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THE TAR HEEL
Tuesday, February 8, 1927
Wtt Car )ttl
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Tuesday, February 8, 1927
AS TO INCREASED PRICES
There is no excuse for the pol
icy pursued by the Pickwick
Theatre. -It has had unparalleled
success. Competition has been
weeded ' out. Lack of other a
musement results in it being
filled four times a day. From
a financial standpoint the Pick
wick Theatre is indeed' a 'suc
cess.' ."
But it must be said that the
theatre has rendered service.
The best pictures are shown. It
cooperates in every way with the
students. Trophies have - been
awarded to athletes. Slides are
run for the different organiza
tions. The theatre is always
first to cooperate with the cheer
leaders. -
But these things do not justi
fy the management charging ex
cessive prices for,, admission
when special pictures are shown.
Patronage is assured and it
seems to be the policy of the
management to profit excessive
ly thereby.
No doubt feature pictures cost
the management more, but even
then the admission charge is
much greater than that of other
theatres where such patronage is
not assured. If the ; Pickwick!
Theatre was located in a town
where the attendance was prob
lematical such an advance in ad
mission price would in some way
be justifiable.
This discrimination exists not
only, when feature pictures are
shown, but many' times when the
ordinary run of pictures are be
ing shown. : Posters5 covered
with pictures of "actresses , in
rather scanty attire are shown
and immediately the price of ad
mission goes up.
Such a policy should not ex
ist where the students are de
pendent' on the Pickwick Theatre
for their only amusement. And
if it is continually pursued, no
doubt competition will be wel
comed by the student body.
Driftwood Jr.
By Dave Carroll
"Oh, that estates? degrees, and offices
Were not derived corruptly, and that
clear honour
Were purchased by the merit of its
wearer!" Shakespeare
Announcement to Freshmen
Another group picture of the
class will have to be made for
the Yackety Yaek. . This is due
to the poorness of the last one.
A second picture will be made
Thursday morning during chap
el period (10:30). All members
please be there.
The North Carolina Alpha
chapter of Pi Beta Phi announces
the initiation of Miss Mary Mar
garet Wray, of Raleigh, N. C.;
Miss Catherine Johnson, of Eus
tis, Florida; and Miss Marian
Ross, of Boston, Massachusetts.
For the past ten years, at
least, the campus has been horri
fied by the rolling of corrup
political machines over the necks
of uninformed or too gullible
voters. Political wits have en
dangered the progress oi good
citizenship. Students have seen
undeserving candidates ride
deluded ' majority : to political
heights. Cliques teach their
members to vote, not for the best
candidate, but for this "brother'
or that tool. What sort of state
will North Carolina be if its fu
ture citizens are to be so train
ed in government? ,
It is true that there has been
some objection to this evil. The
defeated candidates and their
supporters have muttered at
what they considered the tri
umph of corruption. Yelloio
Journals have published some
astounding facts. But the cam
pus is yet unresponsive. The
time fbr sane and organized ac
tion is no better that the present,
The secret factions even now
challenge the success of merit
in the spring elections. This ap-.
peal, therefore, we address to
candidates, conspirers, and vot
ers We beg its careful consid
eration by all students.
The Evil Distinguished
. Machine! politics in itself,, of
course, is too worldwide and nat
ural to be condemned. If ma
chines support the most deserv
ing candidates,' they are justi
fied. But when a coterie of honor-seekers
meet in a secret cau
cus to exchange candidates and
barter for support with little re
gard to a man's qualifications,
their kind of : machine is an in
sidious menace to student prog
ress. Now why do these inner
circles sell their support to a
questionable candidate in return
for his group's votes? Simply
because each band knows that
the man whom it wishes to run
is- so doubtful of election that
his votes must be pledged before
his nomination. And their reas
on is valid, for -if the campus
ever realized how these, unde
serving "good fellows"' barter
their support in order to gain
a: machine backing with which
to beat stronger personalities, it
would nominate its own men
and it wouli freeze' out these
puppets whom political bosses
choose,' not for the office but for
the "ticket." If machine engin
eers, who are in the work for
personal enjoyment, were to
choose logical' candidates, there
would be no need for this
secrecy. But it is hard to man
age strong willed candidates,
and scrupulous men may be hard
to ' reconcile to certain election
methods. So the political; lead
ers arrange secret markets
wherein they deal in campus of
fices to support many question
able candidates. Secrecy, then,
and not organized machines, is
to be blamed for the nomination
of unworthy men. "
Suggestion for Change
How can the campus purge
elections of these vices? First,
by developing organizations
which will" take over the respon
sibility of forming political tick
ets,, instead of entrusting this
task to political bosses,, who are
too prone to error and who soon
leave, careless of the impressions
they have made. There should
be a continuity of responsibility
for each ticket from year to
year. Then the- organization
which ; nominates men would
choose worthy candidates, for it
would have no sentimental pref
erences for this man or that.
And the group-would be known
by its nominees ; the company
is known by the man it keeps.
So,. for instance, the Dialectic
Senate and the Phi Assembly
might' nominate as its candidates
men from the campus at large.
Such nominations . could hardly
cvvlcuu, jl cuuise, . iu wit; ciuas
elections, team captaincies, etc.
But the importance of this func
tion as outlined would recall to
these societies much of their
former prestige. Let us consid
er some features pf such a plan
for political organization.
Lack of Secrecy
As soon as the society nom
inations were made, the Tar
Heel would announce the tick
ets.. It is most probable that
both bodies might occasionally
favor the same man. But abil
ity is seldom so limited. "And
the possibility of the formation
of a third party by disappointed
fraternities or insurgent . stu
dents who are members of neith
er society would furnish an add
ed stimulus to the selection of
good men. Sigma Upsilon's bent
toward Yellow Journals might
be replaced by exciting pam
phleteer work. The friends of
worthy candidates , might ad
dress the student body on be
half of their favorites. But the
unwholesome practice of dormi
tory canvassing would be end
ed, for the students would have
both time and opportunity to see
the candidates in action; so the
voters would refuse to be "fixed
up" or deceived by eleventh hour
falsehoods. The student body
should - always have several
weeks in which to study the
nominees.
At any event, this columnist
will henceforth endeavor to in
form the campus when Pi Gam
ma exchanges its.- votes with
Kappa Tau, etc., for support of
its candidate or like considera
tions. So a regular system which
eliminated secrecy might suit
some groups better than at first
thought, after all.
Party Division
Some notables have intimated
that a bi-party division of the
campus might be made. But
this plan would involve politi
cal bosses, party conventions,
and a wealth of unwieldy in
struments. For instance, each
dormitory might elect represen
tatives to the party conventions.
But why resort to this procedure
when we already have, the Di
and Phi,, with membership un
restricted in each ? And every
dormitory would have some
favorite son" to nominate for
some position. Another diffi
culty would be the division of
town residents into wards, etc.
Evidently the present groups,
the Di and1 the Phi, would be a
better division.
Selective Committee
Another political theorist once
suggested that the campus elect
five or so men who, with their
intelligence and . impartiality,
could be relied upon to choose
from all applicants the best can
didates for each campus office.
hese men the committee would
present to the campus as "best
bets.", But we mistrust, the co
ercion which" could be brought
to bear on this select committee.
And this plan would only shift
the control pf politics from in
dividual schemers to a group of
men who .would; change from
year to year, i The ; committee
would have ho keen competition
from a fegulal ' rival ; if it did,
this rivalry would destroy the
DULA IS MOST
FREQUENT USER
OF OPEN FORUM
Defender of Fleece Gets Six, Sta
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Column Used Freely
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In view of the recent free use
of the Open Forum columns in
the Tar Heel a comparative
study of that 'department has
been made. It was found that
this outlet of student expression
has developed more this year
than any other feature of the
"student organ." v '
' Questions involving tactics of
fleecemen, magazine writers,
athletic critics and campus cen
sors have all been aired thor
oughly: ,
The most frequent contribu
tor this year, and, according to
all records used in the survey,
the most frequent contributor
in the history of the Tar Heel
is R. L. Dula, a graduate stu
dent. During the fall term and
since Christmas eight of his for
um letters have been published
His subjects ranged from the
damnation of "Slaves" to the
glorification of Fleecemen. These
were subjects discussed by the
campus as a whole and exposed
in detail by campus penmen.
During the conflict on the
Magazine's policy the Tar Heel
carried as many as six forum
letters, in a single issue. It was
largely through this student ex
pression that gained Wide pub
licity of the event in papers
throughout the nation.
Other features concerning stu
dent expression was brought to
light as a result of the survey.
Graduate Club Hears
Royster on. His Trip
The Graduate Club met Fri
day ' night in the Parish House
of the Episcopal church for its
regular meeting. Miss Clyde
Russell, vice-president of the
club, presided.
Dean James F. Royster, of the
Graduate school, was the prin
cipal speaker of the evening. He
spoke most interestingly on the
experiences that he had last
summer while carrying on re
search work in England.
The early civilizations might
not impress us if history had re
corded their popular songs.
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group's prestige. So the Di and
Phi plan still seems strongest.
Obviously this skeleton outline
has its defects; but further de
tails may be presented by stu
dents later.
Think of the Issue
It has been our privilege to
know frameups intimately. The
campus has significant work to
do before the next election. Will
men who profess to have the in
terest of the student body at
heart avoid this , issue because
it may hurt their political chanc
es or because they foolishly con
sider, it one man's political ges
ture? At any rate, several stu
dents' opinions will be reported
by this writer if the men are re-
uctant in voicing their., own
ideas. ; :-. '
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