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T H E T A It H E E L
Tuesday, January 22, 1929
Leading Southern College Tri
weekly Newspaper
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Published three times weekly during
the college year, and is 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
Building.
basement of Alumni
Walter Spearman .. Editor
George E hkhart Mgr. Ed
Marion Alexander ..: Bus. Mgr.
editorial department
Harry Galland -. Assistant Editor
Glenn Holder ... ..." Assistant Editor
John Mebane .......... Assistant Editor
Will Yarborough ...... ... Sports t Editor
Reporters
M. Broadus
Sherman Shore
W. C. Dunn
J. C. Eagles
J. P. Jones
W. A. Shelton
C. B. McKethan ,
. J. C. Williams
E. Wilson
Gil Pearson
B. W.
J. E. Dungan
D.'L. Wood
Dick McGlohon
J. Q. Mitchell
B. C. Moore
K. C. Ramsay
E. F. Yarborough
H. H. Taylor
E. H. Denning
J. D. McNairy
Whitton
"BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Executive Staff .
B. M. Parker 1:......... Asst. Bus. Mgr.
H. N. Patterson Collection Mgr.
Gradon Pendergraph Circulation Mgr.
T. R. Karriker.....;...........Asst. Col. Mgr.
Advertising
Leonard Lewis
Harry Latta
Ben Aycock S
Kermit Wheary
Staff
Milton Cohen
Sirlnpv Brirk
II. Jamesofii
H. Merrell
Jim Harris
Tuesday, January 22, 1929
Believe it or not they're , just as
much a gripe to us as writes 'em' as
xyou to read 'em. ' t
Dean Rose, of George Washington
University, says this journal, finds
that girls get by on charm and "It.
And the boys, we find, have "Those"
you know, those D's and F's.
A committee, of the League of
Nations calls U..-N.' C. "the intellect
ual dynamo of the south'. Which ac-
counts for some of the sparking in
the Arboretum.
A- sub-head in this issue reads,
"Men loaf during regular session; at-
tend summer school to get of f work
Just leave off that last word, Oswald,
and set the rest.
The band is to take some trips to
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make up the remainder of the money
necessary, for uniforms. Don't tome
back without the pants, boys.
Count Von Luckner caused a spon
taneous burst of enthusiasm with his
mention of not being able to pass ex
aminations. But when he got to the
part about his navigation exam and
the fact that there -are alwaysv some
which must be passed, there was nary
a sound. ' ' .
Board to take care of deficit.
Such are the four propositions to
be submitted to the student body in
a campus wide electon on February 7.
Student sentiment is almost unani
mously in favor of a daily Tar Heel;
the question to be decided is the best
method of securing this daily. Con
sideration of the above plans involves
a survey of the entire field of publi
cations at the
University and
"Faculty Wives," - says the Tar
Heel, "Are Entertained." Well, so are
some -of the Faculty's classes next
day. '"
Four very different methods of
financing the daily :Tar Heel are
suggested by the Student Activities
Group. Another method is to pay for
it.' '
Universitystudents will not be al
lowed to remain if they marry after
February, 4th in the winter quarter.
There's , another way of getting into
trouble twice at once.
A Daily Tar Heel
And How!
The financial possibility of the pro
posed daily Tar Heel depends upon
student, approval of at least one of
the following plans: v
a. Combination of the Carolina
Magazine and the Tar Heel, the
Magazine appearing as a bi-weeklf
literary supplement to the daily newspaper-."
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b. Abolition of the Carolina Bucca
neer. '-: ;;V;.':,:V ' I. '
c. Simplification of the Yackety
Yack. ,
d. Readjustment of the portions of
each student fee given to the respec
tive publications and the use of sur
plus funds of Publications Union
an
evaluation of the importance of each
unit.
If the first plan is adopted the
Carolina Magazine would ; appear
every other Sunday morning as an
eight-page literary supplement deliv
ered with the Tar Heel. It would,
however, still retain, its identity, its
independent editor, and its own staff
of writers. i The question for con
sideration is whether this change in
form could bring with it the death of
the Magazine as a purely literary
publication and,, the abolition of a
worthy campus laboratory for -young
writers or whether the change 'would
cause the Magazine to be more widely
read, more popular with the students,
and more representative of the "cam
pus. - - ' ; ?";"' ' -
Under the second proposal the
Carolina Buccaneer would be abolish
ed and the funds necessary for its
production used to provide., a daily
Tar Heel. Here, the" question is
whether the students approve of san
ctioning a publication made up entire
ly of jokes (and most of them accused
of being of the liquor-and-sex variety,)
Las an integral phase of campus life
or whether they believe it a. super
flous nublication which should be
banished. , . ..
The -simplification of the Yackety
Yack would .involve cutting out such
so-called "deadhead" sections as the.
sponsors, the faculty, the humor, and
perhaps the views or the vanity fair.
The adoption of this proposition would
imply that the student body believes
that continued attempts to make one
Yackety Yack surpass that of the
year before has gone far enough
when the cost of "the book reaches
the sum of $14,000. '
The last plan,' if" favored by the
student vote, will : give the Publica
tions Union Board authority to re
arrange the distribution of"' the . five
dollar fee paid by each student an
nually in such a way as to make pos
sible the publication of a daily Tar
Heel. In case there is not sufficient
money forthcoming, the deficit
would have to be met from the sur
plus in the treasury of the P. U
Board. This plan might, seem, at
first sight, to be the most feasible one
in that it does not involve the aboli
tion of any other publication. It
does, however, allow the P. .U. Board
discretion to cut the allotment, of the
Buccaneer, Magazine, or, Yackety
Yack. Furthermore, it calls for utili
zation of the surplus in the treasury,
which has been saved up as a sink
ing fund to be used in case, of debt
on any of the publications. Drawing
money from this surplus might be all
very well for one year or even two;
but if it were to continue longer, it
would be langefous to the safety of
the publica tions.
Each plan has its intrensic merits
and each" has its" zealous supporters
The general question before the cam-
mis- now is this : How do you want
your Tar Heel?
A's and Fs
For Instructors
There is a well known and some
times not too, pleasant system pre
valent in colleges everywhere of grad
ing students according to the amount
of knowledge they have gained in a
particular subject. There is nothing
startling about that statement. It
has been going on for years
You. take your course and learn
your work, and at the end of the term
you are given an examination and a
grade. That grade ostensibly repre
sents just how much of . the work
given ,you you have retained, and how
good a scholar you are. If you do not
pass, ifvyou are not up to the mark,
then you flunk, and if you flunk too
many, times, you are considered below
standard and are required to drop out
of college.
Such is the system as it is applied
to the student. But what, of the in
structor? He passes his exams as an
undergraduate,' is' appointed to a
place on the faculty of -some college,
and hibernates until he is promoted
a step up the professional ladder or
is transferred to another institution.
If he was an Associate Professor
for eighteen years in Squeedunk Col
lege, then, reason the trustees of a
neighboring institution, he will be ac
ceptable as a teacher at dear "old
Tioga.. Suppose he has lost interest in
teaching, or 1 is not interested in his
new subjects? No matter. Nobody
will know the difference. Nobody,
that is, but his students and they
don't count.
But what, we wonder, would happen
if students were allowed to rate, their
instructors? - Well, it has" been done.
At Purdue University instructors
present rating scales to their classes
which, after being filled out by the
students, are turned in to the heads
of the departments without being re
turned to the instructors.
It is understood that there are falla
cies and faults. Students will rate
according to their personal likes and
dislikes, and the grade expected from
the professor." But these facts can
be taken into account, and if ,all the
ratings from several classes of a cer
tain instructor, show a definite ten
dency, then you are pretty -likely to
have a reliable report on the in
structor's ability, knowledge, personal
ity, and enthusiasm all factors
equally important and dependent on
one another. - - '
There are instructors and professors
in this university, as in every other,
who are not up to the ; mark, , not
worthy of the efforts of their stu
dents. You cannot either ? improve
them overnight or turn them out to
dig ditches on the basis of the sug
gested student ratings. But you can
cause them to stop and think a bit,
and perhaps see themselves from the
students' standpoint. ' There are
possibilities. We should like to see
the Psychology department dabble
with the idea. ' y . -
H. J. G.
Open Forum
ADVISES SLADE TO BE A BIT
MORE CAUTIOUS
To the Editor:
I hope that I will not be asking too
much if I ask for a little space in
your Open Forum. "
, On January 15, Mr. J. J. . Slade
startled the readers of the Tar Heel
by his .attack upon one of the dearest
traditions of the University. In his
righteous and self-sufficient manner,
he has attempted to suggest that the
other students on the campus pass
andrepass in the same manner that
he does. ".
, Furthermore, one can't help being
amused at the childish manner in
which he has, in the issue of the same
paper, for January 19, attempted to
justify himself. Since a few thinkers
have taken him at his word, he says
that he was only joking. I: do not
wish to minister unto the gentleman,
but I would advise him to be a bit
more.cautious with his jokes.
"So far . I 'have only expressed my
personal reactions to the article. The
real, reason for this letter is a desire
to inform the gentlemen that all the
forces at the command t)f the Univer
sity have been tut into action to "hold
pihe greeting habit on the campus.
During my stay here, which has been
more than three years, a week has
been set aside for the special purpose
of getting acquainted with and speak
ing to each other. ' The movement
has been backed by no less persons
than the President of the University,
the Dean of Students, and the presi
dents of the different undergraduate
classes. Now Mr. Slade comes up, so
it seems, without ever thinking about
that fact, and condemns the custom.
Mr. Sla.de reminds , me of the little
story I once heard of the. American
Who was driving along a country road
in England. Upon meeting the first
car, ; he turned to the right. The
Englishman, of course, turned to the
left. . A wreck was the inevitable re
sult. The tourist, was giving the
native quite a large and unpolished
piece of his mind when some one sug
gested to him that the Englishman
was accustomed to taking the left
side of the highway in case he was
meeting anyone going in the opposite
direction. I would suggest that Mr.
Slade, as well as the American tourist,
should acquaint himself with condi
tions before doing anything that af
fects anyone except himself.
For the benifit of Mr.Rondthalei1,
I would like to-say that he need not
worry about having, as Mr. Slade
would put it, to take an inventory of
the' latter's dental work very often.
I was with him one hour for five days
in the week during approximately
three months not so long ago, and as
yet I have not been burdened with
the "Hello" so graciously promised to
Mr. Rondthaler. I hope , that Mr.
Slade will 1 not feel that he has been
neglecting me, for I do not. ! I had ex
pected that his feelings were as they
have proven to be: so did. not feel
that I could gain anything from an
involintary salutation. I am, too self
sufficient in that respect.
FRED GILREATH.
v RONDTHALER REPLY
To the Editor: , - -
-Something needs to be said in reply
to the "Hello" letters appearing in
Saturday's Tar HeeL V - ,
I hardly know how to answer Mr.
Wilsey's letter, for I feel too much
as Uncle Moses felt after he had lis
tened to a two-hour sermon at the
colored church on" the Chapel Hill
Durham road. Uncle Moses walked
"up. to the preacher and said, "Brother,
I sho' did impressively enjoy yo' pow
erful inspired sermon dis mornin'.
Now just what was yo trying to say
in dat sermon?"
On the other hand-it seems tp me
that there is quite a nit of intelligent
criticism in Mr. Slade's letter. Mr.
Slade, in substance, states that the
decline of cordiality on the campus
is the result ' of a deeper difficulty
than the mere superficial hello, and
that a stronger remedy must be used
than simply increasing the hellos. I
agree. Of course I agree. There is
no question about that. . I suppose
that everybody agrees to that point,
but nobody knows what to do about
and neither do I. The Hello ques
tion is a - slightly different matter,
however, and I want to' give one more
defense of this custom.;
Removing one's hat when in the
presence of a lady does not signify
that one is in love with the lady. The
hand-clasp of members of various se
cret orders has certains-meanings at
tached to it. The military salute is
probably the coldest of all greetings,
and simply recognizes tthe other, inj
dividhal. Now as I see it, the Hello
greeting is simply--a cheery way of
one student saluting another, and it
does not mean that an intimate friend-
s
ship exists between the two indivi
duals : any more than removing one's
hat in the presence of a lady means
that one is in love with her.; There
is much in common between every
one of us here at the University, and
some type of salute is entirely in
place. In the five years that the Hello
question has been debated, no one has
yet shown any benefit that would be
derived from a discontinuance of this
greeting.
f EDWARD RONDTHALER, JR.
BUS RATES TOO HIGH
To the Editor: '
Tar Heel and other papers ' have
recently had articles telling how local
citizens have succeeded in having
laws passed which led to the arrest
of students for solicitation of rides be
tween here and Durham.
While this practice is done at the
expense of the self-respect of both
the students and the University, I be
lieve that citizens should take other
means of effecting a remedy. It is
apparent that 50c is far too much to
pay for a ride of 12 miles, regardless
of what the coach company officials
may say of high operating costs and
periodical lightness of travel. .
: Railroads have all of these problems,
and many more, but their rate is only
3.6c per mile and furthermore in many
places where the distance is short,
round trip and communication tickets
are sold.
This is What the State Regulating
body should be. petitioned to' order,
not perhaps upon as favorable a basis
as the railroads' grant in suburban
districts, but at least some reduction.
T believe that these round trip and
communication tickets would benefit
all and the Coach Co. would make up
the loss by an increase volume of
business. :
WILLIAM F. SPRAGUE.
English Singers To
Appear at Duke U.
Of special interest to local music
lovers will be the annual winter ap
pearance of the English Singers who
will appear at Duke University on
the evening of February 5th, it was
announced by , the Music department
yesterday. Owing to the fact that
there is such a limited number of
tickets to be sold to outsiders, it is
advisable that students and residents
of Chapel Hill reserve their seats im
mediately for the performance. There
are ten on hand now at the office 'of
the Music department, though a few
more can be secured.
The English Singers are very fine,
and since the beginning of their an
nual winter tours, they have caused
quite a sensation in this country.
NOTICE
All students in the Schools cf
Commerce and Education and in
the College of Liberal Arts who
passed not more than one course
in the Fall Quarter are hereby
notified that they are on strict
academic and attendance proba
tion lor the Winter Quarter.
DEANS CARROLL, WALKER
and HIBBARD.
Their singing of old English madri
gals has been acclaimed as excellent
by the world's leading music critics.
There are six members of the party.
An air of informality is lent to each
of their performances by the fact
that they sit around a table and rend
er their programs. Tickets to the per
formance are retailing at a dollar
each, and may be reserved through
Professor Paul John Weaver, head of
the Music department here. t -
Cupid should erect a danger signal
whenever , he" breaks the ice between
two lovers. "
MEN WANTED
W ANTED Several college men
for steady summer work. Good
pay. "Hit while the iron is hot.''
See Mr. Vroomen and C. W. Price
Wednesday only ! at 9:00 a. m.
until 5:00 p. m. en the second
floor of Y. M. C, A. .
The time r has been ex
tended: 'through Saturday
for making Yackety Yack
pictures for everyone .ex
cept Juniors and Seniors.
Take advantage of this last
chance to have your picture
in the Yackety Yack,
Wootten-Moulten
SHE'S GOT Tins
- --SHE'S GOT' THAT
Oh, Boy What a Girl! r
Wednesday
ALICE WHITE
--and . . .
JACK MULHALL
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NAUtfHTY
BABY
Borrowed dress, borrowed
coat, .'.the thing she owned
was a' million dollars worth
of "it." But what more does
a beautiful blonde need to
make the social register ring
like the peal of a wedding
bell.
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