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Pacre Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Slje Datlp Car If ell 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, $4.60 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 maker, chairman; James Dawson, Scott Mabon, E. H., Jack Riley, Kirk Swann. 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. - y 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 MANAGER T. C. Worth. TTTCTXTT?CC TMTT) A "DT'lVf TT'"TrP Assistants: R. D. McMillan Pendleton Gray Bernard Solomon . ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Jimmy Allen. ... Manager Assistants:- j H. A. Clark Howard Manning Bill Jones, H. Louis Brisk, Joe Mason COLLECTION DEPARTMENT . John Barrow.......... . Manager Assistants: Randolph Reynolds R. H. Lewis - Jim Cordon J. W. Callahan, Henry Emerson OFFICE STAFF H. G. May Nathan Schwartz ' Friday, January 8, 1932 The Paths Of The World Lead But To Destruction The time has come when an idea is more valuable to the world than all the radium, all the additional, machines, all of the additional science that could be produced within this century. The world is starved and runs amok spiritually and socially for want of the creat nroDhets. nrac- tical visionaries,' and statesmen that it so sorely needs. The second coming of . the World's Greatest Philosopher within the hearts of men re cedes from us with all the rapid-! ity that man's selfishness, greed, and evil can propel it. Throughout the ages men have ever decried the swift mov ing, shadow of fleeting time as it speeds through , the centuries tions unfulfilled, and despatching man on his never ceasing flight from the unknown to the known and on through the awful round of existences, yet men will, dissi pate their only valuable heri tage, debauch their manhood with -warring and destroying, and squander their old ages by idling and quarreling. Millions of years of history 1, -r n j -l 1 ii -i i est impression upon the unin hibited, self satisfied and self- lution. spawned. From the be ginning of time tribes have warred upon tribes for better hunting grounds, richer pas tures, colonies, spoils, extension of commerce. Latterly another gigantic assignation with Mars 1 1 ' 1 3 i- : ' and but temporarily lift ' the world from its present depres sion; Life is so terrifyingly short that the wasting of the world's substance and manhood in dis emboweling the world, and deci mating populations should sick- en the intelligent man to the point of mad despair. . Higher and higher go arma ments, more bitter and more bit ter grow relations among the nations. The world is truly a tinder box to be set off by an other Sarjevo, this time to be plunged into a dark age in which culture and social advance ment since the civilization of Athens will be destroyed utterly and completely by chemical war fare and science'. A Herculean task lies ahead for strong young men. Middle and old age has failed. The world is crying for a revolution of the mind by means of which blood-shed, graft, favoritism, waste, social and ethical lags, and inequalities in law, justice, and society will be banished , to that limbo of forgotten- things where belongs the old god of destruction Shiva. Man's chains must, and will be broken. Free dom long weary of perpetual flight craves a safe nest. The Oregon Debate The time was at the Univer sity when a debate was an event of first rate importance. Now an attendance of a hundred per sons is considered a very credit able crowd. What are the rea sons behind such a remarkable change in conditions? Without doubt the change that has come over student life here in the past two decades, bringing far greater diversity of student ac tivity and entertainment is largely responsible. However, according to all reports debates here fjom twenty to thirty years ago were vivid and interesting affairs that were looked forward to with pleasure and heard with enthusiasm. They were strug gles in which there was a direct clash of mind against mind. Unfortunately with the pas sage of the years, debates have tended to become more and more mere recitations of set speeches, where if there was any clash it was accidental. Tonight a new plan of debate is being inaugu rated at the University. Its ob ject is to eliminate formalism and to provoke real clash, to get some fireworks, some real . pep in the thing. The subject is the capitalistic system, a very per tinent question indeed. Caro lina has the job of tearing into our present system, and we are represented by three worthies who are capable and believe in the justice of their cause. , One man will give the constructive argument, another will cross ex amine, and a third will sum up the case for his side. The af fair ought to be well worth the time of any student both from the point of view of information and entertainment. A good at tendance tonight will probably sound the knell of canned de bating. Come out and help kill the hobgoblin lJ.W. Carrying On In The Crisis To a college generation whose sophistication has led it to think of school spirit as a phenomenon peculiar to the halycon days of preparatory school, the term doesn't strike a very familiar note when used in connection with an institution of higher learning. True, school spirit enjoys brief periods of recogni tion in the undergraduate body during the football season; but. in the main its manifestations in the college world are thought of as belonging to the age of mous tache cups and two-seated bi cycles. When the University salaries were-slashed ten percent last fall, the faculty took the blow standing up. Instead of losing power, three departments law, commerce, and English actual ly gained. The others held theif own, and men went on main taining the high standards of teaching that they had upheld before the cut was effected. - Last week, Governor Gard ner warned all state-supported institutions to expect a further reduction of thirty percent in available funds. Since half of the year has already passed, this means that sixty percent would be deducted from the balance. What the future may bring forth in. the way of faculty changes is unknown, but the teachers who are carrying oh in the face of these discouraging circumstances are deserving of all that can be given them in the way of admiration and respect. School spirit, as it was once so often hailed with regard to athletics, was, and is, a com mendable part of college life; but loyalty and service to the University in a trying time like the present (especially when that loyalty and service are manifested in the classrooms, where there are no cheering sec tions), are evidence of the finest sort of patriotism to the insti tution. In one of our football songs, the team is told to " . . . fight for. Carolina, as Davie did in days of old." Meanwhile the faculty, with mortgages to pay, wih families to feed, and with children to educate, is fighting the good fight as did Davie, or Vance, or anyone else whose names grace various buildings about the campus; yet there is no hope of glory for their doing it, and small material reward only the personal satisfaction each man may get for sticking by his University and his work. E.K.G. Year Of Transition Misers have through the ages been the recipients of contempt that particular contempt re served for people utterly lack ing in a knowledge of value. Today many persons are becom ing miserly through fear. This fear leads them to stow money in old socks, beneath mattresses, in concealed spots. Such a fear is contagious and destroys that confidence so necessary for a safe and reliable security for all. Within the past year the scanty savings of many poor wage earners as well as those of the more wealthy have gone down in the crash of failing banks. Faith has been killed and a panic of fear has reared its ugly head, introducing .more tragic disas ters. It is the opinion of the Daily Tar Heel that 1932 will be a year of transition. Intelligent people, instead of hoarding mon ey in a selfish way, will spend it wisely and invest it sanely - The hysteria , of last year will give way before returning judg ment and confidence. Stale coins, removed from cabinets, boxes, and ancient teapots, will again enter circulation. The tragic consequences of hoarding have left a mark that of poverty in a wealthy nation. Discrimination has been taught through stern experience. Amer icans will rise bravely to face the crisis. 1932 is a year of golden opportunity in which to show the unselfishness necessary to reestablish a firm monetary foundation. L.P. About To Be Dishonored Because of the fact that the honor system has apparently worked with success in the past, many students have come to think that it is now infallible, and that it is still working with perfect results. To these stu dents who have such an opinion of the situation, it would be somewhat of a shock to know that the old traditional" honor system is failing and that it is in grave danger of being abol ished. No definite move has been made yet to abolish it, but unless some support is given it by the student body immediate ly, it will be soon cast aside for some more workable plan. Since its establishment here some years ago the system has varied in its efficiency from year to year. During the past four years it has gone from bad' to worse until today it is in a very corrupt form. An honor system which does work successfully is an asset to any college, but one which is not so efficient is a curse on the standards of the student body. When an honor system fails it is either because the honor sys tem itself is at fault, or more probably, because the students do not have sufficient honor to support such a plan. On this campus where the system has become a traditional part of the student body, it is regrettable to see so many signs of its failure. Student ballots must be stamped with a special marking to avoid duplication ; class dance tickets must be handled in the same manner; a signed pledge must accompany every lab experiment or quiz turned in, and one of the depart ments has even gone so far as to require its professors to re main in the rooms while quizzes are being given. Outside the classroom the j system works even less effective ify. Students are unable to leave their rooms without locking them securely; "honor boxes" have been done away with ex cept for one in the Y. M. C. A. lobby, and numerous other con ditions might be cited to show the failure of the present sys tem. In an institution of this size an honor system should be able to work successfully. But it is certain that it has not been done recently, and there is serious doubt as to whether it is capable of improving in the future. Un less the students themselves take an ; interest in seeing that the system is observed, the faculty will soon be forced to institute the old-fashioned proctor sys tem a decidedly backward step for this institution. C.G.R. With Contemporaries Poor Professors Everything now indicates that the prolonged depression the world is now passing through will have an even more serious effect upon colleges in the South than upon the lower departments of education. Long ago wealthy inftfitntinns flrlrmtprl flip spmiinor tectics while their coacheg are out looking up athletes, their deans are scouting for outstand ing faculty material. College professors are notori ously idealistic, and probably think about salaries as little as any group that ' can be found. Yet all over the south they are We Take Pleasure in Announcing the Opening Of TFlie Mill IEDry CleaeeFs . 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The photographs show Cy Cauld well, aviation notable, "phoning up" instructions at the microphone, and Lieutenant "Al" Williams, noted flier, who obeyed the voice from the ground. beginning to feel poverty itself they are having their salaries reduced and then not receiving the little that they are supposed to the result is that many of them have reached rock bottom. Furthermore, the drastic cuts in appropriations are reducing the materials which are neces sary for research work, and therefore the most studious pro fessors are seeing both their sal aries and their facilities for car rying on their work reduced to a pitifully low level. North- Carolina has already reduced the salaries of all pro fessors ten per cent. Colleges in Alabama and Mississippi are just paying salaries. Other state schools are having to carry out retrenchment programs,' and are beginning the cuts with reduc tions in the salaries of the fac ulty. . The heavily endowed institu tions of the North have felt the depression, but by no means as much as the South, which must depend for revenue on states which themselves are almost bankrupt. These Eastern col leges, because of their wealth, offer professors a double induce mentmore salary and finer equipment. And because pro fessors are human, they natur- aiiy hesitate before turning down offers from the wealthy univer- sities. College professors are men who had to pay enormous sums for their education; and unlike high school teachers, who are largely educated at the state's expense, they had to pay for their education themselves. Accordingly, they often start (Contiiiued on last page) rr"wr yy I o ,y t - s - I Jit & l t ' gfCs tuperior Service To that the tickets are bonded as Signed '1 - - , s - -t - 1 1 d R. R. Clark Dentist Over Bank of Chapel Hill PHONE 6251 All right, Sook, we always go halves you can have a share o' my mother, too!" 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