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Page Two THE DAILY TAR... HEL Thursday, January 28, 1932 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 oSce 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. ii. i x Jack Dungan. .... ......................Editor Ed French Managing Editor John Manning... Business Mgr. Editorial Staff EDITORIAL BOARD Charles G. Rose, chairman; Peter Hairston, R. W. Barnett, Oscar W. Dresslar, Louise Pritchard, J. F. Alexander, Gilbert Blauman, William Uzzell, H. W. Peters, Dan Lacy, John Wil kinson, Kemp Yarborough, Don Shoemaker. FOREIGN NEWS BOARD E. C. Daniel, Jr., chairman; Frank Haw ley, Robert Berryman, Elmer Oet tinger, C. G. Thompson, John Acee, Claiborn" Carr, Charles Poe. FEATURE BOARD Robert Woerner, chairman; James Dawson, E. H., Kirk Swann, Ben Neville, Joe Pat terson, F. L. Joyner, J. G. deR. Hamilton, Jr., Philip Costi. CITY EDITORS George Wilson, T. W. Blackwell, Morrie Long, Tom Walker, William McKee, W. E. Davis, William Blount, Jack Riley. SPORTS DEPARTMENT Thomas H. Broughton, Jack Bessen. , LIBRARIAN E. M. SpruilL HEELERS Donoh Hanks, J. H. Mor ris, Joseph Sugarman, W. R. Eddie man, J. D. Wmslow, A. T. DilL W. O. Marlowe. E. C. Baewell. R. J. Giala- nelia, w. D. McKee, Harold Janof- sky, S. A. Wilkins, L.. U. blade, Jr., F. C. Litten, Fred .Wolf, J. B. Straus, J. S. Newton, Jr., W. t. Lazarus, John Easter, Fred Dossen bach, N. H. Powell, A. C. Barbee, W. R. Weesner. Business Staff CIRCULATION MANAGER T. C. Worth. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assist ants: R. D. McMillan, Pendleton Gray, Bernard Solomon. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Jimmy Allen, manager; assistants: H. A. Clark, Howard Manning; Bill Jones, H. Louis Brisk, Joe Mason, Joe Webb, Dudley Jennings. COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John Barrow, manager; assistants: Ran dolph Reynolds, R. H. Lewis, Jim Cordon; J. W. Callahan, Henry Emerson. Thursday, January 28, 1932 Prohibition's Degradation To National Constitution rTicT-o nan Via nn HrmTvfc tTiat. , Kcij prohibition has accomplished j something. The open saloon, in this part of the country at least, is gone. Not that any person with the necessary money has any trouble getting all the whis ky he wants; but the sawdust on the floor, the brass rails, and fhfi drunks reelinc throucrh the swinging doors onto tjie street are gone. It is safer for women to venture unprotected on the streets after dark now. Labor er drink less, and their em ployers find prohibition quite profitable. There is no longer any difficulty in running the mills on Mondays. But at what a cost this prog ress has been made! Millions -and millions of dollars have been spent annually in a vain effort to enforce the law. The dignity of the Constitution has been degraded by the inclusion with in it of a mere statutory regula tion; The respect of the people for law has been seriously under mined by the ridiculous spec tacle of prohibition as it is en forced today. The public has been treated to such farcical scenes as Al Capone's being tried in a Federal court for failure to pay taxes on his income derived from beer-running with no sug gestion being made to prosecute him' for the beer-running itself. A couple of years ago the "Sen ate bootlegger" was a nationally known personage and a current joke.- Thousands of citizens in the United States, many of them otherwise law-abiding, make their living by the manufacture .or sale of intoxicating beverages tvt,m " , j .j ji . to the upper and middle classes has not at all been checked. There are hundreds of filling sta tions all along the roads of this! state at which one can buy! John T. McCutcheon, one of "corn." Bootleggers come open-'the country's leading cartoon ly to the fraternity houses in ists, at present attached to the Chapel Hill to solicit trade. One Chicago Tribune, will leave can place an order by telephone Chicago this week-end for a at any time and receive quick protracted stay at Nassau, delivery. The enforcement of Bahama Islands, to repair his prohibition, except for the less- health. big joke. ' And yet prohibition has worked out about as it was in tended. The "leading citizens' of every town who backed the Eighteenth Amendment and put it through probably wanted only to keep' whisky, from the work ers and negroes under them so that 'they would be easier to con trol. Most of them .did not in tend at all that their own sup ply of intoxicating liquors should be cut off. Probably only Mrs. Boole, F. Scott Mcride, Bishop Cannon, and their followers would wish a country absolutely dry. It would be much better if we would openly confess our pur pose and adopt legislation which would keep out the saloon and the laborers' Saturday night de bauches and yet which would make no pretense of stopping all drinking of all intoxicating bev erages. It would be far better if we admitted that prohibition enforcement has and must ever be a failure. It would be wiser for us to face the problem openly and to search for some saner and , t j UAe elective metiiuu ui oecui- ting temperance among our peo- pie. Government regulated dis pensaries where one could buy a limited amount of good whis ky for a reasonable price with out the privilege of drinking it on the premises would certainly be far better, and the open saloon could hardly be wrorse than the corrupt, dirty, illicit "speakeasy" of our present system. D.M.L. Student Experience For Future Service Generalities are a convenient screen behind which superficial and well-meaning minds may rest. A giat many people have been doing a great deal of talk ing for a great many weeks about the significance of our social crisis. Very little has , , . , . been done about it by most peo ple. In the University student body this has been the case. However within the next few weeks a very definite op portunity for useful student ef fort has arisen. The Loan Fund drive is something which should appeal to the imagination of every student. Here is a chance for student leaders to rise up and marshal their forces to the accomplishment of something immensely important to the existence of the University. A recognition of the import ance of -the success of the drive will be a contribution to the University, it is true, but more than that it will be a definite contribution to the intellectual life of this campus. The rapid 'and vast social changes that have taken place during the last few years have produced the crisis here at the University. The same changes have brought about a world crisis, the most profound in all history. Nothing could be stronger evidence of the fact that the University is not an isolated institution. It is a part of the social structure so inter dependent and sensitive- that events in Paris and Brazil and Manchuria effect it directly. It is not far-fetched to con sider the elements of this crisis similar to the elements of the German reparation, the South American debt, or the Wall street stock exchange crisis. An appreciation of this fact by stu- T 7 TT 7 ri, i student leaders, is important training for the day when the . , 1 - -,i . , . . siuuwus wm uine part m a larger wTay in world affairs. R.W.B. The Creed Outworn The advice imparted to the American people by George Washington in the last days of his activity was excellent. He I advised the nation to concern ! itself with its own affairs and not to meddle in tjie business of Europe. He was addressing a small, weak, and disorganized country incapable of any serious meddling had it been advisable,! and our influence bore little or no weight. For the period and the conditions the advice was good, and a policy of isolation was necessary to our develop ment, and in fact our only hope for growing power. The last hundred and thirty years, how ever, have witnessed changes in our nation wThich for sheer rapidity have had no precedent in the world's history. From a ' few millions scattered along a wild coast we have become a teeming nation of a hundred and twenty millions spread from ocean to ocean in busy cities jand farms. We have assumed the lead in the world's trade and industry and are now the most powerful nation on the globe. The forty-eight states form a different land than did the loose ly united thirteen that Washing, ton warned away from interfer ence that at the time spelt dis aster. We are a mighty nation capa ble and duty-bound to take the leading role in the conduct of world affairs. We have exer cised some influence of a cau tious and ineffectual nature that has not brought about the changes that we might and should effect. The current world depression could be alleviated by our cooperation with the other nations who are both anxious and willing to accept our aid and advice. The present inexcusable of China could be stopped if We would only lend our weight and approval to the . efforts of the i League of Nations. All attempts at concerted action by the other nations can amount to but little when the support and approval of the most powerful force is lacking. The attitude of this country determines the inter national policies of all other na- .tions, and we are a threat that overhangs any moves towards 'cooperation among the other uuuiinica ui. uic wvaiiu. The remedy for the present financial disaster lies in inter national cooperation. The out lawing of war depends on a working together of all powers las does the regulation of immi gration; the suppression of the jdrug trade and other important world matters. Yet we refuse time and time again to join defi nitely with the other peoples. The present threat to the capi talistic system, whose greatest exponent we are, finds us un willing to take the lead in check- ' ing the growing danger of com ;munism, which is endangering 1 T7t - rm. ' 4.V.4- T Hiuiuyti. J. lie wcix timt onynii is conducting against a defense less China leaves us unperturbed while yellow soldiers beat our consuls and mistreat our citi zens. Our calm and impassive con duct is dangerous to ourselves and to the world. It is not caused through any disability, bu by pure selfishness and ab sence of desire to help. It will eventually prove more harm than good, but when we appre ciate that it may be too late. We are too great and too strong to sit idly by while an effort on our part would prove of great mu tual benefit to ourselves and the world. We must realize that we are not the weak, insignificant confederation that Washington warned from meddling out of our class. We are a vast, pow erful source of latent and poten tial good going to waste through the short-sightedness and petty provincialism of leaders who do not know or who fear our power. J.F.A 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. " Letters 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 attacks a per son. No libelous or scurrilous contri butions can be. printed. Nationalism And Armament Vs. Internationalism And Disarmament For quite some time the Daily Tar Heel ; has been print ing, daily, ponderable upon the subject of disarmament. Sir Thomas More, if he could arise from his grave, would commend the paper, praise it highly, for its promoting of Utopian ideals. In the last analysis that is what disarmament really is an Uto pian ideal. Have nations ceased to prac tice national patriotism and its corollary national aggrandize-j ment? Have - they ceased to' recognize international competi-j tion? A casual glance toward ' India, we believe, will answer these questions. And yet, it has been proposed has been most vehemently prescribed that we, in the face of Jike conditions, secure "parchment guarantees" f to leave as a legacy to the men . of tomorrow. Like Charles VI, we are about to bequeath to the rising generation, a valueless legacy. Nationalism sprang from a common language, art, music, tradition. Internationalism must spring from the same source. When a common lan guage has been adopted, a com mon tradition recognized when all men realize that race is I merely accident , and means nothing, then Internationalism! will follow. But it will take time to develop those ideas, even ; if we believe them possible. It, will take a long time for us to! realize that we are not Ameri-j cans that we are merely co-; inhabitants of the world with a number of dissimilar races. We will have to discard prejudice, patriotism, and selfishness mighty American principles' before we can reach Interna tionalism. And in like manner the other nations will have to act. But still, it might be pos sible. Internationalism must come1 before disarmament can be prac ticable. We must discard -national patriotism, we must be- come one civilized people in-; habiting the world; we must have world wide uniformity of principles of government, law, economics, education. When that is accomplished we will have forgotten our prejudices, our foolish, patriotism ; we will have established a Utopia. And then there will be no need of valueless "parchment guaran tees," of valuable "fighting men"; strife will have been de-j stroyed ; armament will have be-! come an idea born of insanity. And then we will have a condi-: tion that history cannot prove. Nationalism made necessary armed defense. It meant na tional patriotism' applied to every aspect of political inter course. Stephen Decatur gave it classic expression when he said "My county right or wrong." Decatur and his dis- j ciples would need some concrete power to uphold that statement, ' and that concrete power con sisted in a threat to every other country. That is nationalism. Internationalism will decree armament not only unnecessary but also foolish. When every man's country is the same there can be no strife, no threats. Then disarmament will be a common-place fact not a The Low-Down By ' G. R. Berryman FABLES SANS 3IORALS The Professor Who Didn't Scan Once there was a professor of English who didn't force his students to memorize statistics concerning the number of letters and words in Shakespeare's works. He never classified poetry as "iambic pentameter," "sex tameter," or "lopsidedameter,, nor did he scan lines. He had the peculiar notion that he would best be serving the world if he could convey to a few otherwise-bare minds a glimpse into the beauty of form and mo tion of literature. What he taught his students could not be written in their notebooks. When he went to get his wages one Saturday night,, there was a two-weeks-notice slip in the envelope. "Why am I fired ?" he asked the authorities. ' "You haven't caught on," he was told. "Read 'What Every Professor Should Know' and then try again.'' The Alumnus Who Got What He Wanted A rich alumnus of a poor uni versity wanted to bfoadcast to the world that he had, by dint of hard work and by following the Laws of God, accumulated no small part of the world's goods and had tasted no little of the sweet drink of power. He also wanted to prove that he still loved dear old Rutgers. He asked the university of ficials wrhat they needed most. "A new librarian," he was told. "Fine!" exclaimed the rich alumnus. "But will he have a brass plate with my name on it riveted to his stomach?" Upon being informed that the new librarian preferred the wages of a professor to having a brass plate riveted to his breast and that ,he refused to walk the highways abutting the university during all kinds' of weather, the alumnus was ter ribly wroth. Skillfully, the chairman of "The Committee for Soothing Rich Alumni," made a suggestion: "Why don't you give the university a new dinner bell?. An unlimited . amount can be spent upon one, especially if you import the bells." "An excellent idea!" acqui esced the alumnus, blotting a fat check. theory upon which every scholar may lay his hand and fashion a dream-existence. JOHN FREDRIC BUTLER. Any additional Freshmen who wish to join the gerSian club are asked to send then initiation fee of ten dol lars to JOHN PARKS, Sigma Nu House, at once. MICKEY and HIS MA or course x love. HOW ON EPrttfttlMD .3 " PASTEURIZEmUkardin: 'krrnM lip . ill; - At the dedication, the chair man asked if the alumnus was satisfied. j "Surely," he answered, turn jing red and digging his toe into j the ground, "but, shucks, I didn't j know you were going to put my name on it Vr The Student Who Was Smart for His Age "v Once a student who had cut too many classes was being put upon probation in the office of Ihis dean. "Have you anything to say," questioned the dean. "Well, yes," acknowledged the student. "Just this: As I can't cut classes that bore me, will you allow my professors to cut the ones that bore them?" Miss Willa Cather, nationally known novelist, -will' be traveling in the southwest for the remain der of the winter season. Will Rogers will be back on Beverly Hills, California, the latter part of February to start work on another motion , picture. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS SPECIAL at THE SMOKE SHOP Breakfast 25c, Lunch 25c and 35c Dinner 25c and 35c Meal Tickets $5.50 Tickets for $ 5.00 3 Tickets for $13.75 6 Tickets for $27.50 Board for 75c Per Day SERVICE AT ANY HOUR THE SMOKE SHOP Eat With Us NDrink WTith Us drawn for Durham Dairy Products I -t"RD voo wrtH- -is- s s Every family wants its, milk to be pure and safe. No one can tell the purity of milk BY SIGHT nor BY TASTE. f heaUh by 0nIy mmfmmfmu&r ..
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