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ORGAN CONCERT HILL MUSIC BUILDING 4:00 P. M. TODAY STAFF MEETING GRAHAM MEMORIAL 5:00 P.M. TODAY Mm VOLUME XL PROFESSORS FIND DISMISSAL OF DR. TAYLORMJSUAL Association of University Pro fessors Investigates Action of State College Trustees. That the dismissal of Doctor Carl, C. Taylor, dean of the graduate school at State college, on June 8, 1931, was "unusual" and caused by other motives than the officially announced ne cessity of reduced budget is the finding of the committee on aca demic freedom and tenure of the American Association of Uni versity Professors. This find ing is published in a report in the February bulletin of the as sociation. Report by Chairman The summary action of xthe trustees of State, college in' dis charging "the most distinguish ed member of the faculty' is analyzed by Professor Holland Thompson, of the college of the City of New York, a native of North' Carolina. Professor Thompson made the. investiga tion at the request of the com mittee and describes the dismis sal as arising from several pos sible causes. The determining factor, however, is declared to be the personal "tension which had developed" between President E. C. Brooks and Doctor Taylor during the course of several years. Such action is implied hy the report as constitutirigja breach of the accepted princi ples of acMemic tenure. The prominence of s Doctor Taylor throughout the state has made the case widely discussed and newspapers of the state have condemned the dismissal. According to the report: "the (Continued on last page) Obscene Humor In College Publications Must Be New Arid Clever To Get By, Say Student Editors (EDITOR'S NOTE: These three . written for the Daily Tar Heel by the ; By Holley J. Smith ' (Editor, Ther Wisconsin Octopus) The production of copy for a college humor magazine is a task which is not appreciated by most outsiders, who have no idea of the difficulty which an editor and his staff labors un der. It is especially difficult on a publication where the faculty rules the material which is printed with an iron hand, such as is the case at Wisconsin. Here, all copy must be read by the Dean of Men, and anything which in his judgment is at all objectionable, is deleted. It is very exasperating at times to have some jokes or cartoon cen sored, which in the mind of the editor, is not obscene, but mere ly slightly off color. However, obsenity to be tolerated must be clever, and the censoring of purely unhumorous dirt is justi fied. Of course, in a school which is co-educational, the standard of humor should be higher than in one which is not. Schools such as Amherst and Princeton can print material which would be out of place in an institution where there are girls. Not that the modern American girl does n't understand or laugh at ob scenity, for they' do. As to whether obscenity is desired by the students the question is fairly obvious it is to a certain extent. Everyone likes a little dirt now and then, but not too much, and it must be v clever dirt,, for the college stu . (Continued on last page) STATE MAN GOES TONEWP0SITI0N Research Projects at North Caro- lina School Discontinued to Meet Appropriations. Simultaneous with the resig nation of Dr. L. R. Wilson, Uni versity librarian, to accept a position in another state at a higher salary comes the report that Dr.. J. H. Beaumont, head of the horticulture department at State college has resigned to go to the University of Mary land. At the meeting of the execu tive board of trustees with' Gov ernor Gardner Friday to work but economies necessitated by the thirty per cent cut in state appropriations, Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of State college, made known the fact that Dr. Beau mont was resigning "March 1 to go to the other school. Dr. Brooks was authorized to fill the vacancy on the horticulture staff for the remainder of the college year. 1 Numerous research prpjects have been discontinued at the in stitution in order to prevent the necessity of dropping any of the faculty. Agronomy, animal in dustry, entomology, horticulture, and some ninety-seven research studies, requiring about $5,000 have been discontinued. Hobbs in Florida Dean A. W. Hobbs of the col lege of liberal arts, a member of the executive committee of the Southern Conference, attended a special committee meeting of that, organization yesterday in Jacksonville, Fla. The main business of the meeting was the discussion of the proposal to ap point a supervising commissioner-for the conference. articles on pornography and campus editors of three representative student By Robert E. Gorman (Editor, The Noire Dame Juggler) Back in the days when men flocked to the corner barber shop to,get rid of their whiskers and to get a look at the latest police gazette, the college comic edit ors discovered that it's easier to fill a single page with copy that's both clean and funny. The pol ice gazette went but when whis kers did, but some of the college wits are still grinding out the border-line variety of humor. At present they Have gone , be yond, or rather below, the border-line in ah effort to meet new competition furnished by "several professional publica tions which deal admittedly and exclusively in filth.,, I think that the ease of cre ating smutty Humor, rather than any popularity which it enjoys, explains its presence in college comic publications, and I expect the pendulum, given imimpetus by student reaction, to swing back to humor that's at least fairly respectable. The reaction is necessary, however, if the college humorists are to make the added effort which .it takes to produce cleverness rather than risque. I'm not waving a lily in my hand or assuming a holier-than-thou attitude when I say that the Juggler prides itself upon the cleanliness of its humor. An editor is supposed to give his readers what they want. Jugg ler readers. have shown generous (Continued on last page) CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1932 Same Basic Idea In College Humor EDITOR'S NOTE: The following comment on current humor was written for the Daily Tar Heel byH. N. Swanson, editor of College Humor.) I really haven't very much to say on current humor. Young people think more or less the same things from year to year. Their slang may change somewhat, but the basic idea remains that everything they have been told is grand can stand the searchlight of laughter. If there is any trend today which was not as visible ten years ago, I would say it is that humor commands more attention than it ever has in the history of American publishing. University Known To Lead In Giving Freedom To Students -o- Freshmen Here Are Treated as Equals by Upperclassmen, Rather Than as Vassals and Servants in Case of First Year Men at Institutions Throughout Nation. The prestige established by the University of North Caro lina as the most liberal univer sity of the South has been lost to some extent, especially since the establishment of strict com pulsory attendance and like rules. Still members of the stu dent body, especially the upper classmen, have brought complete freedom to the University un dergraduate. Y - For years first year men all over the world were looked upon as legitimate prey for the fun seeking sophomore. Hazing was the vogue and the upperclass men reigned supreme. Among the first to change the old order and bring about personal liberty ; and freedom was the University; 1 t1 Tio q o c Tram o i n eA to the present day. Hazing Disappears First year men entering the University come with expecta tions of being hazed and being subservient to the former lord of the campus, the sophomore, and to their amazement and re- humor magazines were publications.) especially By Henry Avery (Editor; The Illinois Siren) The egg or the chicken? Classes in the ethics of journal ism are perennially " asked to ( contemplate questions concern ing whether of not despicable 'journalism is a process of giv ing the public what it demands, if it is the nurturing of a desire for such trash or whether the public wants that sort of thing at all. . It is for the editor of the campus humor magazine to fig ure out, all of this. He sees magazines of questionable taste selling by the car-load one month, and going out of exist ence the next. He is regaled with travelling salesman and shotgun stories, and is regarded as subnormal if he sees nothing particularly funny in episodes involving the use of one or more of the nine unmentionable Anglo-Saxon words. -Like Henry Mencken He feels that dirty stories are swell if they are funny. The sad part of it all is that very few of them are funny; and all of them are dirty. - His board of publications does not always share this belief however, and if he is a very smart editor, he realizes it. He has two ways of doing things as he damn pleases, and as the board would have him do. As a junior, he editor usually makes grand speeches about just what he would do if he were in the editorial chair. If Continued oh last page) lief, they have absolutely the same rights and privileges as any upperclassrhan. When one reviews the, rules governing freshmen at institu tions over the country at large, even such schools as Purdue uni versity, Dartmouth college, Car negie Tech, Vanderbilt univer sity, the University of Pennsyl vania, Washington and Lee uni versity, Duke university, and others throughout the nation, one wonders at the lack of per sonal liberty of these. In many of the larger universities of the country hazing of new men has been abolished and freshmen occupy the same place as any other member of the student body. Queer Regulations Among the regulations gov erning undergraduates the larg er institutions are: Purdue freshmen are required to wear the freshman cap. First year ! men are not allowed to smoke on the campus. Freshmen are re (Continued on last page) CAPITALISM TOPIC OF DEBATE TEAM Contests 'Arranged With West ern Reserve and With New ' York University; -Capitalism will be the main topic 6f discussion for the Uni versity debate squad during the next, two months. A number of debates have been arranged for the first weeks of March and April and tryouts for the de bates will take place Thursday night. . The debate with New York university has been definitely ar ranged for April 6. The ques tion is nhraspd "that. Rrir.iAlism has more to offer tie public than ' capitalism." The University j team Will defend the negative ' side of the question at that time, but will speak on the affirmative when the two teams met in New York later. The debate with : Western Reserve, scheduled for March 31, will also involve some ! phase of capitalism. " Tryouts will take place Thurs day night. The rules in effect are that all students are eligible, issues will be selected by the contestants, few notes will be ,used, and five minutes will be ' the time limit. Staff Meeting The entire editorial staff of the Daily Tar Heel will gather at 5 :00 o'clock this "afternoon in room 213 of Graham Me morial. At this time Mayne Albright, Hamilton Hobgood, and . Haywood Weeks will ad dress the group. Y. M. C. A. BACKS LECTURE SERIES Woodhouse to Discuss Affairs of Congress in Connection With' International Relations. Edward J. Woodhouse, pro fessor of government, will re view the business calendar be fore the present session of Con gress, particularly items related to world issues and interna tional relations Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock in Gerrard hall. This is the second of the series of lectures on world affairs, sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. In reviewing this calendar he will indicate what seems to him the ' present opportunities of Congress to enact measures that will promote the purpose of the disarmament conference and as sist in the speedy solution of the present political and eco nomic problems of the world. Dean B. F. Brown, of the North Carolina State college, will answer questions regarding the impending disarmament con ference Thursday night, while Monday night the freshman cabinet will hear the first of the series on international relations. BISHOP REMINGTON TO SPEAK FRIDAY EVENING Friday night in the lounge of Graham Memorial, W. P. Rem ington, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon, will make an informal talk. Besides being prominent along educational and religious lines, he has disting uished himself, in athletics by being a member of the United States Olympic team in 1900. While in Chapel . Hill, Bishop Remington will be the guest of Tom Wright, assistant rector of the Chapel of the Cross. Leacock Asserts Humor Is Made Flashy To .Bring Sale To Masses Magazine Writer. Says Spread of Culture Has Led to Literature Which Sacrifices Excellence of Art For Appeal to Lowest. By Stephen Leacock (EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. Stephen Leacock has written this article on trends of current humor especially for the Daily Tar Heel.) .For many centuries the great mass of the people were devoid of education and did hot share in the advantages of letters and culture. In modern times, and overwhelmingly in our own day, education and the opportunities of culture have spread to all ranks and classes. This is won derful in its general aspect, but like all good things it has of necessity the defects of its own merits. Chief among these is the' fact that under such condi tions all products of literature and art which are put forth for money, which includes ninety nine per cent decimal nine re peated, attempt to appeal to all classes and must be levelled down to the lowest, since the dimes of the poor added upj amount to more than the dollars 6? the rich. You will remember that "Sir Walter Scott tells us that his aged minstrel, the last fortunately of his race, the other boys having beaten out by the new Italian barrel organ, was compelled to "tune to please a peasant's ear, the harp a king had loved to hear." If the old man had lived today, he would find that "everybody is doing it." Our magazines, our press, our stage, more and more are driven to sacrifice excellence of art to width of appeal. Our moving pictures were born into NUMBER 82 STUDENTS FAVOR ARMAMENT CUTS IN MM STATES Campus Poll Indicates Voters Opposed to Military Train ing in Colleges. The Daily Tar Heel ballot on disarmament and military-training indicates that, provided the poll is a true cross-section of campus opinion, slightly in ex cess of seventy-five per cent of the student body is in favor of the United States disarming it self from seventy-five to one hundred per cent, if the rest of the nations join in a similar movement. Forty-one per cent of those voting desire the gov ernments of the world to disarm completely. More than thirty four per cent desire at least seventy-five per cent disarma ment by all nations. Eleven per cent should prefer at least fifty per cent in the reduction of arms. - Ten per cent of the bal lots cast oh this question desire no disarmament whatsoever, and four percent at least twenty-five per cent disarming. -American Lead Favored On the question of the United States taking the lead in such matters forty-two per cent of the voters wanted the American delegates to take the lead toward disarming. One half that num ber desired" the United States to take the lead toward three fourths disarmament. Thirteen per cent of the voters preferred at least fifty per cent disarma ment under American leader ship. Twenty per cent of the voters were in favor of the United States taking no leader ship in. the matter, and four per cent would go as far as the (Continued on last page) -o- this degradation. This affects humorous litera ture as it dfoes everything else. It has got to be intelligible to the humblest intelligence or it won't do commercially. ' This keeps it from being pedantic and aca demic, but it tends to tempt it to be showy, flashy and indecent. To turn back to the larger as pect. If the culture Of the world i- . used to be fed from the top and is now fed from the bottom,, what will be the result? The thought of the world is more and more being guided by the thoughts of the mass. On the other hand "mute inglorious mil lions" are no longer buried in country churchyards. It is my opinion that the world is visibly changing from the greatest age in the history of permanent literature to the new age of the mass production of transitory thought. With which I wish the Daily Tar Heel a Happy IJew Year and turn back to my morning s worK of trying to think of something funny enough and cheap enough f o sell. What I have written for you isn't worth a cent. Journal Appears The announcement of the $6,000 Culver scholarship and an article concerning the federal side of education by Dean N. W. Walker of the University school of education were the lead stor ies in the current issue of the High School Journal. L
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