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The ofncial 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
office of Chapel Hill, N. C under act
of March 3, 1879. Subscription price,
$4.00 for the college year.
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Graham Memorial Building.
Chas. G. Rose, Jr ..... Editor
G. W. Wilson, Jr. ..Mng. Editor
John Manning. Business Mgr.
EDITORIAL BOARD Don Shoemak
er, chairman, Henderson Heyward,
Dan Lacy, Kemp Yarborowgh, J. F.
Alexander, E. C. Daniel, William
McKee, R. W. Barnett, Ervin Jaffee,
Bon Phillips, Karl Sprinkle.
CITY EDITORS W. R. Woern-er, Tom
Walker, W. E. Davis, T. H. Brough
ton, Claiborn Carr, T. W. Blackwell.
FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville,
Charles Poe, Joseph , Sugarman, W.
R. Eddleman, A. T. Dili
FOREIGN NEWS BOARD Frank
Hawley, C. G. Thompson, John Acee,
Ed SpruilL
REPORTERS J. H. Morris, W. O.
Marlowe, E. C. Bagwell, Harold
Janof sky, F. C. Litten, N. H. Powell,
Robert Bolton, P. W. Markley.
Business Staff
CIRCULATION MANAGER T. C.
Worth.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assist
ants: R. D. McMillan, Pendleton
Gray, Bernard Solomon. .
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
Howard Manning, manager; Bill
Jones, H. Louis Brisk, Joe Mason,
Dudley Jennings.
COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John
Barrow, manager; assistants: Ran
dolph Reynolds, Joe Webb, Jim
Cordon, Agnew Bahnson.
Wednesday, April 13, 1932
shown in student centers else
where. The fact that the aver
age college man in the United
States does not cast himself into
the whole-hearted support of a
blatant orgy of soap box libel
because he fails to agree with
the present system of govern
ment has been duly noted and
condemned by dozens of perspir
ing writers, and his refusal to
goad his interest to
17itib- Contemporaries On Harris
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Listed below is a symposium of editorial opinion gathered in reference to
the expulsion of Reed Harris, editor of the Columbia Spectator from Co
lumbia College several weeks ago as a result of criticism of Columbia insti
tutions in the columns of his publication: , j
For
It cannot be doubted that a
matter of this nature presents a
definite threat to the freedom of
feverish the Collegiate Press, and it be-
heights over affairs of even cam- hooves every college man inter-
pus importance has roused his ested in editorial work to some
assailants to the utmost in caus- how voice his. disapproval of the
i.-
tic criticism. Yet at the time action taken by Columbia
when such adverse criticism It would appear that Columbia
reaches its scathing best, the in- University is guilty of ' a direct
different collegian usually does attempt to prevent the execu
something to refute the asser- tion of one of the principal pur-
tions of his critics. poses of a newspaper ... the au-
Reed Harris, student editor of thorities do not realize the seri-
the Columbia Spectator, was ousness oi ineir decision ana m
drooped from the rolls of Co- tne absence, of other charges
lumbia University because of his than that of merely pointing out
newspaper attack on certain ex- certain maladj ustments m the
isting conditions at that univer- affairs of his college; the editor
sity. The press campaign that of the Spectator has become the
hft waffed could scarcelv be la- object of over-enthusiastic disci-
beled indifferent, and the subse- pline'V 27w Pennsylvania,.
quent action of his student sup- "Butler yelps vigorously
porters was as rapid and dem- against prohibition, expressing
onstrative as a Latin-American disapproval of its coercive fea
revolution. Petitions . demand- ture. 'Education, not legisla-
ing his reinstatement were tion he roars before Rotary and
drawn up and circulated among Kiwanis clubs. But when Reed
I .
the students and faculty. A Harris (former player himself)
strike was declared, with the raps football as professionalized
usual oratory and rioting as a and asks for a quizz of the lunch
result. These campus demon- room, Nick throws a fit and cans
strations were of sufficient pro- him. I dunno about the charges.
portions to gain the 'recognition But who the devil said, 'They
of a sympathetic press, which never get sore unless the charg-
added its voice to that of the es are true'?" Columnist in
The Home of
The Free
From Northwestern, Minne
sota, Columbia, and other uni- student body. in demanding the Oregon Emerald.
versities comes news of the dis- reinstatement of Editor Harris "It appears that Reed Harris
missal of college editors, of the on the grounds that his dismissal lacked tact and exercised faulty
establishment of faculty censor- is a violation of the constitution- judgment, in some cases at least.
ship over student publications. aj right of free speech. Student However that may be, it does not
Faculty intervention in journal- newspapers everywhere have appear that the officers of Co
istic and literary expression by rallied to the support of the sus- lumbia University had any right
undergraduates is apparently be- pended editor. He has not been to expel him for his acts as edi
coming very common, and is not reinstated yet,- but the interest tor of the Spectator, unless they
confined to any one section of Gf the indifferent college man' deny the paper its freedom to
the country. , has been aroused,, and unlike the express undergraduate opinion.
The cause of the outbreak of fiery student revolters of other Yale Daily News.
this particular type of activity countries, the American student In connecting the duties of the
on the part of administrative is not satisfied to present a good editor of his publication with the
officials is not clear, but there show: he must have results that Harris case: ... "Consider four
can be little doubt that it exists are successful. qualities necessary in the dis
in a very real and threatening Even though .these student charge of the student editor's
, form. Such being the case, both strikers at Columbia have yet to duties; insistence upon common
students and professors of this wjn the cause for which they decency, accuracy, scrupulous
institution may have 'occasion to are fighting, they have won the fairness, and the advocation sole-
rejoice, and to take a just pride first round in a battle of much ly of constructive measures. The
in the as yet unblemished rec- hongr standing than the one at three main duties should be en
ord of their University in this present. If they but realize it, couragement of the most ration
respect. The various under- thev have vindicated to a great al attitude toward current gen-
graduate publications on this extent the charges of indifference eral questions, sane evaluations
campus can hardly make strong that have for so long been press- of concrete issues, and the sug
pretentions to outstanding mod- no-ainst the modern collesre gestion of original changes to
Against
"The press of the nation and
especially the collegiate press,
has been aroused over the expul
sion of Reed Harris, militant ex-
editor of the Columbia Specta
tor, for alleged discourtesy, in
nuendoes, and misinterpreta
ton in the conduct of his paper
during the past year ... we are
inclined to trust the judgment
of Dean Hawkes and President
Nicholas Murray Butler a good
deal farther than that of Editor
Harris and the student body . . .
unusual as it may seen for a col
lege editor to hold this view, we
believe that the administration
of this University or of Colum
bia University are likely to be
wiser men than the editors of
the college dailies here or there;
and that if these men take the
view that the editors have shown
such consistently bad taste as to
be considered no longer candi
dates for a degree, this is a sad
circumstance but one little to be
questioned by youths who .are
only beginning to have to shave
once a day." Chicago Daily Maroon.
"He would probably have done
more good to the cause of inde
pendence in college journalism
had his own attitude been more
intelligent. The mistakes of
amateurs in such a case are held
against them more than are the
mistakes of professionals ... we
are inclined to believe, however,
that Harris wanted so badly to
make exposes that he often made
too much of his openings, and
wasn't always pertinent."
Southern California Daily Tro
jan.
VANDERBILT CONSIDERS
' COLLEGES UNNECESSARY
With
Contemporaries
Back
From Jazz
Is the age of jazz passing?
Recent reports from the music
publishing field indicate that
it may be. An official of a pub
lishing house the other day let
it be known that sales of "classi
cal" music are exceeding those of
the type called popular.
Many will cast about for ex
planations of this shift of inter
est from sizzling syncopation
and bleating blues to the quiet
gentility of Beethoven's "Minuet
in G," Chopin's v"Waltz in D
Flat" and Bach's Bourree from
the second violin sonata, which
are now listed among the best
sellers. .
One explanation is the radio.
Producers of jazz could testify to
the effectiveness of radio as a
medium for popularizing their
product. The recent vogue of a
song that had lain for years al
most forgotten on publishers'
shelves was a tribute to that ef
fectiveness. Likewise, radio has
introduced classical music to
thousands who never before
knew they could like it.
There is another service that
radio may have done the better
type of music. That is, it has
done much to wear out the popu
larity of jazz. For jazz is one
of those things of which one can
have too much. It is a proverb
among musicians that popular
music is merely familiar 'music
and that the best music would
become popular if it were made
familiar to enough people. Per
haps the "jazz boys" have count
ed too much on the exactness of
their proverb, forgetting the oth
er one about familiarity and con
Wednesday, April 13, 1932
The radio, of course, cannf
be given all the credit. The jazz
has gone out of many things be
sides music the last two years.
It is easy to remember the days
when too many persons were
trying to make their dollars
dance to a financial jazz and
-L t r xi ti 1
tuning xneir mougnis to jazz
ideas in literature, art and con
duct Now they are getting
down to fundamentals, disciplin
ing their thinking as a musician
does his fingers, and hoping to
accomplish something more like
an enduring sonata than like an
evanescent crooner's delight.
Christian Science Monitor.
The Democrats have one good
idea. They hold their "victory-
dinners" before the election in
stead of after it. Judge. '
esty, or to -a dignified restraint, man. K.S.
or to a strict observance of the
little rules conducive to abso
lute propriety in style and mean
ing. Freedom in thought and
frankness in expression, even to
an unnecessary or undesirable
extent, more adequately charac
terize the situation here. Yet
there has been no move, nor the
better the existing situation."
Princetonian.
It Is Worth Knowing
That .
More than half of the na
tion's farms are estimated by
open suggestion of such a move, the department of agriculture
toward the suppression of stu- to be free of all debts.
The Philippines wound up
1931 with a treasury surplus of
$500,000. Is any further proof
needed that the islands are not
yet ready for independence?
Dunbar's Weekly (Phoenix).' '
"My opinion of the value of
college? Well, frankly, I think
it's pure poppycock from start
to finish," stated Cornelius Van
derbilt, Jr., in an interview with
the Denver Clarion.
"Except for the social contacts
made, does the student really ac
complish anything worth while?
I've learned that an A.B. de
gree hurts more in co-operating
with the world than anything
else. The fellow who hasn't got
one is constantly trying for your
job," he stated.
Mr. Vanderbilt didn t go to
college because, he says, "It sim
ply isn't essential in the struggle
for success." He is in Colorado
at present, making a political
survey to "feel out" the senti
ment of the nation in the com
ing national election.
dent' opinion or -the establish
ment of authoritative censor
ship over it.
When Columbia University,
with its reputation for liberal
ism, 'is subjected to action of
this sort by its reputedly liber
al president, we may rightly
prize our freedom of expression.
This possession has undoubted
ly been abused in the past, and
it will probably always be mis
used to a degree. License , too
often inspires folly and extrava
gance, rather than a sense of
responsibility and maturity. In
contrast, nevertheless, restraint
and tolerance on the part 01
those in authority is all the!
more admirable. K.P.Y.
.
Lake Superior is 602.23 feet
above sea level.
At the close 01 the. year
1930, United States air mail
was carried over twenty-seven
established routes, covering a
distance of 17,960,495 miles.
The total area, of North
Carolina is 52,426 square
miles.
In the twenty-three famines
occurring in India, between
1769 and 1900, 25,000,000 na
tives perished.
A class in television has
been added to the extension
course of the University of
California.
American tanners are the
largest producers of kid leath
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Out of .
Lethargy "
: For the past several years the
college student has been forced
to defend himself against innum
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difference to all matters beyond times hear over the radio are
the realm vof athletic and social caused by sun-spots, an astron
activities. His lack of interest omer believes. I heard one sun
in politics has been contrasted spot last night that was a
unfavorably with the demonstra- soprano, and one . that was a
tive interest in current events tenor. Detroit News.
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