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THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, January 21, 1930 Crl Published daily during tte college year except Mondays and except Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. The official newspaper of the Publi catibns Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and - $4.00 out of town, for the college year. ' Offices in the basement of Alumni . Building. Glenn Holder........... :..:Editor Will Yaeborough ..Mgr. Editor Marion Alexander..:. 3ms. M gr. Hal V. Worth. . Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebaae ' Harry Galland ASSISTANT EDITORS r Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore J. C. Williams CITY ; EDITORS E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning J. E; Dungan SPORTS EDITOR Henry- L. Anderson ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS Browning Roach J. G. Hamilton, Jr. " REPORTERS Holmes Davis , Kemp Yarborough Louis Brooks Clyde Deitz Charles Rose . George Sheram Mary Price - Frank Manheim J. P. Tyson B. H. Whitton Nathan Volkman J. M. Little E. C. Daniel ; V Bill Arthur W. A. Shulenberger Gebrge Wilson G. E. French v ; ; Harold Cone Sadler Hayes . Jack Bessen W. W. Taylor , . Everard Shemwell Vass-Shepherd Ted Newland B. H. Barnes Jack Riley M. M. Dunlap ; . , John Patric Tuesday, January 21, 1930 The Flunking Question Predigested doses of knowl edge, as administered by pedan tic professors to lethargic stu dents in the average American institution of higher learning, are seldom productive of real " education. This" is merely an ancient truism stated verbosely, but its application to numerous collecre venerations Tin nn diminished its force. For four years and more the accumulated wisdom and knowledge of the ages may be poured upon a man in an euphonious and uninter rupted stream, . without "adding one cubit to his mental stature." ' Thev predominance of unedu cated college- graduates is at tributable in large measure to the undergraduate attitude. Most students regard a college career as a glorious vacation, a week-end extended over four years. If the undergraduate would regard his academic ca reer as a job and" not a vacation 1 1 - ne wouia come much closer to securing his money's worth from his father's investment. The student of average intellect who works on his courses for forty classes, has sufficient time for recreation and limited outside activities ; in all probability he has better than a C average at the end of each quarter and a genuine education at the end of his academic career. President Chase addressed the freshmen in chapel recently upon habits of xstudy, mnrimr them to use the reading rooms of the library when dormitory conditions are not conducive to study. His remarks are espe cially appropriate, since the quarter is now well underway and resolutions concernine- in dustry and application are now meeting their first severe tests. A recent investigation' of the extent to which the library is being utilized as a place for study produced interesting re sults. Although it was ascer tained that the study . halls on the first floor are'reasonably well filled at all times with those using the "specialized reference books there, the main reading room on the second floor was discovered to be almost vacant throughout a considerable por tion of the day and evening. In this main reading room there are 350 seats in comfort able and pleasant surroundings. A check on the readers in this room throughout December, when studying-reached a high water mark because of the prox imity of examinations, revealed that the average number of oc cupants during the evening was 60. Another check made since the opening of the winter quar ter shows that this average has dropped to, about 50. At the present time less than 17 per cent of the available seating capacity , in the main reading room is being used. Thus it is seen that space is always available in the library for those N who desire a quiet, comfortable place in which to study. An hour or two spent in the library every night might enable the undergraduate to make the knowledge spread out before him in classes of his own, instead of uncomfortably coast ing through college upon his in structors' frenzied efforts to turn, out a class not consisting entirely of flunks. America, The Beautiful Ever since the day . of the Bos ton tea partyi when the slum bering independence of our an cestors began to awaken and cast off the yoke of the mother country, America has fostered the growth of a national spirit seeing its expression in thous ands of gaudy, glittering pa rades, in countless pompous, eloquently stupid speeches by "100 per cent American" poli ticians ; a spirit that urges great applause whenever the, flag is displayed, and that , ' makes anyone who considers himself proud of. the supposed distinc tion of being an American boast of the country's many magnifi cent features, her freedom, her independence, her limitless op portunities for success and hap piness, America, "the greatest spot on God's green earth," and so on, ad infinitum. Pride in our country seems to be a religion ; from the cradle, the average American' is taught to regard himself as so much better off than a person of any other na tionality that he finally comes to regard other peoples with a faint air of patronizing condescen sion. ' game of hide-and-seek with the grave board of censors or. the Watch and Ward society. We pass the prohibition law and at an enormous expense establish enforcement corps which seem to be about as effectual as sieves ; liquor, this time of a corrosive variety, apparently flows as much as ever. And instead of making an earnest effort to en force the amendment, things continue to run along in a char acteristically slipshod fashion, and our meager respect for law is diminished to almost none at all. This is a republic supposedly based on a democracy where the voice of the people controls, yet' the people of Chicago re vealedtheir intelligent use of the Franchise by putting in Big Bill Thompson's administration, and worse, by leaving it there. This enumeration of absurd incongruities and ridiculous vices on the part of Uncle Sam (better Uncle Sham) could be! continued indefinitely. But it would bef utile. Journalists are constantly parading before the apathetic eyes of the public the weaknesses and faults of the nation, but nothing seems to be done. Novelists reveal to us the grossly predominating ma terialism of our country, our universal lack of culture and background, our small town big otry and our preposterous hypoc risy that fools no one, and we only rail against them, brand them as traitors, ass.es, and con tinue to censor impartially, to buy cheap, rotten magazines in large quantities, and to patron ize the bootlegger at the same time we denounce the lawless ness of the nation. R. H. V haps "the radio, more than any 1 other device, will prove to be the j best means of interesting the ordinary person in efforts to ad vance international tranquility, thereby promoting the move ment to secure peace. " : : : - B. M. john mebane 1 - Menders' Onimioiis I THE LABOR PROBLEM Certain remarks tinged with caustic irony having come to our ears lately, we have concluded that since our recent column the belief is prevalent that we have lost ourfaith in women. ' j. Not so. We never had any. ; y " .'; ' - And besides, almost every re mark in that column applied with equal force to men. We merely forgot to mention that. . " . - This isn't an apology pre cisely. It is an attempt to es cape from heads turned ' aside and noses up. Which are not to our liking. World Peace And The- Average Man This loyalty to one's Vater land would be splendid and wor thy of the highest commendation were it - only intelligent and reasonable. Instead it is a spirit founded on an intolerance, based in turn on a lack of courage to face the facts. Rather than face deplorable situations in our country and admitting" them to be disgraceful features, we choose to ignore them deliberate ly and heap anathema upon "de bunkers" whose eyes, not being blinded by this pitifully shallow patriotsim," cut beneath the hy pocritical sham of the American attitude to make -Caustic and bitter wounds on our vanity. Worst of all these wounds hurt because they are true. Far from being the great, noble, the magnificent America of the "100 per cent American's"' faith and the European peasant's dream, America is a: struggling baby giant, arrogant, ribald, shame fully hypocritical, flamboyantly gaudy, young, and, in spite of the sophistication of its metro politan centers, to a certain ex tent raw. Many typically Amer ican gestures and actions are absurd in their inconsistency. We blindly make' ourselves a choice laughing stock by our naive censorship of books and periodicals considered lewd by a customs official or a, municipal' censor, yet these books and publications can always be ob tained no matter how thorough ly banned: and anv number nf filthy burlesques, smutty revues, and obscene plays run merrily along, Occasionally, playing a "Whatever the average man manifests in the way of interest in movements to promote inter national peace is negligible. The diplomats of the world get together quite frequently in for mal assemblies to come to "un derstandings" of each other, and the aftermath of one of these agreements consists largely of a few speeches by men in the public eye and, sometimes, a senatorial resolution. Tete-a-tetes which are held from time to time among diplomats result mostly in newspaper flourishes and editorial comments. To the ordinary citizen such happen ings have no meaning at all. What is it to him whether a few. men thousands of miles away, certainly having no real power, adopt this plan or not? There is a lack of interest on the part of the average man because his relation to international peace -at least it would seem to him is too remote to require serious consideration. 1 An innovation is being made today, however, which will play a large part in bringing the problem at hand closer to the man in the street. Beginning this morning, the people of the world have the opportunity of listening, by radio, to the ses sions of the five-power naval parley being held in London. This may mark a new era in the science or art of diplomacy by bringing the constituencies of delegates to international con ferences in closer contact with the questions at issue. Sir Philip Gibbs, who sees open diplomacy developing from the closed, will no doubt see this latest turn, broadcasting the sessions, as an even surer sign of open diplomacy. Word peace can never make headway unless the masses de mand it. And the masses will never demand it vigorously un til the average man sees his proper relation to it that is, to efforts to further the proposi tion. The citizen must, then, be thrown in contact with ' the things that are happening which might promote peace ; 'his inter est must be stimulated. Per- With an eye keen for detail one may distort almost anything one sees, transform common sights, and plant them in the realm of the grotesque jDr the ridiculous. Yei, this transfor mation taxes the imaginative faculties of the average student a bit too strongly. I am talk ing of the student whose inher ent indolence will not give way even for the reward of an excel lent bit of entertainment. .The remainder of this column is for those people. There are numer ous sights on the campus which are highly amusing in them selves, - denying the imagination an opportunity for play. We point out below: SIGHTS WORTH HEARING AND SEEING Cy Edson at the Carolina Grill trying to get a sandwich named after him. ., Garland McPherson tying up love-letters with a violet ribbon. Haywood Parker's 12-year-old hat which has been to 14 rifle meets, 114 dates, and in three street brawls. Prof. Koch reprimandingl)ix it for emitting howls of protest during a reading of one of Shakespeare's tragedies. L. P. Stack trying to persuade himself that he is wrong about something. .Glenn Holder in his usual at titude at the typewriter prepar ing to write an editorial on "Why I Am Not a Baby Radical" and inventing invectives to toss at the Southern -Textile Bulletin writers. Officer Blake turnincr his flashlight on a streetlamp to see if it is burning. Mr. H. M. Jones suggesting gently that his students nrenare their lessons a trifle better. Vagabond Lover" as it is played by the Buccaneers. Will Yarborough chasine- a fly around in a bowl of soup'. (Will isn't in the soup himself just the fly). Dean Hibbard leading his class on a tour of the camnus in sm endeavor to find a classroom, and insisting that even if the classroom isn't found", the ob servance of nature will improve the students. - M. P. Moorer insisting that . . ne is an Englishman and wear ing a monocle to prove it. A reporter on the staff of The Daily Tar Heel running down a story ( which, in turn, is "run down" by everyone who reads it)'., - Jay Curtis tacking shingles on the roofs of air castles. The columnist when the alarm Clock goes Off at mro ? Editor Daily Tar Heel: The problem: Continued strife between labor and capital causes an enormous loss ,eaeh year to labor, capital and the consum ing public. To find: A solution which will benefit both labor, capital, and the public. Capital's solution: Abolish unions and establish the open shop. This would abolish waste- strikes and insure a cheap labor supply, resulting in prosperity in industry and more goods at a lower price. However, we must pause to see just vto what de gree this accomplishes 1 our three-fold purpose. Obviously, Capital and that part ; of the consuming public not considered as labor benefits by a pure fi nancial gain. However, this so lution does not accomplish our ends since the loss of bargain ing power to labor is more harm-: ful to this class than their gain in purchasing power due to cheaper comodities. Labor's solution: Establish strong unions and adopt a closed shop policy. The proponents of this plan claim the resulting in crease in the bargaining power given labor, would raise wages and therefore the' standard of living level. In order to S see just what way this would ac complish our three-fold purpose, we . may view the situation in England today, which will serve as a fine example of the labor program brought into effect. Here, we see the powerful unions are unable to raise the standard of living of the labor ers, since the more strikes they hold the more they hurt indus try and cut . off their . own, in come as well as that of capital. As for the consuming public, these general strikes on a Jarge scale are more ruinous to it than any previous situation. With this knowledge as an hy pothesis we are in a better po sition to arrive at a program which will be the best advantage of the three parties concerned. The solutions suggested: Es tablish strong laborN unions. This will, give the laborer the much needed collective bargain ing power. Make strikes illegal, and establish a national system of trade commissioners to in vestigate all disputes between labor and ranifnl and . ucue on them m courts established for the purpose. To the average American this radical departure from our existing institution would seem far too socialistic even for consideration. However for .the benefit of those who are willing 'to consider it, we will examine the matter further Generally, after a strike has run long enough to be disastrous to labor as well as capital and has cost the consuming public in. estimable financial loss and in convenience, the average Ameri can is only too glad when the government investigation stpm in-and brings the strike to 1 close. Why not have the investi gation first and avoid this enor mous InSS? Tf IQ rra-nnll.. 1 . gtucxauy Be lieved that the thing a company fears most is a government in vestigation.; If this is so, is not thisfact all the more reason why there should be an investigation? Let us close -by attemntin? to discover just to what extent this solution solves our three fold problem in benefiting labor, capital and the consum ing public. : First labor is given collective bargaining power to better its situation, but it is not self de structive as British labor unions since it is unable to hurt indus try, through large strikes and in this way cut off its own income. Capital, although it would no longer be able to make unreason able profits through the exploi tation of labor, would more than make up the loss through the general prosperity of industry resulting from lack of strikes. And it is obvious that the con suming public would be the greatest beneficiary of all. No amount of statistical informa tion is necessary to convince one of the tremendous losses it now suffers under what we may term our present strike system. If one is led to believe that the establishment of the above men tioned courts would insure an extra cost which would have to be born by labor and capital, it is provable that on further con sideration he would arrive at the conclusion that this cost, however great, would appear in significant when contrasted with the saving these courts would bring about. F. C. W. TODAY HELD ' OVER by POPULAR REQUEST! M ARY P I C K F OR D and DOUGLAS P AIRE A N K S " TOGETHER In an Adaptation of Shakespeare's Immortal WEDNESDAY ONLY Conrad Nagel -In Cecil B. DeMille's V,1)YNABIITE" Also Paramount Novelty
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