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Pc2 Two Gije Datlp Car pel Published daily daring: the college year except Mondays and except TnanJcs- . gvnriSi Christmas and Spring: Moii- cays. The oScial newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $4.00 for the col lege year. . T 0!ce3 in the basement of Alumni Building. JACK DUNGAN.......Editor ED FRENCH........ .....Mng. 5 Ed. H. K PATTERSON-3us. Mgr. . EDITORIAL STAFF ' : Editorial Board Charles G. Rose..........:.:... Chairman J. M. Little Frank J. Manheim Harper Barnes Wex Malone J. C. Sitterson Robert Hodges W. M. Bryson Will Yarborough Alden Stahr Bob Barnett Assignment Editors Otto S. Steinreich Dan Kelly, Assistant Sunday Editor Charles G. Rose '. v City Editors -Bill McKee George Wilson Peter Hairston ; , Desk filen - Frank Hawley T. W. Biackwell W. R. Woerner Don Shoemaker ; Sports Staff Jack Bessen.. Sports Editor Assistants : T. H. Broughton P. Alston Librarian Sam Silverstein News Men v E. M. Spruill McB. Fleming-Jones Charles Poe Alex Andrews F. W. Ashley W. E. Davis Bob Betts Clayborn Carr Reporters Saul Gordon ' . Vass Shepherd D. J. Olive ;.-, - Bob Reynolds Ronald Kochendorfer Dilworth Cocke Woodward Glenn M. V. Barnhill, Jr. . BUSINESS STAFF ' . Hal Worth....... : ......Circulation Mgr. Harlan Jameson.........:.....Ass't. Bus. Mgr. John Manning , -Ass't. Bus. Mgr. ' Advertising Bepartmerit r Al L. Olmstead. . Advertising Mgr. Pendleton Gray .-.....Advertising, Mgr. Bernard Solomon...;.,.-. Ass't. Adv. Mgr. R. D. McMillan, Jr A.ss't. Adv. Mgr. James N. Nowell H; A. Clark Collection Department Jack Hammer.........-....Collection Mgr. John Barrow Frank S. Dale Stokes Adderton Jack Stokes Correspondence Department Ed Michaels, Jr ....Correspondence Mgr. Wynn Hamm.-... Ass't. Cor. Mgr. Thursday, April 23, 1931 The Junior-Senior . -Brawl Since October members of the executive committees of the two upper classes have had in mind a dance which a large number of ' upperclassmen could enjoy, realizing that the percentage of persons . attending the final dances of the German club and the management of that organi zation naturally - rests with a relatively few men. The "idea those leaders had in mind was an efficiently managed ball or series of balls on a very high plane. The orchestra, the deco roations, and the entire atmos phere of the affair was to be the best that a reasonable amount of money could buy.- ... -' That was the scope. Since the "jam-up" bands of the that time Johnny Hamp, one of nation, an elaborate decorating Scheme, and an infinite number of small details have been com pleted. Among these, ' in order that opportunity might be given prominent alumni to renew their contacts back at "the old insti tution" three hundred invita tions have been issued to politi cal, social, and business leaders. This is the one occasion when decorum and dignity must be observed. The amount of un favorable publicity which a "wet" or "moist" dance and a "colossal bust" would bring the University is immeasurable. The German Club has detailed a large number ' of committee men in addition to the large joint dance committee of the two classes which is more than ever pledged to insure sobriety. The student union has been demanding large democratic dances in which quality is the key note. They are at last to realize them. The faculty of the University, the social leaders who will attend, as well as the newspapers and alumni of the state will watch with interest the conduct of the members of the senior and junior classes. What we are to expect in the future rests on how we will use what we have at present. In a final analysis whether these dances are to be a testimonial to the sporting blood of the younger generation which accepts in gen tlemanly good taste whatever situation he finds himself in, or whether they are to be as some have said a Junior - Senior Brawl rests with you and me. Intellectual ' .". M.. Maurois There is, it seems little: .in these days to agitate students. The demands for the gymnasium are stilled, attendance regula tions have been placed upon, us ; the necessary "Do Not Walk On The Grass" signs have been posted ; cries for suitable appro priations ; await definite action of the legislature; and the King of Spain is resting comfortably at Fouhtainbleau, or it is Paris, or London.. Yet in various cor ners and nooks of the new, united University, there are growls s and howls being heard from incensed and disgruntled readers of Andre Maurois' ob servations on American life and love, as they appear in the cur rent Revue des Deux Mondes. The learned French gentlemen asserts that the present eco nomic distress in these delighted states shows signs of being the cause of the disappearance of our "primitive optimism." He continues by saying that culture is extending, and that every where one sees the "healthy and gentle doubt" that comes with this expansion of culture. Mr. Maurois had better give heed to the sad fate of Mr. Priestly, , who made many dis tasteful dicta on the U. S. . A The days of admiring promi nent foreigners, and . enjoying their attacks are past. We haven't lost our optimism. And moreover, we haven't any doubt. LA little thing like this past de pression won't convince us that our economic or social theories are wrong. We don't, in spite of Mr. Maurois' assertion, doubt that our political institutions are the best that can be devised. Nor have we changed from our posi tion, that, America's, policies, abroad and at home, in matters of policy or liberalism, can be improved. . We still are certain that Washington's statement a century or more ago as to our foreign relations still bears all the, weight and accuracy of a prophet; in short, we know that all's well with the country ; that nothing can be done to improve a well-nigh unimprovable land. . All we need, as Mr. Brisbane says, is to buckle down and work so that , the good old days will be back again. .And one of the primary requisites for the g. o. d. to return is to be optimistic, and let's scrap any of "this here" doubt that Maurois claims we have. And if it's true that doubt is a natural result of culture, it's a pretty apparent indictment of culture. Let's scrap culture before we lose our optimism! F. M. Here And Now There is always a edit of "futurists" wherever one goes. They are people who are pre paring for their flourish tomor row. They are the people who find .the present unresponsive to their efforts of the moment. They are the ones who look ahead for the opportunities and the responsibilities that will mark their "coming of age." It is interesting to study the lives of. successful students, of successful business men, of suc cessful scholars. An analysis of their success will usually show that they are the men who take life in their hands and live it moment by moment earing little TTTT" T TT for the future as an ultimate, but confident that the future is no more than te inevitable prod uct of a succession of useful presents. "Carolina is inferior to Har vard." "The South is inert." "People are not intellectual." "The student body is stupid." "There is no competition." "There is no stimulation." "All in all the -campus, the student body, and life here is impossibly enervating." These are the charges of not a few of those who drift through the system of education set up here. The plea is of course a weak one and one which is calculated to heighten the estimation of the critic in the eyes of his auditors. . Ob servation of the actual situation will reveal however a richness of opportunity and advantage on this campus, that, can be equalled at an exceedingly few institu tions elsewhere. The plea of paucity of stimulation and op portunity here can be 1 estimated as nothing more than cheap rationalization and unintelligent fault finding. R. W B. Speaking The Campus Mind The God Lucre Answered Editor the Daily Tar Heel : "What is wrong with reli gion?" This is a question that has been asked through the ages by men who have been dis satisfied with life as they have fdund it and who have been all too ready to shift to other shoul ders than theirs the responsibil ity for the ills of the world and the shortcomings of men in stead of seeking earnestly for a remedy for these ills and shortcomings in the only place where it has ever been found. It was not surprising to find this question asked once more on. the editorial page of Tues day's issue of the Daily Tar tieei in an article wmcn con tained much truth and well founded criticism, mingled, how ever, with a misunderstanding of the real issue and a misrep resentation of the present , trend in ' the organized church. Out of justice to the Church and to ourselves we should endeavor to think clearly and as nearly as possible without error on such a subject, for religion is the most vital matter that can claim the attention-and thought of college men today especially. Nothing is wrong with reli gion. The trouble lies else where, and the confusion arises only when 'religion' is confound ed with 'the church'; and un doubtedly many , of the criti cisms which the editorial aimed at the head of religion are just ly deserved . by its earthly ex ponent and human energy, the church. What, after all, is re ligion? (And we mean the Christian religion, for that is undoubtedly what the writer of the editorial had in mind). Is it not the highest way of life? Did not Christ come that we might have life and have it more abundantly and to show us how this life might be lived? And wherever religion has been sin cerely tried as a 'way of life applicable to every phase of life, it has proven a successful and joyful answer to man's prob lems. Where it has not been tried, it has, naturally, been un able to solve these problems. Let us admit the faults of the Church, faults which are inher ent in its very nature as a hu man organization. Undoubted ly it has become secular-minded at times, undoubtedly it has of ten lowered itself to the level of the world when the world has refused to rise to its heights, undoubtedly it has ' often com promised and rationalized until its real principles and real teach ings have been buried deep un der a gloss of 'sugar coating which makes the remedy an ' Continued cn last pa m n, rfr'T'T Weakly Said - ' "YarV Ideas for a column abound un til the typewriter is secured and the process of putting those ideas on paper begin. This ef fort will be devoted to an in troduction. . With rare exceptions it has been impossible to secure column nists who could write for the en tire campus. Usually he is com pelled to devote his writing to those with whom he has daily contact. Dave Carroll was the last of the campus columnists. This weekly attempt will . not supply the need of one writing for campus consumption. If we were to employ Carroll's methods of attacking campus in stitutions we might succeed, but lacking Carroll's vitriolic pen and his mastery . of English we are compelled to confine our selves to observations gained from attending four classes five days a week. - The idea isn't to devote the column to observations gained from class attendance but . to use comments picked up around the office which do not consti tute news but are good column material. Most everyone who hangs around a newspaper office, even a collegiate enterprise, is obsess ed with the column itch. The trouble is that too few of these near-columnists can write cracks and most of the others think they can. And despite four years of association with the Daily Tar Heel we still wantto .write a column. According to Block Bryson the life of a columnist is unsafe. If one writes about one's friends then they get sore. If one doesn't there is very little left. STEPPING ,.ot- (Q) 'OT The long How to extend the operator's range five fold? There's an example of the prob lems put up to a telephone engineer. This was part of a study in stepping up the speed of service to distant points. "Long Distance" used to relay youfcall to one or more other operators. Now she herself reaches the city you are call ing, 30 or 300 or 3000 miles away. a nation,wid;e. system of inter. connecting telephones ! Frankly, we think that one should be flattered to breaK into print. During the last campaign quite a few hot words were spill ed because someone was left out. Proceeding on the assump tion that those we use today will not be insulted but flattered, we list a few observations. - . Chink Davis, who doesn't need publicity now that he has been elected, and Ruth Newhy, who says slie hates it, have been imi tating squirrels. Ruth hides be hind a tree and Chink looks for her. In the meantime two strange boys walk by, see Ruth hiding and start in her direc tion. Whereby the game ends. There's no sense in the above item, but it's amusing as they describe it. Ask them about it ! And Russell Wiliam and Mutt Ridenhour take "naps" in strange places. .-. Charlie, custodian of the tele phone at the "Shack," says Tues day night was a big one for the co-eds. He promises a compen dium on who's whose down there next week. J. C. Williams, erstwhile editor of the Magazine, begins his parting editorial with the head line "The Last Word." He uses an entire page of "a reflector of the Campus Literary" to de scribe the importance of the pub lication. Its appearance, created a sensation. Some thought that it was an enlarged Buccaneer from the cover. The editor went out to attract attention and he certainly succeeded with the cur rent issue. Congratulations! PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Betsy Ann Shop New Afternoon and Evening Dresses Moderate Prices I NTO A MODERN WORLD " "Iff,::. ', Q arm of the ";trr - JTl. i ::. 1 operator made Result : in BELL SYSTEM Thursday, April 25, 1931 With I Contemporaries 1 i Are Books Coming Back? Colleges have placed a great deal of quite natural emphasis upon the substance of volumes. But this emphasis has prevented any real appreciation of books as books. The pleasure gained from rare bindings and fine printing is only secondary, but it can be a genuine source of sat isfaction to the connoisseur. Both the modern trend toward mass production and the ad vance of education have made possible and profitable the pub lishing of books in great num bers. This large-scale production has tended to reduce the beauty of volumes and to cheapen the workmanship. Students are apt to forget that binding, in years past, was as much an art as writing itself. A study of this kind can do much to create an understanding of artistic crafts manship and to develop a very real appreciation of books in themselves. At Harvard a course is given by Dr. Winship which brings to the students a feeling for the in dividuality and workmanship that are the hall marks of a fine volume. Rollins has carried the study' into its more advanced stages. The Harvard Crimson. Mention The Daily Tar Heel when buying. THE W PLAN telephone longer five vears the average time . . ... 1 I . I irf t V 1 n 1. i r . -ii : 3 : 1 ' n needed to complete a long-distance con nection has been cut from 7 minutes to less than 2 minutes. In this industry even long approved methods are never considered beyond improvement. For men of the right aptitude, that viewpoint is a stimulating challenge.
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