Vol. 34. No. 69.Our LoyalOppositionBy MARIE BERGERIt has been very hard to remaina member of The Daily Maroon edi¬torial committee, while constantlydisa^reeinp: with the editorial pol¬icies. Recoffnizinjr this situation, theeditor has allowed the opposition toexpress its view’s in this column.The Maroon’s editorials on educa¬tion have split the campus into twocamps and each camp into warrinp:factions. That is just what the Ma¬roon wanted to do, since it believesthat dissension is a stimulus tothought. But so far, the Maroon haspresented only one side of the issue—the editor’s opinions. Here is a mi¬nority report.[’lease recall the editorial on brick¬layers versus architects. There wasstated the proposition that a proodbricklayer needed to know’ only how’to lay bricks; but that an architectneeds a preneral idea, a plan of thebuilding as a whole. In other w’ordsa mechanic need know only facts,but the planner must have a conceptof the architectural scheme ofthings. Quite true—but not thewhole story.A bricklayer need not know’ thearchitect’s concept in order to do hiswork well. But an architect, if heis a good one, must know all aboutbricklaying. He must not only know’how to draw’ designs of the finishedstructure but must understand count¬less details of construction.architectureEvery new, virile style in archi¬tecture follow’s some new develop¬ment in construction materials..Athens had marble to use, so theGreeks could build their temples onthe principle of column, lintel, andpediment. Assyria had no stone butonly mud; their buildings were madeof bricks. Medieval Gothic cathe¬drals were not built until Europeansfound out how to use stone and glass..Architects today could not conceivethe idea of a skyscraper withoutknowledge of a number of factsabout steel, riveting, electrodynam¬ics of elevators and lighting.1 believe w’e could generalize hereand say: no valid, practical conceptof a structure as a whole can beformed without a thorough factualknowledge of con8ti*uction materials.This applies also to the structurecalled civilization.Let us see now what are the basicissues of the argument. Both sidesseem to agree that the purpose ofeducation is to enable students tounderstand the world we live in.Both agree that this purpose can beattained by finding out a number ofbasic facts about our w’orld and re¬lating, integrating, and giving direc¬tion to this data. Facts are notenough, and ideas cannot be had outof the blue. Sometimes w’e are un¬able to distinguish facts from ideas.Hut there must be a synthesis. Thedisagreement arises over the ques¬tion of whether data about thepresent world or great ideas of thepast should be studied first in a gen¬eral education.the editor says—The editor’s argument runs likethis: The present is the result of thepast. If we know the past and es¬pecially the great ideas which haveled mankind to the present point inhi.story, we can better understandour own day. With this intellectualperspective the acquisition of infor¬mation does not consist merely ofamassing a lot of unrelated data butbecomes a process of sorting out andevaluating.Here we disagree. EducationSeems to us to be a process of rea¬soning from the know’n to the un¬known. It is more vital and import¬ant to us to find out about our ownW'orld than to start with what is mostremote from our experience—thedawn of history. If the present is theresult of the past, why not study thepresent and reap the results of thepa.st? We question, too, w’hether thegreat ideas expressed by the editor’s100 geniuses can be understood un¬til a student has lived a lot, andthrough living has acquired the ex¬perience and maturity to appreciatetheir profoundities.We think it is impossible to repre-■sent accurately student opinion onany campus, but we are leaving thiscolumn open to persons who thinkthey can represent it. With such col¬umns as this, combined with the Let¬ters to the Editor column. The DailyMaroon can become a real forum forall student opinion —ed mt mHv iKlaroonUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1934CHORUS PRESENTSRADIO RROADCASTSUNDAY WER KYWSmith Directs Singersin Chora! Programin MandelThe University community willhave the opportunity to witness aradio broadcast from Mandel hallSunday afternoon when the Univer¬sity Madrigal Singers directed byCecil Michener Smith presents thesecond of a series of choral pro¬grams over KYW from 5:30 to 6.Secular and religious songs will befeatured.There will be no admission chargefor the broadcast. However, thedoors will be locked promptly at 5:30and no one will be permitted to en¬ter or leave during the program.The ProgramThe complete program follows:Choir: Praetorius. Sing we all withone accord. Bach. Break forth, Obeauteous, heavenly light.Palestrina. Sicut cervus. (Like asthe hart) Attwood. Teach me, 0Lord, the way of thy statutes.Gilbert and Sullivan. Choruses from‘‘The Yeomen of the Guard.” Solosby Ruth Emery Riddle and JosephHaden.Wagner. Chorale, ‘‘.\wake!” from‘‘Die Meistersingcr.”Solo: Haydn, With Verdure clad,from ‘‘The Creation.” EleanorWendt, soprano.Schubert: The Fishermaiden. JosephHaden, baritone.Vocal Ensembles: Morley (16thCentury Englissh) My bonny lassshe smileth. Ruth Emery Riddleand Jeannette Noyes, sopranos.Alice Mary Baenziger, contralto.George Buck, tenor. Joseph Had¬en, baritone.Union Meet* ThursdayThe Divinity school of the Univer¬sity in cooperation with the ChicagoTheological Seminary’, The MeadvilleTheological school, and the DisciplesDivinity House will be hosts at thetenth annual conference of the In¬ter-Seminary Student Union of theChicago area which will be held nextThursday. The theme of the confer¬ence is ‘‘Building the New Commun¬ity Through An Effective Ministry.”Religion Lags BehindCultural Changes inOther Fields—OgburnThe fact that religion has tendedto lag behind changes which havetaken place in other fields of culturewas stressed by William F. Ogburn,professor of Sociology in a lectureon ‘‘Religion in the Social Trends”at noon yesterday in Joseph Bondchapel.‘‘Churches must keep pace withmodern civilization if they are to re¬main the Rock of Ages which theyhave been in the past. The rock musthave lines of communication withthe rest of the world. The churchis simply one part of the culturalpattern, which has maintained itsstatus in the past by means of con¬trol of government, education, andart; but today these relationshipsare not apparent, and the churchmust show leadership in otherways.”Professor Ogburn spoke briefly ofthe ‘‘new” religion. He questionedwhether modernism presented thevitality in appeal which the funda¬mentalism of old religions holds forthe masses.NOTED CUBAN GIVESCONCERT SATURDAYJose Echaniz, young Cuban pian¬ist, will present a recital Saturdaynight at 8:30 at the InternationalHouse.Since his introduction to the musi¬cal world a' few years ago, Echanizhas been acclaimed for his interpreta¬tions of Beethoven, Chopin, andBrahms. He is regarded as a masterin the playing of the works of deFalla, Albeniz, and other Spanishcomposers.Tickets for reserved seats whichere priced at 50 cents, 75 cents, and$1 may be obtained at the Bookstoreor at international House. Request StudentHelp for 25Campus ProjectsWith the registration of studentsseeking employment under the termsof the Federal Emergency ReliefI Fund continuing in the office of thc'j Board of Vocational Guidance, re-1 que.sts for student help in 25 neededI projects in various departments and! divisions of the T^'niversity have beenj received. As a result of a prelimin¬ary questionnaire mailed to depart-j ment heads in an effort to ascertainj capacities in which students might bej employed, Robert C. Woellner, exec-1 utive secretary of the Board, is com-j pleting plans to put into actual ex-I ecution the distribution of the fundsalloted to the University.The money will not be sent fromWashington until registration ofstudents is completed and Federalofficials can accurately determinethe percentage which will be givento aid University students.While no definite assignments tojobs have been made yet, Mr, Woell-! ner indicated yesterday that studentswill be employed in departments ofthe University which can use studenthelp to advantage. No portion of thefunds will be misused or put towasteful use, but there are plenty ofplaces where students can be em¬ployed.MEXICAN UNIVERSITYEMPLOYS NEW PLANPOLICY OF FREEDOM'This Univer.sity is not the onlyschool with a new educational planwhich does not require students toattend classes. The University ofMexico, according to Ivan LaGunesof Vera Cruz, Mexico, holder of oneof the four Fai’mer International Fel¬lowships in the University of Texas,also permits students the option ofgoing to lectures.‘‘The only time |tudents at theUniversity of Mexico are required toattend class is for the final examina¬tion,” explained LaGunes. ‘‘Beforethe final examination, the studentsbuy the text-books, written by theprofessors of their courses, andstudy them. They contain all the ma¬terial for th^ test. This method en¬ables the students to work while theyacquire an education.”Spread of education in Mexico wasclarified by LaGunes as consisting ofmethods by ‘‘cultural crusades” andnight schools. ‘‘By the crusade meth¬od,” LaGunes declared, ‘‘smallgroups, the majority of them com¬posed of unjversity students, go toall parts of the country stimulatingeducation by lecturing, holding meet¬ings, and appointing committees ofthe intelligent inhabitants. These(Continued on page 4) Simons DiscussesSales Tax TomorrowProfessor H. C. Simons of the de¬partment ol Economics will discuss“The Sales Tax as Inflationary Con¬trol” in a round table discussion to¬morrow in the common room of Has¬kell hall at 4:30. The meeting, al¬though sponsored by groups in theSchool of Business, is open.The topic under discussion hasbeen developed as the result of in¬terest shown in the problems thatarise and must be solved with theinstigation of a policy of inflation.Meetings are sponsored each Fridayby the Graduate Club of Economicsand Business.iMPLETE PLANS FORRADIO DEBATE WITHHARVARD UNIVERSITYFinal an’angements for a Chicago-Harvard university radio debate onMarch 17 over CBS with WBBM asthe local outlet were announced yes¬terday by the University DebateUnion. Chicago will uphold the prop¬osition “Resolved, That a collegeeducation is worth while.” Tryoutsfor the debate will be held on Feb¬ruary 28 from 2 to 5 in Harper E50 in the office of Dr. S. McKee Ro¬sen. director of debate. Each persontaking part in the ti’youts will haveten minutes to speak.The University Debate Union’s.schedule for the rest of the Winterquarter, issued yesterday, includes,besides the Harvard contest, two de¬bates and a round-table discussion.Saturday, February 24, Robert Cha¬pel and Harry Brattsburg, will repre¬sent the University in a radio debatewith Kent College of Law over sta¬tion WLS at 1:30 in the afternoon.The University team will defend thequestion “Resolved, That capitalismhas failed.”On Monday, February 26, Chicagowill meet Rollins College, Florida, inthe first decision debate of the year.The subject to be debated is “Resolv¬ed, That the Powers of the Presi¬dency should be substantially in¬creased as a settled policy.” Chicagowill have the affirmative. The debatewill be held iA the Reynolds Clubtheater at 8 and is open to the pub¬lic. Results of the tryouts for theUniversity team, which will meetRollins, will be announced in theMaroon Tuesday.Announce Registrationfor Bachelor’s DegreesNew plan students who desire tobecome candidates for the Bachelor’sdegree of the Social Science divisionat the end of this quarter may reg¬ister for the departmental compre-hensives before March 1 in Cobb100, it was announced yesterday byi the Recorder’s office. Freshmen Signfor Fraternitiesin Ck)bb Today•Its all over but the pledging andall the fraternities can do is waitwith various degrees of anxiety whilethe freshmen do their part today.From 9 until 12 this morning firstyear men will register their prefer¬ence for a fraternity in Cobb 308 A.When the polls are closed the Dean’sOffice will check the registrationswith the lists of prospective pledgessubmitted by the fraternities todayand tabulate the results.It’s a case of “take it or leave it,”for the rushing regulations statespecifically that if by 12 today afreshman does not express his desireto join a fraternity, he will not bepermitted to pledge a fraternity un¬til next fall.Fraternity men are warned oncemore to remain away from the vot¬ing place in Cobb hall today in orderthat no undue influence may bebrought to bear upon the freshmen.The presidents or rushing chair¬men of the houses may have the listof pledges for their own houses latethis afternoon in the Office of theDean of Students. No one else ispermitted to procure this list. Thecomplete list of pledges for eachhouse on campus will be published intomorrow’s Maroon. This will be theonly manner in which the resultswill be announced officially.VISHEIllOMPLETESCOMPARATIVE SURVEYOF SCHOOL RATINOSProfessor Stephen S. Visher of In¬diana University, who made thestatement recently that the Univer¬sity leads all American institutionsexcept Harvard in the number of itsscience faculty who are recognized asoutstanding, has completed a sum¬mary of the comparative strength ofthe science departments with the po¬sition of the University as follows:Anatomy and Astronomy: Noschool surpassed the University in thenumber of the recipients of the doc¬torate who were starred in the“American Men of Science” in 1927and 1933.Botany: The University stood firstfor 1927 and 1933 combined with 9.Chemistry: For 1927 and 1933combined the University and Colum¬bia with 7 each are tied for secondplace to Harvard with 8.Geology: Tied with Yale and Har¬vard for first.Mathematics: Second to Harvardin 1933.Pathology: Third. Columbia andJohns Hopkins lead.Physics: Leads for 1927 and 1933.Psychology: Second to Columbiaw’ith Harvard third.Zoology: Third. Harvard andColumbia lead.Professor Douglas’ New Book on Wages IndicatesRelationships Existing Among Factors in ProductionBy DAVID H. KUTNER“The Theory of Wages,” a thesiswhich won for its author the $5,000annual prize offered by Hart, Schaff-ner, and Marx in 1926, will be pub¬lished within a few weeks in bookform, it was revealed yesterday byPaul Douglas, professor of Econom¬ics at the University, who wrote thethesis.Sixteen relationships seem to be“tentatively and approximately” in¬dicated in Professor Douglas’ theory,the most significant of which arementioned here:During the period from 1890 to1922 an increase of one per cent inthe quantity of labor in manufac¬turing in the United States, with theamount of capital in use remainingconstant, would normally result inan increase of three-fourths of oneper cent in the physical product.During this «ame period an increaseof one per cent in the quantity ofcapital in manufacturing, with laborconstant, would normally lead to anincrease of one-quarter of one percent in physical product.Capital and Labor NecessitiesStatistics on the probable distri¬bution of the national income be¬tween labor and capital in variouscountries makes it possible to ap¬proximate the capital and labor ne¬ cessities as a whole in these coun¬tries. There is a striking degree ofuniformity between the estimates ofvarious countries, the share of laborranging between sixty and seventy-one per cent. The indications seemto point to some broadly similar in¬fluences which are at work in allcountries.Factors in the Short-RunTurning to the' elasticities of sup¬ply of the factors of production, it isfound by Professor Douglas that inthe short-run the supply of capital isfixed and almost completely inelas¬tic. So is the supply of land. The sup¬ply of labor, on the other hand, hassomething of a negative elasticity. Itfollows that, if because of a suddenchange in industry, the general ef¬ficiency were to be raised, the quan¬tity of land and capital would re¬main almost exactly the same, butthe quantity of labor would normallydiminish. Similarly, if the general ef¬ficiency of industry were to fall,then not only would the marginalproductivities of land and capitalfall but that of labor would declineeven more.So far as the historical ratio ofgrowth between capital and labor isconcerned, it is apparent that theformer has increased more rapidly than the latter. This fact largely ac¬counts for the increase in realwages prior to the depression whichbegan in 1929.Predicts for FutureSo far as the future is concerned,there promises to be annual net ad¬ditions to capital for a long time tocome. Population will, in all prob¬ability, continue to grow at a slow¬er rate than capital, with the resultthat the marginal productivities oflabor will continue to rise and thoseof capital to fall. This condition doesnot, however, take into considerationthe possibility of great economic ca-tastrophies, such as war and prolong¬ed and recurrent business depres¬sions, which may affect the economicposition of labor very adversely.If these tentative conclusions arecorrect, Professor Douglas con¬cludes, as the rate of wages increasesbecause of the greater growth ofcapital, we may expect a dampeningoff in the rate of growth of capital,unless the supply curve of savingsmoves equally. Whether this willreach the point where the supply ofcapital as well as that of labor willcease to increase and we will moveinto a stationary state is uncertain.For that is probably too far in thefuture to project our estimates. Three CentsMIRROR SELECTS14 MEN TO ACT IN1934 PpUCTIONList of “Guest Stars’’lnclu(des Veteransof Past ShoNA/sThe twenty-two women andfourteen men comprising theacting company of Mirror willmeet for the first time today at.3:39 in the Reynolds Club Thea¬ter.The Mirror Board and Frank Hur-burt O’Hara, director of dramaticproduction, yesterday added thenames of fourteen men to the actingcompany of “Step Ahead,” the 1934revue to be presented in Mandel hallMarch 2 and 3.The list of “guest stars” includesten men who have formerly appear¬ed in Mirror productions, two upper¬classmen who have never before act¬ed in Mirror revues, and two fresh¬men.Men SelectedThe men selected include EdwardDay, Robert Ebei’t, Hal James, Alex¬ander Kehoe, Georg Mann, GiffordMast, Norman Masterson, Milt Olin,Frank Springer, and Philip White,all of whom are Mirror veterans;Jack Allen and Roger Baird, whoai’e new to Mirror; and John OliverCook and Dan Heindel, both fresh*-men.Georg Mann, Alec Kehoe, FrankSpringer, and Hal James have ap¬peared in numerous Dramatic As¬sociation productions. Norman Mas¬terson and Robert Ebert had prom¬inent parts in “Little Ol’ Boy,” inthe cast of which Edward Day, RogerBaird, and John Oliver Cook alsoappeared. Philip White and GiffordMast are acting as joint productionmanagers for this year’s Mirrorshow.Presents Original SongsAssisting White and Mast on theproduction staff are Oliver Statler,Roger Willi’s, Charles Stevenson,Byron Wood, and others of the reg¬ular Dramatic Association produc¬tion staff.Milt Olin will present a specialgroup of original songs written byHerman Stein, who will accompanyOlin at the piano. Olin is best known(Continued on page 2)Students Submit 100Pictures in PhoenixPhotographic ContestNearly one hundred pictures pho¬tographed by students have alreadybeen entered in the Phoenix’ newphotographic contest according toEdward Myers, director of the con¬test. The contest closes March 1.There are* three divisions in thecontest, to which entrants may stillbe made. Class one includes all pic¬tures of students or teachers oncampus. In class two are the unusualpictures of University architecture.Scientific and artistic pictures of alldescriptions comprise the third class.The rules for the contest follow:Any student or instructor of theUniversity may enter.A competitor should submit prints(no restrictions on size or number)to the Phoenix office in Lexingtonhall.The competitor’s name and ad¬dress must be on the back of eachprint together with the title of thepicture and the type of camera used.Phoenix reserves the right to re¬tain any photograph entered in thecontest.SSA HOLDS DANCE INIDA NOYES SATURDAYThe Social Service AdministrationClub will sponsor an informal partyfor students interested in social wel¬fare work Saturday evening at 8:30in the Ida Noyes Theater. Ticketsare available in Cobb 109 for 25cents. \There will be bridge, q icing, andentertainment during the evening.Faculty members of the Social Ser¬vice School, and graduate and under¬graduate students in the school willattend the dance, which is the firstaffair of this type the club has spon¬sored this quarter.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1934iatlg iEaronnFOUNDED IN 1901The Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of theUniversity of Chicago. publiiJied mornings except Saturday,Suntla>a and Monday during the autumn, winter, and springquarters by The Daily Maroon Company. 6831 Univeraity avenue.Subscription rates: <2.60 a year : $4.00 by mail. Single copies:three cents.No responsibility is assumed by the University oi Chicagofor any statements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for anycontracts entered into by The Daily Maroon.Entered as second class matter March 18. 1903. at the poet-office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 8. 1879.The Daily Maroon expressly rwerves all right of publicationof any material appearing in this paper.BOARD OF CONTROLJOHN P. BARDEN, Editor-in-C hiefVINCENT NEWMAN, Business ManagerWILLIAM GOODSTEIN, Managing EditorWALTER L. MONTGOMERY, Cir ulationJANE L BIESENTHAL, Associate EiHorBETTY HANSEN, Associate EditorEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSTom Barton Howard P. Hudson Howard M. RichNoel B. Gerson David H. Kutner Florence WiahnlckBUSINESS ASSISTANTSWilliam Bergman William O’Donnell Robert SamuelsSOPHOMORE REPORTERSCharlotte Fishman Henry Kelley Ralph NicholaonEdgar Greenebaum Raymond Lahr Jean PruaaingRuth Greenebaum Janet Lewy Jeanne StolteCharles Hoerr Curtis Melnick William WatsonDonald MorrisSOPHOMORE BUSINESS ASSISTANTSRod Chapin Zalmon Goldsmith Gerald SternFrank Davia Eldward Schaar Everett StoreyEDITORIAL COMMITTEEMarie Berger Louise Graver P^ton CutlerGeorg Mann Linton J. KeithNight Editor: Ralph NicholsonThursday, February 15, 1934WE APPRAISE THEPHYSICAL SCIENCESFinding fault with the College new plan is somuch “the thing” now-a-days that any one witha reputation for independent thinking to gain orlose, does well to reconsider his opinions care¬fully before pouring them out upon the much-troubled waters of educational criticism. Most ofsuch criticism would undoubtedly never be ex¬posed to the public eye if the writers of it wouldonly pause long enough to reflect that the newplan system of education is the fruit of long yearsof careful planning and painstaking experiment,during the course of which it is highly probablethat every important suggestion has been reconsid¬ered time and time again.By far the greater part of the objections broughtagainst our educational system are objections fromcritics not fully informed of the difficulties ofcollege education procedure.And now having said enough to discourageeven the most inveterate of fault-finders, thewriter must confess himself ready to fall into thesame error—but not without realizing what hedoes. He is duly impressed with the improbabil¬ity of his saying anything by way of new plancriticism that has not already occurred to those incharge of the College courses. His criticisms areoffered only for what they are worth as comingfrom one who sees the matter from the studentpoint of view, but* with eyes somewhat moreinured by years of experience to a perception ofthe practical issues involved.Of the four introductory general courses in theCollege, the most satisfactory, in the writer’s opin¬ion, is that in the physical sciences. If it be theobject of a college education to make studentsthink, then the writer’s considered conviction isthat there is more deucation to be obtained fromthe physical science survey course than from anytwo other courses put together.The explanation of that lies in the fact that thiscourse leads the student farther into the subjectand demands a more sustained exercise of rationalthought than any other of the survey courses.There are in it no “soft spots ’ inviting the lag¬gard brain to curl up and snooze. From start tofinish, it requires an attention always on the alert,and precisely because its facts and ideas are soclear-cut and consistent, the student is never en¬couraged to remain content with hazy, half-real¬ized notions. Rather, unless he be absolutely de¬void of curiosity, he constantly finds himselftempted into researches far beyond the scope ofhis required reading. Each new revelation beck¬ons him on to a dozen others.Nevertheless, the course is not all that it oughtto be, as the writer s experience may serve toshow. He is now majoring in the Humanitiesdivision. There will be time for no more train¬ing in physical science. But he regards his sci- . entific education as far from complete, becauseit includes no training whatsoever in laboratorymethod. For the immense fund of knowledge ob¬tained from the physical science course he is deep¬ly grateful, and is resolved by further reading topreserve and augment it. But he expects neverto find for it a more than cultural use: it is some¬thing worth knowing for knowledge’s sake alone.A ground in scientific method, however, if he hadi’c, could never fail to be of practical use to himin whatever walk of life he might choose to fol¬low.Can anyone tell us why it is that this most uni¬versally useful lesson that science has to teachis omitted from the college curriculum in this, ofall American institutions of higher learning, theone where scientific method has borne its finestfruits?—L. J. K.FRIENDLY GESTURE ANDSMART JOURNALISMPhelps Johnston, night editor, member of edi¬torial board, and star reporter of the Daily Non’n-western, has spend several days at the Universitygathering local color. His composition of bits ofUniversity atmosphere into several fifteen hun¬dred-word stories has excited admiration of TheDaily Maroon staff.We hope Mr. Johnston’s three-day sojourn onthe Midway was as pleasant as the one reportor-ial day we spent on the Northwestern campuslast quarter.The Daily Maroon feels that this friendly ges¬ture by the Daily Northwestern deserves interest,praise, and reciprocal action.Hence, the Maroon is now making tentativeplans to send a man to the Northwestern cam¬pus March 26 and 27 in an attempt to emulatethe admirable work of Mr. Johnston. For whocan tell but what some day our two great univer¬sities may be interested in things of deeper signi¬ficance than each other’s local color?Certainly, it is fitting that the two studentnewspapers should lead the way to understand¬ing and cooperation.—J. P. B. Lettersto theEditor(Note: The opinion* ezpreeaed in theaecommunicat^n* are thoae of the writer*, andnot necessarily of The Daily Maroon. Allcommunication* must be siirned with the fullname of the correspondent, althouarh onlyinitials will be published. Letter* should l>crestricted to 250 words or leas.)Editor, The Daily Maroon,Dear Mr. Barden:I give voice to a number of mis¬givings which I think are shared bya large number of my colleagues inthe class of 1935, which, I feel, cannow appropriately be termed theguinea pig of the new plan.First of all, why are we taxed withthe necessity of taking a number ofintroductory 201 courses (especiallystudents in the Division of SocialSciences who must take five of thesix ofiered)?It is my opinion that the two yearsin the College are enough for a gen¬eral background education, and theexisting new plan there functionswell. But beyond that point the stu¬dent should be allowed greater free¬dom in his choice of courses andtraining, instead of being hamperedby more restrictions and botheredwith more introductoi-y courses. Thisseems dreadfully inconsistent withthe new plan, which, it seems to me,should become progressively morefree with the gaining of experienceand maturity.I, for one, am tired of generalizedintroductory courses over a widearea. I would like to take coursesin a more advanced stage, courses inwhich I could feel that I was atgrips with the problems in my ownfield, instead of dallying here andthere, dabbling in this and that, with¬out really accomplishing anythingmore than was accomplished duringthe first two years.Can it be that the administrationof the University feels that the newplan in the College is a failure anddid not give us a satisfactory cul¬tural background? Can it be that bythese further required courses itwishes now, by covering the bald spots, to patch us up. before it turnsus loose?It is the University’s duty to so¬ciety to give the student the bestthat |; can in training and furnishhim also with the less tangiblethings as ideals and attitudes, and itis its duty to the students to be hon¬est and sincere with him as he hasno recourse. He is. the one to sufferfrom any mistakes.In his welcome to the freshmenof the class of 1935 in the Fall of1931, President Hutchins stressedthe idea of cooperation and mutualunderstanding between the studentsand faculty as an essential part ofthe new plan. Now in the name ofthis attitude I appeal to the. adminis¬tration for a greater spirit of frank¬ness with the students and an exten¬sion of this attitude in the Divisionswith a statement of the ideals andobjectives of the University so thatwe might know where we are goingand what is expected of us and why.I hope I shall not be misunder¬stood.Sincerely yours,Joseph C. Varkala.Your point is well-taken, but per¬haps the content of the 201 coursesis the real cause of your objections.It might be said that the broaderyour education, the more practical itwill be in the long run.—ed.f\D17Y17f THEATREIJI% r*A r*! . 8S8 R. UHThan. A Pri. Feb. 15th A Kth••DANaNG LADY"with Joan Crawford andClark GabloFranchot Tone, Winnie Liahtner, TedHeoly and his Stooaes!Mats. Dailr Ik tiU «:I0 Name Fourteen Men‘ to Participate inMirror Production(Continued from page 1)for his work in Blackfriars, althoughhe has been in the cast of other Dra¬matic Association’s productions, themost recent in which he has appear¬ed being “American Dream.’’Dan Heindel, who has not previ¬ously acted in campus productionswas selected as the “SmoothestFreshman Man,’’ in the contest heldin conjunction with the FreshmanFormal. Jack Alien, also a newcom¬er to University dramatics, was presi¬dent of last year’s freshman classcouncil.Walt DisneyProgramThe only all-Disney program to beshown anywhere this year.MONDAY & TUESDAYFeb. 19 and 20at 3:00, 4:30, 7:00 and 8:30 p. m.Matinee 25c Evening 35cInternational House1414 E. 59th St.PROFESSOR or STUDENTYou’ll enjoy the quiet home-like atmosphere of theWOODLAWN APARTMENTS5238-40 Woodlawrn Avenue1-2 rooms completely furnished including maid serviceand G. E. refrigeration$3S-$45TWO STUDl’NTS*AT THE SAME RATE“You see, son, you’ve got to doyour own smoking . . . and yourown eh(X)sing. Nobody else cantell you what cigarette you’lllike l)est.“There are a lot of good ciga¬rettes. But I like OLD GOLDSbecause they’re free of artificialflavoring. Just better tobacco,and nothing else. That seems tomake them smoother, better¬tasting and easier on the throat. AMERICA’S CIGARETTE“Maybe that won’t mean a thingto you! I’m just suggesting thatyou try OLD GOLDS for a fewdays. Then let your own tastedecide!”No better tobacco grows than isused in old golds. And they arePURE. (No artificial flavoring)Tune in on Ted Fio-Rito’s sensational Hollywood Orchestra every Wednesday night—Columbia ^OhalnDAILY MAROON SPORTSTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1934THINOLADS WIN OVERNORTH CENTRAL MENIN OUAL MEET, 51-44 Page ThreeIn a meet decided only by the lastthree events, the Maroon track teambarely managed to beat North Cen¬tral, 51 to 44, yesterday Aiternoonin the fieldhouse. The hero of theday was Siebert, high scoring fresh¬man star of the Naperville squad,who vaulted more than a foot higherthan his best previous mark to winthe pole vault and put his team with¬in striking distance of Chicago. Sie¬bert defeated John Roberts who camethrough in the high jump to cinchvictory for the Maroons when heleaped 6 feet 1 for first place.For the fourth time this year. JayBerwanger captured scoring honorsby winning the low hurdles, and plac¬ing second in the highs and 60. An¬other one of his specialties, the broadjump was not included as an event.Avenging three former defeats byBart Smith, Sam Perlis won the quar¬ter by several yards in the excellenttime of :51.4, only one and two fifthsof a second over the conference rec¬ord. Chcago scored a slam in thisevent as Smith and Watson easilyoutdistanced the North Central 440men.Bob Milow, winner of the twomile, double-lapped one of the twoNaperville entries to gain one of themost impressive victories Chicago has |scored in this event for many years.Milow’s time was 9:46.2, all the moreremarkable when one considers thelack of competition.Berwanger came within one tenthof a second of the fieldhou.se recordin the low barriers when he spedover the timbers in :7.7. He wasclosely followed across the tape bySiebert and Smith, mention of whomhas been made previously. Running60 yards of hurdles instead of hisusual 70, Berwanger lost a close de¬cision to Godfrey of North Centralwhen he partially stumbled over thelast barrier and barely managed toregain his balance before he reachedthe finish.Poloists MeetOhio for Big 10Lead SaturdayResuming play after a week’s lay¬off, the polo team will meet the strongOhio State trio Saturday night in agame which, if the Maroons win, willelevate them into the Big Ten lead¬ership. The game, which is the firston the evening’s card, will be playedat the Chicago Riding dub at 8:15.The second game of the double head¬er will see the Chicago Riding clubtrio and the Black Horse Troop inaction. A limited number of com¬plimentary tickets is available at theMilitary office, Ryerson 88.The Buckeyes have their last year’steam intact this year, while only oneveteran. Benson, is in the Chicagolineup. Last year the chan.pionshipteam of Friedheim, Benson, andOoherty won the conference title bybarely defeating the Ohioans at Chi¬cago, on'y to lose the return matchat Columbus in a close contest.Lineups Changed AgainLt. Price has again shifted the Chi¬cago lineup and will start TommyWason at No. 1, Bob Hepple at No.2, and Capt. Bruce Benson at No. 3.This combination will oppose VicThompson, Andy Sirilo, and JamesPeebles, respectively. Minor Seymorewill serve as alternate for the Buck-eye.s, with Ray Icke.s as reserve forthe Maroons.Wason, although not doped as aregular during the pre-season plans,has developed into one of the finestoffense men on the squad. Benson, amember of last year’s aggregation, isa stellar defense man, while long BobHepple seems to at last have foundhimself at No. 2 position.PING PONG TOURNEYOscar Entin and Morris Teles en¬tered the semi-final round of the Rey¬nolds club ping pong tournamentwhen they defeated Curtis Melnickand Frederick Valentine respectively.In the semi-final bracket Entin willmeet the winner of the Gordon Mc-Neil-Henry Kellogg match, and Telesis to face the winner of the NateGlickman-Bob Giffen match.The Daily Californian states that"a survey in an eastern universityshowed that 60 per cent of the stu¬dents sleep at least three hours ofclasses each week. Enforce NoviceRuling. for I-MWrestling MeetOnly inexperienced men will bepermitted to enter the intramural all-University novice wrestling meetwhich opens Tuesday, according toan announcement yesterday by Wal¬ter Hebert, faculty intramural ath¬letics manager. He has prepared acomplete list of varsity wrestlers andwinners in previous meets who arebarred from this competition. Mem¬bers of the varsity squad will not bepermitted to enter.In addition, winners of the fallmeet may not enter. The only mandisqualified by this meet and not in¬cluded in the list of the varsity squadis Bob Finwall, a freshman.Participation points will be award¬ed to organizations entering men intwo or more weights. The winners ineach event will receive medals, secondplace men earn ribbons, and a teamtrophy goes to the organizationchampion. Scoring for the team win¬ner is as follows: five for first place,three for second, and one extra pointfor each fall.On Wednesday the only boxingmeet of the year will be held. Par¬ticipation points and awards are thesame as for wrestling except that noteam trophy is offered. SWORDSMEN BEATNORTHWESTERN INCLOSE MEET. 941ATTEND THE WASHINGTONPROM Starting out with a rush, the Ma¬roon swordsmen gained an tarlylead and staved off possible defeatat the hands of Northwestern, 9-8,a meet held last night at Bartlettgym. Chicago picked up a 6 to 2advantage at the end of the foilbouts. Three matches won in theepee event were enough to clinchthe victory.Captain Ormand Julian was theindividual star of the mee't winningthree foil bouts and two epeematches, while losing one sabrebout.Summaries:Foils—Julian (C) defeated Coxe(N), 5-3. Young (C) defeatedLink (N), 5-2. Marks (C) defeatedGillies (N), 5-3. Gillies (N) defeat¬ed Young (C), 5-3, Coxe (N) defeat¬ed Marks (C), 5-2. Julian (C) de¬feated Link (N), 6-5. Young (C)defeated Coxe (N), 1-2. Julian (C)defeated Protich (N). 5-2. Link(N) defeated Marks (C), 5-1.E p e e—Gillies (N) defeatedYoung (C) 3-2. Julian (C) defeat¬ed Protich (N), 3-1. Julian (C) de¬feated Gillies (N), 3-0. Young(C) defeated Huguelet (N), 3-1. jSabre—Coxe (N) defeated Law-1 SportFlashes to return to the University next fall.Kaplan is also a fine baseball manand would be a fine 'addition tothe Chicago nine this spring. GYM MEET TONIGHT10 Years AgeStan Kaplan—Baseball—Football—-By TOM BARTON-Ten years ago today, so says theChicago Trib, the Maroons led theBig Ten basketball race. But let’sget back to realities.It looks like Purdue will cop the1934 basket scramble. With only sixgames left to play, Illinois or Iowaappear unlikely upset the Boiler¬maker quintet. The Maroons, withsix or seven more games left willprobably win enough to hoist them¬selves out of the conference cellar,much to Michigan’s chagrin.♦ ♦ ♦Many of the basketball fans havebeen wondering what happened toStan Kaplan, the little guard whowas ph.ying such a nice game for theMaroons earlier in the season. Kap¬lan was forced to drop out of schoolthis quarter because of ill health.He is recuperating and is expected Speaking of baseball, Kyle Ander¬son has his team working out in thefieldhouse three days a week. So farthe team looks pretty fair. If Kylecan work out a dependable batterycombination, the new baseball coachshould turn out a good team. But de¬spite today’s weather, it still a fewmonth.s until spi:ng.* * *The revision of the touchback rulemade a few days ago by the NationalFootball Rules committee will in¬crease the use of the forward passas an offensive weapon in the game.The new rules provide only the lossof a down, instead of a touchdown,on the first incomplete pass over thegoal line.The five-yard penalty on the secondin complete forward pass was alsoabolished. This will also do much to-word making the aerial game pre¬dominate next fall. With high hopes of winning theirfirst conference dual meet of the cur¬rent season, the gymnastic team, Chi¬cago’s most consistent winners, facesIowa tonight at 3 in Bartlett gym.Although the visitors should offersome tough competition, the oddsseem to favor the Maroons in viewof past experiences.iVhatTLYDELUCASandhis CaliforniaDONS .rence (C), 5-3. Hildebrandit (N)defeated Fried (C), 5-3. Coxe (N)defeated Julian (C), 6-3. Hilde-brandt (N) defeated Lawrence (C), Channing Club toGive Play FridayIn the atmosphere of the GayNineties, the members of the Chan¬ning Club will present the premiereperformance of “Maude Irving’’ or“No Home to Shelter Her Poor LittleHead,” Friday evening at 8:15 at theFirst Unitarian Parish House.Dancing will follow the perform¬ance. The admission for both will be25 cents. '^thROMO VINCENTAINSLEY LAMBERT DANCERSTERRACE.GARDENMORRISON HOTELCall ntAMKLIM^pSUPPERi!^'JL /ro/77 9/^Af. till ClosingHozv areYOUR nerves?TRY THIS TESTWith Eurms hanging straight at your sides—stand¬ing in erect position—rise on your toes as high aspossible. See how long you can maintain this posi¬tion without teetering or losing your balance.Average time is one minute.Irving Jaffee (Camel smoker), famous Olympic skating. champion, can maintain the position 10 minutes. CopTrUbt. 1934, B. J. BeyDoUto Tobtcco CompuiyJangled nerves make youthrow away vital energyJangled nerves are like a leak inyour reserve of energy. And ifyou could count the units of en¬ergy a normally high-strungperson wastes each day—the re¬sult would astonish you.So if you find yourself drum¬ming on your desk or table—orCOSTLIER TOBACCOS indulging in any other nervoushabits —start protecting yournerves.Get enough sleep—fresh air.Make Camels your cigarette.You can smoke as many Camelsas you want. Their costlier tobac¬cos never jangle your nerves.Camels are made from finer, MORE EXPENSIVETOBACCOS than any other popular brand of cigarettes!SMOKE AS MANY AS YOU WANT...THEY NEVER GET ON YOUR NERVES!Til UP III I CAMEL CARAVAN fmaturing Glen Grayfn CASA LOMA Orcheatra and other Headlinern Every Tuesday andI U R k IRS Thursday at 10 P. M., E.S. T.-~9 P, M,, C.S. T.—8 P. M., M.S. T.—7 P. M., P.S. T., over WABC-Columhia NetworkPage Four THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934RIFIE, PISTOL CLUBSEEN AS POSSIBLE Prospects for Successful SeasonSeen in Sixty Baseball CandidatesThere is a possibility that the new¬ly organized Rifle and Pistol cliTb ofthe University may develop into acontender in conference competition.As yet members of the team havenot developed to the point where afull team is available.Brad Wiles, international juniorride champion, and Lloyd Powersform the nucleus of the proposedteam. With more work and practiceon the part of other members of theclub, a strong' team may be developed.Marvin Channon and Tom Murphyare possible candidates.Practice sessions for members ofthe club are held on the rifle rangein the west stand of Stagg fieldTuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdayevenings at 7:30; Saturday at 2; andSunday evenings at 9 each week.The club holds group meetings onthe second Thursday of the month.The present organization is a re¬vival of a similar club that ceased toexist in 1926. Faculty members areincluded on the club rolls. With more than sixty players prac¬ticing doily in the fieldhouse underthe direction of Coach Kyle Ander¬son, the varsity baseball team ap¬pears to be getting off to a goodstart. Whether the prospects for asuccessful season w.il be us brightwhen the outfielders are chasingflies over the green grass instead ofcatching the clay of the fieldhou.sefloor in their spikes, depends chief¬ly upon the development of the pit¬chers.Most of the hopes are based uponthe eventual f'ffectivenes.s of the twooutstanding mound veterans, Lang¬ford and Novak, as well as the de¬velopment of pitchers Yedor, Vander-veld, and Laird.Another big problem centersaround first base. At present the po¬sition is wide open, with ten candi¬dates trying to cinch the job. includ¬ing Johnny Baker a pitcher and let-terman from last year, ShofTier.Granert, Marynowski, and Trotter.Haarlow, the star basketball player,may also try out at the initial sackafter the cage season ends.Second base finds I^ewis, a letter- man, the most logical keystone sack-er, though Munn may push him forhis job. The hot corner will prob¬ably be handled by a “C” man, Com-erford, with Kacena his closest com¬petitor.Though no one has the positioncinched as yet, the chances are thatIlaarlow will be stationed at short iwhen the first ball is thrown out. ITwo other possibilities for shortstop jare Cochran and Munn. jOfiill, another letterman, will domost of the receiving, though he too jis currently on the basketball squad,if taken out at all, he will probably {be replaced by Lewis. jLevin, third place batter in the con¬ference last season, will hold downone of the outfield posts, while thetwo remaining field positions will,fiom all indications, be filled fromamong Wehling, Ratner, Lauerman,Berkson, and Nacey, if he is eligible.Nacey will be a regular if he passesan exam Monday, as ho is especiallyvaluable as a leadoff man.The first scheduled gajne will beplayed at home on April 10, with.4rmour Tech furnishirg the opposi¬tion. Today on theQuadranglesJOHNSON CONOUCTSEXPERIMENTS WITHLIQUIFIEO AMMONIAResearch in which liquid ammoniais used as a solvent is being con¬ducted in Jones under the supervi¬sion of Warren C. Johnson, associateprofessor of Chemistry. This study isproviding a new opening for the ob¬servation of the r!"onerties of manyelements and compounds of which,heretofore, no careful study has beenmade.While liquid ammonia itself hasbeen known and used for manyyears, much data is lacking about itsphysical properties. It was not untiltwo or three years ago that any ef¬forts were made to comrrile completefigures about the solubilities of vari¬ous salts in the solvent. The liquidboils at approximately -33 degreesCentigrade under ordinary pressure,and experiment must thus be carriedon under low temperatures or highpressures.Synthesize AmmoniaWith the improvement of nroce'-s-es for the synthesizing of ammonia,the substance can now be obtainedcomparatively cheaply. When pur¬chased in large lots it can be boughtfor about six cents a pound.When used a® a solvent in researchthere are many reactions which willoccur in ammonia which are impos¬sible when water is used as the sol¬vent. The outstanding property is thepower of the liquid to dissolve sev¬eral metals such as sodium, potas¬sium, and calcium. These active met¬als do not dissolve in water but rath¬er react violently with it. while inammonia there is a very slight reac¬tion.In this solution of alkali metals inthe solvent a new and hitherto al¬most untouched field has been open¬ed to chemistry. When dissolved theelements form positive ions, and thesolutions are excellent conductors ofelectricity, in fact jnuch better con¬ductors than even solutions of com¬mon salt in water.Heavy Metals InsolubleHeavy metals will not dissolve inthe ammonia, but if one of the ac¬tive metals is contained in solutionintermetallic compounds can be ob¬tained. For example, a compound canbe obtained of lead and sodium. This,obtair^?d by another process, is usedcommercially in the manufacture oftetra-ethyl lead which is used inethyl gasoline.In the field of organic chemistryliquid ammonia is valuable since itwill dissolve many organic com¬pounds, most of which are insolublein water. Studies have been inaugur¬ated in the synthesis of complexsugars and a fuller understanding ofthe structures may be obtained.Fuithennore, many organic com¬pounds are reduced by solutions ofthe alkali metals in ammonia.By means of the solvent it hasbeen possible to obtain hydrides ofmany elements easier than formerly.Yields of silicon hydride as high as80 per cent have been obtained andthe compounds of germanium, ar¬senic, phosphorus, selenium, and tel¬lurium have also been produced. Thecompounds show similarities to thehydrogen compounds of carbon, butthere are many differences and theirchemistry will never approach thatof carbon in importance. Boron hy¬dride can not be obtained by the pro¬cesses used to produce these others.- MEXICAN SCHOOL HASNEV,^ PL t K Of F.;EEDOM(Continued frcm page 1)committees, in turn, keep up inter¬est when the crusaders leave by in¬itiating the building of schools, theestablishing of libraries, and the in¬troduction of better methods of liv¬ing.”Administration of the Universityof Mexico departs radically fromthe ordinary .American system. In¬stead of having faculty and regentialcontrol, the administration is con¬trolled indirectly by the students.Each student belongs to the assem¬bly of the school with which he isconnected; the assembly elects repre¬ sentatives who make up the GreatCouncil; the latter body eiects ih.president of the University, and al¬though he has the privilege of sug¬gesting faculty members, the GreatCouncil elects them.“The youth of the University ofMexico is the same a- that of Am'’ri-can schools,” said LaGunes, “butheir aims are different. Everyoneworks toward practical goals, andonly things that affect .America arelearned.”Social-life does not occupy aprominent part in the Mexican .stu¬dent’s life. However, such sports asswimming, football, tennis, and track-are a part of the University curri¬culum. Daily MaroonNight editor for the next issue:Howard M. Rich. Assistant: Ray¬mond Lahr.Lectures“Some Outstanding EuropeanProblems. The Social Stratificationof Modem Medievalism.” ProfessorMelchior Palyi. Social Science 122 at3:30.“The Influence of the Family onPersonality.” Associate professorLouis Wirth. Fullerton Hall, The ArtInstitute, at 6:45.“The Case for Democracy. III.”Professor Arthur Holt. Joseph BondChapel at 12.Music and ReligionPhonograph concert. Social Sci¬ence Assembly Hall at 12:30.Miscellaneous‘•Empires of Central .Asia.” Pro¬fessor W. M. McGovern of North-we tern university. Graduate HistoryClub. Social Science 302 at 7:30.Social Science discussion. A.ssoci-ate professor Harry Gideonse. Class¬es 34 at 5.Soci.'il Science I. Special discus-^i-^ns e-roup “Ideas and Facts in So¬cial Science.” Associate professorLo-iis Wii'th. Social Science 107 at3 :30.Meeting of the Faculty of the Di¬vision of the Biological Sciences,Patholgy 17 at 1.Gym meet. The University vs. theUniversity of Iowa. Bartlett gym at8. Admission 40 cents.Rifle and Pistol club at the range!in the west stand at 7:30. Chorus to SponsorNew Concert SeriesThe University Chorus is sponsor¬ing the second of a series of concertsSaturday, February 24, at 8:30 in theMusic building. Elizabeth Rerden,soprano, will make her first recitalappearance in Chicago at this con¬cert. Barrett Spack, organist of theUniversity Chapel will accompanyher.Tickets for the concert may be pur¬chased in advance from Cecil M.Smith at the Chicago TheologicalSeminary for 50 cents. CLASSIFIED ADSFOR SALE—Tuxedo. Almost new.Custom made. Suitable for man 6feet tall. Boulevard 7630.Large, sunny rm. in high classapt. in Kenwood. 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