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THE T A R HE EL
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Holder ' rr Assistant Editor
Tnlm Mebane l Assistant Editor
-Will -Yarborough Sports Editor,
Reporters
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Sherman Shore
W. C. Dunn -
j. f. Jones
G. B. McJCethan
J. C. Williams
E. H. Denning
J." E. Huffman
J. C. Eagles
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v D. L. Wood
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Henry Anderson
. B. W. Whitton
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Tuesday, February 19, 1929
PARAGRAPHICS
.The old-Tar Heel quint did some
nigh stepping baturday nignt ana
made championship tracks witli the
Blue Devils mighty close behind.
.best thing about the game ' was
that both Carolina and Duke students
decided to show, that they were gen
tlemen regardless of who was win
ner.
How times . do change! Smith
Dormitory,' once noted for its absolute
lack of shaving cream and tooth
paste, now houses a full-fledged cotil
lion club.
, "Women Drink Tea" headlines our
favorite soon-to-be-a-daily. TJiat
sounds -innocent enough to dispense
with any, possible liquor investiga
. tions as far as the dear co-eds are
concerned. ; ' , v -
Last night the Carolina debaters
met Marquette University's team on
the question of public ownership of
i hydro-electric power, plants. That is
'an appropriate subject for a Caro-
Jlina-Duke debate sometime. . r-.
The appearance of sunshine, ko
daks, and that inevitable feeling of
mental lassitude heralds the approach
of another springtime. The symp
toms are unmistakable ; only . two
more things are needed . now the
blossoming of the ' Arboretum and
the birth of several . new campus
romances.' s
Dr. W. C. Coker gives mbrex land
to the Chapel Hill golf course cre
ating a sort of faculty Arboretum, as
it were. -.. .':'..'.''"'' , -:
Still Sits the Stadium,
But Why Let It MerelySit?
The;Kenan Memorial Stadium is a
beautiful structure. In the autumn
when it is filled with a cheering, en
thusiastic crowd, of football fans it is
a nappy and colorful sight. Swept
away by the mob emotion of the
moment one might' even feel that full
value was being received for the vast
. ."investment; of -some $325,000. What
matter that it be ; used f or only, five
or six games -a year? arguesthe col
lege youth. Surely . the glamor of
". those few games more .than compen
sates for long months of idleness! ;
But does it? , Is there any ..reason
why so much money should be tied
up in a stadium whose period of ac
tive service is limited to the football
months of the fall? Basketball,
wrestling, and boxing ignore the sta
dium during the winter months and
shelter- themselves in ? the doubtful
warmth of the Tin Can. Baseball
and track in the spring still stick to
the ol3 faithful, Emerson Field? And
Kenan Memorial Stadium is left to
bask, lonely and neglected, in the
springtime sun. Is such a procedure
sensible ? ' A .. . .
Since athletics do not demand the
use of the stadium. at this period of
the ' year, 'why does not some other
phase of : activity seize upon the op
portunity ? " -: ' - ,
The location, size, and structure of
the stadium are all ideal for ; some
huge; dramatic pageant. .While the
Foreslj Theater is no doubt spacious
enough for producing Playmaker
plays' out-of-doors, the stadium could
. . "
be utilized for a production on a
much.'larger scale.
If the -Playmakers ate ambitious,
let ' them parade 'their talents in the
stadium. Or let the Bureau of Com
munity Drama, which spreads dra
matic art all over the state,' essay a
pageant - of North Carolina. Or let
the . University set aside a place on
the commencement program yearly
for some entertainment . in the -sta-di.um
other than athletic.
With a seating capacity of 24,000
Kenan Memorial; Stadium could ac
commodate the ' entire student body
and hosts of visitors from .out in the
state. If the idea of dramatic pre
sentations should be taken up by
someone with the, necessary knowl
edge and initiative, the Carolina Sta
dium might be made the center of a
dramatic and artistic movement as
well as an arena for athletic contests.
Taking Meals in
The Oxford-Manner
Oxford University has long been
the model looked up.: to and . followed
by American universities. The Ox
ford system makes an educated man
of "a mere gentleman, and makes a
gentleman' of the scholar.- There is
something about the atmosphere
which mellows a man,'' according to
those enthusiasts -r who b,avp been
there and were able to tear them
selves away and return home.
One definite part of that system
is a specific effbrt to have Oxford
men - know one another. The . first
year 'man, upon arrival, is required to
visit a number of upper classmen.
A card is slipped under his door,
which may read "Thomas Q Brown"
and penned beneath the name,' "Come
to my, rooms for breakfast tomorrow
at 8." There is no questioning of
that summons. The first year man
is there the next morning as a matter
of course,, and meets a "number of
his classmates and friends-to-be.
Thus is the matter neatly handled at
Oxford. '
Here at Carolina there is no such
tradition. The Freshman meets the
men on his floor in the dorm, , and
perhaps a number of fraternity men
who may be interested in him. He
associates in the usual - casual man-
ner with a special group of three or
four friends, goes to the movies with
them, and has an occasional bull ses
sion with them. . ; '
Of all the means of meeting friends
and making new acquaintances, per
haps the most , pleasant is meeting
them at dinner. .' Mealtimes invite
confidences.' People are more natural,
and certainly more friendly. Swap
ping , meals is a pastime too " rarely
indulged in hereabouts. Invite your
friend to eat, with you, and note re
sults. Try it with your fraternity
brptherj or ,the fellow 4 in the room
next door. You'll get a different slant
on him, know him better, feel more
intimate with him.
Why go all the way to Oxford for
the Oxford spirit, especially' when
the all-important Rhodes Scholarship
is lacking ? Swap meals, and bring
Oxford to .Carolina. . " .
.' H. J. G.
5 What's Happening
. 1 1 i i .I in -
! WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 ;
7:00 p. m. Venable hall. Moving
Pictures. .. "The Story of Bakelite"
and !'Viscosg Silk." ,
' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 .
8:30 p. m. Tin Can. Basketball-
Davidson College. '
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23
8:30. p. m. Tin Can Basketball-
v. p. i. ' '
Open Forum
THOMPSON DEFENDED AGAIN
To theEditorV j : :
It seems that there has been some
discussion of late concerning an arti
cle which recently appeared in the
Tar Heel' about Gene Thompson, cap
tain of the wrestling squad, . I am
sure that -whoever wrote the article
had not the slightest intentions of
slandering Thompson nor could he if
he really known the facts of the case.
Thompson would have been foolish if
he had kept on wrestling every "day
while he was sick and while he was
studying for his bar examinations.
Thompson, it seems to me,1 showed
very clearly by his actions .that.: he
placed his health and his - chance to
make ' , good in the preliminary test
of his chosen profession above any
momentary flash of glory which 'some
people call athletic prowess. He. was
perfectly right in doing so.
That he has worked steadily on the
squad has been shown by his election
to the position of captain. r Certainly,
there, ought to be no censureJfor him
on account of his neglecting the team
while he was preparingtp make his
debut in professional life and while
he was physically unable to partici
pate in the squad's contests. He may'
have to fight a little harder to get
back to top place in the meets, but he'
has previously shown his real ability
in this , sport j)l wrestling and there
should be "little difficulty for, him to
regain his former place. . '
The student body is still unaniiously
behind him, even as they are behind
every athlete who works for the push
ing ahead of the University in the
field of athletics, - and I, personally,
think that no harm was intended by
the article which has caused the dis
cussion. . Neither do I think that he
has any cause whatsoever to worry
about whaij the student body v will
think about his necessary absence in
the middle of the season.
v v "- DONALD WOOD
EXAM EXEMPTION ' v
To the Editor:- - ..
We should like to suggest that stu
dents averaging. "A" in daily grades
and tests, in any course, be excused
from the final exam in that course.
The fact that a student can average
95 per cent,or better, on a. course, is
proof that a final exam would be a
waste of time for him and for; his pro
fessor. ' Moreover, if students ' had
this chance to be excused from" an
exam they would do their best to
average "A" in daily work instead of
idling during the term and "cram
ming" the night before, .the exam.
Thus they would learn the subjects
more" thoroughly. .
We believe this' plan would work
well if given a trial. - ( "
J . C. M '29
D. C. 29
Clipped
THE DAY'S BEST EDITORIAL
. Dr. Chase and the U. of N. C.
The report that Dr. Harry . W.
Chase, president of the , University
of North Carolina, will before the
year is over resign his post, rests on
the admitted fact that he has been
offered the directorship of one of the
Rockefeller research foundations at
a salary .practically double his pay at
the. university. It is not the' first
time that he has had under advise
ment calls to other , educational en
terprises at substantial increases in
salary.- ItA is also true that one or
two of these offers came to Dr.. Chase
at " a time ( when withdrawal - from
North Carolina would have freed him
rom a ; pestiferous situation when
he' obscurantist storm that culmina
ted in the short-lived anti-evolution
bill was roaring about his head and
his university because of his put
spoken opposition to this and cognate
attempts to hobble scientific teach
ing. , '
. But because he refused to leave
North Carolina when he was beset
by the fundamentalists, reactionaries
and rightrthinkers, is no good reason
to believe that he will refuse" to
leave now that the atmosphere has
become clearer and the battle for a
liberal and generously-supported uni
versity hasx been won. Dr. Chase has
given nearly 20 years of his life to
the University of North Carolina; the
last 10 years as president. - At the
end of this time he finds himself, at
the age of A7, receiving $10,000 a
year with only slender prospect of
higher' pay and with no prospect -of a
pension when he has' reached the' re
tirement age. At this juncture comes
a $20,000 a year offer from founda
tion which opens to him' the i oppor
tunity of directing original researches
in a field that greatly appeals to him,
and of exchanging the burdensome
task of university administration, with
all that implies of politics, diplomacy
and salesmanship, for more congenial
work in the social -sciences. It will
be a miracle if Dr. Chase is not lured
away by this opportunity. No one
could hold it against him if he de
cides to leave. V 7'
Dr. Chase, confronted with the
report of the new offer, has deplored
its premature1 publication and has in
dicated 'that he will make no early
decision! The prematurity . of the
publication may yet serve a useful
purpose. If North Carolina desires
to retain this gifted and resource
f ul educator, its legislature, now ; in
session, can take steps that may con
tribute to that end. It can move to
make the presidency of its university
as financially attractive a post as the
presidency of "one 'of its smaller cot
ton mills. Under Dr. Chase's leader
ship, "the University of j North . Caro
lina has grown from a. provincial
southern college of ancient lineage
but no particular distinction, to a
university recognized . the country
over for its pioneer, work in social re
search and for the breadth, and
thoroughness of its graduate depart
ment: What is equally important,
and perhaps more important, the Uni
versity of North Carolina under J)r.
Chase has been a citadel of liberal
thought in an era plagued with as
sorted movements to fence in the
human mind for the greater glory of
a medievally-defined God. It is worth
keeping an educational leader Of this
type in North Carolina. It is worth
keeping such an educational leader in
the south even if it involves paying
him a salary as large as that earned
by the executive manager of a first
class tobacco factory. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
University Students
Try for Scholarships
. Six students of North Carolina U.,
F. M.- Scroggs, H. M. Wright, E. D.
Blakeney, Jr., G. B. Lockhart, Wm.
Rietland, Philip Liskin, and' William
Jack, are attempting to win a 4-
year university scholarship in aero
nautics, or Eaglerock airplane, of
fered this spring by the Alexander
Aircraft company to the American
Undergraduate who reveals the deep
est insight and practical imagination
in aeronautics.
A remarkably close understanding
of the new industry characterizes pa
pers submitted by students of 183
colleges 4 and "universities. Several
novel sales ideas are being used to
advantage by the Alexander Aircraft
Co. The response indicates 'that
thousands of undergraduates serious
ly consider the new aircraft industry
as their intended vocation.
As an added incentive, seventeen
Eaglerock distributors will award 10
hour flying courses, worth approxi
mately $300 to the college students
in their respective territories who
make the best efforts to' win the
awards. Flight instruction, manuals
will be given ; other students who
place high. The competition closes
May.l.. ' - - Ox
The Alexander Aircraft company
is conducting the contest as a means
of interesting more young men and
women in f lyingN and in the aero in
dustry as a field of future activity.
Within the last year commercial air
craft factories have virtually scram
bled for the services of college trained
aeronautical engineers and aeronauti
cal executives. The shortage has
forced a number of new companies to
import engineers from Germany and
England. - '
Duke Offers Number
Of Fellowships To
ft
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Announcement has been' made by
the Duke Graduate school of a num
ber of "fellowships and;-teaching as
Ristantshins available there for the
coming academic year. The appoint
ments' are open to graduates of col
and universities holding the
bachelors degree. . ,
One Anger Duke Memorial f ellow
ship carrying a stipend of $1000 is
available along with three University
fellowships of $800 each, four Uni
versity fellowships of $700 each, and
fifteen carryinc: $600 each. Holders
of these will "Be required to give a
limited amount of assistance in read
ins-' naners. in laboratories, and in
other departmental work.
Fourteen scholarships carrying $300
each are available. These carry part
time work in the department of which
the holder Is a member. , V
A number- of teaching - assistant
ships with half time work are also
open for appointment.
Applications for these places must
be filed with the Dean of the Graduate
school of Arts and Sciences of Duke
not later than March 15y
:-- - -
. President' Lucian A. Peacock of the
Johnston County Club announces that
there will be a meeting of that orga
nization tonight at nine o'clock in the
club rom on the second floor of the
y. m. c. a. " . . ;
Uetzn
Qt(eieu
: y ' : by
j john mebane
celhi
Reflections
Winter mornings ptirple quivering
lips, nip fingertips with spiteful bit
terness. Air is heavy with cold.
Teeth chatter, shoulders convulse,
elbows seek warmth of ribs. Drab
classrooms absorb cold.
Lying abed is delightful. Watches
tick with exaggerated . regularity.
Hands fly around under glass cases,
but multitudinous covers are too
heavy. Eyes are 'heavy. . Air is
heavy. Questions arise in dull minds.
Conclusions formulate slowly. Rise
precisely, at seven, attend classes, as-:
sume intellectual gestures, manipu
late gargantuan vocabularies, acquire
innumerable A's.
Monotony of work is excruciating.
Too-hot rooms behave giddily before
dancing brains. . . Fettered minds
jangle chains, strain madly, tug end
lessly. No languid nights , loom be
fore enchanted visions. Moons are
Cheese. Clouds . are blots. Stars' are
blemishes on a black breast. Fierce
shadows promenade corners of poorly
lighted rooms. Rows of figures be
have improperly on numbered pages.
Stomachs grow hollow, minds tired,
fingers tortured, eyes larger. Fev
erish efforts earn tomorrow's irony.
Cigarettes burn glib tongues. ; Scott
is tedious; Dickens is tedious. James
is tedious. Matches burn fingers.
Fire is hot. Hell is hot. Work is
hell. - : - -.:' -;AV-
Lights flicker and are dissolved
in blackness. Gold air surges fero
ciously through cracks near bottoms
of window-sills. Pupils in eyes grow
immense, ; stare intently into nothing
ness, close. Nights are mad. Alley
cats offer serenades -with gratituous
willingness. .. Windows bang shut:
Shadows surge across disconnected
brain cells. Grotesque shapes make
thunderous sounds. Stark faces stare
stupidiously into stark faces.
Sunlight is cheerless. Days have
no end. Inane mouths litter incom
prehensible soliloquies vaguely. . Dull
faces yawn respectfully at pre-di-gested
platitudes. , Ill-timed bells
bong through thick silences splittings
monotonous syllables with impolite
ferocity. , Endless print makes eyes
water, pencil tap, bad tempers. :
Library opens at eight. Shelves
are filled with books. No books are
in. May not be taken froto building:
Assistants disguise .disgust behind
pleasant' countenances. Pages ' of
enormous volumes turn-slowly. PenT
cils cut capers on call.cards. Blondes
titter; brunettes titter; titians titter.
Savants take refuge behind spec-;
tacles.; 'r '-.:; ' .,
Sunday offers no rest. Stillness
gulps down turbulent students and
grinds its teeth on their flesh. Rooms
breathe vertiginous insanity. Day
dreams cauterize' flesh ' Red leaves
of books turn slowly. Laughter is
agelastic; . it- hides behind tables and
chairs. - Night - spills itself into the
sky. - . -; -; : .:' ' .
Holidays reinstate youth. ; Laughter
is hypergelastic; it bounces against
the ceiling. Pedants feel their youth,
press it gently around the sides, hold
it before them and examine it, toss it
from them with delirious joy. Poised
before cracked mirrors, they .delight
in the quivering of flesh. Youth un
folds, staring into the colors : ' of .
prism. . .
Fires in grates are bright. Images
loom and disappear m flames. But
fire hurts eyes; it makes them'heavy,
Fires die but like dreams. ; Charred
wood is ugly, It has a bad smell.'
Towns are human. Each morning
they awake, bathe, brush teeth don
morning garb. They cry out with
hunger and pain. . Their empty
stomachs rumble. -
Nights are inkpots.
Professors resemble human beings.
They Aalk endlessly at, gaping faces.
They 'say that Tolstoi wrote '"Anna
Karenina," that Rossetti was a poet,
that lead paragraphs should contain
the five W's, that the logarithm of a
root of a number is the logarithm of
of the number divided by the index
of the root, that the xmit of behavior
is the stimulus-response bond. They
answer students' questions sometimes.
They eat and drink normally k of ten
They complain of headaches and wet
weather, a ' :
No Chapel Today
The next chapel exercises will be
held Friday morning, it was announc
ed yesterday during chapel period
Freshmen will have no' chapel today,
but all are expected to attend . the
meeting . Friday, according to Dean
Bradshaw.
FID.'WOSIEN IN
TGIilB OF KING
British Archaeological Expedi
tion Uncovers Bodies of
Thirty Women in Tomb of
Ruler of the Chaldees.
As a result of an expedition of the
British -Museum into the Ur of the
Chaldees the remains' of thirty wo
men were found in the tomb of a cer
tain king of the Chaldees. This has
been revealed by a report from the
archaeological expedition under the
auspices" of the British Museum.
The report told of discoveries in
Ur where 'the expedition has its head
quarters this, winter." ; - .
- Digging - vertically into the burial
chambers the excavators found the re
mains of human sacrifices to the glory
. . . i- i j j
of tne deaa ruier .ana eyiaences oi an
elaborate, burial and funeral feasts.
In the tomb of "Mess-Kalam-Dug,"
the king, the archaeologists found the
remains of thirty men and in the
tomb of his .queen they discovered
the skeletons of four men-servants
and a!; serving maid. Judging from
tfieir "work .the excavators believed
that the"1 bodies had been buried and
that then "subsequent layers of of
ferings had been made to the dead
ruler Finally, as the last . tribute
was to be made a-wall was built and
the; final of fering was placed in the
room. '
'Among the ' more important imple
ments found hear the king's tomb
was a wooden box containing two
daggers with gold blades and gold
studded handles and a cylinder seal
inscribed , J- "Mess-Kalam-Dug the
King." Below'the box was a coffin
containing stone and copper vessels.
Dean Bradshawand
Henry Johnson To
Go To Cleveland
Dean Francis F. Bradshaw and
Henry Johnston, Jr. will leave this
morning for Cleveland, Ohio, where
they will-attend "the meetings of the
National Association of Appointment
Secretaries. Dean Bradshaw is presi
dent of the organization. The meet
ings will be held February 21 22 and
23; i ' ': ;.. . - ;.
There will be a series of discussions
at . Cleveland on. personnel guidance
and placement by the College-Personnel
officers. National Association of
Deans of - Women, National Commit
tee of Bureaus of Occupations, Na
tional. Vocational Guidance Associa
tion,, and1 the Personnel Research Fe
deration which will be " in session at
the time. s . ' ..
. An-effort will be made to correlate
the work, of these, organizations in an
effort to bring about co-operation
along the lipes of, vocational guidance
in order to prevent overlapping in re
search work and discussions. Plans
are all tentative ' and many of them
will be worked out after the meetings
start, according to- Dean Bradshaw.
v There will alaro be representatives at
the meetings from the American As
sociation of Collegiate Registrars, the
Ainerican Council on Education,
American Management Association,
American Vocational Association, An
nual Industrial Conference Group of
Penn State College, and Deans of
Men. These will aid in the efforts to
bring about a hew organization.
Dean Bradshaw will preside over
the meetings of the National Associa
tion of Appointment -Secretaries and
will lead the closing discussion of the
Personnel Research 'Federation on
the Coordination of efforts of Organi
zations, interested in Personnel, Place
ment and Guidance. 'v
Henry Johnston will stop at New
York on . his return to confer with
business men there in an effort to
secure employment for- members of
this "year's graduating class of the
University. .
High Latin Scholars
Prepare for Tests
Entrances have beeji completed and
tha. tests are being mailed out for the
annual state Latin contest conducted
in the .state high schools under the
auspices of the University 'extension
department-'through the high school
union. " The! test will be 'given to the
students March 2.
" The Latin contest will consist of a
selection from Caesar's Gallic Wars
to translatea question on syntax, and
a sight translation. Three hours will
be the .maximum time allowed for the
completion f the papers. Each school
will select its three best papers. As
they are sent in they will be graded
by -the members of the University
Latin department. ;
The school claiming title to the stu
dent submitting the best paper will
be awarded a. trophy' cup by the Ex
tension department. The award will
be made during the high school week
on Awards' Night. Those schools
having the - next, best papers will be
given honorable mention.