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T II E TAR H E E L
'Thursday, January 17,-1929
Leading- Southesn College
Weekly Newspaper
Published three times weekly during
the college year, and is the official
newspaper of the Publications
Union of the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Sub
scription price, $2.00 local and $3.00
out of town, for the college year.
at the same time ? Let the winter
wind blow around the corners it' can
not penetrate within; let the cold
Tri-"Train fall if it will the sound is
soothing enough; let it snow or
sleet or hail or storm what does it
matter to him who is fortunate enough
to be safely sheltered with time,
with literature and with food if he
will all serving him on a winter
Offices in the basement of Alumni
Building. :
Walter Spearman x Editor
George Ehrhart .; Mgr. Ed
Marion Alexander ... Bits. Mgr.
editorial department
Harry Galland -XZ Assistant Editor
Glenn Holder L.. Assistant Editor
John Mebane ......... Assistant Editor
' Will Yarborough r.. Sports Editor
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Reporters
M. Broadus
Sherman Shore
W. C. Dunn
J. CI Eagles
J. P. Jones
W. A. Shelton
C. B. McKethari
J. C. Williams
E. Wilson
Gil Pearson
B. W. Whitton,
J. E. Dun'gan
D. L. Wood
Dick' McGlohon
J. Q. Mitchell
B. C. Moore
K. C. Ramsay
E. F. Yarborough
H. H. Taylor
. E. II. Denning
J. D. McNairy
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Executive Staff
B. -M. Parker ...... . Asst. Bus.' Mgr.
H. N. Patterson r. Collection Mgr.
Gradon Pendergraph Circulation Mgr.
T. R. Karriker.... :Asst. Col. Mdr'
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. Advertising Staff v
Leonard Le?ris ' Milton Cohen
Harry Latta Sidney Brick
Ben Aycock H. Jameson
Kermit Wheary HI M err ell
Jim' Harris '
Thursday, January 17, 1929
PARAQRAPHICS
evening :
That ' time-worn, saying of "first
come, first served" might well be
changed to read "first named on-ballot,
first voted x for" An the case of
Tuesday's freshman elections.
We've been' wondering for some
time just how much effect the first
position on.; a ballot has. It seems. to
be a psychological necessity for some
good citizens to check the first name
seen. ' ' . ,-v;- ,r
Professor Olsen's '; open forum in
dictment of debaters in Tuesday's
Tar Heel may indeed be an explana
tion of the lack of interest and, ap
parently, the lack of ability in our
present debating.
The Gentleman
Bum .X,.: : " :.: c' i
; "In days of old ." Those, indeed,
were the days. Knights, and waving
plumes, and battles, and plenty of
good, exciting adventure. Yes, (let
us all sigh in unison) those were the
days. : ; .V- - V' " :"- ':r'-.
Where can one find adventure in
these prosaic days? Not the ad
venture of the type enjoyed by the
research student, toiling for day In
a laboratory, bent over test tubes
and retorts, and making arid remaking
a world of ; his own among the mi
crobesno, not that kind of adven
ture. Where is the adventure of the
rip-roaring, , swashbuckling, open-air
type ? jNot, you will agree, in any
civilized country; in j this twentieth"
century. Not for a young man. occu
pied, perforce,' with scholarly pursuits,
and bound with family ties. " v
Into the midst of these reflections,
dropped like a coconut upon the head
of the dreamy traveller in the tropics,
comes the announcement of 'the visit
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of a man who has been kitchen boy,
deck-swabber, bar-boy, Mexican Sol
dier, cow-boy, porter in hotels, assis
tant to a Hindu fakir, Salvation ArmV
recruit, champion prize fighter, deck
hand and commander hi a seagoing
vessel, gentleman fighter, and aristc
crat. ' , -
Thus the thumbnail biography of
Count Felix Von Luckner, the most
romantic and certainly the finest
enemy of the Allies in. the World War.
jHis World War career, during which
be captured and sank numerous Al
lied ships, was carried on bloodlessl
ana m romcKing ana gentlemanly
fashion. It was the culmination, but
not the finish, of a life of r adventure
dreamed about but rarely Heard of
in real life.
Such a man is coming to this cam
pus to speak' to the students. He will
be worfh hearing. He is the living
repudiation of the f igh-evoking
phrase, "In days of old, when knights
were bold." For there is adventure
to be had today," if one is inclined to
By the way, is the' co-ed dance on
Friday night to be run in competition
with "The Red Dance" at the Cam
lina? No doubt Dolores Del Rio has
her local rivals.
' The most interest , shown - in the
Tar Heel during the entire year has
come as a result of finding the
"bloody body" on the, Tar Heel floor,
Every excitement hunter on the cam
pus has rushed over to get a job on
the college newspaper!
If this rush doesn't soon stop, we
intend to charge a nickel admission to
the office and turn the funds over
f , 1 . . -"'"V,
to our resurrected corpse. .
Winter Time
And Reading Time
When the days turn cold and the
nights are colder, when we shiver and
freeze despite the promised warmth
of overcoats with upturned collar and
Christmas scarf, when a stroll across
the campus becomes an ordeal rather
than a pleasure why, then 'tis time
to repair to the inviting coziness of
indoors and turn to the indoor ,sport3
of winter. '
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The sanctity and the shelter af
forded by one's room takes on a new
appreciation. It is no longer mere
ly the place to go when time for
sleep has come, an unwanted retrea
used only' upon .those occasions when
, nothing is happening - elsewhere
Rather is it a 'personal and private
haven wherein one can find refuge
from the weather without or from
the ennui within. For winter time
is reading Hime, and one's room is
the ideal place for reading. 1
What is more delightful than to
spend a winter evening lounging in
the most comfortable 'chair securable;
'reading a favorite book, and mos
probably muncking away on an apple
Yack and Publications Union men
have seemed to consider the sky the
reasonable limit
The total outlay could be cut in
half or pruned down even further
without effecting anyone or anything
to an appreciable extent except the
checkbook of the printers and en
gravers. Sponsors "sections, humor
sections, faculty sections," athletic
sections and other deadhead matter
could be cut down, to a great extent
or eliminated altogether. The book
could and., should be made a publica
tion of and for the senior class al
most entirely.
The Publications Union Board mem
bers cannot do very' much to check
the utterly. wasteful outlay. They have
adopted, and wisely, the attitude that
censorship of the editorial matter in
any "student publication does not lie
in the providence of their authority.
' About the most effective means. of
reducing the exorbitant sum expended
every year is concerted action on the
part ofy the organizations. If they
would refuse to pay the high rates
demanded and cease to. vie with one
another in the extravagance of their
space in, the Yackety Yack the prob
lems would be simplified in a large
measure. A substantial decrease in
the amount-expended for the annual
would immediately result.' Insert
pages, two or three and more colors
on these pages,-' and unreasonably
large numbers of pages are alike, .un
necessary. 7 -
A much larger measure of economy
could be practiced by the editor, also.
Each year, the editor attempts to vie
with his predecessor in the elaborate-
fiess of his Yackety Yack.
At any rate, self -adulation is by
no means an admirable practice. One
of the best things we, , know that
could happen to the student body' and
to the Yackety Yack would be to dis
continue the extravagant self -flattery
that makes up well over half the
material of the year book. Thereby
would a saving of eight or nine
thousand dollars be jnade to a by no
means' opulent student body.
GLENN BOLDER
Let Me Introduce
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J. MARYON SAUNDERS
Alumni Secretary
Flares Warn Ships
Of Iceberg Blenace
Montreal (IP) Conquest of the
iceberg menace, long the concern of
steamships in North Atlantic, has
been approached by scientific re
search, a product of which is a sys
tem of flares that have been demon
strated in the harbor of Montreal.
Although danger of striking these
floating islands of ice , has been
considerably minimized, vessels still
encounter delay, through stoppages
in fog within. the iceberg zone.
Professor Hoard T. Barnes, of Mc
Gill University, an authority on ice
and its formations, will soon embark
on a new scientific adventure to New
foundland, Labrador, and Greenland,
utilizing flare projection to solve his
problem, and make of the St.' Law
rence a more efficient jvater route.
Some eight or ten vivid flares were
fired some 250 feet into the air a
round 5: SO o'clock recently, when Dr.
Barnes yacht had reached - a dark
area in the harbor.
It was explained that flares could
be fired ahea d 'of a steamer and any
thing in its track would be illuminat
ed, not by direct light, but by mean
of the silhouette.
Those fired from a pistol rose 258
feet, -) when a parachute opened and
allowed the flare" to fall slowly to
wards the water, the while shedding
a brilliant light.
These had a candle power of 50,000
and the same flares could be fired a
distance of a mile or a mile and a
half,' thereby giving' an effective
silhouette. v
$10 and $12.50
TRENCH COATS
; V FOR $7.50 :
JACK LIPiMAN'S
UNIVERSITY SHOP
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Open Forum
BIORE ABOUT "HELLO'
stir from his chair and seek it. Count
Von Luckner was so inclined, and far
from being a bum, he is a Count. Tell
that to your folks when they object
to your bumming ways. H. J. G.
Costly : '" . r .
Self-Adulation
'.Carolina students are casually toss
ing fifteen thousand dollars in per
fectly good "coin of the realm upon
the altar of their own petty conceit
this year. . -
Fifteen thousand dollars is quite a
sum, especially when it is expended
for the utterly senseless purpose of
publishing a grandiloquent picture
album that no one ever looks through
with any degree of thoroughness. Even
the students themselves rarely look
at any thing . in the Yackety Yack
except the sections in which their own
pictures appear. ' " .
A fairly representative group of
juniors and seniors a few nights ago"
computed the amounts the Yackety
Yack were costing each of them this
year, directly, through organizations
space and other charges. The esti
mate ranges from twelve dollars to
thirty-five dollars each, according to
the number of organizations to which
each student admits membership. Of
course the year book costs the fresh
men and sophomores less than that,
but the average cost per student, not
allowing for the few who refuse - to
indulges in the costly self -flattery of
the annual, is around six dollars.
The great majority of students here
cannot afford to pay thirty-five dol
lars, or fffteen dollars, or even six
dollars, each year fot such an inane
pastime as self-inflicted back patting.
For the past several years the annuals
have shown, a steady increase total
cost and in cost per student, and the
end is not yet in sight. The Yackety
To the Editor: ,
After reading Mr. Slade's would
be humorous letter in Tuesday's "Tar
Heel," it seems to me that the author
of it , is proposing that the "hello
greeting" be eliminated from campus
life. We fail to see why the fact
that good roads' now lead out from
Chapel Hill should be used as an ar
gument for the elimination of greet
ings amongst the student bddy.
It is' perfectly true that the Unv
versity has grown continually since
the beginning of the Hello custom,
and as a result of this growth we
have lost many forms of contact
which formerly existed; but why try
to lessen these contacts any more
than is absolutely necessary? The
Hello custom is, in part, a custom;
but it is a custom that tends to oust
snobbishness and tends to make
friendships. i
Visitors frequently remark at the
cordial spirit prevalent on the cam
pus. Surely we want tor be known
for our cordiality, and the best way
to do this is to continue the ' Hello.
After all,- wide - personal ; contacts
are all that will keep this University
from becoming a mere factory of
learning, and anything that tends to
recognize, personalities instead of a
mob is certainly to be cherished and
developed. " . ''
The Hello custom must not be lost
because it is typical U. N. C... it
tends to make friendships, and it is
a distinct Recognition of the value of
the individual personality rather than
the mob. M'
EDWARD RONDTHALER, JR.
YJV1.C.A. Is Getting
Out New Directory
. According to an announcement
made yesterday by Y. M. C. A. 'of
ment to the directory, all students
f icials, who are getting out the supple
who live outside of campus dormi
tories are requested to leave their
names and addresses at the office be
fore Monday. All material must be
in the office by Monday in order that
the supplement may be sent to press
as soon as possible. It is important
that students report in 1 order that
telephone calls and telegrams may be
directed to correct addresses.
Charles Andrew Jonas, '02
' The recent elections swept Charles
A. Jonas, of Lincolnton, into Con
gress, representing the Ninth -District
of North Carolina. Mrs- Jonas,
who is national committeeman of the
Republican committee o the Republi
can party, for this State, defeated his
Democratic opponent, Major v; A. ' L.
Bulwinkle, of Gastonia, present en-
cumbrant following a very intense
campaign Congressman Jonas is a
trustee of ( the University, and'-has
been active in his support of the in
stitution for years. He has two sons
who have graduated here in the past
several years, namely, Charlie, '25 and
Law '28, and Donald, '27.
Mr. Jonas has been an, attorney in
Lincolnton since 1906. Just follow
ing his graduation he taught school
for a few years, and then returned to
the University for a law course. He
has served his district in the State
Senate several terms, and was assis
tant United States district attorney
for some time.
He is a man of much ability as law
yer, speaker, and politician. " ; . '
Bradshaw Appointed on
Research Committee
Dean Francis F. Bradshaw has been
appointed to a committee of the
American Council on Education to do
research work in developing the
methods of - educational personnel
work; it was announced yesterday.
Thirty thousand dollars has, been
given by John D. Rockfeller, Jr., for
a three year period to cover the ex
penses of the research project, which
will embody more efficient instruc
tion to the student about curricular
and character building. ' '
Dean Bradshaw has been intensely
interested in the field of personnel re
search" for some time and has devised
an original rating scale for students
which has been pronounced excep
tionally good by experts, v .
Chi Psis Will Be
Entertained Next
Continuing his policy of entertain
ing fraternity and dormitory groups
during the school year as the guests
of the Carolina., Manager E. C. Smith
has announced that Chi Psi fraternity
will be given the party this week.
The members of the fraternity are
requested to be at the door of the
theatre in time for the seven o'clock
show Saturday night. ' '
The Carolina Theatre will have as
its guests next week one of the dor
mitory groups on the campus, to be
followed the next week by a f rater
nity group. , 1 " ;
TauKappa Alpha
To Hold Meeting
The North Carolina Alpha chapter
of Tau Kappa Alpha will hold a
meeting in 201 Murphey Monday
night at 7:30. It is very important
that all members of the chapter be
there, as a new president is to be
elected due "to the fact that John
Wilkinson has not returned to the
University. The problem of the space
which the chapter is to be given in
the Yackety Yack is also to be set
tied after the election.
Y Cabinets Meet
A joint meeting pf.the "Y" cab
inet was .held in the Y.M.C. A. build
ing last Monday nights Most of the
discussion centered around the com
ing Sophomore banquet which will be
held next Monday night jit 6 :15 in
the . Methodist church. R. B. House
will deliver an address, and the Y.
M. C. A. quartet will, be there to
furnish the entertainment.
Support the college newspaper by
advertising in the TAR HEEL. Rates
furnished on application. ,
x --The Pines isvthe favorite rendezvous for Club Gatherings,
Bridge Luncheons and Fraternity : get-togethers. We , solicit this
- kind of patronage, feeling certain that everyone will be highly
pleased. Mrs. Vickers has the happy faculty for assisting in the
. preparation for such functions and will cheerfully render her as
sistance to make such gatherings a huge success. For those as
sociations and organizaTaons which like to have dancing as a
" feature of their program we offer our dance floor. For a simple
luncheon or a banquet The Pines solves the problem.
THE PINES TEA ROOM
Chapel Hill Boulevard. - - 4 Miles from Chapel Hill
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Recently a representative of the State
Board of Health Inspected and graded the
eating places-in Chapel Hill. The following
are the official sanitary scores: '
Carolina Inn......: ... .......;..;. 98
"University Cafeteria 96.5
Owl. Shop ; 96.5
Gooch's Cafe ; 93.5
Polly's Coffee Shop 87
Carolina Smoke Shop... w
Welcome Inn Cafeteria..: ... 76
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Novelty "War Dogs"
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To come in the first of next week, and see
the New Chevrolet "6" Roadster. It is a
beauty and sells for $588.00 delivered in
napelHill.
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