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- - - - - - - . -U: Page Two TH E TARHEEL Thursday, April 25, 1929 Car MM Published tri-weekly during the col lege year, except one issue Thanks giving, the last two weeks of De cember (holiday period) and the last two weeks of March (examina tion period and spring holidays). The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. , Glenn Holder... Editor George Ehrhart.........:... ..Mgr. Ed. Marion Alexander. IBus. Mgr. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Associate Editors Harry Galland Will Yarborough John Mebane Assistant Editors B. C. Moore " J. E. Dungan J. D. McNairy J. C. Williams J. P. Jones J. P. Huskins Sports Editors JVC. Eagles C. B; McKethan Reporters Holmes Davis George Dannenbaum Sherman Shore W. C. Dunn E. F. Yarborough E. H. Denning Henry Anderson J. K. Knott Milton Greenblatt D. L. Wood Dick McGlohon B. W. Whitton J. E. Huffman Elizabeth Johnson Pat Pretlow BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Executive Staff B. M. Parker .... Leonard Lewis . Sidney Brick . H. N. Patterson T. R. Karriker .. Ben Aycock . Asst. Bus. Mgr. ..,.... Adv. Mgr. Asst. Adv. Mgr. .... Collection Mgr. Asst. Col. Mgr. Subscription Mgr. Advertising Staff Harry Latta H. Merrell H. Jameson J.. Schulman Jim Harris J. G. deR. Hamilton, Jr. Tom Badger W. G. Boger Thursday, April 25, 1929 TAR HEEL TOPICS Charles Ross, special counsel for the State Highway Commission, has an nounced that tne new State highway patrol will not disturb roadside petting parties, -so long as "the cars are pro perly parked with the, proper lights showing. In other words, if you do your necking in proper fashion the soldier boys won't bother you. 'Now if some obliging gent 'would draw up a set of. Marquis of Queensbury rules for necking everything would be nifty. This Queer Bird The Collegian Queer creatures indeed are we col legians. For four years, perhaps longer, we sojourn at so-called insti tutions of higher learning. At the end of that time we are rewarded, ostensibly for scholastic attainment, with a doubtful distinction of the moth-eaten title of Arts Bachelor or Science Bachelor "in -Commerce and an elaborate sheepskin termed a diploma. In the majority of case our parents are making sacrifices in order to fur nish the wherewithal to pay our room- rent, our tuition, our board and our bootlegger. Many of us are working for very low wages during hours which should be spent in study in or der to supplement the funds that we receive from home. Perhaps an even larger number of us borrow compar- itively large amounts of money, the repayal of which will be a decided handicap during the first few years after we graduate. Why, then, do we go to college? On the face of things there should be a very strong incentive for a col lege education, in order to account for the huge enrollments of recent years. Perhaps this incentive may be. explained in terms of the false importance attached to a "college diploma by many business men and to the glamour surrounding the col lege man in the eyes of the modern female. But the honest collegian ad mits, to himself at least, that the actual Denef its accruing from a col lege education are at best highly over estimated; ' . Yes, strange birds, we collegians. We go to bed at inordinately, late hours. We regard classes as a neces sary evil, and cut as many of them as the generosity or indifference of the professors allow. We applaud the democratic atmosphere that is said to prevail upon our campuses, but we participate in the most undemocratic of "frame-up" politics, which make it virtually impossible for a non fraternity man to hold a campus of fice. We exhibit the ultimate of snobbishness in our attitude toward men who are not fraternity members If we aspire to a good scholastic record, "with its corollary, member in the suner-Rotarian Phi Beta Kappa scholarship fraternity, we con psychological tests will bear out.) i Evidently, then, the chief advantage; in the new proposition lies in the pro-! vision for the further shortening of the period set aside for the rushing of freshmen. There are other inclusions which are not to be overlooked. However, the attention of this comment is di rected mainly on-the provision men tioned above because it is believed that it is the most paramount to the average student's point of view. Certainly a shorter rushing season, if it does favor increased scholarship, is in the interest of both freshman and fraternity member. Opponents of the plan will likely argue that freshmen are not able, within a twenty-day period, to come to any satisfactory decision as to the fraternal group they might wish to join. On the other hand, in the light of the fact that many schools have a system of rushing and pledging men immediately on matriculation which has proven highly efficient, this argu ment would not be a very effective one. But there are any number of objections which might be raised and probably will be if the proposal ever gets beyond the faculty committee. The decision of that body relative to the project is a matter which is to be ooked forward to, for those; at least, who are interested in the fraternity problem. Nevertheless, the fraternity men should be much concerned with these new regulations which may, if the rushing period is shortened, prove to be a positive aid .to the scholastic en deavor of the entire campus, which, after all, is perhaps the chief end of college. B. M. The Junior Promt will 'be a "stiff battle of music" if you accept literal ly what the South's most notorous tri weekly states about the danqe. A stiff struggle would probably be more ac curatewithout any reference to the music. "Punch 'em" Ad Warren, Carolina's white hope : in pugilistic circles will return to the ring May 30. We hope that they put Ad up against some class this time. He demonstrated suf f i cient ability in pushing down the set ups besides, we don't get much fun out of watching that sort keel over. The Campus and The Village Step Out Old Dame Carolina is taking on quite a flapperish appearance. With the arboretum . garbed in a glorious profusion of blossoms and most of the campus covered with a pleasing car pet of green, the University is indeed a sight to bring rejoicing to the heart of the lover' of natural beauty. The space to the rear of South and the Y. heretofore a decided blemish upon the appearance of the campus, is being improved by the removal of the unsightly railroad tracks. Around the shining new Bingham Hall the grounds improvement gang has done some remarkable work. All about the new library the debris necessarily at tendent upon the construction of so imposing an edifice is being rapidly cleared up. To the east of the campus the tract known as Battle Park has assumed the appearance of a typical ly North Carolina spring-time wild erness and there is nothing more beautiful. . Thousands of birds, many of them comparative strangers to these parts, have been attracted to Chapel Hill this spring. Their gay plumage blends perfectly with the bright foil age of the campus, especially the arboretum. fine our. choice of courses to "crips" steermer clear of those courses on which it is difficult to make high grades, however much we may realize their desirability. We are habitually late to everything, including classes. We develop an almost human capaci tv for indolence, and we contract mostfof the bad habits known to man kind, but very few that are desirable We collegians fumble blindly through the required number of courses, searching . for soft spots whenever we search for anything, and fatuously pat ourselves upon our collegiate back when we secure the empty thing called . a ' degree. The trouble with American colleges and universities 'lies not in the curricu lum, is not with the professors and methods of instruction, but primarily with the undergraduate attitude. We don't much give a pluperfect damn what we get out of college, just so we eventually get;out with a degree. Yeah. Queer birds, we collegians The Proposed Fraternity Regulations Tuesday's ' issue of the Tar Heel carried an article , describing in de tail the new plan for the rushing and initiating by fraternities of freshmen. This, the latest develop ment of the situation, because of its conduciveness to scholarship, seems to have a markked advantage over the prevalent system. Since 1923, when the short period of rushing was introduced on the campus, the scholastic average for fraternities, according to figures given out by Dean Bradshaw, has shown a gradual increase. Further, statistics show that each time the rushing period has been shortened the fraternity average has. had a ten dency to rise, 'so that at .the present time it is much higher than the reg ular academic average. (This is of course due to no mental superiority of the Greek-letter man over the non fraternity man, which point the vently advocated a constitutional convention to determine and agree upon a concrete code of laws and procedure upon which the governing bodies may base major decisions re lating to the disposal of major of fences committed by students. . - In order that there may be uniform justice to students year in and year out with the actions and decrees of every succeeding governing body, there must be a uniform code of laws and procedure; moreover, there must be a more businesslike and conven tional governmental organization for student government if it is to achieve the standing among the students which; it merits. If student govern ment is allowed to function so hap hazardly it will lose the respect and confidence of a student body 'whose purpose it is to serve, and upon whose confidence its very success depends. Any re-organization in govern mental policies must have the unani mous support of both 1;he student body and the faculty administrative board. The students must take upon themselves such reorganization with the approval of the University execu tive in order that the resulting ac tions will be respected by all con cerned. Realizing that destructive criticism without an alternative suggestion is harmful, and that heretofore no critic has offered a concrete organiza tion for the student body, we offer the following suggestions for a thoroughly organized government with equal" representation from all classes and from all quarters on the campus, including dormitory govern ment, class government, and campus government. Open Forum A SUGGESTION FOR A CAROLINA SONG BOOK To the Editor of the Tar Heel: . On two occasions I have received letters from persons out in the state askiner for information about . the 0 - - history of Carolina students songs On one other occasion I was asked to suggest a source book where the music to all Carolina songs could be found In every instance I was unable to give a satisfactory answer to the enquriy If there is a book or booklet that con tains all of the suggested information I would like to know of same. If there is .not sucli a book in existence, per haps you will see fit to publish this sueeestion in the Tar Heel. Of course I claim no originality for the idea and if the suggestion is not worth while then1 it will justly fall into ob scurity like many other amateur stu dent proposals. But if there are others who would like to own such a volume, perhaps some University or ganizatiori will sponsor a definite plan and bring into existence a Carolina Song Book. In that case, I propose (tentatively) the following: 1. That an editorial committee be appointed which will include at least one student, one faculty member, one alumnus of the ' University, and one member of the music department. 2. That the proposed volume con tain the words and music ol every Carolina song or yell of any impor tance past or present. 3. That a brief and concise state ment of the origin, history, and adap tation of the piece be given in each in stance. 4. That the volume might also in elude reprints, of the official songs (only one in each case of course) 0 all national fraternity or other orga nizations at Carolina. 5. That the volume might include brief sketches of the history of al significant University musical orga nizations, and of the Cheerios. 6. That the volume contain reprints of our State and National songs. 7. That no person receive any re ward or gain for his making the volume. 8. That the finish work be publish ed and made available to students and others who desire to purchase it. 9. That the editors change, expand or otherwise revise this tentative pro posal as they see fit. 10. That accuracy of materials and attractiveness of form be the two chief features of the finished volume. ;tv Simply suggested by A, STUDENT. ANOTHER STUDENT GOVERN- A Constitutional Convention is necessary, that a suitable proposal for campus government be placed before the student body. The chairman of this convention should appoint a sub committee to draft a constitution and present it to the convention. The legislative bodies should con sist of a lower body and an upper body, and could very easily be formed around the organization of the Di and Phi. Memberships in these bodies should be by campus vote, and should consist, of two or three repre sentatives from each - dormitory and fraternity house in the case of the lower house, and of three fraternity men and three non-fraternity men in the upper house from each class and each professional school. It would probably be desirable for each class, professional school dormitory, and fraternity to vote for their respective representation within themselves. Requirements for representation in, the lower body should be at least two quarters residence in the house from which they are elected, and in the upper house, the passage of a required number of courses with at least a C standing. The meetings should be held at least once every quarter to consider rules for campus government, and elections should be held annually. In case of the differ ent extra-curricula activities having representation, there would be room for argument on the question as to whether the Athletic Association, the Y.M.C.A., the Publications Union Board, and the Freshman class have seats in the upper house. This might be offered as an amendment. Lower courts should be organized in each respective class and profes sional school to try petty offences in their groups. These courts should meet weekly with the president of the class sitting as Judge and the secretary acting as recorder. Cases from this court might be appealed to the supreme court which should cor respond very nearly to the organi zation of the present student council, except that the present student body and the chief justice of the supreme court should be two separate offices, one being for the purpose of admin istering justice, and the 'other to pre side over the senate or . the upper house, and to carry on his duties as president of the student body. '. Dormitory1 and fraternity courts should consist of a president and vice-president, secretary and treasur er, and their duty should be to keep order in their respective buildings. Appeals from such courts should be made to the respective clas" courts, and in case of special students, to the graduate court. The officers for these dormitory and fraternity organiza tions should be elected by their own groups. Inter-fraternity .an.d inter dormitory difficulties should be ap pealed to the class courts in the case of individuals, and to the Supreme Court m case of group disagree ments. Major offences with shipping as the penalty should carry the power of appeal to the president of the student body and then to the president of -the University; or should be tried in the presence of the dean of students and the president of the university who should have voting power. Students ' entering the University for the first time should be made to take a pledge to support the exist ing constitution and the honor svs tem in other words, they should be naturalized so as to make them citi zens of this institution. We , suggest that penalties f cr petty offences range from class pro bation to prohibition from participa ting in extra-curricula activities for a specified length of time. Offenders might also be disfranchised, boycot ted, etc. In case any student or professor at the University wishes to cor respond with the author of this pro posal, or otherwise wishes to seek ad ditional information on the detail and practical organization of such a pro posal, he may do feo by writing G.B.C., c-o The Tar Heel, Open Forum Department. (Signed) G. B. C. AGITATION OVER BOOKER PLAN UNNECESSARY To the Editor of the Tar Heel: For several weeks discussions, both pro and con, concerning the present form of student government have been raging in societies, "bull sessions," and our famed tri-weekly. This stir has proved interesting but it all seems quite unnecessary. The judical system as it stands is a smooth-working, competent machine and the destroying of our age-old Carolina tradition and the adoption of a new, complicated, untried plan is utter foolishness. Generally speaking, I find that very few are in favor of Prof. Booker's plan.. Of course, there are some ar dent supporters among whom we find those who aspire to hold one of the many offices that the proposed plan would create. Critically speaking. I think that Booker's system would be grossly in efficient because of its. immense size. I venture to say that it would be ex ceedingly hard to obtain even a quorum at a majority of the meeting of the "Houses." Remember the old saying: "The less the government the better the govern ment." AN ADMIRER OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF STUDENT GOVT. An aesthete is a person who' eats only half of an oyster. They gave the express rider a good start MENT PLAN Dear Editor: . For the past two years the campus leaders at the University and the student body as a whole : have f er- Henry Wells, developing the mail and ex press business of Wells Fargo, knew the neces sity of careful preparation aridalertmanagement. Commiinication was more than the picturesque racing of pony express riders ; behind the scenes there was always the systematic planningof routes, the watchful inspection of outposts and men. Communication today is immeasurably faster than it was then, thanks to electricity. And to a vastly greater degree has the work of prepa ration behind the scenes become important In the Bell System, management must con stantly look ahead to provide the sinews of ser vice against growing public demand material and men must be mobilized to extend and keep open the lines of communication. BELL SYSTEM A T nation-wide sytem of inter-connecting telephones "OUR PIONEERING WORK .HAS JUST BEGUN"
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