tage Two THE DAILY TAB HEEL Sunday, February 14, 1932 Zl)t Datlp Ear mZt1SSZ The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union Board of the University of North Carolina at 1 Chapel Hill where it is printed daily except Mon days and the Thanksgiving, Christ mas, and Snrinsr Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the postiT-..--, fri y.or. office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under act . K -v A. - . - 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. Rose, chairman, Don Shoemaker, R. W. Barnett, Henderson Heyward, Louise Pritchard, J. P. Alexander, Gilbert Blauman, William Uzzell, Dan Lacy, Kemp Yarborough, Sid ney Rosen. 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. W. R. Woerner. FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville, T. W. Blackwell, E. H., Morrie Long, Joseph Sugarman, W.. R. Eddkman, Vermont Royster, Donoh Hanks. 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. LIBRARIAN E. M. Spruill. -HEELERS J. H. Morris. J. D. Wins low, A. T. Dill, W. O. Marlowe, E. C. Bagwell, R. J. Gialanella, W. D. McKee, Harold Janof sky, S. A. Wil kins, F. 'C. Litten, N. H. Powell, A. C. Barbee, R. J. Somers, Frank Thompson. 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. fH. Lewis, Jim Cordon; J. W. . Callahan, Henry Emerson. ' . Sunday, February 14, 1932 Now Or Never For The League , Two very significant state- ments anDeared in the Associ ated Press dispatches of Satur-Scott day Dr. W. W. Yen, chief Chinese representative in the League of Nations, filed a for mal request with the League Council asking that the Assemr bly of the League be convoked and the Chinese charges of Jap anese aggression be laid before it. According to the Associated Press, the "Council of the'League of Nations sidestepped the issue until next week" by ref using to summon the Assembly at once for fear of offending Japan. An other dispatch from Tokyo, speaking of China's formal re quest to the League, said, "It was intimated from good author ity that the (Japanese) govern ment has ceased to take much interest or attach much impor tance to what the League may do about the Sino-Japanese ques. tion." These two statements show clearly the attitude towards the League resulting from its weak and timid policy in the Far East. The League as Wilson planned it was to be a strong international force that could prevent war. It was to end the anarchy of international rela tions by providing a sort of fed eral government for the world. It has fallen far short of that goal, however, and has become little more than an international debating society. True, the League has rendered valuable service in such matters as regu lating the opium trade and in settling disputes among smaller nations. Now for the first time, however, it is called upon to in tervene in a quarrel between two great nations. The present Sino-Japanese struggle is the first real test of the League. If it handles this situation capa bly and firmly, the way may be paved for the formation of a real and useful international government which can end war permanently. If it proves itself impotent in this crisis; the last vestiges of respect for the League will be lost. So far the League's policy in gently with Japan when it should be firmly commanding. It has refused even to consider the use of any pressure to force i " I ml T 1 l l 1 j. lie j-eague nas no international police force at nts disposal, as France has recommended; but it does have one powerful wea pon in the form of the economic boycott which can be used against any nation waging ag gressive warfare. There is as clear a case against Japan today as the League will ever have against any nation. It may possible be that Japan has had some just cause of com plaint in Chinese actions in Man churia, but she has refused ab solutely to submit any of her al leged grievances to arbitration or even to negotiate with China directly unless China accedes to many of her demands before the negotiations begin. Against, the protests of all the nations of the world, and in direct violation of her pledged word not to use force as an instrument of inter national policy and to protect the political independence and ter ritorial integrity of China, Ja pan has sent invading armies in to Manchuria nad Shanghai. And her actions have been ac companied by an insolent refusal even to consider the demands of China, neutral nations, and the League that she modify her ac tions. If the League of Nations is to permit this action on the part of Japan, never again can it command respect from the na tions of the world. Any other nation which wishes to wrest territory from a weaker neigh bor will not hesitate to do so. If the League fails in this crisis, it might as well disband. If, on the other hand, it chooses to de clare an effective economic boy- aainst Japan, it can force that nation withdraw her armies irom nma ana wm De come a powerful force making for world peace. The crisis is squarely before the officials of the League of Nations. It is now or never for the League. D.M.L. Necessary For A College Education The students on this campus who failed to hear the lectures on sex problems given during the past week by Professor Groves denied themselves of an excellent opportunity to v obtain expert information and advice on one of the most vital of the many problems that face the young person as he approaches maturity. A majority of young people, of both sexes, reach man hood or womanhood with little real understanding of the great importance of wholesome sex adjustment and its influence up on one's happiness in mature married life. It is a problem that faces every one of us, and yet we accept it gropingly, eith er frightened at its falsely la beled mystery or actually ignor ant of how to face it frankly1 In his lectures Professor Groves handled the problem of sex frankly and simply. He gave an enlightening discussion of per sonal sex questions that harrass the normal adolescent, and of the hetrasexual problems that must be dealt with by matur ing men and women and that play so vital a part in determin ing the success of married life. We commend those who were responsible for arranging this series of lectures for recogniz ing the pertinence of instructing college men and women in a sub ject that has too long been avoid ed by . undergraduate curricula in American colleges. Already this University offers a course in family sociology fortunately under the direction of Profes sor Groves but it is entirely optional to a majority of stu dents and is subject. to certain restrictions. It is hoped that the University will not be long in recognizing the need that every student has for such in formation and advice as this course offers. Such a course should be placed among the pre requisites to graduation from the University. It should be available to every student who enters the University, and should be as important a part of his education as history or the lan guages. ; The belief is too often accept ed that we seek a college educa tion for the sole purpose of train- ing ourselves in order to eke out a living from the convergence of economic forces. That is ad mittedly one of the purposes of college training, but there is yet another purpose which is, in a sense, of even greater impor tance. Beyond seeking a means of living one should seek, a prop er and wholesome manner of liv ing. It is the duty of the Uni versity to help the student in every way possible to achieve wholesome happiness, and it is the duty of the student to adjust himself in such a manner as to receive from life all that it of fers.' No such adjustment can be effected without intelligent guidance. The graduate who has failed to make such an adjust ment is not yet "educated," in spite of any number of degrees that he may have credited to his name. Little need be said concerning the obvious -lack of an intelli gent understanding of sex prob lems on the part of, American youth. Its dire results are ap parent from the number of so cial crimes and divorces that disclose themselves every day But does the guilt not revert to our educational system in that we allow our youth to grope un guided in seeking social adjust ment? That we should allow those who are to be the future bulwark of society to receive the most sacred and vital informa tion from the gutter and from the-lips of the vile and ignor ant is indeed appalling, r It is through the American college that we can hope first to apply intelligently the work that is being done by such able lead ers in the field of family soci ology as our own Professor Groves. W.E.U. The People Amidst all of the frenzy and turmoil of the world today the voice of "the people'" remains inarticulate save for futile lit tle whisperings. In Geneva, Tokyo, Shanghai, and New York one is impressed by the fact that it is the small, self -centered minority that is guiding the des tinies of the world. In Tokyo and in other Japan ese centers this week there have been risings led by students de manding that the "imperialistic aggression in China be stopped." These pleas were" silenced by ser vants of the military, the po lice, and other weak-minded citi zens of Nippon who have fallen prey to the jingoistic clamour of the war department jfor patriot ism. War in Chinais not being waged by the Japanese nation; rather, it is being carried on by a small, somewhat short-sighted, but very shrewd minority of sword waving militarists. The Japanese wage a war in defense of war, it seems, not only on Chinese soil, but in Japan. . In ouye, a leader of peace senti ment in Japan and a likely can didate for the premiership, was murdered at the instigation, no doubt, of the military factions. Baron Shidehars, of the great peace triumverafe of the Hama guchi cabinet, is the only remain ing prominent leader of peace. In Japan "the people" are voicing their disapproval of war. Even in China there is a strong sentiment for a peaceful settlement of the crisis. Both nations should be and are strongly partisan, are sensitive, are proud; and yet they want the recent release by Charles, peace to stand before every- jScribner's Sons of his latest thing. " jplay, The Roof. Turning from Warfare in the Orient at this his usual themes of : social or ' particular time presents a chal-Apolitical problems, Mr. Gab - lenge to the world that has! worthy has woven his drama been ignored. If the world and around several . different types the United States lets "the Ori entals fight it out" it admits the futility of mechanisms of peace. However, if through economic boycott, through refusing to sell armaments (a step that Con gress refused to take), and through vigorous and sincere statements of disapproval the ! world can cripple the war ele ments in Japan 'and China, the solution of this crisis will be a great victory for peace and the conclusions arrived at in Geneva will be more than mere' verbiage. Pw.W.B. Brief Facts Signing, of the agreement for the construction of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River marked the letting- of the largest contract ever made by the federal government, $48,890,999. The navy deep-sea diving record of 336 feet was estab lished in 1931 by the Unted States submarine Nautilus. y- About two-thirds of the rubber plantation lands of the world are a part of the Brit ish Empire and British citi zens own considerably more than half of the plantations. Dr. Leo Friedman of the University of Oregon has re cently developed a method of measurement so fine that he is able to detect and measure the holes in gelatin which range from l-800,000,000ths to 1-4,-800,000,000ths of an inch in diameter. THOSE NEW BOOKS By J. L. Sehon Alfred Williams & Co. To those who are intent on collecting a library in these rather difficult times, the "Blue Ribbon books of Grosset and Dunlap come as a life saver. These volumes- are reprints of worth-while material, attract ively bound and just as attract ively priced. Several new ad ditions to the already well-filled stacks of Alfred Williams & company's stacks were made last week. Foremost among these is Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, which certainly needs no introduction. . . Those who enjoy Lowell Thomas on the radio will find his two famous books even more entertaining. Both Beyond Khyber Pass and With Law rence in Arabia can be procured in the Blue Ribbon edition. A new release in this same edition is Christopher Morley's delightful Parnassus on Wheels. ; The story of the Bard of Retf field, a farmer who finds himself famous overnight by the popular reception of his literary attempt, is a thorough good thing to pick up and sweep out of one's mind the thoughts of the coming com prehensives. Another outstanding book of the day to be found in this Blue Ribbon collection is the late Lytton Strachey's Queen Vic toria. One of the best of the modern biographers, Strachey does not "create" interesting in cidents to weave around his characters, but sticks close to the facts, so close in fact that the history department accepts his books for .parallel reading. (Freshmen best heed, especially if they find it hard to stay awake over the usual kind of reference j reading that they take from the : stacks.) The Book Market Of especial interest to the ad mirers of John Galsworthy" is of people that happen to be lodg-! of the soused gentlemen sets ing in the same pension in fire to a bottle of parafin be Paris. s ln a series of seven low the rickity wooden stair scenes he has shown a definite case. Following scenes except, insight into the lives Of his) (Continued on last page) A GAME LIKE THIS TAKES NERVE! MONDAY , , K - - H A4' & v n - If s 3 I - ' I J i I v:::sv::::ox:o:v::v:xv.:.::;v . :!::? r t If s ' f ' I ' J"- i X I , ' -r T: . 1 ' ' ' j ,n , . in-r ... . , sands to steal millions for the girl he loves then finding his own father at the same peril ous business! 66 Cheaters THOMAS MEIGHAN Charlotte Greenwood also Benny Rubin Comedy "Taxi Tangle" Paramount News Who was he? "Doctor Mirakle" they called him master of black magic. . . Keeper of the huge . gorilla . . . Erik, thru the night his shadow crept ... behind him ... Broken hearts . , . Terror Mystery . . . Eyen over death ... Was he the master? Edgar Allan Poe -His genius lives again : in "Murders in the Rue Morgue" . with BEL A LUGOSI 1 (DRACULA HIMSELF) TUESDAY They lived a lie so that their son would never know their shame! "MICHAEL AND MARY" , (Their Secret) Life had cheated her out of love . . . The LAW had denied her the right to happiness . . . How? . . Why? . . See this amazingly dra matic picture. Featuring stars who stage play hit "Our First-Born!?' "We love her so, much, David! ,But even she, little darling, cannot hold us to gether while your mother, your whole family, hate mv very soul!" See this drama "Wayward" with NANCY CARROLL RICHARD ARLEN FRIDAY A Publix Kincey Theatre. I various creations. The play opens in the small dining room of the hotel, just before mid- night, with three of the guests in rather inebriated condition, In order to "get back" on the waiter, who has sighted him, one A first class crook traveling the Atlantic as a first class passenger. Spending thou At Flay 99 with LINDA W ATKINS She found the meaning of love in sacrifice . . . Men sought her . . . But she sought her man Though mountains and oceans sepa rated them .. . ANN HARDING in "Prestige" with ADOLPHE MENJOU MELVIN DOUGLAS WEDNESDAY -?--y.-y.-y&y.-y.-y.'..:-y.-:--..s. -y.-y.-y. mmm y-mmi the same made .the a smash 5S Herbert Marshall Edna Best THURSDAY His own son yellow! A famous athletic coach discovers that the only quit ter on his team is his son t He loses a championship, but he makes a MAN! JACK HOLT m "Maker of Men" with JOAN MARSH SATURDAY Coming GEORGE ARLISS in 'Man Who Played , , God" ,

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