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Will Try To Ascertain :k Real
Status of So-Called "Collegi
ate" in American Life.
The University of North Carolina
Press is going to publish several no
table books this spring. A short
sketch of each book to be published,
aloner with the author and title of
each, follows: - : .
"Black Magic" was written by Miss
Martha Warren Beckwith and deals
with the folk life in Jamaica. Miss
Beckwith is connected with the Folk
lore Foundation at Vassar College,
and has contributed a number of
articles and pamphlets to thepubli
cations of this society. In this story
she touches upon many of the same
or corresponding aspects as they ap
pear from her various excursions to
Jamaica. The book will have a num
ber of very interesting photographs,
a'nd deals with such topics as myalism,
obeah, superstitions surrounding
death, animal lore, etc.
"John Henry" is a story tracking
down as Negro Myth and was written
by Guy Johnson. John Henry "died
with his hammer in his hand," and
the story of his poweress spread far
and wide so wide that no one has
ever really known whether John
Henry was, a man or a mere mythical
hero of a tall tale. Mr. Johnson, who
has already , had wide experience in
tracking down folk song-and legend
(he is co-author with Howard W.
Odum of "Negro Workaday Songs1
and the "Negro and his Songs")
hunts down his man, giving incident
ally a number of versions'of the " John
Henry ballad. ;
, "The Way of Victory',' was written
by Dr. William Louis Poteat, Presi
dent Emeritus of Wake Forest Col
lege. Dr. Poteat is too well known in
Southern church circles to require .in
traduction. His "Can a Man Be a
Christian Today?" published Jy the
University Press a few seasons ago
was read by- thousands, both 4n the
South and elswhere. Now he adds
three more of his inspiring sermons to
the body of his liberal religious writ
ings, taking for his main thesis here
that the vie dolorosa in the end be
comes the way victorious. -
"The Three Named John" by John
Sales s was recommended by Newbell
Niles Puckett, author of "Folk Be
liefs of the Southern Negro." The
negro belief that every newborn child
should have his own tree set aside for
him as a symbol of his growth and
life gives this brief collection of
amusing and. poignant stories its title
and its .unity. This tree was named
John for thexlittle boy who personally
knew the lovable old negro woman
who is the heroine and who provides
so much of the folk lore and super
stition deftly embodied in the stories.
Rupert B. Vance's "Human Factors
in Cotton Culture" deals with the
story that cotton was once King, and
in many ways in the South, cotton
still is king. In less than 3 -percent
of theworld's land area 60 per cent
of the world's cotton supply is grown.
Being the chief agricultural interest
of this section, it is no wonder that
it should influence above all other
factors the economic, social,, and cul
tural conditions of the South. This
is an important study of that influence
made under the auspices of the Insti
, tute of Research in the Social Science.
"Science and Religion Today" was
written by the Reverend Thornton
Whaling. It contains three lectures
delivered under the McNair Founda
tion on the subject of religion and
science. Mr. Whaling stands with the
more conservation of the ministry by
his own admission, and many people
are waiting for the publication of his
lectures. The McNair lectures, start
ed originally in an attempt to recon
cile science and religion, are given
each year.
There is on foot a nation-wide sur
vey of educational institutions to as
certain the real status of the so
called "collegiate" in American life.
Henry Grattan Doyle, Dean of men
at George Washington University,
Washington, D. C, has addressed a
Questionnaire to the deans of four
hundred institutions, asking a num
ber of signif icant questions pertaining
to the: subject. He .wants to know
whether the "collegiate" is the typi
cal college student, and whether
slouchy dress, or neatness in appear
ance is typical of the American stu
dent body. He further asks whether
student opinion favors neatdress and
courteous manners, or approves
slouchy appearance and careless
habits of dress and conduct. Other
queries calculated to classify the
"collegiate" are also made. -
When replies are received Dean
Doyle believes he will have a survey
which will be of wide informative
value, and which may be presented to
the annual convention of the Asso
ciation of Deans and Advisors of
Men in Washington,. April 11, 12, and
13.
Says Dean Doyle in his letter of
inquiry, "I am sure that in common
with me, you have felt concern and
sometimes chagrin over the mental
picture of the "collegiate" boynor girl
winch the general public has appar
ently created during recent years. "
feel that this imaginary individual is
by no means typical. For the purpose
of contributing something toward the
correction of what I believe to be er
roneous public opinion and the crea
tion of correct opinion founded on
facts, I am sending this . letter to
deans in a number of leading colleges
and universities throughout the coun
try in order to get a consensus of
fact and opinion which can be pre
sented to the public.
Dean Doyle then propounds ,the fol
lowing questions:
1. (a) Is the "collegiate" of the
humorous press and the vaudeville
stage the typical student, of your col-
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OF EDUCATION
IN THE SOUTH
SoutlTHas Overcome Obstacles
Growing Out of Civil War and
; Is on Its Feet Again Eco
Scholarship To Be
Given State Student
It was announced bunaay that a
scholarship, guaranteeing a year's
employment in various construction
lines, will be awarded to one State
College student this year py the North
and South Carolina branch of the
American General Contractors.
According to W. G. Geile assistant
professor in construction engineering
at State College, the scholarship,
which is being offered this year for
the first time, will probably give the
holder more experience in one year
than most college courses would in
two. The winner of this scholarship
r iwill be the senior having the highest
cholarship record during his sopho
ore, junior, and senior year.
State College,, Yale, and Boston
;ch are. the only educational insti
tions in the country offering de
3es in construction engineering.
lege? or
(b) Is he an exception in the per
sonnel of your enrollment, and if so
what percentage of the total student
body is like him?
2. (a) Is a slouchy appearance, as
evidenced by garteTless socks, rumpled
shirt and collar, sloppy shoes and
wrinkled suits of clothing typical of
your student' body? or
(b) Is neatness in appearance, as
evidenced by clean shaving, well
shined shoes, starched linen, appro-
prite neckties of neat appearance, and
well-pressed suits of clothing, typical
of your student body?
3. (a) In the main, does the psy
chological attitude of your student
body approve slouchy and careless
habits of dress and conduct, or neat
habits of dress and courteous man
ners:
(b) Is there any appreciable atti
tude of disfavor in your student body
toward carelessness in dress and man
ners? 4. Is there any connection, in your
opinion, between the attempt to be
"collegiate" and such problems as:
(a) Drinking? '
(b) "Necking"? '
(c) Neglect of class work?
(d) Dishonesty in examinations ?
(e) Other ethical problems?
5. Does the "collegiate" type of stu
dent referred to in the opening of this
letter exee", us a rule, in:
(a) Scholastic standing?
(b) Sports?
(c) Other student activities?
6. In your opinion is the "collegi
ate" type-diminishing or increasing?
7. Do you or do you not agree with
me that in general our student
bodies are composed of reasonably
serious young people, whose ideals
and standards of conduct compare
favorably with those of preceding
generations in short," that their
faults are faults of manners rather
than morals?
Library To Raise
Amount of Fines
Because of the failure of some stu
dents to return by 10:30 A. M. re
serve books drawn for overnight use,
the Library will increase the fine
ordinarily charged. .,
The fine which has been five cents
an hour from 10:30 A. M. to the hour
the book is returned, will be changed
to thirty cents for the first hour and
five cents an hour "for each hour
thereafter. This means that the fine
on an overnight book returned at 11
o'clock will be thirty cents instead of
only five cents.
This change will be effective Fri
day, February 8.
Advertise in the TAR HEEL.
The Southern States, in recent
years, have made big strides in edu
cation and are. steadily rising to
national standards, Dr. Edgar W.
Knight, professor of education in the
University of North Carolina, told
the members of the Institute of Arts
and Sciences of Columbia University
in an address before a New York
audience.
Owing to the many obstacles grow
ing out of the Civil War, the South
era States are today below national
standards in education, notwithstand
ing" the steady and in some cases al
most phenomenal progress since 1900,
but recent trends offer undeniable
testimony that the South can and is
attaining to standards comparable
with the best, Dr. Knight asserted.
"The Southern States are beginning
to take the first step toward that
achievement, to face more squarely
than ever before their educational
shortcomings." he said. "These states
now appear more determined than at
any time in the past to use their
material resources to increase their
cultural powers. They are learning
that they can do for education any
thing they wish to do and that they
need not remain the Rip Van Winkle
of American education.
"If the South has at no time in the
past attained fully to national stand
ards in education the explanation is
in part historical. Slavery kept it
from accepting completely the demo
cratic doctrine of education during
the anjte-bellum period, though some
of these states did fairly well even
under that handicap."
Dr. Knight said that the Southern
neoole did not. however, neelect to
provide for the training of the clas
ses, as the statistics on college enroll
ment for 1860 show, and the figures
on illiteracy do not show up very much
worse among the whites of the South
than among the Northwestern states
for that year. But norwhere in the
South, he said, had full preparation
been made for the education of the
masses. Southern opinion on educa
tion had not been fully aroused be
cause of a social conservatism which
had grown strong under the influen
ces of slavery, upon which ' the old
landed aristocracy was established.
Four years of war worked devasta
tion and an almost complete econo
mic collapse, he said. A decade of
reconstruction followed, robbed the
Southern States of the little that war
had spared, and han its fingers deep
into the pockets of posterity.
"The result was that education in
the South remained in a sad plight
for nearly four decades after Appo
mattox," Dr. Knight explained. "Not
one of these states, as late as 1900,
had established a public school system
at all adequate to its needs. Some of
them in that year were expending an
nually less than fifty cents per capita
for schools.
"Three decades ago there were
few if any public high schools of
standard grade in the - South. No
Southern state had enacted any com
pulsory school attendance legislation
The old and high spirited state uni
versities were starving, as were also
the private and denominational insti
tutions." -
, Dr. Knight pointed out that what
ever the causes of the South's educa
tional backwardness in the past -economic
destitution and despair, the
presence of the negro and the bitter
ness of racial conflict, partisan poli
tics sectarian dogma, or the spectre
of the aristocratic theory of educa
tion "this section of the country can
not any longer properly point to
poverty in explanation or defense.
"The ghost of aristocracy still
stalks here and there occasionally," he
said, "but its shadow grows less with
the passing of the years. The twin
calamities of war and reconstruction
from 1861 to 1876 helped quite pro
perly to explain and to justify the
South's educational deficiencies va
quarter century ago.
"Then the section was poor, but
today it has such bulging bounties and
powerful economic resources that the
alibi of poverty cannot be established.
True, the maintenance of a dual
school system separate schools for
the children of-each of the two races
is a settled policy in every Southern
State increases the burden. True,
also, there are many children who are
often scattered over wide areas.
"Excessive, illiteracy and farm
tenancy, a large negro population,
and the single money crop system of
agriculture, have retarded social pro
gress. These are stubborn but not in
superable obstacles in the way of
education. The South now has the
wealth to support schools adequately
for all its children."
The South not only can attain to
national standards in education but
it is beginning to take the first step
toward that achievement, he said. "It
is facing its educational shortcomings
more squarely than everjbefore. The
Southern States are - having- their
school systems surveyed, and their
taxation arrangements studied. They
are trying to find solutions for the
problems of adult illiteracy, and of
farm tenancy, and they are making
some effort to put agriculture upon
a more sensible and secure founda
tion. Impressive is the number of
commissions which are now study
ing these and other problems affect
ing the economic and social well be
ing of the South. .w
"The Southern people are learning
that the South is defamed by the facts
of its deficiencies and not by recitals
of them, that provincial prejudice i3
not patriotism, and that sensitiveness
to just criticism is not loyalty. They
now appear more determined than
ever before to use their material re
sources to increase and strengthen
their spiritual powers. They are
learning that they can do for educa
tion anything they wish to . do, and
that they need not remain the Rip
Van Winkle of American education."
Collegiate Expenses
Ohio State lUniversity spends more
than six thousand dollars a year for
paper for examinations, according to
figures obtained at the receiving de
partment of that school. Stencils
used in printing the examination pa
per cost about $2,400 per year. .
These figures do not include the
costs of incidentals, pencils, erasers,
. . j i
and other classroom supplies usea in
examinations. If these costs, to
gether with instructor's fees and the
cost of cleaning the typewriters, were
added in it would cost the University
about nine thousand dollars per year
for examinations.
It has been estimated that 10,412
students spend eight hours each day
studying for and writing finals.
Averaging three courses each, a total
of 249,888 hours per J quarter are
spent.
In the first commencement at the
University it was ordained that the
President wear a black gown to add
dignity to the occasion.
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