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Page 0 r THE TAR HEEJL Thursday, January 21, 19QH t'l The Leading Southern College Tri-Weekly " i Newspaper , MemVer-of North Carolina Collegiate . Press Association Published three times every week of the college year, and is the official news paper of the Publications Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel H$U, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the college year. Office's on first flor of New West Building, Telephone 318-Red. Entered as second-class mail matter at the, Post Office, Chapel Hill, N. C. II. N. Parker. Harold Sebu : -..Editor ..Business Manager - . ... Editorial Department Managing Editor . J. T. Madry' ... ... Tuesday Issue P. ,N. Olive Thursday Issue F.-P. Eller - Saturday Issue C. W. Bazemore Astistant Editor lj.rH. Byrd .. . Sport Editor J. O-Allison J.-F. Aseby -Kj Barwick J.'! R. Bobbitt, Jr, ll. P. Brandis D. D. Carroll W, G. Cherry Ben Eaton Eunice Ervin R. K. Fowler C. L. Keel, Jr. Staff J. B. Lewis R. R. Little E. R. McKethan, Jr. L. H. McPherson W. W. Neal, Jr. W. D. Perry W. P. Ragan 1. N. Robbins C. F. Rouse S. B. Shepherd, Jr. A. B. White Business Department Sarah Boyd . A at to But. Mgr. T. V. Moore i ' Advertising Department CIihs. A. Nelson Advertising Manager Byron Holmes . S. Linton Smith t( J. C Uzzell, Jr. ' j; Circulation Department Marvin Fowler Circulation Manager Dick Slagle John Deaton Tom Raney Reg Schmitt You can purchase any article adver . tised in The Tar Heel with perfect : safety because everything it adver '. tises is guaranteed to be as repre- sented. The Tar Heel solicits adver tising from reputable concerns only. Thursday, January 21, 1926 PRICE PROFANITY? WILAT ?'he Davidsonian, which comes to us weekly- from North Carolina's stijpnghold of Calvanism, often con tains whimsical bits of philosophy . th4t afford pleasant reading and sub ject for thought. In a recent issue we, find a - treatment of profanity. Tite editor asks the question, "What Prce Profanity?" and then answers it: TThe art of profanity is no new one, by any means. Since the first guttural speech of the savage man . roaming in his native forest, there ha( been a tendency to degrade lan guage by using words and figures of speech that are irreverant, unnat ural, and obscene. We of today knew this scurrilous type of speech as profanity, swearing, or ; simply 'cussing.' , "If credence be given to varied statistics that decry the alarming condition among our current young pejjple, it is time for alarm. Those who know say that profanity is gain in ground each year; that its rec ognition on the legitimate stage and in moving pictures has fostered its popularity. Its use among men is ptetty well widespread , and it is gaining ground among , the women. One may hear a flapper of the pres ent day toss off a neat phrase, that wpuld have made her mid-"Victorian grandmother swoon and those around her reach for the smelling salts. . "Among every stratum of life you hear profane phrases. It is not fixed among the dives and in the under World. ; Although it has not los't the common touch it still walks with kings and the mighty. Few seem to be immune to it. : Many children hjst hear profanity issuing from the ljps of their parents. Their childish rtSinds refuse to believe that anything their parents do is harmful to them' pelves. And through life the habit aontinues Li'To come down to the point of the matter we believe that profanity is not so much a sin as it is an offense gainst good manners ' and good breeding. Most men curse and swear because .they hear others do so and it seems to them a natural vent for the expression of their exuberant : r-T . ; ; feeling. They fail to realize that the Bible holds it a cardinal sin to take in vain the name of God. It is as natural to "some as breathing. - "Can we rightly blame the waif, who, brought up in the slums, punc tuates every phrase with choice mor sels of obscenity and profanity, ut terly unconscious of his act? Who is to blame when a child grows up to manhood or womanhood with a curse' or evil remark on every breath? "College students uphold the tra ditions of their elders in this matter. Perhaps they think that it is manly; perhaps they have acquired the hab it unconsciously at any rate there are few who do not use profanity in abundance every day. A few friends with whom we are thrown in close contact use such language for the expression of their most elevated and sublime thoughts and ideasV Surely such a condition is deplorable. Per haps a few 'dams' and varied men tions of the infernal regions are in offensive to many, but to us, they are grating, even when there is the ut most provocation. "Cursing and swearing accomplish little if anything. Worse than slang, such language gathers the scums of the gutters and filth of the streets, and blends it with mention of the most holy and sacred things of which we know. From a purely critical standpoint, it debases our language, robbing it of the virile strength and calm beauty. It is offensive ' and sickening. It shows a weakened mind, because the user resorts to nasty phrases instead of availing himself of the beauties of the Eng lish language. ; - "We, as future leaders, workers, and ministers of the world can do much to stamp . down an evil that joins hand in hand with lawlessness and crime. It is a sin and an of fense against good morals. Let us do our bit to discourage its use." ALSMTH TOTES DEAN PATTERSON Says He Appreciates Interest Being Shown Here In His Possible Can didacy for Presidency in 1928. Dean Patterson recently received from Governor Al Smith, of New York, a let ter depressing appreciation of the fact that interest was being shown on the University campus in the possibility of his running for President on the Demo cratic ticket in 1928. Dean Patterson sent a clipping from the Open Forum column of the Tar II eel which called for a Democratic ticket in" 1928 composed of Governor Smith for president and Ex-Governor Cameron Morrison for vice-president, to his brother on the Baltimore Sun, The letter was reprinted and was sent to the New York Governor by Dean Pattersoa There promptly came from the execu tive "mansion an acknowledgment and thanks. - , ' : 8 Sigma . Delta announces the initiation of John Olive, of Fayetteville, N. C;, W. W. Anderson, of Greenwood, S. C, and Ward Dix Kerlin, of Camden, N. J. Calendar "Thursday, January 21 10:30 A. M. Student section, Am erican Society Civil Engineers, room 319 Phillips Hall. 4:30, P. M. Playmaker Try-outs, Theatre building. 6:43 P, M. Glee Club, Practice, New West Building. Friday, January 22 8:30 P. M. Wrestling, U..N. C. vs. N. C State, Tin Can." V Saturday, January 23 7:00 P. M. Phi and Di Societies Phi and Di Halls. 8:30 P, M. Basketball ganje, Car olina vs. Duke, Tin Can. 3:30 P. Mi Faculty Play, Play maker Theatre. Sunday, January 24 8:30 P. M. Playmaker reading by Anne Majette Grant, Play- ' maker Theatre. 9:00 P. M. Sigma Upsilon meet ' ing- Monday, January 25 6:45 P. M. Glee Club Practice, New West Building. 7:30 P. M. North Carolina Club meeting, 112 Saunders. 8:30 P. M. "Y" Cabinet meeting, Y. M. C. A. 8:30 P. M. Francis MacMillan, violinist, Memorial Hall. Tuesday, January 26 6:45 P. M. Glee Club Practice, New West. 8:30 P. M. Freshman Friendship Council, Y. M. C. A. rjtgr- The . Meltiag Pcl fryL By C. W. B. I wish I could write beautiful, blase things, words sentences, paragraphs and such like. If one could only write, one might find romance in catching classes, joy in writing themes, and quicken to the cosmic urge. .But I have set too high an aim And fallen far; But my soul is like a flame That loves a star. . :. - I would hang a poet's shingle out. ' In Beauty's sky; But embers close me roundabout And they will surely snuff me out Here in the grate Where all my fate -v Early and late. Must lie. ' ', Already they come those advertise ments which cast a romantic glamor around foreign travel, and Offer attrac tive rates to college students who will consent to go abroad in summer vaca tions. They used to go to New York and come back labeled as cosmopolites; now one must go to "Europe or one has missed some of the Essentials of Col lege Life. ' And in Europe, what does one find. Scenery almost as beautiful as that west of Asheville; run-down-at-the- heel majesty of places existing mainly in the history books. There are no sky scrapers' in Europe, no subways in the Alpine villages, no racing cabs in the towns of Brittany, no-cafeterias on the Rhine. ..; Scarcely a week ago the University band went over to Pittsboro and gave the .natives an entertainment. In the last Tab Heel, some conscientious re porter wrote it up, and declared': "The concert at Pittsboro featured a saxo phone quintet by. Kenneth Scott, presi dent of the band. . . , That should have been worth going all the way to Pittsboro to hear. They ought to ad vertise their out-of-town engagements more widely. . . :"V.-'-; . A thing is usually prized in just the degree that is hard to get. "Grata' from certain professors who cut their classes every once in a while have, little kick for the students concerned. . But let some professor with a conscience and a record for always being there fail to show up. The thing becomes an event the impossible has (happened there must be eeleb ration. And there wfll be as the class tumbles out of the room like caged animals just released. The Spaniard loves his holiday; the college student loves his "grat." Nature is still very kind 'to her children she instills in them a love for freedom and optional class attendance. The commonwealth of Tennessee has resolved to guard its youth against cam pus contamination; and things happen once in a while showing that the good people are " not asleep. A very , few months ago, the . Southern Junior Col lege, at Ooltewah, Tenn, was purged of all carnal sin. Following a chapel ex ercise a search was made of all the boys and girls' dormitories, and alt nov els, pictures," story magazines, lipsticks and rouge, were cast into a roaring cam pus bonfire. Burning with religious "fer vor, kindled by two revivalists, a com mittee of students and faculty entered the college library for every book or pamphlet having reference to evolution. The students, led by the faculty, emerged bearing the idols aloft, carried them in triumph and cast them into the' flames. We haven't heard from the place since. College comic magazines are interest ing things, and nice sometimes to have to send to students at the girls' colleges. But most of them skate on thin Ice, which sometimes breaks through, and then the editors suffer an academic drowning. Just as the truth about the stork and about Santa Claus ', is kept from children, so undesirable truth and untruth need to be kept from the minds of adults as .well as adolescents. Milton did not know what a subversive gospel he was preaching when he said: "Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do ingloriously, by licensing and pro hibiting, misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to worse in a free and open encounter?" Mr. Milton probably had no - dream of the American 1 undergraduate's per verse and stupid inability to distinguish between Truth and falsehood, liberty and license, art and pornography. A fraternity of men who are working their way through school has been or ganized at - the University of Kansas. Phi Kappa Alpha has been chosen as its name. The main purpose of the or ganization is to, give intelligent help in securing jobs for-students, and at the same- time help promote better under standing between the faculty and work ing students. We might suggest but perhaps there will be. one here some day, too! - Its nice to get up on cold a. m.'s and hear the English sparrows singing In the campus elms; and workmen whistling NOBLE SUPPOSED IN RED FLANNELS Archibald Henderson Supposed In Arboretum In Bath Robe. WHAT WOULD CHASE DO Dr. Chase Proposes a Keeper For Weil Known Newspaper Man. Ben Dixon MacNeil, writing In his "Cellar and Garret" column in the Ifeti's and Observer oi yesterday, tells of having received a letter from Dr. Harry W. Chase in regard to the attire that the -former wore when he attended the Governor's New Yrar reception. MacNeil wants to knov what is the cure for absent-mindednei s. While lo cal professors are not thought to be ac customed gamboling across the campus to any great extent, especially with their pants rolled up half way up to their knees, nevertheless Mr. MacNeil evi dently thinks such actions might be a serious problem here,; He suggests that the two cures are used by the President, the first being a club in 'the hands of Charlie Woollen and the other a magical drug. -Mr. MacNeiPs own version of the letter from Dr. Chase and his picture of the supposed lamentable state of offairs ex isting been on account of an abundance of absent-minded professors is given be low. ;'' .;.; ' " '"I have read with deep concern" writes President Chase, of the University, "jour account of tbe garb in, which you went to the. Governor's reception. You do not need a valeC What you need is a keeper. I have associated with college professors most of my life and I have never known any of them so absent-minded by half as you have shown yourself to be. I think that some of your friends ought to see to it that you take something for it before it gets the best of you." - Just what would Dr. Chase have-me take? I wish that he had been more ex plicit, as no doubt he could be. What simple remedies does he have applied when he sees one of his professors gam boling across the campus with his pants rolled up half way to his knees. . Does he dispatch Charlie Woollen with a club to creep up behind them and clout them over the bead? Or has he some magical drug, and does he slip up behind them and poke a hypodermic into their flanks? Supposing that from the window of his office he should seevDr. Marcus Cicero S. Noble strolling under Davie poplar clothed only in his red flannel undermen tionables, his trusty purp wearing the Doctor's favorite frock coat? Just what would1 Dr. JChase do in such crisis? Or if Dr. Archibald Henderson should be seen wandering in the Arboretum in his bath robe, of if Dr. Venable should be . : 4 , But I can't catalogue all the aberatlons of absent-mindedness. What I want to know is how does Dr. Chase keep the evil in check in his insti tution. And being a college professor by training and experience, how does he keep his own pants rolled down when he goes to receptions and if he doesn't in what fashion does he cope with the fa talities that ensue when respectable, middle-aged matrons begin to drop dead all around him. Perhaps the calves of the Chase legs are more symmetrical than those ;of this department and the public exposure of them is not attended with such lethal results. DUPLIN COUNTY CLUB TO PUBUSHA SURVEY Several important matters were dis cussed at the meeting of the " Duplin county club, Monday night, at the "Y". A good crowd was present, and the meet ing was pronounced a great success. The first thing brought up for con sideration was the group picture for the Yackety Yack. After a short discussion it was agreed to have the picture appear in the alumni this year. : The proposition of editing a social and economic survey of Duplin eounty was discussed from all angles; and finally agreed to. Those who will be in char ire of the work are: President Carroll, J. D. Moore, F. L. Russell and S. B. Hunter. These men will receive the 4 course cred its offered by the department of econ omics. '"'"-. : ; The meeting was adjourned after a unanimous vote to accept the invitation of Miss Eliza Moore to a club social at her home, Jan. 28. Miss Moore was for merly of Duplin County and has become a member of the club this year. I " The next meeting is scheduled for the second Monday night in February. The Deutscher Vereln will hold its regular meeting Thursday evenine. Jan uary 21, 1926, at 7 o'clock. The meeting win De neia at the Episcopal Parish house. . , : Dr. Wind, of the Philosophy depart ment, will play some German popular songs for the Verein.' AH those Inter ested in German are invited to come out. merrily at work on South Building; and see the janitors arrive for the day's work ; and then catch a nice early break fastand that eight-thirty. But so much nicer to simply lie in. bed. Man is ever prone. .... But when one be gins to moralize, it's time to go home.' OPEN FORUM PLEA FOR MORE CHURCH-GOERS Editor: .- Why does such a small., per cent of the student body attend church? Why such a small congregation? This ques tion could be asked in any church in North Carolina." Where are the folks on Sunday morning? Something is wrong. Someone is failing to do his duty to himself or to his fellow man. Is it the minister or is it the congre gation? ' Go down town on Sunday morning and you will see a big bunch hanging out on the corner," not only here but all over the state. You can't force one to go to. church that is not my point but make the services so inspir ing and interesting that one will come of their own accord. The trouble comes because this is not done. Is it because the ministers of today do not appeal to the thinking class of people? Is it be cause the sermons do not link up with every-day life? Is it because the Bible is preached and not the purpose? Is it because we get fed up wn this science and religion controversy where we have the ministers blessing out theScientists because they do not see life from their point of view? Too much facts and fig ures are preached. There is nothing that tires a thinking person as facts and figures from the pulpit. Is it that the ministers here do not take enough interest in student activities and con tests? -" : . - I do know one thing: A recent trip through the dormitories on Sunday morn ing has convinced me that not enough of us are going to church and that back in most of our homes the same thing holds true. . Now it looks like to me that it Is time for some one to wake up and get busy and do something. . Xy :.'v R. H. HIGHS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES HERE IN SPRING State Championships in Basketball, Baseball, Tennis and Track Con ducted By Athletic Assn. : The Executive Committee of the State High School Athletic Association has worked out a program for the spring of 1926 which will include four elimination contests in as many different sports. The four contests will be in the fields of basketball, track, tennis, and baseball. The first of the four events will be the basketball championship series which will follow the usual plan, for elimina tion series, the final game to be played at Chapel Hill and. the date to be set by conferences of the faculty managers, Last year year there were 104 entrants in the basketball series and the interest shown so far this year should be pro ductive of an equal or greater number. All applieaitons must be mailed to Sec retary Rankin, of the Executive Com mittee, on or before February 6. This will be the twelfth annual basketball contest. . - The second of the four sports will be the1 inter-high school track .. meet. The meet will include thirteen events as fol lows: 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440- yard run, 880-yard run, mile run, 120 yard . low hurdles, high jump, broad jump, pole vault, 12-pound shot put, dis cus throw, javelin throw, and the relay race. The date of the meet has been set for April 16. This will be the four teenth annual inter-scholastic track meet for high schools held under the' super vision of the State Association. It- is Interesting to note that in the thirteen preceding meets the spoils of victory have been divided between only ; four high schools : High Point, Friendship, Chapel Hill, and Charlotte. The last three contests have been won 1y the team from Charlotte High School. . : The event will be the tennis tourna ment which is one of the features of the annual High School week at Chapel Hill. During this week, besides the track meet and the tennis tournament, the final de bates are held to. decide the winner of the Aycock Memorial Debating Cup. All applications for entrance in the tennis meet must be in the hands of Secretary Rankin on or before April 3rd and the meet itself will get under way on Wed nesday, April 14. Both singles and dou bles matches will be played. This will be the eleventh annual inter-scholastic tennis tournament for high schools. Last year the singles title was copped by Lex ington High School while Greensboro was -victor in the doubles. The last of the events on the spring program will be the annual elimination baseball championship ' series. All en trants pust place" their applications in Mr. Rankin's possession on or before April 18. The date for the final game, which will be played on Emerson field, will be set by a conference of the fac ulty managers of the various high schools represented. This will be the thirteenth annual baseball contest- For the last two years Shelby High School has won the final game. The same eligibility rules apply to all of these events as were ap plicable to the football series held dur ing the past fall. A rule at the University of Oklahoma forbids women- to have dates after 7 o'clock on week nights, and further nro- vldes that walking home with a man Trom the library may mean dismissal from school. The Intra-Mural Contest Schedule , Thursday, January 21st 3:30 P.M. --7; Zeta Psl vs. Kappa Psi, court No. 1; East vs. J., court No. 2; Steele vs. G., court No. 3; Carr vs. . F, court No. 4. 4:30 P.M. Sigma Nu vs. Delta Tau, court No. 1; Alpha Lambda Tau vs. Kappa Pi, court No. 2; New Dorms. (vs. Smith, court No. 3 Kappa Sigma Vs. Phi Delta Theta, court No. 4. Friday, January 22 3:30 P.M. Tau Epsilon Phi vs. Kappa Al pha, court -No. 1; Smith vs. Caro lina Smoke Shop, court No. 2; .Manly vs. , Ruffin, court No. 3; Sigma Chi vs. Kappa Sigma, court No. 4. . - .. ' 4:30 P.M. Beta vs. Alpha- Phi, court No. 1; Theta Chi vs. Theta .Rho, court No. 2; Theta Phi vs. Alpha Chi, court No. 3; New Dorm. vs. West, court No. 4. Playmaker Reading In Theater Building Sunday The monthly Playmaker reading for January will be given on next Sunday evening, January 24, at.. 8:30 o'clock in the.. Playmakers Theatre by- Anne Ma jette Grant, who will be remembered for her delightful reading of two Har vard plays last season: The Playroom and Torehe. Mrs. Grant has selected for this season a modern Spanish play, The Fountain of Youth, by Alvarez Quin teros. The public is cordially invited. ORPHEUM DURIIAAf, N. C. 3 SHOWS DAILY fl Saturdays and Holidays NOTICE STUDENTS If you want to see a real good peppy musical comedy . drop in the ' ORPHEUM id The Only Vaudeville Theatre in Durham Charleston Contest Tonight Everybody Invited to Enter First Prize $20 Gold Piece Second Prize $10 Gold Piece Third Prize $5.00 Gold Piece DURHAM FURNITURE COMPANY UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING Dealert in Antique Furniture Corner Orange and Chapel Hill Streets convenient camera, - ' a convenient price Vest Pocket Kodak Model B, $5. Pictures 1 58 by 2 lVL Model B is hardly as large as your hand. You can wear it. And yet Its latest Eastman Jmprovementsi all i" the direction of simplicity, mean goon pictures. ' Other Kodaks $8 up - Brownies $2 up Foister's
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