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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 193S
Cfje Batlp Car lleel
The official newspaper of the Publications Union Board of the University
cf North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is printed Haiiv xfnnrfav.
Kid the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. Entered as second
class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. O, under act of March 8,
1379. Subscription price, $3.00 for the cellege year.
BO OK LARKD?'
George Butler
Business and editorial offices: 204-206 Graham" Memorial
Telephones: editorial, 4351; business, 4356; night, 6906
P. G. Hammer, editor
R. C. Page, Jr., managing editor
W. L. Hargett, associate editor
A. R. Sarratt, Jr., city editor
E. L. Kahn, assistant city editor
Butler French, business manager
Editorial Board
L D. Suss, chairman, J. M. Daniels, D. G. Wetherbee, D. K. McKee
Feature Writers
W. P. Hudson, N. C. Read
News Editors
S. W. Rabb, J. M. Smith, Jr., C. W. Gilmore, W. S. Jordan, Jr., .
R. Sprinkle, J. F. Jonas
Office Force
E. J. Hamlin, J. A. Brown, L. L Gardner, R. Howe
News Release
Newton Craig, director, H. T.Terry, Jr.
Exchange editors
S R. Leager, G. O. Butler, W. S. McClelland
Senior Reporters
H. M. Beacham, W .C. Fields, III, H. Goldberg
Heelers
XL P. Brewer, T. C. Britt, R. H. Reece, Ruth Crowell, J. H. Sivertson,
N. S. Rothschild, J. L. Cobbs, Voit Gilmore, W. A. Arey,
R. T. Perkins, H. H. Hirschf eld .
Division managers
J. A. Lewis, circulation, H. F. Osterheld, collections, M. B. Carr
advertising, T. E. Joyner, local advertising, W. H. D.
Eckert and R. Crooks, office
Now YOU'RE
- Talking
Gold Snap Brings
Grief To Greeks
Frigid Fraternity Men Dodge Burst
ing Pipes, Falling Plaster
C OL L E GE
PRESS
The rate of growth of human
beings may be accurately deter
mined in the near future by a
study of the rings in a person's
teeth, according to an article
ACT OF GOD
To the editor,
The Daily Tar Heel:
Lend A Hand
College students and college
THi-n? T'Vi - vi-nrra 1 n Vl a 00V1
, . , . ( post-holiday attendance rules a
are comparable to the annual .. , . . . xi
It has been rumored that
Chapel Hill is a "dead place" dur
ing the Christmas holidays but
the freezing weather of the re- graduates should be active forces
rent, vacation tonf mnnv nf the in the raising or maintaining of
It seems that the failure of j, . .. n , remained high educational standards in
i Annnninft T? nmVT"H T?OTl TTl15 I - - . lit 1X.I t
published recently in the Daily r t 1 1 T tt ' nere from finding life unoeara- uieir cummuiuues wnen some
uanus u sucitu cue uiuvcw wr rtn states, as JNortn uaroima. at
-9 - 7
Frozen radiators, bursting wa- now at a crisis in the function-
I V?4- ,1T.,1 nr. 4-lia r1 ffmrn at OTlfOQ 'tTlAt I 1 . 1 11 1 1 I J XI T1 ? 1 1
rings in trees, the writer says.l ' . v ter pipes, sxauea cars ana snow- mg 01 meir puunc scnooi sys-
In the dental laboratory, he con- exiSLeu 1S tuuvciaci SWCIW111 drifts all contributed to the ano- terns. The cause of a prevail
tinues one can study the . lines mns a bit too far itself. One lition of boredom for those who ing high secondary school stand-
of the teeth much as the botan- UU11& r wmvu 11V u"c. were staymg in iraternity nous- ard will he lost, unless the state
ist does the rings of the tree contro1 is the weather' and !t waS es at the, time when the mercury educational program is support
and discover what has happened this that caused some 100 stu began to play hide and seek with ed by interested groups which
to the individual in the matter jaenww. arrive xux uco the zero marK. , realize the significance of low-
on rnaay ana yesteruay. S. A. JU. was one 01 the neav- ered nublic instruction.
Particularly excusable was the iest sufferers, with its pipes and w?rtl fnrtv.,pvpn hzvh srTl1c
failure of 30 students on Max radiators bursting merrily as . w .rnnp. f rnm 1A I
of growth. The article failed to
state whether or not this theory
was applicable to false teeth.
N. W. Bond,
Local advertising staff
C. W. Blackwell, W. D. McLean,
Staff photographer
D. Becker
Novich's bus, 40 on our Grey- the temperature dropped. The Lw Ac.Qf. c, OY,,
hound chartered, and those otn- Zeta Psi men beheld their dm
versity campus take no chances, efs who attempted to drive down fag room standing in water and oUna gtanjg at bottom rf
when they haven't a date, they New York to arrive on their bathroomflxtures moistly southern states in
I wear the school coldrs in ribbons a ovicn sarwi wi, Uucme i uie weaiuci. the number of accredited Weh
in their hair. The ribbons sig- couW not make safe progress KA-'s had some busy moments
nify that they haven't a date agamst the snow, sleet, ice, and when the pipes m the wall burst thirty.four acedited high
and aren't too particular about ram that made travel extremely and the water loosened the plas- g;hoos fourteen of the!e.
whom they get one with-just dangerous. The Greyhound ter. Phi Delta Theta staged a . conducted.
Comnanv would not even per- miniature nooa scene on us miru i , . .
mit the bigger, heavier bus, floor when it attempted to turn WS a
so they get one!
P. C. Keel
THIS ISSUE: NEWS, JONAS; NIGHT, GARDNER
According to a poll conducted chartered by Don Becker, Jack its water on.
i at seven eastern colleges, peace Hackett, and myself, to leave un- Dignity was sacrificed to ex-
is the nation's "most vital issue." til yesterday morning so peril- pediency when many f raterni-
Thus did eastern students gra- ous were conditions. ties, valuing their rugs above
low place in the public educa
tional system, North Carolina's
present status is alarming.
To students who have entered
PROGRESS IN OLD SOUTH
mhicallv demonstrate what is tw, ottoanr-P nf initial their Dride. locked the front college without adequate high
eondHionTAhtbi foremost in their minds. Along classes is essential, but in the doors and entered ignominously school training, such a situation
and Yigor." John Dewey. T ,. ; - . the same line is the "we won't oniniori of most people an at- through the rear. Amateur plum- is particularly deplorable. The
fight" attitude disclosed at the tempt to make them in the face bers put their faith in the gods group is aware of the difficulties
University of West Virginia, of risk to some hundred lives and turned every valve in sight under these circumstances of
The highly-systematized business administration in South build- Thirty-two students were selec- does not quite balance with com- hoping vainly that the flood from meeting the standards in higher
ing has caught some of the Old Guard olf balance and caused, not ted at random and asked if they mon sense. How would the Uni- the rumed pipes would stop, colleges and universities. Be-
friction particularly, but some misunderstanding as to the motives would serve in the army in the versity like to hold memorial Most of the men who spent the cause the sufficient preparation
and purposes of Lu B. Rogerson's new administration. event Jthat war was declared the services f6r that number of stu- recent holidays in fraternity is not offered in local high
Curiously enough, many of the consolidationalists who are op- next day. Nineteen of the 32 dents just because they tried to houses have emerged from the schools, a number of boys and
enly espousing the cause for a bigger and better University set- students said that they would get here under unsafe conditions orde&l with very pronounced girls will be unable to meet the
up have taken issue with the new mechanism on the grounds that not go to a foreign country to instead of being just one day ldeas on tne weatner ana wnn entrance requirements of col-
there is too much red tane and too much system for this ancient fight. Six of the 19 stated that
and honorable institution of higher learning. they would not go to war under
But the business administration has been granted the freedom any conditions. The remaining
to operate as it sees fif, on the most efficient and effective business 13 qualified their answers - by
basis. And this opportunity has not gone unnoticed. With a smal- saying that they would be -the
orfeator task, the new business administration has first to defend the country in
late?
In writing this, I am not do-
greatly enlarged vocabularies of leges which they wish to attend.
unprintable words.
ing it just in behalf of those University Teachers
on my bus, but all those students
who have a; genuine -excuse for
beiner late, and surest that
0 ,
accomplished twice the results, has completely re-organized on an case of invasion by a foreign Mr Hut,bands reconsider his
efficient, check-and-balance basis, has brought into play agencies country. Ten of the students U . decision Qf probation for
representing the student body, has abolished xaise proni-ana-ioss questioned said tney would go xo those students.
sheets in the various units, and set about to operate as a single or- war if they were drafted and FLETCHER W. FERGUSON
ganization with decentralhzed units rather than as a top-neavy, in- one said that he would enlist.
efficient, multi-headed animal. Z T" PODESTA PLAYS WELL
m.t : will navp 'an the TTniversitv's lonff-run admin- . IN GOTHAM NET EVENT
v - - . . students are using their college
istration; remains to be seen. It should, m our opinion, brighten I - . f nr.
the University's chances in the legislative appropriations , situa
tion. It will undoubtedly better student and administration rela
Attend Georgia Meet
Four Faculty Members go to Political
Science Gathering in Atlanta
Professors K. C. Frazer, W. S.
Northern students can as a
rule adjust themselves to scho
lastic requirements in college
more easily than can the south-r
I erners, because the former have
been provided .with a better
background in secondary schools
If even the southern accredited
T 1 T TT7 J T I
dexiKins, u. w..raer u standards are not met by local
"W JJ . 1
itooson auenoeu xne annual
meetings of the Southern Politi
cal Science Association and the
American Political Science As-
tions-through alert and sympathetic attention to student needs.
It will be one of the very few redeeming features of the consoli
dation progress, if any progress is made at all. In short, it is what
the University has needed for years.
On the other hand, it seems inevitable that someday the new
t j i j j . i: zv ,x.M!'i. 4-qt4qi in Vi a
mecnanizea uusmess auiiuiusuauun wxu oexxive xi,,x a u xi, -Poof
form of some of the Old Guard who will find themselves being LP'"S " WlU be lhe fefrl
communities, boys and girls af
fected will be at a further dis
advantage : handicapped by faul
ty preparation at the very be
ginning of a college career ! The
high school graduates who can
not continue their training get
the worst end of the situation.
They do not have the oppor-
libraries now as in 1925. . .Ac- Carolina's tennis stock receiv- sociation in Atlanta, Ga., during
cording to the University Daily ed a decided boom when Gerry the holidays.
Kansan, The tront page of a rodesta, treshman tennis champ, froi. Frazer presided over a
Hearst newspaper looks like an went through the quarter finals round-table section discussing!
announcement that all Hell has of the Junior National Tennis problems connected with neutra-
i
hvnVnr Iaaod " TTqwtq1 Tioo I PTinmninncVnTva in "WttOT lifir nnrl rqti pf inn s TTp wsiq fiTftn
started a course for stammer- York during the Christmas holi- chairman of the Southern Asso- tunity t0 supplement their in-
arcs' VoiTiofiAYi Twn rr I fn v.Q Kp-frirp omin or Hnwn tn Hp- I piflfmn'a mmmiftPA nn Hinr "Rri-
ucation for the. past year. After ueriveu OI etiuai
" xr, T TTnVioY-alorl ov,rl iinoH it fVialVnc vonnrf rMi Viq itty-V fV.,a uvttiiwgco vviwi UUici xx6"
made cogs in a big wheel instead of an officer of no little import- .. '. fnnwiOT1t pnta LnrnwiUfoo 1,0 a ciof school students in the country.
V I III lll I 4 I II III I III II - 1 X1M1X1 UXX W AVkJ rf VwwVIWI I uullllllA U tV UXX IkJLIWVjXUl U XA W J UVA1
ance. If this University is to keep going forward, if its traditions 1 - -rr U -w fim e.Ji niolf. ,f11Q fi,Q oM Taking North Carolina as an
of 140-odd years are to be maintained in the light Of the greater
I of Illinois. . .Proprietors of the to show up the seeded players to continue the activities of the
the
ux jcaiB rtlc uc xxxxxxxuCU xxx .xxC xxSxx. vx vxx. , . d e. th 1Qth -ankin committoe under his leadershin example again, wny nave
demands upon colleges and universities of today and tomorrow, it rr::: :Z--nUnf the to. Snorts for mother W, ."secondary schools been dropped
ifn-ii..i xi j irT- li irNVirf 1 cto wugtc iui' xicvvxxi uicuscu. uic 1 1
io occuTiTiQ 1 inur ma tipot Miirnin k rx 1 inn wnii'fi iiix 1 i i i-i i iiiiiinr 1 1
is essential that the new administration which has cleaned house
at home and made it possible to do unheard-of things on a smaller
budget be maintained and fostered as it has now begun.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Acuities with their studies has some of. the major players.
heon esnhliaW Qf 1ia ' ttthVai. Before going, down, Podesta
With the coming of Prof essor Oliver K Comwell to the Umver- f v . AnT.jiT10. n took a set from Mattmann, the
sity.this fall extensive improvements were instituted in the fresh- physical education department Yictor- Podesta was the only en-
man pnysicai euucawun iiiugiam. xxieoe imugca ami pi nxxax au gtatistics from several univer?i- try aDle 10 acmeve inis ieat.
-- J 31 !J 1 1 1 I Xun An AU. nf.,J . i I
provitung more inuwiuuaiizea pnysicaj trammg ior txcu B.uuCut , . . ,, . oto ..
:ZwTl v varsity wrestling
" I x.1 j?x j l j- n mi-
irom xne accreauea list: ine
i cSLUUrailL OUL OI DOUnuS IOri xxwxo nuui vx. niv jlivt xi. v-. jj. xwuouu wao ctcttcu . .
students. . .A free tutorial bu- York papers dubbed him as the corresponding secretary low salaries paid local teachers
rpflii tn aid a'iiiripnta Iiavitio- rtif- dark horse when he defeated treasurer of the Southern Poll
tical Science Association.
but. two especially significant alterations have been made which
have put an end to the traditional student opposition to the re-
In the first place, the requisite gymnasium course was expand-
eu xrom a luauieu prugram.ui uuiuu-ucn iswmgiug , ojisrem Birds
encouraged individual participation, under supervision, m sports
that interest the students. Secondly, to the freshman program has
been added a course in hygiene, designed to instruct men in the
rudiments of healthy living.
Encouragement of individual participation in seasonal sports,
shorter terms below the mini
mum, and large classes necessi
tated by. employing fewer in-
nay-lancers reriorm structors are reasons why a
The Play-Likers, dramatic or- number of schools do not meet
ganization at the Woman's Col- the requirements. With the state
lege of the University of North appropriation as it stands, towns
Carolina, presented "Ladies of cannot maintain their former
the Jury," a three-act comedy by
Evins Not In School
Mat prospects for the coming Frpr1 of nv t
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were receuuy leciurea on now season lOOK ratner gloomy at pi r f vr r , .
o CApaxxvx-A.n rruii nll HT -P 4-1. x. i.. i n j:jx t I , w,
-pl vuuege xvxdxi j-xuxxi - tne I prcociiL. Kjniy caiiumaiiCs nave
system oi T:ja nni t?; xt.Ix j 1, jx j
xjixua aim x loirco. . .xxuxxui LUineu uul iui uic vdioitj aijuau
systems of some kind or another to date and many of the berths
exist in about 20 per cent of do not have any candidates
American colleges and.universi- whatsoever.
ties. . .Repeatedly, between the Sim F.fland. 165-noundejr. who
ages of 17 and 24, Napoleon captained last year's team, was
Continued on last page")
in confusion.
natoafl n-f mmiirino' ovorv'ftno r tnlro ri-iTrVVoll awinonnor Vioc I . .... . . tdpw
- tried to batter down the gates the only man lost through grad-
popmanzea tne iresnman gymnasmm program tremenaousy ine rf ufe fame, oniy to retire
uation. However, two of last
Bigiuxxaiicc: 1,111a step, jiuwtvci, lies m uie aciiemc ux uciyiug
men become proficient in athletics that interest them, sports they
can cuiixuiue wuuugiiuut. nxc. . , using a zipper on an opera
As for the hygiene course, it is undoubtedly the most worth- tion is no longer a gag. Dr.
whilei. addition made to the new curriculum this year. Morris Fishbein, editor of the
' . We Would like to see Prof essor Cornwell's program of instruct-. Journal of the American Medi- tas calisthenics, and condition
ing students in personal hygiene broadened further in the Uni- cal Association, has revealed He stressed the fact that
versity curriculum, and spread from this institution to the high that the use of an ordinary zip- the' team must be in better shape
schools of the state, Further interest in the health courses would per to permit the opening and jf they hope to defeat the strong
he assured here at tne university it academic credit were given closing ot an incision ior day-by-
for satisfactory work in the physical education classes. Then, per- day surgical treatment of a can
haps the upperclassmen, who have not had the opportunity to cer in the stomach was being
take the course, might become interested. carried out.
year's letterman have failed to
show up for practice.
Coach Quinlan devoted the
wrestling session yesterday to
giving instructions on f undamen-
State club next Saturday.
PATRONIZE OUR
ADVERTISERS
Tom Evins, the University's
only three-letter athlete, Jason
of the Order of Golden Fleece,
and Phi Beta Kappa man, will
not be in school during the
winter quarter, which will leave
a big gap in the Tar Heels'
wrestling line-up;
Evins needs only one quarter
of academic work to graduate,
and will remain in Oxford, his
home, until the spring quarter,
when he will return to school.
He will work during the winter
months in the tobacco business.
The star football tackle will be
on hand to comnete with 1
track team during the snrmV
competition. Evins is Southern!
Conference shot put champion. 1
The
Club
SERVES THOSE WHO
WANT WHOLESOME
- FOOD
We Emphasize
Cleanliness