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ARE COLLEGE SPORTS BEING
v ' PROFESSIONALIZED?
I *9“
-The Iconoclast, a publication by stu
dents- of-the .University of Georgia, has
{ created a Sensation in college circles with
the following statement:
“At a time when . the institution is
j ©fcgroaniug for more fundi ’ the patriotic
I ajumni come to the rescue with 'scholar
-4 ships’ of free tuition and S4O a montlr.
With tl\ese scholarships, athletes come to
J afcCOllege for four years. They go to school
II ’fevery now and then but that is more or
- less of a formality. The athlete is well
I, .cjjiaid for his trouble, enjoys the prestige
I;| gos the ‘G’, has co-eds seek his company
8: . and in c arious ways enjoys himself. That
he is anything but professional can be de-
K nied by some. Such action has made of
If school patriotism a mockery and delirs
fs ~Ion.."
In other words. The Iconoclast says
professionalism pervades its college
sports, a statement that the general pub
#: has long since believed to be a fact,
and a fact that is to be deplored,
if. Discussing this matter the Winston-
I. Salem Journal says:
“Sports have a rightful place in col
| lege life. They may be said to be a ne
fc cessity in this day, but there is no room
; t for professionalism in college ranks. It
| may be that the faculties of our colleges
r’ and universities are not conversant with
ly this practice. Certainly the public is
li willing to give them the benefit of the
t. doubt, but The Iconoclast is bold enough
to intimate that hired men are playing
: under the disguise of bona fide students
and, as the paper declares, are being paid
I , a salary.
Ij '■! “The Journal does not know' that this
| condition prevails among the North Car
! olina colleges and universities. It cer
• tainly hopes not. But if there is any
S|- trace of this corruption in our colleges
the sooner the cause is removed the bet
ter it will be, especially for the state-sup-
H ported institutions."
By fThey don't call the pay ‘salaries" in
\ | many of the institutions but it's a fact
By. just the same that athletes in many col
leges are getting money for their services
v some of them are attending schools
■: «:in North Carolina. In fact, the practice
H' become so general in some States
jsi ® thjjt alumni make no effort to hide it.
The colleges, as we understand it, do
■I 'not pay the athletes but the alumni see
that everything is fixed all right. The
w athlete gets a job such as sweeping a dor
mitory or firing a furnace or something
that line, and is paid for that work,
H which as a rule he does not do. lie doesn’t
EC 4&#t his money for playing in the strict
■Pipjtsc of the word, hut he ’s paid just the
Rg- same.
y TEXAS PREPARES FOR ANOTHER
■gtr COTTON CROP.
■Bp'v Cotton planting season is beginning in
RgjS^Fexas—the state that raised so much cot-
EO&n last s'eason that prices broke to, pro-.
Wfyi duction costs. Reports received by a cot-
E ton trade paper from various points over
Texas do, indicate that any vast
amount bf acreage reduction will be made,
p In come sections the probable acreage rc
■«ftiba as estimated by tlie correspond.-
‘ runs up to as high as 20 to 25 per
: Bfecent.; in.others it is said that it will be
' If very little, if any.
* which indicates that the farmers
gfe I *i,‘<
. of Texas are getting ready for another
. large crop. They are going to plant the
acreage and the results, of course, will
’ depend on weather and insects to a cer
| tain extent. Cotton can be produced with
i less expense in Texas than in this part
! of this world, so the log prices prevail
. ing for the 1926 cotton crop has not made
so much difference to the Texas farmer.
He is satisfied pretty well and is going
■ back with another huge crop this year.]
>; All of which should make our farmers
slow to plant another big crop. We can’t
compete with the Texas farmers on cot
ton prices. The reports from Texas, in
I fact, should encourage us to restrict our
| cotton acreage and produce as high a
' quality of cotton as possible on what
' ground we do devote to that purpose, and
i employ the rest of the land as best we can
'■ toward the production of farm income in
other ways. Texas produces cotton on a
quantity basis. Since it costs us more
here we must compete by raising a bet
ter quality. Cotton consumption is in
creasing by leaps and bounds, due prob
ably to the low price. February spinners’
figures in America are considerably ahead
t of those for last year. This will help to
dispose of some of the surplus and is like
ly to create a better premium next fall
for cotton of higher quality.
DID THEY KNOW WHAT THEY
WERE DOING?
We wonder how many members of
the Legislature really knew they were
putting an additional fifty cent tax on the
people of the State when they passed the
law requiring the registration cards of
auto owners to he displayed at all times
on the cars. The law requires that a
holder, to be supplied by the State at a
cost of 50 cents, be placed on each car to
hold the card.
There is no need for such a law in this
State and somebody was asleep when
such a law was passed. Auto owners are
glad to pay the State license tax; they do
not complain about the gasoline tax; and
they are willing to have their cars regis
tered at a nominal cost, in the belief that
these things are essential, but there is
complaint and just complaint, about the
new law.
It looks from here like some manufac
turer, with a keen eye for business, put
something over on the people of the State.
It is reported that the card holders are
manufactured by only one business con
cern. Naturally this concern will get the
business and the profits.
We have not seen so far any explana
tion of the law aside from the benefits to
be derived by the manufacturer. Just
what good will the law be to the auto
owner?
Fifty cents is fifty cents and >t makes
people dissatisfied when they are made
to spend even such a small sum for some
thing that is not needed. The chances are
about half of the people .will disregard
the law until forced to do otherwise and
the cost of enforcement will be an addi
tional cost to the State.
The Republicans met at Greensboro
and showed their preference for the vari
ous candidates seeking appointment to
federal jobs created with the new middle
district in the State. There was no offic
ial vote on the judgeship race but it was
indicated that the State executive com
mittee is strong for Johnson J. Hayes.
H. S. Williams, of Concord, was not the
choice of the committee for the district
attorneyship, but just the same friends
of the Concord man have not given up
the fight for him. lie received only three
votes from the committee against more
than 20 cast for, Mr. Gavin, of Sanford,
and against nine cast for Mr. Hall, of
Winston-Salem. Results of the confer
ence will be forwarded to the President,
no doubt, so that he will know the mind
of the committeemen when he goes to
make the appointments. He insists that
there is no hurry about the work and that
he may not make the appointments until
Congress meets in December.
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Hickory Record.
A prominent business director, writing in Suc
cess magazine, sets forth the following reasons
why he will not hire a college graduate. It is
a stiff blow to education but the best remedy for
the situation is to know- the facts, which, in muny
instances, are all too true. Listen to these reusons
for discrimination against graduates:
“Because of their naive notions about business
—or their prejudices against the business world.
"1 teen use of their laziness, irregular hours, de
sires for much time off, and their casual attitude
toward their work.
“Because of their constant desire for undeserved
raises in snlary in order to maintain the false
standards of life they learned at college when they
lived, on thgir father's money or bluffed their way,
or went into debt.
“Because of their lack of ability to think, to
make reasoned and practical deductions.
“Because of their pJeasnre-lorlng habits, fostered
, at college, which seriously interfere with their
tackling a job in nn earnest manner.
“Because of their unwillingness to start work
at a salary-that they> are worth. j u
' “Kecaude of their'tendency tb'R-uVe as soyu as
a little more molieyi is offered them! In’other
. words because of no sense of apprenticeship and of
jprowtli by decrees on merit.”
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A' tabby eat in a Vancouver, British Columbia,
zoo is serving as fonter mother to three young
wolves, a dispatch says. Modern parents uuder
-1 stand the Paso Times.
THE CONCORIS DAILY TRIBUNE
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r A SITUATION FAR FROM NORMAL.
- Greensboro Newrs.
1 Sixty bank failures in Florida lead the New
. York Times to reflect that, “the most intereeUag
conclusion from the course of localized banking
1 difficulties is that they do not bring the consequence
t which they would once probably have had in the
general field of banking.” Which is to' say that
no matter how many banks suspend in Florida
; the remainder of the country, and particularly
the banking system, will not be hurt. Florida hail
in the middle of last year 30 per cent more separate
> banking institutions than New York, although
New York state had a population nearly ten times
. as large. Most of the Florida banks were small.
’ were not members of the federal reserve, had
t struggled with inflation and deflation and wferc
. tied with a heavy proportion of real estate loans
at a time when real estate was not moving.,
1 Furthermore, for the conntTy as a whole:
r the bank failures in the United
States during the twelve-month ending last June
1 show, first, that the average capital of the 94ti
t suspended institutions was about $34,000; second.
I that more than one-third of them did business in
places of less than 500 population and that only
1 177 out of 046 were in towns with more than
1 2.500; third, that 785 of them were not members
of the federal reserve.
1 In brief, that the difficulty has been with small
: state banks, and more particularly with small
state bank in sections which have undergone heavy
economic pressure, as in the northwest several
' years ago and as In Florida now. The larger
. banks do not suspend, except so rarely as to prove
. the rule: and the sections which have not under
gone such changes as have been evident in the
1 northwest and in Florido do not know the meaning
( of difficulty, except again so rarely as not to have
any bearing on the general situation. For these
' improvements the prosperous condition of the
country and the strength of the federal reserve
system are eited as primary causes.
The rules are axiomatic. It is extremely difficult
for a bank not to reflect the condition and
of the section and people it serves. It suspends
because its section aud people suspend. But it
cannot disturb the general banking situation as it
. could have in other days. It cannot even disturb
the serenity of mind of the public. Nor does the
evident hysteria of depositors in the Palm Beach
section in recent days affect the rule. There is
abundant evidence that the state of mind there
: is far from normal. The picture of a hundred or
: so negroes lining up in front of the postoffice to
withdraw their postal savings because they had
heard the United States was going broke is not
so greatly different from the earlier picture of the
white people in front of state banks.
THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER.
Winston-Salem Journal.
Wlmt is the rightful function of the home paper
in progressive community life?
This is n question of far reaching importance,
yet it is doubtful if in the mind of the average
[>erson it receives due thought.
lu his recent book, “Newspaper Management,"
Frank Thayer discusses this interesting subject
and draws the conclusion that unless u newspaper
performs certain functions in community life it
cannot be called a truly successful publication in
contrast to the weak newspaper which bows to‘the
whims of the group and factious which see only
their own selfish interests.
Instead of analyzing the uewspa]ier factor in
our civic life we are apt to take it as matter'of
course. It gathers the news of the world, arranges
it in concise readable form and places it on our
doorstep at an almost negligible cost to the reader. !
It probably represents more value at less cost
than any other commodity. Day in and day out,
rain or shine, hot or cold it does this. Henoe
through its dependency and efficiency its real place
of importance in rafl life may be unconsciously
subordinated in the public mind.
The newspaper does more than just tell
readers what is going on in the world. Through
its features, pictures and cartoons, it provides enj
tertainiuent. It voices opinions on timely and
vital topics of the day and through its advertising
columns aids in the economic distribution of mer
chandise from the shelves of local merchants tjj,,
consumers. These vital community services are
accepted, though in* always appreciated.
But the newspaper does even more than these
things. Tlie income or business progress of the
1 community depends upon certain legitimate and
wholesome enterprises. Were it not for these en
terprises there would be community retrogression.
The newspaper is the constant watchdog of the
■ community's interests to prevent any backward
movement. At the first indication of impending
danger to community interest it sounds the alarm.
In the complexity of business and present-day
1 government, prejudiced viewpoints may warp real
bodies. It is the business of the local newspaper
( news and distort seemingly important issues pend
ing before government commissions and legislative
‘ to separate the true from the false; to work fo#
, the entire community -so tfmt the interests of
legitimate business concerns and individual citizens
’ may be protected aud their status and growth as
sured and fostered.
THE BIG MEDICAL SCHOOL
t Durham Herald.
The general statements made by Dr. Wilbur C.
' Davison, recently chosen dean of the medical college
) at Duke university, concerning the plans for that
, college are of more than ordinary interest, not
only to Durham people, but throughout the country,
: Dr. Davison was here the first of this weak looking
over tlie situation and going over the plans for tlie
P medical college, and while here was a guest of
‘ the Rotary club at its weekly luncheon, at which
- time he outlined some the general plans for the
medical department of Duke. Dr. Davison is re
j cognized as one of the country's greatest lenders
1 in the science of medicine. He has been acting as
j dean of John Hopkins before being elected to the
position as dean of tl*e Duke medical school.
1 Dr. Davison announced that the medical school
t would be ready to open in the early fall of l'.tJtt,,
] a little more than two years off. When considera
tion is given to the tremendous task that is ahead,
the announcement of the time set for the opening
indicates that the work is to be rushed with all
possible speed.
Dr. Davisou has been given u free hand in plan
ning for the medical school. He was told to maka
- it the “best school" of its kind in the country.
f With his recognized ability aud with ample fund*
$ at his disposal, he will do that.
r Those who were fortunate enough to meet Dr.
; Davison were impressed with his iiersotiality, and
< are confident that the officials of Duke university
made uo mistake when they, of nil the men in this
< country, selected him to head up the medical school
. and carry out Mr. Duke’s expressed wish that the
- school be made, not as good as the best, but the
» best in the entire country.
1 “THE PEOPLE ELECTED ME.”
?
r Stanly News-Herald,
, If Stanly County ever hud a representative in
the General Assembly who made a big bit with the
? large, majority of the voters, both Democratic aud
Republican, thut man is Luther Boat, the repress
i etitutive who refused to be "used." Boat sounded
r his sentiment pretty thoroughly at the committee
hearing when he told a committeeman who pro
t posed thut he leave the matters of disputeJietnefn
him and Senator Smith l.vtfth i-Jkinjil'oiT
» “The - People of Stanly Uoiirtty eWfcfiptl ’jiae to N
r present them here tin it is up to me to do it,
f quit mid go home." That's the kiwi of representa
tive the people ought to stand by, for one useh is
not fount! just any day.
! Wc now begin to learn why so many women
; bobbed their hair. It was to wear transformations.
—Grand Rapids Press.
I THE FUMBLE-FIST
v J By WICKES WAMBOLDT
8 j Some persons have a very unfor
* tuntte way of expressing themselves.
* ; Such a person cannot open his mouth
1 < without putting his foot in It. He
* may start out with the "beat inten
'. j tiona in the world to something
1 ■ courteous or mollifying, and instead
f I get the situation all snarled up.
D For instance, the other day a man
r! was discharged for being what his
j employer considered impertinent. The
i man had not intended to be impudent.
s IHe did hot realise that he had been
! impudent, Actually he did not uu
j derstand what the difficulty was all
(i j about.
e In his perplexity and distress he
[j: went', to his employer’s wife to see if
I she wouldn't help him get his job
i back.
r’ "I believe,’' sahl the employer’s
i | wife, "that if you will go to my hus
s | band and tell him you are sorry and
! that you didn’t intend to be rude he
1 ; will take you back aud give you an-
I other chance. Where you made your
’ ! mistake," she* said byway of en
' J lightenment, "was in talking to him
r ' at all about the matter until he had
■ j gotten over being angry with you.”
So the man went back to see his
? j employer. On the way he revolved
[j in his mnid very carefully all the
j! thing,< his employer’s wife had said
;i to him. Hat in hand, he ushered
; i himself into the present of his erst
j while boss and spoke thus:
"I am sorry me and you can't get
‘ I along better. I p'n see uow if I
, had just kept out of your way until
. you got over your passion, we wouldn’t
. have had no trouble.” And the last
\ stnte of that man was worse than his
, first state.
i That fellow's attempt to square hiin
i self reminds me of a young man who
!j appeared at a party in an intoxicated
' condition. When he asked one of
11 the girls to dance with him she intlig
i nantly refused, because, she told him.
Ihe had been driuking. (That was a
■ | generation ago). Whereupon the re
! jeeted youth, became peeved, aud told
the young lady where to go.
i With a bright spot on each cheek
jand a blase in each eye, the girl
, sought out her brother who was also
at the party, and told him what had
happened. AVhereupon the brother
promptly called the offender into the
yard and promised faithfully to pound
him into n juiey pulp unless he apolo
gized immediately. Tile culprit said
he was very “shorr.v” he had been so
ungentlemauly and that he would go
and beg the young lady's pardon right
away. So the party of the first part
went in and hunted up the party of
the second part and in great humility
said this to her: "Miss Sally, I have
just had a talk with your brother out
in the yard. And it's aw-right. You
j needn't go where I told you to go.”
Pictures on the Clouds.
’! New York. March 10.—Successful
j experiments in projecting pictures on
the clouds, recently carried out at
Jena, Germany, may result in the sky
being used as a giant advertisement
board. By menus of this invention
pictures may be thrown, giant-size, on
the clouds, and during the recent ex
periments pictures came out with
great dear ness. It is thought that
in the near future it will be possible
to show moving pictures in this way.
Which is something for the motion
picture theatre proprietors to think
about.
Seek Sleuth For Slayer Instead Os
Golf Players.
j Cheraw, .March 17.—The following
message was wired to Governor Rich
ards today:
‘‘The citizens of Cheraw wonder if
it is more important to keep Detective
Rogers hanging around Camden to
catch a few golfers or to send him here
to solve the McDonald murder.
“THE CITIZEN'S OF CHERAW.”
Frigidaire
Low Prices
Size for size, capacity for ca
pacity, dcllar for dollar; in fact
on any basis of comparison,
Frigidaire is the lowest price
electric refrigerator on the mar
ket.
There are more Frigidaires
in use than all other electric
refrigerators combined.
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to.
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