Page Two'
Tuesday, May 29, 1928
THE TAIt HEEL
Leading Southern College Tri
weekly Newspapee
Published three time3 every week of
the college year, and i3 the official
newspaper of the Publications
Union of the University of North
Carolina, Chapel 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
Building.
Walter Spearman .....Editor
W..W. Neal, Jr... Business Mgr.
J. R. BobbittI .. Associate Editor
editopjal department
Managing Editors '
John MebAne,........ Tuesday Issue
Glenn Holder...,:. -Thursday Issue
Will Yarborough .Saturday Issue
Harry Galland .Assistant Editor
Will Yarborough . Sports Editor
Reporters
11. T. Browne
G. B. Coggins
W. C. Dunn
J. C. Eagles
A. J. Fisher
R. W. Franklin
T. W.; Johnson
J. P. Jones
G. A. Kincaid
D. E. Livingston
O. McCullen
W, w.
D. R. McGlohon
L. P. HarrelL
M. L. Medley
Wm. Michalove
J. Q. Mitchell
B. C. Moore
K. C. Ramsay
J. W. Ray
J. V. Lindley
P. B. Ruffin
W. A. Shelton
Speight
BUSINESS STAFF.
M. R. Alexander Asst. to Bus. Mgr.
Moore Bry son. .........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
B. Moore Parker Collection Manager
H N. Patterson .Asst. Collection Mgr.
Henry Harper Circulation Manager
Clyde Mauney David McCain
Gradon Pendergraft
Tuesday, May 29, 1928
"THE HIT DOG HOLLERS'
If we may judge by the open forum
letter of one Emanuel J. Evans in to
days Tar Heel this question of the
awarding of contracts must be a sore
1 k
spot in the vitals of the Publications
Union Board. As "Sairey-Sam," one
of the delightful characters in that
much discussed "Shotgun Splicin',"
queried: "What's he so amazin' tech
ious about?" Instead of the dignified
rejoinder which one might hope to re
ceive from a Publication Union Board
striving to justify its actions, this
open forum letter deals almost solely
in personalities and concerns itself
with insinuating thrusts at Business
Manager Cone, Editor Allison, and
the editor of the Tar Heel.
An editorial in Saturday's Tar
Heel, headed "The Annual Farce,'
s brought complaint against the P. U.
Board for letting printing and en
graving contracts for campus piibli-
i cations without consulting the editors
and business managers who will have
to carry out the terms of the contract.
We heartily believe that this complaint
is justifiable, and we stoutly main
tain that of all persons interested in
the success of., a publication the in
coming editor and business manager
are the most vitally concerned and
have the most right to be consulted
and given some say-so in the disposi
tion of their publication.
Let it be understood that we have
no complaint against the present per
sonnel of the P. U. Board. In all
probability they did the best they
could considering their limited exper
ience and their unwillingness to ac
cept advice from men who were bet
ter informed and more directly con
cerned than they themselves. '
As for the personal insinuations
cast by Mr. Evans, they seem to us
in extremely poor taste if not actual
ly libellous. That the official spokes
man of the P. U. Board (Secretary
Evans) should accuse a business man
ager of a campus publication of re
ceiving "all sorts of favors, dinners
and suave talk" from representatives
of an engraving company and then
using his personal influence to se
cure the contract for that particular
company is a rash action unless
there be proof to back it up. And
- such proof was singularly lacking in
the letter. If the question of bribery
must be brought into the discussion,
Why should the editor and business
manager be more susceptible to fav
ors and dinners than the P. U. Board
itself? Indeed the P. U. Board has
nothing to lose if the contracts are
awarded by favoritism its responsi
bility will have passed over to a new
Board. The editor and. business man
ager, on the other hand, have the pub
" lication on their hand3 for the coming
year; they will receive credit or dis
credit according to the merits of . their
publication. How much more Jikely
then are they to see that the contracts
go where the best work will result!
Intimation that the editorial policy
of the Tar Heel might be shaped be
cause of any personal "friendships of
the editor is another unjust and un
founded accusation. Strange as such
action may seem to the Secretary of
the P. U. Board, the Tar Heel tries
to regard matters on the campus with
an unprejudiced eye and what criti
cisms or suggestions it offers are put
forth with a hope that the campus
may derive some benefit from them.
The Tar Heel 'does not complain of
any injustice done to Allison and
Cone; while their advice, based upon
experience and knowledge of the
Yackety Yack work, would . undoubt
edly have been worthwhile, still the
success or failure of next year's book
does not rest with them. It is Editor
June Adams and Business Manager
Guy , Hill who, we insist, should have
been considered in the 'awarding of
contracts. Upon them lies the respon
sibility of the 1929 yearbook, and that
responsibility will be a' double one in
that they had no voice in the letting
of contracts.
"Any sane body is open to advice,"
declares Mr. Evans but the Publi
cation Union Board does not see fit
to seek the advice of editors and busi
ness managers.
OPEN FORUM
TO THE RESCUE OF THE
P. U. BOARD
Editor of the Jar Heel:
In Saturday's issue of the Tar Heel
the Publications Union Board was se
verely criticized for the letting of con
tracts which took place last Tuesday.
The editor of the Tar Heel, ' in his
leading editorial, heroically announc
ed that the letting of the contracts
by the P. U. Board is an annual farce,
and he based his reasons for such a
brazen statement purely upon the
ground that his closest personal
friend, John Allison, had not been
called and consulted when the con
tracts were awarded. What a splen
did picture! The vanity of a friend
insulted, and an editor leaping madly
to the rescue!
' Editor Spearman went on to say
that the men on the P. U. Board knew
nothing of the business end of publi
cations. . Thus the board has been
meeting all year to settle questions
pertaining to the business end of
publications, but has profited nought
by such experiences. All the compli
cated business problems handled by
this year's board (and an examina
tion of our minutes can prove this)
has taught the men on the board
nothing! The board could have learn
ed the business more properly by con
ducting a column in the Tar Heel
once a week.
One of the members of the board,
Mr. Lear, has been connected with
University Publications for 15 years.
Another member, Mr. Coffin, head of
the department of Journalism, .has
been connected with newspapers and
publications all of his life. Two oZ
the student members are editors of
campus publications Marshall the
Magazine, and Perry the Buccaneer.
And Mr. Spearman had the courage
to write that such a board is ignorant
of publications and their proper
needs!
Another attack upon the board
came from Caesar Cone. I can truly
appreciate Mr. Cohen's position and
I sympathize with him. It is quite
difficult for a splendid business man
to receive all sorts of favors, dinners,
and suave talk from an engraving
company's representative, and then
sit calmly back while this pleasant
representative is bested in a competi
tive business deal! Caesar has done
his duty to his friend's company and
all is right with the world. '
Mr. Cohen goes on to contend that
his opinion and that of Mr, Allison
should have been consulted before the
contracts were let. As a matter ot
fact, Mr. Cohen appeared before the
board and stated his preferences con
cerning the letting of contracts. He
answered various questions by mem
bers of the board, and gave us valu
able assistance in understanding tn ;
kind of . work he had had from the
companies with which he had worked
I personally consulted Mr. Allison
prior to the letting of the contracts,
and if Mr. Allison had wanted to, he
could have appeared before the board
and stated his preference just as Mr.
Cone did. Also June Adams, editor
of next year's ; Yackety-Yack, as
present while the , various engravers
were interviewed, was present while
the voting was going on, and after
wards expressed satisfaction at the
choice of the board. Guy Hill, busi
ness manager of next year's annual,
was out in the hall conferring with
Caesar during the meeting, and if he
had so liked could have walked in and
sat himself down besides Mr. Adams.
Elsewhere in this paper, Bill Neal,
business manager of the Tar Heel
states that he was present and con
sulted when the contract was award
ed for his publication last year. - .'
I challenge Mr. Cone's statement
that this year's board is "afraid to
call for suggestions." Any sane body
is open to advice, and an examination
of the P. U. Board's minutes will
prove that Mr. Cone himself and Mr.
Allison were often called in to ex
press their opinions about board mat
ters that indirectly affected them.
Mr. Cohen goes on to state that the
Charlotte Engraving Company to
whom next year's 'contract was let-
would be unable to do the work satis
factorily. No doubt he bases his
statement on the contention of Mr. Al
lison that the engraving plant has a
shabby appearance, is poorly located,
has been hT existence only four years,
and has only two cameras. Do these
two gentlemen know that theSouth
western Engraving Company their
favorites-Ydid all the engraving work
on this year's- Yackety Yack in a
small branch office in Atlanta that
at the time the contract was let had
only one camera, and at present has
but two? Does Mr. Cone know that
there are going to be several scratched
plates done, by the Southwestern En
graving company in this year's an
nual? Does Mr. Allison remember
the difficulty he had in securing sat
isfactory correspondence with the en
graving company in Atlanta, and that
at one time an expensive trip to At
lanta was thought to be necessary in
order to come to an understanding?
Does Mr. Cone know that the Char
lotte Engraving company turned in a
bid that was almost $500 less than
that of any other concern? Does Mr.
Cone know that the board not in
terested entirely in prices spent 4 1-2
hours examining specimens . of the
work of the eight engraving com
panies submitting bids and studying
the quality of each speciman? Does
Mr. Cone know that the Charlotte En
graving company engraved over
twelve annuals this year and submit
ted two books that were far and away
the best quality work examined? One
of these two books was the Davidson
Quips and Cranks, which last year
won a national first prize for its ex
cellence, and the other was the West
Point Howitzer which is one of the
finest books I have ever seen.
There are tremendous obvious ad
vantages that can be derived from
having the engraving and the print
ing done in the same city. , Mr. Cone
should be especially appreciative of
this on account of the numerous de
lays he was subjected to -because this
year's engraving work was done in
Atlanta, and the printing work done
in Raleigh. The Board counts itself
indeed fortunate in being able to have
both the printing and-the engraving
done by two capable firms located
within a few blocks of 'each other.
Another important consideration in
the letting of contracts is the service
than an engraver can give. The loca
tion of the-plants only 163 miles
from Chapel Hill will be a telling ad
vantage in the amount of personal su
pervision that the annual can receive.
Both 'companies have made the rather
unusual promise to visit Chapel Hill
every three weeks in order to help the
editor in getting his copy in on time.
The board awarded- contracts for
next year to those concerns which it
thought could work for the best in
terests of the Carolina Publications,
and it is sorry that their choice failed
to meet the approval of such business
connoisseurs as Mr. Cone, Mr. Allison,
and Mr. Spearman. ' -
E. J. EVANS
Secy. P. U. Board
DEFENDS P. U. BOARD
Editor of the Tar Heel:
Ceasar Cone's outburst of apparent
righteous indignation about the in
competency of the' duly elected Publi
cations Union to award judiciously
printing and engraving contracts for
the Yackety Yack has no justification
in light of present circumstances
for as long as men he proposes to have
advise the Union accept free liquor
and dinner- parties from bidding
houses their so-called professional
opinions amount merely to discharg
ing an obligation to a host.
For three "years I have been rather
closely identified with the student
publications and each yeaFT have be
come more incensed at the manner in
which the editors and business manag
ers of the annual, new and old, have
accepted favors from competing print
ers and engravers. In the long run
the students pay the bill for the li
quor, dinners and other favors the
commercial houses do not love these
men because they are such princely
fellows.
Last year the owner of a large
printing house offered a student here
$200 to use his personal influence
with members of the Union and land
the contract for his house to print
the annual; the student told him "to
go to hell" and if the editors and
business managers of the annual will
likewise refuse gratuities from sales
men then it will be sound business
policy to allow them to advise the
Union in the awarding of contracts.
Unfortunately, the Union has not
found the editor and business manager
free from such taints in the past.
Please allow me to correct a mis
representation by Mr. Cone about the
Charlotte Engraving company. Hie
Charlotte Engraving Company has
the best equipped engraving plant in
North Carolina they have a single
monthly account almost as large as
the credit rating Mr. Cone grants
them and they, are competent and
able, both financially and mechanical
ly to produce engraving work that will
be a credit to the University year
book. They do all the engraving work
for the United States Military Acad
emy annual, the Howitzer, which is a
larger and better book than the
Yackety Yack ever has been. In ad
dition to this I know definitely that
they do the major part of the engrav
ing work for the Furniture companies
in this state, which, by the way, is o
small item.
It might be worthy to note here that
after the contracts were let I was told
by the owner of the Charlotte Engrav
ing company that not one centwas
spent by either of the successful bid
ders in gratuities to anyone on either
the business or editorial staffs of the
Yackety Yack or any one else, The
fact that both were the low bidders
makes it even more evident that the
other companies are acfding "personal
favor" charges to their estimates.
Naturally the men on the Yackety
Yack are incensed that they have ac
cepted favors and then have been un
able to discharge their moral obliga
tions, -by failing to land the contracts
for their friends.
In closing I wish to express my ap
proval of the desire of Mr. Coffin
and Mr. Lear to abolish the policy of
salesmen catering to the staff heads
through bribes, and I offer the high
est commendation to all the student
members, who not only refused exces
sive kindnesses from competing sales
men but also refused counsel from
some men who have accepted favors.
HOLT McPHERSON
FOR THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
Editor of the Tar Heel:
; As business manager of the Tar
Heel, I feel that it is my duty to say
a word concerning the letter of Cae
sar Cone, business manager of the
1928 Yackety Yack, published in the
Saturday, May 26,Tar Heel.
I have served under this allegedly
oppressive board for a year, and at
iio time have I been dissastisfied with
their actions concerning my publica
tion. Contrary to the, assertion of
Mr. Cone, I was invited to attend the
meeting at which the contract for this
year's printing was let. I was given
a chance to express my opinions on the
matter, and in every case my recom
mendations were accepted. What is
more, the same has been true through
out the whole year. Every request
that I have made has been granted,
and at no time have my policies been
questioned. I only hope that any em
ployer whom I may have in the future
will be as reasonable.
I would like to add, further, that in
my opinion the Publications Union
Board is the best possible system un
der which the Carolina publications
can be got out. Even though at times
it may have members with little bus
iness experience, this is the fault of
the student , body which elects them.
But this has not proved unsatisfac
tory in the past, because in every case
the men have taken an interest in
their work, and have worked hard
for the good of all four of the student
papers and magazines. Such a sys
tem makes it impossible for an editor
or business manager to allow other
factors than the ability of a company
to handle a contract to come into con
sideration. The accepted value of
such a board is shown by the con
stantly increasing number of schools
that call on Carolina for . information
which will help them to install such
a board. .
Mr. , Cone is entirely unjustified in
his contention that editors and busi
ness managers are treated as if they
were crooks or robbers. Rther, the
Board considers every action rrom a
business like stand point which
should be done for the good of the
publications and of the student body.
Such, in my opinion, is what the
Carolina Publications Union stands
for; the good of the four Carolina
publications, and good of the Carolina
student body.
W. W. NEAL, Jr.
Business Manager
The Tar Heel
ON REALISM AND NATURALISM
The day of the Classicist is gone.
No need lamenting the fact. It would
be a fine idea, however, to retain its
theory x as a ' background for further
development. The Romanticist is. ap
parently out of style. What have we?
They call it Modernism. Yet what
is this new modernism? Well, that's
a hard problem to solve. Let me sug
gest that the trend in the south seems
to feature the naturalistic phase. This
naturalism is most prevalent in the
plays presented by the playmakers of
the U. of N. C. Here is the cause
for thes few remarks. .
Just tonight I happened to drop in
on a dress rehearsal "of a play to be
presented to the public the first part
of next week. This is the gist of the
play. Two dope addicts living togeth
er find themselves out of funds. The
female, as a prostitute, ran not. ply
her trade because of an ugly sor on
her lip. The landlady is willing to
cancel the roomrent for the illicit love
of the male, a prize fighter before the
dope got the better of him. This the
female will not permit. What to do?
Hope is slim? What matters now,
for they have known all life has to
offer! Suicide !0 But alas, there's no
gas and they haven't. a quarter. Morn
ing comes and they still exist. WTell.
here's the play. It reminds me of a
play the same company presented not
long ago. That one was entitled,
"A Shot-gun Splicin." A "few Char
lotte ministers objected to it, but lo
cal criticism favored the Playmaker-,
and called the ministers a bunch of old
orthodox fogies. Well, where's the
rub, and what's it all about?
The whole matter, it seems to m,
can be boiled down to a discussion be
tween Naturalism, the type exemnli
field in the above mentioned plays,
and Realism. If the former is what
we should1; have, my criticism of the
example is slight. My objection lies,
however, in Naturalism as a rroper
incentive and moral help for the col
lege youth. If you select this type of
dramatic art, you must needs look at
the foot of the ladder for your mater
ial to work with. It is necessary to
get nearest the animal for clearest
examples of this type. Now just what
is the impression this kind of art
makes on the audience, and also on
the player? Certainly it brings .'.e
audience to a plane wherein the basic
emotions are ruling. Yet does it lend
a beautifying aspect to those emo
tions? No, it plays with the finest
emotions .we have and leaves them
groveling in the mire. The player,
in turn, must place himself in his
part. He is consciously or uncon
sciously affected by the part. True
it is that evil, having been learned
and hated, is well learned, but is im
morality advantageously placed before
the public? Is this the best way to
establish a disgust for evil? And
will this presentment of evil cause
universal hatred, or will it impress
some as another, interesting , adven
ture that might turn out favorably
and the chance worth taking?
The realist looks at the tree, sees it
as a naturalist would, but in paint
ing it bears in mind the ideal tree. I
wonder if Dante's "Hitch your wag
on to' a star" is so terribly impracti
cable. Many have attributed their
success to ideal aspirations. - It seems
unjustifiable for us to ignore pro
cesses or modes of life proven help
ful to numerous individuals.
I'm not a moralist, if I appear to be.
CAROLINA
THEATRE
TODAY
Billie Dove
in
"Yellow Lily"
1 With CLIVE BROOK
Comedy Pathe
"Long Hose" News
WEDNESDAY
Adolphe Menjou
in
"A Night of Mystery"
also
Will Rogers Billie Devore Comedy
"In Holland" '"Circus Blues"
THURSDAY
Sue Carroll in
"Walking Back"
also
"The Carolina Harmonist"
v Late of
Ziegf eld's "Betsy"
( fc
We have heated every University building constructed within
Carolina Heating- &; Engineering Co
to x TJNG NLATING AND POWER PIPING '
318 Holland Street Wm. H. Rowp ar ta .t
FRANK BROTHERS
Bfl3u Awauae Basot Shop
Between 47b and . iVh Streets. New York
A type of shoe
for each need of
the college man
Exhibit at Old Bank
My. .impression of Realism, the puri
fying of the visualized, the promoting
of inspirational art to the mind, thus
educating the emotions, lay for me
sure cornerstones for the finer, more
perceiving, and inffinitely more sub
stantial realm of Mysticism.
W.IL BARROWS
FOR LECTURES B'GOSH
I hope that you will scratch on the
affirmative of the lecture and music
ballot nex week, the majority or you
anyway. It seems evident that this
will be the case, since voting is usual
ly done only by the enterested. When
only 545 votes are cast in an import
ant election such as the one for Chief
Cheer Leader, it doesn't seem that
there will be very heavy ballotting on
the subject, which will afeet only a
small part of the student body.
Unfortunately there is a lack of en
terest shown in most extracorricular
activities. Do the students have time?
Has their moral been smoothered by
such entertainment as bulling, play
ing bridge, or spank-tail? Is the
work to heavy, or just what is the
matter? Why is it that Playmaker
and Wigue and Mask productions,
band and glee club concerts, illustrat
ed lectures, and endowed lectures,
which are really worth while, go un
attended? Probably they are too
much like street cars!
When a noted lecturer and authur
comes to "The Hill" Will Durant, for
instance, about 1300 people attended
and are greatly benefitted. It was
really, more than just an opportunity
for autograph collectors. There will
probably be quite a few students who
will be glad to pay the $3.00 yearly"
assessment just for Count Von Luck
ner's or Henry Ford's autograph.
Just think for a little more than the
price of one "Carolina" you will get
what thousands of people pay $5.00
or more for. It is enough to make
one feel guilty of violating the honor
system, in the sense that he is getting
something -for nothing.
': Although I will not be included in
the assesment, I shall be glad to pay
such a fee. Every Carolina man is
here for other purposes than gaining
mere social contact; therefore it is
not only fitting but advisable that we
support such a movement to broaden
our scope and knowledge by contact
with good music and world renown
men, for which the proposed fee will
afford. Obviously this can be attain
ed only through the actual enterest
and support of the student body at
the poles. There is no apparent rea
son why the vote should not be unan
imously in favor of this advancing
movement.
Most Sincerely
JIMMY CONNELL
The Tar Heel covers the Hill like
mountain dew.
, juiua.m. is. kj.
Bldg., May 30 and 31
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