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H PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 19 The Three Little Prospecto Tha official newspaper cf tha Publications TJxdca Baud cf the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where ft is printed daily except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving, Chriatmas and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. 0, under act of 3arch 3, 1879. Sub scription price, $3.00 for the college year. - Business and editorial offices: 204-203 Grahaxa Memorial . . Telephones: editorial, 4351; business, 4356; nigfci, 6206 Don K. MeKee A. Reed Sarratt, Jr. T. Eli Joyner.- -Editor Managing Editor -Bpsiness Manager ; Editorial Staff Associate Editors: Edwin Kahn, Mac Smith, Stuart Babb. ; City EbiTOB: Charles Gflmore. News Editoes: Lytt Gardner, Ed Hamlin, Bill Jordan, John Jonas. Editorial Assistants: Bob Perkins, Euth Crowell, Gordon Burns, Allan Merrill, Jimmy Sivertsen, Voit Gilmore. Deskmen: Will Arey, "Herbert Hirschfeld, Carl . Jeffress, Bay Simon. Reporters: Randolph Reece, Ben Dixon, Dorothy . Snyder, Jesse Reece, Erika Zimmermann, Kim Harriman. Spobts: Ray Howe. Editor; Herbert Goldberg, New ton Craig, John Eddleraan, Night Editors; Fletcher Ferguson, Len Rubin, Harvey Kaplan, Ed Karlin, Bill Raney, E. L. Peterson, Tom Tufts, Bill Lindau, Herbert Langsam. Reviews: Bill Hudson. Files: H. T. Terry, Director. Art: Nell Booker, Phil Schinhan. Photography: Jerry Kisner, Director; Alan Cal houn. ' - Business StaT Advertising Managers: Bill McLean, Crist Black well. Subscription Manager: Roy Crooks. Office Manager: Clen Humphrey. Durham Representative: Bobby Davis. Circulation Manager: Jesse Lewis. For This Issue -News: Bill Jordan. -Sports: John Eddleman To Help Something Better Grow o Not What But How Dean Bradshaw's talk in yesterday's assembly was the first effort of the General. College this year to present advice to new men on how to study.,. Last fall during Orientation Week a night meeting was devoted to advisingr freshmen how ,, to do college work. Last year in the freshman social science courses, instructors gave special attention to helping students learn how to do effective study and distributed pamphlets to each man on the subject. : :;;;v '--: II i-::.L. ' But this fall all these experiments have been , discontinued. True , enough, at the Y. M. C. A. Freshman Retreat, English Bagby gave his an nual delightful chat on how" to prepare reading assignments; but the Doctor's helpful advice, reached only about a tenth of the freshman class. The General College advisers, each witn 160 to 170 men to care for, have almost no time, Dean Spruill says, to help their wards with this prob lem. New men come to the University from a thou sand homes and high schools, with a thousand Ibad habits of studying and thinking and as many misconceptions of what college exists for. With out any hint of what students are here for or how they should go about , getting what they : might be after, we dump them into classrooms to paddle their leaky canoes as best they can. Mastery of the techniques of unbiased inquiry and examination, evaluation and sound thinking ' are far more important, we are told; than mere L accumulation of facts, prof essorially dished out on a silver platter ; yet with little attention to methodology and techniques of studying and thinking, throughout the University curriculum we are emphasizing not how but what to think. The General (College organization has begun a fine piece of work in individualizing the first .two college years. A General College course for new men on how to study and think, we believe, would fulfill a real need. - ' ' v v : '." "' . :' . . '"' '' '" We Won't Play More concerned with other matters, the faculty at its meeting Friday afternoon remained non committal on the question of January 1 classes. Jesting as might have been the previous com ments on the prospect of student labor on New Year's, there really exists, and may be clearly distinguished on rainy nights, a general student unrest. No students are in the mood for tradi tionally unheard-of New Year's classes ; and we honestly don't believe the teachers themselves are, even if the day does come on Friday. . One freshman seriously suggests that- coming back to school before January 1 will certainly dis .courage our resolution-making,- which, he de clares, will result in a greatly reduced quality of classwork during the ensuing quarter! The fel low's fears may not be wholly justified, to be sure, but it is undoubtedly true that a much pleasanter and more co-operative spirit will appear among the students when the anathmatic prospect of " school on New Year's is removed. Nobody's gonna mind much if they do change the date. . J. M.S. Two week's Respite Two weeks more Students Object to January 1 Classes FOR THE REGISTRAR To the Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Classes on New Year's Day! Such a thought is inconceivable. Yet Registrar Wilson seems to be serious when he announces that the winter quarter will be gin on the most joyous holiday of the year. Under the present arrange ment, students living at a great distance from Chapel Hill will have to leave their homes, at the very latest, early on the last day of 1936. While most people are just beginning to celebrate, Carolina students will have to "get back to work." It seems on ly fair that officials in charge reconsider. The fact that "this happens only once in about ev ery 10 years" is hardly a worthy excuse. Most of us do not spend that length of time at the Uni versity. For many it is a mat ter of once in every two or three years. Tradition Be Darned It is customary to begin a ses sion on Friday. Is that absolute ly necessary in this case? The logical date for winter classes to begin is Monday, January 4. Thus only a day and a half, which possibly could be made up later, are cut off the quarter. Then too, students who have had this extra three days' vacation will return with added vigor, and will attack, their studies with an enthusiasm which will be com pletely lacking on January 1. Is it not proper that a liberal, progressive University such as this abide by the traditions of the nation and of the people ; who make its existence possible ? New Year's Day comes but once a year. Shall we greet 1937 with gratification or dissatisfac tion? HAPPY NEW YEAR. NEW YEAR'S GYP To the Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: With all due respect to Mr. T. J. Wilson, I believe that he should be aware of the fact that almost 25 per cent of our student body are out-of-state students. Oyer 10 per cent of the students are from cities over 400 miles from Chapel Hill. To make the trip from these distant towns to Chapel Hill takes from 10 to 36 hours. I have cited these facts be cause of Mr. Wilson's ruling concerning January 1 classes. I Protest As one of those who finds it necessary to travel for 18;hours. in order to come to school from my home town, I protest the proposed classes on New Year's Day. Most all of us like to celebrate Write ; To let the administration know how students and pro fessors feel about beginning the winter quarter on Jan uary 1, the Daily Tar Heel invites letters on this sub ject for publication in-the campus open forum column. Letters should bear the signature of the author, al though the writer's name may be withheld from pub lication. Notes over 250 words are subject to cutting. on New Year's eve. We like to do this annual celebrating with our friends at home, whom we see only a few times each year. Don't you think that we should be allowed this?. Are We Mice? I understand that several years back, some of the parents of students objected to having their children, travel on Satur day or Sunday, thus accounting for the fact that vacations gen erally end on Fridays. Are col lege students of ages from 18 to 24 too young to travel on Satur days or Sundays ? I see no reason why school should not open on Monday, Jan uary 4, 1937. The opening does not necessarily have to be delay ed until Friday, January 8, just so that school can open on a Fri day. I think that it is safe to pre dict that about 400 or more stu dents will cut classes, if they are held on New Year's Day. Under a new regulation, students will receive 30 days probation for each day of class missed directly R AD I O By Bud Kornbltte 9:00 WDNC Fred Waring's Show. WPTF Ben Bernie's Orch., Conrad Thibault, guest. 9:30WDNC The Caravan; Benny Goodman's Orch., . Geo. Stoll's' Orch., Rupert Hughes, m. c, Frank For rest, tenor., Chas. Boyer, guests. WPTF Fred Astaire, Chas. Butterworth, Johnny Green's Orch., Trudy Woods, and Guests. 10:30 WDNC News; Stars that Shine by Night. , WPTF Portraits of Har monyHal Kemp and his Orch., guests. 11 :00 WDNC Willard Robison's Orch. 11:30 WDNC Herbie Kay's Orch." WEAF News; Xavier Cu- get's Orch. 12 :00 WDNC Tommy Dorsey's Orch. WGN Louis Prima's Orch. 12:30 WJZ Jimmy Dorsey's Orch. following a vacation. It will sure be a fine record to have a tenth of the student body on probation from the very first day of a new quarter. , N. K. DICTATORSHIP To the Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Has it ever occurred to the trustees of the University of North Carolina that they were young once, that they enjoyed to cut up occasionally particular ly on New Year's eve or per haps, our noble trustees were raised in the strictest families who allowed them none of the dissipations of modern youth? At any rate it is quite obvious that the trustees either were completely oblivious of the stu dents' pleasures or else had ab solutely no intention of meeting the students half-way, or per haps they felt that the students would gladly celebrate the New Year in on December 30. Has it ever occurred to the trustees that a regulation that students attend classes on Jan uary 1 would scarcely prevent them from enjoying the New Year's eve? Has it ever occurred to the trustees that those stu dents from out of the state would rather accept probation for a' month than spoil their most hilajrious evening in the year? Has it ever occurred to the trustees that North Carolin ians after a glorious night would, without sleep, attempt to speed during the early hours of the morning to meet their 8:30 classes ? Has it ever occurred to the trustees that the' drivers of -these cars are more likely to be under the influence of liquor during the early hours of Janu ary 1 than any other day in the year? (Oh, pardon me. The trustees passed a regulation that the students of the Uni versity pf North Carolina do not "drink.) Has it ever occurred to the trustees that the drivers in this condition are more likely to meet with an accident than un der more normal conditions? Has it ever occurred to the trus tees that they, the trustees, will be, in part at least, RESPON SIBLE FOR THESE ACCI DENTS? Has it ever occurred to the trustees that an extension of the vacation until January 4 would mean a loss of only one class day to the University, but thatit would mean the difference be tween an enjoyable vacation and ' a miserable one to the students? PAUL EBERHART Ed. Note Not a Board of Trustees regulation sets January 1 as the opening day for the win ter quarter,., but an order from the University registrar. SAND AND SALVE By Stuart Rabb LOST LEADERS The South is rapidly becoming "a land of children and old peo ple." So reported President Frank Graham to the Southern Policy conference in Chattanoo ga last May. The Charlotte Observer finds that the South, especially Vir ginia and North Carolina, is los ing its vigorous and educated leadership. Southern youth finds richer opportunity elsewhere and deserts his homeland for the greener fields. Since 1930, Virginia has lost 21 per cent of her population by interstate migration. North Carolina has lost seven per cent. If the migrating elements were our undesirables, we might feel well rid of them. But they are our leaders, the best that the South has been able to produce. Unless opportunity in these parts can be made more invit ing, we have good reason for some first class pessimism. Correspondence MUD DEEP To the Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: The University has neglected in its repair program to observe the condition existing on one of the main thoroughfares leading to Franklin street. I refer to the short walk from the Rock Inn, past the Kampus club, and ex tending to the business district. This is without a doubt one of the main arteries which afford the students a short cut to town. Needless to say it is well trav eled at all times of the day. Last winter it was quite a puzzle to pick out a path dry enough to walk upon without sinking up to one's ankles in mud. The University has the possession of this strip of ground, and it could easily fix it up by laying down a few loads of crushed rock and gravel ; even cinders would be a blessing for those who have to walk along this way four or five times a day. What a relief to be rid of muddy shoes, socks, and pants cuffs. W. M. H. The regal and parental tyrant differ only in the extent of their dominions and the ''number of their slaves. Dr. Johnson. A young man feels himself one too many in the world. R. L. Stevenson. Ki!WGSHIJRIIiB V JS. WW X 1 V MONEV ' ? 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