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THE T A R HEEL
Thursday, October 25, 192g
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Glenn Holder Thursday Issue
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they do not ee why they should. ;"v
Abolish grats, and do -away with
the pleasant element of surprise in
some otherwise dull classes? vPerish
the thought ! Let us have an occa
sional Roman holiday. -They're good
for the health.' ,
FOR LESS THAN A MOVIE
Harry Galland Assistant Editor
Reporters
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When the Carolina Playmakers
decided to sell season tickets, admit
ting the purchaser to six perform
ances during the year,., for the re
markably small sum of one dollar and
a half , they issued a challenge to the
interests of the student body. At an
admission price of one dollar a per
formance there was some excuse for
many students to forego the pleas
ure of "never-never coming back"
Playmaker speeches. " But' now that
the price has-been cut down so low
that it is less than a ticket to the
Pick or the Carolina, we can figure
out no legitimate reason why the
seats of the Theater should not be
filled to their capacity at every
performance. -
Entertainment is rapidly.; coming
within the means of .every student.
The Entertainment . Committee
brought Paul WhitemanV,. orchestra
to the campus at a cost of fifty cents
or less to the students while seats
for the same attraction sold for six
teen dollars in New York. Now
come the Playmakers and offer tick
ets to all their ' year's performances
for a ridiculously small amount. A
good year's entertainment is within
the reach of all. What is the re
sponse. -.-
STRAWS I5 THE WIND
Thursday, October 25, 1928
PARAGRAPHICS
This matter of clothing the band is
really becoming serious. We just can't
allow them to go around like a lot of
male Lady Godivas.
And since dressing up seems to be
the favorite topic of discussion, we
should like to suggest that the poor
little Cheerios be allowed to leave off
their white pants in the winter time
and substitute Ted flannels.
After reading the first issue of the
Buccaneer, we conclude that all Dean
Hibbard's attempts at reform were m
vain. Editor Perry's pure and stain
less spirit seems lost in an avalanche
of smutty jokes. -
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All such famous lines as the bread
" line, the registration line, and even
' the football line are as nothing com
pared to the ticket line formed in the
lobby of the Y before every game. - Is
t. nP of life's ' necessary evils or
merely an evil? -
Five well-known co-eds are reported
to have been lost in the woods Sunday.
Seems like afternoon walks are as
dangerous as North Pole flights..
The straw vote to be held this week
may not be the straw that breaks the
camel's back, but it will undoubtedly
be hard on the mule or the elephant,
If straws actually show which way
the wind blows, the result of the straw
ballot ought to prove the efficiency of
political wind-bags.
WAITING FOR THAT GRAT
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OPEN FORUM
THAT'S THE SPIRIT, DOC
Few students in the University are
old enough to vote in the coming
election.- Since time - alone can rem
edy that, the Tar Heel will not at
tempt to. Of those who have at-
ained the magic age of twenty-one,
however, many will refrain from ex
ercising their ballot privilege on ac
count of lack of interest. That atti-
ude we do not favor.
Such actions as the holding of a
straw ballot among the students may
indeed seem to no purpose inasmuch
as they cannot affect the actual out
come of the election. The principal
point in favor of it is, we firmly be-
ieve, the arousingof interest in the
political campaign being waged, the
turning of student attention toward
the policies of the respective parties,
and the creation of a public sentiment
as to the citizen's duty to vote.
Student 'balloting may be only
straws in the wind; but when straws
in the wind serve a definite purpose,
we favor them.
To the Editor
Dear Sir:
We've just got to put some clothes
on the band. Can't have the bancH
tooting. around looking like a "Stet
son" D" window only not so new. It
ought to look like our band. And to
do :that, it should have' a uniform.
Everything that represents us has a
uniform except our band. Even the
Faculty has a uniform when it's all
dressed "up representing the Univer
sity; the best rags that some of us
sport, too. And look at the Cheerios,
shining with a more than oriental
splendor. V
Just to show what a difference a
uniform make's, I recall the time I
first saw our. Cross Countries. I
thought they'd left their breecties at
home. "No," said a kind friend;
"those are part of their uniform." I
felt relieved at once. Queer taste;
But all right; my mistake. See what
a difference even the name "uni
form" makes.
I want to see our band, dressed
within an inch of its life. Maybe that
inch would keep it within bounds, toe.
Yes, Sir dressed and perfumed . if
that'll help. Clothes make the man;
and clothes make the band. Just you
let our band feel once that it looks
like somebody, and itH toot longer
and louder than the Republican Party.
We'll all have to move into the next
county. But we'll have a band that
is a band.
Put some money into the hands of
our Campus Best Dressers, and tell
'em to assemble the rags. We've
got 'em. There are those in , , our
midst who could rig up a uniform loud
enough to drown the band out. Sure,
they'd increase its ( volume. All we
need's- the money. Clothe the poor
orphan. Think what he does for us;
hink. . . .Well, never mind, let's
clothe him anyway. ':
Very truly yours,
JOHN M. BOOKER.
TWO FRESHMEN SPEAK h
When the class registered they were ;
given the best seating section in the j
stadium, the one at the fifty yard!
line. During the week preceding the
Wake Forest, game they had numer
ous enthusiastic cheering meetings
and were well pleased with the whole
idea. No complaint was made by the
freshmen or any one else concerning
the system until the issue of last
Tuesday's Tar Heel. '
I am sorry that a misunderstand
ing has been caused," but I am glad
that I have the opportunity to clear
it up through the columns xof the
Open Forum. .Certainly there could
be no point in compulsory cheering,
that would be defeating its whole
idea and purpose. I would rather see
the whole business abolished than to
obtain team support by such forced
patriotism.
I believe, though, that the mem
bers of the Freshman Class have en
joyed the active part that they have
taken in the University's cheering;
and of course, every one will admit
that they have done excellent work.
I hope their interest and fine co-operation
will continue. s ; .
- BILL CHANDLER
The Hoboe
By Hoboe
THE HOBOE
CLIPPED
IT ISN'T THAT SORT OF A GAME
Few moments are more tense than
those during which a class waits for
a late professor. As the minutes
drag on, . watches are nervously
snatched from pockets, anxiously gaz
ed at, and replaced, to be pulled ou
again in thirty seconds.
" Voices hum, a few hardy spirits
begin to talk about leaving, and
someone raises his voice and spiels
in a manner reminiscent o&the best
soap-box radicals. Are we slaves,
afraid to assert our rights? Are we
to bqw down before a few paltry
marks, fearful of braving the possi
ble displeasure of the instructor, or
shall we rise and go hence?
Thus and thus goes the talk, until
the belated, instructor makes his smil
ing appearance, and the class sub
sides. .'. A grat? Why, ' gentlemen,
you are here to learn, are you not?
You thirst for knowledge, and yet
you cannot wait a few minutes for
it. . ; -V;.'-.:.:
And so on, for five minutes. (
The majority of students are se
rious, anxious or willing to learn.
But it cannot be denied that an un
expected holiday is a very pleasant
surprise. Few courses are so exact
ing and crammed with material that
a very occasional grat cannot be
granted. There are instructors who
save up their grats against the . day
when sickness will enforce absence
The wisdom of this system cannot
be denied. But there are also profes
(News & Qbserver)
In this day of organization when
a college cheer leader" is almost as
vital as a good quarterback, we can
ipt warm up to the suggestion that
comes from the Pacific Coast Ass'o
ciation of College Yell Leaders for
reform in the way of more dignified
college yelling. - v ': i
We are not sure . of this dignity,
We somehow, caraiot quite see what
dignity has to do with college yelling
and 'we are very sure that those who
are looking for dignity within the eh
closures of a stadium-or football field
will have to reform the essentials of
football.
If the old grad cannot restrain him
self within the confines of any dig
nity he might have wrapped around
himself in the years between the di
ploma and the present when he sees
his own "purple Hurricane" sweep a
man's size "Golden Tornado", down
the field for a touchdown, what can
you expect of an undergraduate?
Besides, football isn't a game for
the nonchalant.
' A Prohibition By-Product
A Needed Law
v (Durham Herald)
The Raleigh Times is starting early
in a renewal of its insistence that the
next General Assembly pass a law re- -genius,
quiring applicants for marriage licen
ces to give public notice of intention
to marry for some specified time, pro
bably two weeks, before t getting the
license. . There has f or several oast
egislatures been an effort to inter
est the lawmakers in legislation of
hat nature, but so far not suffi
cient; support has been secured to pass
a law requiring the giving of notice
before securing marriage license.
But the sentiment favorable ; to such
a law is growing, and it is not much
urther until it becomes, a law.
Too many young people absolutely
ignorant of the seriousness of matri
mony are getting married. They, on
the impulse of a sudden infatuation,
frequently nerved up with a few
shots of bootleg whiskey, decide to
get married, and then comes the re
pentance ?
In Tuesday's issue of the Tar Heel
here were several criticisms of the
Freshman Cheerios." When one seri
ously considers this play, he realizes
hat it is unfair, ridiculous, and
totally unsatisfactory. In . the first
place, consider ,the Freshman's point
of "view. Many of them are bitteriy
opposed to the plan, and, in some
cases, cannot even enjoy the game
because of it. Even though, thjey
have this attitude, they are forced
to!comply with the rule if they wish
to see the game; consequently, there
are numbers of Freshmen who, how-
ever anxious they . may be to see the
game, stay away because they are
under this obligation. There are
absolutely no exceptions. It matters
not what his situation may be, no
Freshman can enter the gates with
out, his white pants, blue coat, and
Freshman .ticket. -His best girl; his
family, or any number of his friends
may -be at the game, yet he cannot
accompany them, nor can he even sit
with them inside the stadium.
Y The Freshmen, although they should
not do so, pay exactly the same price
for their tickets that the upperclass
men pay. Furthermore, unless they
accidentally happened to ' have a pair
they .were compelled to purchase a
pair or "white britches." This
caused the Freshmen to have to pay
about' two times as much as they
should to see the games, and, -at the
same time, adhere to a plan which
they bitterly opposed. Does this seem
just to any fair-minded .person?
Surely it does not.
W. E. CONN ALLY, JR.
f S. B. WINSTEAD.
THE CHEERLEADER SPEAKS
Mrt Hoover declares that a change
of government at this time could bring
only distress and disaster, and that
loud, "Amen!" chorus from the pie"
counter is altogether sincere. Greens
boro News. ,
There has been, it seems to me, a
most annoying superfluity , of "copy"
in the: coulmns of the Tar Heel that
has "been confined within these sancti
fied borders, that give the very digni
fied name of column to very ordinary
writing. The Tar Heel has -had too
many columns; Not that our Caro
lina columns have been badly written,
or inane in their observations; we
have sat in gaping admiration at the
feet of . those most excellent writers
whose keen perception has given
birth to that devastating eloquence
that ably and aptly supplements the
editorials of the editor-in-chief. But
the whole ' idea of a column is dank
futility. What earthly purpose or
justification is there for a column?
But here is a column, another
jewel among those that already adorn
the shining crown ' of our very ade
auate tri-weekly. The lustre of this
gem, or its irritating brilliance, will
not be long prolonged but will vanish
as quickly and as completely as do
those rare thoughts that make for
It is from this fleeting quality
that comes the name at the head of
the page. ...
Now quickly to my message be
fore we and I start ourvagrant way
along, the distant paths of truth. The
hoboe has been hailed into court,
tried and sentenced. It is here my in
tention to file an appeal.- Our Mr,
Williams has rightly and earnestly
besought us to make for that right
well known El . Dorado, generally
designated, as the Truth. Make' it,
he says, a passion rather than a policy.
Honesty is success ; make all the
world of human activity bow before
it. ""Therefore don't bum rides, for
that of itself makes you either a beg
gar or a thief, and with the habits
of either you cannotmake your way
hr'this world of righteous. men.
I have never liked the . epithet of
thief, nor much more that of beggar
and must ever essay to clear myself
I cannot for the life of mesee the
thievery in riding by permission in
another man's car, or of bumming a
a match from him. There is beggary
' in both actions if one must be an ex-
' aggerated principalist. But the donor
! of the match or the ride receives from
I such an action no great inconvenience
I or loss, to the contrary it is quite con
ceivable that he may derive some
pleasure from a generous act. I am
not flattering when I say that the
great majority of our undergraduates
are quite capable of making a ride to
Durham or Charlotte the more en
joyable by their presence. In the
strictest sense accepting favors is beg
gary, a sin indubitably. But the fruits
of the, college bumming institution
are so far from bad that I am led to
conclude that a little more sin is de
sirable rather than a stricter ad
herence to an inflexible law of
sterile .righteousness.
I cannot for the life of me make
Truth 4 passion. All the other pas
sions of my make-up have for the most
part caused me nothing but embar
rassment, and I cannot see that Truth
could be affected in a manner so very
different. Do not interpret me to de
cry the truth. In most cases I have
found it a most estimate expendiency,
but making it, for no reason whatso
ever my passion seems entirely too
Hebraic to my convivial nature. One
must be practical in a business world
where cleverness', is morte valuable
than a static philosophy of Truth.
STRAIGHTENING OUT ITEM
ABOUT FURNITURE
(High Point Enterprise)
The Charlotte Observer, ready at
all times to magnify the productive
ness of the state, through an error
of an editorial writer or by typo
graphical blunder, writes down the
furniture industry woefully. The Ob
server says that North Carolina fur
niture factories "made over $6,000,000
worth of furniture a year'
The Observer was quoting from a
survey but we are confident it was
misquotation. For the Charlotte edi
tor's information, we direct attention
to the recent official figures published
by the state showing that the furni
ture factories paid in wages to em
ployes more than double the six mil
lion last year.
According to those figures, the
state's furniture production in 1927
was $53,000,000 and manufacture
added to the value of the, raw ma
terial more than $25,000,000.' The
Observer must know that High Point
factories could not meet the $100,000
a week furniture workers' payroll on
a production of $6,000,000 for this
town alone. :
(New York Times)
Champions of prohibition- have
every .reason to be encouraged by
its working in this town. From Jan
1 to Sept. 1, 518 persons died of alco
holism. .When a man's dead, his evi
desire for drink is ciired. Prohibition
has been enforced against him su
premely. Its notable successes on the
East Side must be gratifying. Thirty
three deaths in two days, eleven
deaths in one day, from wood alco
hol, make a creditable record.
It was for the poor especially that
the benefits of prohibition were de
signed. They are getting them;
rather swiftly in one region of late.
This geographical inequality will be
remedied. One of Commissioner Do
ran's janitors of virtue predicts that
in time "the lid will be shut down so
tight that they will be dropping down
all over the city instead of just along
the waterfront." New York is to
have, complete instead of sporadic en-
sors who do not give grats because Jforcement.
The Athletic Association and I
wish to straighten out a misunder
standing, that has arisen among
'some members of the Student Body
concerning the Freshmen cheering
section.
Last year it was found that the
small group of Cheerios that attend
ed' the , Davidson and Virginia foot
ball games were entirely inadequate
and out of place in the' huge Kenan
Stadium. Therefore Grady Pritch
ard, Dean Bradshaw and I worked
out a plan to organize the Freshman
Class into a cheering section which
would be a credit to Carolina .and
the new stadium and, incidently, to
improve the yelling. This plan - was
presented to the class, voted upon and
approved by them. But the idea was
not to-take them unawares and slip
something over on them, for it was
not to be compulsory that a freshman
be an active member of the section.
And in case a freshman wished to be
with his family or his girl during a
game he .was.t perfect liberty to ex
change his card for a seat in any
other part of the stadium.
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