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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Wednesday, February 24.
&fyz Datip Car I?eel
The official newspaper of the Publi
cations Union Board of the University
cf North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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dolph Reynolds, Joe Webb, Jim
Cordon.
Wednesday, February 24, 1932
Dictators, Bar
Excellence -
In an era such as this when
conditions are worse than de
plorable and our governmental
institutions and methods being
critically scrutinized one hears
attending an intelligent dictator
ship. These are the times which
enable powerful and ruthless
men to obtain the guiding posi
tion of nations and shape his
tory to their own selfish andj
willful ends. The great war that
we fought "to make the world
safe for democracy" resulted in
the replacing of liberal monar
chies by numerous dictatorships
who ruled many of the countries
of Europe. Mussolini, Mustapha
Kemal, De Rivera, Lenin, and
Horthy were men who were able
to climb -to power by aid of the
great reaction from the chaos
of war to the stability of a peace
at the price of democracy.
Dictators have always been
the product of confusion and
misery, the blind chancex of a
people driven to desperation and
beyond reason. Crushed, im
poverished and in the depths of
discouragement, otherwise sen
sible folk are led by the vain
promises of wild schemers to
sacrifice age old traditions of
liberty, and as a last resort to
throw the burden upon any man
ambitious enough to desire it
and unscrupulous enough to get
it, The dictator is installed and
several millions or -more people
have tacitly confessed that they
are incapable and unworthy of
the rights of freemen to govern
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themselves,
Often the dictator seems nec
essary to avert disaster, but it
has often been the truth that!
greater disaster "follows in his
wake. While providing a tem
porary stability this form of
government is laying up a seri
ous problem for the near future.
The man who is powerful and
ambitious enough to place him
self at the head -of a nation is
usually spurred on when he finds
such tremendous power at his
control. It is here that the trou
ble starts, and the powers for
evil of an unchecked and abso
lute ruler has been demonstrat
ed at the cost of millions in men,
money, and misery.
Should the dictator prove con
tent with the heights he has
reached and satisfied not to seek
international strife, there is the
outstanding threat in the gen
eral failure to pick a successor.
During the period of the dic
tatorship the people are stag
nate and all forms and usages
of self government are permit
ted to rot. Hence the death of
the man at the top often finds
a nation totally unprepared to
manage its own affairs. Though
it is felt that the people are not
always competent of self gov
ernment the only means of de
veloping them to that point is
by practice. This is obviously
barred by a dictatorship.. The
dictator is a barrier in the way
of self determination of peoples,
democracy, and often peace. He
serves only to recreate the ag
ony that created him and is in
reality a dangerous anachronism
in a world moving on to peace,
tolerance, and liberty. J.F.A.
3,153 For War;
268 For Peace
Is the love for mortal combat
an inherent quality of man? One
would be led to respond "yea"
if any credulenceis to be placed
in the report of the Society of
International Law, which ap
peared in the news dispatches
from Warsaw yesterday. The
society's findings after a meti
culous investigation of world his
tory over a period of 3,421 years
reveals the startling fact that
3,153 of these years of this peri
od have been "war years." The
society is "reasonably certain"
that a state of peace has existed
in only 268 of these several thou
sands years, though incomplete
records of the evolutions of na
tions incurs doubt as to the ab
solute peacef ulness of this short
period. Other findings of the
statistical report of this august
body showed that 8,000 peace
treaties have been concluded in
the elapsed period of history
mentioned above, and that each
of these Has lasted an average
of two years.
On the basis of this data, it
is inconceivable that one nation
can be accused as an habitual
perpetrator of war, or that two
nations can be 'wholly censored
as indefatigably millitant. The
Anglo-Saxon people are not
aliens to "the chip-on-shoulder
provocation for war, no less than
the Orientals or any other race
of people who have wielded the
sword as a sceptor of power.
War is a natural sin which as
sumes normal proportions only
as long as it involves warriors,
but let a decade draw, the life
and property of the defenseless
bystander into its bellicose ten
tacles, and then it becomes a
link in the chain of retrogres
sion: It is doubtful whether all
these 8,000 peace treaties were
the culmination of physical com
bat involving the attempted ex
tinction of innocents, though
they must suffer indirectly. Civ
ilization has managed to pro
gress through these aeons of al
most constant combat and will
continue to forge ahead as long
as armed and avowed dissenters
are permitted to fight their bat
tles out by themselves. But
when their struggle involves the
onlooker with consequent loss of
innocent lives, the movement is
in a backward direction D.C.S.
Conservation
And Mr. Hyde
The majority of Americans
think of conservation as an old
man's delusion. They are told
that England has exploited her
coal resources further than any
other nation and yet the coal
will not be depleted for at least
another two thousand years.
They look upon measures for the
restriction of oil consumption as-
poppycock and restriction of ag
ricultural production as down
right foolishness.
There is an aspect of conser
vation which belongs to the field
of price economy and is not con
cerned primarily with the lon
gevity of resources. Too much
of any commodity simply means
that demand" cannot keep up
with supply and price competi
tion will drive unit return on
the commodity below a reason
able return. Conservation in
this sense is by no means a sen
timental theory but a pragmatic
step toward social welfare.
In our modern civilization re
source exploitation has been de
termined by corporation heads.
It is perfectly sound that from
their rather limited point of
view it is safest to exploit a re
source quickly and completely.
They have capitalized their busi
ness on the basis of price esti
mates which they realize will not
be permanent. Technological
changes are likely to throw their
estimates completely out of
whack.
It is to the advantage of the
capitalist to produce on an enor
mous scale even at the risk of
glutting the market. This is
shortsighted. Conservation in
the sense of limiting supply so
as to maintain reasonable prices
is economically sound.
Secretary Hyde of the depart
ment of agriculture sounded a
significant note in our national
conservation policy when he up-
raided certain army engineers
for proposing to construct a
power and irrigation project in
the Columbia valley at the cost
of $400,000,000. Mr. Hyde
points out that the need is not
for more arable land at present
but for less agricultural produce.
Farmers cannot get a fair return
for their labor. Rather than
trying to stumble along and in
crease, increase, and increase
still more our farm products
with an idea that maybe luck
might turn and the farmer get
a little something out of his
labor, the nation should realize
that demand for food is inelas
tic and the need is limitation on
food supplies so the farmers as
individuals can- get a decent liv
ing for their labor. R.W.B.
The German Club
Turns Dictator
The sudden termination of the
Law School Ball Friday night
leads one to believe that the
complaint at the excess power
of the German club which was
voiced last spring was certainly
not unfounded. In the contro
versy that arose concerning the
German club it was pointed out
that that organization has com
plete and undisputed control of
all social activities on the cam
pus. Its power extends to all
dances, regardless of whom the
sponsor might be. The German
club furthermore virtually gov
erns every house-party and
every social affair, whether it be
supposedly under the direction
of a fraternity, one of the pro
fessional schools, one of the
classes, or the German jclub it
self. The regulations and by
laws of the German club go into
minute detail, including such
petty matters as the serving of
a cup of coffee after a dance m
a fraternity house.
. The impregnable position of
this organization is unfair to
the rank and file of the student
body upon several grounds.
Chief among these is the fact
that the German club member
ship t is limited to that small
minority of students who are so
fortunate as to be financially
able to join, whereas the rules
which are laid down by this
group' apply to every student on
the campus. As a matter of
principle, it is legislation with
out representation! Moreover,
the source of fhis autocratic
power is rather obscure. It is
true that , the faculty long years
ago gave the German club cer
tain powers as to the general
regulation of dances as a means
of temporarily mending certain
bad qualities that were present
in Carolina dances at that time,
but the greater part of the as
cendancy which that body has
achieved today has been as
sumed. The experience which the law
school association had last Fri
day night with the German club
concretely illustrates the iron
clad manner with which that so
called . dance organization rules.
The law school dance was booked
with the understanding that it
was to take place from 10:00
until 2:00 o'clock. Having re
ceived permission to allow the
dance to last until 2:00 o'clock,
representatives of the law school
engaged an orchestra to play un
til that hour. After all arrange
ments had been made according
ly, in fact, after the dance had
begun, it was announced by an
official of the German club that
the dance must stop promptly
at 1:00 o'clock. The law school
was gracious enough to submit
to the last minute decree, but
not without righteous indigna
tion. The least that can be said
about the whole affair is that it
was very unfair to the law
school association, and that it
appeared to be a flaunting of
the German club banner of au
thority. That the German club is one
rvf fVA Tnntst: nrtwprfnl nf "Hip
camnus organizations is obvious. I
On two occasions the authority
of this select group has been
challenged, but in both instances
it maintained its status quo.
This is not another challenge,
but a clear declaration that the
German club's position is not
based fundamentally upon the
democratic principles which are
supposedly the backbone of this
organized campus life, and its
power is by no means unassail
able. If the German club is to
continue in its undisputed reign
it behooves tnat organization to
refrain from abusing its author
ity. The German club may well
profit by the fact that destruc
tion has ever been the fate of
those who achieve too much
power and use it abusively.-
W.E.U.
SPEAKING
the
CAMPUS MIND
Faculty
Speaks
In one of your last week's is
sues (Feb. 18) Robert Berryman
spoke of "The professor who
slimes his way about during a
quiz" .etc. And again "His ac
tions insinuate that I, myself,
may cheat if unobserved, so to
hell with him. I wouldn't report
a violation of the system to save
his nouseous soul." I have wait
ed for some one more concerned
with journalism to call your at
tention to the fact that this is
low and disgusting language, '
such as is not printed in repu
table newspapers. It would get
no farther than the waste bas
ket, I am sure, in the office of
The Raleigh News and Observer
or The Greensboro Daily News, '
to select two of our neighboring
papers. Education includes in
struction and something, else,
and a college paper should at
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on Carolina's most
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sweater:
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Leslie Weil Is Noted For Efforts
To Finish Graham Memorial Work
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Prominent Trustee of University Has Served for Long Time is
Chairman of Alumni Loyalty Fund Council and
Director of Alumni Association.
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As advisor, benefactor and asset and a civic agency. He has
constructor, Leslie 'Weil of , been president of both the Eo
Goldsboro, closely approaches the jtary club and Chamber of Com
ideal alumnus active in the af- nierce of Goldsboro. Under
fairs of the University. A mem-
ber of the board of trustees since
1915, he has been actively asso
ciated with the finance and ex
ecutive committees of that body
since 1920 and 1923 respectively.
me uenerai Aiumm associa- fully paid tribute to him with
tion counts him as one of its the statement tlat "his love of
staunchest supporters, pointing alma mater has been not so much
to his long chairmanship of the a phrase on his lips as a fact in
Alumni Loyalty Fund council his nfe
and his services as a director of , , ,
the association. Though a modest nd retiring
Weil was a prominent figure man' Weil is one of the
of the Graham Memorial com- most widely known alujini of the
mittee during the several drives University. His frequent visits
for funds. He assisted in the ? the ?P .tf'
foundingof the University press tlon of ere,st m fee-Upland
has been a participant in versity and his close ties with
the Weil lecture foundation on students and faculty alike.
American citizenship. He is a member of the class of
No less does he exemplify the 1895, at which time he received
University man in community his Ph.B. degree. During his
life. As a member of H. Weil student days, Weil was a member
& Bros., one of the largest re- of the .Phi Gamma Delta fra
tail department stores in the ternity, the Philanthropic As
state, he has conspicuously aided sembly, and assistant editor of
in making the firm a commercial The Carolina Magazine.
least measure up, in the mat
ter of good form, to our city
dailies. It seems to me that
you should take the first oppor
tunity to apologize to your read
ers for" having published this let
ter uncensored.
I may add that I sincerely
hope the honor system may be
saved. It has been a part of our
university life and a valuable
part. Something must be very
wrong with it just now or there
would not be such an outcry.
Examinations of one kind or an
other are practical necessities,
inside and outside the college
world, and people must learn, to
make suitable arrangement for
their conduct. In this matter
every teacher is aware that stu
dent thinking and propositions
are of the first importance.
H. V. WILSON.
Brief Facts
The University of Paris was
founded by King Philip II,
about the year 1200.
'
In 1928 there were 513 per
sons who received $l;000,000
or more income, according to
their sworn statements to the
income tax "bureau.
Dr. V. J. Fewkes, of the
University of Pennsylvania,
This Spring
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Weil's leadership the synagogue
and Hebrew congregation of his
city took rank as a worthy social
institution.
He was the recipient of the
1 1926 Yackety Yack which grace-
has recently discovered a foir
thousand year old fortress it
Homolka, Bohemia.
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Instead of dying out, as
popularly believed, the Indian
population is gradually in
creasing in the United States.
The Siren
Calls
A man and a woman live com
panionately and it isn't called
marriage; Japan and China
mangle each other "protectively"'
and it isn't called war, but what's
the difference?
Names applied to situations
mean something equivalent to
nothing.
China has not declared war on
Japan, nor has Japan declared
war on China, but the cannor.
confetti that is raining on
Shanghai annihilates individuals
just as effectively as in war
time. After a well-placed and perfectly-intended
bomb has greet
ed you Good Morning, your con
cern isn't whether it was a war
time or a peace-time bomb, but
did I live a clean life? Univer
sity of Washington Daily.
With
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