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Thursday, January 16. 19,5 THE DAILY TAR UZZL " 1 i 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. r Glenn Holder.. ,....ll..Editor Will YARBOROUGH..Jflfr. Editor Marion Alexander Mus, Mgr. Hal V. WoRTn.CirculationMgr. iy ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane ' : Harry Galland ' ASSISTANT EDITORS ; Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore ... , J. C. Williams . CITY EDITORS - Er P. Yarborough X. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning , J. E. Dungan SPORTS. EDITOR Henry. L. Anderson ; $ ' ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS Browning Roach " J. G. Hamilton Jr. REPORTERS-- " Holmes Davis ' Kemp Yarborough Louis Brooks : Clyde Deitz Charles Rose . " Ceorger Sheram Mary Price : Frank Manheim J. P. Tyson B. H. Whitton Nathan Volkman J. M. Little E. C. Daniel f Bill Arthur W. A. Shulenberger i George Wilson G. E. French Harold Cone Sadler Hayes W. W. Taylor Vass Shepherd B. H. Barnes M. M. Difhlap - Jack Bessen Everaf d Shmwell Ted Newland ' ; 'Jack Riley 'Mi 'vi-JohnlPatric Thursday, January 16, 1930 The Campus Political &vji: Pot Begins to Simmer ' " Undergraduate politics" does not exist here ; fraternity poli tics" is the onlyj 'accurate term for , describing tne activities of the campus political machines. Already the machines 'have started functioning and two strong fraternity lineups ; have been formed. vV ' The methods employed in se lecting the candidates 'for of fices in extra-curricular activi ties here are Unsportsmanlike and underhanded. During the three and a half years of our undergraduate career; we have witnessed countless examples of mediocre men securing election over far more capable candi dates; practically every activity -is headed by a fraternity man, and he nearly always, will' per mit no ethical consideration to interfere with his desire fo see his f rat brothers1 . or . other frat men gain the offices they, seek. Non-fraternity men have very lime cnance in ponsics nere. During the campaigns they are back-slapped and flattered, made to feel an inflated sense of their own importance, but as soon, as their votes for frat candidates have been secured the political bosses forget thena entirely. As far as receiving an equaV chance for office with fraternity men of commensurate ability- the cam pus political leaders would re ceive such suggestions from non frat men , with-pitying smiles. Very infrequently a non fraternity man is so industrious or capable that the politicians cannot afford to ignore him; but such men are gobbled up promptly by fraternities, in most cases, as soon as they dis tinguish themselves in extra curricular activities. The fra ternities themselves often keep capable men within their own ranks from office for the sake of political expediency' If Mu Mu has a not particularly strong candidate for the student body presidency ' and an especially strong candidate for the editor ship of the Magazine, it is very likely that the Mu Mu brethren will form a compact with the machine to withdraw their Mag azine candidate if the organiza tion support is swung to the prospective, student body presi dent. . The latter office will bring far more prestige to the chapter; whajvill consider mere qualifications when the prestige of "the lodge" is at stake? Thus many capable candidates are eliminated in favor of far more unworthy men. ': There can be little question that student politics are rotten here. ' There seems to be no ef fectual means of destroying fraternity control of activities and abolishing fraternity poli tics. As long as you have fra ternities you will have political machines, in all probability. The evils of frat machine control of undergraduate extra-curricular activities are all too apparent; but there is at least one means of minimizing these evils. It may be accomplished by the creation of two or more power ful machines. For the past two years student elections here have been little more than mockeries ; the candidates were selected months in advance and a single strong frame-up combination formed with such skill that it was almost impossible -for ade quate opposition to develop. AH the influential fraternities were placated with oneoF two offices, and they were afraid to enter into combinations against the one powerful frame-up. As a result only one candidate ap peared for: each of the impor tant offices, and they were unani mously elected. But evidences have already appeared this year of two com binations. The Tar. Heel is anxious to stimulate the forma tion of- at least two strong machines, for the chances of the best men for., the offices being elected are thus multiplied Efforts will be made through the editorial columns of the Daily Tar Heel to reveal the constituency- -of the combina tions and to record the events which occur 'in connection with the campaigns Candidates will be given opportunities to make statements regarding their opin ions upon problems now in ex istence, and an effort will he made to give the campus some idea of their qualifications in a fair, unprejudiced manner. We4 intend to run a column of "Poli tical Gossip'1 as least once a week after the t campaigns get in full swing. The identities of the individuals who contribute to this column will be known to no one with the exception of the editor, ' under whose direction they will work. Everything within our power will be done to open up politics here this spring. Our Faculty Although the recognition ac corded to any college or univer sity is heavily dependent upon the quality of its student body, the ultimate and final classifica tion of such an institution is determined by the caliber of its faculty. It is a marked tribute to the quality of the faculty of the University of North Caro lina that other institutions of the highest rank throughout the United States are constantly making attractive bids for its members. . The school of our choice is being forced to com pete with the best universities of the country in gathering and retaining its teaching force. Such is the big problem which confronts the University. Such is the situation which the board of trustees must be madeto rec ognize. The best colleges keep ever before them the desire to employ the greatest scholars and teachers of the country. If this institution is to prosecute a pro gram during the next decade commensurate with the pro gressive strides which it has made in the course of the past decade, then it must retain the fine teachers which it now has and, in addition, enter the com petition for additional ones. " As evidence that there is a great demand for able teachers as yrvsniii, fcuiute ii, w zay mas' scarcely a month passes that I some member of our faculty is not offered a position elsewhere that carries with it a bigger sal ary and more luring inducements than he is now receiving at Chapel Jlill. Many have re mained here at great financial sacrifice, largely because of their faith in the future of the state and their loyalty to the Univer sity itself. But others have found offers of large salaries too tempting to be denied and have withdrawn from our teach ing force. In their going the University has - suffered a seri ous loss which can be remedied, but which has left its imprint indelibly stamped. We do not have to go far to find all manner of evidence that the University of North Caro lina is being forced to engage in . nation-wide and ceaseless competition . for its teachers. This fact rightly brings pride to the hearts of the student body, but it is a fact which North Carolina lawmakers have given only casual consideration when asked to give the University funds adequate to the mainten ance of the present high stan dards of its teaching force. Al though some members of our faculty will remain here because of loyalty to the state and the institution itself, the? e are many others who are not so disposed. The lure of big salaries is uni versal in its application, and rightly so. , The writer feels that the peo ple of the state need to be made fully aware of the situation, Nof the greatrcompetition for good teachers, and the relation which their own university bears to this competitive influence. With out adequatae funds many dif ficulties in this connection are insurmountable. J. C. W. In the Case of Memorial Hall Let's Have Major Operation The question in the minds of the executive committee of the University Trustees being deci sion on attempting to remodel the presently unsafe Memorial hall at Chapel Hill or to demol ish it and erect in its place an auditorium capable of seating 2,500 people, it ishoped that the latter course will prove the sense of the meeting. It has never been quite clear in the light of University his tory why Memorial hall, was built in the first instance. Sure ly the institution itself, which at that time was paying its hand. ful of professors $150 a month, could have put the money it cost to. far better use. In addition, the pile was a bit of freak, archi tecture (we believe it held some sort of a record as to the span of a wooden arch or some such matter) utterly out of keeping with the character of the other buildings on the campus. For years it was used only semi-oc-casionally, generally for oratory, and for years on years its acous tics were such that the most lamblike speaker resounded like the Bull of Bashan Of late years much money has '' been spent in the partially successful effort to cure this defect and it has been used more frequently, and with the growth of the stu dent body has filled a need as a place of assembly. Bqt to repair Memorial hall in this day would probably cost twice as much or more than was originally expended in its erec tion. No remodeling' or repair could serve to fit it into the scheme of University architec ture, which on the whole is har monious and related. There must be an auditorium at -the University, but it will come at a price if -it is attempted to pro vide it in the outre pile that still squats grotesquely, to put. out the eye of better conceived sur roundings. Raleigh Times. y . Clipped The Campus t, r Si ii By Joe Jones Hardee Chambliss ' is- Caro lina's most recent blood-offering to Gotham. He left for the North shortly after finishing his course in the school of edu cation last quarter. Now he and Joe Mitchell, his former campus buddie, are rooming, together, in New York. Both of these boys are in the writing game, and Joe has for several months teen with the World. Both were con sidered good writers and ; good students on the campus, and per haps they may in New York equal the pace set by Tom Wolfe, the Asheville boy who has at tained a degree of literary fame and fortune in the metropolis since graduating from Carolina several years ago. ; Such things are expected of Carolina. Somehow she has gotten the reputation of -being the literary drum major of southern schools, so everyone naturally looks to her to turn out some sort of an artist once in a while. As the home of the Carolina Playmakers she contin ues to send to New York an an nual contingent of young play ers. . Last year's quota preced ed by Shep Strudwick, consisted of Helen Dortch, Al Kahn and Penn Harrison, all of whom, ac cording to latest reports, are at least still acting somewhere in the city. , " Likewise, as the resting place of the remains of the mother chapter of Sigma Upsilon, na tional literary fraternity, she should continue to y produce a writer now and then. Or should she? L; r ' ' 1 1 The January issue of Forum features a debate on the ABC's of culture between Will Durant and Howard Mumford Jones, and we see our campus Vuomo universale in a new role. Crit ics say that Professor Jones out points his illustrious opponent. At any rate the name 'debater' may be safely added to our list of the Professor's accomplish ments, which goes something like this author, , poet, teacher, actor, skilled horseman, and painter. We'll affirm Mr. Jones' proficiency in any of these pur suits except painting, and it may be that he is considered good in that. We are only judging by a canvas we once saw on his easel as he was painting out at Piney Prospect one fine after noon. It has been truly said that no man is happy without some de lusion. - And out comes John Mebane's column in the Daily Tar Heel with a doctrine which does its best to wreck our last de lusion. But the damage wasn't irreparable until we picked up a copy of the October Vanity Fair and read Harold Nicolson's art icle, "Where Women Make a Mistake," which is "an attempt by an English author to account for the growing dislike of wom en the civilized world over." Mr. Nicolson starts off: "I have frequently been puzzled to account for the almost universal dislike with which women are regarded. There are moments, of course, in the life-story of any man. when his justifiable aversion from this section of the human race has given way to phases of sympathy, phases al most of attraction, phases of what, I believe, is called "being in love.' Such moments are not of long duration. They are his weaker moments ; they do not last." The author continues with a torrent of very logical condem nation of women that would make the most ardent wooer I I iiumonaii otzetcn Howard ' .; (By Frank J. Manheim) Editor's note: This thumbnail sketch is the first of a series of minute biographies of prominent men- of the University. Howard Mumford Jones. Shortly after his birth on April 16th, 1892, his family picked "Howard" from a pile of names in a hat. Out of respect for Mrs. Frank Jones' best friend and neighbor, Howard was giv en the neighbor's name, Mum ford, as his second appellation. He has always been called How ard. Although born in Michi gan, he jvent to school in Wis consin. An excellent debater, he won a medal for his ability in this field at the University of Wisconsin, He's still proud of it but his Wife hides lt from mm. . He has traveled all over the United States , . . and hopes to "do" Europe. At Wisconsin, he became an excellent typist be cause of his secretarial work for Hamlin Garland. He may deny it, but he was a reporter At the University of Texas, he suc ceeded Stark Young as profes- sor. Asa boy, he was greatly in - terested in militaryx campaigns and even today he can talk and talk for" hours on end about campaigns and plans p, ac tion - of wars long forgotten. This old interest has caused him to be vitally interested in biog raphies of. historical figures and books pertaining to politics. Be cause of his column the Literary Lantern, which is published in most of the important news papers in the south, he receives a great many books. He retains few of them ... he is buildingl up a library of southern litera ture . . . he would rather read in bed than in any other posi tion..'.' -'', ,.-v': iv;; ,. , V When he writes, he writes quickly . . . his recent Forum esque debate with Will Durant was written in a few hours . . telephones, solicitors, visitors, go unanswered when he is busy. Between 12, midnight and three in the morning are his favorite hours for literary work. He chose red. for the color of his library '. . . but likes blue shirts.. He detests dressing and would gladly1 evade shaving, if possible. He never chooses the clothes he buys . . . if he had his way, he would wear only a cap but the Law says nay w., . he's pause and refresh himself. All of which may be interesting and enlightening, but we'll bet John doesn't run for office again this spring. SHOPLIFTING IN CHAPEL ' . HILL Editor the Daily Tar Heel : " Since my arrival in Chapel Hill, it has greatly surprised me to find in certain stores so much of that petty offense termed shoplifting. Over the entire country this is remarkably pre valent; here it seems to me, for the size of the city, to be un usually so. I do not believe that l am more keensighted than most people, but time and time again I haver observed young men and even boys nonchalantly taking possession of notebooks, magazines, or cigarettes, candy and presumably any other use ful articles which may be ob tainable. Many merchants have wisely attempted to curb the practice by better arrangement of. goods, mirrors, and by em ploying more clerks. In time stores may lose a great deal-of property, and I should like to all it to the attention of all local merchants. : . : .. GEORGE Hr ABBOTTE. Readers' Opinions f Mam ford Jones o : ' pretty much of a gentleman when it comes to food, accept everything his wife prepared Cookies are his favorite delicacy and- Mrs. Addison Hibbari makes the kind he likes. JHe likes acting. He has writ ten several plays and at Texas U. -he was director of the Cun tain Club, similar to our Piay! makers . . . attends the theatre when he has the opportunity Talking before women clubs outlines, personal photograph athletics and Henry James are among the things he doesn't like. Give him a corn-cob pipe, a round of " bridge, entertaining guests, and he is happy. ; Although driving for only 2i years, he is an excellent driver and likes it ... he is also a good furnace-man, his only household duty, and in Vermont, he showed his prowess as a carpenter by building the ' northern Chei Jones. He likes the tempera ture to be cooler than does Mrs J. . He listens sympathetically and will accept Chesterfield cigar ettes if offered him or anr 1 other brand. He thinks Ellen Glasgow just swell. Although he obtained his M. A. degree in the translation of Heine's North Sea from the German, he'd rather read French and Italian . . . he. had only one lesson in Italian, the rest-he learned by himself. He translated the opera, "For Love of Three Kings," into beautiful verse from the Italian and has been asked to do more. ' Jlv reputation has been earned by him of being a constant work er . .he doesn't work con stantly, but when he does, he al lows nothing to interrupt him. Plays, poems, outlines, transla tions, numerous magazine art icles are the things that have kept him busy in the past. No great cause numbers him as among its workers. Liberal, pacifist, he is tolerant of all things . . . except students who do slovenly work, or none at all. At one time, he parted his hair on the side but now call it a pompadour. There is a picture of him extant which portrays him as, a young boy, angelic and holy in the radiant sweetness that shines from his face. He is a brother of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Rho, Pi Kappa Alpha. Phi and Di Societies To Sponsor Debate on Question of 3rd Party (Continued from first page) liams distinguished himself in moral and civic service in the city of St. Paul, where he served as the head of the Peoples church and as a leader of the Labor Progressive forces. In 1928 he was the Farmer-Labor candi date for Congress. Nationally famous among the menibers of the League for In dependent Political Action are John Dewey, a foremost philos opher ; Sherwood Eddy, inter national director of the Y. M. C. A. ; Harry Laidler, the social ist leader; Reinhold Niebuhr, of the Socialist party and. a candi date for President on that tick et in 1928. The debate is to be a public affair, the audience selecting the' winning arguments by the system of voting, under which the listener forms a personal decision on the question before the beginning of the debate, casting his ballot afterwards as he has been convinced by the speakers. , Pierson CalledTHome . Dr. W. W. Pierson has been called to his home; in Alabama due to the illness of his father.
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