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0 PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAB TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1933 FTEEJ Cfje Batlp Car ieel The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union 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 at Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $3.00 for the college year. Business and editorial offices: 204-207 Graham Memorial Telephones: news, 4351; editorial, 8641; business, 4356; night 6906 circulation, 6476. Allen MerrilL Will G. Arey- Clen S. Humphrey, Jr. Jesse Lewi3. L. Editorial Board Voit Gilmore, Tom Stanback, DeWitt Barnett, Walter Kleeman, Frank Holeman, Raymond Lowery. Reporters Morris Rosenberg, Jim McAden, Carroll McGaughey, Jesse Reese, Bill Rhodes Weaver, Donald Bishop, Miss Louise Jordan. Columnists Lafitte Howard, Miss Lucy Jane Hunter, Adrian Spies, Ben Dixon, John Rankin. - Technical Staff ( Cm Editor: Charles Barrett. News Editors : Martin Harmon, Ed Rankin, Bill Snider. Night Sports Editors: Fred Cazel, Gene Williams, Rush Hamrick. Associate News Editors: Edward Prizer, Ben Roebuck, Bob Barber. Feature Board Miss Gladys Best Tripp, Sanford Stein, Louis Connor, Larry Lerner. ' Cub Reporters Louis Harris, Miss Doris Goerch, Miss Dorothy Coble, Jimmy Dumbell, Miss Jo Jones, Arthur Dixon, Charles Gerald, Fred Brown, Tom Dekker. Elbert Button. Sports Staff Editor: Shelley Rolfe. Reporters: William L. Beerman, Leonard Lobred, Billy Weil, Richard Mprris, Jerry Stoff Frank Goldsmith, Jim Vawter. Assistant Circulation Manager: Business Staff v Local Advertising Managers: Bert Halperin, Bill Ogburn, Ned Ham ilton. Durham Advertising Manager: Gilly Nicholson. Durham Representative: Andrew Gennett. Office Managers: Stuart Ficklen, Jim Schleifer. Local Advertising Assistants: Bob Sears, Alvin Patterson, Marshall Effron, Warren Bernstein, Bill Bruner.Tom Nash, Morton Ulman. Office Staffs Mary Peyton Hover, Phil Haigh, L. J. Scheinman, Bill Stern, Charles Cunningham, Bob Lerner, James Garland, Jack Holland, Roger Hitchins, Mary Ann Koonce. For This NEWS: BILL SNIDER o Readmission For The Individual A letter to the editor from Mr. Charles Lerche, of the graduate school, which appeared in Saturday morning's paper raises in a clear manner the "whole question of the place of extra-curricular activities in the college scheme of things." -. . Mr. Lerche refers to the recently publicized judgments of the Readmissions board, who closed the doors of the Univer sity to several men prominent in campus activities ; he points out that there should be no discrimination by the board in favor of extra-curricular men because of what Professor Woodhouse called "outstanding ability." ' , Without considering the merits of individual cases, Mr. Lerche certainly makes a valid point deserving recognition when he asserts that "Life is a matter of choosing between competing values " but he presents an incomplete picture of the situation when he tacitly admits the strength of the very rules which he is asking the Readmissions board to uphold. While the recent purge of extra-curricular men brings up the question of overemphasis on outside activities in the Uni versity, at the same time the spotlight is thrown on the set of rules in the catalogue under which the Readmissions board operated during its last session. From the members of the board itself come two opposite views expressed by Dean T. J. Wilson who feels that "The Readmissions board leans over backwards in its fairness to students," and Dean F. F. Bradshaw, who emphasizes "the necessity of approaching every problem of education from the point of view of the student his needs, interests, and abilities in contrast to the institutional point of view of re quirements, courses, departmental interests, and faculty regulations." In defense of Mr. Wilson's point of view, Dean Carroll's practical statement in defense of rules is appropriate: "We're trying to carry on education in the far from ideal way. Mass education operating on a lack of money makes an undesirable amount of routine requirement necessary if the institution is to preserve any kind of academic standard at all." But the only defense for an abundance of rules, as Mr. Car roll points out, is that they are an evil but a necessary evil. For example, the rules governing readmission of students exist to preserve the University's academic standing. It can never be claimed, however, that the ten-hour minimum regu lation as a blanket rule put in force always acts in the name of "higher academic standards," any more than grades are always an accurate index of what a student learns, outside and in class, during a quarter's work. So the ever-present and eminent danger of an abundance of routine rules especially when they are enacted to govern the learning process is that it is so easy to make them an end in themselves rather than a means to that end. Whereas Dean Carroll can defend rules on a practical basis, it must never be forgotten that the individual student is the end that the educational process must have in view and . not the rules that were made for his benefit. -Editor -Managing Editor .Business Manager .Circulation Manager Larry Ferling. Issue: SPORTS: GENE WILLIAMS To Tell The Truth By Adsian Spies Ludwig Lewisohn had dinner at our house several nights ago. He is an outstanding man of letters, and all of the boys knew it, and jumbled nervous ly for politely intelligent words. But the man sat in easy familiarity, throw ing occasional slang at us. Seated around him, we forgot our humble satellite roles to be charmed by his facile tongue introduced to the per sonal, humor side of literary splen dor. The conversation wound its way to Hollywood. Lewisohn spoke freely of his contempt for its hash art, and for those writers who have become a part of it. This man who has written novels, criticisms dissertations, poetic and dramatic translations labeled such men as hopeless compromisers And although he admitted that a writer today must compromise to some extent if -he is to make a living, he said that only an insincere fraud could be content with the Hollywood standard of expression. The names of several rather outstanding writers now living in Hollywood were men tioned. Lewisohn had little use for any of them, and he spoke their names with unrestrainable contempt. Mentioning modern writers in gen eral, the man emphasized again this matter of compromise. Most of the best sellers, he said, had once written a good book and were spending the rest of their lives rewriting them. He condemned most of the work as sloppy, and as" lacking honest structure. And he intimated that the finest books of this day, like those of Thomas Mann, were written in languages other than English. We asked Lewisohn of those mod erns who violate most classical rules of prose. And he defined them as in teresting playthings with an occasion al paragraph worth reading. But he insisted that true art. is far more im portant than the fringes that enclose it, and that fine writing must be born of careful, restrained structure. "Take Man's 'Magic Mountain.' That is a book that is still powerful and com plete after all the word slop has been taken away. This is what counts, the architectural structure that the auth FROM ALL PARTS By WALTER To complete your education you should know the following from the Ohio State Lantern, "Socialism You have two cows; you give one to your neighbor. "Communism You have two cows; you give both to the government, and the government gives you the milk. "Fascism You keep the cows, give the milk to the government, and the government sells it back to you. "Nazism The government shoots you, and takes the. cows. "New. Dealism The government shoots one. cow, milks the other one, and pours the milk down the sewer." One of our dear little state papers came through with this bit of sweet ness and light: "Madame Secretary Perkins has come and gone from Chapel Hill, and from all accounts was very kindly in her remarks on this trip. This newspaper has heard noth ing to the contrary, but we do hope that all the members of that Southern community wore their shoes when they attended her lecture." However, we do take our shoes off the floor when we read that particular news paper. Carrying things too far: They have compulsory chapel attendance at Washington and Lee. And one day they found a cow chained to one of the chapel seats bearing this message: "I don't like religious chapel this is no bull." And neither is this. '. . And a bit of poetry: From the University (Tenn.) Echo, Lives there a student with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said "To heck with books I'm goin' to bed." And from the Wheel, Emory uni versity, Maid of Athens, ere we part, Keep or give me back my heart, 1 care not which What's been has been But lady, I DEMAND my pin. We're happy about the whole thing: Saturday afternoon is bath-time at the University of Alabama. It seems that more water is used there from 2 to 6 on that day than at any other time during the week. We wondered what happened to our editor yester day afternoon. We'd rather get it in the neck de or constructs to carry "his message." He leaned across to those of us who were planning to write. "This new slop is nice to play with. But when you have something to say that you think is significant, say it right." And by "right" the author may have meant the clear sometimes startling prose which is his own. Of all the . points which Ludwig Lewisohn offered in charming conver sation andfof course all of it was not literary I was impressed most by his references to artistic and moral in tegrity. He cautioned young writers against creating false characters and situations, or reposing their natural environments to write of some dreamy folk they had never known. "A writer must first be true to himself, and then to his people. And whether he realizes it or not, all of his characters will be about himself, and the people he has known and lived with." Lewisohn talked of himself, and of the love story which he is writing. He called it a pleasant interlude to the serious expression of a people which is his life's work. And it was strange to hear this aging man, whose life has been a struggle for honest ex pression of life currents, speak of a love tale and quote his title from Keats. "But it is only an interlude you know. I go back to my serious work next." Then the man spoke to young boys wanting to write. Boys who had reach ed no interludes, and who could boast of nothing but ambitions for an un certain future. He said that the life was difficult, and menaced by the temptation to cheap commercial com promise. And there was nothing to be said or advised. If you wanted to write badly enough, no other life would ever content you. If the way was cumber some and discouraging well, it was literature. And literature is a beauti ful expressive art. This then was the man of letters who has written of the life he has seen. Almost old now, with the disap pointments and disallusionments of vigorous living behind him, he speaks of the future. The future of himself and the young artists whom he coun cils to integrity. KLEEMAN partment: Richmond university prom figures end with the very nice custom of each man in it presenting his date 1 with a kiss, and we" think that it! would be very nice here. Another in novation we, favor is a kangaroo court such as the University of Iowa's. Nino Martini, the opera star, violated the Men's week code there by wearing a necktie, and walking with two coeds. His sentence, administered immedi ately, was to kiss both girls publicly. Start the petitions. Revolt of the upper clawsses: We hear that a few of the students at the University of Virginia were arrested the other day while peddling hand bills for the A. F. of L. in the midst of a silk mill controversy in Charlot tesville. What does this remind you of? " Arise, brethren! From the Oregon Barometer was plucked this notice : "All living organizations must get their social schedules in by Wednesday noon to the dean of women's office." . The height of something or other: Princeton university has received a grant from somewhere or another to finance, of all things, a study of the effects of Orson Welles' scary Mar tian broadcast. While we worry about having our tuition raised. Tryouts For New Plays To Be Today (Continued from first page) tall stories, by the name of Bill Teet ers offers a fine chance to the actor to do a characterization very reminis cent of the beloved Will Rogers. "Run away" provides a glimpse of a boys' reform school, and the author has told a poignant story with sympathy and understanding1. Sanford Stein's comedy, "If Life Could Be Like Noel Coward," offers a chance to the campus aspirants to the laurels of Lunt and Fontanne. The three characters, Tony, Stella and Roger attempt to work out an old problem in a Manhattan manner and provide a chance for smooth, drawing room comedy on the part of the cast. The plays will be presented Friday, January 27, at 7:30 in the theater. In previous productions four plays have been presented, but it has been decided that there will be only three plays on this bill to provide a longer period for audience discussion. Effects Of Tuition Raise (Continued from fast page) the average out-of-state student in universities throughout the nation pays 1136.50. COMPARISONS A study of the same statistics, tak en for the year 1934, disclosed that throughout the nation the average-instate student pays 30.9 per cent as much as the average resident student. At present University rates, the state student pays 42.9 per cent as much as the non-state student. Of the nation's 48 state universi ties, an even half have no tuition charge for resident students. Of the remaining 24 institutions, 13 have rates under the present fees at the University. Under the proposed increase, the University will charge out-of-state students higher rates than all but five of the nation's state universities. At present fees, twelve schools charge higher rates for non-residents than the University. HIGHEST RATES Schools which have- the highest rates for resident students are Ver mont, $300; Maine, Maryland, and New Hampshire, $150. University fees are now $75 for state students, $175 for out-of-state. Under the proposed bill, they would be $125 and $225, respectively. RALEIGH, Jan. 16. Alterations to the Advisory Budget commission's recommendations to increase annual tuition rates $50 per student were forecast by informed journalists and legislators, queried here during the week-end. Although a good many of the sena tors and representatives were home for the week-end those remaining in town -almost unanimously saw rough sledding ahead for the bill, as it now UNPOPULARITY The apparent unpopularity of the bill was attributed to two things; a flood of indignant letters from pa rents and students throughout the state protesting against the proposal, and the honest belief of many law makers that the higher education of resident North Carolina students would be seriously hindered if the recommendation is passed. Another factor, though unofficial, which newspapermen deemed impor tant was a persistent report that Governor Hoey would not push for adoption 'of the J bill Governor Hoey has not denied the report. Although it was agreed that a strong probability of alterations ex isted, opinions were slightly divergent as to what these alterations would be. Most of those interviewed believed one result would be an increased dif ferential between resident and out-of-state students. They pointed out that the state pays $197 a year for each student in the University, while non Tar Heel students pay only $100 more than state students. Therefore, they said, the state is now contributing $97 yearly to the higher education of each out-of-state student. REDUCE BUDGET Another suggestion was that the state would reduce its planned in creased budget for the general fund, or specific departments, in order to meet increased expenditures at the University without increasing tuition. Others pointed out that, since the University was planning on increasing its expenditures next year, these ex penditures might be cut some in order to prevent an increase in tuition. They quoted from the budget that at pres ent estimates the University will spend $2,103,302 next year, while in 1937-38, last year for which actual statistics are available, the University only spent $1,954,253. The difference between these fig ures is $149,049. The tuition increase would amount to $181,500. Thus the informants pointed out that, operat ing at the same expenditures as in 1937-38, without any increase in tui tion, only $32,451 need be added to the University's budget. They said the legislature would probably not balk much at increasing the appropriation to that extent, or raising out-of-state tuition to provide the amount. . ' Several Schools Ask For Debates (Continued from first page) will possibly be Porto Rica. Besides the tour the council will sponsor three or four debates this quarter. Some of the schools requesting de bates with the University are: Yale university, Princeton, William and Mary, Georgetown college, George town university, Atlanta Law school, Alabama Polytechnic institute, Johns Hopkins university, George Washing ton university, Washington and Lee, Boston university, Furman univer sity, Rhode Island State, NYU, Temple university, and West Vir ginia university. Dimmiek Represents Carolina At Centre Announcement was made yesterday of the appointment of Dr. Graham E. Dimmiek, University alumnus who is a member of the faculty of the Uni versity of Kentucky, to represett Carolina at the inauguration of Presi dent Robert Lee McLeod, Jr., of CeS. tre college January 20. Dr. Dimmiek is a native of Sanford and has a son enrolled in the fresh man class here. The elder Dinmicfc holds three degrees here, the A. B M. A., and Ph. D. He is a member of the Department of Psychology at Ken tucky. Widgery Addresses Community Club . Professor Alban G. Widgery of the Duke university philosophy depart ment, who was for several years a resident in India, spoke on "Painting in India from Early Times to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century" at the Community club meeting in the parish house recently. Before the talk, Professor Widgery conducted an exhibit of selected arti cles from his collection of several schools of Indian art. Numerous Petitions Flood Campus (Continued from first page) feet that the signers do not approve of the idea of devoting one dormitory entirely to first-year men. The rea son given for this was that the ex cessive noise created conditions which made it not only impossible to study, but also nearly impossible to sleep. About forty students signed the paper to be sent to Dean Spruill. The request to Hedy Lamarr to be come honorary house mother and sponsor was immediately endorsed by every man who saw it. The sponsors of this letter are planning to send it registered air mail to . Miss Lamarr and fervently hope she will reward them with at least an autographed photograph. WC APPLICATION The third proposal originating at Aycock, and one which has received most favorable attention, is a blanket application to the Registrar of Wom an's college in Greensboro. The let ter, addressed to the registrar, runs something like this: , "Due to the fact that it seems as- though there will soon be, Negroes attending the University of N. C. in Chapel Hill, we, students of Aycock dormitory, being true Southerners, feel that we cannot stand for the in sult to our pride and racial su periority so are hereby applying for admission to the Woman's college of the University beginning in the Spring quarter." The letter is signed by some 50 students. TUITION PETITION A petition being circulated in the vicinity of the YWCA during the last few days was a protest to the pro posed tuition raise by Governor Hoey. It was estimated that many hundreds of students had signed this bill and it will be used in the attack to be made on the proposal in the State legislature. Running jointly with this petition was the request for every student to write a letter to his repre sentative in the Senate or House pro testing against the proposed bill. A letter to the editor of the DAILY Tar Heel last week sought the thorough consideration of the read missions board of the University in granting John Creedy, editor of the Carolina Magazine, readmission to the University. This letter was signed by 25 students. YMCA To Sponsor Student-Faculty Day (Continued from first page) Carolina by YMCA deputation teams was announced by Charles Putzel, chairman of the deputation commit tee. Dunn, Fayetteville, New Bern, Wilmington and Durham are on the tentative list. The complete Junior-Senior YMCA program for the remainder of the winter quarter follows: PROGRAM January 23 The YWCA and three YMCA cabinets will meet informally at homes of the board of directors t have a "bull session" on "What a University Education Ought to Offer in the Way of Character Develop ment." January 30 The cabinet and YWCA will have a joint worship under leadership of Dr. George F. Thomas, the general subject to be "Christian Love." February 6 Blue Ridge rally, with all four cabinets participating. February 13, 20 and 27 All four cabinets, will separate into interest groups to prepare for the Human Re lations Institute.
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