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THE RED AND BLACK
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Athens Little Theatre Guild Makes
Dehut With O y Neill Prize Play
The Athens Little Theatre Guild
makes its initial appearance Monday
night, November 26, with the pre
sentation of Eugene O'Neill’s, “Be-
jond the Horizon.” The play will
be given at the Colonial theatre and
•in arrangements has been made with
the manager for all performances of
the Guild to he given at this theatre
on a percentage basis.
The Athens Little Theatre Guild
was organized last year and con
ducted a one-act play tournament in
the spring. The Thalian dramatic
club of the University won the silver
cup offered with the one-act play,
“A Game of Chess.” The Guild has
not produced a play under its own
management and the play Monday
night will mark the debut of the
Guild so far as its own plays are con
cerned.
The play is the first O’Neill Pulit
zer prize play and is a milestone in
American drama. It is a play of
fate, beautifully written and strong
in its appeal. The Guild is doing
a daring thing by undertaking such
a play with an amateur cast. In
consideration of this, Mrs. Elise Gra
ham, president of the Guild, selected
the cast with a great deal of care
and is directing the play personally.
Three students of the University
are undertaking the leading roles.
Janet Fortson, Athens, is playing the
part of Ruth Atkins; Lathrop Mit
chell, Thomasville, is playing Robert
Mayo; and Frank Lester, Monte
zuma, is to be seen as Andrew Mayo.
The play is built around these charac
ters and shows the power of circum
stances in ruining the lives of these
two brothers and the girl.
These three students are supported
by a cast of exceptionally capable
people. Mrs. J. J. Strickland, Ath
ens, plays the role of Mrs. Atkins.
Miss Vera Crook of the Lucy Cobb
mathematics department, plays Mrs.
Mayo; with Ralph Wardiaw, Athens,
playing Mr. Mayo. Franklin Shear-
ouse, Springfield, will take the part
of Uncle *Dick, the sea captain. The
part of little Mary Mayo is to be
taken by four year old Mary Mobley,
Athens. An interesting feature of
the play will be the roles of a farm
hand and a doctor for which Ralph
Wardiaw and Franklin Shearouse are
to double.
This play is to be one of a series
to be given by the Guild during the
year. All of the plays have been se
lected with attention focused on their
popularity and importance to the
American theatre. The play Mon
day night will give Athens audiences
a chance to see an O’Neill play given
by a capable cast and under excellent
direction. It will be the first O’Neill
play ever given in Athens.
Janet Fortson, who takes the fe
male lead, has appeared in Athens
in several Blackfriar productions, in
cluding the tournament play for the
Athens Little Theatre Guild cup last
spring. Lathrop Mitchell, who plays
Robert Mayo, has appeared in sev
eral Thalian club plays in Athens
and was in the cast of the Thalian
club play which won the tournament
sponsored by the Guild. Frank Les
ter, president of the Blackfriars, who
plays Andrew Mayo, has been seen
in Blackfriar productions as well as
the spring tournament play, “Old
Wash Lucas.”
Mrs. Strickland and Miss Crook,
playing two difficult character parts,
will be seen by Athens audiences
for the first time in this play. Ralph
Wardiaw has appeared in Blackfriar
plays and is to handle another hard
character part. Franklin Shearouse
is well-known to Glee club audi
ences. but the Guild play Monday
will mark his first appearance as a
dramatic performer. Mary Mobley
is also making her initial appearance.
It is unusual for a child to take part
in a play, but she handles her role
with the assurance of a professional.
Frosh “Y” Holds
Weekly Meeting
The weekly meeting of the Fresh
man Y. M. C. A. Club was held in |
the lobby of Candler Hall Tuesday |
night, with an address by Dr. San- [
ford as the main feature of the pro
gram. The attendance was large.
Dr. Sanford discussed the spiritual
side of life from practically every
angle in his argument to prove there
is life beyond the grave.
After Dr. Sanford’s address, inter
est in the coming social for the
freshmen was enlivened when Fel
ton Drew, chairman of the social
committee, passed around the names
of girls for the boys to draw to take
to the party to be held at Memorial
Hall Saturday night. All freshmen
are urged to attend and bring the
girl whose name he drew.
HUNTER BELL TO
SPEAK WEDNESDAY
TO JOURNALISTS
(Continued from page 1)
Emory University in 1921, Mr. Bell
Joined the stafT of the Journal Im
mediately, and i n a short while was
promoted to assistant city editor,
becoming city editor with the retire
ment of Mr. Harllee Branch. Mr.
Bell was a member of the Emory
Glee club party on its first concert
tour of Europe.
The lectures, held as a part of
Journalistic instruction at the Uni
versity, are open to the public. Stu
dents of Journalism are excused from
all recitations during the lecture
hour.
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NO ABSENCES TO BE
ALLOWED NEXT WEEK
Except for Monday, students
absent from classes next week
will be fined three dollars for
every day upon which an ab
sence occurs, according to the
rule regarding absences on the
two days preceding and follow
ing official holidays.
Thursday only will be given
as a holiday. Students going
to Birmngham to see the Ala-
game may go on the special
train leaving Wednesday night
and returning Friday morning.
Freshman Club
Holds Meeting
The Freshman club met last Tues
day night at the Phi Epsilon Pi
House at 7:30 p. m., presided over
by President Bill Mell.
The club decided that new mem
bers were to be initiated within two
weeks, and to initiate new members
as the occasion demanded.
All members are requested to pay
their dues at the next meeting which
is to be held at the Sigma Nu House
on Tuesday, November 28 at 7:30
p. m.
Classes in Music
Steadly Growing
The music appreciation classes
conducted by Mr. Hugh Hodgson,
head of the department of music
of the University of Georgia,
which are held in the Univer
sity chapel every Thursday night, are
steadily growing larger. Not only
do members of Mr. Hodgson’s mu
sical history classes attend but other
music lovers both of the University
and of Athens.
Bach was the first of the musi
cians, who are being studied in
chronological order, to be studied by
the class. The programs of the past
few weeks have been made up of
discussions of Bach’s life and his
works by the students, and organ
and piano numbers of Bach by Mr.
Hodgson.
Study of the development of the
organ, practice in hearing themes
played by Mr. Hodgson and recog
nizing them; and the demonstration
of old rounds and ballads by the
Election Debated
By Demosthenian
A. B, Davis and O. Davis were
winners of the debate at Demos-
| thenian on Wednesday night.
The subject debated was: ”Re-
• solved. That the electoral college
should be abolished and that the
president should be elected by direct
vote of the people.” Kankakee
! Anderson and C. L. Payne argued
the negative side.
An open house concluded the pro
gram. This was Demosthenian’s first
regular meeting since October 31.
One new member was added to
the roll.
No Free Show
Next Wednesday
There being no varsity football
game this week, there will be no free
show at the Strand next Wednesday
night, according to Col. E. G. Gid-
ley, manager of the two local
theatres. He added that he is ex
pecting the Bulldogs to win the an
nual Thanksgiving conflict with Ala
bama in Birmingham, thereby giving
the Georgia students a free show
the following Wednesday night.
Free shows have been given every
Wednesday night following all of
Georgia games, Including those that
the Bulldogs have lost. The theater
manager, one of the most popular
men in Athens, sees no chance for a
Georgia defeat in Birmingham and
consequently, says there will be a
free show at the Strand, December 5.
Girls’ glee club have been other in
teresting features of the music ap
preciation class.
All music lovers are invited to at
tend these classes.
Miss Emma Lester and Mrs. Les
ter were guests of Miss Martha Les
ter at the Kappa Delta House for
the week-end.
Miss Edna Whitehead of Atlanta
was the week-end guest of her sis-
<r. Miss Katisue Whitehead.
Army Man finds
Tobacco ”Like
Old Friend”
U. S. Army
Fort Robinson, Nebr.
May 29,1928
Larus & Bro. Co.
Richmond, Va.
Gentlemen:
Speaking of champion long-time
members of the EDGEWORTH Club,
say:—it isn’t how long you havesmoked
Edgeworth, it’s how well you have en
joyed the smoke.
Why, I have walked out of many a
store, especially when traveling, to
stop at some one-horse town and buy
Edgeworth. A good pipe deserves
Edgeworth, and Edgeworth mine gets.
I would not insult it with any other.
"The familiar blue cans are every
where,” and usually you find men of
taste carrying them, which proves it is
not the price that determines a good
"smoky tobacco, but the care and
method that produce it.
I would rather go days without
Edgeworth and at the end draw a deep
inhale of that cool “smelly” aroma,
satisfying to the last pull, than punish
my throat and lungs and nostrils with
inferior grades.
Edgeworth is “The Smoke With a
Personality,” like an old friend, you
learn to know and understand, and
when troubled or when you have a
"thinkv” problem —you seek its sol
ace and companionship.
Very truly yours,
(signed) E. H. Fulmer
Edgeworth
Extra High Grade
Smoking Tobacco
“Framed in the
prodigality of
nature” —
When Shakespeare wrote this
speech for Richard he must have
seen the handwriting on the
wall—a Coca-Cola ad reading:
Good thing; from nine sunny
climes poured into a single glass
The Coo-Col A CoafMOf, Atlanta, Ga.
KINO RICHARD III
Act I. Beene 2
What Shakespeare
says about Coca-Gila
Drink
Delicious and Refreshing
8 million a day - it had TO be good to get where it is