COLL EG E D A I LY I N THE SOUTH
TO CREATE
A CAMPUS
PERSONALITY
A JOURNAL OF
THE ACT1VITI13
OP CAROLINIANS
VOLUME XLIV
EDrrOUAX, PHOXZ 4)51
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936
BCSDCESS rHOStI 4H6
NUMBER 102
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CAMPUS
KEYBOARD
by PhU Hammer
Participation in the Outside
Activities May be the Key
To Our Collegiate Education
For some reason or other, the
answers most generally given to
the query: what is the value of
a college education, don't seem
ta satisfy us. We recognize at
first, of course, that you'll prob-
aoly have a different answer for
each product of the four-year
curriculum, but most great edu
cators attempt some sort of gen
eralization and we haven't seen
anv particular one which is
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worth much.
Is college supposed to develop
our minds so that we can act in
telligently in tight situations de
manding brain-work? Or is col
lege supposed to make us alert
to present-day methods of civili
zation and thus prompt us to
play our part intelligently? Or
is college supposed to interpret
the past and j tie it to the pres
ent so that, through study of
what has happened, we can
learn how to guide our destinies
in the future?
Or is collegfe supposed, as one
, very prominent undergraduate
Phi Beta Kappa leader here be
lieves, to teach us only what is
directed from the classroom or
sucked from the books,, leaving
us to use our knowledge of "Who
was the 15th president of Vene
zuela" as we best can in our
little battle after college?
Barnett, Markham Lead Forum
Discussion On Honor System
Y9 Cabinets Consider
Improvement Methods
Markham Says System Mast be
Absolute Nature
of
BARNETT ASKS CHANGES
Last night at an open foriim
sponsored jointly by the "Y"
cabinets, the honor system was
taken off its pedestal and exam
ined in order to find ways of
making it work more success
fully.
After an introductory speech
by Francis Fairley, President
of the Student Body, in which
he discussed the major qualities
oi ine present sysiem, an in
formal debate was held by Joe
Barnett and E. C. Markham of
the chemistry department and
former teacher under the Vir
ginia lionor system.
Absolute
Markham argued that for an
- - - t
honor system to work properly
the punishment for offenses
must be of an absolute nature
as at Virginia where expulsion
is the penalty for cheating.
University Student Barnett
recommended changes in the
present system in order to cope
with problems of an uncontrol
able nature that mingle with the
absolute nature of the honor
system. In place of expulsion
for cheating Barnett recom
mended several ways of punish
ment in which a student could
be reformed and still stay in
college. ; - .
Continuing Barnett stated that
it was the height of some kind
of hypocrisy that campus lead
ers knew of the recent cheating
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Economics Seminar
Will Hear Buchanan
Economist will' Discuss Japanese
. Situation in Address ''- ;
Dr. D. H. Buchanan, of the
commerce school, will address
the campus economics seminar
tomorrow night on the "Econo
mic Situation in Japan."
Ten years of teaching econo
mics at Keio university m
Tokyo, Japan, has equipped Dr.
Buchanan as a competent speak
er on Japan's present situation.
The seminar, which is open to
all interested graduates and fa
culty members, begins at 7:30.
YWCA DISCUSSES
PLANS FOR WORK
Helen Hodges Asks Girls to As
sist in Explaining Exhibits
On Student-Faculty Day
RADIOBROADCAST
Invitation to Student-Faculty
Day Sent Out From Station
WPTF, Raleigh
We don't cease our studying
after college graduation. As a
matter of fact, we just begin it.
What we wonder is: does the
training which college gives a
youth hinder or help him in this
continuing process of studying?
Granting for the moment that
you won't find a very satisfac
tory answer to the original
question, Why College?, can we
answer this last one.
Just as the freshman from a
small, minimum-standard high
school is not ready to operate
under an honor system, is not
ready to room with 55 other
'"boys away from home" in a
dormitory, is not ready to drop
his home-town viewpoint for
something bigger, so are college
graduates unprepared to face
new social conditions after col
lege.
We did not say that the high
schooler couldn't do freshman
math or English; he can, almost
always. So also can we say that
the college graduate can do the
accounting tricks of his business
employer or the bookkeeping
tricks in his new environment.
But college has failed to teach
nine out of ten men the value of
active participation in campus
affairs for social training. And
college also seems to have fail
ed to educate freshmen who
come as well as graduates who
go the responsibilities of group
honor in society.
Is it that our re-emphasis of
education and consequent de-
emphasis of lesser campus f unc
tions in recent years is working
toward the loss of efficiency of
them both?
Alpha Chi Sigma
Helps To Create
Chemistry Show
Demonstration of Glass Blowing
and Liquid Air is Planned
For Exhibits
Dr. J. T. Dobbins of the de
partment of chemistry, assisted
by members of Alpha Chi Sig-
ma, cnemistry, iraternity, is
chairman of the committee in
charge of exhibits and demon
strations of Venable hall on Student-Faculty
Day.
Because of popular demand
some oif last year's entertain
ments are being repeated. Glass
blowing and liquid air demon
strations are featured."
There will be three demonstra
tions of the latter accompanied
by lectures.
Models
There will be a display of De
partment Head Mack's personal
collection of organic molecule
models. In the organic depart
ment, Dr. Bost has set up a dis
play of petroleum products, ray
on, and dyes. These are supple
mented with individual displays
of graduate students.
Other demonstrations are the
solidification of mercury into a
solid block of dry ice and ether
applications, the silicate chemi
cal gardens created by the pre
cipitation of brightly colored sil
icate salts, the numerous pro
ducts of wood and coal distilla
tion and the making of synthetic
lemonade.
Preceding a talk by Mary
Grace Wilson, social director of
the Woman's College of Duke
University, the Y. W. C. A. cab
inet last night discussed plans
for the immediate work of the
organization.
In regard to the special work
the women can do on Student-
Faculty Day, Miss Helen Hod
ges asked all girls who could as
sist the Y. W. C. A. in explain
ing their exhibits and caring for
visitors to sign up at her office
today.
First r Cash r?v
As their first money-making
project, the Y. W. C. A. will sell
home-made candy in the lobby
of the Carolina Theatre Satur
day afternoon. More definite
plans of carrying out this idea
will be announced in the Daily
Tar Heel during the week.
Miss Wilson, who has had
much experience with the Y. W.
C. A. of Duke University, made
suggestions which she thought
would be helpful to the young
organization here. The work of
the major committees was dis
cussed, as was the place which
the group holds on the campus.
Miss Wilson cited examples of
the work that the Duke group
had done.
"The University, of North
Carolina is on the air!" With
these words, Jake Snyder began
a 30-minute program over sta
tion WPTF last night during
which several campus personali
ties broadcasted a blanket invi
tation to the people of the state
to attend Parents' Day and Stu
dent-Faculty Day.
Frank Willingham, prominent
senior and first speaker on the
program, briefly discussed the
origin, functions, and activities
of these two University holidays
to be held tomorrow and
Thursday of this week. He told
of the success of these days last
year and also of the brilliant
plans already completed for this
week when Carolina goes on pa
rade.
House
Dean R. B. House, speaking to
the radio audience, extended the
first public invitation for this
week's long-awaited occasion. He
defined Thursday as a "day de
voted to the . deliberate cultiva
tion of friendship on the part of
the faculty and the students."
Freddie Johnson and his Tar
Heel orchestra gave variety to
the program. Miss Peggy Wood,
vocalist, was starred in two spe
cial numbers. -
Phil Hammer, editor of the
Daily Tar Heel, was not able
to appear on the program due to
sudden illness. '
Poll Indicates Students
Find Food Satisfactory
Adams Will Deliver
Bull's Head Address
English Professor will Distnss IJhr.
ries in Weekly Feature
T. T i i
jl. iuuiiu Aaams. pro
fessor of English, will speak at
the Bull's Head book shop this
afternoon at 4:15. His subject
will be: "Collecting Mv Thnrpan
Library."
Sixty-Three Per Cent
Of Students Satisfied
With Quality Of Food
Seventy-Eight Per Cent of Vot
ers are Content with Quan
tity of Chapel Hill Fare
1,597 ANSWER QUESTIONS
COMER DISCUSSES
H0N0RPR1CIPLES
Also Tells Freshmen He Would
Like to See Comprehensives
Abolished
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB
The results of an official Uni
versity poll showing that 63 per
"Dr. Adams, who is writing a cent of the student body is sat-
lif e of Thoreau, will tell how he isfied with the quality of food
first became interested in book at present boarding places was
collecting and will discuss his released yesterday by L. B. Rog-
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experiences with second-hand erson, assistant controller.
book shops. The poll, to which 1,597 stu
dents responded also showed
that 78 per cent of the students,
excluding residents of Spencer
hall and those living in town
wno dm not take the poll, are
satisfied with the quantity of
jfood which is now being placed
before them in local restau
rants, cafeterias, fraternity din-
Speaking from the viewpoint m& rooms, and boarding houses.
of neither a student nor a fa- Sanitary Conditions
culty member, Harry F. Comer, More students showed satis
general secretary of the Y. M. faction with the sanitary condi-
C. A., addressed the freshman tions of their boarding places
assembly yesterday morning on than in any other feature of the
the subject "Our Honor System." poll with 88 per cent voting in
Mr. Comer attempted to call I favor of the health conditions.
attention to the "fundamental Numerically, 871 students are
principles that we may think dissatisfied with the quality of
deeply and work constructively I the food they are now receiving,
to a better life. Are we taking 504 campus residents are not
time to become and be, or are pleased with the quantity of
we too busy doing?" he asked, food, and only 315 do not like
Comprehensive the sanitary conditions.
-The- I'Y" leader .- discussed . - , Board Rates
thoroughly the question of com- The greatest amount of dis-
prehensive examinations and satisfaction was expressed with
told the first-year men that he board prices as only 55 per cent
siiuuiu hhlV lu see cuilveiiuuiiai I oic in au-uiu wiiii mc iuwai
Dr. M. R. Trabue, director of
the division of education, will
address the psychology club of
Salem College on "Vocational
Guidance in the Future." His
talk will be delivered tonight at
7:15 in the Louise Wilson Bit
ting building at Winston-Salem.
Dr. Trabue's talk will bring
out the need of accurate infor
mation of a very accurate
source by the vocational guid
ance bureaus about the require
ments of each job, in order that
better vocational guidance may
be given in the future.
Jimmy Joy To Use Many Novelties
In Playing For Mid-Winter Dances
Noted Orchestra Leader will Feature
"Esquire" Quartet
When Jimmy Joy brings his
noted orchestra here to open the
German Club's annual set of
Mid-Winters in Bynum gym Fri
day afternoon at 4:30, he will
present a group of features that
promises to provide novel enter
tainment for Carolina prom
trotters. Joy and his novelties have
POLICY LEAGUERS
TO HEAR LINDSAY
Noted Labor Authority will Speak at
8 O'Clock in Bingham Hall
"The International Labor Or
ganization as an Agency of
World Peace" will be discussed
and illustrated with moving pic
tures by Dr. Samuel McCune
Lindsay tonight at 8 o'clock
Bingham hall.
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i. 4. 4.V At 6:30 a banquet honoring
XT., m... ithe speaker will be given m
country as the Trianon ballroom
in Chicago, the Hotel Gibson in
Cincinnati, the Willows in Pitts
burgh, the Bal Tabarin in San
Francisco, the Totem Pole ball
room in Boston and the St. Paul
hotel in St. Paul.
"Esquires"
Among the more prominent of
his featured specialies are the
"Esquires," four six-footers all
dressed as though they had just
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Graham Memorial by the For
eign Policy League. In a brief
talk at the banquet, Dr. Lindsay
will tell of international co-ope
ration in industrial and labor or
ganizations.
Tonight's talk is open to the
public. Tickets for the banquet
may be obtained from Niles
Bond, George MacFarland, or
Hazel Beacham, officers of the
Foreign Policy League.
exams aDoiisnea, ana an zero
hour compulsions done away
with." He continued with his
plan of thought: "I should like
to see half the sub-lectures done
away with and that time given
to conferences on the courses.
I would put in these conferences
in place of quizzes and exams,
and have students do many pap
ers that would be the basis of
conferences."
Contract
Comer declared that "to what
ever degree the University sys
tem may be responsible for con
ditions that provoke, or make
possible, cheating, I would- re
mind the student that this by
no means lets him out; because
the fact remains that he register-
ea under tne system as it is,
and his registration represents
a contract to live under the
terms of the system."
Continuing his discussion, Mr.
Comer went further to ask, "an
honor system how much re
sponsibility is it an instrument
for control of conduct."
The assembly ended as the vis
iting speaker issued the chal
lenge to the freshmen, "Do we
really like the idea of the co
operative movement? If so, let's
get busy at it."
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President Frank P. Graham
is confined at his home with a
slight fever and cold.
His illness, however, was
not reported to be serious and
the head of the consolidated
University is expected to re
turn to his official duties with
in the next few days.
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Flora-Dora Six
Due To Perform
On Stunt Night
"Local Talent" Show Scheduled
For Evening of Student-
Faculty Day
It sounds like a far cry from
the concept of campusites play
ing up the University, and Uni
versity life to the heavy-skirted
antics of a Flora-Dora Sextet;
but the definite relation of these
two seeming extremes will be
come apparent on the night of
February 13.
And what does a tap dance by
a good-looking young lady have
to do with the internal function
ings of the English department,
as depicted in an exhibit?
Answer
The answer: Student-Faculty
Day committeemen decided that
the celebration, although shaped
fundamentally for the purpose
of increasing intimacy between
professor and pupil, should also
be devoted to an exposition of
the educational and pleasure
ludicrously costumed Flora-Dora
values of life at Carolina.
The whole stunt night pro
gram will be a "local talent" af
fair, falling directly in line with
other Carolina-emphasizing fea
tures of the day, the exhibits of
various departments, schools,
and organizations, the speeches
about Carolina good-will and fel
lowship, the luncheons at which
that good-will and fellowship
will be exhibited.
EXHIBITS GO UP TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR PARENTS' DAY