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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
WEDNESDAY, MAHCH 1, i933
Cije Batlp Car t$zd
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For This Issue:
NEWS: BILL SNIDER
o The Fight For Progress f
Students from the state's secondary and higher education
al institutions will gather in Raleigh this afternoon to pro
test the "false economy" which some of the Legislature has
advocated by threatening a cut of appropriations to State edu
cation, public health and other agencies upon which the
future welfare and progress of North Carolina is dependent.
By a parade to the Capitol, an assembly at the Hugh Mor
son High School, we students expect to impress upon cer
tain "economists" in our Legislature a state-wide opinion
which demands that it be heard at this time. The passage
of an appropriation bill which will mean retogression for
North Carolina is imminent, and this student demonstration
seeks to deter that passage.
"Lobbying for education," wrote the Greensboro Daily
News yesterday, "is somebody's duty, and more power ... is
wished for those who undertake it ... In presenting their
cause, they are presenting the public cause, the democratic
cause ..."
It is with the conviction that the student protest today in
Raleigh will present "the public cause, the democratic cause"
that we make a vigorous attempt to prevent the crippling
by slashed .appropriations of North Carolina secondary and
higher education, public health and other institutions work
ing for the betterment of the State.
The average salary for secondary school teachers was
$849.56 per annum in 1929-30, less than that by $101.56 in
1936-37, in spite of the fact that in 1936-37, the teachers had
1.19 years more and better training than their 1929 predeces
sors. North' Carolina secondary school teachers now teach over
a thousand more students than they did in 1929; their teach
ing duties have increased with administrative duties. Now
they teach ten more days of school than they formerly did.
And yet, in 1936-37, their average salary, per teacher was
only $2.71 a day! The results of these handicaps has been
that good -North Carolina teachers have left their profession
as soon as possible for something financially, more feasible.
In Universities where students are given a choice of curri
culums, there has been an understandable tendency to avoid
secondary teacher's training. To cut further the teachers'
salaries would be to do serious harm to the profession and
to the state. As Dr. C.-A. Irwin, State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction wrote, ". . . only the best teachers can do the
: ..best teaching. Unless we make the profession . . . reasonably
attractive, financially, the best teachers will not be attracted
to the profession."
"Health is of such basic significance to the State and na
tion that it is vital in determining our economic independence
; or dependence, security or insecurity," writes Dr. Reynolds
of the State Public Health Bureau.
And yet, the appropriation bill provides for a $33,000 cut
in State health program ! State health has been improved. Will
it continue to improve, or will it decline because of lack of
financial support? "Syphilis is our greatest health problem
today. We have it on the 'run'. Is it wise to retreat?" said
Reynolds." We and the State say no; Twenty years ago, North
Carolina suffered with 1,000 small-pox cases. Today we have
none, because of the efforts of State Public Health agencies.
Since 1914, 1,900 child deaths from diarrhea and enteritis has
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SPORTS: RUSH HAMRICK
FROM ALL FART!
By WALTER
Nomination for something or other:
Ed Eseilonis, Colgate footballer who
went through the season uninjured,
then broke his hand when he fell out
of a double-deck bed . . . says he was
dreaming of rammin' the line for the
winning score ... Northwestern uni
versity has over $200,000 to build a
Hail And Beware
By HENRY NIGRELLI
Dr. Friedrich couldn't figure out
whether I was complimenting him or
insulting him when I said that he was
cute. Louise Jordan came to my assist
ance by saying that anything I said
could be taken as an insult. Miss Jor
dan is majoring in Psychology what
does one gain by doing such?
The janitors in Manly dormitory
had just recently bought an old Pon-
tiac The car required eight quarts of
oil and fifteen gallons of gas to reach
Raleigh. Said party have "junked" car.
.
The Student Council of Washington
university had three constitutions
which were marked by their ineptitude.
The Council decided to remedy the pre
vailing condition and appointed a com
mittee to combine the three constitu
tions into a workable one. The chair
man of the committee lost all three
constitutions while in the process of
changing residence. Says one of their
columnists: "A fine state of affairs!"
At any rate, Carolina has only one
constitution.
Influence of fog on weary brain:
She hadda data
He was lata
She got madda
He was sadda
Then the danca
And perchanca?
They got drunka.
Got in lata
No kiss for data
Couldn't sleepa
Counted sheepa
Next day quizza
Boy, gee whizza
Again the drunka.
"Gunga Din" which is coming to the
Carolina is tops in entertainment. Ac
tion, '-suspense, comedy galore don't
miss it.
Former secretary of state, Stimson,
was in Chapel Hill last week-end. The
Tar Heel was too busy to interview
him ... Letty Osbume has been seen
wearing a sweater with this inscrip
tion across her back: No Necking
Letty couldn't be serious . . . Estelle
and "Chuck" do "nicely" . . . many pro
fessors have been disgusted by some of
the comprehensives turned in . . . they
claimed they passed a good many be
cause they couldn't see the value in
keeping some of the students here any
longer . . . now they are waiting (with
axes) for some of these same students
to apply for master's . . . Miss Gammon
is walking again (hurrah for the red,
white, and blue) . . . Miss Sykes should
be a coed ... By the way, this campus
needs a dog catcher . . . Phyliss Camp
bell is recovering ... in Nottingham
when the "powers that are" were going
to "slash" appropriations' for the
schools, they kidnapped the mayor . . .
many lovers (or something) have been
seen on the steps of Howell . . . some of
them even sing . . . Harvard university
has allocated $250 for the purchase of
swing records . . . attention, somebody
. . Mrs. Dilling reports that there is
a Communist plot to detach the South
from the rest of the country and make
it into a Soviet State Long live the
iCzar! .
When in doubt, use a pencil.
declined to 687 in 1938, because of our State public health.
There are still many counties not served by Public Health
agencies. Are we going to cripple further prevention of disease
by crippling these agencies?
"Health is purchasable and cheap at the price," wrote
Reynolds, "but will the Legislature give up that purchasing
power?" -"
The cut in appropriations to the Greater University will
mean a serious impediment to its general growth. The morale
of its personnel who have been serving the State already
with a 6 per cent cut in a low normal salary will receive a ter
rible blow. While only $25,000 was spent last year for books
in contrast to $135,000 by a State private University, a cut
in funds will further reduce these necessary expenditures.
The appropriation bill grossly underestimates the Univer
sity's receipts from tuition fees etc. Can we depend on out-of-state
students attending the University and furnishing us
with their increased fees? It is seriously doubtful.
The health of the State and the continued progress of the
North Carolina of which we are now so proud depends on.
further investments in public education, public health and
welfare. The appropriations bill now before the Legislature
represents a regression which we must prevent.
KLEEMAN
new social center . . . this the profits
from 28 years of selling sandwiches
. . . we are very pleased to report that
Cornell now has a tiddlywinks team,
rah, rah ... and in the California
Daily Bruin we found this apetizing ad
for a double feature :
"THERE'S THAT WOMAN AGAIN"
"ARREST BULLDOG DRUMMOND"
Purdue's Exponent has kissing on
the brain, it seems. These were found
within a few days :
Request for a kiss :
Chi O Gives her fellow a look that
goes through him like a galvanic shock,
leans a little closer, and the work is
done.
Alpha Xi If you haven't been drink
ing, and promise not to drink any
more, IH let you press your lips to
mine, which, are as yet unprofaned by
a kiss.
Alpha Chi Pucker up your mug,
and let me copper it.
Theta How perfectly splendid it
would be if we were to indulge in a
little osculatory exercise.
Kappa Plaster me a good one right
under the snoot.
Pi Phi Well ? ? 1 1
Phi Mus They do all their talking
with their eyes. Anyone can under
stand them.
These comments, of course, represent
sororiteis at Purdue.
And this:
"To help a few of our English A
f rosh to study for finals, we offer these
hints on grammar:
A kiss is always a pronoun because
"she" stands for it.
It is masculine and feminine gender
mixed; therefore common.
It is a conjunction because it con
nects.
It is an interjection: at least, it
sounds like one.
It is plural because one calls for
another. It is singular because there is
nothing else like it.
It is a preposition because it governs
an objective "case."
However, it is not an adverb, be
cause it cannot be compared, but it is
a phase that expresses feeling."
That's enough for one column on this
subject.
THEY READ THE Daily Tar Heel:
Commented Citadel's Bulldog on the
proposal to abolish boxing "It might
be mentioned here the University
(Carolina) has been defeated in three
boxing meets out of four starts this
year which might, after all, have some
thing to do with it."
If we remember correctly, the scores
in the tournament were something like
this: Carolina 14, Citadel 8.
And with Gunga Din in town this
week we quote from the Daily Prince
tonian: ". . . And I know a trip to Hell's no
worse than gin.
Yes, Gin! Gin! Gin!
Mixed with lye and scotch and apple all
thrown in.
Though I got you down and stayed you,
By the wretched fiend who made you,
You're a better man than I am, Bath
tub Gin.
BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Please call by the ticket office
of the Carolina theater for a com
plimentary pass.) ;
Watts, W. A.
Howie, H. B.
Lackey, H. H., Jr.
Large, H. L.
Morgan, J. E.
Morgan, R. S.
Morrison, D. J.
Benton, H. P.
Adams Newspaper
Produces Dividends
(Continued from first page)
eau Newsletter" and is the private)
enterprise of Dr. Raymond Adams, of
the University English department.
According to Dr. Adams, the
"Newsletter," like Topsy, just grew.
"In 1935 I sent a few carbon copies
of a round-robin letter to half a dozen
of my friends who were particularly
interested in the writings of Henry
Thoreau, American author," he says.
ROUND-ROBIN
"Actually, as is often the case, I
owed a lot of people letters and
thought to kill half a dozen birds with
one round-robin.
"The idea pleased them, and some
of the half-dozen sent their letters to
other people interested in Thoreau,
and I got so many requests to con
tinue the scheme that next time I
enlarged the mailing list and mimeo
graphed the letter.
"The mailing list has continued to
enlarge. I still run off about four
mimeographed letters a year, and the
thing seems to have become the ac
cepted medium of exchange for biblio
graphical news about Thoreau. Noah
sent forth a dove and the flood sub
sided; I sent out a round-robin and
the flood began."
WIDE CIRCLE OF READERS
For years now the closely-typed,
large mimeographed sheet has been
carrying odd bits of Thoreau news to
an enlarging circle of scholars, col
lectors, and readers.
Sometimes its news is the mention
of some newspaper item about Con
cord or Walden Pond. Sometimes it
records new high prices for first edi
tions of Thoreau's books. Again there
will be a brief review of an essay or
a book about Thoreau; or there may
be a one-paragrah "essay" about !
variant bindings of rare Thoreau
books. Its method is most like that of
Christopher Morley's "Trade Winds"
in "The Saturday Review of Litera
ture." Mr. Morley is an admirer of
Thoreau and frequently quotes from
the Thoreau "Newsletters" in his de
partments in the "Saturday Review."
RAMSAY MacDONALD WAS FAN
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
received the publication until his
death. One of the lord justices of ap
peals of England has a long standing
interest in Thoreau.
In this country the president of the
General Education board, Raymond
Fosdick, is a Thoreau "fan," who
writes, "I keep 'Walden' on my bedside
stand as a sort of Bible for inspira
tional purposes."
Among other prominent people out
side of the academic world receiving
the "Newsletters" are a steel manu
facturer in Ohio, the editor of the
magazine "Banking," a New York
composer, an antiquarian on the Isle
of Jersey, an editorial writer on the
New York Sun, a silk manufacturer,
land a Massachusetts judge,
j PROFITABLE COLLECTION
How, then, can a periodical with
no subscription fee pay a profit? Not
in dollars, but in books. Now and then
a person who has been receiving the
"Newsletter" sends Dr. Adams an
obscure item of Thoreauana that
would not be heard of otherwise. For
example, a copy of an essay about
Thoreau of which but four copies were
printed, an autographed copy of a
new book, with a chapter on Thoreau,
a newspaper with an editorial or news
story, and on one occasion a whole
j box of duplicate copies of books from
a millionaire's library. All of these
are added to Dr. Adams's Thoreau
collection and go far toward maintain
ing on the Carolina campus the most
complete collection of Thoreauana in
the world.
YW-YMCA Groups
Organized Cabinet
(Continued from prst page)
The idea, which originated at Blue
Ridge, was presented to each local
association, places were located for
possible conferences and the attitudes
of the different administrations were
sounded out. At the meeting Sunday,
delegations from Duke university and
Greensboro college changed their once
dissenting vote and gave the organiza
tion of the inter-racial group unani
mous approval.
DELEGATES
One hundred and fifteen official
delegates attended the meeting. Kirby
Page, author, lecturer, and expert on
international affairs, spoke twice on
the general theme "Meaning and Ne
cessity of the Christian Choice."
The representatives had dinner in
the dining hall of NCCN and joined
m a community sing afterwards in the
Duke auditorium of the colleee. Dr.
Benjamin May, dean of the Howard
Theological seminary, spoke at the col
lege vesper service after which the
delegates were entertained at a tea in
the Home Economics department.
There are no proctors at Carolina.
THE FEBRUARY
CAROLINA
MAGAZINE
o
By WALTER KLEEMAN
The cover of the February Carolina
Magazine gives a realistic keynote for
the more serious and searching treat
ment within of a foremost Southern
problem the education of the Negro.
Typical among broader, more mod
erate views of the clearer thinkers
among Negro educators is the dis
cussion of the knotty problem se
forth by Dean James T. Taylor, of the
North Carolina College for Negroes.
Dean Taylor presents a consideration
remarkable both for its completeness
in a necessarily short space, and for
its reasonableness in a background cf
prejudice and injustice. Those who are
most concerned with the ultimate solu
tion of the complex situation would do
well to adopt a similar attitude.
While Taylor has merely presented
a discussion, Dr. Howard Odum, soci
ology head here, makes a definite case
for his selected solution, and W. T.
Couch, head of the University Press
assumes a negative attitude toward
one proposed method of dealing with
the difficulty.
Dr. Odum, after a rather lengthy
discussion of the background involved
in the Southern scene, proceeds to
outline a sort of omnibus program in
cluding "strengthening of the under
graduate Negro college," building up
"reasonable" graduate and profession
al instruction facilities, and coopera
tion of white professors from white
universities in the teaching of the
Negro. Dr. Odum's opinion is backed
by profuse experience and knowl
edge; it should carry weight.
On the other hand, Mr. Couch mere
ly expresses a belief that the admis
sion of Negroes to the this university
would be unwise in the light of South
ern folkways and culture, concerning
which he is particularly well-versed.
Rather bitter in its outspoken attack
on the "sumgness of the Southern
Mind" is Glenn Hutchinson's factual
analysis of the present situation in
Southern education. To me it was
rather an eye-opener. Read it; it is
interestingly well written, even if the
facts are not new to you, though they
probably are.
Nathaniel Dett, the eminent Negro
musician, contributes his view also,
this time rather as a challenge to the
sort of Liberal spirit he has seen the
University display at times, and as a
hope that Carolina will see the error
of its ways and display that same
sort of spirit once more. Some of the
incidents he describes may surprise
you, in view of the "lynching" episodes
and other recent occurences on the
campus.
If you have read the magazine thus
far, you have reached the division
point. Here the usual content ap
pears once more. By this time you
may read two poems by Jean Brab
ham; then again you may not have.
As you go on, youll find verse offer
ings by Adrian Spies, S. L. Roof, and
Pauli Murray the much-debated pros
pective student. For almost all of
them at least two bright yellow fog
lights are needed to pierce the haze,
especially Mr. Roof's offering. Per
haps we just didn't get it, but it looks
suspiciously like a part of trend ia
modern poetry to say as little as
possible in as confusing a way as pos
sible in the hope that someone will
find a meaning in it, or in the hope
that others, uncomprehending, will
call it art' because they are afraid to
take the chance of inviting ridicule
because they admit that they don't
comprehend.
Miss Murray has done a neat de
scriptive piece, Spies another char
acter sketch, rather confused, and
Miss Brabham's two offerings seem
on first glance to be rather well done
vignettes with a scattering of content
Head and shoulders above the oth
ers, Hugh Foss's short story, "Dust
on the Wind" provides an excellent
contrast to Adrian Spies' "The Wear
ing of the Red." Both have attempted
to attack a social problem, Foss, the
Negro, and Spies, the future of pro
testing youth. Foss with his finesse
and subtlety has concocted an inte
grated tale while Spies, using a rath
er obvious skeleton, tacks his serious
offerings onto it in full view, hitting
the reader full in the face with them
rather than letting them seep through
gradually.
Good plot, background, and descrip
tion characterize Allen Green'3 "De
coy of the Reich," a short story of the
new Germany, and Cecil Sanford con
tributes an excellent "bit of research
from his wide experience to complete
this month's magazine. Wait a min
utewe forgot to mention "Passage
to Somewhere," by Almon Barbour.
Maybe we shouldn't have anyhow.
The Foreign Policy association esti
mate's that 60 nations spent $17,600,
000,000 on naval and military prepa
rations in 1938.