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Thursday, January 30, 1930
Donald Seawell '
PURLOINED PARAGRAPHS
It's fair enough. The wife eager to
mend your ways is also the kind that
mends your .clothes. Selected
Webster crossed his 1
Washington crossed the Delaware
And co-eds cross their knees.
Idaho Argonaut.
Our linotype operator is. having
quite a time finding names for , his
twins. We suggest Etaoin and
Shrdlu, both words being used quite
-often by linotype operators, and
originated by them. Augusta (Kan.)
Gazette.
The Prince of Wales, who once de
tested public speaking and found it
difficult to do, has buckled down to
it in earnest, and now finds it easy,
he says. As easy, you might say, as
falling off a horse. New York Eve
ning Post.
, Dean Bradshaw's
Reply
In the Readers' Opinion col
umns of this page, Dean of Stu
dents Francis F. Bradshaw an
swers an editorial which ap
peared in yesterday's issue, en
titled "Dean Bradshaw and the
Duke-Carolina Question." In his
reply Dean Bradshaw points out
that an incorrect interpretation
was placed upon "a series of ad
dresses which he delivered in
chapel recently.
Although we were not present
when Dean Bradshaw made the
chapel talks, we conversed with
several persons who were in the
audiences, and whom we con
sidered representative of the en
tire group. We accepted the im
pressions of the addresses ex
pressed by these men as indica
tive of those of the entire audi
ences. It is significant that all
" these impressions were identi
cal. - 'r -
We do not question Dean
Bradshaw's motives or the
soundness of his views in the
least. Indeed, we consider him
a man of very high ideals and
excellent ideas. But we believe
that his recent chapel talks con-1 will be with us always; .human
cerning Duke-Carolina relations nature will never be won over to
were misinterpreted by a large the standardized virtue of the
proportion of those who heard Horatio Alger hero, and boys
them, and it was with these in- will always be boys. But boot
terpretations that wertook issue Jng has been lifted to an art on-
in yesterday's editorial.
One of the most widespread f
collesriate isractiW in the mm J
try is that particularly virulent
expression of weak human na
ture known as booting. Al
though possibly the habit is "not
known by that term in other
sections of the country, the cus
tom itself is known every
where. The Stanford University
graduate and the boy from the
Universityjof Maine can meet on
the common' ground of this evil,
either in a defiant practice or a
mutual condemnation of it.
Northwestern and Texas, Mc
Gill and, no doubt, the Univer
sity of Mexico, all have their
booters, their lax individuals
who practice this futile art in
an efforf to obtain grades with
out labor. '
The booter, or tuber as he is
called in some colleges, occupies
a peculiar position in the esteem
of his fellow classroom suffer
ers. Some undergraduates, em
bryo diplomats or floorwalkers,
compel a grudging admiration
for their skillfulness inj;his in
sidious practice. It is their
habit never, to study, never to
spend any energy, even to the
extent of carrying a book to
class. This, in their opinion, is
only a needless encumbrance,
and they come to class empty
handed as well as empty headed
where the lesson is concerned,
anyhow and by listening with
an apparently careful attention
and ah intelligent interest re
flected on, their countenances
they distinguish themselves in
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a group oi more or less serious
students who are frankly bored.
They have thereby ingrained
themselves, superficially at least,
in- the mass of faces borne in
mind by the instructor for that
quarter. -
But this is not enough for the
clever booter. To insure success
he draws from a mental back
ground obtained by some means
and engages in serious but re
spectful controversies with the
instructor. By this 'conduct he
not only creates the illusion of
having an intelligent interest in
the subject, but at the same
time he has brought - out his
mental machinery and hodge
podge of erudition for the bene
fit of the instructor who can
not help but be impressed.
There are other ways of prac
ticing this particular form of
pulling the wool overa teacher's
eyes, methods less clever and
more represensiole. lne same
students who delight in the ex
hibition of the highest, type of
booter have only contempt for
that, species who stays after
class to flatter the instructor,
and who hang on to every word
uttered by him as if it were in
deed a pearl cast to them as
swine. This type of individual
usually does not succeed in his
lowly intention; there are few
instructors who cannot pierce
the insincerity and shallow hy
pocrisy of this attitude. When
a booter of: this category does
achieve success, however, the
rest of the class is justified in
its annoyance.
This "yes man" booter is sim
ilar to . his brother of the third
and last distinctive class the
sympathy seeker. The sym
pathy seeker is an uncomfort
able species, usually a poor
freshman who has not yet adap
ted himself to the requirements
of a. university and, seeing him
self falling behind, 'becomes
frightened and pours out a tale
of woe to the annoyed instructor
in a futile attempt to avoid the
consequences of his own incom
petence. It is the last two types that
jhave given booting its unpleas
ant connotation. The practice
;ly by those individuals of the
THE DAILY."
first species; the others, which
predominate, have made the
Practice .what it is commonly
thought of, and as such it de-
serves only contempt. R. H.
Give lis '
Simpler Laws
. "The administration of crim
inal justice in the United States
is a disgrace to civilization."
These are the words of William
Howard Taft, chief justice of
the ' United States supreme
court.
We have too many laws which
are not lawsin the strict sense
of the term. Laws jenacted a
century ago remain on the sta
tute books, even though they are !
no longer applicable to modern
conditions. A citizen can hardly
go about his daily business with
out violating some law of which
he has jiever heard and 'which
nobody obeys. In the state of
Connecticut it is illegal to travel
on the road, or the railroad on
Sunday. This law was, of
course, formulated under the
strictest of Puritanical condi
tions in the earliest days of the
commonwealth. That it should
still ornament the statute books
of, Connecticut is ridiculous.
But the fact of the existence of
the law makes Sunday travel on
the highways and railroads il
legal just the same. Until quite
recently it was illegal in the
state of New York to Operate a
motor-propelled vehicle on " a
highway, unless a man on horse
back carrying a red flag or a
lantern rode a quarter of a mile
ahead of it! Such archaic laws
are to be found in every state of
the union.
Congress and - state legisla
tures are continually trying ,.to
"make" laws. The number is
steadily increasing. Why not
erase the old, archaic ones as
the new ones are accepted ? Law
makers seem to ignore the fact
that no law can be classed as a
good one, unless the people whom
it affects agree that it is a good
one. We are told that in the
early days of popular lawmaking
people gather to tell each other
what the law was in their dis
tricts, the law being rules of
conduct agreed upon by com
mon consent.
The all too prevalent idea that
a congress or a legislature has
the right to impose an unpopu
lar law is a reversion to the old
myth of the divine right of
kings. The mere fact that a law
is old is no proof that it is a
goodjone. Times and conditions
change, but the law habitually
lags behind. As a result of
this, law "and justice often mean
two different things. Poor, hon
est men often hesitate to go to
the courts, in search of justice
and redress of ""wrongs. They
fear legal technicalities which
have no relation to justice, but
which have a very definite rela
tion to the money-making tac
tics of lawyers. The coinage of
injustice into profit is the great
stumbling-block in the way of
the impartial administration of
criminal justice in the United
States. r.;
A law ought tobe based on
common sense and ought to be
so plain and simple that any man
with an average sense of fair
play could tell, without asking
a lawyer, whether he was violat
ing the law or not. Although
such a system would diminish
the profits of lawyers consider
ably, it has many good features.
Public opinion would keep us all
on the right side, or punish us
severely when we overstepped
the dividing line. J. C. W.
Miss Kutz Visiting Here
Miss Abilene Kutz of Fayette
yille "is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur S. Kutz this week. Miss
Kutz will go from here to Black
stone, Va., where she will attend
the initiation and parties of the
Kappa Delta Phi and Delta Psi
Omega sororities of Blackstone
College. "
TAR HEL
Readers' Opinions
DEAN BRADSHAW TO THE
EDITOR
Dear Glenn: " -
Inasmuch as I have many
friends at Duke University with
whom I have both business and
social relations, may I ask that
you restore me to their confi
dence? . ' ' - Q " -
Your editorial of January 29,
based on second-hand reports of
my chapel talk, ""completely re
verses the significance of that
talk. My whole point was that
the most effective way for this
student body to improve
body to improve the
plane of athletic rivalry between
the two institutions was forUs
to make the effort required to
raise our own standards of com
petition, and trust the other
group to respond with a similar,
or greater, elevation of stan
dards. Essentially this would
mean that in addition to ath
letic rivalry we would add rival
ry in courtesy, sportsmanship,
and good taste.
I still feel that this would be
the most practical and imme
diately effective step toward
progress. To take it, need not
exclude the desirability .of a
banquet or smoker such as has
been suggested. The fact, how
ever, that auditors of this par
ticular chapel talk received such
an erroneous impression as they
did, illustrates the .difficulty of
improving the situation by pub
lic discussion of it.
Let me urge, however, that in
your effort to better our rela
tions with any sister institution
I should like to be counted your
ally and be called down prompt
ly, if I seem to be against your
policy, of inter-collegiate good
will and mutual respect.
Sincerely yours,
Francis F. Bradshaw.
January 29, 1930.
Student Naturalist
Acquires Live Alli
gator for Collection
(Continued from-first page)
the two slept any during the rest
of the night. ..
So yesterday the reptile's mas
ter had a fifty-inch tin tank con
structed and installed. Now Ran
dolph floats contentedly in his
poolj while the snake doctor
sleeps or studies in peace.
However, the alligator is by
no means become tame and tract
able. If placed upon the floor
he will hiss and scramble about,
and if anyone approaches he
opens wide his yellow-f anged
mouth, hisses shrilly, and blows
bubbles out of -his eyes. He is
extremely hard to . handle and it
takes a very firm grip to hold
on to him.
Concerning the future of Ran
dolph his roommate says, "At
my home in Charlotte we have
an artificial pond which is going
to be his private swimming pool.
I'll take him home with me the
next time I go, and he'll get
along fine there. Of course I'll
have to muzzle him to keep -him
from catching the goldfish, but
we'll see that he gets plenty to
eat. We also have an indoor
pool where Randolph will enjoy
spending the winter.
The Show-Off Will Be
x Given Here Tonight
Continued from first page) '
boresome bluff, his 'loud rever
berating 'barber-shop laugh,' he
is not without his own peculiar
charm. - "
; The cast ' is as follows : ..
d.Iara, George ,Wjlcox ; Mrs.
Fisher, Penelope ; Alexander ;
Amyr Sara Falkener ; Frank
Hyland, Eveland Davies; Mr.
Fisher, Joseph p. Fox; Joe,
Whitner .Bissell; 'Aubrey Piper,
Richmond P. Bond ; Mr. Gill,
DescumB. Roberts ; Mr. Rogers,
George E. Stone.
Campus Snapshot
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J. C. WUliams
Venturing from Chapel Hill
into the surrounding country
one passes from an atmosphere
of progress into one of decay, i
In the" village are new build
ings, thriving businesses, traffic
lights, the talkies, and the bright
activity of youth. In the neigh
boring wooded hills, mill-wheels
rot by the streams; cabins,!
empty and deserted crumble to
ruins; wagon trails become dim
and are obliterated by "weeds
and vines; cotton patches are
overrun with cockleburs and tall
grass, then brush, finally to be
come merged with the woods
again. ' -
Of course this is not true of
the land bordering the high
ways leading out of Chapel Hill ;
nor is it true of all the land
alongside the by-roads, there
being some reasonably prosper
ous farms in this part of Orange
county. ut one cannot walk
far in the woods without com
ing upon the abandoned places,
the" quiet,., dilapidated farm
houses, the. clearings grown up
in blackberry brambles and tall,
waving grasses. ,
That great wooded tract lying
between the Hill and Morgan's
creek has its quota ; of such
places. They are hidden away
in the woods, and one out walk
ing stumbles' upon them by ac
cident. . On the hillside sloping
southward to the creek is one of
these places. Approaching from
the north the traveler comes
over the creek into one of these
places. Approaching from any
other direction one comes sud
denly from thick woods into the
clearing. - , , ,
The weatherboarded house has
four rooms, a low porch in front,
and a summer kitchen at the
back. Clustered about it are a
few elms, an oak, and a walnut."
The little field is deep in orchard
grass, but there is a scraggly
peach tree, and tumble-down ar-
bor of scuppernong vines, as
well as a thicket of wild plum.
All traces of cotton, tobacco, or
any field crop are quite gone.
Inside are a couple of open
fireplaces, and near at hand .is
plenty of wood. To be sure
there are no chairs, but who has
not sat on the floor before an
open fire? The little porch is a
most pleasant place to recline
in the sunshine if the day is
warm. 2
For drink there is a spring
about fifty yards away. A wood
ed ravine leads from its source
to the creek far below, and down
thisthe stream splashes over
the rocks in a thousand white
cascades. This is a very beau
tiful spot, and albeit hard by the
clearing it has a complete air of
remoteness. Perhaps the empty
house but serves to deepen the
solitude. .
There, are dozens of such
places within a mile or two of
Chapel Hill. They are worth
searching out and learning to
know. Each cabin' has about it
some of that forlorn , charm
which forsaken country places
invariably possess. It is a fas
cination that draws the explor
ing hiker across the threshold,
makes him go through each
empty room, to peer into every
closet, and at last to pause and
wonder about the people who
once dwelt there why they
went away, and what has be
come of them.
There are now neckties made!
of class which rrm h 101 n a
! conventionally-as anything made
'of silk or cotton. - ;
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y, Janxnry 30, 1930
WILL OF CECIL
RHODE CHANGED
BYPAMMENT
Candidates For Rhodes Scholar
ships To Be Selected From
Districts Instead Of States.
SIX STATES TO DISTRICT
Following action by the Brit
ish Parliament in changing the
will of the late Cecil Rhodes,
the Rhodes scholarship cornrnit
tee announced that instead of
selecting students from indivi
dual states for study in; Eng
land the scholarships will be
awarded from districts. Under
the former plan each state was
entitled to a scholarship two out
of every three years. The re
cent changes divides the country
into eight districts.
The British parliament made
the change in Rhode's will at
the request of the trustees.
Frank Aydelotte, president of
Swarthmore who is - American
Secretary of the Rhodes Trust,
suggested the change as he be
lieved that regional plan would
improve the standard of ap
pointees. - The regional plan of distribu
tion is based on ; the following
grouping of the states :
1. New England .
Maine
, New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island - --
Connecticut V
2. Middle Atlantic
" New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
; Delaware
Maryland-D. C.
West Virginia
3South
Virginia
: North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia '
Florida
Tennessee
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4. Great Lakes
Michigan .
Wisconsin V
Illinois'
Indiana v
Ohio
Kentucky
5. Middle West
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
; Missouri
Kansas
6. Gulf
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas ''
Oklahoma
Arkansas
7. Southwest
California
Nevada
' Utah : ,
Arizona -Colorado
New Mexico
8. Northwest v
' Washington
Oregon '
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
French Credit Notice
All freshmen who have re
ceived tentative credit for
French 3 or 4 will see Mr. Thom
as J. Wilson, III, in room 309,
Murphey, during chapel period
any morning except Friday.
These men will be required to
take an examination in order to
receive credit for the course in
which they are conditioned. .
Miss Batts Is Well
Mis3 Catherine Batts, secre
tary to the department of ro
mance languages, is now back on
duty after having been ill for
the past week. "
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