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THE DAILY TAR HEEL Friday, February 5, 1932: Page Two The official newspaper of the" Publi cations Union Board of the University cf ' North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is printed daily except Mon days and the Thanksgiving, Christ mas, and Spring Holidays. Entered as second clas3 matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $4.00 for the college year. Offices on the second floor of the Graham Memorial Building. Jack Dungan Editor Ed French..... Managing Editor John Manning.. Business Mgr. Editorial Staff EDITORIAL BOARD Charles G. Rose, chairman, Don Shoemaker, R. W. Barnett, Henderson Heyward, Louise Pritchard, J. F. Alexander, Gilbert Blauman, William Uzzell, Dan Lacy, Kemp Yarborough, Sid ney Rosen. FOREIGN NEWS BOARD E. C. Daniel. Jr.. chairman; Frank Haw- ley, Robert Berryman, Elmer Oet tinger, C. G. Thompson, John Acee, Claiborn Carr, Charles Poe. FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville, F. L. Joyner, E. H J. G. deR. Hamil ton, Jr., Philip Costi. CITY EDITORS George Wilson, T. W. Blackwell, Morrie Long, Tom ' Walker, William McKee; W. E. Davis, William Blount, Jack Riley. SPORTS DEPARTMENT Thomas fl. Broughton, Jack Bessen. LIBRARIAN E. M. SpruilL HEELERS Donoh Hanks, J. H. Mor ris, Joseph Sugarman, W. R. Eddie man, J. D. Winslow, A. T. Dill, W. 0. Marlowe, E. C. Bagwell, R. J. Giala nella, W. D. McKee, Harold Janof sky, S. A. Wilkins, L. C. Slade, Jr., F. C. Litten, Fred Wolf, J. B. Straus, J. S. Newton, Jr., W. H. Lazarus, John Easter, Fred Dossen bach, N. H. Powell, A. C. Barbee, W. R. Weesner, W. R. Woerner, Vermont Royster. ' Business Staff CIRCULATION MANAGER T. C. Worth. " ' BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assist ants: R. D. McMillan, Pendleton Gray, Bernard Solomon. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Jimmy Allen, manager; assistants: H. A. Clark, Howard Manning; Bill Jones, H. Louis Brisk, Joe Mason, Joe Webb, Dudley Jennings. ' COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John Barrow, manager; assistants: Ran dolph Reynolds, R. H. Lewis, Jim Cordon; J. W. Callahan, Henry Emerson. Friday, February 5, 1932 Honorable Development The question of the perpetua tion of the honor system at the University cannot be" regarded as one which may be isolated and discussed without viewing its relation to post-academic life. Doubt about honor is com plicating our whole social struc ture today. It' is impossible to stress too vigorously the import-.also ance of a sound and sacrificial sense of honor. If this is an educational institution . seeking ; to prepare young men for effec tive lives then it is certainly a place where this honor Should be practiced. The depression may be. traced to the fact that the controls of a less complicated social struc ture were inadequate for the present one. The honorable- ness which characterized a great part of social intercourse in a simple society has been discard ed for a racketeering, selfish philosophy which has run great numbers of society amuck. The question now is w7hether society can be safe in depending on in ner checks or must it create ar tificial checks to hold itself in control. Fundamentally the issue is the same .here. Is it necessary for the student body to throw over board a system dependent upon an inner check and rely upon an artificial policing system, or not? Patiently the inner control, call it a sense of honor, is preferable. It would be most unfortunate to give up the honor system. It would be the defeat of something very vital and important in so cial contact. The renewal of a deep sense of responsibility and honorable ness is prerequisite to the build ing up of any kind of satisfac tory social machinery. If in the comparative calm and isolation of a college campus it is impos sible to cultivate this character then it is time for thoughtful people to become very 'pessi mistic about the future of our civilization. Supporters of the honor sys tem are enjoined to be realistic about its practicability. They might well reply by demanding that critics of - the system be; realistic about the fundamental need for educating young men j in the desirability of honorable ness. R.W.B. . Broadened ; Horizons During the past few weeks the student 'has had his horizon of interests broadened to include world events. Incidents of in ternational importance have been happening with increased rapidity. Japan is involving the world in a diplomatic tur moil and is threatening to pre cipitate another world war. Whatever her aim she is pre ceding on a , very determined course. Her decisive move against Shanghai and her em ployment of terrorist methods mean that she has some definite object in view. To what lengths she will go to attain that object and how far she is willing to go toward starting a world confla gration are questions of grave importance, particularly to stu dents. We are here preparing our selves for our life's work and present greatly varying degrees in the completion of the process. Are we to be called upon in the next few months to drop every thing "to make the World safe for Democracy" Even though we doubt that there will actually be a war with Japan, wre feel a vital interest in all events con nected with the crisis. Along with the feeling of hopelessness of ever securing permanent peace comes the realization of the complex inter-relation of the different nations and parts of the globe. We awaken to the fact that we cannot remain un affected in any world crisis. H.H. Yale's Dean Wants Beer The recent letter of Dean Clarence W. Mendell to Senator Hiram Bingham, anent the sub ject of prohibition at Yale, stresses several points which should not only be of great in terest to college students, but to the great mass of the j American voting population, ; That Mendell is expressing his personal opinion in the matter and not the "official" views of Yale university goes without saying as does the fact that he is clearly not speaking for Yale men in general. In pointing out the effects, of the drinking of hard liquor by undergraduates Dean Mendell says, "It is a dangerous thing and a very ominous thing for the future of the country to have its future leaders living at the high tension at which boys to day are living and trained under ; a system which gives them un consciously a deep-seated con tempt for the law. "This last point," he con tinued, "is worth particular con sideration. Here is a matter in which, by virtue of the human traits in all of them and by vir tue of the example set them by their elders outside of college, the' boys are assuming that the violation of the prohibition laws is a commonplace of life if not positively a virtue. I find con stantly that this attitude toward one law transfers itself to other spheres, -f The average college boy today has no respect for law as such. The slight change by which it would become pos sible; for, him to have what he feels is a normal social life and to have it witliin the law would, I believe, go far to restore the old attitude toward law.. The boy would undoubtedly break laws from time to time as he always has but he would know that he was breaking laws and would not feel that he was do ing a proper thing in so break ing them. His attitude as a citizen would be incomparably better." 4 It cannot be doubted that, what Mendell says, is true. The . Eighteenth Amendment has not only caused a decided disrespect for the law among the. youth of the country but has spread to the older generations. It is al most a certainty that if we had realized the extent to which this factor was to grow the bill never would have been passed. In speaking- of social aspects Dean Mendell continues: "Hard liquor drinking does not lead to social solidarity. If we train up boys to consider only their own interests and their own whims and their temporary de sires we are going to turn them out dangerous citizens, and the more we train them intellectually the more dangerous we shall probably make them. If we can turn them out with a broader and more generous' understand ing of the other fellow and his rights and points of view .we ought to turn them out good citizens and better citizens for every, bit of education we can give them." Dean Mendell offers as a rem edy four per cent beer. Q ; course he does not go so f ar as merman possessions alter tne to say that this will solve the World War met with the con entire situation but lie firmly be- descension or the approval of lieves that it will go a long ways j America, England, and France, toward restoring a more health-1 Japan seeing the White in the ful.life and a greater sense of throes of financial and political responsibility in , the youth of the nation. ' Coming from the dean of one of the most prom inent and representative student bodies in the country his subject should command careful atten tion for it has a definite bearing on the future of the United States. There are those of us, of course, who believe a little increase in the suggested four per cent would produce the de sired effect more ' quickly, but perhaps Dean Mendell is mind ful of the fact that the Yale crew once trained on beer and lost to Harvard by several boat loads. H.W.P. Modern Culture Advances The influence of contemporary heroes on our great American culture is borne out, in recent and widespread adulation of Gandhi and other figures of in ternational repute, with the link ing of their names and traits to various - catch words and slang pmafcta,. auuul T A 1 4. 4.1 T wnu iiave.oeea jaisea as puouc idols for w7e love a hero no less than we love a lord there has grown a peculiar type of culture that is our own. The antics of these public favorites are relig- j iously transcribed for posterity and their every movement fol lows in hopes of gleaning some phrase or action that will suit the coining of some ' new slang word. The Mahatma has figured prominently in this respect. Out in these rural sections, dis patches from our more concen trated centers of learning and culture inform us that the lat est substitute for "glad rags," "duds," etc., in referring to one's garments is to alude to one's garment as "my snappy new loin cloth." Facetious clothing ads in humor magazines are resplendent with pictures of the Mahatma in native garb about to, debark from an ocean liner and describe him as the latest model for "Ka m p u s Kut Clothes." r The patron saint' of millions of Indians also comes in for patronizing at the hands of radio announcers and cinema trave logue announcers who flavor their remarks with parallel wise i cracks on Gandhi. Whether this unique method of preserving our heroes for posterity will accomplish that end is a question, but their in fluence on American culture is undeniable. Our cultural ad vancement could not have ad vanced without the memorable New York-Paris flight of 1927 which brought about the "Lind- berg Hop" a popular dance and "Luck Lindy" songs, pastries and poems. As long as our heroes continue to occupy their .pedistals, culture will advance. D.C.S; Oriental , Rights ' " The present crisis in the Far East is of far reaching import not from the standpoint of a military and diplomatic aspect but as a race problem A The aggressive attempts and suc cesses of .the Japanese represent not only a change in the struc ture of Oriental dominion but the first major attempt of a Yellow nation to assume a domi nant and independent positipn in world affairs. To be sure the in fluence and strength of Japan have been noted and feared since the Russo-Japanese war, but Japan's past actions have been made with due and careful con sideration for the wishes and the policies of the great White Powers. The occupation of Kiao Chau and Korea as wTell as the annexation of several insular ; i - a it agonies has seized an excellent opportunity to assert her claims to a place in the sun. Thickly verpopulated and excluded from the white lands, the Japanese have turned to their only outlet defenseless, large, and disorgan ized China. Schooled in the dip lomatic and military methods of the Occident, the Japanese are doing only what precedent and example have shown to be the proper steps towards supremacy. They have bided their time, de veloped their strength, and are taking advantage of their first good opportunity, just as 'Amer ica, England, and France have done. To judge from the spine less policy of the League and the English . speaking powers their chances for success seem prime. Three quarters of a century ago a powerful Oriental nation was not much thought of. But Japan was precocious in adopt ing western methods and poli- I cies. inougn at war with unina nnw a .Tananpsp rnnmipsf. in " r , : China will nresent onnortunities the addition of millions to M:uj -u nits vxijvctuu a uaiiLLVL. Alter x ;few decades of training and de ; vei nt at the hands of Ja n China may present a different face to the world. The domi nation of the Japanese may be unwelcome but how much more so the rule of the totally alien "foreign devils." The trend to- utroYvIc! nan AviDnfalicm ia n A arrowing and vigorous one. Mil- lions in India are rebelling against the rule of Great Brit ain. The rule of America in the Philippines is hated. The dis like for domination by a strange and aloof people is a natural one and under the leadership of efficient and skillful Japanese leadership this dislike may at tain serious heights. The posi tion of the white races is no longer a secure one and there is no moral or ethic right on our side. , the yellow man is entitled to the same rights as the white in the struggle to exist and domi nate and successful or not the yellow races will make a bid for the exercising of their rights. The education of Japan by the white man to the principals and practices of imperial diplomacy and ultra modern Inilitary tac tics has proven a dangerous step. The white man is in the position of the man who cre ated the.monster only to see his creation turn against him. We have been selfish, high-handed and cruel in our treatment of subject races." The exchange of places would be a fit and just re- j ward for the way we have mis used our power. The old bogey of the Yellow Peril has been jeered at often but the present conduct of Japan is at least a symptom. J.F.A. . Lines of Least Resistance By JAMES DAWSON The week's best story, as told by Heywood Broun and reported by this department's official rub-ber-of -celebrated-elbows : - A man came to his wife and said: "I'm going to Seville." . "Say: 'By the grace of God I'm going to Seville'," she said. "No," said he, "I'm going to Seville." - So she changed him into a frog and put him in the frog pond at the back of the house. After a year had passed he had been a good frog, so she changed him back to a man. He came to her again. "I'm going to Seville," he said. . "Say: 'By the grace of God Fm going to Seville'," she said menacingly. Said he : "Either I'm going to Seville or back to that damned frog pond." . Recommended : (You can look at the pictures if nothing else) : Fondation Egyptologiquie Reine Elizabeth: Memphis a V ombre des pyramides, par Jean Capart, directeur, avec la collaboration de Marcelle Werbrouck, attachee aux Musees Royaux d'Art et d -Histoire; chez "Vromant & Co., Editeurs ; 3, Rue de la Chapelle, Bruxelles. Depot a Paris (Vile) : 37, Rue de Lille. - The number of the dead longWhaps a bit unfair, 'to judge r exceedeth all that shall live. The(fr0m one issue of the magazine, night of time far surpasseth the: But from the appearance of this day, and who knoweth when was the Equinox." Sir Thomas Browne. . Recommended: Coffee Royal, or for the Francophiles: Cafe Royale. Recipe: one teaspoon ful gin to one cup black coffee. Taste: like that of coffee. Re sult : oblivion, Nirvana, Happy Haunting Grounds. "For us intellectuals it is es sential that we wallow in the mire life must hold no secrets ! from us. Leonard Merrick. Recommended : (Fine for whispering into ears on . these winter . evenings) : Bjednaiaia malenkaia roshkosnaia zhen- shina hotjel bui provjestic svarmf notch. (A stamped and self-addressed envelope will get you a translation.) "Ad pulchritudinem tria re- quiruntur: mtegntas, conson . , , ., ' . antia, et claritas. For beauty, you must have three things: unity, harmony, and radiance." St. Thomas Aquinas. Recommended: the H. M. V. recording of "Some Day I'll Find You," from Noel Coward's Private Lives. ' ".'' "It's queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own, and there has never been anything like it, and never can be. It is too beautiful altogether, and if they wrere to set it up it would go to pieces before the first sun- j set Some confounded fact that men have been living contented ly with ever since the first dawn of creation would start up and ARE YOU ALL SET FOR THE DANCES? SERVICE The Carolina Barber Shop knock the whole thing over."' Joseph Conrad. . . ' Recommended : Major Fel ten's decadent illustration for Piaget's translation of Charles Baudelaire's Les fleurs du revolt m "See the Orientl China, For mosa, Java, Japan. Comfortable tours. Rates in step with pres ent times." Advt. in The New Yorker. Peaceful penetration. Don't go telegraph. Sigma Delta Pledges Sigma Delta announces the pledging of W. R. Eddleman of Gastonia. Notre Dame Scholastic or Athletic? Notre Dame has probably re ceived more publicity in the newspapers and magazines of the United States than any three colleges (a conservative esti mate) in the country combined. The prowess of her football teams has won fame for the in stitution all over the world. Her t great individual stars are im-,. mortal heroes of the gridiron. The late Knute Rockne is rec ognized as the greatest coach and one of the greatest sports men of the game. A current exchange copy of the Notre Dame Scholastic, weekly news-magazine of the South Bend, Ind., school, gives some idea of the prevailing sen timent concerning Notre Dame athletic teams on the campus of that college. It is difficult, and one number, it would appear that the students of Notre Dame erred in calling their publication the Notre Dame Scholastic. It should be, the Notre Dame Ath letic. - Seventeen of the 30 pages, of the magazine are devoted to sports. One gives a full-page likeness of Hearty (Hunk) An derson, the mantrying to fill the shoes of Knute Rockne7 as coach of the football teams. Other pages tell of recent vic tories, of coming games, dope about the players, and other examples of current sport blah. It is not, unusual for college publications to devote much of their space to sports. But usual ly some intimation is given of other campus activities. Not so in the Notre Dame Scholastic- (Continued on page three) .WANTED Two college boys for part time employment. See Mr. Bull at 5:00 p. m. in Y. M. C. A. lounge room today. R. R. Clark Dentist Over Bank of Chapel Hill PHONE 6251 "Come In and Browse" There are no counters in our store! We Have Books for Every Mood and Taste SPALDING SPORTING GOODS AND STUDENT SUPPLIES , "Come In and Browse" THOMAS-QUICKEL Durham, N. C. With j Contemporaries j
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