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Published daily during the college
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Thanksgiving, Christmas and
Spring Holidays.
The official newspaper of the Publi
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North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
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Glenn Holder ..Editor
Will YARBOROUGH..Jfr. Editor
Marion Alexander.. ...Bus. Mgr.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John Mebane Harry Galland
ASSISTANT EDITORS'
J. Elwin Dungan J. D. McNairy
Joe Jones B. C. Moore
Dick McGlohon J. C. Williams
SPORTS EDITORS
Joe Eagles Crawford McKethan
CITY EDITORS
E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay
Elbert Denning Sherman Shore
Tuesday, October 1, 1929
A Dangerous
Pastime
A serious outbreak of hazing
is reported to be sweeping over
the campus, especially in the
dormitories which comprise the
two quadrangles. It is very
probable that the reports are
greatly exaggerated, but they
evidently have some foundation.
Periodically a violent wave of
freshman baiting occurs here
during the first three or four
weeks of the fall term. Every
two or three years the sopho
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mores ana even a lew juniors
and seniors inaugurate a reign
of terror which results almost
invariably in the suspension of
a few students.
Laws are in force in this
state making it a criminal of
fense to participate in any form
of hazing at the university. Un
der these laws, a person who
witnesses an act of hazing and
fails to report it is liable to
prosecution. But even these
drastic laws have not succeeded
in eliminating the practice al
together.
Hazing, if it is restricted to
good-natured horseplay, is alto
gether harmless and in some
ways rather valuable. In many
cases it gives the freshmen a
sense of being made a part of
the " college, of being truly initi
ated into college life. A few
freshmen actually enjoy the
performance. But all of us' have
a streak of atavism in our make
up, and in the excitement at
tendant upon a "hazing party"
it is likely to become dominant.
Frequently what started out to
be a harmless session of friend
ly horse play degenerates into
a brutal, disgusting display of
barbarism.
At any rate, hazing is a de
cidedly dangerous pastime, both
for the freshman and for the
upperclassmen who participate
in it. Prospective hazers would
do well to reflect upon the ser
ious' injuries that sometimes re
sult from "learning the f rosh
their places." It is but a step
from harmless horseplay to vic
ious brutality. The . abrupt and
disgraceful termination of their
college careers has been the
price paid by many students for
participation in a brief hazing
expedition.
Scientific
Forensics
In the good old days when the
Di and the Phi held sway over
the campus, debating was popu
lar and perhaps the most glori
ous of extra-curricula activities.
Every student was either a sen
ator or an assemblyman. Every
inter-collegiate debate and ev
ery inter-society combat were
events of great -celebration
among Carolina collegians.
Those were the days when the
gentle art of oratory wes fore-
most and might we say flow
ery.. But times have changed, and
the orator, pure and simple,
along with his puns and drama
tic gestures, has passed from
the scene. Into his place has
stepped a mightier figure, one
who is more fitted for the scien
tific world of fact and applica
tion,' the scientifically trained
spokesman. He is a necessary
person in all groups' whose
points are to be gained. He is
as necessary in the world of bus
iness as in the realms of politics
and the professions. In brief,
he is one whom the college man,
in order to be educated more
fully, should know intimately.
It seems that the Debate
Council has recognized the im
portance of expert training of
debaters in a progressive de
bating policy. It was largely
through the efforts of the coun
cil, Professor George McKie, and
others, that a debate squad and
class were innovated here last
fall. So great was the improve
ment in the quality of debating
last year, that it was decided to
repeat the course this year. It, is
understood that the class and
squad are now permanent fea
tures.
This new program will no
doubt be a matter of gradual
improvement in campus foren-
sics. But before it can be real
ly successful it must have the
support of the students. Many
have already signified interest,
but there are scores of others
who should be actively identi
fied with the program. If
scientific debating " is ever to
have a place on the campus, now
is the period, its infancy, when
it requires most nourishment.
It is to be hoped that the time
is not far off when a course in
debating will be necessary for
college graduation.
B. M.
Scholarship.
: A democratic society which is
interpenetrated by scholarship
approaches the ideal of human
social organization. The Ameri
can people have yet a long way
to go before they even compre
hend to the full the problems and
ideals of democracy, much less
solve the one and reach the
ether. The disinterestedness of
the scholar, the disciplined char
acter of his intelligence, his
openness of mind, his willing
ness to learn, and his capacity
to bring, new happenings to the
test of long experience and of
classic standards of excellence,
are a richer possession than any
gold mine or oil field or indus
trial establishment, however
huge and profitable. ,
Followers of the economic
theory of the interpretation of
human history conveniently
overlook the debasing and de
moralizing influence of unre
lieved prosperity and of that
contentment which leads to self
satisfaction and cynical uncon
cern for the needs and longings
of others. Nothing so blinds the
eyes to a great principle as a
bulging pocketbook. For all this
the scholar and his career pro
vide the antidote. He goes his
way quietly, patiently, effective
ly, courageously, pouring into
the steaming cauldron of public
opinion those new elements and
those old influences which he be
lieves will help it to become
more palatable and more nour
ishing. He is less concerned with
political and social forms than
with the substance which under
lies and conditions them. Nich
olas Murray Butler.
Pajamas will not be .popular
as a street costume for men
until provided with pockets for
a watch, knife, key-ring,' foun
tain pen, pencil, billfold, the
twelve-ride railroad ticket, the
driver's license, and the little
red memorandum book stuffed
with newspaper clippings.
Boston Transcript.
THE DAILY
by
john'mebane
Somebody said to us the other
day: "why don't you write one
of those columns like you used to
write? Don't write stuff over
people's heads." Well, we've nev
er written anything over any
body's head we can't reach that
high. But we told him that we
would try to please him that
we would be naturally silly for
an entire column.
Rain again. Every time it
rains, some one steals our rain
coat. Some people are slicker
than we think.
Say, did you hear that guy
the one in the blue and white
uniform at the game Saturday
tell us that we were a bunch of
stupid eggplants ? Well, we may
have been eggplants, but we
weren't potted !
No one can call us an egg
plant and get away with it
unless they happen to be as big
as he was.
When we grow up we'll prob
ably be hard-boiled eggs. But
hardboiled or stewed, what dif
ference? Anyway, he said we
were stewpid.
Which reminds us. Have you
ever read that play called "She
Stewpid to Conquer" ? (Don't
yell "rotten" yet; remember
we're still egg plants.)
Headline in Daily Tar Heel :
"ABBOTT ISSUES CALL
FOR 1930 WRESTLERS."
Wonder why he doesn't call for
2800 and have the entire stu
dent body throwing each other
about?
We'd go out ; we used to throw
rocks.
But boxing is really our call
ing. When we were in the Boy
Scouts, we used to box the com
pass. We got pretty scared the other
day. We went down to see the
stiff room in the medicine build
ing, haying as our ambitious in
tention to watch aspiring young
doctors dig into some of the
corpses. Well, we got somehow
into a large room where every
thing was very quiet and sol
emn. Then, like a burst of
thunder out of a clear sky, or
vice versa, we heard in the next
room the rattling of bones ! We
were frightened just enough to
be -extremely curious ; so we
peeped through the keyhole of
the door. Our fears were al
layed in the next room a crap
game was in progress.
And we didn't make any bones
about that.
Honest, we can't think of
anything funny that crack
about out slicker is too true.
When any one has ambitions
to write and is unable to do so,
one always turns to poetry.
TROUBLE
Hike the way you tilt your chin,
I like the way you smile,
I like to sit and watch you grin
It makes my life worth while!
I like the way you fix your hair,
I like your deep blue eyes;
I like that velvet dress you wear ;
Say, baby, it's a prize!
I like your little diamond ring,
I like your stately poise;
But I object to just one thing:
You know too many boys!
It is easy to explain the re
port that telephone calls from
the United States, to Europe
have fallen off during the sum
mer months. The only Ameri
cans who can afford them are
already in Europe. Richmond
News-Leader.
TAR HEEL
GILFOND TELLS OF
STUDENT It. 0. T. C.
Washington Journalist Describes Ac
tivities of Student Corps in
New Republic
Following a critical account of
other branches of the reserve
army, Duff Gilfond, a Washing
ton journalist, describes the
work of the students R. O. T. C.
in this week's New . Republic.
Units are now installed in 130
colleges and in the high schools I
of 55 cities, says Mr. Gilfond,
with compulsory service in 85
of the colleges and 20 of the high
school systems. In all 127,453
students are registered, and
nearly 12,000 more high school
students trained in the use of
firearms.
The costs of at least one unit
amount to more than a quarter
of a million dollars a year, with
permanent equipment worth
more than half a million. The
Yale faculty has 19 officers to
train its R. O. T. C. unit, the
faculty of .Cornell 42, and that
of Illinois 65.
The author criticizes the word
ing of certain college catalogues
in announcing their military
courses, and scores the methods
used to attract student registra
tions, especially xhe appoint
ment of girls as "honorary col
onels." He quotes from a letter by
the national secretary of reserve
officers, instructing members to
report in advance to national
headquarters the visit of any lib
eral speakers to schools which
have military training.
DAVIDSON FRATERNITY
GETS CUP FOR HIGH
SCHOLASTIC AVERAGE
Davidson, Sept. 30. (Special)
The Pi Kappa Alpha social
fraternity at Davidson college
has been awarded the James C.
Harper loving cup for the com
ing year, having made the high
est average of any of the nine
national fraternities located at
this institution. The members
of this chapter averaged an
even 87 per cent, for the two
semesters of 1928-1929.. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon closely followed
with 86.75 per cent.
Other national fraternities
and their averages are Theta
Upsilon Omega, 85.75; Phi Del
ta Theta, 85.25 ; Beta Theta Pi,
85.20 ; Kappa Alpha, 86.15 ;
Pi -Kappa Phi, 83.30 ; Phi Gam
ma Delta, 82.85. The Pyramid
club, a local fraternity, but in
eligible for this competition,
averaged 85.10. Alpha Omega
another local was organized
during the past year, but was
not included in the averaging.
The James C. Harper loving
cup was given by James C.
Harper, of the class of 1915, in
honor of his father' and grand
father, and is annually present
ed to the fraternity with the
highest scholastic average. If
won three times successively, it
automatically becomes that
fraternity's property, but no
fraternity group Ijas been able
to accomplish this since the cup
was offered.
DR. H. W. CHASE TO BE
CONVOCATION SPEAKER
Charlottesville, Va., Sept. 30.
(Special) By far; the most
important event to occur at the
University ' of Virginia . . this
year thus far will be the
convocation which will take
place Wednesday morning
at 10 :30. The convocation, al
ways a notable event at the uni
versity, is to have this year a
man of unusual note as its prin
cipal speaker. Dr. H. W. Chase,
the distinguished president of
university of North Carolinais
to make the principal address of
the day.
Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase
was born at GrovelandMass., in
1883, the son of Charles Mer
rill Chase. He took his B. A.
degree at Dartmouth in 1904
and his master's degree at the
same institution in 1908. Two
years later he was awarded his
Ph. D. at Clark university. In
the same year he was made
director of the clinic for sur
normal children at Clark. From
1910 to 1914 Dr. Chase held the
position of professor of philoso
phy of education. He then served
as professor of psychology, at
the same university, from 1914
until 1919, when he acted as dean
of the college of liberal arts. In
the same year he became chair
man of the faculty. In June,
1919, Dr. Chase was elected
president of the university of
North Carolina.
Dr. Chase has guided North
Carolina's state university
through the period of its great
est expansion and has done much
to make the university the lead
ing institution that it is today.
In addition to his distinguished
work in this field Dr. Chase is
a leading contributor to numer
ous journals of philosophy and
psychology. ' He is, among other
things, the secretary and treas
urer of the national association
of state universities.
The student attendance at the
convocation, it is predicted, will
be larger than ever before. Be
sides the awarding of interme
diate honors there) will be an
nouncements by Dr. Alderman.
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Tuesday, October 1, 1929
A new road material, consist
ing largely of petroleum oil
shale, has been perfected in
Australia.
STOLEN Saturday night
from in front of Dr. Abernethy's,
a canvas colored top off a 1928
model Buick roadster. Return
to Gregory Peeler at the Chi Phi
house and receive reward.
CAROLINA
Durham's Leading Theater
the first million-dollar
all
talking picture.
made from
the stage play
that stood New
York on its ears.
It's TREMENDOUS I
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it's dramatic ' dynamite
See and Hear
SUCH A CAST!
Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna
.Kennedy and a score of others.
HEAR THE SONG HITS
"Eing a Little Love Song"
"Hittin' the Ceilin'"
"Broadway"
MONDAY thru THURSDAY
October 7-8-9-10
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of the college mode in writing
equipment is this new Conk
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Black pen; Priced at $6 and
$8. Pencils to match $4 and
$4.5 0 and worth . it. Other
Conklin Enduras that can
qualify for any fraternity $5
and $7. Pencils $.50 and $4i
In ultra-up-to-date color com
binations. Not obtainable
in static stores;
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