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J J THE DAILY TAR HEEL Friday, .February 7, 1930 Published daily during the college year except Mondays and except Thanksgiving,. Christmas , a n d 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..:..!:.... :Z.:.ZEd,itor Will Yarborough Jfgr. Editor Marion Alexander .rB?is. Mgr. Hal V. Worth.. Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS ' John Mebane Harry- GaUand ASSISTANT EDITORS V Robert Hodges . J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore J. C. Williams -Acs. CITY EDITORS ; E. F. Yarborough K. C; Ramsay Elbert Denning . ; , . J. , EL. Dungan SPORTS EDITQ; . ; . Henry L. Anderson . ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS ( Browning Roach . J. G. Haniilton Jr. ; reporters" ; Mud-Plastered Politicians With elections two months off , the campus is in the throes of the most bitter orgy of political inud-slinging in years. Within the past few days there has been an outbreak of muck-raking and invective-hurling such as the present undergraduate gen eration has never seen before. Campus politics have already reached a temperature danger ously near the boiling point. An explosion is imminent unless certain hot-headed politicians cool off considerably. Verbal controversies have almost de volved into fisticuffs on several occasions, according to reliable reports. Perhaps the best thing for all concerned would result if all the mud-slinging poli ticians were herded into the Tin Can, provided with weapons, and permitted to exterminate themselves. But the type of per son who deals in slander and malicious personalities does not take kindly to anything which would endanger his own physi cal well-being ; he manages to keep well in the background and studiously avoids actual en counters with the objects of his slanders. Two strong political parties have already developed, which is fortunate. During the past two years the elections have been dominated by one huge or ganization, with bosses who have doled out the offices to various fraternities. This year the non frat men will have" much better representation on the tickets of the two parties, as the division in the fraternities has greatly enhanced the importance of the non-fraternity vote. Since the elimination of fraternity-con trolled politics is impossible, in asmuch as the chapters are - usually solid political units and An imperfect soul, seeing what is the "barbs," or non-frat men, good and great and true,; but -eery a b j organized, the oftpn faultier in t.n nttpmnt. tn at- ' tain it, is apt to be very harsh in its development of at least tWO par- judgment on the shortcomings of ties is highly desirable. Compe others. But a devine and soverign tition for offices is keen here this soul a soul that has more nearly yearj whkh indicates a healthy attained to the measure of the per- . . , . n,i,;i feet man-takes a calmer and gent- wy - ler, because a larger hearted, view of curncular activities. those little weaknesses and indirect- In all probability the two nesses which it cannot but daily see. J parties have been equally re- , t arrar. I nnnnai'Mn -frf Tna mnV rollTlfr which has developed to an un precedented extent within the past few days. Neither party The horse mav be vanishing-but ".X " I 1 'fit A? 1 J 1 we think there still must be ;aUot of "CS ; li iney are conxmuea, xne him in the laughter inserted between j remainder of the campus will parentheses in Congressional speeches. hose aH respect for the leaders st Kansas o-azecce. - - i , - ox me lwo iacuuiis. dress now should be two Scotch connected with each party would fingers' below the knee." Er in this do well to calm down their case is the Scotchman pouring from scatter-brained and scandal his own bottle or his host's'? Detroit News. '4 'i Holmes t)avis Louis Brooks. Charles Rose Mary Price J. P. Tyson Nathan Volkman E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger G. E. Freach Sadler Hayes W. W. Taylor Vass Shepherd B. H. Barnes M. M. Dunlap Howard M. Lee Kemp 'Yarborough ; Clyde Deitz George Sheram . Frank- Manheim i.B.,H. Whitton J. M. Little .d'j Bill Arthur j George Wilson '"Harold Cone Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted Newland 'Jack Riley John Patric J. J. Dratler George Barber " BUSINESS STAFF Ashley Seawell ;u Tom Badger John Jemison - Harry Latta Bill Speight T Donald Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS J. C. Harris T. R. Karriker B. C. Prince, Jr. - Stuart Carr Friday, February 7, 1930 A THOUGHT A DAY der the laughter of our school mates! College students are! not in the habit of quailing with hurt pride, but they know it is an extremely unpleasant thing to be made a fool of in public, and that is exactly what class room sarcasm attempts to ac complish. Perhaps some hold it to be an instrument of discipline, but it is certainly a poor one, and serves chiefly to create a dislike and enmity between student and instructor. It also hampers freedom of expression in the classroom, for any student hesi tates to discuss a question he is absolutely sure of when the dis cussion is presided over by a man who is free with irony and invective. Before personal sarcasm from the professor a law-abiding student is defense less, so it is at best a cowardly weapon. We realize that college classes often harbour some aggravating individuals, that the lot of a pro fessor is a hectic one, and that he must sometimes be tempted to use personal violence, to say nothing of mere cutting re marks. But. we know that it is possible to ' teach efficiently and have order in the classroom without resorting to such meas ures, for all about us are men who do so. Glance down the list of professors who are called good teachers, and who are best liked among the student body, and you find the names of men who disdain to use jibes and ill natured irony in dealing with their pupils. J. J. The Campus By Joe Jones Campus Life Readers' Opinions AN ALUMNUS COMMENTS PURLOINED PARAGRAPHS Tar Heel Topics . f a i - V mongermg political Dretnren. Muckerism benefits nobody, and it degrades those who partipate in it. Tip to Prof Koch, Hubert The Black Art Heffner and Elmer Hall : -How UI &arcasm about the famous Mr.-Boss for Professors and teachers have the title role in the new Play- many ways of making them- maker production "The Man in selves unpopular with their stu the Bowler Hat"? dents, but the most effective of these is the use of sarcasm. A Charles Hagan, former Uni- class will patronizingly laugh versity of North Carolina stu- along with a professor who in dent, is a candidate i or the sists on weak or stale humor: Democratic nomination for gov- most classes will study without ernor of California. ; : Yep, a grumbling under a man who as- North Carolina Democrat must signs an inordinate amount of go West to amount to anything work, but who knows what he these days. Editor the Daily Tar Heel: I will appreciate your cour tesy in allowing me to make comment in your excellent sheet on the action of the band in leaving the Tin Can last Satur day evening just before the end of the Carolina-Duke basketball game. That was a most unfor tunate occurrence and the result of thoughtlessness on the part of someone. It should not hap pen again if Carolina teams are to have the support to which they are entitled. A few aimless matriculates I will not call them students bored by the sight of strenuous exercise which is not contem plated in their idea of things collegiate, may withdraw un noticed from the scene but the band, an organized body looked upon as a definite part of the student body's support of the team, cannot do so without cre ating a decidedly bad impres sion upon everybody present -j players, students, visitors. In the face of evident defeat all hands should stand by until the last sound of the whistle. This comment is made with wholehearted regard for that fine esprit de corps commonly known as Carolina spirit. I hope it will be so accepted by those whose support is so vital to the success of Carolina teams. AN ALUMNUS. Rudolph, the snappy young alligator who made the front page of the state dailies last week, is still getting along nice ly down in Graham dormitory. His owner, the Snake Doctor, moved him down into the base ment when the janitor firmly re fused to stay in the room with him long enough to sweep the floor and make the bed. The basement of the dormi tory has a dirt floor, and only the janitor has the key to it, so Rudolph lives there in com parative peace and quiet, as any alligator wont to live. Over in one corner is a good sized pool under a leaky pipe, and in this the reptile spends his spare time, which consists of twenty four hours per day. Here he floats with only his eyes and nos trils above the surface. The water is warm, and he,' a born loafer, is quite content. If visitors come in to see him he sinks slowly to the bottom of the puddle, and his master has to call him up from the muddy depths. In doing this the Snake Doctor makes a peculiar grunt ing sound, which he learned from Alligator Joe, the famed alligator farmer of Florida. It is the call of the old alligator to its young, and Rudolph never fails to respond to it. He is still as vicious asever, and surprisingly strong for his scant forty-four inches. The Snake Do&or handles1 him by grasping him firmly just .back of the head with one hand and by the tail with the other. Even then Rudolph sometimes suc ceeds in "breaking one of the grips and has to be dropped. His teeth are keen, his jaws are strong, and he is quick to strike. It was not without reason that Lonnie the janitor fled loudly and precipitantly f rom the room when he first caught sight of the creature staring at him from beneath a chair: It was the first time Lonnie had ever seen an alligator, and so swiftly did he leap through the door that, un able to stop or make the turn, he crashed into the wall across the corridor, much to the amaze ment of the several boys' who happened to be in sight. For some time Rudolph was fed by having a piece of raw beef forced down his throat at the end of a split stick, but after a while he manifested his out- I raged dignity by closing his gullet and refusing to swallow. Now the steak is left on the bank of the pool, and in the dark hours he crawls out for midnight lunch. If L - Uaii w r ViSS a qH macar should bccanifuf-forihc USKT that lies her cyS may be a SBCP Jb Life Of State Is Stimulated By University Research Work rascuai urtiz kudio, - new president of Mexico was shot in the jaw just two hours after he delivered his,; inaugural is is about; students will go through a withering course un der a dry professor and still like him if he is otherwise like able; they will even stand for . . " noronnii bowooivi riivooaH o - 1 v I i . . - I uutjuuui oaivaoiu uuicu air Jill me assailant was taKing no , , - , , , , . . ,,. T dividual members of the class fl J Tl rQO llTATI nnTTTTlfT TA I 1 CT T tm TA I x lessors popularity among his Judging from the amount of students. expert mud-slinging indulged in Who does not remember some here during the past few days, grammar school teacher who Bailey and Simmons would do made the days of our youth well to send their campaign j miserable with classroom sar managers to Chapel Hill and let casm? How she delighted in them take a few courses under showing up to the class our mis- the tutelage of the campus poll- takes and veaknesses, and how ticians. , .lZ we quailed with hurt pride un- Since 1924 there has been only one A.B.-LL.B. degree conferred on a University of North Caro lina student; this' degree was given in 1924. In the past five years at the University 660 degrees have been bestowed in the A.B. school, 239 in the education school, 246 in the B.S. technical school, and 616 m tne is.b. in commerce school. At present there are 211 Uni versity seniors in the college of liberal arts, 80 in the school of education, 134 in the school of applied science, 107 in the school of engineering and 178 in the school of commerce. PAPERS PRESENTED BY HENDERSON AND WINSOR AT WEEKLY MATH SEMINAR At the meeting of the math ematics seminar Wednesday af ternoon Dr. Arthur Winsor com pleted a paper begun at the pre vious meeting and Dr. Archibald Henderson presented two new methods of solving the biquad ratic equation.- T-v TT -T ' 1 . ur. xienaerson presentea m all three methods for solving this equation, one of them, a graphical solution, being that devised by Graustein of Har vard. Dr. Henderson's methods were graphical and algebraic. The new graphic solution presented by him is much simpler than that of Graustein. The paper completed, by Dr. Winsor was "A Discussion of the Changes in Shape and Position of a Triangle Whose Vertices Move in Given Directions with the Same Velocities' (By R. W. Madry) A summary of the research projects under, way at the Uni versity, which has just been an nounced in a 115-page booklet issued by the University Press, shows that many of the faculty members and graduate students are engaged in digging up and ferreting out facts of value to the state and nation. A number of these projects have been made possible through substantial grants from edu cational foundations." The projects listed in this 115-page booklet, which is en titled "Research in Progress," shows that there is well nigh every sort of research in pro gress at the University. The projects are listed by depart ments. The booklet answers a famil iar query: What do University professors do besides teach? The answer is: they continue to study and learn a process that goes under the name of research when it is carried on by trained and skilled workers. v Apparently there is no end to the variety of topics on which the research workers are busy collecting facts. The subjects range all the way from such high sounding topics as "The Thermophosphorescent - Radia tiofts of Hiddenite and Kunzite" and "The Somatic Chronosomes of the Opussum" to such sim ple titles as "County Govern- and County Affairs in North Carolina" and "Public Poor Re lief in North Carolina." . .. Last year, for example, one professor in the Chemistry De partment studied a new pro gram for the mercerization of cotton with sulfuric acid. An other, in the school of Com merce, made an economic analy sis of the cotton textile indus try and a study of the taxation of banks. In the School of Pub lic Welfare, there were, among others, studies of welfare work in the North Carolina mill vil lages, of the .North Carolina chain gangs, of North Carolina county government, and of labor unions in the South. Members of the faculty of the School of Education made inquiries into into a number of North Caro lina counties. A member of the history faculty produced a new history of the state in two vol umes. The flora of North Caro lina was studied and investigat ed by a number of the botany staff. A member of the Law school faculty reported, on re cent developments in newspaper libel. A professor in the School of Engineering worked out a new process in dam construc tion, while another of his col leagues in the Geology depart ment made a study of North Carolina foraminifera. The De partment of Rural Social Econo mics made a number of studies in such topics as taxes, educa tion, and county government. The list might go on and on, were there space, with examples drawn from the fields of such subjects as languages and litera tures, mathematics, zoology, physics, geology, chemistry, psy chology, sociology, pharmacy, history, medicine, and law, and so on.' Among the groups at the Uni- (Continued on page four) Will You Be My Valentine? 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