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Pasre Two THE TAR HEEL Thursday, May 2, 1929 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 .....Bus. Mgr. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Associate Editors Harry Galland Will Yarborough John Mebane Assistant Editors B. C. Moore J. D. McNairy J. P. Jones Sports Editors J. C. Eagles C. B. McKethan J. E. Dunsran J. C. Williams J. P. Huskins Reporters Holmes Davis Sherman Shore W. C. Dunn E. F. Yarborough E. H. Denning Henry "Anderson J.-R. Knott Georee Dannenbaum D. L. Wood Dick McGlohon B. W. Whitton J. E. Huffman Elizabeth Johnson Pat Pretlow Milton Greenblatt BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Executive Staff estranged from bicycles and rolling hose has extended its appeal beyond firemen. However,, the "collegiate attitude" of two years ago is still lingering at the University with a complexion sus piciously resembling that of the last rose of summer. Such a statement applies particularly to the literature which many students on the campus read. Witter Bynner enjoys his morning airing under the arm of the old-fashioned modern; Gertrude Stein still provides an excellent brain- teaser for some of the Intellegentsia, Copies of "transition" which may be found stacked up as curios in the rooms of the students at Yale and Harvard haven't yet completed the rounds on this campus. James Joyce's "Ulysses" which is out. of circulation at Princeton has just been brought to the attention of the Tar Heels. The students of other colleges and universities have realized that the recent age of radicalism was a pass ing fancy; while Carolina literati fancy that it is an age of transition the founding of a new literature. U. N. C. . students are writing poetry with small letters and prose without ideas. Gargantuan vocabu lanes pervade the atmosphere of our literature. It is about time that we settled down once again and ac cepted a few more of the prevailing conventions. Some of us are becom ing rather bored of reading things which we cannot understand. J. M. 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, May 2, 1929 - TAR HEEL TOPICS Judging from the somnolent atmos pheres of most eight-thirty classes here, the Playmakers should have had no difficulty in filling the title role for their forthcoming production of "Rip Van Winkle." In its summer school -catalogue Teachers College of Columbia Uni versity announces a course in "In struction in lip reading for deaf children." Courses in instructing the dumb would probably be more valu able in the Carolina summer school. A number of newspapers, including the Greensboro Record, were pur chased with power company money, according to evidence brought out by the Federal Trade Commission. The company probably intended to crease the "power of the press." Sixty-Six Fall By the Wayside Sixty-six students were sent home at the beginning of this quarter by the deans of the four undergraduate schools for failure to maintain aca demic probation or to pass the neces sary two courses. That means that about one out of every twenty-five students failed to return this quarter, by request of the deans. Figures have never been published at the University heretofore in re gard to the number of men suspend A -for -failure to measure up t(S scholastic requirements, so there is no basis for comparison of the pres ent quality of scholastic attainment with that of recent years. The ac tion of the deans in making public the number of men sent home is highly commendable, however, inas much as it serves as an indication to the student body that the rather leni ent scholastic requirements . must be complied with. Out Of Date The University of North Carolina is approximately two years behind the times.- The "collegiate attitude" faded out of existence not long after Khnrt. skirts came m. There was a time when the collegian tended to wards radicalism. There was also a time when women rode on bicycles and rolled hose was unheard of. But th mndern veneration 'HaV become A Violation Of the Law We havr just seen the annual ini tiations of the fraternities. The pled ges seeking admittance to dear old Beta Beta Beta were put through all kinds of "horse play" from running around the dormitories yelling "We want water" when the whole member ship of t he cfornritory, answered, with buckets of water, to being left eight or ten miles out of Chapel Hill at twelve o'clock at night. To compare the fraternity initiations to the mild hazing that goes on here in the fall when thefirst year men enter is to compare the roughness of a Georgia Tech-Carolina football game to that of an intramural tag encounter. Under the laws of North Carolina hazing is prohibited. As we under stand the law, hazing shall include anything that an upper classman forces a first year man to do for the amusement of the latter. Certainly the barbarous initiations conducted by the various fraternities are gross violations of the law. That a social organization which supposedly fosters friendship, good feelings, and other desirable qualities of an amicable nature should see fit to force such barbarous treatment upon its new members is indeed de laws of the state are violated, some thing should be done to remedy the condition. Just when the student government reform is under fire, when new fra ternity regulations are coming up for approval, it seems fitting that the new student council should look into this matter of initiations. The council might head up a program for the dissemination of propaganda against rough initiations; at the same time it should carry out its duty and uphold the laws of the state and the regula tions of the University against hazing. D. M. sideration in this connection. Many more people can be reached. Since the purpose of intercollegiate de bating is coming more and more to be that of educating the public o-. questions of national importance rtL dio debates should add majjjjy to the realization of that purpose. Due to the fact Vhat there is a de cided tendency to use the radio in all kinds of speaking whether religious or political intercollegiate debaters sToulcT be trained in radio debating in order to be fitted for using the radio in later years. Regardless of any opinions on the subject an annual radio debate be tween the University of North Caro lina arid the University of Virginia would create a greater interest in in tercollegiate debating not only . on the campus of the University but in state-wide circles as well. J. C. Wv Should the University Furnish Towels? Through a mechanical defect it is impossible to regulate the flow of water at the Old Well fountain, and anyone attempting to drink there is doomed to a shower bath with his clothes on. And when this shower bath rains it pours despite the fact that it comes from the ground up. There is no half-way ground. Let one open the fountain so . wide and he gets no water at all; but open the buntain so much wider and a wet deluge strikes one in the face and rebounds from there to the utter most parts of the body. The smallest stream which, by he way, is as large as the largest that will come from this fountain gushes out with surprising force at the rate of about six gallons per minute. And who can drink water at the rate of a gallon every ten sec onds? There is no doubting the fact that anybody attempting odrink atthe Old Well will get more water on his person than in his mouth. But the question that is troubling us is, Should the University furnish the towels ? And should it decide to do so, Would i hang them so high that the water would run down one's sleeve before he could reach a towel? P. H. Under these blame the down circumstances who can far Heelers from breaking -nd writing about co-eds once while; especially when it is the iirst day of May. Regarding Radio Debating Now that the agitation for the Booker plan of student governmeir reorganization has died down a bit another suggestion ot policy con fronts the student body namely, the proposition of an annual radio debate between the University of Nort Carolina and tie University of Vir ginia. In every type 'of activity Carolina and Virginia have teen vieing wit each -other for supremacy for forty years. It seems to us only fitting tha these ancient and honorable rivals should meet hereafter annually in a battle 'of the air. We suggest tha both teams broadcast from Richmond and Raleigh on alternate years. 'Radio debating has certain definite advantages which are worthy of con Here they come now, on their way back to Spencer for lunch. Type writers cease chattering. All eyes out the window. Even the oldest, mosthard-boiled members of the staff never fail to quit work for this gentle diversion. Here they come, each one known by sight to the silent watchers, even though not by name. There's little Smiley-face ; always got a big, friendly, smile on, and her big eyes wide open like she was glad to see everything and everybody; makes a fellow happy just to look at !her. There's the inseparable trio, three pairs of red, red lips, and every owner a knockout; especially dark Curly head in the center. : Here comes the tall, serene blonde, a good walker with a long, clean stride; she can run, too, often races with another girl from the corner of Alumni to the Shack." Tis a pretty sight; they both give a good running exhibition despite their high heels. Yep, there's the little shingled brunette with her smilin' 'hi' for any one she knows, and here comes shape ly, slender Brownhead with her seri ous, pretty face. Wonder where her tall, handsome escort is today? And where's the happy miss who used to fairly dance up and down that old path? Kinda red-headed, wasn't she? How she used to trip along, for ever laughing. and chattering, like a happy bird, and not caring whether she walked backwards or forwards, so happy! But she never could get that boyfriend of hers out of his slow complacent walk. Haven't seen her lately, however. Ah, but here comes the pretty pair, both brownheaded; one bobbed, one not, one slender and a bit tall, one a bit short; both pretty and with all the signs of attractive personalities. Don't often see them together, though. And yonder goes the girl who looks for. all the world like Ella Cinders, nose, eyes, bobbed black hair, and all. Woman's Association Entertains at Tea The Woman's Association and Mrs. Lee were joint hostesses on Wednes day afternoon to the members of the association and their friends in the village at a tea at Spencer Hall from 4:30 to 6:00 o'clock. ; The tea table was presided oved-by Miss Matilde Parlett, who was as sisted by Miss Emily McCelland in serving dainty sandwiches. This was one o the usual series of The receiving room of the dormi tory was decorated with a profusion of spring flowers. A fort once stood on the present site of Chicago. A CORRECTION The statement in Tuesday's Tar Heel that three first prizes of fifty dollars each will be given for the best essays on the design for a pharmacy flag was a mistake. The Druggists Circular, the donor of the first prize, is giving only one prize of fifty dol lars for first place in the contest. The Campus By Joe Jones Perhaps 'one of the greatest weak nesses of collegiate male columnists is a proneness to make frequent ob servations on co-eds. This tendency is perfectly natural, however, there being few or no subjects of greater interest to the average young male than the subject 'woman';, he thinks woman,' talks 'woman,' hence, writ- i - - V - 1 mi ing, he writes 'woman, inere is no particular criticism to be made of this weakness of the college columnist; but, remarks on co-eds can through reputation become distasteful to Tar Heel readers, just as can a repetition of remarks on Graham Memorial. Then there is always the feeling: that fellow wants the co-eds to notice him At any rate, certainly the word 'gal chile,' once so pleasingly apt, has be come worn out and trite in the pages" of the Tar Heel. Who says our co-eds aren't the stuff? If they were gone the Tar Heel staff certainly would miss them, anyway. Why deny it? Senior Invitations The senior invitations have ar rived and will be distributed in the lobby of the Y.M.C.A. be- tween the hours of three and six o'clock today and tomorrow af ternoon and one o'clock on Sat urday. A few extra invitations have been ordered for those who wish to make a last minute or der. These will be on sale at the Y during the same hours. Be all this as it may, the fact re mains that co-eds are a fascinating subject, and that the columnists are bound to keep on writing about them. The college audience, changing every four years, can stand some reitera tion in so live and colorful a theme4 and as for the charge that the colum nist is trying to attract the attention of les etudiantes well, it may be a just one in some rare cases. It is probable that the members of the Tar Heel staff because of the situation of the Tar Heel office, have a better opportunity of Conveniently observing the beskirted part of the student body, without 'themselves, be ing observed, than -any other group of men on the campus. Windows of the office, facing east and south at the southeast groundf loor 'corner of Alumni, open directly upon and give a perfect View of the path leading from Spencer to the "main campus. Up and ddwn this path travels the co-ed population 'of the campus: tall girls, short : girls, thin 'girls, broad "girls, glad girls, sad girls, brunettes, titians, blonde?, peroxide Tblondes, curly vheads, shingled heads, . bobbed heads. At 8:30 they come by, at 10:30 they come by, at 12 and 1 they come by; while whatever reporters happen to be in the office lean back from their type writers to watch the parade pass. 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