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Page Two THE TAR HEEL Tuesday, December 7, iggp Wijt Car $ccl Leading Southern College Tri weekly Newspaper Member of North Carolina Collegiate Fresa Association ' Published three times every week of the college year, and is the official newspaper of the Publications Un ion of the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscrip tion price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. Telephone 403. J. T. Madry Editor F. F. Simon Business Manager Editorial Department Managing Editors 3. P. AsHBY......;...,......::-....Tuesday Issue Byron White .-.Thursday Issue L. H. McPherson ... Saturday Issue D. D. Carroll...-.. .Assistant Editor 3. R. Bobbitt, Si.-.. Assignment Editor Staff 3. H. Anderson W. P. Perry J. M. Block , J. P. Pretlow J. E. Coggins T. M. Reece . Walter Creech D. T. Seiwell J. R. DeJournette S. B. Shephard, Jr. E. J. Evans . J. Shohan D. S. Gardner F. L. Smith Glen P. Holder W. S. Spearman " T. W. Johnson W. H. Strickland W. E. Kindley, Jr. Wm. H. Windley Alex MendenhaU H. A. Wood H. L. Merritt J. O. Marshall Business Department ' ,W. W. Neal, JrA8i. to Bus. Mgr. Charles Brown . Collection Mgr. G. W. Ray....'.,, , Accountant Managers of Issues Tuesday Issue M. E. Block Thursday Issue Saturday Issue ..James Styles .Worth Eby Advertising Department Kenneth R J ones. ...Advertising Mgr. M. W. B reman Xoeai Adv. Mgr. Edward Smith.. National Adv. Mgr. William K. Wiley Ben Schwartz G. W. Bradham W. R. Hill Oates McCullen W. B. Bloomburg J J. H. Mebane Circulation ' Department Henry C Harper. .Circulation Mgr. R. C Mulder Filer of Issues C W. Colwell Tom Raney Douglas Boyce . W. W. Turner You can purchase any article adver tised in the The Tar Heel with perfect safety because everything U advertises is guaranteed to be as represented. The Tar Heel so licits advertising . from reputable concerns only. - Entered. as second-class mail matter at the Fost Office, Chapel Hill, N. C. Tuesday, December 7, 1926 PARAGRAPHICS Two . southern conference track championships in half a 'year and two state titles in one day! Who's keeping the record? Freshman Fritz says some schools commend freshmen on their wisdom wisdom in select ing the schools they have. When it comes to electing offi cers to a body some representa tive of the University of North Carolina is always honored by the election. It doesn't matter whether the body is an educa tional, athletic, religious, or whatnot group. Only last week there were announcements of Carolina men being elected to offices in several ; associations. Coach Bob Fetzer as secretary treasurer of the association of southern football coaches was the last one, while President Chase, after five years of ser vice as secretaiyvt'reasurer of the national association of state . universities, resigned to give someone else a chance at the pos . Anent honor organizations last week three prominent co eds tendered their resignations as officers and members of the Hour Glass Honor Society of George Washington University, These are the reasons they gave for their action : "Membership in this society is no longer based on scholar ship, leadership and personality, as required in the constitution but upon fraternity affiliation, This was amply ' demonstrated in the recent elections when girls of outstanding leadership and ability were refused admission, and others elected because of the strength of the coalition which is dominating the society. "The requirements for elec tion to Hour Glass are clearly defined in the constitution and with the destruction of this basis for membership the organization loses its reason for existence as an honor society." THE SYMPOSIUM ' Co-ed Cora says laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you lose that school girl com plexion.:' :: ' The football schedule for next year has been released and is about as good, as any one can ask for. Georgia Tech will be welcomed. An additional game has been added, making 'ten. Five contests will be played here and two others are very access ible. Another feature is that seven of the ten games are with Southern Conference teams, and Wake Forest, Duke, and David sdn will match Well with most of the conference teams. Several weeks ago the Tab Heel inaugurated a series of articles dealing with the various schools of the University, the idea being to give the individual student a clearer conception of the aims and purposes Of an in stitution that has grown from one college to twelve schools and colleges, all told, and also to em phasize a fact that the State Legislature has had consider able difficulty in digesting men tally ; namely, that the Univer sity of North Carolina is a uni versity, and not merely a col lege, and that it ought to be sup ported and judged in terms of university standards as set up by leading institutions of the country. Simultaneously with the pub lication of this series the Tar Heel has attempted to carry in its editorial columns a sympo sium of the views of representa tive students in the schools dealt with, and the deans of the various schools were requested to suggest' representative stu dents to do tne worlc. It was hoped that this would be the means of getting criticisms that would be fair and at the same time constructive.; We have printed in this symposium views that we were not in agreement with ourselves, giving the writ ers the benefit of our doubts. Since then we have investigated these symposium i statements pretty carefully, and in fairness to some of the faculty members we want to say that . some , of these criticisms .have not only been very unfair ' but have shown extremely poor taste and judgment. The statement about Dr. Wheeler is only one exam ple. - v';: We still believe that a sym posium on the faculty and cur riculum would be interesting and worthwhile, but in the pres ent instance personalities have been allowed to enter too large ly into the appraisals. We want to carry the symposium idea to its full fruition at some later date, when we get the equipment to handle it more effectively, but the present method is Ito be discontinued for the present. The feature article on the dif ferent schools will probably be continued. V ' ' ' This doesn't mean, fhowever, that anybody who has anything on his chest won't get a full hearing. The "Open Forum" is as wide open as ever, and, for the present at least, we believe we would rather let the people express their views through that column than assume any sort of editorial responsibility for them ourselves. The folks who have contributed to this symposium doubtless'' have been sincere, and , we take this occa sion to thank them heartily for thejr cooperation but sincerity . doesn't always preclude, inaccu racy of statement, bad taste and faulty judgment, which' has crept into this symposium in several instances. The DrHtwccd fire Dave Carroll Here I gather up and store Sticks that drift upon my shore; And you may find what you de sire On salty rainbows of my fire. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. , ' Holmes. From the guise of. columnist to mere subscribers, we start f n- day to the role of pleader to the cabinet f title? f coinPIetely 88 and vain fear of rejection. Do the men who chose last year's new members reject can didates who have been elected by machine politics? If so, surely they bite the hand which fed them, which raised most of them to their high estate. And the campus can with more safe ty afford to choose leaders from two machines than one such as formerly dominated the Univer sity. V The Final Objection In an article so short as this we cannot hope to ' damn this thinkers of the student body, Since we do not hold the highest editorial position on this paper, we hesitate to become involved in major issues. But the exis tence on this campus of a "flag" undeservingly worshipped should call forth sincere, objec tion from every conscientious student. Today we stoke a lit tie fire which we hope may burn more space mignt make pos sible. Individually considered, the Fleece members present an excellent front. Some of them we know to be worthy of the best. But the very idea which they perpetuate is the thing, in our opinion, to be killed. As the editor of last year's Magazine said after he had become member: Golden Fleece, by .4. twiji crowning distinguished stu- .nmwiamflv .o fcin-W aents SeiS r Up. gOUS among IRQ rest. Hero-worship, a good thing for irresponsible children who cannot reason out a worthy cause, is perpetuated by this choice of leaders who must suit, not the students' they lead, but older members of the honorary, idle Golden Fleece. Break-neck honorary organization at this University. Let it be understood that the recent election. of Fleece men furnishes only the opportunity for this article. ; Our grievance against the organization began bxiAi. tfCjvi iiiuu uiio atcu. aiiu lai t i .. x it. j i. 7ji , . v - indulgence m activities in or not the Broduct of the choice of , . I nor Tf m a Ira tha h laapa rolra a inftinree new men. . r . . - . piranuj irum more necessary Our Campus Riddle things. The real University is What is this important body fonrotten in a iriad rush for the ot select leaders.' A fantastic Ureatest anDlause svmbol here. group of mosc oisnnguisnea stu- . m dents of cmnd rhArap.tar' What a lyrani ' I TT11 : J- is its function? Whv. to hind . iuen rieece is one orgam these leaders together. But zation which has never suffered these men must serve onlv tea from criticism by students who of tw,. mtinm. v,Q I were eligible .candidates. We evolent ,d,eeds have always, been believe that many sound-think-a source of mvsterv. There are ers are over-awed by the glam " I i 11. - j ji t n too many needs on this campus Pr. 01 ine x oa jason. voes to trust their cure to leaders tms senx D0Qy consent to TOW r..s.a ., . Dun-dozing irom a useless m- require secrecy remedies. Let less modest and more forceful masters be found for so important an enterprise., What Price Glory? What material goes to make the Golden Fleece qualifications? Certainly the disregard of cer tain distinctions on. the campus by this supposed monopoly of talent and character for honors ess important is a" serious accu sation to be brought against the leece.' Yet it is hurled at that body by men who would like to see the organization" better, but hardly consent to criticize it openly. The president of the student body, the president of the Senior Class, and the editors of the Tab Heel and the Caw Una Magazine, "because of their position as duly chosen student eaders," to quqte the catalog, meet frequently to discuss cam pus problems, plan progressive measures, etc. i From time to time, they call in other leaders, inquire into their plans, and regulate methods for bettering the University. Yet, NOT A ONE of these four important of ficials, who actually lead, is in cluded in the one organization which pretends, to select the campus leaders ! IT Further de tails would require personal treatment which we avoid, but will not shirk if challenged. . Comparative Values . There are ale-swigging clubs on this Hill which, if functions be valued, are bf far more worth than this god of the ambitious. Golden Fleece" is only a flat tery title. It has been intimat ed with truth that flattery here is the fashion instead of a vice. Golden Fleece is a prominent factor in the over-estimation of activities. ' ; . , ' . Suppose a student were to condemn the organization as worthless and later become true leader. Would you, gen- emen of the Fleece, set aside your prejudices to tap that man and be,' rejected? Some who might kill your eminence hesi tate to attack you in your pres ent prestige. Grant them free dom or admit your narrowness stitution of hero-worship? We tolerate no foppish aris tocracy of society here as king of men. But here we have in the Golden Fleece an organiza tion unrepresentative, tyranni cal, and conducive to idolatry of the cheapest kind. ' Many think it laughable! To us the show-off is damnable, unworthy today of a master of.logic as its founder. This day we break the silence and appeal to you of the student body : Will you continue to en dure this, farce? If you-value merit above vanity, send Golden Fleece to the limbo which holds the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Borne. Gulden Fleece must go. OPEN FORUM Editor Tar Heel: Permit me a word of appre ciation for the work of the Playmakers in She Stoops to Conquer a fine play, well act ed, with the outstanding merit that every point "got across" because one could hear every word ; not always the case in some professional , perform ances. ' .. ' Now, just a kindly word of criticism, the ; Patent Rocker which figured as the easy chair in the play, was in vogue about thirty years ago it is to be doubted if there were many, if any, ' rockers of any, kind in England on March 15th, 177.3. V i ' H. D. C. Buy Christmas Seals and aid the fight against tuberculosis! Sale this week. . tnnmnnnmtnn:nntmt $7.50 BATHROBES . - AT. S. BERMAN'S ONLY $5.00 . nntmtnntrot Kodak Greeting Cards and Calendars personal holiday re membrances in which you insert prints from your own negatives." . Five greeting card de signs and . one . calendar style are ready for you to see here. : ' v.' They're 10c and 15c eachl Foister's Senior Smoker at Swain : Hall This Evening at 9 " The Senior class will have . a smoker in Swain Hall tonight at 9:00 P. M. The question of whether write-ups will be placed under each senior's picture in the Yackety-Yack is the princi pal question to be discussed. ; Kyke Kyser and his orchestra will furnish the entertainment and music. R. B. House, per sonal secretary to Dr. Chase will make a short address. Permission has been secured s to have a Senior, dance in the spring quarter, and 'a leader for this dance and two assis tant leaders will be elected to night The early election will enable the leaders and girls who figure with them to get their pictures in the Yackety-Yack . this year. , : , , , S.BERMAN OUR TOPCOATS MUST GO See them before you buy. PHI WILL CHOOSE OFFICERS TONIGHT Quarter's Last Meeting Featured By Elections, Debate, and Smoker. The Phi Assembly will hold a smoker for all members at their usual meeting tonight at 7:15 p. M. It is hoped that this added feature will attract : the entire roster of members at this final session of the quarter. : The election of officers for the ensuing term will be conducted during this meeting. Unusual interest surrounds this event be cause of the warm competition, that is expected for the office of Speaker and Speaker pro-tem. The elected men will have th& distinction of being the first to preside at the new and alleged luxurious Hall. A second important item at this session will be the Fresh man Intra-Society debate. This. will act as an introduction to the Assembly .ot th6 Freshmen de baters'who are said to be, unusu ally promising. The query re solved that there be a revision in the Volstead Act will have for the negative, J. J. Cohen and J. A. Lang, for the affirmative, F. K. Turner and R..F. Lowry. 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