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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Thursday, May 5, 19.30
t Daflp Car Ipeel
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 Thanksgiving, Christ
mas, and Spring Holidays. Entered
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office of Chapel Hill, N. C., under act
of March 3, 1879. Subscription price,
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Graham Memorial Building.
Chas. G. Rose, Jr....... Editor
G. W. Wilson, Jr. 3Ing. Editor
John Manning Business Mgr.
EDITORIAL BOARD Don Shoemak
er, chairman, Henderson Heyward,
Dan Lacy, Kemp Yarborcmgh, J. F.
Alexander, E. C. Daniel, Ervin Jaf
fee, Bon Phillips, Karl Sprinkle.
CITY EDITORS W. R. WoernerTom
Walker, W. E. Davis, T. H. Brough
ton, Claiborn Carr, T. "W. Blackweil.
FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville,
chairman, Charles Poe, 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, Harold Janof sky, Robert
Bolton, P. W. Markley, Paul Schal
lert, Milton Bauchner, J. S. Cook,
P. C. Smith, J. P. Lentz, A. D.
Steele, Julien D. "Winslow.
through which a change can
best be made is the university.
ut it too suffers from the con
ditions which prevail in the na
tion. Our standards of scholar
ship are considerably lower than
hose in other nations. Athlet
ics has assumed the major im
portance and the outstanding
college man is not the scholar
or the scientist but the gridiron
hero, while the social side of
college life receives almost an
equal amount of over emphasis.
Our schools have become units
of mass . production similar to
our automobile plants. The uni
versities of the country must
save us from cultural bank
ruptcy but they must first pre
pare themselves for the task.
Not until the football player and
the dance leader have been rele
gated to their proper impor
tance and the unfit individuals
eliminated will the colleges be
fit to lead the upward climb.
J.F.A.
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.
Thursday, May 5, 1932
In the Grip of
The Almighty Dollar
The outstanding features of
American civilization today are
the over emphasis placed upon
the physical side of life and the
desire as exemplified in our
mass production for quantity
rather than quality. We lead
the world in manufacturing and
in engineering. American busi
ness and commerce is the cen
ter of world finance. In the
number of radios, automobiles
and similar luxuries no nation
can compare with us and we
are smugly content to go along
with our physical advantages
regardless of the fact that we
are neglecting the more essen
tial and vital cultural and spir
itual aspects.
America is a young country
and can be hardly expected to
show any positive culture pecu
liar to herself at this early date
Upon examining, however, ( the
trends and tendencies we are
faced with a discouraging pic
ture. To begin with America
has produced no writers, paint
ers or musicians whose work:
can be favorably compared with
those of outstanding Europeans.
American music is retrogressing
into a condition of barbarism
while the works of the great
masters constantly lose favor
Our sole contribution to the
drama, the motion picture, is so
completely absorbed in financia
gain that quantity has driven
quality from any consideration,
Our language is changing from
the mother tongue by virtue of
an uglier and more lax pronun
ciation coupled with the inclu
sion of slang and vulgar pro
yincialisms.
Our business and politics have
a level of ethical standard.
which are far below par and
seem to be constantly falling as
competition increases. The mad
scramble for wealth has left di
versified evidences through the
nation. The gangster and the
bootlegger Jypify the worst of
the population engaged -in "the
struggle, while the hideous sign
boards which mar-the beauty, of
the country side demonstrate
that the respected business ele
ment will hesitate at nothing to
enrich itself. It is .apparently
evident that the quest for the
satisfaction . of physical plea
sures has caused a neglect of
the elevating elements of life
and even to a backward trend
This isa condition which mus
be remedied if the American is
not to become the Philistine na
tion of today. The medium
Just a
Mirage
It often happens that an in
telligent and inspired prophecy
is taken as a joke and the idiotic
but amusing jabber ings of a
wild-eyed fanatic. An article
that appeared last week on the
"University of North Carolina
in 1980" was probably received
in this manner by most of the
few who troubled to read it. This
reception further challenges the
author to prove that he is right
and the world is wrong concern
ing the probability of future
happenings. The present condi
tions of politics on the campus
and the probable consequences
of this condition offers a fertile
field for consideration. Let us
then with equal confidence in
our ability and with the neces
sary amount of religious fervor
draw aside the filmy curtain that
obstructs our view and again
focus our eyes for a moment on
the University as it will appear
at that future date.
Restraint resulting from jib
ing laughter causes us to go
very slow in our assertions. We
begin then with an association
known as A. S. S. E. S. (Asso
ciation of Self-sufficient Stu
dents for Enlarging Student
efficiency) that will be a prom
inent part of student life at that
date. Due to the necessity of
fitting words so as to have an
apt nickname this society goes
under a cognomen that does not
immediately explain its nature
and purpose. The association
will be the result of move to
simplify the political situation
and save effort and time for the
politicians. It will be composed
of these politicians and will have
complete control of elections.
Each fraternity will have a
member representative wlio
casts the thirty or forty votes
of his contingency. The dormi
tories will have proportional
representation.
Before elections all candidates
for campus offices will have to
have their, applications in the
hands of the Most Worthy and
Respected , Mentor. A day or
two previous to the traditional
date of the elections there will
be a meeting in a private and
secluded room. Here the men
will be proposed and voted on.
This will be the true election,
run off quietly, efficiently, and
speedily. The actual open pole
voting will be conserved only
for form's sake and will have
no significance. Those students
who like to feel actively inter
ested by casting their vote can
have ' that privilege. But the
many colored streamers and
cards and the raucous and long
winded politicians will be things
of the past. A successful poli
tician will be as important as
any varsity athlete. H.H.
Give It a
Trial
Last quarter, it was proposed
by the student council, in its ef
forts to strengthen the honor
system, that all members of the;
student body sign a pledge to
report all violations of the sys
tem. This proposal was to have !
been put to a vote of the students
in assembly. - j
President Graham appeared,
to ,speak in favor of the plan.
But, at his request, no vote "was
taken. It was feared that the
small representation present in
assembly on that day might have
been unduly influenced by the
plan.
' The student council thought it
wise to have the plan discussed
thoroughly by representative
campus groups before the vote
was called, in. order that all
might have time and opportun
ity to consider the proposition
with unbiased and open minds.
So, a discussion of the issue will
again be opened at the activities
committee meeting tonight.
Campus opposition to the pro
posal is based upon the conten
tion that it would make a police
man, a tattler, of every student.
On the University of Virginia
campus, however, the system of
making every member of the stu
dent body equally responsible for
enforcing the honor system is
successfully practiced. It has
the effect of increasing each stu
dent's sense of responsibility, of
constantly impressing him with
the purpose of the honor system,
and of encouraging his coopera
tion in the system. It is consid
ered as an indispensable part of
the honor tradition at Virginia.
If the plan were adopted x at
the University of North Caro
lina, it could not be expected to
operate perfectly for at least
two years. It would probably
meet with opposition in the form
of non-cooperation from the up
per classes. Yet, this does not
completely discredit the system.
If the students should agree to
sign the pledge, a campaign
could immediately be started to
popularizer it among the mem
bers of the coming generation of
Carolina students. Whereas up
perclassmen might look upon
the pledge with some disfavor,
each succeeding generation of
freshmen could be led to regard
it as a customary obligation, 243.
accepted institution. Finally,
an entire student body would
come naturally to accept and re
spect it. -
Let the system be given a fair
trial, at least. E.C.D.
With 1
Contemporaries
Foolin'
The Prof.
Five minutes, after- the- last
wThistle to begin class had blown,
one hundred and ten students
walked out of the room. The
reason? Why, to play a joke
on the instructor, who was late.
Quite humorous, even a little
funny. But note! Is all the
truth on the surface? Or, is
there perhaps something signi
ficant lying beneath this veneer
covering of a mere "joke."
A different light may be turn
ed on the subject by considering
the average resident student's
educational expenses for the
year.
What the Student Pays:
Tuition - - S 78.00
Class fees - 30.00
Books 20.00
Room and board - 310.00
Clothing " 50.00
Miscellaneous - 50.00
$538.00
Total L. -
What the State Pays:
Average cost per college
student "i .' 276.90
Total expenses per
student 1 .....S814.99
The figures given to show
what the average student pays
are fairly representative.
Roughly, the cost of getting an
education each month to every
student on the campus is about
90, or slightly less than three
dollars a day. This includes
what the student pays as well as
the state.
Stated in another way, on a
schedule of six hours of 'class
es a day, each student's time is
worth approximately fifty cents
an hour.
Now to come back to thos
one hundred and ten student
If the above figures are correc
then the fifty minute "joke on
the prof" cost the students and
the state of Oregon around 5.
or a dollar a minute. Real 7
funny, isn't it? Oregon Stat?
Barometer..
It's Worth Knowing
That
The average investment in
farm machinery on Illinois
farms, is $749, according to
University of Illinois Agricul
ture College reports.
The trunk of an elephant is
provided with nearly 40,000
muscles.
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2 Sax, 1 Trumpet, Piano, and
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