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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Tuesday, December 3, 1903
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 Yarborough Mgr. Edit or
Marion Alexander. ....Bus. M gr.
Hal V. Worth. Circulation 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. P. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay
Elbert Denning Sherman Shore
SPORTS EDITOR
Henry L. Anderson
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS
Joe Eagles Crawford McKethan
REPORTERS .
Howard Lee Frank Manheim
Holmes Davis
Louis 'Brooks
Charles Rose
Kemp Yarborough
Mary Price
J. P. Tyson
Browning Roach
.Al Lansford
Peggy Lintner
E.C.Daniel
W. A. Shulenberger
G. E. French
Mary M. Dunlap
Clyde Deitz
George Sheram
Robert Hodges
John La than
B. H. Whitton
Nathan Volkman
George Stone
Jack Riley
T. E. Marshall
George Wilson
J. S. Weathers
Bernard J. Herkimer Jack Bessen
J. G. deR. Hamilton, Jr., Q. Cohen
Browning Roach Russell Williams
Sadler Hayes Stanley Weinberg
Tuesday, December 3, 1929
Tar Heel Topics
The Greensboro Daily News
handed us a- much-appreciated
bouquet yesterday for our edi
torial last week on the Duke
Carolina unpleasantness. Which
makes us absolutely positive that
the Duke students are a darn
fine bunch.
A vast amount of publicity
has been given in the 'state press
to reports of wholesale drinking
at the game here Thanksgiving
day, but local bootleggers re
port that business was "power
ful po' " in Chapel. Hill imme
diately before and throughout
the holidays. Vindicated, be
gosh!
Evidently the contractor for
the Sigma Nu house went the
infamous gold brickers of past
generations one better. Smoke
issuing from the rear of the fire
place Sunday night brought the
fire department in a hurry.
When the partition was torn
out it was discovered that the
contractor had used wooden
bricks in constructing the rear
portion of the fireplace.
Bertrand Russell
In A Hash House
Tonight Swain hall, official
University hash emporium, will
perform a function that it has
never before known during its
decades of faithful service.
Bertrand Russell, famous phil
osopher and essayist, will speak
under the auspices of the stu
dent entertainment committee;
his subject will be "Need Mod
eras Be Cynical?"
The rather" disastrous presen
tation of the Jean Gros Marion
ettes in the Tin Can November
21 effectually eliminated the
huge structure as a University
auditorium, especially for lec
tures and similar events. In des
peration the entertainment com
mittee instituted a frenzied
search for a place to present the
remaining numbers on the
program for this year; and
Swain hall was finally selected
as the only auditorium, if such
it may oe termed, possessing
the requisite seating capacity
and acoustical qualities.
. Obie Harmon and his force
must perform arduous labor in
preparation for the lecture
the Swain hall tables must be
removed and seats installed.
Much praise is due Mr. Harmon
and Charles Woollen for the
manner in which they have
cooperated with the entertain
ment committee officials in their
efforts to escape from the dilem
ma confronting them after
Memorial hall was condemned.
Most of the students and
townspeople have realized the
predicament faced by sponsors
of entertainments and similar
public events here in the ab
sence of anything approaching
a University auditorium. While
the majority have adopted a
very sensible attitude toward
the situation, a few malcontents
have voiced thoughtless and en
tirely unfounded criticism of
those in charge of the enter
tainments. A little reasoning
would convince these men of the
absurdity of their criticisms.
Admittedly the entire situa
tion is very much of a muddle,
but the blame can be legitimate
ly attached to no one, unless it
be the architects of Memorial
hall. They.havereposed under
the sod for lo ! these many years,
however ; hence they cannot be
held to account very satisfac
torily. At any rate, the specta
cle of Bertrand Russell deliver
ing a lecture on "Need Moderns
Be Cynical" in a dining hall will
be quite remarkable. It is to
be hoped that the members of
the University building commit
tee witnessed the Marionette
performance in the Tin Can &nd
will hear Mr. Russell speak in
Swain hall. If so, they will
probably be brought to the
realization that the absence of
an auditorium here is a serious
indictment of the University and
of the state.
Joint Session
An Encouragement
...
The Dialectic Senate and the
Philanthropic Assembly in their
recent joint session gave the
staff of the Daily Tar Heel the
signal to go ahead when they de
clared by an almost unanimous
vote that the issuance of the
daily publication is basically
sound and practical. The dis
cussion from start to finish
showed that student opinion' ap
proves the work done thus far
by the editor and his staff.
In the course of the debate
members of both societies cited
defects which have characterized
the paper thus far, but they con
tended almost without exception
that these were due to the fact
that the issuance of a daily stu
dent paper at the University has
not yet passed beyond the embry
onic stage. The majority of the
speakers were of the opinion
that the daily publication repre
sents a marked improvement
over the old tri-weekly. Mem
bers of both societies contended
that the high quality of the Daily
was remarkable when consider
ed in connection with the fact
that its issuance began a scant
three months ago.
Although the combined mem
berships of the Dialectic and
the Philanthropic Assembly
make up an almost negligible
part of the student body in so
far as numbers are concerned,
they are representative. There
is no risk in prophesying, there
fore, that the support accorded
the Daily Tar Heel by the vote
of the joint session Tuesday
night was representative of the
oninion of the entire student
body.
Several Senators and Repre
sentatives called attention to the
fact that thirty-two leading col
leeres and universities of the
United States issue daily papers,
and have been doing so for i
number of years. They develop
ed from this the very logical
contention that the University
of North Carolina should con
tinue to issue a daily paper,
since she occupies a position of
prominence in the category of
so-called leading element. This
attitude of profound interest in
the advancement of the Univer
sity is a great encouragement
not only to the staff of the paper,
but to all others who have the,
cause of a "Greater, Carolina" afc
heart. .
.C.W.
Football,
The Big Show
What the editorial writer on
the Chicago Tribune staff -said
recently about American insti
tutions of higher learning and
the show business cannot be
doubted. Practically all col
leges and universities have in
vested, within the last few
years, enormous sums of money
in stadiums which can be used
for nothing-other than football
games and in coaching 'and busi
ness staffs and equipment. Such
investments have not been. made
merely to accommodate stu
dents; they have been made for
the benefit of the public as well.
And in order, to pay for these
gigantic arenas American
schools have had to go into the
show business on a grand, scale.
Those institutions which are
not involved in indebtedness,
their stadiums having been do-
nated, are none the less m the
show game. They have had to
maintain their prestige in ath
letics and to; be progressive;
therefore scho'ols in this class
have become entertainment pro
moters. And we revert here to
the Tribune's editorial comment
and say:-Well, what of it?
At any rate, just as the Cali
fornia Tournament of Roses is
rapidly replacing Barnum and
Bailey-Ringling Brothers as the
greatest show on earth, the
Virerinia-Carolina game is be-
coming, if it 'is not already s0perate under some kind of Hon-
North Carolina's great show.
Whether" the chief attraction of
the event is the game itself or
the fights in the stands or the
clowning, of drunks or the at
tendant dances, certainly the
public approves the collegiate
entertainment and no doubt the
number of patrons will continue
to increase. In view of the fact
that football is here to stay and
that it must remain the great
sport for a good many years, we
heartily advocate bigger and
better shows in Kenan Stadium.
B. M.
Readers' Opinions
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THE
CHILDISH CAROLINA
DUKE RIVALRY
Editor the Daity Tar Heel:
I thoroughly approve of your
editorial in Thursday's issue
relative to the childish rivalry
that has grown up between
Carolina and Duke student
bodies. Some years ago I, as
an interested Carolina alumnus,
approached an official of Trinity
College (now Duke University)
on the question as to why Trin
ity and Carolina should not play
each other in major sports. , His
reply was that the two institu
tions were too close together,
that the history of such contests
proved that closely neighboring
schools could not play on a plane
of generous rivalry, but that the
game would degenerate into an
orgy of petty spite and ungen-
tlemanly boorishness. My reply
to that suggestion was that I
believed the two student bodies
could meet in athletic contests
and still practice the amenities.
I remember asking him this
question : "If young college men
can not meet in a mere athletic
contest and remain friends, how
can any one expect uneducated
men to deal with each other in
the serious business relations of
life?" I would still like to have
the answer to that question.
I hold no brief for Duke, and
I yield to no man in my love for
the University of North Caro
lina; but at the game next Sat
urday I expect to sit with a
f riend of mine who is an alum -
nus of Duke, and I have no doubt
time seeing the game which -
The College Honor System
ARTICLE III.
Editor's Note: This series of art
icles on the Honor System is being
printed simultaneously in all the col
lege newpsapers in the United States.
A series of five short articles dealing
with -matters pertaining to the Honor ber; 54, or 35 per cent have an
System will Jollow. This treleas e is ienrollment of from 200 to 500;
beina made ov the committee nn ttwA r
being made by the committee on the
Honor System for the National Stu
dent Federation of the United States
of America, with a hope that the stu
dents of this country will give seri
ous thought to the problem of student
honesty in our colleges, and that they
will send to the Fifth Annual Con
gress of the National Student Federa
tion representatives who have well-
thought-out ideas concerning this mat-!
ter. The Fifth Congress will meet at
Stanford University on January 1, 2,
S, h and 5, Z930.
These articles were prepared by
James Theodora Jackson, chairman of
the committee on the Honor System.
The writer would be glad to hear from
students concerning this problem.
Please address him at P. O. Box 958,
, University, Alabama.
The Present Status of the Honor
System
Eighteen months ago the
present chairman of the Com
mittee on the Honor System for
the N. S. F. A. gathered exten
sive information concerning the
prevalence of the Honor System
in American colleges and uni
versities The information
gathered then is believed to be
valuable; conditions have not
changed materially since that
time.
In reply to a general question
naire containing questions per
tinent to the Honor System, 417
colleges sent information. 160,
or 39 per cent, of these colleges
or System. In 129 of them it is
used wholly; in 31 of them it is
used only partially. Of these 31,
21 use it only in certain select
advance classes,' seven employ it
in certain departments only,
while three have the system in
handling matters that do not per
tain to examinations (e. gr the
handling of library books) .
On the other hand, 251, or 61
per cent of the colleges replying
do not have the Honor System.
They operate under the faculty
espionage or the protector sys
tem, whereby the students are
closely watched while they take
their examinations, whereby no
trust is placed in them, and
whereby the shrewder man wins,
be he the student or be he the
instructor.
This survey shows that there
are now 10 per cent more col
leges using the Honor System
than were shown by a similar
survey to be using it in 1912.
In that year 66 per cent of the
colleges using the system were
colleges for men, 17 per cent
were colleges for women, and 17
per cent of them were coeduca
tional. In 1928, 15 per cent of
those using it were for men, 35
ever side may win. Let the two
student bodies adopt saner meth
ods of showing their college
spirit, before some southern
savant shall deem it his duty to
remark that they rather than
a group of western insurgents
are the genuine "sons of wild
jackasses."
A CAROLINA ALUMNUS.
IN DEFENSE OF "I" DORM
Editor the Daily Tar Heel :
(Note: "J. O." of a recent
Tar Heel shall be referred to as
"Joe throughout this article.)
Joe of "IV Dormitory spoke
rather recklessly of his almost
impossible situation of a recent
issue of the Tar Heel in fact, he
raised such a river of tears that
we fear he is himself after some
mercy or pity record. "I" is not
after any record. For the bene
fit of those who did not read
little Joe's innocent plea and for
those who enjoy soothing words
from the wise, we quote some of
Joe's sophomoric outbursts that
may be well included in the An-
1 nual Record of the Banalities of
Criticism :
1 "Objectionable manners with
per cent were for women, and
50 per cent were coeducational.
Of the 160 colleges using the
system, 61, or 39 per cent, are
colleges whose student , bodies
ransre from 500 to 1500 in num-
18, or 11 per cent, have an en
rollment of less than 200 ; 13, or
8 per cent, have an enrollment
ranging from 1500 to 3000 ; and
10, or 5.5 per cent, of the col
leges using the Honor System
have 3000 students or more. Of
the 160 Honor System colleges,
41 per cent are situated in the
South, 36 per-cent of them are
situated in the Northeast, 15
are in the North Central section,
and 8 per cent are m the West
ern part of the United States.
Of all the colleges in the South
that replied, 60 per cent use the
Honor System. . 36 per cent of
all colleges in the Northeastern
group that replied use the sys
tem. 23 per cent of the colleges
of the North JlJentral group use
it, while 38 per cent of the col
leges of the Western group that
sent information have the Honor
System.
In several universities of the
United States the Honor System
works especially well in the Law
School. Are students of law any
more honorable than any other
class of professional students or
undergraduates? Do profession
al ethics tend to cause a man
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who would cheat and defraud in
the School of Arts and Sciences,
to terminate abruptly such prac
tices upon entering a profession
al school?
One university has the Honor
System only in its School' of
Speech ; another has it in its
School of Business Administra
tion ; another has it in its School
of Veterinary ; another has it in
its School of Engineering; while
still another university has the
Honor System in its School of
Architecture.
' What influence does the size of
the institution have upon the
success or failure of the Honor
System? What influence does
the location of a college or uni
versity in a city or a village have
upon the Honor System? Are
women more honorable than
men? Are students in one sec
tion of the country any more
honorable than those in other
sections?
This statistical information
and tnese questions are given
with a hope that studentswill
study them, , seriously think
about them, and form some def
inite conclusions about the Hon-
or System as an educational in-
-
stitution. In what ways does
this system give a student more
benefits than the faculty espion
age system confers?
out a thought to the convenience
of others," "consideration of
other men," "deaf ear to polite
demands," "some sort of author
ity to curb their actions," and
"misplaced number of men."
Knowing that a person's ego
is usually tickled when he is
quoted, we hope that Joe does
not in any way feel himself a
bit inflated. And, since, now we
must start our defense of "I"
we find it first necessary to tear
down some of the many illusions
that our unofficial observer has
so seriously considered.
If there "reigns a deathlike
stillness" in "J" compared to the'
conditions now existing in "I"
then a statistician would surely
starve tabulating the number of
people who have moved out of
"I." We, in all sincerity, hope
that Joe does not accept the posi
tion, since we would rather see
him live so that we may have
cultured ballyhoo ad libitum.
No "misplaced number of
men" could do all that Joe hon
ors them with unless they were
blessed with a highly artistic
(Continued on last page)
fohn mebane
Quoting from the Paragraph,
ics of the Duke Chronicle : "Have
it your own way, but we hold
that there are three gentlemen
from Carolina, viz., the Holder
Mebane - Edson combination."
Which statement we heart!?
endorse.
Apologies.
May we say : Have it your owe
way, but we hold that there are
three gentlemen from Duke, viz..
the Lippard-Crona-Shaw combi
nation.
Now, if someone else will
compliment us, we shall be de
lighted to return that, too.
The N. C. C. W. Carolinian
has been very unladylike once
or twice this year. You should
have seen the slams they tossed
to Carolina and Duke. The
feminine sex can get away with
anything. But they ought to be
ashamed at some of those' things.
Because N. C. C. W. is a verj
uice school and turns out lots of
school-teachers.
And school-teachers shouldn't
be turned out. Because they are
a nice class. God bless them.
This near exams.
Below we give quite gratui
tously a list of phrases which
might go rather well in your
"saccharine daily.' These are
reprinted with permission of
various recipients.
"Love is a marvelous intoxica
tion
"I've found that love isn't ex
actly like I've imagined it to be
it's great!" ' -
"If you ever plan to rudely
shatter my air castles, do it
now. before they're too towering
and real to me."
When you wrote 'I love you,'
you wrote three words in liv
ing flame that I will keep after
all others are forgotten."
"I'll tell you a little secret: I
was crazy about you from the
first time I saw you. Honest."
"Those pictures should be fin
ished .
"When miracles occur and I
have a decent , picture taken, I'll
send you one."
"The radio is marvelous to
night, not one bit of static. Right
now I'm listening to the warm
est and bluest number entitled
True Blue Love'."
Tonight I decided that I
would believe that you loved me;
and, gee, the very thought just
thrills me!"
"It doesn't matter how many
girls you write, just as long as
you love only me."
"Why does time pass so quick
ly? I begrudge every moment
of ' it. How I wish I could see
more of you.
"Personally, I think that being
in love with someone is wonder
ful; it gives you something
pleasant to think about, dream
about, and wonder about."
P. S. -Darn it, Glenn, I told
you I shouldn't have written
that letter today I -used up all
my puns.
London, Eng. George
nard Shaw says of. us,
Ber-
"You
Americans are barbarous. Your
figures and faces are changirg.
Your complexions are getting
redder and redder. You treat
your women like squaws. You
ai;e going back to feathers."
Ring-Tum-Phi.
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