THE TAR HEEL
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
BOARD OF EDITORS
O. W. Hyman,
Editor-in-OIi'f
ASS(K:iATK KDI'tOKK
A. Lasi.ky Jk.
L. N. Tayloh
N. S. PU'MMER V
. F.
V. II. Wol.FK, - -
Oy. Thompson
V. T. Joy nk
L.N.MOKOAN
L. A. Buown
I. Barkkk.
... . Businoss Manager
AnsiHtant Buhuiohs Manner
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.'tic Association.
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The athletic association has ap
pointed a committee to consider the
advisability of making- the election of
the assistant editor and the as
sistant business manager of the Tar
Heel a matter of choice by the general
athletic association and not of appoint
ment by the editor and the business
manager of the Tar Heel respectively.
This has beendone on the contention
that the association has not enough
power in appointing' the editors of the
paper and the managers.
Speaking from the standpoint of
the editor we would like to make a
few remarks. In the, first place it is
rlaimed that the athletic association
ought to choose the assistant rather
than the editor. Why? Asa matter
nf rnrivpnienre for US we ' would be
glad for the association to choose this
assistant this year. However we be
lieve such a choice would not be for
the best interests ot the paper, it is
contended that the editor virtually ap
points his successor when lie appoints
his assistant. It is true that when an
editor appoints his assistant he gives
that assistant an advantage over what
ever competitors he may-have by-' giv:
ing a great deal of experience. How
ever the athletic association always
has it in its power to reject the assis
tant. The final choice is always with
the association. If the assistant has
not made good he may easily be re
jected. The assistant simply gets the
advantage of more experience.
Which is better qualified to choost
this assistant editor the former editor
or the general association? As we
see it, no man in college can be so
deeply interested in the Tar Heel as
the editor of it. No one can better
know what qualities are needed in an
editor. No one will seek so diligently
to find the proper man for the place.
Then whv not let mm choose ins as-
. s
sistant? The chief objection wc be
lieve is that there is such a chance for
personal considerations to play the
ruling part. Is there a better chance
for this in the editor's making the
choice or in the athletic association's
making the choice? As a general
rule the editor ot the I ar iieei is
neither n fool nor unnrincinled. He
generally has sense enough to know
the best man for the place and prin
ciple enough to appoint , him. When
a man becomes editor of the Tar Heel
he has always had a year's experience
in the work of the Tar Heel. He
knows other members of the editing
board and he knows which are the
most promising Practically no good
men fail to get a chance to become
members of the Tar Heel board. As the
man then who knows more of the in
side facts and who is most deeply in
terested in the welfare of the paper
why should not the editor appoint ; his
assistant?
On the other hand suppose the gen
eral association elect the assistants
Three fourths of the voters have not
spent so much as a half an hour in
thinking about who is best suited for
the place. Furthermore they do not
know what is required of a man to
make a good editor. Then how can
their selection be a good one? Vot-
ting in ignorance as they are, the man
who is most popular will get the job.
No more injurious thing could happen
to the paper. As you choose a base
ball player because he cm play ball so
must you choose an editor because he
is a journalist. . Popularity has., never
yet wiitten editorials. Again , the ac
tion of the association is always the
thought of a day or two at best. The
editor makes his choice after a- year's
meditation and search.
To sum the case up the facts pre
sent themselves to us in the following
ight. The editor is the best prepar-,
:d man to make the choice. The
choice of the general athletic associa
tion must practically rest upon the
popularity of the candidate. The only
objection that can arise is that the
editor is ruled by personal motives.
We believe this criticism cannot be
made of the editors as a rule Practi
cally every editor has principle enoug
and backbone enough to choose im
partially. Then the proper, man tc
appoint the assistant is the editor.
The athletic association always has
the real power of election. This, it
seems, is safeguard sufficient.
We make these remarks thru no
personal motives. The choice of an
assistant by the association would be
a temporary convenience for us, but
we believe it would be : dangerous to
the welfare of the Tar Heel as a work
ing principle. :
Now tha-t the new engines are run
ning well at the power house and
some order has been regained out of
the chaos of the first of the year can
we not possibly have thebenefit
of three or four 16 candle, power
lamps judiciously scattered about
among the buildings of the university?
We speak with authority when we say
that the third floor of the south build
ing is as dark at seven o'clock as the
blackest dells wf Battle's Park ever
gets to be at midnight. Those migh
ty rafters that line the walls of the
passage on this same third floor have
edges or corners as keen as the blades
of some knives- and as hard as many a
rock. And 'tis unpleasant to run full
tilt into one of these posts when one is
not prepared for such a contingency.
And the president of the Y. M. C. A.
has been heard to swear a mighty
"Land of Goshen" when such an ac
cident happened to him. Then just a
little light please thrown into dark
places.
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