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"Page Two THE DAILY r AH HEEL Wednesday, April 16, 1930 (strong opposition to intemperate colleges think that we have finel Published daily during the college year except Mondays and except Thanksgiving, Christmas a B d Spring Holidays. Tho official newsnaner of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. U. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $4.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the Building. basement of Alumni Glenn Holder ...............:-.. Editor Will Yarborough. Jlfirr. 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. P. 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 Kemp Yarborough Louis Brooks Clyde Deitz Charles Rose , George Sheram Mary Price Frank Manheim J. P. Tyson B. H. Whitton Nathan Volkman J. M. Little E. C. Daniel Bill Arthur W. A. Shulenberger Hugh Wilson drinking here. And there is no reason why calamity howlers should depict the University campus as a huge puddle of al cholic moisture in an American collegiate Sahara. University of North Carolina students sim ply share the evidence by their fellows all over the country. Present-day college students are candid. They call their spades; they do not evade; they are not paralyzed by over-polite ness. They believe that prohi bition has demonstarted that it is a colossal flop, and they make no bones about informing the world that present conditions should not be allowed to con tinue. They frankly are in favor of modification of the prohibi tion laws to a point where they can be enforced, or repeal of them altogether. And Univer sity of North Carolina students are in accord with the general consensus of opinion on cam puses throughout the country on this question. professors, why do we not have the same opinion and keep as many of these choice men as we Philosophy Asa Study There is a University G. E. French William Roberts W. W. Taylor Vass Shepherd Harper Barries M. M. Dunlap Howard M. Lee George Barber Craig Wall Harold Cone Jack Bessen Everard Shemwell Ted Newland 7 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 Wednesday, April 16, 1930 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY It is the privilege of youth not to be surprised at anything.-rE. de Gramont. College Students Agree on Prohibition Newspaper editors and other public men throughout the state have commented upon the re sults of the prohibition poll con ducted recently by the Daiiy Tar Heel. It will be recalled that 658 of the 944 who voted wanted repeal of the 18th amendment, while 564 admitted that they drink and 380 professed that they do not drink. The predom inating recaction of 5 outsiders! who hav commented upon the poll is mild astonishment that "wet" sentiment is as pro nounced and as frankly admitted on the University campus as the vote indicates. . Comparison .of the voting in similar polls conducted at col leges throughout the country re veals a striking condemnation of prohibition. Certainly the Tar Heel poll does not reveal strong er sentiment against prohibition here than that existing among college students at other prom inent American institutions. Recently the Harvard Crimson conducted a great prohibition poll in fourteen Eastern and Mid-Western colleges. Of the 24,000 students voting, 15,000 admitted that they drank ; 11,006 favored modification, 5,589 were for absolute repeal and only 838 were in favor of continuing the - present liquor situation. A few weeks later the New York Eve ning Post conducted an inquiry into sentiment on the liquor question .among American col lege undergraduates, and report ed that opposition to prohibi , tion is even more pronounced than the Harvard Crimson poll indicates. Considering the strong anti prohibition sentiment evidenced by students at other colleges and universities, the University student body seems comparative- department in the organization in which few students are inter ested and with which the stu dents as a whole are little ac quainted, the department of phil osophy.' To say that you are taking a course in philosophy is to label yourself as an antiquat ed fool in the eyes of many peo ple. It appears that the trend in modern education is away from such studies as philosophy toward, the more exact sciences. The opinion . of the majority seems to be that philosophy is too general and indefinite to be of any value in the scientific world of today, that it deals with ideas rather than realities. There is perhaps something of truth in this conception. What one learns in philosophy may never enable him to sell wash ing machines or direct the con struction of a building. How ever, there is one thing that philosophy accomplishes for the student probably more than any other study. -It makes him think deeply. When he delves into such matters as space and time and immortality and the casmos, and reads the works of such authors as Kant, Hegel, William James,, Spinoza, John Dewey, and others, he is exer cising his brain. Not only that, but the study of philosophy lays the foundation for the formation of a philosophy of life upon the basis of his own beliefs, estab lished through' careful medita tion, rather than upon some thing he has been taught or has embraced on prejudice or hasty judgment. The formation . of some philosophy of life is as necessary to a person today as it ever has been. The course in the curriculum of the department of philosophy given under such men as Paul Green, Dr. Horace Williams, and Dr. Emery will be worth the while of the student who has the opportunity to take them. H. B. can r . , Here we hit the big question that has been brought up here lately m regard to a quality necessary for the new presi dent. This old money question comes up again and stares us in the face. The only way that we are going to retain all of the good men that we have is to be able to offer them higher sal aries than they will receive eles where. It has been said before that one of the main qualities of the , new ? president must be that he be able to raise money. He is going to have to- raise enough to not only keep the prized professors that we al ready have, but also enough to be able to add other good ones to the faculty. But what has this to do with any decline in the University? It just goes to show that where we were at one time able to get fine men on the .teaching staff, now we must stand by and see the other institutions seize our learned and excellent professors; Of; course there still remain i many good men on the faculty,' but the question is, will we be able to keep them? If we con tinue to lose the good ones as we have been doing in the past, soon our .one time excellent fac ulty will be so shot to pieces that it will be practically worth less. ' Besides losing all of these fine professors, we are also hav ing to give up one of the most capable presidents that we have had in a long time. Why? Among other reasons, because we are. not able to pay him what he has been offered elsewhere. It is true that he is going to a larger university and his re ceiving this invitation to the new job shows that others ap preciate and see his fine quali ties but why is this other uni versity larger than ours? Why is it able to take our best men? Simply because it can pay more. Here we come back again to the big job that the new president, whoever he may be, is going to have to face. This ability of be ing' able to raise money should be one of the big factors in the choosing of our new president. Forgetting all of the good men that the University, has furnish ed to larger jobs, the new presi dent is going to have to go out, get money, and fill the vacancies IN THE WAKE OF NEWS 21? Jack Dungan Sir Herbert Ames of H. M.'s government and the League of Notions has been here in the in terests of the League and World Peace. World Peace is desir able, and fortunately the League doesn't aim to seek the abolition of wars by the mere scrapping of armies and navies, but by education. It is as foolish to ex pect the discontinuance of wars by the scrapping of armaments as it is to expect the discontin uance of fires by the scrapping of all fire engines and fire fight ing equipment. : The question of the week is : "Who is Lola, the mystery girl ?" This column will reward anyone knowing the history and antecedents of Lola. Kindly call between the hours of 5 and 6. ::v.-v ::- ; F. M. (Pardner) James, who will be known next year as "Jesse" James, when he begins, collecting Y pledges, means busi- j ness and there will be no kidding the boy along. , Dean Hibbard has under con sideration a book composed en tirely of asterisks. His theory is that it would carry out the modern idea to its logical con elusion, and, in addition, be very easy reading. ; - ' Miss Grace Everest of. Fay etteville, a member of the Caro lina Dramatic Association exe cutive committee, rather likes Chapel Hill, and we wouldn't be missing it far by saying that there are some five or six young gallants here on the campus whose sole interest in the drama is inspired by a certain feminine influence. Now that the greens have come out the gamboling is bet ter than usual. The long hearalded Sopho more Flop, despite all predic tions, turned out successfully, a total of fifty cents being reported as profits. Royal Brown, treas urer of the class, has audited the "return" and deposited it in JU t isallot V LECTURES the Bank of Chapel Hill against of the professors that we have , the possibility of their being any had to give up. C. G. R. Decline In University t For the past few years many of the faculty members have been resigning from the Uni versity faculty to take up po sitions with some of the larger institutions of education. Ap proximately a dozen or more of the best nrofessors nave re signed from the faculty this year. Some may consider that it is a comnliment to the Uni versity that it has on its f acul ty, men who are wanted by larger schools. Probably this is something to be proud of, but, although we do receive the com--pliments, we lose the "cream of the crop," so to speak, by hav ing to give up some of our best Lenten Season r Daily Devotion Meditation: It is easy to re joice and be glad m youtn. it is not so easy as one's age comes stealthily upon one? There is a common reluctance to face age. This attitude is designed to de stroy the joy that age should bring. The wiser way is to ac- unpaid bills of the class. - The Entertainment Commit tee in today's paper presents a list of thirty attractions, which in its opinion are the best of a list of several hundred. They ask that the student body cast another one of these infernal straw votes to show which way the wind blows. The staff of the Daily Tar Heel casting its composite vote shows a prefer ence f or : Speakers Richard Byrd, Darrow-Cannon debate, Richard EL Byrd, Explorer and Adventurer. Guglielmo Perrero, Historian and Critic. Louis Untermeyer, Poet and Critic. " Everett Dean Martin, Educator. C Blair Niles, Devils Island Experiences. Morris Fishbein, Medical Superstitions Exposed. Joseph W, Krutch, Critic and Author. Darrow-Cannon Debate, A Bishop and an Atheist Debate Prohibition. Max Eastman, Poet and Critic. Edna St Vincent Millay, Poet. George Russell, Irish Poet and Philosopher. Wythe Williams, Journalist and Traveler. Bruce Bairnsfather, ; World Famed Cartoonist and Humorist. DANCING Q Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet; 9 Dancers and 5 Musicians with New Balletone Invention. Carola Goya, Recital Spanish Dances. Angna Enters, Episodes and Composition in Dance Form. Ruth Page, Solo Dancers from Metropolitan Opera Co. DRAMA . Theatre Guild Repertory Company O'Neill's "Strange Interlude." The Ben Greet Players ' " "Hamlet." "Twelfth Night" "Much Ado About Nothing." . "As You Like It" " Cornelia Otis Skinner, Original Characterizations in Cos- - tume. ' ? Frank Speight, Eminent English Actor in Dramatizations of Dickens. r; music Crook, Tenor Soloist. Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone Soloist. Boston Male Choir, Vocal Ensemble. j Russian Symphonic Choir, Vocal Ensemble. Q Spalding, Violinist. Maier & Pattison, Pianists. Beggar's Opera, The Beggar's Opera. - ART.. : , -O An Art Exhibit. V Please select ten attractions and number them on the ballot according to your first, second, third (etc) choice. Ballots may be left in the office of , the Committee Chairman, Mr. Hibbard (South building) or at the Y.M.C.A. desk. All votes to be considered should be in the committee's hands by Saturday, April 26th. v Sartorial Sway By Beau Gent cept age when it comes and find ,Tr j -rr x. j ., . -r, u ' j Tjf i. 1 : Joseph Wood Krutch, and Mor- ly "dry." At any Tate, there is men. If other universities and its own satisfactions to bring and its own contributions to make. There are greater ac tivities than physical ones. To grow old gracefully is a sign of the youthful spirit, for that spirit is one of hopefulness. The! best way to keep young, both in feeling and appearance, is to be lieve in the peculiar value of each successive period of life as it comes, and to look for it. Prayer : O God of the seasons, Thou giver of days and years, we witness Thy providence in the coming of t ever marvelous times in the hurrying calendar of our lives. For the fruits and colors of our own autumn days accept our thanks and may there be no sadness in our nearts at the departure of our spring and summer. Amen. ris Fishbein ; musical numbers Lawrence Tibbett, Maier and Patterson, and the Beggars' Op era ; dance numbers Carola Goya, and Pavley Oukrainsky ; dramatic numbers Theatre Guild Repertory production of Strange Interlude. ' ' Some of the campus pocket billiard enthusiasts are in favor of organizing intramural pool. The idea is not a bad one. Get bowling, billiards, and beer for the student body and there would not be as big migrations off the hill each week-end. When President Battle first came to the University to as sume his duties, he had to walk up Strowd's hill, as the horses which he brought from Dur ham were exhausted. More and more bathing suits made of less and less will be worn this year. The tendency seems to be toward the w. k. German idea of "Sonnen-Kul-tur." ' Some of the more radical swimmers wear a mere loin cloth looking pair of trunks made of flannel and two lengthy shoulder straps that are at tached to a piece of silk that re sembles an infant's bellyband. Nice, respectable Babbity Amer icans do not attempt such ex tremes. We predict' many, many arrests for indecent exposure if this part of the country adopts the outfit. " Nevertheless, they ARE comfortable and racy. For' those of you who are in clined to be a little different and who are tired of the convention al woolen or semi-woolen suits, we recommend the new. gaber dine trunks. They are prefer able to the flannel trunks be cause they shed water more readily. They come with wide bottoms, side pockets, and small pleats in the front. A spiff y combination would be gaber dine trunks and a silk tank top." These gaberdines, by the way, are equally smooth for any oc casion that demands freedom of limb such as boating, beach games, and other dampish, waterside activity. In place of the usual beach robe which will still be seen a great deal there is the new beach jacket. It is made of flan nel, usually white, double-breasted, and is rather sTiort. It cov ers the top portion of the suit and leaves the trunks, which are generally of a darker color, uncovered. They; are the smart est beach accessory this year and are much more convenient and useful than the old beach robe. Doubtless many of us have experienced the disappointment of coming-out .of the water and anticipating a refreshing smoke, only to discover that we inad vertently went swimming with our cigarettes and matches tucked in our trunks or top. Cigarettes and- matches just won't stand for that sort of treatment An inventive gen ius has solved the problem very simply. It is a semi-rigid, water-proof, rubber cigarette case that will hang on to your trunks or top by means of a clip. It costs only one . dollar and is any man's friend indeed. Apropos of the weather. . . . We are of the opinion that looks tend to influence feelings. If you're dressed coolishly you will feel cool. There is no reason for wearing a starched of pinned collar in this weather and vests should have been discarded ex cept for wear in the evening a long time ago. One of our friends seems to revel in a starched collar at present. He always appears to be sloppily dressed because the collar in variably wilts, or chokes him until his face looks red as a sun set. There is no method to such madness. We advise that if you are un alterably in favor of galivant ing around without a jacket or sweater, you at least dispense with the suspenders. A belt is much more effective, and neat, and, if you fasten it lightly, can be just as cool. If, however, you think you will be in danger of losing your trousers, you'd bet ter stick to your, "eyesores," 'cause Officer Blake would not approve of the resulting scene. Person hall wis finished in 1798. Ij f it
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