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li Pasre Two THE TAR HEEL Tuesday, May 1, 192$ rrr - eel Leading Southern College Tez Weekly Newspaper Published three times every week of the college year, and is the official newspaper of the Publications TTrnnn rtf the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Sub scription price, ?2.00 local and ?3.00 out of town, lor uxe conege year, Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. Walter Spearman Editor W. W. Neal, Jr.; Business Mgr. J. R. Bobbitt.1 .. Associate Editor EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Managing Editors JnHN MEBANE........-...........rMes(ia2 Issue George Ehrhart .....Thursday Issue Glenn Holder.. ....Saturday Issue Harrv fialland ..Assistant Editor Will Yarborough... ...Sports Editor BUSINESS STAFF M. R. Alexander Asst. to Bus. Mgrr 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. Hierh John Jemison Leonard Lewis G E. Hill-... .. ... . Collection Manager H. N. Patterson...Asst. Collection Mgr. B. Moore Parker Henry Harper......CircitZatiow Manager Clvde Maunev . David McCain Gradon Pendergraft ; Tuesday, May 1, 1928 PARAGRAPHICS Once again the Glee Club has set out a-touring. And many voices shall be raised in song, we suppose. the Buccaneer with a loud voice. They haven't ' cared that much about it. Most of them glance at the pictures and read the jokes then send it home or to a girl if it is "considered safe reading for the home circle. Very few would subscribe to it if it didn't come on the Publications' Fee. The present editor is one of the most efficient the Buccaneer , ever had, but it might be better if he would keep his ear a little closer to the ground. Not to pick up more dirt, but to catch the sentiment of the body which elected him and to which he is responsible. J.'.R. B. Jr. solicit all rogatory of critical letters, either de- favorable. Andy Anderson Editor the Buccaneer. HE DOESNT LIKE THE BUCCANEER OPEN FORUM THE BUCCANEER SPEAKS Among " the natural phenomena about' Chapel Hill that are worthy of note is this: the simultaneous pres ence of moonlight and Tempest. What with the Glee Club already gone and the Playmakers leaving Fri day, the Wigue and Masque has a clear field before it with no dramatic com petition left on the campus. ' v The Golf Team seems to be prac ticing true Southern hospitality: it easily defeated the teams' of the state and won the N. C. championship; but along came Georgia and the Carolin ians chivalrously surrendered to their visitors. , ) Judge Winston, who spedks to the Law School this week, is widely known as the "freshman at sixty." But judg ing from the mid-term reports of some present freshmen, there are many others who will still freshmen at sixty! v REAL HOSPITALITY That intangible thing called South ern hospitality has had so much sen timentalized advertising that the meaning of the words has well-nigh become lost in misuse. During the past week, however, Duke University entertained the North Carolina Inter collegiate Press association and dem onstrated royally just what "South em hospitality" should imply. Oyer one hundred delegates, repre senting the college publications of North Carolina, attended the confer ence; and every one of these dele gates was welcomed as soon as he arrived, comfortably lodged, and well cared for throughout the confer ence. Nothing was neglected which might contribute to the pleasure of the visitors. Banquets, teas, baseball games, theatre parties, were planned for all the time not devoted to busi ness meetings and addresses. In short, Duke University is a master of the art of entertaining. ' And although comparisons are ever odious,- we still insist upon wonder ing just how well Carolina's hospi tality, would measure up. THE BUCCANEER Addison Hibbard has .had his little say apropos the Buccaneer and the campus" has reacted not so violently perhaps, but none the less universally. Just as might be expected, students have aligned themselves in opposing camps to fight a verbal war. The Army of Intellectuals is pleased with the present policy of the humorous magazine; the; Army of Moralists cries "Down with dirt!" V Students are' definitely and irrev ocably opposed to censorship. ' Dean "Hibbard thinks the same way. Both, we believe, would prefer the present Bueedneer't& that evil; Butf through out the year there has been an un dercurrent of feeling that the college comic editor has allowed his jokes to become a trifle rawi : Students have not cried out against Editor of the Tar Heel: I want to thank Mr. Hibbard through the Tar Heel for his letter published in Saturday's issue concern ing the type of jokes used in the Ex change Number of the Buccaneer. That issue might have been an in discretion on the part of the editor. If it was, I am indeed sorry that the issue, did not appear" earlier in the year in order that I might have re ceived instructive comment from the campus. Now it is too late to benefit me or my volume of the Buccaneer. Opinions will be gladly received by the present editor, either personal dr through the columns of the Tar Heel, and I am sure that Mr. Perry, the editor-elect, will appreciate them. Opinions will help him through his editorship next year. ' At the beginning of the year, I men tioned to many students the idea of criticising the issues of the Buccaneer. I wanted to give the campus what they wanted and until Mr. Hibbard's open forum letter, I had received no direct opinions except that the issues were good. I heard from one or two sources (information that came to me second hand) that this or that issue was 'bad.' The college editor has a hard life. If he publishes a magazine that is subtle, 'tame' and conservative (using the Buccaneer for an example), he garners, perhaps, the silent applause of the faculty and the oral condemna tion of the majority of students; if an issue is 'hot,' the editor receives a few complimentary remarks from the students and the written disap proval of the faculty. Those who like something on the campus seldom say So in writing; those who dislike usual ly broadcast their views in the Tar Heel. I would appreciate comments from both sides on the present issue. But Mr. Hibbard evidently overlook ed one rather important point. The Buccaneer is by the students for the students. The faculty seldom reads it or the other campus publications Hence, the Buccaner must contain ma terial that is of interest to the ma jority, Which is the students, and to the majority of the students. Very few students on the campus would appreciate jokes about a political sit uation in Texas or some other far away state. They would not appre ciate' jokes about the affairs of the president or situations of some for eign country. There is one explana tion: the campus" knows, or may know little of these places or situa tions; they appreciate humor- only about things with which they are ac quainted. When I was managing editor of the Buccaneer, I tried locality jokes in a minor way to see how the cam pus would react. I talked with many students .and they did. not relish the idea. Then, too, there is very little on the campus that one may joke about and perhaps Mr. Hibbard would become incensed were the 'Buc caneer to become local and commence joshing the professors and the A. B. school. The ' situation has many angles. ' What I have striven for this year is to produce a comic magazine that would please the majority of the stu dents and in doing that, I have at tempted to give them humor about the things they know things that they think about, things that they live, act, and things with which they are constantly associated. In doing this, the Buccaneer has been' entire ly local. Drop in on any group of boys and listen to the subjects they cover in their conversation. The av erage college man of today is going through a period of sex and relative situations. ' Our fathers either went through the same in practice, or, if they were afraid to admit it, they thought about, the matters a great deal. 'Tis much better to think openly and arrive at some logical and discussed-perfect conclusion than to labor in ignorance.' v Again I welcome campus opinions concerning the Buccaneer. Notf for myself but for the next editor." I know he is anxious to please the cam pus and the faculty together if that is possible. He will appreciate all criticism, even as I, and I earnestly Editor of The Tar Heel: I am most heartily in accord with the article of Mr. Hibbard in Satur day's issue of the TAR Heel, and I can cite many more of the same opinion. It seems that the Buccaneer has fol lowed the almost inevitable path of college comics in general; i. e., it has come-to the struggling stage wherein its humor has to be machinated -with such great effort that it is no longer- humor; on the contrary, it is a sort of ostentatious and repellent form of coarseness. Not one issue of this year has risen above the stupid level of the Whiz Bang. Little of the jovial pleas antry that exists on the campus ever reaches the Buccaneer s pages. It seems to act rathervas a swill-tub of the dirtiest and most risque jokes. That risque wit is rife on the campus cannot easily be disproved, but I do not see the point in; collecting it for magazine consumption. Ribald jokes will always be told, until the millen- ium, but they need not be printed. By being printed in the Buccaneer they are actually given a place of impor tance on the campus, and they are not worth it. Withal, obscene sex-, drink-, and love-jokes are "weary, stale, flatj and unprofitable" most of the time when they are conjecturally "in or der"; when they are out of order, as they certainly are iri the Buccaneer, they are preposterously absurd. With all due respects to the efforts of the editing staff of the Buccaneer, endorse a NEW Buccaneer or NO Buccaneer. Francis C. Hayes. CAST SELECTED IN TRYOUTS FOR WHOOPS M'DEAR Wigue and Masque Presentation To Be Given Here May -23 and 24. WELL! WELL! WELL! Grail Gives Dance For Its Initiates Takes Place Saturday Night In Gym; Wardlaw Furnishes 31 osic. Editor of the Tar Heel: News has been defined (a Pulit zer School professor is responsible for the definition) as "any departure fronithe normal." I wish you would tell me if the following true incident is news or not. me headline is mine. CAROLINA STUDENT, MODEL 1929? An alumnus of the University was in a washroom of a local ho tel recently when three Carolina students came in. After the rou tine of thorough washing-up, one of the students drew some kind of lipstick from his waistcoat and began immediate application thereof. He remarked casually that his lips were chapped. When i this part of the gentleman's toi let was completed, he produced a small bag and fluff of talcum powder and began powdering operations. He made no com ment as he deftly weilded the powder-puff to and fro across his v manly features. Now what I want to know is this: Is this "hews" on the Hill? Is it really a "departure from the normal" beautifying process of the 1928 stu dent? I did not see the spectacle myself. Another grad told me about it. He is a man of unquestionable veracity given always to conservative state ment and benevolent interpretation of all human frailties. I'll take his word any time, any place. Moreover ;he was questioned most closely on certain points: Did the youth .appear physio logically,, psychologically, and yes, mentally, unsound or . slightly abnor mal? He did not. Was there any suggestion of effeminacy in the young student's attitude and mannerisms? There was hot. Did his companions seem to feel that such behavior was ground for apology, good-natured raillery, or open censure? Again my informant answered in the nega tive. ' That is all. I promised my f riend grad that I would write and find out. Farbeit from me to provoke discus sion or invite censure. I should like simply to know is such an incident, journalistically speaking, can be call ed college "news" on the Hill in the year 1928. My interest extends no further; or to close with a quotation from Montaigne : "I do n,ot teach. I but report." ARNOLD A. McKAY '13 "Whoops M'Dear," the Wigue and Masque's new musical comedy, which will be shown in Memorial Hall on the 23rd and 24th of this month, por-1 tends to be one" of the best produc tions ever staged by this well-known organization. For the firsf time in its history, the co-eds are taking a part in a Wigue and Masque presen tation. The cast has almost been com pleted and all new material will be chosen as it is needed from the names already on the list that was compil ed during the first tryouts. Gene Erwin, of the executive1 committee, has definitely announced that there will be absolutely no more tryouts. Rehearsals for this production will begin on Monday. The executive committee is com posed of Mr. P. J. Weaver, Mr. Park er Daggett, Gene Erwin, and Alvin Kahn. The 'technical staff is working un der the direction of the executive board. Stage construction will be handled by Dave Abner. Costumes by Miss Anne Lawrence, lighting by J. T. Maxwell, and the orchestration will be under the direction of Mr. T. Smith McCorkle of the music depart- ment. Those given roles a a result of the tryout are: Misses Carolyn Wmston, Ruth Ashmore, Margaret Broadus, Sarah Purrington, Katherine Taylor, Katherine Johnson, Mary. Lynn Giles, Marilee Shaw, Emily McClelland, Ber tha Davis, Isabelle Wenholde, Mar garet Carlton, Anne Lawrence, Eliza beth Davis, Tarasa Graham, and Emily Slade; Walser, Kirkpatrick, Turner, Petty Waddill, Pete Wilson, Guy Fulp, Elwood Goodson, J. B. Caughman, Ralph Prevost, D. L. English, E. XS. Wood, A. D. Sickles, Paul Scurlock, T. P. Harrison, Don ald Wood, Peyton Abbot, Dan Mc Connel, and Andy Mcintosh. The week-end was brought to an end by the Grail dance given in By num Gymnasium Saturday night from nine till twelve. This was given in honor of the newly initiated members of the order. Jack Wardlaw's Orches tra furnished the music which was very good, and the orchestra is mak ing quite a name for itself in and with blue and white streamers drap ? from the ceiling to the edges of the balcony. Pine trees were placed in all the corners, and the combination was very elective. The social acti vities of the week-end were confined to the Sophomore dance on Friday night and to this one on Saturday, but they were fine in spite of the bad weather which prevailed. So far as is now known, the only dances for next week-end are tho?? to be given by Sigma Alpha Epsilca and Delta Sigma Phi. Send the TAR HEEL home H n H H u H H H 8 University Shoe Shop NOW LOCATED IN TANKERSLEY BUILDING NEW QUARTERS NEW EQUIPMENT Coupled with our old standard of service i insures satisfaction. : University Slioe Shop TANKERSLEY BUILDING -m- "SAME fMOMFSOH" Taken from the Stage Play "RAIN" Thursday Friday Gar linna- Tinea fre PATTERSON MEDAL TO BE DISPLAYED IN MAY The Patterson Medal, awarded for general excellence in athletics, has been received in the Alumni office. Last year Ad Warren received the coveted medal, and Monk McDonald won it the preceding year. The Patterson Medal was . estab lished in 1924 by D. F. Patterson, Al bert Patterson,' and Joseph F. Pat terson in commemoration, of their brother, John Durant Patterson. It is offered annually, being based on athletic ability, . sportsmanship, lead ership, morale, and general conduct. The medal will be on display in one of the local stores the first part of May. When, a full blooded American Indian was the worlds champion athlete WhenfimThorpewon thePentathlon and De cathlon at the Stock holm Olympic Games in igi2,the world was electrified. By securing a majority of points in broad and high jumps, discus and javelin throwing, putting the shot, running races and dashes, Thorpe was awarded the title of World Champion. 1 -W hu 1 1 f li il It if Iti ! r -&MhiWi I f -1 v t " Vi il ff II' i i : xPmwf-. t ml " ijjjl i vJlv "i"vU fa ihtf x'' s1? "HEi928 Olympics will be in Am sterdam. Oneofitsshowplacesis the magnificent new Bank of the Netherlands Trading Co. No doubt this bank would be proud to have one of Holland's native sons win , world fame similar to Thorpe's, but they do not believe in compelling clerks to practice marathons and weight lifting in their daily work. You will find in this bank 24 Otis Elevators of the most modern type from . the micro-driven passenger ele vators that annihilate time and space in their 100 foot lift, to smaller eleva tors and dumbwaiters that carry valuables and strong boxes, books and safes, ashes and food elevators of every type and purpose all products of Otis. It should be a real thrill to visiting Americans to contemplate one of America's great industries as a neces sary adjunct to the march of civiliza tion even in countriesof theold world that were making history' when Amer ican Indians were yet to look upon the face of a white man. ' O T 1 S E L E VAT O R COM PA N Y . . Offices in All Principal Cities of the iVorld L J I
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