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Page Two THE TAR HEEL Tuesday, April 12, VJ27 )t tEar )ttl Leading Southern College Tri weekly Newspaper Member of North Carolina Collegiate Press Association Published three times every week of . the college year, and is the official newspaper of the Publications Un , ion of the University of North Car olina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscrip tion price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. Telephone 403. J. F. ASHBY. Editor D. D. Carroll . Associate Editor F. F. Simon .:. '.. ...Business Mgr. Editorial Department Managing Editors Judah ShohaN,.....,... Thursday Issue Tom W. Johnson., ..... Tuesday Issue Joe R. Bobbitt, Jr. ...Saturday Issue Walter Spearman.......4s8isfowt Editor Walter Creech Assignment Editor Staff Marion Alexander Oates McCullen J. H. Anderson W. W. Anderson C. A. Carr George Coggins Calvin Graves Frank Howell Glenn P. Holder F. C. Hobson T. J. Gold B. B. Kendrick D. E. Livingston' J. C. WesseU. F. G. McPherson W. L. Marshall H. L. Merritt John Mebane J. Q. Mitchell -Louise Medley H. B. Parker Robert Murphy W. D. Perrv A. C. Underwood F. D. Uzzell Business Department W. W. Neal. Jr... Asst to Bun. Mgr. Charles Brown. ... Collection Mgr. G. W. Ray Accountant Managers of Issues Tuesday Issue W. R. Hill Thursday Issue ! . James Styles Saturday Issue. Edward Smith . - Advertising Department Kenneth R. Jones Advertising Mgr. Young M. Smith Asst, Adv. Mgr. M. W. Breman . Local Adv. Mgr. William K. Wiley Ben Schwartz G. W. Bradham C J. Shannon Oates McCullen Edwin V. Durham J. H. Mebane M. Y. Feimster Walter McConnell ; A. J. McNeill ' Circulation Department Henry C. Harper Circulation Mgr. R. C. Mulder. Filer of Issues C. W. Colwell Douglas Boyce Tom Raney W. W. Turner You can purchase any article adver tised tn the Tar Heel vnth perfect safety because everything it adver tises is guaranteed to be as repre sented. The Tar Heel solicits ad vertising from reputable concerns only. Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post Office, Chapel Hill, N. C. Tuesday, Apru12, 1927 IN NEW HANDS Beginning with thi3 issue, as our predecessors for some dozen or more years back have been wont to write on this occasion, the Tar Heel is taken over by the new editor, sub-editors and staff; At this time it is custom ary of the new editor to set forth his policy or target at which he will shoot during hi control of the paper. v ' As for the editorial policy of the paper, the readers of the Tar Heel will be forced to make the conclusion by that which flows from the editorial pen during the coming year. In an appre ciable sense wex realize the re sponsibility taken and our obli gation to the campus. . Brushing aside the matter of setting forth a policy, we shall endeavor to give all the publicity deserved to the various depart ments and groups on the cam pus. ... "'j . With an alert eye for all legi timate news and our honest opin ion on the editorial page, we, hope to serve the University and student body to the best of our ability during the coming year. was published, we are glad to give friends of the individual aimed at by R. L. B. a chance to reply to the first letter. With out any reflection or undue ref erence to L. J. S. or the other communicant, both have violat ed an ethic which the Tar Heel hopes to keep in the future. Henceforth communications that are attacks on individuals and personalities will not be treated in the open forum col umn of this paper. Letters to the editor or the campus at large, which contain some inf orma tions, opinions or suggestions of such value that justifies their being published, are always wel corned. ' A hint may be thrown in here that no communications that are over three hundred words in length can be published. We would like to refer, all authors of essays, expatiated opinions, and those who wish to use the open forum column for a dis play of their literary style, to the Carolina Magazine and Buc-aneer. THE SUN RISES As to Open Forum Letters In the open forum column of this issue of the Tar Heel will be found a letter published as an act of comity. The letter is a reply to the author of the com munication signed , by the ' ini tials It, L. B. which was publish ed Saturday. It is obvious that both letters dear in attacks on personalities. Since the Tar Heel was under the management of another when the first communication , (ByD.D.C.) Eons ago man existed. So far as we know, he was a compar atively senseless creature, an or ganism whose principal equip ment was what we aiowx choose to call "instincts." No doubt the ancient men and their child bearers saw the gloom and brightness of many years be fore they learned to portray a friendly inner self with a smile. So a smile, little as we may think of it, is a precious achieve ment in the annals of the greedy human race. Gestures also have their value as vivid expressions of the natural surges. But these nods of the head, sweeps of the arm and other motions have not the delicate value of facial ex pressions, subservient to the fin est nerve action. Many aninials can gesticulate, but we pay such character actors as Emil Jan nings thousands of dollars for their superior emotions convey ed in facial messages. A few weeks ago, the student body at a Southern university saw a beautiful example of the progress which men may make The recent Human Relations Institute brought with it a schol arly negro, a famous poet. This man appeared betore students of a state -institution in a section where prejudice toward the blacks is a part of most people's false "culture." But, during the brief visit of this representative of a misjudged race, the sons of Vance, Davie, Aycock and all the rest, struck from their minds the shackles which ignorance, beg-brained organizations, and economic injustices forged long ago. To a fellowman whose col or has long provoked the scowls of Southerners, the student body of this Southern university ex tended a hearty welcome; these white leaders of tomorrow for got their savagery and achieved a smile. Half a century ago, an humble slave was janitor to North Car olina's state university students. His work was mean ; his duties were lowly for he was janitor. And when George Moses Hor ton was not sweating to do the will of his young masters (many of whom he attended during ill nesses due to both legitimate1 causes and unlawful wildness),! he was their bard. He composed, I at the behest of amorous stu dents, many limericks and poems which won the favor of South ern sweethearts. Modern college students are astounded to learn that this bonded negro composed excellent poems before he learn ed to write. He was an author of short stories widely publish ed and eagerly read. -r Hiss lit erary talent won fo him S the admiration of Dr. Caldwell, Dr. Battle, and Horace Greely, who printed some of his verses. Today the local scene is re markably changed. George Hor ton no longer writes. But a national leader of his . emanci pated race, James Weldon John son, only a few weeks ago stood in dignity before white students, sat behind their professor's au gust desk, and read to them the poems of the slave Horton. , In stead of a menial dormitory jan- - A 1 ' V - J? nor, we now nave ueiore us a polished doctor of letters, a na tionally recognized artist.' Hor- ton's posture was that of bend ed knee; James Weldon Johnson has come with the majesty of an exalted leader. This is no lavish tribute to the liberality of our native state. The writer comes from a state where officers of the law are more successful in the appre hension of Sunday golfers than negro-lynchers. But when he observes that "Southern hospi tality" and "Southern chivalry," once our chief virtues, have be come relics of a moribund civ ilizationwhen he sees, as ev eryone must, the pall of intol erance so nearby, he feels that a huzzah should be raised to the glory of a liberal North Caro lina. ' Your state university has act ed her motto Lux et Libertas, Those who no longer exist mere ly) but who live and achieve a tolerant, encouraging smile shall rise. But it must be more than a facial smile. The faculty can do much to sustain liberal thought on this subject. Will it? . 0 . Grail Honors New Men With Banquet Drs. Bernard and Williams Address Order Saturday Night. The Grail held its annual get toerether banquet honoring the new initiates of the Order Sat urday evening at the Carolina Inn. After a delicious five course dinner, Dr. Horace Wil liams and Dr. W. S. Bernard made short talks which were en thusiastically received ly the Grailmen. At the Business meeting .following Norman Block was elected to succeed Walter Crissman as President of the Grail for the coming year. Mac Gray was elected Secretary and John Anderson chosen As sistant Treasurer, : i Members Must Pay Club Dues to Attend Dances Members of the German Club expecting to attend Easter dances must pay their dues in full at once. Ten dollars is also due from those who have paid only half of the annual fee of twenty dollars. The Club still has vacancies for new men, and anyone wishing to make application for mem bership, or to pay their dues, will please see Frazier Glenn, Treasurer, on sec ond floor of the "Y", or ad dress a letter to Box 581 as soon as possible. Norwood To Manage Freshman Tennis Team I A freshman tennis team, has been organized under the man agement of John Norwood and all men interested are urged by him to come out for the team A ranking list will be posted on the notice board of the tennis courts, and any aspiring fresh man should place his name in one of the blank spaces at the bottom. , Several interesting trips are being planned, ; including one through Virginia during Easter, as well as trips to North Caro lina colleges. OPEN FORUM Editor of Tar Heel: POLICY JUSTIFIED Editor Dula: (I believe this is a more graceful form of address than the usual cliche "Editor of the Tar Heel" that preceeds the gall that appears in your column. Moreover, you are the only unanimous choice for an editor ial berth.) "R. L. B.'s" diatribe on Byron White in last Saturday's Open Forum is the most farcical miss ive that has appeared in your most farcical column. R. L. B. predicts a "seething cauldron" if White had been elected editor. He endeavored to prove White's incompetence by the student body's "repudiation of his (White's) policies by the votes cast" To anyone possessing the faintest glimmer of almost hu man intelligence, the student body's "votes cast" is a vindica tion of White's intelligence and ability. As if the opinion of ten thousand idiots would show the wit of one wise man! A pop ular vote is no gauge of a man's ability. ' This is as obvious as a co-ed's would-be delightful con tours on a spring day But R. L. B. is blind and cannot see them, or he is a Methodist and refuses to acknowledge them. Because a man does not fran tically dart about the campus boisterously smacking N backs, squeezing hands, muttering in gratiating banalities or have others do it for him, does not stamp him as an incompoop even though he majMbe regarded as a witless politician.' . White's "sensationalism" and yellow, Faun-like journalism is sentational" and "yellow" if one regards Truth and Origin ality in a newspaper as "sensa tional" or "yellow." I agree with R. L. B. that "it is not surpris ing in the least that the student body repudiated his. policies at the polls Wednesday," but I dif fer from R. L. B. as to the rea son why. I admit it would be damned surprising if they did not . "repudiate" them, for even though we boast of the Univer sity as a 'hotbet of liberality in student thought' the mass of un dergraduates " possess as little thought as a Brisbane editorial. ! 1 ' L. J. S. i Mrs. Ted Weaver, former stu dent here and recent bride, is expected, to return with her hus band to Chapel Hill this week. Mrs. Weaver will have an apart ment at Mrs. MacRae's. DR. R. R. CLARE DENTIST Office Over Bank of Chapel Hill Telephone 385 Optional-Attendance Holds Before and After .Holidays 1 A report from the Registrar's office today announces that Ju niors and Seniors will not be compelled to attend classes Fri day before the Easter Holidays nor the day .immediately after their clase. The Registrar, how ever, urges that all these men attend classes on these days in order to lessen the confusion, ancLto cause less trouble on the part of the professors. Y Deputation Team Visits High Point Quartet and Speakers Appear Before . Number of Organizations. A deputation team represent ed by three speakers and a quartet fronT the Y. M. C. A. Cabinets presented programs before several of the prominent organizations (in High Point Thursday and Friday. The quartet greatly pleased the audiences with popular se lections, and the talks by Ed Hudgins, J. W. Crew, and John Mebane were well received. A mong the organizations visited were the Rotary, Kiwanis, and Hi-Y clubs, the Central High School, and High Point College. The quartet also rendered selec tions at the High Point Hospital. Graham PoynerAIex Menden hall, Wm. Downs, and Julius Meredith completed the group. Good Printing H Done Here in . Chapel Hill When you want printing done, call at The Orange Printshop. In the center of town, just back of the Bank of Chapel Hill. . , Newspapers, bulletins, cir cularSj letterheads, menus, programs, invitations, etc. The Orange Printshop Telephone 220 All outdoors invites your Kodak that's particularly true in the Spring, when picture opportunities are every where, on the campus or off. Kodaks $5 up here FOISTER'S Chapel Hill, N. C. II TGne Apparel's mm DRESS RIGHT - FEEL RIGHT - LOOK RIGHT On your approaching trip you should be fully equipped with the proper spring wear. Don't waste your vacation shopping. 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