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Purrs Trro THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, October 10, 1935 The ofScial newspaper of the Publications Union Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is printed daily except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C, tinder act of March 3,.. 1879. .. Subscription price, $3.00 for the college year. Claiborn M. Carr. Editor Thomas Walker. Managing Editor Marcus Feinstein Business Manager Editorial Staff TrnrrnpTAT, HOARD Virtnl J. Lee. Jr.. chairman, John P. Alexander, A. T. Dill, Vermont C. Royster, F. Pat Gaskins, Milton K. Kalb, William 1. wang, nooen, a ria-n r. T-rotfT TT. Nelson Lansdale. John is Lindeman, Jean S. Cantrell, W. R. Eddleman, A. C. Tdol. Jr.. Marearet E. Gaines. FEATURE BOARD Joe Sugarman, chairman, Raymond Barron, Bill Marlowe, Walter Terry, Ralph Burgm. CITY EDITORS Carl Thompson, Phil Hammer, Jack Lowe. Bob Page. Irving Suss, Bob vvoerner. . DESK MEN Nick Powell, Walter Hargett, Eleanor Bizzell. piiADTc TiTTTJ a pTHTTT'TCT "Rill Anderson and Jimmie OIUUIU - ---- . -nil. Morris, co-assistant editors, Home Long, Ralph Gialanella, Smith Barrier, Milton u. ocnerer, auukw L. Simpson, Tom JSost, Jr., J. vv. Conner. EXCHANGE EDITOR W. C. Durfee. wTi'DnpTUUS Tirm MpTCpp.. Don Wetherbv. John Wi gins, Carl Sommer, Harold Broady, W. W. Boddie, Reed Sarratt, Jim Daniels, Ed Goldenthal, Paul Teal, George MacFarland, Edwin Kahn, Francis Clmgman, Emery Raper, Norman Adelman, John Eddelman, Mar garet McCauley, Roy Wilder, George Stoney., CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE: JACK LOWE Tuesday, October 10, 1933 Special Days For Mid-Terms ; Very quickly, almost before we are aware of it, our old bugaboo, mid-term exams, will be on us. With them will come the usual frenzied hustle and bustle of cramming, sleepless nights, work inadequately prepared in other words, thoroughgoing confusion. The reason for the chaos, a needless one, is this: instructors, set exam days in a hit-or-miss fashion, paying lit tle attention to the requirements of their col leagues. In other words, it is possible for a student to have several exams on the same day. Surely, in such case, it is not possible for him to do justice to any of them. Even if a student were fortunate enough to have his exams on successive days, still his studying for them would be in the way of adequate preparation for regular classes. Considering that very often the mid-term exam counts as much in the make up of the term grade as the final and usually has as large a scope, there is no reason why the, faculty should not present them in the! same manner, that is, setting aside a definite period in which mid-term exams, and only mid-term exams are to be given. For this purpose only two days would be necessary as the exams could be given in both the morning and afternoon, and if the days set were Monday and Tuesday, the week end would give ample time for preparation. If this suggestion were to be carried out very little class time would actually be lost, and the added benefits of a more comprehensive review would more than offset the deficiency. Certain ly, the experiment could be tried for a quarter and we are sure that the general improvement in grades will be sufficient to "sell" the innova tion to the faculty as a permanent scholastic feature. M.K.K. - T to hold the one group out of the council and expect it to abide by the Council's ruling. If the Sig Delts should infringe on the rushing rules the first group that would "schreech" would be the Interfraternity Council on which the Sig Delts have no representation. Then there are certain fees that accrue to the council by extending their membership. Also it is to be noted that the gruop is very well respected on the Hill, and even better behaved than a lot of nationals we could name ; so it would hardly be lowering the prestige of the council to take this local group in. A letter to the student column in the Daily Tar Heel from the Interfraternity Council would throw some light on the reason for the non-inclusion of the Sigma Deltas. B.C.P. Another Crisis The University is facing a crisis nearly as great as the fight in the legislature last spring. The Kenan fund, which brings $75,000 yearly to help pay the Kenan professors here at the University, is in danger of being attached by the East Coast of Florida railway. They are bringing action against the trustees of the es tate of Mrs. Mary Lily Flagler Bingham, claim ing that the trust fund was to be used for the support of the railroad, and that this has not been done. If this suit is successful, the University will suffer one of the greatest blows that could fall upon its already troubled head. Most of the . Kenan professors are those through whom the University has achieved a large part of its fame. . Dr. Henderson has given, our name honor upon the European continent. Proff Koch is known the country wide for his work here in the na tive drama. Dr. MacNider, Dr: Odum and many of the others who are benefitted by this grant, would, if they were forced to leave, place our University, in a position from which it would take many years to rise. Their departure would be the death blow ., to the hopes we have held for a greater, an honored, and a nobler Uni versity of North Carolina. W.H.W." Letters ': . . Wanted A .very law abiding group known as Sigma Delta happens to be the only local on the Hill. It has never ' infringed on any of the rushing rules, yet it abides by them only out of cour ' tesy. " . Whether it is by-a ruling of the Interfrater nity Council that only nationals can belong to the -group,' or whether it is a mere oversight is not' known. ' It certainly seems an injustice The Bewildered Freshman In today's Daily Tar Heel there appear the names of those freshmen who are pledging a fraternity, together with the names of the fra ternities of their choice. Intermittently during the rest of the year there will appear in the Daily Tar" Heel short notices to the effect that some one or another of the men whose names appear today has severed his relations with the fraternity that pledged him. History tells us that . these names will appear as surely at the Daily Tar Heel will be printed. But rumor, not history, must tell us of the cases in which the pledge is not broken, in which the pledgee is even initiated, but in which the fraternity and the pledgee alike are dissatisfied. The situation is brought about by many dif ferent factors, most of which are directly trace able to the short rushing season that we have at present. Zealous fratres often make state ments that have little foundation in truth; but the time element more or less obviates the pos sibility of "checking up" until after pledge day. Overanxious rushees are guilty of the same fault, but the recommendation system eliminates the evil there. Through no fault of anyone, false impressions are frequently gained by both sides, often with costly results. The evils of the present system are not as important to the fraternities as they are to the freshmen. Trua, a fraternity does not like to have in its ranks a dissatisfied man, but it can get along with him. However, a fraternal mis fit is in a more or less tragic position. The point is so obvious that it precludes elaboration. In the interest of the freshmen, the rushing season should be extended sufficiently to allow the freshman to get as good a line on the lodge as the lodge gets on him through its alumni and friends. The system has been one-sided long enough, and it's time now for the fresh men to be given a break. J.B.L. Post-Season Rushing There were many first year men who were disappointed yesterday at not receiving invi tations to join fraternities. However, they may well know that there are many men who considered the fraternities not worth the price There were also many men who received bids from fraternities who were unable financially to accept. Many men who did not receive bids would have been bidded had they been financially able to accept. This is really regrettable since the basic idea of a fraternity is not and should not be material. Many of the men who now may feel disappointed would also feel disappointed if they had been bidded and had become mem bers of a fraternity. The glamorous conception which many fresh men have of gay college life in gilded frater nity houses may well be classified under the topic of "Bunk." Fraternities are merely groups gathered together to pursue common aims with congenial associations. Those men who are not now joining frater nities may make the best members that any fra ternity on the campus can claim. The past his tory of most lodges on the campus shows that a large number of the fraternity leaders are men who did not pledge the first rushing period. The better fraternities are anxious to get such men and will pick them from those individuals who .make the best records in their work here at the University. W.R.E. The Prince of Wales had to sell his farm be cause he couldn't afford to pay its losses any longer. He'd better move to the United States, where he'd be paid for destroying the crops. Greenville Piedmont. Some bridge' experts, have got together and worked out a perfect defense against the squeeze. Millions of harassed taxpayers would like to know more. Durham Sun. Another notable difference between the Presi dent and the vice-president of this nation is tnat the former catches his fish "on the front. pages. Arkansas Gazette. Does any one remember in hi nirW - " jr O how he behaved when he stopped for the first time at "a swell hotel? Cabot (Ark.)" Herald. Weary Greeks; Hail 'MusMngFinale Over a thousand fraternity men woke up this morning and painfully remembered that they were attending a University. Few of them for the past fort night of rushing had had either the time or inclination to con sider anything even remotely academic. Groggily, they cursed rushing for the 57th time arid sauntered off to listen to dron ing on carbo-hydrates instead of a self -delivered monologue on the superior attributes of Gam ma Gamma Gamma. - Hard by in the dormitories sleep the freshmen. And most of those who took bids were sleeping. Night after night of arguing the merits of half a dozen fraternities had wrought its foul work. Deeply ringed eyes, loss in weight, mental con fusion, and the desire never again to 'hear "Let's shake hands", combined to bring them restful if not always peaceful slumber. "After the Ball Is Over" Somewhere along in the morn ing The Tar Heel get an undue amount of attention : "So that dirty little rat went after all." "Curse the They got a fish-net full. Won der what they could have said about us." "Well, we didn't want so many after alL It's nice to keep the house small." "Look! That fellow said they weren't going to pledge more than six men. Keep everything chummy and family-like. I don't know half of these twenty guys." "So they took and wouldn't give me a bid. I'll show 'em! I'll get a bid from - . Oh, gee, that's right they didn't me either. Well; fraternities are pretty much the bunk anyway." ' Mistaken Identity Tonight weary rushers will probably be telling each other about the freshman "who . Some Delta Tau Delta is bound to recount the weird one about the freshman who, after spend ing an hour at the house, asked directions to the Phi Sigma Kappa residence. Explicit di rections were given and the rushing party continued minus the freshman. About a half hour later someone heard a knock at the back door. None other than the same freshman stood there, rather breathless and eager, ask ing, "Please, is this the Phi Sigma Kappa house?" And certainly some person or other will gurgle with delight over the freshman who was un fortunate enough to taste first of the dangerous grape at a frater nity house. Several tastings to the 'bad, he hiccoughed, saw an f 1 l As Great fU. I Ul As Human as m "State Fair" ! WILL ROGERS with LOUISE DRESSER VERA ALLEN MARIAN NIXON TODAY 1 Screen Play by Paul Green attractive girl across-the room, and then mumbled to a member, "Say if she belongs to your lodge maybe I can see things your way. WILL ROGERS IN FILM BY GREEN For the second time in less than a week, a screen play by Paul Green, University profes sor, will be shown at the Caro lina theatre. The scenario for "Doctor Bull," starring Will Rogers, was done by Chapel Hill's Pulitzer prize winner, and is the second work Green has written for Rogers. "Doctor Bull" is adapted from "The Last Adam," the famous novel by James Gould Couzens. It is reported to be the most pow erful vehicle the philosopher comedian has had on the talking screen. The film does not present the story of one character. Like "State Fair," which Green adapted for Rogers, it deals with many characters, each typical of its kind. It is the story of a little town, like thousands of similar places all over the coun try. 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