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Pse Two Wfyz '&ax JM Leading Southern Collegb Txi Weekly Nettspapes Published three times every week of the college year, and is the official mewspaper of the Publications Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Sub scription price, $2.00 local and $3.00 cut of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. J. F. ASHBY.. Editor W .W. Neal, Jr... Business Mgr. Dav Carol.. ........ Associate Editor EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Tesi W. JoHNSON.........rMesday Issue George Ehrhart l.......Thursday Issue Joe R. Bobbitt, Jr Saturday Issue Walter Spearman Assistant Editor Staff Andy Anderson George Coggins Mercer Blankenship Calvin Graves . Glenn P. Holder Wallace Shelton Oates McCullen J. Q. Mitchell John Mebane Louise Medley D. E. Livingston Dick McGlohon Harry J. Galland James B. Dawson F. G. McPherson B. A. Marshall J. J. Parker James Rogers W. L. Marshall T7. H. Yarborough Miss K. E. Grantham BUSINESS STAFF M. R. Alexander .. Asst. to Bus. Mgr. Hre Bryson ....Advertising Mgr. R. A. Carpenter . Asst.. Adv. Mgr. Advertising Staff M. Y. Feimster J. M. Henderson Ed Durham' R. A. Carpenter Robert O. High John Jemison Leonard Lewis G. E. Hilll ..Collection Manager H. N. PattersonAssi. Collection Mgr. Henry Harper Circulation Manager Clyde Mauney... David McCain Gradon Pendergraft Saturday, January 21, 1928 PARAGRAPHICS Add to startling news of the day: 'Democrats War over Al Smith." Hope is that the Tar Heels can avenge the Deacons' grid glories in Raleigh tonight. One thing we can agree with the Mr. Eddy on, if everyone doesn't want to fight, there'll be little likelihood of any fighting. "Candle Burns Out," is the laconix headline-in the Thursday issue of the Tar Heel. Probably due to burning it at both ends. "Seek to Ban Home -Made Static Now," headlines a daily. Hope is that the beginning is made with the home talent saxaphone players. A hasty glance at Editor Gardner's latest literary organ gives one the impression that there has been a great renunciation on the part of someone-fn regard to , student contri butions. Announcement is made that a Uni versity campus scene is to be one epi sode of a new picture. Seeking a memorable one, we suggest the open ing exercises of Graham Memorial building. Begins to look like we are gonna have a war since President Chase in sists that things are in a helluva mess in Italy and Russia, not men tioning the proposed appropriations curtailment. . "Council to Meet Only by Demand of- Students," headlines the favorite tri-weekly. Not meaning that this is typical of our student government, which has been reported as reaching the "acme of perfection"? PRESIDENT JONAS' OPPORTUN- - . ITY ' v - . The student activties committee's disposition of the question of conven ing a student governmental conven tion is a happy one. ' The activities group in meeting Monday evening de cided that 'it was not incumbent on the present President of the student body to call such a convention without a favorable expression from the pres ent student body. The feasibility of such a convention has been subjected to doubt all along. One has to become fanciful to a de gree, idealistic to a point and certain ly sanguine to imagine that a group of 'students will sit, thoughtfully and with deliberative mien, for a number of days and thrash out the problems of student government, the adoption, of a constitution - and sueh allied questions when student conduct is sailing along as evenly and smoothly as it ever has since the student body ascended to the governmental saddle. The second resolution adopted by ' -u. A the activities group seems to be the outstanding piece of work done at the Monday evening meeting. This reso lution moves that machinery be in stituted "for the investigation of stu dent conditions and problems and make a report to the student body in mass meeting." The "machinery" suggested is special committees com posed of thoughtful and informed stu dents to review various phases of Student conduct; viz, cheating, drink ing, petty thieving and other forms of violations that are constantly be ing reported. There is no intention to spread alarm by the recitation of the violations. It is true that some feel that student government under the present system is falling short of expectancy; some dark pessimists see rack and ruin ahead. A wonderful opportunity is offered these committees, if they are properly constituted and go about their work with the best interest of student gov ernment and student welfare at heart. There is a definite feeling among certain thoughtful individuals that some changes in our student govern ment are necessary if we are to avert the pitfalls in which other student bodies have fallen of various institu tions. The letter of Norman Block in the last issue of the TAR HEEL is indicative of such sentiment. -Mr. Block agrees that the governmental convention should not be called. But he senses danger ahead under the present system. Mr. Block says: "Only those who are blinded by complacency fail to see the hum or in the. recent statement declar ing that student" government at this university has reached the ; acme of perfection. To others it is a joke, a farce, so ridiculous that it borders on absurdity." . Pretty strong -words, , to say the least. Despite the fact that the in dictment smacks of the abandon and vehemence typical of a Broadway chorus girl's affidavit against her sugar-coated, big papa in a breach of promise suit, there is food for thought for you here. Mr. Block has the reputation of being a thoughtful man, one who thinks before shouting. Hence his opinion deserves attention, his charges investigation. A A remarkable opportunity is offer ed the President of the student body. The student activities committee has empowered him to appoint several committees to investigate student conduct, government,' etc., with the express view of obtaining reliable in formation on student conduct so that it may be determined if changes in student government are desirable. By wise selection of the members of these various committees, or commit tee, and close attention to their work, President Jonas will be doing a real service to the University and student body. INVITE SENATOR REED HERE One of the Raleigh dailies announ ces that Senator Jim Reed of Miss ouri will address the members of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion in Raleigh sometime during March. The coming of Mr. Reed to Raleigh arouses the interest and hope of the Tar Heel. ' Senator Jim Reed is recognized to day as being one of the outstanding leaders as well as , lawyers, in the country.. Moreover, he has been men tioned a number of times for the presidential nomination by his party. His services in the United States sen ate are pretty well-known to those who keep abreast with the times. A fearless thinker, debater and public servant, the Missourian cuts wood on the senate floor with alacrity, cour age and fire that assures' that he is indifferent as to what politician may suiter concussion of the brain from being struck by the falling chips. His resoluteness and actions have con vinced that he is a man of principles, if the application of such a conven tional phrase here may be pardoned. Time was when the somnolent Di and Phi " societies bid for fame and recognition by inviting ; men on na tional importance to the campus. Couldn't one of these organizations break its prolonged siesta long enough to invite Fiery Jim; to come over to the University and speak while he is so near at hand? Per haps the faculty lecture committee could be put into action by the im portunities of those who would like to hear the Senator. FILLING A LONG-FELT NEED The action of the authorities in charge of the University grounds in laving cinder walks from the cam pus to the tin can will meet with the hearty approval of the student body. The complaint was recently rais ed, by a number of students that the inaccessibility of the tin can during a rain, or the .conventional Chapel Will period of mud, was' a source of general dissatisfaction. Knee-deep mud deters when one must wallow through nearly a quarter of a mile of it. Hence when basketball games were played in the can on rainy nights, or those immediately follow ing, many spectators who were an xious to see the Tar Heels in action THE TAR forewent the game because -of the muddy route leading the scene of action. ' . - - However, with walks of substan tial materials leading to the tin can the disagreeableness and inconveni ence suffered with encountering the mud will be allayed. The Tar Heel thinks that the grounds committee has filled a long-felt need in construct ing the walks to the tin can. J- CLIPPED THE' BLACKNESS OF EUROPE'S CLOUDS Dr. Harry W. Chase has no repu tation as an alarmist. Yet he has come back from six months in Europe tremendously impressed not only with the ravages of war in country after country but what is more import ant with the blackness of the war clouds now hanging over continent. So " impressed has he been that he has taken the matter to the public in at least two addresses. He has said the same thing with, if possible, more emphasis, at Durham; and it is not without significance that Dr. W. P. Few, present at the same meeting, "concurred in the opinion expressed by the Carolina president that danger is ahead." Specifically Dr. Chase is on record as . believing that unless the world moves along more sympathetically and with the cordial help of America "war and its causes, even in your life and mine, will find the world embroil ed in a conflict that will make the last war seem like a small one." Both Dr. Chase and Dr. Few see the great est menace in the expansion of Italy and Russia; greater menaces to Eu rope, Dr. Few thinks, than was Ger many. The opinion could hardly be called that of profound students of inter national politics, seeing that neither college president pretends to such au thority. Yet both are men with some ability to see straight and both have general knowledge of world affairs. Nor is it to be expected that the con trast they can see between their own state in its present high tide of de velopment and a continent admittedly crushed by its burden is the sole cause for such - pessimism. What they are saying now has been said by many others. It is said per iodically by virtually ever dispassion ate spirit which looks intently at the world scene. David- Lloyd George has said it repeatedly. Some of the high est officers of the British army have said it. Great numbers of students of the world scene have echoed , the same words. And perhaps there is hardly a statesman of high rank in the world who does not have to think about it. But it is not a popular message, it is not a generally pondered thought and it is pre-eminently not a matter about which any - considerable num ber of people or governments appear disposed to do' anything of major pro portions. That may be primarily be cause government generally, for all the efforts at innovation since 1918, are living under, the traditions of an alder diplomacy, and that diplomacy tended always to hold war not only inevitable but a useful tool for the attainment of national aspirations. I It is a traditional spirit born of the days when war was a matter largely of armies and not, as it is today and will be to greater extent tomorrow, of whole populations and of i all con tinents.' ' Nothing is more difficult than look ing into the heart of the infinitely complex movements of national ambi tions and fears and placing a finger on the spot of the next explosion. We have no idea whether the views of men whom North Carolina knows as well as it does Dr. Chase and Dr. Few are, in this instance correct. But if they spoke on any other matter with such seriousness, and even solemnity the state would listen closely. Greensboro Daily News. RESTRICT NON-RESIDENTS Dr. Chase suggests to the execu tive committee pf the board of trus tees of the university that enrollment of students from other states " has reached a point, where the adivisibil ity of restriction should be consider ed. The enrollment of non-resident students ha steadily increased, it is said, for several years. At present 392 students, or about 15 per cent of the entire student body, are from other states. This large attendance of non-residents is accepted as evi dence of the popularity and the effi ciency of the University of North Carolina. It " would seenvinhospitable to refuse to share our benefits with the outsiders. But sentiment' can't al ways be taken into account. j The de mand of our. own to be -served is of course the first consideration; and if the demands on the university of North Carolina folks reach the limit of our, ability- to provide, as seems to HEEL be impending the only , way out is to limit the outsiders to the number that can be accommodated after our own have been cared for.: Not always are we able to meet the requirements of the institution as they should be met; and considering the limitations so fre quently imposed in meeting' extension costs, it would -be impracticable as well as impossible to urge that pro vision . be made for those who really have no claim on us, as much as we would like -to care for all who would come. The question of restriction it is un derstood will be definitely determin ed next June. R. R. Clark in Greens boro Daily News. FOUR COLLEGE YEARS OR ONLY - THREE Professor Taussig's recent advo cacy in an address before the Harvard Liberal club of a three-year course has focused : anew upon the time re quired in the United States for the completion of college and professional training. It is well known that in Europe a student accomplishes this task on the average of two years earlier. Time is of the essence in America, if it is anywhere. ; Why not, then) crowd the four years of college into three?. The well known Harvard econo mist thinks it can be done by making the freshman year less dull and less elemental. To discuss dullness is al ways commendable, but just how this will save time Professor Taussig does not point out. Nor is it easy to see just how th$ first two years of col lege, to say nothing of the freshman year, can be made to deal with less elementary subjects. There is far too much ground to cover. The body of knowledge is constantlv i Information and so-called "tool" courses absorb practically all of this period. Does the solution, then, lie in the curriculum of the secondary school? Why is it possible to SDeed un the educational process during these eight years that lie between the Drimarv school and college? Some school men give us a negative answer. They tell us that the democratic ideal of mass education determines the rate of speed. Christian Science Monitor. Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776 at William and Mary College, Wil liamsburg, Virginia, is the oldest Greek-letter fraternity. . suits life nefodiyl feasBiraess I KNOW what I like in a pipe, and what I like is good old Prince Albert. Fragrant as can be. Cool and mild and long-burning, right to the bottom of the bowL Welcome as the week-end reprieve Welcome ... and satisfying! No matter how often I load up and light up, I never tire of good oldP.A. Always friendly. Always companionable. P. A. suits my taste. I'll say it does. Take my tip, Fellows, and load up from a tidy red tin. no other 1928, R. 7. Reynold Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C WHAT'S HAPPENING 10:30 a. m. Gerrard Hall. Sher wood Eddy will speak on' "Moral Standards Modern View of Marriage tc." . .,.- - ' 8:30 p. m. Raleigh. ' Basketball Carolina versus Wake Forest. . 7:00 -p. m. Gerrard Hall. ,r Sher wood Eddy will speak on "Sex San ity." .'v, - v;,,7 ; SUNDAY', JAN. 22 11:00 a. m. Methodist Church. Sherwood Eddy will speak on "Dare We Be Christian? What Is Christi anity? Religion and Social Justice?" 3:30 p. m. Methodist Church. Open Forum to discuss subjects of Eddy lectures. V Is Your Education WorthWhatitCosts? Your education is costing you plenty but it's worth every cent it costs. Why not guarantee that this investment in brains will not be lost through sickness or accident ? Here's the way: ." "See Gy" Cy Thompson's Caroling Agency Pilot Life Insurance Company "YOUR Life Insurance PILOT" . pU0TMOUOTAW -NORTH OROUKA' IItHE PILOXj y mm m '3 VJJ '1 tr tobacco is like it! Saturday, January 21 192S 7:30 p. m. Methodist Church, Sherwood Eddy will speak on "Can We Still believe in Religion? D We need a New Reformation? What Re ligion Means to Me." MONDAY, JAN. 25 , 7:00 p. m. Y. M. C. A. Meetiags of the Y Cabinets. - 8:30 p. m. Tin Can. Basketball. Carolina versus Virginia. TUESDAY, JAN 24 7:15 p. m. Di and Phi Halls. Meet ings of the Dialectic Senate and the Philanthropic Assembly. Spain estimates that it now has 2,000,000 radio listeners. Do the Gentlemen of the University of " - - North Carolina Prefer Blondes? - VOTE ' ... For who you think is the most beautiful co ed in the University. Leave all votes at the Carolina Theatre box -office. Sign your name to each vote. And see at the Carolina JANUARY 26 AND 27 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 99 AH votes must be in by January 25 at the 7 o'clock show. testes The tidy red tin that's packed with pipe-joy. ii'l ,) t , ---- - '-.--X.- 5
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