Tuesday, March 29, 1927
THE TAR HEEL
Page Three
OPEN FORUM
A COLLOQUY
Editor of Tar Heel:
I wish to submit the follow
ing conversation between one of
the Unlucky "13" and a "ma
jority" member o the Investi
gating Committee.
Unlucky One: "Here's what
I want to know? You fellows
have stamped me as morally un-.
fit" to associate with Carolina
men because I played poker.
Now at the dance . . ."
Majority M: "Wait a minute ;
I know all about it. Who doesn't?
But come, let us reason togeth
er. Now put yourself in our
position. We know that a ma
jority of the student body don't
really want you fellows kicked
out; you're in as good standing
as you ever were, unofficially.
And .that's why they howled.
But can't you hear the good mor
al editors out in the state cry
ing for Wood?' Can't you hear
the aroused vice-specialists beat
ing the tomtoms for a righteous
'war? You fellows will simply
; have to be sacrificed on the altar
of democracy, or state-supported
education if 'you like. You have
become not a moral, but a finan
cial danger, to the University.
"But we are going to clarify
the situation and have this sort
of thing impossible in the future.
We've got a wow of a report
coming out, and in it we give
the Council hell for their meth
ods. Then we've made a new
definition of honor; it puts Web
ster and preceding honor "sys
tems in the shade. I can't fol
low our noble scribe in all the
ramifications, but I know that
gambling has been removed
from the dishonorable; so has
drinking'. So your conscience
need not hurt you about what
you saw after the dance. In
fact, if you read the report close
ly, you will find that you are, in
effect, forbidden to report such
things.
"So you see we've got things
sewed up right for the future.
Even a literal-minded ' council
won't stand much chance."
Unlucky One: "Lot of good
that does me now. I'm a brand
ed man. Wary mothers in the
home town are going to clasp
their children to their breasts
when I come down the street.
Shopkeepers wilh watch their
goods with eagle eye while I'm
around. Imagin the chance I've
got of borrowing money now to
go through college with !"
Majority M: "But Boy, think
how you have clarified the sit
uation.' Unlucky One: "Clarified hell !
And you didn't, tell the truth
when you signed your name say
ing you believed we deserved to
be kicked out. Isn't that right?
Then, by the improved system,
you are dishonorable, while J am
honorable.
Majority M: '"Ah me ! 'What
is honor?' said jesting Falstaff
and would not1 stay for an an
swer." , , ' ' '
u. u.: iie answereu it Him
self. Said it was 'air'. And we
get the air all right!" :
Majority M: '"That's the idea.
What you have lacked up to now
is a sense of humor. By the
time you come back we'll have
the situation clarified, and we'll
keep a hand open for you."
U. O.: "Yes, and if I ever
hear you say you've got a head
ache when you're five bucks to
the good, I'll have you up be
fore the Council for lying." ; "
Majority M: "Boy, I'll write
the next report myself and clar
ify, the situation with regard to
white lies, black? dishonorable
lies, and a dozen shades of gray.'
U. O' "PVUnw. when it comes
to inventive genius and bright
yuur tup awry ia a j.""
house." " ' '
Majority M: "Well, I'll see
you."
U. 0.: "You win ! You know
damn well I'm out."
MANLY JUSTICE
HEAR YE I
SUGGESTS LENIENCY
Editor of Tab Heel:
This morning the student
body is being called on to decide
the fate of the elevenjmen who
have appealed from the council's
decision. Besides the facts
brought put in the case there
are several important ideas to
be considered. Gambling has
been and is very prevalent on
the campus, as is the case of
drinking. Now, after years of
sitting back and saying nothing,
without any real , warning, a
group of students are convicted
and severely sentenced for this
long abiding evil. The council
evidently has not thought of the
humane side of the affair. Would
it not have been much better to
have put these boys on strict
probation and on some sort of
parole, and then explained the
situation to the campus? Should
these individuals suffer for the
evils of a great many, and is
that real j ustice ? The real ques
tion is whether the council in
tended to make the sentences
corrective or punitive. They did
the latter, but I think that to
throw these boys out of school,
to almost ruin their lives, is the
wrong course to take. In other
words the council has thrown
them out on the world when they
most need help. It is not a case
of upholding gambling, but rath
er of dealing with the existing
evil. The council has been more
strict than a state court would
be, for certainly a judge, in a
similar case, would give the boys
another chance. Let us be rath
er lenient, this time, because of
the humanitarian side 1 of the
question. These boys certainly
are not "otherwise unwanted on
the campus, and to give them
another chance would have a far
greater beneficial effect on their
lives than kicking them out of
school." So, give them a fair
chance to prove themselves wor
thy of remaining at Carolina
rather than forever condemning
them. Let us look at their case
from a humanitarian viewpoint
and regard these boys as fellow
students rather than cold, color
less individuals. " Give them a
chance to go straight, and every
bodyincluding the school will
be better for it.
B. L. D.
MUST THEY BE ATHLETES?
Editor of Tar Heel:
Does an athlete qualify for a
class president? In the contest
for the sophomore class presi
dency this is especially true. At
the present the sophomore class
ia endowed with an athletic
president which may be partly
the reason for its not being rated
among the other classes in its
activities.
The same is true in the con
test for the presidency of the
rising sophomore class.. This
particular athlete alone puts out
cards and is appealing solely to
the voters on his football record,
and not on his ability to fulfill
the office. These tgvo things are
not connected in any way what
soever. A robust clam-digger
often makes a fine athlete, but
it is seldom that he qualifies as
an executive. Where a man's
ability is there his chief accom
plishments are also. Just so it
stands here, a man that has abil
ity as an executive is not usually
outstanding on the athletic .field.
They are two entirely different
things. ,
In a nut-shell, what I have , to
say is that the voters should con
sider the difference between
brain and brawn, and then apply
it especially in their choice for
president of the sophomore
ClclSS
. FRANCIS D. UZZELL
Editor of Tar Heel:
As a member of the Commit
tee of Investigation on the re
cent charges of gambling against
several University students I
wish to put before the student
body a method of clearing up
this trouble in the most demo
cratic, way possible. .',, .
My reasons for this are : v
1. Nine men on the present
committee agree that the stu
dent council, used coercive meth
ods as to finding' evidence
against the last ten men brought
before them on the charge. They
contend that with all this, the
men should be under the same
punishment , regardless of how
action was taken against them.
2. Seven men on the commit
tee agree that if the council did
use coercive methods that the
committee is doing wrong in up
holding the sentences meted out.
Probably their idea that the
council used fair means all the
way through. Whether it is or
not I am unable to say.
3. There are one or two be
sides myself that feel that there
is a hitch in either case. Our
idea of clearing all this lip ,is
this:
(a). To our mind their is not
the least doubt of guilt as to the
men involved. Regardless of all
evidence gotten at the student
council's sessions the admittance
of the men in this group at'the
meeting of the committee is
enough to prove their guilt. The
report of the committee so far
as to determining their guilt is
complete but since there is a
doubt in the committee as to the
methods used we suggest that
the student body in session as a
unit settle the case.
I feel that this will settle the
question in the) most democratic
way possible. The men involv
ed will not have in doubt as to
the general opinion on the cam
pus as to thejr sentences if the
student body as a unit decides
on it. The council will not be
condemned, also the committee
will not have been a failure in
regards to checking up the evi
dence and to my mind that was
the task for them in the first
place.
Signed 1
ALEX MENDENHALL
Swimming Pool for Hope Valley
The construction of the swim
ming pool at the Hope Valley
Club, between here and Durham,
started yesterday. The con
tractor, 0. F. Wilkerson, has his
concrete mixer on the ground
and will switch it to the pool'
just as soon as the floors of the
house have been completed.
Steiner Goes to Chicago
Jesse F. Steiner left yester
day for the University of Chi
cago where he will teach during
the spring and summer quarters.
Mrs. Steiner and the children
will follow in June. '.
Wilsons Invade France
T. J. "Wilson, Jr. and his son,
T. J., 3rd, have left England for
an Easter vacation in Paris.
They will be on the Continent
for about six weeks.
LOST
A 'white gold Gruen watch.
Sears initials on back J. L. P.,
Jr, 1925. Liberal reward to find
er. Sonny Phillips, Pi Kappa
Alpha House.
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6:45, 8:30
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Carolina Wins Duke Meet
(Continued from page one)
53.3.
880 yard dash: Woodward
(D.), Rhinehart (C), Zimmer
man (D.). Time two minutes
2 seconds.
One mile run: Elliott (C),
Woodward (D.), Russ (C).
Time four minutes 30 seconds.
Two mile run: Pritchett (C),
Tuttle (D.), Daniels (C). Time
ten minutes four seconds.
120 high hurdles : Pearson
(C), Ross (D.), Sandlin (C).
Time 16.2 seconds.
. 220 low. hurdles: Erwin (D.),
Hamlin (D,), Ball (C). Time
27 seconds.
Pole vault: Brantley (D.),
Cowper (C), Reed (D.) and
MacFadden (C.) tied for third.
Height 11 feet nine inches.
High jump: Pearson (C.) and
Purser (C.) tied for first, Fut
rell (D.) third. Height five feet
eight inches.
" Broad jump: Gray (C), Cliff
(D.), Sandlin (C). Distance
21 feet five one-half inches, v ;:
Shot put: Williams (C.J, Har
per '(C),' Brummitt ( D. ) . , Dis
tance 39 feet six one-half inches.
. Discus throw : Colburn ( C. ) ,
Harper (C), Thomas (C). Dis
tance 126 feet eight inches.
Javelin throw: Sandlin (C),
Bennett (D.), Cathey (D.).
Distance 168 feet eight one-half
inches.
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