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Sunday, October 4, 1931
yt Datlp Car ijeel
Published daily daring th college
year except Mondays and except
Thanksgiving, Christmas and
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at Chapel Hill, N. C., tinder Act of
March 3, 1879.
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cations Union of the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
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college year.
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Memorial.
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...Bus. Mgr.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Charles G. Rose, Jr.,. Chairman
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CITY EDITORS
Bill McKee y W, T. Blackwell
George Wilson Bob Woerner
Jack Riley
DESK MEN
Frank Hawley E. M. Spruill
W. E. Davis Otto Steinreich
SPORTS
Tom Broughton, Acting Sports Editor
Phil Alston
NEWS MEN
Morrie Long Claiborn Carr
Bill-Blount Tom Walker
HEELERS
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Sunday, October 4, 1931
A Dull
Editorial Day
The editorial offices of the
Daily Tar Heel presented a dole
ful picture yesterday of several
editorial writers staring deject
edly at their typewriters, wait
ing and hoping for some idea to
spur them on to literary efforts.
But no themes came; no just
causes were uncovered for which
to struggle against injustice; no
distressing ills were found de
manding immediate correction;
in short, the editorial board
found time heavy on its hands,
and as hour passed upon hour,
the yawning blank sheets of
paper lying in their virgin state
on the rolls of typewriters as
sumed spectral shapes, and be
gan to give rise to hideous night
mares of a Tar Heel appearing
without an editorial or two to
delight the readers.
This pitiful plight of the sage
writers of opinion and criticism
is no indication that there is
nothing, after all, to write
about. Not all the evils, beset
ting the University have been
scattered ; (optionalattendanceis
stillacontroversialmatter) nor
have daily events ceased to be
provocative of thought or , ac
tion . . . what this temporary
inability to write stirring edi
torials indicates is that for the
moment compromise has gripped
the paper. To discuss with vir
ility the causes, and to suggest
remedies for what troubles there
are means a rather inopportune
tilting with windmills. Not only
would such a policy be produc
tive of nothing beneficial at this
time, but it would more than
likely give rise to positive un
pleasantness in those quarters
where nothing but a benign and
peaceful attitude is desired.
The Daily Tar Heel is , not
1 dead, nor is it sleeping, but
merely pursuing a course of ac
tion which N circumstances dic
tate, and which, it is believed,
will prove expedient from all
viewpoints. F.J.M.
Paul Green
Does It Again
Paul Green has written a play
that, by all omens is predestined
to be a success ; at least, that is,
so far as the critics go. New
York has acclaimed it as one of
the most worthwhile productions
of the season.
This is by no means the first
play that Green has written
which has attracted attention
from the literary worlds-some
years ago, he won the Pulitzer
prize with his In Abraham' s
Bosom but this, his latest, The
House of Connelly, seems to be
the most successful.
In commenting on the coming
production of this play, one of
the members of the English de
partment said, "I hope that his
play will be a huge success, that
it will have a long run ; but I am
sure of one thing, that he will
never debate from his purpose
to make it popular, and that he
will write it for himself, not for
what he thinks the public
wants."
It is this uncompromising de
votion to his art that has made
Paul Green a success. We con
gratulate him on it, and we con
gratulate the University which
has had some part in producing
him. P.W.H.
OPEN FORUM
To the Editor:
An Open Forum letter in the
Daily Tar Heel of Thursday,
October 1, leads us to believe
that the buildings department
of the University is making
wooden paddles for sale. to the
various social and otherwise or
ganizations so that the latter
may be adequately furnished
with implements for the inflic
tion of pain upon new members
sometime in the near future.
Of course, we have been well
aware of the fact that the mild
forms of hazing commonly
known as "initiations" have been
tolerated by the University for
some years, in spite of the fact
that hazing of. students is illegal
in North' Carolina! But it was
with much surprise that we
learned that the University
seems to be actually sponsoring
the making of implements to be
used for said purposes.
Consequently we should like
to learn from the buildings de
partment the truth about the
matter. The knowledge of the
situation as it now stands tends
to throw discredit upon the
name of the University. W.P.
Lines of
Least Resistance
By JAMES DAWSON
Ode on Compulsory Attendance
There is a great
deal of poetry in
things that we hate:
just take for in- i
stance the attend
dance that's been made
compulsory for men
who didn't wade ;
deeply enough '
in books to make
honor roll. Tough. .
God, what an ache I
What a pain! Why
not let the clunk
who can't get by '
just do a flunk? '
Most of them will.
Why hit the man
who means no, ill?
Think (if you can)
think of our Ad
dison Hibbard:
if we just had
him back this hard
life that we lead
wouldn't have come.
He was indeed
our friend, and some
say that the State
is most to blame,
and not just Fate.
We know a name
for those who tossed
salaries down ten
per-cent and lost
us all the men
who were so lib
eral that we ,
could cut.
O, Hib- '
bard, your old free
dom is now cant!
For we can cut "
Salaries but
Classes we can't.
Now that the merger has been
begun, and' the University of
North Carolina is a 'part of N.
C. C. W., however, we can ex
pect anything. The first step in
the merger was the abolition of
optional attendance. When we
are campused for smoking cig
arettes, and have to sign up
with Dean Bradshaw for dates
with out-of-town girls, and wire
our mothers for permission to go
to Greensboro, then we shall
have reached that land of milk
and honey toward which we
have been going for the past
three years.
Our. own Chili Taylor acquired
a nickname last spring when a
young lady was sent to wake
him up one morning during a
house-party. She took one look
at him, snug beneath his blank
et; and shrieked: "Omar the
Tentmaker". The name was
stuck.
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In spite of the ill repute into
which stories of dumb freshmen
have fallen, thanks to zealous
Tar Heel writers, this one may
bear telling. One of the fresh
men appeared at the Paul White
man concert in 1928, . and sat
down in one of the best reserved
seats. An usher came down to
eject him. He protested that
he had a ticket for that seat,
although he had produced a
simple admission ticket at the
door. The usher asked for his
reserved seat , ticket.
"This is my seat," said the
boy, "I always sit here". And
he showed the astounded usher
his freshman chapel card.
.
Juit as it went around that
last curve, the tail end of the
depression hit the dining hall
of the Graduate Club. When you
spill salt '.up there, a waiter
stands behind you with a dish
pan to catch it as you throw it
over your shulder.
News has sifted back that
Ralph Westerman has taken his
own advice and gone to Holly
wood. (It may be only a rumor) .
He was probably discouraged
with the state of dramatic criti
cism in these hills. "One of, his
sophomores went to New York
last spring, and reviewed The
Green Pastures to make up work
he missed while he was away.
The first draft of the review was
copied from the blurbs on the
program. Ralph couldn't stand
it. The review was too favour
able. With
Contemporaries
Depression Hits
Gangsters -
Latest reports from the Chi
cago crime market quote a first
class murder, neatly and effic
iently done, performance to take
place at any designated time or
place, for the astounding low
price of $200. Col. Isham Ran
dolph head of the Secret Six and
the Association of Commerce in
Chicago, is the authority for
this quotation, which he listed
in an address before the stu
dents and faculty members of
Northwestern University. Let
ters and cancelled checks secured
in raids on Capone speakeasies
and strongholds are the basis
on which the prevailing price of
murder quoted.
All of which ' would seem to
indicate that the gangsters, like
the middle western farmers, are
suffering pangs of depression
brought about by an over pro
duction of commodities. Back
in the good old days when mur
der was a crime and the perpet
rators were punished according
ly at A-No. 1 execution brought
as much as $1,000, depending of
course upon the importance of
the future corpse. But in recent
months a decided bearish ten
dency, induced by price slashes
and wage cuts on the part of the
big operators, has completely
demoralized the market, and
murders may practically be had
for a song as the result.
But such a reaction was inev
itable. With the advent of the
machine gun, the high powered
rifle, and wholesale assassina
tions an excess was established
that no amount of attempt at
stabilization has remedied up to
the present time.
The law of supply and demand
operates just as surely when
murder is the commodity as
when it is beans or wool, and
gangland will have to recognize
the fact if it hopes to bring the
price of slayings back to pre
depression levels. The famous
spot" of gang warfare will turn
into spots before the., eyes super
induced by an empty stomach if
nothing is done to make this
business of murder more profit
able for the hoodlums who fol
low it as a profession.1-Daily
Kansan. '
A New Wheat
Salvation 1
Most persons who think about
the dilapidated condition of the
wheat market would scarcely
give serious thought or derive
much hope from the perdiction
that a new style in women's hats
might prove the, answer to the
farmer's prayer.
But the federal bureau of
home 'economics takes the mat
ter very seriously, as it points
to the Eugenie hat craze. Fpr
it appears that the new hats
alone will not make milady up
to the minute in fashion. She
must acquire also a well rounded
figure, a direct contrast to 'the
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It took four men to teach her what every wo
man knows that love is the greatest ex
perience in the world!
Helen Twelvetrees
" in '
"A WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE"
TUESDAY
The Star of Stars in a Start;
ling story !
Ann Harding ;
in
"DEVOTION"
THURSDAY
mit) Clje eijurcljes
Chapel Hill Baptist
Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor
a.AK o -m Snndav School. Stll-
dent Orchestra. Student class
"led by Dr. A. C. Howell. Wo
men's class led by Mrs. M. S.
Breckenridge.
11:00 a. m. Sermon by Judge
Brogden of Durham.
6:45 p. m. Meeting of B. Y. P. U.
7:45 p. m. Sermon by Mr. R. B.
House, executive secretary.
The Chapel of the Cross
Rev. A. S. Lawrence, rector
11:00 a. m. Holy communion and
sermon by the rector.
4 ..30 6 :00 p. m. Tea at the
Parish House.
7:00 p. m. Student forum.
8:00 p. m. Short service and or
gan recital. v
Organ program: Chorale in A
minor .C. Frank
A Song of Rejoicing Ross
painfully slender styles that have
been the source of unending woe
to many a cinema actress or
stage favorite.
The way to gain a fashionable
figure having now become eat
ing instead of the time honored
reverse, the home economics bu
reau reasons that a lot of grain
will be devoured by the faddists
of the country. " The depart
ment's - statement says "Econo
mists have agreed that one of
the outstanding reasons in the
decrease of cereal consumption
was the modish slender figure.
When a woman started reduc
ing, her first move was to cut
down on cereals."
Wheat will be in demand, the
report says, as it is a source of
vitamin B, which stimulates the
appetite and promotes" good di
gestion and assimilation of food.
Maybe the styles will solve thef!
problembut there are probably
a good many farmers yet who!
will hesitate to depend very seri
ously on the rather shaky foibles
of woman's taste in clothing.
Daily Iowan.
Love Finds A Way
She kept his room m order and polished his shoes, so he
torgot to notice she was lovely. When romance drew
them together, he didn't recognize the symptoms.
Your screen f avorites in a tender and ; joyous picture.
You 11 adore them more than ever.
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
; in
"MERELY MARY ANN"
with
Beryl Mercer
OTHER FEATURES
Bobby Jones Golf Series
"THE NIBLIC'"
Billy House in "Bullmania", A Paramount Act
Paramount Sound News
MONDAY
Lew
Ayres
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"WATERLOO
BRIDGE"
FRIDAY
University Methodist
Rev. C. E. Rozelle, pastor
9:45 Sunday School. Harry Com
er, superintendent.
11:00 a. m. Sermon by the pas
tor: "Pressing Problems".
7:30 P. M. Student Fellowship
Hour, meeting in church aud
itorium. Lutheran Student Association
Graham Memorial
Frank P. Cauble, student pastor
10:00 a. m. Discussion
11:00 a. m. Sermon by F. E.
Cauble.
Catholic
. Gerrard Hall
8 :30 a. m. Mass.
Presbyterian
Rev. W. D. Moss, pastor
11 :00 a. m. Sermon by Professor
H. E. Spence of Duke univer
1 sity.
8:00 p. m. Sermon by Dr. Eng
lish Bagby, of the psychology
department.
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