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THE DAILY TAR HEUL Tuesday, January 14, 193a Published daily daring 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 JVill YAEB0R0UGH..3srr. Editor Mabion Alexander Bus, Mgr. Hal V. WoRTTL-Circulation MQr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebaae 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 Browning Roach J, G. Hamilton, Jr. V REPORTERS ; Kemp Yarborough Clyde Deitz George Sheram Frank Manheim B H. Whittori Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Charles Rose Mary Price J. P. Tyson ' ' Nathan Volkman E. C. Daniel ? W. A. Shulenberger G. E. French Sadler Hayes W. W. Taylor Vass Shepherd B. H. Barnes f -M. M. Dunlap the other occupants of the dor mitory will conclude that a large portion of its residents are rowdies and reprobates. We vociferously lament the existence of undesirable condi tions "somebody ought to do something about it," wail. But when it is suggested that we do something about it our selves we hurriedly change the subject. Often an individual moves out of a dormitory because he "can't stand the noise." He writes a letter to the Tar Heel bewailing the lack of quiet in the dormi tory, but even though he is perfectly aware of the identity of the disturbing element he sel dom considers revealing their names to the proper authorities. The "somebody, ought to do something about it" attitude is characteristic of. most men, but it is rarelyproductive of real results. Acknowledgment of existing evils, willingness to face the facts, are necessary pre requisites to any attempt at im provement, but they must be accompanied by positive action. Names of offenders must be re vealed to authorities if their efforts to improve conditions are to be effective. It : J Meaders Opinions THE OTHER CHEEK IS j TURNED Editor of the Tar Heel : I have heard a great deal about the slieker robberies, but this is the first time that I have heard of anyone stealing the coat to a suit and leaving the pants andrvest behind. Sunday morning sometime between eight and twelve o'clock some moronic and malicious person entered my room in the Kluttz building and took the coat to a practically new suit, leaving the pants and vest. - As, I do not imagine that the portion to the other self-help work available. We do not make such a profit to justify the fight being made by the merchants. Most of the money that is taken by the dormitory agents is put back into circulation here in Chapel Hill either directly or indirectly. We must grant that several statements made by the Tar Heel writer accurately de scribed the situation as it ex isted before the opening of his quarter. Most of the stores did handle punch boards then, but by . University regulation it ha3 been abolished. Before the end of the fall term there wereJ coat "will do the person any good, and I know the pants and vest j rumors on the campus of whis are of no value to me, if the key being sold in one or possibly person in question will call by two of the dormitorv stores. This condition has been removed J. M., Little Bill Arthur George Wilson Harold Cone Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted Newland Jack Riley John Patric Tuesday, January 14, 1930 Somebody Ought To Do Every few days complaints are voicad in campus con versa tions and through the editorial arid Readers Opinions columns of the Tar Heel against unde sirable conditions in existence on the campus. Stealing is said to be widely prevalent, the dormi tories are represented as strong holds of rowdyism, cheating on examinations is alleged to be the rule rather than the exception, and gambling dens are reported to be flourishing throughout the campus. ' Audiences" at the local theatre arid fat entertainment programs on the campus are de scribed, as utterly' devoid of artistic appreciation, addicted to manifestations of carnality and vulgarity. Student reading outside of - that required on courses is declared $o be limited almost entirely to periodicals catering , td devotees . of the ob scene ; even those few whjo :read literature' are 'said to 'confine their interests to pornography Although there' is a modicurii of truth 'm these r cbriiplairitsi they are vastly over-exaggerated. A f ew instances' of poller playing of the habitual andf' ob noxious type were revealed re cently, uhwarfaritamy ' boister ous conduct is Occasional in the dormitories? and' thefts are not unusual. Hut' the interested ob server is iiripressed oy the riurii ber Of students who have gerf uihe literary: ' tastes7 kithough there are instances of bobrikh ness "at public performances in Chapel Hill," they are' almost in variably " confined to a small group.' Cheating is by no means unknown, but it is-not nearly so common as one might' infer frorri campus gossip. The epideriiic of petty thievery which becurre before the holidays could prob ably : be - traced to a half-dozen or so individuals ' " ; : ' '' ' '' All of us are aware that the student body includes quite a few undesirables. We are in clined, however; to overestimate their huriibers and unduly em phasize their misdemeanors. Quite frequently an insignificant minority are hailed as represen tative of the majority. , Two or three individuals may create disturbances ' in ; a dormitory which render studious pursuits almost impossible. Yet many of Systematizing The Day ' This queer type of animal, the collegian, about which so much has been said and written, is, according to general observa tions and most authorities, a lover of freedom arid liberty. Whether liberty is a real passion in his make-up, or merely a fad among his comrades, wp won't attempt to say. It is neverthe less present, and it exerts no small influence in shaping col legiate attitudes. Imbued with such a passion for liberty, he despises regular ity, arid system. He tries to ar- , f - , - - range his schedule so that he may sleep late in the mornings, arid when he does have early classes, sleeping through them is riot ail uncommon occurrence. He delights in courses which do not require of him specific work each day." He likes to do, and usually does, things which he wants to do: recreation and pleasure seldom interfere with his work; he studies when he feels like doing so, which means at short dntervals; and if he does not,, want to do certain j things which are required of him, he is certainly not coerced He eats at irregular hours.. His actions and. manner of living being such, his academic work suffers and, his personal devel opment is retarded. V ' ' ; , What is lacking is a proper division of time. '. Nobody can accomplish a certain amount of Work each day 'if ; he" cannot di vide his time and put amuse- my room in the Kluttz building I will be more thari'glad to let him have the remainder of the suit. I am .in my room from seven on in the evening. M. M. J. URGES MORE FRATERNITIES and we trust it will, never again appear, in a dormitory store. Sanitary conditions kept in accordance with the state laws. These stores have been inspected at intervals during the year and the inspector has made his reports to the build ings department. Editor the Daily Tar Heel: The statement was also made The writer is a new student by the writer last Saturday that at Carolina, and has been rather a number of men were operating disappointed. He comes from the stores who were really not some distance with perhaps a self-help men, and that a num- wrorig idea of some of -the col- ber of stores had been sold to lege institutions. other boys by the men who were One of these is the fraterni- originally appointed by the ty system. He can see great authorities. We wish. to ask the good in it; the association of a Tar Heel to cooperate with us group of men -with common in- and prove that such conditions terests and ideals, mutual help, really exist, and also aid us in and friendship'. eliihinating any other evil that The writer has not received has grown out of the running an invitation to join a fraterni- of the stores which we have ty. He does not feel an inferi- overlooked and which has coine ority complex as a result, as under, the observation ot any some are said to feel. But this other person. We realize .that is because he feels that he is as the dormitory stores are not good a man as the average fra- functioning perfectly as yet, but ternity man, and realizes there because of : a few errors must is but one reason why he is not they be condemned and abolished benefitting by the advantages without a fair trial? They work of a fraternity, viz., there are for the best interests of the stu- tax on the goods. Arguments that the dormi tory stores are keenly competing with the merchants of Chapel Hill are not convincing. Proba bly the merchants are experienc ing a bad business year; but what business men are not ? Al most nothing, except drinks, are being handled in the stores that was not handled by canvassers heretofore. How many boys will walk down the street for a drink at night? The small profit made by the dormitory store agents is evidence that no large amount of business is taken from down-town merchants. In fact, as was said in Saturday's article, some boys nave given, over their stores to others" (though I have no information that this statement is true). If the agent was making any profit he would not sell his concession. The fact that "most of the Revenue iri many stores is made from the punch boards" , goes to show that little business is taken from Chapel Hill merchants. . Tv 4-Vi r Tr o4- 4 Via T TVi i ttavci 4tt ! xii - tuu pact tliC uuivcioiiv must be I, , . , , . , J nas naa a serious proDiem m try ing to deal with stealing. Doz ens of strangers coming through the dormitories every day made the detection of the thief next to impossible. As many agents calling in each room made un interrupted study impossible, it was necessary that a new meth od of merchandising, in the "dormitories be made. Under the present system no agents are allowed to canvass the dormi tories (newspaper representa tives excepted) . By handling pressing and shoe mending, plus a few refreshments and every day necessities, many needy students are able to earn a part of their expenses. The services above mentioned are rendered the occupants as lessees and the University as lessor. Lack of experience on the part of the University and its store agents in an endeavor of this kind leaves many problems yet to be solved. But experi ments here to date, and of other universities in the past, warrant a prophecy that the dormitory store plan will prove a great john mebane three times as many men as the dent. They were founded on fraternities have room for. Some that principle, and as long as j kene;i. to University and 'mit of Va "Mif ciAa tf tYiair flviof will hf run' nr. I , 1 1 xiiuo 1 uuboiuba I vxaj vu.uv " w i.'w lire STllflPTlT It .does not seem tp be the fra- cording to tnis principle. H. B. P. J.H.Sheffield, . President of Dormitory Stores. A DORMITORY STORE KEEPER ANSWERS ternity idea to build up a feel ing that a student is "all right if he's in, and otherwise if he is not. The remedy would seem xo lie . in ine fraternities. I The 'writer would be glad, to Editor of the Tar Heel; know why this is not done. Per-1- In order that correct informa- hSps' other - 'fTar" Heel" readers tion may ' 'be given the 'readers could, inform fcfin. Thanking you, I am, At The Carolina of the Tar Heel, several erron eous ideas contained in Satur- Frank Adamson Pay's issue about the dormitory stores '' snouia De correcteu. - THE DORMITORY STORES PRESIDENT RESPONDS' After reading the editorial in was npt aware os the changes that have been made. University officials put the The impression left by the writer of the article on donrii torv stores was ' " undoubtedly merit, recreations, arid bull ses- the Saturday issue of the Tar ",?u . co' ""2? . sioris in - their ' 'proper sphere We have in mind a graduate of last year's law school : Besides makirig perhaps the most' bril liant scholastic record - fn his class, he worked iri a'deari's off fice before arid after clashours, and he continued his uridergrad- uate ' athletic 'activities. ! Those Who knew hini " best 'said that tjie secret-'of his success lay in his system of planning 'each day : riieajs? sleep stridy, work? and . recreation all at a specific time every day in the week! Of course system and regu larity, if we should spell, them with capital letters, are monot onous and. colorless. But a lit tle more system in the day's pro ceedings and a little more regu larity in doing things would, do no ill to the local collegian, as far as we can see. He must have some method in going about things if he is to make his four years here count for much, and certainly no time is more oppor tune for adopting new methods of procedure than the present, the beginning of a new quarter. B. M. TTppI imrW : th bPrf,W "Whir wie "Perviion 01 me-umverw tliA TWmitenr StorP Silrf hA "are virtually gambling dens -- I 1 1 i 1 . . - T .L il ' - Abolished," we feel that a few T. lt 3 ? 7 i correciions should b' made to fact th the stores for the fall fw thin K,r,t thot . quarter were experiments many article.' As everyone knows the hines we.r5 allowed to Ko that dormitory store is an expen-L, . . 0 , , . JMU the writer of Saturday's article Aiixiv uiaii wao jui- iiiiu cuevi last fall by the University au thorities for the purpose of elini- iriatiriE' the robm-to-room can vassing, that heretofore has tiad ban on a11 ?ambl.ing device long no restrictions.' It was' thought a?9- any exist m any store w vil io tM 11 oi,T I do not know of . it, and I am exxctu uuo uxcvxx nuuiu. Kicaujr I , . , decrease the wholesale thievery closely, associafted with the wHifb hka Kpat. adiiallv stores- Should any agent keep ing momentuiri in the past few on6' he hlds his job at a peril years. According to all. reports The agents of one dormitory from dormitory residents every;- are reputed to have either di body is pleased with the new rectly or indirectly dealt in liq- plan. uor. Their agencies have, been The merchants of Chapel Hill revoked. have many objections to the rrom observation, one can stores in the dormitories. Some see that the stores are kept have gone so far as to say that neat and clean. They are. per- each store makes a daily profit iodically inspected by a govern of $15 per day. Others say that ment health officer. nothing is being made by the It is true that the stores are agents, but that it is merely a not paying taxes, but a great waste of time to the operators, deal, not all, of the taxable mer- Neither of these statements is chandise is bought from a re- January promises to be Greater Picture Month" at the Carolina theatre, judging from the fine' run of- bookings an nounced, yesterday by Manager B. Carrington Smith. : Marion Iayies comes on Tues day, in "Not So, Dumb and the ever popular team of Farrell Gaynor in the big hit "Sunny side Up''., will be the feature on Wednesday. N The Duncan Sisters, famous in vaudeville," come in "It's a Great Life", on Thursday. An other popular team, Jean Ar thur and Buddy Rogers are the uvuxo . Ainu y aj iu Aiccv V cil, coming on Friday,1 and on Sat urday it will, be Williaih Haines in "Navy Blues." The bookings for the remain der of the month show a corres ponding number of hits " arid favorite starsV- Outstanding among pictures to be shown dur ing that time will be: "" " ' Harold Lloyd in "Welcome Danger," Conrad Nagel in "Dy namite," Ted Lewis' and His Band in ' 'Is Everybody Hap py?," William Boyd in "His First Command," Douglas Fair banks and ' Mary Pickford in "Taming of the Shrew," Ramon Novarro in "The Devil May Care," Norma Talmadge in "New York Nights," Helen Mor gan in "Applause," Norma Shearer in "Their Own Desire," Ruth Chatterton in "Laughing Lady," Maurice Chevalier in "Love Parade,", Alice White in "Playing Around," Sally O'Neill in "Jazz Heaven," and Cbrinne something about women (Women have, in general, no love of art; they have no proper knowledge of any; and they ' have no genius. Rousseau : "Lettre a d'Alembert".) It is not unusual to hear a man say that he does not under stand women, but it is strange that he should be prompted to utter such a statement when the shallowness of the female is so completely obvious. Schopen hauer says : "You need only look at the way in which she is formed to see that woman is not meant to undergo great labour, whether of the mind or of the body." And yet with quaint old American absurdity we have labelled the present day that of prohibition and the emancipa tionof woman, which two fac tors go hand-in-hand in that we have passed laws by means of which we propose the attain ment of both, while knowing that we can no more prohibit woman f rom remaining content edly in the sloughs of mental in dolence and physical luxury than we can the good bid American from pulling corks out of bot tles. Our educators with a pedan tic fervor invoke the gods to aid woman in attaining intellec tual freedom arid no less than a god can do it. We propose to educate them for business when the only business for which they are fit is love-making and deceit, each of which is a com plement of the other. Perhaps the statement that women are deceitful will be challenged. Will not the chal lenge be rewarded with a score of rapier points flashing ? Are nOt women deceitful when they pretend' iri that habitually so phisticated manner of theirs that they adiriire the arts? Woman attends the theatre equipped, with an amazing sup ply of scandal which, at the rise of the curtain, she proceeds to dispense among all available acquaintances in a voice jiist loud enough to drown out that of the performerl At an excel lent recital she affects boredom : at'a poor one her cherubimic smiles 'drift before the gaze 'of ah attractive gentleman across the aisle."" She reads Byron, Shelley,' and Keats because; she hears that this1 trio is assigned to; the .libraries. ' of the culturedl She,5 listens with closed eyes and complacent brow to music when' she cannot distinguish between a' Bach7 'sonata arid a Schubert symphony. You may ask why women often, make excellent teachers! Let me assure you that it is" not because of. any mental superi- on'tv. hut hecaii sp Vif t.hp fart" --V 7 . - that; women, fitted, f orVbringing up children, are accustomed to accept, as a - natural part of their duty, nursing and : teach ing. Woineri make great actress es only when they act naturally : acting is inherent in them.' We- often wonder why it is that women can get away with murder. It is because they are born actresses, with faces "of angels arid the deceitfulriess of -Well, quite a bit of deceitful riess: ' ' Is it not to man's credit that he is beginning at last to reject that attitude of gallantry inher ited from the roinantic (and dark) ages arid to accept .woman as she is a creature inferior to the male of like species? Now we've done it! Mexican bull-fighters have farmed a union, and the Wall street variety seems- to !. be pretty well organized, too. N ew, :York Evewvg Journal. ' true. We make a profit in pro-!tailer who had already paid the Friffith in "Ladies of the Fields X i . ' J 1 - I)
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