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Parre Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Thursday, April' 3; 193,,, XL)t DatIp Car ieel r 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 local and $4.00 out of town, for the college year. Mr. Grant was in close touch going: initiation at a leading with several Christian people in . southern university. Such cases Russia, people .who knew the re- are unpleasant but very evident Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. Glenn Holder . ..Editor Will Yarborough Mgr. Editor Marion Alexander......Bms. Mgr. Hal V. Worth.. Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry Galland ASSISTANT EDITORS Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. J. C. Williams Moore - CITY EDITORS J2. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning J. E. Dungan Sherman Shore , SPORTS EDITOR Henry L. Anderson ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS .Browning Roach J. G. Hamilton, Jr. REPORTERS Holmes Davis Kemp Yarborough Louis Brooks Charles Rose Mary Price J.P.Tyson Nathan Volkman E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger G. E. French William Roberts W. W. Taylor Tass Shepherd Harper Barnes II. M. Dunlap Howard M. Lee George Barber Craig Wall Clyde Deitz George Sheram Frank Manheim B. H. Whitton J. M. Little Bill Arthur Hugh Wilson Harold Cone Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted Newland Jack Riley John Patric J. J. Dratler Henry Wood Charles Forbes Jini Moye - BUSINESS STAFF Ashley Seawell Tom Badger John Jemison Harry Latta Bill Speight Donald Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS J. C. Harris T. R. Karriker JB. C. Prince, Jr. Stuart Carr Thursday, April 3, 1930 The "Anti-Religious' Campaign in Russia During the past few weeks the campaign of protest against reported anti-religious "atroci ties" in Russia has gained con siderable momentum, and at present it seems to have as sumed world proportions. But many . thought! ill persons, m cfading some of the most prom inent leaders in the Christian church, have expressed the opin ion that the protest movement is a colossal mistake. A statement issued several weeks ago by Bishop Nikolai of the Russian Orthodox church was the inception of the pro- test movement. He declared that the Russian government was waging an anti-religious cam paign, and that several mem- " bers of the clergy had been tor- . tured and murdered. In an in terview with a representative of the Manchester (England) Gitardian about two weeks ago, however, he admitted that the atrocities he mentioned had oc curred in 1918, and there was . no evidence that they had been s. committed by the soviet govern ment. On the contrary, a mob had murdered the men during the Russian civil war. Rev. Donald Grant, general secretary of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, re turned to England a few days ago after a visit of three weeks to Russia. He reported that the Soviets were conducting an anti- religious campaign, but that he had come across nothing that could be described as an atrocity. The campaign has been conduct ed tor the past ten years, ac cording to the minister. It is carried on chiefly by propagan da, of which the Anti-Religious museum is an example. It con tains exhibits illustrating the Darwinian theory of -evolution and so forth; while lecturers dis cuss and demolish certain beliefs of the orthodox church-beliefs, for the most part, not held by educated Christians' in other countries. ligious and political situation very well, and were themselves bearing the brunt of the anti- religious campaign. He reports that they believe that protests to the Russian government from people in other countries w7ould be quite ineffectual, and would only increase the spirit of fear. The only thing that outsiders can do, according to these Rus sian Christians, is 'to persuade their countries to recognize the soviet government. Personally, we believe that the protest campaign is ill-advised at the present time, he anti religious movement in Russia was initiated as a protest against the repressive policies of a church which imposed harsh re strictions upon the lower class es, and extorted money from them which they could ill af ford. It is significant that the two great capitalistic nations, Great Britain and the United States, are the promulgators of the protest campaign, and there are many indications that it is directed against the soviet sys tem for political rather than re ligious reasons. We hold no brief for the soviet system as such, but we do not believe that it should be attacked under the hypocritical garb of a religious protest. According to what appears to be reliable evidence, the protest campaign is not based upon facts accurately ascertained. It has already stirred up passions and fears both in and out of Russia, and it is likely to prevent a calm and intelligent considera tion of the situation. Obviously the elf ects of the protest cam paign are primarily political, whatever its aims may be. At any' rate, it cannot be accepted at face value by thoughtful ob servers. . reminders of the inhumane streak still preserved in human nature, in spite of all the efforts of civilization. 1 Another characteristic, of the same brutal and unnecessary species of humor is exemplified by the vulgarity often attendant upon the "sacred" rites. Rotten egg throwing, the enforced sing ing of bawdy songs in public, and. numerous other actions, many of them unprintable and all of them severely censurable, to all this must the victim sub mit. When the brutal and the vio lent is , removed from the spo radic fun occasioned by frater nity horseplay every one con cerned will benefit, and the gen eral atmosphere of . college life will be more wholesome.- R. H. to take me there and show me some good hunting, but when Saturday came Jete would al ways have some excuse for not going. Just before spring holi days he got me wrought up with stories of a fine fishing place he knew 'way up Morgan Creek. I agreed to stay on the Hill a day and try it out with him, but he didn't show up said his wife was sick, I believe. I wonder if he really does know of a fish hole up Morgan Creek. I wish Jete and I had gone fishing together that day. I should like to sit and talk witji Him on the creek bank. I don't believe we'd get a nibble, but I like to think that Jete would have something interesting to say, there in the spring sunshine, something he hasn't said in the kitchen. But perhaps I would be disappointed. Perhaps he would inquire about the cigar wrapped in silver ioil. Nominations CAMPUS-WIDE OFFICES President Student Marion Alexander "Red" Greene Body The Campus r. By Joe Jones Lenten Season Daily Devotion Have you ever heard of Jete, who is a pot-walloper in the Graduate Club kitchen? He is a dwarf, but his heart is big. The top of his head is bald and black and shiny: His grin, ; and he grins, easily, discloses teeth which ; appear white between such dark lips. His arms, shoul ders, and his ; hairy; chest are bravely muscled,: and he can carry heavy loads on his back. Coming down the basement steps and through the low doorway with a great bag of meal on his back he is like some quaint gnome bearing loot into his en chanted cavern. He never comes with the groceries; on his The Savage Tendency In Modern Education In the current issue of Scrib- ners magazine there appears an article by a prominent English educator on both the savage and civilized phases of modern edu cation. This article, in addition to stressing the inadequacy of our schooling methods when it comes to imparting knowledge, discusses the more physical side of youth's education. By the physical side is meant the anachronistic tendencies still latent among undergraduates, here and in England, to haze and to indulge in tests of strength and "courage" of a particularly violent sort. While hazing is! slowly dying out, in the more civilized institutions at least, a virulent expression of the other endency is still very much in evidence, among the students of this country, in the initiation rites of fraternities and similar organizations. Much of this horseplay- which fraternity, men seem to consider necessary for the neophyte to pass through, before he becomes a full-fledged "brother," is of an amusing and harmless sort. But even the harmless kind has a ready facility for degenerating into practices seriously danger ous. Human ingenuity can con ceive of extraordinary feats for victims to perform, feats which often bespeak the savage im pulse in mankind that has never been well buried. In the article referred to the author calls to mind a certain sorority in a well known institution whose idea of the proper ceremony for ini tiation was to keep a girl, clad only in the thinnest apparel, con fined for an hour to a room, the temperature of which was zero. Examples of the unnecessary roughness and risk of many fra ternity and sorority initiations can be mentioned indefinitely. There was the case of the boy 1 killed by a live wire while under- ln shoulders but that I peep at him from the corner of my, eye and remind myself to hunt up a fairy book and reacquaint myself with dwarfs and goblins. Poor Jete must all his days forego the pleasure of books, for he can neither read nor write. He is able to recognize a can of salmon only if it has the pic ture of a fish on the outside, or a can of peas if their likeness is on the wrapper, but all unillus trated tinned goods are a mys tery to him until he can lay hands on a can-opener. v 1 An inveterate cigarette bum mer, Jete has been very unfor tunate in that four of his eight waiters . at the Graduate Club are non-smokers. It was at first a bitter blow for him, but he now consoles his smoke appetite at the expense of Generous Jim, the baker's boy, who daily visits the kitchen. I have promised to bring him a cigar wrapped in silver foil, and I really intend to do so, Dut somehow 1 never think of it when I am down town. Only yesterday he asked me about it again. Jete likqs to borrow dimes and forget it. One day he inquired about my financial health, and I, happening to be flush with a laundry refund, said quite read ily, "How much do you want, Jete?" He was so heartened hy my manner that he couldn't Te- sist the temptation to try to raise me above the usual dime. He said that he needed fifteen cents, and added quickly that he really ought to ask me for quarter, but that he reckoned twenty cents would do. As a builder of air castles, Jeter, for that is his real name is somewhat like the young wastrel in Professor Green's No 'Count Boy. He will elab orate about things he wants us to do together some day, but nothing ever comes of it. Last fall he was forever telling me about a place not far from Chapel Hill where there were plenty of rabbits. He promised I Thursday, April 3. Topic for the day: "The Evil of Brood ing." (Read Phillipians 2:12 18). Key -verse: "Work out your own salvation." Meditation : . Work it out ! Brooding over trouble is the sur est way to hatch a new brood of troubles, or to speed growth in the existing brood. We can rear troubles as we can rear children and chickens. Attention enough will make bugaboos out of baga telles. Trouble dies only of neg lect and inattention due to pre occupation with constructive ac tivity. Courage to keep a help ful task helps one gain the mas tery over trouble and to keep it from building a nest in one's mind. Work is one of God s handmaids. ; v Prayer : O thou, who dost lift up the heavy hearts of men, keep us from vain and wasteful brooding over our troubles and losses. May we hear the bid ding of good cheer; and have the grace to keep our minds at peace amid all the labors and conflicts of our lives. Amen. v- There have always been flap pers. They have always been scolded.- "And 93 per cent of them "become lovely,' wholesome women.' We wonder why there is so much scolding in the world. The young folks always turn out well. And nearly every obnox ious condition soon blows over. We believe humanity criticises itself too much Atchison Globe. Editor Daily Tar Heel Will Yarborough Joe Jones Editor Carolina Magazine Jay Curtis Richard Chace J. C. "Red" Williams Editor Yackety Yack Clyde Dunn Douglass Kincaid Editor Buccaneer Kermit Wheary Gil Pearson - President Y. M. C. A. Claude Farrell Ed Hamer Vice-President Y. M. C. A. Ellis Fysal Sam Gorham Secretary Y. M. C. A. John Miller Harry' Finch Treasurer Y. M. C. A. F M. "Pardner" James William Draper President Athletic Association Burgess Whitehead Jim Magner Vice-President Athletic Association Jimmy Maus Henry House .-. Debate Council Roscoe Fisher ' Bill Speight G. P. Carr Beatty Rector P. U. Board Rising, Senior: K. C. Ramsay w : . Crawford MacKethan Rising Junior : f Holmes "Chink" Davis Robert 'Hodges J. D. McNairy - Henry Anderson Rising sophomores': E. C. Daniels, Jr. F. J. Manheim Treasurer Cliff Baucom Branch Paxton Student Council llayne Albright Jim Harris JUNIOR CLASS President Theron Brown WiUard "Rip" Slusser Vice-President Charles Rollins Thomas Alexander Secretary Haywood Weeks Clyde Andrews Treasurer Jack Farris B. B. Gentry Student Council Bill Uzzell : Thomas Follin SOPHOMORE CLASS President Stud Henry Bob Barnett Vice-President H. T. Newland Erwin Walker , . - Secretary Earle Beale Mark M. Jones i r Treasurer John r Mac Campbell Clyde Cantrell . . Student Council Harper Barnes Tom Davis -r o A I 1 Hear - - - - "Kay" Kyser SENIOR CLASS President Pat Patterson Chuck Erickson Vice-President Dee Manning Bert Haywood Secretary Evan Vaughn Alan Marshall AND HIS ORCHESTRA playing " v. is--. 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