THE TAR HEEL
Wednesday, November 12, 19fy
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Wednesday, November IS, 19S4
PARAGRAPHIAS.
-- Oue dope on the V. M. I. game was
not upset. " '
For proof of our prediction concern
ing the Cadet-Tar Heel game see the
editorial column of the last Tar Heel.
We will not predict any more for
fear that our already perfect record
will be upset. You see we have only
predicted once.
The newly acquired mascot of the
campus, the full fledged, blue blooded,
pedigreed ram, is probably the cause of
the victory. His presence probably in
spired the players to ram their way
through the opposition..
would be disgusting to those of as who
believe in the maintenance of a cer
tain decorum among students.
As to the other stunts of the week
end arousal of pep, we really praise
them. The formation of the letters on
the field during the half, the advertis
ing of the pep meeting by 'the old stage
coach, the pep meeting in Memorial
hall and the carrying of the players off
the field all looked mighty good to us
and we give 'them their just deserts.
The cheer leaders are to be congratu
lated on their fine work. '
It is a pity that the human mind will
note one mistake more than several
successes, but that is human nature
and we confess that we are human.
Consequently the whole program was
somewhat marred by the disgusting
parade Friday night. Realizing that
"to err is human" we hesitate to make
mention of the event, but then we con
sider that if we have erred in so-doing.
then we are but human.
Already Cheerleader Huggins is
"politiking" to create a new office on
the campus that of royal high cham
berlain of the Tar Heel ram. He gives
out the prediction that this office will
be the most desired honor on ' the
campus in a few years. , . '
" ' Again the old cedar bird stunt of a
catalogue exam has been pulled. It
seems like a man would become slight'
ly wise to the older cedar bird stunts
after a 'short residence hej, but such
seems not to be the case. The last
victim tried to answer the ancient
questions such as "Why , was Davie
Poplar?"
The Playmakers leave this morning
' for their annual fall trip over the
state. Students and townspeople will
watch the trip with much interest. An
excellent trio of plays is on the pro
gram this time and they should take
well out in the state. The initial per
formance in the new Playhouse will
be given here after Thanksgiving.
Postmaster Herndon is altogether
right in his statement that students
could help out the postal officials here
greatly if their mail would be properly
addressed. With the heavy mail that
is received in Chapel Hill the post of
fice is naturally rushed and when
they have letters and packages to de
livery with no address other than just
the town it puts an extra hard task on
them. .', . .
DECORUM vs. B. V. D. PARADES
Just how pep and enthusiasm can be
worked up by means of a parade of
yelling college boys scant iy attired in
shirts and underwear is more than we
can see. Somehow, we cannot. connect
pep and indecorus behavior under one
head. . .-.
The so-called B. V. D. parade held
last Friday night as a climax to the
pep meeting to arouse enthusiasm for
the V. M. L game was at the best en
tirely uncalled for. We heard many
remarks disgusting in their tone and
words about the breach of appropriate
ness which occurred in the down town
section of the Hill.
Although times have changed and
with the changing times has gone a
different attitude toward the display of
the physique, the time has not yet ar
rived when a community such as this
will give sanction to a display like
that of Friday night. If a rule that
would prohibit ladies from the campus
and down town section after dark were
in effect, even then such a parade
OUR LECTURE SYSTEM
The first of the present year the
president of Dartmouth College ad'
dressed a letter to ten undergraduates
inviting them to contribute their views
as to how.Darmouth might "approach
as near as is humanly possible to those
ideals which a privately endowed, his
toric, liberal college be justified
holding." The students accepted the
invitation and several very interesting
and thorough-going innovations were
suggested by them in their report to
the president. .'.
One of the most interesting lights
of the whole report to us was the pro
posal in regard to the lecture system
that is employed by . most American
universities and colleges. To quote
parts of the report will better suffice
to give an insight into the proposals.
The report says in part, "If we were
asked what above all else accounts for
the fact that studies are in disrepute
and that the American undergraduate
turns his superabundant energy else.
where but upon them, we would point
first of all to the way in which studies
are administered. ....
It is our belief that any system
based on the assumption that a student
is unwilling to work is almost sure to
fail and that any real step forward in
education must be preceded by its re.
jection and theluToption, at least tent'
atively, of the hypothesis that the stu
dent can and will work of his own voll
tion. . .
"The chief indictment against the
present method of teaching is that the
student is forced into a passive rather
than an active attitude. .'. . The stu
dent is pitifully dependent upon the
instructor for informaion or as to how
to get it He doesn't know how to in'
vestigate a subject, he only knows that
if he reads with ordinary care certain
designated pages of a certain book he
will know enough about that particu
lar subject to answer the questions he
may be asked about it by the instruc
tor who knows he has only read with
ordinary care a certain designated
book." ;, ' . ,
"Another undesirable result of the
spoonfeeding system is that the stu
dent becomes uncritical of informa
tion offered him. . This instructor tells
him what is right and what books he
may consider authoritative. : When he
no longer has an instructor to whom
to turn, hew is he going to find his
way. . .? , What may he believe and
why?".
The majority of people today are
closed absolutely to any suggestion of
a change in the present conditions of
things. If they can give no other rea
son for their opposition than the mere
fact that it is a change, they are sat
isfied that such a reason is sufficient
for their stand of disapproval They
close up their minds to a new , idea
just like an oyster closes its shell
mouth when a shadow passes over it.
This report of the Dartmouth Col
lege students contains many ideas
which are pregnant with thought-pro
voking suggestions of change. There
is something wrong with a system
where college students "become mere
stenographers, busily engaged in taking
notes : of some dictating ' professor,
which is all done without the student
giving an instant's thought about what
he writes down. Memory, although it
is good and necessary, is not enough.
The conclusions drawn by the above
mentioned students included such
changes as follows: "Virtual abolition
of lectures. Long time assignments by
topic Small classes meeting weekly.
Office hours for consultation with in
structors. Written work in the form
of short assigned papers giving train
ing in-original thinking and organiza
tion, of material."
We are not herein suggesting any
such changes as suggested by ' the
Dartmouth men, but we do believe that
conditions on this campus as well as
elsewhere do tend to be along the lines
as pictured in the report. There are
certain courses on the campus where
professor has absolutely no time for
the student's: own opinions and, reflec
tions. The whole line of study is laid
out by the instructor and anything
outside this line does not enter into
his courrse in the least.
Probably no physical change will cor
rect this tendency, but there should
at least be a change in attitude. If it
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were possible to. correct such courses
by means of such suggestions as these
then it would be far better than to
change the physical make-up of the
university system. The development of
the individual is the direct aim of edu
cation, and not the development of the
people. The former will bring about
the latter but the latter will not bring
about the former.
"There is no reason why Chapel Hill
should not have the best postal service
in the state", stated Postmaster Hern
don to a TAR HEEL reporter recently.
He went on to explain that the presence
of the University at Chapel Hill would
give the service here the best of at
tention bcause the alumni of the in
stitution and politicians in the state
would do whatever they could to have
good service here.
Mr. Herndon further explained that
his force was handicapped because stu
dent mail was . not addressed right.
Pointing out that all mail that is not
addressed to the room and dormitory
required extra handling in looking up
the address on the campus, the post
master urged that all students inform
all with whom they correspond of their
room number and dormitory.
Here of late only one delivery has
been possible a day, because of the
heavy mails. Postal regulations pre
vent extra time work on the part of
carriers and postal employees. . The
carriers' packs are limited to fifty
pounds by postal regulation, according
to the local postmaster. This regula
tion causes some delay in the deliv
ery. Postal inspectors keep a close
check on the offices in their districts
so that no infractions of the postal
regulations will get by.'
The one thing stressed most of all
by the postmaster was for students to
have their mail properly addressed.' He
said that this should be done in order
that the service might be bettered.
is not a petty local regulation, but a
national postal regulation that mail
properly addressed should receive first
place in delivery, and before the ad
dresses of the others are lookd up.
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L)i Society Condemns
Compulsory Attendance
The abolishment of compulsory class
attendance was favored last Saturday
night by the Di society, when a heated
discussion on it was held.. The so
ciety went on record as favoring the
abolition of. compulsory class attend
ance by a vote of twenty-three against
thirteen.
The arguments used for abolition
were: that it would be a step toward a
bigger, freer, and better institution.
Those against it were: that the Fresh
men and Sophomores are not capable
being their own judge regarding
class attendance.
Messrs. Jones, - Head, and ' Jonas
spoke on the affirmative. While Tallent
and Wike upheld the negative.
The society decided to invite Mr.
Grady to copie and give his opinions,
regarding the K. K. K,in the near
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Friday, 10:30 A. M. Glee Club
Concert, Memorial Hall.
8:30 P. M. D. G. Mason in Il
lustrated Lecture, Memorial
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Saturday, 3:00 P. M. Virginia
Fresh vs. Tar Babies, Emer
son Field.
7:00 P M. Phi and Di Socie
tiesPhi and Di Halls.
Among the distinguished foreign pro
fessors who have recently' visited the
University are Professor Briban, from
Austria, and Professor Fehling, of Ger
many. Both of these men were very
much interested in the institute of re
search In social science, and in the North
Carolina way of doing things. The Uni
versity usually has about five or six vis
itors of this kind every year. While in
this country Professor Brltian and Pro
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University of Chicago, University of
Wisconsin, and University of Iowa.
The following men were initiated into
the Chi Phi fraternity last Sunday morn
ing! C. B. Colton, Boston, Mass.! W. T.
Peacock, Salisbury, and J. E. Calhoun,
Rocky Mount.
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