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Psra Tiro THE DAILY TAR HEEL I - ' J . .v- )t aiip Gar I?eel Published daily during 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 $4.00 out of town," for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. Glenn Holder........... ..Editor Will Yarboroug h ..31 gr Editor Marion Alexander......?ws. Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry . Galland ASSISTANT EDITORS J. Elwin Dungan J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore : J. C. Williams - ' CITY EDITORS E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning Sherman Shore SPORTS EDITORS Jo 3 Eagles Crawford McKethan Henry L. Anderson J REPORTERS - Howard Lee x " Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Charles Rose .... Lawrence Harris Mary Price J. P. Tyson Browning Roach Al Lansford Joe Carpenter " Peggy Lintnef E.C.Daniel W. A. Shulenberger Frank Manheim Stowe Moody Clyde Deitz George Sheram Robert Hodges John Lathan B. H. Whitton Nathan Volkman George Stone Lawrence Miller Jack Riley . T. E. Marshall R. T. Martin tr. .. i'rench J. S. Weathers Stanley Weinberg Sunday, November 3, 1929 This Lecture Business Large classes and so-called "bull" courses . have greatly in creased the popularity of the lec ture system of class instruction in this and other universities. Although there are several ad vantages which this method af fords, there are at the same time several conditions deriva tive of it which need '. to be scrutinized very carefully. Seemingly, the lecture '. sys tem is based on the assumption that students are unwilling to work. But educational advance ment must proceed from the adoption, tentatively at least, of the hypothesis that students can and will work of their own voli tion. ; The chief indictment which can be levejed against the lec ture system of teaching is that it tends to force the student into a passive rather than an active attitude. Such a system is apt to be all professor and none student. Furthermore, the stu dent becomes such a receiving mechanism tha he is dependent upon the instructor for informa tion. The urge and the desire to investigate gradually dwindles away and is supplanted by a passive attitude of reception. Perhaps the most undesirable feature of the "spoonfeeding" system lies in the fact that it is antagonistic to the develop ment of initiative. Moreover, the student becomes uncritical of information offered him the word of the instructor be coming law. From his instruc tors he finds out what to accept and what not to accept. What U he going to do when he no longer has an instructor? Over against this question consider the fact that he has had no oc casion in his lecture courses to investigate matters, the instruc tor having "dished the material There is something radically wrong when college students are subjected to conditions which make of them little more than stenographers, V busily engaged in the business of taking notes front dictating professors. The difficulty here is the fact that students write down the instruc tor's words without giving any thought as to their meaning. It is by no means the purpose of this editorial, however, to con demn the lecture system of class instruction. Without a doubt, there are some courses in the curriculum of this university which demand that those' who teach them give no time to the opinions of students. In the light of the preceding objec tions, however, the writer is forced to disagree with those who advocate the unbounded use of the lecture system and is inclined, furthermore, to believe that it enjoys a position of too much prominence here. J.C.W. Readers' Opinions MR. JONES DEFENDS THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Editor the Daily Tar Heel: Your editorial of Tuesday with its charge of "unfairness" against the departments con ducting comprehensive examina tions for juniors and seniors; and particularly mentioning the department of English, seems to me to stand in need of some cor rection.' You state'that "juniors and seniors . . . were given no warning in the first and second years here" and consequently do not know "what to expect from these examinations." After 'the faculty adopted the regulations (June 2, 1928), the Tar Heel carried an account of the regu lations; and on p. 75 of the Uni versity catalogue' a further statement is made that the regu lations go into effect with the class receiving degrees in June, 1930. Ample publicity would seem to have been given. You imply that students maj oring in English, "not knowing what to expect, have chosen courses with less of a view to generalization than to specializa tion in a particular branch of the subject," and state that many students have not read particular authors. The facts are that ever since the facility regulation went into effect, majors in English, when registering for courses, have been reminded by the secretary of the department of the com prehensive examination ; and that the department has regu larly given a course (English 50abc) intended to help stu dents prepare for these examin ations. If students have not chosen to follow the advice or elect the course, the responsibil ity is scarcely that of the de partment. v If you will consult the letter recently sent- out to students majoring in English by the de partment, you will further dis cover that, far from insisting on a specialized knowledge of Addi son, Johnson, or Fielding, as you seem to imply, the committee in charge of the examinations has laid down broad and general lines of study. Lastly, you express surprise that the student has had only one or two quarters warning of the comprehensive examination: In view of the facts herein set forth, the letter recently sent out by this department Is clearly only the last of a series of warn ings given to majors in English. I do not know what the action of other departments has been, but I wish you would more fully inform yourself of the facts be fore bringing public charges of unfairness against a particular department of the University. HOWARD M. JONES. CONCERNING DEFACING LIBRARY WALLS Editor the Daily Tar Heel: In Thursday's issue of the Daily Tar Heel one of the assist ant editors condemned the prac tice of "borrowing" books from the library and never returning them.; This practice is certainly a bad one ; nevertheless there are other habits which are equally as deleterious. The new library building, less than three months' old; is ter ribly branded with dirty finger prints. The walls of the stairs leading down intb the basement from the mam corridor look asj And the position of editor-in-if .the ones using the steps into chief should be filled by those the basement have not washed men on the board, who i their hands in six months. Even the walls along the two stair ways on either side of the build ing are disgraceful too. Some students are not only guilty of ruining the walls and throwing paper on the floors, but even break the library rules by smoking and then have. the audacity to ' drop the cigarette stumps on the floor. . The library seems to be partly responsible for the dirty walls, because no railings are provided for the stairway patrons. Cer tainly the library should install them immediately, but during the ; meantime the . students should not show their ill-bred manners by messing' up the library. x -v: H.L. " AN ASSISTANT EDITOR SET ARIGHT IS Editor the Daily Tar Heel : I should like to offer a few remarks in criticism of the Ar ticle in the October 31 Daily Tar Heel under the title, "The Uni versity Plane." In that article, the writer seemed to have al bwed his enthusiasm to overstep the bounds of his information. In the first place, when sci entific terms appear in popular literature, they are often loosely used, and erroneous impressions are produced. Strictly defined, "Aviation is the art of operating heavier-than-air craft," while "Aeronautics is the science and art pertaining to the flight of air craft." Government and commercial flying schools teach aviation and produce pilots, or trained operators of aircraft. Universities teach Aeronautics, and produce engineers who are competent to design aircraft and advance the "science and art" of aeronautics. In the second place, this plane, which was presented to the mechanical engineering depart ment by the War department, is condemned and cannot be flown. The only use to which it will be put will be to illustrate certain aerodynamic and struc tural principles, and it will not be used to "train young Lind berghs." The department of mechanical engineering is desir ous of doing everything possible to train engineers in aeronautic and design principles, but has no desire to compete with flying schools in producing "trained operators of aircraft." ' NEIL P. BAILEY, . Mech. Engg Dept. AN UNINTELLIGENT . PROCEDURE Editor the Daily Tar Heel : If the captaincy of the foot ball team were left to the hands of the entire student body, who although appreciating good foot ball and enjoying exciting games, can make no claim to knowing football well enough to be played expertly, there would be howls and yells of protest heard from Chapel Hill as far away as Raleigh or Greensboro. It is . very possible to carry our imagination just a bit farther and picture a general election to be held for the captaincy of the team. How many students know all the points that must be known before the captain is -to be chosen. The answer is ob vious. - It does not even require the above exajnple to show how un intelligent it is to have a special ized position, knowledge of which, or even knowledge of the candidates, is known by only very few men, filled by general elections. It is democratic, yes. But certainly not efficient. There are approximately 30 men whose nafties appear at the mast-head of the Daily Tar Heel. Which among those eligible is best fitted for the position of editor-in-chief? Who knows? The' Publications Union board. able to judge. They are respon- sible. They are recognized. And the most important point is that they are far more competent to decide who is worthy of promo- tion than 2,000 more or less dis interested men whose knowledge and ability and energy of the Tar Heel men is decidedly nil. The present method of choos ing the editor-in-chief is certain ly incompatible with a' strong, direct, intelligent editorship. Fortunately the Tar Heel has been more or less successful in having good men at its head but there has been and there will continue to be too much of an opportunity for campus politics to sacrifice the Tar Heel to mere political aims. V LUCIUS PIEPENBRINK. STOLEN SLICKERS To the Editor: Only a few minutes before the writing of this letter to the stu dent body of this university, I have had a brand new slicker taken from the coat room of the new library. I conscientiously hope I am not making a mistake when I say that the coat was stolen from me. If this slicker was taken by mistake, I will be truly sorry for having written this letter. However, as this is the second raincoat I have lost this quarter from University buildings, I, personally, think I have sufficient grounds for complaint. But this is not a let ter to air my own troubles. I know it to be a fact that there have been numerous cases of-lost coats this fall. . The only rule of conduct placed" on the studentbody of this noble University is "be a gentleman." Our form of stu dent government and its success has a wide reputation. These acts of stealing from fellow stu dents by some few low-down un- gentlemanly students should be stopped, and the most rigorous actions, both in the court of our student body and the" criminal court of our state, should be brought against these men, who are not true Carolina men, in order that we may deserve these upraises given us. as a student body. I know that the- bulk of I . . m the students is above such acts, and that they wish to stamp out all such degraded actions. By a determined effort, I am sure, these can be broken up and the offenders sufficiently punished. Fellows, lets put a stop to this damnable thievery ! "AN UNLUCKY GUY." BAPTIST- C. E. Olive, Pastor 9 :45 a. m. Sunday School. 11:00 a. m. Morning services. Sermon : "If the King Comes," Mr. Olive. - 7:00 p. m. Young Peoples Union. . 8:00 p. m. Evening services. Sermon : "The Limits of Lib erty," Mr. Olive. CHAPEL bF THE CROSS A. S. Lawrence, Rector 9:45 a. m. Sunday School. 10:00 a. m. Student Bible class. 11:00 aV m. Holy Communion, sermon by the rector. 7:15 p. m. Y. P. S. L. 8:00 p. m.- Evening services. Organ program by Mr. Ken nedy: "Evening Prelude," Read; "Minuet in A," Boc cherini; "St. Cecilia Offer tory No. 1," Baptiste. . .Tea will be served in the Par- - ish house from) 4 :30 to 6 p.m. LUTHERAN ; G. A. Metz, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday J3choo. -11:00 a. m.Morninsr services. Sermon by Mr. Metz. ' METHODIST C. E. Rozzelle, Pastor 9:45 a. m. SundaySchool. Bible classes for upperclass men and freshmen. 11:00 a. m. Morning services. Sermon: "The Show Must Go On," Mr. Rozzelle. 7 :00 p. m. Epworth League. Service in charge of co-eds. 8:00 p. m. Evening services. Sermon: "Some ; Short Cir cuits," Mr. Rozzelle. . PRESBYTERIAN W. D. Moss, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. m. Morning services. - Sermon: "The Man With One Talent," Mr. Moss. 7:45 p. m. Evening services. Sermon by Mr. Moss. 8 :45 p. m. Young Peoples' So Mo MR. GUSB. JACOBS Special Representative r for t AMGROGIC CLOT HE DISTINGUISHED TAILORS ' " of . NEW HAVEN You are cordially invited to inspect a special showing of imported and domestic wool ens to be tailored to your individual measurements PRITCHARD-PATTERgON f ' INCORPORATED ' , "University Outfitters" Phi Calendar Resolved, That the University should have a school of religion offering college credit courses. That the Freshman class should be organized in a cheer ing section similar to the Cheerios. cial Hour, cial hour, church. " Social rooms at UNITED CHURCH B. J. Howard, Minister 9:45 a. m. Sunday School. Grady Leonard, Supt. Paul McConnell, teacher men's Bible class. 11:00 a. m. Morning services. Sermon: "The Christian View of Material. Life," Mr. How ard. Virginia Editor Is University Visitor James Southall Wilson, editor of the Virginia Quarterly Re view, was a recent visitor here. Mr.-Wilson came here primarily to solicit, contributions to the Quarterly Review from mem bers of the faculty. The publication carries many articles by University faculty members, In the last issue, Dr. J. deR. Hamilton and Dr. Archi bald Henderson had contribu tions. While here, Mr. Wilson was a guest in the home of Dr. Ham ilton. Band Program The United States Marine band, which is being brought here under the auspices of the local Y, will give its programs in' the Tin Can' instead of Memorial hall as aforehand an nounced. Plans are under way for a stage and a temporary heating system for the Can. The prices are as follows : matinee: , school children 50 cents, students 75 cents, others $1; evening: students and chil dren under 15, $1, others (seats reserved) $1.50. Coolidge used o weigh his words. Now he counts 'em. Leesburg (Fla.) Commercial.
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