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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
MAY 3, 1904
lfe 3a 'Sar peel
Te cScial newspaper of the Publications Union Board
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where
it is printed daily except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and Spring Holidays.. Entered as second class
matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under act
of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $3.00 or the
college year. " , "
A T. Dill ..
Robert C. Page, Jr..
Joe Webb. ..
JEditor
.Managing Editor
..Business Manager
Editorial Staff
EDITORIAL BOARD Philio Hammer, chairman, Don
Becker, Nelson Lansdale, E. R. Oettinger, Jeanne Holt,
W. C. Durf ee, B. C. Proctor.
FEATURE BOARD Vermont Royster, chairman, "Wal
ter Terry, Ed Goldenthal, John Wiggins, Jean Smith
Cantrell, W. W. Boddie.
CITY EDITORS Irving Suss, Jack Lowe, WalterHar-gett.
DESK MEN Nick Powell, Don McKee, Jim Daniels,
Eleanor Bizzell, Reed Sarratt, Ralph Burgin.
SPORTS DEPARTMENT Jimmy Morris and Bill
Anderson, co-editors, C. P. Nicholson, Milton Scherer,
, Ralph Gialanella, Smith Barrier, Tom Bost, Lester
Ostrow.
EXCHANGES Jimmy Craighill, Margaret Gaines.
REPORTERS E. L. Kahn, Emery Raper, Sam Willard,
John Eddleman, Francis Clingman, Don Wetherbee,
Margaret McCauley. :
Business Staff
ASST. BUSINESS MGR. (Sales) Agnew Bahnson, Jr.
COLLECTION MANAGER James Barnard.
OFFICE MANAGER L. E. Brooks.
DURHAM REPRESENTATIVE Henry B. Darling.
T.OHAL ADVERTISING STAFF Butler French (man
ae-er). Huerh Primrose. Phil Sinerer. Robert Sosnick.
Herbert Osterheld, Niles Bond, Eli Joyner, Oscar
Tyree, Boylftn Carr.
CIRCULATION MANAGER Ralto Farlow.
CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE: IRVING SUSS
Thursday, May 3, 1934
Looking
Backward ' -
This fiscal year has been. one of the most try
ing that the University has ever experienced.
Now that it is drawing to a close there is much
that we can observe in retrospect that will show
us what has made it possible for the University,
as even the iconoclastic H. L. Mencken said re
cently in a letter to an alumnus, "to continue its
high standard of scholarship in the face of tre
mendous difficulties."
At present the University's appropriation from
the state is approximately $390,000. This figure
was set after "economies" proposed in the legis
lature threatened, and almost accomplished the
threat, to reduce the University to such an ab
ject financial plight that it could not maintain
the Jiigh reputation among national schools that
it lias set up,; Andeyen the. present figure, which
is ridiculously low. for the high type of institu
tion that this , should be, represents only about
are not the correct expression of the feelings
of the majority of students at Virginia.'
The attitude of the writerand pfjthe .man who
allowed thV article 'to be. printed is certainly
not indicative of sportsirnshig jpn their part.
If college newspapers expect-to be regarded with
respect, their editors should see to it that such
puerile journalism as that displayed by College
Topics is frowned upon and wiped out. T.H.W.
Breaking
the Ice -
Saturday the track team of the Naval Acad
emy at Annapolis will be the guest of the Uni
versity for the entire day. The University club
has prepared a complete program for the enter
tainment of these men;5 and considering the fact
hat it is the second time in twelve years that
he Navy track team has left home outside of
he regular home meets and engagements with
Army, it is the duty of the entire student body
to see that the Midshipmen are made to feel at
home during their short stay here.
The Middies on Saturday evening will be the
guests of the Women's association at its dance
in the Tin Can. They will know very few ffirls
t the Tin Can, and it would certainly be asking
too much of the men to introduce them to all
the girls they may desire to meet. Therefore,
we suggest that neither the co-eds or their dates
feel offended, if the Navy men take the liberty
of breaking on a couple without introduction,
and since we feel that the students are willing
to cooperate in this move, the Midshipmen will
be urged to do so.
Again we remind you that it is your duty to
offer the Navy team a real example of "southern
hospitality," and all the good will that goes
with it. J.L.
SO per cent of the appropriation in 1928-29. Ob
viously the University has done well in the face
of such a handicap.
i It would have had a much harder time had
it not been for other sources of aid than the
state legislature. Since it first began operation
in-February, the Federal Emergency Relief Ad
ministration, one of the most commendable
pieces of legislation that the government has
passed has spent over $10,000 toward helping
needy students. The CWA has afforded indirect
help, to say notfeing of the generous aid received
from private sources. All this has been indis
pensable in keeping the enrollment of the Uni
versity up to minimum and in allowing deserv
ing students to complete their college education
which has become almost a necessity in this com
petitive age. ,
In proportion to its affiliation with education
in North Carolina,, we would venture to state
that the federal government has done as much
for this cause as the state government, whose
charge it is, constitutionally. And if that is
overstatement, then at least the national govern
ment has done more than its share.
Journalistic
Indigestion .
V There appeared on the sports page of yester
day morning s issue of this paper a letter' to
Norment Quarles, purported by College Topics
University of Virginia weekly, whch originally
printed the missive, to have been written by
Bobby Goldstein, former boxer from the Old
Dominion institution. The caption advised
readers to "Read, Think, and Inwardly Digest
but in our opinion, if any thinking on the mat
ter is done, digestion would be impossible for
any one who had any claim to sportsmanship.
Written in an extremely adolescent style, the
"letter" attempted sarcastically to disparage the
abilities of Quarles as a boxer and to set off his
prowess as a braggart. Other remarks were
directed at tWo. members of the University's
freshman boxing team of the past season two
men whom College Topics has previously classed
as professionals, "
The appearance of this "letter" marks the
second occasion on which College Topics has
blown off about boxing at Carolina; both articles
seem to us to have resulted from an excess of
school spirit on the part of a few. . We believe
that the sentiments expressed in this latest dia
tribe are not those of Goldstein, and that they
Harmed
To the' Teeth
William Randolph Hearst, patriot (when it
pays in circulation returns), lord protector of
the white race against yellow inroads (when it
pays in circulation returns), discoverer of for
eign intrigues (when it pays in circulation re
turns), and general proponent of yellow journal
ism (when it pays in circulation returns), casts
upon the contemporary American scene an ex
cellent example of the perversion of fact.
When the newspapers took to publishing
action photographs of the World War, the Hearst
papers were able to twist out of them a propa
ganda campaign for increasing American arma
ments. Underta photograph of a, once-peaceful
village, now a pieceful shambles might appear
a caption such as: "This might have been any
where in America. Phepare now for the defense
of our country." The general implication is that
America can avert the horrors of war (as de-
picted : in Hearst's, own horror , pictures of the
World War) by, being armed to the teeth. And
in making this implication, Hearst lays himself
open to the accusation of perverting -the truth.
For if the World War has shown anything,
and shown it conclusively, it is that armaments
are not and cannot be a protection against war.
Disarmament might be, but armament can never
be. In July, 1914. EuroDe was more heavilv
armed than ever before. There were more men
with colors, more guns, more battleships, more
shells and more different ways of killing. In
fact, armament was so great that the general
belief was that the war could not possibly last
more than a few months. And armaments mili
tarism had attained such a machine-line per
fection that it was tacitly understood in some
quarters that "mobilization means, war." The
war machine needed but a slight shock to set
it going, and once it started it rolled relentlessly
over Europe. That is the true story that lies
behind the photographs of the World War.
Armaments are not the sole cause of war; but
only a perversion of truth can show them to be
a creator of peace. D.B.
for a leisurely perusal of the
questions, should enable a stu
dent o i3rgaiu2e-,.whaLknowIedge
he has to the best of his ability,
instead ,61,be!gjmiicg;:a:-hish .at
tack -on tBe first question with
out trying to perceive its pos
sible relation to later questions.
A quiet and sane outlook on the
examination as a whole will en
able the student better to under
stand what kind of answers the
professor probably had in mind
when he made out each individ
ual question and such an in
sight is often more valuable than
last minute factual cramming.
The Princetonian.
W if h Contemporaries
Time to
Think
With final examinations looming on the not-so-distant
horizon it is interesting to note an
innovation in the conducting of finals to be tried
at Harvard this spring. Students taking ex
aminations in the fields of government, econom
ics, history, or history and literature will be al
lowed to look over their examination questions
for fifteen minutes before the. official beginning
of the three-hour examination period, at which
time the professor in charge will make available
the books in which the answers are to be writ
ten. This innovation in examination technique has
so much to be said in its favor that(the plan is
worthy of serious consideration here, at Prince
ton. Many; undergraduates: enter : examinations
with, such a sense of competing against the, time
limit that they never really read the list of ques
tions consecutively, and thus fail to get a true
perspective of the examination, as a whole. Har
vard's plan, calling for an extra fifteen minutes
SERVICE IN NAVAL
AVIATION IS OPEN
TO COLLEGE MEN
Students interested in filing
applications for admission to
the Naval air service may do so
by securing application blanks
from the office of the Dean of
students and mailing them to
the Norfolk air station before
May 8. The deadline for appli
cations was formerly announced
as May 1, but has been extended.
Qualifications for admission
to this branch of the service
demand that the applicant be a
male citizen of the United States
or its insular possessions, be not
less than 18 years of age and
not more than 27 years of age,
be unmarried and remain so un
til training is7, completed, be a
graduate of a recognized college
or university or have an equiv
alent education, be mentally,
physically, and psychologically
qualified for enlistment, com
mission, flight training.
In addition to the regular ap
plication blank the applicant
inust submit the following: a
copy of his birth certificate or
regular affidavit giving date and
pjace of his birth, evidence of
citizenship if not; native born,
his educational, recprd, three let
ters . of recommendation and
identification by persons of
recognized standing in the home
community, the consent of par
ents or guardian to enlist for
training, and a resume includ
ing training received from the
army or navy or occupational
experience, and a photograph.
SENIORS ARRANGE
1 FINAL EXERCISES
(Continued from page one)
entitled to all the alumni privi
leges. A reunion of the classes will
take place at 10:30 o'clock in
Gerrard hall, to be followed by
an alumni luncheon at Swain
hall at 1:00 o'clock.
A band concert on the south
campus at 6:00 o'clock in the
evening will be the signal for
a gathering of the seniors 40
minutes later on the walk, lead
ing to the library.. Having
formed the procession before the
librarv. the etoud will then
march to Kenan stadium where
the final commencement exer
cises will be held at 7 :00 o'clock.
A reception and ball will begin
in the Tin Can at 10:00 cclock.
E. C. METZENTHIN
TO CONDUCT TRIP
(Continued from page one)
into native family circles and
student societies, and there will
be visits in rural and urban
schools' and attendance at Prot
estant, and Catholic church ser
vices. . For recreation there will
be hikes and mountain climbing,
especially, in the Black Forest
and the Alps..
There will also be visits to ten
universities : Cologne Bonn,
Heidelberg, Freiburg, i Teubinr
gen, St. Gallen, Munich, Leipzig,
and fcerlin. .-The group .will stay
one week each at Bonn, on the
Rhine, at Teubjngen, the Swab
ian University of Wurttemberg,
and at Berlin. "
Have You a Complex?
j6Mzl Calls 5 Mental Hygiene
Courses Invaluable.. J
to you pay attention to, your
professor on class? DoyoiTget
your home-work with ease? If
you don't, look to your mental
health, for there's a strong pos
sibility you may be suffering
from an unsuspected mental dis
order. Modern psychology has learn
ed that many students who are
ambitious but find it difficult to
apply themselves can improve,
their work, if they will get at
the mental disorder frequently
at the bottom of their troubled
For the most part psychological
causes forthese maladjustments
can easily be discovered and
cured.
Dr. Harry W. Crane, of the
psychology department, is, ex
tremely interested in! this mat
ter of clearing away the trou
blesome difficulties that have
such harmful effects on stu
dents. He considers it urgent
that something be done to im
prove the situation and recom
mends the institution of a de
partment of mental hygiene,
such as most of the leading
schools in the country have.
Dr. Crane claims that such
courses in mental hygiene will
have invaluable influence on
- . .
the lives of those who study
them.. An analysis of the, psy
chological causes and effects of
various mental troubles and dif
ficulties in thought and general
function of the mind would form
the basis for the courses. This
analysis would enable each in
dividual to determine, his u own
mental status and aid- him ln
making his own re-adjustment.
Mental hygiene, while allied
with psychology, concentrates
on the connection of ivarious. re
actions and f unction- p ,he
mind with the mentejLhthqf
the individual." " .
Unlimited Benefits
The added benefit; receive
from college and aftex-cpllege
life is unlimited, when chilli;
hood weaknesses and psycho?
logical afflictions are corrected.
The boundless joy in ;-f eeling
free of intangible restraints'.up
on one's brain is no doubt one
of the proudest joys ihat .can
be possessed- -
Closer application to school
work, and a general raising of
the morale of the school on the
part of the students, aresuije
fire" results of such a -plan. A
course which will give students
an opportunity to better 'them
selves and raise the scholastic
and social standards of Caro
lina, will more than repay , the
investment that the school
makes. . '
' One of the duties of the sug
gested department, would be the
administering of a psychological
test to all entering freshmen.
The purpose of such an exami
nation would be to determine
what psychological malad j ust
ments they have. Caught thus
at their entrance, the students
will not have to struggle all
through their college careers
oppressed by some affliction
which the advice of a mental
hygienist could correct. At the
same time, all those students
who would be considered unde
sirable because of uncurable
complexes would be reasonably
excluded from entrance. Thus,
-the standards of the school will
be assured a better chance of
being high. This examination
would be a compulsory routine
to which every student must be
subjected.
The course, as suggested by
Dr. Crane, would give students
the credit for one full course.
As a separate department or as
part of some other department,
it would certainly rival the work
done along the same line in oth
er universities.
DURFEE AND RUSSELL
WILL DEBATE VIRGINIA
Winthrop Durfee and Phillips
Russell were chosen for the com
ing humorous debate with the
University of Virginia at the
try-outs Tuesday night.
The debate is scheduled for
the annual banquet of the de
bate squad' Thursday, May 10,
at the Carolina Inn. The Caro
lina team will take the negative
of the query: Resolved, that the
NRA be continued. This debate
will end the debating season for
this year.
Infirmary List
The following students were
confined to the University in
firmary yesterday: L. C. Bruce,
Norwood Coxe, Helen Edwards,
Dexter Freeman, J. L. Jackson,
........ .
Edith Kneeburg, Samuel Kes
selman, J. R. Lawing, J. D.
Lewis, Jack Pruden, J. H. Ran
ey, Ruth Thomason, J. A. Tur
ner, and Helen Ward.
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