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Page Two THE T A R HE EL Saturday, May 25,. 1929 it tar Seel :CO Published tri-weekly during the col lege year, except one issue Thanks giving, the last two weeks of De cember (holiday period) and the last two weeks of March (examina tion period and spring holidays). The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina. Chanel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the college year. . . Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. , , ' out plots, and for real grass growing j to augment the evil of examinations Walter Spearman .....vJ.Editor Will Yarborough. ..-.-. Mgr. Ed. Marion Alexanier.......Z?wsTM77 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Associate Editor H. J. Galland Assistant Editors B. C. Moore J. E. Dungan J. D. McNairy J. C. Williams J. P. Jones Sports 'Editors J. C. Eagles C. B. McKethan Reporters Holmes Davis George Dannenbaum Sherman Shore W. C. Dunn Lawrence Miller L. R. Harris G. E. French J. J. Brooks Larry Johnson E. H. Denning Henry Anderson J. R. Knott K. C. Ramsay D. L. Wood Dick McGlohon B. H. Whitton Stowe Moody Bill Atkinson R. Hodges R. E. Betts J. E. Huffman Elizabeth Johnson Milton Greenblatt Wesley Montgomery E. F. Yarborough BUSINESS DEPARTMENT ' Executive Staff B. M. Parker : Asst. Bus. Mgr Leonard Lewis Adv. Mgr. Sidney Brick . Asst. Adv. Mgr. H. N. Patterson Collection Mgr. T. R. Karriker Asst. CoV Mgr. Ben Aycock Subscription-Mgr. Advertising Staff . Harry Latta , H. Merrell Hubert O'Donnell J. Schulman Jim Harris J. G. deR. Hamilton, Jr. Tom Badger W. G. Boger Saturday, May 25, 1929 where never grass has grown before at least not since pre-Davien days. While there seems to be a keen acti vity as well as interest in this beauti fying process, we should like to hark back once again to our own pet pro ject that is, planting some sort of ivy or other vines beside the garnish ness of new buildings so as to cover their newness and lend a dignity and a beauty already possessed by some of the older buildings. The new com merce home could be considerably im proved, for instance, by a thick coat ing of green vines. Not Served on Silver Platters Monday night is Awards Night. It should be one of the biggest nights of the entire year, for on that occasion all those students who have taken active part's in the various campus activities come up to receive their awards athletes, debaters, scholars, editors, managers, and even miscel laneous. These afards, whether they be Phi Beta Kappa keys or athletic letters or publication charms, indicate that heir recipients have vut out real work to win them. They come as a recognition of work well done, of in- erest in extra-curricular fields, adn of superior ability. When a man gets an award on Monday night, it will be because he has worked for it and worked hard such things are not handed out on silver platters nor given oyer for the mere asking. Awards Night is the culmination of the year's activities and brings to a close the work of the collegiate sea son. Since even all those students who are scheduled to receive a wards cannot fill up Memorial Hall or make an impression upon its vast emptiness, it will be necessary for their friends also to turn out for the occasionn in order to make up a respectable sized crowd, PARAGRAPHICS Reports claim that it's well worth going to see the- Playmaker -production of Rip Van Winkle just in order to see Hubert Heff ner wake up from his twenty year's nap. If you want a joke about the senors that will really regale you, just think how they looked in their senior re galia! The Episcopal Baby Show had to be postponed until next week on accoun of rain. If a few more showers wil just shower down, they might post pone the affair again and stage it in collaboration with the Baby Reunion of the class of '28. Since Mr. E. C. Smith of the Caro lina Theatre was kind enough to give the seniors a picture show gratis Wednesday night, the name migh have been changed from "Three Pas sions" to "Free Passions." With Professors Weaver and Dag gett both leaving the University, we wonder who will lend the professional touch of dignity to next year's Wigue and Masque production? It's too bad that diplomas can't be handed out with the other awards on Monday night. If that scheme were followed, a fair crowd might.be per suaded to turn out for the occasion. Adding a Little x Dirt to the Campus Despite the general opinion that there's enough dirt going thevroihds of the campus at any particular time, along comes the Grounds Department and begins to haul in more by the wagonf uL But fortunately it is all being dumped in one vicinity be tween South Building and the new library and is being dedicated to the beautification of the campus. And as long as it is utilized to take away the bareness of that unsightly spot, we can forgive the addition of dirt and more dirt. For four years we have been stirred to the. depths of our doubtful esthetic soul by the ugli ness of that stretch of ground, only an unkept piece of eaarth in good weather but a sodden, pathless mess in the rain. Now with the advent of nice, new dirt we may even begin to hope for actual paths, for neatly laid they're Birds, All Right! The interest in bird life in Chapel Hill on the part of members of the faculty and townsmen is often evidenc ed in the columns of the Chapel Hill "Weekly." Mr. Louis Graves, editor v and proprietor of that paper, is res ponsible f orTceeping much of the in terest alive. In yesterday's issue he printed a letter from Roy M. Brown of the University in defense of wood peckers, and bird items are generally to be found in one or another of the "Weekly's" columns.. It is no great surprise, therefore, to find that when a family of Carolina wrens decided to build a neat little nest in the theme files of the English Department on the second floor of Murphy, no attempt was made to put them out. For the English Depart ment, in common with the rest of the University, seems to be brrd-minded. The wrens tried several spaces be fore they finally decided on a suitable site and moved'in. Now they are com fortably ensconced, flying in and out of the window which is left open for them at one end of Room 209. We're glad to see that the eminent instructors are broad-minded enough to share their premises with others besides the transient Freshmen . who come for conferences on the state of literature in general and their grades in particular. And we commend the mutual toleration of the birds for the instructors and the instructors for the birds. H. J. G. The Truth About Cramming At this stage in the academic game the thoughts of the student body naturally turn to the subject of final examinations. The method of prep aration generally used is known as cramming. In the majority of cases, however, such a method is not advisable. The writer believes that students i cram on the eve of an examination because examinations are a neces sary evil necessary, because profes sors must have some way of checking up on the work which a student has covered in a course, and evil because an unfair measurement of what the student has gained from the course is often the result. Cramming tends an evil which, though necessary, does not need to be increased. The student who crams just before examinations is unfair to himself and to his class. Intensive study is a good thing, but cramming may well be com pared to building a house out of loose straw. It may perhaps protect the student during the storm of exami nations, but it is blown away before it has done him any lasting good. The results of cramming, then, are temporary. In the last analysis, this is the truth about cramming. . Simply reviewing the "high spots" in a given course is more advantage ous than cramming, because the for mer is a means of unifying one's knowledge of the essentials of a course, whereas the latter is accom plished by overtaxing the memory with a view to stimulating temporary powers of recollection which other wise would be dormant and which, in any case, are inefficient. After a student has gone through a course, he should have in -mind a final summary of the material of the course by virtue of hiving discerned the major points which were brought out from time to time by the instruc- or. Since examinations are a necessary evil, all suggestions as to reform should be aimed at the method of pre paring for them rather than at the institution itself. Study preliminary to the advent of an examination should be done with a view to unify ing the various bits of information which the student has accumulated and with a further view to mastering the "high points" of the unfamiliar material. The customary sigh of relief which students utter after finishing an ex amination is in reality the symbol of the departure of all information which may have been acquietiru'jfhjne process of cramming. Cramming, then, is an evil because the student who practices it does not discern the "high points" of the course and con sequently, forgets the thing as a uni fied, whole. C. W. Flotsam and Jetsam By B. C. MOORE Most of these seniors haven't much longer to be here -just about two weeks longer. Many say they haven't learned so very much. Others say they have gained more by personal contacts and friendships made than they have from books. Still others say that wouldn't take anything for their four years here, that they have come into a wider realm of know ledge, that they have really learned how to work, and that they have made genuine and lasting friendships. What the individual has actually gained wil be determined, of course, in later years. . . This preliminary statement is di rectly in line with the problem of adult education, a conferece for the study of which subject has just been brought to a close here. Certainly education should not terminate with graduation; it should really begin. This is a problem for the senior to think about, for the heights to which the educated man can rise are high and the depths" to which he can sink are very, very low. Carolina Monday Coolidge has already " given the story of his life to HEARST'S IN TERNATIONAL I COSMOPOLITAN and Smith is writing his for the SAT URDAY EVENING POST. We sug gest that Mr. Hoover be preparing his.- 1; ought to come in handy if he's ever left out in the cold. Some body page the editor of the MANU FACTURER'S RECORD. 4f We notice that the Engineering School will hold no open house this year due to the fact that the students are too busy at this time of the year. At least we are glad to know that somebody isjbusy. High School Math Contest Closes The fourth annual high school math- ematic contest has ended and the winner of the trophy has been selected by the the faculty of the department of Mathematics of the University. Dan Lacy, of the Rocky Mount High School, was winner of the first place. Lee E. Vickers, of Durham High School, and Carlyle Hackney, of Greensboro High School, were given honorable mention in the contest. This contest is sponsored jointly by the University Extension Division and the department of Mathematics, and is held annually among the accredited high schools of the state. Students who were members of the sophomore, junior, or senior classes in the high schools competed in the contest. The best paper of each school was selected and sent to Chapel Hill. From the papers submitted, the winner was chosen and a trophy presented to the high school which he represented. The contest included tests in arithme tic, algebra, and plane geometry, and isheld annually for the purpose of fostering interest in scholarship in the high schools. Fifty-three high schools were represented by 1295 en tries in the contest. As she passed by him he graceful ly bowed, removed his white straw hat. He immediately held our at tention. His countenance was serene, and we thought we could detect a superciliousness, in his mien. He. had the air of4hemo&tk?wi??ld whjph; led us to believe that he must be ex- eremely bored with life itself. He was dressed like a millionaire's young son navy blue suit, and handker chief and tie which matched. He car ried a light-colored cane with the end of which he stamped out a burning cigarette stub. We thought him strik ing looking. And then somebody told us it was Senior Week. 7 Maurice Chevalier in the Paramount Picture "Innocents of Paris" Visitors in New York during the past few months may have wandered into Mr. Ziegf eld's Midnight Frolic atop the New Amsterdam Theatre and to the tune ' of staggering prices watched the antics of many of Broad way's most popular entertainers in an intimate review. There Eddie Cantor is the "master of ceremonies, Paul Whiteman and- his Orchestra play scintilliting music, Helen Mor gan of "Show Boat" fame sings about her "Bill," and other celebrities join hands to make life easier and more enjoyable for restless New Yarkers. But one man, a newcomer to these ! shores, literally stole the show in his first appearance and since then has been billed as the headliner. He is a Frenchman; on, the continent he is known as the "Idol of Paris," and all those who , have ever heard him sing and dance know him as the peer of musical (comedy f avftrites. He is Maurice Chevalier, the boiled shirt and straw hat, the whimsical smile and r the . silver toned voice. Many think of him as a composite of Al Jolson and Charlie Chaplin. ; He has much of Chaplin's genuine hu mor and pathos. Chevalier has . that something audiences everywhere will like. Info everything he, . does,: . he imparts a human touch; the inde- Lfinsdble something that lifts him from the ranks of ordinary entertainers in to the class of the true artist. Those who have seen him. in Paris at . the Follies Bergere and rthe -Casino, -de Paris, need no further introductions to him and those who have never even heard hisname have a.reaUtreat in store for them. , . New Debate Monogram Rules Resultant of recent meetings of the Debate Council are the follow ing decisions, which go into ef fect the first of next fall quarter: - 1. That the gold monogram shall be awarded for the making of two intercollegiate debates, or by a unanimous vote of the Debate Council upon written recommenda tion of the president and secretary of the council. 2. That for each year of mono gram quality debating a certifi cate be granted bearing cumulative dates. 3. That the relation of fresh man debating to varsity debating remain as heretofore. J. C. WILLIAMS, Pres. Debate Council Last year the seniors, dressed in blue sweaters, were of the athletic type; this year they look like gentle men. Heaven help next year's class! We suggest that the seniors, dur ing next year's Senior Week, wear pa- jamas, sucn an experiment wouia test the practicability of Mr.c Louis Graves's idea of pajamas as summer wearing apparel for men. Messers. Smiley, Rose, and Griffin have been operating a local broad casting station, we learn from the campus tri-weekly, soon to become a daily. Is that why we couldn't get anything on our radio recently? We mean no offense, however. Our local radio experts Vre rather to be con gratulated. Shepard Strudwick is to be con gratulated on his success as a profes sional actor. We thought he was good last year, and now we can afford to say, "I told you so." Curtis Expert To Speak to Engineers As the first activity of the recently announced aeronautical course which will be opened to - students next fall, Mr. A. L. Leazor, head of the Curtiss Flying Service at Raleigh, will speak to the engineering students at 11 o'clock Monday morning in room 206, Philips Hall. Although the exact title of Mr. Laezar's talk is not known, he will speak on some phase of aeronautics, and it is possible that he will discuss the work of the Curtis Flying Ser vice, which is establishing airports and flying schools in many cities. Post-Office Schedule Outgoing mails close 7 A. M., 1:15 P. M. (east), 2:30 P. M. (west), 5:30 P. M. (1st class and air mail); Sun day, 7 A M. (1st class mail only). Mails arrive 7:30 A. M., 12 M., 6 P. M.; Sunday, 2 P. M. only. Windows open 9 A. M. to 6 P.'M.; general delivery and parcel, 7 to 7:30 P. M.; holidays, 9 to 10 A. M. and 1 to 2 P. M. Plans of Dr. E. C. Brooks, presi dent of N. C. State College, for four new departments have been approved by the trustees. One of the new de partments will be the school of aero nautics. Such a step is a progressive one for State and merits the support and approval of the people of the Commonwealth, even of Carolina stu dents. ' Mrs. E. R. Hoke, wife of the presi dent of Catawba College, has just received a diploma from Catawba for the completion of four years acade mic work. It merely goes to show that a person is never too old for col lege. And still, there are people like a certain student who said last quarter that he was dropping out because he was getting too old. (He was twenty two). ' Judging from the popularity of horseshoe pitching on the campus, it seems that a Carolina Horseshoe team ought to be organized. At least, a tournament is in order. Because of the fact that the Man eum Oratorical . Contest will not be held this year, as there is a dearth of participants, those on the campus who are interested in forensics have been rather pessimistic about the future of that art. . The recent announcement that the Bingham Debate will he held, however, is a sign that there is still some hope for debating here. Dr. Henderson To Speak at Sewanee Dr. Archibald Henderson, head of the mathematics department and noted mathamatician, will deliver the principal address at the commence ment exercises of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., Monday, May 10. Dr. Henderson stated yesterday that he has chosen the subject of the ad dress, but as he has not decided on its title, pref ering to make no an nouncement of the subject at this time. University Building Committee To Meet The building committee of the Board of Trustees will meet , in regular ses sion next Monday. The purpose of the meeting is to inspect the build ing program now under way, and to discuss any other business that may come before the committee. A N. C. G. W. Girls Hear Congresswoman Greensboro, , May 24 The group of 12 junior and senior students in the class in political science at North Carolina College, who made the an nual trip of the class to Washington recently in the company of Miss Har riet Elliott, had a number of thrill ing experiences but the most inter esting of them all was a conversation with Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daugh ter of William Jennings Bryan, who has a seat in the house of representa tives and who forcefully and charm ingly described for the college girls the situation which faces a woman serving in Congress. Stopping for a quite a long talk with the group outside the doors of the house, Mrs. Owen said that she had been given the most cordial co operation of her fellow-members and that so far as she is able to tell there is absolutely no discrimination prac tised against women in Congress in these days such as that which handi capped Jeannette Rankin, of Mon tana, when that pioneer woman in the - ... house, had her seat some 15 years or more ago. She had found no dif ference in the treatment accorded her and that given the men members. Mrs. Owen indicated .that a woman in Congress is now, like the men, handi capped only by her own limitations. BOY STUDENTS DUMBER, NORTHWESTERN U. FINDS Evanston, 111. Registrar Kathar ine George of Northwestern Univer sity has found that men students are dumber this year than girls, only she put it differently. The men, she said, had an aggre gate average of only .9092, while the girls had 1.728. Fraternity men, the registrar found, ae smarter than the boys who don't wear a pin, but non- sorority women ? are decidedly smarter (statistically) than their sis ters who "belong." . TODAY ANTONIO MORENO HELENE COSTELLO , , in "MIDNIGHT TAXI" Added COMEDY NOVELTY Get in the swim with a SPALDING SUIT Spalding Swimming Suits " are seen on our best beaches. . Fashionable swimmers wear these Spalding style features shorter trunks . . . low-cut back ... freer armholes ... new pastel colors. Made with Spalding skiU, backed by the Spalding reputation, and priced as low as $5 and $6. Students' Supply Store Everything in Stationery nM ? t I 13 the, favonte 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. 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