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THE DAILY fAR HESL
Thursday, February 27, 193Q
Ztyz iDailp at If eel
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 otit of town, for the college
year. . .
Offices in the basement of Alumni
Building.
Glenn Holder ..Editor
Will Yarborough ..Mar. Editor
Marion ALEXANDER..ffws. Mgr.
Hal V. WoKEK'Circidation Mgr.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John Mebaue Harry Galland
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy
Joe Jones - - -B. C. Moore
J. C. Williams - f
CITY EDITORS
E. F, Yarborough K. C. Ramsay
.Elbert Denning J. E. Dungan
Sherman Shore'
SPORTS EDITOR
' Henry L. Anderson
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS
Browning Roach J. G.: Hamilton, Jr.
' ' : reporters'
Holmes Davis J Kemp Yarborough
Louis Brooks '
Clyde Deitz
Charles Rose
, Mary Price
J. P. Tyson
Nathan Volkman
E. C. Daniel
Ws'A. Shulenberger
6. E. French
George Sheram
Frank Manheim
B; H. Whitton
J. M. Little
: Bill Arthur
Hugh Wilson
Harold Cone
William Roberts
W. W. Taylor
Vass Shepherd
B. H. Barnes
M. M. Dunlap
Howard M. Lee,
George Barber
Craig Wall
Jack Bessen
Everard Shemwell
Ted Newland
Jack Riley
John Patric
J. J. Dratler
, . Henry Wood
Charles Forbes
Jim Moye
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 27, 1930
A Highly ' ':
Conservative Laborite
President William Green of
the American Federation of
Labor delivered a conservative,
sane address in Bingham hall
yesterday afternoon. There was
no sentimental bunk, no verbal
flag-waving or hysterics in his
speech:. If Mr. Green and his
associates can maintain the
calm, level-headed attitude . ex
hibited here yesterday after
noon, repetitions of the Marion
and Gastonia tragedies may be
averted in the Federation's cam
paign for unionization of the
workers in the South, after all.
The sort of mob hysteria and
rabid emotionalism attendant
upon many campaigns for or
ganization , of labor in the past
prejudices the public against all
unions. . Unfortunately North
Carolina has already seen far
too much of - it from both the
manufacturers and the workers.
Addresses of the type which Mr.
Green has made this week in
Greensboro, Durham and Chapel
Hill will accomplish much in di
recting public opinion in favor
of unionization. If his common
sense views and pacifistic atti
tude are adhered to, in. the actual
business of organizing the work
ers, violence and strife will be
minimized and the Federation
will secure the confidence of the
public. '. '
vYery few, thoughtful and un-
biased men will deny. Mr. Green's
chief contention in his speech
herethat workers should be
given equal rights of organiza
tion and . collective action with
employers. The psychological
effect of organization upon the
workers themselves can hardly
fail, to exert an influence bene
ficial to employers and em
ployees alike. When a man has
some assurancethat his inter
ests will be safeguarded, 'that he
will receive his just share of the
profits accruing from his labors,
his morale will be high. He will
produce, the most efficient work
of which he is capable.
Many; of the mill owners of
the South have treated their
workers with the utmost consid
eration, according to their own
lights. And in many cases they
have voluntarily given their
employees numerous benefits.
But every man prefers to decide
what is and what is not bene
ficial to himself.
Mr. .Green has demonstrated
that , he is eager to conduct the
organization campaign in a
calm, rational mariner. Much
useless waste and strife will be
avoided if his fellow organizers
adopt the same attitude, and if
the manufacturers approach the
question in an equally comirion
sensical and unhysterical man
ner. ' ' '
How the Average Student
Spends His Time
President Wilkins of Oberlin
college has appointed a commit
tee of faculty and students to
conduct an investigation into
how ,the students spend their
time. This : action came as a re
sult of the complaints of many
students' that they had been
flunked unjustly and heartlessly
in the recent mid-term examin
ations. It is charged, that the
faculty expects the; students to
spend all their time studying.
Faculty - members answer that
they are the victims of the sys
tem of mass education and must
f lunk a certain per cent of their
students. .
The results of this survey
should prove highly interesting.
What is true of students at
Cjberlin is largely true , of stu
dents here and elsewhere. Ad
mittedly a man should not
spend all of his time studying,
but he should spend a certain
portion of it pursuing his
studies. Far too many college
students now are spending prac
tically all of their time on, some
thing else and only studying for
a few weeks before exams.
While we have no definite
proof, we rather suspect that the
average collegian's day is divid
ed, something like this: classes,
three or four hours; meals, two
hours ; studying from one ,to
three hours (rarely three) ;
sleeping from five to nine hours ;
and the rest of the day for rec
reation, cards, bull sessions, and
other incidentals. The week
end which allows time for catch
ing up with work, reading, and
reflective thought is usually
spent in having a "big time";
very few spend a quiet week-end
on the Hill.
.' If the average student would
spend as much of his 1 time
studying as he does "bulling,"
going to picture shows, and play
ing cards, he would easily iriake
passing grades on all subjects
and high grades on a few. As
is often suggested by prof es-
sors, cnapei speakers, and other
advice givers, if the student
would consider his school work
as a job and devote eight hours
a day, including class attend
ance, to studies, then all would
be well ; he would have every
evening free and plenty of time
for recreation and amusement.
. Actual figures on how the stu
dent spends his time ' should
prove 'highly valuable. It is
the common belief that the col
lege student wastes most of his
time. If this should be dis
proved, then we as well as many
otners would be greatly sur
prised. J. D. McN.
The New .
"Bumming Legislation"
The Open Forum letter in the
February 22 Issue of the Tar
Heel signed by "A Student" got
to the heart of this new bum
ming "legislation" enacted by
our village fathers with the idea
of further looking after our
morals, health and safety.
The ruling, which aims at at
taching further difficulties to
lawful bumming, now makes it
theoretically impossible to so
licit rides, or enter an automo
bile without the motorist first
pulling over to the curb at the
right hano side of the street.
The village fathers thought by
this unfair means to eradicate
bumming. These gentlemen can
rest assured that this or any
other unfair, or ridiculous "law"
will do nothing more than ham
per those of us addicted to the
practice, and can and will do
nothing toward erasing it.
It is utterly impossible to
legislate what people will eat, or
drink or the exact manner in
which they will dress. Fur
ther, we believe, that .it is
equally impossible to enact by
law that a man shall walk in a
certain manner, or ride in a cer
tain manner. '
We don't think that any stu
dent has ever seriously consider
ed running the village's business
or town council, but it quite fre
quently becomes evident that
due, in all probability, to the.
members of the village council
being from two to three decades
removed from their young man
Jiood and thus no longer able to
look at things in a sane youth
ful 'way, tliat they aim at exer
cising a disciplinary force over
the student body which is not
rightfully theirs. After all
should be a give, and take
situation; the townspeople
oh
the one side doing all in their
power to make the students'
stay m Chapel Hill pleasant to
remember,1 and the students on
the other understanding and
patronizing in a business way to
the. best of their ability the
townspeople, it appears some
times to an unbiased person that
despite the villagers depending
entirely upon the University
plant and its student body for
a livelihood that they have little
affection or regard for the wel
fare or comfort of the student
body.
Chapel Hill is not such a large
metropolis that the practice of
bumming would in any manner
place in jeopardy the lives or
limbs of any of its citizens. The
first anti-bumming campaign of
the council a year ago and this
last gesture of theirs is entirely
unjustified, unnecessary, and ir
ritating to both those who bum
and those who are merely inter
ested. nf good feeling between
the village and students. W. Y.
DR. CONNOR BOOSTED
Editor the Daily Tar Heel:
Now that the question of
electing a new president of the
University is before the board
of trustees, I think it my privi
lege to write in behalf of R. D.
W. Connor of the history de
partment. I have had experi
ence in this department while at
the University, both as a stu
dent and as an instructor, and I
feel that I know Dr. Connor well
enough to know the many fine
qualities which he possesses.
There is much to be said in
his behalf. He knows the state
better' than any living man, as
is shown by his splendid his
tories of the state. He is a
member of one of our most cul
tured and prominent families
known far and wide for its qual
ities of -leadership and honor. He
has brains and is level-headed
without one trait of the freak
possessed by many college pro
fessors. He has the dignity and
physique becoming to the head
of a great institution of learn
ing with which his, ancestors
have been connected for several
generations back. ' He knows
the students and their problems
and will foster their interests.
He is a great scholar, yet inter
ested in athletics and allthe ac
tivities of the students. He
commands the respect of all
who are acquainted with him
and the love and admiration of
all who know him. For the sake
of the University, I beg you to
take some action toward the
i, -
V Readers' Opinions
sponsoring of this great man
for the presidency. We want a
graduate of the University to
receive this signal honor rather
than to bestow it to an outsider.
Let's recognize the greats men
that we have produced instead
of turning to some olher school.
Quite often.we turn to the presi
dent of" some other college in
stead of to a member of our fac
ulty thinking he is better quali
fied. This is a mistake. Many
men are big because of the posi
tion they hold, and they com
mand attention accordingly
without our being aware of the
fact. We don't want this kind
of man rwe want Dr. Connor
who is the kind of man who
makes the position big and who
will keep Carolina at the head
of southern universities. There
are many other points in his
favor that do'not come to mind
just "now. , ; .
In closing let me suggest a
straw vote of the campus which
will, I believe, show the trus
tees that . the students are for
Dr. Connor. A better man could
not be chosen. v c
J .. AN ALUMNUS.
The Campus
By Joe Jones
Whether or not all of us enjoy
old romances there is one in the
library which , every Carolina
man should take pleasure in
reading. The book is The Heirs
of St. KUda, by John W. Moore.
It tells 'a story of the southern
past, deals with the Civil War
period witnout being a war
story, and, as the author inti-Lwe
mates in the preface, one of its
chief purposes is to help bring
"vindication against the cruel
slanders and caricatures which
have been published to the world
as a true picture of our inner
life as a people."
But what makes it of especial
interest to us of Chapel Hill is
the fact that it is largely the
story of a boy who came here
to the r. University some years
before the war. .This young fel
low is the main character of the
book, and several chapters are
devoted to his days in .Chapel
Hill. As the author himself
graduated here with the class of
'53 that part of the book deal
ing with the University no doubt
gives an accurate and authentic
idea of ante bellum activities on
the U. Ni C. campus.
Both Davie Poplar and Old
South are spoken of, and in
reading the story one is im
pressed with the, fact that haz
ing figured largely in the life
of the college student of long
ago. Open warfare between
faculty and student body, such
as once existed here,, is also
played up. We learn that in the
old days the University com
mencement was one of the big
gest social events in the state,
and that seniors were exalted
and revered as the high and
mighty men of the campus far
more than they are today.
But even more interesting is
the fact tjiat into the plot of
the story is woven the tale of
the pistol duel at Piney Pros
pect in which Peter Dromgoole
was killed by a fellow-student.
Moore has changed Dromgoole
to Drumgoole, but his book
brings down to us an intact ver
sion of the death scene of the
boy .who fought . and died on
moonlit Piney Prospect so many
years ago.
Depiction of old fashioned
North Carolina aristocracy is
the main theme of the book, and
the . opening scenes are laid -in
an ancient eastern Carolina
town. Moore calls the town St.
Kilda, but certain descriptive
passages in the book lead one
to believe that the author
writing of New Bern,, which is
to-this very day sometimes spok
en of as the Athens of North
Carolina.
Dick McGIohon, whose family
is closely acquainted withthat
of Mr. Moore's, tells us some in
teresting things about the au
thor. He saysMhat as soon as
Moore graduated from the Uni
versity he returned to his home
in Powellville to practice law,
but upon finding himself to be
a poor lawyer he moved out to
his Hertford County farml and
there lived the idyllic life of a
writer-farmer. It was during
this period that he wrote The
Heirs of St. Kilda, drawing free
ly upon the'memories of his col
lege days in creating this ro
mance of the Old South. r
Sartorial Sway
"; By '
Beau Gent
C Apropo - of the weather we
relegate our - red -flannels to
limbo and are persuaded to
launch a campaign for sport and
summer clothes. Only the im
minence of the vernal fever
could induce . us to relinquish
our corner on the spat market.
Even if we have no other dis
tinction we have the satisfaction
of knowing that there is no oth
er man on the campus who owns
three pairs of spats. In that
we stand uniquely alone.
Drag out the musty ole swim
min' trunks ; unearth and brush
off the brilliantly colored sweat
ers and hideously colored ties
'cause it looks as if summer has
come to stay!
" Having recently returned
from a visit to the snooty hide
out of the elite at Palm Beach,
,are well qualified to advise
on hot weather fashions and are
just full of ideas about how to
keep cool, comfortable, and col
legiate; ' '"'
We observed that the up-to-date
man was brilliantly rather
than moderately or conserva
tively dressed. But while the
general trend was a distinct de
parture from the rigidly ob
served conventions there were
no gross eccentricities to be
seen. Summer dress is characT
terized by insouciant, fashion
able things that tend to" allevi
ate the effect of the heat by
color, fit, and style and yet re
main absolutely presentable, and
Qorfect. ' ?
Plain colored flannels, which
were much more popular than
the striped, were seen in all
sorts of pastel shades. The an
cient and honorable dark blue
jacket ' and white . trousers" have
passed away,; though they are
entirely correct, and such com
binations as a f grayish-blue
jacket with flannel trousers of
a lighter shade of grayish-blue
are being favored. "'. -,
One of the smartest combina
tions we have ever seen was
worn by a famous amateur box-t
er at the fashionable winter
colony; Olive greenish-gray
jacket, with trousers a shade or
so lighter, grayish-blue shirt,
yellow tie, and the conventional
two-tone, black-and-white shoes.
A tweed jacket with flannels
will also make a very effective
combination for everyday cam
pus wear. However, some of the
more important establishments
such as' Abercrombie and
Fitch,' etc report that there is
a great demand for summer
clothes in gaberdine and shet
lands. '
One should remember that the
necktie is the balancing factor
of your outfit. It should either
brighten up a dull scheme orj
tone down a colorful one. For
instance, if you are wearing a
dull drab brown suit and a shirt
of a neutral shade of brown,; you
will find that a tie" with life and
color in it will be much more
effective than a dull one.- If, on
is.the other hand, you are wear -
ing a suit of rich reddish-browri
or chocolate brown, with per
haps a stripe of blue, and your
shirt is almost a vivid shade of
blue, your tie should be inclined
to be dull so that you are not
mistaken f or a sun-burst.
There are quite a few things
that one must be cautious about:
One does not wear trousers
that are darker in color than the
included jacket.
One does not wear mono-toned
shoes unless they are white,
which is smartest 'with sport
or summer outfits.
One never endeavors to har
monize green and blue. It al
ways leads to grief.
And one " NEVER wears
brown shoes with a gray suit.
"THE LOVE PARADE" HAS
GENIUS-BORN QUALITIES
' Maurice Chevalier, who has
become the greatest European
actor to achieve success in Amer
ican films since Emil Jannings,
will be seen and heard in his
most gorgeous picture to date
when "The Love Parade" opens
at the Carolina Theatre today.
"The Love Parade" is some
thing different in all-talking
musical film productions, just as
Chevalier is a personage entire
ly different from all other screen
types.
In the first place "The Love
Parade" was written for the
audible screen. It. is not a film
version of any previous stage
production; it was created ex
pressly for the screen and with
the idea of the screen's values
for amusement uppermost in the
minds of, the geniuses who cre
ated it.
In the second place "The Love
Parade" was directed by Ernst
Lribitsch, who was named by
vote of critics in a poll taken by
Film Daily as the foremost di
rector in the movie industry.
He has never turned out a fail
ure. One of his greatest pic
tures was "The Patriot."
!;; Then there are other qualities
that carry "The, Love Parade"
to the fore as probably the great
est musical romance of the New
Show World. The libretto or
dialog was written by Ernest
Vajda and Guy Bolton. Both
are veterans of their craft. Bol
ton has written the books' for
over 50 operettas and musical
comedies.
Ten original songs are fea
tured in "The Love Parade."
They were ' written by Victor
Schertzinger, musician and di
rector, a man of many talents.
He has written a number of suc
cessful sons, one of them being
"Marcheta," one of the most
successful best-selling popular
songs of all times.
Clifford Grey who wrote the
lyrics for "The Love Parade"
was the lyricist for Ziegf eld's
"Sally," "Three Musketeers" and
for "Hit the Deck."
Heading the supporting cast
of the picture is Jeanette Mac
Donald, lovely Philadelphia girl
who made a rapid climb in musi
cal comedy through two or
three years of hard : work abet
ted by a personal charm and
beauty that; just wouldn't allow
her to stay in obscurity. . This
is her first all-talking produc
tion. She made such a great hit
in it that Paramount immediate
ly signed her on a contract for
other films. She has been de
scribed as "the girl with the red
gold hair and sea-green eyes."
She possesses a lovely . soprano
voice, has an exquisite figure and
a personage so generously en
dowed with those other qualities.
In all "The Love Parade" is
the farthest point upward in the
rapid climb of Paramount's New
show World productions. Peo
pie in New York paid $11 a seat
to see it when it opened at the
Criterion. And it must have
been, vorth it, for critics the
next day used 129 "rave" ad
jectives In malting their news-
L
paper reports on this great
1 musical romance smash