pttpORT OF PRESIDENT
E. K. GRAHAM PUBLISHED
Eavesdropping and Interviews
(Continued from Page One)
325 comniunitic3 of tho State 1300
lrh school students wcro given
thorough training in aerating.
The News Letter was sent regu
larly to 9000 citizens of the btale.
Members of the faculty', delivered
185 lectures in 64 of the counties,
and the University brought to its
Wture rooms and laboratories : for
special institutes the men and wo
men of the State most interested
in good roads, high schools, county
churches, and the press. All told,
every one of the 100 counties of
the State received direct aid from
the University. l :
But the University cannot con
tinue nor extend tnese activities
uiness a more adequate support is
nroviued in the future. -; In order
to meet the greater obligations and
opportunities we must have money
ana it cannot refuse to grow with
out sacricing some of its " finest
qualities. 1 wo years ago the legis
lature gave the University $115,-
t)UO a "year for maintenance ; and
$30;UUO for permanent improve
ments and debts. Owing to the
fact that all thi3 allowance was
spent on debts, there has been no
new construction during the past
two years, except the athletic field
(a gilt) and' tho power house,
whicii is being built a3 an absolute
necessity, following the condemna
tion of the old plant.
The current deficit - on mainte
nance is $12,000, although $4,400
v was saved last year by not supply
ing vacancies in the faculty, Jb'rom
an investigation made two years
ago, it -is shown that the Universi
ty is doing its work on 33 per cent
less per student per, year than the
average cost in Southern univer
sities. . 3 ,
The University of North Caro
lina's total income last year was
$220,661,- while that of Virginia
was $5C0,258, and that' of Texas
was $602,607 and its 'building
budget is" $3,000,000. The student
body of Texas is about double that
of North Carolina and that of Vir
ginia 1 is slightly less , than; North
Carolina's.
'Eleven of the Southern univer
sities have larger working incomes
per student than the University of
north Carolina. Georgias is' 76 per
cent larger, Mississippi .101 per
cent, and; Virginia 141 per cent
Among the 25 State universities
and A., and :M. . Colleges in the
South our rank is 22nd: " "
The 'difference "does not "repre
sent a difference in ability to pay,
for ive'rank 29th. among the states
in tax burden per? $1000 property
valuation for university mainte
nance. Nebraska pays $1.08 and
.Minnesota $1.23 while vve'pay 18
cents on each $1000 assessed val
uation. ' On the basis of per capita
support, the rank of the State in
university support is ,39th.' In this
respect the states vary from $1.20
in Arizona", .92 in Minnesota, .76
in Nebraska, .70, in Wisconsin to
.061 in North Carolina.
; Through the t century that the
University has served the State,
the State has put into it in the
way of -permanent improvements
$122,000.' It has to show for this
tangible property values o.$l,154
025, and" an endowment of $101,
000; by conservative estimates,
more than , double the amount - it
has spent.
If North Carolina needs and
wants greatly to extend and deepen
its educational , activities, , there" is
no issue of property involved.
North Carol ilia is sufficiently pros- '
porous, and it spends money for
what it wants. ,
I "Have you Jiearc. irom your
exams ?"
"Did you get by with"
. "Wish I knew what I got on "
"I'd be proud of a four."
, -The eavesdropper tried to slip
into, a quiet corner of the Library
to avoid the monotonous murmur.
The eaves have been full lately,
all of it just like that excepting
for tho. slight but welcome varia
tions of calculations as to when
will be an appropriate time to re
sumo study. Some people are go
ing to begin as early as Monday,
while others consider that at least
three months is too soonr One
senior let fall the remark that he
had started Thursday in all earn
estness, but of course seniors must
strive to be impressive.
- Falling ovjt four sophomores in
the entriace the eavesdropper 'as
aforesaid attempted to slip into
the library for rest and quiet, on
ly to repeat the experience of "sin
ner man." There is no hiding
place in the library.
Something is going on in there.
The shelves in tho reference room,
which have always seemed so sen
sible and- convenient, are mount
ing .toward the ceiling in a most
inconsiderate manner. The eaves
dropper recalled the booloo ballot
which ' elected the only lady on
the Tar Heel staff .and wondered
if a literal of not general applica
tion might not be necessary if ever
she were to reach that top shelf.
Miss Strudwick announced, -however,
that stools, : ladders , even,
might be had upon demand.
The magazine room was in or
der as to chairs, tables and shelves,
but suffering from great internal
disturbances. All tho people who
wanted to study were driven thith
er from, the reference room, and
crowded in among the time passers
who 'daily ;dabble, or dabble daily,
with magazines and newspapers
Evervbodv interfered with every-
body else, and everybody felt rea
sonably grieved. - The studiously
inclined -were perhaps the most
selfish -for : they'' resented the
friendly conversational atmos
phere which interrupted their stu-
diousness, gave up in obvious de
spair and I cabbaged the , choicest i
magazines; lne regular naDitues
of tho periodical room had to fall
back on the "Fortnightly Review"
and Social Service Bulletins.
The eavesdropper wasn't inspir
ed, by the outside of a mathemati
cal, magazine, "and wandered back
into the hall where- a carpenter
was wandering around with a saw
and a shelf, and bookcases were
growing up m every corner. 1 he
book cases were already failed and
on every book was one of those lit
tle gold stars that you used to get
in Sunday School. ;
"What does it mean?" lhe
eavesdropper was instantly trans
formed into , the, interviewer and
accosted the lady at the desk.
. - "They are for the" Freshmen.;
We are to . put out a thousand
books that the -Professors require
or at least recommend ior x rcsn-.
man reading."
The eavesdropper, . or inter-;
viewer, the transformation makes
no apparent difference, turned to
the .nearest shelves curious to see
What every child should know."
A moment later the lady at the
desk was standing up one of those
marked copies. 'A junior and a co
editor must endeavor to be as well
read a3 ' the' Freshmen.' ;
IF YOU HAVE MONEY land
or estate due you, write ;
ho will get it. k- - -- r :
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Here he is good old PEPSI-Cola ! The
most successful " thirst killer" that ever
was. Never was a thirst, not even one of ,
those dry, "cottony," mid-summer thirsts
that had a chance with a PEPSI - Cola.
It just goes like lightning when this tall,
tinkly, " ice -bergy" glass of PEPSI
Cola heaves in sight.
I -lsij e)
SI
Try it just see how refreshing and invigorating
a drink can be. And don't be selfish have the
grocer deliver a case home so the kiddies can
enjoy it, too. .'-
THE TAR HEEL
Wishes to thank those subscribers who have promptly sent in
checks for their subscriptions. (Lit also wishes to remind those
who have not remitted that the sub- k
scription has been due since Noy. 1st ,
C. S. HARRIS, Circulation Manager, Chapel Hill, N. C.
NEW INTERPRETATIONS
REVEALED ON EXAMS
Many students would doubtless
be willing to aver that therrecent
examinations contained a number
of "foolish questions." However
that may be,, they yielded a good
ly crop of aphorisms and foolish
answers.
In the Law School, the maxim
"ignorance of the law excuses no
one," was. construed to mean that
an ignorant person is always con
victed. Which isn't so far wrong,
at that. In History, it was said
that .Hastings was charged with
causing the Gorilla War. But the
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English examinations as usual,,
were the most fruitful. One stu
dent asserted that. Baal was a
tower built by people who tried to
reach heaven that way. Preda
tory wa3 defined as ancient, (pre
plus date)".' Complacent was naive
ly defined as out of place; don't
know! where' you are, and blase as
unnecessary.
The student who wrote "Bacon
says if we could die more often
we wouldn't mind it so bad," was
a true philosopher. . But perhaps
the most brilliant "example of
reasoning power euzstitnted for
memory is the following: "Martial
means pertaining to taking life.
It has its meaning in a martyr,
.who is a man who gives up his
life." . . ' .
This derivation would make
even the lexicographer in"1 "Old
Cronies" look bad. '
A humane society had secured a
down-town show-window and filled
it with attractive pictures of wild
animals in their native haunts. A
jlacard in the. middle of the exhi
bit read : " " ' , y: "
"We were skinned to provide
women with fashionable furs."
A man paused before the win
dow, and "his harassed expression
for-a moment gave place to one oi
sympathy. "I know just how you
feel, old. tops," he muttered. "o
was I." ." r: -
With milk going up and gaso
line coming down the 'signs of the
times point unerringly to more au
tomobiles and fewer babies.
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press. '
He "My sister got a pearl
from an oyster."
- She "That's nothing. My sis
ter got a diamond from a lobster."
Exchange.
A kiss, says the bachelor, is like
a rarebit or Swiss cheese sandwich
something which one often en
joys at night and always regrets
in the
(O.) Herald-Star.
morning. Steubenville
GOSSIP
There was ah old niaid in Peru,
Who thirty-one languages knew ;
- With one pair of lungs
She worked thirty-two tongues,
I don't wonder she's single, do
you ? Exchange.
SWAIN" HALL ETIQUETTE
"Myj;oodne83, look at that guy
eating pie with his knife 1"
"Should he use his fingers?"
""No, but he's holding his knife
in the wrong hand." " :":
PUBLIC SPEAKING I .
1 First Student "Do you think
my voice would fill this big hall?"
. Second Student "No, it would
probably empty it." Ex.
Po' Dave S'pose yo don't hap
pen to know nobody what ain't
stoppin'. heah what 'ain't sent for
no one not to move no baggage nor
nothing, do yo' ?
John Nope. k