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les.
Sad though such misfortunes are,
they do offer -an opportunity for a
survey to be ins.de and for each fra
ternity to-review its own peculiar
rites and consider well whether they
need renovation and a little , revamp
ing from the ' period of the Inquis
tion with all its methods of torture.
Here on this campus the date of
initiation lies some six months off;
but such a jolt as has been received
in fraternal circles by the recent ac
cident may well demand present at
tention to a present evil ana may
happily result in a stock-taking and
revolutionizing of certain rites.
The price of a life is costly no
matter what it secures, uut . since
that life is already gone, the only
reparation possible is a sincere at
tempt on the part of all fraternities
to prevent' the rep ititi on of that ac
cident.
A SOCIABLE SOCIALIST
Hash and Mothballs
it
By Joe Jones
"F" Dona Smokes
Aiid Elects Officers
Ahem!
Wonder if the Zoology and the
Botany departments are respectively
Hoover. ' " '
Self-help Bureau needs job3 for stu
dents. Might put them to work on
Graham Memorial. .
Some guys get more co-education
than education.
Sir William Temple v to his gym
class : "A man must often exercise,
or fast, or take physic, or be sick."
Harry Galland ........... Assistant Editor
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With enough pieces of dry toast
some people can drink a cup of coffee ;
by osmosis.
Tuesday, October 4, 1928
PARAGRAPHICS
As a result of the recent meeting
of the Red Head Club we. are await
ing some new outburst of fire.
And now all our lurid pictures of
socialists with red flags in one hand
and lighted bombs in the other must
-be dispelled! .
By his moderate and thoughtful
speech Socialist Norman -. Thomas
made an impression upon -the . cam
pus which could never have been
made by any inciter to riots.
Judging from a recent occurrence
in the dormitories, we are almost in
clined to believe 'that there must be
such a thing as the hazed turning
. hazer upon provocation.
Chapel Hill chimney swifts, nar
rates the Tar Heel, have flown away
to spend their " winter, elsewhere
Much as we may deplore their de
parture, we can hardly blame them
- when we think of some of the cold
rains which inevitably visit this part
of the Sunny South. . -
Many of the University's naive and
unsophisticated students these
terms may be justly applied to most
of us expressed themselves as, high
ly disappointed 'with the appearance
of Norman Thomas.
They had - expected a ranting, rav
ing, long-haired prototype of Lenine
and Trotzky and lo! when he ap
peared he was only a smooth-faced
middle aged man of pleasing perso
nality and gracious manners. He
neither condemned the captialists . to
the everlasting flames nor urged the
extinction of all aristocrats. Not a
word of blasphemy against organized
government fell from his lips, nor did
he urge the abolition of privately
owned industry. In brief, he im
pressed us "as the antithesis of com
monly-accepted ideas of what socia
lists are like. , -
I It is a cer'dit to the University
student body or. the small part oj
it that was fortunate "enough-to 'hear
Mr. Thomas' speech that his address
was "favorably received. - The stu
dents liked Mr. Thomas' clear-cut,
forceful presentation of his party's
views, platform and principles. They
seemed to" us logical and sensible
enough. Mr. Thomas convinced us
that a good, sensible socialist is not
a bad fellow to have around.
. - G. P. H,
Little drops of water and little
grains of sand make' the mighty
ocean and the . pleasant Chapel Hill
sidewalks.
Study till it hurts it, is better to
wear out . than to bust out. ;
Too bad that in recent years the
scenery hereabouts has lost inat
lovely , September haze.
The occupants of "F" dormitory
held the most successful smoker in
its history Tuesday evening. About
one ; hundred men were assembled in
the social room of the dormitory.
Fred Hobson welcomed the new men
and urged them to join in the va
rious activities that are being spon
sored by the Carolina Dormitory
Club. Red Price vigorously present
ed the program -of the Intramural
D epartment. The following officers
were elected for the year: president,
H. E. Cox; vice president, Johnny
Henderson; secretary and treasurer,
Johnny Goode ; and athletic manager,
George Hinton. s Plans were formu
lated for furnishing and decorating
the social room. -
"U. S. Renounces War.' Head-line.
Yes, and it seems . to us - that ; ar few
years back she renounced liquor. -
Meza (Ariz.) Journal Tribune. -
It might make an entrancing talk
ing-movie just to let the actors and
actresses say what' they used to say
during the filming of the silent drama.
-Detroit News.
The trouble of the Baptists seems
to be that the money is not to be
found so easily . as Carnes. Greens
boro News.
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Drunks at a football game should
stay near the bowl.
Comprehensive exams are added to
the load. And they used to complain
of the Inquisition. . "
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SATURDAY
LEW CODY in
'Beau Broadway'
Self-preservation is the first law of
nature garter manufacturers urge
young men to stay out of college, and
bootleggers urge them to stay in.
One of the strangest of the strange
characteristics of our native orches
tras is how unerringly they select
the most unsuitable place and the
most inopportune times to do their
practicing. : But one can grow ac
customed to anything, perhaps even
if he rooms within hearing distance
of Gerrard Hall.
A SACRIFICE IN TIME ".
Newspapers of the country this
week are . vehement in their denuncia
tipn of fraternity initiations and fra
ternities in general as a reaction
against the sort of thing which just
happened at the University of Texas,
where a young man was killed by
electric shock used in an initiation
The incident was certainly deplora
ble. That cannot be denied.
" The answer to all accusations in
this particular occurrence was that
the young man had a weak heart and
might have been killed by any shock
vrhich, would not have affected a well
man. That, however, does not ren
der .the incident excusable or the
perpetrators .guiltless.
There is no sane reason why fra
ternities should practice such ini
tiations as might by any conceivable
' chance bring .about the death of the
victim. - The -purpose of a' fraternity
certainly of all which are worthy
of the name -is to provide a close
bond of brotherhood among its mem
bers. And that bond of fellowship
does not have to be cemented by fear,
beating, or barbaric rites of initia
tion. : The very heart of fraternity
life, its entire raison d'etre, is the
friendship it promotes among its
members ; and its bonds should be
those, of sympathy and understand
ing not puerile tricks or uncivilized
savagery. ;
It is unfortunate if all the calum
ny is heaped upon the one fraternity
1 l 11 .mi
wnose lucKiess victim tms young
man happened to be, for no 'doubt
such initiatory ceremonies are char
acteristic of a number- of fraterni-
; It Van ill wind that blows nobody's
skirts. ' .
Who said there was no more
hazing here? Didn't all the frosh
have to have duck fits before they
could get in the stadium last Satur
day?': ; - J ;
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY
OCTOBER 5 and 6
WANTS RADIO REPORTS OF
FOOTBALL GAMES
To the Editor:
, Why is it that if the Athletic Asso
ciation of N. C." State allows her im
portant games to be sent out over
the radio, that Carolina" can't stand
the loss of a few dollars at the gates.
There are just a few more things
to be considered than the loss of a
few dollars at the gates. It seems
logical to believe that a closer and
better understanding would exist be
tween the University and the state
at. large, if the games at ChapelHili
were broadcast. I dare say that every
legislator in North Carolina has a
radio in his hame. and those who can
not and do not get to Chapel Hill to
the games in Chapel Hill would feel
just a little closer to the University
if ; they heard each play as it came
off the radio.
Think how eager Chapel Hill will
be to hear the Virginia game play by
play - over radio! Now suppose the
Virginia 'Athletic Association would
say they can't let the game out over
radio does that make North Caro
lina love; Virginia; any more ?
Suppose those in charge of the
World Series would take a narrow
stand and say "We can't afford to
send out results over radio, it will
hurt our gate receipts." , They " are
not taking this stand. They know
that if, a person hears a few. games
over the , radio, , he want's to go that
much more and he will more likely
end up there. They know that it
pays in the long run. It might keep
a few away who live close by, but it
would bring in more from a long dis
tance, for more would catch the in
terest. Think of, the young athletes all
over North Carolina who would listen
to the Carolina games ... and dream
that some day he will carry the ball
for Carolina.
Think- of the alumni who can't be
there and the thrill when "Hark the
Sound" is played.
Those of us who can't go to Vir
ginia Thanksgiving want to hear it
on the radio, and all of us who 'can't
go to all the games at Chapel Hill
want to hear them on the radio.
ROBT. M. HARDEE.
. "Clothes," says a meretricious ad in
a New York paper, "make the college
girl." Maybe so up there, but here
ourjlovely fresh smiling young col
lege girls make the clothes. Columbia
State.
Someone suggests putting goldfish
in the gym pool. How'll the poor
fish swim?
Bill says he thought Sophomores
were sophisticated, till he went to the
smoker , and saw the whole gang eat
their half-peach-on-lettuce as a des
sertand with a spoon at that!
It's a good thing there
mountains near Chapel
might have bootleggers.
are no
Hill we
Upperclassmen make a freshman
spin about on his toes till 'dizzy. '32
revolver, eh? . .
The speaker who explained the
Duke traditions to the Duke frosh
forgot to mention the oldest one of
all Carolina's fall thrashing day.
) .
The best laid eggs o' duck and hen
Gang oft' back to the kitchen again.
Football season " now holds reign
but the clouds leak.
Some fool down at the fire house
better, lay off blowing that ungodly
hellhorn at every twelfth hour.
Sounds like the spirit of the St.
Louis slaughter pens.
Heard of an old hen who raised a
bunch of young ducks, and when they
grew up they always took up for her
in case of a scrap. That's what we
call loyalty to the alma mater.
GIVE HEARING TO ALL
Yesterday Norman Thomas, the
Socialist candidate for President,
spoke in Memorial Hall atthe Uni
versity of North Carolinar There
was a time that college halls and
high school buildings would have
been denied to a Socialist speaker
indeed, all political , speakers, espe
cially Socialists. Today in most
places speakers of all parties are
welcomed and ' college anl high school
auditoriums . are open for free dis
cussions. ; The modern is the better
way. , Any cause that appeals for
support : by t!he electorate and wishes
to change even the form of govern
ment by the ballot has a right to be
heard . r
- North Carolinians this year are
properly . giving a hearing to the
champions of all causes or all par
ties. The people can be relied upon
to discern the best only after hearing
all. Raleigh News and Observer.
It would have been, so much sim
pler if Mussolini had merely an
nexed the north pole without send
ing General Nofcile vp there to rec
onnoiter it. Beloit News.
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Electricity drives the California so
efficiently that the fuel bill for the
initial coast-to-coast trip was
even less than the Canal tolls.
Electricity mans the winches, ;
bakes the bread, makes the
ice, polishes the silver. And
electricity cools the
cabins , and provides
passengers with the
comforts found in the finest hotels.
Complete electrification makes the
California an engineering"marvel
and a commercial success; it is
booked far in- advance, a sister
ship has just been launched, and
another is under construction.
On sea or land, in every walk of
life, electricity is in the van
of progress. Undreamed of
yesterday, the electric ship is
a symbol of the electrical in
dustry's part in modern civil
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