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Saturday, November 2, 1929 ry THE DAILY TAR HEEL Published daily during the college year except Mondays and except Thanksgiving, Christmas and Snrins: Holidays. .- TVio official Tie-wsnatier of the Publi cations Union of the University of "NVvrv CnrnlTna. ChaneL Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $4.00 out of town,, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni -Building. Glenn Holder Editor Will Yarborough .-Mt . Editor Marion Alexander....Bws. Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry Galland ASSISTANT; EDITORS J.' Elwin Dungan . , J. D. McNairy Joe Jones ' V B. C. Moore J. C. Williams , CITY EDITORS "" E. P. Yarborougrh K. C. Ramsay Elbert Denniner . Sherman Shore SPORTS EDITORS Jo 3 Eagles Crawford McKethan ; Henry L. Anderson ' REPORTERS Howard Lee Holmes Davis , Louis Brooks Charles Rose Lawrence Harris " Mary Price J. P. Tyson Browning Roach ALLansford Joe Carpenter Peggy Lintner E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger G. E. French country in the past year or two, and the game has been commer cialized to a great extent. And with the coming of this new commercial stage, undergrad- uate interest seems to be grad ually changing from an active personal enthusiasm for the game to a latent appreciation of the spectacle presented by the contests. A few years ago the campus Was shrouded in gloom for several days after every major football reverse, but, such has not been the case during the past year or two. In all - probability football games will continue to be an im portant phase of ; college life for many decades, but there are indications that undergraduate interest in the sport has reached its peak at the University. Be. cause of the colorful spectacle afforded by a college football game, the outside public jwill probably continue to evince keen interest in the sport, but there are indications that" the popu larity of football is being under mined at its very core. There is some justification for the belief that intellectual and scholastic interests are gradually assert ing their rightful place on the Nathan'Volkman' University campus, shunting athletics, including football, the king of them all, into a minor role. day by day, the professor nat urally assumes an attitude toward his wThole class which is cause of good grades; . ' Although regular attendance is vital in the case of courses, there are others which soon be come a grind. 3y"snoulci an upperclassman who is surround ed by excellent lectures be forced to confine himself to one class? True it is that the theory of optional class attendance grants him the privilege of al ternating courses. But can he do it without making a low grade on some other course be cause of the mere fact of his absence? The answer is NO. If we're going to abide by the optional attendance principle for-upperclassmen, why call the just as well stand for "Virginia Pathetic Institute." By the same process of rea soning in the case of Davidson College, D. C. might well stand for "Defeated by Carolina." Ur will this prediction hold true for the coming game ? Frank Manheim Stowe Moody - Clyde Deitz George Sheram Robert Hodges John Lathan B. H. Whitton ron?r. C. W. Stanley Weinberg Georee Stone Lawrence Miller Jack Riley T. E. Marshall R. T. Martin J. S. Weathers Saturday, November 2, 1929 Is Football On The Wane? . Aitnougn southern news papers are giving more space to college football this fall than ever 'before and attendance at the games will probably set a new all-time record, there are certain indications that the stu dents and players themselves are not as interested in the game as they once were. Even in the brief three years which we have 'spent on the Uni versity campus, there has been a noticeable decline in under graduate interest in football and that in the face of the fact that the record 6f the team itself has improved vastly each year. Gigantic pep meetings were held frequently Until a year or so ago, and excitement was intense be fore every game. Bonfires and other exhibitions of the Rah-Rah spirit occurred every week-end. But pep meetings have been " abandoned this fall because of lack of student interest. A marked decline of organ ized cheering has been .in evi dence, especially this fall when the team is in the midst of the ' most successful season that it has had in years. Although the cheerleaders r have steadily de clined in performance since the days of Kike Kiser, responsibil ity for the gradual disappear ance of organized cheering here cannot . be entirely laid upon them. "I don't enjoy playing college football half as muclj as I ex pected to," a regular on the Carolina varsity remarked re cently. "During myhigh school ' days I secured a great deal of pleasure out of the game, but I have learned that college foot ball is almost entirely a mono tonous : round of' drudgery and Dhvsical discomfort." Such re- marks would have been consid ered heresy a few years ago. , In the . November issue of Harper's appears an article by John R. Tunis, in wnich the con clusion is advanced that college football is definitely on the wane in the east.; Mr. Tunis quotes a brilliant tackle on one of the most, outstanding teams in the country as saying that "football is like war. It is a necessary evil." Football in the south is def initely emerging from the Rah Rah stage and entering the era of Big Business. Huge sta diums have been constructed throughout this section of the Junior-Senior Class Attendance. Theoretically, rare privileges are granted to juniors and sen iors of this university in the form of optional class atten dance. -Yet a defect in the sys tem employed here continues to baffle and embarrass those up- perclassmen who make use of it. We refer to the practice of daily roll-calling on junior and senior classes. This alone serves to nullify the aforesaid privilege of optional attendance. It must be admitted that fre quent and unexcused absences, if the-attention of the professor be attracted to them, produce a psychological effect which is far from beneficial to the absentee concerned. Regardless of the kind and considerate attitude of ah instructor, he cannot grade John Jones' examination paper fairly if he remembers that Jones has missed twenty of his lectures. The contention which the writer wishes to emphasize is that optional class attendance automatically banishes the prac tice of the daily roll call and, likewise, academic punishment for the mere fact of being ab sent. Those professors, there fore, who persist in calling the roll daily on junior ana! senior classes are overstepping the pro visions of 'the system of optiShal class attendance employed here. As the matter now stands, up- 'perclassmen often receive aca demic punishment for cutting a few classes, although they are entirely within the bounds of optional class attendance as de fined by the dean of . the college of liberal arts. early in the col legiate year of 1927-28. The in consistency of such a situation is without a parallel. If pur understanding of the principle of optional class at tendance is correct, it recognizes the efficacy of a student's spend ing some of his classroom hours outside of the classroom. Al though the faculty regulation granting optional attendance to upperclassmen recognizes this, there are still quite a number of professors who brand ab sences as offenses worthy of aca demic punishment and who per sist in calling the roll daily in order to know which students to visit the aforesaid academic punishment on. On the 'other hand, the stu dents persist in abusing the privilege. Those juniors and Road to Raleigh Closed Second Tar Treatment Is Being Given To the Short Route Courteous Bums v j ' Recently, bumming in the vi cinity of Chapel Hill has begun to take on that aspect which was so deplored over the state last-year. Students of this uni versity have had the reputation of being "gentlemanly bum mers" as contrasted with goodly numbers oi tnose wnose inso lence and disrespect while bum mmg nave called iorth more than gentle reprimands. Yet not so many days ago complaints were made by Chapel . Hil citizens that university stu dents, while riding with them to Durham, not only lacked cour tesy but were actually insolent and insulting. Various states have laws re garding bumming. .The matter concerning its prohibition in this state was discussed in the news papers of last year. It fs not that all university students con tinually show disrespect to those with whom they are rid ing, but that some of them do ; and those students who persist in their belief that Chapel Hill citizens and visitors , are under obligations to their belifeetaoie obligations to take them wher ever they wish to go, and who, consequently, see no necessity for displaying common courtesy, not only lower the chances of other students to obtain rides, but tend, to lead people ttf believe that students of this university are lacking in manners and courtesy. JOHN MEBANE Our Political Friends At' this point we should like to suggest that some of our cam pus politicians who are expect ing to run in the annual elec tions next spring get a bit of fall practice by going out for cross country. On rainy days hey might get acquainted with dirty work. . i (a Matter of Importance Tuesday night the time- honored Di Senate will meet to discuss a very vital issue : "Should co-eds be admitted to all classes ?" . The campus and the entire town awaits with unbounded suspense the senti ment-moulding decision of the senate. - ROOM FOR RENT Can You Beat It? Which . is the better example of wasted effort? 1. Telling a hair-raising story to a bald headed man ; i . .;' : or. ' - .; 2. Making love to a deaf and dumb woman. The road from here to Nelson, which forms a part of the short route to Raleigh, is closed to traffic and -will remain closed about two weeks longer. TmVis to permit the state highway forces to make the second ap plication of tar, supplementing and improving the initial sur face treatment which the road received about a year agq. "But we are going to arrange to let traffic through on days of football games at Chapel Hill," said an official of the highway commission Thursday. Which .means that people com ing from Raleigh and other points east to see the Carolina State game today will be able to use the short cut. The method of spreading a new tar surface is such that, when the demand for passage is urgent, part of the width of the road can be left open while the other part is closed. : ' Detour signs have been posted at junctions here in Chapel Hill to inform travelers bound for the east that they must; go the longer way through Durham. Very dtslible room with all modern convenlces. Good lo cation at 308 Pittsboro St, Phone 4031.- Lady preferred. Mrs. John Foister. What Manner of Thing Is This? In the language of the Dur ham Herald . "I3uke Students Acquitted On Charge Of Damag ing Automobile." - If the Blue Devils are getting so tough that automobiles can't hurt them, we suggest that the Tar Heels had better look to their laurels. L 1 The Cars Are Ready! A Perpetual. Thing About as regularly as the sun rises comes this statement "Graham, "Memorial Building JVill Be Thrown Open This Quarter." Although no such notice has appeared this fall in the Daily, let us hope that the declaration will somehow come true and this year, too. THE POINTER, By J. C. Williams Survival of the Fittest When Darwin formulated his law of the Survival, of the Fit test, he had no idea of the ex tent of its application. Now that the boxing aspirants are getting underway in the tin can the term might be applied with considerable meaning. Don't forget that dance tonight. If you want to be sure to get there on time reserve a 1 U-DRIVEJT. Carolina U-Drive-It The Cheapest Way Anywhere" We Also Have The Best Collection of Pictures Action - and Stills Of These Tar Heels Who are Averaging 32 Points a Game. See Them Beat State C I Then Get Their Pictures at -'.' , ... Students' Supply Store "Everything in Stationery" SATURDAY and SUNDAY 3 Ships on Field Short Trips, $1.50 Long Trips, $3.00 'Durham Trips, $5.00 FREE BUS FROM SMOKE SHOP TO FIELD :; . 1 ...... - ; - . North State Aircraft Company (Martindale Field r A Use For Everything Rumor has it that "boots" are very fine things to have around midterm and final ex amination time. Be this as it may, experience has convinced us that boots are absolutely es sential for slushy weather like Tuesday's and Wednesday's this week. seniors who "cut" an unreason able number of classes nullify the whole system of optional at tendance. Upon observing- the Athletics Football and the : Fair Sex ;.: One of the prettiest girls that, we chanced to see at the game last week-end made an amusing and typically feminine break. "Are you coming over to the game with Duke Decem ber 9?" she was asked. "Duke who ?" she innocently demanded. Well, I'll Be Blessed! Some few weeks ago the Laundry Department sent out cards telling, each student what his registration number was. One of our freshman acquain tancesgot a notice' with the number 1935 on. it. In great distress, he asked us if that was the date he would get his clothes back. .' "Customed to Measure for Thanksgiving" 1SF w- Initials V. P. I. may indeed stand for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, but last Saturday there were, perhaps, a goodly number of Techmen who bemoaned the fact habitual absence of a few men that these same initials might TheLangrock STYLE EXPERT will be here MONDAY WE HAVE been notified by the tailors of LANGROCK CLOTHING that their personal style expert will be at our store all day Monday. He is informed as to the. popular fab rics and designs prevalent in the better colleges and universi- ties..' ; This will be an excellent opportunity for you to select and be measured for your Thanksgiving suit and topcoat. ; PRITCHARD-PATTERSON 'incorporated 4Uni versity Outfitters" V
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