Pagre Two
THE TAR
Tuesday, February 5, 1929
Wf)t wt Heel
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Tuesday, February 5, 1929
PARAGRAPJIICS
Second installment of the year's
rushing season ends tonight when the
winter quarter period of silence be
gins. But in comparison with last
fall's hectic rush, the whole f rater
nity peBiod has been one of silence.
with the acquisition of Benjamin
Franklin's statue by the geology de
partment, no doubt all Dr. Collier
Cobb's little geologists will be inspired
to examply the Franklin adage of
"Early to bed and early to rise makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
Another tuxedo joins the ranks of
the stolen someone must have want
ed to attend the Pi Phi dance Friday
night.
If the co-eds really give a May Day
pageant depicting the life and history
of women students at the University,
we should like to suggest the appro
priateness of staging the show in the
Arboretum.
The Grounds Committee calls at
tention to the fact that all these
"Keep Off The Grass" signs were not
manufactured merely to give aid to
starving sign painters.
Are Freshmen v
College Men?
Freshmen revolts against upper
classman regulations have become
frequent affairs both within the state
of North Carolina and elsewhere re
cently. Since Christmas, Davidson
College and. High Point College, in
particular; have been troubled by such
dissentions in their student bodies.
The trouble seems to be that fresh
men do not fully appreciate the over
flowing abundance of good will dis
played by sophomores and other self
appointed custodians of the schoo!
spirit when they undertake to enforce
such puerile rules as the compulsory
wearing of freshman caps. Whole
sale rebellion on the part of freshmen
sufferers throughout the country calls
for a consideration of the points in
volved.
Freshman regulation has, in. many
educational institutions, become a tra
dition; and, as a tradition, it i3 na
turally adhered to without any reason
able justification. The details differ
sometimes -it consist merely of (wear
ing atrocious little caps made up in
the school colors; sometimes the new
student, is allowed to tread upon only
limited portions of the sacred cam
pus; again he i3 compelled to carry
cigarettes and matches, to be avail
able at the instant demand of any
.upperclassman; at one school green
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stockings and grass skirts are inflict
ed upon the co-ed f rosh. Instances
vary; but the essential fact about
these rules is that they all make cer-v
tain stipulations (and most of them
ridiculous) upon the freshman not re
quired of the other classes.
Discarding the sanctioning plea of
tradition, we have left only the asser
tion that such rules are "good for the
new men," that they "introduce him
to college life," or that they "instill
into him school spirit." These are
weak and illogical justifications, how
ever, in that they fail to take note of
one of the fundamental purposes of
a college that of developing a strong
sense of responsibility in the indivi
dual student.
When the freshman enters college,
he has left behind him the childish
pranks of high school and prep school
He has come to take his place with
other developing men in a serious at
tempt to take unto himself an educa
tion. And it is right that he should
be recognized as a full-fledged mem
ber of the college community, enjoy
ing its privileges and its duties. Why
insist upon treating the freshman
like a child by subjecting him to the
foolish indignities of freshman caps
and other such regulations when he
is trying to adapt himself to his new
surroundings and to show in himself
the qualities of manhood?
Nor is the popular belief that fresh
man regulations foster school spirit
any more tenable. They may indeed
tend to draw the members of the
regulated class closer together - in
banded opposition, but this is cer
tainly not conducive to better school
spirit. Rather does it encourage the
growth of class spirit at the inevi
-
table expense of school spirit. When
it becomes necessary for all fresh
men to join in a concerted defense
of their liberties, there is born no
great and overwhelming love and af
fection for the alma mater who sanc-
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tions discriminative regulations or for
the upperclassmen who undertake to
enforce these rules.
School spirit comes from coopera
tion and understanding among all
members of the student body not
from rules enforced by one class upon
another class.
"Why, then is this needless farce of
freshman regulations kept up? It
robs the freshmen of their opportun
ity to develop a splendid sense of re
sponsibility and substitutes in the col
lege or university a struggling, fac
tious class consciousness for the more
desirable spirit of school unity.
If Dr. Chase
Is Leaving
According to a news story in yes
terday's Raleigh News and Observer,"
there seems to be a possibility of the
resignation of Dr. Harry W. Chase
from .the office of President of this
University.
It is a well known and well prac
ticed privilege of student bodies the
country over to indulge in free and
wholesale criticism of the President
of the University, no matter how well
he is carrying out his duties or how
good his intentions may be. Few
public offices are so open to criticism
from all sides the Alumni, the facul
ty, the people of the state, and always
and most thoughtlessly, the students.
University presidents who are
backed up by their faculties are un
usual and fortunate, but college
heads who have the whole-hearted
support of their students are ex
tremely rare and something more
than merely fortunate. They are men
whose whole interests are centered in
their work, whose methods and
achievements prove beyond a doubt
their capabilities and sincerity. Such
men are above the usual run of pet
ty criticism.
Dr. Chase has done much more for
the University than can be realized
at present, since he assumed the of
fice of President ten years ago. It
will require the perspective of time
to measure properly the full benefit
of his work. One significant tribute,
however, is applicable today. The
student body has never had cause to
criticize the sincerity of purpose, the
initiative, and the capability of the
man who is at their head. One does
not hear him criticized by his stu
dents. They appreciate him.
If it is true that there is a possi
bility that Dr. Chase will resign, we
can only hope that , his successor will
fill the difficult position 'he is vacat
ing as. well as its present incumbent.
The Tab Heel is the official organ
of the students of the University of
North Carolina. It is glad to be able
to give this evidence of appreciation
on the part of the students of the
University for the splendid, work of
Dr. Chase during the period of years
he has served as President.
H. J G.
When the
Gentleman Calls
One of the innumerable stands of
the Tab Heel is for. efficiency, when
ever possible on the Carolina campus.
It is with a righteous feeling of in
dignation, therefore, that we note the
existence of a system which smacks
of medievalism, and that right here
within the confines of the otherwise
rising city of Chapel Hill.
The system we refer to affects
many of the most industrious students
in the University. We don't mean
that they are particularly industri
ous about their college work, but when
some of them start a thing they stick
to it no matter what happens. . Per
haps we ought to clear all this up and
come right out with a statement of
the facfs. .
A visitor to the Co-ed Shack, some
times referred to in the public prints
as Spencer hall, has one means,
generally of finding out whether the
young lady he has come to honor with
his presence is at home. In a little
vestibule to the right of the main en
trance is a 'phone and a list of the
room numbers of the inhabitants of
the dorm. The caller must ascertain
on which floor his young lady lives,
then step to the phone and 'dial the
regular four numbers to call that
floor.
All, of which is fair .enough, But
at this point the shadow of absurdity
creeps in. The caller can hear the
bell ringing on the floor he is ringing
up, and can clearly hear the voice of
the girl answering the phone without
benefit of receivers or other, artificial
aid. The whole conversation, includ
ing the long-drawn-out call for "Sar-
ah-h" or "Emil-le-e," can be heard at
the foot of the stairs. In short, there
is no need for a telephone at all.
This, to our mind, is a situation
which needs some sort of revision,
We would have the telephone removed,
since it is obviously useless, and the
unadulterated human , voice used in
stead when one wishes to find out; if
the lady in question is among those
present.
,In the place of the 'phone, we would
have a dumbwaiter. This is not to
be used as an elevator for the young
men, since entrance to the sacred pre
cincts above stairs is forbidden them,
but as a vehicle for relaying bouquets
of flowers, boxes of candy, notes, and
other items which are commonly used
when a young gent calls on his goil.
The use of a dumbwaiter for send
ing up such articles in advance will
save needless wear and tear on the
speech-making facilities of the boys,
and do away with the necessity of
blushing prettily on the part of the
girls. This, we feel sure, would prove
one of the greatest boons ever con
ferred upon a waiting college world.
H. J. G.
Open Forum
SAYS DAILY TAR HEEL WOULD
BENEFIT SELF-HELP STUDENTS
To the Editor: . N-
There seems to be general agree
ment to the fact that a daily Tar Heel
would be a very excellent and worth
while experiment, and I am one of
those who heartily endorse this plan.
I am a little surprised, however, to
see that no one has presented what
seems to me to be one of the most
outstanding arguments for the daily
paper. If we have this daily it is
going, to mean that a large part of
the money which students are now
paying to outside printers will, in
stead, be paid to students who will
be in charge of editing and managing
the paper. We have always been
proud of the fact that over 80 per
cent, of the students attending the
University are either partially or en
tirely supporting themselves. As the
registration increases, the number of
self-help jobs become proportionally
less and less, and here we have an
opportunity to increase the number of
self-help jobs and to better our pub
lications as well and the whole
scheme will not cost us a cent more.
If money that is paid to printers and
photographers for useless and super
fluous pages in the Yackety Yack
could be paid for real editing of the
Tar Heel, we would have a really
good daily paper, and we would keep
money in circulation amongst our
selves; thus we would all be bene
fitted all except the out-of-state
printer.
EDWARD RONDTHALER, JR.
Ben Botnts
By H. J. Galland
his set. and his table manners, are
seldom offensive. Is this education?
It is emulation. What then is educa
tion?" A very nice question. To our
mind, none of the so-called emulative
qualities outlined by the Emerald is
to be desnised. They go to make up a
gentleman, if not an educated one. We
believe a man is educated it ne
knows enough about the world, and
what is in it to be interested intelli-
e-entlv and even enthusiastically in
what he sees and hears and does and
to want to learn more. And what do
you think about it? .
Social Note
The travels of a local citizen were
reported thusly some time ago by Mr.
Louis Graves in his Chapel Hill
"Weekly": "Mr. Edwin S. Mcintosh,
correspondent for the New York
Herald-Tribune," son of Mr. and
The . Cooling Process
It has taken a full two weeks for
the blaze of public opinion lighted
by Mr. Jerry Slade's letter about the
Hello Habit to simmer down to a state
of quietude. It was all started by an
innocent enough editorial, to which
Jerry teok exception. And then came
the storm. As usual, the disgusting
habit of slinging personalities in the
columns of the Open Forum was
freely indulged in. Why anyone
should think he is intelligently ans
wering an argument when he writes
that many of his opponent's sen
tences "are painfully reminiscent of
gangling adolescents with forensic
leanings" and stuff of that type, is
more than we can see. Over and over
again it has been editorially stated
that the Open Forum column is no
place for personalities. We wonder
when that fact will sink in. At any
rate, the Hello Habit seems little af
fected by the sudden interest in it.
Those who said a friendly "Hello!
before are still, saying it, and those
who are too pre-occupied still have
weighty matters on their minds. Only
one difference has been noted. Jerry
Slade, in answer tj a loud "Hello!''
now answers very carefully "How are
you?" or "How do you do?" but no
Hello!
It Might
Once we had. a flivver and, in com
mon with all its sisters and its
cousins and its aunts, we found that
she (her name was Maude) was very
hard to start on a cold night. Thus
it was with a special feeling of inter
est we read of the flivver which had
its radiator stolen while the owner
was spectatoring (patent applied for)
at the Gamecock-Tar Heel .basketball
game last Saturday. According to
the news story, the thief, to tempor
arily cover his work, placed the hood
back in position, and it was not until
after the car was started and had
been driven a few yards that the hood
fell off and disclosed the front end
minus the water tank. If this is the
case, it must be, since we saw it in
the Tar Heel, we suggest that the
motors be taken out of all the Chapel
Hill flivvers and other perambulat
ing wrecks. With the motors will go
a great deal of trouble now expend
ed in tinkering with them and a large
part of the town's supply of noise,
while the running action (judging by
the flivver which started on a cold
night without a radiator) will be vast
ly improved. No charge for the idea,
thank you!
That Daily
It is diffiult to judge the general
opinion of the campus on any one
question. One is apt to judge by the
opinions of his particular set of
friends, whose interests will naturaly
run in one direction. We hesitate to
say, therefore, whether the campus is
in favor of a daily Tar Heel. The ob
jection that is most frequently made,
that there is not enough news on the
campus to warrant six issues a week,
does not , seem valid to us There is
more news for each issue than can
be handled now. Most of it is in the
form of announcements or straight
reporting on events which are too
familiar to seem like real news. The
daily issue of the paper will provide
a chance to branch out and . acquire
more interesting news from more
diverse sources.
What's Yours?
A discussion of the definition of
"education" is given in ( the Oregon
Daily Emerald. Says that paper,
"Most people agree that education is
something that one gets from college
but confuse it with football and rac
coon coats. Accepting hypothetically
that the theory education proceeds
from college, a premise that is in no
wise undebateable, what are the qual
ities of the average college graduate?
He can usually play some, athletic
game well, wear his clothes becoming
ly, discuss the latest novel, walk with
assurance, share the club opinions of
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'REVENGE'
Mrs. A. S. Mcintosh1 of Chapel Hill,
has gone to South America on the
United States battleship Maryland.
He touches at several ports on the
Pacific side, makes a trans-Andean
railway journey from Chile to Ar
gentina, and returns to this country
by sea from Buenos Aires. When he
boarded the vessel at San Diego, Cali
fornia, a regiment of soldiers was
drawn up at attention on the pier,
bands played, and cannon fired sa
lutes. Mr. Mcintosh is accompanied
on the trip by Herbert Hoover."
President James K. Polk was grad
uated from ' the University with the
class of 1818.
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Sept. 25, 1928
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