Thursday, December 9, 1926
THE TAR HEEL
Page Three
OPEN FORUM
Editor of Tar Heel:
In the Tuesday's issue of the
Tar Heel under the guise, of
the Driftwood Fire appeared a
most puerile, unwarranted, and
obnoxious attempt to cast slurs
upon the reputation of the
"Highest Honorary Organiza
tion" on our campus, The Gold
en Fleece. It was of extreme
ly bad taste and "Dang nigh
dastardly." In the first place,
what is it that the writer of this
column is so "peeved" about?
What has the Golden Fleece
done or refrained from doing
that is should draw such fire
from such a "Literary Light?"
He calls attention to the fact
that all of the deep thinkers of
the campus should unite and rise
in arms to eliminate the Golden
Fleece from the campus, but of
fers no reason for this action
except the fact that it should be
done. The. deep thinkers, I pre
sume, are to take his word for
it or to figure out for themselves
the reason why. The fact that
the Golden Fleece is supposed tp
be the highest honorary order
here suggests that there- must
have been some "reason for its
being considered so. It was not
just merely organized and im
mediately happen to become
highest. It undoubtedly deserv
ed the distinction before it re
ceived it. ., :.
He suggests that possibly the
Leaders of the Tar Heel, the
Carolina Magazine and others,
possibly others connected with
the Publications ) Union, should
be included in the Golden Fleece,
and further on he says that it
should be driven from the cam
pus. Does he mean before or
after these men are included?
Organizations such as this
one claim and keep inviolate the
right to choose their own mem
bers. They very seldom go to
the writer of a "special" column
in a college publication for ad
vice as to whom they should
choose for fellow-members. Of
course the mistake must have
been theirs in this case.?
Just where and when does all
of this "hero worship" which' he
most gallantly assigns to the
fiolden Fleece take place? T
have failed, so far, to see the
members subjected to such an
indignity.
Granted that there is hero
worship here, why abolish the
hero to get rid of the worship?
A dead hero is worshipped more
than a live one 'most all of .the
time.
But let us not, We the "deep
thinkers," deprive the "great"
of the admiration and recogni
tion which is due them as a re
sult of their accomplishments.
And let us not allow the fact
that one man does no.t consider
them to be "great" prevent us
from considering them as we see
fit. ;
When it comes to a question of
the "limbo of the Passed" and
someone or something being rel-
egated there, the Golden Fleece
has the Driftwood Fire outnum
bered several to one. With ma
jority rule, the Driftwood Fire
would be elected chief leaver. t
The writer suggests the pos
sibility of a man attacking the
Golden Fleece, "afterward" be
coming a "leader" of men arid
subsequently being tapped by
them, to be "rejected." It this
the course which he wishes to
follow, or is it "sour grapes?
Let him justify himself, if
Possible, or let him retract his
statements.
R. L. DULA. .
Editor of Tar Heel: '
The rottenest thing of ' the
year in the way of campus jour
nalism is with us in the form of
the review of the Carolina Play
maker production of last week:'
Verily ia would do justice io
the annual' Yellow Journal, and
it stands as a disgrace to the
Tar Heel staff.
At any time that an organi
zation like the Playmakers goes
out representing the University
on a state tour of 12 days and
is acclaimed to the skies by the
papers in every town it plays,
and then returns home to its
own fellow students with a per
f ormance necessarily ' polished
by the experience of the trip
to get a story from a prejudiced,
pin-headed reviewer then
something is rotten, and not in
the state of Denmark.
" That rotten something is well
known to a large part of the
campus; it should be known to
all, It doesn't seem to be a se
cret that the man who reviewed
"She Stoops to Conquer" was
at one time himself a playmaker,
but due to his ability to make
trouble was practically kicked
out of the organization. " Since
that time he has taken advan
tage of his position on the Tar
Heel staff to vent his spleen on
the folks who- "didn't appreciate
him." The disgrace comes in
the fact that a prig like this is
allowed by his higher-ups on the
staff to review performances
wjien it is known that he has
everything and anything but an
open-minded, fair attitude to
ward the organization. During
the past year he has had oppor
tunity after opportunity to rev
el in that superiority complex of
his, and has tried in his stories
to create an unfriendly attitude
toward the Playmakers here on
the campus.
In his latest piece of rotten
ness he follows his usual style
of setting himself, up as a pro
fessional critic, tries to see " an
amateur organization measured
against professional standards.
and goes out of the way to be
nasty. Such statements ,as,
"Charlie Norfleef is by no means
a finished actor," should make
us laugh. As though either the
Playmakers or Charlie claimed
to be "finished." Charlie is a
law student, a lover of the the
atre, and a good amateur actor
The others are students,' ama
teur actors, and folk who are
engaging in that work purely
for the joy that they get out of
it. Why try to measure an un
dergraduate organization like
that in a professional light?
Anything the Playmakers lack
ed in putting on a professional
performance, the reviewer cer
tainly overdid in a vain attempt
to write a professional review.
His was a far worse story than
the show a show. However, des
pite this knife-in-the-back story
appearing Saturday morning, it
is said that for the first time
in the history of the Playmak
ers a S. R. 0. sign was hung
out Saturday night.
The head of the Department
of English in one of bur neigh
boring colleges, who both saw
the show and read the story was
openly indignant that such a
thing should pass.
What would the result be if
a man with a worm-eaten mind
and a soured attitude toward
football were turned loose to
cover a game, a man who had
been kicked off the team for in
stance? Suppose he should turn
in the type of story on the game
that was turned in on the Play
makers, and the' story was used.
The coaches - and team would
come around the next morning
arid pounce on somebody with
a hearty licking. A reporter
could never get by with it. ;
The shame of the whole thing
is that this conceited ass still
gets his chance. Surely ' there
is somebody on the "staff who
can cover Playmaker offerings,
let's give that activity a half
way decent chance.
H. C. L.
Editor of Tar Heel:
Yesterday morning while the
election was in full swing and
talk "was getting rather warm
concerning the election of our
new sub-assistant football man
agers someone thought it nec
essary for some reason to call
off the election until today. Why
was such a thing thought nec
essary? Surely it was not be
cause no one was voting. Why
is such a thing ever done? ,'Only
because there is something
crooked going on. What -was
wrong then? Is it not fair for
different groups to work for
their different choices ? Is it not
fair for one to try to influence
or convert another to his ideas?
Was there anything connected
with this election that was not
just as fair as other elections
that have come off in the past?
Did not every one have a chance
to vote as he pleased? Was not
each nian able to secure a' bal
lot and mark it as he saw fit?
If all these things are correct
as surely they are, why, then,
was the election postponed?
W. P. F.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
TODAY
4:30 p. m. 215 Murphy Hall.
Thursday reading. Professor
Jones .will read. . , :
8:30 p. m. Carolina-George
Washington debate.
10:00 p. m. Davidson Coun
ty Club, Y. M. C. A. (Smoker)
Gerrard Hall. .,
8:30 p. m. Glee Club Con
cert, Playmaker Theatre.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
8:30 p. m. Mary D. Wright
Debate, Gerrard Hall.
8:30 p. m. Phi Beta Kappa
meeting, Episcopal Parish
House.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12
11:00 a. m. Singing class of
Methodist Orphanage will give
a sacred concert at the Meth
odist Church.
Southern Conference
Tennis Tournament to
Be Played Here in May
The University of North Car
olina will be the stage for the
innual Southern Conference Ten
nis Tournament according to the
reports of the University dele
gates upon their return " from
the conference meet at Jackson
ville, Florida! The tournament
will be held during the first week
in May. . . '
This will be the second time
in three years that Chapel Hill
has been the scene of the Confer
ence Tennis Championships. The
1925 tournament, held soon af
ter the opening of the new courts
back of the triangle, proved to be
an extremely successful event.
The tournament was won by
Dan Murray, representing Tu
lane, for the third successive
year after a thrilling five set fi
nal match with Berry Grant,
Georgia Tech ace. Last year's
tournament, held at Atlanta,
saw the crowning of a new
champion in the person of Tom
Slade, brilliant University of
Florida court star.
100 Is Record Class
Professor Hobbs, of the Uni
versity faculty, is conducting a
class in Albemarle on Rural Eco
nomics as a part of the work of
the University Extension Divi
sion. The enrollment is over one
hundred thus making this class
the largest of the year.
Trabue Talks to
Educators in Raleigh
At the Conference of Super
visors of "Rural Education, call
ed by the United States Com
mission of Education, in Raleigh
Monday, Dr. M. R. Trabue de
livered an address on the "Place
of Supervisors and Teachers in
Educational Research."
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NEGATIVE WINS IN
DI FROSH DEBATE
Cancellation of French Debts Is the
7 Query.
Only after a warm discussion,
the team of John Mebane, of
Greensboro, and Garland Mc
Pherson, of High Point, defeated
Emmett Wilson, of Asheville,
and Mercer Blankenship, of
Charlotte, in the Di Senate intra
society freshman debate. . The
winning team upheld the nega
tive side of the question, Re
solved: that the United States
should cancel all French debts
incurred during or subsequent
to the World War.
In spite of the contention of
the affirmative that non-cancellation
is opposed to the best
economic principles and would
eventually work to our own detri
ment, the argument of the nega
tive that France can pay and
can be made to pay carried the
day. The speaking of John Me
bane was outstanding on the win
ning team.
Fencers Meet
An important meeting of the
fencing club will be held tonight
at 7:00 in the Tin Can. All who
are interested in the art are
asked to be present. The fenc
ing equipment has arrived and
the first regular work-outs will
be held immediately after the
meeting.
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Candy, Popcorn, Cold
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THURSDAY, DEC 9th
"HER , HONOR THE GOVERNOR"
Comedy Movieland
FRIDAY, DEC. 10th
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton
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' "WE'RE IN THE NAVY NOW"
Felix Cartoon "Two Lip Tune"
Hodge Podge "Alligator's Paradise
Standard Comedy "The Vulgar
Yachtsmen",
Ledbetter Racqueteers
Meet Beta Theta Pi Players
By virtue of their victory
over Ellis and Lee, representing
Steele dormitory, the Beta
Theta Pi team, composed of
Charlie W&ddell and , Malcolm
Cameron won its way to ,the final
round of the annual intramural
tennis doubles tournament. They
will meet Matthews and Barney,
who are upholding the honor of
Ledbetter's boarding house, in
the final round the latter part of
this week. .
The tournament this fall has
been unusually successful. Al
though the entries were slightly
fewer than usual, the quality was
greatly superior to that of other
years!. The tournament play
was productive of several excel
lent matches among the many
contenders. The most outstand
ing among the teams beside the
two finalists were Kendrick and
Wilson,- (Manly), Merritt, and
Bunch (Grimes), and Scott and
Norwood (Mrs. Ledbetter's) .
Methodist Orphans Sing
The Singing Class of the
Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh
will give a sacred concert at the
Methodist Church next Sunday
morning at eleven o'clock.
LOST
An open-face Hamilton watch
with gold "N. C." fob. Watch
engraved with my initials and
"U. of F., 1922"; Gold "N. C."
bears my full name. Reward to
finder. , Benjamin B. Larie.
Chase and Companions
Return from Mississipps
President Chase, Librarian
L. R. Wilson, Dean N. W. Wal
ker, and Registrar . T. J. Wil
son, Jr., University delegates to
the annual meeting of the South
Association of CollegeS.and Sec
ondary Schools', ;haSr,','returned
to Chapel Hill fron.the; confer
ence at Jackson, Miss.
While at the meeting, Dr.
Chase, who was chairman of the
committee on examinations and
admissions, recommended that
Elon College, Greensboro Col
lege, and Guilford College be
given membership in the organ
ization. " ' '" ;
Dean' Walker was president
of the association arid presided
over all the meetings. u He also
delivered the presidential ad
dress. Dr. Chase arid Dr. Wil
son also delivered Addresses.
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and bought merchandise the first few days
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Why?
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