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pf :a Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, November 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 nd $4.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. , - . , Glenn Holder::......: ........Editor Will YarboroughJI gr. Editor Marion Alexander......Bws. Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry Galland ASSISTANT EDITORS J. Elwin Dungan J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore x J. C. Williams CITY EDITORS E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning r Sherman Shore SPORTS EDITORS Joj Eagles Crawford McKethan - Henry L. Anderson REPORTERS Howard Lee . ; Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Charles Rose Kemp Yarborough Mary Price J. P. Tyson Browning Roach Al Lansford . ... Joe Carpenter Peggy Lintner E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger Frank Manheim Mary M. Dunlap Clyde Deitz George Sheram Robert Hodges John Lathan B. H. Whitton Nathan Volkman George Stone George Vick Jack Riley T. E. Marshall R.T.Martin G. E. French J. S. Weathers Stanley Weinberg Tuesday, November 5, 1929 Tar Heel Topics Yale University has estab lished an ape farm in Florida, according to the Hearst sheets. Too bad that Carolina hasn't cash enough to follow' Yale's example in getting rid of that type of prof and student.' 5 Brokers worked all day Sun day in an attempt to "fix" ac counts disrupted by the market collapse, says the AP. It seems to us that the Wall street gentry have done too much fixing al ready. - Edwin Bjorkman, internation ally famous critic and man of letters, saw his first - football game Saturday t when the Wolf pack was smothered under a 32-0 score by the Tar Heels. Probably he thought that the track meet -between halves was merely a continuation of the gridiron contest; judging by the score he would have' been per fectly justihea in such a beiiei, at any rate. Liberalism and Tolerance On the University Campus Several years ago Dr. Frank lin H. Giddings, -prominent edu cator and member of the Colum bia University faculty, predicted that Carolina would eventually become the South's foremost in stitution of higher learning. At that time the University had not entered its latest period of de velopment and expansion, and ostensibly there was little upon which to base such a prediction. Yet Dr. Giddings ventured four reasons for His .confidence in the University's future: the climate of Chapel Hill is admira bly suited to scholastic endeav ors; the University is on the borderline in culture, combining the literary and intellectual in- terests ot the old South with the new culture of the modern era; it is large enough and possessed of resources sufficient to at tract some of the most compe tent professors from the North as well as the best that' the South has to offer ; the state ap proaches closely the. ideal atti tude combining liberalism and tolerance with ardent individ ualism. In a few brief years Dr. Gid- dings prophecy has been-demonstrated to be sound. The Carolina Magazine has for sev- eral years issued a Negro Num-i ber, devoted entirely to literary abreast of the other organiza productions by members of the tions of the campus. The truth negro race. A Human Relations) of the matter is that there are l Institute, which brought repre-4 sentatives of almost every race and nationality to the campus, was enthusiastically received and heartily supported by the undergraduates. Racial and na tional antagonisms . have been rare in deed on the University campus. At this time it is "especially important that the University's reputation for liberality be maintained. - Especially during the past few years has the rep utation of the institution be come nation-wide ; , a critical stage has been reached in the development of the University, and the intellectual eyes of the entire country are focused upon Chapel Hill. If Dr. Giddings' prediction is to be completely fulfilled, the University under graduates must demonstrate conclusively that they are im- Dervious to the hatreds that have already almost torn asun der the student bodies of several southern institutions. On Mid-Term ;- j Examinations The average student looks upofi mid-term exams with much the same horror and disgust with which he sees final exami nations, or, for that matter, quizzes of anyNsoft, He thinks of exams as being utterly un necessary and as hindrances j rather than aids to ascertaining just how much, he knows or doesn't know. The examination, to him, is a method which was practiced in the oldjconventional type of institution and which has no place in the new school of education. But be that as it may, the mid term examination has positive benefits which are not to, .be over looked. In reality it is nothing more than a milestone. After half the course has been com pleted, a checking up of what has been accomplished and what is lacking is a necessary part of the efficient handling of any study, whether it be a course in science, English, history, or what not. It is this retrospect tive light which the mid-term exam furnishes, just as New Year's turns back our minds on events ' of the past year and causes resolutions to be made. Certainly to anyone who is in terested in procuring education or culture or whatever it is we go toschool for, the outcome of midterms, with an attendant analysis of past actions, should spur him on to increased activ ity in his courses. Many professors assert that the best work of students is done between mid-terms and finals. This is the last week of mid-term examinations, and a great majority of students are no doubt realizing that courses, in order to be worth anything, require some amount of study. Now is the time when the stu dent body can and must settle down to real work. B. M. The Emblem Fad " The urge to adorn one's self seems to be among the strongest of human urges. This is borne out conclusively by the existence nere of what might be called the emblem fad; that is, the use of numerous badges for purposes of distinction and ornament. Most of the 412 student or ganizations, which are affiliated with the University have some adopted type of emblem. The number and diversity of these is so great that even a close ob server can't discover what half of them represent unless he has made a special study of the mat ter. And such a process takes no small amount of time an;d memory. N - f No sooner is a new organiza tion founded than its members get together and design a badge of membership in order to keep such a grand assortment of1 watch charms representing stu- dent organizations here that any given emblem can hardly be considered a distinction any longer. Medals, pins, keys, and the like have become the rule rather than the exception. The man who wears one is merely exercising a common privilege. Having become very common place on this campus, emblems no longer convey the element of individual privilege arising from recognized merit in some field of activity. Now let us consider another phase of the situation. The rec ords of Mr. Hinson, manager of the Book Exchange, show that students of the University spend about $150 annually for various items of jewelry consisting of such things1 as pins, seals, cig arette cases, rings, etc. Indeed, the urge to adorn one's self is very strong. Moreover, his rec ords show that students spend about $300 dollars annually for Carolina pins and seals (in the form of watch charms). These seals, which are worn on numer ous watch chain's, represent ab solutely no achievement in any phase of activity unless it be achievement in the art of wast ing " money. Watch charms, therefore, which really do rep resent something are dimmed in significance by numerous em blems which never were meant to represent anything. We feel thatthe unprecedent ed and unthwarted urge to adorn one's self has displayed itself to an unreasonable extent here at Carolina. We call at tention to the fact that the true significance of emblems which really represent achievement has been dimmed thereby. -J. C. W. Readers' Opinions AN INTRODUCTION TO "HARK THE SOUND" Editor the Daily Tar Heel: Lam of the opinion that a member of the music depart ment or a non-member, if he has official license to do so, should prefix an introduction to the school song, "Hark the Sound." As the song now exists, the band commences with the opening bars, and as a result the student body chimes in one by one,' a good volume being cre ated only by the time the song has advanced to "Tar Heel voices." It is known that the most emphatic parts of a com position are the beginning and the end. If the beginning is weak, the effect of the entire structure is spoiled to a consid erable extent.. As a suggestion, I should point out the fact that the end of the verse .beginning: "Carolina priceless gem . . ." would make an appropriate introduction for the band to play, or just: "Re ceive all praises thine" would give the students ample time to rise, clear their throatsr and sing "Hark." HAROLD S. CONE. SENIOR ENGINEERS WILL VISIT HIGH POINT TODAY The senior class of the civil engineering department is going to High Point this morning with Professor Baity and Mr. Saville to attend the meeting of the North Carolina section of the American Waterworks associa tion. In addition to these, four juniors who have been spending tneir cooperative year in filter plants are going.4 - The students are being taken there to hear various papers read, to see the exhibits of water works appliances put on by vari ous manufacturers and to make ah inspection of the modern water and sewage plants of High Point. 'f John mebane J. E. Dungan Is making his column "In the Wake of News" somewhat personal. There we find names of students who have been doing various things on the campus. Recently someone ob jected because he saw fit to pub lish a list of girls' names as can didates for the popularity title of the campus. Probably this objection was raised by a girl whose name had been omitted. O, well, we can publish girls' names too. And let someone raise objections and just see if we get mad. We nominate for Miss 1930 (beautiful but dumb) the following : Mary, Flossie, Judy, Connie, Jane, Kat, Peggy and Edna. Of course, we don't know, of course, any of these girls per sonally, of course; we've just heard their names. Now just to show the merits of these young ladies and the extent of our belief in their prowess, we shall immortalize them in verse. FLOSSIE Flossie, Flossie, you're an Ace! With me you're standing pat. A "pity there's an empty space Just underneath your hat ! MARY I like you, Mary, when it snows, I like you when it rains; But girls I love is them that shows A little bit of brains, v CONNIE Connie likes to flirt and break Men's hearts and then forget. She likes to make them sigh and say, "I wish we'd never- met !" JUDY Judy is a comely dame rWith curls of artificial red : No other virtue to her name, And not a thought within her head. 1 KAT Kat, you might as well confess (And do it with a smile) Your modesty and bashfulness Have long been out of style JANE . Jane, there is no need to seek Refuge behind those coughs : I know you pass your courses with Those smiles you give your profs. PEGGY Give this little girl a hand: She doesn't paint or ' powder. Place lilies on her coffin and With daffodils enshroud er. EDNA" Edna, all your looks and grace Will not get. you any place v Except, of course, with college swains Who look for face instead of brains. ' After hearing Henry Law rence Southwick Saturday night we went back to our room and recited Hamlet's soliloquy until a feline maurader outside the window . gratuitously accom panied us. We threw our copy of Hamlet out of the window at it and went downstairs to play Chopin's Etude in B Flat Major on the victrola. N After that, we felt much better. The Talk Of The Campus Our Made to Your Measure Suits and Topcoats $27-50 and $34-50 Just Received New. Homespun -Patterns Made to Your Meas ure $27-50 See Them Displayed In Our Windows Jack Lipman s University Shop Joiere i ooav MR. GUS B.JACOBS Special Representative for ANGiO.C GtOTflE'S DISTINGUISHED TAILORS : : v ' 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 , PRITCHRD-PATTERSON ' INCORPORATED . "University Outfitters" . 1923 Edgar W. Knight, of school of education, gave lectu last week at the University c lowa, ana tne university of braska. He also spoke befor tne rseDrasKa otaie Teach er3 Association., Demand a mirror don't hesitate! CHOOSE your pipes as you do your hats try 'em on. See how they look. How a pipe feels is your worry but how a pipe looks is a matter of com munity concern. A bulldog pipe in a greyhound face would sear the souls of fine's remotest associates. One owes one's duty . . . The tobacco, now, is your persona! business entirely. Take no man's pref erence find your own. Here's Edge worth, a good old burley graduated with the Class of '04. Like to meet Edgeworth at our expense? See the coupon? Fill it out, and soon tbere ' after the postman will bring you these magic mails! a neat little glad-to-meet-you packet of the real, the genuine, the good, the unchanging Edgeworth . . . Don't mention it! The trick is you'll be buying Edgeworth later! EDGEWORTH Edgeworth is a careful blend of good tobaccos selected espe cially for pipe-smoking. Its qual ity and flavor never change. Buy it anywhere "Ready Rubbed" or "Plug Slice" 15 pocket package to pound humidor tin. Lams & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va. ' 111 try your Edgeworth. And I'll try it in a good pipe. (Witness my seal) (and my seat of learning) (and my postomce and state) Now let the Edgeworth cornel IK Knight Returns
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