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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Thursday, May 22, 1930
Zfyt atip Car I?eel
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
$4.00 out of town, for the college
year. ,
Offices in the
Building.
basement
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of Alumni
W.'H. Yarborough, XR.....J2ditor
Jack Dungan. ...Mgr. Editor
Marion Alexander Bus. Mgr.
Hal V. Worth Circulation M gr.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
B. C. Moore J. C. Williams
K. C. Ramsay
CITY EDITORS
G. E. French E. G. Daniel, Jr.
J. M. Little Henry Wood
Elbert Denning Sherman Shore
W. A. Shulenberger J. G. Hamilton
EDITORIAL BOARD
J. Holmes Davis, Jr. Moore Bryson
Joe Jones Alan Lowenstein
E. F. Yarborough Henry Anderson
SPORTS EDITOR
Browning Roach
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS
Jack Bessen Hugh Wilson
REPORTERS
Jack Riley
Charles Rose
J. P. Tyson
Harold Cone
Willard Hayes . -:
Howard M. Lee , .
R. W. Poole
Glenn V. Wilkins
Sam Silverstein
George Wilson
Tommy Thomas
Everard Shemwell
B. H. Whitton
Dan Kelly
Nathan Volkman
William Roberts
... C. W. Allison
Phil Liskin
Billy McKie
Aaron Bloom
C. A. Renn
Dan McDuffie
C.' C. Jackson
Vass Shepherd
ASSISTANT MANAGERS
Ashley Seawell ; Tom Badger
COLLECTION MANAGERS
J. C. Harris T. R; Karriker
B. C. Priace, Jr. Stuart Carr
Donald Seawell -
Thursday, May 22, 1930
An Increase, In . ; ... A
The Student Fee
Following, a lengthy discus
sion of ways and means of con
tinuing the Daily; Tar Heel the
Student Activities, Committee
voted unanimously 4q propose, to
the student body an increase of
thirty-three cents per quarter m
the present publications fee. Al
though general business condi
tions were blamed for the pres
ent financial crisis of the Daily,
it was the opinion of the major
ity of the group that it would be
impossible , to continue the pres
ent four publication without an
increase in the five dollar fee.
The history of the . Publica
tions Union Board reVeals steady
improvement in all; publications
since adoption, of the Publica
tions Union constitutions . six
years ago. However, it also re
veals that during the same six
years no increase has been made
in the student fee. Now we are
told that an -increase is neces
sary. This increase, while so
small as to be almost insignifi
cant, means a great deal to the
publications here. It guarantees
a continuance of , our present
publications on a sound financial
foundation.
It is to the credit of the Publi
cations Board that we have held
our fee to such alow figure. In
vestigation of similar institu
tions proves conclusively that
we havehe; lowest fee of any
University in this section of the
country and that m many in
stances we pay less for a year
book, a comic, a literary maga
zme and daily paper than is
charged elsewhere for the year
book alone.
But we face an impasse now.
To discontinue the daily would
be a step backward. It would
mean that the effort of those
who have gone ' before to pro
duce here the best has been in
vain. Much time and many
years have been spent in devel-
. - - - m t 1
oping our publications.. , iseea
we disregard that time and
those years?
In 1889 a member of the Con
gress of the United States mat
riculated' in the University, en
tering the law school at that
. time. v ' : -
Lorado Taft
One of the most worthwhile
diversions of university life, so
they tell us (and we believe it
must be true), is the entertain
ment program. Each year dis
tinguished people in the fields
of - literature, music, science,
and art are brought here in the
interests of culture and enter
tainment. And in selecting at
tractions for a program, the
committee on entertainments
has done a job worthy of high
est commendation.
Bertrand Russell and his ideas,
William Beebe and his fishes,
and the Russian Choir all were
features of a most successful
season. We might have had on
ly one of these and still be
proud of an excellent program.
But when a man like the sculp
tor in our midst appears on the
program it makes us doubly
proud.
Lorado Taft, who gave his
last lecture last night, brought
to this campus an interesting
personality as well as his own
ideas about art. He is one who is
given to thought, as well as to
action. He is not only a leading
authority on sculpture, but his
own creative work in the field
has won him distinction as one of
the foremost contemporary
sculptors. His work and his
ideas qualify him in unusual way
for the lectures he, has given.
Many times in these columns
we have expressed our good for
tune in the visits of certain peo
ple, but never has the Universi
ty been mOre fortunate in hav
ing any speaker than in having
as its guest Mr. Taft. B. M.
Bill. McDatfe,
Janitor
Bill McDade. dean of the Uni-
versity janitors, celebrated his
seventy-sixth birthday. Satur
days ; He began working for the
University in 1875; and served
the institution for 33 years. He
is now j anitor . at the Beta Theta
Pi house. Excellent though his
record may be it does not much
surpass the faithfulness of many
other colored men who have
made up the rank and - file of
Carolina's numerous body of
janitors.
' Some years ago a northern
writer designated this univer
sity as a school having five hun
dred students and eight hundred
colored janitors. Although this
is rankly hyperbolic it is cer
tainly true that a large number
of colored workmen are con
stantly employed on and about
the campus. Most of them are
janitors; some are cooks; others
take care of the lawns and col
lect trash.
Theirs is an important work,
and they do it well. They do
their Work quietly ; they are sur
prisingly little in evidence. They
never seem to be in the way,
noisy, or cluttering up doorways.
It is doubtful if the members of
any other race could discharge
the duties of the University's
janitors in such an agreeable
manner.
In celebration of the birthday
of their oldest member we wish
to extend our best wishes to the
brotherhood of Carolina jani
tors. J. J.
Readers' Opinions
TOR A DAILY TAR HEEL
Editor - the Daily Tar Heel:
The experimental year for the
Daily Tar Heel closes with two
facts clearly evident, one, a suc
cessful editorial policy and the
other,1 a financial deficit.
The Daily, Tar Heel has been
a source of pleasure and inter
est throughout the year. . In
fact, it. has become a student
necessity. Like breakfast, class
esstudy, the Carolina and many
other "habits we, are now accus
tomed to having the Tar Heel as
a daily necessity.
One could enumerate many
values that justify the existence
of the Tar Heel as a daily sheet.
It ranks with the tri-weekly,
there is enough evidence that it
is needed and can be carried on
and every effort should be made
to continue it. j
However, there is a financial!
deficit. This sum is large enough
to create problems. A plan
should be devised to take care of
it. Such a plan is being pro
posed to the student body and
as a member of the student ac
tivity committee of the faculty
I heartily endorse it for the fol
lowing reasons:
J. I believe in the Daily Tar
Heel. I have enjoyed it and
shall continue to subscribe- for
it and read it. In fact, I like to
read it the very first thingin
the morning along with one of
the state papers. I would miss
is as a daily pleasure.
2. It is a student necessity
as a practical means of aiding
student life with its many ac
tivities. This end is attained by
fnotices, announcements, news,
letters, and so on.
3. The editorials have been
good and influence student opin
ion, attitudes and help to pro
mote projects and programs.
4.. It has allowed us to keep
up with the activities of the camr
pus from day to day the news
is not stale. The campus world
is served with a daily newspaper
just as we find in the city.
5. :It has given unusual 'op
portunity for practice in the field
of journalism and the daily con
tacts of editors bespeaks "'aide-
sire to continue and develop this
relationship.
6. There has been some sug
gestion that the deficit be ab-
sorbd by, eliminating the Buc
or
Yackety Yack. I think it would
be a backward step to eliminate
any of these projects. They all
find a place, in student life and
while there may be an objection
now and then to some of the
content, under proper editorship
it can be reduced to a minimum.
7. The most feasible plan
appears to me to be to cut down
expenses on all of the publica
tions and increase the publica
tion fee by One Dollar. ,In this
way we can continue as we have
this year, keep up the standards
and perhaps better each publi
cation due to the experiences of
the past year.
8. Should the proposition
fail the elimination of the Buc
caneer, Magazine and Yackety
Yack will not cancel the entire
deficit of the Daily Tar Heel. We
should recognize the real loss
should the proposition fail sup
port. We would lose all three of
the above publications or go
back to the tri-weekly paper.
9. Therefore, let us support
the proposal of the Student Ac
tivity group since it is the most
feasible way to continue.
Summarizing :
(a) It gives us the Daily Tar
Heel."
(b) It allows the Buccaneer,
the Magazine and the Yackety
Yack existence.
(c) It is not an exorbitant de
mand nor a prohibitive sum.
(d) In comparison with many
colleges the entire publication
fee is much smaller here than
elsewhere.
(e) It will give the. staff con
fidence to continue and make
good.
HAROLD D. MEYER
AN ALUMNUS SPEAKS
To the Editor:
Although just one year old,
when spoken of as an alumnus, I
can imagine the University of
North Carolina five years from
now by the numerous changes
during the past year. And some
of the changes during the. past
year are not for the best inter
est of the school. Your edi
torial, "Concerning the Future,"
was timely. . :
But as an alumnus and a read-
er of the Daily Tar Heel, if you
will allow me the space I would
like to jot down a few changes
I have noticed:
First, of course, is the resig-
nation of President Chase and
several prominent members .of
the faculty.
The abolishing of optional at
tendance. I think the band has uni
forms. ' There was no reaction, judg
ing by the absence of Open
Forum letter's, to the Golden
Fleece tapping.
The "Stuff" is getting so
strong in Orange county that
even "Pink" Guthrie couldn't
stand it.
Howard Bailey, the man with
the . Little Theatre Voice1, is
singing his swan song as Romeo
in "Romeo and Juliet."
The "gal childs" are being
taken into the Phi.
The Carolina Playmakers
played in Charlotte on the
Spring tour.
That ye managing editor is
now Jack Dungan instead of
John, alias J. Elwin.
Memorial Hall is to go.
In reading the Tar Heel each
day there is one change I have
been looking for, but to date my
efforts have been in vain. The
only place I will feel at home in
five years from now will be
Graham Memorial Hall.
AN ALUMNUS.
"BE AN OPTIMIST"
Editor The Daily Tar Heel :
V I have just read. the essay in
the current issue of the Carolina
Magazine, entitled "I am a Fool,'
and ' for some unaccountable
reason I have been moved to
comment; perhaps because in
some, ways I am in accord with
the author. Our reactions and
our temperaments, however, are
entirely different.
Like the author, I have also
been one of these uunfortunates,
for account 4it unfortunate, who
have found it necessary in order
to get a college education, to
struggle under the burden which
a lack of sufficient funds en
tails. Quite unlike the author,
however, I should- again go
through with it in the same
manner in which I have, if that
were necessary, in order to de
rive the same benefit that I feel
have gotten, from my college
career.
I do not deny, in fact I am
positive that these benefits
would have been ten-fold better
if I had not had the worry and
discouraging influence which
follow when one is not able to
determine at times if he shall
be able to buy his next meal.
There is absolutely no doubt in
my mind that of two persons
having equally the desire to
learn, but one having the where
with-all for certain pleasures and
the freedom of mind from money
matters, whereas the other hav
ing nothing and hence a lack
of freedom of mind, the for
mer has every opportunity
to get what he wishes from
college, whereas the latter is too
handicapped to get half what he
might. The breaks are not even ;
speaking now simply of educa
tion. I think the author if truly
writing of his own experiences,
created an atmosphere himself
which precluded his chance of
getting anything at all from col
legeeither .socially or other
wise. I shall venture to say that
his inferiority complex was not
the result of his classmates
snubbing him because he had
to work, but that he was not so
cially compatable because he
came here with that, inferiority
complex. His self-conciousness
built the barrier. I do not be
lieve that as a general - rule
these days people take time to
notice whether a person's., trou
sers are patched or his riands
calloused, or if noticing care a
rap. In anyone sticks here four
years and leaves "dumber" tha
when he came, then it is entire-!
lyhis own fault. He forms mis-
conceptions because he is a pes-!
simist. He needs to develop op
timism, forget himself, his
clothes, and for a time his social
aspirations. These are quite de
sirable, but I shoulp! say unat
tainable in the state of mind in
which he finds himself. Change
that state of mind and the rest
will undoubtedly follow. I am!i
a staunch believer in what is ex
pressed in the following little
verse :
"If you thing you are beaten,
you are;
If youthink you dare not, you
don't ;
If you'd like to win but think
you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you are outclassed,
you are;
For out in this world you'll
find,
Success begins with a fellow's
will, .
It's all in the state of mind.'
It would be unfair after this
tirade not to relate how my case
differs from that of the author's,
as far as money matters are con
cerned. After graduating from
high school, I worked for one
year, saving nearly enough to
pay the expenses of my fresh
man year in college. I then took
advantage of the University
Loan Funds to complete my
freshman year, working the fol
lowing summer to save enough
for the first quarter of my
sophomore year, again borrow
ing from the University and
other sources ta complete this
year. Following this, I found
it necessary to drop out of school
for another year in order to pay
up the debts which had accumu
lated during the f irst two years.
and leave me in a position to
borrow again. This . I did and
succeeded also in saving enough
for the first-quarter expenses
of. my, junior year. The rest I
borrowed, and intend borrowing
more to complete the,- one 'year
that I have left for a degree in
engineering. I . have not hesi
tated to borrow, beings confident
that my earning capacity after
completing my education, will be
far greater than it would have
been without this education. I
might say also in passing that
I have not entirely shut myself
away from extra-curricular ac
tivity, having worked with the
glee club for three years and
made eveiy trip since I began
with it. This experience I ac
count as valuable toward my fu
ture station in life as my study
of engineering.
I should certainly not advise
high school students with the
desire to learn, but without the
ready money to see them com
fortably through school, to give
up entirely the thought of going
to college. Instead of saying,
"Die in the Poor House rather
than . go to college a self-help
student," I should say, "Do not
plan to work while at college,
but work first, save, borrow,
trust a ;great deal to luck (which
somehow does not fail if one is
in the proper frame of mind),
go to college, gain some of its
many advantages, . then wTork
hard to pay for those advan
tages. Above all, be an opti
mist." C. B.
Taft Acclaims Koch
Another-acclamation has been
added to the already long list of
laurels won by Professor Koch
and his Playmakers. Lorado
Taft, when the professor's name
was mentioned, exclaimed; "Oh
yes ! The man is famous ; he is
known all oyer the world." Such
a testimony, coming from such
a distinguished ' and cerebrated
authority of art, calls attention
again to the great services ren
dered to the University py Pro
fessor Koch and his successful
1 1 dramatic enterprises.
1 .
CHIPS
Off the Old
"BLOCK"
By Moore Bryson
Howard Bailey played what is
likely to be his final role
the Carolina Playmakers Satur
day night.
T A
it, was very apropos
that his last aDDearanrp Wu
in tllG ro1ft nf RnTT1An '
eral years ago, Howard has con
tinued to stir amorous emotions
within the hearts of numerous
co-eds. His dreamy, tempera
mental and irresponsible nature
evidently has a decided appeal.
Besides "being in favor with the
weaker sex, he is also a good
friend and companion with the
boys. He makes a darn good
addition to a "stag" party and
can successfully hold his own
with the next one. We all re
gret his departure and wish him
success in his chosen field after
he has. broken away from the
apron strings of his Alma
Mater.
Incidentally, it appears that
Romeo's affection for Juliet is
not limited completely to the
confines of the stage. Howard
has apparently taken advantage
of every opportunity to be with
Lois Buell since her arrival
from Boston. Such interest
long ago surpassed the limits of
professional courtesy. It is to
be hoped that the courtship (a 1
mere assumption on my part)
will have a more pleasant end
ing than that decreed for the
original, characters by Shakes
peare. .
One can readily understand
anyone's interest in Miss Buell.
I was severely tempted to be
come a "Stage-door Johnnie" af
ter seeing her charming por
trayal of Juliet. However I re
frained, one reason being that I
had taken a delightful date to
the performance and was per
fectly content to let matters re
main in status quo ; the other
reason being that I have tried
too many time in the past to be
come a formidable rival of the
great Baily without success.
Top much credit cannot be
given to Mr. Hall for his accom
plishments in producing "Romeo
and Juliet." Forced to con
serve because of limited funds,
he designed and executed the
most elaborate and artistic set
ever used at the University at
a total cost of less than $25.
What is more, he conclusively
proved that a Shakespearean
production is not necessarily dull
and boring to an average mod
ern audience. Not once did he
allow the action to drag or the
spectator's mind to be diverted
from the plot. His departure is
made less grievous only by the
knowledge that his place will be
taken next year by the inspiring
and inspired Sam Selden.
- Two former Playmakers have
returned to Chapel Hill for a
visit after a season's run on New
York stages. Helen Dortch and
"Pen" Harrison are once more
with us to pollute our innocent
minds with terrible puns. Were
it not for my deep respect for
you, intellectual reader, I would
repeat some of the foul ones the
two of them concocted the last
time I was with them. Helen
undoubtedly holds the Southern
Intercollegiate Championship,
for she once made a pun on the
word 'grape-fruit" "In order
to make wine," said Helen, "you
take a bag and squeeze the grape
thruit." Holy St. Francis!! .
BROWN RETURNS
Roy M. Brown of the sociology
department has just returned to
Chapel Hill after having spent
several weeks doing research
work "in; Washington under the
direction of the: White House
conference of child health and
protection. . .-