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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-29
GREEN'S HOUSE
OF CONNELLY TO
BE PUT ON HERE
PEaymakers Will Produce Drama
By Chapel Hill Playwright
For First Time in South
TO BE GIVEN IN NOVEMBER

The Carolina playmakers will
open the season with the pro-
duction OF The House Of Com
nelly by Paul Green. This will
be the first production of any of
Green's full-length dramas ever
to be done in the South. Tenta-
tive dates set are November 2,
and 4.
Green was among the first
playwriting students in the Uni
versity when Professor F. H..
Koch organized the Playmakers
sixteen years ago. The play was
given in New York winter be-
fore last by the Group Theatre,
but has never been seen in the
playwright's home state.
1t is now being filmed, and a
number Of scenes have been
shot" in sections Of North
Carolina TO be included in the
picture. Although Green is now
writing for the cinema and has
recently been working in Holly
wood, he will probably be in
Chapel Hill for this production.
The first event on the Play
makers program will be Koch &
illustrated lecture, Adventures
In Playmakang, and a meeting
Of the drama students next Mon
day, October End, at 7 80 in the
Playmakers Theatre
The series Of monthly Sun.
day Night Play Readings will
begin with reading by Pau
Green some time in October. He
will read one Of his motion pic.
ture scripts, either Voltaire
written for George Arliss, 0,
David Harum, which will bt
done with Will Rogers.
The November Play Reading
is Romeo and Juliet, to be giver
by Koch. His annual reading o1
Dickens 4 Christmas Carol will
take place in December in Ne.
mortal Hall
In January Samuel Selden viii
read Maxwell Anderson Pulit-
ger Prize play, Both Yo2t,
Houses.
Other modern plays will bt
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-29
NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

Under and by virtue of the power
conferred upon the undersigned Trus-
tees in a certain Deed Of Trust ex-
ecuted to them by J. Clyde Ray and
wife, Mamie E, Ray. dated July 28,
1925, and registered in the Office Of
the Register Of Deeds Of Orange
County in Book 81, page 504, to Sc
cure certain Indebtedness therein and
default having been made in the pay.
ment of the said indebtedness and
having been requested to do so by the
holder Of the notes evidencing the
said Indebtedness, they will offer for
sale at public auction. TO the highest
bidder for cash, at the County Court
house door Of the County oi Grange
in Hillsboro, n. C., at IL O'Clock, noon,
on
MONDAY, OCTOBER le, 1893.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-29

read each month. The public is
invited to all these events.
Other productions viii follow
The House ~ Connolly, possibly
Gilbert and Sullivan comic
opera, either Patience or Pr'tn-
cess Ida. Shakespeare's Hamlet
will have Koch in the title role
and Treld sCney Of the Wells by
Pinero is also being considered.
An elaborate revue in the musi-
cal comedy manner may also be
given if sufficient material is
collected.
Two productions for the Jun
ior Playmakers have been an
nounced for the year. Wappl1a'
Wharf, a pirate comedy, will be
done by the older members Of
the junior group this fall under
the direction of Harry Davis.
In the spring ne will do his own
version Of The Sleeping Beauty.
A big Forest Theatre produc-
tion in the spring will close the
year. This will probably be
Hamlet, with Koch in the lead
ing role.
Season tickets for the six ma
jor productions of the Playmak-
ers' season are on sale for $500
at Alfred Williams, at the Book
Exchange and the Playmakers
Theatre, also from student sales
men.
Royalty reports on produc-
ton Of The Carolina Folk Plays
during the past six months have
just been received by Koch
with authors royalties for more
than thirty performances Of
| these plays in almost as many
different cities. Koch acts a.
agent for Playmaker author.
and checks have just been pass
ed on from his Office to twelve
former students, some of whom
have continued TO write sine.
their playmaking days anc
others who have rested on their
student laurels.
Among the plays in demanc
are those by Wilbur Stout, Lo
retta Bailey, Lucy Cobb, Doug
aid Macmillan, Frances Gray
Jane Toy, Irene Fussler, Ger
trude Coffin, Harold Williamson
Thomas Wolfe, and Elizabetl
Lay Green.
Carolina Folk-Plays are con
tinualIy being done in school,
and universities all over th'
country for educational pur
poses, where no admission fe|
is charged, in which case tht
royalty fee is waived.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-29
Mr.. Graham's seth Birthday

Alexander Graham, father OF
President Graham of the Uni
versity, celebrated his 89th
birthday September II. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Graham drove to
Charlotte for the occasion.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-29
Student Assistant Coaches

Ellis Fysal of Wilson and
Stuart Chandler of Durham
have been engaged as assistant
coaches for the University.
Fysal will coach the freshman
line. Chandler will help with the
varsity backfeld.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Speeding Up Traffic.

Commissioner Hazen's experiment In
making one-way boulevard use Of Thir-
teenth street in the morning and aft
ernoon rush hours will be watched with
interest, and if the plan works well it
will doubtless be extended to other
streets. A good deal Of confusion is
to be expected in the beginning. There
will be signs, but lot of people do
not believe in signs, and the alienation
of a one-way street for two hours of
southbound traffic in the morning and
two hours of northbound traffic in the
afternoon is apt to result in mental
breakdown for at least some Of the
drivers. But the most interesting part
Of the experiment will lie in what is
done about the traffic lights. Making
Thirteenth street one-way street for
two hours will not greatly speed the
traffic flow without more generous tim
ing intervals for "go" lights. If this is
done, however, there will be congestion
on Massachusetts, avenue at Thirteenth
street, and congestion there is the more
serious because of additional tangles re-
Sulting at Thomas Circle.
But if the Thirteenth street plan
does not work it can be quickly aban-
doned. While the Commissioners are
interesting themselves in desirable
speeding up Of traffic. some inquiry
should be made into the limitation Of
the operation of some traffic lights
except during the rush hours. Some
lights must be in constant operation.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Uncle Sam Playing Santa Claus With
Five Billion Dollars of Tax Money

Federal credit to carry out projects that
could not otherwise be financed.
If there is any imitation. ths emer-
gency budget represents that imitation.
It is the effort of the Federal Govern
ment to start the economic ball rolling
by financing huge expenditures and by
breaking log jams of credit in the bank
ing and the mortgage fields.
When that money takes hold, as 1t Is
taking hold, according to all of the re-
ports here, then the Government can
start to cut down its obligations by the
increased returns from taxes.
At that point there arises an issue
that is to play a prominent part in the
debates of the coming Congress.
The issue is whether now is the time
to call halt to further huge grants Of
Federal credit for public works and for
farm relief and for other spending, or
whether now is the time to add to the
huge spending program already author
lied. Already two schools of thought
are getting their ideas into print.
One school. represented by Lewis
Douglas, director of the budget, believes
that further spending outside the ordi-
nary budget should stop when the pres
ent grants Of money are used up and
that the surplus of receipts over ex-
penditures should be used to retire part
of the debt and start on a rebuilding Of
the Federal credit.
Another school, represented by Sena-
tor Robert M La Toilette Of Wisconsin,
is for even greater Federal expenditures.
He has come out for a $4,000, ,000, 900
public works fund to supplement the
So, 800 000, 900 fund already authorized
and largely allotted. Other Congress-
men have other ideas for spending
money, including one for $4,000, ,000,-
600 program of housing development.
President Roosevelt will play the de-
Gliding part in determining the future
spending policy of the Government He
has not formally made known his ideas.
But his policy is likely to be deter
mined by the situation within the coun-
try. II it is evident that the expendi-
lures already authorized have started
the country definitely back toward good
times and have taken up much Of the
slack in employment, then the Presi-
dent would be expected to suggest little
increase in the emergency budget. He
then could urge the use of the surplus
Of receipts above ordinary expenditures
to retire part Of the past debt, or for
paving for small emergency program.
If, however, business does not respond
as expected. and if unemployment con-
ttnues acute, then the Federal Govern
ment might embark on an even more
ambitious spending program 1t then
would use any surplus receipts to finance
new set of projects.
But it has been made known that
any such program would have to be lin
tied to the ability of the Federal Gov,
ernment to borrow. Thus far there has
been no hint that, under any condition
now foreseen. the Federal Government
would use the power given by the
Thomas amendment to the agricultural
adjustment act to print currency to be
used in paying for public works.
Copyright, 1882
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Secret Subterranean Passages
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Secretary Of the interior Ickes has
attained the stature of a Georgian wit
by his reply to the inquiry made to him
by newspaper correspondent who
asked the purpose of the projected Sc
cret subterranean passage to be built
between the Department Of State and
the White House. The jocund and ro-
bust Secretary allowed that the purpose
OF the passage was to get from the De-
partnent of State to the White House.
The correspondent was obliged to be
content with that exjguous comment
and, after all, what possible other
cause could such a passage have?
But the Secretary's. reply by no
means exhausts the subject of secret
suDterranean passages at the National
Capital. The city is honeycombed with
them.
1t must be remembered that, when
washington was founded, the entire
city was In ferment OF intrigue. All
Europe was aghast at the republican
experiment; all Europe was trembling
from the repercussions Of the French
Revolution. The holy alliance was
moving heaven and earth and parts of
Texas to uproot the menace of the
Western Hemisphere. There were
great mansions In the new United
States and great affairs were carried on
within their chambers. Emissaries came
and went, often, Of necessity, in secret.
1t was not desirable that the public or
any part of 1t, malingering at the door
step, should be able to observe just
who came and went. For public man
to receive a visitor Of a certain type is
TO reveal the sort Of business In which
that public man is engaged. So the
comings and gangs of persons of i'm
portance were velled as much as they
could be in those days.
The quiet city of Georgetown is much
older than the new city of Washington.
Georgetown is underlain by many pas
sages, even the existence of which is
known to relatively few people, save
when, In the course of grading streets
and laying water and gas mains and
electric conduits, they are broken into.
Secret Passage Recently Unearthed.
In the aggregate, millions of dollars
are expended by institutions of learn
ing and learned foundations to uncover
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the
tombs of the Kings in Egypt, and the
palaces Of the Khans on the bleak edge
OF the Cobb, yet the American engineer
ing mind Is so constituted that, when
handed an historic find, as it we're, on
SuVern tray, II passes on about Its
workaday job with never care nor
glance.
For example: When they were getting
ready to build the grand new Depart
ment of the Interior edifice the engi-
neers excavated an area of a normal
two city squares. The site extends
from street to F street and from
Eighteenth to Nineteenth and the latter
block is about the same double length
as the distance from Fifth to Sixth
avenue in New York Merely to dig the
foundation took weeks.
In the course of the work, the steam
shovelS broke into a secret passage
which obviously began at the Octagon
and ran in northwesterly direction
across the Interior Building site. It
was solidly built, the walls, ceiling and
floor Of cleverly laid brick
Any one but an engineer would have
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Reverend Joseph T. Kelly.

Reverend Joseph T. Kelly, whose
death on Friday saddened many thou
sands in this city, established what
is believed to be the longest record Of
continued ministerial service in one
pulpit ever known in this country. For
fifty-one years and seven months he
was the pastor of the Fourth Presbyte-
rian Church of Washington. having
been called to it as associate pastor
from the Princeton Theological Sem
mary in May. 1874. He succeeded to
the pastorate on the death of Reverend
John c. Smith in January, 1878. He
was the third pastor of the church.
which was organized in 1925. In his
half century and more Of. service he
became endeared not only to his own
congregation, spanning three genera
tions, but to all his fellow citizens who
were privileged to call him friend. A
scholar, a preacher of force and a man
Of the most upright character and the
highest ideals, he was an inspiration
to all VINO came Wltnln MS influence
and association. Devoting himself as
siduously to the duties Of his pastor
ate, he nevertheless took diligent part in
civic activities. A native Washingto-
nian, whose father had been one Of the
valuable factors in the development of
the Capital City in its early days, he
regarded his pastorate as a service for
his fellows of all denominations, creeds
and faiths. Compelled at last by the
advance of years to relinquish his du-
ties as head of his congregation, he
became pastor emeritus and in that
capacity participated in the work of
establishing, in new home, the church
over which he had presided for SO
many years, at the dedication Of which,
in November. 1928, he took part. this
being virtually his last service before
illness befell him. His memory is
benediction upon the city Of his labors
in the cause Of Righteousness.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
A CODE FOR LIFE
RT. REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. ID, IL. D., D. C. L..
Bishop Of Washington.

us not up hence" Step by step as
the shadows gather the youth pursues
his search and from the prophecy Of
Isaiah he selects the passage: II will
trust and not be afraid; for the Lord
Jehovah Is my strength and my song"
Again, he finds his comfort in the
ancient word: "The eternal God is
thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms" Thus from Old and
New Testament alike he draws solace
and comfort, until coming to the words
of the Great Master he yields himself
to the comforting assurance found in
Me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and will give you rest" and
again, Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let 1t be afraid"
In one of the last passages he quotes
before the great adventure, Is that con-
tanned in the Book of Revelation:
"And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes: and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain;
for the former things are passed away"
The whole story as reflected In this
young mans stern experience Is sug-
geStive Of the outward reach Of one
who, in the day Of trouble, sought his
Lord. In our effort to regulate the
large concerns of our industrial life 1t
has been found necessary in the in
terests of the largest number, to pre-
scribe codes, codes designed to render
trade and barter and all that concerns
our industrial work room fairer and
more equitable. The very exigencies
of this present hour have compelled
us to this course. 1t is interesting to
note, in this connection, how fire.
quently the exponents of this national
plan confirm it with apt quotations
drawn from the teachings of Jesus
Christ. More and more men are re-
fecting upon what He taught in the
sermon on the mount. Well did Cole
ridge say: The Bible finds me-"
There is no other book that SO plumbs
the depths of the human heart; there
is no other book that furnishes such
sustaining power, touches life at so
many points, or gives more definite d.
rection than this great book. 1t is a
code for life
Evening star., 1933-12-17

been more than passively interested in
the discovery, especially in view Of the
fact that the Octagon had been the
Executive Mansion Of the President Of
the United States during the period
following the burning Of the White
House in the War of 1912. It was there
that the Treaty Of Ghent, the document
which ended that war, was signed.
There had centered all the affairs Of
that troubled time. To that house had
come the great OF the world and, as
the passage itself emphasizes, no one
can possibly know precisely who came
and went
In the course of the excavation, the
shovels dug into an opening of the
brick-lined passage. It opened out into
a room, about the size of the average
living room of a modern apartment.
1t was about midway of the site.
Shovel Removes ALI Traces.
In that room, the engineer in charge,
looking down from the higher ground,
saw library table and a chair. There
was, on the table, a whale-on lamp Of
an early pattern. A heavy layer of
dust lay upon everything but, so well
built was the passage and the room,
there was little dampneSs Everything
was intact. Everything, including book
which lay opened on the table. The
entire appearance of room, table, chair,
lamp and book impressed upon the OBJ
server the feeling that the reader had
been interrupted, had hurried away
from his reading in the expectation Of
soon returning to resume his perusal
at the opened page.
AT this point the engineering mind
takes charge. Contractors usually work
under forfeit charge. If the work
they have contracted to do is not COM
pleted by certain date, the contract
calls for payment of so many hun
dred or so many thousand dollars a
day, to be deducted from the contract
price, until the work is done. So the
engineer in charge, although he had
seen the room, the table, the chair and
the open book, did not halt the delving
shovel for an instant. 1t ploughed right
through everything, lifting all obstacles
in its way in its capacious NAV and
dumping them into the juggernaut wait
to bear them away. Table and chair
were splintered and lamp and book dis
appeared in the miscellaneous welter Of
material which, to the engineering
mind, meant merely so many cubic
yards moved-in accordance with con-
tract.
James Madison was the President of
the United States who occupied the
Octagon. Was he the man who had
been called away from his secret read
ing? Or did some secret emissary come
to him there? And what manner Of
book was it that had drawn whoever
the reader was to that subterranean
retreat to pore over its pages in the
lamplight? What point in American
history might be Illuminated if the
name Of that book, and the particular
passages on the open pages. were
known? Moreover, where does the pas
sage go? Their job of excavation fin
ished, the contractors gave no thought
to the destination of the secret passage
The foundation was laid, the walls rose,
closing the place of continuation. No
one was sent to explore.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Britain Awaits Irish
Action With Concern
BY A. G.. GARDINER.

LONDON, December 16.-On both
sides of the Irish Sea the public awaits
with the deepest concern the next
move of President De Valera Of the
Irish Free State in the acute situation
which has grown out of his exchange
of notes with the British government.
Will De Valera take the bull by the
horns and go to the country on the
republican issue and settle the business
out Of hand? Or, having got the pros
and cons of the problem clearly set
out, will he wait for a more favorable
moment?
Whichever course he pursues, he has
now defined his own objective clearly
and infiexibly. He wants an Ireland
independent. divorced from the British
commonwealth, self-contained and self
sufficient. He is prepared to face all
the sacrifice consequent upon the
achievement of that goal. In a speech
a few days ago he said that the British
market was no longer of any use to
the Free State farmer. It was bound
to GO and he was prepared to see it
go in order to win complete inde-
pendence for Ireland, both political
and economic.
Whether, assuming that he decides
to go to the country forthwith, he
would get his mandate for republic
is an open question. Since the fusion
of the Cosgrave, O'Dudy and MacDer-
mott factions in the United Ireland
party, the opposition has been con-
solidated. Dc Valera's raid on the
party's offices and the attacks on its
meetings suggest that he may try to
suppress the movement. The Blue Shirt
has become forbidden emblem and
it is probable that the meetings viii
be prescribed.
X X X X
But De Valera, even if he we're dis
posed to do so, cannot manipulate an
election on the Hitler model and there
must be a large element Of the agri-
cultural population which looks aghast
at the idea of deliberately cutting of
the British markets. which still con-
stitute about nine-tenths Of the Irish
export trade.
The reply Of the British government
to his question leaves De Valera under
no illusion, even If he had any, as to
what follows ON a final breach. II Ire
land by its own decision declares itself
q foreign country, 1t must take the
disadvantages Of that fact with what