The Carolinian [February 17, 1956]

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VOLUME XXXVI ZS31 WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. GREENSBORO. N. C. FEB. 17. 1954 NUMBER 17
USNSA Regional Seminar
Plans Set For Feb. 24*26
Applications have been received Jf international student movements,
this week from over the Carolinas- an understanding of current world
Virginia region for the First Inter- „,„,„ ^ cam „,„,„„„,„,
national Student Relations Semi-nar
of the USNSA to be held on
Woman's College campus Febru-ary
24. 25. and 26. Colleges which
have sent in applications to this
date include Duke University—
Woman's College, Hollins. David-son.
Lynchburg. Greensboro. Chap-el
Hill, and State. Other applica-tions
are expected before the final
(leadline Is reached.
Libby Kaplan. International Af-fairs
Vice-Chairman of the region
and NSA co-ordinator on this cam-pus,
is directing the seminar In
cooperation with Louise Gooch and
her committee. Committee mem-bers,
Gil Maulden. Ann Hardy, and
Harriet Sutton are arranging hous- an<l «** NSA
ing facilities and a banquet at St.
Mary's on Friday night for the
Seminar delegates.
the United States. It is the aim
of the NSA to organize themselves
into a more closely knit Interna-tional
student community, and to
promote more effective foreign stu-dent
community, and to promote
more effective foreign student and
international programs on campus.
Through these seminars, the NSA
hopes to encourage Interest and
active participation from qualified
students on member campinseS.
and to bring all students in the
United States to a better under
standing of Unions of Students
throughout the world—the nature
of the separate unions, and their
diplomatic relations with each other 1ice oi Education.
The main purpose of this first
regional seminar is to promote,
through the study and discussion
Clive Gray. International Affairs
Vice-President of NBA; Mary Am
Sigmund, NSA international ad-ministrator:
Gail Wood, NSA rep-resentative
to World University
Service: and Luigi Einaudi, recently
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Miss Segner Leads
Discussion At Conf.
Mi'.s Esther F. Segner, Associate
Professor of Home Economics Edu-cation
at Woman's College and
Chairman of Home Economics
Teachers Education, will serve as
a group discussion leader at the
Southern Regional Conference for
Home Economics Education Work
ers. February 20-24. in Memphis.
Tennessee
Miss Louise Lowe. Associate Pro-fessor
of Home Economics Educa-tion
and Field Teacher Tnnn.r
and Miss Boletha Frojen. visitirv
Associate Professor of Home Eco-nomics
Education, will also attend
the Conference.
The meeting is under the direc-tion
of Miss Ata Lee. Program
Specialist in the United States Of
Topics of the group discussions
will focus on <a> "the most import-ant
problems needing research,
home economics teachers educa-tion
and steps that can be taken
id make progress on them.'" and
b) standard* to be maintained
Continued on Page Four)
KfSSif*Wa,son Davis Lec,ures Here Feb-20'
insfaiiaiionceremony Faculty Science Club Sponsors Editor
A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. ; Watson Davls dir(.clor and ed|.
national scholarship society. wlll-lor of Sclencc <*„,,.,, Hl„ ^ on
be Installed at the Woman's Col- ilh(. .ampus (lf Woman'! College on
lege on Friday. February 17. at Monday February 20th as the Facul-
5:00 In the Alumnae House. The ty Science Clubs Annual Student
Installation ceremony will be open Lecturer. Mr. Davis will give two
to members of the faculty and I lectures open to all faculty and
students of the Woman's College, j students.
The Installation will be followed i on Monday at 1 p. m. In the
by a banquet in Elliott Hall for library Lecture Hall. Mr. Davis
members of the Chapter and In- i »,u Sp,.flk on "Youth in Science",
vlted guests. |This lecture is planned especially
Professor William T. Hastings | for the students. Mr. Davis will be
and Mr. Carl Blllman. president
and secretary respectively of the
United Chapters of Phi Beta
Kappa will conduct the installa-tion
ceremony.
introduced by Shirley Curran pred
dent of the Psychology Club
On Monday night at 8 o'clock.
Mi Davis will speak in the Library
Lecture Hall as a lecturer on the
Service League Com.
Jets February 21-22
For Bloodmobile Visit
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be on campus February 21 and
22 announces Claire Hunt, chair-man
of the Service League Blood-mobile
committee.
To be eligible to give blood, stu-dents
must be at least 18 years
Id and must weigh at least 108
pounds. Students who are between
18 and 21 years old must have
written permission from their par-ents
In order to be donors. Special
blanks for this purpose may be
obtained from the dorm Service
League representatives and must
be presented at the mobile. Mar-ried
students do not need permis-sion.
A sign-up sheet will be posted on
the bulletin board In every resi-dence
hall, on which students
wishing to give blood may regis-ter.
Deadline for signing up is
February 17.
A person may give blood four
hours after he has eaten, and
food lists of what may be eaten ! 24. The organization Is being ment with Don Alfonso, each is
will be the topic of this address
which is open to all faculty and
students and those holding the
Lecture Entertainment Series tick-ets.
In this address Mr Davis will
talk on some of the unsolved
problems In the field of science,
such as the utilization of light ele-ments
for atomic energy, harness
Grass Roots Opera Performs
'School For Lovers" Feb. 24
Grass Roots Opera will perform J rando. In the role of Flordlligl
Mozarts' "School For Lovers" in | will be sung by Miss Diane Hol-
Aycock auditorium on February land.
less than four hours before do- sponsored on the 1955-56 Lecture-nating
blood will be given to! Entertainment series,
donors. William Beck, a native of
The blood taken in by the mo- | Wndesboro. will be heard in the
bile is used for military, civilian, role of Don Alfonso. Raymond Mc-and
civil defense purposes. Quire will alng the role of Per-
Robert Darnall Featured
In Wade R. Brown Series
required to make love to the oth-er's
sweetheart.
Despina, the maid, who Is not
averse to promoting or engaging
in affairs of the heart is. for a
consideration paid by Don Al-fonso,
an enthusiastic participant
in the plot to have the two girls
fall In love with the new lovers:
but even she does not recognize
Ferrando and Ougllelmo until the
last minutes of the opera.
The Grass Roots Opera move-
|ir.ent was founded in 1948 by A
J. Fletcher, a Raleigh attorney
and businessman. Accompanying
the group will be another Caro-linian,
Mrs. Alleen Lynn. The
company is directed by Robert
Bird, professional opera singer
end director.
Mozart's comic opera tells the
story of Don Alfonso, an elderly
Robert Darnell, pianist, will be
featured in the Wade R. Brown
faculty-recital series on Sunday.
February 19, at 4 o'clock In the
Recital Hall of the Music build-ing.
Mr. Darnell is associate pro-fessor
In the Woman's College
School of Music.
This performance will Mr. Dar-nell's
fourth solo piano recital
at WC on the Wade Brown series.
His program will include: Chor-ale
Prelude by Barh-Busoni. Toc-cata
in C minor by Bach, four
Etudes by Chopin and Scrlabln,
Funerallles by Liszt, and Sonata
No. 3 by Eliot Welsgarber.
The first number on the pro-gram
Is dedicated to the late
German pianist. Carl Friedberg.
with whom Mr. Darnell studied i ROBERT DARNELL
during a leave of absence in 1952 ■ Original Composition contest, and
A member of the Woman's Col- ; his Symphony In One Movement
lege School of music since 1949. wu performed by the Spokane
Mr. Darnell was graduated With Philharmonic Orchestra in May the girls in the garden and Ii
honors from the University of of that year His symphony was mock grief tells them tint than
Colorado. After receiving uls Mas- performed during the 1950 | .<• been called to active.
Woman's College chapter will be i CoHeH Lecture - Entertainment
the Epsilon Chapter and will be ; s*.r.lef- "New Frontiers la Science"
the fifth In North Carolina.
Phi Beta Kappa has existed at
the Woman's College for twenty-one
years, since 1934, as a section
of the Chapter at the University
of North Carolina. The local sec-tion
of the Chapter at the Uni-versity
of North Carolina. The
local section began efforts to se-cure
a chapter more IhU three
years ago. Petition for a chapter
was approved by the Triennial
Council of Phi Beta Kappa in
Minneapolis in September, 1955 |
The chapter at W, C was one
of the three approved by the
Council.
Among the guests of the Chap- Chapel Hill. N. C—(I, P.i—An
ter for the installation in addition experiment in higher-level educa-to
Professor Hastings and Mr 'lion for specially gifted freshmen
Blllman, will be Dr. Harris Parka, has been declared a success, it
acting president of the University was made known here recently In
of North Carolina and Mr. Wll- a report presented to the Chancel-
11am Friday, who will become lor and faculty of the University
acting president in March, and of North Carolina. Twenty-six
lepresentatlves from the other selected freshmen of "high Intel-
North Carolina chapters. jlectual caliber" have completed
There arc forty-five faculty a year's study as a group In an
members of Phi Beta Kappa at | advanced academic program. An-the
Woman's College. The offI- (other group of 25 superior fresh-cers
are President, Miss Florence men Is already well advanced on
Schaeffer: Vice-president. Mr. a similar program for the present
Leonard Hurley: Secretary-Treas- 1955-56 school year,
urer, Mr. John Bridgers: and I The students took on extra work,
Recording Secretary. Miss Jaylee made top grades and pioneered in
EducationExperiment
Declared Success
At Chapel
WATSON DAVIS
ing of the sun through artifical
photo-synthesis, further exploration
of the universe, utilization of the
THINGS on earth that we have
in great supply: and the further
conquest of disease
Mr. Davis will be introduced in
the evening by Dr. Anne Lewis,
president nf th* Faculty Science
Club
Watson Davis ll director and edi-tor
of Science Service. Ihc non-profll
institution for the populariza-tion
Of science Science Sci
Office is located in Washington II
C.
Since its foundation in 1921
Science Service lias been rcportini:
scientific progress in dispatches to
the American press, in its weekly
Science New* Letter, over the radio
and through other channels. He
has beta in a vantage point to
observe and evaluate the progress
of science in the years since the
first World War.
The work of Science Service
which he has directed has been
Susan Moore Exhibit
On Display In Elliot
Montague.
Shipwash Band Plays
At'Beaux Arts'Dance
a venture which could be Instru-mental
In raising educational
standard! generally In Institutions
of higher learning. Accomplish-ments
cited in the report are:
1. The students worked harder
and learned more than they would
have otherwise.
2. Some of them have been en-fully
A group of paintings by Susan
Moore is on exhibition in Elliott
Hall at Woman's College. The ex- button to" music In"colomal Amcr-largely
responsible for the serious
ind accurate way in which the news-papers
of America kept the public
informed of the achievements of
science
Science Service operates as a
news agency in the field of science,
serving newspapers here and abroad
that have over seven million circu-lation
daily, with a variety of news
and other services.
Mr. Davis is editor of both the
Science News Letter (weekly i and
CHEMISTRY (monthlyI. THINGS
of Science, an experimental kit
containing specimens of novel scien-tific
and nature materials, issued
monthly by Sclencc Service, was
originated by Mr. Davis. He is
author or editor of various books,
among them. THE STORY OF
COOPER. SCIENCE. TODAY, THE
ADVANCE OF SCIENCE. SCU
ENC'E PICTURE PARADE.
He has served as a member of
•he National Invent! fs Council
since its creation by President
Roosevelt in 1940. Since 1941 he
DM been engaged in the develop-ment
of Science Clubs of America,
and the conduct of Science Talent
Search among high school students
fCnnfinlifil on l'agr Sir)
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Ancient Music Series
Is Sponsored Here
The Woman's College Music
department is sponsoring a series
of lecture-recitals on ancient mus-ic
called the Collegium Muslcum.
This series consists of lectures on
and demonstrations of ancient
music.
The lectures and recitals will
be held on the following dates at
7:30 in room 4 of the Music
Building:
March 7, performance practice
of the Baroque Era, Pt. n.
March 14. symposium on sources
for Mozart performance.
April 11. the Moravian contrl-
Ica.
April 25. the Trio Sonata in
of structure and rclation-hips
Miss Moore, a resident of Win-
Saturday. February 18. The Fine
Arts Committee of Elliott Hall.
headed by Kackie Moore, will' couraged to explore more
sponsor an Informal "Beaux Arts" the Intellectual horizons opened
dance from 8:30 until 11:30 p m. by the various courses,
in the gameroom of Elliott Hall I 3. The group developed an es-
Muslc for the dance will be prit de corps which aided them
provided by Ann Shlpwash and greatly In their academic work,
her College Band. Dance chair- j This was brought about bv mut-rnnee'S,
f,Elean°,i T"",,,'T ''a' 'nt",eCtUal » < * >» U 1 a 11 O n I nalional. thc Atlamlc Soulheas,ern,
dance, for couples only, will be .friendly competition and a sense Virginia Intermont College, and the
free of charge. of companionship in a worth-, Contemporary Arts Gallery in New
informal Coffee Hour
The Special Events Committee.
under the direction of Barbara
Alley, will present an Informal
Coffee Hour Sunday. February 20,
from 4:00 until 5:00 p. m. In the
East Lounge of Elliott Hall.
hibilion will continue through Feb-ruary
29.
The paintings, a collection of 20 a
pieces done ,n the past four years ^
by the artist, display a variety of'
subject matter. The style In many,*2ZZZJ!^
of the paintings shows the artist's
involvement with formal problems
May 16, Sonata-Allegro form in
the Haydn Klavler Sonatas.
The first demonstration wax
held February 9. Dean Welton
Arena Production of 'Gigi'
Set For Ballroom Feb. 21 23
Sunday Movie i
'Taproots", starring Susan
Hayward and Van Heflln, will be I
BV BETTY BARRETT
ston-Salem, studied art at Salem iMarquU lectured on the Mas* of
College and Black Mountain, she Qulllaume de Machaut. and two
has travelled and studied in Mexico ! sections of the Mass were sung by
and France and has exhibited ex-' Caroline Denny, student, and
tenslvely In North Carolina. In ad i members of the music faculty,
dition. Miss Moore hi- shown her I Robert Morris. Karl Alexis, and
work at Realities Nouvelles Inter-' Dean Marquist. They were ac-companied
by Eliot Welsgarber on
the clarinet and Hans-Karl Plltz,
violin.
The Mass that was performed
was an example of the first ap-pearance
of polyphonic music. Ma-chaut,
a French poet who lived
from 1300-1377, was among the
; first to write polyphonic music.
I The second program was held
ion February 18 on "the solo song"
'in the 14th and 15th centuries.
o
I far as hard work goes, the cast
Directing an arena production !"• PUt '"' TOUgMy- ln,rty' tw0"
hour rehearsal periods, not to
bachelor, who tries to convince >hown Sunday night at 9:00 P-, S^Sf 'U"f L^™" ""l' mention the incalculable ,
two young sldlers, Ferrando and ">. "> the Elliot Hall ballroom. dlrp<lor mu« be aware of four dQne by ^ crew,. ^ Q[ ^
OugUelmo, that their sweethearts. The movie, filmed in Ashevllle, £*«* T*™* 'ne^ 'rom, cast have ever worked on an arena
Flordillgi and Dorabella, If given North Carolina, is a story of the | °ur <""««>' «ngle« ""toad of BroducU M
a fair chance will prove disloyal South during the Civil War the usual one front view." These
to them.
The young lovers deny this,
and a wager of $100 is laid that
If the men will follow Don Al-fonso's
Instructions, the girls will
accept other lovers and husbands
»Ithln 48 hours.
Alfonso soon thereafter visits
production before.
8tudent cards and Lecture 8e-ter
of Music degree In composition Forum by the Greensboro Sym-from
the University of Texas, he phony Orchestra.
comp. Mphony a plain Mr. Darnell has pla
military duty The girls are
broken hearted, and the boys
after comlna In and bid
.— i an, the ■■»,*■ „» «.- i„t,_ T,.V. i ■"""" turns ana jjeciure oe-
The calendar "Take Time". . "e tne words °' Mr John H*0" r|es cards will be honored Tick
compiled by the Elliott Hall Pub- ',ngUm' d,rector of tne P"" "W. !* ^""^ ™"
ileity Committee, headed by Kate * flx'Kene Production being pre-
Clay, was recently distributed wnted Peb™«^ *»• 22. and 23 at
dials in th and loving, tut
an elegy for cello and piano, an! Texas. Colorado, and New 1
"
Mr. Herman Ebeling
Speaks At Assembly
Mr. Herman Ebeling. director
of the North Carolina Region of
the National conference of Chris-tians
and Jews, will be the speak-er
at the Brotherhood Week as-sembly
on February 21. Mr, Ebel-ing
will speak on 'The Work of
the National Conference of Chris-as
It is called. Is a comparatively j tlans and Jews in America and
new type of production in the Abroad." The assembly program
who haThlnT 1, T T """"'States, originated by Glenn 1, being sponsored by theTte"
who has been brought up by he, Hughes of the Dni I Faith Council.
^ 'i ar"d hT A"? Washln*ton' Th- - • '- ">• P»*r«m will be m MM* OH i*. «.?j ttaarjst -JSZ rsr,
' ":"rir"-d " IN their ntl
II of campus wide Interest 8:0° p' m' ta the E"'0" Hall
are marked on the calendar along Ballroom This Play Is the second
with space for Individual appoint- *""» Prod"<:"°n of the school
merits The cover was designed year"
and drawn by Jo Tnipp. OW. played by Amanda Melgs.
eta. costing $1.50. can be pur-chased
in advance at the Infor-mation
desk In Elliott Hall, and
will also be sold there before
each performance.
Arena, or theatre ln-the-round
OlK'ftllAtfonrMJISA
BO finding this out
Ing the An
Brotherhood Week. Is the week
exits passing through the audl- of February 20 through February
oal toward
to sharpen
teoching of
in."
the UMembly
r and Beryl Week-