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JLI Page Two z Daiip Ear -tyttl The official 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 Thanksgiving1, Christ s 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. Offices on the' second floor of the Graham Memorial Building. Chas. G. Rose,vJr Editor G. W. Wilson, Jr. ling. Editor John Manning ..Business Mgr. EDITORIAL BOARD Don Shoemak 'er, chairman, Henderson Heyward, . Dan Lacy, Kemp Yarborough, J. F. Alexander, E. C. Daniel, William McKee, Ervin Jaffee, Bon Phillips, Karl Sprinkle. CITY EDITORS W. R. Woerner, Tom Walker, W. E. Davis, T. H. Brough ton, Claiborn Carr, T. W. Blackwell. FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville, chairman, Charles Pqe, W. R. Eddie man, Joseph Sugarman, A. T. Dill. 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. - Saturday, April 30, 1932 Our Uncle Sam Grows Senile Uncle Sam is a most kind old gentleman. As our . greatest philanthropist, his generosity knows no bounds. He is a con firmed sportsman with a grac ious flair for the humorous. (After a certain date in the vear 1919. mv bnef actor de creed that the sale of all intoxi-i - 7 eating beverages would become illegal, and that all those guilty of violating his rule would be punished. That is humor, good for a laugh in all save a few strict prohibitionist circles. , As further evidence of his benevolence, Uncle Sam created a special organization to enforce his law. Other fair citizens of the nation, always anxious to be of assistance, grouped them selves into Anti-Saloon Leagues, W. C. T. U.'s, and divers little societies for the curtailment. of one of man's private pleasures. Good old Uncle generously don ated millions of dollars to these, his chosen ones, in the cause of prohibition enforcement. Not content to sit high and dry in this bountiful flow of gold, another select group, of citizenry banded themselves into "gangs" and "rings" to partake of their share. It was just too easy. IJncle Sam, always the true sportsman, despises an un equal battle, so he decided to turn over each year to these "gangs" and "rings", several billions of dollars that once flowed into his coffers in the form of internal revenue taxes, so that these lesser dogs might have the wherewithal to fight their cause. Under this plan everything went along fine with everyone making money except Uncle Sam. s The old man commenced to ail early in 1929, and by 1930 he had come down with a malignant case of depression. His funds began to dwindle, and thous ands of unemployed failed to re imburse him. His bankers ber ffan to write his name in red inic, while the money class he creat ed by his prohibition laws con tinued to bask in the sunlight of undeserved wealth. In the face of all this, Uncle Sam continues his humorous philanthropy. The false pride that he takes in his prohibition laws will not allow him to change them to meet his setback in fin ances. Quite recently, the grape growers of California offered to return some of the favors that he has shown them in the past. They offered jobs for several thousands of our park-bench army. They offered some five hundred million dollars in poten tial revenue taxes that now lie rotting m their vineyards. But good old Uncle Sam only-smiled and said, "No." Can he be get ting senile? K. S. "Resolved That . . During the past few days numerous dormitory residents have complained that there is insufficient warm water obtain able between the hours of five and six in the afternoon. Should the reader doubt this statement, it is suggested that he test the water today at the hour of five or six and he will be easily con vinced that there is ample cause to complain. Perhaps there are those who still cannot see where anyone has reason to complain over such' a small item as the lack of warm water; and if there are, just let them endure the rigors of cold water which seems to attain greater degree of cold when the user knows there is no warm water with which to" temper it. After investigation it has been decided that the water,, between the hours of five and six in the afternoon, is hionopolized by the pipes which run into those build ings on the campus designated as Emerson field dressing rooms, located just to the north of Emerson field. " r II i 1 oince mere seems to De no other way to settle this pressing problem (because the students refuse to subsist on cold water entirely, and you, gentle reader know it is impossibly to deprive our athletes of their share of the warm water) , perhaps it would be best to arrange an arbitra j v J 1 1 i uon loetween Tne two groups contending for the monopolize I i ' .... i ml . tion of the warm water. The question to be discussed would be to determine which of the two parties represented would secure the use of the warm water from five-thirty o'clock until six or from five o'clock un til five-thirty. The group 'pre senting the most logical argu ments would be permitted to choose the half-hour desired and in this manner bring to a close tjiis niomentus question. As to the matter of the judges . . . perhaps a few disinterested faculty members (some two or three hundred) could be chosen by unpopular ballot to decide be tween the two groups. E.J. Educating the Prospective Collegian A letter asking that represen tative students of the University be sent to Lexington high school to conduct a student gov ernment program for the senior class was recently received at President Graham's office. It is the plan of the student body president to comply with this request, sent by the Lexington Parent-Teacher Association. Two years ago the suggestion was made in these -columns that the - campaign to revive the strength of the University honor system be extended to the high schools and preparatory schools of the state. At that time, it was declared impossible to in culcate in first-year men the ideals of student government by a single freshman-week lecture. If students in the high schools were" trained in the ideals and principles of the honor system before entering the University, it would be much easier to en force the system here on the campus. The task of instruct ing these pre-college students could be . accomplished through the extension division and the deputation teams of the Y. M. C. A., in cooperation with the stu dent government officers. Lec tures on the honor system could be given to high school assemb lies; student government or ganizers could be sent to the high schools. With a program of this kind in operation, a generation of THE DAILY college students trained in the theory and practice of campus control would soon be developed. lied as uavc iuuic n ijjs nive nit: one scheduled for Lexington. E.C.D. Emotions vs. Justice "Straight out of Greek trag- eay mignt come me situation oi a man on trial for murder, de scribing to a court how his wife was beaten and ravished and how he felt when she told him." This quotation is from the April 25 issue of Time where a writer i 1 j r- ii gives a snort resume oi , tne great legal battle that is bemg wagea m .tionoiuiu. rrosecutor Jonn u. nelley tried to keep the details of the. assault and rape Sweet potatoes form the sec out of the evidence, but Lawyer ond largest vegetable crop of Darrow announced that he plan- ned to use them as groundwork for a plea of insanity. Such "emotional evidence would seem to greatly jeopard ize the chance that absolute justice will be done. The emo tions and prejudices of the jury wm necessarily oe piayea upon. Yet now can justice be done to the man without knowing" his case? He is claiming tempor- ary insanity and these facts are certainly the basis of any such plea. , it seems that the whole thing xi nges on xne quesuon m an such cases oi wnetner rape is a justification for murder. The idea of iudepinep cases accord in c V - C3 to circumstances sepms rathpr vague. Immediate murder "may be justified but later crimes are not, because by that time a per- son's blood has cooled and it is murder in cold blood. But how soon does one's blood cool in a case of -this kind ; or does -l cool? Of course this case is slightly different in that the courtis not sure that Kahahawai committed the crime. An important fact to be considered is ' whether Lieut. Massie was justified in believing he did. What better evidence, could be demanded than the statement of his wife? This question should be set- tied one way once and for all so that everv case of this kind will not raise the same question again and stir up feelings so deeply over the whole nation. HH UnmoniTinif HArKArf On t.hA annt.h l wn nf ' th White House stood 17-year-oid Betty Thompson Hanna of Cam- dAn. "NT. J. with hpr arms full nf peach blossoms. 'Mr. Preiident she said, Tm presenting these peach blossoms on behalf of the snnii .wxr -Rinnrr, TTWiVrai I hope you can attend Presi- dent HnnvPr t.nnV rh X-v 1 oiossoms ana smenea tnem, re plied: 'These are beautiful ap pie blossoms. I trust the apple blossom festival will yield an abundant harvest'." Thus Time magazine (Daily Tar Heel, March 21) records ... p,. , - 'Buccaneer, the Yackety Yack, tive. At politically opportune moments it is not unusual to . m I I J ..... I " ; national figures, who must de pend on the sway of public sen timent for popularity rather than excellency of record and general capability. Opening flower shows, passing out nick- es to boy scouts, opening new highways and dedicating mem- orirf plaques for pet hospitals an give our puoiio ngures a chance to nab -off a little publi city. With the power of the sym pathetic press back of one can didate the propogation of a suc cessful ballyho system practical- y insures him of election. His private life is thoroughly ran" sacked for some touching anec dote that will paint him as a 'home-loving man" or a "friend la to dumb animals," all of which delights the sentimental and TAR HEEL hero-worshiping Great Ameri- can Public. "Tippicanoe and Tyler Too," "Two Cars in Every i vjai ii&tr, a uux xiuuei-raii are sentimental jungles that have rallied us to the cause of countless potential presidents and office-seekers. A little pub- .... licitv srets a mediocre man a long wayD.C.S. It's Worth Knowing, That A square inch of skin on the i palm of the hand contains about 2,800 sweat glands. . the United States. More than one-fourth of . Austria's population lives in Vienna. Trout have been known to live in captivity for more than twenty years. More tnan .5,125 persons took the civil service examina- tion for positions as United States prohibition agents last year. Many Awards Offered students In Activities (Continued from first page) I 1 . J-l TT '1 PPuiar m -ne university. The student who renders the best translation of an original preek, not previously translated, receives ten dollars in the form of the'Eben Alex ander prize. The Kerr prize in geology is awarded for the best At- J 1 tnesis containing an original plcf of n, or min wvuu. atuaents m tne commerce school have as an incentive the Meiia oigma ri scnoiarsnip Key which is offered to the senior in 'that school with the highest average over his .four Univer sitv -7. Another award founded by a society, is the Chi Omega prize annually given for the best work in the field of sociology, Law school rewards include tne wm Law Keview prize of fifty x dollars to the student edi tor who makes the best total con Lriuuuoii to uie ijww ixvvivw uur- i.: x .Li. - t t- i mg the year ; and thes Callighan Pnze f or tn member of the sen. ior class ,who sc,the highest f7erafe unng nis nnai year in uie f evera scholarships and the and Fmk gold medal for "1- . . l7 rlaiclf WU11S: are onerea Dy tne narmacy scnooi. BS rs given for varsity .competition, athletes as l ii -n il pire to gam tne ratterspn me dal donated for the best all around atniete as chosen by a faculty committee. The Order of the Grail also awards a cup annually to the best all-around freshman. and THE DAILY TAR MEEL are accustomed to reward disting- UIUIIXU UXL V lAkrVSAA MM V their staffs with charms. Two other awards which have not been made in recent years are the Bryan Prize in Political wffliam Jennings Bryan and the Preston Cup for journalism. Although the former prize may have lacked interest, the jour- naistic progress of the. campus in the last few years hardly ac counts for the fact that the Preston Cup has had no recent inscriptions. Dancing partners at Heidel berg must maintain the decorous distance of a half-a-foot from each other at all times. Northwestern University has private beach for the use of its students on beautiful Lake Michigan. MpICTR WILL READ PLAY BASED ON BROWNING'S POEM (Continued from first page) Caponsacchi as he relates it from the time he first heard of Pompila. He tells how she was brutally treated by her husband, his attempts to rescue her from an unhappy life, the discovery of their escape by Guido, hisex ile from Italy for nine months, and of returning to Rome just in time to find" Pompila dying from an attack by Guido. "Mr. Goodrich, apparently," said Clayton Hamilton of the play, "has so completely drench ed and steeped himself in the spirit and atmosphere of Brown ing that he has enabled himself to write the play of Caponsacchi with the full connivance and approval of the poet." CHINESE STUDENT HELD BECAUSE OF GRADUATE THESIS Wei Ming Hua Made Mistake of Writing on History of Com munism in tbma. By College News Service - Los Angeles, April 29.: Wei Ming Hua, Chinese student reg istered at the University of Southern California, has been held in jail here since last No vember by federal immigration authorities because he made the mistake of writing a graduate thesis on the "History of-Com munism in China." This was revealed this week, when University officials and at torneys sought to obtain permis sion for Wei to go to Germany, in lieu of complete freedom in the United States. He was to have been deported to China, but he expressed the fear that his enemies there might kill him. Despite the protests of Dean Rockwell D. Hunt of the South ern California graduate school and ? other educators, who testi fied before immigration inspec tors that Wei was a brilliant stu dent and that his thesis was a valuable scholastic contribution, the government officials refused to allow him to stay. The federal agents this week were being sharply criticized by- students and faculty members at the University and at other in stitutions on the ' coast, , since Wei previously had studied at the University of California and at Stanford University. He en tered this country legally as a Boxer Indemnity Student, it was said, and later was encouraged by his professors to chronicle the development of Communism, in the Orient. HACK WRITING COMPANY FORMED AT PRINCETON A "National Essay Writing Corporation" to provide essays and themes to undergraduates during a four-year college course for a fee of $100, is now in the process of formation, according to an editorial in the Princeton Alumni Weekly. The editorial says that the organization, is making an attempt tb "raise coll lege cribbing' to the position of a major industry." A representative of that' or ganization said in an interview that he did not expect much business from Princeton men, but that he wanted recommenda tion! from the "Big Three" as a basis for starting the service in colleges in the Middle West. This organization whose real namP. was unable to be learned is able to place at the disposal of Ameri can undergraduates a large corps ux . energetic nack writers and typists who will undertake the grinding out of a snappy essay or thesis on any subject during four years. A "secret, six" commit been formed to investteato charges brought against North western University, by the direc" tor of religious activities at the institution. Saturday, April 30. l93 Californians Irked By Female Booterg By College Neics Service Los Angeles, April 29, if i pie-polishing" as practiced fc reasonably attractive eo-ed3 -1 threatening the stability 0f Coi lege grading systems, accordw to The Daily Bruin of the IV versity of California at Los An" geles. "If the sexes are to be placed on an even basis in the class, room, either the co-eds or the professors will have to reform,' declared The Bruin. "As long as there remains a competitive grade system, it win be next to impossible to force women students to change their ways. And as long as co-eds sit in front rows, the instructors will find it difficult to immunize themselves against feminine charms. "Perhaps the solution is more women professors." Chess enthusiasts at Florida University say that the game is beneficial because it teaches the player that the "queen" is boss of everything. - The pals of "TOUCHDOWN! " bitting Q&znmnmt Glome with Richard Arlcn Jack O a !c i o Robert Coogan llrsinia Druco ALSO Maek Sennett Comedy "The Flirty Sleep Walker" Ripley's Believe It or Not NOW PLAYING NOTICE All Crew Members, Supervisors, Team Captains, and Student Subscrip tion salespeople who wish to arail themselves of the opportunity for free scholarships made possible through the courtesy of the Leading Magazine Publisher's again this year are requested to apply to the national organizer M. Anthony Steele, Jr Box 244, San Juan, Porto Rico, stating qualifications fully. Qet Outdoors with a Kodak a supply ' of film. Come in today for . WE LEND KODAKS Developing and Printing Alfred Williams & Co. Z-JllV, the sky! cracked up d". It Yth? You iiiJp crack up once ana fy0 find out aT 4 etdid!" Inc.
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