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- Pasre Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, April 29 Zl)t SDailp Car ?eei Published daily during the college year except Mondays and except Thanks giving, Christmas and Spring Holi days. 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.D0 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. , W. H. Yarborough, Jr. Editor x Jack Duncan.. ,.- Mgr.- Editor Marion Alexander .. . Bus. Mgr. Hal V. Worth Circulation Mgr. associate editors B. C. Moore- J. C. Williams K. C. Ramsay CITY. EDITORS ; Sherman Shore Elbert Denning G. E. French ' E. C. Daniel, Jr. J. M. Little . W,; A. Shulenberger J. G. Hamilton : EDITORIAL BOARD J. Holmes Davis, Jr. ' Moore Bryson Joe Jones : Edna Morrisette E. F. Yarborough Henry. Anderson Frank J. Manheim, SPORTS EDITOR Browning, Roach ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Jack Bessen . ' ' " REPORTERS , ' Louis Brooks Charles Rose J. P. Tyson Hugh Wilson 1 Harold Cone Harper Barnes Howard M. Lee Willard Hayes Phil Liskin Elizabeth Reid Frank Hawley R. W. Poole Newbern Piland , Billy McKie Glenn V. Wilkins Otto Steinreich B. F. Patrick J. S. Weathers C. A. B: H. Whitton Clyde Deitz Nathan Volkman Everard Shemwell William Roberts Jack Rilev Craig Wall Henry Wood Alan Lo wen stein Dan Kelly C. W. Allison Milton Outlaw Descum Roberts Ed Thomas T. H. Lingerfelt Aaron Bloom C. H. Ballard Sam Silverstein Reen BUSINESS STAFF Ashley Seawell Tom Badger John Jemison Harry Latta Bill Speight Donald Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS J. C. Harris T. R. Karriker B. C. Prince, Jr. Stuart Carr Tuesday, April 29, 1930 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Emotion and not reason is the force which precipitates in and tilts the minds. of men this way and that. Owen Wister. An Explanation The position of the Daily Tar Heel in regard to publication of names in the Headers' Opinions Column seems to have been misunderstood. Letters of com ment or criticism will be pub lished as desired by the writers, but any letter of abuse will be published only above the signa ture of the writer. This is not an effort to curb free expression of opinion through the Daily Tar Heel but is to protect the Daily Tar Heel from becoming an organ of vituperation. University Track Team Delivers With its victory over Wash ington and Lee yesterday the Carolina track team successful ly withstood the second assault recently against its eight-year record of victories in dual com petition. Victoriesv over Penn State and Washington and Lee with the accompanying record breaking performances point to victories in the State and South ern Conference meets. But more impressive than the track victories " were the large crowds to witness the meets. Those crowds indicate a grow ing interest in track at the Uni versity and throughout the state. Eight years ago only a few spectators with a personal interest in competitors would turn out for a meet. That was when Coach Bob Fetzer was seeking to coax students to go out for the sport. After a few years state records began to fall and a little later the Carolina men were beating Southern rec ords. Finally in 1926, the team repaid Coach Bob by winning its first Conference title in many years. Again this spring Carolina seems destined to again pay tri bute to Coach Bob's energy and tireless effort in behalf of track. But whether the team wins the Southern title or fails to place among the first three teams we know that to Coach Bob goes whatever praise due Carolina for its success. The Future Of Debating Indeed, it -would require a rare prophet to predict with any appreciable amount 'of accuracy just what, the future of debat ing at the University of North Carolina, or any other modern institutionTvill be. The debat ing situation here is not a pecu liar one at all, , but rather a typical one. All will agree that the number of Carolina students who are interested in debating is pitifully small, as compared with the crowds which once thronged Gerrard hall to witness intercollegiate forensic encount ers. Some will not agree with the writer, however, in his con tention that the rather limited group who are now actively en gaged in forensics here" mani fest just as much of the compet itive spirit and give just as much evidence of interest in de bating as did the much larger groups of forensic enthusiasts of two generations ago. To de velop this point of view and to take a glance at the future of debating as indicated by its present status is trie task of this writing. We can be very dogmatic in stating that the spoken word has lost much of its power. We can be equally positive, however, in contending that the spoken word is still supreme even though its pinnacle has -been threatened time and again by the written work. As long as the spoken word "holds its own" there is little ground for think ing that debating will perish. But even at that, there is no validity in believing that debat ing will rise above its present status under conditions which now exist on the average cam pus. The Carolina campus sit uation with reference to the de bating problem is a good index to the outlook in general. Other organizations having more of the . youthful, romantic appeal have sapped the life out of de bating. Although forensic ac tivities have held their own at Carolina for the last decade, their future usefulness will be measured in terms of advance ment and growth from the exist ing low ebb of appeal. Forces to brighten the future of debat ing must be external. There is no degrading . factor working from within. Although there is a great deal of disagreement as to the rela tive calibre 'of past and present debates, we believe that inter collegiate debating of the pres ent decade., compares favorably with that of past decades. The lamentable decline in forensic interest is due, therefore, to ex ternal causes, rather than to de cay from within. The rank and file of students don't attend de bates now, because they have football games, the movies, num erous social organizations, etc., products of rather recent times here in Chapel Hill. . There are some who think that the growing popularity of radio debating will guarantee an acceleration of the existing in terest in the noble art of argu mentation. ' This will undoubt edly help; yet the radio cannot be counted upon to make future intercollegiate debating what it ought to be and what it once was. The eventual solution seems to lie in a change of stu dent attitude. Debating needs to be popularized, just as other branches of intercollegiate com petition have been popularized. The writer is firmly convinc ed that the pendulum will swing one way or the other within the next few years debating will! either perish from the Universi-j ty campus or it will come intoj its own. Present indications consisting of an obvious quick ening of interest during the last two years and the popularizing effect which the radio is having on debating indicate that the pendulum will swing in the di rection of renewed interest and greater volume of participation on the part of the student body. Debating is essentially an in tellectual activity. Few mental exercises, if any, are more bene ficial to the student. We believe that this fact, which has been overlooked in the rapid com mercialization of education which the last decade has wit nessed, is coming to light in the present generation of Carolina students. The pendulum hasj undoubtedly begun its backward swing is purely a matter of spec debating and argumentation." Just how fast the pendulum will swing ispurely a matter of spec ulation, but .it is the swing of the pendulum of student inter ests that controls the future of intercollegiate debating here and elsewhere. .C. W. Readers' Opinions AN EXPLANATION There was no other intention on our part in the case of the recent humorous article on the conduct of the managers of the "I" Dormitory student store than to present a kindly ficti tious feature story. It is my most sincere hope that I may not be misunderstood, or that my friends Mr. Rector and Mr. Williams-may not be censored. Alan Lowenstein HOW TO MAKE A "FLORAL STILL LIFE" Editor the Daily Tar. Heel : In answer to many inquiries, Mrs. Totten, chairman of the flower show, asked me to give a statement to the press, telling how to make a "floral still life." We shall . greatly appreciate your, courtesy in giving us space for the following explanation. Take a strong Ibox, wood or strong cardboard; leave front only open ; wire through twTo holes in top, with strong wire for hanging. Line box with dark cloth or paper to give back ground effect crepe paper can be used. Lining can be pinned or glued in. Attach real or sug gested frame to front .of box. Gilded cardboard rope or twist ed paper can suggest frame. Place vase, basket, quaint shoe or hat, or whatever articles de sired, in box, and arrange flow ers therein. Advisable to choose receptacle that will hold water for flowers to keep them fresh. Name still life as "Purple Pan sies," or "An Old-Fashioned Posy," and write name of send er on back of box. Deliver to me at the Tin Can, April 30, be tween 4 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon, or between 7:30 and 8:30; or May 1, between 8:30 and 9:30 in the morning. En tries closed at 10 a. m. for judges' inspection. Seven prizes offered in this exhibit four for adults and three for children. Any person in the vicinity may enter a floral still life. Each person may enter as many as desired. All entries welcomed. Margaret F. Howe, Chairman. Dr. Lyons Is 111 Dr. J. C. Lyons olthe romance language department was taken to Watts hospital, Durham, Sat urday morning suffering from a case of appendicitis. After a three days' observation the doc tors decided to perform an op eration this morning. ' ANOTHER DEBATE IS PLANNED FOR HILL MAY 7 OR 8 The debating team of the Uni versity of North Carolina will compete with the team from University of the South on May 7, or 8, at Chapel Hill. The team representing this universi ty will consist of McBride Fleming-Jones and W. W. Speight. The team will uphold the af firmative side of the chain store question. This debate will be one of a series of annual debates that the teams from these universities have been having. Last year the University de bated at Sewanee, Tennessee, the town in which the University of the South is located. Former Med Students Receive Appointments The local med school has just received the list of appointments of former pre-med of this school who are taking work at Jeffer son Medical College in Philadel phia and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. They are as follows : from the Uni versity of Maryland M. D. Bonner, Mercy Hospital, Balti more; L. T. Chance, Maryland General Hospital ; D. E. Forrest, University Hospital, Baltimore; R. D. Oliver, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore ; D. S. Owen, University Hospital, Baltimore ; Z. D. Owen, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore ; and H. G. Strickland, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore. Those from Jefferson Medical College are R. H. Brown, Jeff erson Hospital, Philadelphia ; W. H. Harmon, U. S. Marine Hos pital, Philadelphia; R. G.Woo-d-ruff, Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. J. Several juniors are doing good work, ranking among the first half of the class at the Univer sity of Maryland. This is tne first time in sev eral years that a former Univer sity man has been appointed to the U. S. Marine Hospital, a position which requires an ef ficient man. Dr. Holmes Goes To Europe Next Month Dr. Urban T. Holmes of the department of romance lan guages of the University, , will leave Chapel Hill May 20 for a six-week sojourn in Europe. During his stay abroad Dr. Holmes plans to do some re search in connection with a new edition of the poet Du Bartas which he, in collaboration with other University professors, is preparing. It will be the first complete edition of Du Bartas since 1632, and will contain, in addition to the entire works of the poet, a lengthy introduction and com mentaries which will be chiefly the work of Dr. Holmes. He will return to the Univer sity in time to teach in the sce ond session of the summer school. Other members of the ro- mance language department who will visit jEurope this summer are J. C. Lyons, A. K. Shields, W. G. Salley and S. A. Stoude mire. Education Professor Will Address Seminar Dr. A. M. Jordan of the school of education will speak at the mathematics seminar Wednes day afternoon. Dr. Jordan's address will be upon "The The ory and Application of the Co efficient of Correlation." 'This is expected to be a very inter esting subject for it concerns the application of mathematics to economic, social and psycho logical phenomena. Thejionor system on exam-! inations was installed in 1875, ' when the University reopened. DURHAM SHOP TO STAGE BIG SALE The Durham Men's Shop, Inc., located at 111 West Main street, begins this morning the great est disposal of merchandising that it has ever attempted in the many years it has been in business in Durham. The com pany is offering a 75,000 busi ness adjustment sale on nation ally known merchandise for men, young men and boys at a season of the year when it is unusual for reduction to be made on this class of goods. The store was closed all day Monday marking down the stocks and preparing for the event. This morning at 9 o'clock the store will be opened to the public in what is declared to be the greatest downfall of clothing values ever seen in this section of the state. The Durham Men's Shop is the successor to the W. A. Slater Company and for over 30 years these two firms have been doing business at their present loca tion. These years of service to the people of Durham and this section of the state stand behind every purchase made during the sale. According to the store, this is a wonderful opportunity for students to anticipate their needs and to completely stock their wardrobes while these prices remain. "Strictly Unconventional" Is Example of Screen Technique The complete freedom from mechanical limitations attained by talking pictures in just two years of life is said to be par ticularly well demonstrated in "Strictly Unconventional," Met-ro-Goldwyn-Mayer's all-talking adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's stage hit, "The Cir cle," which will show today at the Carolina theatre. In the early days of talkies, filming was held down by crude microphones which could not re cord sounds farther away than three feet. This meant that if a player were sitting, he could not rise in the same shot, with out hitting the "mike." This, of course, made the early stories somewhat stilted and interfered greatly with that smooth flow of action which is such an asset to a good motion picture. v - In '"Strictly Unconventional," however, it seems, there are no such limitations. Six characters speak separately from different parts of the room. 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