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Vage Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Wednesday, February 17, 1932 The official newspaper of the Publi cations Uniotf Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 'Sphere it is printed daily except Mon days and the Thanksgiving, Christ mas, and Spring Holidays. Entered "n? ra:2:amoiig the people of continuing 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. F. 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 B. 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, - Worth. C. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assist ants: R. D. McMillan, Pendleton Gray, Bernard Solomon. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Jimmy Allen, manager; assistants: H. A. ClarkHoward Manning; Bill Jones, H. Louis Brisk, Joe Mason, . Joe Webb, Dudley Jennings. COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John uarrow, manager; assistants: Jtcan dolph Reynolds, R. H. Lewis, Jim Cordon; J. W. Callahan, Henry Emerson. Wednesday, February 17, Disregarding The League The Anti-Saloon League is again trying to crack its ever- weakening lash by threatening not to. support these senators and representatives whose vote may be construed to favor a re peal of the prohibition law. In a recent letter .sent , out by the League, it was stated, among other things, that a vote favor ing resubmission of the Eigh teenth Amendment to a state referendum would be considered as hostile to the prohibitionists. This attempt to intimidate the congressmen is a direct reversal of the appeal which these same forces made when prohibition . was a national issue in 1914. At that time Bishop Cannon, Rev erend Dinwiddie, and Ella Boole all sppke in favor of a referen dum vote. The burden of their argument was that such a course would not necessarily compell Congress to pass the proposed amendment even though the re turns showed a majority of the people stood for Constitutional control. Senator Sheppard, another who, in the past, favored a state vote, 4now states his unwilling ness to concur to such a step. Such a mandate on the part of the League really carries no weight because of the evident impotency of the threat. The League does not control the vote of anything like the major ity of the American voting pub lic, and the idle words of a pow erless group does not jeopardize our congressmen's chances for re-election. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment has in ,its letter to congressmen the fol lowing; statement: ". . . it was all right-in 1914 , for a member of the Congress who did not believe in National bone-dry Prohibition to join nevertheless in submit ting to the people for decision an amendment installing such Na tional jbone-dry Prohibition. But now, they say it is all wrong for a member of the Congress who may personally favor national bone-dry prohibition to join in submitting to the people for de- cision the question of repeal of this 18th Amendment." No stand could be more narrow-minded or illogical. It ap- pears as though, once having, won Prohibition, the Drys are afraid to test the desirability such a policy. j No constitutional change has been effected which alters the duty of a member of Congress, and the right to submit ques tions to public vote is no more objectionable now than it 'was in 1914. To quote the Associ ation's letter again, "It all de pends upon which foot the shoe is on." W.R.W. Rational Revision Wide revision of the football rules code by the National Foot ball Rules committee in session at Hanover, N. H., Monday, has elicited the almost wholesale de rision of the "old school" of coaches and alumni throughout the country, press dispatches yesterday indicate. The love of brute force in athletic encoun ters is one of the birthrights of the American game-playing and game-watching public, and thus it is not surprising that a new code to eliminate brute force and its attendant dangerous blocking and tackling formations and in troduce the element of cunning and skill meets witli such oppo sition. A careful perusal of the six points drawn up by the commit tee of coaches and football de votees clearly indicates the ad vantages of the new code over the old, if for no other reason than that the rule eliminates the element of hazard so prevalent during the past season. Foot ball can well stand tne " cream puff" application, not only for the safety of players but to com- jbat the over-emphasis of what has been termed the "national sport." When the brutish type of lineman is ruled off the play. ing field, the elements of skill and dexterity will enter the game, making way for the ath lete whose weight does not per- mit him to CQmbat with his more "beefy" brothers. Speed, agil ity and head work, which are, after all, the only real sustain ing virtues of the game, will take the limelight. The change is similar to the transition from force to cunning which has been innovated in many other sports today. Quick thinking defeated a .slugging heavyweight champion several years ago as did clever maneou vering prove the downfall of a baseball club which depended upon heavy sluggers and Hercu lean pitchers. The triumph of I brain over brawn is happily, a growing trend in American ath letics. We hope that the new code will spur this cause. The per manent maiming or death of one football player is not worth an aeon of football seasons. D.C.S. Conventions For Ideals It seems queer that ideals should be mistaken for customs and conventions. In the last is sue of the Carolina Magazine it is stated in the editorial that principles and ideals have been set up by dead ancestors, and that we of an entirely different age accept them as we do na tural laws. To substantiate this argument there is listed many outworn and forgotten customs and conventions which modern thinkers and philosophers no longer deem necessary to refute. This question is asked : "Who said that ideals were sacred?" and this answer is given: "The same man, perhaps, who said that silver buckles on colonial shoes were style for men." Here, definitely, ideals are put in the same category as conventions. Does the "nature ofV man change so from age to age that in one age honesty is an' ideal worthy of being sacred, and in the next should be discarded as useless? Substitute the word "conventions" for "ideals" in. that question and there would be no disagreement, also substi tute the word "conventions" for "ideals" in the other question, and there would be no point in writing this editorial ; nor, in fact, would there have been any i point in the editorial in the ' Magazine, as there is no reason to believe that anybody is try- ing to revive Puritan customs! and traditions. "The two sacred things in life ! are the-human heart and the hu-i man intellect." That is a rather ! oroad statement; and given without any . authority ; and worse still, without any defense ; it is rather hard to swallow. Is the word "heart" used in the lit- i eral or in the figurative sense? It must be figurative because la ter on is found: "All-heritages and traditions should be brought to trial before a modern intellect ! and a human heart." And noth- J ing could be brought to trial be-! fore a heart in its literal sense. Now what does the figurative j meaning of the word heart in- elude ? All that is good ? All that which is moral? All that which is worth while in a human life and mind. It seems impossible to include all those and deny ideals and principles. Here is a concrete definition of ideals: ideals are the necessary and sufficient conditions requir ed for men to live peacefully in a community. They are neces sary because man lias found it impossible to tolerate a neighbor who does not observe them; they are sufficient because men can and do form communities, bas ing all of their laws and actions on ideals. R.M.F. Matter Over Mind Despite the many advantages and comforts that the machine age has brought to civilization it has not been without its draw backs which due to the fact that they affect only a class have not been as widely felt. The advent of the machine into the rough life of a century' or more ago brought with it untold horror to the people who were forced into the mills and the factories. Long hours, hard work, lack of protection from dangerous ma chinery, and complete absence of all sanitary measures took a tre mendous toll of life and health creating a class in England whose grandchildren and great grandchildren have not yet out lived the marks of their fore fathers' sufferings." Beside the terrible conditions and treat ment of the workers while oc cupied the pittances that they received enabled them to drag out a bare existence,, and any slight disability often meant starvation or the work house. The share England contribut ed to the horror of our machine age was undoubtedly a great one but it has remained for the United, States to institute a fur ther and far more evil conse quence. Having had its effects on the bodies of its victims the machine moves on with the aid of our great magnates to con quer the human brain. The sys tem of belt assembly lines of which we are the leading ex ponents is one of the most per nicious attacks upon the mental welfare of the race that might be imagined. Men by this meth od of manufacturing are forced into one place where they stay hour after hour, month after month, tightening the same rivet into the same part of the same machine. After a short time the man becomes as mechanical -as humanly possible, loses all feel ing of personal pride in.his labor and in his machine like precision fulfills ,the desires of the great industrialists by increasing their output. The conditions of work may be healthy, the hours rea sonable and the pay good -but none of these can atone for the deprivation of man's right to make his work a function of hi3 personality and not his reflex action. The great ideal of life is the combination ' of labor and mind and this union has been respon sible 'for every outstanding achievement of man. Work to be fruitful in the best sense must be at the same time the pleasure of the worker. The great things have not been done by men who set their working hours aside as drudgery and counted every hour until time to stop. This is a' dangerous policy for man to follow and has always existed. The fact of its existence is not due to modern methods but its encouragement is our guilt and points to an eventual form of slavery worse than we have ever known the slavery of man's brain. It is doubtful that any thing will occur to change this deplorable trend and we must mark it down as another victory f or the machine which is, as has been' prophesied, man. J.F.A. conquering Brief Facts Dr. S. V. Sanford, newly elected president of the Uni versity of Georgia, is the first "president" the university has had since 1860. From that time until the election of President Sanford the univer sity head received the title of chancellor. V - The Ministry of Education in Italy has been granted an appropriation of $10,650,000 greater than that of 1931. The stock of money in cir culation in the United States, June 30, 1931, totaled $4,821, '933,457, which was $38.59 per capita. t. - , Dr. Barnett Cohen, John Hopkins university, has suc ceeded in making a battery out of living bacteria. Beer is mentioned in Egyp tian papyri over three thou sand years old. With Contemporaries A Correction From Chapel Hill It is a timely dispatch1 from Chapel Hill that tells of the Uni versity faculty's previous action in pnrJnrsino" wifVirn. rP5Arvn- tion President Graham's pledge of full co-operation in maintain- : Ai, 4.4. j: -a .. making use of personal com ment rather than of formal and recorded expression had given quite the . opposite impression, not only as to the attitude of the Uni versity but of the other state educational institutions as well. It is not difficult to imagine that of the many faculty mem bers who derive their pay, and shall we say insufficient pay?, from the state there are some who resent the repeated reduc tions. It is by no means an un natural reaction, and we are quite willing to accept Mr. Bas kervill's story for just what it said, except that it puts a face on the matter that is by no means official and does not por tray the character of these men as collectively they deserve to be portrayed. They may resent the condition that makes another reduction in salary unavoidable, and that we can understand. .They may feel that other things might be sacri ficed for the continued progress of North Carolina higher edu cation, and we do not hestitate to agree with them except to point out that other state em-; ployees too have been adversely, affected, as have various f unc- tions of the state government, But when it comes to the crux of the matter it is fairly well evi- job. dent that our faculties will bow ) It is all very well for the col gracefuly to what cannot be leges to represent that glamor helped and will continue in out- ous realm of forbidden naughti living an emergency that every- ;ness which the Big City and one hopes will soon pass. Charlotte Neics. And Not A Drop to Drink" . We learn with much surprise and a great deal of delight that the campuses of Georgia are simply flooded with liquor. Mr. Bill Cunningham, a writer whose business carries him to' many college towns during the football season, tells us about 1 1 11 A . by touring into Dixie to dedicate Georgia's Sanford field, and to dedicate it, incidentally, with a most amazing loss, we were es corted to attend a student dance. TTnrmASirmJihlv t.TlA liouid fruit jof CQrn wag copiously pres. ent. It was a trifle hard to dif - ,f erentiate between the under graduates and the townies, be cause they all mixed in indis-! criminately, but at least an in- UAitmlTf tAllmnTA n,nTi'ri Q t , . . . . j, ' xt tne deiuge m tne jsorzn Ameri can Review: -"Down in Georgia, when the Here's Yale team broke all precedent How redolent witn tne juice 01 xne , , . , , . TT . . . , . J, , , has been launched m the Uni- mniper, and it at least one ., ., , . .. i , , , . , .versity community where mdi- freshman made his classes next; ., : , , , , . , , . . ,. :vidual students, student organ- 4nr Into unniinflVOTlTTO TrVtirS1a ' J ' r c were nothing short Of miracul ous. "In the citv of Atlanta, the: University of North Carolina eleven arose to unsuspected heights and flattened Georgia Tech on Tech field. I chanced , , . . . 1 Aii charge, is m the offing. Emanat to be stopping at the Atlanta . z TT . t, lt- j. , .t. ing from the University, the Biltmore at the moment and that , , , likewise chanced to be the Uni versity of North Carolina's , , L , ,, . , , , . have no doubt held forth before in celebration of some unexpect ed triumph, but seldom have I 1 ' ever witnessed sucn various trades of whoonee as the Tar Heel constituency pulled off other institutions as at the Uni upon that occasion." versity, is obvious in the face of It sounds interesting, to say sting conditions. Several the least. Personally, we have hundred students find that it never had to wear raincoats or wlU impossible to continue anything on account of the their education unless aid of dampness. In fact, after our operative told us the other night that the best he could do on short notice was $1.00 a pint, we had the idea that there was nuite a drouth. Of course, Oglethorpe has from other students and faculty never beaten Yale. And may- members who must be hard be the North Carolinians messed themselves and authentic brought their- bottled happiness reports of sacrifices which those down with them. Anyway, we m need of assistance are making believe Mr. Bill Cunningham that they may Prepare them has not even been on the Ogle- selvS for the future give added thnmA MTtinns or hfi wouldn't testimony to the worthiness of have said that Gerf a,cam" Puf ST are ooded.-Oglethorpe Petrel. . The College Myth "The college student is in a class by himself so far as popu ar portrayal goes. He is charac- terized as a more or less, indol ent individual, but he is im mensely popular with the Ameri can public," says a contempor ary, speaking editorially, and the same writer continues by advising college students to pre serve the illusion. The college student no doubt is popular with the general pub lic but it is the sort of superior interest which a crowd shows in a circus clown. College students are all very well as long as their escapades furnish a slightly salty tang for the conversation over the tea cups. But when it is suggested that one come into closer touch with them well, the public gets, just a bit panic stricken. , r Such, at least, has been the public's attjtude toward college students in the past. And when the same students went out to apply for jobs and places of re sponsibility, the employer all too often remembered specimens of crooning whoopee boys he had seen on the screen and read about in books. As a result the college student-did "not get the later Paris and finally Hollv- mr wood have, in turn, typified; but when that reputation be- (comes so strong as to jeopardize a man's chance for a job, then jit is time to call a halt j Freddie Football has been demoted to high schools and drUg stores, and the sooner comic papers and a minority of students make this discovery, the for higher education jn rrenerai. Indiana Daily Student. No more exemplary manifes tation of the spirit which will bring North Carolina through its present period of adversity has been furnished than that shown by the University in its efforts to raise a loan fund for needy students and .the fight which these students themselves are making to continue their education. No contributions have proved too small m the campaign which ivntinno anH -FanlTir mom Kot-rr have already responded liberal ly. Various benefits have been m sm m f1Vn m the etiort to raise funds, and a systematic canvass of Chapel Hill, with a commit tee appointed by the mayor in movement has met the hearty co-operation of trustees and is now being taken up by alumni generally with an , enthusiasm and a determination which are doubly encouraging. The need for such a fund, and At is Probably as, prevalent at aume Burb 1S uicummg. wmy a limited amount ot work is avaiiaoie in a piace 01 unapet 11111 s slze wniie oemanas nave long since drained regularly es tablished loan funds. Donations the project and the spirit which actuates its sponsors. v When an institution, whose own operation is ' . jeopardized, pauses to strain another notch for struggling students and these students themselves evince such a determination to carry on, there is prima facie evidence of the sort of leadership that it is" providing and the qualities which will prevail among the students of today when they shoulder the responsibilities of citizenship tomorrow. The com bination shows. North Carolina at its best; an abiding deter mination to find a way and to carry on.-Greensboro News. It is difficult for an outsider to get into the best Hollywood society," says a writer. Presum ably one has to live there quite a time before beginning to move in the best triangles. The Hu morist. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS FOR RENT Double Garage on Rosemary Street behind Sigma Zeta Fraternity. MRS. DORA ELLIOT 1400 West Spring Garden St. Greensboro N. C.
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