THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Saturday, October 19, 1929
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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
Jo 3 Eagles Crawford McKethan
CITY EDITORS
E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay
Elbert Denning Sherman Shore
Saturday, October 19, 1929
Tar Heel Topics
; Greatest mystery of the year:
WHO IS PETER GREEN? :
Now that the W. C.T. U. has
started a campaign against as
pirin tablets, we believe that the
time is ripe to launch our drive
on,. the deadly ice cream soda
habit.
But-just as the student cannot
thrive physically upon bread
and butter alone, although he
must have them, he cannot thrive
mentally and spiritually on the
ordinary things of the curricu
lum and of University life. He
must have the finer opportuni
ties, the "excellencies" of --'the
truly great university.- ';.
In 1919-20 - the University
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was receiving more -man one
third-as much income from pri
vate sources as from the state j
for its maintenance. By 1928
the ratio had dropped to one
eighth. Income from alumni
and other'- private sources in
fluence fundamentally both the
income from the state and from
the Educational foundations.: It
is essential that the ratio which
obtained in 1920 be restored,
but it is just as essential that
the state appropriations con
tinue to increase.
Thus an ; efficient method of
promoting , the habit of contrib
uting to the University on the
part of the alumni has become
necessary. The Alumni Loyalty
fund admirably fulfills this need:
Each alumni is asked to contrib
ute a small amount each year
that the University may attain
IS
Franklin Roosevelt's visit here
Tuesday seems to have had an
uplifting effect on the campus
politicians. A tremendous re
vival of handshaking and back
slapping has come to pass dur
' ing the last two or three days.
What with 4he battle for the
Conference title in Kenan sta
dium thfs afternoon, the don
ning of cap and gown by our
friendly antagonists the faculty
for the academic procession this
morning, the dedication of Louie
Wilson's new library, and the
continuation of the famous Peter
Green controversy in the Read
ers' Opinions column of the S. L.
C. D., it looks like a hectic week
end hereabouts.
The Undergrads and
The Alumni Loyalty Fund
A movement of vital impor
tance to the future development
of the University is now under
way among the alumni, but very
few undergraduates understand
its aims or its significance. Many
of the alumni leaders of five and
ten years hence will be recruited
from the ranks of the present
undergraduates ; every student !
should become thoroughly famil
iar with the Alumni Loyalty
fund, the greatest single project
that the University graduates
have ever undertaken. '
In 1924 the University board
of trustees granted a revised
- charter to the Alumni Loyalty
fund, in which its purpose was
set forth as being for "The in-
auguration and , stimulation of
University activities and the im
provement and enrichment of
its student life, with th conse
quent enhancement of the Uni
versity's service to the state
and nation and with the especial
object of serving purposes other
than those for which the state
ordinarily makes sufficient ap
propriation." In more simple terms, the pur
pose of the fund is to make pos
sible the finest development of
the University. State appropri
ations have enabled the trustees
and executive officials to estab
lish an outstanding University
here; private funds must be se
cured if they are to be enabled
to develop a really excellent
institution. Ordinary needs of
the University are cared for
through the state appropria
tions. These funds must con
tinue to; increase in proportion
to the growth of the institution.
President Chase and alumni
leaders have referred to these
every-day, constant needs as the
"bread - and - butter" demands.
its greatest and finest develop
ment. Money secured from the
fund will be used to supplement
state appropriations, but the ap
propriations must hot be, dimin
ished. ; , : "..
Since we - first became inter
ested in the possibilities of the
Alumni Loyalty fund a few days
ago, we have become increasing
ly enthusiastic over its pros
pects. We are confident that the
future of the University is de
pendent tosa great extent upon
the 'success or failure of the
Alumni Loyalty fund. ?
It is the move of the alumni,
but it is also the move of the
undergraduates. We must come
to understand thoroughly ..the
significance of the movement,
"and to develop a lasting sym
pathy with its purposes during
our undergraduate days..
Our New
Library
Great battles have been
fought by the University of
North Carolina. Many have
been lost and many won. Cham
pionship athletic teams have
represented Carolina; undefeat
ed forensic teams have held
sway for her honor. And some
times her efforts have not been
fruitful, and Carolina, at times,
has been temporarily vanquish
ed. Carolina is always, fighting
she is fighting not only for
superiority in athletics, but, in
the main, for the supremacy of
enlightenment over ignorance.
Today Carolina is in readiness
for two great events : one is a
battle with the University of
Georgia for athletic superiority ;
the other the greater event,Ts
the celebration of a battle won,
the dedication of the new li
brary.,'. '
For many years the Univer
sity, to be on a parity with oth
er great institutions of learn
ing, has needed a library with
the proper facilities to accom
modate the growing
The Profs Don
Cap and Gown
A parade of never-failing in
terest and color will be staged
this morning noi long after you
nave nmsnea xne iasx oi your
breakfast coffee and laid down
your copy of the Tar Heel pro
vided it is a part of your break
fast ceremony.
The order has gone forth for
the faculty to appear in academ
ic robes in front of Alumni
building, and at 10:15 the
march to Memorial hall for the
new library dedication services
will begin. ' At that hour, .; all
students who wish to get a new
slant on. their profs and - deans
will be lining the ,path, .goggle-
eyed. " '
The academic procession
one , of the last vestiges of the !
pageant of learning in America.
Our colleges have grown and ac
quired big business methods,
and with them, big business ef
ficiency and impatience with
nonsense. Our professors and
deans and presidents look like
business men, without even ven
erable -white beards to enable
one to pick them but of the
crowd of ordinary mortals.
In England the dons rush
around the Quadrangle in long
black robes. m In most colleges
the students are required to
wear the academic garb, com
plete with rakish mortarboard,
while the University is in ses
sion. They are constantly aware
that they x are serious students,
working with a purpose. If they
forget, they stumble over the
folds of their gowns.
It is, m tact, -an inspiring,;
sight to see a line of men pro
ceeding at a dignified gait, each
with his cap, gown and colored
cape. It brings one nearer to
the ages of Chaucer and Eliza
beth, when the rank of men was
indicated by what they wore.
It is to be hoped that Pro
fessors Coffin and Connor will
be together in the procession,
as they were at the last com
mencement, when Professor
Connor unconcernedly smoked a
cigar ana rroiessor uoiim
walked along with a cigarette
between his lips. But smoking
or no smoking, the procession
should be seen, for it shows at
least the other and more aca
demic side of the briefcase
carrying, business-like profes
sor. -H. G. V
hoodlums and near-things" be
cause of them; ;
Do you want to suppress feel
ings of genuine enthusiasm, Mr.
Editor? No more do I. And no
one deplores evidences of rowdy
ism more than myself. I felt
secure in writing my letter that
it would be understood that I
was referring to the traditional
Carolina gentleman when I
asked for more enthusiasm and
backing for the team.
I do not wish to refer to the
epithets which were hurled at
my neaa oy xne genuemamy
writers of the letters in yester
day's paper. In attempting to
brand me they merely branded
themselves. Gentlemanliness,
. land womanliness too, for that
matter, is not demonstrated ty
the passing of empty personali
ties. I appreciate and agree with
"Aristotle" in his demand for
organized enthusiasm, some
thing more than mere stadium
cheering. And I hope to see a
real occasion for it Saturday
night. . i
Sincerely,
PETER GREEN.
WIN OR BUS
H
On August 7, 1873 the Old
Davie Poplar was struck by
lightning.
Faculty, Citizens, Co-Eds, Sophomores and All Others:
BOOST THE BOYS WIN THAT GAME
If the exertion rends the hose, slits the
underwear, or rips the shoes
Come Down Monday and Get 10 Off of Our Entire
Stock as Our Contribution
Outfitters of the Better Kind for Ladies and Men
w Co.
Welcome Alumni
May This Be a Day You will Long
Remember.
We Wish You Much Happiness in Re
' newing Old Acquaintances.
Readers' Opinions
PETER GREEN SAYS IT
AGAIN
Editor of the Tar Heel:
In my appeal for enthusiasm
and support for the football
team in a letter to the Tar Heel,
I had no idea that there was so
much enthusiasm apparently
going to waste on the campus J
I might suggest that a few of the
men who took occasion to vent
their enthusiasm by calling me
a "yokel" and "backwoodsman"
would transfer a little of their
excitement to the team when it
plays and to a celebration if it
wins. I am modest. I don't need
student; all their attention for myself.
body. Nobody saw this need
any quicker than the head of the
Mbrary; Dr. Louis R. Wilson. He
not only dreamed about such a
plant as we now have ; he worked
for it by creating enthusiasm
and by actually seeing to it that
the University got a new liT
brary. Of course there were
others who were instrumental,
but to Dr. Wilson goes the high
est'praise. Now that the dream has been
realized and is to be dedicated
today, a chapter has been closed
in the history of the upward
climb of the University of North
Carolina. The dedication of the
library marks another milestone
on the highroad to greatness,
but in our praise of the projects
we should, not forget those who
have labored to bring it about.
B.M.'
I merely undertook to point
out that there was little genuine
enthusiasm displayed after last
week's game. For this I re
ceived a veritable shower of fig
urative brickbats. I repeat that
a student body should not have
the rignts of free speech and
congregation taken from it. I
do .not, however, mean to con
fuse these rights with the rights
to rowdyism, and I never sug
gested' it.
I araN perfectly aware that
students can be obnoxious. I
don't believe, however, that a
majority of the boys who did the
damage, if damage was done,
last Friday were students. A
good number seemed to be from
neighboring towns, and Univer
sity students should not be held
responsible for their actions,
rior called a "howling mass of
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The Carolina Grill
The telephone grows air-minded
THE BELL SYSTEM has made many
successful experiments in two-way plane
to ground telephone communication. This
new development illustrates how it marches
a pace ahead of the new civilization. It is
now growing faster than ever before.
New telephone buildings are going -up
this year in 200 cities' Many central offices
are changing from manual to dial tele
phones.' A vast program of cable construc
tion is going on.
This is the period of growth, improve
ment and adventure in the - telephone
industry. Expenditures this year for new
plant and service improvements will total
more than five hundred and fifty million
dollars one and one half times' the entire
cost of the Panama Canal. "
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tA nation-wide system of inter-connecting telephones
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"OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGUN"
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