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tised in The Tar Heel with perfect
sSfety' Because everything it adver
tises is guaranteed to' be as repre
sented. The Tar Heel solicits adver
tising from reputable concerns only.
Saturday, December 12, 1925
y. PARAGRAPHICS
Wuxtra! Wuxtra! Last issue 'fore
Christmas.
There's a bit of irony in the claim
being advanced by a member of the
' football squad to the title of triple
threat man. Says he's threatening
to flunk three courses. .
We wonder if the drive being
.made by the Lucky Strike Cigarette
people to "Win More Friends" here
has; anything to do with the local
co-ed smoking situation.
The Charlotte Observer for
Thursday would lead one to believe
that war had been declared against
a world power. But the streamer
had only to do with the faculty's
war on drinking at the local dances.
Final 1925 saying of our favorite
Campus Cynic :' "There was drink
ing at the Thanksgiving dances,
therefore the dances are abolished.
There was drinking at the football
games. There is drinking going on
in colleges. Therefore let's abolish
football and colleges. ' 'Twould be
as logical."
The Duke University Chronicle
announces that the "Green Room"
who "exposed the decline of the
Playmakers" is going to review the
plays at Duke. We knew that the
reviewer waxed caustic,, but the ex
posure of the Playmaker's decline is
something new on us.
'AU possible efforts are being made
by the Publications Union Board to
carry on with a tri-weekly Tar
IIggl next quarter. The semi-weekly
last year, left a comfortable sur
plus in the treasury and it may be
possible to draw on this and continue
Carolina's "almost Daily."
'The Tar Heel wishes to all its
readers, a successful examination pe
riod, a merry Christmas and a happy
New Year.
Evidently the best and safest way
to get to heaven is to buy a ticket
from :- Station-Master Bill Cdnch.
That is, if we are to take Charles
Frederick (the Great, we suppose)
Bluske seriously.
THREE YEARS FROM NOW
Three years ago, according to the
letter from Dr. Chase to the German
Club, conditions at certain dances
here were so unsatisfactory that the
Club was forced to assume response
bility for future dances in order to
avoid their suspension. The German
Club complied with this mandate and
the suspension' was prevented.
"The conduct at the recent fall
darices was of such a nature that
the University, looking back three
years, recalls the outbreak of that
year and places the ljan on all danc
ing here until after the Easter re
cess. After then the social, life of
the Hill will be allowed to revive it
self and, student "conduct permitting,
the commencement dances will be al
lowed to take place.
What will be the result of this ac
tion ? Three years ago, after the
University's threat of dances sus
pension, student conduct improved
for a season and all went well. This
fall . the floodgates opened again
After the Easter recess, student con
duct will no doubt mend itself for a
period. But three years from now
will there be another outbreak, and
another scandal for enemies of the
University to gloat over?
In all probability there will be
And why? , One of,, the most inter
esting and - peculiar phenomena
brought to light by the recent un
pleasantness is the attitude of the
faculty toward the student body. It
seems to regard the student body as
a stationary, permanent, campus fix
ture. It seems to forget that every
four years there is an almost com-
rpttte turnover, and that there is then
a new community of men here. A
professor on class recently, in berat
ing the drinking during the holidays.
cited an incident occurring twelve
years ago that resulted in the death
of a student. This profesor was un
able to understand why the students
of today did not have a vivid recol
lection of this happening. He for
got that there had been three gen
erations of college students here
since that day and that few, if any,
knew of the incident of which he
poke. ' '. 1 !
The faculty remains here and , is
practically permanent. But the stu
dent body is ever changing. The ac
tion of the University three years
ago was hardly remembered by the
925 students. It took place in
what was really the preceding gen
eration. In three more years the
greater part of the present college
generation will have been replaced
bv new men.
The abolition of dances - during
next quarter will act as a pretty
thorough cure for drinking during
the next year or two. But no longer.
The University has made no perma
nent contribution in this probition-
ary move. Ihe measure is no more
lasting than the present generation.
Let new blood come in, and with it
will come ignorance of what has
happened this year, and a similar oc
currence to that of the recent holi
days is almost certain to develop. '
Suspension of the dances does not
in the least jjouch at the root of the
drink evil at the University of North
Carolina. The root is the supply and
the curbing of it is the only key that
will put an end to drinking here.
We refuse to get' excited over pro
hibition. To us it is a social problem
that has unfortunately been placed
in the category of morality. But the
laws of the land and of the Univer
sity provide against drinking, and
provides definite penalties - for in
fractions. If this law is to be en
forced, it should be enforced consist-
ntly. The dryness and wetness of
future North Carolina depends upon
the wetness and dryness of students
while attending school , here. The
state draws many of its servants
from the' University student body.
The students here today, will be rul
ing North Carolina tomorrow. : The
drier they are brought up, the sooner
will North Carolina be just that
much drier.
A definite and lasting effort to rid
this community of bootleg liquor is
the only solution. It can not, of
course, prove 100 percent successful.
But. students here are not habitual
drunkards. The vast majority of
those guilty of drinking, do their
first drinking here, and do it in true
THE TAR HEEL
college boy fashion in chasing after
the goddess of sophistication. A few
cultivate a taste for the stuff artd be
come the campus sots, but not many
The amount of drinking that takes
place on this campus depends direct
ly upon the ease with which liquor is
obtained. The less the liquor, the
less the drinking.
The suspension of dances will, in
the long run, be of no benefit. ; It
is a superficial quick-cure, and like t
drug will bring about temporary, im
mediate relief. But when its effect
has worn off, and a new college gen
eration has come in, we may look for
a recurrence of what happened this
year, and three years ago. '
COLLEGE CONFERENCE
HELD IN GREENSBORO
Walker, Trabue and Hibbard Will At
tend Sixth Meeting of Conference
of N. C. Colleges This Week.
The sixth conference of North Carolina
Colleges is now in session at the O. Hen
ry Hotel in Greensboro. This yeaT D. J.
Foust, president of N. C C W., is
president of the conference and Dean
N... W. Walker of the University is -secretary.
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, The conference consists of three ses
sions, two yesterday and one this morn
ing. : These sessions are largely in the
form of discussion groups led by
representatives from the various colleges
in attendance. Besides Dean Walker,
Dr. M. R. Trabue and Acting Dean
Hibbard are on the program.
The program is as follows:
First session, 2:30 P. M. Friday, De-
ccmber. 11. . -
Opening exercises.
Chairman's address Dr. J. I. Foust,
N. C. C. W.
Topic: "The Admission of Students to
College" Dr. M. R. Trabue, Univei
sity of North Carolina) Dr. M. C S. No
ble, Jr., Davidson College. Round Table
Discussion. ,
Committee reports.
Second Session 8:00 P. M. Friday,
December 11. -. .
Topic: "The Relation of the Colleges
to Teacher Training." A. T. Allen, State
Supt .of Public Instruction ; Dr. Henry
Highsmith, State Supervisor xf Pub
lic Instruction; Dr. James Hillman, State
Director of Certification; Round Table
Discussion. ,
Committee Reports.
Third Session 9:30 A. M. Saturday,
December 12. .- .
Address by Dr. Robert L. Kelly, Ex
ecutive Secretary, Association American
colleges. ' ' -'.
Short discussions by Acting Dean C.
. Hibbard, University of North Caro-
ina, President W. P. Few, Duke Uni
versity, " and President Raymond . Bin-
ford, Guilford College.
Unfinished business Election of offi
cers. .
Adjournment at 12:00.
Hazing, defined as follows, has been
abolished at Connecticut Agricultural
College:
'Any initiation ceremony or practical
joking that involves physical, personal
injury or bodily harm, or the perform
ance, under threat of force, of any ac
tion that entails the surrender of one's
self-respect."
Calendar
Thursday, December 10
6:45 P.M. Glee Club practice,
New West building.
" 7:30 P.M. Phi Assembly, spe
cial meeting, Phi hall.
8:30 P.M. Cartaret County Club,
Y.M. C. A. ,
8:30 P.M. Alembic Club meets.
10:00 P.M. High Point Club, Y.
M. C. A.
Friday, December 11
7:00 P.M. Deutsche Verein -Christmas
tree, Epis
copal Parish House.
.8:30 P.M. Cherniavsky Trio, Me
morial hall.
8:30 P.M. Exhibition Wrestling
and Boxing meet, Tin
'- Can.:
10:30 P.M. Paul Blanchard lec-
ture, Gerrard hall.
Saturday, December 12
11:00 A.M. Organ recital, Epis
copal church.
7:00 P.M. Phi and Di Societies,
Phi and Di Halls.
7:00 PJtf. Tar Heel Smoker, ed
itorial office.
8:30 P.M. Young. People's In-
terdenominational So
cial, Baptist Church.
Sunday, December 13
6:30 P.M. I n t erdenominational
Union devotional
meeting, Methodist
Hut.
S :30 P.M. University Sermon,
Gerrard Hall, v
Monday, December 14
7:30 P.M. North Carolina Club
, meeting,-Saunderg
Hall.
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OPEN FORUM
To the Editor of the Tab Hekl;
The Reviewer of The Magazine for
"Jaunary has sadly misinterpreted the an
nouncement made on the second page of
The Magazine. After reading his re
view the editor told him that he was
going to make a clear statement of the
matter and submit it to' the Editor of
the Tab Hkel for publication in the same
issue in which the- review appeared.
. The Reviewer speaks of the Magazine
Editor's venting his spleen on Chi Delta
Phi, calls the announcement tasteless crit
icism, Insinuates that possiBly the Editor
thought it funny, interpreted it as an
attack, and ended by saying "it is not
at all chivalrous to betray the intimate
knowledge which Mr. Couch seems to
have . . . .
The Editor of the Magazine earnestly
requests that if you place any confidence
in these statements that,; when you get
it, you take your inssue of The Magazine
and read the announcement closely. There
is not noe derogatory or disparagingly
critical word or sentence in the whole
announcement. The Editor merely ad
vances a few ideas; first, he describes
the group whieh formed Chi Delta Phi
as ambitious. . Then he tells something
about how they scraped up the money
to buy their charter, and ends by ex
pressing his gratitude to them, and ask
ing that others refrain from doing what
no Southern gentleman would do. All
this is nothing more than an Editor
would be expected to do under such cir
cumstances. .
Is it venting one's spleen or tasteless
criticism to recognize ambition? Where
does the Reviewer get the idea that the
Editor thinks the announcement is fun
ny? Where is the attack in the an
nouncement? ' :
Obviously the Reviewer considers am
bition as an undesirable characteristic.
He thinks it is funny that some of the
members of Chi Delta Phi should have
thrilling poetic souls; telling that an or
ganization is national, telling all this, he.
thinks, is a betrayal of intimate know
ledge!
Of course all tin's is absurd. We do
not have the right psychological term
but we are quite sure that the Reviewer
Is suffering- from some sort of complex
which makes him interpret everything
he sees concerning a certain subject in a
certain way, regardless' of the real mean
ing. It is perfectly clear that the Re
viewer himself thinks so strongly all
these things that he expresses that he
cannot help seeing them in the Editor's
announcement. It is - very regrettable
that the Reviewer has made all these
gross mistakes due to ideas which are
firmly imbedded in his own mind.
CHEMISTRY LIBRARY IS
MATERIALLY INCREASED
Several Valuable Volumes by German
Chemists Are Secured to Com
plete Set of 140 Books.
A very valuable and interesting ad
dition has been made to the Chemistry
Library in Venable Hall recently. The
Chemistry Department has purchased the
missing volumes in the set of chemistry
books entitled "Annalen Der Chemie Und
Pharmacie. Before this purchase the
library contained all of the set with the
exception of volumes 89-144', the pur
chase of which now completes the set
There are about 140 volumes In the set
This collection of books was purchased
directly from Germany and is written in
the German language. It ' consists of
German science journals bound in book
form. The set dates back to 1832 and is
approximately ninety-five years old. The
cost of these books was between $200 and
$300, but the collection has increased
tremendously in value since the time of
its purchase. It is now worth at least
$15,000. . ...
The first eightly volumes of the set
are photographic reproductions of the
original journals, and for this reason
are very interesting. The acquisition of
the missing volumes of this set has fill
ed up the most important gap in the
Chemistry Library. Dr. Belle, head of
the Chemistry Department, has been
searching for the rest of the set for
several years past, and through much
effort has at last succeeded in obtaining
it. He finally located the books in a
high school in Germany. .
This particular set of German chemis
try books is indeed valuable, and the
University is fortunate to be in possesr
sion of it, for' there are very few such
Sets Of books SOUth of Washlno-tnn
'here are probably only about a dozen
t less sets of these books in the whole
United, Stales, and these sets are in
such places like Yale, Harvard, arid
Princeton. -
Books for the Chemistry Library are
acquired in various ways. The collecction
has
been gradually built up by additions
one time or another. The catalogues
books on sole are constantly watched.
nu wnenever an Important book is found
is immediately purchased for the 11-
rary. At times, the Chemistry De
partment has even cabled over to Ger
many to obtain certain books which were
specially in demand and likely' to have
bee
n purchased before the library could
for them, otherwise. Several sets of
books in the present library were bought
auction sales in foreign countries.
Jit tje Churches
Baptist
' Eugene Olive, Pastor.
9:48 A.M. Sunday School.
11:00 A.M. Worship and Sermon.
6:30 P.M.-B. Y. P. U.
, 7:30 P.M. Worship and Sermon.
Christian ' - -B.
J. Howard, Pastor.
9.-45 A.M. Sunday School.
11:00 A.M? Services.
6:43 P.M. Christian Endeavor.
7:30 P.M. Services.
Chapel of the Cross
-- r A. S. Lawrence, Hector. . ..
8:00 A.M. Holy Communion.
9:48 A.M. Sunday School.
11:00 A.M. Services and Sermon.
7:00 P.M. Young People's Fellow
' ship.
8:00 P.M. Bible talk.
Catholic
Services on the first and third Sundays
of the month at 8:30 P.M., on the second
floor of the Y. M. C. A.
Lutheran
Student group meets every Sunday
niirht at 7:00 P.M. In the Y. M." C. A
Interesting present-day topics are dis
cussed.
Methodist
... Walter Patten, Minister. .
948 A.M. Sunday School.
11:00 A.M. Worship.
6. -48 P.Mj Epworth League.
7:30 P.M. Worship. N
Presbyterian
W. D. Moss, Minister. s
9:48 A.M. Sunday School.
11:00 A.M. Services.
6:45 P.M. Christian Endeavor.
7:30 P.M. Services.
FAYETTEVILLE CLUB
MEETS MONDAY NIGHT
The Fayetteville Club will hold its
regular fortnightly meeting next Mon
day night at nine o'clock at the "Y".
According to the laws expressed in the
constitution of the Club" officers for the
coming quarter should be elected at this
meeting, but because of the, fact that
examinations are so near at hand it was
voted at the last meeting held to elect
new officers the first meeting of next
quarter. " ' ''-
The program for the meeting next
Monday night will be short,""- An effort
is on foot to charter a bus to . leave
Chapel Hill for Fayetteville Saturday
at noon after the final examination. AU
students from Cumberland county who
will not leave before Saturday and would
like to get a seat in this bus are urged
to attend the Club meeting next Mon
day night.
Tar Heel Smoker
Is Given Tonight
There will be a smoker given
in the Tar Heel Office tonight at
7 o'clock for members of the
board. The Publications Union
.Board gives the Tar Heel a
smoker or a banquet each quar
ter, and though coming late this
quarter, it is expected to mea
sure up to the standards.
A Qood Thought-
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Saturday, December 12, 192!i
Playmakers Offer Books
At Christmas Sale Price-'
As a special Christmas offer, the Car
olina Playmakers are now offering for
sale a limited number of two published
gether with a volume of Paul Green's
The Lord's Will and other plays for
$5.00. t A real bargain is being offered
for the three books regularly sell for
$2,00 each. Letters announcing the
sale have been sent to, all subscribing
members and to those,, throughout the
state, who are on the Playmakers mail
ing list. : ; "-
Quoting from ihe circular letter,
"From coast to coast and around the
world the . two published volumes of
by North Carolinians and others as
an appropriate Christmas gift, repre
sentative of , the life of North Carolina."
This Is indeed no o'verestitnation of the
popularity of these two volumes; and a
like tribute could very well be paid to
the plays of Paul Green, an excellent
portrayer of Carolina folk-lore. '
Upon request the ; Playmakers will
send the books individually or collect
ively anywhere in the world. The offer
is open to all, but it will be closed on
Christmas day.
Theta Phi Engineering Fraternity an
nounces the initiation of D. M. Holshou-
ser, of Rockwell, N, C, and W. J. Evans
of Greenville, N. C.
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