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THE DAILY TAR HEEL Saturday, February 20, 193 Pae Four DR. CHASE SAYS ABOLISH HAZING IN FROTNITIES Former University President Discusses Fraternity Prob lems in Magazine Article. In the" last issue of Banta's Greek Exchange, a quarterly in terfraternity journal, Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, former Presi dent of the University, and how president of Illinois, has con tributed an article, entitled "Col lege Greeks It's Time to Aban don Your Antiques." Dr. Chase, who is a Sigma Nu, has for a long time been inter ested in fraternity problems and their relation to higher educa tion. Some extracts from Dr. Chase's article are reprinted be low: ' My advice would be that a man as an undergraduate join that fraternity which as an un dergraduate concern he thought most congenial to him, regard less of age, number of chapters, or distinguished alumhiJ "I must say that, in my judg ment, one of the serious fail ures of the fraternities is that they do not recognize the fact that their- attitude toward pledges should be precisely that of older brothers in whom they are interested and not that of . masters towards servants. "Corporal punishment (the paddle) for people of anything like the age of college students is both inexcusable and degrad ing. Let me say that the only place for the paddle is in a mu seum of antiquities, and my de vout hope is that the remnants of hell week may' soon return forever to the inferno from which they sprang. Fifty Scholarships Are Open At Duke Duke university will offer fifty graduate fellowships and schol arships for the year 1932-33 ac cording to a recent announce ment by Dean William W. Glas son of the graduate school of arts and sciences. In addition a number of teaching assistants will be appointed. The fellowships and scholar ships total $30,000 in value to those appointed. The list of awards includes the $1,000 An gier Duke memorial fellowship, eight university fellowships of $750 each, sixteen university fellowships at $700 each, and nine university fellowships valued at $600 each. . Graduate students may apply for sixteen graduate scholar ships at $400 each, while ap pointments for teaching assist ants range from approximately $300 to $750. Meiklejohn Reports On Wisconsin Plan The 75,000-word report of the faculty of Wisconsin university's five-year experiment in educa tional methods for its freshman and sophomore classes was sub mitted Thursday to the; College of Letters and Sciences by Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn. According to the Wisconsin Daily Cardinal, the report con tains the complete story of the successes and failures of Wis consin's experimental laboratory for the testing of rival theories of college training. Following a number of recommendations, the advisers of the college stated in their report "that, if possible, the experimentation . . . should be continued at the University of Wisconsin," for the work done thus far has been fragmentary and incomplete. Among the suggestions and observations of the report, the advisers pointed out the need for smaller colleges, declaring that student social life and education ; would profit greatly therefrom. CALEIIDililt Winter football 2:30. Kenan stadium. Opera Broadcast 3:00. Hill music hall. Alpha Chi Sigma Banquet, 6:30. Carolina Inn. W. and L. game 8:30. Tin Can. John Reed club 8:00. 210 Graham Memorial. Grail dance 9:00. Bynum gymnasium. Law school tea dance 5:00. Bynum gymnasium. PENN STATE MAN SURVEYS POLICIES OF FRATERNITIES Student Writer Enumerates Pro gressive Activities Attempted by Honorary Fraternities. After a survey of thirty-seven of Penn State's leading honor ary fraternities, Ernest B. Zu- kauskas, Penn State student, in The Penn State Collegian de clares that more than . half of these societies are content to re main in a state of lethargy, while only a few adopt policies of activity. j A few of these apparently in active fraternities have advanc ed to positions of prominency through very strict require ments, justifying their exist ence on exclusiveness which acts as an incentive to achievement. The majority of the fraterni ties, claim a progressive policy. Many in this group meet once a year only to elect officers and to initiate new members : for the rest of the year, the dormant administration is entirely in the hands of the president or faculty member. It is found that the active fraternities conduct series of lectures by businessmen, au thorities, scientists, and faculty members. High school contests and conventions for secondary school editors, are altruistic features of a few programs. One organization sponsors an intra mural debating tournament, and another secures exhibits for dis play to the student body. Re wards are often given as recog nition for merit in outside acti vities. Other indications of the possibilities in ambitious honor ary activities are shown in the establishment of an open library, the sponsoring of publications, and in grants of funds for scien tific investigation. NEW SYSTEM OF STREET WASHING INAUGURATED Citizens of Chapel Hill are asked by municipal officers not to leave their cars parked on the streets over night since the street superintendent is sub stituting a system for flushing the streets for the present sys tem. Every morning between 5:00 and 7:00 o'clock W. E. Clark will begin on Franklin street in front of Spencer hall and wash to Carrboro, and from there to the other paved streets of the town. Beauty Contest Winner Lyda Eubanks won the beauty contest held by the Carolina theatre last week. Miss Eu banks will compete with girls from Hillsboro, Roxboro, and Durham in the contest in Dur ham during the first week April. m Extension Board 4 The administrative board of the extension division will meet this morning at 11 :00 o'clock in the office of Director R. M. Grumman. Blushing Freshman Received -o- In the Good Old Days George Washington's Birthday Was a Full Holiday Full of Torment for New Men by Over-Active Upperclassmen. - : o . ... Twenty-five years ago an up perclassman dubbing Mr. Blank "Chief Wind That Blows in the Night," or "To the fifth degree a fool," was not the elec tion of a senior superlative, nor was the subsequent drenching with ice-cold water of a pale and trembling freshman a fraternity j initiation. Such acts were the! awarding of the none-too-coveted Washington's Birthday Me dals. , Surely the titles awarded dur ing the ceremonies were more ingenius tnan tne semors now devise, the appelations more de served, and the awards less de sired than the present-day al-most-alumni in full vanity ac cept. As to the actual induc tions, they were more greatly feared; for in those days, a more genuine brutality marked all initiations than the present Greeks can now engineer. But dismissing the Greeks and seniors at their play, it is interesting to find just how George Washington's Birthday was celebrated over a quarter of a century ago. The University can not look forward to the an niversary even this year, though it be the 200th, with the anticipation of the students of the day when the father of the country was un-debunked and a holiday was granted. Virtually the whole Univer sity attended the formal exer- cises in the morning where speakers told little boys not to lie but to emulate the life of Washington. On this full holi- day the students were not able to leave the Hill for the day; so with full energy, there was only one thing the upper classmen could do torment the fresh men. The custom began, during the eighties, for the sophomores to give titles to freshmen and then induct their victims to the titles. A committee would be ap pointed for this glorious pur pose and With full ingenuity would busy themselves with a lengthy report on freshman freshness. That they took their duties seriously and were quite careful in their selections is evidenced by their reports. The awards group in 1907 prefaced its re marks' in this way: "Believing, as do all sensible bodies, that true worth should never lack recognition, we, the members of the sophomore class, have, ac cording to custom, given the fol lowing tokens of our esteem and commendation, sometimes known as Washington's Birth day Medals, to the members of the class of 1910." Or, in the words of the class of '06: We, the members of the: sophomore class, to render en durable, the growing freshman, to establish his lack of merit, to insure college traditions, to pro vide for a true understanding of said freshmen, to promote the B. L. JOHNSON WILL SPEAK TO CHEMISTRY GRADUATES B. L. Johnson will speak on "Interpretation of the Lau Dia grham" Monday afternoon at 4:30 in room 201 Venable hall to a group of graduate students in chemistry. Dude Ranches Every year thousands of stu dents, teachers and others spend the summer working in Yellow stone Park or on dude ranches in that vicinity: Applications for jobs will 'be filled within the next few weeks ; those interested may get information by writing at once to the Yellowstone In formation Bureau. Dillon. Mon- j tana, department C P. Of 1906 Harsh Superlatives general welfare, and to secure the blessings of a chastened suc cession to us and to our pos terity, do ordain and establish these medals for said freshman class. Selah." Following this formal intro duction, the committee would list its choices, which were often "a fool, "a damn fool," "a nat- ural born fool," "a fool, "a fool to the first degree," and up to as many as five de grees." I Then there were "con temptable pups" and "conceited asses," and almost every year "a lord high proprietor of the campus." A knowledge of fiction, comic figures, and scientific subjects was indicated by "A Second Frank Chance," "Buster Brown," "Tige," and "Missing Link; wniie tne ancient game of poker found its way into the awards with "Misdeal" and "A Misdeal on a Full Pot." The committee would not neg lect personal appearance, for some freshmen received the titles of "Animated Fence Rail," "Jo Jo, the Dog Face Man," "Frog Face," "Hatchet Face," "Sawed Off," "Big Footed." According to reports, the freshman class numbered "ladies" such as "Carrie Nations," "Sissies," "Baby Girl," and "Beautiful Co-ed." Freshmen showing extraord inary conceit or extereme lo- quacity received appropriate titles. The committees would find certain freshmen "Justifi- cation by Faith in Himself," i "Chief Wind that Blows in the Night," "Punctured Gas Bag, and "Knight of the Jaw-Bone. Slang of the day, confusing now, quite often found its way into the Birthday Medals. "Such and Raw Stumps," were in cluded. The class as a whole re ceived many awards such as the title of "Asinus Club," while one group of sophomores decid ed "to 's parents we give the booby prize, feeling that all will pity them." The degrees, accompanied by a shower of ice-cold water, were awarded with little regard for the freshmen's feelings. They were also compulsory, as attest ed by The Tar Heel's account of one affair : "The occasion was enlivened by something ap proaching a scrap between a few freshmen who did not want to deprive the other members of the class of the honors and some members of the other classes who did not wish that they deny themselves." With the abolition of the holiday and the greater restric- tion on hazing, the awarding of the Washington's Birthday Medals virtually became extinct, to be revived perhaps in the present Boo-loo club, which could never be marked with the seriousness and dignity of the February 22 affairs before 1910. UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY IN DURHAM The University symphony orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Harold S. Dyer, will give a performance in Durham, for the benefit of the student loan fund. The University alumni associa tion of Durham is making ar rangements and the date will be announced soon. Davis Directs Children's Play Director Harry Davis got re sults when he asked for twenty five boys and girls for his chil dren's play, Cinderella. Sixty persons reported at the try-outs. Rehearsals for the play take place every afternoon in the Playmakers theatre. X'Jorld News Bulletins . Federal Relief Bifl A seven hundred million dol lar federal relief bill was unani mously approved by the House Committee yesterday. Education Group Attacked Ruf us S. Lusk, wet, yesterday charged the National Education association with overstepping its bounds by undertaking "pro hibition propaganda" in the pub lic schools. The Chinese Reply The only reply to the Japanese ultimatum which ended at sun set yesterday was the roar of heaw Chinese artillery. News papers report that reinforce ments are being added on both sides. Humor Loving King Dies Former King Frederich Au gustus, of Saxony, whom for mer Kaiser Wilhelm II once called "too much of a clown," died Thursday night at Sybylli nort castle, Breslau, Germany. Americans Flee Yesterday United States Con sul Cunningham advised Ameri can residents in the most dan gerous spots in Shanghai to evacuate those areas for points of greater safety. Mexico Will Disarm Mexico agreed yesterday at the Geneva disarmament confer ence to cut her armaments to a minimum. North Carolinian Is Leader In Politics Of South Carolina One of the few men not na tive of the State of South Caro lina who has become the speaker of the House of the General As sembly is a North Carolinian. John K; Hamblin, born at Magnolia, N. C, has achieved a prominent place in South Caro lina's public life, and is now pre siding over his seventh term, al ready longer than that of almost any other speaker. He had no opposition for the last two terms. namonn, a graduate ot tne the C. M. T. C. According to University of North Carolina the editorial, the war department Law school, moved t6 Union in; is trying to develop patriotism 1903. He has a wife and two .of the worst' sort. ' children. In point of consecu- The writer inquires why the tive service, he is one of the war department should function oldest members of the house, being first elected in 1917. Be fore his election as speaker he had served as chairman of the uuyuruuii, juaiciary committee ana as speaKer pro tern. JACK HOLT APPEARS IN 'MAKER OF MEN' TODAY "Maker of Men," the Colum bia picture starring Jack Holt with Richard Cromwell, Joan Marsh, John Wayne, Robert Al den, and others at the Carolina today, is a drama of a father and son who arrived at an un derstanding of each other only after they had come to blows in a misunderstanding. , In this production, written by Howard J. Green and Ed ward Sedgwick and directed by the latter, Holt plays the role of a college ahtletic trainer who glories in physical achievement. When his son comes to him and confesses that he can't take pun ishment, the coach becomes bit ter because his son is too much of a coward to follow his ex ample. However, he learns that mental punishment is far great er than any physical punishment that could be inflicted. Sigma Xi Meets Tuesday The Sigma Xi, scientific so ciety will meet in the Graduate club, 7:30 Tuesday evening with D. A. MacPherson of the medical faculty as speaker. POLL CONDUCTED AT BARNARD ON IDEALHUSBAND Columbia and Barnard Survey Show Culture to Be Most Desirable in Mates. The average Columbia uni versity under-graduate prefers to marry a cultured, sensitive woman, whose "conversation mingles gentleness and wit in gracious proportion," while the concensus among Barnard stu dents is that the ideal husband should have "culture, good looks, money, and a sense of humor." These announcements were made when the Columbia Spectator and the Barnard Bul letin, the daily newspapers of the two colleges gave the results of a joint survey conducted among more than 500 students. At Columbia, the second choice in women was one who was "fond of sports, and apt in business affairs as well as an industrious, loyal chum." Third choice went to the "womanlv and affectionate housewife, prac tical and competent, whose heart is as dependable as her cooking." The last in under graduate preference was the woman "both beautiful and chic, but thrifty enough to make her own clothes." At Barnard college the man who was "the cultured gentle man, a facile conversationalist, not particularly handsome, but at home with his books and his thoughts" ran a close second. The third choice of the girls was "the athlete, well-proportioned physically, popular with men and admired by the wo men." inis type was closely followed by the "social lion, handsome, at home in polite society and a good dancer." 'Columbia Spectator' Leads Fight Against Peace Time C.M.T.C. The Columbia Spectator, which has stirred the press world be fore with unusual comments and opinions, has again started a whirlpool of discussion with a recent editorial advocating the abolition of the R. O. T. C. and in times of peace and humorous ly asks that army and navy of ficers be confined to their bar- racks in such times. Thus, those advocating a military education would be refused the right to make speeches or to publish jingoistic writings except in event of war. - In keeping with this thoroughly pacifistic view point Columbia has never had a iR. O. T. C. unit. MAJORITY AT REDLANDS IN FAVOR OF PROHIBITION By College News Service Redlands, Calif, Feb. 19. Eighty-four per cent of the stu dents at Redlands university are opposed to the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, it was announced this week following a campus poll. Twenty-two per cent favor light wines and beer. Former Student Is Editor Of M. I. T. School Paper B. H. Whitton, former student of the University, has been made editor of The Tech, student newspaper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Whit ton was connected with THE Daily Tar Heel before he went to the Boston school. NUMEROLOGY "The Destiny Your Name Reveals" Send Birth Name and Birth Date for analysis, $1.00. 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