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3 T t f '. A CAlUS ; "1! ' 3 0? CAHOIHIAKB VOLUME XLTTI ESrrCSIAJ. TEOK2 43SI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAlT 16, 1935 PEOSS 41 S NUMBER 171 5 K 1 - DO6) 0300 00 the Editor . . Inaccuracy is some thing newspapers hate as much as news HOT IN ;ERR0R paper readers. Three instances of inaccuracy by this paper have "been mentioned to us. One, regarding an All-Ameri-can. We specifically mentioned da this connection that we knew nothing of the news value of the quotation we inserted. We were accurate in transcribing it. And our point was one of universal aPDh cation, nat was not in accurate. Another, concerning David Clark's "not" insertion in the Wrnant report. We quoted the JNew York Times, recognized as thoroughly quotable. It was in -rrcr and our final quotation ircm a reliably accurate source put David Clark in error. We -ended up accurately by quoting America's most fool-proof news paper. The last, relating to the stu dent audit system. Mr. Sher tlII said that his office was only 25 feet away and there we would find all information on this sys tem and the audit board. In -the first place, we knew the en tire system before we wrote anything and his explanation did not touch our point. And secondly, we don't believe that the place to find out about the -workings of a student audit "board is in the office of the audi tor hired for the purpose of auditing, not explaining the students policies. We hate inaccuracies and in tend to be accurate. People should think before they jump to conclusions and that is ap plicable to ourselves as well as to our readers. JUST We 'b2,ve teard 11 STARTING J should take it easier and quit trying to reform or crusade through our columns. This has been the prevailing stEtiment for some years and it probably makes this edition of the Daily Tar Heel look like an awful shine. But we prom ise you that we have concen trated on only one-seventh of the problems which are immi nently facing the campus and need attention. That should make some of us feel better. If what has been fought for is of no value, then our efforts would have been fruitless. But ach of the four policies of the paper are crystallizing. The class-extension plan went through its first gauntlet and bids well to be adopted. The fraternity and dormitory discus sion started immediate activity. The re-allocation of fees agita tion is perpetrating quite a com motion behind the scenes and many definite results will be published soon. And the fight for a written constitution mate rialized in the appointment of an aggressive and well-qualified committee of investigation. We're not trying to make mountains out of mole-hills, but anvone who knows and cares rcii;-70c sfFairs in student activities have been much in nfd nf rehabilitation. To effect this should be our duty. PHI BETE TO TAP 33 TONIGHT; SrIITH3ESSPEAIER Juniors Have 19 Eligible; Sen iors, 14; Names to Be Made Public After Ceremony. WILL NOT HATE BANQUET Thirty-three new members will be initiated, into Phi Beta Kappa tonight, as tapping takes place for one of the highest hon ors to be attained on this cam pus. Names are not announced until after the ceremony in Gra ham Memorial at 7 :30. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, presi dent emeritus of Washington and Lee University, will be lie speaker of the occasion. Dr. Smith is a graduate and for mer president of Davidson Col lege. He was a classmate of Dr. Mcintosh of the University law school. Smaller Group This Year Of the S3 potential members, 19 are juniors and 14 are sen iors. The number this year is 25 smaller than that of last year, but the general scholastic average is higher. In order to be accepted for membership, a student must hold an average of 92.5 for eight quarters. Contrary to the announcement made yesterday in the Daily Tab Heel, there will be no ban quet held at the initiation to night. . Attacked Professors Ericson, Couch Reply To Clark Charges W. T. Couch, director of the University of North Carolina Press, and Professor E. E. Eric son of the University English department issued statements yesterday denying they had ever done any propagandizing of "atheism, socialism, Nand com munism" in classrooms at the University. In hi3 address Tuesday night, in which he charged a small group of professors at the Uni versity with being "interested in promoting atheism, socialism, and communism," David Clark singled out Mr. Couch, Mr. Green, and Professor Ericson. Mr. Green said he did not hear the Clark speech and therefore did not care to comment on it. It was stated today that Mr. Green had not taught in the University for three years and that Mr. Couch is not a member of the faculty. And since Pro fessor Ericson is planning to spend next year in China on an exchange professorship, the campus wondered whom Mr. Clark would find to direct his at tack against next year. Ericson Professor Ericson in his state ment said: "Here the University stand is that of providing an 'open for um for all shades of thought that have representatives and are legal. That the authorities would permit a notorious attack er of University policies to make a public appearance is evi dence of a real spirit of liberal ism on this campus. "I can say with unqualified positiveness that I have never engaged in propaganda in my classroom. Since our English literature is for the most part firmly rooted in the social back ground, it is often necessary to explain this background to one's students. Naturally, that sug ISRAEL STRESSES I USE OF RELIGION i FOR SOCIAL ILLS Jewish Theologian Favors Col lective Bargaining bv Labor. Emphasizing the solution of the problems of - our d resent economic and social system by principles of religion and on a basis of human individuality and personality, Rabbi Edward L. Israel concluded his series of lectures in Gerrard hall last night. : Israel, who spoke here under the auspices of the University Y. M. C. A., addressed the group on the subject, "Social Ideals of Modern Judaism." Finer Social Order Advocating the solutions of our problems along re!igiou3 lines, Israel said that it would be possible to create a finer so cial order if we would spend as .much time on religion as on worldly efforts in business and laboratory. He predicted that the problems of capital and la bor, of inequality in wealth would continue to exist until we built up a society in which every person has his needs satisfied. Pointing to the exploitation of men by capital, the eminent Jewish theologian said, "We must remind society irom a re ligious point of view that the conglomerate mass of laborers are human beings . . . The prin ciple of collective bargaining i3 necessary for the continuation of our labor system." gests comparisons with our own day; for example the social un rest caused by the industrial revolution that produced much of the work of Carlyle, Buskin, and William Morris, are com pared with the events of our own time. "If this be treason, I have com mitted it, and so have many other teachers greater than I. Any time Mr. Clark wishes to publish a stenographic report of one of my lectures, he is wel come to do so." Couch Mr. Couch in his statement said: "I am not a member of the University faculty nor am I on the instructional staff. I have never given any courses at the University. One of the other men singled out for attack, Paul Green, ha3 been on indefi nite leave of absence for severa! years and has not taugnt any classes for three years. "I am not an atheist, or a so cialist, or a communist. Neither is Paul Green to my certain knowledge. But I will not make this denial without asserting my right to be any one of these if I so desire. In reply to the ques tion asked in open forum, 'what is socialism? Mr. Clark replied that he did not know. He does know enough, however, to go around parroting and insinuat ing things he cannot prove, the nature of which he does not un derstand. "What is the object of Mr. Clark's attack? How does Mr Clark know what goes on in the rlass rooms here? Has he ever attended any courses? If not, where does he get his evidence, and what is it? I am much in terested in knowing what hi3 snoopers (there are always such nprTvO found me rrulltv of (Ccnihzsud en pc;e fcur) P.EBOAPiD OPENS ; AUDITSQUABBLE Inquiry of Nbn - Fulfillment of Student Audit Board Re quirements Started. The embers of an apparently dead issue were fanned to life yesterday when the Publications Union Board voted to inquire whether the conditions under which the board last year agreed to fuse its funds with - the Stu dents Activities Fund have been complied with. When the P. U. Board yielded to agitation a year ago and con sented to have its money merg ed under the Student Audit Board, it stipulated, among oth er things, that the auditor be bonded, and that monthly bal ance statements be rendered. Non-Compliance Since then, according to the P. U. Board, the Student Audit Board has failed to fulfill these two agreements; the bonding! hasn't taken place and balances are rendered only once or twice a year. Other ashes were stirred up when the board for the third time refused to grant the fresh man class the 10 per cent reduc tion for its representation in the 1935 Yaekety Yack which it would have been given if pay ment had been made before the final discount date, January 1. The first-vear men gave their greenness in general as their ex cuse for not paying up in time to earn the discount, and as the reason why they should be granted clemency. 0LSEN TO SPEAK AT FRQSH SMOKER The annual freshman smoker will be held tonight at 9 o'clock in Swain hall. This entertainment will be the last social undertaking of the freshman administration un der Mullis, and the installation of the new officers of the class will be a part of the evening's program. Professor W. A. Olsen will be the feature speaker of the eve ning. BiHy Ejiauff and his or chestra will furnish music and ice cream, cake, ice tea, and cig arettes will be served absolute ly free. All freshmen are urged to come, and co-eds will be espe cially welcome. Phi Assembly A bill proposing that Davy Clark's policies should be con demned was the chief subject of discussion in the meeting of the Phi Assembly last evening. The bill was passed 27-4. Election of officers for the fall quarter will be held May 28, and on Wednesday evening, May 29, a social will be held followed by a free show. U. N. C. Symphony Under the direction of H. H. Fuchs, head of the orchestral department at the Woman's College in Greensboro, the com bined symphony orchestra of the Greater University presented a program of classical and mod era compositions to a small but appreciative audience. The concert last night was the same as that presented in Greensboro on Tuesday before an enthusiastic audience in Ay cock auditorium. The com bined units have been rehear sing for several weeks. Audience Shouts; Applauds As Capitalists ebate Over Staff Meeting There will be a meeting of the entire editorial staff of the Dafly Tar Heel at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the publica tion office in Graham Memo rial. AH staff "members are requested to be present and on time. FRENCH CLUB GIVES GORYSIQTTONIGHT Playmakers Theatre Will Be Scene of "Grand-Guignol" Horror Play at 8:30. In keeping with its policy of recreating each year some typi cal French institution, the French Club will reproduce to night at 8 :30 in the Playmakers theatre, Le Theatre du Grand- Guignol, famous in Paris and the world over for its horror plays. The theatre will be trans formed into a Parisian play house for this "Soiree au Grand- Guignol." The program will be gin from the moment each spec tator encounters the usherette and will feature a horror play called "Le Crime d'un Gerveau Malade," written by Walter D. Creech. The scene of thi3 bloody thriller is an asylum for the feeble-minded. Duke "Claque" . To make sure that the efforts of the players do not go unap plauded, the French Club of Duke University will come over in a body and act as a "claque" for the production. Their duty will be to furnish enthusiastic applause throughout the pro gram. The cast for the play is as fol lows: Marie Couche-toi-la, Lil lian Allen ; Hecate, vielle f emme, Catherine Hodges; La Belle Hel ena, Olive Newell; Zulu, L'infir- miere, Mary McKee; Le Doc- teur Mouriquand, Lawrence Cheek; Polypheme, le borgne, Ray Reeves; Jacques Sans-abri, Scott Hunter; Le Docteur Poli card. Warren Barrett; Pere Dupanloup, Cecil Ford. No admission will be charged but programs will be sold for a small sum and the usherettes will demand their tips accord ing to French traditions. Usher ettes for the program are: Mar garet Adams, Vivian Grisette, Peggy Wood, Louise McGuire, and Dorothy Pittock. THAT 107c AGAIN A gmnTI but noisy freshman executive committee met at 7 o'clock last night in probably their last session to polish off finI plans for the class smoker to be held tonight and to take some action on the debated pay ment for the class picture in the Yaekety Yack. The first issue was settled when Bob Garland returned from E. Carrington Smith's of fice with the report that there was to be no free show. A motion to the effect that the class pay the Yaekety Yack 135 instead of $150 was passed by a large majority. Several of the committeemen and outgoing President Mullis considered paying the interest on $1S5 since January 1 plus the original cost. D And Radical G Social Order Feeling Runs High In Challenge Match Socialists and Conservatives Re ceive Staunch Support from Student-Faculty Audience. STORMY FORUM FOLLOWS Carols of capitalism's virtue rang and dirges of its doom roll ed throughout Gerrard hall last night as white and red duets vied to entice the audience to the right and to fee left Prescribing socialism as a physick for America's sociologi cal and economic ills, Revolu tionary Socialists Arnold Wil liams and James Wishart, both instructor's in the University's English department, contested Old Guard Winthrop Durfee and Reform Democrat E. J. Woodhouse, professor of history and government, on the charac teristic issues of private profit and private property. The Carolina Political Union sponsored the debate, which was instigated by Wishart and Wil liams in a challenge delivered through the Daily Tae Httt Union President Robert Smith wick presided. America Applause and shouts of ap proval rang out to Professor WoodhouseV assertion that, faced with a choice of Russia or America" today, "With all her ills, I would choose to live in the United States of America." Tossing aside the arguments of the radicals, on the grounds that he heartily endorsed their diagnois of contemporary Amer ica's evils, Professor Wood- house declared and reiterated that capitalism and its basic in stitutions are not doomed and that the present system, purged of abuses, will be the salvation of American society. "The fashion nowadays seems to be to condemn all our institu tions," he protested, and declar ed his faith: "Capitalism has a real capacity for making good citizens." Staging a carnival sideshow, a vaudeville act and a display of intellectual gymnastics, Presti digitator Durfee conjured up a scarlet and green handkerchief. waved incendiary and red-headlined newspapers and made fun of the opposition. Lily-White Retorting to Williams pro posals for a socialistic govern ment, he demanded, "Who's go ing to run it? Like the Wall street boys, crooked politicians will manipulate socialism. Sporting a naming red tie, the lily-white Liberty Leaguer re galed the assemblage with anec dotes eulogizing American aris tocracy. Disclaiming any personal dis taste for socialism or commun ism, Durfee painted advocates of these systems as vandals and dissimulators who "are more in terested in making a noise than in facing social problems." Decency "A decent society in Ameri ca," Marx Disciple Williams set up as the aim of workers for so cialism. Describing the attempt ed reforms of the New Deal as "driving the money-changers out of the temple for minor re pairs; then letting them in again, he declared that capital ism depends on eternal expan (Ccniiaued s pce four)
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