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Pase Two THE T A It HEEL Thursday, January. 26, 1928 Leading .Southern College Tri - Weekly Newspaper Published three times every week of the college year, and is tne omciai nwRnflTifr vf the PHhlidations Union of the University of North Carolina. Chanel Hill. N. C. Sub scription price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of " Alumni Win mmnf J. F. Ashby .... .Editor W .W. NEAL, jR...Business Mgr. Dav Carol... . ......Associate Editor EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors Tom W. JoHNSON..............Tttesday Issue George Ehrh art... ........... Thursday Issue "Joe R. Bobbitt, Jr........ Saturday Issue Walter Spearman ......Assistant Editor Staff Wallace Shelton J. Q. Mitchell John Mebane Louise Medley Andy Anderson Oates McCullen Calvin Graves Glenn P. Holder D. E. Livingston Dick McGlohon Harry J. Galland James B. Dawson W. H. Yarborough F. G. McPherson B. A. Marshall J. J. Parker James Rogers W. lb Marshall Donald Wood JCatherine Grantham George Coggins BUSINESS STAFF . . M. R. Alexander ...... Asst. to Bus, Mjr. Moore 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. Hill...7........:.....CoZZection Manager H. N. Patterson..4.sst.CoZZecton Mgr. Henry Harper. Circulation Manager Clyde Mauney David McCain , Gradon Pendergraft '. Thursday, January 26, 1928 PARAGRAPHICS "Can't Borrow from One Loan Fund and Studr Greek," headlines the fav orite tri-weekly. Probably the gent doesn't want to start any more Greek cafes. , Add to startling news of the. day: "Heflin Fires Verbal Cannon at Cath olics." "Coolidge Only Hope of G. O. P.," headlines a daily. Now who will be sq rash as to rejoin with "Al Only .Hope of .Democrats ? " Duke university professor suggests a peace cabinet for the government. Uhy not one - for the Democratic party ? "'. - ; Admiral Tom Heflin now launches an attack against the newspapermen, about which we may observe that turn about is fair play. r Business of agreeing with Presi dent Chase in his belief that faculty members here are underpaid, but couldn't the "students come in for some condolences, too? Now that the cocky sports editor of the Durham, Herald has thoroughly convinced himself that he is in perfect agreement with -himself, we suppose the., question of referees is satisfac torily settled for the next century, CURBING HONOR VIOLATIONS BY PUBLICITY It is reported that the Duke Chron icle, student newspaper; of Duke uni versity, which is presumably travail ing in a season of honor system vio lations, advocates the publication of the name-of offenders as a means to curb the growing disrespect for the honor system on the neighboring uni- versity's campus. In a short state-. men V the editor of the N. C. State Technician approves the proposal as one that would bring "constructive re sults. , . , i Such a method to intimidate of fenders and would-be offenders from violating the-honor system here Irs been seriously discussed by groups - and individuals for sometime. , The underlying principle is that the would be .offender, through fear -of publicity and public ruin, would be deterred from committing certain acts that are expressly or are presumed violations of the honor system. Is such an assumption, that through fear the potential culprit will desist, practical? . Hardly, It is acceptable at once that the severity of the pen alty will do much to temper the rec titude of the criminal. However, how many offenders and near-violators go so far as to assume that they will be caught in the act, and ponder on the severity of resulting punishment for acts committed? Few, indeed, give ine matter of punishment very much ... " " i thought, since it is generally assumed j that the act will be committed with out his, or .'her, being apprehended. Turning from the frankly prac tical side of the proposition, the Tar Heel does not . believe that morality and law observance should be encour aged and taught by fear of the sever ity of the penalty for violations. Why should the publications of the names of honor violators in the college news papers be considered severe punish ment? Let us see. . The college student is usually a minor, an adolescent whose life is just beginning, in the broad sense of the word. One lacking the maturity of judgment, balance of relative val ues, and the proper conception of what is injurious to the moral char acter yes. an unmatured boy or girl so often deviates without full realiza tion of the seriousness of the act that has been 'committed. The publication of such moral aberrations though the penal offense be expulsion and the penalty is enforced brings the offender under a Tay of public spot light that more often does , graver harm to his moral character than it has value to deter or serve as a cor rective. " ' ' . ' -' "Must he -who would stoop once to err by filching an apple from an "hon or box, peeping over the shoulder of the student at hand to learn a French verb, or imbibe intoxicants "be Tield up to the curious eyes of all and be branded with the stigma of a thief, a cheater or a drunkard so that by solemn example "he may serve to deter other potential Violators? "NEED FOR SOMETHING BESIDES BOOK-LEARNING Dav Carol Ours the name of leader m the South; ours the trophy for progress of all kinds,- ours the art of bluff. For the University, "bedecked -with a few laurels, bids fair to immure herself in dogma; her contact -with the day's culture is dependent on her faculty alone. Particular reference is made to our entertainments features. Our ros trums present few visitors of distinc tion; our concerts, despite an ambi tious music department lacking only in money, are -neither of the fre quency nor of the quality appropriate to a-real university. Candidly, to an institution so well heralded as ours, the situation is dis graceful By rights, the University should be above comparison with any other college in the state, and few in the South; but a glance at the lecture anu concert program oi in. j. U. VV. will put our flaunted Droe-ress t.n j shame. Yet, it is not impossible for the University to. institute a program of attractions compatible with its dig nity. Why, we suggest, would it be inconsistent with enlightenment to require every student to may a. small "entertainments fee?" This plan for financing worthwhile innovations has been adopted with signal success at other institutions. If every student were assessed about seventy cents each quarter, the University might realize five thous and dollars as a yearly budget" for scientific and aesthetic , attractions painfully needed in this tall-timber state. Moreover- the students, thpir season tickets once purchased, would naturally develop an interest in mat ters which are indispensable to mod ern education. And not' only would visiting artists and lecturers never suffer humiliation form poorly filled halls, but the various departments could afford negotiations for a splen did selection of attractions. At present, students pay. fees to athletics and publications. Student government may be added to the list. Now, we submit that these activities are not half so synonymous with the educations for which parents sup posedly are paying as are concerts and lectures of national significance. Students come here for an educa tion ; ' are they to be denied an acquaintanceship with the arts and sciences of their day?' The Univer sity should welcome controversialists and bellwethers of thought; instead we hear militarists, "inspirational" philosophers, and platitudinous evan gelists.' . ' t Lux, liber tag. : Students in English Classes Become " "Department Strollers" (By New Student Service) v ' Visits of "department, strollers," students in English classes who have special . dramatic ability, . assist in visualizing" English . work in -.Boys High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. The boys pass from one English section to another, giving, short performances of scenes selected from great master pieces which they - have " previously studied and. rehearsed. Other meth ods of visualization in English work are used, including: talks . in "picture form." by pupils on assigned topics, in connection with a stereopticon lantern operated by a fellow pupil. V Misses Rachel Davis and Marietta Nanipr Iisva Ticon mi;to ;n ix. -r vj.tiin; ill Lilt! Woman's Building this week. I CLIPPED J ON DEFINING A ROTTEN LECTURE "Mr. Allan Latham's letter to Pro fessor Leacock, published in Satur day's issue of the Daily, contained an indirect -compliment to the .professors of this university. In 4t he said that most German lectures were absolute ly rotten. . He had evidently been trained, (in McGill) to expect a high standard of lecturing technique. Whatever their material might be an comparison to that offered by the German profes sors, their method of delivery -was far better. ;; :"'" The few -who do not read their lec tures are extremely good, thinks Mr. Latham. ;So one definition of a rotten lecture might be "A lecture that is read." , ' ; "We shall have to modify this, how ever, or put a large percentage of McGill lecturers dnwn as "rntten " a-nA this would be unfair, because we know many professors who read their lec tures, but who make them very inter esting nevertheless. . But professors who do this usually put expression into 'their reading. We can imagine the German lecturer's voice a sleepy monotone, with a few sustained "hrrrrchs," here and there. which might sound like a consumptive invalid clearing his throat, and exem plified in the similar sound made by the Scots .-when they sing about the "braw bricht moonlight nicht." We might amend our- definition now and say that a rotten lecture is one that is delivered monotonously." tfut that doesn't exclude the lectur er who says what he says in a truly braye style, but says very little worth saying. And college students are like the general public in that they appre ciate really good material providing the relater does not violate the rule contained in our amended definition. A rotten lecture, now, is "poor ma terial delivered monotonously." Of course, there are a good many other opinions about rotten lectures. To some students, rotten lectures are those that begin at five past the hour and last for fifty minutes, as con trasted with those that begin at quar ter past one hour and end at a quar ter to the next. Cynical definitions such as that. however, we cannot consider. Our definition at present reniains as stated two paragraphs back, and is quite vague enough to suit the majority. ' We wish it was as easy for us to define a rotten lecture, as for the lecturers to define a rotten student. A rotten student is merely one who ians to pass his examinations. Of course, we doubt whether any student has failed in every exam, ' but it is equally doubtful whether any deliver er of rotten lectures gives rotten lec tures in every subject.--.The McGill Daily. LAST IN THEATER-GOING ' It appears from another of Paul Wager's tables in the News " Letter that the state department of conser vation and development i can chalk-up another first. By close study of the federal taxes that indefatigable sta tistician has discovered that in re spect to the per capita expenditures ior tneater admissions in excess of 50 cents, North Carolina stands su preme. The 50 cent limit has to be put in because the government -puts it in. But it automatically knocks out all admissions of 50 cents and less, which means knocking out' a large number perhaps a large ma jorityof tickets bought for moving pictures. Mr. Wager is not dealing with that class. He is not dealing with admissions to . "athletic contests, cabarets and social clubs," either. What he is dealing with would ap pear to be theater, tickets' of all kinds which cost more than 50 , cents, whether for moving, pictures, dramas tic performances and (presumably) musical concerts of any sort. The state's supremacy lies' in the fact that, it -spends jess per capita for this purpose than any other, state in the union. It might have been guessed. .. We should not have' eruessed that North Carolinians either, have less oppor tunity for enjoying, or care less about enjoying, this form of entertainment than, say the people of South Caro lina, or Alabama or New .Mexico, which are hear the botton, or even less than Arizona or Vermont or Utah, which k spend many times more. Buf it is ' certainly no secret that the opportunity for such' entertainment. Pin North. Carolina Ts not to be com pared with the opportunities in manv other states'. It is perhaps almost as true that the great mass of North Carolinians woul4 not partake of such enjoyment if they had the opportun ity. - .;:; ;-- ; 1 The first is a fact which has be'eh noted niany times. Greensboro notes it often, and yet Greensboro has per- i haps as much probably morein such entertainment as any other town " it M l Mil ' - ' . m tne state, ine second is more difficult to demonstrate, but the high percentage of illiteracy, ; the low average income and the large negro population all point! to the probabil ity that it is correct.' Hard business points to it, too. "If the desire was evident, or even reasonably present although not easily visible, business would find it out. - The truth, of course, is that North Carolina has now, and has always had, precious little experience in this form of entertainment. It is plain to anyone who looks a second time at the" state. But perhaps the- state department of development anoV con servation can show that we conserve our cash and develop our ability to seek amusement elsewhere, if any. -Greensboro Daily News. NO MORE CIRCUS CLOTHES? American college students, accord ing 'to the writer of an article in the Vermont university newspaper, are abandoning coarse home-spun suits, pants, .socks and ties nf ma rtvr nnrl loud colors and artistieallv prnhpllisTi- e raincoats, for plainer gray or navy blue suits, white shirts and camel's hair coats. Certainly the newer styles will justify to a greater extent the appelation "college man" so of ten used in place of' the possibly bet ter "college boy." At McGill extravagant fashions have always been held in disfavor. A few students have, from time to time) dared to , amble around the campus decked in Oxford bags, loud sleeveless sweaters and golf stockings decorated with long ribbons, but these have been in such a minority as' to call forth laudatory remarks from visiting students of other colleges. McGill has been accused of lack of interest in dressy affairs. And we do think, this criticism is a severe one, for clothes .and studies are not al ways related, and shoddy old clothes are generally preferred by 'all stu dents when they study at their leisure anyway. The freshman class at McGill, as we have remarked previously, are a particularly well-dressed lot of men, and perhaps they will stick to the college's conservative ideals, but be a little more particular. The converse to the old' proverb "Clothes .make the man" may be true, but we think that the old proverb it self is scarcely true. Several wise and venerable men we know . don't worry about style, but prefer com- tort, and we peheve they are truly wise men, even though they do set examinations for us. But it is hoped that the conserva tive movement started in American colleges will continue there, and that it will have a profound intellectual effect, and raise, the ordinary public opinion of the fifty , thousand fresh men so wittily satirized recently. Af ter all, several of these old proverbs are quite influential, even such matter-of-fact minds as those of big business men. The McGill Daily. UNIVERSITY FACULTY SHOULD GET FLEXIBLE SALARY SCALE .Dr. Harry Chase, president of the University, will not be seriously an tagonized in his statement that the salaries of the faculty are too low, notably in special cases. A man dis tinguishes himself in his line.' He gains a reputation that reflects cre dit on the University. He develops there an outstanding ability' His words begin to carry weight! Some body else takes him off the Chapel Hill campus for good. It 'all has to be done over again. a Dr. Chase says that the way to meet this matter is to have a flexible sal ary scale. If a man is exceptionally valuable to the University, why should not the University recognize his value? There is no room in this equation for a .formula such as might be applied to the pay of janitors. Yet that is what' the University has very largely been compelled : to rely up on. Man, after man. in the last decade has left the University to earn a sal ary anywhere from fifty .to a -hundred per cent higher than he was get ting and admittedly worth, simply because of an automatic ; scale that denied the University, the privilege, of making a good bargain. If may be said in this connection that man af ter man of the University faculty has made a sacrifice and stayed on in the teeth of better offers simplv out of loyalty and sentiment. That last cir cumstance is a tribute to the spirit of the University management; but is a disgrace to the State.' We hope that Doctor Chase- is given in this .matter a free . hand. Something, of the. sort, ought to- be extended to the heads . of State De partments, - The notion " that a! Sal ary and .Wage Commission can stan dardize , services to the State outside the duties of a purely clerical forces is the biggest, folly ever perpetrated on a supposedly;, rational common wealth. . Men grow in most cases by the incentive they.see ahead of them. Exceptionally, they go . forward and get the spot-light without it. If. the incentive fail, in one case they re lapse into mediocrity and job-holding; in the other, they are ost to the em ployment that does not appreciate them. ' . . The University is a good place to reform the well-meant but stultifying and stupefying effect of the Salary and Wage Commission as it has been conducted'. Raleigh Times. , NO HIGHER TUITION FEES Despite the fact that- it 'may be possible by some sort of legal inter pretation for the University of North Carolina to ; increase its tuition fees as proposed without doing violence to the letter of the constitution, it is very clear that the framers of this constitution set up free tuition as the ultimate goal. . The phraseology does not permit of any double meaning. But even if it did, the better practice and the present tendency to make education less expensive rather than more ex pensive, ought to prevail. The. day ought to come when it will be possible for the State to remove all charges for tuition. The costof a college edu cation as it is involved in the general cost of living may be counted on to increase anyhow as standards of liv ing for college students ; and people, generally: are raised. There is no reason why the State of North Caro lina arbitrarily should make the bur den heavier. The linking of the proposal with the possibility of establishing a State Loan Fund does not ' do credit to its origin.' If it is within leeral bounds the State should establish a loan fund for worthy young men and young women seeking a college education. But North Carolina ought not to say encouragingly to its young men and young women: "I'm going to lend you money for your college educa tion," adding as a dampening after thought, "but ' I'm goiner to increase the fees on you." Raleigh News and Observer. LET'S ARBITRATE (By New. Student Service) , Ithaca, N. Y. Regular facultv-stu- dent conferences for discussion of faculty legislation pertaining to stu- t - . aents is suggested by the Cornell bun to "promote greater understand ing and, insure complete - cooperation in questions directly concerning the undergraduate body." The Sun be lieves a representative group of stu dents meeting with the faculty would do much to remove mutual' irritation. The proposal is not new. Elsewhere it nas been presented in student at tempts to gain access to faculty meetings. These efforts generally have been fruitless, presumably on the ground that the students are not sufficiently mature to be of aid to the administrators. However, .some of the kindlier teachers have let. it be known that the faculties are not so. much afraid of student immaturity as they are of the danger that the inane character of most faculty meetings may become too generally known. Miss Dorothy Stearnes of Long Island, "N. Y. whose engagement to Thomas J. Wilson, Jr., has been an nounced is visiting near Greensboro this week. Miss Stearnes attended the Carolina-Virginia ' basketball game in Chapel Hill Monday night. Miss Lillian Pearson has gone to her home in Greensboro for several days. She expects to attend the Padereweski concert Friday night. NEW VICTOR RECORDS RELEASED EVERY FRIDAY UNIVERSITY BOOK & STATIONERY CO. (Sutton BIdg-.) AUDITORIUM DURHAM rr? C iARLES LWAQNERd 111 M33WViUUN WITH . 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