The Carolinian [October 12, 1928]

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GREENSBORO, N. C, OCTOBER 12, 1928 NUMBER 8
Students Turn Out For
First Mass Meeting of Year
GLINARD LEADER
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Elizabeth Moore Is Elected
Editor of Coraddi to Suc-ceed
Grace Wolcott
SUPERLATIVES SELECTED
Representative* of Culture, Wisdom,
Grace, Originality, and Ch .rm
Are Picked by Girls
The first muss meeting of the year
was held Thursday night, October 4,
1028, In the Aycoek Memorial with
Ruth Clinard presiding. Interest
waxed strong and very few of the stu-dents
were missing from the Important
occasion.
After the singing of the college song
all routine business was enacted and
all announcements were made which
were to be called to the especial atten-tion
of the student body.
For some time it has. been a question
as to what the students should wear
to all lectures, concerts, and plays. It
was announced that evening dresses
will be worn this winter.
The Greensborb Open Forum is
bringing to this city a number of
widely known men fend authorities this
season. Students may purchase tickets
from Miss Katherlne Wright, second
floor Mclver.
The Y. W. C. A. in trying to launch
the new term successful has arranged
for a series of lectures to begin Monday
night, October 8, in the auditorium of
Student* Building. The scope and aim
of the organization will be discussed
and as a number of speakers from off
campus have been asked, It is hoped
that a large number of students will
attend.
Grace Wolcott tendered her resigna-tion
as editor- of the Coraddi, the lit-erary
publication of the students. She
based her resignation on a rule which
declares that no student can bold office
on two student publications at the
same time. Her resignation was ac-cepted
and Elizabeth Moore, of New
Bern, was elected to the editorship.
Aletheians!
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All Alethelns are cordially invited
to attend the dinner given in the hall
October 13. Alethelan orchestra and
special features! Don't' forget to
sign up I • • « .
PLAYLIKERS SELECT
CASTS FOR PLAYS
"The Paky" and "Smiling
Through" Will Be First Two
Productions Given
FIRST PLAY OCTOBER 27
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MUSK) STUDENTS MEET
FIRST TIME THURSDAY
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Dr. Brown Speaks to Them Aboat Plans
for Year—Discusses Week of Opera
Here in Jane
WISHES EACH A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
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- Last Thursday afternoon the music
students met in the recital hall of the
Music Building for the arst recital of
the year. These recitals are held each
week In order that the students may
find out what the others are doing and
also get acquainted with a number of
good teaching pieces.
There was no program this after-
• noon, but Dr. Brown spoke to the stu-dents
about his plans for this year.
He impressed upon the freshmen the
importance of following the teachers'
Instructions, as this is essential in
laying the foundation for their future
work. He also gave some directions
about the care of the practice rooms.
Dr. Brown next discussed the week
of opera that the college is going to
have in January. He said that It was
the greatest event in his life, that here
at this college there was going to be a
whole week devoted to operas, giving
the students opportunities that were
not dreamed of twenty years ago. He
concluded his remarks by wishing each
student a successful year.
Two very interesting plays have been
scheduled by the Playlikers for the first
of the coming season.
The association is opening the year
by giving a presentation of "The Pat-sy,"
October 27th. This was recently
produced as a movie with Marion Davies
playing the leading role. The scenes
are laid in a modern American city. The
plot deals with the strugge of a young
girl to emancipate herself from the
restrictions and restraints of her fam-ily.
Final try-outs were held Friday night,
October 3, and the following east was
selected: The Patsy, Madge Brigman,
who, it will be recalled, <nade the fresh-man
plays and participated in a Cor-nelian
play last year; Corrinne Cook,
Grace; Peggy Ann Williams, Mrs. Har-rington.
The men's parts will be taken
by Mr. W. B. Taylor, dramatic Toach of
the college; Frank Warner, boys' direc-tor
of the Y. M. C. A., and Dr. H. B.
Stanton, French professor.
The second production, "Smiling
Through," will be given November 3.
This very well known play has seen sev-eral
years' run on Broadway with the
fascinating Jane Cowl as star. The
action takes place in an old English
garden. The time varies, as the first
scene is 1914, the second, 1865, and the
last, 1918. It is an Irish love story in
which the song, "Smiling Through,';
plays a prominent part.
Monday, October 8th, the cast was
chosen. Lorna Mae Wilson, who has had
much previous experience outside the
college, plays the dual role of Kathleen
and Moonyeen. Ellen is to be done by
Ruth Abbott, who made the freshmen
plays. Mary Alice Cnlp will be Mary
Clare, Christie Maynard, Sarah Wayne;
the three guests, Mabel Holland, Mary
Jane Wharton and Josephine Linney.
The male roles have not been announced
as yet
RUSSIAN DANCER COMES
TO GREENSBORO OCT. 16
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Xenia Makletiova and Her Partner, M.
D'Bives, Will Perform at Na-tional
Theatre Soon
Honored in Recent Election for Superlative Types
"Above are shown six of the eight Superlatives honored in the recent election. Photographs were not available
for Charm and Beauty, and these will be shown In the next issue of the CAROLINIAN. Those pictured above are:
(1) C|ara Gulgnard, of Llucolnton, Versatility; (2) Dorothy Upton, of Chadbourn, Most Athletic; (3) Rosalie
Jacobi, of Wilmington, Wisdom; (4) Louise Danuenbaum, of Wilmington, Culture; (5) Lillian Wortham, of Wil-mington,'
Grace; (B) Betty Sloan, of Franklin, Originality.
STATE FIRE CHEF
IS CHAPEL SPEAKER
Sherwood Brockwell Interests
College Assembly in Fire
Prevention Speech
ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE
KOSLOFF BALLET ACCOMPANIES
PLAYUKERS HOLD
TRY-OUTS IN STUDENTS
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125 Girls Bid for Entrance to Dramatic
Organisation—TUrty-eight
Are Accepted
The try-outs for entrance into the
Playlikers were, held Monday night,
September 24, 1928, In the auditorium
of the Students Building.
Approximately 125 girls turned out
for the occasion, which proved to be
quite successful, considering that 88
freshmen and upperclassmen from this
group were accepted as new members.
The Playlikers is the dramatic or-ganisation
of N. C. C. W. This dub has
been rather exclusive, strictly 1 uniting
Its membership to upperclassmen of
recognized dramatic ability.
The policy of permitting freshmen
to join the Playlikers was Inaugurated
for the trot time this fall.
Greensboro is shortly to have a visit
from Xenia Makletzova, a famous Rui>
sian classic dancer, accompanied by her
partner, Monsienr D. Bines, and the
Koslpff Ballet, who is on an exclusive
tonr of the United States. Wherever
Mme. Makletzova has appeared, she has
been hailed as one of the greatest danc-ers
Russia has produced, and she has
been compared by cities only to Pav-lova.
The National Theater patrons
may look forward to a real artistic
treat on Tuesday, October 16, when they
appear here.
Color, variety, and the entire gamut
of human emotions will characterize
the elaborate dance program. Bizarre
costumes of the olden colorfnl days of
Spain, China, Greece, Persia, with up-to-
the-minute dance creations of Paris,
are shown in the artistic ensembles and
solo achievements.
Mr. Kosloff's name stands out in the
world of dance. In presenting the
Alexis Kosloff Ballet he never forgets
the claim of real beauty. In his ballet
all the arts of the stage are combined.
They are life, but life glamorous with
magnificent color, with the strange glow
of exotic settings, with the allurement
of exquisite girls, magnificent costumes,
irresistible music.
Not for a moment does the onlook-er's
eye fail to be enchanted with the
msrvelously intricate interweavings of
living motion. The interplay of gor-geous
color, the sparkle of grace and
beauty of rhythmic movement. Thus,
with the Terpsichorean colt is the spirit
I of the days.
One of the most interesting chapel
programs of the year was presented
Tuesday in keeping with Fire Preven-tion
Week. Mr. Sherwood Brockwell,
fire chief of North Carolina, gave a
most charming talk in the interest of
fire prevention.
Mr. Brockwell is, without doubt, that
rarest of individuals—an interesting
speaker. His energy, vivacity, and dra-matic
talent, made his prosaic subject
bristling with life and color. In a
humorous, catchy style he called our at-tention
to th'e fact that North Carolina
lost $6,000,000 worth of property by
fire last year, and that we burn 51 cents
worth of property for every $1.00 put
into our good roads. He begged ns for
our own sakes to help prevent lire by
putting into practice in our homes and
in the schools, where most of us will
go to teach, the simple, common sense
rules of fire prevention. These rules
are: -"Dont let trash accumulate; don't
leave matches where children and rats
can get hold of them; and kill every
rat you see."
Before the talk Mr. Hnrley made an
announcement concerning the lecture
course for this year. The course seems
to offer many enjoyable evenings for
the year. It will be opened Friday eve-ning
by William Beebe, the scientist
and explorer, who will speak on "The
Wonders of Sea Life." The lecture will
be illustrated by moving pictures.
The chapel program for this coining
Friday will be a piano recital by Miss
Nevora Bergman, of the musie depart-ment.
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ORCHESTRA HOLDS ITS
FIRST PRACTICE TUES.
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Is Enlarged 'by the Addition of Five
Violin Players, One Viola and '
Two Cello Players
WILLIAM BEEBE TO
SPEAK FRIDAY NIGHT
"Under the Tropic Seas" Will Be the
Subject of the Scientist's Lecture
at the Auditorium
MOTION PICTURES TO BE SHOWN
The first lecture of the fine series
sponsored by North Carolina college this
season will be given by William Beebe,
noted scientist and explorer, Friday
evening at 8:30 o'clock in Aycoek au-ditorium,
according to L. B. Hurley, of
the department of English at the state
institution for women. "Under Tropie
Seas" is Mr. Beebe's subject.
Motion pictures, showing ljfe beneath
the surface of Gonave bay, Haiti, will
be used to describe the fairyland filled
with strange living things which make
the background for the speaker's mes-sage.
The scientist is said to be aa
unusually brilliant lecturer.
Material which forms the basis of the
story of wonders Mr. Beebe gathered
during exciting experiences of an expe-dition
to Haiti. The pictures were taken
with a specially constructed motion pic-ture
camera.
Mr. Beebe is director of tropical re-search
for the New York Zoological So-ciety,
He has long been spoken of as
a scientist with a popular appeal.
COLLEGE EDITORS' MEET
POSTPONED TILL NOV. 1
FACULTY MEMBERS
TAKE TRIP ABROAD
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Dr. Collings Talks of Journey
to Europe—Misses Largent
and Spier Go Also
TOUR VARIOUS COUNTRIES
Meeting Scheduled to Be on October 11
Proves Inconvenient to Hosts
snd Others
The orchestra held Its first practice
Tuesday night, October 2, at 7:30
o'clock, in the basement of the music
building.
The orchestra is much enlarged this
year.- There are five new violin play-ers,
one viola, and two 'cellos. It Is
Interesting to observe that each year,
probably as a direct result of the state
music contest held here each spring,
the high schools are sending out a
greater number of more skilled players.
The orchestra rehearsals will be held
regularly every Tuesday night, and any
student, playing any orchestral Instru-ment
that would like to be in the or-chestra
during the coming year, wljl
be cordially welcomed to attend the
next rehearsal.
The North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association meeting, which was sched-uled
to be held at Davidson College
October 11, 12 and 13, has been post-poned
until Npvember 1-3. This ehange
of dates came as a result of requests
from several colleges and from firms
in Charlotte who are expecting to help
in entertaining the convention.
Katie Gravely, editor-in-chief of the
Carolinian, and vice-president of the
N. C. C. P. A., and Christie Maynard,
managing editor of the Carolinian, will
represent this publication. Elizabeth
Moore, editor, and Betty Sloan, busi-ness
manager, will be sent by the Co-raddi.
Elisabeth McCombs, editor, and
Era Linker, assistant business manager,
will go from the Pine Needles staff.
SPEAKERS' CLUB SELECTS
HILDA BURTON AS LEADER
Despite the fact that Dr. Buth Col-lings
said that she had nothing different
to tell about her trip abroad, after tour-ing
England, Scotland, Holland, Bel-gium.
France, Italy, Switzerland, and
Germany it seems that she had a most
enjoyable summer. Dr. Collings and
Miss Vera Largent, of the history de-partment
of North Carolina College,
went together. They toured Great Brit-ain
alone, but. later joined a party of
20 people. The party was privately con-ducted
by Miss Jeraldine Dalla, of Rol-lins
College. Miss "Etta Spier, of the
Education department, was a member
of the travelers.
Dr. Collings said that she believed
she liked Great Britain especially be-cause
of its historical background. She
visited an island a bit off the coast of
Glasgow, Scotland, where her mother's
people live. This island, the Island of
Islay, is practically unknown to most
tourists. Dr. Collings described it as
being rather bleak, cold, and rocky.
Here the English and Scotch quite often
come for the summer. The only Amer-ican
ship which was torpedoed during
the World War was washed up at the
Island of Islay. A monument has been
erected there in memory of the Ameri-can
soldiers and sailors of the disaster.
Miss Largent and Dr. Collings, then,
were the only Americans on the island.
In Geneva, Switzerland, the party
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DR. POTEAT SPEAKS
IN ANNUAL PROGRAM
ON FOUNDERS DAY
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Makes Impressive Address to
the Assembly on "The
Standard Man"
IS 36TH BIRTHDAY OF N.C.C.
Students and Faculty Suspend Duties to
Do Honor- to Charles) D. Mclver,
Founder of College
The faculty, student body and alum-nae
of North Carolina College assem-bled
Friday morning, October 5th, in
Aycoek auditorium, and in a befitting
manner commemorated the memory of
Dr. Charles D. Mclver, the founder of
the college.
The students and faculty turned aside
from the. routine of the usual day to
celebrate the anniversary of the found-ing
of the college—its 36th birthday.
Visitors and friends helped share the
joys of the day. ,
The program started at 10:30 o'clock
with "America" sung by the audience as
the opening number. Bev. W. A. Bol-lins,
pastor of the College Place church,
pronounced the invocation.
President J. I. Foust, wfio had charge
of the exercises, read Dr. Mclver's
favorite chapter of the Bilde I Corinth-ians
13, after which "Gloria," by Buszi
Peccia, was sung by Miss Rebecca Og-burn,
contralto.
Messages from a large nnmber of
alumnae were read by Miss Clara Byrd,
alumnae secretary. The singing of the
college song preceded a short address
and presentation of the speaker by Dr.
Foust.
The president spoke of the beginning
of the college 36 years ago—of the 200
students and 13 faculty members assem-bled
to start work. He stated that
this small crowd had two qualities that
always succeed, namely, faith and cour-age.
"They laid the foundation and
guided the college under the leadership
of Dr. Mclver. Some day their names
will be carved in bronze; but now,
they sre carved in the hearts of many
young women." He said the college to-day
is the result of the accomplishment
of his purpose, A
He named the members of the orig-inal
faculty as follows: Charles Dun-can
Mclver, Sue May Kirkland, Dr. E.
A. Alderman, Gertrude W. Mendenhall,.
Dixie Lee Bryant, Dr. Miriam Bitting-
Kennedy, Viola Boddfe, Clarence B.
Brown, Melville V. Fort, Edith A. Mc-
Intyre, E. J. Forney, Mrs. Fannie Cox
Bell, and Mrs. W. P. Carraway.
When introducing Dr. Poteat, the
president spoke of his leadership in
liberalizing thought.
Dr. Poteat, in opening bis address,
presented North Carolina's felicitations
on the achievement of the college's 36th
birthday. He declared that Dr. Mclver,
in founding the college, had in mind
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ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
HOLDS FIRST MEETING
At a called meeting of the Speakers'
Club Tuesday night Hilda Burton, of
Jacksonville, wss elected president to
succeed Jo McKenzie, of Charlotte, who
did not return to college.
Plans for a membership drive to be
held in the near future were discussed
at the meeting. Grace Tillett, of El-wena,
secretary of the club, presided.
Th Speakers' Club takes the place of
the Debating Club, which has been
functioning on the campus for the last
two years.
Elect Foar New Cabinet Members,
Arhelgar, R. Sheffield, K. Mor-gan
and E. Knight
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MUSIC SUPERVISORS OF
STATE TO HOLD MEETING
To Discuss and Work Oat Plans for
Next High School Manic Contest to
Be Held in the String
The Athletic Association held its
first general meeting on Thursday to
elect four new officers. Knthryn Mor-gan,
at Salisbury, was elected as sec-retary;
Luclle Knight, of Chase City,
Va., as hiking leader; Ronle Sheffield,
of Bandleman, as life-saying leader;
and Lillian Arhelgar, of Fredericks-burg,
Texas, as dancing leader.
other cabinet members who were
elected last spring are as follows:
Edith Neal, president; Edith Webb,
vice-president; Dorothy Baugbman,
treasurer; Rosalie Jacobi, hockey
leader; Dorothy Tipton, soccer leader;
Ellen Shepard, swimming leader; Aline
Todd, basketball leader; Virginia Le-
Koy. gymnastic leader; Mary Evelyn
Parker, track leader; Elizabeth/Sneed,
baseball leader; ~Camille Brinkley,
chairman of the social committee; Har-riet
Boyd, poster chairman; and Grace
Hanklns, special appointee.
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UNDER DIRECTION OF DR. BROWN
Saturday, October ft, will fled a
number of high school supervisors from
various parts of the state gathered In
the King Cotton Hotel to work out
plans for the next high school music
contest. This annual affair is held
every year at the Aycoek auditorium
and is under the direction of Dean
Wade R. Brown, head of the music
department.
The most important subject to be
considered it the question of whether
or not district elimination, contests
shall be made a part of the meet.
During the contest last spring the mat-ter
was discussed, but It was referred
to a committee which should report at
a future time. %
The following served on this com-mittee:
Superintendent B. J. Coltrane,
of Roanoke Rapids; Superintendent
W. A. Graham, of Kinston; C. D.
Kutchlnsky, of Wlnston-Salem; H. 8.
Davis, of Concord, and James C. Har-per,
of Lenolr, supervisors; and J.
Henry Hlghsmlth, of the state depart-ment.
Notices of this meeting have been
sent out to various Interested super-visors.
The date of the event which
draws hundreds to Greensboro has not
been set but- will probably be held
during April.
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