The Carolinian [January 17, 1929]

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VOLUMEX GREENSBORO, N. G, JANUARY 17, lMt NUMBER 14
Grand Opera Week to Close
With "Carmen*9 Sat Evening
STELLA DEME1TE
IS TO SING LEAD IN
OPERA "CARMEN"
Star Has Vivid Personality;
Gives Own Interpreta-tion
to Part
ETHEL FOX AS MICAELA
This Performance U Last Preelection of
Grand Opera Week Given by
San Carlo Co,
"Carmen" will be portrayed by the
Ban Carlo Opera Company Saturday
night by a vivid pereonality, for Stella
DeMette, the mezeo-soprano of the com-pany,
has ideaa of her own in portray-ing
the role made famons by Calve, Far-rar
and Oar den.
Approaching Joee in the opening
aeene for her first attack, ahe circle*
menacingly around him; in answer to
Ilia indifference she does not ton the
rose to him bnt crushes it against his
Ups. At the Gypsy camp she returns
his ardent love-making with the inso-lence
of striking a match on the sole
of her shoe to light her cigarette; at
another time she mnses quietly over the
cards, but snaps them angrily to show
her displeasure; before the gates of
the arena she snaps her fan in similar
fashion and at last throws it to the
ground. little sparks of temperament
such as these seem like the outward
signs of a Are which smolders but never
blazes. Always she acts with calcula-tion,
never from the sway of a sudden
passion.
Ethel Fox's appearance as Mieaela
will be a feast for the eye aa well as
the ear; she is one of the most charm-ing
young singers of the operatic stage.
The sheer beauty of her singing of Ms
dis quo rien me n'sponvante" Is a de-light.
The east tor Saturday night's per-formance
is:
Carmen, Stella De Mette.
Don Jose, Fernando Bertini.
Escamillo, Mario Valle.
Danealro, Francesco Curci.
Znniga, Amund Sjovik.
Morales, Francesco Curci.
Mieaela, Ethel Fox.
Fraaqnita, Alice Homer.
Mercedes, Frances Morosini.
Conductor, Carlo PeronL
Incidental dances by the Osvrllov
Ballet. *
"Madame Butterfly" with Hiri Koyke
is the attraction for Thursday night.
"Rigoletto" is Friday night's opera and
"Hansel and. Gretel," with Ethel Fox,
and sung in English, is the matinee at
traction for Saturday afternoon. V
QUARTET FROM A. AND T.
GIVES VESPER PROGRAM
Large Audience Bears Fine Program by
A. and T. Glee Clnb Qpartet As-sisted
by Professor Fuller
GROUP SINGS NEGRO SPIRITUALS
One of the largest groups attending
vespers this year assembled in the au-ditorium,
of Students Sunday to hear the
quartet from A. *s T. college. Mattie
Query introduced the quartet and the
director, Professor Fuller, who gave aa
interesting preliminary sketch of tho
significance and origin of the negro spir-ituals
in the dialect.
Preceding the regular program, the
quartet chanted the Lord's Prayer. This
was indeed beautifully rendered, the
bass being unusually lovely. Each se-lection
was introduced with a few words
by Professor Fuller, regarding the
meaning of the spiritual. The first spir-itual
sung was entitled "All God's Chil-lun
Got Wings;" the melody of which
was exceedingly beautiful. The next
number was a humorous spiritual,
"Scandalise My Name;" in this the
members of the quartet performed vari-ous
amusing gestures. Probably the
most beautiful of all the songs given
was Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar," the
tenor being outstanding.
As a deviation from the vocal seise-
.ttons, Professor Fuller gave "Deep
River" on the piano. The remaining
spirituals, which were vary enjoyable,
included "Esekiel Saw a Wheel,* "Tm
So Glad Trouble Dont Last Alway," and
"Swing Low, Sweet ChariQt" The quar-tet
then gave "I Heard the Vofee of
Jesus Say." This number was pleasing
and so well sung that many comments
Sings Lead in Opera "Carmen"
VERDI'S 'AM OPENS
GRAND OPERA WEEK
WITH FLOURISH MON.
Stella DeMette, who sings the lend In the opera
Greensboro's Grand Opera Week on Saturday night/
'Carmen," which closes
SPANISH CLUB GIVES
traCrWPrOTOI^
Charming Program Portraying
Mexican Customs Is Given
at Regular Meeting
MISS THOMPSON DIRECTS
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A Mexican romance In pantomime
was the special feature of the Spanish
Club meeting held 'Monday night, Jan*
uary 15, In the Aletbetsm Society hall.
The pantomime, which was the means
of « study of Mexican customs, was
worked out and presented by Miss
Gladys Thompson and her Spanish con-versation
class.
The scenes of the production were:
In the Plaza, at the Balcony, the Seren-ade,
the Proposal, the Presentation,
and the Wedding. Thelina Gaskins
played the bride, Katberlne Bird her
father, and Mary Sharpe her mother;
Peggy Ann Williams was the groom
and Pauline Pittard his father; Evelyn
Starr was the priest; Jessie Le Grand
and Virginia Saunders acted as god-mothers,
and Nina Greenleaf and Nancy
Elliott as godfathers. Each girl was
appropriately costumed; many present-day
Mexicans dress Just as we do.
Music was furnished by Myrtle Mae
Parker at the piano, Elisabeth Umber-ger
and Mildred Brown with violins,
and Amy Newcomb with the 'cello.
COLLEGE ALUMNAE TO
MEET HERE SATURDAY
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Dr. J. L Foast, President of College, Is
Chief Speaker at Anneal Confer.
ence This Week
President Julius I. Foust will be the
principal speaker at the annual con-ference
of college alumnae, which will
be held In Mary Foust hall Saturday
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Claude 8. Morris, of Salisbury,
president of the General Alumnae As,
aoclatlon, will preside at the meeting.
Class officers, chairmen of county and
local organisations, and members of
the alumnae board of trustees are
among those expected for the confer-ence.
Plans for the further develop-ment
of the college will be discussed
and other matters of Interest will come
in for consideration.
The delegates will be guests at a
special luncheon Jn South dining hall
st 1 o'clock. Many of the persons at-tending
will probably stay over for the
opera afterwards.
CRIMINAL LAWYER
LECTURES ON CRIME
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Only Remedy for Crime Is to
Cure the Cause, According
to Clarence Darrow
IS OPEN FORUM SPEAKER
An Appreciative Audience
Present for Pint of the
Nine Operas
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PAGEANTRY IS GORGEOUS
Coming of San Carlo Grand Opera Com-
•any for Week's Stay In City
Marks Milestone
The presentation of "Aids!," Verdi's
Immortal opera, in Aycock auditorium
on Monday evening, January 14, marked
the opening of Grand Opera Week,
which is the greatest event in the musi-cal
history of Greensboro. This opera
was the first of nine operas which are
to be given by the San Carlo Opera
Company.this week.
Heretofore, there have been very
few times when the music lovers of
the city have had occasions to see com-plete
operas. The coming of this com-pany
here shows what wonderful prog-ress
Greensboro has made along musi-cal
lines. The Urge auditorium fur-nishes
adequate room to accommodate
the performances, and signifies Greens-boro
as the opera center of the state.
The splendid audience which came to
bear "Alda" showed appreciation of
good music throughout the city and
the state. '
During the Intermission of the third
act, Mayor Jeffress presented Mr. John
Stewart Bryan, of Richmond, Va., who
congratulated. Greensboro on having
opera week, and prophesied a great
musical future for the city.
"Alda," as the opera to open the week
with, was very well chosen. The lovely
voices of the principals and the gor-geous
and spectacular pageantry
charmed the audience. The music was
extremely effective In presenting the
oriental setting.
The San Carlo Company is the third
largest opera company In America, and
the largest opera company on tour.
Lest year It Bati a successful season in
Richmond, and is going back there this
winter for a return engagement It will
give a two weeks' series of operas In
New York, and will also appear in
several of the large cities In the
country.
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IS LAST BEFORE EXAMS
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next Monday night at 7 o'clock. Due
to the fact that exams are sched-uled
for week after next and so
many students will be away from
campus the latter half of the week,
no paper will be issued. The next
issue will be the last in-this semes-ter.
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BASKETBALL TAKES
CENTER OF STAGE
Large Number of Girls Are Out
for Each of Four Squads;
A. Tod d Has Charge
STUDENTS ARE COACHING
Clarence Darrow, noted criminal law-yer,
lectured in the King Cotton ball
room Friday evening, January 11, en
"Crime—Its Cause and Treatment." Mr.
Darrow came under the auspices of the
Greensboro Open Forum.
"What is a criminal t" asked Mr. Dar-row.
People have the general idea that
a criminal. is a horrible monster, said
the speaker. He then added, "A crim-inal
is a person who has or has not
done something and is convicted." To
violate a law, according to the speaker,
means that a certain 'set of ideas are
in the ascendency and that those who
believe differently from the law-maker
must obey or take the consequences.
The old ides of s criminal was that
he was a parson who, knowing right
from wrong, wilfully chose the wrong,
but then the question arises as to what
is right and wrong and how to deter-mine
it. One cannot determine by*" re
ligion because he_must first solve the
problem of finding the right religion
and the law eannot be used as a deter-mining
sgent because the law does not
say what it means. Conscience eannot
distinguish between right and wrong
because there is no each thing as a
conscience. "Conscience," said 'Mr.
Darrow, "is a state of mind derived
from one's associations, and by the time
parents, teachers, preachers and neigh-bors
get s whack at s person, he has a
fine conscience."
If the individual gets out of step
with the folkways of his group, he must
be punished, according to present ideas.
The speaker asserted that the theory
of punishing for wilful wrong-doing is
wholly unscientific because there is
nothing to this free-will business since
one cannot select his ancestors or germ
cell.
According to Mr. Darrow, the only
remedy for crime is to euro the eause.
The cause may be located by finding
out how people live and finding the
main springs of action. If one-fourth
of the attention that is given to pro-ducing
wealth were given to distribut-ing
it, nine-tenths of the crimes would
be done* sway with, said the lawyer.
"The theory of punishment is all wrong,
it does nobody good, it makes the vic-tims
despondent. A little more human-ity,
a little more intelligence is the
remedy," concluded Mr. Darrow.
V .
TEN STUDENTS PLAY IN
FIHST RECITAL OF YEAR
Vocal Sole and Selections on Piano,
Organ, and Violin Make Up Pro-gram
January It
At the students' recital which was
held In the recital hall of the Music
Building January 10, the following pro-gram
was given:
, Lento, Cyril Scott—Margaret Byerly.
Bagatelle, Beethoven—Leslie Roth-rock.
Organ: Berceuse, Albenis—Rebecca
Lindley.
Voice: Greeting, Hawley—Glenn Mc-
Dougald.
La Gondola, Henselt—Mildred Cobb.
Violin: Minuet, Grleg-Blman—Ora
Sue Hunnlcutt. Sadie Lou Sutherland
at the piano.
Gavotte in B Minor, Bach-Saint Saens
—Luna Lewis
Aria: Vissi d'Arte, Vissl d'Anore from
"Tosca," Puccini—Mary Clara Tate.
Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3 (First Move-ment),
Beethoven—Lillian Stroud.
Organ: Sonata II In C Minor, Men-delssohn—
Grave, Adagio, Allegro maes-toso—
Kattiryn Brown.
Despite the heavy schedule pursued
by the students, and the flu epidemic,
basketball enthusiasts sre finding time
to devote to the cage game. Under
the capable leadership of Aline Todd,
college basketball leader, and student
coaches, Ediel Nesi, Jean Devine, Elis-abeth
Barnett, Minnie Sue Flynn, Nell
^Culler, and Grace Hankins, the four
squads sre being drilled in the funda-mentals
of the game and whipped into
shape. The most outstanding feature
of the practices so far is the excellent
brand of team-work displayed. Many
more girls are participating in tke
sport than in previous years.
Seniors meet with Edith Neal and
Jean Devine on Tuesdays and Fridays
at 5:15.' Although several members of
last year's team have been lost, there
is much good material in the squad
from which a fast team should be
shaped. Edith Neal, manager of the
29ers last year and varsity man for
two years; Jean Devine, forward for
two years; Topping, guard for three
years and varsity man her freshman
year, and Gladys Goodman, jumping
center, are.the regulars of last year
^•TWJ •Bey*"~TFwW«t;"~' UCWsV^tWJ11 taWTt? SSV4 4%
number of new players out who will
make these old-timers fight to keep
their berths. ' X
Aline Todd and Elizabeth Barnett are
drilling the green and white men. Chris
tine Ardrey, jumping center; Dorothy
Baughman, scrappy little side-center;
Mary Evelyn Parker, Roberta ^Jordan,
and Elisabeth Barnett, only member of
30*8 team to make varsity last year, are
back in action. Edith Webb and Eloise
Rhodes, two of last yesr's second team
players, sre showing up well. Webb
Is one of the best team workers seen
on the court this year, and should
prove to be a valuable man to her team.
Sophomores promise to put out ss
good a team as they did last year. With
such tossers as Joe Hill, Jack Kimsey,
Mildred Tomlinson, Evelyn Hart, Eat
Morgan and Mildred Walker, Coaches
Flynn and Culler should turn out a
winning aggregation.
Judging from pre-season dope, Coach
Grace Hankins, a former member of
the senior squad and varsity man of
the 1927 season, has a surprise In store
for spectators In her freshman squad.
Good technique, clean pass-work, snd
the best brand of sportsmanship is be-ing
displayed by the yearlftgs. They
should produce one of the very best
teams on the floor; that is, if they are
as apt students as they are basketball
players.
The games will not be scheduled us
til the second semester. Watch for an
nouncements; then come out and sup
port your team.
FASHION DICTATORS
DISPLAY NEW MODES
Dictators of the mode at N. C. C.
have announced that there is to be a
decided change In the fashions' soon.
According to reports that have been
circulated the flu will be absolutely
passe. For quite a while these leaders
of fashion have watched with real con-sternation
the rapidity with which the
other colleges of the state and else-where
sre taking up the flu fad which
was introduced at N. 0. 0. just before
the holidays.
Seeing that the Glorious Girls were
about to lose all claim to originality a
consultation was held to see what could
be done about the matter. Drastic meas-ures
were only a temporary aid; so the
noted houses of Shamburger, OTtonnell
snd Harris have Introduced some Inno-vations
which, though being less start-ling
than formerly, are sufficiently dif-ferent
to set the spring style.
The latest conceits imported from the
famous salons are the Exercise Daily
Habit, the Eight Hour Sleep Program,
and the Eat Three Meals a Day Nov
elty. Unusual and attractive displays
of these sdvsneed styles ean be found
in every dormitory. Some of the most
outstanding are those by the exits reed-ing,
"This way to sunshine and freak
air." Another pertinent one greets the
students at the gates, "Have you a
health conscience? Protect your neigh-bor
and yourself." The most practical
one, fHave you a coldf Go to the in-firmary,"
is in a most important place.
A very amusing conception In black
and white can be seen in the postofilee,
"Muffle your cough and sneeze."
Since the creations are becoming to
blondes, brunettes, and red-heads alike,
it is almost an assured fact that these
ultra-modern modes will be "all the
rage" among the College girls soon.
DRAMA OF MOTHER
LOVE PLEASES LARGE
AUDIENCE SAT. NIGHT
Acting Is Adroitly Done in
Play-Likenr* Second Pres-entation
of Tear
IS A PINE PERFORMANCE
Play, Which Is Based oa Slight Plot,
Is One of AtBosshere—Scene Is
Laid In Modem 8saJn
t In one of the finest performances ever
put on by them, the PIsy-Likers last
Saturday evening presented Martines
Sierra's, "The Cradle Song," to a large
audience, who enthusiastically received
the beautiful story of repressed mother
love, the scene of which Is laid in a
modern Spanish eonvent.
"The Cradle Song" is a play of atmos-phere
rather than of plot. The plot is
very slight: a foundling's being left in
eonvent of Dominican nuns, and
later her leaving to be married. The
effect, that the child has on the nuns
was dramatically shown by the east
on Saturday night The simple beauty
of the* setting and the costumes did
much to make the audience feel tke
quiet goodness of the nuns, appreciate
the small pleasures of their life, and
sympathize with their sorrows. Tke
costumes, which were designed by Mr.
West and carried out by Miss 0*Don-nell
and the classes in play produc-tion,
were especially good.
As for the acting, It was adroitly
done throughout. The voices were
clear and natuarl, and the character
portrayals were at all times good, Mar-garet
Scott, who played the part of
Sister Joanna of the Cross, ably han-dled
the leading role; she was especial-ly
good in the dramatic momenta of
the final scene, when the foundling
Anally goes sway with her lover, leav-ing
desolation in the hearts and lives
of the nuns who have coma to love her
as their daughter. ' '
Vera Buckingham gave perhaps the
best iadivMsal performance, with her
clever playing of the character role,
the Vicaress, Sister Crucifixion. Other
characters who gave outstanding per-formances
Were Katherine Morgan, as
the orphan; Dorothy Edwards, aa the
Prioress, and Mr. W. R. Taylor, as the
Doctor.
The complete cast waa aa follows:
Slater Sagrsrio—Dorothy Baughman.
Sister Mareella—Eloise Banning.
The Prioress—Dorothy Edwards
Slater Joanna of the Cross—Margaret
Scott. .
The Mistress of Novices—Ines Spain-hour.
The Vicaress—Vera Buckingham.
Sister Torners—Miriam Block.
Sister Ines—Elisabeth Avent.
A Countrymsn—Mr. J. L. Straughn.
Sister Maria Jesus—Helen Petrie.
The Doctor—Mr. W. R. Taylor.
Teresa—Katherine Morgan.
Antonio—Mr. James Hog©.
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ORCHESUS CLUB TAKES
IN NEW MEMBERS WED-
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Initiation Csremony sad Original Danes
Nambers by Old Members Make
Up Progress
ELEVEN DANCERS ARE ADMITTED
The initiation of the .new members
of the Orchesus club was hold Wednes-day
evening, January 9, 1989, at 7:80
P. M. in the gymnasium of the Physical
Education building.
As the new members came into the
hall, they saeircled a frisss formed by
the old members of the club. After this
impressive bit of initiation Lillian
Arhelger, president of the clnb, read to
the girls the beautiful Orchesus cere-mony,
accompanied by the music of
Brahms' waits, and the names were
taken.
The old members then chose as part-ners
a new member with whom they
danced unto! the music ceased. After
this formal ceremony the usual rosnd
of exorcises and dense'interpretations
were rendered. Original dance num-bers
were given by Edith Neal, Doro-thy
Tipton and Valentone Chilk.
The new members am: Jean Divine,
of Wilmington; Nell Culler, of Ker-nersville;
Grace -Hankins, of High
Point; Anne Sharpe, of Charlotte;
Elisabeth Moore, of New Bern; Myrtle
Mae Parker, of High Springs, Fla.;
Elisabeth Umberger, of Greensboro;
Edith Alloc, of New Born; Mabel Tate,
of High Point; Mary Hlrkpatrick, of
Waynesville; Mary Brandt, of Ftor-enee,
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