The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-27
Cynthia
Reports"
CYNTHIA JOHNSON


Bang! Zzzzzzzz! Crash! What on
earth are those nerve Wrackiag
noises? Where are they coming
from? They sound as if some local
carpenters union is hard at work,
to collect some overtime.
Well, the carpenters are local, but
as yet they haven't been union
izeC AS to what is going On, it's
just something very common in
the lives of the freshmen speech
majors. You see, we're having
night building classes at which
time we're constructing the seem
cry FOR the May Day celebration
be held here on May 8. And
the gym is the scene of all this
pounding and saving. Cecil Hinkle,
our instructor, always arrives on
time, and naturally this means be-
fore we get there. so he calmy
watches the parade of girls who
have reported for work that night.
Most of us wear dungarees and
T-shirts. but a few come forth in
pedal-pushers or ever shorts.
When we are all assembled and
have been spoken to at least three
times, the work begins. And the
following snatches of conversation
usually ensue: with Mr.. Hiakle
giving the orders)
Saw that piece of wood. . .
But, Mr.. Hinkle, I can't make
the saw CO." measure off IA Of
an inch on that brace. . But,
MIR. Hinkle, which one OF these
little marks stands for 1-4?". . E.
Hammer those nails in that plat
form. ."Golly, the nails just
won't go in straight. Hand
me that section Of ply-board'. . :.
That looks like plain old wood to
But s%tagecraft is only one phase
ct the life of a speech major. At
present most of our time is taken
ur with the rehearsals of plays
which will be presented the last
week of school. Along with the
plays, "Berkley Square
and THE Women which will be
presented by the sophomores,
when Shakespeare's Ladies'
Meet THE Little Immortals"
and when the Whirlwind Blows"
will be given by the frosn. May
Day r~ehearsals are also in their
last stages as the date for IFS pro-
duction draws near. The celebra-
ton will take place on the front
lawn OF the school with the spec
tators seating themselves on the
campus directly in front Of Miss
Webster's home. The original
music for Midsummer's Nibht
Dream will be played and amgpli-
fled so it may be heard all over
the front campus. The queen and
her court have been rehearsiny in
secret so that no one may know
who they are until the time OF
the festivities. Four little children
have been chosen to attend the
auer and carry her crown. AS
Soon as the coronation takes place,
the dancing and pageant will fol
low. Wish all of you could be here
to see it. The campus is a bril-
liant green, broken only by circu-
lar gardens of white jonquils and
red tulips. Yellow f~orsythia and
star-magnolias add the touch OF
color needed just above t h e
ground level, so everything is con-
tributing to make the scene a very
lovely one.
Now that the weekend nights
are getting warm, the swimming
pool has been opened, and stu
dents and guests may swim at
their leisure. The sundecks here
at school have been opened, too.
A typical Saturday afternoon
might be described in the follow
ing manner: Downing shorts and
hslters or brief playsuits, room
mates and friends, blankets and
pillows in hand, head for the near
est sundecks. deposit themselves
and their belongings in the glar-
ing rays of the sun, and begin the
long, roasting process OF acquir-
in tans. The first step is that of
applying the lotion which is sup
posed to keep you from blistering,
but which only SENS to attract
the suns rays more radily. Each
roommate takes her turn in slosh-
ing lotion over the other, and
when both are we'll fabricated,
backs PUNK down the outspread
blankets, clocks are checked SO
tina. turn-overs will be on time,
and the baking begins. Someone
aa- been thoughtful enough to
bring a radio out, and as you lis
ten to the rhumba piano rythms
OF Temptation or Begin the
Beluine," you nod peacefully in
the sun. That is. until you hear
the cream Of a nearby pal, the
of a camera, and the chIckle
of the person who has just
snapped the unsuspecting victim.
Heaving a sigh of relief that it
wasn't you who just got shot,
20 resume your simmering, but
when the pictures r passed
around school the following week,
you find to your horror that while
you slept you were shot, too. Half
ar hour passes, enough time on
the front, SO you turn over and
expose your back to the burning