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t THE DAILY TAR HEEL Saturday, January 13, 193f 01 )t 3atlp Car yeel The c facial newspapsr of the Publications Union Board cf the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is priated dsily except Mcndsys, and the Tfcanksgivi2, Christmas, and Spring Holidays. Entered as second elas3 matter at the post See of Chapel Hill, N. G, under act cf March 3, 1879. Subscription price, ?3.C0 for the ccHes:e year. Claiborn M. Carr Thomas Walker.. Joe Webb ..Editor .Hanaging Editor ......Business Manager - Editorial Staff RTTTTORTATj BOARD Virml J. Lee. Jr., chairman, Jehn F. Alexander, A. T. Dill, Vermont C. Ryster, F. Pat Gaskins, Milton K. Kalb, William H. Wang, Ben U Proctor, Jeanne Holt, John B. Lindeman, Jean S. Cantrell, W. R. Eddleman, W. C. Idol, Jr., Don Becker, George Malone. - FEATURE BOARD Joe Sugarman, chairman, Walter Terry. Ed Goldenthal. CITY EDITORS Carl Thompson, Phil Hammer, Jack Lowe, Bob Page, Irving Suss, Bob Woerner. nRTT MF.N NirTe Powell. Walter Harsrett, Eleanor Bizzell. Elizabeth Johnson. . SPORTS . DEPARTMENT Bill Anderson and Jimmie Morris, co-assistant editors, Morrie Long, Ralph nialanpHji' Smith Barrier. Tom Best, Jr., Milton Soberer. '"")'' -; EXCHANGES W. C. Durfee, tditor, Margaret Gaines, W. W. Boddie, Harold Broady, Norman Adelman. REPORTERS Don McKee. Reed Sarratt, Jim Daniels, Sam Willard, George MacFarland, Edwin Kahn, Emery Raner. Francis Ciineman, Margaret Mcuauiey, icaipn Burgin, Roy Wilder, John Eddleman. . ' Business Staff ASST. BUSINESS MGR. (Sales) Agnew Bahnson, Jr. OFFICE MANAGERS L. E. Brooks, James Barnard. DURHAM REPRESENTATIVES F. W. Smith, Henry B. Darling. - LOCAL ADVERTISING STAFF Butler French, Esley Anderson (Managers), Hugh Primrose, Phil Singer, Robert Sosnik, Herbert Osterheld, Niles 'Bond,- Eli Joyner, Oscar Tyree. " ." ' CIRCULATION MGR. Ralto Farlow. CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE; JACK LOWE Saturday, January 13, 1934 The Feminine ' Touch With regard to. the question of allowing co-eds in fraternity houses it might be said first of all that the co-eds themselves are whole-heartedly in favor of such permission, since, now that the old rule is being enforced they have no place to go Jlo have their dates except the semi-public lounge of Spencer Hall. , According to the Dean of Women such per mission as is now being sought was granted dur ing a session of summer school with, the result that opposition was aroused from the men, who objected to the invasions made upon their time and freedom within their own homes. But in this connection it is well to point out that fra ternity discipline in the summer, if it exists at all,, is notably ; lax as compared to that of the winter sessions Fraternity rulings concerning unnecessary noise and the radio are enforced dur ing the winter sessions for the benefit of the largest number, and it is entirely likely that these house rules, devised and enforced within the houses themselves, will, in the case of the granting of such permission, prevent, the. co-eds from making nuisances of themselves. ' The predominant sentiment among fraternity men who consider the question at all indicates that the ruling as it exists now is a reflection on them and on the co-eds themselves. Quite justly, fraternity men do not consider their homes as lairs of evil devised f or the entrap ping of innocent females. The oft-derided re spect for decent womanhood prevails, fortunate ly enough, among Carolina men, and to the ex tent that co-eds entering a fraternity house come into a decent and moderately civilized environ ment. It is our suggestion that if anylack of respect for them should be shown, it Tbe reported by the women themselves through the Women's Council, to the Interfraternity Council That organization would be in a position to deal effect ively with any misconduct. At any rate, the situation as it now exists seems unsatisfactory to all concerned; and it is to be hoped that a reasonable settlement of the question is not far 5istant.--H.N.L. r: Man Above . V Property - Hailed by liberals as a prominent decision in the history of the rights of man, the Supreme Court's ruling in the Minnesota case, which up held the moratorium privileges of a mortgagee against a building and loan company, has cre mated an apprehensive stir among the Hooverarian conservatives. And in connection with this, it is interesting to note that, although Chief Just ice Hughes cast the deciding vote in the four five decision, three of the majority were from judges appointed during the conservative re gime. . : . The opinion has been expressed that the Min nesota decision, is likely to become a precedent for future judicial rulings under the NRA that is, during the time that the recovery program is active. Although we like to believe this, there is ample authority to the contrary. One famous - student of the constitution and its interpretation by the Supreme Court, for instance, attaches lit tle importance to the Minnesota case.' : Nevertheless, it has been thought "to indicate a broader application of the states rights prin ciple, though what this will mean in this die tatorial era we, at least, cannot conjecture. One thing that has particularly up-set the hard-and- fast-rulers 13 whether it will mean that a state may (in substance) invalidate such a contract. Even more extravagantly, some declare that contractual agreements between debtor and creditor are likely to be permanently impaired, or at least will henceforth be construed entirely in the former's favor. In our humble opinion, it will do neither of these alarming things. But that is not to dimin ish the importance of the Minnesota decision. If the debtor will have, during recovery years, the advantage over the creditor, all well and good. At least most of us now are in the former class which can thank Providence for' Justices like Hughes and Brandeis. A.T.D. An Interesting Campus Group It is easy with so many activities that a large university offers to overlook some interest that might yield a great benefit. The French club on this campus meets weekly and to those inter ested in speaking the language it offer's the best opportunity available at Chapel Hill. Everyone knows that with the varying degrees of ability that are found in every class, with the small amount of time, and the large amount of material to be covered it is difficult for the French class to function in the true French fash ion. The French club, of course, is not in any de gree formal, nor does it aim at anything ap proaching classroom activity. It is a gathering of those students who are interested in using what French they know. It maintains the rule, self-imposed, by the members, of having only French spoken at meetings. v To those students who are French-minded a meeting of the French club offers a real service and at the same time an enjoyable evening. J.M.V.H. What Ho? Democracy Anyone with half an iota of horse sense but it doesn't exist outside of Gulliver's Travels could see in the recent report of H. H. Wood ring, Assistant Secretary of War, a definite con certed and so far successful fascistic organization of the CCC. He states that the army is in a position to be directed to organize the CCC into Economic storm troops." Further on in his statement he so boldly and unabashedly states : "Let me speak frankly ! If this country should be threatened with foreign war, economic chaos, or social revolution, the army has the training, the experience, the organization to support the government and direct the country in the na- ional interest" (bold face ours). The national interest would undoubtedly be the interest that sent us into the last war. The national interest of Wall Street, the same peace ful intention of the nresent government that keeps the Cuban ports crowded with our sea going army tanks, is the only interest that the army knows to serve, for who butters the army's bread? Wall Street. How the president can countenance this report and stick by his state ment of peaceful intention is a mystery to all but those who read between the lines when the navy got a nice appropriation under the cloak of pub lie works appropriation. We have long suspected that the American Military Caste has had this in -mind, but we did not know; that the Roosevelt administration was so careless that the caste felt that now was the time to come into the open. When we couple this move with Johnson's efforts to muzzle the press, we can not help but wonder if we aren't drifting into that dreadful oppressing undemo cratic state of Fascism. B.C.P. a a -v pays its teacners lower wages than forty-one other states, is lowest in the country for libra ries per capita population, is forty-seventh" in the number of acres cultivated per farm, whose property per capita is worth less than any state's in its value for tax purposes has, in other words, nothing but red mud, a great trade in rotgut corn liquor, a few second growth pine for ests, some tobacco, -and a Uni versity. - The people of this state are not worthy of this great heri tage, this University that is theirs. It seems they are more interested in some few whining legislators, in their petty trade, in their picayune spites, in their bigoted, hard-headed, smug, self sufficient, intolerant, and near sighted selves, than in the only thing that can raise them above the level of mediocrity. - A hundred and forty years have gone into the making of this great institution, and now it is given into the hands of a people first in nothing, except perhaps their ignorance. And so we who speak, not for the University but for the north as the Nation, and the New York Times have spoken who can see you in the light of the progress that the 1 rest of the country has made, who can be hold you throwing down your guerdon for a few more stretch es of cement, for a couple of to- bacco lactones, we can oniy pity you. W. H. W. Speaking The Campus Mind First in Ignorance, a The State ' Editor, the Daily Tar Heel: . "A. prophet is not without honor save in his own country." The University of North Carolina is degen erating. But for the heroic sacrifices of a num ber of faculty men ; but for the superhuman efforts of Frank Graham, we should long ago have, dosed our doors. The writer is a north erner, and has never lived in the south till he came to this University. He looks at the mat ter impartially. He is not going to mince phrases for the sake of diplomacy, but is going to speak the truth, without flowery eloquence, and not with half formed 'ideas, but with firm convic tion and foundation in every word. The University here at Chapel Hill is ranked as one of America's finest, by Europeans and by American educators, "who take no stock of xuu isuau icaui, a me souxn s greatest, ana near the top in the nation. ; . In the face of this, our appropriation from the state was barbarously cut last year, and no hope is given for a raise for some time to come. North Carolina, which is the third most illiterate state, With Contemporaries (Editor's Note: Brother Pro- chazka was formerly a student at the University. His comment on fraternity politics and his recom mendations,: appearing in the ' Middlebury Campus, are there fore particularly interesting and amusing.) - In the December 13, 1933 issue of the Campus the students of Middlebury were reminded editorially of the suggestion made last spring that a general election day be instituted at this college. The practical advan tages of such an election day were reviewed, and the evils of our present slipshod system were pointed out. But one very important phase of the election question was not touched upon the mater of interfraternity politics and their bearing on the situation. That, the general election day would be a decided improve ment on the system, or lack of system, now in use seems obvi ous. It would help in many ways, as demonstrated in the editorial mentioned above, but it would not solve the problem of scheming political combina tions. , ' In an , attempt to curtail the pre-election bargaining among various selfish factions, the nom inating committee idea was made effective. Ideally' it was to keep the nominations for the various offices secret untttjthe actual casting of ballots came about. The nominations were to be made by a representative group, and were to be carefully arrived at from the most deserv ing neonle available. Undoubt- . . edly it has checked politics to some extent, but it has not elim inated them by any. means. The fault does not seem to lie in the system, which is ideally splen did. It would seem that under any system a certain amount of vote bartering and "fixing" will take place. Under the commit tee system the names of the nominees have Nbeen repeatedly divulged and additional criticism has been made because of the power given the committee, representative, perhaps, but small, to decide upon the nomi nees. Besides failing to stop political "combines," the com mittee created other situations that are unpleasant; so, despite its theoretical excellence, it would seem to be impractical and unwise. Interfraternity politics may possibly be defended on the grounds of brotherly co-operation, but they have certainly caused a considerable amount of unfairness and have put inferi or people into office time" and again..' It is of course deplor able that they seem to be a permanent part of elections in a college where almost all the stu dents are on comparatively inti mate terms, despite all attempts by hopeful idealists. But since the students, possibly inheriting certain qualities from the tactics of American politics, cannot, or will not control their scheming, it seems futile to attempt to sup press them. The best thing to do would be to adopt a general election day, and eliminate the commit tee idea. Nominations could be left open well in advance of the election day, and all willing and available candidates would be certain to find a place on- the ballot. There could at least be no complaints in that direction. Then, any ententes that might be ready to coalesce could do so ; but we believe that politics would have less actual power when the voters would have a longer -period to consider the nominees but that would re main to be seen. Possibly some honest-to-goodness electioneer ing would help to make the situ ation a , healthy one. The answer to the problem would seem to lie in leaving the field open to all, eliminating restricted nominations, and put ting the candidates before the voters in , time to allow careful consideration. The evil of poli tics would not be entirely done away with, we are aware, but at least the politicians would- be violating no rules, and those in dividuals would probably be less effective. But it seems sad that students, brought into close con tact with each other in class room and in extra-curricular ac tivity, should, scheme behind each other's back. The world will offer enough of that in later life. Otto W. Prochazka, Jr. KYSER'S BOYS CELEBRATE Kay Kyser's band, which was founded when Kyser was a stu dent at the University, celebrat ed its seventh anniversary re cently, Kyser and his orchestra have appeared in various musi cal capacities all over the coun try. - - OUTSTANDING RADIO; BROADCASTS . j t WMCA 570 6:00 Ted Black. 7:00 Clem McCarthy, sports, WJZr-760 6:45 Captain Al Williams. 7:30 Eddie Duchin. 12:00 Paul Whiteman. WOR 710 7:00 Ford Frick,-sports. 7:30 Little symphony or chestra. 11:02 Paul Tremaine. WGN 810 8:30 Hal Kemp. v WABC 860 6:15 Mildred Bailey. 6:30 George Hall. 9:15 Stoopnagle and Bud. 10:00 Rebroadcast, Byrd ex pedition. ; 11:00 Guy Lombardo. 11:30 Ted Fiorito. 12:00 Glen Gray and Casa Loma orchestra. 12:30 Abe Lyman. 1:00 Claude Hopkins. Radio Clippings - FIREMEN ANSWER ALARM Chapel Hill firemen were called to the residence of Professor J. C. Lyons, 405 Pittsboro street, at 9 :20 o'clock yesterday morn ing to extinguish a fire which originated in a defective heater flue, setting fire to a partition. Damage is reported as slight. Some Pull, Some Pull Three years ago, Kate Smith heavyweight Moon singer, slip ped on a rug in her living room, and according to the story which has just gotten out, it took two boy friends five minutes to get her off the floor. We Can't Believe It When a man announces public ly that he has too much money, that's news. And How! But that's what Abe Lyman, popu lar California band leader did when a business firm approach ed him with a nice fat contract. He referred the firm to Jan Gar ner, and added "I don't want to make any more money, the rich est man in the world can't do anything I can't." Just Kids Amos 'n Andy had some fun Christmas week. They wrote their secretary a two page, let ter, on the first page stating how much they appreciated her ser vices and all that, but in the face of hard times they would have to cut her salary ten per cent and then on the second page, near the end wrote, "on sec ond thought, we have decided to raise your salary" I Wonder If the public has really been mu sically educated to the point where those classical ciggy pro grams are going over big and how many are going to take ad vantage of the opportunity to hear Richard Strauss' "Salome," from the stage of the Metropoli tan opera this afternoon . . . if anybody knows that Saxy Dow ell, Carolina grad with Hal Kemp, plays the part of that colored musician in the "Little Orphan Annie", sketches . . . and if our early bird listeners catch? that swell Midnight Fly ers program run by our Hal Kemp from WGN every Tues- (Continued on page four) I MID-SEASON CLIMAX THE LITTLE SHOP DRASTIC REDUCTIONS ON ALL WINTER STOCK 25c Plate Lunch 25c Low Weekly and Monthly -Board Rates 15c ALL HOURS SPECIAL 15c HOME COOKING New Fountain and1 Sandwich j Service . . Tasty Hamburgers and Hot Werners CAROLINA ICE CREAM PARLOR "We Make Our Own"
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