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JUL Friday, December 11, 1931 Pas Two THE DAILY HEEL TAR The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill whera 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, $4.60 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; Peter Hairston, Vass Shepherd, R. W. Barnett, Ruth Newby, Oscar W. Dresslar, Louise Pritchard, E. K. Graham, Jr., Sidney Rosen, J. F. Alexander, B. White, Gilbert Blauman, F. J. Manheim, John Wilkinson. FOREIGN NEWS BOARD E. C. Daniel, Jr., chairman; Frank Haw ley, Robert Berryman, Elmer, Oet tinger, Claiborn Car, and C. G. Thompson. FEATURE BOARD Donald Shoe s maker, chairman;- James Dawson, 1 Scott Mabon, E. H., Jack Riley. CITY EDITORS George Wilson, T. W. Blackwell, Robert Woerner, Tom Walker, William McKee, W. E. Davis, E. E. Blodgett. DESK MEN William Blount, Morrie Long.' " . SPORTS DEPARTMENT Jack Bes sen. LIBRARIAN E. M. Spruill. HEELERS Donoh Hanks, J. H. Mor ris, H. K. Bennett, H. M. Janofsky, " Walter Rosenthal, Joseph Sugar man, A. M. Taub, W. R. Eddleman, A. G. Leinwand, J. D. Winslow, Milton Bauchner, P. W. Crayton, A. T. Dill, V. C. Royster, W. O. . Marlowe, C. S. Mcintosh, S. A. Wil kins, Mary Parker, F. C. Litten. 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, H. A. Clark, assistants; Joe Mason, Nathan Schwartz, Bill Jones, J. W. Callahan, H. Louis Brisk. COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John Barrow, manager; Joe Webb, Henry . Randolph Reynolds, H. G. May, Jim Cordon. SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT R. H. Lewis. Friday, December 11, 1931 Why Deny The Truth? Now that football has another year of passed into the records, the usual reaction has set in. The subsidized athlete is being attacked from all sides by men filling high posts in our educational institutions. The situation is termed "deplorable" and is "viewed with alarm." Let us -take inventory of our selves at this propitious moment and decide which side of the fence to be on. Are we among those who condemn wholly the over-emphasis of the present day football situation, or are we of the opinion that a "laissez faire" policy should be followed with regard to the sport? It is high time that the great insti tutions of learning in our coun try banded together and arrived at some definite decision for the future of a sport which has "captured the imagination of so vast an audience. It 4s the opinion of The Daily Tar Heel, that there is great need for reform. The spirit of secret diplomacy which seems to .permeate the atmosphere under present conditions is indeed re grettable. The game should not be overcast with dark clouds; the public should be aware of true conditions, regardless of what they are. If it is true that -athletics are subsidized directly or inmrecuy in order to con- . vince them that dear . old. Osh- kosh is really the place for them .why isn't t'here an open admis sion of the fact? Are institu turns reticent about calling to the attention' of the public that , they have awarded a $2,000 .scholarship to a promising scho lar in order for him to attend i, their .university? Hardly. In stead they submit the facts to the press and hope that it will be given sufficient space to call f it to the attention of everybody. - Are not the cases analogous? Jf the scholar, who it is hoped will bring prestige to the school by his fine work, is deserving of monetary recompense why then is the payment of athletes looked down upon? Under the present system, en tailing the use of big stadiums, highly salaried coaches, and a football mad public amateurism is well nigh an impossibility. The public pretends to demand sportsmanship and non-professionalism. They will arise and applaud such things as the Car negie Report but will they like wise get behind a losing team and voice their approval? Judg ing from past observations the answer couldNhardly be anything but negative. We must consider also that colleges and universities as they exist today are much akin to large coporations. The finances must be carefully guarded and wisely apportioned. The value of extra-curricula activities has i long before this been recognized. There is little argument against the statement that participation in the various campus activities is an important phase of one's college career. Yet, how many of us realize that without the funds derived from football games a vast majority of these campus activities would have to be suspended? Basketball, box ing, tennis, track, and ' intra mural sports are among those sports which must look to foot ball for their upkeep. Would it then be wise to reduce the game to a point where it would lose its box office-appeal? Let those who are ever bewailing the so-called over-emphasis of the sport take this point into consideration before advocating a drastic move in the wrong di rection. It is a recognized fact that a change of some sort must be made. Colleges must discon tinue the idea of steering a mid dle course. They must either make what would be a vain ef fort by earnestly setting about ridding our colleges of all traces of professionalism, or else do the sensible thing and -acquaint the public with the true state of affairs. S.H.R. Mental Utopia Here and there and every where novel ideas are being ad vanced in the world of education. Professor Pitkin surprised the students of journalism at Columbia university by announc ing a compulsory two hour study period to be supervised by him outside the regular class work. Furthermore, he appropriated $10.00: from the class for the purchase of useful books. The faculty members of the university regard this method of supervised study with favor. J. Donald Young, assistant profes sor of Fine Arts says: I should think the possible advantage would be in the op portunity for a student while preparing the work to go to the instructor for a solution of any phase of the subject which might be puzzling. The disad vantage would be in tying the student down to a definite time schedule for his preparation. It's an, interesting experiment, nevertheless." The Daily Tar Heel believes that this system would have a definite value in other courses as well. Class rooms could be so outfitted as to create a distinct intellectual atmosphere. Com fortable chairs replacing the pro verbial hard seats; artistic pic tures relevant to the course ; a goodly array of stimulating books would all be conducive to individual , thinking that thinking most essential for ori ginal production. Perhaps the greatest merit of this plan would be the opportunity for an ex change of ideas among people in terested in a particular field. Open discussion and friendly ar gument do much toward clari fying and enlarging the scope of mental vision. Moreover, asso- ciation with the professor would I tend to direct the thought of the 'students along the most advan tageous channels. Personal con tact with his more broadened outlook would serve as a source of inspiration. Increased activ ity and more original output would result from such stimula tion. The Daily Tar Heel commends Professor Pitkin as an exponent of the modern conception of edu cation. The trend is toward greater animation and liberation of thought. Another spoke of change is added to the wheel of evolution. Let us watch 'the rotation. L.P. Disbench Judge Lynch One of the blackest spots on the escutcheon of the south is our part in the record of lynch ing. While this cruel and bar baric form of mob violence has been effectively driven long ago from the rest of the land, it lingers in the south to the dis grace of those below the Mason Dixon line. Lynching seems to go hand in hand with lack of edu cation, and those states with the best record in schools have for the most part the fewest cases of mob violence. It is to be hoped that with the better edu cation of our people, lynching will be driven from its last stronghold in America. Tracked through fields by bloodhounds, seized by enraged brutes, and tortured to death without trial or recourse is too often the fate of those who have incurred the dislike or suspicion of so-called civilized people. It is bad enough to note that lynch ings are on the increase, but far more horrible and portentious is the fact that they are consistent ly increasing in violence and cruelty. Formerly shot or hung, the victim is now slowly burnt, skinned alive, hacked in small pieces, and otherwise disposed of in a manner that would shock an Inquisitor of the Dark Ages, or an Apache Indian. The average man supposing that most lynchings are the pun. ishment for outrages against women, is liable to more or less condone or ignore them. This is a false supposition, however, and not one-fourth of our lynch ings have been for that reason. Most lynchings have as their cause economic competition and rivalry, and the record of lynch ings is closely connected with the financial conditon of the secton. Many trivial excuses are found for mob action, but most of them have as the underlying basis lack of economic security, political, jealousy, or race preju dice. The policemen and sheriffs have been, in many instances, very lax in the protection of prisoners. Often keys to jails have been surrendered with lit tle opposition, and while there are notable exceptions, the aver age deputy does not take too much trouble to assure prison ers the right of trial. Much has been done to remedy this, but there is still much to do if the south's reputation is to be re deemed. If is gratifying to note that North Carolina has had one of the finest records in this respect, and it. is to be hoped that she j-will continue to lead as an ex ponent of justice and humanity among the southern people. But a hard winter is at hand and there is a threat of much crime and much mob violence. A close and careful watch over mob feel ing and mob action must be maintained. Never until lynch ing has become a myth may the south pretend to equality with the civilization of her sister states, and those with the in terests of the south at heart will do their best to see that the blood of the defenseless shall no longer drench the history of a glorious people. J.F.A. -j Some minds seem well glazed by nature against the admission of knowledge. Eliot The Place Of s The Literatenr College writing on this cam pus, at least, has been character ized by two or three unfortun ate tendencies. In the first place, writing by undergradu ates has been consistently wordy and lacking in meatiness, the content that makes writing worth noticing. In the second place, writers have been suffer ing the delusion that something obscure is something subtle, that a thing which is complicated is consequently profound. For this reason contributions to college publications here have been lacking in the power and vitality that ought to accompany the literary work of youthful writers. The Carolina Maga zine has this year made a sin cere effort to pull itself out of the slothful pseudo ,sophistica tion and the soft sentimentality of former years. As yet this forward movement has- by no means reached its maturity. Much criticism is directed against the dullness, the irrelev ancy, and the unattractiveness of writings that appear in that publication. Some of this criti cism is well founded, in others the criticism is merely an ex-"; pression of dissatisfaction upon the part of lazy readers who cannot bother with a story that does not have the broncho-busting touch that Adventure writ ers cultivate. ' The existence of a literary or gan on campus boasting a cul tural atmosphere and claiming to train students in the fine arts is a necessity. There should be a place where enterprising writ ers can display the product of their mental and architectonic skill. However, when the organ is allowed to degenerate into grammar school ameteurishness it is most unfortunate. r A revitalization of the Caro lina Magazine has begun. It is not possible that the rejuvena tion might- be made still more if the concept of a magazine be changed from that of a folder of paper containing words and words and words, nicely writ ten, perhaps, but still words, to the concept of a folder contain ing ideas, feelings, visions as in terpreted by the, minds of col lege men who look at life and interpret it in ink. Mathew Arnold insists that Shelley, By ron, and Keats are not as great as they might be because they became too enamoured of words, isolated pictures, brilliant phrases. Arnold proposes that above all in writing is the need for some dominating idea, some integrating purpose which binds words, pictures, and the music of phrases into itself. . - . , There are countless issues which might engage the thought of the college writer. The strug gle against economic obstacles, the fight against paternalism, the thrill of adventure into new fields of intellectual controver sy, the problems of getting along with intractable roommates, and the achievement of college am bitions, are all real and college writers know about them. The conflicts of a college life are no less fundamental than the con flicts that meet the Wall Street broker or the Geneva statesman or the Orange county farmer. Literature should be concerned with realities. College writing is missing a great opportunity when it ignores the possibilities for literary interpretation even here on our own college cam pus. R.W.B. ; Christmas Candy Special De Luxe Fudge & Divinity 60c lb.' Pulled and Dropped Mints 50c lb. Caramels, Chocolate Creams 70c lb. Mrs. A. C. Howell .408 E. Rosemary St. The Devil's Hour The wide, wide world is fraught with danger. Hidden perils lurk, behind each gate post. The streets, automobiles, people, stores, -and movies as sume a sinister air. . Night is shrouded in a veil of mystery. Familiar scenes and actions of the day become fantastic and ob scure. - - Conversations are suspended in mid-air; books hastily dropped; plays vacated rapidly; musicales lose their ecstatic audiences ; motors break all speed laws in an effort to reach Spencer hall before the light flickers. The gong of ten-thirty sounds. In nocent co-eds are safely tucked away. Women snore and Nim bosus reigns. LIP. a- The Screen Of "Self" The world is made up of any number and variety of people, people so diversified as to seem almost unrelated. Indeed, they are' unrelated in some respects, for individuals vary greatly in their innate make-up. Some are radical, others conserva tive; some hypocritical, others sincere; some naive, others skep tical; all are intolerant. The misunderstanding of the human race is colossal. Because we are all different, we can not view with a clear perspective the ac tions of - others. The mirror which we look is clouded by per sonal bias. Objectivity is . lost to us since we judge others by standards of our own concep tion. We frown upon free.think ing, new ideas, belief s opposed to our own. Through life we stumble and even while stumbling deride the awkwardness of our neighbors. It is not enough that we criti cize but we must standardize the criteria of our judgments, wish ing to mould all humanity to the pattern of our ideal. Luckily, our conception of the ideal is far from uniform, and individuals are so constructed as to be oblivious to much of the intolerance surrounding them. Thinking in terms of the "ego," the broader aspect of others is obscured by the screen of "self." L.P. FOR SALE Modern six:room home. Good location. Easy terms. Address, C-0 Daily Tar Heel. n R. R. Clark Dentist Over Bank of Chapel Hill PHONE 6251 He has a strange power over her. Knows her every Weakness. But he doesn't reckon on her greatest strength mother love! rl pi - i. mm&$ GQaramount (picture with KAY FRANCIS WILLIAM BOYD CONWAY TEARLE "You'll play f my way or else!" j p a-- I. - V- t i 1 t also Comedy Screen Song News - NOW PLAYING CAROLINA Lines of Least Resistance By JAMES DAWSON In case' you're interested, that waltz, Good Night, Siceetheartr that you've been hearing, is a shameless steal from one of the melodies in Liszt's Les Preludes, Were you? . If you still are, see the first chapter of Sigmund Spaeth's The Common Sense' of Music. You probably knew that the old Yes, We Have No Bana nas started off with the theme of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah, but you may not remember that it then pro ceeded to go through The Bohe mian Girl, The Merry Widow Waltz, and -some others, ending up with the last line from My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Those who are attracted by the anfractuosities of abnormal psychology (and maybe some who are not) will be interested in hearing a thing called Grave, written by Wilheim , Friedman Bach, one of the many musical sons of the old maestro, Johann Sebastian Bach. ' Tsk, tsk, this iconoclastic younger generation. Just as America was beginning to be proud of Eugene O'Neill, the book editor of the Washington University Hatchet, from the District of Columbia, muttered, with a sad shake of the artistic head : "Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, whom some call the Amurrikin Willie Shakie, has produced an other flop. Dynamo was hor rible, but it merely (by. being the exception) ! proved that O'Neill could write fine and oc casionally great drama. But in his Mourning Becomes Electra, O'Neill gets way beyond his depth . . ." neon SGMEie P VERY PIPE SMOKER has the sat ' isfaction of knowing he has one masculine right ' that the women won't take away from him. They do leave our pipes alone. 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