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Friday, February 22, 1924 Page Two THE TAR HEEL BIG MEETING OF COLLEGE COMIC ASPIRANTS HELD Great Enthusiasm Shown When Editors Discuss Plans With Candidates for Board $25 PRIZE FOR BEST NAME a in By L. A. Crowell Much enthusiasm and interest was shown in a meeting held last Tues day night in the music room in New West of a group of men interested in the new college comic that is be ing started here. The meeting was in response to the sending out of cards to a number of. men on the cam pus whom it was thought would be interested in starting and trying out for the board fo the new publica tion. The men included a large part of the Tar Heel, Carolina Magazine and the old Boll Weevil staffs, edi tors of the publications, several car toonists and campus leaders. Talks were made by the business manager and editor of the new comic and sev eral others. Charlie Gold and Earl Hartsell, who were chosen for business man ager, and editor, respectively, by the Publications Union Board last week, both made talks, in which they ex plained what has been done so far and talked about the plans which they have worked out for thG comic. These two were followed by several others who offered many helpful sug gestions and promises of hearty co operation. That the comic is to be., is at last settled thing. It was brought out the meeting that much headway has been made and that definite plans are under way to put out a corking good comic which will rank with the best in the south. At present, one of the greatest handicaps to it is the lack of a name. It has been definite ly decided that, due to the circum stances under which both the two former comics here, the Tar Baby and the Boll Weevil went under and the bad name which both of them got throughout the state, that neither of these names .would be satisfactory for this new enterprise. Therefore, i 40R nTivft Vi ci a Winn f ivci f n nnv. one who will suggest the best name for the comic. Circular letters have been sent out over the state to wom en's colleges, high schools and else where announcing this contest. The contest closes on February 3. The t business -manaerer and editor of the comic will decide at that time on the best name. If more than one person should suggest the same name, the person whose suggestion is first xeceived shall be given the prize. The others will receive a yearly subscrip tion 10 tne magazine, ine nam 2 is really a large part of any comic, and a great deal will have beet accomp--lished when one is decided upon. It has been decided that two issues will be put out this college year. The first issue is scheduled to appear about the 20th of April, and will probably be named the "Easter" is sue. All the copy for this issue will have to be in the hands of the editors not later than April 1st. Any student, of course, is eligible to sub mit copy for it. A $5 prize is to be given to the author of the best material that is published in the first issue. Good cartoonists are much in de mand for the comic. It was brought out that good cartoons are wanted more than anything else, and that," if possible, more cartoons than lit erary work will be put into the mag azine. Editor Hartsell stated that he would not keep all hints of "wine, women, and song" out of the comic, as he has been quoted as saying, but he did say that-"senseless drivel" would find no resting place in the pages of this new comic. A permanent board will not be chosen this year. At the end of the year the editorial board will be chos en by the editor on the basis of the quality of the work of each man and the energy and promise which he shows. Likewise. . The business staff will be chosen by the business mana ger. However, with each issue, a list of contributors will be published. It was suggested that the comic make it a policy to print the name or ini tials of the author at the end of each article etc., as it appears in the mag azine. This policy is followed by such noted comics as Life and Judge. In a college comic, this plan would Jiave the effect of greatly increas ing its interest. 'It was practical ly decided that this plan will be fol lowed. Both the business manager and the editor emphasized that on ly men who will work and who have ability will be placed on the staff, and that absolutely no partiality will be shown. The number of the f , -t f has not been definitely decided up on, but it will probably be about 13 or 20. TAR HEEL WILL BE THIRTY-ONE The Thirty-First Birthday the Tar Heel Comes Tomorrow of Tomorrow the Tar Heel will cele brate its thirty-first birthday. In memory of thb .founding of the paper in 1893, the Tar Heel comes from the press in a special eight-page edition. Nineteen end twenty-three has been a great year in its history and per haps the greatest since it was foun ded. Nineteen and twenty-three has seen the paper placed on a firm foot ing with a hundred per cent student subscription list behind it. Born In 1893 It was back in 1893, February, 23 to be exact, that the Tar Heel was born. For several years there had been a growing sentiment in favor of a news-sheet, but the football victory over Virginia in the fall of 1892 ser ved to crystallize this movement and early in the spring of 1893 the Tar Heel made its appearance. 230 Subscribers Then At that time the student body numbered 376 and of this number 230 were iwbscribers to this newly found ed paper, giving it the active support and backing of over sixty per cent of the students on the: campus. After the novelty of the paper had worn off and when it became firmly established as a campus institution, this high per centage of student subscribers stead ily decreased until in 1922 the paper approached its low-water mark with only about a fourth of the Carolina Mr. Isham King, of Durham, an alumus of the University, and a pr m inent business man of Durham, con nected with the printing firm of Christian and King, has generously offered to guarantee the publication of the magazine until it has been solidly established. He has proposed to publish the comic for the first six issues, at a greatly reduced cost, and if it should not be able to pay at the end of that time, the loss will be his. Next Sunday night Editor Hart sell will meet all the cartoonists who wish to go out for the comic at 7:30 m the "Y. The purpose of the meeting will be to arrange a cover for the first issue. . men taking the college. It was then that the Publications Union was formed and the students voted upon themselves a quarterly fee that made them subscribers not only to the Tar Heel but also to the Carolina Maga zine and the Yackety Yack. Football Staff On the Editorial Board of the first issue were the following men: Char les Baskersville, "Pete" Murphy, A. C. Ellis, W. P. Wooten, Perrin Busbee, J. Crawford Biggs, A. H. MeFadyan, many of whom are recognized by the present student body as being mem bers of Carolina's first football squad and of the "Wonder Team" of 1892. Rival Paper Starts Scarcely had a year passed before there sprung up a rival paper. The "Blue and White" appeared in March 1894 with the motto, "America means freedom and freedom means equality of opportunity." The paper was anti-fraternity and opposed the alleged domination of the campus and the Tar Heel by the fraternity and athletic clique. The paper was com posed mostly of reports of meetings of the "Shakespeare Club", articles on why the Literary Societies were on the decline, and vigorous denials that the paper was anti-fraternity. In 1895 it was merged with the Tar Heel. It is perhaps of interest to the present day students to find the name of T. J. Wilson on the Editor ial ' Board. ;'-.'''.' Becomes Semi-Weekly In 1920-21 the Tar Heel became a semi-weekly and since then has been one of the leaders in the field of Sou them College papers. On Jan. 1921, the paper adopted its present form and changed its appearance from that of a . "news-sheet to that of a " regular newspaper. The biggest advancement in the Tar Heel's history came in 1923 when the student body overwhelmingly voted in favor of the publication un ion plan by which the paper was to be put on a sound financial basis and every student was to be a subscriber. There is probably nothing more inr teresting than to go back over th? files of the Tar Heel and see the pa pers that our fathers issued. One of the most interesting specimen is a Tar Heel printed in blue ink, is- sued in celebration of Carolina's 6-2 victory over Virginia in 1898. The paper carried pen sketches of lead ing University players and has head- lines covering fully a quarter of the 1 . .. - ' - '' I "RUN RIGHT TO" button & Alderman DRUGGISTS The Santox Store ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY REGISTERED PHARMACIST We Are Headquarters For Hollingsworth And Norris Candies FOUNTAIN PENS CIGARS SODAS STATIONERY CIGARETTES MAGAZINES And When In (Durham "RUN RIGHT TO" Sutton's Main Street Pharmacy CORNER MAIN AND CHURCH STREETS DURHAM, N. C. The Rexall Store AGENTS FOR Whitman's Candies page which announces that "Caro lina's scientific football team had won over the superior weight and force of the Virginia team in the great est game ever played in the South." Dr. Connor Editor R. D. W. Connor, at present a mem ber of the University faculty, was the editor when the above paper was issued. Another story from one of Mr. Connor's papers follows: "Dippers Needed" "It is a very nice thing to drink out of a well bucket but when there are so many to drink, it would be a good deal better if we had about three dippers fastened to the well for the use of the public. If they are placed on or about the well it will only be a question of time when they will Snd a resting place on the bottDm of it. Then fasten a few to the curb and they will in all probability last longer." Below is a barber shop advertise ment that appeared at an earlier date: "A Wonderful Invention" "Zoology teaches that the hairs of the head are hollow, and contain oil that gives them life. In clipping the hair with scissors, this hollow is left open, and the hair loses its life-giving properties. I have a machine named the Singe ing Machine, which removes the hair and at the . same time closes up the hollow, causing the hair to retain its life-giving properties, and therefore stopping the hair from falling out or dying and giving it a sofe growth. Call and examine this machine and have your hair singed. Cutting done with equisite and ar tistic skill by a barber with 20 years experience. The Singeing Machine is highly recommended by scientists throughout the country. Very respectfully, T. D. DUNSTAN, Professor of Tonsorial Art." THE Y BUILDING IS OVERCROWDED The Building Now In Use Has Been Used for Past Fifteen Years BE A NEWSPAPER CORRE SPONDENT with the HE ACOCK plan and earn a good income while learning; we show you how; begin at once; all or spare time; experience unnecessary; no canvassing; send for larticulars. , Newswriters Training Bureau, Buffalo, N. Y. 6-15 "The Book Exchange the Y. M. C. A. has offices in this building." So ran the inscription placed by some wit beneath a picture of the Y. M. C. A. Building in the comic section of the Yackety-Yack. The witticism, as is often the case, is not far from the truth. Poor Old "Y" The building used by the Y. M. C. A. is the same as that in use fifteen years ago. The building has not changed, but the student body which it must serve has changed. It has long been wholly inadequate, and has long crippled the work of the Christ ian Association. The need for a new home has been painfully appar ent for a long time, and has now be come imperative. . The Remedy If a student is visited by his moth er or other homefolks, the only place on the campus provided for their en tertainment is the Y. M. C. A., but the parlors of the "Y" would be comic if they were not so tragic. There is no suitable place in the building for a reception room or for anything but a very shabby lounging room. The Graham Memorial will remedy that situation. Most of the county clubs and sim ilar organizations meet in the few bare and somewhat forbidding rooms in the "Y" because that is about the only possible place. Adequate rooms for holding such metings is urgently needed. They are also needed des perately for social purposes. When the "Y" puts on its annual Carolina smoker, it must turn to Swain Hall as the only suitable place. College Night early in the fall was this year held in Memorial Hall, the year be fore in the Gym., and the year be fore that in Gerrard Hall. All of these places were absolutely unsatis- ( Continued on Page Seven) Most politicians seem to think that the Windy City is best suit ed for their endeavors. Indian apolis Star. ' The University Cafeteria One of the largest and most elaborately equipped cafeterias in the whole South. FAMOUS FOR GOOD FOOD EAT WAVERLY C IRE AMI HCE Go To It CAROLINA We Believe You The University of tne South And WA VEIL Y The Ice Cream of the South i , ..gsai
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