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Page Four MAROON AND GOLD December m —SEE— THE COLLEGE STORE, —FOR— Cold Drinks, Confections, Kodak Supplies, Stationery And College Supplies J. H. FARMER, Manager A. D. Pate & Co. Iiargest Commercial Job Filntlng House In Alamance County Quality and Service Telephone 216 Corner Davis and Worth Streets, Burlington, North Carolina DR. FRANK E. GILLIAM DENTIST Over Eouse Jewery Store Telephone 992 Burlington, N. C. I Schiffman*s !J; Leading Jewelers, GREENSBORO >' Your Class Jewelery Gifts of The Kind That Make Giving A Pleasure DR. L. M. FOUSHEE Dentist BURLINGTON, N. 0. Office near Freeman Drug Oo. Phone 21 City Barber Shop Good Hair Cuts—Ladies Welcome HERITAGE AND BOWMAN, Prop. Main Street, Burlington, N. C. Merry Christmas and Good Health CHRISTMAS SEALS Get The Christmas Spirit Buy Seals and Help the Tuberculosis Sanatorium and the Elon Public Schools. Get them at the College Store, Post Office, and from Individual Sellers. ♦; >: Full Line of Clothing and * Gents’ Furnishings. GIVE US A CALL. I GOODMAN’S I HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES } >; Burlington, N. C. PROHIBiriON CmTICALLY VIEWED IN UmVERSITIES Editorial in “Tar Heel” Plainly Gives Mind of Student Editor. Eamiiie threatened husband—“I’ve had a hard day at the office dear, and I^m hungry as a bear, is dinner ready? Wife—-^'No love, I’m afraid we’ll have to gO to the restaurant tonight, IVe broken the can opener.^’ Considerable discussion has been go ing on recently in college circles re garding the enforcement of the prohi bition laws. Below are extracts from an editorial which appeared in the ‘Tar IFeel,on December 3: DRINKING AT THE UNIVERSITY Considerable drinking on the part of alumni and students seems, to* have fol lowed the Carolina-Virginia game and the use of intoxicants seems to have been pretty generally in order at the Thanksgiving dances. As an aftermath it is reported that the University, either through the Faculty or Student Council, is preparing to take drastic action’ to prevent its recurrence. The faculty mill grinds almost as j slowly as that of the gods and it will i probably be days and weeks before the student bo'dy will be able to as certain whether the official university is aroused, whether drastic action is to be taken, and what is to be tbe nature of such action if taken. It is generally thought that either wholesale dismis sals will follow, or that the threat of two years ago to abolish dances will bo carried out. The University community shoaild be unusually free of liquor. Having no underworld to deal with, the ferreting out of any bootlegger that might ap- I pear on the scene should be a com paratively easy matter. But as it is, liquor is bought and sold in broad day light both on the streets of Chapel Hill and on the University campus. So long as present conditions exist in Chapel Hill no boy should be ex pelled from the student body for be ing caught while intoxicated. The fault is not with the students. Every occa sion that brings alumni back to the Hill brings a copious supply of liquor and a copious amount of drinking. Men high in University circles, in state cir cles, in professional circles come here, drink, and serve as a pattern for the younger men. Convening of the state legislature in Raleigh means big busi ness for the bootleggers. Students have no precedent against drinking, and without such precedent, they, with due amount of youthfulness and a drop or two of North Carolina blueblood, find no harm in an occasional sip. Without doubt many consider it a more vital part of their “liberal” education to be able to carry their “licker” well than to learn that the Reform Bill of 1832 was at all significant. Without desiring to get too deep in hot water we must say that in view of present conditions, we would much prefer to see the University annul all acts prohibiting the sale and use of whiskey, instruct its chemistry depart ment to set up a distilling plant and sell more and better liquor to its. stu dents at loTver and more reasonable prices and save a lot of our father 8 money. The University should be influential enough, and important enough to war rant special attention from competent prohibition authorities. The flow of liquor into Chapel Hill can be checked, the lo'cal bootleggers are few and well- known. Then if students see fit to transport liquor into Chapel Hill they should be disciplined. But when a stu dent can go out and in a couple of hours have a quart of choice Orange County corn delivered to him almost at the old well, the blame for drinking at the University is due to' be laid on somebody else’s shoulder other than those of twenty-year-old students who are merely doing what the best people in their towns do. I I In “What the Colleges Are Doing,” published by Ginn and Company, we find the following: An Overworked Argument Answering a plea in “The Detroit Free Press” for a modification of the prohibition law, in order to “save the youth of the nation from its present peril,’’ The Michigan Daily says edi torially: “Granted that the greatest amount of drinking today is among the youth, and especially among college and uni versity men, there is every reason to believe that prohibition has not failed. “Ten years ago the streets of Ann Arbor were thronged every night with crowds of students ‘soused to the gun wales,’ returning' from the saloons where they had spent the evening. A man was not considered a good sport unless he went with the 'gang’ for a carousal at least three or four times a week. Men were almost forced to drink. “Today those who drink must go af ter their liquor and pay a high price for it as well. There is less liquor con sumed by fewer students, although those who do drink go to greater ex cess. Both professors and townspeople, w’ho have seen Ann Arbor before and since prohibition, say that there is not over one-tenth as much drinking today as before. “If the advocates of moderation, in cluding the Free Press, are taking their stand for the benefit of American youth, it is abo'ut time for them to .seek a new argument.” The following clippings from the Christian Science Monitor tell the same story: “Dr. Ray L. Wilbur, president of Stanford University, California, writes: * “Prohibition is the best tiling that has happened in recent years in this country. We have a certain percentage of students and perhaps a few of the f.-u’ulty who' are still in the playful stage of life and are amusing them selves by fretfully defying the law :with the delusion that they are deriv ing entertainment in the process. I itliink this is a passing phase, and that prohibition is here to stay and to suc ceed. ... * I “George B. Cutten, president of Col* gate University, New York, says ideals and jnoral life of young people are not lowered by prohibition. ‘I shudder to think,’ he adds, ‘what they might be if the saloons were in vogue during these restless days.' i “Emory W. Hunt, president of Buck- nell University, Pennsylvania, says of the attitude of students: ‘Their repre- ROJitative attitude more and more is in behalf of the enforcement of law. It is ceasing to be a matter of joke and is crystallizing to more serious convic tion.’ ” I % i Alma JVlater Eton College rM Morrison-Neese rurniture E18-120 West Market Street, GREENSBORO, N. C. 1 The Kind of Furniture That Make a Home a Home. A little girl lost herself and the traffiic officer was doing his best to find out w^ho she was and where she lived. “What is yoiir name?” ‘Hazel.” “What is your last namef” ‘ ‘ My name is Hazel. ’ ’ “Hazel what—what name comes af ter Hazel?” *'I—don’t know what it’ll be; I’m not married yet.”—Ex. ^ FBESHHEN, SOPHOMOBEfi, JUtnOBS, SENIOBS, ATHLETES Do You Know? The Stndentft* "HOW TO STUDY” i'Book of Practical Hints on the Technique of ESectlre Study &y WILLIAM ALLAN BEOOKS A QUn>B coatsiain^ hundreds of practical hints and short cuts in the economy of leArning, to aesist etudeats ia securing MAXIMUM SCHOLASTIC RESULTS at a minimam cost of time, len^rgy, and fatigue. ESPECIALLY BBCOIOCENDED for overworked students and athletes en gaged in extra earriciilain activities and for average and honor students who arc working for high scholastic achievement. Some of the Topics Covered ScientUlc Sborteata in Eff^cttre Study. Preparing for Bxamln*tioBS. Writing Good Exaaln«U«tt8. Braia and Dlgestl«a la Betation to Study. How to Take Iectar« and B«adlng Notes. Advantagaa and XHaad^aatages of Cramming. The Athlete and His Studies. Diet During Athletic Training. How to Study Modem Langoages. How to Study Science, Literature, etc. Why Go to College? After College, What? Developing Concentration and £f* flciency. etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc, Wliy You Need This Guide It is safe to say that failure to guide and direct study is the weak point in the whole educational machine.” Prof. G M Whipple, U. of Michigan. The successful men in college do not seem to be very happy. Most of them, especially the athletes are overworked.” Prof. H. S. Canby, Tale. Misdirected labor, though honest and well intentioned may lead to Qaught. Among the most important things for the studeut to learn is how to study. Without Imowledge of this his labor may be largely in vain.” Prof. G. F. Swain, M. I. T. “To students who have never learnt “How to Study,” work is very often a chastisement, a flagellation, and an insurperable obstacle to contentment.” Prof. A. Ingiis, Harrard. STUDY will show you how to avoid all misdirected effort. Get a good start and make this year a highly successful one by sending for this hand-book and gaide NOW. You Need This lutelligent Assistance CLIP AND MAIL TODAY. American Student Publishers, 22 West 43rd St., New York. Gentlemen: Please send me a copy of ‘‘How to Study” which I enclose $1.00 cosh; $1,10 check. Name Address ELLIS, STONE & CO. Dry Goodi^ lUadjr-To-Waai MUUnecy and SboM OREENSBOBO, K. O. DR. HENRY V. MURRAY DENTIST ,| BUBLTN-GTON, N. 0. Oae« Phons 604 Eesldenc* PW”
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