The Library, U.N.C. City, KUN-OFF ELECTIONS WILL BE H.ELD TOMORROW SAYS SYD CHAPPELL Welcome to the Greek Fraternity CAMPUS LEADERS FOR NEXT YEAR! VOLUME XXXV CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1927 NUMBER 71 Frat Franie-up Candidates To Rule Carolina?s Democratic Campus Student Body Presidential Candidates Deliver Chapel Talks about THeir Policies Crew, Kelley, and Jonas AH Say That a Change and Education of the Scholastic Masses Are Necessary; Crew Does Not Believe In Police Methods By Student Councilmen; Kelley Promises Less Fric tion; and Jonas Will Inform the Incoming Frosh about Student Government. In speeches remarkable for their similarity, the three can didates for the Presidency of the student body outlined brief ly their ideas as to how student government should be carried on in Chapel yesterday morning. Only a small number of students were present. ; - J. Windy Crew declared that "It is time that something' be done when a political boss can go around and tell men that they. can or cannot run for an office. The way that politics are run here now is a disgrace to the student body." He urged the establishment of definite political parties, with primaries to be held at which every man who wanted to run for an office would have a chance to do so. "I would like to have the responsibility of put ting politics on a different basis here," he said. It is not the duty of the Presi dent of the Student Body to, be up until three or four o'clock in the morning watching for drunks coming in from the dances, or anything on' that or der, according to Crew. "The ( President should be honest e nough to uphold the honor , sys tem himself, once in office,", he asserted. "He should initiate worthwhile movements." "It should not be the purpose of the Council to blast anyone's future, and it should always take into consideration the ef fect of a verdict on the man and on the state at large. The Coun cil that grinds out decisions one by one. without any regard to the facts is not worthy of its trust." Kelley's Talk Walter . Kelley, the second candidate to speak, asserted that the Student Council is not a police organization. "The stu dents have a misconception of the Honor System," he declared. "They should have a definite, clear cut conception of it. J don't know whether it is the fault 'of the present Council that such a misconception has been general on the campus this year Continued on page three) : Reading Today Mr. Koch will read from Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" this af ternoon at 4:30 in Murphey 215. 1 v : y "POP" QUIZZES ARE NOT FAIR, SAYS CARROLL s. p. TAYLOR BLEDSOE E., and leading campus poli tical frame-up creator.' POLITICIANS' FRAME-UP CANDIDATES AGAIN RULE CAROLINA'S CAMPUS DI MAY APPROVE RECENT RESULTS OF REFERENDUM Student Body Sentiment On Gambling Sentences To Be Discussed Next Week. At the first meeting of the spring quarter, the Dialectic Seriate Tuesday night installed its officers for the ensuing term. The following were installed : President Byron Glenn; Presi dent pro-tem, Bill Neal; Clerk, Judah Shohan ; Assistant Treas urer, ' Harry Weatherly; Ser-geant-at-Arms, Harry McGalli ard. Due to the small number pres ent, it .was decided to postpone the hearing of President Glenn's inaugural address until the next regular meeting. As the only business transacted, the Senate' decided to concur with the Phi Assembly in the postponement of the annual Fresh-Soph debate until next Tuesday. Senator McBryde introduced two bills. These were : Resolv ed : that the Dialectic Senate go on record as favoring the call ing of a constitutional conven tion at an early date to discuss the provisions of student gov ernment ; and Resolved : that the Dialectic Senate go on record as approving the action of the stu dent body in its approval of pro vision one in the referendum on the gambling cases held last Fri day. This was the report of the student committee, which con demned the student council's use of coercion in any case except the one immediately before the council. Biblical Debaters Are Given A Feed A- banquet for the dormitory Bible discussion group with the best attendance for last quarter was given by the-Y. M. C. A in the -Episcopal parish house Monday night. The banquet was won by the group on the first floor of "G" and was served by Mrs. R. B. Lawson. Josephus Daniels, Ex-Secretary Of the Navy, Will Speak Here Tonight, at 7:30 o'clock, Jose phus Daniefs, well-known North Carolina- journalist politician, and Secretary of the Navy dur ing both terms of President Wil son's administration, will ad dress the North Carolina Club on the subject, "Democracy and the Press." The meeting will he held in 112 Saunders, the cus tomary meeting place of the Club. The N. C. Club this year has been running a series on "Prob lems of Democracy," This talk on "Democracy and the Press" will constitute one of the series. Mr. Daniels has been asked to speak on democracy in this con nection because of his unusually wide experience on this phase of the subject (By Frame-up) mi 11 m mere must nave been some Northwest Mounted police a- round the polls yesterday, be cause the motto of the embry onic politicians seemed to be, "Get your man!" The old-fash ioned lapel grasping, "personal" politics was much in evidence, especially among the beginners, who were receiving their first "taste" of our Ivory Soap poli tics (99 44-100 pure). One wondered why men go to the Pick to see an oily-haired wop torn between love and duty when he might stay upon the campus and see students tossed back and forth by Tweedle-dee and Twee-dle-dum. o - It was indeed amusing to see the freshmen," who were stirred by a great ideal and who were striving that the "best" man might win, approach one of the foremost, and most tyrannical, political bosses upon the campus in an attempt to convince him that one of the boss's opponents was the best man for the office. There should be a secret signal among friends at the polls, be cause considerable confusion of ten arises when two men work ing for the same "group" (that is so much nicer than machine) approach the same man and al most come to blows before they discover that they are brothers under the skin. .. Bunk Strange to say, however, the voters yesterday seemed to have opinions of their own. Suave, sleek, and oily-tongued altruists moved only by the highest mo- lives to beat the contemptable "machine" found the campus citizens less gullible than usual, and better informed as to the actual merits of the individual candidates. It was amusing to see a budding ward-heeler write, out a list of the "best" men for some man who knew the skele tons in the collegiate closet of every candidate. . . ' If it be true that "politicians are born, Jipt made," then we are sadly in need of birth control; if politicians are made, rather than born to the work of bar tering honors, then we must be more careful lest we sacrifice quality to quantity. However, next year these very men will be considered seasoned veterans and will feel themselves prepar ed to advise men who have the unexplainable desire to "politic around the polls." Yet, as the battle smoke clears away, and the votes have been counted, we find that the sovereign the peo-( pie has spoken, and that our officers have been elected duly by a solemn and binding vote of the constituency. There is com edy at election time, but just be neath the surface there runs a stream of tragedy. Pedants Quash Upperclassmen's Optional Class Attendance Privilege by Unexpected Tests, Declares Driftwood Fireman. In the first meeting of the spring quarter of the Phi As sembly Tuesday night, interest ing discussion -was developed on the subject of whether optional class attendance of juniors and seniors was desirable and should be recommended by the Society, A close vote decided, in Its favor, Dave Carroll, in introducing this resolution, found that in the existing condition of optional classes certain professors were wont to indulge in a number of "pop" quizzes obviously to in sure the steady attendance. It was pointed out that the true purpose of liberating the student was being thwarted by these mechanical practices of the fac ulty. The speaker concluded that the former situation of at tendance was far more proficient because the student had a liberal amount of "cuts" and was not harrassed by "pop" quizzes.1' Messrs. Lewis and Mewborn were most vigorous in their sup port of optional attendance. Un der its policy,- the professor - is forced to make his lectures in teresting or become faced with an empty classroom. One of the speakers also suggested that each instructor deliver to his stu dents a mimeographed sheet of the dates of quizzes and papers to be required during the course. A resolution was defeated that the present system of the stu dent being required to pay for publications be abolished. The following officers are presiding for the new quarter; J. H. Har rell. Speaker; J. B. Lewis, Speak er pro-tem; T. J. Capel, Ser-geant-at-Arms ; J. W. Ray, Read ing Clerk. J. T. Fox was initiated into the Assembly. Charles R. Jonas, Lincolnton, was elected President of the Student Body yesterday by a majority of 644 votes over the other two candi dates. The balloting in the annual campus-wide elections was the heaviest on record here, total ing 1,555 votes or about 150 more than the previ ous high mark set last year. I " K ' '"? I CHARLIE JONAS Next year's Student Body President Harry Chase Writes Circular Letter To Hi School Seniors A letter has been sent out from the President's office to 5000 high school seniors all over North Carolina. This letter tells a bit about the importance and prestige of the University and is expected to bring about an in creased interest in the state uni versity throughout the high schools. At the head of the letter is an etching of the portion of the campus around the Old Well, in eluding a view of Old South Building and the Playmaker Theatre. On an inclosed folder is an etching of the door to Old South. The letter reads as follows : - March 5, 1927 "In this day of intense com petition North Carolina boys must measure themselves ;a- gainst the best standards of the nation. Training counts for success, and the quality 01 tnat training is of the highest impor tance. You need to go on from high school to college, and for Continued on page three) MARRIAGE, AN ARTICLE; AND NEGRO SKETCH ARE MAGAZINE'S FEATURES (By Hopeless) ; , "It ain't look like it safe to die an', it look like it dangeous to live." So concludes Scip in the leading feature of the April Carolina. Magazine, and so may conclude some timid souls after reading that Magazine. The younger generation looks at mar riage, and is not so darn sure it likes it. Trial marriage, free love, birth control, chloroform ing innocent but defective chil dren, God, Hell, and many other terrifying things are mentioned. The youngsters are looking at life and talking about it! Truly this is a dangerous age. But let us begin at the beginning. The real beginning is the red and gray front cover, unless, like me, you open a magazine backwards. In that case the be ginning is the back adorned by an advertisement of the Atheltic Supply Company, Raleigh,' North Carolina, Long Distance Phone 2369. Inside we come first upon a poem by Jacques Le Clerque. A familiar theme, but we liked it. We also dream of Turkestan and Zanzibar, and will probably die nearer home than Hoboken. We would even jump at the chance, or dream that we would, of a trip to Peoria. The two features are Ole Sis ter and Marriage, A student Symposium. Ladies first. Ole Sister is a blessed 'ooman, she know how to pray in the public square. She only talks to her friends about her friends. Where dey is most praying dey is most Ole Sister. The sketches about her are full of biting satire and boisterous fun. They are writ ten by E. C. L. Adams and are taken from a book now being published t by; the University Press. Not since Joel Chandler Harris have there been written Negro stories as true and enter taining as those of Dr. Adams. How can anyone resist Tad's ac- count of the storm during which Ole Sister slipped into Heaven while Peter was helping Gabriel to shut the windows and get the chillun-yangels out of the rain and back into the mansion? "The wind blowed some of de angels out er de trees. Angels (Contintud on page four) Sidney Charppell, President of the . Student Body, has asked that all the candidates- in the run-off election to be held to morrow meet him this after noon at the Y. M. C. A. He stated that he also desired that the President or the present Freshman Class be at the meeting. In five cases no candidate re ceived a majority. A new elec tion will be held for these ot fices Friday, with the candidate polling the smallest number of votes yesterday eliminated. Jud Ashby and Holt McPher son will be voted upon for the editorship of the Tar Heel. , The Student CounciF-ReDre- sentative from the Senior Class will be voted upon again, with Charles L. Beard1 and Jack Da vis as the candidates. Pat Pat terson and Jimmie Ward will be the candidates for the presi dency of the rising sophomore class in the new election, while Jack Watson and John Thorn ton for secretary of this class. Votes for the candidates for the Publications Union Board will be counted over today. Those counting the votes failed to to tal the votes cast ior one or the cancuaares, necessiiaung a re count of all the ballots cast for him. President of the Student Body J. Winfield Crew, 195. Walter Kelley, 449. Charlie Jonas, 911. President of Athletic Association Billy Ferrell, 585. v , Gus McPherson, 848. Vice-Pres. Athletic Association Ed Butler, 718. "Pinky" Morris, 712 Representative at Large on Ath letic Association Bill Sharpe, 913. Harry Schwartz, 517. . Editor of Tar Heel Jud Ashby, 686. Holt McPherson, 505 . Byron White, 228. Editor of Carolina Magazine - Dillard "Bull" Gardner (un opposed.) Editor of the Yackety Yack Henry Brandis, 580. John Orr Allison, 956. . Editor of the Buccaneer Andy Anderson (unopposed). President of the Y. M. C. A. Galen Elliott, 781. Nash Johnson, 725. Bobby. Wilkins, 550. Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Philip Dawson, 359. Walter Spearman, 969. Treasurer of the Y. M. C A. J. Wyeth Ray (unopposed). Debate Council (Two Men). H. B. Parker, 849. H. V. Chappell, 669. Ralph Noe, 881.' RISING SENIOR BALLOT President Hudgins, 175. Lipscombe, 127. Student Council Representative Charles L. Beard, 107. Mack Covington, 85. Jack Davis, 101. Vice-president Hoyt Pritchett, 193. Odell Sapp, 100. , . (CUn4 n page Mtm)

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