THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Thursday, December 15, 193
Page Two
tbe SDtatlp Carr Ipeel
The official newspaper of the Publi
cations Union Board of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Chas. Gr Rose, 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.
CITY EDITORS Bob Woerner, Bill
Davis, L. L. Hutchison, W. R. Eddie
man. DESK MEN George Malone, Phil
Markley, J. D. Winslow, Nelson
Robbins. ,
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, J ack Lowe.
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mond Barron, James B. Craighill,
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C. Page, George Rhoades, Phillip
Hammer, Davis Spiers, Clarence
Hartman, Eleanor Bizzell, Elizabeth
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.,
Ass't Bus. Mgr., John Barrow, Ass't
Bus. Mgr., W. B. Robeson.
ADVERTISING STAFF Howard
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Farlow, Joe Mason.
COLLECTION STAFF Randolph
Reynolds, Collection Mgr., Joe C.
Webb, Agnew Bahnson, L. E.
Brooks, Armistead Maupin, Robert
P. Phifer, J. T. Barnard.
Thursday, December 15, 1932
Free Expression
Made Useful
If directed in the proper chan
nels the student opinions floating
around the campus at this time
of the year as to the compara
tive worth of various courses in
the curriculum, can be of untold
value to the professor if He will
but grant them the liberty of
expression.
After teaching a course from
year to year for as many as
five or six years or possibly
longer a professor can only by
an application of' superhuman
will-power prevent himself from
gettinginto one definite rut. And
in this rut he usually remains
until someone points out his
plight. He soon comes to the
point where the course is noth
ing more than a matter of hab
it. The j okes are the same year
in and year out; the notes re
main identical except for a few
minor corrections; and the en
tire method of teaching changes
not onp. int.a t.hmncrhrnit thp pti
tire time.
To the professor who has be
come accustomed through con
tinual practice to the details of
.his course,there appear few
flaws. But to the student who
-must take the course only one
- quarter, and then along with
-others, the flaws stand out quite
vividly. Hence if at the end of
-the quarter the professor will
only require each student td turn
in an anonymous criticism of his
i course, he would be able to see
iij.nwvix cvxiu. Alio ictiaixiig xix til
light of his own pupils. And as
. a result he would be well sup
.' plied with new ideas, if ever he
took upon himself the task of
replanning the course.
Thft nrnfpssnr will. rn dmiht.
j .. , " -7
disregard this suggestion, ddubt
ine the students' abilitv to teaoh
a course anyway. But if he
does take such a viewpoint, he
overlooks the fact that such a
doubt is likewise rirpvalent. in
ithe minds of the students re
garding his own abilities ur this
field.
Hope Springs
Eternal
Are you interested in puzzles?
Jig-saw puzzles? Crossword puz
zles? If you are, it is an indica
tion that you have the makings
of a scientific mind, a mind
which takes delight in solving
problems. There is a strong
tendency, however, that one's in
terest in the apparently insolu
ble may stop with cross-word
puzzles, or jig-saw puzzles may
just stop at that, "and nothing
more."
Should such a deplorable con
dition prevail it would be an in
dication that the full flowering
of this gift had atrophied
through some perverse cause.
An early interest in puzzles nor
mally should blossom into an in
terest in ever more complex
things. It is an indication of
youth to be always developing.
Leonardo da Vinci was an excel
lent example of this sort of
thing; so was Descartes.
Nevertheless it seems that in
stead of developing . our interest
along such lines we allow itto
wither away, thereby losing for.
ourselves and for society an in
valuable, irreplaceable boon.
Why should we lose the full
benefit of this tendency? How
does it come about? The solu
tion is one of extreme complex
ity. It carries with it notions of
brain development, educational
and familial influences, economic
conditions and social pressures.
The careful nurture of this com
bination of desire for achieve
ment and curiosity constitutes a
real challenge to the social or
der. Just as far as it develops
and fructifies, thereby is deter
mined the degree of hope for the
solution of our weighty problems
of today. V.J.L.
Representative McFadden (R.,
Pa.) should get the Congres
sional Medal. He woke the en
tire House for the first time
since Andrew Johnson.
Belgium and France are
pretty smart. They have at last
heard the latest styles in Ameri
ca : "Blame it on Hoover.
"Varsity Boxers Are in Con
dition as Exams Start" says a
head in yesterday's paper. But
wait until they are over.
If the co-eds here take up
fencing as it has been rumored,
we venture to say tjiat the num
ber of "untouched" girls will de
crease rapidly.
OUR TIMES
By Don Shoemaker
Preferences
The Neiv York Times, no bash
ful news, sheet, reports that the
seniors of Wheaton College, Nor
ton, Mass., think it the best
newspaper in the country;
choose The New Yorker as a fav
orite magazine; like Dartmouth
best of the . colleges ; prefer":
Robert Montgomery ; O'gden
Nash; author ; John tJalsworthy,
Thomas Hardy and A. A. Milne
next in order; matrimony ten to
one; to start a home on twenty
five dollars a week.
Other Wheaton preferences:
good humor in a husband (per
sonality and ambition with intel
ligence trail) ; presidency of the
United States, poetry writing
and conducting of a symphony
orchestra are desired occupa
tions. This, we feel, is a complete
picture of the modern woman.
She likes Ogden Nash, a twenty
five dollar husband, intelligence,
and symphony orchestras.
Phased by none of this, we
present the preferences of ten of
our senior friends :
. Favorite newspaper Seven
can't read ; one, New York
World; two, La Vie Parisienne.
Favorite magazine Seven,
Liberty; three, Film Fun.
Best actress Ten, Sari Marit-
za.
Favorite authors Seven, Ed
gar Guest ; one, William Faulk
ner; one, Dorothy Dix; one, Tif
fany Thayer.
Favorite sport Seven, soli
taire ; three, Greensboro.
Qualifications for Wife Ten,
money.
Ambitions Ten, vague.
Science j
The Machine Age, we beg to
report, has made progress since
this time last column. Man, un
mindful of the labor problem and
unemployment, is still the inven
tor of time saving appliances.
Our latest is known as the melo
dious Awakener, and is installed
in a dormitory room in the lower
quadrangle.
The ingenuity of two under
graduates was combined to con
struct the Awakener (patent de
pending), which we will endeav
or to describe. The inventors
fastened a stiff piece of wire to
the alarm key on the back of a
cheap alarm clock, detaching the
bell beforehand. When the alarm
goes off in the morning the wire
hits the bait on a mousetrap, the
trap snaps back and fulls a cord
attached to the starter on, a
phonograph. And the phono
graph, wound the n'ight-before,
is set for action. In a few min
utes the strains of "Happy
Days Are Here Again" fill the
room, awakening the occupants.
We're not so sure about the
name of the record, but we pre
sume that they use that one for
week-ends. Or maybe "The
Moon is low."
Buc
The ' Buccaneer has a nice
cover.
Adieu
Oft nominated for oblivion,
this column heeds the call. We
return your trade name, Mr.
Sullivan, as Our Times ducks the
final cabbage. Gone, now may
we.be speedily forgotten.
Life and Letters
By Edith Harbour.
EXAMS are in the offing.
Why are exams? Why do stu
dents periodically submit them
selves to the mental anguish of
cramming? Why do professors
or their underpaid readers "suf
fer both mental and physical fa
tigue in the matter of grading
papers? - This matter is of the
greatest importance. Columns
are devoted to the subject year
ly. Editorial writers wax elo
quent in the cause of abolition.
Psychologists engage in exten
sive research work in this field,
for letters home grow thin and
plaintive. Fair damsels grow
likewise. Deep, dark circles ap
pear under eyes formerly bright
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and shining. All for grades.
And there are grades for all
ranging from A's to F's. Ex
aminations are not a fair test of
. a student's knowledge or ability
Even the professors admit that
a mere mark of distinction such
as "pass'? and "failure" would be
better than a graduated grading
system. But exams, medieval
though they may be in some re-
j spects, have a purpose. Yes, in
deed. If it weren't for exams
there couldn't be any of those
delightful little Boners and More
Boners collections. Just think
what a dismal world this would
be if a student had never writ
ten that Queen Elizabeth-sat on
a thorn longer than any other
English sovereign, that Bacchus
was a famous Greek bootlegger,
that William Jennings Bryan
was "the biggest and best show
on earth," that the vast western
reaches of these United States
were settled by a transpiration
of sturdy pioneers across the
Appalachians, and that Mike
Angel entered the pearly gates
because he was a famous Flor
entine painter (those last three
are from my private and yet un
published collection). The way
to avoid boners, of course, is to
smoke a certain brand of to
bacco. The way to avoid exams
might be to have the Tar Heel
conduct a poll on the subject of
abolition or retention of the
time-honored custom.
ADS are .funny. "Nature in
the raw is seldom mild" is a
slogan which advertises a brand
of cigarettes supposedly some
what milder than . competing
brands. These ads are generally
adorned with some artist's con
ception of nature in the raw.
Sometimes the bones of dino
saurs are depicted. At other
times a ferocious wild beast -is
crouched ready to spring upon
an unsuspecting prey. But the
best one I've seen yet is entitled,
alliteratively enough, "The Pil
lage of Paris." Two strong men
are shown bearing away the su
pine body of a young woman
with flowing tresses. She is sup
posed to be an unwilling captive.
Turn the picture upside down
and look at the self-satisfied
smile which plays about her lips
nature in the raw is. seldom
mild.
ALL the world loves a holiday.
The Romans may not" have orig
inated the custom but they had
their holidays, and we of today
emulate the habit of those who
dwelt on the banks of the yel
low Tiber. If exams come can
Christmas holidays be far be
hind? Here's wishing for one
and all, including Tiny Tim,
"nappy holidays! v
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Touche!
The denunciation of the Tar
Heel's dramatic critic in yester
day's Tar Heel which purports
to represent the sober views of
the campus ventured the highly
original and humorous sugges
tion that the critic's name was
drawn from a hat. The letter
then proceeds with some ex
amples of dramatic criticism
that beggar the attempts of
George Jean Nathan. How they
make our own poor critic feel
can be imagined.
"It does not seem quite sports
manlike for H. K. to attack the
poor Work of the Tar Heel's
critic while at the same time
making a veiled bid in the shape
of highly superior work for the
post of the man he shows unfit
for the position. It is probable,
however, that disgusted with the
work of bunglers he has deter
mined to step in and take the
duties upon himself in one fell
swoop and not go through the
formality of having his name
drawn from a hat. '
The letter concludes with x a
question that brings up a very
valuable plan for the future.
How, asks H. K., can a Wilming
ton lad criticise a play about Tin
Pan Alley. The answer is that
he cannot. This shows the long
felt need of the dramatic criti
cism at Chapel Hill. A man from
western North Carolina for
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plays of that locality, one from
the. east for eastern plays, a man
from Georgia for the Georgia
plays and a man from New York
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