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Thursday, December 5, 1929
Tar Heel Topics
adoui tne most convincing
evidence of the liberalism of
uertrana ixusseii tnat we can
imagine is the fact that he con
sented to speak in Swain hall.
From the reports of the
Northern Tour we gather, that
politicking in Mexico, walking
the streets of Chicago and mot
oring to Thanksgiving Day foot
ball games are perfectly safe
pastimes in comparison to Play-
making around these parts.
The Soviets Show
Their Teeth
Moscow surprised the world
Tuesday when it unexpected
ly made its own peace with
Mukden over the Chinese
Eastern Railway dispute in
Manchuria, thereby enhancing
the international prestige of the
Soviet Union immensely. At
-same time the Soviets rebuked
in emphatic terms the nations
who had sought to interfere in
the Russian-Chinese dispute by
reminding the two countries of
their obligations under the Kel
logg anti-war pact.
Especially severe were the re
buffs handed the United States
for Secretary of State Stimson's
note relative to the dispute, most
of which, it must be admitted,
were justified. ; Secretary Stim
son's note was' described as "an
unjustified attempt" to influence
Chinese-Russian negotiations,
coming as it did when these
were already in progress, and
surprise was expressed that the
United States, which had re
frained from official relations
with the Soviet Union, should
have undertaken to give "advice
and direction."
The masterful manner in
which the Soviet government
has conducted itself throughout
the Chinese Eastern Railway af
fair is indicative of its poten
tial power and diplomatic
shrewdness. Throughout the
negotiations for a peaceable set
tlement of the dispute the Amer
ican government has demon
strated a patronizing attitude of
condescension toward both Rus
sia and China. As a nation we
have come to have a somewhat
exaggerated idea of our own in-
ternational importance; too fre
quently our diplomats have im
Parted the impression that we
e-ert aU the nations of the
world to kowtow to us, to bow
down in humility before the
majesty of our great wealth, our
marvelous natural resources and
our powerful army and navy.
Probably the independent atti
tude of the. Soviet government
toward " our thinly-veiled com
mands during the Manehurian
trouble will have a healthy ef
fect upon Washington. Per
haps it may even bring the de
partment of state to realize that
we do not possess all the wealth
and all the power in the world.
Another highly significant as
pect of the Soviet Union's con
duct in its difficulties with China
is the augury of future world
power that it ' predicates. The
Russians have advanced more
rapidly during the past few
years than any other nation.
They are building for the fu
ture; almost half of the wages
and profits of Russian industry
are utilized as new capital for
the development of a greater
Soviet Union. It is true that
iving conditions among the
workers are deplorable, due to
the fact that a large proportion
of their earnings are turned
back to t he state as new capi-
cannot fail to build a strong
nation; Russia is indeed . the
coming nation of the world. The
Soviets have shown their teeth
to the great international
powers, and these powers have
found them strong and extreme
ly sharp.
The Liberal
In Our Midst
Aiucn iooa ior tnougnt was
contained in the lecture of Ber
trand Russellp delivered -: ' here
Tuesday night. His points were
carefully but almost casually
made, yet they left a profound
impression.
Nothing very startlingly radi-
cal was said by the . English
philosopherand there can be
few who objected to his remarks
or any part of them. Bertrand
Russell is known as a liberal
thinker, so liberal that the fac-
ulty of the University of Wis- Editor the Daily Tar Heel:
consin objected to his being al- The very naive but utterly un
lowed to speak before the Lib- convincing editorial published in
eral Club of that institution,
During the war, his government
considered him dangerous
enough' to send him to China, in
order to get him out of England,
What Mr. Russell said can be
chiefly characterized as com-
mon sense, the type of common
sense which is the result of care-
ful thinking and a long and full
life. His ideas appeared unusu- of faith, divine, love, and right
ally felicitous and acceptable be- eousness in the modern world
cause they were the ideas most are fables and admonishments
of us hold but either cannot or
are afraid to express. We are
delighted to hear someone set
forth our thoughts, particularly
a speaker who is acknowledged
one of the foremost philosophers
of our day. If we find that we
agree with the lecturer, we ap-
plaud him. In reality, we are
applauding ourselves.
What Bertrand Russell has
that most of us lack is courage
the courage of our convictions,
We may believe that we agree
with him, that he is voicing the
opinions and ideas we hold or
should hold, but we leave him
to set forth those opinions. True,
most of us never bother to think
about truth, beauty, morals, cul- had "that opportunity to the un
ture, or patriotism, but there reasonable conclusion that it
are some who do among the stu- was some time during the mid-
dents and faculty. -
If we are a progressive insti-
tution, or if we can truly be
characterized by that glib
phrase, "the most liberal univer-
sity in the south," xthen we
should extend our liberality to
the people on the campus, as
well as the speakers we invite to
it. Therein lies the value of
liberality an actual practising,
unafraid liberality which allows
free play for personal convic-
tions and a chance to form the
ideas which will later be the
- j background of life.
H. J. G.
Readers' Opinions
OUR DEAD RELIGION
Editor The Daily Tar Heel : -That
was a fine editorial in
last Wednesday's Tar Heel en
titled 'This Question of Reli
gion." At last some one has
spoken with plain horse sense
and has not been afraid to tell
all he knows. The idea of a
freshman, a mere babe in arms,
trying to preach to his mentally
superiors it was ridiculous.
Some people can't seem to
realize that the days of purity,
self-sacrifice, ideals and all that
bunk are gone forever. We are
living in a modern world a
world of "get out of life what
you can and let the devil take
the hindermost." Then too that
phrase" "doubtful pleasures."
What could our freshman have
meant by that. Doesn't he know
that all that sort of thing is rela
tive. There is no such thing as
evil or wickedness merely the
standards of the times in which
one happens to be living.
We have one thing to be
thankful for : fewer and fewer
nennlA whn "rmaspss t.Tm innate
abmty to think are going to
church. Tt's a fine thine to tell
kv - u u.x i
iciiiiureu auuui luve arm rigui-
eousness: but when a boy goes
to college, it is time that he woke
up to the fact that he is a man.
He will soon see that if he ever
expects to get anything out of
life, if he ever expects to enjoy
the real things of life and make
a Ipt of money, why he has got
to climb the ladder of true suc
cess by stepping on the faces
of others, though it may seem
hard to him at first. Yes, "R.
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great. We would all be a whole
lot better off here in Chapel Hill
if everybody would use any com
mon horse sense he too might
happen to have. Congratula-
f ;c o-oin
Fofever,
A DISILLUSIONED SENIOR.
ANOTHER WORD ON
RELIGION
the Tar Heel last Wednesday and
headed "This Question of Re
ligion" is very illustrative of a
group among us who would seek
to justify their every action by
calling it modern, and who
would scoff at those who love
religion as dogmatic Puritans or
sad-faced Quakers.
The author stated that stories
that are absurd. It seems -just
possible that such stories might
not affect everybody in the
same way. He went. on to say
that there is no place for monas-
tic. seclusion. As his letter was
written in opposition to a
previous letter advocating going
to church once a week, we won-
der if that is what he meant by
monastic seclusion ; or just what
the devil did he meanl He then
said that religion is being in-
fused more and more with com-
mon sense in spite of the corn-
bative forces of the pulpit. This
leads some of us to wonder
when he last saw a pulpit. - It
would lead those of us who have
die ages. He stated further that
we have ceased to draw strin-
gent lines between good and
bad. Some of us wonder if those
who avail themselves of this
convenience wouldn't find it
more convenient to remove" the
lines altogether and justify
themselves by their worn out
slogan that there isn't any Hell.
The author spoke of the absurd
disputes between one Protestant
denomination and another. This
leads us to wonder whether he
read of these disputes out " of
some medieval history book or
The College Honor System
ARTICLE IV.
. Some Specific Problems
It is the hope of the National
Student Federation that all col
leges in the United States will
give careful attention to the
question of the Honor System
and make an honest endeavor
to do something of value about
the question of honesty among
students'. A keen critic of stu
dent affairs and college admin
istration has penned the state
ment "that the college - that
winks at dishonesty in scholas
tic work and other student re
lations is doomed." Colleges
must assume the responsibility
of inculcating into the students
firm principles of right dealing
with their fellows;
But the problem is not to
know what the weakness is, but
it is to determine how best to
remedy this weakness. A large
majority of the student repre
sentatives at the Fourth Annual
Congress of the N. S. F. A. last
December expressed confidence
in the uplifting power of the
Honor System. Therefore, the
N. S. F. A. recommends this
system to colleges that do not
have it; and to colleges that do
have it, the N. S. F. A. expresses
an intense desire thafr they ex
ert every possible effort to make
the system as emcient as pos
sible.
But the question arises :
"Should every college attempt to
institute the Honor System ?"
To do so would hardly display
wisdom. There are some col
leges in which the Honor Sys
tem is not needed, e. g., institu
tions in which all the examina
tions are conducted orally.
There are others in which cer
tain local conditions militate
against its successful operation.
But in the vast majority of the
state, city, denominational, pri
vately endowed, and teachers'
colleges, as well as the normal
schools, there is opportunity for
much development in this field.
However, before any college
attempts to adopt the system,
the field should be thoroughly
prepared by faculty members
and student leaders. There is
reason to believe that this was
done prior to its adoption at the
University of Virginia, even, in
the summer of 1842. Even that
institution, where the Honor
System works certainly and
swiftly, and where there is a
tradition against cheating that
has existed for nearly a hun
dred years, does not urge a col
whether he opened his eyes to
life around him. If he had fol
lowed the latter path it seems
just possible: that he might
have seen "all Protestant denom
inations at Chapel Hill uniting
on various occasions in common
services in Memorial hall, that
he might have seen all the stu
dent societies of the various de
nominations meeting together
to discuss their common aim,
that he might have been sur
prised to see the number of
Christians of one denomination
attending the services of an
other. ' .
The author then spoke of the
big business .church in which the
financial magnate leads1 the con
gregation and adds, somewhat
sarcastically, "What a group
this comprises!" There are
many of us who would rather
have had him say openly just
what a group he does think this
comprises. If it were possible
with his apparent knowledge of
churches to state the exact fig
ures it is probable that this
group would not appear so enor
mous. ' That some few churches
may have in their congregations
those who take pride in an out
ward show of wealth and gen
erosity, and that these indivi
duals may deceive many is not
denied ; but this is neither a gen
eral rule nor the teaching of
lege to- adopt the system before
the field has been thoroughly
prepared. They say: "We have
the amplest faith in the Honor
System and. believe that with
proper care it could be success
fully introduced into almost
every American university and!
would be a salutary influence;
but before beginning its intro
duction, we urge thoughtful,
thorough and patient prepara
tion of the field:
"1. By such general, per
vasive conferences with the stu
dents as would produce practi
cally unanimous conviction' of
the merit of the system in the
minds of the student body.
"2. By the election to the
Honor Committee of men and
women who enjoy the amplest
confidence of their fellow-students
as to integrity, courage,
sanity and sagacity.
V3. By agreement upon impartial-
and inevitable execution
of such a uniform penalty for
violation of the honor code as
the Honor Committee shall im
pose, with no mitigation, par
don or suspension of sentence.
"4. By the rigorous exclu
sion from the purview of the
committee of all offenses which
are not true breaches of honor.
"5. By securing the' unani
mous, consent of the president,
nrofessors and officers of the
University to cry hands off and
leave the student body the whole
responsibility for dealing with
well-defined breaches of honor.
"To neglect any one of these
five precautions will be, in our
opinion, to invite shipwreck,"
says this great institution.
The installation or adminis
tration of the Honor System re
quires much work that is spirit
ual, inspirational and intangi
ble. The students must be edu
cated concerning principles of
honor. It .must be shown them
that they are trusted,, but that
if they abuse the trust, they will
surely be punished. The work
of an Honor Committee should
be educational instead of correc
tive; it should be their aim to
prevent "dishonesty, rather than
to punish it.
One thing is beyond question.
Before an Honor System can
function successfully, a spirit of
Honor must be inculcated into
the students. An educational
program extending probably
over a period of three or four
years will be necessary. A
strong tradition in favor of the
Honor System is its greatest
asset.
Christianity which says that the
widow casting in her mite put
in more than all the rest. The
author continued in saying that
religion will never be the ideal
istic dream one pictures in child
hood.. Whether this be true in
the case of the Author we do not
know, but there are many of us
who wonder if this 'gentleman
isn't taking just a little too much
for granted in assuming that re
ligion is an idealistic dream to
everybody and that those who
hold contrary views are chil
dren. He stated that it will al
ways be an idealistic dream be
cause human nature is quarrel
some, trivial, petty, intolerant,
and unthinking. Are these
qualities in human nature argu
ments against religion or do
they all the more emphasize its
need? Did the author omit, one
important quality in human na
ture, "Love"?
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MAN'S MP
The Campus
By Joe Jones
Of a recent afternoon Profes
sor Koch and a small group of
students were told by Dean Hib
bard the. difference between
providence and fate. This is
how it came about: Dean Hib
bard and Professor Koch and
several students came out of Old
South and got into Dean Hib
bard's brand new Ford. The
dean choked the engine several
times before he got it started,
and Professor Koch chuckled.
"Don't laugh," said Dean Hib
bard, "or I'll tell about your
backing episode."
"Oh, I'll tell that myself,"
said Professor Koch. "Boys,
Dr. Hibbard and I once had a
narrow escape together. One
day before Bingham hall and
the new library had been built
I parked my car-among3, the
trees down back of Murphey:
Dr. Hibbard was with me when
I got in to go home, and he was
tickled when I was unable to
make the car back after I had
started the engine. It wouldn't
budge. 'Well, she's simply got
to back out of here I said, as
I stepped on the gas quite heav
ily. She backed out, all right.
She gave a- sudden leap and
went backward through the
trees at full speed. It was cer
tainly only by the grace of provi
dence that we came through
without hitting" a tree."
"Calling that an act of provi
dence," said Dean Hibbard, "re
minds me of an experience I had
in a classroom of Old East some
years ago. You know Old East
was once a classroom building
with three big rooms on each
floor. I was teaching an Eng
lish class in one of these rooms
one day with the members of
the class scattered about here
and there over the big room. I
asked them to move over to the
right side of the room as I
could then address them better.
So all the boys on the left
changed their seats, and you
would never guess what hap
pened as they sat down. Well,
the ceiling on the left caved, in
and crashed down on the seats
the boys had just vacated. Now
I call that an act of providence.
Of course if the ceiling on the
right had fallen in that would
have been fate."
The young lady who sat in the
tan alligator upholstered Isotta
Fraschini parked on Franklin
street for a few minutes on a
recent afternoon may have felt
like she was in a showcase, but
she didn't appear that way. In
fact, she was nonchalance su
preme as the crowd of what she
must have thought were boorish
oafs gathered on the sidewalk
and naively stared at her and
her magnificent motor ultra de
luxe etc. Her escort, too, when
he put in his stylish Park Ave
nue' appearance, was serenely
oblivious of the gaping crowd.
He expertly backed the great
roadster out into the middle of
the street, and drove around to
the D. K. E. house, where he was
visiting a relative. The car, by
the way, cost about as, much as
thirty new Fords, something like
fifteen or twenty thousand dol
lars. .
What Congress ought to enact
is a tariff to end tariff.
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