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Ci)e S)ailp Car Ceei
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
a3 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.
f Rose, chairman; F. J. Manheimi
Peter Hairston, Vass Shepherd, R.
W. Barnett, J. M. Little, A, J. Stahr.
FEATURE BOARD Donald Shoe
maker, chairman; James Dawson,
Robert Berryman, Scott Mabon, and
E. H.
CITY EDITORS George Wilson, T.
W. Blackwell, Robert Woerner, Jack
Riley, Tom Walker, William McKee.
DESK MEN Frank Hawley, W. E.
Davis.
SPORTS DEPARTMENT Jack Bes
sen, sports editor; Phil Alston, Mor
rie Long, assistant editors.
NEWS MEN William Blount.
HEELERS J. S. Fathman, Donoh
Hanks, Peter Ivey, P. S. Jones, J. H.
Morris, L. E. Ricks, Walter Rosen-
, thai, 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
Jimmy Allen, manager; Howard
Manning, assistant; Joe Mason,
Nathan Schwartz, Bill Jones, J. W.
Callahan, H. Louis Brisk.
COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John
Barrow, manager; H. A. Clark,
assistant; Joe Webb, Henry Emer
son, Randolph Reynolds.
Tuesday, November 3, 1931
Dams And
Constitutions
Last night at the sabbatical
gathering of the student Y. M.
C. A. of the? University an un
precedented thing occurred. A
written constitution was pre
sented to the gathering. Much
discussion ensued but at the
heart of the problem was this
issue can an organization f unc-
tion better with or without re
strictions. Is it possible to
achieve more by retaining a
vague, general feeling of re
sponsibilities and purposes or by
defining them in black , and
white?
News reel photographers de
light in showing from every
angle the new dams that are
constructed over this country
every year. The romance of a
,dam rests in the fact that "be
fore' it is there the river that
it obstructs is a mere wander
ing stream whereas "after" it is
. built the stream becomes a dy
namic force with almost inmeas
ureable potentialities. Some of
the water .pressing against the
dam may be used for irrigation,
some of it may home schools of
' newly plantecLfish, and some of
v it may be diverted for power
uses. In other words, what had
previously been an aimless
stream wandering uncontrolled
and free, has now become a great
force ready to respond to the
guidance of man's directing
mind.
The Y. M. C. A. here has car-
ried on numerous projects, has
completed year after year with
more or less success some out
lined program, and'has, the Y.
M. C. A. itself has felt, fulfilled
its functions decently enough.
Impartial observers, however,
have criticized it and say that it
lacks life and drive and de
finiteness of purpose. The in
dictment is justifiable.
It Fs to be hoped that with the
actual definition of powers,, re
sponsibilites, and purposes we
may feel a new enthusiasm, a
new sense of usefulness, and a
new vividness infused into the
student Y. M. C. A. of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
R.W.B.
Students Desire
Intersectional Games
Although the football season
is little more than half- over,
there have been rumors circulat
ing the campus that there will
be some intersectional games on
next year's schedule.
Of the possible intersectional
rivals, Syracuse, Dartmouth,
and Wisconsin head the list.
Last year a game with Dart
mouth on a neutral field fell
through by an eyelash. How
ever, it is being said that the
Tar Heels will meet the Green
probably at the Yankee Stadium
or the Polo Grounds in New
York. " '
Syracuse is reported as ready
to journey to Chapel Hill for a
game with Carolina, while Caro
lina is to play Wisconsin at
Madison, Wisconsin.
In spite of all these signs, too
much stock can not be taken in
these rumors. As rumors go, it
is unlikely that the Tar Heels
will play more than one or, at
the most, two intersectional
foes.
It has been some time since a
Carolina team has entered the
intersectional field. In 1928
Harvard licked the Heels in
their last encounter with that
college. - '
,Ever since Carolina put out
its famous 349 point team in
1929 there have been cries for
intersectional games.' Carolina
certainly has the material to en
gage in such contests, and if it
were done, it would be in line
with the policies of other Con
ference teams, nearly all , of
whom play teams f rom other
sections of the nation. In North
Carolina, Duke played Villanova
at Durham this year; last year
the Devils played Navy in addi
tion to" the Philadelphia school.
In other sections of the south,
games like : Yale-Georgia, N. Y.
U.-Georgia, Southern California
Georgia, Mississippi-Colgate,
Auburn-Wisconsin, Vandy-Ohio
State, Florida-Syracuse, and
others advance southern football
to its rightful place among the
leaders, in addition to being
great drawing cards wherever
these games are played.
A game with Dartmouth at
the Yankee Stadium or the Polo
Grounds would draw close to 50,
000 fans. Dartmouth is one of
New York's pets, and the Green
has always played to capacity
houses whenever in Pa Knicker
bocker's domain.
Syracuse would, without
doubt, be a sell-out for Kenan
Stadium, as would Wisconsin.
The sentiment of the Daily
Tar Heel and the students is that
at least two intersectional games
b6 scheduled for next fall.. We
wish that the schedule makers
would take this in consideration
before completing next year's
card. J.B.
Vive, Henri,
La Guerre - ,
"War," we have read some
where, "is- after all rather glor
ious." We thoroughly agree with
this point of view, which-recommends
war i but there are far
better reasons for war than
those mentioned. We shall at
tempt to enumerate them.
War, in the first place en
courages and trains citizens in
loyalty. Loyalty is the word that
is most important in the military
officer's vocabulary (of course
the vocabulary of the average
military officer is certified to be
larger than that of any other
average moron, but it is made up
laregly of unrepeatables) but
loyalty is at least the most im
portant in some vocabularies.
Then we must look on the
wonderful chances for suicide
that war offers. Really, we can
think of no better way of end
ing one's life when it grows dull.
The bother of a burial is done
away with ; the passe is lauded
as a hero, when as a matter of
fact his chances were far better
in going ahead than they were
in going back or standing still,
i Finally we must consider the
social values that war has. Let
us set them down ! 1. War de
crease's the labor supply, there
by allowing those left to pro
fiteer. 2. War gives an excuse
for the members of the grand
THE DAILY
old army, or what have you, who
are left to have nice get togeth
ers thereby increasing con
sumption, - and consequently
prosperity. 3.. War gives all
sweet young things real he-man
1 heroes to worship. 4. War kills '
off just lots of obnoxious people,
such as poets Kilmer and
Brooke. t '
In conclusion, let us say,
"Vive, Henri, la guerre !" '
P.W.H.
Proposed y
A Solution
"The boys like the co-eds all
right as long as they look up to
them as mighty males." This
statement of M. W., writing in
"Speaking the Campus Mind,"
may be perfectly true, but the
main trouble is that there are
only too many girls and we
won't bring down the wrath of
Spencer hall on our) head by call
ing them co-eds who are willing
to look up to boys as mighty
males around Christmas or
birthdays.
If the co-eds want an even
break we might suggest- the
plan started at th University
of Arizona by the newly formed
Bachelor's Club. This club has
been formed for the purpose of
conducting a drive to make its
co-eds share the expenses of
their all-necessary dates to meet
the demands of the' present de
pression. If the co-eds through
out the country were to adopt
that plan it would cause the
death of the so called gold dig
ger, if nothing else was accom
plished. If co-eds were to follow in the
footsteps of West Point, An
napolis, University of Pitts
burgh, Arizona, and others it
would at least give them an even
break. If the - statement of
M. W. is true, then co-eds could
tell men in . the case to take a
running start and -jump in the
lake, because under the proposed
plan , ; the woman in the case
would be paying the expense of
a date.
Another plan that M. W. could
use to advantage would be a
plan of having women call on the
men and divide the wear and
tear on the family sofa and the
electric light expense.
How can men be blamed for
disliking co-eds? The girl of
today has taken over the entire
realm' of Manhood. We noticed
in Saturday's Tar Heel that Ruth
Newby, dignified senior of the
University, "has broken the ice
upon the pool tables of Graham
Memorial" for the members of
her sex. How can men be
blamed when the women of
America have even taken away
their claim to pants. With the
coming of the beach pajama the
death knell was sounded for the
last rights of man, but at least
we can thank God for one thing
whatever the women Oj Amer
ica do to further take away the
ancient rights of man the sacred
realms of fatherhood are still
left beyond the reach of the am
bitious females of this age.
E.K.L.
THIS WICKED
WORLD
By E. H.
Woman has ever been the
choice' topic of those who write
or think they can write. Helen's"
matchless face launched ah en
tire fleet and somehow or other
ignited the topless towers of
Ilium. Dante had his Beatrice,
Cyrano his Roxannah. Dickens
created that sweetly girlish (but,
oh, so untidy!) Dora whom he
bestowed upon the - estimable.
David. - Victorian heroines
swooned, smiled, then swooned
again provided there ,was an
eligible bachelor within catching '
distance. Hardy molded beauti-'1
fully that moody and desolate '
creature, Eustacia, who for so
short a time presided like a god
dess over Egdon Heath. And
HEEL
that red-headed woman seems to
have played havoc in the literary
world just recently. So column
ists, least important .of all the
world's writers, feel it their duty
to give vent to their cynically im
proper predilections about wo
men. Being different, as well as
indifferent, we are going to
write of other things, not neces
sarily of ships and shoes and
sealing-wax, nor even cabbages
and kings.
After a thorough disquisition
into the identity "of Calliope,
Euterpe, and Erato, the unholy
three who combine so effectively
when poetic columns are at
stake, we have satisfactorily
solved the riddle. But those who
lurk behind such euphonious
titles need have no fear of us.
Like Chesterfield we hope
neither to write nor speak amiss.
And their names we'll never ex
pose, lest they shed their poisons
o'er our prose. .
.
An evening or two ago we
were wending our solitary way
down that desolate stretch of
road which is the only approach
to our present habitation. Tiny
broken bits of black cloud scud
ded rapidly across the gun-metal
sky like raven crows flying
against a lowering storm cloud.
The wind soughing through the
tops of the tall trees produced a
sound as of a far-off waterfall
thundering heavily downward.
We laughed aloud for sheer joy
at being alive in this crisply
cool, dark world. The echo was
tossed back., too quickly ; it
taunted us. Umbrageous was
the world on all sides. And that
ghastly, sinister face peering
at us ! Closer it came, gray like
putty, but with a livid scar
across one high cheek bone. All
around was darkness. That evil
countenance stared steadfastly
as it approached, bloodshot eyes
glistening wickedly. Momentar
ily we expected claw-like hands
to .reach from underneath that
black shroud and by a mere
touch of cold and clammy fingers
turn warm blood to water and
freeze the marrow of our bones.
A sardonic grin seemed to be
fixing itself around the cruel
mouth. As a drowning person is
supposed to see in a flash his
whole life before him so did we
remember poignantly the count
less admonitions imposed upon
our heedless ears by editors who
constantly reminded us. that un
less we changed our ways our
dead body would be found hr a
certain locality the following
morning. "Let X mark the spot,"
we would retort gaily. But now
there was no gaiety in life. Our
past was haunting us! This
ghoulish creature was not of this
earth. Already could we feel the
coarse, dank soil closing over our
still alive body. The face loom
ed nearer. The lips moved as
though to hiss. We opened our
feverish lips ...
But no scream rent the air.
No, it wasn't Halloween. We
had just been reading Poe too
late at night.
SPEAKING
- the
CAMPUS MIND
The Daily Tar Heel does not neces
sarily endorse letters published in
Speaking The Campus Mind. Lack
of. space prohibits the publication of
all letters submitted.. Preference will
be given letters which do not speak
upon subjects already exhausted. Let
ters should be four hundred words or
less, typewritten, and contain .the
name as well as the address of the
writer. Names will be withheld upon
request, except when the writer at
tacks a person. No libelous or scur
rilous contributions can be printed.
Unshattered ,
Faith
To the Editor:
To read that certain supposed
ly distinguished personalities
eulogize the manly art of foot
ball in the face of the tragic
deatl of Richard B. Sheridan
during the recent Yale-Army
game, leaves one stunned at their
heartlessness and inhumanity.
Thp honorable Patrick Hurley,
our Secretary of War, patri
otically declares that he would
rather see a man go down in the
splendid spirit of the gridiron
than under the wheels of an
automobile; which is to say that
as long as Sheridan had to die,
the football field, next to No
Man's Land, was the best battle
ground where he could die. What
infinite capacity of sympathy for
a mother, weeping at the grave
of her son, who fought valiant
ly for the prestige of his alma
jnater, and the senseless pride
of alumni!
Mr. Charles Francis Adams,
that most worthy and estimable
Secretary of the Navy, says :
"football, wjth all its risks and
exaggeration, is a good influence
in education." Was young Sher
idan's death worth all the bene
fits that twenty-one other credu
lous young men received ?
The gridiron, according to the
scholarly Dean Mendell of Yale
College, "is a testing ground, - a
laboratory, where the real man
is revealed." To him, Sheridan
was an unsuccessful experiment.
The same leisurely gentleman
philosophically adds: "Life
should not be lived for the mere
sake of living." We wonder
what Mr. Mendell lives for.
Dr. H. Y. Benedict, President
of the University of Texas, no
less, says: "Deaths in foot
ball . . . are infrequent." What
complete consolation for Mrs.
Sheridan whose son went to
West Point to learn to defend
his country, and, ironically
enough, died in the attempt to
defend his goal line. Sheridan
has gone. His training for the
"battle of life" was complete.
. v J. B. MASS
I. M.MATLIN.
Musical
Cats - " " ; -
What cheerful tinkling melo
dies there must be rising from
Coral Gables, Florida l For Coral
Gables requires that each house
hold cat in town must be
equipped with a bell around its
neck -so , Time, weekly news
magazine, tells us. This act was
no doubt passed in response to
the demands of a local cat soci
ety, or some similar worthy or
ganization, to prevent sleek tab
bies from destroying bird life.
Theoretically thebell-cat idea
should work perfectly. But in
actual practice it fails miser-
s
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Tuesday, November 3, 1931
ably in its purpose, for two rea
sons: (1) Any belled cat soon
learns the knack of creeping
silently to within leaping dis
tance of a bird ; when the final
spring is made, only providence
can save the bird the bell mere
ly tolls the death knell. (2) It
is a known fact that no noise,
except be it sudden, loud, and
raucous, causes much concern
among the feathered folk; they
are fearful of" motion rather
than of sound.
Not withoutknowledge or ex
perience do I speak: I keep a
cat, but I also know something
of the habits of birds ; aid my
observations on both cat and
bird substantiate any assertions
I have made above.
Coral Gables deserves credit
for her charitable move, but she
might do better to banish her
musical cats and replace them
with lazy, well-fed felines. Pur
ring tabbies are much more sat
isfactory than tinkling cats!
WINSTON PUGH.
Fraternities should not burn
the leaves which are beginning
to fall now, because the most
valuable of fertilizers can be
made from them. Although
these leaves may appear to be a
great nuisance, they can very
easily be raked into some in
conspicuous place, such as a
fence corner in the back yard
and covered with afew shovels
ful of dirt. Great quantities of
leaves can be packed into a very
small space by weighting them
down with soil. The addition of
a gallon of air-slacked lime has
tens decay, and by next fall, this
year's leaves will be ready to
mix, half and half, with the soil
in planting shrubbery, in mak
ing new lawns, and in feeding
established shrubbery.
Leaf fires only increase the fire
hazard, and the disagreeable
smoke from piles of burning
leaves is the evidence of one of
our. most wasteful practices,
s : " WILLIAM" L. HUNT.
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