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f Parre Two yz Datip Ear eel The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is printed daily except Mon days and the Thanksgiving, Christ mas, and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, ?4.00 for the college year. Offices on the second floor of the Graham Memorial Building. Jack Dungan Editor Ed French.. ...Managing Editor John Manning... Business Mgr. Editorial Staff EDITORIAL BOARD Charles G. Rose, chairman, F. J. Manheim, Peter Hairston, Vass Shepherd, R. W. Barnett, J. M. Little, Angus Mc Lean, A. J. Stahr. CITY EDITORS George Wilson, W. TV Blaekwell, Robert Woerner, Jack Riley, Donald Shoemaker, William McKee. DESK MEN Frank Hawley, W. E. Davis. " SPORTS DEPARTMENT Thomas Broughton, Jack Bessen, editors; Phil Alston, Tom Walker, assistant editors. . - - NEWS MEN Morrie Long, William Blount, G. R. Berryman. HEELERS J. S. Fathman, Donoh Hanks, Peter Ivey, P. S. Jones J. H. Morris, L. E. Ricks, Walter Rosen thal, Joseph Sugarman, A. M. Taub, C. G. Thompson A. G. Leinwand, J. D. Winslow; Business Staff CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Tom Worth, manager. ' BUSINESS DEPARTMENT R. D. McMillan, Pendleton Gray, and Ber nard Solomon, assistants. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT James Allen, manager; Howard Manning, assistant; Joe . Mason, Nathan Schwartz, Jones. COLLECTION DEPARTMENT -John Barrow, manager; H. A. -.Clark, assistant; Joe Webb, Henry NEmer: son, Randolph Reynolds. SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT R. H. Lewis. - Wednesday, October 21,1931 New Bull's Head Booked Bookshops have not paid here. A group of men inclined toward literature took advantage of the temporary removal from the campus scene of the Bull's Head Bookshop last spring to establish a shop of their own for the pro moon of belles lettres. That the library at the Univer sity is being used some ten or twenty times as much now than formerly, is the proud boast of Head Librarian Wilson, but this is no fault of students in pur suit of further literary and edu cational advancement, but rather an extraordinary increase in out side reading imposed upon balky students by a faculty that is growing tired of lecturing and which is gradually depending upon students to cover classroom exercises to the outsides. However, voluntary reading and literary browsing dependent upon the initiative of the stu dent himself is an excellent thing, and we can't help but cheer those who are reviving the Bull's Head bookshop enterprise. Books are the immortal part of those who write them. They are friends and foes enough for any man. Carlyle said something to the effect that if one were to cut a book that if it were a real one it would bleed with the life blood of the author. The new bookshop sponsored by the University and faculty is now comfortably ensconed in a ground floor room of the Y. M. C. A. For the first time, so far as we have been able to discover, Chapel, Hill will have a genuine rental library. Books will be purchased by this new book shop for this department which patrons of the service request. For four years a university faculty bullies students into do ing a certain amount of outside reading whether or not the weather be cold, but students will continue their book educa tion after college years only by the aid of the reading habits es tablished for themselves while in college. Cheap Defense, Expensive Prohibition Human emotions and public sentiment are fickle elements ; if they were not, there would be a larger number of politicians listed among the unemployed than at present. It seems that our populas is incapable of strik ing a medium, always exagger ating one motive at the expense of all others. Moreover the predominant motive is ever dif ferent, building upon one idea with great national expense then leaving it, or destroying it, to pursue some other, fancy. This tendency can be compared to that of a three-year old child, who spends hours building a house of blocks and then tears it down after its completion. In 1917 the nation was mili taristic. No expense was spared to fortify the country not only with the intention of making it invulnerable to enemy attacks but also with -a desire to outdo other nations. Billions were spent to build a navy which could dominate the world. America boasted of its prowess. Most certainly this was an extreme, but shortly afterwards came the other extreme. After the war came the paci fist reaction. Billions of dol lars' worth of battleships were wastefully destroyed in this orgy of demonstrations against war. steel tnat could supply a thousand industries now lies at the bottom of the sea, where our reactionists put it in the hope that all war could thus be ended. Despite the fact that the whole of Europe is now more armed than it was before the outbreak of the war, this senti ment still exists. In wielding the omnipotent budget axe Hoover's-committee for mini mizing governmental expendi tures has recently recommended the cut of $190,000,000 from the naval appropriation. The sale of the two new aircraft car riers, built at the expense 01 $90,000,000, for $3,000,000 to a private concern will be necessi tated as a part of this program. And still no high official has recommended a cut in the expen ditures for enforcement of the prohibition law! Our intelligent population is too moral-coiiscioLUs for that. 'Although prohibition enforcement is the greatest ex pense of our government, al though every court in the country is crammed with liquor cases that delay judgment in other cases, although the Wicker sham com mission stated that the eigh teenth amendment is the cause of our unprecedented crime wave, and although straw-ballots show distinctly that there is a majority sentiment against the law, our demagogical politi cal leaders interpret public opin ion to be entirely behind them in their actions and refuse to depart in the slightest degree from their policy of extreme enforcement. In this marvelously free coun try of ours, where the voice of the people rules if it can be heard above the blab handed out by propagandists and poli ticians we have at last reached that millenium where the physi cal is disregarded and the spir itual reigns supreme. That is, to protect us from invaders we will spend nothing; but to pro tect us from ourselves; let no expense be spared! Ah, Plato, 'tis better that you . df&& when, you did, rather than to have lived to be tortured by the blas phemies which are committed in the name of logic! W.V.S. A New Abolition Mahatma Gandhi is already a bit out of date. The Indian women opposed to him demand freedom and the emancipation of both men and women from the trammels of caste and class. Even India's political chief tains recognize the' women of India are engaged in a "double fight the fight for freedom ,of the country and the fight for the freedom of their sex." Jhis. has been adopted as the slogan of Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, for mer president of the Indian Na- THE DAILY tional Congress. No sooner had he given it' ut terance, than a woman leader ap peared in Srimati Durga Bai with the slogan: "Down with caste and class." In removing the , fetters she told her audi ence that a clean job must be done, and all shackles removed from both men and women. She charged that India is in the grip of three evils, as quot ed in the Madras Swarajiya : 1 "There is the powerfu force of British domination fight ing with all its might to keep India in its iron grip." 2 "There is the mighty pow er of the idle rich, the. capital ist and the prince, crushing the life-blood of millions of innocen men and women in order to pam per their bloated bellies." '. 3 "There is the most insidi ous and all-powerful force that enslaves the millions of India . the priestcraft that keeps human beings in slavery, in 'crystallized superstition' in an unthinking-, sub-human condition." We can sympathize with the women of a nation that makes them slaves to men. We wish the Indian woman "well in her attempts to escape from slavery. T.H.B. With Contemporaries Marriage x 1 College students are noted for their broadmindedness, their devil - may - care attitude, and their modern, ideas. The typical student is otten portrayed as taking nothing seriously. There fore it seems surprising that the marriages of college grad uates ninety-nine times out of a hundred succeed, while the av erage of all others is one to six. . What is back of this? It must mean one. thing. The col lege graduate thinks, after alL It rather explodes our time-worn ideas of college people, but nev er the less it seems to be true Success in marriage, is only understanding. Perhaps colleg es provide ..'a means of such un derstanding by v teaching the fundamentals of life. Daily Kansan. Two Styles of Charity Football Eastern colleges, urged on by the national unemployment com mittee of President Hoover's, have agreed to stage a football rodeo to take place in New Haven and New York. Each game'will be for 20 minutes and an active day of football games is planned for the spectator. ' In the meanwhile, Big Ten officials, upon being approached on the same subject, are with holding any opinion on the mat ter. Since charity games were already approved of earlier this fall, to take place after the regu lar conference season, it is wholly probable that a plan similar to that in the East might be adopted. Such a manner of conducting football games for charity might simplify matters in numbers. Yet we do not believe it would be as remunerative, as far as the charity side is concerned. Under the Big Ten system, the charity games will undoubtedly be used to decide the champion ship, in as much as it appears that several teams will tie for first place. Under the Eastern system, this would be impossi ble. Twenty minutes of football would not tire out the players so much, yet if it were a ques tion of demonstrating clearly a superior brand of football, twen ty minutes could not decide the matter as sharply as a regular football game could. There would be alibis from the root ers, of the losing team. As for games in the five financial different side, large TAR HEEL stadia would certainly attract greater crowds than any number of games in two stadia. Most Big Ten colleges are situated near large cities, and the con ference officials would certainly arrange a schedule that would attract the largest crowds. A championship game in the Mich igan stadium, a semi-championship game in the Ohio State or Northwestern stadium would certainly attract a large num ber of customers. Nor are. the other stadia in the Big Ten ex actly what one would call 'small.' All in all, although the plan adopted by the Eastern colleges is praisworthy, we do not believe it would be a success in the Big Ten. It is a question of straight football versus abbreviated, the atrical football. If the cham pionship of the middle west, per haps of the nation, is to be de cided in a charity game, why, not make it a full game and give the spectators their money's, worth. Michigan Daily. BOTANISTS COKER AND TOTTEN HAVE NEW BOOK READY (Continued from first page) primarily to create, and interest on the part of native Carolinians in trees of their state. "There is in each tree a complex in dividuality which is too mani fold and mutable for one to grasp in a life-time of study. It is fascinating to observe the seasonal change, the swelling of the' buds and unfolding of the leaves with their delicate colors, each kind differing from the others in shade." The book contains a descrip tion of the trees in words and pictures, and keys for their iden tification. Many of these trees may be found in and around Chapel Hill and therefore are of especial interest to students at the University. STUDENT HERE FROM GREECE TO TAKE ENGINEERNG 'Continued from first page) Athens to take a short course in combating the anopheles or mal arial mosquito. x "It all goes "to show," Mr. March said in conclusion, "how willing the people of the Near East are to help themselves if they are only shown the way. When a man works hours in the fields and then is willing to leave his sick family and go out and dig ditches by night because he is told it will prevent malaria we know that" we are working with people who deserve every bit of aid and encouragement that we or anybody can offer."- Mr. March will return to the Near ,East following his work at Carolina as consulting en gineer for the Near East Foun dation. " MILLER SELECTED AS SUCCESSOR TO PARKER DAGGETT (Continued from first page) Telephone company, the General Electric company, the Westing- house electric and manufactur ing company, and the Texas power and light company in re search and consulting capacities. He is now organizing his work at the Texas Technological col- ege at Lubpock, Texas and help ing the college select his suc cessor. Professor Daggett, whom Mil- er replaces, was head of the electrical engineering depart ment at the Universitv for wenty years. From a small be ginning he developed the de partment to where it is now rec ognized by such companies as General Electric and Westing- house as one of the leading elec- trical schools in the country. Graduates from the University I have been found to be well- trained by these companies, and have risen quickly. MANY STUDENTS GIVE NAMES FOR NEW BOOK SHOP " (Continued from first page) number of names submitted in the contest the committee of judges will require another day to select a name and determine the winner. Announcement will be made tomorrow. The contest has been con- ducted in order to secure a more suitable name for the old ''Bull's Head" book shop, since ltsre- moval from Murphy hall into the "Y" building. The "Bull's Head was named by its founder, Pro f essor Howard Mumford J ones, who came to the English depart ment from the cow country of Texas. Jones was noted for the unusual, and won wide fame for a tap dance presented on his desk top during an English reci tation, when his students had ac cused him of being amusing in stead of enlightening. He now heads the English department at the University of Michigan, and is the author of several books. The management of the new book store is desirous of install ing a circulating rental library to supply books to students and townspeople. Suggestions as to the purchase of books are appre ciated. Visitors are invited ' to the new location, which at the present, under the direction of Miss Dirnberger is undergoing a redecoration. Many new books' have been purchased, and there are bargain tables of well known books at half price. Cooperative Buying Of Books Brings In Saving To Students The sophomore English de partment of the University should be highly commended for their co-operation with the stu dents in saving them thelexpense of purchasing certain books that were not available in the library. At the first of the year it was necessary for the students to read The Historical Background of English Literature which the library did not have funds suf ficient to purchase for the class. Instead of demanding an ex penditure of each person for a copy, they allowed them to buy them co-operatively ; thereby au thorizing a saving of several dol lars by every sophomore English student. Delta Gammas at the Uni versity of Minnesota have sworn to limit their soda fountain bills to one lone nickle when "dating." "The word 'depression' seems to be known there, too," says the Oregon State Journal. I l;r''''"-W'l"'''r' mmmm.mm t , - r- : llMHCiAi IP &9 n ft v T VJ Paris, with its gay i j S J - ' Y flfe and loves j;j I vN, jwas she to leave 1 -4 them all for the iff 'Lj) safe haven of II marriage? J her mother ' v ; 1 had been as WW k - - , girls together- yf -J until scandal swept XgV, 'J? !' 1 .across both their lives!, X f i' 4 v" -l ' " I , ... ' ;W also !.; ' .. v -'I ; ; Comedy - N8 Novelty p jjgRj . NOWP Y( .1 UlfflHMiH Thursday IMS .PAULs r :"-, 'BELOVED BACHELOR" Wednesday, October 21, 193 "Saturday's CHUdren To Begin Playmakers' Fourteenth Season ( Continued from first page) a lover." And the end of Sat urday's Children brings a sur prisingly delightf ul and amusing solution to Bobby's prohlem. Ticket sales indicate that the first night will be a 'sell-out' for the salesmen. On Friday and Saturday night at the same hour there will be repeat perform ances. Thursday night the Caro Jina galon Ensemble, under th 'direction 0f Thor Martin John son, will furnish music during the acts. The Faculty Chamber Orchestra will- present a pro PTftm Fririav niffht. and i day Vening the Salon Ensemble O f O ' 7 NUIUI will appear again. FIRST ISSUE OF HUMOR MAGAZINE HOT OFF PRESS (Continued from first page) space, while the remainder of the space was filled up with "who was that lady I seen you with last night r and a series of sketches that smacked of The New Yorker, Ballyhoo, Punch, and Life. Like everything else, the flavor of humor reached a new low. . Late .Again October's issue, which was formerly due the last of Sep tember and was to appear Oc tober 15th, was five days tardy, due to the failure of the cover to arrive from. New York. Those few persons who failed to receive their copies due to a change in address are urged to report to the business manager in the spacious offices of the Buc caneer in Graham Memorial and receive their copies. NATIONAL TROOP SCHOOL SESSIONS TO OPEN TONIGHT The local unit of the national troop school will meet tonight at 7 :30 in. Davie hall. Captain E. T. Floyd, executive of the 316th field artillery, at Raleigh, is to be the instructor of both the junior and senior officers course. The junior officers course is for second lieutenants and those preparing to stand the examina tion for a commission as second lieutenant. The senior course is for those of Tiigher rank, de sirous of advancement. There are many R.O.T.C. and C.M.T.C. men in school and a large class is expected. LOST Lower half of green Sheaffer Pen. Please return to Y. M. C..A. or call' 7341.
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