The daily independent., 1937-08-09

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+, 4rrc ocean and sky. the
~, ,f this little island well
W. the people Of this great
.,,sr- 10 Join in the COM
r,,r,r,on Of ihC three hundred
r. 4frcth anniversary of the
,,,,os Of English colonization
,,s new world. The chroni-
| ~ he unrolled before us to-
~, have come Stirringly from
| n,ctit pen of Paul Green,
mai, with human struggles
r historic SituI, ions. vivid with
,,for md spirit OF the Eliza
+,rsn age. and beautiful with
r. 5,d English folk music sung
| ,rp singers from Westminster
khOOl
The play is put on by the peo-
If Roanoke Island as a COM
,,,ry venture in creative COOP
|. ion iOined in by the Federal
~safre. Music and Art projects
| rhe W. P. A.. the c. c. c. boys.
Roanoke Memorial AsSocia-
~ rive State Historical Com
| s;ion, and the PlaymakerS of
l. University Of North Carolina.
rs IocIl-State-federal partici-
| ion is a prophetic example of
baSic three-fold cooperation
rich reneWS the historic local,
ne and national origins of the
Eipra, republic and advances the
3mLsc Of the freedom and de-
t,cracy Of the American Com
I1nwealth Of states.
A representative State
North Carolina, in which Roa-
le Island is pockelcd by sand
rs and sounds. IS { fit place for
celebration Of great begin
I,gs. Il = 4 representative ORR
-a. American state Of signifi-
| Ia. origins. In Western North
f-oina rise the highest peaks
Eastern America. the higheS.
| Iaks Of the oldest mountain
stem in the Western Hemis-
| ere. North Carolina was the
5, D. the British colonies 10
Hc, her delegates % declare
NG iOnal independence at
Iladelphia. North Carolina is
mother commonwealth of the
IS. state university 70 open its
| IJrS in all America. In these
,eral ways. the birthplace of
& highest peaks of the oldest
.uL ain system. of British i'm
t!al colonization. of American
.ependenCC. Of the university
The people, this old state is yet
Youthful birthplace Of avia-
n .Jr the tranSfCcmG'. .on of our
ieln world.
Across this sound and atop yen
i Devil Hill stands the nation
monument to the Wright
htherS. the pioneer explorers OF
skies. From the monument
ines on occasion a beacon light.
1a.l.ng 20 lard and sea the
-cc o. the first flight of an
EoplaGc which joins nov by air
I'd world and the new 10
-.ch Ra.eigh's men came long
BY sea.
The First English Home
On this little island was built
first English home. the first
gISh chapel, was born the first
gASh child. and was baptized
first Protestant child in the
Stern world. Earlier English eX-
.gerS had landed upon bleak
.tn American shores. English
--UogS and pirates had raided
Spanish main and captured
EaSJlre fleets in many western
IS. For a long time the English
with constant illusion looked
'Ae northwest passage and
SoU Invest gold. Nevertheless
Vas on Roanoke Island. North
~oL!Aa. that the English people
came ashore to build a home.
,Ae soil, establish a rival base
commerce and power. and .ay
foundation of an overseas
pre-. Heroic figures appear in
son or by reference is the
II $ pageantry: Queen Elizabeth
sex AmadaS, Barlowe, Lane,
en"IlIe, Drake, John White, his
lgH,er Eleanor mother of Vir-
Id Dare, Seamen. soldiers, farm
F mechanics, and mothers Of
u, the stuff of whom empires
made. We shall have glimpes
These woods of Manteo and
ahcheSe. of the Indians, their
S"ayS and dealings with the
gASh as the beginning of the
UernesS Influence which was to
us frontier lines deep into the
lac-er and ways of the Ameri-
people. Running through the
ny OF The Lost Colony we catch
'FloneS Of legend. mystery, and
deep silence of the forest un-
ken save by the SyllableS upon
tree.
Laid A Foundation
BACK of them all we see in
gland. towering across the seas
centuries, he majestic fig