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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Tuesday, October 14, 1939
A)t Datlp Ear Ipeel
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art of public speaking. Since the j should be. And if freshmen will j
number of students who are in-j remember how much they dis-i
like any fraternity which prac-j
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Building.
W. H. YARBOKOUGH ...Editor
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REPORTERS '"
Mary Marshall Dxmlap T. H. Farmer
Delmore Cobb
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W. R. Woerner
Charles Poe
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Louis Sullivan
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: Mary Buie
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Otto Steinreich
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Dan Kelly
Peter Henderson
S. S. Esposito
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T. Herring
L. L. Pegram
Phil Liskin
- T. H. Broughton
terested in debating is relatively
small (the active membership of
the squad being about twenty
five), the debate coach can give
each member individual atten
tion. The present organization of
the debate squad is finely devel
oped. Tryouts are held only af
ter the query in question has
been discussed by two, or more
faculty members who are ex
perts in the field of the query.
Compulsory attendance for these
discussions insures w e 1 1 - i n
formed debaters and keen com
petition for places on debating
teams. . ;
The striking similarity which
intercollegiate' debating bears to
public life makes the debate
squad well worth the considera
tion of activity-pickers: J.C.W.
OPEN FORUM
tised cut-throating, high-pres-'
sure talk, and over-friendliness
that seems unnatural, fraterni
ties next year will stop using
such un-fralernal methods.
The old Jewish motto, "an
eye for an eye, a tooth for a
tooth' seems to be the motto of
practically every frat on the
Hill. "I heard that theyxut our
throats, so we'll just cut theirs."
It's every freshman's duty to
keep clear in his memory the
things he dislikes about frater
nities and to' see that his own
one does not use such methods
next year. In this way frater
nities here will some time be
come real brotherhoods, with
each other as well as in their
own fraternity. C.N P.
Clayborn Carr
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Tuesday, October 14, 1930
PARAGRAPHIA
"Mere wealth confers far less
social prestige in New York
than "in London." Dean Inge.
So we aren't such money hounds
and dollar chasers after all.
Headlines :
"Risque Books 'Borrowed'
By Senators Being Worn
To Frazzle By Readers"
And we wonder why so much
hot air is generated in Washington.
A NOCTURNAL VISITOR
Friday night, about midnight,
one of the dormitories was
visited by an apparition that
could be duplicated near the riv
er Styx, and probably nowhere
else. This person, his clothes in
tatters, with a patch over his
eyes, and false, protruding teeth,
called at several dormitory
rooms. He would call to the oc
cupants of the room in an at
tempt to get them to come to
the doors. A few of them did
so, but most of them thought he
was drunk or crazy,,,.
Of course, all this was really
just a prank to scare the per
sons in the room, and the whole
dormitory was following this
person to each room, to laugh
after the roomer had come to
the door. Naturally, no harm
was meant, but harm might
have been done unintentionally,
x To see such a gruesome sight,
leering at you around the door
would be, to say the least,
startling. To those who can
take a joke, it would be just so
much fun, but to those who can
not, it might cause hard feel
ings. Hard feelings are to be
avoided,; so, if this person was
determined to throw a scare in
to someone, he should not have
aroused those who were al
ready asleep.
Perhaps the greatest harm
that this might have caused
would have been due to the ac
tual fright involved. To those
who are naturally of a nervous
temperament or to those who
have a weak heart, the reaction
might have been dangerous, per
haps causing the person to
faint. It was a good joke, but
such tricks should be reserved
for times such as Hallowe'en or
April Fools' Day, when every
one would be expecting some
sort of trick to be pulled on
them. The joke would have
been funnier and less dangerous.
W. E. D. Jr.
type Evans, was received unas
sembled, and built by members
of the club. Instead of the
usual "shock-cord" method of
launching, the "Electron" was
towed by automobile until it had
gained sufficient height.
The club has a membership of
nearly 100, many of whom are
executives of the plant. It is
though by the directors to be
the largest club of its kind in the
United States.
RUSHING SEASON
ENDS WEDNESDAY
The
Debate Squad
Students at this University
find themselves surrounded by
auch a large number of extra
curricular organizations that the
task of choosing one or more
with which to become affiliated
is indeed baffling. The chief
ty here are publications and ath
letics. It is not wise, however,
to affiliate with these branches
of student enterprise merely be
cause they demand more atten
tion than the others. Students
should choose a medium for
spending their spare time in
lieu of the profession which they
intend to pursue after leaving
the University.
For those who are to pursue
the practice of law or any other
profession entailing frequent
speeches and public addresses,
the debate squad affords excel
lent training. Hie sole purpose
of the squad is to train in the
WAS' IT WORTH IT?
Editor of the Daily Tar Heel :
, Recent news dispatches from
Raleigh tell us of the legal ex
ecution of a negro lad of seven
teen. The negro was charged
with burglary, which is punish
able by death in this state,
juries often refuse to convict for
this crime for they feel the pen
alty is too harsh. It way have
been that the jury and the court
were influenced by two factors:
first, that he was a negro ; se
cond, that there was an added
element in this case of an at
tempted criminal assault. How
ever, Twill not quarrel with
that. .
Neither will I quarrel with the
fact jthat the court rulecUthat
there was no prejudice in that
national guardsmen were sta
tioned around the court house
pending the trial. Nor will I
quarrel with the court in over
ruling the contentions of de
fense counsel that the negro was
intoxicated and therefore lacked
that 'Intent' which is a neces
sary element in the crime of bur-
gjary. jn or will 1 disagree wren
the highest official in the state
who ruled that mental incom
petency on the part of the negro
would not prevent the state
from exacting the death penal
ty. Mob Justice in burning a ne
gro at the stake would be uni
versally condemned. But an ex
ecution by the state legal mur
der so calledthat is quite dif
ferent. The methods may vary
but the results are the same. In
both cases you have burnt flesh.
In the recent execution by the
state, charge after, charge of
electricity was sent through the
negro's body which caused one
of the official witnesses to ex
claim: "Does it take that long?"
The official executioner did not
turn off the switch until the odor
of burning flesh permeated the
whole prison. The prison phy
sican then decided that the
corpse was well done and
brown.
The Peace and Dignity of the
glorious state of North Caro
lina was upfreld. The official wit
nesses returned to their daily
tasks. Advocates of Law and
Order breathed easier. The of
ficial executioner homeward plod
his weary way twenty-five dol
lars richer for his simple task.
I merely ask the simple ques
tion of the people of North Caro
lina: "Was it worth it?"
JOSEPH E. JAFFEE.
Continued j Tin first page)
future, according to the fratern
ity council. x
Last year about 350 bids were
accepted, and from the looks of
things this year, probably more
will be accepted than ever be
fore. Fraternities as well as fresh
men are looking forward the
close" of the rushing season, not
onjy because of the fact that new
men will have been taken into
the different social orders, but
things will settle down to the
"old grind" again.
The term "freshmen" is ap
plied to any man who is being
rushed by any of the fraterni
ties on the camnus. Many times
violation of the rules comes as
the result of a misunderstand
ing of the term "freshmen."
U. N. C' Football Schedule
University of Georgia
University of Tennessee
Georgia Tech
N. C. State
Davidson College
University of Virginia
Duke University
Oct. IS Athens, Ga.
Oct. 2a Knoxville, Tenn.
Nov. 1 Chapel Hill
N'ovr 8 Chapel Hill
Nov. 15 Davidson
Nov. 27 Charlottesville, Va.
Dec. 6 . Chapel Hill
KOCH INTERPRETS
FIRST OF SUNDAY
NIGHT READINGS
(Continued from first page)
transcended the neurotic, half
mad fatalist with whom so many
actors have familiarized us. In
his place we saw a normal man
who was faced with an unusual
ly tragic situation and found
himself unable to cope with its
emergencies. If madness came,
it was the result of Hamlet's at
tempt to solve his problem,
rather than his wish to avoid it.
Having built up this personal
ity, Professor Koch succeeded
in keeping it alive and vibrant
throughout the unfolding of the
drama. '
When one realizes that this
effect was produced without
stage settings and the usual
theatrical trappings, one is
moved to express a sincere ad
miration for the genius of Pro
fessor Koch.
The second reading of the
series will be given some time in
November. Paul Green will read
one of his own plays; probably
Tread The Green Grass.
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ARE FRATERNITIES
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As a freshman, I have been
rather disappointed in frater
nities. I came up here with the
idea that fraternities were bro
therly, not only inside their own
fraternity but with other frater
nities. If I had a brother that
said the things about me that
fraternities - say about each
other, I'd shoot him.
If the best thing that a man
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