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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Saturday, January 11, 1930
tXJje Datip Car Ipeel
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 YAEBOEOUGH..Jiflrr. Editor
Marion Alexander...J5i5. Mgr.
Hal V. Worth.. Circulation Mgr.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS. ,
John Mebane Harry . Galland
ASSISTANT. EDITORS
Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy
Joe Jones - i . B. . C. Moore
. . . A- JP- Williams '. , .
' - cvrrr EDITORS ' 1 r
E. P. Yarborough, C. Ramsay
Elbert Denning J. E. Dungan
, ..SPORTS EDITOR . ,
Henry, L. Anderson
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS
Browning Roach J. G. .Hamilton, Jr.
REPORTERS :-
Holmes Davis'.
Louis Brooks .
Kemp Yarborough
Clyde Deitz
George Sheram
Frank Manheim
B. H. Whitton
J. M. Little
Bill Arthur
Charles" Rose ,
Mary; Price "!
J. P. Tyson
Nathan Volkman
E. C. Daniel
W. A. Shulenberger
G. E." French'
Sadler Hayes. 1
George Wilson
Harold Cone
Jack Bessen
Everard Shemwell
Ted Newland
W. W. Taylor
Vass Shepherd
B.- H rBarnes r
JackrRiley
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Saturday, January . llr 1930-
PURLOINED PARAGRAPHS
If . you think there is nothing touch
ing about Christmas, ask dad. High
Point Enterprise. , -,
"Girl who-wed to pay election bet
asks release." It was a good bet that
she would. '-Greensboro, News. . K
If the American printer has knocked
out Shakespeare, hell have no trouble
bringing home the Bacon. Virginian
Pilot. '
Perhaps the work of the world
might ' be promoted if Russia "and
Mexico could arrange an exchange of
defeated candidates. Terre Haute
Star. '" :
The most impressive evidence of the
fearful effects 'of a drought comes
from Utah in the form i of a dispatch
to the effect" that : water . is so scarce
makers of liquor are having difficulty
in operating their , stills. Haverhill
Evening Gazette.
A. United States Marine rescued a
struggling , native . from a shark-infested
bay in Haiti, where the sharks
are so thick they snap a man's head
off before he's in the water three sec
onds. It is understood that Secretary
Stimson will write the sharks a letter
telling them their conduct is really
most- reprehensible and that they
should desist. Chicago Tribune.
Tar Heel Topics
When a day passes without a
building burning in Chapel Hill,
that will be news.
The blizzard - which was re
ported as heading for the south
from :the middle west last Tues
day was evidently just another
newspaper man's brainstorm.
Down in "J" they reorganized
the governmental system of the.
dormitory the other night.
Judging from the state of things
in the quadrangles last quarter
. there wasn't much government
left to reorganize.
; A man was killed at Ruther
fordton Wednesday while driv
ing his first car. Most p.eople
prefer to wait until their second
or third, when they have become
a trifle more proficient, and kill
ing some one else.
The trustees probably are tak
ing the easiest way out by wait
ing until January 28 to decide
the fate of. Memorial hall the
darn thing very likely will have
fallen down by then and they
won't have to do any deciding.
Prohibition Ready
For The Shelf
Recently a long series of in
cidents illustrative of the dis
mal failure of prohibition ad
ministration was brought to a
climax when a crowd of angry
Boston citizens ripped several
coast guard recruiting posters
from their standards and tore
them to pieces while officers
helplessly looked on. The men
had attended a mass meeting in
historic Faneuil hall, at which
the killing of three rum-runners
in Rhode Island waters by coast
guardsmen was denounced as
murder in its worst form,
cloaked under the garb of
authority.
'This, week the Vermont
preme court ruled that a provi
sion in the state . prohibition
enforcement law .which holds
that intoxicated persons brought
to judgment must tell where
they secured the inebriating
fluid, is unconstitutional. North
Carolina has a similar law,, but
it has. been obsolete, for, years.
It was not officially declared un
constitutional, but it has been
relegated, like thousands of
other American state and fed
eral Jaws, into desuetude. . ; f
These . two occurrences , ; are
added to. an impressive list 5of
evidences that , the American
public is thoroughly disgusted
with prohibition The 18th
amendment is about ready for
the shelf ; it has been sufficiently
demonstrated that it is woefully
ineffective as well as oppressive.
' Our machinery for amending
the constitution is highly com
plicated, and it is probable that
the prohibition law will not be
cast officially upon the legislative
junkpile for. many years, if even
But our guess is that it will be
shorn gradually of all preten
sions to real power by judicial
interpretation and popular opin
ion. - - .-:--.. ' ---
Why, the. Dormitory Stores .
Should Be Abolished ...... , 'j t
Ever since the opening; of the
dormitory , stores in September
a great deal of opposition has
been voiced by.-the. Chapel , Hill
merchants. At first the at
tack was directed, against the
stores because they cut down
the night trade and took a great
deal of the business in candies,
drinks, and the like off the
street. Then an opposition de
veloped on the ground' that the
stores were in violation of the
theory of- government:'1 the
state - should not run stores
in competition with local mer
chants, or aid the college boys
m competing with tne mer
chants. . Every effort to close
the dormitory stores was made
by the merchants, but without
SUCCeSS. - -
When the stores started tak
ing up pressing, cleaning, shoe
repairing, and the like they did
a good deed for the students;
agents, who were in -the habit
of disturbing the rooms during
trie 1 hours when most people
want to study, were excluded.
There could - be little j objection
to i the selling i of candies, chew
ing gum; and cakes as boy3 had
been1 peddling : them in the dor
mitories before the stores were
established When drinks were
put in, there was a souncl objec
tion from the merchants as the
boys pay 110 taxes for this priv-
ilege and the merchants do; it
is unfair competition in this re
spect. ' From drinks, the busi
ness spread to other things.
One store put in a complete line
of toilet articles, razors, soap,
shaving cream, and virtually became-a
department store. An
other one even started taking
orders for fruits.
As long as the boys confined
themselves to legitimate articles
of s trade there was some justi
fication for the stores. The bus
iness they have: been doing in
their stores is practically the
dame in type and volume as that
carried on last year by various
agents in each dormitory. The
argument was used that the
stores gave a few deserving
self-help students a chance to
make enough money to stay in
school; certainly" no objection
can be raised to self-help stu
dents making an honest living.
If the stores had stopped at
this, then conditions would have
been fairly satisfactory. But
conditions have degenerated to
such a state that abolition of
the stores is demanded by a con
sideration of existing conditions.
In the first place a large majority-
of the stores are selling
punch, boards and other gamb
ling devices ; this is being done
with the knowledge, but not the
consent of the University au-
Su-jthorities and in violation of the
state laws. -.-We may - suppose
the boys have been warned about
this practice, but nothing has
been-done to stop them. - Enor
mous profits can be made off of
these punch boards; in many of
the stores they furnish the
chief source of. revenue.
In at least one of the stores
liquor has been purchased by
one of . our acquaintances Oth
ers, even-if they do not actually
sell j liquor; secure it 'for the
boys and act as agents for some
bootlegger. - Liquor will be pur
mhased by college'5 boys, but
when it is sold through stores
operated by the University, then
things have gone too far ind
common decency calls for some
immediate and severe action to
be taken. - .
' The stores may have the sanction-of
the state sanitary- de
partment, and perhaps general
cleanings are conducted in - an
ticipation of the sanitary inspec
tor, but - in - a number that we
have visitep!, cleanliness seems
never to have been considered
by the keepers.
Those operating the stores
are not self-help students ex
clusively. Some boys i of - av
erage financial means are realiz
ing good profits from the stores.
A number - of the - stores - have
recently been sold by boys : to
whom the concession : was origi
nally granted. Some are operat
ing the stores under the names
of other boys. - r
After a consideration of these
aspects of the situation, we be
lieve the stores should be' abol
ished. They have abused the
privileges granted them, and
many are violating the state
laws in the operation of punch
boards. Certainly those in au
thority should see fit to con
duct an j investigation. If con
ditions are as bad generally as
we have observed them to be in
the stores we are- acquainted
with; then authorities will do
away with them; , if not, then
some change ought to be made
and many of the evils in the
present conditions remedied.
D: M.
Education.
And Success ( , t
It is by no means an uncom
mon thing to hear people claim
that colleges - and - universities
are places where young men and
women spend four years in lei
sure and the pursuit of indolent
happiness, mostly at , the ex
pense, of the state and philan
thropists. This latter claim
they base on . the fact that stu
dents pay only about one-fourth
of the cost of their college or
university . training. The num
ber of citizens of the state of
North Carolina who do not be
lieve . that the state is ever re
paid in a material way for such
expenditures is astonishing. .
Persons who fall into the cat
egory described above seem not
to realize that education and in
dustry are inseparably linked to
gether under present-day condi
tions. The two go hand in hand.
Through ? close cooperation edu
cation and industry can be of
great mutual benefit, resulting
in an acceleration of profits to
those whom they serve. A num
ber of the largest business con-
cerns in the nation today have
recently installed personnel de
partments whose function is to
select college men and give them
specialized training at the ex
pense of the company. Such is
the importance . which success
ful business men attach to col
lege training.
It is interesting to note in this
connection that those persons
who destructively criticize pres
ent-day collegiate policies are al
most invariably those who have
never attended any institution
of collegiate rank and who rely
upon rumor for their informa
tion. There are still a number
of industries which prefer men
who have spent - their - earlier
years learning the trade rather
than in the pursuit of a college
education. Henry Ford,- for ex
ample; denied his son - the privi
lege of J a college' education. But
has this great automobile manu
facturer ever attended a college,
or - has he personal acquaintance
with collegiate : education ? The
attitude; of Henry Ford. is "a
typical one. The weight of the
opinions-of such persons is un
doubtedly listed at too high a
figure. i . . . . , . - w',-.:.
-The leading industries of the
country are coming more and
more to seek college men for ex
ecutive positions. v Such an in
terlinking the writer believes to
be of great advantage' to the in
dustries, the students, and the
educational institutions involved.
That " education and industry
are destined to go hand in
hand is one of the signs of the
time which cannot be justly
overlooked.
w. c. w.
Playing With Matches
; -Dr4 cR.: E. Coker,. ra faculty
member - of the : University- of
North Carolina Greek letter fra
ternity c to iwhom the t state - de
partment of insurance has point
ed the finger of suspicion in con
nectiori with a fire -which during
the holidays razed an; alleged
over-insured building and par
tially r cleared5 thef premises for
the i new fraternity) house to be
erected, writes to Commissioner
Boney in protest- against the
publicity given to what amounts
ta na ' more ? than gossip: " Dr.
Coker offers some testimony in
rebuttaU but. since there is no
real evidence before the court of
public opinion, there1 is no ade
quate reason for the considera
tion of his testimony or that of
Deputy.-7 Commissioner W. A.
Scott which first brought the
matter to the . state's attention.
It might be weir enough, how
ever, to submit a few remarks
with regard to this deputy com
missioner's methods. He has
been, to all appearances; an es
pecially effective f erreter-out of
misbegotten fires. For at -least
fifteen years he has been inves
tigating all probable and many
improbable - attempts- to collect
insurance ahead of' acts of . God,
rats or defective wiring. f Rather
generally one of the first steps
in an investigation has been an
interview given . to the ; news
papers. .'
The average detective 1 works
quietly, not to say stealthily;
Captain Scott permits r yea,
even invites - palpitant . young
reporters to paw over his clues
almost at will. Sometimes the
newspaper discussion serves to
bring out more evidence, and
doubtless furthers the work of
the investigator. Anyhow, the
newspaper, having the quoted
word of a state official as author
ity, is relatively safe in voicing
suspicion against a private citi
zen. .. - - .; ..
As to the guilt or innocence
of the fraternity held before the
public gaze as a possible incen
diary the Daily News has no
opinion. It neither accepts nor
rejects the contentions of the
Clippedi
Campus Snapshot
J. C. Williams
Wandered we down the streets
of our lovely village. New faces
met our gaze, newcomers we
chanced to see. ,
Winter," the "working -quarter,"
has swooped down upon us
with sudden and ferocious vigor
The Puritan-like severity of -its
laws and the lamentable condi
tions of our radiator make us
shiver.. Nevertheless, let's get
down to business and make sure
that we get one of two things;
either a good boot on our profs,
or some idea of the contents of
our textbooks. Tis pleasant to
observe, at least, that the win
ter quarter is somewhat shorter
than the fall quarter. ,
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Some of the prof essors around
here tell . us that the 1 "better
classes' are dying out. We can
not believe; however, that they
have reference to Chapel Hill.
The number of professors' wives
which we habitually see trund
ling the new crop of babies up
and down in front of the Post
Office is a sight' which is very
arresting to : the attention:
"Ootsey, tootsey!. Toote as 00
tan be !" Such remarks we have
chanced to hear. :
Strange as it may seem, the
teeth of1 the 'League of Nations
have " been declared' false. We
susrsrest; therefore, that the
league be abolished and that an
international Home for Obso
lescent Statesmen be established
iri its stead. It would serve the
representative of. the insurance
department or of the college pro
fessor speaking for his younger
brethren in the bond;
It is, however, strongly of the
mind that over-insurance is a
matter which : may be safely left
to the insurance companies, who;
of course, have the right to call
in the insurance department for
an investigation of fires that is
one thing the insurance people
pay trxes for. But these inves
tigations should not be conduct
ed with a blare of trumpets or
the rattle of the keys ? of news
paper typewriters. It - might,
indeed, be well enough to let a
majority of suspicions await the
action of solicitor and grand
jury.
Otherwise, the '- simple-minded
citizenship may entertain the
suspicion that both insurance de
partment and press' are being
used to build a fire under the
patrons of .insurance-companies.
Greensboro News.
Oi ' Worth
A Cursory Glance Proves It
Those Who Demand the Best
Eat
- .. at
UNIVERSITY CAFETERIA
Six 5.50 Tickets for $27.50
same purpose.
Time and again we have
sworn off paying any attention
whatever to the co-eds. But
occasionally an overtone from
our otherwise concentrated cere
brum swings within the aura of
Spencer Hall and finds there at
once -such an entanglement of
humor and pathos that restraint
is no longer possible. We have
it on good authority that one of
the fair daughters of Carolina
recently imbibed too great a
quantity of exuberant spirits
and .;... ...
:;..what are we coming to?
In recent - years some inter
esting, and very startling things
have been discovered 'regarding
the relative power of the vari
ous parts of the human organ
ism. - It is claimed, for example,
thatr the - human j aw is capable
of exerting a pressure of four
hundred? and fifty pounds.
While 'sitting oh class the other
day listening to a lecture it oc
curred to us that this must refer
to pounds of air pressure.
This year the high schools of
the state have chosen for their
annual forensic tournament this
subject : "Resolved, - that - North
Carolina should adopt the pro
posed constitutional amendment
authorizing the classification of
property for taxation." In all
probability the greatest move
ment in that direction will take
place when the high school ora
tors journey to Chapel Hill to
participate in the latter stages
of the tournament.
We understand from a reli
able source that ninety-five per
cent of freshman women at
Grinnell College are not in favor
of allowing Grinnell women to
smoke." In so far as we have
been 'able to ascertain, however,
the male students of the ' sur
rounding colleges have not, yet.
aired their views on hot women.
TSfYSTERY! Thrills!
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you on a baffling man-,
hunt. See him in. ac
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"THE RETURN
OF SHERLOCK
HOLMES"'
with
Clive Brook
' Added
'That Red Head Hnssy"
All Talking Christie
Comedy
"Biltmore Trio"
in a vitaphone vaudeville
. , act ( .
TODAY
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in "Vagabond
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