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1 3 ivrD .Clje. atlp Gat I;:cl Published daily daring the college year except Mondays and except Thanksgiving, Christmas 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 P. Holder.. Editor W. H. Yarborough, Z&.r -Mgr. Editor Marion Alexander... Business Mgr. Tuesday, September 24, 1929 TAR HEEL TOPICS It has been raining almost continually since the freshmen arrived in Chapel Hill. The of fice wise guy says that probably explains why they are all wet. Our idea of a brazen cuss is the guy who came over to Alum ni to try out for the Magazine staff Sunday night and purloined John Mebane's slicker from the back of the chair occupied by the red headed editor. Three co-eds were among the 60 or more candidates who at tended the try outs for the Daily Tar Heel staff Sunday night, and the overflow at the co-ed shack has led to occupation of the fourth floor for the first time in the memory of man. Yes sir, things are looking up here abouts. The Ancient Fallacy of the "Gentleman's C" Most, undergraduates look with contempt upon the man who habitually makes A's and B's. He is a "greasy grind" or a "damn booter." The folks at home are quite likely to make things uncomfortable if a large number of D's appear on the quarterly scholastic report, while the University authorities have an unpleasant habit of ter minating the college careers of those who receive F's frequent ly. Therefore the "Gentleman's C" is regarded by the average undergraduate as the ideal schol astic mark. Even the F Student is hot much worse off than those who work merely for high grades. Fre quently an unintelligent student may- make uniformly excellent grades by "boning" himself un mercifully, parroting the profes sor in language and content of lectures, and learning text books by rote. He is deserving of the open contempt he receives from his classmates and the just as great, but more concealed, scorn of his instructors. But at least an A or B is indicative of hon est effort. The "Gentleman's C" advocate is setting up for himself a stan dard of mediocrity that offers an excellent excuse for' laziness. Moreover, he is breeding a con tempt for. scholastic achievement that is likely to prove f atal as far as the obtaining of any ap- preciable Amount of real and lasting benefits from college is concerned. Probably the student who re ceives most from his four years in college expends just enough honest effort on his courses to receive the maximum grade per mitted by his intellectual capa bilities and previous training, without sacrificing to his stud ies the time required for a rea sonable amount of physical, extra-curricular and social activi ties. Unfortunately this type of student is extremely rare. A large percentage of the un dergraduates who should make A's and B's are C, D, and even F men, while many who receive A's and B's are naturally: C and D men. In addition, every year hundreds of "students" who lack the requisite intelligence to "know what it is all about" clut ter up the classrooms and even manage to hang on long enough to receive their degrees. But whatever the "ideal" type of student may be, it is certain that it is not the disciple of the "Gentleman's C" fallacy. In most cases he is. not even a stu dent. What Price Tobacco? Many University students will follow with keen interest the progress of the movement launched in Raleigh Saturday to assist the farmers of the state to secure higher prices for their tobacco. Prices paid for the leaf have been ridiculously low on the markets already in operation, and hundreds of students here will suffer severe financial set backs as a result. Reports from the Bright Leaf markets indicate average prices in many instances as low as 14 cents per pound, which does not cover the cost of production. Recently announced statistics of cigarette company profits for the last financial year show that the manufacturing concerns made more money than they ever have before. Evidently the tobacco buyers are taking advantage of the farmers in the absence of an ef ficient tobacco growers organiza tion. The dismal failures of the tobacco co-operative associations in the past have reacted to the benefit of the buyers, and they have demonstrated that they are eager to exploit the farmers in every possible manner. Relief for the growers is im perative. The Daily Tar Heel is is hearty sympathy with the pro mulgators of the higher price movement. Here's hoping that they put it over with a bang that will burst the ear drums of a few cigarette moguls. Sophomore Chapel ' Boring chapel exercises are the fate of all freshmen. But that sophomores should be forced t6 attend twice weekly the fam ily gatherings of the first year men is a practice that should no longer be forced upon the pro gram of the already crowded ac tivity of the slowly rallying sophomore. , Benefits surely arise' from daily gatherings of new men to hear certain aspects of Univer sity life discussed; certain an nouncements and explanations must be given the freshmen through direct speech; but for sophomores to have to listen to primary instructions again seems certainly a waste of time. Freedom of action and move ment is the ideal toward which Carolina is striving. That force should be employed to make sec ond year men attend chapel is certainly a violation of the spirit of our system. If certain announcements, such as the meetings of the Di senate, the sale of tickets, Y. notices, and such, which usually constitute a chapel program, must be brought to the notice of the students, why not insert them in the new Daily Tar Heel and thus dispense with this busi ness of sophomore chapel ? If certain machinery of the Uni versity must be explained to the freshmen, why not call them to gether and leave out the gallery of sophomores? If interesting programs are to be Arranged each day, why not invite the whole student body and insure a crowd by continued excellence ? Being only a sophomore we cannot comprehend the reason ing of the governing authorities who order chapel for us. As a student of this august body, how ever, we pronounce sophomore chapel, as it is, the most inane and useless practice that we have yet seen on this campus. J. D. M. DAILY : by ',. ' john mehane We feel rather flattered that the editor asked us to contrib ute a column to The Daily Tar Heel. "On Tuesdays," he says, and that's all. He might, at least, have warned us about puns and dialectical anf ractuosities. But he didn't, and so we must choose between having caustic slabs from the dictionary hurled at us for our platitudes, and hav ing to read letters in the Open Forum on plagarizing from Roget's Thesaurus. (We might endeavor to perfect a mixture of the two; but even that would probably react un pleasantly on professorial stom achs. We read the other day a selec tion from an acquaintance (slight) of ours, Alexander Pope, in which he declared that "ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss." If there are many who write a miss as much as our friends have been doing this summer, God. help the crit icsthey are heading for final ruin! Before any more of you ask us, we'll tell you now that we had a delightful summer, that we're glad to see you back, too, and that if you want to tell us what you did during the holi days, we'll be glad to have you drop us a card. Or a letter. Or a check. From that we hate to go to verse. But this was . inspired. Honest. Youth Flares Up Tonight I could hate you Sitting there, Curled up calmly in my chair, Complacent, too. I could hate you with a hate Only Satan should create. You did nothing wrong, you . say? You didn't know I'll blame myself ; I was too slow. 'Twas my delay -But next time you may depend I'll put you out, my feline friend ! That's a short story in rhyme. But we won't impose any more of them; most tales about cats are too long which is to say, it's fur to the end. I guess Johnny Weaver won't object if i turn to his style for just about a dozen lines; so, here goes; You Gotta Stop I couldn't say I loved you With that other bozo near. Sure, you knew I wanted to, But, see, it's this way, dear: He came around ; I tried to smile And all I done was frown ; You knew I loved you all the while But not with him around ! You make me love you all the more With little things you do , t O, dear, you gotta stop before You've torn my heart into! -.I r-'.- :', - " ... ... " 1 ' O, darlinV darlin', can't you see How much you'll always mean to me? v End. No Harm Meant Manager E. Carrington Smith of the Carolina theatre wishes it to be known that the musical equipment installed with the new Vitaphone is synchronized and runs with the film. It was er roneously suggested in Sunday's Tar Heel in Harry Galland's Pen Points that phonograph records were used: This is incorrect. Those New Yorkers who en trust a half million dollars with almost total strangers are care less to say the least. rDurham Sun. TAXI HEEL BAD CHECK RULES Notice From Dean of Students Office Warns of Violations. The procedure involved in the handling of bad checks, worked out by the Student Council and Jeff Fordham for the past three years, will be carried on this year under "the direction of J. A. Williams, in 204 South build ing. This procedure is as fol lows: , 1. When a student gives a check that is returned for any reason, his name is given by the local bank to the Dean of Stu dents office. A notice is deliv ered to the student, requiring his personal signature for the re ceipt thereof, together with the time of delivery. The giver of the check is allowed 48 hours from the receipt of the notice to make the check good and bring the cancelled check or a receipt therefor to J. A. Williams. If the check is not made good and the receipt produced within the time specified, the giver is placed on check probation, no matter what the cause of the return of the check. This penalty is giv en for lack of attention to the 48-hour limit. 2. When the giver carries the cancelled check or a receipt to J. A. Williams, the reason for the return of the check is ex plained. If it is found that the check was returned due to cir cumstances within the giver's control, he is placed on check probation. If the check was re turned through error or other circumstances not- within the control of the student giving it, then the student is excused. 3. If a student does hot re port within 48 hours after the receipt of the notice, the extreme limit allowed him to report is 10 days. (Will probably be re duced to five this year.) If he does not do so within that time, he is automatically suspended from the University for the re mainder of the quarter. 4. When a student is placed j on probation, either for giving I the bad check when he could have controlled the circum stances causing its return, or for not reporting within the time allowed, a notice of his proba tion is sent to his parents or guardian, informing them of the reason for his probation. 5. Second offenses draw au tomatic suspension from the University, with right of appeal to the Student Council. A no tice is sent to the offending stu dent, advising him of his sus pension, and informing him of the time of meeting of the Coun cil. If his appeal is not made at the first regular meeting af ter his suspension, he loses his right to appeal and his suspen sion bcomes absolute. A notice is sent to the Registrar and the Dean of the student expelled, at the time of the expulsion. Last year the duty of hearing these appeals fell upon the ? President of the Student Body, who set a certain time for hearing appeals, but this year the duty will prob ably fall upon a less busy mem ber of the Council than Ray Far ris. This procedure, for the past three years, has been very satis factory. One cafe owner has re ported that it has cut down his losses - from around $4,000 to less than $200 in that period of time. It is the policy of the University to cooperate with the city merchants in this manner so that the credit of the Uni versity students can be main tained. It is gratifying to note that 90 percent of the student checks given are good. Of the ten percent bad checks only one percent are returned due to the fault of the students. Soph Cabinet to Give Banquet for Frosli Y.M.C.A. Men Friday night at 6:30 o'clock all Freshmen interested in serv ing the campus will meet at a banquet to be served in the din ing hall of the Methodist Epis copal church, by the women of that church. The gathering is being sponsored by the Sopho more Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. While the call has been issued primarily for ex-Hi Y men, President Dungan of the Sopho more group has made it plain that this banquet is for any one in the class of 1933 who desires to become affiliated with the so cial service work conducted here by the Y. M. C. A. There are no fees or dues whatsoever. Meetings of the Freshman or ganization, wjiich will be known as the Freshman Friendship Council, will be held twice each month, while a smaller group chosen from the whole Council and to be known as the Inner Circle will meet once each week. ""'At the initial banquet Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the Uni versity, is scheduled to make the main address. The Y. M. C. A. quartet composed of Jack Con nolly,' Humphrey Marshall, Steve Lynch, and J. E. Miller, which made more than fifty appear ances from various broadcasting stations and platforms through out the state last year, will give several selections. Lindy Cate and Robert Barnett will render instrumental pieces. The ban quet will be presided over by J. E. Dungan, sophomore Y presi dent. Tickets for the event are being sold by Miss Ames in the Y office at 25 cents each. Any ex Hi-Y or sophomore Y man, who wishes, may secure tickets to sell by applying to Miss Ames. FOR SALE HUDSON SPEEDSTER At a very reasonable Price B. F. MOSER University Barber Shop A New Design Carolina Belt See It Before You Buy any Other at STUDENTS' SUPPLY STORE ' Everything in Stationery , 1 1 n r Ujr i ' n It fn t r-V Ml i 1 i 4i - I J TV "v CJ"f ;l, 1929 Tar Heel Editor Completes Organization of New Staff (Continued from page one) will be: John Mebane and Har ry Galland, associate editors; J. C. Williams, J. E. Dungan, J. D. McNairy, Joe Jones, Beverly Moore and Dick McGlohon, as sistant editors; Crawford Mc Kethan and Joe Eagles, sports editors; Elbert Denning, Ed ward Yarborough, Sherman Shore and K. C. Ramsay, city editors. Among those trying out for the staff are: Miss Edna Moris sette, Miss Mary Marshall Dun lap, Miss Rose Lintner, William McKee, Nathan Volkman, Stan ley Weinberg, Kemp Yarbor ough, George Stone, William Wall, Horace Ward, E. C. Daniel, Jr., Howard Lee, Louis Brooks, T. E. Marshall, J. D. Lathan, F. T. Phillips, V. W. Toler, H. C. Bridger, R. W. 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