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4 . 3 AtT3 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, January 28, 1930 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. Jfflrr, Editor Marion ALEXANDER.....i?tts. Mgr. Hal V. Worth.. Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane Harry Galland ASSISTANT EDITORS ; iRobert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. , C Moor J. C. Williams '' CITY EDITORS . ''' ' ' ? E. F. Yarborough K; C1 Ramsay ,: Elbert Denning J. E. Dungan . SPORTS EDITOR Henry L. Anderson ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS Browning Roach J. G. Hamilton, Jr. , REPORTERS , v ' a Holmes Davis Kemp Yarborough 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 Clyde Deitz George Sheram Frank Manheim B.H. Whitton , J.,M, Little Bill Arthur George Wilson Harold Cone Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted, Newland Jack Riley John Patric M. M. Dunlap BUSINESS STAFF a . :.T Ashley Seawell Tom Badger John Jemison Harry Latta Bill Speight Donald Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS ' J. C. Harris T. R. Karriker Stuart Carr Tuesday, January 28, 1930 Doomsday For Memorial Hall ings, it appears even more gloomy and hideous by contrast with the comely outlines of the new structures' to the south. Even the ebullient spirits of the average undergraduate are de pressed after a few minutes spent in its cavernous interior. Sprawling like an informed ami grotesquely decorated beast within the shadows of the se vere and stately South building and the graceful Phillips hall, Memorial hall is a sullen stain upon a bright and cheerful cam pus. " The most precious relics of the past connected with the au ditorium are the tablets which adorn its walls in commemora tion of the deeds of the Univer sity's distingushed sons. They could be removed easily and placed in a larger, ;, more com fortable and cheery auditorium. In all probability the expense of remodeling Memorial hall would amount to a major portion of the cost of a handsome auditor ium capable of seating 3,000 or more. If the present crumbling structure is remodeled, it neces sarily would be abandoned as a place of University assemblage within a few years in favor of a larger auditorium. Surely the apprehensions ex pressed lest the trustees vote to rebuild Memorial hall must be unfounded. The University fathers are far too wise, too level headed and sane-minded to do other than recommend that the destruction of the mouldering structure be com pleted and that a new and hand some auditorium; worthy to take its place as the focal point of a beautiful campus, rise from its ruins. We x unhesitatingly predict that the doom of Me morial hall will be solved today. should recognize the value of actions and of affording oppor tunities to members of all classes. . Certainly an educational sys tem which is one-sided is not the perfect one. Our system, while it embraces the idea of fitting a man for a job, does notl train a man sufficiently to en joy art and that which is con tained in books. It does not train him to seek pleasure in philosophy, logic, and esthetic moods ; nor does it teach him to study human nature, a study which after reading -Erskine's I article we must term worth while. Here, then, 4s a problem for American education. Its so lution lies not only in Ameri ca's . recognizing the virtues of European culture, but in Ameri ca's putting the idea that a man should be educated to rise if to rise means to acquire and to possess wealth in its proper sphere. B. M. Readers' Opinions THAT "SIMMONS vs. BAILEY AFFAIR An undercurrent of doubt and anxiety was evident on the cam pus yesterday in discussions of the Memorial hall problem . Un til a few days ago it had been generally conceded that the trustees woulld vote to demolish the tottering architectural grot esquerie and replace it with a more or less commodious audi torium. But on the eve of the meeting of the building commit tee of the board of : trustees, which will be held ! today ; in Raleigh, ominous reports were current that a considerable sen timent for remodeling; the struc ture had developed among the trustees. It must be admitted that the memories attached ' ta Memorial ,hall by some of the alumni; the mellowed and affectionate - re gard they have developed for the monstrous structure through the softening influence - of the years which have slipped away since they sat upon its hard wooden benches, should receive consideration by the trustees before the doom of the ancient auditorium is sealed. But a more careful ransacking of the files of memory by these same alumni will recall the utter un . suitability of the building for lectures, chapel exercises, en tertainments, public - function of all sorts ; its gloomy interior and hideous exterior, the ex treme discomfort of the seating facilities. Even within the un dergraduate experience 'of a con siderable portion of the alumni, Memorial hall could riot ac comodate mass meetings of the student body, and the number of students has increased enor mously of late years" . , , It was the folly, of-' a legisla ture whose members have long - since been dead that .. was re sponsible for the construction of Memorial hall. The huge, .mis shapen structure has been r for scores of years an ugly deformi ty upon the face of an other wise beautiful campus. jRear- . ing its monstrous bulk in the center of the campus, woefully out of harmony with the . archi tectural grace of the. other build- Americo-European Education Education in Europe is deep ly embedded in the status quo maintenance. Workers are edu cated to be workers, the sons of workers become workers, and the daughters of workmen mar ry workmen. ,It is different, however, with the upper social stratum. The upper class, the class of wealth and leisure, can rise no higher; consequently, it is educated to be appreciative rather than active. European culture consists, then, not in so cial advancement for all classes but in the study of human con duct by the elite, for which class the highest type of edu cation, of course, exists. American culture, on the other hand, takes little account of the joy of knowledge of hu man nature and conduct. Per haps America is too busy put ting into practice the ideas of Europe. (It seems that Europe is the thinker and America the executor.) The American edu-! cational ideal is the social ad vancement of all classes, and its machinery is a system in which, theoretically at least, the indi vidual is afforded opportunities to rise, by his ability and char acter, to the place in society which he desires to iold. We, like Europe, have a class of lei sure and wealth, but we see this class of Americans recog nizing a mdral responsibility to society as a whole. Unlike cul tured Europeans, Americans of the upper class are not edu cated to enjoy plays of mind and to gain an insight into hu man nature. Americans are educated to act. John Erskine, in the current issue of the World's Work sees Europe lacking in the virtues of America's educational system of social advancement for all class es. He likewise sees Ameri can education's jieed of a more profound study of human con duct and of "plays of mind," to use his expression. In other words America,- to reach a more perfect state of culture, should learn to think, to take a keener delight in ideas, and Europe Modern Science Vs. Theistic Faith The proposition that modern science tends to destroy theistia faith has been chosen for the topic of the annual Carolina Emory debate! Although the battle between science and re ligion is an old one, the recent tendency on the part of educated church leaders to advance the argument that science and re ligion go hand in hand makes the proposition an interesting one at the present .time. The fact that Emory's church school, suggested the query warrants the assumption that the Emory debaters will adhere to this interpretation of the is sue. The Carolina debaters, having the affirmative side of the controversy, will have an ex cellent opportunity to lay bare the whole science-religion dis pute. The degree to which the Emory debaters refute the ar gument that science and religion are antagonistic and irrecon cilable should be a fair indica tion of the validity of the new fangled belief that science and religion go hand in hand, that they are complementary, and that one is the fulfilment of the other. The war between science and religion is approximately as old as - human civilization. Doubt less the theocratic Egyptians suppressed enterprising scien tists of the day who would as cribe to the realm of nature phenomena which the priests declared to be the result of di vine intervention. Tfre blood iest wars of history are. those which have resulted from re ligious differences. Although modern science and theistic faith are essentially different, there is really no con flict between the two realms of truth. Of course, there is a technical argument which would disagree on this point. With all due respect for religious cen sors, we are bound to conclude that they often censor, without any thought, opinions of scien tists that have been reached af ter a lifetime -of painstaking in vestigation. There can be no reasonable doubt that the Bible is- the greatest revelation of spiritual truth and principle that has yet come to the world. The great religious principles exemplified therein are not out of date, even though the scientific knowledge of the Biblical writers has been superseded. The apparent conflict be tween science and theistic faith is due to the fact that they op erate in different realms. These realms are, however, comple mentary rather than contridict ory. J. C. W. john mebane. Editor Daily Tar Heel:" Well, I have evidently started something, since my article has succeeded in making Mr. Wil liams pause a little in his mad whirl of word-slinging about every conceivable subject, in or der to " answer it. However, as I believe 'my case to be just, I shall stay with it, for I still be lieve that every man has a right to his own opinion, even though he does come from Pennsyl vania. And take notice, O Read ers, Mr.' Williams very kindly calls me Bombastic. What a joke! Especially considering its source. I can distinctly re member that Mr. Williams has been called down more than once for the same error (al though I deny that I was guilty of It), and who can fail to re member those delightful words, 'Scrutinizing the underpinings of the daughters of Eve" which were written by our same Mr: Williams. Please remember that old proverb hereafter, Mr. Williams, "Those who live in glass-houses, should not at tempt to throw stones." Mr. Williams, attacks my arti cle because I confess that much of my knowledge comes from reading. Well where does Mr. Williams get his ? I honestly consider that articles in repu table magazines written by men who know what they are talking about to be of more value than the sentiments contained in violent speeches uttered by par-' tial party men, which are very evidently the sources of Mr. Williams' knowledge. Now let us see what Mr. Wil liams himself calls the very heart of the issue. "Was his (glen. Simmons') stand in keep ing with the stand of North Carolina Democrats?" Well, Mr. Williams, although you very em phatically say no, evidently it was as you know as well as I know that the Republicans were not of themselves numerous enough to carry this state for Hoover in the glorious victory of November 1928. And yet this state did go for Hoover, if am not - greatly mistaken. Then again Mr. Williams at tacks my knowledge of the whole affair, because I am not a native North Carolinian. Well, Mr. Williams, I was in this state during the election period and was able to observe as well as you did Senator Simmons' tions during it. He also says that since I come from Pennsylvania, my opinions regarding North Caro lina politics carry very little weight. Well, I am sure that I thank Mr. Williams for his fine opinion of me, but nevertheless, I still believe that every man has the right to his own opinion, which I believe I said some where before ! And I would rath er by far stick to my opinion of the North Carolinian .voters than to Mr. Williams' opinion of them. I believe them, on the whole, to be accentuated by a true spirit of democracy, a fact that they demontsrated in the last election by voting for a man not of their political faith. I believe that they will be able to see Senator Simmons' side in the question and not to judge him too harshly for it. Mr. Williams on the other hand sees them as narrow-minded re vengeful bigots, and actually seems to glory in it. He says they (the Old Line Democrats) are going to "get" Senator Sim mons for his "treachery," and are willing to try anybody in in preference to Senator Sim mons. Well, if that isn't stupid (bigotry, I never Jieard of any. at Cy Edson, humorist par ex cellence, editor of the Buccaneer, and temporary fixture at the j Bridge And Dancing Feature U. D. C. Party The U. D. C. Benefit, given last Saturday at " the Carolina Inn, was declared by Mrs. John Anderson of the arrangements committee to be the most suc cessful community affair of re cent months. The ballroom nf the Inn, given for the occasion University of North Carolina, has, at last, made Je grand coup of his academic career: he has had a sandwich named after him! We extend our congratu lations to Cy, and trust that all of his friends will visit the Carolina Grill and try a Cy Ed son sandwich. They're delicious (especially toasted). Our alarm clock went off the other jiight at three A. M. After throwing it out of the window we couldn't go back to sleep. Disquietude crept upon us. Memories surged about us. Memory of the first night at college as a freshman ot going to bed at eight o'clock tojckeep from being recruited in a pa-,. jama parade. r 'n- n Of standing in line at Memor ial hall on registration day and asking Dean Bradshaw if he had registered. Of taking two friends and a victrola to the stone seat at Gimghoul Castle at two o'clock at night and of playing Moon light Sonata and Debussy's Clair de Lune. Of walking to Durham one afternoon in the rain to hear Carl Sandburg, the poet, at the Duke auditorium. Of throwing peanuts at the jback of Ed Hudgin's head and yelling "air" in the Pickwick theatre. Of reading my frst novel by H. .G. Wells'1 and immediately writing a fantastic composition called "On the Wings of the Storm," and 'of trying a per suade Mr. Jones that someday I would be a great writer. Of standing ' half -dressed in the middle of' Franklin Street to watch the Pickard hotel burn and ducking eggs being thrown from the second floor of a. nearby house. Of being awakened at one o'clock in the morning by strange sounds downstairs, and upon descending, finding Glenn Holder in a dressing gown do ing an interpretive dance to the music of Afternoon of Faun. Of eating hunks of dry rye bread before an open fire and of placing vague anathemas up on all women. by the manager, Mrs. Martin, and the adjoining, lounges were used for the performances. Billy Arthur, midget Univer sity student, known in entertain ment circles, as "one yard of fun," was the headliner of the afternoon show at the benefit. He spoke from the stage in the ballroom which was bedecked with Confederate flags. Following a series of bridge games in the evening, attended by a large group of faculty and townspeople, the Playmakers en tertained with a skit, "The Play- makers on the Air," which in turn was followed by a showing of winter and spring models by the Residence Shop. For the .dance that followed the style show .the services of Stringf el- low's orchestra wrere given. A arge group of students came in ater for the dancing, during which punch and sandwiches were served. ac- Of walking about five miles out of Chapel Hill with a friend on a rainy msrnt and of asrree mg with him that the world was all right after all. ui sitting up in Dea all one night throwing shoes and books at an unusually audacious mouse in the wastebasket. , , , Of first meeting Mrs.i( James Boyd at a summer camp and of blusfiihg fiercely when she des lgnated. our lake as "that little mud-hole at bottom of the hill.' Of drifting down the Cape Fear river in a red canoe and of gigging frogs until five o'clock in the morning. Of watching the sunset across the Cape' Fear and of trying to record my impression in a dairy Of walking one night ight miles from my home and of sleeping in an untilled field un der a' huge oak tree and of be ing awakened in the middle of the night by a whip-poor-wil overhead. Of writing columns in which T i , .... . i airea oanaiities concerning women and of swelling with pride at my deceitfulness when my comments were taken literal- Of reading Open Forum let ters in which I was designated as "moronic, ungentlemanly, in sipid, and uncultured." Of lamenting all day Monday to the parents of Chapel hill We wish to announce that for all children under 12 years of age haircuts are '40c. A R 0 LI N A A RARRFR SHOP ft 'It Pays To Look Well" Just Received 0 New Patterns from which to Select That Spring Suit every SHADE and. STYLE 'txuri . i 4.1. - drink?" I However, I do not believe such "Three policemen . and a federal charge against the voters of this ! because I didn't have anything agent." Bean Pot. (Continued on last page) 'to Say in my column Tuesday. 2 and 3-Button . Models Worsteds, Cashmieres Flannels Twists See These New Patterns Then Place Your Order Jack Lipman's University Shop
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