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Page Four THE TAR HEEL Tuesday, March 8. 1927 PROES'XOGBGOK ItEEPS STUDENTS' EN GLISH ERRORS "Rastus is Ruskin's Alias" and "Runyard Einnpling Is a Poet Says One Freshman. The Log Book ot the Depart ment of English here shows tha college students are frequently illiterate and, that scions of the oldest stock in America can of ten scarcely understand the lan guage. Some of the errors re corded in the Log" Book' would sound ' unbelieveable to" any ex- cept an instructor who has more than one time' sought to untan- trie a thought from a mass o: collegiate : verbiage. '-.' '" The Log ' Rook ' is maintained by the English Department in which the members of the staff record outstanding, errors - in English made by their students The discovery that many stu dents who' 'get into college can non understand ordinary wnueu English has ' made' it ' necessary to provide reading lessons in the simplest of English prose in cer tain, freshman classes where an effort' is made to teach the stu dent ty understand plain state ments made in' the" standard - language. Shakespeare "Mangled" Astounding are the facts about and reactions to, Shakespeare as recorded from a group composed of sophomores and tipper classmen. We learn that Edmund in "King Lear" committed a base i act ( and allowed his illegitimate father to see a forged letter." Cor nelia's death "was the last "straw that broke the camel's back and killed the king." Leai 's f ool -"was prostrated on the neck of the King." "Hotspur,! averred a sophtfmore, "was a wild ir resolute man. He loved honor, above alL ' He would go out and kill 20 ' Scotchmen ' before breakfast Kate was a "woman who had something to do with hot spurs." A tyst of.. Shakespeare's, plays said to have been read by sophomores in cluded "Common Errors" and "Good Will to Everybody." It is not rare however, for sophomores and fresh men to confuse the correct titles of books read. One student reported that he had read a lot of novels in high school but could not remember the names of any of them. ' A sopho more 1 liked best of Dickens' novels his "Twin Cities;" another had read the "Tail of Two Cities." A fresh man preferred David Copperfield's novels "to any , Dickens wrote. -; An other freshman recalled having' read Hawthorne's "House of f the Seven Gabriels" and "Paul Graves' Golden Treasury." "Carlyle's 'Summer Re sorts' was favorably received by Em erson," we learn from a freshman, while another assures us that "The Outcasts of Polka Flat" was a good novel in its day., "Runyard Rump ling" is a somewhat annalized Eng lish poet; "Rastus" reveals himself as an alias of Ruskin. Stevenson's best essay according to one freshman was "Iced Triplets." Milton Hard Hit, Too - Milton fares little better than Shakespeare even in the hands of sophomores and - upper classmen, "Diabetes was Milton's Italian friend," one student explained. An other said: "Satan had all the emo tione of a woman and was a sort of trustee in heaven, so to speak." The theme of "Comus" was given as "purity protestriate." Mammon in "Paradise Lost" suggests that the best way "to endure hell is to raise hell and build a pavilion." "Literature," a sophomore defined, "consists of grammar, prose and poetry." And apparently prose and poetry make" little more impression on a large portion of the 1 student mind than does grammar. A fresh-: man made this enlightening criticism of "Silas Lapham;" "Silas Lapham is the most interesting book, of, the four, which are not very interesting. Relating the rise and fall of man, of which many occur." A student iden tified a passage as being by Charles Lamb and added: "His; wifje wrote most of this. She was as good as he was. He gets the credit" New Definitions Imperialism, asserted a historically minded student "was a policy' advo cated by Disraeli and opposecTfby Mr. Gallstone." Hrothgar, we learn, was King. of the Dantes; people in Beowulf's time wore expansive tapes tries ; Kant "believed your senses could fool you; he wrote of the un-der-soul;" Harry Bailey was "the hostess to Chaucer's prologue," etc. "No matter how long literature lasts," we are confidently assured "it will be immortal.", In the same class another student, having made a vague acquaintance with Wordsworth's def inition of lyric poetry, informed "the spontaneous combustion of emotion." "A few examples,' picked at random from the Log . Book, Ulustrate per haps the average freshman's method of presenting" ideas ISven sopho mores, after a year's grilling in com positions, too often continue to as semble empty words when they at tempt to write formally. Random Splinters from Log Book ,' A freshman, describing a singer, said: "She had a charming voice of melodious noise." Others wrote: - "He expressed various and Sunday reasons." ' V , -' "Being a tough hunk of meat, passed up the steak. . . "I . slid into my clothes like minuet man going to a fire." "When I was borned, I was borned, with the measles." Reminiscent of. the football field perhaps is this: "I spent my Thanks givinsr hollerdays at home." , A stu dent in public speaking exclaims "Mr. Speaker, I smell a rat in my op ponent's' remarks, but I suppose to kill him while it's young.'?; '. "Hark! I hear footprints," cautions an upper classman in a playwrighting course. A ' historically ambitions freshman writes of the past history ' of his state: "This state .has had to fight with three European states within its history: ' first, with Champs Elysees secondly with Terre Haute and thirdly with Syria." ' '. Remarkable are these statements "Gentlemen do' hot gossip or carry tails.", 7: , -: ?! '" "Lincoln's mind growed as bis country kneaded it"," "The camel carries a water tank with him; he is also a rough rider and has four gates." ' "As soon' as music starts silence rains, but as soon as it stops it gets worse than ever." "College students, as a general rule, like ' such readings that " will take the least mental inertia." "Modern dress is extreme and ought to be checked," "Although the Irish are usually content " with small jobs they have won a niche' in the backbone' of the country."," ' ' , ' ' -. V ' " 'The chemist played, a big part in the war and helped the doughboy bring home the bacon."-' ' Scientists have done much to aid humanity; first it was they who in vented the poisonous gases used in the war." - - ' -- - - He belonged to the Babytest church." "Then I happened to an accident' ,"I pulled through the disease which was a victim or my sister." When a freshman . eels the poetic mpulse the result frequently reads like this : "I delighted to going out on a beautiful spring afternoon and to sit among the trees and the wild flowers and especially to luxuriate in the -warbling of birds with canor ous voices vibrating sweet sounds in the air." Carolina Quint Lands 'Two Places on All-State Team Continued from page one) story, leading Tar Heel scorer, has played at forward and cen ter and although he slowed up considerably near the end of the season, largely on account of an injured eye, he is the solution and will guide the tip-off destiny of the star club. On the second team, Brown of State is chosen in preference to Emerson of Wake Forest. Emerson has scored a greatleal more points than Brown has, but he failed utterly to meet expectations in his big games of the year with Carolina and State. Brown has been sometimes brilliant and sometimes good and has it all over Emerson for speed and all around ability. Purser of Caro- ina looked good near the close of the season and Kelly of Duke was by far the best player that the Methodists had. Hackney and McDowall Guards A little chap who can do every thing well shoot, pass, cut, guard, get the ball off the black board, dribble is a rare find. As mentioned before. Burnt Hackney is that find and an ideal running guardl f or any! all-state! team,; ; There is hardly a hair's dif-, f erence between the playing ability of McDowall bllState" " and Morris of Carolina. Morris is probably the best defensive player developed in North Caro- ina in recent years, but he is a i mediocre shot and prone to be come excited at times. McDow all is plenty good on the defense, splendid, at recovering rebounds, a good shot, an excellent drib-' bler-who'; often dribbles. . too much and a steady, heady player with a ton of experience behind him. . His. size is also an advantage that Morris doesn't have and he is placed, as along side of Captain Hackney on the, first team. As, compensation for Morris and because he is the best player on the second team, he is made captain of that v club Ober of Wake Forest will hold down the other guard on the second team for he is perhaps faster oh his feet than any oth er man in the state. Bennett of Duke and Harrison of Davidson are other capable guards. 1 DURHAM DEFEATS ASHEVILLE 27-21 FOR HIGH HONORS Durham high school crossed safely into the realms of "the State champions for the f third consecutive time when - it con quered Asheville high school at the Tin Can Saturday night, 27 to 21. Over two thousand rabid fans waded through the shoiy and, slush and were rewarded by pne of the hardest fought bat ties that ever raged within yQ olde Tin Can.-- V wcrc v ' Asheville jumped into an early lead .counting four points-all from the hands of Estes--and Durham was forced to take tim$ out' three minutes after the game had 'started. Asheville held- its slender lead until a few minutes before the endi of ' the half, when Phil Sher the one man who'more than anyone else was responsible for Asheville's defeat finally got going and the half ended with' Durham leading a 13 to 10 score. - ' v The third quarter' was the turning point of "the game that almost definitely decided that Durham would repel the invasion of the Mountaineers. The White Whirlwind rolled, up 6: points while Asheville was only able to add 1; the quarter ended Id to 11. ' ! The Asheville lads practically; blew up in the last quarter audi started shooting wild and des-1 perately In a vain quest for points. A tall, Asheville lad, named Rogers, who had pre viously been removed in favor of a substitute, was sent back in by Coach Pierce Mathews and proceeded to go like a house A CORRECTION Through a misunder standing of the reporter the impression was given Sat-, urday that the deadline for stags at, the Grail dance would be ten o'clock. The Grail has not set an hour after which no stags will be admitted, but will use its own discretion and limit the admittance according to the crowd, on, the floor. This explanation is directed to those who were denied ad mittance to the dance Sat urday before the hour stat ed above. " . I afire. He made two long field goals from the middle of the long Tin Can court and in all collected eight points in Ashe ville's last drive to overcome the Durham lead. But the White Whirlwind was hot to be denied and three foul .shots called on the over eager Mountaineers were all made good by Edwards, Durham center, just when Ashe ville " had cliinber. to within 4 points of the winners. Durham was freezing the ball when the Women Voters and Citizen- ' , T 'ship. School, Meet Here (Continued from page one) Grahany of the University. "The program of the League and the" School of Citizenship will alternate so thftt' neither will conflict at any time. Among the more interesting addresses and discussions will be "What Happened at the Legislature'. on Thursday noon, an address by Mayor Jeffries, of Greensboro; "How North Carolina Votes" on Friday morning, an address by Miss Carrie McLean, of Char lotte; "Government and Educa tion" by Dr, Harry W. Chase on Friday morning.'- ORPip.1. 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