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T H E T A R HU EL
Saturday, December 8, 1928
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Saturday, December 8, 1928
On Prinking
Deeply
The recent heated discussion of
student drinking at the University of
Virginia and conduct at the Caro
lina-Virginia football game is indie
ative of the interest throughout the
country in this problem and shows
the pointed questions being put to
our educational institutions' at the
present time.
Since the whole matter has been
delved into and newly brought before
the public, today's Carolina-Duke
game will present both the critics
. and the lauders of the University of
North Carolina and unexcelled oppor
tunity. to make investigations, col
1 lect circumstantial evidence, and
spread abroad on the wings of rum
or whatever their findings may war
rant.
Today we are on parade. Today
the citizens and hence the taxpay
ers of North Carolina will gather
at Chapel Hill for the gala occasion
of a football game and also to in
spect their university and the con
duct of its students. What will they
see?
Judging from previous football
games, both here and elsewhere, we
admit the possibility of certain too
far-gone ; inebriates placing them-
selves on public exhibition. The re
sponsibility for this state of affairs
is bandied back and forth between
students and alumni. It is undoubt
edly true that returning "old grads
generously offer their imported . gin
to undergraduates. Be that deplor
able as it may, it is also true that
generous - minded undergraduates
share their. OrangeCounty corn with
their older visitors. It works both
ways and both ways end in a result
detrimental to the University.
Some convivial souls demand
drink or two to warm their, college
spirit on a cold December day
doubtless they will continue, to de
mand it; but if they must have their
liquor let them, as least be gentle
men enough to carry, it well. There
is no excuse for any student so to fax
forget the common , decencies as. to
make an objectionable fool of him
self before the crowds assembled to
witness the football game.
Drunken shining is not characteris
tic . of Carolina students and" we do
not want any such impression to be
made today.
Goal Posts Or
Friendly Feeling
Assuming to begin with that it is
rank heresy even to consider the pos
sibility of Carolina's not winning the
game today, we nevertheless venture
question on that possibility.
Which is more important: to
maintain a friendly .feeling, between
wo great unversities fated to con
tinue their existences situated with
in twelve miles of each other or to ex
hibit a childish attitude in scrambl
ing around unimportant goal posts?
Those who attended the Carolina-
Virginia' game at Charlottesville will
recall the dignified action of the
Virginia men in ignoring the. impet
uous goal rush of Carolina men led
by several over-zealous alumni. One
of those Virginia goal posts return
ed to Carolina on the special train
as a memento of very youtniul en
thusiasm, a souvenir of the prep
school way of looking at things.
Today, .then, . if - Duke wins the
game, let Carolina students remember
the Virginia episode. Those who dis-
approve of such a fracas over com
monplace goal posts will see to jt that
they are not involved . in any jscrap
here. And those whoconsider - tbe
taking of goal posts merely a. proper
display, of school rah-rah- spirit -can
certainly do nothing but of fer Duke
our posts with compliments and on
silver platter, if there ' happens to
be one about. . " .'
"No goal post is worth causing any
unpleasantness whatsoever ,; between
neighboring and friendly universi
ties. ,"
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Alumni
Irresponsibility
Conscientious alumni who attend
the sessions of the General r Alumni
Association of the University here
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today will probably give the Graham
Memorial Building a. wide berth in
their ramblings., about the campus. A
reminder of anf unfulfilled obligation
is not a very pleasant thing-to face.
The White Elephant of ' the Caro
lina campus is a monument to the un
reliability of the University alumni
in general. Whenever any organi
zation fails to meet an - honest obli-
gation, a decided stigma is attached
to every individual of the group con-
stituting it. Thus the violation of
their pledged word on the part ' of a
number of alumni to pay their con
tributions to the , Graham Memorial
Fund has cast a decided reflection
upon every alumnus of the Univer
sity, ,' - ' .
At present the entire Graham
Memorial idea is in a state of som
nolent decay. Splendid as were the
ideals behind the original movement
for a memorial to the memory of the
most beloved president ; Carolina has
ever had, it would have been far bet
ter had they never been formulated
than that thev should bear such
fruit as the gaunt hull that, is term
ed ; Graham , Memorial, seemingly
doomed to sink into decrepitude un
finished and unused instead of be
coming the beautiful structure that
would undoubtedly ' result were the
project carried through to comple
tion. "
There is little likelihood of the
Memorial ' Buil'ding being completed
as long as the present attitude of, the
alumni continues. The state will not
complete it, the students are finan
cially incapable of doing so, and only
the alumni are -in a position to carry
the nrooosition to a successful con
clusion. The typical alumni attitude
concerning the Memorial is "You pay
your pledge and 111 pay mine."
Everyone is waiting for the next fel
low to do something, and as a result
no one does anything.. -;
A number of alumni have indicated
their, willingness to pay their pledges
if they are assured the building will
be completed. This attitude is. the
strongest s insurance that it will not
be. completed. "
; We suppose there is littlevchance
of the General Alumni Association
developing a conscience and coming
to active realization of its deplorable
breach of honor. ; We don't like to
think of becoming a member of any
organization with a past record , of
haying made such a major failure as
the Alumni 'Association has of the
Memorial plan, however.
GLENN HOLDER
R. M. Grumman represented the
Jniversity at the meeting of the North
Carolina Commission on Adult Illi
teracy at Raleigh lasf night, at which
a conference was considered to draw
a comprehensive plan for the further
eradification of this evil.
Open Forum
REVIEWER SPEAKS
To the Editor of the Tar Heel:
For some moments I have been
staring at my typewriter with a con
templative eye. At last I have de
cided to buy a new one. But I con-
not forbear before I part with my bat
tered and honorable servant to indulge
in a criticism of criticism of criticism
(with apologies to H. L. Mencken) .
And the Open Forum columns of this
paper need nourishment, for they
have' had a, lean and destitute look of
late.";.;-. ' "l .V "
In Thursday's issue of the Tar Heel
in a letter entitled "The Reviewer is
Criticized" Mr. Lionel! Abelson flays
unmercifully the reviewer of The
CaroJ-ina Magazine. His scourge has
three - lashes satire, logic, and elo
quence. And the greatest of these
is eloquence. , Mr. Abelson is at his
best in the sentence i "the phrase cries
to heaven" You can almost see the
phrase described stretching upward to
the star-specked heights for aid But
I must not dwell on minor points al
though they may get -a rise out of me.
' v Mr. Abelson even picks out a num
ber of descriptive terms, sets them in
print, and lets them speak for them
selves when; I am certain,-Mr. Abel
son could speak much more eloquently
for them.
The author of "The Reviewer is
Criticized" seems at a loss to under7
stand a statement which the reviewer
made about a poem 4of Mr. McCone's.
Mr. Abelson is justified in his wrath.
When will reviewers stop insulting
their readers by. writing things which
the public cannot grasp? . But the
writer of the previous letter treats
the reviewer unkindly in one instance.
He picks out all of the critic's poor
phrases and doesn't mention a single
good one I But, perhaps. Well, it
may be that the reviewer's " light is
hidden under a busheL A bushel of
gross errors. ,
'. Mr. Abelson describes the fact that
Mr, Mitchell, Mr. McCone and Mr.
MacKellar are groping with no one
making- an effort to see what they are
trying to say. And he implies tliat
thev magazine critic merely places a
stumbling block in the path of these
literary, somnambulists oyer which
they incessantly trip rise again, and
continue groping. Perhaps Mr. Abel
son is right,
v ; , john mebane.
r EVERYTHING IS ROTTEN
understand and can appreciate any
type kind or style of writing. -However!,
we must admit that Mr. Mac
Kellar "Afternoon Sentences" were
entii'ely beyond usl We saw abso
lutely no art in it, no redeeming
feature of ' beauty, realism, or dis
cription. Mr. Abelson in his article
suggested that Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Mac
Kellar and Mr. McCone were groping
after something. It is our plea that
they do their groping somewhere in
private where . they may immediately
consign the results of their groping
to the .most immediate waste basket
instead of scattering waste on us as
we trustingly follow .. them - in this
murky path that leads to the perfec
tion of some Art. Why in the devil
canjt they forget Jim Tully, E dgar
Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg and Mr.
Van Vechten for a while and produce
something they know about, some
thing that is spontaneous, something
that is an expression of themselves
or their lives and something that will
appeal to a student body that is en
tirely ignorant of this wonderful ex
pression of art that the Carolina
Magazine has been sloughing off on
the student, body; for the last several
years. Why. not have something some
where near worthy ' of criticism be
fore we learn, how to criticize. Why
in the,, world don't aw, hell.
Anyway it must be awfully gratifyr
ing to the editor to have so much at
tention paid the magazine. -
J. 1 B. B. '32
LECTURE SYSTEM INADEQUATE
Editor of the Tar Heel:
We were very much interested to
see the article entitled "The, Reviewer
is Criticized" in last Thursday's Tar
Heel. With a great deal of the sen
timents Mr. Abelson expressed, we
agree heartily but with a larger num
ber, we disagree as heartily.
: Certainly, our literary and dramatic
criticism, if we may dignify it by that
name, is t exceedingly poor and super
ficial. It is even, if possible, worse
than most college criticism. Our col
lege critics seem to firmly believe
that the first three ' essentials in a
good criticism must be: vague and
wilted witticisms, sophmoric super
ficiality, and a total disregard of the
literary organ itself and of its - con
tent. .It. is our opinion that it would
be very hard to find" a college maga
zine which misses so utterly the point
of being a literary organ, as does the
Carolina Magazine. We wonder how
far we would be missing the truth
when we hint that Editor John Mar
shall uses just about any and every
piece of copy contributed? We firm
ly believe that if . any one but the
eight or nine regular writers, (who
by the way are all regular contribu
tors to the other literary organs on
the campus) were to, submit a con
tribution to the magazine, his article
would , be accepted with a gasp .of
astonishment and a hurrid outpouring
of thanks before any attention what
soever were paid to its content. '
A word about the contents of the
last issue of the Carolina Magazine.
The young and promising scribes -of
this University seem to have absorb
ed the idea that to be a good writer,
one must be a sort of cross (if one
could imagine such a 'thing) between
Knut II am sum and Carl Sandburg
with a little of Jim Tully and Alfred
Greytemborg thrown in perhaps.
Their articles are merely a soiled car
bon copy of those great writer's works
without their redeeming features of
beauty, originality and sincerity.
When Joe Mitchell atttempts realism
in his ""Tobacco Market" his writing
is about as. sincere as Emily Post en
couraging a back to nature movement
or a Carolina man , discussing the
merits of Duke University. However,
we thought his article was the least
worst of the bunch. We thought Buck
MacKellar's contributions were per
haps: the worst rot and inexcusable
muck ever perpetuated on an un
suspecting and well-meaning student
body. We pride ourselves that we
Editor of the Tar Heel: :'
There are any number of reforms,
improvements, and changes . . in
general needed in the v University.
Many have already been discussed,
but I . think one of the most pressing
needs is a change in the relationship
now , existing between' the faculty and
student body. " ' , . ' . '
. This change should begin in the
class room. , There should be preval
ent a more friendly-atmosphere. If
every member of a class, and the in
structor could feel that every, person
in. the, room was a personal friend, I
believe it would cause the entire class
to get more out of the course, and at
the same time enable the instructor
to make the subject clearer.
A class might be conducted similar
to an open forum discussion. . The in
structor would act as chairman and
do most of the talking, but every
member of the class should feel" free
to ask questions upon any doubtful
point or to bring out any new point
which might help the discussion. In
addition, the instructor should ask
questions to the students. This will
stimulate interest and keep them pay
ing attention.
The. lecture system is inadequate
in many respects. Some instructors
lecture a whole period with half the
class bored to death and getting no
thing whatever; out of his talk. In
taking a course of this type, a stu
dent is, wasting time. Of course there
are some courses that could hardly be
taught any other way, but it seems to
me that some changes could be made
so that the student would get more
out of the courses.
My proposed, method is. not going
to work as long as the majority of
the, students retain their present at
titude. A number, of tudents in every
class have the idea that every time
anyone asks a question, he is trying
to "boot" his instructor. If these stu
dents will wake up long enough to
ask a few" intelligent questions, they
will be greatly benefitted.
I realize that this is a rather hazy
sketch and that my plan will not work
in all , classes, but I believe some
changes can be made that will greatly
benefit both student and instructor.
I hope some of the -more intelligent
ijtudents ' will give the matter some
serious thought, and maybe some suc
cessful plan can be worked out.
Willis Wichard.
Executive Committee
Takes Action on Six
Disciplinary Cases
The Executive Committee of the
faculty reports the following cases of
discipline . which have come before it
during . the fall term. It is the plan
of, the Committee in . the future to
publish the facts in, each case imme
diately after action is taken. .
' Case No. 1 Irregularity , in French
4 quiz. Suspended from November
'8 till remainder of fall term with
privilege of re-admission on probation
at opening of winter, term. : .
1 Case No. 2 Same as above.
Case No, 3 For , drunkenness at
South Carolina , game. . Student was
already on probation for drinking in
summer term. Suspended on No
vember 15 until opening of fall term,
1929. As a condition of re-entrance
at this time student must appear be
fore the Committee and show that
he has not been guilty of drinking in
the interval.
Case No. 4 Irregularity in Com
merce 22, quiz. Student had been
charged with cheating during the
year 1925-26 and left the University
without facing the charge. After
two years he was allowed to re-enter
on strict disciplinary probation in
the fall of 1927. Dismissed from the
University.
Case No 5 Student re-admitted in
Fall on strict conduct probation. Vio
lated his probation. Dismissed from
the University. ;
Case . No. 6 For falsification in
connection with eligibility for Fresh
man athletics. Dismissed from the
University.
Lutheran Pastor
To Preach Here
Mr. Quincey O. Lyerly has been
designated by the North Carolina Sy
nod of the Lutheran church as the
pastor, to preach a sermon to be given
in Gerrard .Hall tomorrow, morning
for the local Lutherans.
The Student Lutheran Society and
Dr. C. F. Vilbrandt are sponsoring
the appearance of famous and skill
ed speakers on the Hill to preach ser
mons of interest to students, and have
enlisted the aid of the- N. C. Synod
in their work.
LOST. "
LOST Phi Alpha fraternity pin.
Fender please return to 117 E. Rose
mary St. Reward.
DR. R. R. CLARK
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