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THE DAILY TAR HflEL Tuesday, December 10, 1929 The Architectural Nightmare's ually be established ; anoTexami- 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. Editor Marion Alexander.....Bws. Mgr. Hal V. Worth ...Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry. Galland ASSISTANT EDITORS Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones , B. C. Moore J. C." Williams CITY EDITORS E. F. Yarborough K. C. Ramsay, Elbert Denning J. E. Dungan SPORTS EDITOR Henry L. Anderson ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS Joe Eagles J. G. deR. Hamilton, Jr. REPORTERS Doom Is Sealed j Now that the doom of Memo rial Hall, impending since weak ness was discovered in the struc ture early in the fall, has been officially sealed by the engineers' reports, prompt action by the building committee of the board of trustees is imperative. The "architectural monstrosity" must be scrapped or completely rebuilt at an expense probably in excess of its original- cost, according to the experts. j- -u i 4.1. tt for the system in the field of proceedings have left the Um- A . . ..... , -, nations and . quizzes will not re tard the rate of the advance ment of students. Whether the people of Wis consin will manifest their ap proval of the plan is another matter. It nevertheless affords an interesting speculation. Should a state university ex clusively adopt a plan which, in comparison to academic meth ods, is radical in the sense that it is something new, by the ap proval of the tax-payers, it would obviously be an advance john mebane Howard Lee Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Charles Rose Kemp Yarborough Mary Price J. P. Tyson Nathan Volkman Peggy Lintner E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger G. E. French Bernard J. Herkimer Browning Roach Frank Manheim Mary M. Dunlap Clyde Deitz George Sheram Robert Hodges John La than B. H. Whitton George Stone Jack Riley V T. E. Marshall George Wilson J. S. Weathers J ack Bessen Russell Williams Sadler Hayes Stanley Weinberg Tuesday, December 10, 1929 PURLOINED PARAGRAPHS Strange as' it may sound, those who remain on the level are usually those who rise the highest Christian Science Monitor Old guards and young guards at Washington seem to have been no more successful in mak ing themselves intelligible than the guards on the subway. New York Times. versity with not even the ex cuse for an auditorium repre-j sented by the grotesque hodge- podge of architectural notions which is Memorial Hall, they have been welcomed by nearly every one on the campus. A few sticks of dynamite would have achieved the same result, but dynamiting is not a healthy pas time. It is entirely unlikely that the building committee will de cide to reconstruct Memorial Hall ; the members will certainly feel compunction for the aes thetically inclined who avert their eyes whenever they pass the architectural nightmare. Memorial Hall should be cheerfully consigned to the ob livion which it has richly mer ited since it was first utilized as an auditorium. But in the meantime the University is left without the semblance of an auditorium. The building com mittee should set about the task of securing the necessary funds j and drawing up the plans for an auditorium here without de lay. And no half-way measures should be adopted; the modern conception of University build- iner should be adhered to in drawing up the plans, which in volves the ancient standards of poise and dignity embodied . in the new library American institutional educa tion. Adoption by Wisconsin of President Frank's program no doubt will have no negligible influence in the future upon the methods employed by other state universities and similar institutions. B. M. Readers' Opinions Bernard Shaw says he might be willing to write an original movie plot for three billion dol lars. It seems quite reasonable, since the outlay so far for the plot now in use has been about as much. Detroit News. Tar , Heel Topics Fifteen days until Christmas, but what is more to the point, eight days until exams! CO-EDS Always so full of pep Making the most of life , What a pleasure to look at But never for a wife. They've usually seen everything And want only just the best After they've had the pick of the boys Home girls can have the rest. i All women are natural gold diggers But at that art the coeds excell And if they don't drive a man to drink They make his life a living hell. Always they have that undefin- able look All men with it they tease It brings them around their feet Their sole aim being to please. Perhaps Secretary Stimson's note has had a beneficial effect upon the Chinese after all. They have had only one civil war in the last four days. The editor of the Carolinian at N. C. C. W. has been hailed before the powers-that-be for exhibiting radical tendencies and other evidencies of a turn of mind not quite the thing in a discreet young lady editor ; but they forgot to call her a communist. Congratulations on your editor, Carolinian. What with the rebels raising merry Hades in Haiti, the Chi nese government tottering as badly as Memorial Hall, Judge Stacy boomed as an opponent for Senator Simmons In the ap proaching campaign, and Hoov er planning to carry on the World Court question where Woodrow Wilson left off, it looks like a hard week for news paper editors. A former University of North Carolina student, Dr. P. H. Carr, now a graduate student at Cor nell University, has made a new discovery which makes pos sible the taking of pictures on cold, hard, untreated metal with out the usual photographer's medium of a sensitized plate. We always did say that the physics department was going to turn out somebody who would do something some day. Wisconsin's Proposed Innovation . The placing of students upon their own initiative is no dis tinctly new educational idea. EJnglish universities for some time have practiced the system of informality whereby the stu dent studies as he wills and has conferences with faculty mem bers with whom he works out his own peculiar problems. Such ja system, of course, necessarily must embrace some class room work such as special lectures and laboratory experimentation. This, however, does not elimi nate the factor of the individ uals responsibility a responsi bility which rests entirely upon him in his development of his intellectual faculties. American institutions, nota bly the University of Wisconsin and Rollins College, have tried the plan with apparent success. According to President Glenn Frank of the University of Wis consin, "the experimental col lege has proved itself with amazing success during its three years of existence:" The authorities of Rollins College likewise find the system highly satisfactory. An interesting development in the situation recently came to light when it was learned that President Frank of Wis consin was placing before the people of the state a proposal which would enable him to ad minister to the entire Univer sity the new methods worked out- in the . experimental college of the school. He stated that it was, in the main a stimulant for college education with student interest as the principal in gredient. Under President Frank's pro gram, the student's "intellectual awakening" will be hastened; forty percent of the time now devoted to set classes will be re placed by the informal methods of the experimental college ; six ty percent of the time will be devoted to a varied, course ; op tional class attendance will grad- They wander over our campus paths Mainly to attract attention But how they affect our noble profs It wouldn't do to mention. They sit on the front row And reply to all questions Even though they haven't the answer They always have a suggestion. But though coeds we detest As on through life we skim I can't help but wonder What ' would life be without themi Bill of Chapel Hill Art Exhibition In Raleigh This W6ek The North Carolina Art So ciety, through its officers, Mrs. Harrington and Mr. R. B. House of the University has extended a cordial invitation to the stu dents and faculty members of the University to attend the third annual exhibition of paint ings and statuary being held in the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh during the next ten days. The Grand Central Art Gal leries of New York, which enjoy an extensive reputation for their fine art works, have sen down to the Society an excel lent exhibit and one that is said to be as estimable as their pre vious exhibitions. Universal Language Club To Meet Today The Esperanto Club will have its fifth meeting of the year to day in Murphy hall at 5 o'clock. Dr. E. C. P. Metzenthin, who is instructing the members of the club in Esperanto, recently received a letter from Dr. F. Haman, of Wisconsin, who is the official representative of the International Esperanto Society. The writer commended the Uni versity iii establishing a club of interested persons in the univer sal language. Judging from the editorial columns of the Carolinian, cer tain members of the faculty of North Carolina College for Women believe that the young ladies who publish the paper are of a radical and overly-critical turn of mind. The chief points of attack (which we derive from an editorial) are features, edi torials, and The Covv Cat. Be ing a benevolent and sympa thetic youth, we feel a necessity for defending a fellow (speak ing metaphras;tically) columnist. The Copy Cat is quite a delight f ul column ; and as for being radical in tendency! Who ever heard of a columnist being radical?; Why, they are the most . pitifully harmless crea tures in the world. And the feline tendency for meowing gratuitously at all hours can be forgiven if the note is so delight fully harmonious as that of Felix! mm We also notice in the para graphics of the same paper this statement: "As ballet dancers the Carolina band isn't so hot. We suggest a co-ed band to per form on the field at football games." Why not let the co-eds' performance feature and throw in the game as an added attrac tion? mm This plan,, if put into effect, would at least center attention on the field. As it now is, the attention of the audience is di vided between the football game and the co-eds' performances in the grand-stand. mm (We swear that the above statement does not apply to Carolina co-eds.) mm Yuh know, the other night we was walkin' home jus! when the tall trees was waylayin' dusk, and the f allin' of the leaves was murderin' silence, and we was makin' verses to ourselves and everythin' was so soft and purtty, and my Lord ! where was we at? Anyway, here's what come of it: . THE BARD SOBS My love is like a red, red rose That blooms in summer every year ; My love is like a red, red rose When winter comes, the blos- . som goes: My love is like a red, red rose Until the signs of frost appear. My love is like the petal there, Too delicate to paint in rhyme; My love is like the petal there, And when it falls, the bough is bare: My love is like the petal there- It clings until it's winter-time. mm Bobby Burns must 'ave been a great chap. mm ' Well, here's a petition: O, columnists are funny chaps, They' sling mud in each other's laps, And then across a paper fence They toss each other compli ments. They're careless with their leis ure time (And yet more careless with their rhyme!) And when they should be read ing Keats, They're writing verses to their sweets. O, Copy Cats, and Pen Points, too, The Campus, Pointer all of you, ; .. Let's start a campaign and coerce All columnists to give up verse! U. D. C. PRESENTS Y WITH LEE'S PICTURE A portrait of Robert Edward Lee has been presented to the Y. M. C. A. by the local Leon- idas Polk chapter of the U. D. C. This portrait, which was given to the local chapter by Mrs. John H. Anderson, is now hang ing on the west wall of -the main floor lobby of the Y building. "The portrait, a reprint of the famous W. Haskel Coffin's painting of Lee, adds much, to the appearance of the lobby, and the Y is very grateful to the lo cal chapter for giving it," states Mr. H. F. Comer, general secre tary of the Y. "The painting from which this portrait was copied is one of the most famous ever painted of the great Confederate gen eral. It gives a very good three quarters view of Lee. The great art critics say that this picture is, without .a doubt, one of the best likenesses of the great general that has ever been exhibited," states a member of the local chapter. Philological Club Will Meet Tonight The Philological club will meet in tlje lounge of the Graduate club this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Howard Mumford Jones of the English department will present a study, "Methods of Contem porary Biography." Library Notice All books that have been taken out of the library since Decem ber 2 are due on or before De cember 16, according to an of ficial statement from the library. All books borrowed from the library between December 17 and December 18 are due within 48 hours after issuance. Books may be borrowed from Decem ber 20 to January 2 only for periods of 24 hours. OEASON after Mason, college men register their preference for John Wards. By constantly Increased purchases, they Indi cate their approval of the fine ' leathers, the correct lines and handsome workmanship that characterize these smart shoes. MEN'S SHOES Inspect these fine shoes at Stetson "D" Kluttz Bldg. LAST GALL ! Christmas holidays are just around the corner. 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