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atcrday, .February l, 193 THE n ATT V TAT? TTKEL 1 r1" 1 "V a Published daily during the college year except Mondays and except - Thanksgiving, - Christmas and Spring Holidays. The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of 'North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 4ocal and - $4.00 out of town, -for the college year ;; - :: ;y- - Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. r v "' " Glenn . Holder..'..;:- -Editor Will YARBOROUGHJJfsrr. Editor Marion AlexanderIiw. Mgr. Hal V. Worth.. CirculatiorfMgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry Galland ' ASSISTANT EDITORS Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. 3. Moore J. C. -Williams CITY EDITORS E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning . J- E. Dungan a 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 . Mary Price J. P. Tyson Nathan Volkman E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger G. E. French Sadler Hayes George Sheram Frank Manheim B. H. Whitton J. M. Little BiirArthur y George Wilson - Harold Cone Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted Newland v : , Jack Riley John Patric ' J. J. Dratler W. W. Taylor Vass Shepherd B. H. Barnes M. M. Dunlap Howard "M. Lee George Barber . BUSINESS STAFF . Ashley Seawell Tom Badger John Jemison Harry Latta Bill Speight - Donald-Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS J. C. Harris- T. R. Karriker Stuart Carr Saturday, February 1, 1930 THOUGHT A DAY There are tropical lilies which are venomous, but they are more beauti ful than the frail and icy-white. lilies of the North. Lafcadio Hearn. The Great Snow Battle of '27 Like the fabled equine of song and story, the f rosh "ain't what they used to be." Yesterday morning the first-year men challenged their deadly enemies, the sophs, to a snowball fight around the Old Vell at Chapel period, but not more than a doz en hardy souls responded to the time-honored appeal. The oppo sition was equally wary, how ever; the sophomoric imind is evidently cautious and 'discreet this year. Thus the first snow fall suitable ' for a frosh-soph warfare in three years failed to produce anything -more than a sporadic guerilla campaign. Time was when every sizable snow occasioned a fierce and re- - lentless series of battles be tween the first and second year men here. The last of the great - snow battles occurred, during the winter of '27, when the members of the persent senior class struggled bitterly -for an entire afternoon with , their sophomore adversaries. Led by president Nelson Calla han, now a linotype operator in Louis Graves' Orange, Print shop, the frosh ran their class banner to the peak of the flag pole adjacent to the Well in the early afternoon. The class of ficers marshalled their forces, about 400 strong, in compact formation about the flagpole. In a series of fierce-sorties the sophs attempted to dislodge them, but every attack was re pulsed with great execution on both sides Many were the cas ualties who retired from the fray with lacerated faces and frozen toes. Late m the afternoon, when dusk was settling upon the bat tlefield and enticing octors of steaming food were issuing forth from Swain hall, a band of determined upperclassmen rush ed from the rear, of Old East in a desperate surprise attack, 1 Kenneth Motsinger and Bunn j HacEhey were at the head of the charging column. A desperate hand-to-hand battle ensued, and the issue -was in doubt for more than half an hour. Finally- a trio of daring sophs leaped upon the shoulders of the densely packed mass of struggling forms and succeeding in shinnying the greased pole. They siezed "the frosh banner, but -eager hands dragged them down" beneath a frenzied rush of freshmen. A few segacious bystanders suc ceeded in prying the bloodthirsty throng from the recumbent pile of bodies; it was discovered at least a half dozen members of both ' classes had "passed out," among them freshman ' Brown low Jackson. The banner had disappeared. . Jackson was carried to a room in Old East and several buckets of cold water dashed into his face in an effort to revive him. A bit of colored rag was pro truding from his mouth. His clenched jaws were forced upon arid the rag extracted. It was spread out and discovered to be the frosh banner! So ended the last of -the great Carolina snow battles. ' r Indications are that there will be no more frosh-soph snow fights comparable to the epic struggle of the winter of '27. Although that strenuous battle will never be forgotten by those who engaged in it, the recollec tion of blackened eyes, broken fingers, bruised bodies and froz- en ears will serve to remind them that fighting is not all fun. The passing of the annual snow fights at Carolina indi cates, perhaps, that the col legian has grown up. Under graduates seem to be saner, more aware of the fundamental seriousness of college life than they were a few years ago. Re ports from all over the country tend to show that the college student is becoming more inter ested in the vital problems of the curriculum,-more cognizant of the fact that four years are all too short a period in which to gam the tunaamentals 01 a college education. Prep-school ish irotneries such as snow fights are exciting and rather enjoyable incidents in under graduate life, but college men are discovering that they can not spare time from the more serious affairs" of the curricu lum, athletics and other activi ties which produce tangibly beneficial results, for . these worthless pastimes; . The Radio And Profanity Widespread objections are be ing raised to the-use of profani ty on the radio. Just , why ob jections to this practice have not been apparent long ago is a matter 01 . conjecture. Al though proposed; ; prohibitive measures along this line have been put off for a long time, the public seems to have become awakened to the evil at last Decent language on the air is a demand which must be met The use of profanity in public places is always nauseating To use it on the radio is inex cusable and unpardonable. Posi tive measures should be taken to guarantee the isolation of pro fanity from the radio. Only decent language should be used on the air. Profanity is not any more expressive in the opinion of the average man than ordi nary' terms. To some it is well nigh meaningless ; to many it is disgusting. All agree that its use should be confined to private discourse. If a man is incapable of using decent lan guage, then his line of disgust- ing chatter- should be stopped. Anybody who has such an un - developed mentality that; he cannot talk over the radio with- out resorting to profanity. should not be allowed to tax the air waves with his voiced For spreading news the radio is the greatest instrument that science has yet produced. Its influence in the matter of moulding sentiment can be either Jiarmf ul or detrimental. The art of profanity spreads rapidly enough from "father to son," and from "mouth to mouth." The radio should be used to war against its use, rather than to spread and en courage it. We welcome, there fore, - the recent action to out law the use of profanity in con nection with the radio. C. W. Readers' Opinions MR. HOUSE DISAGREES Editor the Daily Tar Heel: Mr. Hodges has written an able editorial on "The Practice of Booting," and I agree with his main thesis-r-contempt for student, insincerity in all its forms and methods. But I dis agree with the implications of his argument. . . (1) Does not Mr. Hodges de pict the booter as too much of a fox and the instructor as too much of an ass ? I can not con ceive of a student's getting by on nothing, except with a fool. (2) Does not Mr. Hodges characterize discussion, ques tions, argument, seeking person al contact with the instructor, as methods of booting, whereas they are perfectly legitimate methods of exercising the mind, getting help, and making friends in a human sort of way? His error is, I think, in failing to distinguish between a fair and an unfair motive. (3) Does not Mr. Hodges ar gument foster a sort of aloof ness on the part of instructors and students,; which certainly will prevent normal relations be tween them, and which may pre vent students from seeking help that it is the instructor's busi ness to give? I am deeply interested in, faculty-student relations, but do not expect ever to see them ideal. In the meantime, some students go at the business of getting help from and making friends with the faculty in a di rect, human fashion. Others simply bewail the fact that they do not have friends among the faculty. I fear that the -dread of booting may convince others that the only thing a gentleman can do is to have as little to do with the faculty as possible. And it may. make it equally impos sible for the faculty to be hu man. Sincerely yours, R. B. HOUSE. IN ANSWER TO THE EDI TORIAL ON "BOOTING" Editor the Daily Tar Heel: This letter is prompted by an editorial on "The Practice of Booting" appearing in Thurs day's Tar Heel. One must admit the presence on the campus of those types of students who engage in the ob noxious practice of . deceiving their professors and courting their favor both by unethical means, and for unethical pur poses. This is indeed a distress ing- element, but it seems that one must accept it as an ines capable evil. For wherever there are grouped heterogene ous people in large numbers there will be some who will lend themselves- to some forms 1 of moral or social turpitude." (This is merely an observation and not a sermonization.) While admitting the above, I detect a distressing lack of dif- ferentiation between the student ; who attempts 'to create "thp il. jlusion of having an intelligent mterest in. the subject" and the student who actually does have : t - ConUnued on last page) II - III RxZr). M r'Ai r .TiChU-X iTm W r- issr a II . Ill' ICV ' I T. III l-W-2..JI ' -n -i OjH.!. tSZj . Beau Gent Vjfl WJmQ Very few accessories for the well dressed man are new. Some are. adaptations or revivals and some are so old that .we have already forgotten them. The novel accessories have a distinct ly modern touch. - One of the newest things is a watch in a belt buckle. It lies face inward to prevent break age, but may le easily opened by a flick of the lever attached to it. Another achievement in the line of watches is the. watch without hands. The time is read by numerals that appear through two openings in the ntbprwisft onaaue face. And since the watch chain is passe, they are not equipped with rings for a chain. - Another neat little trick is in the form of a book usually the Bible from which tjhe 'corner unscrews revealiner a most use ful flask. : One of the surprises of fash ion is the revival of the "white linen handkerchief, plain or cross-barred, for breast pocket embellishment instead of the gayly colored affair. Monotone cravats and, - as usual, the small figured foulards and Spitalfields are in vogue and, since the. fashion in neck dress is veering toward narrow er - openings scarfs that take a smaller, snugger knots are fav ored. : : - " ; ;.:'v;--' ' The.penchant of southerners for the black tie and white shirt and sundry somber effects is: to be deplored. One should en deavor to give range and color to one's clothes. The monoton ous repetition of the black, and white effect should long ago have bored its wearers to a change. ; For the benefit of those, men mostly New York collegians who are addicted to the "sloppy collegiate" mode of dress,, let me say that they are far behind the time. The new collegian attempts to convey his familiarity with the fashions of the day, and to combine utility with effective ness of dress The students on other campuses realize, the ab surdity and inevitably boorish appearance of a "sloppy" and it is high time that we too learned something about dress. A sloppy appearance is no as set to you. ; Despite all: argu ments to the contrary a man's appearance is noticed by every one and a neat looking man en joys a priority over the "slop py. The appearances of many .of the men on the campus would be greatly enhanced by the use of a collar pin. Nothing is more annoying to the wearer and the observer than flying collar points. '' The well-dressed men on the campuses of the south are giving added impetus to the growth of popularity of the tab shirt. All of the wearers of tab-shirts rec ommend them. The idea seems to be that if you wear it once you will wear no other , . . and my words must not be interpret ed so that they are disparaging. -We deplore the lack of enthu siasm for spats on the campus and we can only attribute it to a fear of the derision. We firm ly hold to the belief that the majority of the campus' are a bunch -of farmers when it comes to a matter of dress and despite the cries of "your underwear is hanging out" and "look at the feet gloves" we recommend them as a prerequisite of the wardrobe of the well dressed man. ri jj r a . : (By John THE SHOW-OFF By George Kelly : Presented by the Carolina Playmakers at the Play maker Theatre Thursday, January 30, 1930. ' THE CAST Clara Sirs: Fisher George Wilcox .... Penelope "Alexander Amy . - . ..r. Sara Falkener Frank Hyland ... :. Eveland Davies Mr. Fisher . .. Joseph P. ; Fox Joe Whitner Bissell Aubrey Piper Richmond : P. Bond Mr. GiU . Discum B. Roberts Mr. Rogers George E. Stone ; Presenting their third produc tion of the season the Carolina Playmakers gaveJeorge Kelly's The Stioff-Off . Thursday evening before an audience somewhat smaller than those which Play make bills usually attract. . : The Show-Off, which the play wright Kelly has sub-titled "a transcript of life," is in itself a fine three-act comedy. It is a playt)f ; middle-class life, with the scene in the home of a suburban family in West Philadelphia. The characters in this domestic com edy are true to type ; and well done dialogue throughout gives the play a sparkle of gobd-humor and good sense. . ; " The 'Playmakers, however, fell below their level of acting in this production. The actors themselves lacked the maturity which the play inevitably de mands for a good performance. There was a "youthful tang in the voices and actions of the players which betrayed them de spite the excellent make-up and costuming designed to give them more mature and aged appear ances. The machinery of the play ran smoothly enough ; cues were nicely and promptly caught - and the stage settings were excellent, giving vquite a suitable atmosphere to thex pro duction. Penelope; Alexander as Mrs. Fisher lacked the poise that her part demanded. She was too obviously not the type to play the part of "the aged mother. Her voice gave her youth away, and her motions were jtqo quick and lively. The part was a dif ficult one. Loretto Carroll Bailey recently portrayed .a sim ilar part in Job's Kinfolks with extraordinary. success. ; But, after all, that part .was written for her, and one gams but little by a comparison. The same criticism may well be applied to Joseph Fox who played Mr. Fisher. ' His expressions and gestures however, helped con siderably in his portrayal. m Richmond P. Bond as Aubrey Piper, the "show-off," the "sign on the dotted line" maniac, the ineluctable Jester, put every thing across except his laugh. A stage laugh nearly ; always . The Last Word In INDIVIDUALISTIC STATIONERY For Carolina Men EATON'S LYMDHUHST CLUB Vellum - Stamped With A Cut Of Carolina's Old Well SEE THE ONLY DISPLAY AT Kiibanks IDsrug Gompany Prescription Specialists ' Since 1892 - Mebane) sounds quite artificial, and .4 brey Piper's was as forced and awkward as any of them. That laugh had a prominent place in the performance. In other re spects, however, he was excel lent. AH of his rowdyism, hi? bluffing, his reverberating pane gyrics he "put across" with a gusta fitting the part of the lit tle braggart clerk. Mr. Bond's broad gestures and his facial expressions were executed with facility. As Joe, Whitner Bissell was admirable. He portrayed with credit the youthful, exuberant son. Even in. the rather tense moment preceding the death of father Fisher, Jie gave an excel lent performance. Of all the players on. the stage he was the most at ease. - Sara Falkener as Amy also gave a creditable per formance. Though sometimes she . appeared a trifle ill-at-ease, on the whole she carried the part with petter control and more fin ish .than the average amateur actress. George Wilcox as Clara had but one little difficult acting to do. She "got across." Descus B. Roberts, playing the part of Mr. GUI, a day laborer, shows excellent promise. Eve land Davies as Frank Hyland and George Stone as Mr. Rogers were capable. ' The dialogue of the play of fered 'excellent possibilities for fine expression and acting, but too seldom the players took complete advantage. As a whole the group gave a performance inferior to their usual high standard. The Playmakers are certain to be "at home" in their field of Folk Plays and Carolina Comedies. - Co-Ed Kidnapped From Smith College Northampton, Mass., Jan. 31. (IP) Miss Susan Albright, 20, of Buffalo, N. Y., pretty junior at Smith College, report ed recently . that she had been kidnapped from the campus. Two former Smith College male employees are being sought as her abductors. The girl told police that a woman helped the two to capture her and hold her captive for several hours. WARNER BAXTER MARY DUNCAN ANTONIO MORENO - in "Romance Of Rio Grande" A border beauty who loved not wisely . . wk could not resist the pas sionate appeal of a new comer from the north. Added Auido Review - Sound Novelty TODAY A mm - ONDAY Shearer mm.. in Their Own Desire"
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