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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 193S W$i Batlp tar Heel AS THE The official newspaper of the Publications Union Board of the Unirersity I TfT t r n x T A TV C of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed daVexowt ndaji II " I W D KLUWb and the Thaaksgivinff, Uiurtstmas ana spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at $he post office at Chapel Hill, N. a, under act ef March 3, 1STJ. auDsenpuon price, ior w couege year. By Samuel R. Leager Business and editorial offices: 204-206 Graham Memorial Telephones: editorial, 4351; business, 4356; night, 6906 P. G. Hammer, editor ' R. C. Page, Jr., managing editor A. R. Sarratt, Jr., city editor Butler French, business manager Editorial Board L D. Suss, chairman, J. M. Daniels, D. G. Features W. P. Hudson Wetherbee, D. K. McXee Assistant City Editor E. L. Kahn News Editors ' S. W. Babb, J. M. Smith, Jr., C. W. Gilmore, W. S. Jordan, Jr., J. F. Jonas, L. I. Gardner , Office Force . Frank Harward, E. J. Hamlin, R. R. Howe Herman Ward News Release Newton Craig, director, H. T. Terry, Jr., Exchange Editors SR.Leager, G. 0. Butler, W. S. McClelland Heelers P. Jernigan, R. P. Brewer, T. C. Britt, R. H. Reece, Ruth Crowell, no further. J. H. Sivertsen, A. Merrill, N. S. Rothschild, J. L. Cobbs, Voit Gil more, Jake Strother, R. T. Perkins, H. H. Hirschf eld, C. DeCarlo W. G. Arey, There doesn't seem to be much blowing in the wind these days, but your correspond ent has run across a few rath er interesting- stories breezing around. One of them is a piece about the late Senator Huey Long, the bombastic titan of Louisiana. It is an interview by Samuel Mintz, of the University of Wis consin, and it appeared recently in the student newspaper of that school. It gives an idea of Huey's tremendous, hectic over flow of energy. Here is an ex cerpt. A door flew open, Huey's head nooned out. A "come on in boy !" went rumbling down the hall. "I'm a college student." I got T. E. Joyner, ' . - Gordon Burns Division Managers J. A. Lewis, cireulation, H. F. Osterheld, collections, , local advertising, R. r Crooks, office C ?i Senior Reporters t H. M. Beacham, H. Goldberg ' Local Advertising Staff W. D. McLean, P. C. Keel, C. W. Blackwell, R. G. S. Davis, M. V. Utley, W. M. Lamont, and C. S. Humphrey Staff Photographer D. Becker 9 THIS ISSUE: NEWS, SMITH; NIGHT, JONAS "The open air of public discussion and communication is an indispensable condition of the birth of ideas and knowledge and of other growth into health and vigor." John Dewey. ' : - - - McDADE HALL The University of North Carolina gained its reputation in ed- if Hheml internrtatmns and actions. Yet in this liberal center there is no provision for the recreation1"10. an adj r00m- ltur" and fellowship of its Negro population, a major premise in the ten ets of liberalism. "I know all about colleges. run one. "What do you think should be taught in college?" "Arithmetic. That's all. Plain and simple arithmetic. You've got to show the boys that there's something wrong in 999 hawgs being fed on one portion of hawg feed and one. ha wg being fed on 999 portions of hawg feed. "What you've got to do boy is read." He jumped out of his chair, almost overturning his desk. He elbowed a very pretty secretary out of the way. "I'll give you some real literature. Ever hear about the Share the Wealth idea?" Suddenly he left me. He ran ed to go. "Where are you go ing?" Mr. Long was back. "Did you say you were a college stu- An idea comes from Phillips Russell's class which suggests a dent? Well, listen to me: Don't means of ameliorating this situation. In essence, the plan proposes you grow into a college profess creation of a fund which shall be the nucleus of a building fund 0r and become a brain-truster for the erection of a Recreational union for Negroes of Chapel Hill. Do you hear?" The union would, appropriately so, be a memorial to Uncle .Bill At Rutgers recently the stu McDade, the beloved University citizen who recently passed away dents were asked to give their after a long period of service to this institution. This would be a opinions as to what they con Graham Memorial for Negroes, serving essentially the same func- sidered the most serious prob tions. The plan would provide for operation of the union by the lems facing the country. The Carolina Janitors association, and would have facilities for reading, answers given cover a wide dances, games, cultural programs, and gatherings of all sorts. The range of thought and lack of union, naturally, would not have to be an elaborate ana expensive tnougnt. some oi tnem were: structure. , There are five definite needs for the erection of such a com munity center for Negroes. In the first place, the Janitor's asso ciation has no adequate place to meet. Secondly, the young Negroes of the community have no place to utilize profitably their leisure time. Thirdly, there is no place which serves as a gathering center for the Negro members of the community. Fourthly, there is no guiding cultural influence working for the betterment of the Negro THE GOSSIPEL TRUTH by Irving D. Suss Celebrity I noticed the other day that Nelson Lansdale has reached a pinnacle in academic fame. Nev er, in the three and one half years that we've both been at the University did I realize that I was battling with a celebrity I am sure that had I had that knowledge, I would have assum ed a more respectful attitude to an individual who stands so high in the estimation of one of the country's leading English scholars that that scholar dedi cates a book to him. And Hard in Craig, editor of the best col lection of Shakespeare's works.. AiA dedicate this collection to Nelson. Nelson said so himself. In fact, Nelson said so in nrint Bier as life on the last c - - - page of Sunday's Daily tar Heel appeared an ad, signed by Lansdale which said in part: Three dollars reward for return nf - TTarrlin Craier's nlays of Shakespeare, dedicated to owner by Hardin Craig. . . ' State College I noticed State College has re ceived appropriations for build ing a new $30,000 stadium. Now don't begrudge the State boys a paltry sum like this, but it does seem odd to waste it on a stadium in the face of the opin ion of head football coach Hunk Anderson. Coach Anderson intimates that in two years the State Col lege football team, operating un der the Graham plan, will not have enough drawing power to fill the middle section of such a stadium- Why, then in the name of the Board of Trustees, are they building a stadium? It might be a wiser idea to spend the money on research to discover means of avoiding the Graham plan. The coach's opin ion and the building of a new stadium indicate .: that this would be a legitimate move. Now YOU'RE Talking NUTS TO YOU MAGAZINE CARR ARHCLEON HONOR. Poe Suggests Revision in Honor System; Nick Read Makes "An Honorable Proposal" 'Get rid of the damn 1. "The task of getting rid of Franklin D. Roosevelt." 2. "A good five-cent piece to get beer with." 2. "Kill Bruno Richard Haupt mann. 4. Reds." race. And lastly, by the provision of such a center by students, it ' : . - ., -u - --x w i , . , . ... column a few weeks aero, it was mentioned that Governor Mart- The logical element to begin this fund is the present senior in L. Davey of Ohio had been class, which, if it should decide to leave this as its traditional con- exceedingly harsh in his treat tribution, will have left a permanent and greatly appreciated gift, ment of the appropriations for Ohio State University. As a PILING ON WORK Pirn semi en pa the students, nl- wflvs nn their tnes lmve Veen The winter quarter has been a trying one. Already notorious ssirio. arftlirid a variati as the shortest and most packed with activities, this particular of an old epigram: "Don't put quarter has had tne added burden of a multitude of extraordinary off until tomorrow what vou can do to Davey." events. "Buck" Duke's Factory ; Duke,. too, seems to object to the Graham plan. The editors of the Duke Chronicle took ex ception to a constructive editor ial in the W & L Ring-turn Phi which suggested that Duke, with its almost unlimited resources, could build one of the greatest educational institutions in the country. The W & L editor also was of the opinion that Duke's main claim to fame rested not in its educational status, but in sports. The Duke men retorted that probably the reason W & L was so unknown was because they didn't or couldn't use the sports page to advantage. To me it sounds like a little child, whipped with good cause, kicking out at a wise, just, ex perienced, intelligent parent. Glee Clubs (Continued from page one ) Two disturbing circumstances stand out especially. During the first of the month the student body was thrown into a state of sus pense and hysteria by the uncovering of the cheating ring, which subsequently became an obiect of nation-wide comment, smA disnn- provaL The fact that information concerning the rm? wM n.PS. a spiritual, arranged by '-' o I T" T TIT sarily withheld from the student hodv for several w t r-. i. weaver. " vwiwv v , , . over-emphasize the incident. Shortlv after f be cfurleTif omnii a ao enu m program a mixed disposed of that matter, the worst cold spell Chapel Hill has ex- cnorus comPsed i both parts perienced in years brought an overflow crowd to the University in- of,the.Glee club, men and women, firmawr onA 1af4- j.. j . . . . will sine "AdnrATrms To" 1t "Pol "vi uuuuicus ui ouier siuaents sunermg irom the ill ' "J ai effects of the bad weather. During this time classes were at Wt estrma ; Just as the Tide Was paruany aisrupted, and the whole student hodv fell behind hiv 11UVV1' anu U1U ngnsn ioik in its work. And if this wasn't enough to distract the collective song arranged b "R: Vaughn student mind there had to be added the bnll-RessiWiTirlnomtr 9nk Williams; Robm Goodfellow" jects of the Graham plan and the abolition of "Hell Week." The by G' A Macf-rren and "Judge cancellation of all student activities further tended to disrupt 1 e u A ' Dy Mendelssohn and ininffs in erenerai. J-,at- uiuiuj U11UC1 wie cixcumataiices n seems hardly fair that protessors Th T?mrM n. are taking advantage :of the slight let-up in misfortune and campus right. King Edward VIII asks activity to attempt to crowd all the back work into two short Parliament for $2,350 000 for weeks In addition to the regular pressure which is routine at the his civil list existing to' "main r T --I1 uuents nave this extra Duroen. It tain the dignity of the crown" IS onlv riffht that thei nrofessors jeTtniil- -sa I r...-- . , " - wusmcx uic auuvimauij, Kjur C1V11 llst costs us over four of this quarter and realize that they can't ride pack horses to billions and it fails to maintain death, whether or not the poor devils are willing. the dignity of anybody. Short Shots A sign between Martinsville and Lexington, Va., reads: "If you don't -stop here to eat, we'll both starve." ... I noticed while writing this yesterday that the editor was writing a letter to himselt which appears in to day's issue; the strain seems to be telling. . . It was suggested that if the government collected all the office equipment, utilized by the FERA and now unem ployed, and laid it end to end, they could build two new battle ships and a hut for President Roosevelt to shelter him from the storm that is coming. . .The students of jthe University are turning more and more to prac tical matters: for the first time in history, probably, a junior class gave an effective interpre tation of a Congressional meet ing. The election of dance lead ers and commencement mar shals the other night was with out a doubt even more Congress- To the editor, The Daily Tar Heel: I'm pretty sure that you feel the same way I feel about poli tics on the campus, that you be lieve in them but would like to see the system changed around so that we get not only the most qualified men, but also the best. We see that distinction anyway, don't we, Mr. Editor? I notice that your newspaper has me quoted as declaring the P. U. Board elections illegal. As this was a very unimportant part of what I had to say (none of it was important, but that's not the point, Mr. Editor) and also as this was not even the most important fact about the P. U. Board's constitution, I might have conveyed that im pression of . illegality of elec tion of all members, but I didn't mean it. Your reporter copied it down in short hand, though, so I guess you're right. You us ually are. ' Anyway, what I was trying to point outv and I could multiply the instance a hundred times was that the student council does not know now nor never did what the functions of the orga nizations under its control are. Whether this be campus politics which elects these men or lack of a training system for stu dent government work or a com bination of both well, you tell us, Mr. Editor. Nobody reads what you write anyway, so it won't hurt you any on the campus. The P. U. Board constitution, for example, reads like this: The three student members shall be chosen by ballot each spring for a term of one year as follows: one to be president of the union (the Carolina Publications Union, not the Carolina Political Union, Mr. Editor) and of the board, any member of the union being eligible; one member from the rising senior class, one mem ber from the rising junior class. Now, I ask. you, do you re member the president of the union and the board being chos en by the student body. Or rather, do you recall any time when the man who was elected as senior representative was NOT elected president by the board at its first meeting? A trivial thing, yes. But how about this ? Amendments to the constitution are secured follow ing a petition by 25 students and a meeting of the union (the stu dent body) and amendments made by a 23 vote. There have been a half-dozen constitutional changes, effected by the student council or otherwise, within the last four years and no such meet ing of the union (the student body) has been held. How come, Mr. Editor, O you wise ex-P. U. Board member? I hope you use what influence you have with the two or three friends you have left on the campus to see that I'm not os tracized for being so bold as to suggest that the best men don't run for student government and never win under the existing set-up. I know how people feel. Maybe you and I are just misfits, Mr. Editor, r. a. i can give you a hundred more cases of mal-administra- tion through ignorance if you want them. I'm sure I don't, so you re welcome to them. Sincerely yours, PHIL HAMMER Excerpts from letters written to Cartland by his clients are quoted by Nick Read in an ar ticle in the February issue of the Carolina Magazine, which will be distributed today. Read's satire, "An Honorable Proposal," con cerns President Snavely and Coach Graham as well as Dr. Cartland. In "Cheating and Punishment" Charlie Poe points out that al though times and the Universi ty have changed much since the adoption of the honor system some 60 years ago, the honor system is the same as it was in the beginning. Poe believes that it might be advisable to revise the old system in order to make it conform to modern conditions- Bootleggers In "The Village Killers" Shel by Foote tells of a tough young fellow and bootleggers who were tougher. Other fiction includes Stuart Rabb's "Business with the Squire," and "Wheels, Death and Thy Virtue" by William E. Brent (nom de plume)' which gives, in the style of Thomas Wolfe, the impressions of a young man after his first visit to a Durham hotel. Ellen Deppe's article, "The Spirits Enter Politics," discusses the Silver Shirts, a pro-Nazi or ganization in the United States which is seeking the Presidency for its leader, a mystic named Pelley. Franklin Harward tells of the seemingly scientific proof of the existence of mental tele pathy, brought out in the exper ments carried on at Duke by Dr. J. B. Rhine, whom Harward in terviewed. Taylor Bledsoe, cam pus political boss in the 'twen ties, continues his discussion of political activities. CO-ED CONFECTIONERS The campus still likes Y. W, C. A. home-made candy, it would appear, because the girls cleared over $8 on their Saturday's sale Alpha Kappa Gamma held the sale jointly with the girls' or ganization and members of both groups acted as merchants at the sweet shop which was located in the Carolina theatre lobby. ional than the U. S, legislative body itself. . . I heard that "Red" McKee, defeated in those elec tions by Anita deMonseigle, sent me mcKy co-ed a bouqeut with : A " JESSIE Matthews. &rincui ffertmmlitj Sf&rulf FIRST A GIRL w (THEN A BOY) ALSO COMEDY NOVELTY NOW PLAYING attendant good wishes.
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