THE TAR HElL OffiaUl Organ of tl AthUtic AMOciation of tho Unirenitr of North Carolina PublUhod! Wooklr BOARD OF EDITORS THOMAS WOLFB....-.......lfonoffHj7 Editor ASSISTANT EDITORS J. S. Tebrt II. S. Everett ASSOCIATE EDITORS W. II. Hooker V. H. Andrews K. L. PURRINGTON , C. T. LEONARD J. E. Stewart C. R. Sumner J. H. Kerr Miss Ei.izabeih Lay J. S. MASSENBURG Business Manager To be entered as eocond-class matter at the postofflce at Chapel Hill, N. C. Printed by The Seeman Printery, Inc., Durham, N. C. . Subscription Price, $2.00 Per Year, Payable in Adrance or During the Firrt Term Single Copies, 5 Cents OUR FUTURE GROWTH We do not put our faith in prophe cies nor are we prophets. Yet we will venture a prophecy which we believe will come to pass. We hail tne com ing of the new Carolina the great, erlorious, new Carolina. We do not believe the old Carolina will go. May that never be! But we see a rejuvenated school, and in her bo.som beats forever the great, pure heart of Carolina; and all that was good will be better all that was strong will be stronger the tradi tions of the past will find new glory in the progress of the future. And the weaknesses and flaws of the past will eo. If we had been a real estate dealer we would probably sum all this up in one terse phrase: Watch Carolina grow! Yes, watch her grow not only numerically but in the vital ways. For to us Carolina is alive, gloriously alive, and full of potential possibilities for growth. And is it not a privilege to be here to take part in this change to be a part of Carolina and lor Caro lina to be a part of us ? For Carolina is ours our glorious inheritance handed down by those great fellows of the old days handed down a shining jewel, to bs loved and cher ished by us all. May we be worthy of her! May she ever grow and grow and grow. CHRISTMAS, 1918, AND YOU The word Christmas brings to us a feeling of joy and peace that no other season .can. The spirit of love is more potent at this time and we all say with Tiny Tim "God bless us every one!" Think of the world's joy on this Christmas of 1918, when the words of the songs that the angels sang so long ago are almost coming true. "Peace on earth; good will to mn!" The men of the world are going back home those who are left. America will have her homecomings as she has never had before. Men who have sacrificed their freedom for a whiles, can now rejoica in; their hearts for they have done their pobs well. ' . This Christmas will mean much to Carolina men, especially those on the "Hill" now. The present student body have suffered. But the men have, for the most part, done well under the circumstances. Fellows who are behind in their work feel discouraged. What has this to do with Christ mas? .., Just this go home Christmas, men, feeling that joys of life are due you. -Put in good time between now and exams. studying. Don't give up a single exam. Struggle for them. You can pass. Do it! Don't be a quitter! The feeling of discontent is strong. You know the books have not had the amount cf time they deserve. But the faculty knows why. Professors are very hu man; they are comrades here. Therefore do your very bast. Go home Christmas with a feeling of joy in your heait for duty well done. Be the thoroughbred. Be an Ameri can. If you do your best, the joy of Christmas will be increased for you, and you may, on this Christmas, 1918, rejoice with America in a duty well done. The sweetness of the Yule-tide will not then be tinged with a single regret. Everyone of us should rejoice as becomes a citizen of America, or of France, England, or Italy. . We have all been through a dark valley. But the jubilee has come. May your holiday season be one of pure joy that comes from duty done. a period of review and test. It is a period in which the student should try to co-ordinate his knowledge gained during the term, into a con nected system, insteam of a scattered bunch of facts. It is not a time to learn new facts, but to connect old ones. For the professor examinations are merely a means of eaining some idea of the benefit derived by the student from the course. Examinations should not be a merht-mare to anyone and everyone should remain on the Hill and try to play the game squarely to the end. IS OUR LESSON LEARNED? Soon the military discipline is to d sappear and we shall be allowed to go and come practically as we please. No "Non-Com." will inspect the rooms, and no one will be made to "rake leaves" because he threw pa per in the hall. The old liberty that has been a part of Carolina ever since there has been a Carolina is soon to pervade the campus in all its forms. What shall be our attitude towards the new. or rather old, state of af fairs ? Shall we at once drop back into the easy going way of last year and year before, or has the military training taught us a lesson 01 prac tical value ? Consider, for instance; the places we live in while in college our rooms shall we continue to keep them clean and neat? A maji is judged partly by the things he has around him. If the walls are covered with, pictures that are of a questionable character, then it will be taken fo granted that they are the kind o' pictures -he likes, and will be taken a an index to the man himself. And vice versa, if a man surrounds h".mser with pictures of a fine and enncblin; nature, ethers will see them and re spect the man who chooses to sur round himself with such objects of art and beauty. If the books and pa pers are neatly arranged and the floor swept clean and the furniture dusted it gives the room a tidy and home like appearance, and adds to the man's own self respect. We might as well wake up to th fact that we are up against a new state of affairs, and that we havr to meet it in some . way. The day or doing things in a slipshod, haphazard way is gone. The tern "Slacker" doer not' mean alone the man who evades military service in the United State? Army. It will have a very definite meaning on this campus long after peace is declared. We have a b'g job ahead of us. It will require every ounce of strength and intelligence which we possess to put it across in the right way. If a man sleeps till barely time to catch an eight o'clock class when there is work to d he ir, a slacker. In the same way he is s, slacker if he squanders valuable time doing nothing that could be profitably spent at study or play. What is to be our attitude towards these things? They might well occupy the serious thought of every Carolina man. Community Club Resumes Meeting The Chapel Hill Community Club has resumed its regular work af ter a suspension of nearly two months due to the influenza enidemie. At. the first regular business meeting, Mrs. Collier Cobb, presiding, interesting talks were made by Mrs. H. W. Chase, state chairman of physics and Miss Lucy M. Cobb, home demonst.rat.ivfi agent of Duplin county. Saturday a group teacher's meet-ina- or the Southern Dart of the coun ty was held at the Chanel Hill cran ed school. County Superintendent Clayton 01 the public schools presided at this meetinev Short talks were made by Miss Susan Fulgluem, of the State Board of Examiners, Miss Lucy M. Cobb and Dr. L: A. Williams, of the University faculty. At the first vearlv meeting of the literature department of the Commun ity Club, Prof. H. M. Wagstaff de livered the first of a series of lectures to be given by members of the Uni versity facultv. Dr. Wae-staff de picted, in a concise and intensive man ner, events leading up to the great world struggle. On Thursdav afternoon Dr. W. D. Moss snoke on conservation at the Community meeting held in the Red Cross rooms. Professor A. H. Pat terson presided. Dr. Moss forcefully illustrated tne close relation between conservation and Americanism. Woman's Association Donate to War Work BREAST THE ; TAPE Following quickly on the heels of the departing dances, will come that inevitable culmination of the term's work, the examination period. To many this period is one of hopeless ness, but it should not be so to any. Exams, are not a struggle between professors and students, each trying to "blind" the other, but it is merely The Woman's Association held its first weekly meeting for Red Cross work on Wednesday m Peabody Building. Part of the money raised from the Gypsy Festival will be used to purchase maerialit (for (making refugee garments at these meetings and a sewing machine has been loaned by the Chapel Hill School. One hundred and fifty dollars will be given to the United War Work drive which, with the same amount pledged by the women students indi vidually in the campaign, brings the total contributed by them to an av erage of almost ten dollars apiece. iAn instructor in Physical Culture has been secured by the University for the Women students and classes will be held twice a week in the afternoon. INITIAL MEETING LOCAL DRAMATISTS (Continued from Page 1) Koch's class in Dramatic Composition, PlrUcli 91 Trv.mits w.ll he held foi parts in the plays selected. Eventual ly tne pian is io pruuute a new gram each month consisting either oi original Carolina plays or standard dramas. These will be produced in the Community theatre. A stage is being devised and con structed in the auditorium of the r.hnnel Hill Pnhlie School in accor dance with the designs submitted. by tne arcnitect oi me new umvcion.j Physics Building and the School Build ing. Professor Rankin .and, Profe3 sor Lasley have charge of the stage construction by which the present stage will be extended and maoe larg; enough for . a model portable stago in a community theatre. Professor Lear, cf the Electrical Engineering da partment, is working out a complet lighting system. The design for one set of scenery has been completed and various artists of the community hav; volunteered to paint it on canvas. It is desired to enlist the interes' and talent of the entire community ji co-operation with the students in a movement which, it is hoped, will eventually be carried all over the state. LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS PROF. WM. STAR MYERS (Continued from Page 1) ture cleb:at'.ons over the ending o' the war were gladdening the country for foreign news of the day befcr proclaimed a great victory for th All"es in the Champagne region wh'.cl culminated in the capitulat on of Sp dan. The Americans and the French fighting shoulder to shoulder were th' principal factors in achieving this v"c tory. Will not this cause a grea spiritual union between the two na tiens? "The great problem that now con fronts the world is that of puttinf future wars off in the future. Wash ington's advice was to have no er tangling alliances with foreign na tions until we could stand uprn oir own feet and rank as eoual with oth er nat'ons. The United States becanr a world power in 1898, which fac4 has been substantiated by this wa" An international bend of union or r league to enforce peace will put warr in the remote future. Wh'le the Cen tral Powers have made all interna t'cnal laws scraps of paper the Al lies, in all but a few minor cases tha can easily be adjusted after the war have strictly adhered to these law The only way to deal with a germar is to hit him over the head with ; brick. "A Lague of Nations will stand b' internat'onal law and reissue th" Hague agreements. We must form r league that we can I've up to. "Germany's desire now is to salvag' what she can out of the wreckage but she is still unrepentant. Car" must be taken to see that German" pays and nays to the bone. We en tered the war to regain our own self respect and the respect of the na t'ons. Like an individual, when a na tion loses its self-respect it is almos' dead. "The present German government is as autocratic as that of the Kai?c The p-wer is in the hands of a fe men who hide behind the screen of a semblance of democracy. German propaganda is still rampant in thip country which takes the form of schemes for an easy peace, an anti- British, and anti-Japanese feel'nsr Sentiment controlled by reason mn" ba. our course a the peace table There must be just'ee without mercy for mercy means sentimentality; jus tice to our allies and to ourselves. "Our men will soon come back with the question: 'Have you at home kept the faith? Have you seen the reali ty?' We have been the most closely united nation of the twenty-eight Al lied nations. The spirit of American ism manifested by our foreign popula tion has been truly wonderful. We have fought and won this war on the principal of unity. Professor Myers declared that the abnormal times have produced certair nroblems in this country that must have a speedy settlement. Teh opera tion of the railroads and the tele graph systems must be taken froir government control, for government operation has proved inefficient. Thr socialistic idea is for the government to take over such institutions and re duce them to mediocrity as a result. The fundamental principle of Ameri can government is the equality of in dividuals to work out their own sal vation. Outward direction instead of inward impulse, which is democracy, is socialism. Professor Myers emphasized the fact that post-war problems must be solved by co-operation. An adjust ment of labor must soon take place, and this question can only be satis factorily settled by the co-operation of capital and labor "Is there to ,be unrestricted emigration henceforth ? Are the Germans interned in this country as alien enemies to be per mitted to remain here?" he asked. "Such a question must be met upon a basis of co-operation. The inward impulse of American ideals expressed by peoples of all nationalities have brought us to victory." That man working in his garden must be quite a seamstress. You see, he is sewing a patch of ground. fhy&S .'VDOR'JLIPS overt ' T V VTV BOXES and !AJ PJiT i ERSON BROTHERS Ctiapel Hill, C. WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE YO U FOLKS from CHAPEL H I LL MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHEN YOU ARE IN DURHAM THE ROY ALL & BORDEN CO. D. T. SASSER, Manager WRIST WATCHES, DIAMONDS, AND A GOOD LINE OF JEWELRY . AT THE OLD RELIABLE STORE k$ffman jjetoefrp Company LEADING JEWELERS GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA WHEN IN DURHAM EAT AT THE Royal Cafe U. N. C. STUDENTS' HEADQUARTERS Old Tank Hunter IS ON THE JOB WITH FOUR BIG HUDSON CARS AND APPRECIATES YOUR PATRONAGE PACKARD HOTEL W. M. UZZELL, PROP. Rooms and Board at Reasonable Rates Excellent Service STOP RIGHT HERE AND GET A MILITARY HAIRCUT A. W. HARTON'S The Sanitary Shop Next to Main Street Pharmacy Durham, N. C. MAIN STREET PHARMACY TELEPHONE 541 THE REXALL STORE DURHAM, N. C. DURHAM SHOE SHINE PARLOR OLD HATS MADE NEW ALL SHINES 10c Opposite Paris Theatre Durham, N. C. The A. 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