Tuesday, November 1, 1927
Page Two
.THE TAR HEEL
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Weekly Newspaper
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Published three times, every week of
the -college year, and is the official
' - newspaper of the Publications
Union of the University of North
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out of town, for the college year,
Offices in the basement of Alumni
Building.
J. F. Ashby.. Editor
W .W.-Neal, Jr.- Business Mgr.
D. D. Carroll .Associate Editor
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Manaaina Editors
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Tom W. Johnson Tuesday Issue
Judah Shohan .Thursday Issue
Joe R. Bobbitt, jR.i...Saturday Issue
Walter Spearman.....-Asssiant Editor
Walter Creech. - News Editor
Staff
Andy Anderson
J J. H. Anderson ;
George Coggins
T. J. Gold
Calvin Graves
D. E. Livingston
Glenn P. Holder
H. B. Parker
Harry J. Galland
James B. Dawson
D. R. McGlohan, Jr.
W. H. Yarborough
B. B. Kendrick
F. G. McPherson
Oates McCullen
. W. L. Marshall
"John Mebane
' J. Q. Mitchell
Louise Medley
J. C; Wessell
J. J. Parker
James Rogers
B. A. Marshall
Tom Quickel
.George Ehrhart Mercer Blankenship
BUSINESS STAFF
M. R. Alexander. .....Asst. to Bus. Mgr
Advertising Staff
M. Y. Feimster J. M. Henderson
Ed Durham Rv A. Carpenter
G.. E. Hill Collection Manager
HJ N. Patterson....Ass. Collection Mgr.
Henry Harper Circulation Manager
Marvin Fowler.vlssi. Circulation Mgr.
upon the field between the halves of
the game and formed the letters N.
C. S., sang the state song; and then
with quick movement, the ease and
orderliness of which evinced thorough
drilling-, they formed the , letters N.
C. U. and gave the Carolina song and
yells..
The Cheerios "have received much
praise for their work, all of which
they deserve. The organization's feat
at the Saturday game also drew much
comment that reflects credit on the
University and the cheerers. The Tar
Heel congratulates Petty Waddill, his
assistants and the Cheerios. May the
good work continue.
HANDY REVOLVER AN INSTRU
MENT OF MURDER '
Tuesday, November 1, 1927
PARAGRAPHICS
It won't be ' long now Graham
Memorial building has real doors in
the front!
Trouble never comes single-handed
-Chapel Hill streets and sidewalks
are undergoing their annual fixing
and N. Q: State wallops us like that!
Another thing we have to be peev
ed at N. C. State College about is its
newspaper, the Technician, calling
Petty's Cheerios . the Carolina Cher
. ries.
Add to the startling news of the
day: "Raleigh Has Night Without
Burglaries." .
A radio official reports that the
world needs 10 times more receiving
sets than it now has, but, we hope he
doesn't want any more broadcasters.
- The story, you have heard more
than . once. The details may vary,
but the result is always the tragic
same. A young attorney is dead,
killed by the accidental discharging
of a revolver; his sister, who held the
revolver when it fired, is prostrate
with grief. - .
The Charlotte attorney came home
drunk; hell-raised; beat his wife, it
is reported. Then he turned on his
sister, who procured a pistol that
had slipped from under the pillow
of the bed. She fired. Before, the
fatal shot was fired they struggled
for nearly an hour, the police told
the news reporter. The officer re
lates that it was one of the most des
perate fights ever staged in Char
lotte. What would have been the results
of the night's drunken struggle if
the revolver had not been so handily
convenient to the sister when the
brother approached her? When the
brother advanced on her, the story
runs, she grasped the' pistol which
had slipped to the floor. Then the
death contest took place, during
which the revolver accidentally dis
charged and killed the man. No ef
fort is being made here to deny that
the sister had every right to be pro
tected from her drink-crazed (as he
was termed) brother. It is toldjthat
he had already severely beaten his
wife. The sister was justified in
thinking that her turn was next.
Hence she sought protection. But
better a hundred whippings and slaps
than a homicide!
The revolver was easily had and
offered some protection. But the pro
tection resulted in death, when the
results would have been far less dire
and tragic if the pistol had never
been put in play. The presence of
firearms often gives the situation an
unwarranted dangerous appearance
and causes a high state of emotional
excitement which too often brings
tragic results.
The handy revolver is more often
a potential instrument of homicide re
sulting from an excited person mis
lead' by thoughts of self-defense!
the football team in these columns,
saying that the coaches were men of
iron. 'Fawncy that. And we had
thought that the team belonged partly
to us.
A final reason has to do with the
wholesome attitude of the University
toward athletics. Football is fast
gainingjdorninance here, but it is yet
uncrowned. This means that players
do not flock to this institution to be
come its stars, for they know that the
resultant laurels are fewer than those
given at Georgia Tech or Yale. In
addition, the University, despite the
generous headlines of state papers and
the never-dying memories of 1922,
candidly has no reputation as a power-
er in football circles.
The first defect can be eliminated
by closer attention to the methods em
ployed by other schools in getting
their prep school stars. The seeming
failure of the coaches to leave room
for individual spirit and pleasure can
be remedied by them or others. It
is to be hoped that the third reason for
our defects, a real virtue, will never
vanish. For Carolina is in no way
to under-value football. The trouble
lies with other institutions which ex
aggerate the importance of filling a
stadium with enthusiastic alumni.
Whatever the past troubles of the
Tar Heel gridmen, they still have
four! games in which to prove their
mettle. ' '
Always Patronize TAR REEL Advertisers
Hounded, man can be arraigned in
court for almost anything npwadays.
Last week an autoist was fined in
Greensboro for tooting his horn at a
girl, , ;
"Hillsboro Was Once Home of . Big
Factories," headlines a daily over a
story about the capital of Orange.
Seems like Hillsboro is one of those
with a past.
OUR TEAM
Latest report from the Balkans :
President of Greece is severely wound
ed by a would-be assissin; Carol's
hopes from Rumanian throrfe begin
to fade. ' '
1 "My shopping is over, not because
I want to quit, but because my money
has run out," Ruth Elder told her
friend. And Mary Anne stopped shop
ping foror the same reason.
Wake county vagrant refuses to
eat-which seems to jibe to a t with
the McLeanian policy of economy.
s Big Bill Thompson, now at odds
with King George, attempts to found
at "America First Foundation" with
10 bucks per head initiation fee. Well,
we are glad the midwest is to have
-this venture and not the south.
PERFORMANCE OF CHEERIOS
ALLEVIATE DEFEAT
One bright thing stands out above
all in the contest between N. C. State
"and the University in Raleigh, Satur
day. This was the performance of
Petty WaddilPsCheerios. Two hun
dred and fifty lustly, loud voiced
(D. D. C.)
Believing that thoughtful criticism
is never out of place, the writer offers
the following as his analysis of the
football situation here.
The material from which this year's
team is made is obviously weak. . It' is
unquestionably true that good foot
ball teams must be founded on a few
experienced players. So despite the
fact that several Carolina players
have learned to play commendable
football since their entrance here, they
cannot be expected to withstand the
attack of seasoned veterans.- Consid
er the small number of prep school
stars we have here. They are few
indeed. Though we may congratulate
the candidates for the team on their
progress, we must also shed a tear for
coaches so handicapped.
How do other teams in the state
meet this situation? It is said that
most of them could be justly charged
with evading the rule against hired
players. Perhaps Carolina might an
swer to that indictment. But the de
plorable fact is that even if our alum
ni are so unsportsmanly as to subsi
dize jathletes,' they are not employing
the best players. Thus we find that
whether our team besemi-professional
or thoroughly bona fide, it is weak
in either role.
The second factor in recent defeats
seems to be the incompatibility of
Southern playerV. and new systems.
Temperamental and sensitive, the sons
of Southern colonels are unused to
the machine methods which have pro
duced a great team like that of Notre
Dame. j$uch Prussian discipline pre
supposes the use of experienced, sto
ical players who readily submit to
WHAT'S HAPPENING
TODAY
8:30 p. m. Tar Heel office. Meet
ing editorial board.
7:30 p. m. " Episcopal Parish House.
Meeting of the Philological Club. Dr.
U. T. Holmes will present a paper on
WEDNESDAY
7:00 p. m. Venable Hall Auditor
ium. Moving pictures. "The Story
of Alloy Steel," "The Manufacture of
Steel Sheets and Tin Plate."
H
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Have You Seen the
NEW DERBY
and the new shade of
BROWN ROLL BRIM HAT
jat
Jack Lipman's
University Shop
IT'S A SOCIETY CLUB
N
OTICE
Effective November iff
W N view of the increasing .number of cheeks
drawn against, insufficient funds, the expense
and danger involved, and the clerical work
required, the officials of The Bank of Chapel
Hill and its branch, The Bank of arrboro, have decided
that EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1st, a service charge of
50c will be made against the account of the drawer for
each check returned on account of insufficient funds.
All checks drawn on out-of-town banks and accepted by
this bank will be subject to the same service charge in
case they are returned because of .insufficient funds. The
charge will be added to the face of the check when re
turned to the depositor, who in turn will collect from
the individual by whom the check was issued.
This service charge is not peculiar to The Bank of Chapel
Hill at all. Most cities over the State have been working
under it for quite a while and every Durham bank put
it in force several months ago. -
The Bank of Chapel Hill
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M. C. S. Noble, President R. L. Strowd, Vice President
M. E. Hogan; Cashier
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cheerers added the pepper and cheer i position of our team. ,
to the game even though the Wolf
pack was flying high, wide and hand
some towards a heavy score victory,
over Carolina. '
Credit for. the splendid cheering of
the group cannot be heeped upon one
man. It should go to Chief , Cheer
leader Petty Waddill, his assistants
and the 250 men composing the group.
The organization travelled to Raleigh
on' the special train and occupied a
section of seats in the middle of the
west stand. The Cheerios marched
The loss of team spirit seems to
be the result. Individual confidence
is gone, and - the group is a joyless
machine. Boyish love of sport has
yielded to grim determination. In
short, Robt.' E. Lee's brilliance seems
to be congealed into Grant's dogged
precision.'
So deeply impressed are some stu
dents with the rule of the coaches that
they report its rigor with amusing
exaggeration. One friend actually
advised us to avoid all references to
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