golden Rule Foundation.
Mrs. Len Goon. 57, came io the
U.S. CO years ago and is the
mother of eight children.
iberty
Tonight
Flats
by Chuck Kellogg
Director Elmer Oettinger has auditioned and trained a
cast of nine performers for tonight's opening' of "Liberty
Flats," a new full-length play by Lawrence E. Graves. Cur
tain time is set for 7:30, and there will be a repeat showing
tomorrow night in the Play makers Theater. .
Heading the cast are three veterans who have displayed
unusual acting skill during the
course of the rehearsals, and who
have proved to work well as a
team. Frances Hogan, now living
in Glen Lennox, will play Rose
Barnes. She has been a favorite
actress with the Playmakers for
the past few years, and is noted
for. her warmly sympathetic por
trayals. Her more important
achievements have been Maria in
"Twelfth Night," and major roles
in the student productions of "Lo,
the Angel" and "Hold Onto Dark
ness." '
The role of Luke Barnes, way
ward father of the script's troub
led family, is performed by Wil
liam Trotman, a junior from Winston-Salem.
This will be his de
but on the local stage, although
he was a popular actor and play
wright at Davidson College. His
symphonic drama, "Blackbeard,"
received the Vareen Bell Memor
ial Award for creative writing
there.
Richard Snavely, Hagerstown,
Md., will act out the denanding
part of Douglas Barnes, the son
of the family who attempts, to
solve the complex domestic prob
lem. . Snavely' is a graduate stu
dent, and was awarded a grad
uate assistantship last fall to work
in the technical department of
the Playmakers. Previously he
IS DAY
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RFA Boosts
Transmitter
Facilities
Special to The Daily Tab Heel
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May
5 Radio Free Asia, operated by
the Committee for Free Asia to
broadcast programs of fact and
truthful news to the Far East,
has increased its transmissiosn.
facilities to include Guam and' a
second transmitter in Manila.
John W. El wood, director of
Radio Frfee Asia, revealed that
the free world's only privately
sponsored broadcasts beamed to
the peoples of Asia will now use
three of the most important short
wave bands reaching the Far
East.
"We are now giving Asians
three different opportunities to
hear our messages of encourage
(See RFA, page 6)
O
pons
ers
has done professional acting with
Franklin Trask's renowned Pris
cilla Beach Theatre, Mass., and
was ; technical director in the
drama department of Lynchburg
College, Va.
Other featured performers in
the cast are Charlotte Davis, Ruth
Boyce, Donald Treat, Hansford
Rowe, Frances O'Neal and Harold
England.
There is no admission charge
for either performance, and fol
lowing the final curtain on each
night, Samuel Selden will lead
an open discussion on the script
and the production. Everyone is
invited." "
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THIS TWISTED WRECKAGE is all thai remains of a radar van
and a trailer following the latest atomic blast at Yucca proving
grounds in the Nevada desert. The equipment was near the center
of the blast. Some 2.000 Marines moved in shortly after the de
tonation, ' . torr'bhovodi r.H
'50 Graduate
Commanded
Rescue Boat
The commander oi the whale
boat that picked up the survivors
of the sunken Hobsori in mid
Atlantic was Ensign Clifford L.
Peacock, a University graduate
of the class of 1950. The rescue
wdrk of Peacock was made
known by a New York Times
correspondent.
According to the Times dis
patch, the whaleboat commanded
by Peacock made two trips and
accounted for at least 15 survi
vors from the April 26 collision.
Ensign Peacock said the men
in the water were so covered
with the slippery fuel oil that it
was difficult to see them and, once
they were spotted, to grab hold
of them.
Peacock graduated from the
University with an AB degree
in English. In 1950 he was recom
mended for duty aboard a destroyer-type
in the Atlantic.
Two other persons connected
with the NROTC here had an
interest in the Wasp-Hobson
crash which took 174 lives of the
destroyer's complement.- Chief
Quartermaster J. C. Perkins
served aboard the stricken ship
recently and CMDR. James Aus
tin, who was transferred from
here in June, 1950, is navigator
of the Wasp.
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