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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936
yz Batlp Ear Heel
THE GOSSIPEL TRUTH
by - :
Irving D. Suss
Pax Vobiscum -j--
The efforts of various groups
throughout the country to se
cure adequate promulgation of
anti-war philosophy meets a
Now YOU'RE
Tnllring
CONTRACT VS. UNION
Tha official neWroaper of the Publications Union Board of the Uniyersity
cf 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 at Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of March 3,
1S79. Subscription price, $3.00 tor tne college year.
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P. G. Hammer, editor 1
R. C. Page, Jr., managing editor
W. L. Hargett, associate editor
. - . A. R. Sarratt, Jr., city editor
' E. L. Kahn, assistant city editor
- Butler French, business manager
Editorial Board ,
I. D. Suss, chairman, J. M. Daniels, D. G. Wetherbee, D. K. McKee
Feature Writers
W. P. Hudson, N. C. Read
. New8 Editors
S. W. Rabb, J. M. Smith, Jr., C. W. Gilmore, WY S. Jordan, Jr.,
R. Sprinkle, J. F. Jonas
Office Force
E. J. Hamlin, J. A. Brown, L. I. Gardner, R. Howe
News Release
Newton Craig, director, H. T. Terry, Jr.
Exchange editors
S R. Imager, G. O. Butler, W. S. McClelland
Senior. Reporters
H. M. Beacham, W .C. Fields, III, H. Goldberg
Heelers
JL P. Brewer, T. C. Britt, - R. H. Reece, Ruth Crowell, J. H. Sivertson, fare nortraved in moving trie- tain requirements upon mem
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Student-Faculty
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circulating around the campus
It also assumed the responsibil
ity of providing transportation
both to arid from dormitories
for professors and students.
The practice football game
which was formerly a feature
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To the editor,
rTUa Tlrrv Taw TTlTTT.
-, - u of the program will not be held
strong opposition orce in v Dormitories wfl have
current issue of the Marcn 01 -j i twn,L Ir, r;v open house from 2 to 4 o'clock
Time "newsreel." Attempts to been awarded to.the and fraternities from 4 to 6
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minimize militarist sentiment " . .. Uvwv lA&ht. rpfrpRirnpr.t will
fi, rrv.p an fairaess to the university , , , ,
the mighty "right" of the news this contract should be broken.
magazine's screen venture swung j The Queen City Printing U.
be served and each dormitory
will set aside a social room.
Snyder pointed out that every
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The weather: STORM
WARNING A campaign!
disturbance of unprecedent
ed intensity moving across
the entire United States
with storm center reaching
Washington, D. C. this fall.
The disturbance will be pre
ceded by hot winds.
Purpose and Platform
Undisturbed and undaunted
out and cracked the nation refuses to recognizee Typo- member of the facult and stu.
sonaiy unaer tne nearu agam bp umuu. va01 hv mnt .n-n-npmP with
and again with a barrage of pic- graphical Union has as support- fa 7"
tures of marching soldiers, G. ers and members practically all , "We want to 't iTiw Ji.? ST
.y- traregy Planner3' "HSOfacomita' Bes des together and make this thing a is very likeIy destined to be the.
waving flags. houses m tins country, uesiaes . sue(,ess ... he said. "and to iaof .t,i,nM r j
i . I T rl, I Kditkt q rnrfDfinn onroinct hpinor I ' v"fe"vvi ui uiii. cau uiihl
r mu- ageucira uav ur " - r""" do that we've got to have the in "the only college daily in the
ler the money nor the power to fired arbitrarily for the printer, wh,Mrtj,H simnort of evervLtl f. ZfT.. .l
- " i t nrnv Hps a hnmft fnr ri sah ed " . " uui iwaiuon
widely publicized propaganda, printers who would otherwise
Thev cannot have the disgusting be witnout a means 01 living.
renresentations of modern war- Most important, it imposes cer-
man on the campus.
with dignity. Our purpose: to
R. T. Perkins, H. H. Hirschfeld
Division managers
J. A. Lewis, circulation, H. F. Osterheld, collections, M. B. Carr
advertising, T. E. Joyner, local advertising, W. H. D.
Eckert and R. Crooks, office
N. W. Bond,
Local, advertising staff
C. W. Blackwell, ; ; W. D. McLean,
Staff photographer
D. Becker
P. C. Keel
ture houses all
try; they cannot explain to such order to insure, work of a high
large audiences as the March of standard of perfection.
Time plays to, the economic en- ; Doubtless, i most of the stu-
tanglemeiits wnicn draw a coun- qents . recall tnat v last . year s
try into war; they ; cannot play Yackety-Yack was late in ap-
unon the emotions since theirs pearing. This was due to a
Last night's meeting was at- tell you what we see written on
tended by members of the Inter- the boxcars, of the political
fraternity Council, the Inter- freight train as it flashes past
dormitory Council and tne
Dormitory Managers Council.
Snyder, L. C. Bruce and Albert
Ellis are in charge of the co
ordination of plans for the day.
Playmaker Revels
Saturday night from 8 o'clock
THIS ISSUE: NEWS, GARDNER; NIGHT, JONAS
i is. a logical rather than an emo- strike of the employees of the
tional position. Queen City Printing Co. : This on, the Carolina Playmakers
arrr f .b a rooiioHnTi nf strike was never successfully ar- will hold their Twelfth Night
The open air of public discussion and communication is an indispensable l - . !i. hitrated. Finallv thp nM. ptti- Revels" in the Playmaker Thea
condition ot tne Dinn oi weas ana wiowieuge ana ui iaer sruwm uiw uwnu v vUw M j
and rigor." John Dewey. . the minds of the masses of the ployees were fired definitely and pre.
people of the country is the prob
UNCRITICAL COMMENT
This annual affair is in
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new, non-union men, were em- tne nanas oi a committee neaa-
lem of the enlightened youth and Ployed in their places. To. take ed by Josephine Niggli and is
In today's issue of the Daily Tar Heel appears the first of a adujt elements. Undoubtedly the place of the old skilled print- attended by botn old and
series of comments by the several deans and administrative there is some solution. But ers a group of strike-breakers Playmakers.
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heads on the subject oi comprenensives, uomprenensives nave uiip Ttalv and Ethionia raee, was empioyeamen wno are not me entertainment will con
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been under nre lor some Time, ana.it was presumeu uurmg wieiand while Germany, Japan, capaDie oi aomg tne mgn type
new
Our platform: We do not
believe that we should burn
the existing social and gov
ernmental structure and up
, on its ashes construct a new
and greater state. We do be
lieve that no system can be
totally bad, indeed, that it
can be no worse than the in- .
dividuals who compose it.
We believe that no system
can be better than its citi
zens. In short, we prefer
cure to amputation.
Austerity
"How lofty is the austerity of
youth," reflected the. sage. Toa
last quarter that some action would be taken on the matter. England, Russia, and the United of work required of Union men
The three faculty members whose comment appears today are ofooa -pnarp fnr war. and Native North Carolinians who
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all in favor of the retention of the comprehensive exam. How- while France is in political up- have helped support this Univer
ever, two of these. men advocate some change in the nature of ror and while the League of sity and who have lived in this
the exams, apparently desiring to string them out over several Nations remains ineffectual de- state as high types of respecta
days and to make them even more "comprehensive" than they spite its use of sanctions to stop ble citizens were replaced by
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are as tney exiau at cue pieeenu I the - warring; nations, anti-war i auuupw wu iuwa..uM w. uw
But none of these men give adequate justification for " the re- sentiment is being crushed. This zen and printer. The old em
tention of the comprehensives, though one of them made a half- is apparent: organization is ployees were not given a fair
hearted attempt at an analogy. Even to suggest that an individ- needed among the groups inter- deal; they were not-allowed to
ual goes through four years of college merely to take a compre- ested in furthering world peace, bargain collectively; definitely,
hensive exam as football players practice for a week in prepa- and a vigorous policy is neces- the Queen City Printing Co. is
tirm fnr a crame is undeniably illoeical . ' sarv to fiffht the rising tide. guilty of unfairness to organized
Without regard to any justification of the comprehensives, . " ' labor.
these faculty members suggested that an extension of the time uikwokkss SnaU the University patronize
required to complete the examination would accomplish some un- Wlt my us.ual Penchant for guch a concern as the Queen
defined end. No satisfaction can derive from such a statement, repeating uis eveyu city Printing Co? The work
The suggestions at best can only be superficial, since the funda- neara years ago aim wmu Mdone in the past on the Yackety-
oionefrPTit flip PvnmiTiaimi itsP.lf. is touched unon nave Just latelv come across, i vack has been above renroaeh.
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by no constructive criticism. submit the following bit gleaned but now the skillful craftsmen
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Such generalizations can only make more empnatic tne con- y JT T - II Tn gone an Present em-
clusion that comprehensives in themselves can have no sound mg the Christmas holidays : ployees of the Queen City are
bases for continued existence. The advocates of the comprehen- "I hear tell," said the gentle- not capable of producing the
sive plan have in the past insisted . that a synthesis of the man, "that so-and-so is a fire- same first class product. Per-
courses in the major, takes place. It requires only a superficial cracker drinker. haps the P. U. board can save a
perusal of the examinations given in the past to prove that such "What do . you mean?" the small percent by patronizing the
an assumption is false. An unofficial poll has indicated that stu- young lady queried. Queen City. Does it wish to do
dents study the individual courses as such without any attempt "He's put after the Fourth." so by sacrificing the principles
at synthesizing. " of organized labor and at the
These interviews will be published until each dean and ad- AAA Decision ; price of jobs of North Carolin
ministrative head has expressed his opinion on the subject. It The Supreme Court's decision ians who are left at the corn
is hoped that future comments will be directed toward more log- on the AAA folds up one of the piete mercy of their employers?
kal reasons for or against comprehensives. most radical reforms of the New shall we speak of the sanctity of
mnwpTnnrppTTTTv nFTnvr Dea1, The theory on which the contracts in such a case in which
THEY RIGHTFULLY BLLUJNlx law was based was one of scar- a principle is involved which
Last June the trustees decided that the principle of "allocating city. , io tne tenant iarmer, transcends such matters? Be
f unctions" among the three branches of the University dictated whose cost of living jumped sides; the Queen City Printing
the exclusion of freshmen and sophomore co-eds from Chapel proportionately to wie price Co. has broken laith already:
Hill. Such students should enroll at Greensboro, where a college rise in their products, tne bene- jt has changed its principles by
has been established especially for women students. fits were not apparent.
Many trustees, unwilling to stop there, expressed the opinion The Democratic administra
that consolidation would-eventually cause undergraduate co-eds tion, because of the inexpedi
rt ha ffQnafprrpH nitnirpthpr frnm this cammis to Green shnro. encv engendered by the situa
Women, tbey said, had no place on a men's campus.
To this threat, Carolina co-eds have this year made a positive
answer. They, are further entrenching themselves here by de
veloping their own life and organization.
sist of skits and take-offs. tne, perhaps, is the charge that
Dancing will be held later on youthful would-be columnists
the Playmaker stage. Josephine don the garb of the savant and
Niggli announces that any one speak with the voice of final au
interested in writing modern thority. Heaven forbid that they
skits will please see her at once, snouid can us lhe voice of Ex
perience.
CO-ED GLEE CLUB Unashamed bv the stisrma of
Women's glee club rehearsals immaturity, the Body Politic.
will be held in the choral room
of Hill Music hall from 5 to 6
o'clock on Monday and Friday of
each week. The mixed chorus
will meet every Friday from 4
to 5 o'clock. Grady Miller, direc-
paration for a concert to be given
February 26.
Milk Case
radically undemocratic actions
since the contract was awarded
Other colleges have recogniz
ed the unfairness of the Queen
tion, will not attempt to have city Printing Co.; and have
a constitutional amendment withdrawn their contracts. It
passed during this presidential is not seemly that the University
year in all probability. What 0f North Carolina, whose tradi-
At the present, a Y. W. C. A. is being formed, riot to hold will eventually happen, no one tions are those of a liberal de
prayer meetings .merely, but also to consider vocational, social, can predict. It is safe, to as- mocracy, should patronize
religious and political questions; the organization also expects sume, however, that the Amen-company which does not recog-
to engage in girl scout work in the .village, and to participate in can people will not, under our nize and which refuses to dea
adult education and charity work. present form of government, with organized labor. In fair
Last fall, the women students established a local chapter of a pass such an amendment. It is ness to the students of the Uni
national honorary sorority, the organization to take the place in also safe to assume that the ma- yersity and in fairness to this
State the contract should be
broken.
FRED ALLRED
women's affairs of the Golden Fleece in men's activities. They jority of the voters will fail to
also formed a hockey team and took a greater interest in their realize the logical grounds for
athletic program. refusing to pass such an amend-
With all these developments we are in complete sympathy and ment.
in an institnfimi whiVh nnrnorts tn hp n. nri vpvoiv mt.her than a I oW3.Hl. , xl3.Il
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UDerai arts cuuege ur prep buhuui. (Continued from page one)
rnereiore, we appiaua tne enorts or our women students, m Attending their first Phi
developing a life and organization for themselves, -they have meeting were Miss Ruth Crow
chosen the best possible means of convincing the trustees that ell, Sam Randall, and Thomas
they rightfully belong at this institution. Rankin.
NOT CARELESS
To the editor,
The Daily Tar Heel :
i The reason the tower clock
chimed every quarter hour Sun
day during the entire night was
due to the loosenmg of a tapered
marches on! Ta-ta-ta-da, ta-ta-ta-DAA-ta
...
The Political Press
From the avalanche of parti
san propaganda released at the
turn of the year, there stands
U1 "A out a slim little volume th
tendance at each meeting m pre- packs within its covers the dy-
inamic punch of a master politi
cian. Yclept "Hell Bent for Elec
tion," this book which is scarce
ly more than a pamphlet con-
(Continued from first page) tains 78 pages of dynamite. Our
up again yesterday, it was again copy, came with the "compli
postponed. The local legal minds ments of Pierre DuPont." It is
will again have a chance at it truly as potent as some of Mr,
next Tuesday according to the DuPont's other products.
calendar. tuw,;-i t t m..u.
pin which ties the driving gears wno : characterizes President
of the dial hands and the strike Roosevelt as the gentleman "hell
and chime mechanism to the ent for election," this book
drive shaft of the clock, and it promises to be a thorn in . the
was not due to carelessness on si3e of the Democratic party
anyone's part. It so happened this year' It: is the most persua-
that, the pin came loose on a sive document we have yet seen,
hour when the chimes were set Mr. Warburg uses four "yard-
up to strike and as the chiming sticks" m appraising the Presi-
program was then disengaged dent: (1) How well he has fui-
from the other clock mechanism fitted his promises, (2) What are
it caused the chimes to operate nis Present purposes, (3) How
every quarter hour. It is be- weU nas he carried out his pur
lieved that the slipping of the poses, and (4) Mr. Roosevelt's
pin was. due to contraction and individuality. When Mr. War
expansion of the metals as the DUr2 is through, the President
outside temperature in Chapel appears so ensnared in his own
Hill has varied in the past month statements and promises that he
from a minimum .of 8 degrees to seems ridiculous,
a maximum of 66 degrees. This 'le smashing of the AAA by
would cause considerable move- the Supreme Court is predicted
ment of the metals in the clock startling accuracy,
and would tend to drive, the pin e talked with six good
out of its proper position Due Democrats back in the home
to heavy condensation in the town. They said they hoped
"Hell Bent for Election"
.would not be widely read.
To all students of persuasion
and journalism we recom
mend it.
Unsuccess Story
Four-word life story of a poli-
tower it is necessary to keep
some of the
.uvniJ ZJMXl,
which exposes the clock to the
outside temperature. The clock
is 100 per cent automatic in its
operation and since the tempera
ture condensation device was
worked out about three vp tical failure: Politics, penurjv
ago the accuracy of the clock Perjury, poison.
hnfZrf tmt 1t haS kOSJT Small brown purse, contain-
oeen iound that many people' in inff about four dollars, sometime
napel Hill rely On the Wr vesterHav. Finder nlease return to
ClOCK for the correct time ) Tar Heel office.
BELL-RINGERS
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