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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, -bnterea
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.Rpse, Jr.. -....Editor
Geo. W. Wilson, Jr. . Mgr. Editor
R. D. McMillan ......Bus, .Mgr,
Editorial Staff
EDITORIAL BOARD Don Shoe
maker, chairman; E. C. Daniel, Jr.,
John Alexander, Edith Harbour,
Mayne Albright, B. B. Perry, A. T.
Dill, J. M.,Joy, .F. A. Northrup,
Peggy Ann Harris, Robert Berry
. man, Vergil J. Lee, V. C. Royster. s
CITY EDITORS Bob Woerner, Bill
Davis, L; L. Hutchison, W. R. Eddie
man, Otto Steinreich.
DESK MEN George Malone, Phil
Markley, J. D. Winslow, Nelson
xwuuius. .
FEATURE BOARD Joseph Sugar
man, chairman; Donoh Hanks, Carl
Thompson, Milton, Stoll, Irving D.
Suss.
SPORTS DEPARTMENT Claiborn
Carr, Bill Anderson, Jack Bessen,
Lawrence Thompson, Matt Hackett,
J. H. Morris, Crampton Trainer,
Morrie Long, Lane :Fulenwider,
(Hugh Lane, Van Webb, Jimmy Mc
Gurk, Jack Lowe.
REPORTERS B. R. Weaver, Ray
mond -, Barron, James B. Craighill,
Walter Hargett, T. W. Hicks, James
W. Keel, Nelson Lansdale, Robert
C. Page, George Rhoades, Phillip
Hammer, Davis Spiers, Clarence
nanman,-;ieanor iJizzeii, niiizaoetn
Johnson, W. B. Greet, Dave Mosier,
Raleigh Allsbrook, Sterling R. Col
lette. Business Staff
CIRCULATION DEPT. Tom Worth,
Manager.
OFFICE STAFF F. P. Gray, Jr.,
Asa't Bus. Mgr., John Barrow, Ass't
Bus. Mgr., W. F. .Robeson.
ADVERTISING STAFF Howard
Manning,. Adv't Mgr., W..C. 'Jones,
Adv't Mgr., J. W. Callahan, James
Mehaffy, Butler French, Esley An
derson, Buddy Upchurch, J. Ralto
Farlqw, Joe Mason.
COLLECTION STAFF Randolph
Reynolds, Collection Mgr., Joe C.
Webb, Affnew Bahnson, L. JE.1
Brooks, Armistead Maupin, Robert
P. Phifer, J.T. Barnard. .
Thursday, December 8, 1932 i
Reprehensible
Cojnprehensibles.
The efficient survey of a whole
field of stilly, supposedly within
the range of the Senior is indeed
a laudable undertaking, but to
most persons the idea of an all
embracing examination is almost
completely incomprehensible.
The magnitude of the impend
ing crisis'overwhelms the victim
and he frantically pushes away
tp' iheyitable in a blind ' effort
to avert sudden catastrophe un
til at last he f aces the gruesome
snadow and struggles with it
y$iaptly.in tfce derisive empti
ness of the night. Sometimes he
is sorely ;beaten (because of the
tension which it is impossible to
subtract from the situation) and
just as frequently he is victpn-
4qus ana connaenuy sets out to
reap the Jiaryest of his toU. Only
for" an instant. hnwp.VAr. is hp
coijquerer, for jthe mental -strain
cp-incident wih the exam is
enough tdemolish entirely any
of ,tle benefits of his work .after
the mediate danger is past.
' It is conceded jthat great skill
desired, but a review of this kind
overemphasizes the importance
nf ,th mainr Rf.ndv and Viae o
harrowing effect upon the indi
vidual to the extent that it
makes all other subjects appear
trivial. Extensive preparation
takes time from his other courses
and anxiety caused by lack of it
prevents concentration upon any
thing at all.
Under the present system
'when check-ups are instigated
quarterly to ascertain the
amount of knowledge that has
been gained in the past three
months, comprehensive examina
tions seem superfluous.
; Psychologically and scientifiic-
jauy Hpciceu learning is xiiuie iip-
id, incisive,, and longer retained
;than that brought about by con
stant application ; and thus it
would seem that periodical quiz
zes alone would produce better
results, by far, than the average
comprehensivesl
The motive behind the mam
moth test is no doubt excellent
but the method and - the general
consequences are decidedly de
ficient. P.A.H.
The Boy Who
Cried Wolf
The sound of the burglar
alarm of the local bank bursting
forth last Monday night and
ringing serenely on virtually un
noticed brings to mind the age
old story of the "Boy Who Cried
Wolf." .The boy, so the story
goes, tending his sheep on the
hillside, sought relief from the
monotony of life by crying
"Wolf, wolf." The sound of his
cry brought the men running
with their sticks .and clubs to
beat off the wolves, only to find
that there were no wolves. Then
one night a wolf came to take its
meal from the boy's flock. Ex
cited he rushed to the camp cry
ing, out that his sheep were at
tacked, but the men paid him no
attention. And so the boy lost
his sheep.
The unconcern with which not
only citizens of the town but the
police force as well receive the
gong presents a delightful op
portunity for any aspiring Jesse
Jameses or Jimmy Valentines.
The local police force satisfied
its professional curiosity by cas
ually glancing in the door on
passing, leeiing sure, pernaps,
that Arsene Lupin would rise up
from behind the cage to wave,
if he were there.
The Bank of Chapel Hill is
rated as one of the soundest
banks in the state, .containing
the money of the local mer
chants, townspeople, and stu
dents. Yet it permits its pub
lic alarm to cry "wolf" so that
if the wolf .ever does arrive he
will get no attention. They, .too,1
may lose - their sheep. -V.C.R,
OUR TIMES
By Don' Shoemaker
Laundry
The heated interchange of let-.
ters to the .editor over the laun
dry question in "Speaking the
Campus Mind" suggests to us
two little stories haying to do
with the,laundry situation which
we pass along today.
Several months ago a friend
of ours bought a lovely big bath
towel, ,the Hind that's bigger
than a tent and, as soft as a bear
rug. If you don't believe that
sober (minded people can become
attached to such an inanimate
object as a bath (towel, let us set
you right, for Mr. X admired
this ttowel with a passion great
er than love of self , jlife, or hap-
piness. ,une day lie sent .the
towel, -which now becomes the
central figure in pur .drama and
shall be called "Edgerton," to
the University laundry. Wed
nesday tlje clean laundry re
turned, but iio Edgerton.
It worried Mr. X, for Edger
ton had become his sole raison
d'etre. So our friend pinned
about for several days and fin
ally wrote an impassioned note
to the laundry begging that the
Whereabouts of Edgerton be as
certained and that h,e be return
ed "immediately." Two days
later Edgerton came back via a
special truck with a nice little1
note pined to his border, clean)
hearty, and glad to be home.
And pouring over our treas
ure box of souvenirs the other
day we came across a circular
from the laundry department
to fraternity houses stating,
"Please don't write the name of
your house in Latin . . . we don't
understand Greek."
Buc
This column, which confesses
that Buccaneer baiting has been
a constant source for pusillani
mous padding herein, respect
fully suggests that the ensuing
Christmas number of the cam
pus humor magazine is one of
the best in years, judging from
proofs of copy and drawings.
THE DAILY
And the business staff reports
six full pages of advertising, an
almost unprecedented figure.
Books
We feel that the Oklahoma
Daily has the book critic racket
analyzed in excellent style:
"Glossary for readers of book
reviews; 'Book of the Year'-
any, novel of. more than 300
pages, containing two or more
seductions."
'Genuine .Contemporary Clas
sic any book of which the pub
lisher .has an oversupply of un
sold copies.
Magnificent Reading Eng
lish prose without split infinit
ives.
'Realistic masterpiece any
novel that begins thus: "Wash
. . Wash . . . Wash ... All she
did, day after day, was wash,
wash, wash, lousy underwear
and eat greasy, potatoes.
'Uncensored' unimportant.
'Undoubted sensation' third
person re-write of "What Every
Young Girl Should Know."
Life and Letters
By Edith Harbour
Swan Song?
.My cine constant reader asked
me why I quit writing columns.
I.don't know the answer to that
one. It . may be that my public
is merely an editorial waste-
basket, but J have wondered
what has happened to the .col
umnists of late. Surely all of us
can't have been writing columns
that weren't fit to print. Have
you ever noticed how briskly the
columnists parade, forth in the
fall; how, for some reason or
other, they stop writing col
umns one by. one; and the prac
tically colyum-less papers of the
spring quarter? It's an old, old
story. But. really, except for a
bit of humor for cynics whose
writer requested his readers to
remember that that particular
incident occurred at the Univer
sity of. Carobama (in all proba
bility it occurs at every univer
sity throughout the length and
breadth of the land) there hasn't
been a nice, spicy column in a
month. The perfect columnist
Would probably be One who was
perfectly content with the status
quo (Latin phrases again!),
but who would want to read the
blissful outpourings of such a
columnist? Who wants to read
any column, anyway ? Any col
umnist who is contemplating
emulation of the fabled death
song of the swan might be inter
ested to know that a cygnet in
one of the mirrored lakes of
France was named for Walter
Damrosch that it .might sing the
better, but it pined away and
died, poor thing. It is also Well
to remember that Galsworthy's
Was probably the only hugely
successful Swan Song and that
a famous Indian chief once said
in his farewell address : Who is
there to mourn for Logan f Not
one.
Fads and Fancies
It was 0. 0. Mclntrye ( there's
a columnist for you) who re
marked not long ago that nine
out of every ten books published
in our day and time were the
utterest trash. It is the gulli-.
bility of the American public
which accounts for the amazing
success of many a best seller. It
is that same gullibility which,
when fancy dictates, accepts a
fad, elevates it to a position of
prominence, and then discards
it for something newer. Be not
the first by whom the new is
tried, nor yet the last to lay the
old aside. And in nothing is the
gullible American public so fancy-free
as in the choice of
amusement, the method of whil
ing away an empty hour. How
many vocabularies were im
proved by the crossword puzzle
and how many homes wrecked
(neglect of household duties in
favor of crossword puzzles was
TAR HEEL
adequate grounds for divorce,
you remember) ? What became
of Torn Thumb golf? Who re
wound all of the yo-yo strings
(children cried for it) ? Consid
er the Bango craze which ling
ers -still among the school chil
dren. And now, if you'll par
don me, I'll spend the next three
hours completely fascinated by
the task of putting together the
latest addition to my jig-saw
puzzle collection. ' ' y
AMONG US GIRLS
By
Mary Frances Parker
This thing of being a co-ed is
no easy life. It's just about as
hard as writing a colyum every
week! Rarely do we ever get
credit for our real accomplish
ments such as getting D's on
courses when the male members
of that class get A's and
breaks seldom come to the ap
preciative members of the Wim
men's Association.
Yet we struggle along, and oc
casionally something nice does
happen. At present the Daily
Tar Heel is sponsoring a con
test, the , co-ed winner of which
will receive the cutest vanity. I
don't, however, think the Tar
Heel expects us to pick out a
team all by ourselves. The boys
are willing to help us almost
too willing. In fact they really
feel -hurt if they aren't asked
their opinions.
And now that we've taken up
athletics in a serious sort of
way, we get only a condescend
ing sympathy from the better
half of this University. They
will not take us seriously. They
think that we must have our
little whims, and they let us in
dulge in our feeble attempts at
being something on this campus.
They're quite nice about it
They : off er advice which we ac
cept in the spirit in which it is
given. There is no hint , of de
rision in their attitudes or re
marks. We're just co-eds, and
as such we have certain privil
eges. And as such, we're ex
cused for a great many things
that would otherwise arouse con
siderable antagonistic comments.
One thing about us is that
when we start anything we go
out for it in a big way. This
idea of basketball has just about
demolished any idea we might
have had of finishing that term
paper. We fling books to the
four winds and rush madly out
to the Woman's Athletic Field,
where we gigglingly knock each
other down to get the ball for
our side.
If I appear on crutches today
and someone asks me the reason
for them, I shall consider myself
justified in annihilating 'him.
Cabinets To Canvass
To Help Relief Fund
ine sopnomore and junior-
senior cabinets of the Y. M. C.
A. will conduct' an "every stu
dent canvass" tonight, the pro
ceeds -of which will be turned
over to the Orange county relief
fund. The sophomore body will
have charge of the campaign in
the fraternity houses, and the
junior-senior organization will
canvass the dormitories and oth
er residencesBill McKee, presi
dent of the Y will be the di
rector. Officials feel that the students
are not contributing in their
home towns, they will be willing
to donate here on' the campus.
A large donation is expected. It
is also hoped by the leaders that
those students having refunds
on laundry deposits will contri
bute them to the fund.
George Lawrence is the direc
tor of the Orange county cam
paign.
We're willing to let any nation
claim the honor of winning the
world war that will agree to pay
the war debts.' Thomaston
Times. i
SPEAKING
; . the ,
CAMPUS MIND
Lost and Found
Situation
If the opinion of the student
body jn regard to' lost and found
articles were known, it would
probably be that the University
is sadly in need of an organiza
tion to take care of such articles.
At least those persons who have
been so unfortunate as to lose
property on the campus would
say that there is a distinct need
for a good lost and found bureau,
for few of the many articles lost
on this campus are recovered by
the losers.
I do not suppose that it is
generally known that the Y. M.
C. A. operates a lost and found
service in its outer office: if it
is known,- evidently the students
do not consider it sufficiently
strong or well enough organized
to warrant their patronization.
However that may be. there
seems to be a universal practice
on the campus for persons who
find property to keep it. Very
few articles are turned in to the
Y. M. C. A. -
There is some reason for this
undesirable condition ; either the
student body is lax in this phase
of honesty or there is some other
reason for the trouble. A Y. M.
C. A. committee has been inves
tigating the matter, and the re
sults of the investigation are
somewhat as follows: The com
mittee is convinced that the
fault lies, not in the honesty of
the student body, but in the lost
and found service. It seems that
students do not have confidence
in the lost and found service.1
Because of this lack of confi
dence, a student, when he finds
an -article, keeps it With the in
tention of personally returning
it to the owner. But the trouble
lies in the facts that the finder,
whether or not he makes an at
tempt to communicate with the
owner, never seems to be able to
get in touch with him.
The committee plans to rem
edy this deplorable situation by
reorganizing the lost and found
service, and. notifying the entire
student body of its presence.
Under the new organization, the
person who finds any property
of any value at all on the cam
pus Will immediately take it to
the lost and found bureau in the
Y. M. C. A. , outer office. There
his name will be taken and if, ,
after two weeks the owner hasi
not claimed the article by giv
ing an accurate description of it,
the article will be returned to
the person who found it. Thus
the rights of both the ' person
who lost the property and the
person who found it will be giv
en fair, consideration.
"The student body is asked to
consider this matter seriously,
and to cooperate with the lost
and found bureau to make this
service, which will in time prob
ably benefit every individual on
the campus.
L. S. S.
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Thursday, December 8, 193
Official Student Vote
For Vice-President
(Continued from first page)
garded in the first poll because
of the fact that they had been
obviously cast as a result of con
siderably campaigning, were of
ficial and should have been tabu
lated in the final results. Bal
lots which had been cast for
Dean F. F. Bradshaw, Dean H.
G. Baity, E. E. Ericson, and R.
B. House, were the ones disre
garded, and had these been re
corded in the first tabulation the
order of the polPs selection for
the first five men would have
been: R. B. House, E. E. Eric
son, Dean H. G. Baity, Dr. L.
R. Wilson, and Dean F. F. Brad
shaw, with House leading Eric
son by a bare margin.
Balloting Significant
Because of the weight that the
results of this poll are likely to
have with the selection commit
tee, The Daily Tar Heel is es
pecially anxious that an accurate
vote be secured. And three
Student Council members have
been selected to open the ballot
box and tabulate the results.
The names appear on the bal
lot with respect to the number
of votes received in the first
poll. Those persons whose names
apear on the ballot in order are:
R. B. House, E. E. Ericson, H.
G. Baity, L. R. Wilson, F. F.
Bradshaw, A. W. Hobbs, R. W.
Linker, R. D. W. Connor, Addi
son Hibbard, Archibald Hender
son, and Frank P. Graham.
Those who received less than
five votes in the first vote are:
J. 'M. Saunders, English Bagby,
O. J. Coffin, W. C. Jackson, a
T. Murchison, H. M. Wagstaff,
George "McKie, J. M. Bell, Meno
Spann, T. J. Wilson, Jr., H. V.
Park, George Howe, Paul Green,
N. W. Walker, J. W. Scott, W.
F. Prouty, W. S. Bernard, C. C.
Crittenden, and J. C. Beard.
MONTHLY REVIEW
WILL BE ISSUED BY
FRESHMAN CLASS
(Continued from first page)
criticism of the published work
is expected to .point out errors
in technique in writing, both in
the nublished naDers and in
those unpublished to which the
same comments apply.
A suggestion now under con
sideration by the teachers of
freshman English is that the
students in the classes have a
share in selecting those papers
which will be submitted to the
committee for the final selection.
Should this suggestion be adopt
ed, which seems probable at the
present, the instructor would
read perhaps half a dozen of the
papers to the class, members of
which would vote upon these
which seem to be best adapted
to use in the publication. In the
case that a decision cannot be
reached the decision "will rest
with the professor of the class,
and, finally, with the committee
of four.
This publication will not be
issued in competition with the
Carolina Magazine,, as it will be
published at the expense of the
English department, and circu
lated only to students of fresh
man English.
Infirmary List
The following were confined
to the infirmary yesterday: Miss
Elizabeth Kinney, J. M. Queen,
Jr., F. M. Hargreaves, Peter W
Hairston, G. A. Card well, Jr-
W. L. White, E. A. Neurem, A.
D. Stadiem, and C. O. Spenser.
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