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r Page Two Zl)t SDatip Car tzl 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... . JSditor Will YARBOROUGH .Mfirr. Editor Marion Alexander Bus. Mgr. Hal V. Worth ...Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane 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 Sherman Shore .. 5 ' SPORTS EDITOR " : Henry L. Anderson , ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS Browning Roach J, G. Hamilton, Jr. REPORTERS ; ' Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Kemp Yarborough Clyde Deitz George Sheram Frank Manheim B. H. Whitton J. M. Little Charles Rose Mary Price J, P. Tyson Nathan Volkman E. C. Daniel W. A. Shulenberger G. E. French -William Roberts j Bill Arthur , Hugh Wilson Harold Cone v. Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted Newland Jack Riley v John' Patric J. J. Dratler .- Henry Wood W. W. Taylor -Vass Shepherd B. H. Barnes M. M. Dunlap Howard M. Lee George Barber BUSINESS STAFF Ashley Seawell . . Tom Badger John Jemison Harry Latta Bill Speight Donald Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS J. C. Harris T..R. Karriker B. C. Prince, Jr. Stuart Carr Thursday, February 20, 1030 A THOUGHT A DAY In essence, poetry is the love of life not mere brutish tenacity of sensation, but a passion for all the honesties that make life free and gen erous and clean. Christopher Morley. The Anti-Carolina Theatre Movement For the past several days a movement has been underway to launch a boycott, against the Carolina theatre unless the price of admission is reduced by the management from forty to thirty cents. . Thirty - seven copies of an agreement -to, stop patronizing the theatre on and after March 3 until the admis sion price is reduced are now be ing circulated, according to the promulgators of the movement. In the Readers' Opinions col umn on this page appears, a let ter requesting the manager of the Carolina to state the valua tion of the theatre, the profits received from it last year, and the. rate paid on the investment since the vitaphone was in stalled, figured on an annual basis. The Tar Heel agrees with the authors of the 'Readers' Opinions letter that the Carolina management should be given an opportunity to defend itself against the charge that it , is ex ploiting the students by charg ing unreasonably high admission prices. Last week a communication to the Readers' Opinions column was received, in which it was al leged that the Carolina is "the greatest paying enterprise in the state according to its size." Several 'similar allegations were made, all of ' them without sub stantiation. After careful in vestigation, we were unable to discover any evidence that ad mission prices at the local the atre are unreasonable in compar ison with those prevailing else where in the state for a similar quality of pictures, or upon the basis of return on the invest ment here. Therefore we did not publish the letter, believing that the Tar Heel would not be justified in furthering the boy cott movement without positive, evidence that thetheatre is ex ploiting the students by charg ing unfair prices. A movement of the scope and nature attempted by the origin ators of the boycott idea should be based upon clearly demon strated facts. It is to be hoped that Mr. Smith answers the challenge contained in this morning's Readers' Opinions let ter, in order that the students may determine whether the pro posed boycott is justified, but the management of the theatre is his own business and there is no valid reason why he should reveal the details of it unless he wishes to do so. Too Effective Laws That there can be laws in America which are .proving too harsh seems almost unbelievable in the face of all that has been written about the laxity of law enforcement n the country. But, typically illustrative of the brainlessness of our lawmakers is the Baumes law of New York state, which carries with the conviction of a felon for, his or her fourth offense a mandatory life sentence. If this law were applied with discretion and tem pered with wisdom it would be a splendid, thing ; that New York has already succeeded in mater ially reducing her crime record is proof of its effectiveness as it stands. But the law assumes the mon strous inhumanity of the pre ref orm days in England the way it is . applied in some instances. Recently, a woman who had been convicted of shop lifting for the fourth time was sent to the penitentiary for life. There was no question of a jury's mercy or a judge's tempering human ity; the law said life imprison ment and the prisoner suffered. It is a credit to the judge that he promised to take steps for ac tion in securing the unfortun ate woman's freedom after the lapse of a reasonable time, but this action was an individual matter. The Baumes law pro vides for no extenuating cir cumstances; there is no leaven of differentiation between the character of common offenses against society. When' the law was first es tablished as an existing factor in the legislative machine of New York the entire country was in terested, looking upon it as an experiment. Its power was felt at once; the effect of the legal innovation was evident from the very first in the hasty exodus of large numbers of criminals from under the shadow of this harsh enforcement. But the' law was soon seen as a two-edged sword, knowing no discretion in its ar bitrary action, when it began op erating against numbers of petty felons whose law breaking, while chronic, was not danger ous.. It is for this weakness that the law is to be condemned. Let its application in the case of petty law breaking be modified, let some sensible scheme of dif ferentiation be established and the Baumes law can remain in a point of pride with the state of Hew York. Such an action would not indicate sentimental ity; there is too much of that now in the treatment of the enemies of society. But a leaven of humanity is necessary in our present state of civiliza tion ; we cannot allow the hope less, tortured dope fiend or the incorrigible sneak thief to be sent to prison for the rest of his life like the gangster, the dope peddler, or the daring criminals with long records of grand lar ceny and murder behind them. R. H. Armed Peace and National Security More than ever before, the statesmen of the world are try ing to devise some means for THE DAILY establishing and guaranteeing aj condition of world peace. All over the civilized world of late has appeared a wave of litera ture, speeches and pictures de signed to bring the horrors of war into the limelight of popu lar thought in an effort to out law the demon "destroyer of men and wealth. The aim of states men and other world thinkers in this connection is to cause the glory and glamour of war as portrayed by so-called patriotic influences to fade into a more realistic conception of the bloody devastation which has been wrought in numerous conflicts to make the world safe for democracy," or some equally noble and impossible ideal. In our anxiety over the suc cess of the London conference which is now in session, we are apt to overlook the serious situa tions which are now existent in Central Europe conditions which make the effective exe cution of any plan of world peace, an impossibility. In Cen tral Europe are 12 small states which comprise one-fourth of the entire population of the con tinent and which are likely to open hostilities among them selves at any time. There are 30,000,000 people in Europe who are discontented with the gov ernment which rules them. Furthermore, each of these .12 states is suspicious of the others. Nearly all of these smaller coun tries are continually being ex ploited by the larger nations of the continent. In one European nation the minority . party, which is by far the most inca pable party, is the ruling ele ment. Although we are a staunch advocate of world peace, we cannot help seeing in these conditions the seeds of future wars which are apt to assume a world-wide scope. Although we talk a great deal about naval parity between the United States and Great Brit ain, such a condition would mean little toward the permanent abolition of war as long as the seeds of war are being -constantly sown in Central Europe. It is high time for the statesmen of the world to forget limitations for a while and turn their at tention to the conditions now existing in that region of the "tortured continent." Far be it from the intentions of the writer to minimize the work of the London conference which is now in session, but we do believe that all plans to bring about world peace will fail until such time as a spirit of inter national confidence has been de veloped. At present the great power andrwealth of the United States make her the logical na tion to take the initial step to ward complete disarmament down to the point of the police power, but she does riot have sufficient confidence in.the other nations of the world jto warrant her making this important move. Greed and jealousy, ; the arch enemies of peace, are still very obviously existent. Self preservation is often re ferred to as the first law of na ture. It is equally true that national preservation is the first law of nations. The glory of war stjll completely overshadows its horrors in the mind of the average man. When considered aside from the present political and social conditions of the nations of the world, the prin ciple of disarmament and num erous other plans for bringing about international peace as a permanent thing are sound; but the attitudes of the peoples of the world favor conflict rather than peace. Before peace can be guaranteed disarmament must be thought of as something more than the mere mechanical act it must be a psychological step actuated from within and by virtue of an attitude of hor ror of war J. C. W. TAR HEEL Readers' Opinions j i ' J MORE LIGHT ON MR. HUGHES Editor the Daily Tar Heel: In an editorial appearing in the columns of this journal a few days ago, in which I com mented on the . selection of Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice, Lj made two points as to why the man selected is not qualified. Considering the first point, disqualification on the grounds that Mr. Hughes made no protestation of the corruption of the Harding cabinet, there is no need of a further statement to those who read the editorial under consideration. That Mr. Hughes resigned from the supreme court to run for 4;he presidency in 1916, thus placing his political ambitions above the court, the second point, is undeniably contrary to the fine tradition of the court of aloofness from political ambi tions on the part of its members. Hughes proved by his action, imta u wneuier was jum - rqduction running for office on the basis prjces -of his convictions that the Uni-i tt. fll. - . lcu t-"8 fciiuuiu enter txie warinor j mat mue us j. vv . implies j , that he preferred the presidency to the chief justiceship, for which position he was in line at the time. The analogy between Hughes and Chase is quite clear. It was ' merely stated that we condemn j Chase for his political ombi-; tions while a member of the! court and that likewise Hughes j should be condemned.! Their cases are much the same. If Chase was allied with a faction, so is Hughes allied with the Coolidge - Hoover - Republican -Conservative faction, if such may be called a faction. And I might say here to J. W., who so rebuked my "recent editorial ef fort, as a bit of information, that Chase himself was not in j the habit of attending political conventions, although he cov eted the support of certain con ventions to1 a degree which prob ably cost him his supreme de sire. Defenders of Mr. Hughes, es pecially J. W., point to his ability as a lawyer and to his record as secretary of state as his quali fications for the high office of chief justice of the United States. It is a well known fact that Hughes has been primarily in the courts a defender of cor porations and big-business inter ests. He is" not a man of the common people, nor as chief jus tice does he represent the com mon people. He is the represen tative of the financial powers and it is not strange that Hoover appointed him. As secretary of state he ruined what might have been a creditable record by his narrow views on the Central American situation. His watch word then was protection, pro tection of American property in terests at any costs to the trans gressed. He might have shown the world that the United States, a nation which dotes on demo cratic principles, was ready to guarantee independence and a democratic form of government to her weaker neighbors. In stead, the world got the impres sion of the giant transgressor, the United States, oppressing the pygmy-like Central Ameri can, states. So, after all, Mr. Hughes's achievements have not shown such "brilliance" as J. W. would have us believe. If you please, J. W., this assis tant editor who offers this re joinder will be grateful if you will excuse his "unsound reas oning and false analogy" because he, being fortunate enough to have a reader, dislikes to annoy by such as the above. B. M. INFORMATION DESIRED Editor the Daily Tar Heel : ' For the last few days I have heard many discussions on the question that seems now to be the sensation of the campus, and it is very strange that the ques tion has riot reached" the Tar Heel before now. But disregard ing that .fact, I -wish to ask Mr. Smith in this, article, which I hope will reach the open forum, a few questions which I hope he will answer in the Tuesday issue of the Tar Heel next week. And I will have to know the answer before I can state my opinion in regards to this situation. I understand that there has 'been a great effort by certain parties on the campus to obtain such in formation on the theatre from the revenue department of the state, but it refuses to give out such information to the public. What is the valuation of the Carolina Theatre in Chapel Hill ? What were the profits re ceived from it last year? What has been the rate paid on the investment since the vitaphone has been installed, figured on an annual basis? These are only facts that the whole student body should know before - t a of be G. W. FLEMING, FRANK ERINO, G. R. HINTON. The Campus By Joe Jones If you should happen to drop into 6 Pettigrew. some time be tween now and commencement you wouldn't be there long be fore you would get told about a great and glorious tour of Amer ica which the various science de partments of the University are taking part in next summer. For the occupants of this room are Wallace Kuralt and Scottie, locquacious young scientists, no torious for their geologic ten dencies. Being all set for the summer's tour they spend a great deal of their leisure time thinking and talking about it, and have in such manner worked up a prodigious amount of en thusiasm and anticipation for the trip. The tour stretches to the Pacific coast and back, but ac cording to the boys it's going to be more than a see-America-first affair, and the members are going to do many things besides go around with a little hammer tapping gneisses and schists. It seems there are to be about forty co-eds on the trip. The two geology students tell us that the tour is under the educational direction of the Uni versity extension division, and that college courses are offered in geology, botany, general sci ence, sociology," and" economics; that the party leaves Chapel Hill June 7 and gets back August 2; that the itinerary includes eigh teen states and Mexico; that Yellowstone National Park, Salt Lake City, Reno, Yosemite Na tional Park, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Death Val ley, Zion Nationar Park, the Grand Canyon, the Painted Des ert, and Jaurez, Mexico, are among the stopping places, and that the entire trip will be made by motor. As the boys get warmed to the subject they start pulling out gorgeously illustrated book lets and pamphlets dealing with the big western parks and re sorts. The, pictures- in these books depict the canyons and mountains and other 'natural wonders of the west in all their colors and brilliancy, and de scribe them in words as glow ing as the pictures, so that who soever looks upon them is moved! Thursday, February 20, 193Q to enroirin the University's edu cational transcontinental tour. One page dazzles the eye with the glistening walls of the Great White Throne; another with the fantastic colors of the ' Grand Canyon. Only when Wallace comes to a railroad time-table among 'the travel literature does he pause to throw-it in the waste basket and say, "I don't see why thev send me that ; I don't want that.' Then he goes on with more about the trip, saying, among other things, that the group of University professors to accom pany the party includes Drs. Prouty, Totten, Preston, Brooks, and MacCarthy. Such a tour as this and the extension division's European tours certainly bespeak a pro gressive university. They let the world know more about Car olina and they help Carolina know more about the world. National Oratorical Contest Ends Mar. 31 Although March 25 is the clos ing date for entries in the sixth the i national intercollegiate oratori jcal contest on the Constitution, ig-i already 81 colleges and univer sities from 29 states have writ ten to P. Caspar Harvey, na tional director, Liberty, Mo. Northwestern U ni v e r s i t y, Evanston, HI., national winner in 1925, was the first school to enter the 1930 contest. The competition for the great est forensic honori open to col lege students in America f ore ; shadows bringing together this year the largest group of col leges and universities in any project of the kind in the his tory of American higher educa tion, according to the announce- ! ment made this week at the na tional headquarters. A total of $5000 'in prizes will he awarded, and the winner, who will become the national intercollegiate champion orator for 1930, will be awarded a prize of $1500. Second place will give a prize of $1000, scaling down to $400 for seventh place. SKETCH CLUB MEETS The Sketch club met yester day afternoon with Mrs. W. E. Caldwell, while the garden club met with Mrs. C. E. Preston. Mr. Paul Lindley of the Van Lindley nurseries, Greensboro, spoke to the garden group on "rock gardens." Send the Tar Heel home! c A R O LI THEATRE N A LAST TIMES TODAY Here She Is. The New Sweetheart Of the Screen - i J ,c3) Sale X You'd love i for its romano alone, but i has girls, com edy, color, dan- ces ana on, boy what surprises.' uith JOE BROWN . added PARAMOUNT' SOUND NEM'$ FRIDAY Ann Harding in 'HER PRIVATE AFFAIRS
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