.. . ,.at _ : • __ 4aroonUNIVERSITY OF' CHICAGO. ,THURSDAY, ocrosas 26, 1916.VoL xv. No. 19.CONTENTS OF OCTOBERLIT LOCAL TO CAMPUS· t,.q.r OON'TEAM HASNEW TRICK PLAYSFOR BADGER GAME'Mortar Board announees tbe pledg­ing of Dorothy Lardner,' of Daven­port,' Iowa.ROBERT DUNLAP ISMADE CHAIRMAN OFSETILEMENT DANCESamuel Kaplan Contributes Story ToFint Number-Poem by A1troceid. And Reyiew Of "CommOD Clay'"Are Included.stagg Puts Squad Through LastScrimmage In PreparationFor Contest. Will Hold Danee On ItndayNight, December 8, InBartlett.College spirit, as glorified throughthe eyes of a freshman gjrI at theUniversity of Chieago; severe cen .... sure of Robert Louis Stevenson forhis failure to understand Villon; con ...flict ,between art and conformity, asdemonstrated in the life of an imag ...Inatlve young woman; the develop­ment. of the Midway from a back­gl'!>und for a world's great expositionto a setting for a worldPs' great edu­cational institution; an' appreciationof a great man; a depreciation of a'bad play-these are the elements thatthe editors of The Chicago Literal')'Magazine have assembled for the Oc­tober ,issue.In_ two editorial ,expressions, II ACreed For' ContribUtions" and "To Robert Dunlap, '17, was electedchairman and John Guerin, '18, sub­chairman of the Settlement danee atthe meeting of the Undergraduatecouncil held last night. The dance. will be held Friday night, December'8, in Bartlett gymnasium.J oseph Levin and Elsa Freemanwere appointed chairmen of the Fin­ance committee, 'Margaret Monroe andLyndon Lesch chairmen of the En­tertainment committee, Stanley Rothchairman "of the Publicity committee,Marjorie Coonley and Arthur Hanischchairmen of the ReceptIon commit­tee, Nadine Hall and Dunlap ClarKchairmen of the Refreshment commit­tee, and Milton Henog chairman ofthe Music committee.Prepares Entertainment.The University Night proiram willbe held Friday, December 1, in Man­del Chairman Leseh haa� made plansto have a saxophone, quartet, motionpictures of' the Quarler-Centennialcelebration, speeches 'by . AssociateProf. Robertson and Associate Prof.Shepardson, son�' by the -Glee cl�band selections by the .University band...Nominations for class -officers willbe held Thursday $t 10':15. SenioDwUl 'meet in Cobb 12A, Juniors inKent West, Sophomores in Kent. �astand Freshmen in Kent theater. Can­didates in the Senior and Junior class­es will speak Tuesday, �ovember 7,andIn the Sophomore and Freshman�lasses Wednesday, Noy-ember 8.TheSe 'meetings will be held In the, same. places. The elections will takeplace on, Thursday, November 9.Not AU' WiD Speak.Only eandidates for the presidentin the three upper classes will makespeeches. In the freshman class thecandidat� for president will make aspeeeh and the other nomineea for of­flee witl be introduced.Chairman Huls of the Class Tick-.et committee, wishes to· meet thechairmen of' the four class ticketcommittees this morning at 10:15 inCobb 12A.ENTERTAIN CHICAGO ROOTERS HOLD NOMINATIONS THURSDAYMidwayites Will Battle To LaSt', Trench-Victory Would GiTe Cour-. age To Defeat nliaL Elections Will Take Place On Thurs­day, November 9-PresidentialCandidates Will Speak.Coacll Stagg will put his squUthroug� a last scrimmage this after­noon in' preparation for the Wiscon ..aiR game Saturday. 'l'omorrow will� devoted to a signal practice drill'and a general limbering up sessionwhich will close with the mass meet­ing and tally-ho party. The oddson the game are dec�aSi�g daily withthe . continual improvement of the Those Who Write," the sponsors forJIaroon team. - this, year of the magazlne-s career'ask for coritributions� although theyqualify their request. They specifyin several ways the kind of materialthat they require, without· giving' theyoung artists of the campus more thanone idea; they do not want whatthey do not want. 'Samuel Kaplan in "The Great Spir­it" contributes '& story of Chicago,of our own campus, our own footballmass'meetings, and even our own. G�n ball and ,our .dean -of women.Rudolph Altrocehi's pOem, "MidwayPlaisance," eoneems our community,also. The review of "Common CIay",­by S.· K., ends the contein:s as theyare begun,-with somethIng not' farremoved from �s.' '" Ayez Pit1e de, Moy" is John Grimes' title for a, sym­pathetic' interpretation of 121e cb�aeter of . FraJ;cois ,Villon. Walter'Snyder con�buted a.' story Called''The White Sheep," and ,John P.'Frey, editor of The' InternationalMoulders' Journal; has written a short'article on, Robert Franklin Hoxie._ Saturday's contest, will be the wen ..�th annual ,game between the Bad·. ger and Maroon teams, and of theseChicago has won ,10, lost 7 and tied 2.Last years victory over W-usc:onsinwas perhaps the most spectacular ofthe series and completely upset theJ!redictioDs of the critiCs who uni­versally selected Wisconsin for the,long end of the score. This was �eseeond time the Badger rooters were,taught that "Chicago fights, to wbi, forin 1911"the .. �gers came', down toStagg field confident of winnnig. Thatyear they had Keckie Moll· abd Eddi�,. Gillette, as good a pair of bac� asever perforiDed in the CoDferenee. Yet, Sbgg's eleven sent them home losers •in a 5-0 game. .Stagg' Prorides Pla,a.I � ,�l of which goes. to prove that. :�.' ,_ football contains th�t element of• 'i ,'eban� .which can De realized by the_ . fig]1tiDg team;' and this is not over-,,��,\ looked in the program .mapped outfor the Maroon eleven Saturday. CoachStagg has provided them with playswhich . Win trick. a brick· wall ' intomoving enough to allow a backfieldto slip' through, and the Une bas con­tracted the habit of charging. . This'takes eare of' two of the three ele­-,menta· lacking in the Purple game.TIte thi� one which was sadly lack-'iDg was fight, written in bold-faced.. , caps and followed by a dozen or moreexclamation paints. After the North:western game there were no queries" as to what ,was the matter with thei: t.Wn but 'why didn't they figbU' wasthe sole question., At ali events the loYal Maroon root­ers who journey to .Madison for the'game Saturday will see a team fight­iag in its last ditch and they shouldwin. To beat the B .. dgers before thelarge homecoming crowd would domuch to give the team courage for theremaining games which inClude tbeDlinois contest, an� there is no doubtbut that a victory over ,the niini isabout two years overdue.Arrange Entertainment.A despatch from the WisconsinBome-CoD;ling commission to the Ma ..roon yesterdaY,states that special fea­tures have been arranged to enter·tain the' Maroon rooter-- wbo' wJ1JjoUrney to ��dis�n. A Chicago boothbU been ·p�vided. at· the infonnal'i. .. :.� I. ('\j'I�'.'\.', .i'.,Prof. GGodspeed '1'0 Speak.Professor ·E. J. Goodspeed will meethis . Bible study c� for senior andgraduate women this afternoon at3:30 m the League NOms. Miss Hallhaa urged all who ,have sIgned up tocome, as. a definite program arid timeof meeting are to be decided upon.t �IWEATHER FORECAST.Fur aDd colder. Moderate DOrib·west wiIIda.THE DAILY MAROONBULLETIN.MUSICIANS TO DECIDEFATE OF ORCHESTRAAT MEETING TOMORROWToday.; ,Chapel, DiYiDity aehool, 10:15, Bu­"keiLPhysies club, 4:30, Ryeraon 31.Americ:aD association of UninrsityProfessors, 8, ClasGics.Freshman picture, 10:15, Walker. 'Disciples club, 8, HaskeD 26.Tomorrow.DeTotional sernce, Dirinity school,10:15, HaskelLUmTersit)' Dames, 3, Noyes.German ecmYersatloD club, 4, Lo�ingtoD 4 and 5-Studst V oInteer baDcl: '1:38, Ellis.'Jmdor e1 pkture, 10:15, Walter.-Fra 1� 12:45. Batdi�·lIIIIOaCRl .... Campus musicians will assemble to­morrow morning at 10:15 in Cobb12A to determine the fate of the Uni­versity orchestra. Director JohnBeach Cra'gun has suggested the pos­sibility that the organization wm notperform in 1916-17. Students who-are planning to jo!n the orchesira willbe welcomed at the meeting.Mortar Board PIecJp.'( Continued on Page 4) COACHES TO SPEAKAT SPIRIT SESSIONCaptain Jaekson Will Speak At MassMeeting Tomorrow Momlng--ClaasSocieties Make Preparations ForTally.Ho Party.Cheerleaders Townley and Harthave been making preparations fo�two of the biggest and noisiest "pepsessions" tomorrow ever seen at Chi­cago. A mass meeting at 10:15 inKent theater will start the day andat 4 :30 a tally-ho party will be formedto accompany the team to 't:te IllinoisCentral station at fifty-severit� street.Coach Stagg has been perfecting anumber of ne� plays to be usedagainst the Badgers and 'be will be.atthe mass meeting to give the stu­dents the correct "dupe" on the Ma­roon eleven. Captain Jackson whesays he has a lot of good news WIllspeak for the team. Coaches Pageand Rademacher who witnessed theWisconsin:Haskell game at Madiso'last Saturday will enlighten the stu­dents regarding the strength of 'theCardinal squad.Form Tally-Ho Party.The tally-bo party will be formed.at the southeastern entrance to Staggfield early in the afternoon, but' willbe ready to leave for the' station at 5.The Skull and' Crescent club will dec ..orate the tal�y-ho for the occasion,and the Score club will carry torches'in the procession. The Three Quar ..ters club will draw the team to the'..etation . and ·.. aU rooters win fall- . Into. line behind the tally-boo ' ._ ....Will Ran SpeciaLThe 'Maroon special will leave theNorthwestern station 'Sa�y mom ..ing at 8,:30 and will arrive at Madisonat 12:50. A su1ficient number of daycoaches to' accommodate aD who ma,go has been guaranteed by the North.western. A popular price lunch carand two parlor cars will be added to)be train. �e team will �tu!D onthe Maroon Special which leaves 'Madi­son at 6.Transportation tickets may be pur·,chased at the Information desk inCobb hall from 9:30 to 4. The ratefor the round' trip is $6.%4, no re­duction having men made for the spe­cial. Student tic:kets for the gamemay be purcbased at the businessmanagers office in Bartlett at thespecial fifty cent price. The sale of,all tickets will close tonight at 5:30.Run Seven Regular TraiDs.In addition to the Maroon special,regular trains on the Northwesternare scheduled to leave as follows: 2:25a. m.; 8:30 a. m.; 12:50 p. m.; .. p.m.; 6' p. m.; 8:30 p. m.; and 10:10p. m.Graduate Club To Meet.The Graduate History club- wntm«!t't tonight at 7:45 in Ida Noyesball All graduate students in His­'d·" h;\\'c been invited. MOULTON TO HOLDINITIAL DEBATETESTS TOMORROWList Separate Tryouts For Un­dergraduates And Profes­sional Candidates.INHERITANCE TAX IS TOPICWill Select Twelve Speakers To MeetIn Finals As Teams-Rou-tine Varies.Forensic activities on the campuswill be formally opened with the pre­liminary Varsity tryouts tomorroW'night at 7:30. Unde�uates� ,�Umeet in Cobb 12A and graduates Inthe Harper' assembly roorh. .:Speakers will be given. five minutea, for �onseeufive speeches and three, f_��'rebuttal. The subject for disCUBBion''Will be: "Resolved, That the FederalGovernment Should Levy a· Progres­sive Inheritance Tax, Grantee! ThatSuch a Tax Would be Constitution..a1."Six orators will be selected from·each group. The twelve candidate.'will be divided by lot into teams' tobe pitted' against each other in thefinals two weeks . from tomorrow.Here they 'will be Permitted eight mia;utes for construction and four for. refutation:- -six ., successfUl deb8.tonwiil be awarded scholarships amount-·mg to $80 each. . They also. Will be .eligible for election to Delta SigmaItbo. -Change .�tepa.The criterion in tomorrow's testawill be individual ability to select,develop and deliver a point. The bas­is for -selection in the final contest, ,will, be capacity for teamwork.Professors To Meet.Local members of the American as­sociation of University Professors wiDmeet tonight �t. � in the Classics com ..mon room. Prof. Henry Prescott, ofthe department of Latin, will preside.w. A. A. LlIDm In Madison. ...... .-MEFORMADISONMembers of the W. A. A., who aregoing to Madison for the iam� havebeen invited to attend a luncheon giv­en by the Wisconsin W. A. A., 'Satur­day noon at Lathrop halLBold SiDg In Lexington. .r Announcement bas been made by ,the W. A. A. that �e sIng sehed-'uled for today at 10:15 will be heJel.in Lexington 14 instead of In Kent.All women whether members or nothave been urged by the committee incharge to attend., " 1'�", "ft, '21 al·' 111,, " '�,' ar n 'll'n,,', "",', Maroon/haS 'e�en' gGn�,�.o t�':'as to�::"... � ltI ;J' HI..... '�mul�e"_'the Chiea.go Txibu�s 'tOur'�'", �y, ';�ighi 'Or '.wrong" �liey;' hY':!he OJricial StudQt 'N� of tb.:· rwinin-g '�o ,line�. ()f i»Ack:� �a, i* :�'UnivemtlT!f �J�� .; ,�," , 'the' place wliere itS e,ditoria1� shoultLbe, in which �e' are questioned as to ', Published mornings, except Sunday__ Monday,' ,during ,.:the :Autu�n" the future' indeterminate existence ofWinter 'ana Spring quarters, by The ',th�;' af�rementi6ned' Three' Quarters'pail), '14aroon. staft. "'" club. To some the wie�ding' o!' 'the'"EDiTORIAL STAF}i'. .. editorial hammer striking the academ-- B. .. SwaDaoa._._:.M .. gtng Editor 'ic anvil of, student opini<>n 'with ,the�' .. B N v.u.__ m08.kinl!J' of nothiilg n1ore, useful tba, n..... A. aer_- •• _." ewe �_& 'l!>B. ft N" ,,' '&"U.-a:.;._ t'I.J:". ... -: a lot of noise, is at, ill , considered ,b�e;.' e.ma ..... _ .. _,.� AlAU __C,..� G���.�_�..Nig1at Editor form; in ()ther words, 'he ''''0 pro ..,;.' d" .. _ .. 'II n,_, U.I:t eeeds upon a destructive negativing• Q.,' ��.__. __ "_ • ....,.y .I!IU.I or<In- w' <D.I..zi._-.I_ .. _ Uir ._ 'C..:II:",__ poliey with.· out', a resulting posit�ve-. ..... ,uaw� ••• _ ., •• elhl __ -, .··-CehIL.....:..�_ • ...A N.W8 Editor ,constructive eourseT does little to-w. s. Bea4er •. � �thletia I;ditor wards benefiting society. '.. A.'II..h'tirbL.Asst. WO.eD'S EditOl' This leads us to the question as toBtJstNESS 'STAFF' why all the noise against the Fresh-fl. C.llaw.u......._.;;..Business Maaagft man seciety. Because, 'tis .id, it isft -o-u. A B ... eI" a 'relie of harbar� a thing to '�'a .u.. � •• - ..... ....n,SIt.. . us. JAaaagshuddered at in these staid days. But�tof&�la::!\:.t�� then so is footban� and yet,for some, 'un4�r Aet of )fifth -8. t8'J3. reason we tolerate it;, $tiU, it is ar-,.,'., sul.etiptloa" Rates. gued, that the Three Quarters ctub:,JIY' Otrrier.. t2 .• a )'e!l,,'rLfl a ,quarter., ,aceomplisnes nothing; heither bas our: ., ..... • 7 .. r� $1.- a 4�r. ' football team so jar. In short, it is_. � Jt� 11:Uta 11 ab�t' as' s.eDSible� .on t'h�se al1m1Dents,'," -- ....... _.._;;., '-- y 1- \....... ,__. -- � - to think of withdrawing Chicago' from....... , O«tee,o BW8 I. the foetball eonference as, to with-,,', ', � .. ' B""btooe _1..draw'. the.. Tbrree Quarters !rem the,"" ....... .,. campus.., ,Bui'let it be a remnant of the DaT'bane. what red-blOoded mari is ther.e ''that'·has not some of the barbarian "Within him, and yet. is hUniant Art:we to gNW up � intell$Ctuai quin­ees· to . the exclusiOn of the enjoyment,of �ueb sophomoric' sport as enlivens: THE G�LERY AT THE DA.N.CE , the JnePlorie5 .or one's Freshman year Now _that .Chand1�r an4 Sells have,,:" y� 'Win.� them at the .Ile� .class when one gets to be a retrospeetiv�, had their say-so IBM puhlie ,appear�..... ·Uiding' � balustrade' at'the Senior.?· Does net the Dree Quaiters, , an� in ,the caJDPUS politie$l,$qu,,"1e,ead � the '$eeOIld ftoor, mJaey -ear�l elUb after ,aD aecOmpHsh something 'we sUggest that. theyJ give a purit,­�. �Dcmalant in ignoranee; , whie1l 'no . other ,freshman organizatum kBquet and invite their friends. T'Ite,�·wi11 eriticize.with their egetisti-, can dO', namelf, ,the iDstl1ling .,ol a 'eene'ge ,Inn··would pt�� \1s,.y ..'al ·ex�rt opimon those·. w�. dance: bindmg spIrit of· �ommdeship .aa .-:--bi�" They' win ,� ,�urteous :re,. .plea�le associatioos, which last$ , MODERN HEROES� NO.2. .. _ke about. this '�' and . that '910'"< ,not oilly thl"Ollgh eollege but' on into 'file freshman who wears � �weater,,""�, .. �. tlleir' finge� ,�t those Wb_o abnrini years? ''to ��BlSs., �' , .' ,.:, ,,� , " !_dO ft<,t� in their, unquestionably valu- '1\1$0, we ,r,speak �f building up "a.ble· estimation,. come 1;tp to··!nOdem chicago. spirit, and yet we are, at­standards of parlor art; and smile tempting to -cut it off in its very in­with, contemP.t' at their less �rlstoerat.. �pti�n. Is this not analogous t& car ..ie friends. ' rymg one's water home in a sieve?,'These para&'OIlS, of ea.m.pus soCiety A stranger by' rea,ding the Maroon' �ompose '. the familiar, gallery whieh would, think that the Three Quar,ters1.ppea1'8 at eve� class ,dance; they, .club were unpopular ,and yet thewere also present at the �eshman- crowd of ,interested onlookers atSopllomore mixer: They come early, these barbaric freshman anljes has not'Stay, long, and go late. They do not decreased. If it were unpopUlar theseeare, to dance, inasmuCh. as they -cannot, gatherings· would fall 'Off', 8Ild the factsecure partners who �, up to.' that the Window.s of every floor intheir -abi1ities� They are the men by Cobb are filled With amused speeta-,whom some people estimate the eour... -tors and the "0" bench surroJ.tilded bytes1' and ,gentlem.anliness �f the.'. the same, shows th.at the Three Quar�" University. t,ers club has an interest for the un-',, If these ehampi�ns of the elne'd<): der�ate. That three fratern:tiesnot find suitable partners at clasp; have. declared themselves against thedane'es, why do they come .at 'all? instituti'On does not prove it UhpopU­Would their time not be at bette!" lar for there .are' still eighteen oth:disposal in the librfu'Yt or even in ,the ers that are supporting it� One ofbilliard room? Is it necessary for the three'which have withdrawn their. them to offend University women as Juen until yesterday, had men out forthey do at class aff,airs of this n�, the institution.' There IlnUlSt have,ture? Have they no" respect for their been: a powerful force to- make ,that,class? fraternity change its mirid so sud-How long 'Will, we tolerate these! denly, after having committed jtself'.You will' see' them ,at the n,�x� -cl�s� . one' way by previously.' sending, outduee. 'men. At the astonishingly rapid rate I,at which· the fraterrrl'ties are provingthe Three �rs cluB 'unpopular,by :withdrawing �n from it, J should,say that in' five· lOr six years mere�hfJre will 'be, nothing left of the Qr.'ganizat,ion. . '" _ . '.At present. it �eems that, tb� but�den of ;proof is agaipst th,e stateme:n\that the Three Quarters dub' is unpop- 'tlJar 'and useless, which le:ada us ti)'1ll:ery: How long will 'we tolerate the�ttitude of the Maroon?\.\... \'-,, ....... "::��- ....8o'W' LONG WlLL·:g 'TOtERATE''lBB THREE 'QUARTMS CLUBf. -. ,._, " .� . . �I.iI 'I,�- .I "COMMUNICATIONS, ',t "/-.I (Ill :.new of th� faet that tbe -com ...• unieatieR eohu:nll· of The Daily Ma ...reon is maintained as a -clearing housefor ,stwiellt. aDd faeulty opinion, The� aeeepts, DO respensibillty forthe sentbllGt. thereia expressed."'COBtmumcatiens are wele0me4 by tM�r� and shmtld he signed as an,�denee of good faith, altltough theDame win not be puhlished without the, writus eonsellt.) .. H. P. H",t, The Edito:r Leaves �&Wn.1.0 Editor .of The Mar�on:ij. Mueh". has ,been said in the Maroon.of a deeiGed1Y d�t.Ogatory natti� to­_rds G.1ir. uistin#, li'r�hman o.rp.ll�.�the Three Quarters club. The...'• '""., ;��:.,. I" • .,,�. I ..... _". • '. • More 'Flow Space· Needed.To the Editor,of The Daily Maroon:-The iirst' Reynolds club dance hasco�e and gon��' Mea�whil$;' manymembeq· . .of the dub .. have: mad� aresolution neVer to .&ttend another club.. JI '''.. / �.. '.j .� .:·!_otI·· ... '" .... , " Elizabeth Walker is exc�ted becausethe neWs department· of· Tbe M:aroonfailed to put in. a pledge Dotlce when .she gave explicit notice to, 'have suchl• done. As a matter of fact, Elizabethis so. angry that, she refers to The'Maroon as the "four page dinky" �'Can y�u Imagine anything worse?Just· for that we are -going to tell a. Dgood, stQry abQnt Elizabeth in tlimor- nr::: �e_:-i:-:-::r bas started Ua' tennis tourna'ment and got away. Ibwith· a' silv�r cup we suggest that .I'' .... -.'Eli 'El.i- .. ,�Wal�r Earle start a swimm!ng tour.. i._ .._ •• ..eI!I "'"nament for a similar prize., ! 'articl-e concerningQ�arters club which -appears in theC()mmunieatioll eohram today iig��ul ..ly belongs ,-in this ganey of nonsensesay we,' .. What do you thillk' about?A �oUar to a doughnut that H. �.R: is afraid that he win n'Ot get hisseven dolb.rs w&rth in, meals." .'. '. - -'., ,.,,',.�I,Finney Houghton .claims that he will'fill this ·column· daily with palatablestuff, provided that the Salary provesattractive. Up to the p.�sent time, ,Houghton bas· not' been . hired.I'A. freshman· at the University ofOregon declares that he lives aDd ishappy on the anm of six' d&Hars a.m-ont�. He QeeatUouaUy buy.s a �upbone but; macaroni is· his eb.ief, articleof diet., :01<1 King "High ,Cost of Liv .."ing'� has re¢erved .� 1moek0ut·, blow.,. We prediet tlu!.t th�, fr.sbman will -de.: velop into· an �pera star.We Wonder' what kind of a ��t�'tion the, Interfraternity council willdiree.t again$t Alpha Delta Phi . 'at ftsne�t meeting.. It will pi-�bably reeom­.mend tllat the fraternit',� dissQlv.�.The results WOuld. be the Same .Is it just a mere coincidence thatKeny stands by �e Green?, Greta H<oglund asked to have some ....thing plaeed in this line. Th�' editorforgot, what i�, was. �is is the. cause· �f the, poor condition 'Of the",column ,today., A very slim day.Tomorrow. will be better.And Saturday-Me for Madisoft •.T.'E. H.dance. And there is just reaSQll. Al­though .�nfavorable weather ,keptmany m�mbers away, the flo<or wasso crowded that all. enjoyment wa<staken out of the party. With halfas many present, the fioo� would $tillhave been -crowded. \The same thing1 Occurred many times last year and theI year before; why· is such &1 condition, of affairs allowed to exisU', Can themanagement make 'SOUle arrangementto increase the floor space availableso as to accommodate the ,memberS9'f, the clttb? '. H •. L. '; ,� ,""Shoes plumb full of "punch" '"andC'strik'ingideas" --Shoes that :"�live',� and ,"�wide�awake" menprefer-s-shoes that discriminat-:'ing �ndpartic�lar dressers buy ;We recommend the� I Wi 'Ii S or M o del',. 'With, a thin, recedin'" .. .toe, small' punching ·tip and small invisi.eyelets to top. It is vcomfortable because offull tread acrossthe $'ball and snug fittingbeel.�Made of black calf or. tan Russia,OtAers at $6 to' $10.see. Our Windows·Walk-Over Shoe Sto·"131 South State, Street4 Doors North of Adams,i,,,·WHEN you. hear the front-dom-. knocker it means that somebodythat's ,out is tryin� t' get in. An' sameway with moot o�er knockerS. �'.No need to "knock" where your pro-.....,.. .............. , .... th ....... By...,. itJ·�bit of VELVET' is nnturally apd two I!P""'''.years to make it the 8IDOOthest smok·i�8tob�.,WILL HOLD GYMNASTIC MEETWestern Intereellegiate .AssOciatiODDecides OR Mareh For Coaferenee.for Rates., ,I At a recent meeting of the Western, Intercollegiate, Gymnastic assoeiation�it was decided to hold the annual Con­ference meet early' in March. �is.date will be aboUt a month eai'li�thaD the usual time. The· Universityof I�wa was .awarded the event., Th.ee gymnasium team· is fast round·ing into sht,pe,. in preparation for dual:nleets' to be held shortly. FreshmanaD� . Varsity· men are performing wen,according to' Coaeb Hoffner � onpresent indications ShOUld.' make astrong bid for, the�ational champi.on­ship. S' PECIALISTS in Glt., Photographs of sorfraternities. etc. Our,is eminently well fitte4'thi� work�It "oto9rClp'he"'�Top Floor McClurg ,:a218, So. Wabash A�CHICAGO, Begin. Greellkoase ExtensioD.Work .on the extension of the south'division of the Univ�rsity greenhouses', bas begun. The work will be comp}et-,'-ad 'as 800B as poSsible in order to giVf1space, to several impt)rtaltt expe!i_men\s ',which" are being ,heW, ., �fo�I� ,of rOom... I,,: ' . University women win hold ..this afternoon 'at .. in thetoo.i· of 'Ida' Noyes 'halt .... ,­,'lion fee ot,ten,eents will �� .. < •'. .J. •, ,.''I1IB:: 'DAILY JfAROON� THURSDAY. -'0C'T0." �, UtG... \ ....... :'_.�, .."Chicago, '\1;"s. ';Wis consin•) ! '� > ",.. ••Madison, Saturday, 'Octo her 28th. . . ':. .' .. 'MA'ROON" SP'ECIAL TRAIN.. '----�----LEAVES--------�&' 'NorthwesternChicago Ry, 'Passenger "Terminal,'\ ' -Madison" Canal and Clinton Streets'", 8: 30 A. Me Saturday, October 28th, High Class- Equipment, including Cafe Lunch Car.' RETURNING-Special Train'. .-. leaves Madison at 5:40 P. M., ,._.Round Trip"Railroad Fare, $6.24'R'ailroadTickets at Information Booth; Cobb Hall,'Wednesday and Thursday,··9:00A.M.to 4:00P.lVI ..;. . ",, .,, .' '. '." Some': Reflections' on, "Common Clay."By ,I Ch�des ,Stern� a' p�ay by � existence in ADierkanL drama of' that peculiar specieS which."'it is rarely ,one�s fortune'to enco1lm-, .ter� in. actual, experienee-the eour-tesan of . .utter impeee��ey. For ,anumber of years Dolly Montrose hadbeen living 'with "Samuel. Filson in un-·wedded' . bliss. Samuel 'was destinedto become one of the nation's legalilluminati, a fac� which Dolly diVin­-ed, ' So when he r�, for senator,Dolly, fe�ing lest her extra-legal af-filiation with him might cause hisenemies to slander him. justly, ranout to. 'the 'nearest lake, or river, andimmersed herself in the chill waters., Many 'years after' this blterestmgepisq(ie, the eurtain rises on Mr. Kin":.kea«J:s play� Samuel Filson, who basfulfilled· "the promiSe of his you.,Mr. Cletes, KInkead, sitting one day finds himself confronting a. yo.ungin bis law�of[ice' in Louisville, Ken- serving maid, who. is in eourt to se­tucky, looked out upon the world� and cure jastke-in the shape of a large-unlike the Lord at the close -of the 'annuity-for the illegitimate sea ofsixth day-sa", that it was not .ver, . a"Yale senior, in whose mother's'horne'good. Mr. Kinkead noted that mas. she has been employed. Lawyer F'il�tel'S sat while servants stood, that the son quite· mSdvertently· ealls to.' the.poor were' unprovided with automa- 'Witness-stand ·Mrs. Neal, �he girl's',bileS, that the men of the younger mother. After having sworn to teUset were giv:en to seduCing, the women the truth, :'the whole truth, and so6£ ·the. lower classes. Mr. Kinkead forth, Mrs. Neal gives, a �ew quota ...brooded upon 'these and sundry othe� ,tions from the New Testament. and,social maladjUstments, ·unt.il 'he ,ae" if I �ember rightly from. the Newquired an, acute case of Welschmerz. Republjc.-;(but of this, I am not sure)In his, reformatory zeal, he enrolled -and then. announces that she is no�at Harvard in Prof. Baker's, eourse E11e�'s mother at all-that the childin English 47,' whieh�, a$' YGu' doubt- 'had been inmsted to her mallY yearsless know, is' a. �rse in' "th&. prin.. ago with_ the injuncti<ln that its iden ... ciples ef adaptation,.' ,Plotting 'Strue- tity be never :revealed,. that upon ber .ture, . characterization, climax aad (Mrs. Neal's silen�) depended thesuspenSe, dialoglUt,. aIui the making wen-bemg of one of natur,,'s noble-,of. seenarios.." . .AfteT a suitable. time mell.· Lawyer Filson presses the,had elapsed, Mr. Kinbad beeame 1m..: \ worthy W<mlan� howeveri �nd at last.Fernated � Dr. ilaker'$ ideas, ,and' elicits the information tlult-. Yes,udergoing a f�erish accottelement,' you bave guessed it. DoUy, before,was deilvered of"an, opus' to, which he . drowning herself, had -giV4,m- birth to.\.'gave the " DaDle. ot "Common CIa" .. - little Ellen, ,,!to was at tha�"Iery,mo-. ' ." ueo __ n "'�� is ��possibie'.s. (Continued � Pa�e 4)COMl\ION .CLAYA new American Drama in, ThreeActs. and' an Epilogue., By. Cleaves Kinkead.� CHARACTERS.Mrs. Fullerton •.. � ... ":,, _ Ida Darling.Richard. Fullerton' .. � Russ Why talAnne Fullerton, .: :Virginia Landis'Eil.en Neal :_ � __ ._ CIaTa JoelArthur ,-Oakley _ Dudley HawleyHugh Fu�Ierton ·.8ydney Booth, Judge Samuel· Filson ;. ... .Jolm MasenW. P. Yates _ ..... _ ..... J&seph WoodburnJudge of' Police Court _.John RavoldMrs. N eal ..... � ... _ ..... �_ Mabel Colcord, 801 In Re� .Chlb.�' .. � '.....�el'Ship. of the Reynolds_ now. reached· a total o� 809.._;e.at the pr�nt time 623 ae­, l� 4SOciel . me.mbers. '.'.r i' ,.\' i'l � , ., .,.:.,.,.! .. , ... :, ....... ,.: ... :,�' __ .' .. J_.���.:...�� '_�oi1lIIiIillfIlIIiIIIIIi!iilliiiiiilllllil __ l1IIiliiIIiIiiilIIII __ ... .... ..... _ ..'1IiIIIi· .......··_'Typewriting Supplies. \ .Vellow Seco'nd Sheets,. Bond Typewriting Pape.,Merchants Bond Paper,100-Sheet Tablets, '50-Sheet Tablets,T�pewrite, Ri,bbons� _ �Oc per .�am• 90c per .eam• SI per ream.. - 25c each10c each50c-and 85c eachWoodworth's Book Store •I .1311 E. 57th St., near Kimhafk Ave.WfP Buy and Sell Books of all 'kinds,"Red Wing" Grape Juiee, Genuiae, OW-Fashioned Caady .. '" '.Makes his iee ereams and candies a little better.ttian most, as good as' allY. , �Yon'll see people you know-you'll enjoy wbat WiDiablS serves 7011 .',55TH AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE' '.Press IssUes Quarterly.'The Oetobel" DtJJnber 'Of the 'Cla ..sical Philology, a quarterl)'· devotedto reaeareh work 'in' the LangUages,Litera� Bistory,.and Life of CJas..si� Aatiquity, has 'just .beaD . pol)..1isbetJ by: th UDiverSiq Pm.. ' Prof. Grope",' To Speak..' . '.Assistant Prof. GroDOW, of th8 "_" ,partment of GermaD, will- �1'e8S 0.:, :,' 'eGerman, club tomorrow - at '4:G .:: ." .-:­LeXington .14. ,- German Con __ �. \ ' '�classes' wiD' meet at " JD, � .4andq_� '" '"._, � �' ,J. _. \... , 'j1'''', Idance , .. ttl the ·�..satuaaV '-' 'lite <BrownSOB'-eI01'l1ll bold'"A ��igh� ,.�'.'; : ness m-eettng :llomJay 'at -4 -in Ida I�" The PJ'(}graDl as aDDoUDeed by the Noyes assembly batl. Ofileers wiD be,,ilOmmittee. follOws: -elected and a social program will be, arranged. New stU4ents . $re blvited·to :attenti _.-\Prof. ''E. T. 'MerriU spoke on "An.Saturday. .cient .Problems .in .GeographY" at a'9:�Alumnir registration tent. mee�iQg.of .. the Women's ClaSsieat,.. .ens 'at .Alunmi.� -dub .&.at. nigllt .in ,tee \CIassIes.�Duild-.: ll:00-AJ:llmni;-eouwdl ;�. .; imi-.'J2:�'M� �·-_t ·by:t.na." '. . 5:3&-6�AlumDi reception at �- i2!� wrttMB. . throp hila . -' . 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'. ..' ., ,. ,> .Genuine '-Import�d Irish homespuns inveee and brown heather mixtures, tailored espei.a1-ly for � in smart double breasted, pinch�back ..styles at -', -" "-' - , -" - . -'. ,.. '$28, :Otiaer Suits 'Up to 140' " ..SOME R:BJ1,ECTIONa, OK."COM140N CLAY �"JIleni :facina' ber father in court. Law­� 'Fil$cm taket the 'gn.t home withhim, and tells her how SOr17 he- isfor all the \rotten business. Havingheard tfta.t she has a pleasant voiee,· he deeid�it that she must st:udy abroad, :..at th9 same tim$ having £ht rAP· edges ground otr her English.. .But the' play is not Jet finished,.In a few minutes the curtain ri�son the epilogue., in whieh Ellen Neal,er EUen FilsOR, or what you wiU,,;baabecomes 1Madame .Some�ng-or..other, .a famous �loratura sopJl'ano� She andher " parent, bot.h dressed in maDJ' 'beautiful garments, come to visit tl!ef�ther of Ell&n's cluld. Hugh FUller­ton, for st.teb is. his name, folds li� .1lu:g,bie"s ·mother t.o his bo&o� and,tnalllike, asks her to become hiB wife.IHlen, w()�anlike, gratef�ly eon_�,sents to be made an honest woman.Now t am in a po$ition to state thatthe drama I· ba�e·.tut o�tHn.ed f01'. ,t'· you �. a problemptay. In faet, there;. can be no �o opinions on the �ubjec-tf�r on· the opening Big-'ht, so.,e9'llm·'�k in AuP� Mr. 'l\Iasoa.' at tucleat 'Of the Iyrieal . 'tbirl -. act, .4rew' .•� lUDkead from··tite· mng. aRd the·� •. mad ... o• .spee.eb ,·in·· w'We1l; .:he pren01lneed these words, " -CommonCIat' is·.a p:t.$lem �ptay." u.e.'.sa;jd ,some. o-tber �$,' toG, . Wb!eh' r have 'been thankless 9nou.th to .forget.. 'Xdon't �mb-er, however, bis hav�­ing 'eXplained just what the pFOblem.was, and up to the present d&te, I havenot been :able to -ma1te it out. .On ,.eond· th�ts,_ hoWever. I ..neve '} �ve! detected a probISm 'in .·'CO'DlDl($ Clay." If 1 wete writing a.��' thesis, 1 $hOutd CertaiRl, Use ';a.$ m.yaDject;"Th6 tnllue� ..f,Suder-­maan Oft Cleves lUidread."'. trhere" . � .a.. little' Aou,bt.' ,£\at ''CaJBmo.a:�'�, is' direetl1 .in8l1eneed b� '"Bei- '1-mat." Bo� ·dramas -deal 'With 1\':tady �who sins, aad \\Tho becomes an operastar. In eaeh (af�r the lady has at­·tained ,.operatic eminenee), there is a .belated oRe!"' of' marriage. In. Ellen's Icase as in Magda's there is' reason to. a$k 'wbether the ma.n involved w�the only one.· Magda, how.ever,. sins . OFFER OPERA SEASON.after' having taken up the path of . SEATS TO .STuDENTS.-'sOOg� whereas 'Ellen has it· over':and I •done w:ith before ,embarking upon that UliiverBit,y Members May S�e Tiek ..-career. And�. denouements of the. ets At "BecIueed :bteS T�twO' .dramaS' are strikingly different, " In . DeaR's Olfiee.. \refieeting '·-continerttal � an4 Amerieanideals of artistie endings. In fact, it. ··Opportunity win be offeree temor-,may be possible to prove �t·, the : row to st.lidents� faculty iaDd em­American's masterpiece is an inver- ployees of the 'University to purchasesion ot the Ge,rmants Well, J can't go . season tickets to �he grand i)�ra .atinto this intel'estmg ma�ter a:t greater. redueed rates. These seats may be'length. B�t 'if any graduate stu� . obtained in � Lovett's office JMday'dent wiS'hes to make u,se of the idea, between. 1):45 and 11 :45, and eom ..'I 'Shan be bappy to help ,bim in any prisee'tAe middle -section .of the maiDway r can. . baTco�1· From 'the' tenth . to four-'.teenth rows the seats range·.1n p�e�-from $20 to ..$15, .and _the remainingseats $15 to $10. r ..''The Univ.ersity' is desirous of hat... "i� at 'Ieast �irt1 ,students take ad-'vantage .of this O(fer"'" ..said Dean Lov ..ett. .�day. ."The _seats�are" iD..,.Oexcellent "1eeation and the :offering-aof the ClOlllPaD)' ·Of ,the best. This' isthe opera's sixth season. The &easOn', - __ --------- __ ------..--.,,,,.opens on-Nov�ber .l� ana _cl�se J.�nll- I,r- __ --------------------------­aey 2O:� -.any.of_ the �andtm1.o:PerasWitl be given ed a, �lendid companyof 'famOus artists 'has been e.ga�to. present. them. There wiD be' some.new '.. .opefas �;" '.. ,.' .•- \ 1 �e �or". Clolles .•.§I5· �20 · �25I'. ·C�Ueg� .Flo()�, Jhe '1 hird .. THE�1l1JiUB··.··_'enry C.LYtton (i SonsN. E.-· ,Cor. State arid Jackson',The Choice'ioE the P.rofessional M.\The Stand­ard Inte�­:changeable':' ".type Type-!Writer . The Ne\f�ultipldHa�mODaThe fUngulst .The Mathematician . The PhY$icianT.he Chemi,st'Seno fer illustrated catalog .and- also our:specialproposition to studentsThe Hammo� T-ypew�iter Com'. 189 W-est �Mac:lison Street, /1Merlill Adiresses Ch6., .' We'}:aad that ,p�rsonal touch that makes for PFEeT Printing .. ,._ .• ,e.. . 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