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Humphrey, Jr. Jesse Lewis : - -Managing Editor EBusiness Manager .Circulation Manager Editorial Board Voit Gilmore, Tom Stanback, DeWitt Barnett, Walter Eeeman, Ray mond Lowery. .'. Reporters Morris Rosenberg, Jim McAden, Carroll McGaughey, Jesse Reese, Bill Rhodes Weaver, Donald Bishop, Miss Louise Jordan. Columnists Laffitte Howard, Miss Luey Jane Hunter, Adrian Spies, Elbert Hutton Technical Staff Cm Editor: Charles Barrett. Assistant: Miss Carroll Costello. Nrws Editors: Martin Harmon, Ed Rankin, Bill Snider. Night Spobts 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, Sam Green. , . Cub Reporters Louis Harris, Miss Doris Goerch, Miss Dorothy Coble, Jimmy Dumbell, Miss Jo Jones, Arthur Dixon, Charles Gerald, Fred Brown, Tom Dekker. Sports Staff Editor: Shelley Eolfe. Reporters: William L Beerman, Leonard Lobred, Billy Weil, Richard Morris, Jerry Stoff, Frank Goldsmith, Jim Vawter, Eoy Popkin. . Assistant Circulation Manager: Larry Ferling. Business Staff 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. Assistant Office Manager: Bob Lerner. Local Advertising Assistants: Bob Sears, Alvin Patter son Jrv Fleish man, Floyd Whitney, Warren Bernstein, Bill Brunner, Tom Nash, Mor ton Ulman, Floyd Whitney. Office Staff: Mary Peyton Hover, Phil Haigh, L. J. Schefnman, Bill Sterin, Charles Cunningham, James Garland, Jack Holland, Mary Ann Koonce, Lan Donnell, Dave Pearlman. NEWS: BILL SNIDEE For This Issue: SPOETS: GENE WILLIAMS o The Political Platform The entrance of a new candidate, Bill Pearson, into the race for the presidency of the student body on a "periodic purge", platform is a denial of the right of political parties to elect candidates rather than to nominate them. The forces of Mr. Pearson, pitted against the combined strength of both the powerful University and Student parties, must necessarily be energetic and highly organized. t For example, in announcing his candidacy for office Pear son has issued a general statement pledging himself to the "complete eradication of inefficiency and corruption in cam pus government." Although his pledge is weak, both because of its generality and idealism, he has adopted for the first time in several student generations a platform, and thereby raises the annual camus political battle to a newer and high er lever wherein the voter can cast his ballott for a candidate on the basis of the principles for which the candidate stands, as well as on the basis of his personality and the factions by which he is supported. . The purposes of campus politics in the past often have been to the exclusion of the purpose to which they are dedi cated, namely, the advancement of collective campus govern- -men Ballots have usually been cast on the basis of the candidate's personality and party. Whereas these two con siderations should not be neglected, they must be subordinat ed to the more significant question, "What will the candidate be able to produce in office?" N And index to what the candidate will produce in office can be learned through a formal statement of his intentions ex pressed by a publicly announced platform. If Jim Davis, as the unanimous choice of the parties, an swers the platform of his opponent, if hidden issues are brought to the foreground and treated specifically, ballot casters in this Spring's election can direct their attention to the candidate as a bearer of responsibility as well as a poli tical chess-man. v ' o Lowell of Harvard "Experience has proved, and probably no one would now deny, that knowledge can advance, or at least can advance most rapidly, only by means of an unfettered search for truth on the part of those who devote their lives to seeking it in their respective fields, and by complete freedom in importing to their pupils the truth they have found." Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, President Emeritus of Harvard University. f By RAY LOWERY 1 OBSEBVATTONS: The proprietor of the Tavern who, when you dont have sales tax, says, Torgeet it, kid'' . . Dr. Graham holding a songbook before his eyes in church Sunday but finding it hard to get out any words ... College folks viewing (and buying) valentines in Ledbetter- Pickard's . . . Bicycles on campus walks, send you tripping out into the grass until they've passed . . . btudents putting slugs m village nickelodeons ... A. Eeid Sarrat and wife searching furiously for faces they knew when in school here twe years ago. VILLAGE VIGNETTE: He had his home town steady down for mid winters, and the two of them were having lunch in a local delicatessen . . Conversation had drowned out all memory of Emily Post waTiws . . . He reached his dessert sometime be fore she had downld her potatoes and proceeded to attack it . . . Not until he'd finished the last forkful did he realize he was a dish ahead of his companion ... But always hav ing possessed the ability to get him self out of a tight spot, he turned to her and said, "I hope you didn't mind me eating my dessert before you were ready, but, you see, I always eat two desserts and -I had to start on one of them early in the meal 'in order to be able to eat one of them with you . . . Then he signaled the waiter and ordered some ice cream. TAE HEEL BALLAD : There's a student here who keeps abreast of all outstanding articles appearing in na tional periodicals by reading them from the newsstand of a village drug store . . . Authorities never assailed him for reading their publications un til one day last December .when he chanced to be thumbing through ,a Christmas copy of Esquire ... And if you've ever tried to read a Christ mas copy of Esquire standing you know how tired your arms become holding it up . . . The refreshment booths were empty that day, so the student sdt down in one, letting the table support the weight of the maga zine . . . Just why he'd not thought of sitting down ; years before, he doesn't know ... But then, maybe he'd never tried to read a Christmas copy of Esquire standing up . . . After a while the proprietor came over and told him he musn't read sitting down . .". "But it's darn difficult holding a magazine of this size up very long," he contended v . . "It's our rule, though," the proprietor said ... "It's a silly rule," said the student, ; . . "But," he added, "if it's your rule, it's your rule. Ill promise never to sit down while reading one of your magazines again not even a Christ mas copy of Equire." CAMPUS CONFUCIUS SAY: Some make mistake of thinking sta dium, placeto pitch woo whett really place to pitch ball . . . Wise coed who on week-end paint pan red rather than village . . . Longest way back from neighboring castle unfor tunately best lighted . . . Prof f s who lecture class to sleep should have fi nesse to awake same at end of hour . . . College man with car in position to go far ... Bottle guzzler, like house finished when plastered . . .' Piccolo in "Y" lounge keep from land of nod those on third deck who wish to go. Letters To The Editor Over 100 Words Subject to Cutting O CAMPUS POLITICS To the editor: Dear Sir: The present political situation on the campus has become quite discon certing. The political parties obvious ly are not functioning for democratic, effectual politics. One of the parties must either consider itself very weak or else the rising senior class must be quite deteriorated. The recent (endorse ment by both political parties was very sad. . Our democratic process is cer tainly not working when both of our political .parties put up the same man for President of the Student Party. And how utterly ridiculous both par ties seemed in their mad scramble to profess that each had nominated Davis first! . The recent action of the parties de nied the students the right to deter mine whether Davis is the logical man. And action of this sort it to be con demned. The campus should clamor for the right of a more selective and democratic, method-of electing its presi dent, especially to protect itself from similar action in the future. And if the two parties can not be at least dem ocratic and campus conscious, at min imum we should be allowed to witness the competitive spirit of clean, signi ficant, political battles. By such, at any rate, there would be an incentive to maintain the calibre of our per sonel. Pearson has seized upon the afore said circumstances as a fine pretex for his own victory' But at least he gives us the privilege of a choice. Many now feel that both parties are doing a per nicious job of combing the classes and have shown considerable disgust. Such facts hinder a popular election. We should demand more effective func tioning of the parties, and I believe such a matter is for the student legis lature to act upon. There should be a certain regulation of our party system. The parties require a little more dig- nit. I believe that the legislature should lay down certain regulations, similar to these: (1) Parties should be given a leg al status. (2) The legislature should fix the date for nominating conventions (or meetings, whatever we call them) (3) j There should be rotation of these conventions so that no party would monopolize first choices. (4) There should be a time set dur ing which the nominee accepts or re jects his nomination., (5) No candidate" should be allow ed to accept the nomination of more than one party. (6) . For a man to run on an inde pendent ticket he must submit a peti tion to the legislature with a certain number of signatures (say 30) affix ed to demonstrate himself as a candi date for an office' is not a mere whim of his own. , Sincerely yours, Henry Nigrelli BIRTHDAYS TODAY Please call by the ticket office of the Carolina theater for a com' plimentary pass.) ' Taylor, H. E. Tomlinson, W.E. Upchurch, M. C. Valentine, M. E. Vaughan, W. D. Watkins, E. W. Howard, D. A. . Huske, J. S. Jr. Joyner, Ed. C. ' Middleton, W. N. Myers, L. H. -Pope, R. H. , Griffith, P. S. ' Daniel, A. F. Snider, W. D. ' 4 ' Boss Hill States Intention To Run (Continued from first page), season coming on, I haven't time to think of politics," Winborne stated. This afternoon he and his hunting mate, the Boss, will take the field for the last time in search of wild gob blers. "- - ' "If it's run right and looked after, it's a good thing, don't you think, huh? But, if you have a man in office just to get his picture printed and let the job be run like it's been run, then it's a bad thing, don't you think, huh?" NO PLATFORM Boss has no plaftorm. He has been urged by some of the boys at Delta Psi, Zeta Psi, SAE, and other fra ternities, to take a dip in the political swimming hole. He has patched up weak spots all along his political fence, the Boss declares, and he sees victory ahead or "at least a good time running." The candidate was not quizzed on whether he might have his eye on the student body post as a stepping stone to the mayoralty, governorship or some bigger job.'Bijt, in no uncertain terms, he told the world he's a Demo crat. "I've been a Democrat ..'.all my life and the strongest you've ever seen," was his indication that he will con tinue to go down the line. It was un known yesterday whether he will use his party loyalty to enlist the support of the Jim Farley machine or to seek a Eoosevelt purge. (Since Hill is not a student, he of course cannot have his name on the ballot, but observers concede he will poll a heavy write-in vote.) .Cecil B. DeMille and Ambassador Josephus Daniels were born in the same house in Washington, N. C. v A VALENTINE By BILL RHODES WEAVER Since this is Valentine ... a few gifts should be sent ... . to some of those we represent ... a large pink bow to Sanford Stein ... the coeds prayer of love divine ... an ice cream cone to blithesome Arey ... a gooey cream puff to Lucy Cary ... & soft week-end to" Wiley Smith ... to Dr. Harland a pretty garland . . . and a funny tale that's not a myth ... a pale pink heart to Mr. Creedy . . . and a sweet little verse to Yackety Yack's Tweedy . . . a violet to Jose phine Jones ... and a curse on those who roll those bones ... a new pro gram for Bob Magill ... a wreath of laurel to the beneficient Hill . . . for giving dough to foot the bill . . . another one to Bowman Gray . . , a vote of thanks to the Kenan pay to Dr. Frank a bit more freedom . . . for freshman girls to us who needum ... a thousand errs to Miss Costello . . . proofreading's hard on this poor fellow ... a publicity stunt for Mayor Foushee ... to make them know our fair citee ... a shot in the dark for Doris Goerch ... an all-day sucker for the Presby church . . . a LIBERAL thought to editor Merrill ... an apple cart to a certain fat gerril (if Ogden Nash can be so free . . . Why cant we) . . . a fine, hot time for Studie Ficklin ... a Mickey Finn to Britt and his ticklin ... a bag of votes to Pearson's trial . . . mayhap hell get 'em with that smile ... Jimmy Davis has a five-ace hand . . . and Boss Hill holds a new derby plan . . . for Mr. Bishop a pinch of salt . . . and to Dr. Booker a bit o' malt . . . for Mr. Joyner a sup o' tea . . . and a world of news to set him free a large yellow rose to Dorothy Coble ... and a huge bouquet to Miss Alice Noble . . . a lending hand to Dr. Mackie . . . and to McCachren a verse that's whackie ... to Coach Wolf an applauding paw . . . and to Miss Gid dens a sweltering thaw ... a ready made column for Leffitte . . . and a toast to Tempe, who's really neat . . to one football hero a bit of dust . . . a recent tilt should make him bust . . . Politics will soon, begin . . . and a much straighter way for other men . . . a swan song to all the anti Derry's . . . encores campus bands which have the berries . . finest one of all the bunch ... is not a man, so take the hunch . . . she sings a song we love to hear ... I won't tell a soul, now, my dear . . . a softer seat to poised V. G. . . . a cosy hole for congenial C. P. . to Ham a better thought today . . . E. C. and he MAY be okay ... to redhead. Lou a sweet thought, too . . . and to G. B. T. a yarn that's new . . . and true . . . to tonight's open forum ... we've heard of worse in Dorum . . . and to all of you this little verse: if your heart she's tossed a cue . . . don't give up but try anew ... roses are red and violets are blue . . . aw, shecks .. . you know just what to do ... so do it . . . - Frat Engage In Many Activities ( Continued from first page ) TEP and Kappa Sigma also have this system. Two guests were given a banquet at the ATO house last week. Stewart Daniels, national head of the frater nity, and Lew Riggs, star third base- SAE.has instituted the "big broth man for the Cincinnatti Reds baseball team, were the two men so honored. Both looked over the new arrangment of study charts for the freshmen and commented favorably on its applica tion. The Deke house is now in the midst of a drive to clean up records and to edit an alumni magazine. . To encourage the pledges to study harder, Pi Kappa Alpha has donated a plaque to be awarded to the outstand ing freshman in the house. The Sigma Nu's have been working on a project to transform the sewage disposal plant on the side of their house into a terrace Feeling the need of a dining hall, SAE has rented a boarding house in which meals are being served on a co operative basis. Each Wednesday evening, TEP has a guest speaker, followed by an onen forum discussion. Many : faculty no tables are among the group that have spoken. Pearson Picks Campaign Manager (Continued from first page) not the individual misnco n-f bility but rather the continued viola- Mwu i lunuameniai principals of stu dent democracy. Pearson continued in his statement published Saturday to say that once in a while the campus bestirs itself to conduct a purge and succeeds in ridding itself of an unwelcome burden. He further pledged himself to the com plete eradication of inefficiency and corruption in campus government. School District Sends Letter (Continued from first page) well be construed as a declaratic- v the Legislature of the state tha f not particularly interested ia ' ing the conditions under which't labor who voluntary assume res- bility for teaching our children PROBLEM "Here is a problem which tie resentatives of the people, indoor the children, of North Carolira" face in the light both of the possib! ties and of their own sense of the rieeT of the younger generation and of the ideals for the future of the state. "Extraneous consideration shcdj not be brought in, but we beiJeVu is not out of place to direct attentioa to the fact that a possibly negative cr seemingly indifferent attitude cf tie General Assembly with respect to the pay of school teachers may actually & far to counterbalance whatever efforts are made to advertise North Carolina as a state in which to rear children. balance based upon continued sacrifice of elementary and secondary educat ion, a balance upon the backs of the children, is not one to support a Terr keen sense of pride." The communication went on to state that "we recognize the difficulties which that committee and the General Assembly as a whole have to face and the fiscal problems they have to solve in connection with all the numerous and worthy public services which re quire financial support. Nevertheless, we are fully convinced that the services of no other agency of the State can compared in significance with those rendered by our public schools. In a democracy, at least, the education and protection of the rising generations inevitably ranks first among the re sponsibilities of the state. "What is the precise situation now? During all the recent years of depress ion the schools of North Carolina have been made to encounter more difficul ties in adjustment to their responsibi lities and their resourses than in any other time of economic dislocation in the history of the public school system. "It is, we believe, a generally recog nized fact that the budget of the State in 1933 was balanced by administra tive savings, the greater part of which was derived from the salaries of teach ers and other provisions for the public schools. It was this burden imposed primarily upon the backs of schools and school teachers that enabled the Gov ernor and the Council of State faith fully .to meet the interest-payments upon estate bonds and even to sell new bonds in the financial markets. "In general the loyalty of the edu cational workers of North Carolina during these lean years, their interest and devotion to their most important tasks, their trust in the community they serve constitute most impressive manifestations of patience and pat riotism as well as of fidelity to their responsibilities to the children and to the state. . In . the clear light of recent history, the teachers of North Caro lina deserve more consideration than they seem now to be receiving." Art Department To Exhibit Movie (Continued from first page) natural surroundings, and provide a setting hygienically and organically suited to the animal, against which the animal's natural characteristics, its shape, color, and movement may be best displayed to the public. The penguin pool at the London zoo, which is shown in the movie, best illustrates this new theory. A low wall surrounds an oval pool along the edge of which are steps and ramps up which the penguins walk to dive in the pool or sun themselves. The whole structure is of concrete. Also shown in the picture are the giraffe houses, which are made of woven strips of wood, brick, and glass. The giraffe enters the houses through narrow doors at each end. On each door is a measuring rod to mark the height of the giraffe.' The gorillas are better protected than other animals, because of their susceptibility to human diseases, to winter they are kept behind glass walls, which are opened in summer when the danger of disease lessens, to the film the gorillas are shown at play on bars and trapeze wires. Also included in the movie are scenes taken in the elephant houses showing the elephants being fed. Photography Annual To Give Alaska Trip ( Continued from first page) what college photographers are doingr and to act as standard by which edi tors of year books and photographers may judge their shots and obtain ideas for unusual feature pictures The competition closes on May 31 1939, and all accepted pictures will be included in the 1940 College Camera Annual. (
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