p2rs Two
THE DAILY TAB HEEL
Thursday, September 28, 1933
which, if not that this country is never destined
to see again, at least remains little short of phe-
cf the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where processing tax and acreage reduction proposals
tt is printed daily except Monaays, anatne inanKsgivjng, wiI1 brinar back tobacco to the now almost fabu
Christmas, and Spring Holidays. Entered as second i , . , - , ... .
c'ass matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under lous ' seventy-five dollars a hundredweight prices
act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, 4.eu lor tne of years ae.Q but the NRA can do a creat
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Editor A lot of time has passed, however, since Gov-
Claiborn M. Carr -Thomas
Walker...
Marcus Feinstein
CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE: BOB PAGE
Thursday, September 28, 1933
...Managing Editor! ernor Ehringhaus proclaimed a tobacco holiday,
Business Manager I and millions of pounds have. been kept off the
warehouse floors. This present loss m anticipa
tion of rising prices is being felt in every com
munity whose business houses are dependent
upon the buying power of the farmer. Not only
that but most of the- leaf put on the market
in the early part of September was "high in
Good Politics;
Bad Economics
The sales tax in North Carolina has now, been order," which means in warehouse parlance that
in operation long enough for the people of the its content of moisture is high and the tobacco
state to form some opinion about its efficiency, is therefore more highly perishable.
When the legislature last convened there was Clearly, quick and decisive action on the part
ample reason to believe that conditions of the of Secretary Wallace is imperative if this state
budget demanded extraordinary remedial mea- and others are not to suffer irreparably from a
sures. Therefore, when the sales tax was lack of buying power to meet the already rising
brought forward for consideration its passage prices of necessary products. A.T.D.
soon became a certainty. The economic life of , . , , , '
the state, it is true, was in an awful bog at the Working
time and, although the sales tax seemed a Together
heaven-sent idea to the hard pressed legislators, The need and advantages of cooperation be
the consequent strain on the merchants has giv- tween individuals of a group, however large,
en rise to much unfavorable comment. have been forcibly demonstrated during the past
It is when one subjects the sales tax to an few months that is, since Roosevelt became
honest analysis that its weaknesses become ap- president of the United States. The success of
parent. To the student of economics? the sales Roosevelt's, entire program depends wholly upon
tax possesses : one major fault it does not tax the cooperation , of the people of this country,
in accordance with ability to pay. The pur- upon their support of his administration and
chase of commodities which are vital necessi- continued faith in him. :
ties involves, just as much tax payment as the As this cooperation is necessary for the con
purchase of luxuries; thus the poorer the in- tinued welfare of the large group of inhabitants
dividual or family the greater is their financial in a nation, so is it necessary for smaller groups
burden. of individuals. A college campus is i composed
The tremendous salaries paid to some of our of a group of persons working toward a high
tobacco executives indicate that this industry is ideal that of education and training , of the
not quite in the doldrums; inheritance, gift and mind. A part the minority, of the campus de-
luxury taxes are still ridiculously low in rela- votes its time to the training of the majority who
tion to the fearful taxes in other branches of have come ostensibly to expand their capacity
our state economy. for thought and form a foundation on which to
Our present policy of "soak the little man" is build a life's career.
not only in contrast to the spirit of the National For the success of this educational program,
Recovery Administration but is bad psychology wherein one or several men may direct, or at
and economics as well. V.J.L least greatly influence, the future trend of many
; . as yet undeveloped minds, cooperation on the
a Qfrikinn. parts of the teachers and students is absolutely
Improvement essential.
T the casual observer the announcement The student, more than the professor, is com
which appeared in yesterday's Tar Heel to the pelled to cooperate to a certain extent. He knows
effect that 865 bad checks were given out by that he must prepare so much of his work, that
Carolina students during the past year might he must attend a certain number of classes, to
seem to constitute a severe indictment against listen interestedly (or appear to listen interest
the University honor system. We should, in- edly) to the lectures. However, by going beyond
deed, be' ashamed that any bad checks should this required amount of cooperation, by achiev
be given, but when we consider the fact that ing a little more than is absolutely necessary,
most of these were given through ignorance the student shows a real cooperative attitude
and carelessness rather than, through malicious-land aids the professor in the attempt to do HIS
ness, then even this number is quite an improve- part.
ment on last "year Although a professor may have harder and
The value of the 865 bad checks given last more trying work than a student. It is never
year amounted to $6,422 as against a total value theless just as important, perhaps more impor
of the year before of $12,989 on 1,620 checks, tant, that he show a willing spirit of coopera
The amount of money involved was reduced by tion. This can be achieved by creating a cer-
slightly more than half. Herbert Taylor, chair- tain amount of interest in the class, by not
man of the committee, also revealed that over attempting to create out of himself a classroom
one-third of this number was caused by last character which is contrary to his own, and by
spring's bank holiday. , maintaining, as far as possible; a fair and un-
To those who have been acquainted with the prejudiced attitude toward each student.
credit system m Chapel Hill during the past few Both professor and student can do much in
years these figures bring very gratifying results, making a course, even those required, more in-
Several years ago it was almost impossible for teresting and a greater part of the whole edu-
a Carolina student to cash a check without cation. The student is almost . forced to; his
strong identification and the endorsement of a willing coo Juration is all he can give. The pro
reputable person, unless he waited several days fessor does not have to will he nevertheless
for the check to go through. Such" a condition cooperate? C.G.T.
naturally worked a hardship on the students, ,
yet the merchants and the bank had encountered Pedagogic :
so much trouble that they were forced to adopt Theory
strenuous metnoas. . We have sometimes heard a criticism that is
Since the organization of the student council becoming somewhat the vogue among those who
cnecK committee tnis inconvenience nas peen take an interest in the subject, on the present
removed, ine committee is composea oi mem- methods of teaching College Chemistry.
oers oi tne stuaent council ana it requires every It seem, namelv. that those who would dis-
casher of a bad check to make it good under agree with what seems to be at present the ap
penalty of suspension, with also the penalty of pr0ved method argue on the basis of the belief
probation or suspension for continued violation, that too much time is eiven to the lecture neriod
The check committee is teaching the students and that not enough time is spent in the labora-
ine necessity lor accuracy ana Dusmess liKe torv
methods in handling their bank balance, and its They argue that chemistry, perhaps not like
progress in this direction is remarkable. But in its sister sciences, is larselv a studv in. Which
addition, it is creating a better spirit of copera-. I demonstration is ; the best teacher. ArrnrrW
tion between the Carolina student body and the to them it is impossible to teach by words, the
napei xim inercnanc, ana smootnmg over tne laws of Combinatino, ionization, or the com
aimcuities oi every-aay ousiness transactions, pounding of chemical substances. They say tha
v.o.xv. much more would.be learned if the professor
I transferred his lecture room into the laboratory
Tobacco , I where the student could follow in experiment
ces - the teachings of the text.
Of vital importance to eastern North Carolina V A great deal of influence is being exerted in
in particular and to the southeastern states in many universities to change the system now in
general are the long-awaited measures to be vogue so as to include in the course, not four
taken by the federal government to raise tobacco hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory
prices. Time was when we can remember scrap work, but to conduct the work more nearly on
tobacco selling for the average price high grades the ratio of one lecture to seven hours of labora
brvaM the opening of tjie bright leaf belt tory. Whether, of course, it will be an improve
markets, but that was during a price boom ment, remains to be seen. W.H.W.
Unusual Scientific And
Social Research Fruit
Of Geology Tour
(Continued from first page)
ing a coal mine. E. N. Kjelles
vig had an attack of nightmares
and several times the camp was
awakened by his screaming.
This course is the only one of
its kind to be found in this part
of the country. However, it is
included in the curriculum of
most of the important northern
and western universities.
Students who took the trip
this summer were : C. E. Hare,
a graduate student4 of the Uni
versity of West Virginia ; J. G.
Walls of the University of Ten
nessee; E. P. Metzenthin ; J. C.
Dunlap ; J. C. Goldston ; W. Ray
Johnson ; E. N. KjeUesvig ; T. E.
Marshall : J. C. McCampbell ;
Simpson M. Parker; C. E. Prou
ty; W. W. Prouty; H. E.
Yitz ; J. B. Ward; R. H. Wil-
iams: W. T. Wilday. The
business managers were i. lj.
Martin and Liridsey Hunt, in
structors in the University geo-
ogy department.
ENGINEERS WORK
AT TRAINING CAMP
(Continued from first page)
o government specifications,
with most of ithe equipment built
by themselves. The station was
used to determine the meteoro-
ogical conditions during ? their
stay at camp.
Camp Sapphire is conducted
by Coach Bill Ivetzer, brother
of Coach Bob, and the former
football coach at Carolina. The
engineers were allowed all the
facilities of the camp so that
their days were spent in both
work and pleasure. This sum
mer camp provides actual exper
ience in civil engineering for en
gineering students.
Yack Pictures
' All students listed below are
reminded to have their picture
taken at Wooten-Moulton's to
day for this year's Yackety
Yack. Failure to do this will be
a personal loss to the student as
he has already paid for the pic
ture. " '
Stewart Rober tso n, Ann
Candler, A. 0. Cush, iforriss
Bemin, Ashby Baus, B. W. Carr,
John Barrow, T. G. Wolke, D
H. Cason, H. S. McKay, W. T
Betts, M. E. Watts, .Grace
Bowes, A. Greenberg, S. S. Un-
ger, Wiliam Smithson.
C. A. Poe, C. Matthewson, J
D. Malliner, W. C. Ewing, E. A
Pascal, D. G. McLeod, T P
Holland, J. M. Remmie, T. H.
Andrews, E. C. . Funderburke,
James S. Queen, Preston W.
Sparrow, E. L. Lee, John L.
Womble, R. B. Rorison.
Public Administration
School Has New Course
(Continued from first page)
plications for enrollment receiv
ed, all out of state requests were
refused because work is to be
confined to this state. There
are at the present time 27 mem
bers in the class but more are
expected to be enrolled in the
next few days.
This course is being given by
the School of Public Adminis
tration in conjunction with the
State Emergency Relief Admin
istration, and is headed by Dr.
Roy. M. Brown. George Law
rence, who is assisting him, is
also supervisor, of field work of
the division of public welfare
and social work of the Public
Administration school.
Conducting the classes for
this course are the two heads
and Dr. Jackson, head , of , the
Public Administration school,
and Miss Katherine Jocher.
Broadway, Summer
Theatres Use Many
Former Playmakers
(Continued rom first page)
George as assistant technical
director and elerician.
Whitney Bissell, who is re
membered here for. his fine work
in "Strike Song" and "A Doll's
House," acted with Eva LeGal-
henne last season and wiU tour
with her, company this winter.
His summer season was spent
at the . Surry Playhouse, Bar
Harbor, Maine.
The Playmakers'. juvenile,
John Sehon, acted in the Guild
Production of "The Good Earth"
in New York and on the road
tour.
Harold Baumstone of "The
Butter and Egg Man" produc
tion, is a member of the Reper
tory Playhouse Associates. - Au
diences have seen him in New
York and in Putney, Vermont.
Strudwick Entering Movies
Shepherd Strudwick, Broad
way's newest star, gave a mem
orable performance in the pro
duction of "Both Your Houses,"
the Pulitzer prize play of last
season. He is now in Hollywood
making screen tests, and will
probably do a picture before his
return to Broadway in the late
fall. This summer he played
the leading role in Barrie's
"What Every; Woman Knows,
at the Cape Playhouse. , '
Helen Dortch, a former Play
maker, is connected with the Jit
ney Players who have made an
nual visits to the campus. Chap
el Hill will see her soon again
when that troupe comes to the
Playmakers theatre some time
this season.
Elizabeth Farrar, daughter of
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She is studying and acting with
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Alvin Kerr, the author of "Sad
Words to Gay Music," which the
Playmakers presented last year,
is still in New York. He is hard
at work on a literary production
of unknown variety, but his fu
ture plans are indefinite.
Minister Away
Due to a hurried call to New
York last Sunday, Rev. Edwin
Pigott-Simkins of Ashboro was
unable to deliver his sermons at
the Presbyterian church last
Sunday, and his place was filled
by the Rev. Watt M. Cooper of
Graham. Next Sunday, Rev. C.
K. Taffie, formerly of Hender
son, will conduct tjhe services.
Staff Members Confined
Thomas Walker, managing
editor, and J. D. Winslow, a city
editor of the Daily Tar Heel
staff, were confined to the in
firmary yesterday. Walker has
a, cold arid Winslow is suffering
from a slight swelling in; the
jaw. it is understood tnat ootn
men will be released by the lat
ter part of this week.
Twenty boys have been ap
pointed by the self-help commit
tee and T. E. Hinson of the Book
Exchange, to work in the con
cession booths at Kenan Sta
dium during the Davidson game.
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