Vol. 31. No. 46. illatoonUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931 Price: Five Cents,HOLD ENROUMENTFOR STAGE-CRAFTINSTRUCTION TODAYDramatic Association)onsors NewSchoolSp<CLASS MEETS AT 4Will Gain ELxperienceMirror Show andPlayfest InA school in stajfe-craft, sponsoredby the Dramatic association and ded¬icated to all phases of production,includinft stage design and costum¬ing^ will hold its preliminary enroll¬ment today at 4 in the Tower room.The purpose of the classes is to giveopportunities for activity to peopleinterested in the technical aspects ofthe theatre.Tower Players ConductNo such course is included in theUniversity curriculum this year andit is impossible on a regular limitedproduction staff to give work to allthose who are interested in the backstage realms of the drama. In theinterests, therefore, of the physicaltheatre and its stage settings, theDramatic association is inviting stu¬dent enrollment in the stage-craftschool. Classes will be conducted bythe Tower Players under the direc¬tion of Gilbert White, productionmanager.Weekly LecturesWeekly lectures, dealing with thehistory of the theatre, stage decora¬tion, and discussions of modem ten¬dencies in the theatre will be presen¬ted by representatives of down-towntheatres, Frank Hurburt O’Hara, andmembers of the Dramatic associationwho have specialised in variousphases of production. Other weeklytalks will be concerned solely withthe construction of scenery and thetechnique of lighting.Theatre ObservationsThis factual data will be supple¬mented from time to time by firsthand observations at the most inter¬esting loop theatres, such as theGoodman. Here the class will be¬come acquainted with the more elab¬orate equipment employed in produc¬ing drama in an ultra-modern man¬ner. Tbe intricacies of costuming,its history, design, and constructionwill be handled by Mrs. MinnaSchmidt and her assistant, Miss Cice¬ly Foster, who teach Universitycourses in costuming from whichcome most of the costumes for Dra¬matic association productions.Practical KnowledgeOpportunities for acquiring prac¬tical knowledge will be offered in the **production of the Playfest and Mir¬ror show at which the entire class Final Tryouts InProduction at 3Final tryouts for Mirror and thePlayfest will be held at 3 this af¬ternoon in the Tower room. To¬day’s tryouts will conclude a threeday session which is the only oneopen to students during the win¬ter quarter. Mirror wiii oe pre¬sented February 27 and 28, andthe Playfest is scheduled for Jan¬uary 30 and 31.Frank Parker, dancing coachfor the 1931 Mirror production,vill conduct a two day tryout from2:30 to 4:30 next Wednesday andThursday in the Ida Noyes thea¬tre. Mr. Parker, who is an alum¬nus of the University, and whois known as a solo diseur onthree continents, will assume fullcharge of the ballet and specialtyiance numbers in the sho^. GRANT DEGREES INFOREIGN RElAnONSSocial Sciences DivisionEiStablishes NewFieldFrancis NeilsonGives LecturesDuring QuarterNoted Author ContinuesTalks In ResponseTo InterestA series of twenty-two lectures on“Art, Science, and Religion” willbe offered by F’rancis Neilson, author,critic, and playwright during thewinter quarter as one of the Uni¬versity’s free public lecture courses.The lectures will be given at 4:30in Harper Mil, on Tuesdays andThursdays during the months ofJanuary, February, and March, be¬ginning today.The course has been developed inresponse to the wide interest whichwas aroused by a shorter series oflectures which Mr. Neilson delivered 'here in the autumn.Born in EnglandBorn in P'ngland, Mr. Neilson firstcame to the United States in 1885.Since then, he has been active indrama and literature in both Eng-1land and America, and has been in¬volved in English politics. His best-known books are “Manabozo,” “TheBath Road”, “How Diplomats MakeWar”, “A Strong Man’s House”,and “The Old Freedom”. In addi¬tion, he has eight plays, a book ofverse, and a dramatization to hiscredit. His “Desire for Change”was produced in London in 1925,and “The Impossible Philanthropist”in Paris during the same year.Between 1910 and 1915 Mr. Neil¬son was a member of tbe British par¬liament and editor of The Freemanand Unity. He has been a critic forthe Theatre magazine in New’ York,director Froman in London andfor the Royal opera at Covent gar¬den, and an actor with the Gillette It is the intention of the newlycreated Social Sciences division ofthe University to place additionalemphasis on the study of internation¬al relations and »to grant advanceddegrees in this field, according to re¬cently announced plans of this divi¬sion.The graduate faculty of the Uni¬versity has decided that it is appro¬priate to have plans made for awardof the degrees under its jurisdictionin fields cutting across departmentaland even divisional lines. PresidentHutchins believes that this decisionniay have great effect on the coursesof study in all the upper divisions. Itinvolves specific approval of a plansubmitted by the division of SocialSciences for conferring the degreesof Master of Arts and Doctor of Phil¬osophy in International Relations.First Opportunity of KindUnder this plan, students desiringadvanced work in this field as prepar¬ation for research, teaching, diplo¬macy, or foreign trade will be ablefor the first time to avail themselvesof all the opportunities offered atthe University for the study of in¬ternational affairs. The plan calls fora division of the work into its gen¬eral and regional aspects. The gen¬eral fields include international lawand organization, international eco¬nomic relations, diplomacy and dip¬lomatic history, the psychology, ofinternational relations, political geog¬raphy, and colonial policy and ad¬ministration. The regional fields tobe studied are the United States,Latin America, the British empire,Europe, the Sla-vic countries, theNear East and the Far East,This plan of coordinated study inthe field of international relationswill be put into effect by the Uni¬versity at the beginning of the nextschool year.Work in 12 Departments CAGE TEAMS LOOMSAS BEST IN YEARSGame Tuesday Marks• Maroons as ThreatIn Title RaceBy defeating the speedy Marquettefive at Milwaukee Tuesday night.Coach Norgren’s cagers establishedthemselves as a definite threat inthe 1931 'Big Ten title race. Mar¬quette had previously trounced theBrigham Young quintet which ac¬counted for the only reverse the Ma¬roons suffered in their pre-conferenceschedule.The local boys are a fast-scoringoutfit, having accounted for an ag-gi’Cgate of 191 points against five op¬ponents, an average of thirty-eightpoints per game. The Maroon’s at¬tack hinges around Capt. Fish, Yates,and Stephenson; the first two con¬trolling the ball, with occasional as¬sistance from Stephenson, who comesin fast for a close shot. Yates andStephenson are both deadly shots,and able to break up a game anytime they are having a good nightat the hoop.Parsons Wins Center PostThe work of Keith Parsons in theMarquette game just about estab¬lished the tall sophomore as regularcenter. Parsons ‘ batted in threebaskets on follow-up shots and helooked much improved on defense,both in guarding his man and inpicking off rebounds. After a badfirst half against Budrunas, Mar¬quette pivot man, Parsons discoveredhow’-to handle the play. At the ratethat Parsons has improved in thepast six weeks, he should be a first-class center before the season isover.Coach Norgren’.s new type of at¬tack is working smoothly, and themispassing that used to be an earlyfault of the Maroons has beeneliminated. The home boys will opentheir conference schedule with afast»breaking and sure attack, and arapidly improving defense.Indiana First OpponentIndiana, the Maroons’ opponent intheir Big Ten start at BloomingtonPrevious to the inauguration of i Saturday night, looms as one of thethis plan, students desiring advanced | strongest title contenders. The con-study of international relations have i ference race promises to be hotlybeen required to meet all the scholas¬tic requirements of one or anrftherof the specialized social science de¬partments, whether the demands ofthat particular djepantment had abearing on international relations ornot. In the future, such students willhave available to them the resourcesof a dozen departments of the Uni¬versity and will be examined for ad¬vanced degrees in world affairs assuch. contested this year, with Michigan,Indiana, Purdue, and Northwesternas early season favorites.The jineup that went through thepractice games will continue into theconference schedule, with Yates andStephenson as forwards. Parsons atcenter, and Ashley and CaptainFish at guard posts. Scott Rexinger,forward, and Jim Porter and KenFraider, guards, give Norgren ef-(Continued from page 3) Student BooksObtainable MondayWinter quarter student “C”books may be obtained Monday atBartlett gymnasium, it was an¬nounced yesterday. Students whopurchased Fall quarter books mayobtain the new books by present¬ing the cover of the old book.Basketball tickets may also be pur¬chased separately for five dollars.Inasmuch as no arrangementshave been made for taking iden¬tification pictures for tbe newbooks, it is expected that studentswill be asked to furnish their own.This is the first year that sep¬arate basketball tickets havebeen placed on sale; formerly“C” books were sold only at thebeginning of the Fall quarter. Thenew arrangement has been mademainly in the interest of studentsentering the University this quar¬ter. PSYCHOLOGY TESTSNAME TEN LEADERSIN FRESHMAN CLASSNo Decrease inCollege StudentsAfter DepressionAttendance Is ActuallyIncreasing In SpiteOf Hard TimesGenuine Economic Liberty Should BeAim of U. S., Claims Roger Baldwin“Economic liberty in the United j In nine out of ten cases that comeStates should be the object of the before the American Civil Libertieswill have a chance to build scenery Fjoman companies. Mr. Neilsonand work on a stage. Presenting such i ^as the founder of tne Brotherhooda course this quarter offers unusual Movement in England, and was pres- _ ^ _I»dvflntatrp« in that Plavfest is to be i English League for the people of this country, instead of the j Union the people are laborers. Mr. , j conditionspr^cefin the Reynolds club the! i Taxation of Land Values. He is at I ^lire while Mirror is to be on the 1 Present a resident of Chicago,larger stage in Mandel hall. This All accounts of a business depres¬sion to the contrary, attendance atAmerican colleges and universitiesshowed an upward trend in 1930.The annual study of RaymondWalters, dean of Swarthmore col¬lege, published in the current issueof School and Society, shows thetrend exceeded that of the last sev¬eral years and almost equalled theper centage increase of the post¬war period.Used 431 InstitutionsReports from 431 college institu¬tions of all types in every state ofthe union show that on November1 there were 578,671 fulltime stu¬dents enrolled in American colleges,an increase of 3 1-2 per cent overthe figures compiled November 1,1929. The grand total attendance,including part time students andthose enrolled for summer coursesin 1930, was 871,184. The total en¬rollment of the University of Chi¬cago as given by this report is 11,-757, placing it fifteenth on the listof American colleges on the basis ofenrollment.The analysis of Dean Waltersshows that 60 per cent of these col¬leges and universities have more stu¬dents than last year. Colleges hav¬ing less than 500 students reportedthat 50.5 per cent of their numberhad increased, while the larger in¬stitutions reported that 71 per centof their group had enlarged their en¬rollments over last year.Shows Faith in EducationAccording to Dean Walters, theeplanation of this growth probablylies “in the continued faith of theAmerican people in higher educa¬tion, and likewise in present econom-dual presentation will offer not onlytwo theatres in which to work, buttwo types of shows, the three oneact plays and the musical revue.In addition to the experience to jbe gleaned from tbe course, regularattendance will entitle students tomembership in the Dramatic associa¬tion. THIRTEEN TEAMSWILL COMPETE ININTERSCHOLASTICFreshmen Women WillGreet New MembersThe winter program of the Fresh¬man Woman’s Club council will beinaugurated Monday, January 12tb,when a tea is to be held at Ida NoyesHall at 3:30 for the newly enteringfreshman women.The Council is sponsoring the teain an endeavor to acquaint the new¬comers with the function and plansof the Freshman Women’s Club, asit did last quarter with the largergi’oup of entering freshmen women,and also to introduce them to themembers of the club council. Thegroup of new freshmen is small, butthis first social function of the quar¬ter will aid them in making acquaint¬ances and also in gaming a footholdin campus activities, it is believed. Thirteen teams have entered theseventh annual interscholastic swim¬ming meet of the University of Chi¬cago, which will be held Friday andSaturday (Jan. 9 and 10). Fourmore teams are expected to enterand there is a possibility of severalsuburban teams being added to thelist of starters if dual meet conflictscan be adjusted.Tbe entry list includes all of thebest teams in Cook County and themeet promises to be a fight betweenSchurz, last year’s winner; Engle¬wood, Lane, and Maine Township.Most of the stars of last season’steams have graduated and the per¬formance of new men will determinethe winner.Valentine of Lane, one of the out¬standing individual performers lastyear, is one of the few stars to re¬turn to the meet, and will be thefavorite in the 40 to 100 yard freestyle events.The usual keen competition in therelay races will be provided, with(Continued on page 3) small civil liberties ordinarily sought j Baldwin asserted that a new order ifor, and this economic liberty can j in which the capital of the Unitedonly be secured if tbe people be- States is not New York is becoming ‘When business and industrial(Continued on page 2) Questionnaires IndicateCapabilities ofGroupNAME TEN HIGHESTProfessor Thurstone AuthorOf Tests Given EachYearcome class conscious,” was the viewof Roger Baldwin in a lecture on“Freedom of Speech in America”sponsored by the Liberal club of theUniversity in Kent theatre yesterday.Mr. Baldwin is director of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union, anorganization which attempts to pro¬mote free speech n the United States.The “gag” is put, says Mr. Bald¬win, where the spot is the hottest,namely, where the economic statusis affected. He quoted George Bern¬ard Shaw as saying that the massesneed information on economics andsex. It has been since the war thatcensors and courts have put on thelids to newspapers, radio talks, stageappearance, and have even gone sofar in ‘twenty states to continue“making” the people read the Prot¬estant bible.Russia Partly ResponsibleHe placed protests against strikesand injunctions as being the causefor the most disturbances, the realrights of fifteen million negroes sec- jond, and the “red” talks next. TheRussian revolution is responsible forthe reflex in the United States. Theauthorities in this country are notafraid of any revolutionary moves,but of 'the action of eight or ninemillion unemployed. necessary, and that this will onlybecome possible when the farmersand laborers realize that they haveto promote intelligent class move¬ments. These class movements canonly become general after a longperiod of education. He cited the5,000,000 vote for LaFollette in1924 as only being a drop in thebucket to what will be necessary.Cites Whitney CateMr. Baldwin cited several exam¬ples of the injustices of the Americangover,nment in its attempt to regulate“free” speech and action throughoutthe country. The courts hold it acrime for a person to associate withgroups construed to be doing harmto the government. He spoke ofthe case of a California woman ofprominence. Miss Sheila W.iitney,who was convicted for ten years af¬ter an association which was termedcriminal. She had belonged to a so¬cialistic club in Oakland that dividedand the group she was in “wentcommunistic”. At the first meetingfifteen of the members were arrest¬ed. Miss Whitney had never utter¬ed a word, but she was convicted andthe decision was upheld. Her fam¬ily’ position and personal integritybrought a pardon from the governor. ANNOUNCE DATESFOR LECTURES ONCHINESE CULTUREThe dates and time of the publiclectures on “China’s Cultural Trans¬formation,” to be given this quarterin Mandel hall by Dr. P. C. Cbang,visiting professor in ComparativeLiterature, have been changed be¬cause they conflicted with the talksof Francis Neilson. This Chicagoauthor is giving twenty-two lectureson “Art, Religion, and Science”.The new schedule of Dr. Chang’slecture's, to be given in Mandel hallat 8:15, is as follows:Tuesday, January 13, “China’sCultural Transformation.”Tuesday, January 20, “Transform¬ation in Chinese Thought.”Tuesday, January 27, “Transform¬ation in Chinese Art and Litera¬ture.”Tuesday, February 3, “Transform¬ation in Chinese Education.”Tuesday, February 10, “Trans¬formation in Chinese theatre.”Dr. Chang is Dean of Nan KaiUniversity at Tientsin, China. Heis giving a course on Chinese Litera¬ture at the University. Freshman abilities, in relation totheir backgfround and personality,have once more been gauged by thepsychological and scholastic aptitudetests that are given to each enter¬ing group, and the ten highest rank¬ing members of the class of 1934named.Jack W. Loeb, Winnetka; EdithM. Johnson, Chicago; Solomon J.Jacobson, Oak Park; Ruth I. Bar¬nard, Chicago; James S. Martin,Gary, Indiana; William H. Bessey,East Lansing, Michigan; George J.Eisenberg, Chicago; Malcolm F.Smiley, Chicago; Paul Sel’gman,Hubbard Woods; and Robert L.Schoenbrun, Hubbard Woods, arethe ten who scored the highestgrades in the tests which were givento the class of 750 that entered theUniversity last October.Prof. Thurstone’* TestProfessor L. L. Thurstone, of thepsychology department, is the com¬piler of the tests, and since 1924,every Freshman who enters the Uni¬versity has been required to fill outthese questionnaires at some timeduring Freshman week.Of the ten highest in the class of1934, eight are men and two.arewomen, while seven of the ten arefrom the Chicago area. Only one ofthe group, James Martin, is a mem¬ber of President Hutchin’s pickedgroup of “smartest” Freshmen whowere selected for his two-year liter¬ature survey course on the basis ofpersonal interviews.The purpose of these psycholog¬ical examinations, as explained byGeorge R. Moon, assistant to theUniversity Examiner, is to determineif the student is capable of collegework, for satisfactory passage of thetests is a definite criteria of abilityto fulfill college academic require¬ments. The information gleaned fromthe tests connects the general back¬ground of the individual with thegrades he ultimately makes in theUniversity, and indicate wnat rela¬tion may exist between these twofactors. The psychology departmenteach year makes use of the casematerial gathered from the tests forits research activities, while otherdepartments of the University maylater refer to this record of a stu¬dent in determining his eligibility forspecialized work in that particulardepartment.Reveal CapabilitiesMr. Moon commented yesterdaythat a student who has not indicateda sufficiently high degree of capa¬bility in high school to qualify himfor work in the University, may of¬ten show on these examinations hissuperior capacities for advancedstudy in some particular field.This same psychological and per¬sonal examination as compiled by(Continued on page 3)Railroad OperationSubje^. ^ Dc^bate“Should the United States Ownand Operate the Railroads?” is thisubject of the debate to be given at3:30 Wednesday, January 14th, inRoom D of the Reynolds club bouseat a meeting of the Freshman Debat¬ing union. Following the debate thereW’ill be a period of open discussion.Harry Carter Davidson ,instructorin the Department of English, is thesponsor of the organization. He isassisted by the freshman debatingcouncil, composed of David Blumen-stock, Melvin Goldman, Jaclv Loeb,Allan Marin, and Ben Ragir.The n^embers of the club willchoose the subjects for future de¬bates of the organization. The ac¬tivities will not be limited to debateamong the members of the union,but will also include intercollegiatemeets.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1931iatlg iiarnonFOUNDED IN 1901THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOPublished morninKs, except Saturday, Sunday and Monday, during the AutumnWinter and Springs quarters by The Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University Ave.Subscription rates $3.00 per year; by mail, $1.50 per year extra. Single copies, five-cents each.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the poet ofTice at Chicago,Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879.The Daily Maroon expressly reserves all rights of publication of any materialappearing in this paper.Member of the Western Conference Press AssociationEDGAR A. GREENWALD, Editor-in-ChiefABE L. BLINDER, Businei^s ManagerJOHN H. HARDIN, Managing EditorMARION E. WHITE, Woman’s EditorALBERT ARKULES, Senior EditorASSOCIATE EDITORSWALTER W. BAKERMARGARET EGANHERBERT H. JOSEPH. Jr.JANE KESNERLOUIS N. RIDENOUR, IIMERWIN S. ROSENBERGGEORGE T. VAN DERHOEFSOPHOMORE EDITORSrO.M BIRDRUBE S. FRODINBION B. HOWARDJ. BAYARD POOLEGARLAND ROUTTJAMES F. SIMONWARREN E. THOMPSONSOPHOMORE ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERSROBERT T. McCarthyJAMES J. McMAHONSOPHOMORE ASSISTANTSJOHN CLANCYRICHARD DEUTSCHDAMON FULLEREDGAR GOLDSMITHCHARLES HOWENORMAN JORGENSONCHESTER WARDMAN EDITORSDOROTHY A, BARCKMAN ALBERTA KILLIEMAXINE CREVISTON ELIZ.ABETH MILLARDMARJORIE GOLLER INGRED PETERSENELEANOR WILSONJOHN MILLS, Photographic EditorNight Editor: Louis N. RidenourAssistants: J. Bayard Poole, Tom BirdCURRICULAR EXPANSIONSometime ago a campus editor advocated that a prominentliterary figure be secured by the University to supplant Mr. Wilderwho had such a brilliant success here among the undergraduates.While courses such as those offered by Mr. Wilder during his briefstay here are perhaps an intelligent means of getting the undergrad¬uate to realize what real literary work means and whata real literary figure does and thinks in the flesh andblood, the University has begun expanding along otherlines which increase and extend its sphere of influence ratherthan limit its attractiveness to any one set of student inclinations.The innovations in expansion include two subjects of contem¬porary interest which have received international attention becauseof their intimacy in the past two or three years with economic andpolitical tendencies. The first of these is in modern police methodsand involves such developments as scientific crime detection, hand¬writing and forgery, and the uses and efficacy of the recently in¬vented lie-detector. The starting feature of this course is that itdoes not regard the guardians of the law as a group of trained Swissguards whose proclivity for fighting with clubs should be brought iout, but that it regards them as integral factors in the moulding of jan outworn routine into a useful social science. !The appeal of the course to civic officers has been enhancedby the appearance of such figures on the lecture platform as AlbertS. Osborn, Dr. John A. Larson, and Profiissor Vollmer himself.The fact that the science of crime detection and its concomitant,crime prevention, are still in the embryo stage as far as usefulness Isconcerned, raises the hopes that such a galaxy of experts will, withthe aid of their pupils, annex gradually a sufficient amount of datato render the material suitable to tangible and actual use.The second of these new courses, is one given by Dr. P. C.Chang on cultural transformations in China. This subject has oc¬cupied the center of world-wide newspaper attention, but it is safeto say that despite the rising importance of China in internationalaffairs, the average reader hardly suspects that the country or itsimportance transcends the production of rice and squabbles over |opium smuggling. Brought to a varied audience by one who has !an intimate and analytical picture of the developments as they oc- jcurred on a contemporaneous basis, the course should create an |interest that will surpass mere curiosity.Both courses are indicative of a trend in University teachingand University policies to exceed wherever possible a set of limitsstandardized by academic precepts. The current of the educationalstream is broadening while it is deepening, and consequently theidea of what should comprise the limits of a curriculum are fortun¬ately changing. Actual value is being instilled which can be meas¬ured by actual results. No doubt, there is a reason for teaching theundergraduate that the history of the Mediterranean world is asessential as business law for rounding out a preliminary preparationfor life, but when imminent problems demand an answer some¬thing besides intellectul satisfaction must be devised. It is the pur¬pose and duty of a university to intelligently answer these newqueries; it has the meafns; and it has the ability.Chicago has set out on this new course. It is gradually ac¬complishing the difficult feat of bridging the gap between the text¬book and the practice of its precepts. A unity is being forgedwhose effects will in a few years create momentous changes. E.A.G. THE TRAVELLINGBAZAARByART HOWARDBefore we forget it, which is verypossible, let it be stated to thatfreshman’s favor about whom wesaid, not long ago, that he got mar¬ried over the holidays that he cameback to school and found that hehad received three A’s as his bonusfor the past quarter’s effort. May¬be the prof knew all about it andslipped him the impossible as a re¬ward for his actions. It’s a shamewe can’t tell who it was.* ♦ ♦ ' .This department has just receiveda very nice post card from Curleyof Kelly who, it seems, has been andis still spending her time at WestPoint entertaining the cadets. We |trust that Curley has not bitten off alarger chunk than she can- chew.4< * «Most of the most observant peopleon campus have noticed recently andnot so recently as well that BobAnderson and Libby Reynolds maybe seen together most any time ofthe day or night. While it is not ourpolicy to pass anything like censureon any such actions, it might be wellto warn all who may be concernedthat such actions on the part ofRobert, at least are simply seasonal.Next year it might even be....* * *We hear that Teddy Linn againstall things he has ever done before,took roll the other day. “Jackson”,he growled. “Are you the Jacksonwho published the sen.sational storyand said that I approved of it?”'“Yes”, .said Jackson, although hedidn’t say Linn approved of it.“Well”, said Teddy, “I can see thatyou and I aren’t going to get alongthis quarter”. And Jackson, who is I reputedly a very smart boy, didn’tdrop the course.« « *It is all so fashionable to razzMr. Linn that we hesitate to do so.Nevertheless, one of his most recentprize stories deserves comment. Anearnest looking woman came up toLinn and asked him to read het novelmanuscript. “I haven’t time for that,”said Teddy. “Oh, I’ll pay you wellfor your time”, said the woman. “0,K.”, said Linn thinking he ^ mightscare her as is his custom, “it willcost you fifty dollars an hour”. Tomake a long story, Linn took tenhours to read the stuff and thentold the woman that her novel couldnever be printed.♦ * ♦Abe Blinder, as most of you know,is business manager of this sheet anda good one, too. Thinking that we imight jostle him a bit we said onseeing him one gray afternoon, “Ah,'Blinder. Blinder than usual”. Cameback Abe, “No, love is blind, but Iam Blinder”. Not so funny, as Dr.I Harshe says, but clean.* *Every time the mercury drops be¬low sixty there is a certain elementaround here who shudders and startstalking about Palm Beach. The re¬sult is that there is usuallv a respect¬able representation of students whogo to Rollin College, Florida, for thewinter which is an accredited schooland at which practically no workneed be done. This year, however,probably due to the depression, theonly emigrants are Helen Baker andher kid brother Ed.* * «Full professors, we are coming tothink, are quite as funny as most col¬lege joke books would have youbelieve. The other day full Profe.ssorGeorge Spencer Monk met his classas usual and ran downstairs as soonas it was over. A student, yes, astudent met him on his way back upto the classroom. The professor ig¬nored the fact that he had neverseen this particular student. Saidthe professor, “You know, I’ve beendrinking milk for the past three NO DECREASE INCOLLEGE STUDENTSAFTER DEPRESSION(Continued from page 1)openings are lacking for their chil-1 dren,” he states, “parents who havesavings are disposed to send them onto college.” He adds that this hasI been done more in the case of boysthan in girls. There are decreases inattendance at numerous women’s col¬leges and in the enrollment of wom¬en at a good many of the large co¬educational universities, his reportindicates.Grand totals, including full-time,part-time and summer students, forthe twenty-five largest universities inthe United States follow;Columbia 33,144New York Universiy. . . . 29,214College of the City ofNew York 24,752California 22,797Minnesota 18,505Hunter 15,447Illinois 14,169Northwestern 14,152Pennsylvania 13,828Ohio State 13,730University of SouthernCalifornia 18,627Pittsburgh 13,515Boston 12,713Western Reserve 12,450Chicago 11.757Michigan 11,756Cincinati 11,454Harvard 10,850Wisconsin 10,663Univ. of Washington(Seattle) 10,197College of City ofDetroit 9,342Texas 9,203Nebraska 8,993Temple 8,992Fordham University. . . . 8,781months and have gained sevenpounds”. Does that sound very rel¬evant to YOU? GOING!GOING!GONE!are some of the goodbargains in ourClearanceSaleofBooksBut you’ll still find lotsof good items at veryreasonable prices.Come in and lookthem overat theU. of C.BOOKSTORE5802 Ellis Ave.New Year resolution,/that will not be broken!We resolve to give the same excellent food andservice in our shops as has been our policy inpast years, and which has been responsible foithe high regard that the students of the University have for the Maid-Rite name. We will alsokeep the same progressive manner of improvingour service whenever more modern means areavailable—our quality of food cannot be im¬proved.TheMAID-RITE SHOPS, Inc.1309 E. 57th Street1324 EL 57th StreetTHE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1931 Page ThreeWOELLNE SEEKINGPRACTICAL VALUE INCOLLEGEJDUCATION“Where to use what one haslearned in college” is the problemwhich Robert C. Woellner, executivesecretary of the Bureau of Voca¬tional Guidance and Placement, in¬tends to alleviate in a series of print¬ed pamphlets now being collected.Each one deals with the vocationsopen to students having had trainingand special interest in the work car¬ried on by a major department ofthe University.Botn students and professors havecooperated with Mr. Woellner in in¬vestigating the tie-up between thecontent material dealt with by a de¬partment and the vocations whichcenter around such material. At thebeginning of Winter quarter, elevensuch investigations will be printed,and placed on file for the students*convenience in the Dean’s office, theoffice of the Board of VocationalGuidance and Placement, the Wo¬men’s University council, and Har¬per Library reserve desk.Two Major ObjectivetMr. Woellner believes that a col¬lege student should have two majorobjectives in mind. The first of theseobjectives should be the developmentof worthy intellectual interests.These two objectives are In a senseone objective, for the selection of avocation should be based upon one’sintellectual interests. Both of theseobjectives suggest that college en¬vironment offers a student an oppor¬tunity to study his own mind andthen to train his mind for that typeof work which it is best suited.”Mr. Woellner suggests that in se¬lecting a vocation one should gathera general description of the wholefield and of the specific vocation;that is, will it continue throughout alifetime, does it deal with necessityor luxury, is it of constant or fluctu¬ating demand, or what contributiondoes it make to social progress orJ’-being*' There are also personalcharacteristics essential to success inthe vocation that must be considered,namely personal appearance, attri¬butes of intelligence such as speed inreaction, ability to remember facts,critical powers, etc.; social attributessuch as an ability to get on withothers; and an independence and self-sufficiency demanded in the vocation.He also advises a careful investiga¬tion of the character of the work, theprobable “promotion line” it offers,and the returns one would expect.Individual ResponsibilityHowever, as Mr. Woellner states,“It must be realized that the selec¬tion of a vocation is an individualresponsibility. No science, to date,has given one man or group of menthe ability to select the vocation bestsuited to the abilities and tastes ofanother person Individual tastes orinterests are best known by the indi¬vidual possessing them, and such in¬terests are the most dependable cri-Ijeria for making the first stp inlocating the general field of voca¬tions wherein one vocation is to beselected.” 'In other words, in academic life,profe.s.sors emphasize the develop¬ment of intellectual interests. It isthose intellectual interests that shouldbe the basis for vocational selectionby the student.It was in October that Mr. Woell¬ner first wrote to the departmentalheads telling them of his project in {vocational guidance and asking forcooperation. Since then he has re- 'ceived, he says, “A surprisingly en- Icouraging return.” The eleven!pamphlets which are being printedhave been written by both studentsand faculty members. Among thesepamphlets are: Miss Edith M. Rob¬erts’ “Home Economics,” Professor.Shields’ “Commerce and Administra- i tion,’ Professor Millis’ “Economics,”Norman MacLain’s “English,” and! Sophenisba Breckinridge’s “SocialI Service.” Dale Letts will write thei pamphlet on “Psychology’.’ under thei direction of Professor Kingsbury;William Rainey Bennett will writethe “Art” pamplet under ProfessorHugh Morrison; and the Phi DeltaKappa’s are writing the “Education”pamphlet.Three Pamphlets Now OutThree pamphlets have already ap¬peared in print: “General Educationand Selecting a Vocation,” by C. S.Boucher, dean of the collegfes, andA. J. Brumbaugh, associate dean;“Chemistry,” by Professor JuliusStieglitz; and “Political Science,” byMiss Frances Gale.Deans Boucher and Brumbaugh in“General Education” state that atthe University there are four divi-siohs of college courses which are asfollows: the humanities—includingmodern and classical languages andliteratures, philosophy, fine arts, andclosely related subjects; the socialsciences—including history, politicalscience, economics, sociology, andsimilar courses dealing with socialbehavior and relationships; the phys¬ical sciences—consisting of chemis¬try, physics, geology, astronomy, andkindred subjects; the biological sci- jjences—comprising botany, zoology,i physiology, and like subjects. “EachI of these fields is so important that' some acquaintance with it is essentialI to a well-balanced general education.I A student who avoids courses in anyI one of these fields because he has noj interest in them is doing himself anI injustice in that he is allowing hisI general education to remain incom-! plete,” both Deans assert.I Aspire for Heights; Professor Sti^litz, in his pamph-I let on “Chemistry,” discusses the; preparation for professional work! available at the University in bothI undergraduate and graduate fields.I Professor Stieglitz believes that in“Entering any profession, a personshould aspire to get to the top or asnear as possible to it. To do this ini chemistry requires in these days com-i plete professional training, the besta Ph.D. training, or a high-class! training in chemical engineering, in-cluJ.’^i? some postgraduate work. A 'chemist'A sfr9P''f«t conjp^itors ha\„*.this training, and to be fair to him-' .self he must plan to put himself on ■I a par with the best.”I Miss Frances Gale believes that i“Political Science embraces a wide '(Variety of occupations. The great!I majority of those occupations require |I special training such as is obtained jthrough graduate study.” In theI leaflet which she has writte'n she re- |! views the numerous fields open to I: political science students. jMr. Woellner is planning, besides Ithe circulation of these pamphlets, a !series of talks given by alumni ofthe University on their vocational ex¬periences. These will be held dur¬ing the winter quarter for the benefit |of the student body.Mr. Woellner has been ExecutiveSecretary of the Bureau since hisappointment to the office last year.At that time he was principal of theUniversity High School, givingcour.ses in Education and VocationalGuidance at the University.CAGE TEAM LOOMSAS BEST IN YEARS(Continued from page I)fective substitutes, and other menwill doubtless develop before the sea¬son is over.Yates has been the pivot of thecagers’ play in all the games to date.His loss by injury to the 1929 quin¬tet was a serious blow, and contrib¬uted to the cellar finish that the Ma¬roons turned in last year. He is asure passer and a deadly shot, andhas been high scorer in the fivegames which have been played.The Maroons’ first home game isagain.st the Michigan five, on Jan¬uary 17. ‘THE SEA GULL”—The GoodmanMedvedenko Kent SmithMasha Florence WilliamsPyotr Sorin Butler MandevilleKonstantin William 'BrentonYakov Hale MacKeenNina Zarechnya ... Katherine KrugPolina Margaret LoveDorn Earl McDonaldShamrayev Carl KroenkeBoris Trigorin Harry MervisIrina Arkadina .. .' Karen Nielsen StevensonCook Sara FentonServant Thomas R. Fuson“The Sea Gull” is not a Jed Har¬ris production but it is Shekhov, andwithin its artistic limits, the Good¬man has caught the charm and ir¬resistible melancholia of the Rus¬sian paywright. A venture intoChekhov requires a certain amountof courage for his are not the kindof plays that can be treated thought¬lessly. Mood is part of the essentialcharm of a Chekhov play and a com¬pany which fails to impart it treadsa dangerous path.Dr. Maurice Gnesin, head of therepertory school, has prepared an act¬ing version which, on the whole, ad¬mirably realizes the mood, but theplay suffers most from an ensembleacting that is disproportionate in itssum effect. Dr. Gnesin has exerciseda precise and excellent skill in hisdirection of the actors, notably withHarry Mervis and the guest art,Karen Stevenson. Mervis does, whatseems to me, the best work he hasever done at the Goodman in therole of the novelist Trigorin.' AndMiss Stevenson provides a competentinterpretation. Unfortunately, thetwo very important parts fall toKatharine Krug and William Dren-ton, two of the younger guard ofthe Goodman company. And bothof them flounder around in a fashionthat makes part of the evening quitetrying.Nevertheless, if you have neverseen a piS^. Chekhov, the Good¬man production will’ i.”t’-oduce youto a playwright who is, by odds,one of the great dramatists oipast fifty years. The charm of “TheSea Gull” serves to bring out, sovery clearly, how pallid and tawdryso much of our current drama is. InChekhov there is characterizationsuch as one only finds in a novelby Dickens. And there is a melody,a gamut of emotions, a touching re¬straint, that is quite foreign to thenative drama. If these things are notapparent to ‘you, it is because of“Uncle Vanya,” for had you seenthis earlier in the season you wouldfind the same mood present in “TheSea Gull.”This is the first production thatMr. Gnesin has directed at the Good¬man and he is to be complimentedfor the effectiveness that he extract¬ed with his acting material. Mr. Gne-sin’s version is in four acts. As athree act play “The Sea Gull” endson an extremely climatic and stir¬ring note. Hold Meeting ToForm Riding ClubAll women interested in forminga Horseback Riding club will meetnext Wednesday at 12:30 in the Cor¬rective grymnasium to consider plansfor the club’s organization. JeanneAlvord, horseback riding representa¬tive on the W. A. A. board, will bein charge of the meeting.It is planned to have club ridesat least once a week, with specialinstruction in jumping for advancedriders.THIRTEEN TEAMSWILL COMPETE ININTERSCHOLASTIC(Continued from page 1)Schurz, Englewood, Maine, andLane all capable of record breakingperformances in both the 160 yardrelay and the medley. The mark inboth these races has been cut everyyear.Teams entered up to last nightinclude Austin, Crane, Calumet, En¬glewood, Harrison, Hyde Park, Lane,Maine, Parker, Roosevelt, Schurz,Tilden, and University High. Bowen,Fenger, Lindblom, and Morgan Parkare also expected to compete, andNew Trier and Oak Park will enterif their dual meet scheduled for Sat¬urday can be postponed.Psychology Tests(Continued from page 1)Professor Thurstone is used in near¬ly 150 other college institutions aboutthe country for the same purposes.The gross scores from all these in¬stitutions over a period of years hasplaced the University in fourthplace among those schools using thetests. The highest score ever madein the examinations was achieved byJohn Stevenson, now a senior at theUniversity, when he took them fouryears ago.CLASSIFIED ADSRUSSIAN language taught by ex¬perienced teacher. Phone Ind. 6150.4274 N. Spaulding Ave., D. Ariew.YOUNG couple leaving town. Mustsell all or part oi 5 rms. of Beaut.en, silverware and many small piecesin wonderful cond. 1428 E. 69th St.,Mid. 9473.LOST—Small lady’s wrist watchwhite gold with black cord braceleton 59th St. between Woodlawn andKimbark. 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Eleanor Merlin (Metzel), guest.Tower Room.4:30—Lecture, “Family Welfare,’ Karl de Schweinitz, ExecutiveSecretary, Community Council of Philadelphia. JosephBond Chapel.4:30—Graduate Home Economics Seminar, "Doings in the Fieldof Child Psychology,” Dr. Helen Koch. Hoffman House.4:30 The Physics Club, “Dissociation and Predissociation in BandSpectra,” Dr. S. M. Naude. Ryerson 32.6—Radio Lecture, “Psychiatry and Crime,” Dr. John A. Larson,Institute for Juvenile Research. Station WMAQ.BEAUTIFUL TYPINGSarah TaylorWork Called For and Delivered1434 Plaisance Crt. Plaza 5346(Blackstone south of 60th) Wabash 6360 GOODMAN THEATRE 1Lake Front at Monroe Central 4030 1Until Feb. 1 1“THE SEA GULL” Iby Anton Chekov 1Niirhts except Monday—Mat. Friday |Special Matjnee Thurs.. Jan. 8 1Apply to Daily Maroon for Special Rates |BLA COON-SANDERSI fiprsTmy^^»st. vear and a good oUlTheirCKHAWK NIGHTHAWKSWe again have for yourentertainment the nation¬ally known music of Coon-Sanders. The seductivestrains of these scintillat¬ing syncopators insurean evening of unexcelleddancing and pleasure.139 N. Wabash Ave.Restaurant Excellent menu—a dining place forthe most partic¬ular. Either tabled’hote or a la carteSECOND HAND UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOKSLaw—Medical and CollegeWoodworths Book Store1311 E. 57th StreetOpen Evenings Near Kimbark Ave.Page Four THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931“Above Pompeii” is Large TruthIn Small Packages, Says BoucherABOVE POMPEII—by Ernest i departure for an archaeological ex-Hatch Wilkins, President, OberlinCollege, (The University of ChicagoPress, 1930. ix 73 pp.)By Dean C. S. Boucher“Large truth in small packages” pedition. -“Art as Spiritual Energy” showsthat the process of art production,in any field, consists in the releaseof surplus spiritual energy throughthe rendering of a certain impression,would seem to be an appropriate sub- ,jjt;iiizing, a particular artistic medium,title for this little volume. Thoughthe nine talks and the concludingpoem can be read in one sitting, theyshould not be so read. The readingof each little gem should be followedby a period of contemplation muchlonger than the time de\ .ted to itsreading, and then it should be readagain.Most of the talks and addresseswere prepared for college audiencesat the University of Chicago, atOberlin College, at Western ReserveUniversity, and at Beloit College.Only a consumn'kate idealist withthe soul of an artist could have writ¬ten these little masterpieces, andonly one who has at least somethingof the idealist and of the artist inhis makeup can read them with dueappreciation. “Sermonettes”, onemay say. Yes, but sermons that onerelishes and does not at all resent.Though each talk is a unit com¬plete in itself, there is something ofa unifying theme which pervadesthem all—the future, far longer, farmore important, than the past, ispast-given, but it must not be past-bound. This idea is given fullestand most direct expression in thefirst talk, but varying phases of thesame idea are presented in the othertalks and in the concluding poem.“Above Pompeii,” the talk whichfurnishes the title of the volume, tellsmost vividly how the author gainedan intense consciousness of the real¬ity of the past, of the reality of thefuture, of the course of human civil¬ization and of our place therein, of areadiness to accept change, or tocause change. “Truth Increasing”(the first lecture delivered in theUniversity of Chicago Chapel) bringsfull realization that “the ranges of(ruth as yet unknown sweep infinite¬ly beyond that which w’e know, evenas the tens of millions of centuriesahead sweep far beyond those whichto live on the basis of truth increas¬ing than on the basis of truth static,though the former is far harder thanthe latter.“Three Lives, If....” shows howthe course of history might havebeen disastrously different if Lin¬coln, or Joan of Arc, or Jesus, hadlacked something of the spirit tokeep up the struggle. “Rameses IIto James Henry Breasted” was spok¬en in impersonation of Rameses IIat a dinner given in honor of Pro¬ be it architecture, sculpture, painting,music, or literature. The store of sur¬plus energy must be large; the im¬pression must be one of widely hu- iman appeal; and the rendering must jbe completely loyal. The apprecia- ition of a work of art consists in iopening mind and heart to receive 'the impression and the spiritual en- jergy which it conveys, and to receive !as well a finer sensitiveness to simi- jlar impressions, and an enlarged |capacity for spiritual energy.“Dervishes and Votive Hearts”tells how the author gained an abid¬ing tolerance and a certain reverencefor ceremonies of authentic worship,however foreign; and more, for “theundiminished eagerness of man’soutreaching beyond his own power,the unconquerableness of man’s de¬sire to lay hold on some gn"eat sourceof fullness of life, leads one, at theleast, to the resolution, religious inits essence, to do all that one can inthe mediation of an ever larger lifeto the humanity which so intenselycraves it through the ages.”“Liberalism” is set forth as “anattitude of mind, in the field of hu¬man relations in the large ,includingfirst, readiness to believe that the |unfamiliar may be better than the ifamiliar; second, readiness to toler- iate and to promote experimentationdesigned to show whether the unfa¬miliar is in truth better than the fa¬miliar; and third, readiness to accept |and to champion the unfamiliar whenconvinced that it is better than thefamiliar.” To the definition are add¬ed a paraphrase, a twofold caution,and a hope, which should be read byall self-styled or would be liberals.“September” is addressed to Ober- ]lin College students at the openingof a new college year, and “Com¬mencement” is addressed to a de¬parting class. “The Shapes of Life”is the only one of the ten whichseems to the reviewer to be ratherfarepd. and, nnworthv of a.ssociationwith the other nine.It is impossible in a short reviewto do even a modicum of justice tothe real beauty and the great worthof this printed collection of “largetruths in small packages.” Any col¬lege or university community wouldbe the better, were each member ofthe community to have this volumeon his table for ten days, read onesection in a few moments each day,and think it through repeatedly inmoments of lull between strugglesfessor Breasted, shortly before his ' with problems of the day.TYPEWRITERSWhy go further,when yourneighbo r h o o dstore has the verybest “buys” andSERVICE atyour finger tips.Besides having the largest stock of new and rebuilttypewriters on the South Side, we are here from8 A. 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They think “Remember” isthe latest song hit, and are planning to get#“Main Street” out of the library.What is it that makes the difference betweenfront-rank and rear-rank families? Tempera¬ment partly, of course. But the real answer isthat one group chooses to keep posted while theother is willing to remain in ignorance.It is just as certain that the leaders in anysocial set read the advertising columns and takeadvantage of their suggestions as it is that thetail-enders do not.The advertisements tell you how toget the most out of life(Reprinted from the Daily Maroon 1928-29)