fVol. 34. No. 119. Bailp inaraonUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1934 Price Three Cent*sweetnessand lightbyf*org mannPREJUDICE NUMBERTHE FIRSTAnd prejudice number the firstis none other than the editor of theMaroon. We are not prepared norshould we care to either defend orHttack the posittcns that he hasheld at various times throughout theyear. It is quite within the realmof possibility that his thinking isfaulty and his notions equally so;but here again we fail to see thatthis makes any difference. Natural¬ly we should be terribly pleasedand even excited to find out atsometime in the not too distant fu¬ture that our athlete-journalist-friend was really a rational person.Rut as we have said, this is reallynot of too weighty consequences. Theessential point Is that he has hadthe mental energy and strength ofpersonal conviction, as others havemaliciously intimated, mingled per¬haps with an enormous degree ofambition, to present his ideas andthose of others for which he has re¬spect and admiration with a certainadmirable fearlessness and disregardfor the narrowing influence of pub-lice condemnation. All of this hasquite rightfully placed him in theenviable position of being beyondall question the most respected andmost feared undergrauate on thecampus. His has ^en a positionthat has continued without breakthroughout the year, a position thatthe unjustifiable snubs of pettygroups and petty people stressingpetty ideals and existing for theperpetuation of mediocrity cannottake from him. For that at least ishis reward for ^his activities thisyear.... then we havePREJUDICE NUMBERTHE SECONDAnd this is about another editor.... Ev Parker. Parker is the hard¬est worker on the campus. Me/iyIieople have come to dislike him be¬cause “he’s always jumping aroundand doing things.” Well that’s it...he's always doing things and quitenaturally we who are content torest miserably in the self-indulgentpo.st of idleness resent his activity.But now at the end of the year heat least has something to show forthe now out-dated calendar. It is alarge black book, a year book ofthe University; but it’s Parker’syearook, his record by use of theprinted word, photograph and artof the past year. He too ha.s beenthe victim of the scorn of the big-otted, mediocre majority. 'But wewonder with our customary wistful-nes.s as to whether when ourthoughts wander beside some far dis¬tant fireplace, distant in both timeand place, we wonder whetherthey’ll remember Ev Parker orwhether their thoughts will turnwith still-flaming admiration to apast administrative appointee to anundergraduate committee. Youknow what we are thinking and hop¬ing; the committee will have van¬ished, all committees do. But therewill still be a Cap and Gown and itprobably won't be as good a.s thisone. And even if some future andlet^iaqgic undergrauate body failsVanishes, there will still be Parker’svanishes, there will still be Parker’syearbook. That at least will alway.sseem to have been worth the while.PREJUDICES UNNUMBEREDBut we haen’t room to say it all.There’s still Pete Zimmer, eventhough the fact that he is or ratherwas an athlete gave some peoplethe impression that he was “justanother one of the boys;” thenthere’s Hyman and Oshins andQuinn and of course always MiltOlin of whom we have already saidthe laudatory things we think abouthim. And Georg Mann and Van derHoef and Tom Foster, a swell guydespite Phi Bete with the same go¬ing for G. T. V. Then Noel Ger-son who woke up one morning re¬cently to find himself on the list ofgraduates and it’s a damned shametoo. There’ll be a little somethingwithout Gerson nosing about.. Thenthere’s always the feminine inter¬est .... society sue watching, some¬times approving then theothers....FinU MAJOR VANCE TOLEAVE ONIVERSITYDVRINHUMMERHead of R. 0. T. C. UnitWill Be Placed onRetired ListMajor Preston T. Vance, professorand chairman of the department ofMilitary Science and Tactics,will probably be placed on the re¬tired list and leave the Universitythis summer, it was revealed yester¬day. The major failed to pass thearmy’s physical examination satis¬factorily and will probably be re¬tired on account of disability inci¬dent to service.Al^hougji Maj. Vance has alreadyreceived the report on his physicalexamination, the official ordersfrom Washington will not arrive foranother month or so. It is entirelypossible that the president may seefit to continue Maj. Vance on theactive list, although the usual proce¬dure is to retire officers who areincapacitated for field service.Second Member to GoMaj. Vance is the second mem¬ber of the Military department toleave the University this summer,the transfer of Lt. N. F. Galbraithto Fort Sill having been announcedlast month. Captain Henry Holt,now .stationed at West Point, willbecome a.ssistant profesor of Mili¬tary Science and 'Tactics to succeedLt. Galbraith, but Maj. Vance’s suc¬cessor, if one is appointed, will notbe announced for at least anothermonth.Maj. Vance, then a captain, serv¬ed for four years as assistant pro¬fessor of Military Science and 'Tac¬tics at the University from 1919 to1923. The Field Artillery unit wa.sfounded at the University in 1919.He wa.s formerly an instructor atthe Field Artillery school, and is agraduate of the Field Artilleryschool and the Command and Gen¬eral Staff .school. He was promotedto a major in 1932.Here One YearHe came to the University as pro¬fessor of Military Science and 'Tac¬tics last summer, succeeding Maj.Thomas Jackson J. Chri.stian, whowas transferred to the army warcollege in Washington.“It certainly is a blow to be sud¬denly called from my work like thisafter having made so many plansfor next year,” the major said.“Of course there is always the pos¬sibility that I may be retained, butthe general practice is such as tomake that possibility extremely re¬mote. I have sincerely enjoyed be¬ing at the University and meetingthe men here.” 'Professor ColeLeaves on ThreeMonth ExpeditionProfessor Fay-Cooper Cole, chair¬man of the department of Anthrop¬ology at the University, will leaveChicago on June 18 with a partyof about fifteen archaeologists fora three months’ field expedition inSouthern Illinois. Because the ter¬ritory to be explored has heretoforebeen uninvestigated, the leaders ofthe expedition entertain hopes ofmaking discoveries of great archae¬ological significance.The work will concentrate arounda group of mounds, of which thereare a dozen or more, located nearthe town of Metropolis in southernIllinois. The mounds, the largest ofwhich covers two or three acres andstands thirty feet high, are the rem¬nant of old Indian communities andprobably will reveal several Indianburying grounds and many articlesrepresentative of the culture of theIleriod.The chief aim of the expeditionis to examine, if possible, the re¬mains of several successive cul¬tures so that the dates of these cul¬ture periods may be established.While Professor Cole and his co¬workers are at Metropolis, MissFlorence Hawry, who is studyingfor her Doctor’s degree at the Uni¬versity, will examine the neighbor¬ing region with several assistants.Miss Hawry has made a specialstudy of the Douglas Tree Ringmethod of determining the date ofculture periods and she will applythis method to timber obtained fromthe ruins, and also to other speci¬mens of timber obtained from In¬dian relics of the surrounding re¬gion. REGIN PLANS FORORIENTATION OFNEW ASHMENSocial Committee WillDirect Program ofActivitiesHOLD ANNUALDINNER FORUNIVERSITY AIDESThe annual dinner for UniversityAides, both past and present, willbe held tomorrow night at 5:30 inIda Noyes hall. Lorraine Watsonand Agnes Prentice Smith are incharge of the arrangements. About75 are expected to attend.The guest speaker for the dinnerwill be Elizabeth Wallace, who wasprofessor emeritus of French Lit¬erature, and is now living in Min¬neapolis, Minnesota. Other guestswill include: Gertrude Dudley, pro¬fessor of Physical Culture; MarionTalbot, former dean of women;Edith Foster Flint, professor ofEnglish; and Mrs. Harvey Carr.The Women’s Athletic Associationwill also hold a dinner tonight atIda Noyes hall. Dr. Dudley Reed,director of the Health Service; An¬ton J. Carlson, professor of Physi¬ology, and Miss Roberta Burgesswill speak. A new program of orientingfreshmen who will enter the Uni¬versity iq the \ autumn quarter willbe put into effect by the StudentSocial Committee. As in the pasta chairman of the Freshman Orien¬tation committee will be chosen to¬gether with several of his co-work-ers, but they will act as a branch ofthe Social Committee.This year an effort will be madeto assign counsellors to freshmenon the basis of common academicand activity interests. The applica¬tions of the freshmen will be look¬ed over by the committee in orderto gain information concerning theinterests of the incoming students.Counsellors will be chosen by theSocial Committee mainly on thebasis of participation in activities.More sophomores than ever beforeI will be picked to advise the fresh-I men, since it is assumed that theyhave a more recent knowledge ofproblems likely to be encounteredby the freshmen.Selected in SummerThe counsellors will be selectedearly in the summer by the Socialcommittee, which consists of JohnRice, chairman, Virginia Eyssell,Sidney Hyman, Robert Ebert, Char¬ity Harris, Edith McCarthy, andWilliam Lang. They will then con¬tact the freshmen by letter duringthe lay.er part of the summer. Bythe time of Freshman Week, it isplanned to have friendly relationsbetween the new students and theupper-classmen well established.The new method will replace theformer one of choosing counsellorsmo fJ or less in random fashion. Thesystem of providing the freshmenwomen with counsellors who havethe same interests as they workedsuccessfully last year. I Make Final Drivefor Senior ClassDay TomorrowFollowing a mass meeting in theCircle yesterday, the Senior Councilbegan its final drive for Class daytomorrow at the Olympia Fieldscountry club.All members of the class are in¬vited. Freshmen, sophomore, andjuniors may attend as guests of theseniors. It will be an all day party,starting at 12 noon and ending at12 midnight.Harry Berkover and his orchestra,who have played at many campusparties, will furnish the music fordancing in the evening. If weatherconditions are favorable, the danc¬ing will be held out of doors.'Luncheon will be served in theclub house at 12:30 for those whowish to go out early. Attractionsfor the afternoon include golf,horseback riding, baseball, and ten¬nis. There will be a slight chargefor golf for men, but the womenguests may play free of charge. Re¬freshments will be available at thebar.Dinner is to be served at 7:30,while dancing will follow. The ad¬mission charge is two dollars perperson, but Wayne Rapp, presidentof the Senior Class yesterday em¬phasized that the party is to be“dutch treat.”Tickets are on sale at all frater¬nity houses and dormitories, andmay also be purchased at the Rey¬nolds club and the Bookstores.Wayne Rapp, who is in charge oftickets, wishes all salesmen to makea report to him today at the Dekehouse on the advance sale. All tick¬ets and money must be turned in tohim before noon tomorrow.‘COLLEGE WOMENMAN - HUNTERS’—MICHIGAN MENCampus Survey Shows Popularityof 1933-34 Phoenix Features 17 High SchoolSeniors ReceiveHonor AwardsFrT IN HRiniNAI By HARRY MORRISON JR.In an attempt to find out whatthe campus thought of this year’sPhoenix we recently circulated fourhundred and fifty comprehensivequestionnaires, with the idea ofmolding the 1934-35 Phoenix ac¬cording to what our readers want.We learned many things for edi¬torial content and we found that98 per cent of those answeringthought that there was a definiteplace on the campus for the Phoe¬nix.A new feature of the past year sPhoenix, the Round Town page,proved to be the most popular fea¬ture. Theater was second^ andBooks were tfiird. All of these col¬umns will be continued in the Big¬ger and Better (they always saythat) Phoenix. All in all, theredidn’t seem to be much choiceamong the features; practically allof them were popular.One of the biggefst disappoint¬ments in the writer’s life came whenhe found that “Gertie the Go-Get¬ter” was a much better-liked columnthan the “Armchair Clinic” to thetune of three to one. His one con¬solation was that all the reasonsgiven for Gertie’s choice were thatshe “mentioned all the names; andpeople seemed to like the Clinicbecause it was “well written.”Modesty forbids the author to dwell overmuch on the identity ofthe most popular writer of the year.Sid Hyman was second in the favorof the readers, and Gertie, the dirtylittle squirtie, was right in there.It becomes increasingly evident thatGertie the Go-Getter was a big fac¬tor in the popularity of the Phoe¬nix this last year.Milt Olin, as editor for the year1933-34, made an attempt to presentat least one feature article for eachissue, the article being unfunny andwith a definite purpose. Only tenpersons of those who were approach¬ed were against the idea, even inits execution. Of these articles “ThisMan Shaughnessy,” written by EdNicholson was by far the most pop¬ular. The article by Rube Frodin,“Hutchins the Humanist,” was alsoquite evidently of great interest tothe readers of the magazine.As far as the relative popularityof the magazine under the three pre¬ceding editors, the vote was predom¬inantly for Olin’s, both as to edi¬torial context and art and make¬up, the second-named not receivingquite as great a majority as thefirst.iWe shall know in the future toload the magazine with cartoons ifwe want to suit the popular taste.Cartoons, jokes, the columns, thearticles, and the stories, are the(Coatinaed on page 4) The Committee on scholarships inthe College yesterday announcedseventeen additional scholarships tograduating high school seniors. Thecommittee already this year hasawarded eighteen honor scholar¬ships and twenty-five scholarshipsgiven on the basis of the results ofa competitive examination. Theawards include nine two year hon¬or scholarships and eight one yearhonor scholarships.Those receiving two year honorscholarships were: John R. Dudgeon,Norfolk, Nebraska; John Eggemey-er, Richmond, Indiana; John A.Hall, Long Beach, California;Leonard Hoffman, Dwight, Illinois;William C. Lewis, Chicago, Illinois;Robert F. May, York, Nebraska;George Messmer, Indianapolis, In¬diana; Quentin Ognen, Rockford, Il¬linois; and Courtney Smith, DesMoines, Iowa.Those receiving one year honorscholarships were: Robert Brum¬baugh, Chicago, Illinois; DonaldMcReynolds, Joplin, Missouri; GuyR. Greenvell, Joplin, Missouri; BettyQuinn, Gary, Indiana; BeatriceSchonberg, Long Island, New York;Signid Strickland, East Chicago, II-linoiis; Beatrice Washburne, Wiji-netka, Illinois; and Leona H. Woods,LaGrange, Illinois. Women come to college only toget a man, if the results of a de¬bate held recently on the Universityof Michigan campus be regarded asconclusive.Arguing the question, “Resolved,That Coeds Come to Michigan forOther Than Scholastic Purposes,”the members of the women’s speechsociety were defeated by the menwho upheld the affii-mative-Other purposes that the men as¬cribed to the coed’s presence at theuniversity were to gain prestige, tomake themselves famous, and tohave a good time.In proving their point, the mem¬bers of the affirmative team quotedone woman as having answered thequestion of why she had come tocollege by saying, “To kill timeuntil my boy-friend has enoughmoney to marry me.”At one time the women placed afamous “pure” soap on the men’sdesk. PHI BETA KAPPAINITIATES^ 9 A TMEETINUODAYBonner Talks at AnnualDinner of HonorSocietyForty-nine juniors and seniorsincluding 36 from Chicago and sub¬urbs, were elected to Phi Beta Kap¬pa, national honorary society, forexcellence in scholastic work. Theinitiation will take place this after¬noon at 5 in Judson court and willbe followed by the annual Phi BetaKappa dinner, at which Robert J.Bonner, chairman of the departmentof .Greek Language and Literature,will speak.Those from Chicago honored fortheir scholastic proficiency are:Abraham Aidenoff, Raymond P.Annes, Edgar L. Burtis, ElisabethE .Cason, Harold A. Cohn, Effie M.Ecklund, Ruth L. Fisher, MelvinLester Goldman, Leonard R. Hart-enfeld, Stanley F. Jastre, Sylvia V.Katz, Marion F. Keane, Anne Lev,Peari Morson, Marion Pederson,Richard D. Pettit, Louise A. Pflas-terer, William L. Simpson, EvelynSiris, Malcolm F. Smiley, FrankM. Van Etten, Kirsten Vennes-land, Ines Asher, Harold H. Dub-).er, Thadene Hayworth, Elder J.Olson, Leon Harry Seidman,Herman M. Serota, Paul W. Stuts¬man.Suburban StudientsStudents from the suburban areaelected are: Robert J. Askevold,Congress Park, Ill.; Albert H. Car¬ter, Oak Park, Ill.; Gertrude Fox,Evanston, Ill.; Arthur F. Goeing,Blue Island, Ill.; Edward A. Nord-haus. River Forest, Ill.; Edith Ros-enfeis. Oak Park, Ill.; Lois C. Holz-worth. Oak Park, Ill.Out of town students who madePhi Beta Kappa are: Beatrice Ac-tenberg, Kansas City Mo.; LornaMargaret Alfred, Polk, Neb.; Dom¬inic Joseph Bernardi, LaSalle, Ill.;Borghild Marie Braafladt, Sacra¬mento, Cal.; Merton Max Gill, Mil-waAikee, Wi|p.j Cornelia Gouwens,South Holland, Ill.; Elsbeth HoyerLochner, Berlin, Germany; JohnGoudey Neukom, Seattle, Wash.;Robert Howison Overstreet, NewYork; James Sydney Slotkin, Brook¬lyn; Wendell Albert Smith, GrandRapids, Mich.; Mary Edna Stoner,Valparaiso, Ind.; Henry David Led-erer, Cincinnati.The Beta of Illinois chapter hasalso been asked to initiate the fol¬lowing candidates for other chap¬ters: Dr. Leon P. Smith, for theGamma of Georgia chapter, Emoryuniversity; J. S. Allen, for the Del¬ta of Ohio chapter, University ofCincinnati.Paul Mowrer Denies Possibility ofEuropean Conflict in Near FutureFOUR POSITIONS OPEN 'ON GEOLOGICAL TRIPFour or five University studentsare invited by the National ParkService to join an expedition whichit is conducting. Fay Cooper Cole,professor of Anthropology, announc¬ed yesterday. The trip, which willtake place during the summermonths, is of special interest toarchaeologists, geologists, and an¬thropologists, and will center aroundthe southwest states.: Another expedition to which Uni-vi-rsity students are invited willtravel in the Sierras and will makespecial effort to map the pathsglaciers. There will not be a war in Eu¬rope, at least for a few years. Andthe possibilities for a war after thatare not great and are steadily di¬minishing. This is the opinion ofPaul Scott Mowrer, associate editorof the Chicago Daily News, who wasthe sixth and final speaker in thestudent lecture series in Mandel halllast night.Listing the causes of war as: (1)autocracy, (2) imperialism, (3)popular passion, (4) economic rival¬ry, (5) interventions, (6) frontierfrictions, and (7) competitive arma¬ments, Mr. Mowrer pointed out that,of the seven great world pow^s,none would find these causes suf¬ficient to provoke a war at the pres¬ent time.“The important factor of balanceof power must also be mentioned,”he said. “There is a marked tend¬ency of the other powers to combinemore or less actively against anypower which tries to upset the ex¬isting equilibrium. The balance ofpower can prevent, or at least post¬pone, or at any rate, decide the is¬sue of a war. If Germany had knownthat England, the United States, andItaly would have combined againsther she would never have startedwhat she did. The one great lessonis: Bo careful when you start a warto make sure you don’t have every¬one against vou before you’re through.Mr. Mowrer then preceded to an¬alyze the shifting lineups of thepowers, comparing the German-Rus-sian and British-Italian combinesagainst France, who was making ef¬forts toward upsetting the balanceof power in 1930, with the Franco-Russian-American lineup againstGermany and Japan today. It is thisshifting of positions to preserve thebalance of power which Mr. Mowrercounts on to avert a war.In his opening paragraphs, Mr.Mowrer stated that the situation is,however, tense and we should seri¬ously consider the possibilities ofa war. He dismissed in a word theidea of anti-war pledges acting as acheck on the next war, laying greatstress on the power of mass emo¬tion. He also pointed out that twocountries are necessary in order tomaintain neutrality: the countrywhich is trying to remain neutrrand any country which might threen the neutrality of the first.Although there ts no like!’at present, of any one countrya war, Mowrer sees one po?that of a coalition startin“But there is only one po*ition,” he said, “that bemany and Italy; andsible because of theforeign .poJi'*v -ov^policy ” '■:S!R3'Page Two THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7. 1934(Lift iatlg JllaroimFOUNDED IN 1901The Daily Maroon is the official student newspapCT of tl»eUniversity of Chicago, publiilied mornings except ^turdny,Sunday, smd Monday during the autumn, winter, auo springquarters by The Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue.Subscription rates: 82.60 a year: $4.00 by mail. Single copies:three cents.No responsibility is assumed by the University of Chicagofor any statements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for anyeontracts entered into by The Daily Maroon.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post*office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March f. 1879.The Daily Maroon elipresBly reserves all right of publicationof any material appearing in this paper.BOARD CH^ CONTROLJOHN P. BARDEN, Editor-in-C hiefVINCENT NEWMAN, Business ManagerWILLIAM GOODSTEIN, Managing EditorWALTER L. MONTGOMERY, Cir ulationJANE I, BIESENTHAL, Associate Ed’torBETTY HANSEN, Associate EditorEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSTom Barton Howard P, Hudson Howard IL RichNeel B. Geison David H. Kntner Florence WishnickBUSINESS ASSISTANTSWilHam Bergman • WiUiam O’Donnell kohert SamuelsSOPHOMORE REPORTERSEdgar Greenebaum Raymond Lahr Donald MorrisRuth Greenebaum Janet Lewy Ralph NicholsonCharles Hoerr Curtis Melnick Jeanne StolteHenry Kelley William WatsonSOPHOMORE BUSINESS ASSISTANTSRod Chapin Zalmon Goldsmith Gerald SternF^nk Dnvis Howard Gottschalk Everett StoreyRobert McQuilkinEDITORIAL COMMITTEEPreaton Cutler Huntington Harris Linton J. KeithMartin Gardiner Sidney Hyaoan Georg MannNight Editor: Raymond LahrAssistant: Godfrey LehmanThursday, June 7, 1934A Guest EditorialThe New War oi Science and DogmaBy HARRY D. GIDEONSEA peculiarly common disease of the juvenile hasmade its little stir on the Midway in recent months.Fatigued with modernity, bewildered with the or¬deal of the current social drama and impatientwith those who seek to meet the present on itsown terms, it has preached a flight into intoler¬ance and the immutable ideas of the past. Al.though there is an occasion rather inconsistentemphasis on the “community of scholars,” theprogram might be summarized as an effort to sub¬stitute a 1934 edition of Dr. Eliot's “Five FootShelf ” for the University and its present program.Tbe malady is now in its later stages. The mostseriously affected patients have recently been iso¬lated in a special ward. It might be appropriateto contribute a line before this Neo-AristotelianKatzenjammer finds its proper resting place inLasswell’s laboratory in the Social Science Build¬ing.In less than a generation this University achiev¬ed a deservd place as one of the three leadinginstitutions of the country. Its scientific work wasin the broadest possible sense in accord with themain stream of the American philosophic tradition.Not the least of its many distinguished contribu¬tions was that of the so-called “Chicago school” inphilosophy, identified with the names of Dewey,Mead, Tufts, Moore, and Ames. It is possible toquestion the scientific work that took place hereas well as the philosophic base upon which itrested. It is difficult/ however, to praise the con¬tributions in science and to question their.philo¬sophic foundations. It is impossible to do so inthe social sciences. To label James and Deweyas anti-intellectuals is to place intellectualism out¬side the main stream of this University’s tradi¬tion. It may be better so. At least it clarifiesthe issues. But before such final divisions aretaken, it might be well to see just what it is thatis so cavalierly discarded.There is singularly little true understanding ofthe leaders of the anti-intellectuals” amongst ourMidway medievalists and Aristotelians. Few menhave been as sharply critical of mere fact-grub¬bing as John Dewey—but our intellectualists seemto think him the prophet of “raw empiricism.”Men who cannot even read a 1934 freshman syl-^bus without making the most egregious errors,^ hardly good judges of some of the finest worklodern philosophy.^ obviously impossible to re-educate the de¬fy intolerant (see yesterday’s Marexm edi-I one article. Yesterday the editor ofoeated the old saw that modern philo\’S th "•»o»hing Is any good that doesN not work and cannot be used practically.” TheUniversity of Chicago Press hjis just published aPublic Policy Pamphlet for those who preach thereading of originals but seem to lack the time orinclination to do as they preach. In it ProfessorMorris gives a clear statement of the position of amodern philosopher.Just what meaning can the claim have thatmodern thought is anti-intellectual? From a posi¬tive standpoint we may take the first half of theterm and ask what the modern attitude has reallybeen “against. ” Here also, three main points areto be noted, which, however, are really aspects ofone fundamental position. First, it has beenagainst absolutistic verbalism, the view that de¬batable questions, and social problems in partic¬ular, are to be settled by giving to positions nameswith an appropriate flavor, or by question-beggingdefinitions of words. The term “anti-intellectual”is itself a precious example of the use of epithetfor argument. Second, it is against “wish think-ing’’ as a substitute for truth. Tlie close connec¬tion between this point and the first should notneed elaboration; for the procedure of verbalismis one of “demonstrating” as persuasively as pos¬sible a position already held, and one the groundsof which may be dark or clear to others, but areabove question to the promoter himself. Third,and finally, the modern mind has been particular¬ly opposed to intellectual dictatorship. It hasstood for freedom of inquiry and investigation,and especially, freedom of discussion and criti¬cism, as against the regimentation of the intellec¬tual life by any saccerdotal, political, or academicbureaucracy or other organized punditry. This,again, is merely a repetition of the first and sec¬ond observations from a different point of view.For authoritative regimentation is precisely themeaning, and the only possible meaning in prac¬tice, of any assertion to the effect that in moralsand politics any problem can be solved by logi¬cal deductions from definitions of words.The significant contribution of the Greek andmedieval thinkers lay in their formulation of ac¬quired experience. Mere intellectualism—the phil¬osophy of “the isolated head”—will not do forus what it could not do for them. Professor Mor¬ris’ statement of the main tradition in Americanphilosophy—the main tradition of this University’sphilosophy—makes that abundantly clear.We have in past months been criticized at oneand the same time for being entirely “relativistic”(does Mrs. Dilling think so?) and utterly “dog¬matic” (perhaps Aristotelians can tell us howdogmatic a pragmatist's “dogma” can be?).“Pragmatism and the Crisis of Democracy” willremove some of the scholastic mist, and as theclear statement of Professor Morris’ lecture re¬veals the definite outlines that had been obscuredin a fog of Ideas, we might at the very least ex¬pect a somewhat more consistent choice of ad¬jectives. In fact, the issue is rapidly becomingthat of a new struggle of science and dogma.The present quest for certainty is pathic andpathetic. Everywhere tired young men are re¬jecting the tentative groping for truth that is char¬acteristic of modern science. Everywhere a spuri¬ous simplification of values and thought is de¬manded as “a way out” for the comfortable andthe frightened. Under those circumstances it ispeculiarly the responsibility of the University—and specifically of this University—to insist thatbroken rays of true light are better than the glam¬our of a spurious clarity that has no relation toexperience.WE CANT TAKE ITIN SILENCEThis shot fired by Mr. Gideonse has been longoverdue. Reluctantly since there are no moreregular issues of The Daily Maroon, we must pre¬sume upon Mr. Gideonse’s sportmanship by an¬swering him here.For our purposes, the first two paragraphs ofthe guest editorial, which assert that we are psy-chopathologic, may be ignored. The argumentthat an opponent is crazy has never been consid¬ered sound.To begin the best scientific work produced byUniversity scientists — physicists, astronomers,mathematicians, etc.—has its philosophic base inGalileo and Newton. Indeed, as Mr. Gideonsesays, only in the broadest possible sense can Uni¬versity scientific work be construed as in accordwith the main stream of American philosophictradition, which is a very poor tradition.Other less successful sciences like the social sci¬ences have followed in the tradition of Bacon,Hume, James, and Dewfey. James admitted hewas an anti-intellectual and was proud of it. Hewas a pragmatist, and Dewey elaborated uponJames’s principles, building them into a kind ofphilosophy. The difference between pragmatismVnd philosophy may be succinctly put: Good philosophers are pragmatists, but pragmatists arenot good philosophers.Proceeding, we find it difficult to resist parody¬ing one extremely ad hominem remark: Men whocannot even write a 1934 freshman syllabus with¬out making the most egregious errors are hardlygood judges of some of the finest work in modernphilosophy. We suggest that Mr. Gideonse turnto Whitehead rather than Dewey for the best inthat very poor field, modern philosophy.We laud that revival from the dead past, thepamphlet. Much good can be done by circulationof pamphlets, even Public Policy Pamphlets, butwe still would prefer a Five Foot Shelf of classicsto a Five Foot Shelf of Public Policy Pamphlets.There is no such thing as “absolutistic verbal¬ism”, since most words are ambiguous. Somefew words must be absolute in meaning, howeveror no one could talk intelligently. All ambiguouswords demand some definition. “Question-beg¬ging definitions” is an example of extreme ambigu¬ity. We fail to see how anti-intellectuals who areagainst verbalism and definition can talk at all.We agree with Mr. Gideonse in his oppositionto “wish-thinking” as a substitute for truth. Weare happy to see that he admits there is such athing as truth—an absolute value.We are also against an intellectual dictatorship,if it means imposition of ideas upon other people.If it means observance of simple, clear rules forthinking and arguing, it should not be called a dic¬tatorship. The term, “intellectual dictatorship”,and others show that Mr. Gideonse is a past mas¬ter in the use of epithet for argument. Again continuing, we are shocked to see Mr.Gideonse appealing, like any Congressman, topatriotism and institutional honor. “Stream ofAmerican philosophic tradition", “main traditionof American philosophy”, and “the main tradition,of this University’s philosophy” offer three preci¬ous examples of touching sentiment. Anyone whoknows both American philosophy and good philo¬sophy rates the former as inferior and superficial.The University has made contributions to philo¬sophy covering only parts of that great field, andit has not been shown that contributions fromUniversity philosophy were responsible for Uni¬versity scientific contributions.Relativists are harmless until they become dog¬matic about their relativity, and it has not yet beendemonstrated that Einstein’s mathematical theoryapplies to any other fields except the mathemati¬cal sciences.Mr. Gideonse winds up on a psychopathologicalnote which is irrelevant, since anyone who accom¬plishes anything ran be with some reason be calledpathic.As a matter of fact, both Mr. Gideonse andThe Daily Maroon have overstated their points.Both had good points, uncontradictory and gen¬uine. Both seek means to truth, and it is unfairto say that either fears the truth. Both have over¬stated for emphasis and for the sake of provoca¬tive controversy. A union between the twocould be brought about by calm conversation andclear understanding of terms. If that union canbe reached, the controversy will have been worth¬while.—J. P. B.BY POPULARACCLAIM—What promised to be a SENIOR Class Day has as¬sumed such proportions that it is now a major ALL-UNI¬VERSITY function. Freshmen, sophomores and juniorsthreaten to outnumber the seniors at this greatest of allspring parties.If your exams are a thing of the past, a royal cele¬bration is yours for 2 bucks. If some of your exams areyet to come—you’ll find it worth two bucks to temporar¬ily banish those pre-examination wrinkles of the brow.Four excellent golf courses—2 dozen perfect tenniscourts—200 acres of cool, shady gardens—and—3 millionsquare feet of lounges, club rooms and dancing space willbe at your disposal—afternoon and evening.BUFFET SUPPER — DANCING — BOWLINGBASEBALL(All included in charge of $2.00 per person)MAKE ARRANGEMENTS NOW!Senior Class DayOl3m[ipia Country ClubThis Fridayi , J IMPERFECT irDAILY MAROON SPORTSTHURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934 Page ThreeSHOSTROMS CAPTURE • Baseball Stars, Present and Maroon Teams Capture FiveFIRST AND SECOND Past, on Exhibition Here Today | Big Ten Titles in 1933-34IN INTERSCHOLASTICJohnny Shostrom, Parker highschool star, won his fourth consec¬utive singles title yesterday whenhe defeated his brother Charles,6-3, 6-4. Shostrom has dominated in¬terscholastic tennis ever since hefirts entered competition four yearsago. The ranking junior in the mid¬dle west, the Parker flash is alsothe holder of the state interscholas¬tic title. Charles Shostrom is theranking boy’s player in the centralstates region.The victory gave Parker a cleansweep of the titles at stake in thethirteieth annual meet to be stagedon the University courts. Tuesdaythe two brothers beat Chester andWilliam Murphy of Tilden technicalhigh school, 6-3, 6-4 to capture thedoubles championship.In Straight SetaJohnny Shostrom had an easytime breezing through his early op¬ponents, winning constantly instraight sets. In the fourth roundhe overwhelmed Draper of Senn andthen went ahead to eliminate BillMurphy of Tilden in the quarter¬finals. Art Jorganson, thethird mem¬ber of the all-conquering Parkertrio, bowed to Johnny in the semi¬finals. Varsity to Play AlumniAnnual Came atGreenwood FieldPROBABLE LINEUPSDREXEL THBAIHI•M B. UrgThnra., June 7LAZY RIVERwith Jean Parker, RobertYoung, Ted Healy, NatPendleton AlumniKaplan, cfCrisler, 2bFish, 3bAnderson, ssNorgren, lbWalker, IfHinkle, rfWingate, cUrban, p VarsityWehling, IfLewis, 2bLevin, cfHaarlow, ssComerford, 3bCochran, rfOffill, cThompson, lbLangford, pToday is the day when the starsof the past rise up out of theiroblivion to show the younger gener¬ation how they used to do it. Ninealumni, who normally would becheering for Maroon teams, willtake the field this afternoon, hop¬ing to knock the stuffings out ofthe boys who are defending theiralma mater. And others will be wait¬ing on the sidelines for a chance tobreak into the lineup to do their bit.Most notable among the alumniare H. O. (Fritz) Crisler, athleticdirector at Princeton, who was formany years head baseball coach atthis institution; Nelson Norgren,head basketball coach and freshmanbaseball coach; Kyle Anderson,coach of the boys he will be tryingto defeat; Fred Walker, formerpitcher for the New York Giants,and Tony Hinkle.The chances are that the regularvarsity team will start, although the' examination schedule may interfereto some extent. Virtually every manwho puts in an appearance is cer¬tain to get into the game at sometime, however, and this will be agrand opportunity to see the entiremembership of the squad in action. Maroons of OtherYears Return Home Net Team, Fencers, PoloTeams, and GymnastsWinMaroon athletic teams were fair¬ly successful in 1933-34. The netteam, the gymnasts, fencers, andthe water polo team won first placein the Big Ten, while the horse poloteam tied for first place. The wrest¬ling team, although not competingKay Wendt WinsW. A. A. Titlefor Second TimeWill UrbanStudents in an English class atOklahoma A. & M. college are finedone cent every time they mi.sspell aword. The fund derived from thissource is used Jo pay for an annualbanquet for the class. Kay Wendt, playing a fast driv¬ing game, beat Esther Weber 6-4,6-3, to capture the Universitywomen’s tennis championship Tues¬day afternoon on the varsity courts.The champion’s victory gave her thesecond leg on the athletic depart¬ment trophy. A third victory willgive her pemanent possession ofthe cup. The trophy will be formal¬ly presented to the winner at theW. A. A. banquet tomorrow .EstherWeber, the other finalist, is vice-president of W. A. A.The championship match showedsome brilliant women’s tennis. KayWendt, playing in shorts, drove hardfor the back court, and out-man¬euvered her opponent with hardcross court shots. The champion’sserves were somewhat steadier thanEsther Weber’s, but the match washard-fought throughout. It seemedworthy of the brand of tennis whichthe Maroon netmen showed on thesame courts to capture the Big Tentitle last month. in the conference meet was infourth place in dual competition,the track and the baseball teams fin¬ished ninth, and the football andbasketall team finished last in theBig Ten.Despite the fact that the Maroonteam finished last, the grid teamlooked well in almost every game,and gave indications of possibilitiesfor 1934. In the finale of the sea¬son, the Maroons swamped the Dart¬mouth football for the most surpris¬ing and best performance of theyear—perhaps the most surprising inany sport.Davidson and WrighteThe victory of the net team, al¬though it was expected was ob¬tained by some brilliant tennis. MaxDavidson’s fine play was the highspot, of \he tennis season. GeorgeWrighte, the gymnasts captain,turned in brilliant individual per¬formances in the rafter sport.The fencers led by ‘Burt Youngand the water polo team led by Nah-ser, copped the first place buntingin their respective sports. BruceBenson led his horse poloists to atie for the Big Ten crown with Illi¬nois.The wrestlers, over arduous sea¬son of 11 dual meet, ended up in 4thplace. The team might have fin¬ished third in the conference butbecause of examinations a team wasnot sent to Bloomington. The trackteam, weak in man power, dependedon a few individual stars, but pros¬pects for next year are good. Thebasketball team finished in lastplace, but like the football team,look good enough to cause someserious worry in the Big Ten nextyear. GEORGE H. WRIGHTEAWARDED MEDAL FOR‘BRAINS AND BRAWN’George H. Wrighte, for twoyears captain of the Maroon gym¬nastic team and twice all-aroundchampion of the Big Ten, has beenawarded the conference medal forscholarship and athletics at theUniversity, Director Nelson Metcalfannounced yesterday.His conference championshipswere won despite a serious knee in¬jury suffered at the beginning ofhis sophomore year. In 1932 hewon four places in the Bfg Ten meetand in the 1933 conference meet hewon first place on the horizontalbars, side horse, parallel bars, all-around, and second on the rings.He also won second in the I. C. A.A. A. A. all-around. This year hewas first on the horizontal bars,side horse, parallel bars, all-aroundand second on the rings. He wonthe all-around title despite a re-in¬jury of his knee in the parallelbars competition, which preventedhim from competing in the tumb¬ling.'RAINING.YOU CAN sell;Train for boaineas leaderabip at thia achoolof auccemful graduatea. Buaineaa Ad-miniatration, Exeentive Secretarial, Steoa*typy. Accounting, etc. Day or Eve. claaaea.Coeducational. Call, write or phone Ran.1S76 for bulletin.Bi^'an^StrattoncAj^coc18 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGOCAP and GOWNPractically the entire student body has placed itsstamp of approval upon the 1934 edition ofTHE CAP and GOWNIn art vYork — editorial content and general plan¬ning it expresses creative effort and marked de¬parture from the staid conventionalism of the usualyear book. »10 to I your picture is in it at least once. Get yoursnow before there is a sellout—$2.75.No subscriptions honored unless books are calledfor by tomorrow at 6 P. M.CAP AND (OWN OFFICE LETTERS TO THEEDITORLEXINGTON HALL We have saidenough aboutwhat we DOhave in theCap andGownCast yourorbits uponthe sidecolumn ofletters tothe Editorfor anexample ofwhat we DONOT havein theCap andGown Dear Editor:Elxcuse it please if a CobbHall Janitor writes what hethinks of Cap and Gown. Meno read much, me no can un¬derstand English. Me no writewell either. Wife hold handnow or you no could readwhat I want to say.Leetla boy like pretty pic¬tures in big book, most he likefunny fuzzy dolls hanging onbook ends and tumbling overinto wells. Him like prettyblue sheet cellophane too.M£dce air tight wrapper forsandwiches in lunch box.SignedJoe Subtle.Ed: You can’t fool me.You’re no janitor. You ownthe banana cart stationed out¬side Mandel Hall.IN ORIGINAL I wmmm iNteitiiyiittiiiHi ^■ '“t tfi lfaB->ii"iiiiiifDflWi'TiltKifi iiiTl'iiillitfPage FourMusic and ReligionClayton R. Bowek. MeadvilleTheological School. Joseph 'Bondchapel at 12.Phonograph concert, Social Sci¬ence 122 at 12:30.Public Lectures“The History of History,” As¬sociate professor Gottshalk. HarperMil, at 4:45.“The Relativity Theory,” Profes¬sor Hoyt. Fullerton hall, the Art In¬stitute, at 6:45.MiscellaneousAlumni Assembly. The Interna¬tional House at 8:30.Faculty of the Division of Physi¬cal Sciences. Ryerson 32 at 4:30.Kent Chemical Society Dinner.Ida Noyes hall at 6:30.University Aides’ Dinner. IdaNoyes hall at 6:30.Rush Medical College Clinics at 9.CLASSIFIED ADSCAPABLE woman desires to carefor home in absence of owner or willconsider Hskp. References. Mrs.Vance, 6254 Stony Island Ave. H.P. 5660.COTTAGE on Lake Michigan,Pine Woods. Nr. Onekama andPortage Lk. $20 per wk. Also ShoreCottage at Harbert. Telephone Dor.8991.ATTRACTIVE, cool rooms formen summer school students. $15mo., $35 quarter. See Tom Eadie,Sigma Chi House, 5711 Woodlawn.W A N T E D—Medical students,plea.sant personality, interested inbirth control. Good proposition. CallWa)/.sh 4987 for interview.PLEASE return brown Kodak to613 Burton Cour* . toasted”—for throat protection.And every Lucky is fully packedwith these choice tobaccos—maderound and firm—free from loose ends—that’s why Luckies “keep in con¬dition"—do not dry out. Luckies arealways in all-ways kind to your throat.from this picture—Luckies* fine, smooth tobacco qual¬ity doesn’t just happen—for we useonly the clean center leaves! Only theclean center leaves—for the centerleaves are the mildest leaves—theycost more—they taste better. Then—“It’s toasted”V Luckies are all-ways kind to your throatCofqrricht, ISH Th« AoMiicM Tobtceo CpopuyOnly the Center Leaves—these are the Mildest LeavesTHE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1934Lettersto theEditorEditor, The Daily Maroon,Dear Mr. Barden:In the light of contemporary stu¬dent opinion I am probably aboutto make a revolutionary confession.Perhaps the fact that I am one ofthose dated individuals known as“old-plan” students will in some wisemitigate the somewhat unconven¬tional nature of my remarks. My re¬actionary attitude may be attribut¬ed to the difference in my mode ofeducation, perhaps. Nevertheless myadmission will undoubtedly strikemany of the more critical elementson campus as a trifle unorthodox.In a few words, I am distinctlysatisfied with my college education.I have, in spite of the alleged super¬ficiality of lecture course, both oldplan and new, acquired, especiallyin my senior year, the elements ofwhat I consider a “liberal educa¬tion.” I have learned many signifi¬cant and undeniably enlighteningthings about the world I live in.Within the last year, for example,I have for the first time been intro¬duced intelligently to the following:the plays of Corneille, Racine andMoliere; the philosophy of Descar-SURVEY REVEALSPHOENIX POPULARITY(Continued from page 1)order of the popularity of the va¬rious features that make up thecontent of the magazine with car¬toons leading the field by far. Onehelpful young gent, when askedwhat he looked first in the maga¬zine, quite naturally said, -“Thecover, you dummy!” but thaj^ willnot influence us because we alwaysintended to have a cover anyway.We received other helpful sug¬gestions. We were told to “sell themagazine for twenty-five cents, youmight as well not get two-bits as notget fifteen cents for it.” Many ofthe choices were made because a“fraternity brother writes it,” andsome votes for “Editor’s Ashes”were lost because they said theywouldn’t vote for “anything thatthat guy Olin writes.” Most of thegirls didn’t like the Jpke about themail plane because it was dirty anda lot of people didn’t understandthe crack about Aphrodite and Bac-cus; we’re of the opinion that thosegirls still read the Phoenix.We got a lot of help from the sur¬vey, we thank those that helped uswith us, if you’d like to see a copyof the survey or help us by fillingone out, drop in at the Phoenix of¬fice) and we hope to put out aswell mag next year. tes; the fundamentals of Calvinism;the outstanding exponents of Ameri¬can “belles lettres;” the history ofChristianity; the drama of Shakes¬peare’s time, exclusive of Shakes¬peare; the novels of the eighteenthcentury such as Tom Jones andRobinson Crnsoe; the prose critic¬ism of Addison, Swift, Johnson,Pope and Dryden; the history ofEngland from Charles II to GeorgeIII.I have further learned wheremodem Christianity diverges fromHebraism; what the German Refor¬mation was; the Renascence; theMiddle Ages; whence dates consti¬tutional government in England;what comprises American culture;what Samuel Johnson did besidesfiguring in a biography; who Fran¬cois Villon was; what baroque androccoco signify; what Confuciustaught; who founded methodism;what classicism, romanticism andrealism mean.The utilitarian will now rise upand demand what is the value of allthis? The skeptic will doubt strenu¬ously whether any fundamental in¬formation could possibly be acquir- |ed in a year on such a variety ofsubjects. The intelligensia willscorn the misguided unfortunatewho failed to discover most of thesefacts before he came to college. Toall of them I answer simply, “Edu¬cation is an empiric affair. I am,after all, the one to be satisfied. My purpose is to do more than toassert that I am satisfied.To the critically disposed, I havethis to say; There is as much possi¬bility of your corrupting collegeeducation as there is its dissatisfy¬ing you. Already you have fosteredthe after-dinner speech type of lec¬ture, with its attendant cataloguingand pleasantry, and you have madevirtually necessary the rule-and-line book-list, neatly limited to “re¬quirements.” You are sponsoring anew kind of socialism,—student-controlled education. Even examsare being regimented,—no ques¬tions accepted which do not bearthe stamp of union approval.Although perhaps as fastidious asmy fellow-critics, I decided, as faras college education was concern¬ed, to take “the bitter with the bet¬ter” as Jane Ace would say, andhave managed to graduaite withmore than a modicum of satisfac¬tion by being frankly “acceptive”and leaving the theoreticians tolaunch “projects and systems” andinCubate “new Republics.”Respectfully,A Prospective Alumna.We congratulate you on the suc¬cess of your education. Very intelli¬gent people can become educatedunder any system. Yet you wouldnot deny that even the old plan hadimperfections. We plead only forthe open mind in regard to educa¬tional changes.—ed. The Travelling BazaarBy MILT OLINBwaBpgxBsswKKBaaiTOiaaBaasfln^^GOODABYELast two days to say it to: Barden for furnish¬ing us with a most interesting character inB'friars, and for the many other much-mentionedthings. Sandman for being around and helping.The Hash for many enjoyable hours and the lit¬tle girl personality. Cherry Abbott for helpingus indirectly on that bad course. Benvangerfor his grand football and publicity potentialities.Womer for his f. ball and new council job.Biesenthal for old favors rendered. Kehoe for hisnobility in taking ignoble parts and doing ’em updoggy. Peg Mulligan for being one of the mostbeautiful vibmen ever to adorn the quadrangles.Hal James for being the goat of a lot of cracksabout “wot a liver" and not minding, and beingthe popular candidate, old redhead. Boone forshe knows what. Cason for being our first col¬lege flame. Scheel for being our last. LorraineWatson for secrets in the past, covered with choc¬olate. Betty Hansen for finally coming aroundto saying nice things, and for being a good egg.Rapp for multiple reasons. Cromwell for get¬ting places sweetly. Hyman and Morrison forthe great things they’ll do for America’s best col¬lege rag next year. Qiu'nn for all he did for itthis. Tyroler for being a good friend, and a fairpolitician. Margie Moore for being one of thenicest, most dependable females to run across us, and V. versa. Louise Hoyt for coming along justin time. Hunty Harris for his companionable in¬telligence. Carr for long friendship in the offing.Greenleaf for being a pal, and for liking Ilo.Natalie Pannes, because we never did get aroundto drinking that beer together. Newman for be¬ing busy quite pleasantly, and for taking it in theneck in that law course. Billie Watrous for bub¬bling individuality. Day for going ga-ga on her.George Watrous for all the wonderful parties athis house, and greyjack. Chaplins because it tookus a long time to get to know her. Hutch fornever bothering to bound down on us when welet printer’s ink, like wine, go to our heads.Toddy Coleman for being back here, tho’ mar¬ried. Cusack for quiet talks. White for gettingthere even with measles. Storer for crashingthru at the eleventh hour. Jill Edwards for theHollywood exterior. Houze for old good times.Linn for contact with his personality. RuthWorks for memories of one New Year’s Eve, andfor sociability. Beth Mather for summer lettersand for liking Geagie. Eyssell for Monie. ChuckSmith for working his way thru school and do¬ing himself proud in track and other activities.Wilder for the happiest hours ever spent in aclassroom. Bliss for dried-up birthday cake.Kreuscher for confidences and religious discuss¬ions. Springer for doing his job well. Gethro foralways being the same. Jaburek for her palm¬istry. Haarlow for his dead-eye. Val Johnsonfor being a good old Swede. Gwin for her figure,danceability, and sweet little mother. Gordon forbeing a one-man woman. Kerr for being terrifi¬cally baldheaded.The clean Center Leavesare the ''Today on theQuadrangles/®[ie 20ailp illaroonVol. 34. No. 119. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934 Price Three Cent*sweetnessand lightbyfeorg nPREJUDICE NUMBERthe firstAnd prejudice number the firstIS none other than the editor of theMaroon. We are not prepared norshould we care to either defend orattack the positions that he hasheld at various times throughout theyear. It is quite within the realmof possibility that his thinking isfaulty and his notions equally so;but here again we fail to see thatthis makes any difference. Natural¬ly we should be terribly pleasedand even excited to find out atsometime in the not too distant fu¬ture that our athlete-journalist-friend was really a rational person.Itut as we have said, this is really MAJOR VANCE TOLEAVE UNIVERSITYDURINUUMMERHead of R. O. T. C. UnitWill Be Placed onRetired ListMajor Preston T. Vance, professorand chairman of the department ofMilitary Science and Tactics,will probably be placed on the re¬tired list and leave the Universitythis summer, it was revealed yester¬day. The major failed to pass thearmy’s phytical examination satis¬factorily and will probably be re¬tired on account of disability inci¬dent to service.Aljhougji Maj. Vance ha.4 alreadyreceived the report on his physicalexamination, the official ordersfrom Washington will not arrive fornot of too weighty consequences. The j another month or so. It is entirelyessential point Is that he has hadthe mental energy and strength ofpersonal conviction, as others havemaliciously intimated, mingled per¬haps with an enormous degree ofambition, to present his ideas andthose of others for which he has re¬spect and admiration with a certainadmirable fearlessness and disregardfor the narrowing influence of pub-lice condemnation. All of this hasquite rightfully placed him in theenviable position of being beyondall question the most respected andmost feared undergrauate on thecampus. His has been a positionthat has continued without breakthroughout the year, a position thatthe unjustifiable snubs of pettygroups and petty people stressingpetty ideals and existing for theperpetuation of mediocrity cannottake from him. For that at least ishis reward for his aictivities thisyear....then we havePREJUDICE NUMBERTHE SECONDAnd this is about another editor... . Ev Parker. Parker is the hard¬est worker on the campus. Mp^ypeople have come to dislike him be¬cause “he’s always jumping aroundand doing things.’’ Well that’s it. . .he’s always doing things and quitenaturally we who are content torest miserably in the self-indulgentpost of idleness resent his activity.But now at the end of the year heat least has something to show forthe now out-dated calendar. It is alarge black book, a year book ofthe University; but it’s Parker’syearook, his record by use of theprinted word, photograph and artof the past year. He too has beenthe victim of the scorn of the big-otted, mediocre majority. 'But wewonder with our customary wistful¬ness as to whether when ourthoughts wander beside some far dis¬tant fireplace, distant in both timeand place, we w'onder whetherthey’ll remember Ev Parker orwhether their thoughts will turnwith still-flaming admiration to apast administrative appointee to anundergraduate committee. Youknow what we are thinking and hop¬ing; the committee will have van¬ished, all committees do. But therewill still be a Cap and Gown and itprobably won’t be as good as thisone. And even if some future andletjiaqgic undergraiuate bo^ly failsvanishes, there will still be Parker’svanishes, there will still be Parker’syearbook. That at least will alwaysseem to have been worth the while.PREJUDICES UNNUMBEREDBut we haen’t room to say it all.There’s still Pete Zimmer, eventhough the fact that he is or ratherwas an athlete gave some peoplethe impression that he was “justanother one of the boys;’’ thenthere’s Hyman and Oshins andQuinn and of course always MiltOlin of whom we have already saidthe laudatory things we think abouthim. And Georg Mann and Van derHoef and Tom Foster, a swell guydespite Phi Bete with the same go¬ing for G. T. V. Then Noel Ger-son who woke up one morning re¬cently to find himself on the list ofgraduates and it’s a damned shametoo. There’ll be a little somethingwithout Gerson nosing about.. Thenthere’s always the feminine inter¬est. .. .society sue watching, some¬times approving then theothers... .Finis possible that the president may seefit to continue Maj. Vance on theactive list, although the usual proce¬dure is to retire officers who areincapacitated for field service.Second Member to GoMaj. Vance is the second mem¬ber of the Military department toleave the University this summer,the transfer of Lt. N. F. Galbraithto Fort Sill having been announcedlast month. Captain Henry Holt,now stationed at West Point, willbecome assistant profesor of Mili¬tary Science and Tactics to succeedLt. Galbraith, but Maj. Vance’s suc¬cessor, if one is appointed, will notbe announced for at least anothermonth.Maj. Vance, then a captain, serv¬ed for four years as assistant pro¬fessor of Military Science and 'Tac¬tics at the University from 1919 to1923. The Field Artillery unit wasfounded at the University in 1919.He was formerly an instructor atthe Field Artillery school, and is agraduate of the Field Artilleryschool and the Command and Gen¬eral Staff school. He was promotedto a major in 1932.Here One YearHe came to the University as pro¬fessor of Military Science and Tac¬tics last summer, succeeding Maj.Thomas Jackson J. Christian, whowas transferred to the army warcollege in Washington.“It certainly is a blow to be sud¬denly called from my work like thisafter having made so many plansfor next year,’’ the major said.“Of course there is always the pos¬sibility that I may be retained, butthe general practice is such as tomake that possibility extremely re¬mote. I have sincerely enjoyed be¬ing at the University and meetingthe men here.’’ Professor ColeLeaves on ThreeMonth ExpeditionProfessor Fay-Cooper Cole, chair¬man of the department of Anthrop¬ology at the University, will leaveChicago on June 18 with a party jof about fifteen archaeologists for Ia three months’ field expedition inSouthern Illinois. Because the ter¬ritory to be explored has heretoforebeen uninvestigated, the leaders ofthe expedition entertain hopes ofmaking discoveries of great archae¬ological significance.The work will concentrate arounda group of mounds, of which thereare a dozen or more, located nearthe town of Metropolis in southernIllinois. The mounds, the largest ofwhich covers two or three acres andstands thirty feet high, are the rem¬nant of old Indian communities andprobably will reveal several Indianburying grounds and many articlesrepresentative of the culture of theIleriod.The chief aim of the expeditionis to examine, if po.ssible, the re¬mains of several successive cul¬tures so that the dates of these cul¬ture periods may be established.I While Professor Cole and his co-I workers are at Metropolis, MissFlorence Hawry, who is studyingfor her Doctor’s degree at the Uni¬versity, will examine the neighbor¬ing region with several assistants.Miss Hawry has made a specialstudy of the Douglas Tree Ringmethod of determining the date ofculture periods and she will applythis method to timber obtained fromthe ruins, and also to other speci¬mens of timber obtained from In¬dian relics of the surrounding re¬gion. BEGIN PLANS FOR I Make Final DriveORIENTATIONNEW FRESHMENSocial Committee WillDirect Program ofActivitiesHOLD ANNUALDINNER FORUNIVERSITY AIDESThe annual dinner for UniversityAides, both past and present, willbe held tomorrow night at 5:30 inIda Noyes hall. Lorraine W’atsonand Agnes Prentice Smith are incharge of the arrangements. About75 are expected to attend.The guest speaker for the dinnerwill be Elizabeth Wallace, who wasprofessor emeritus of French Lit¬erature, and is now living in Min¬neapolis, Minnesota. Other guestswill include: Gertrude Dudley, pro¬fessor of Physical Culture; MarionTalbot, former dean of women;Edith Foster Flint, professor ofEnglish; and Mrs. Harvey Carr.The W’omen’s Athletic Associationwill also hold a dinner tonight atIda Noyes hall. Dr. Dudley Reed,director of the Health Service; An¬ton J. Carlson, professor of Physi¬ology, and Miss Roberta Burgesswill speak. A new program of orientingfreshmen who will enter the Uni¬versity ii} the'autumn quarter willbe put into effect by the StudentSocial Committee. As in the pasta chairman of the Freshman Orien¬tation committee will be chosen to¬gether with several of his co-work¬ers, but they will act as a branch ofthe Social Committee.This year an effort will be madeto assign counsellors to freshmenon the basis of common academicand activity interests. The applica¬tions of the freshmen will be look¬ed over by the committee in orderto gain information concerning theinterests of the incoming students.Counsellors will be chosen by theSocial Committee mainly on thebasis of participation in activities.More sophomores than ever beforewill be picked to advise the fresh¬men, since it is assumed that theyhave a more recent knowledge ofproblems likely to be encounteredby the freshmen.Selected in SummerThe counsellors will be selectedearly in the summer by the Socialcommittee, which consists of JohnRice, chairman, Virginia Eyssell,Si<lney Hyman, Robert Ebert, Char¬ity Harris, Edith McCarthy, andWilliam Lang. They will then con¬tact the freshmen by letter duringthe lay er part of the summer. Bythe time of Freshman Week, it isplanned to have friendly relation*between the new students and theupper-classmen well established.The new method will replace theformer one of choosing counsellorsmoF or less in random fashion. Thesystem of providing the freshmenwomen with counsellors who havethe same interests as they workedsuccessfully last year. Following a mass meeting in theCircle yesterday, the Senior Councilbegan it.s final drive for Class daytomorrow at the Olympia Fieldscountry club.All members of the class are in¬vited. Freshmen, sophomore, andjuniors may attend as guests of theseniors. It will be an all day party,starting at 12 noon and ending at12 midnight.Harry Berkover and his orchestra,who have played at many campusparties, will furnish the music fordancing in the evening. If weatherconditions are favorable, the danc¬ing will be held out of doors.'Luncheon will be served in theclub house at 12:30 for those whowish to go out early. Attractionsfor the afternoon include golf,horseback riding, baseball, and ten¬nis. There will be a slight chargefor golf for men, but the womenguests may play free of charge. Re¬freshments will be available at thebar.Dinner is to be served at 7:30,while dancing will follow. The ad¬mission charge is two dollars perperson, but Wayne Rapp, presidentof the Senior Class yesterday em¬phasized that the party is to be“dutch treat.’’Tickets are on sale at all frater¬nity houses and dormitories, andmay also be purchased at the Rey¬nolds club and the Bookstores.Wayne Rapp, who is in charge oftickets, wishes all salesmen to makea report to him today at the Dekehouse on the advance sale. All tick¬ets and money must be turned in tohim before noon tomorrow.‘COLLEGE WOMENMAN - HUNTERS’—MICHIGAN MENCampus Survey Shows Popularityof 1933-34 Phoenix Features 17 High SchoolSeniors ReceiveHonor AwardsBy HARRY MORRISON JR.In an attempt to find out whatthe campus thought of this year’sPhoenix we recently circulated fourhundred and fifty comprehensivequestionnaires, with the idea ofmolding the 1934-35 Phoenix ac¬cording lo what our readers want.We learned many things for edi¬torial content and we found that98 per cent of those answeringthought that there was a definiteplace on the campus for the Phoe¬nix.A new feature of the past year’sPhoenix, the Round Towu page,proved to be the most popular fea¬ture. Theater was second^ andBooks were tfiird. All of these col¬umns will be continued in the Big¬ger and Better (they always saythat) Phoenix. All in all, theredidn’t seem to be much choiceamong the features; practically allof them were popular.One of the biggest disappoint¬ments in the writer’s life came whenhe found that “Gertie the Go-Get¬ter’’ was a much better-liked columnthan the “Armchair Clinic’’ to thetune of three to one. His one con¬solation was that all the reasonsgiven for Gertie’s choice were thatshe “mentioned all the names;’’ andpeople seemed to like the Clinicbecause it was “well written.”Modesty forbids the author to dwell overmuch on the identity ofthe most popular writer of the year.Sid Hyman was second in the favorof the readers, and Gertie, the dirtylittle squirtie, was right in there.It becomes increasingly evident thatGertie the Go-Getter was a big fac¬tor in the popularity of the Phoe¬nix this last year.Milt Olin, as editor for the year1933-34, made an attempt to presentat least one feature article for eachissue, the article being unfunny andwith a definite purpose. Only tenpersons of those who were approach¬ed were against the idea, even inits execution. Of these articles “ThisMan Shaughnessy,” written by EdNicholson was by far the most pop¬ular. The article by Rube Frodin,“Hutchins the Humanist,” was alsoquite evidently of great interest tothe readers of the magazine.As far as the relative popularityof the magazine under the three pre¬ceding editors, the vote was predom¬inantly for Olin’s, both as to edi¬torial context and art and make¬up, the second-named not receivingquite as great a majority as thefirst.We shall know in the future toload the magazine with cartoons ifwe want to suit the popular taste.Cartoons, jokes, the columns, thearticles, and the stories, are the(Continued on page 4) The Committee on scholarships inthe College yesterday announcedseventeen additional scholarships tograduating high school seniors. Thecommittee already this year hasawarded eighteen honor scholar¬ships and twenty-five scholarshipsgiven on the basis of the results ofa competitive examination. Theawards include nine two year hon¬or scholarships and eight one yearhonor scholarships.Those receiving two year honorscholarships were: John R. Dudgeon,Norfolk, Nebraska; John Eggemey-er, Richmond, Indiana; John A.Hall, Long Beach, California;Leonard Hoffman, Dwight, Illinois;William C. Lewis, Chicago, Illinois;Robert F. May, York, Nebraska;George Messmer, Indianapolis, In¬diana; Quentin Ognen, Rockford, Il¬linois; and Courtney Smith, DesMoines, Iowa.Those receiving one year honorscholarships were: Robert Brum¬baugh, Chicago, Illinois; DonaldMcReynolds, Joplin, Missouri; GuyR. Greenvell, Joplin, Missouri; BettvQuinn, Gary, Indiana; BeatriceSchonberg, Long Island, New York;Signid Strickland, East Chicago, Il¬linois; Beatrice Washburne, Wi^i-netka, Illinois; and Leona H. Woods,I.,aGrange, Illinois. Women come to college only toget a man, if the results of a de¬bate held recently on the Universityof Michigan campus be regarded asconclusive.Arguing the question, “Resolved,That Coeds Come to Michigan forOther Than Scholastic Purposes,”the members of the women’s speechsociety were defeated by the menwho ui)held the affiiinative.Other purposes that the men as¬cribed to the coed’s presence at theuniversity w'ere to gain prestige, tomake themselves famous, and tohave a good time.In i)roving their point, the mem¬bers of the affirmative team quotedone woman as having answered thequestion of why she had come tocollege by .^aying, “To kill timeuntil my boy-friend has enoughmoney to marry me.”At one time the women placed afamous “pure” soap on the men’sdesk. PHI BETA WAINITIATES'4’9 ATMEETINU 0 0 A YBonner Talks at AnnualDinner of HonorSocietyForty-nine juniors and seniorsincluding 36 from Chicago and sub¬urbs, were elected to Phi Beta Kap¬pa, national honorary society, forexcellence in scholastic work. Theinitiation will take place this after¬noon at 5 in Judson court and willbe followed by the annual Phi BetaKappa dinner, at which Robert J.Bonner, chairman of the departmentof Greek Language and Literature,will .speak.Those from Chicago honored fortheir scholastic proficiency are:Abraham Aidenoff, Raymond P.Annes, Edgar L. Burtis, ElisabethE .Cason, Harold A. Cohn, Effie M.Ecklund, Ruth L. Fisher, MelvinLester Goldman, Leonard R. Hart-enfeld, Stanley F. Jastre, Sylvia V.Katz, Marion F. Keane, Anne Lev,Pearl Morson, Marion Pederson,Richard D. Pettit, Louise A. Pflas-terer, William L. Simpson, EvelynSiris, Malcolm F. Smiley, FrankM. Van Etten, Kirsten Vennes-land, Ines Asher, Harold H. Dub-ner, Thadene Hayworth, Elder J.Olson, Leon Harry Seidman,Herman M. Serota, Paul W. Stuts¬man.Suburban StudentsStudents from the suburban areaelected are: Robert J. Askevold,Congress Park, Ill.; Albert H. Car¬ter, Oak Park, Ill.; Gertrude Fox,Evanston, Ill.; Arthur F. Goeing,Blue Island, 111.^ Edward A. Nord-haus, River Forest, Ill.; Edith Ros-enfels. Oak Park, Ill.; Ix)is C. Holz-worth. Oak Park, Ill.Out of town students who madePhi Beta Kappa are: Beatrice Ac-tenberg, Kansas City Mo.; LornaMargaret Alfred, Polk, Neb.; Dom¬inic Joseph Bernardi, LaSalle, Ill.;Borghild Marie Braafladt, Sacra¬mento, Cal.; Merton Max Gill, Mil¬waukee, Wip.j Cornelia Gouwens,South Holland, Ill.; Elsbeth HoyerLochner, Berlin, Germany; JohnGoudey Neukom, Seattle, Wash.;Robert Howison Overstreet, NewYork; James Sydney Slotkin, Brook¬lyn; Wendell Albert Smith, GrandRapids, Mich.; Mary Edna Stoner,Valparaiso, Ind.; Henry David Led-erer, Cincinnati.The Beta of Illinois chapter hasalso been asked to initiate the fol¬lowing candidates for other chap¬ters: Dr. Leon P. Smith, for theGamma of Georgia chapter, Emoryuniversity; J, S. Allen, for the Del¬ta of Ohio chapter. University ofCincinnati.Paul Mowrer Denies Possibility ofEuropean Conflict in Near FutureFOl'R POSITIONS OPENON GEOLOGICAL TRIPFour or five University studentsare invited by the National ParkService to join an expedition w’hichit is conducting. Fay Cooper Cole,professor of Anthropology, announc¬ed yesterday. The trip, which willtake place during the summermonths, is of special interest toai’chaeologists, geologists, and an¬thropologists, and will center aroundthe southwest states.Another expedition to which Uni-veisity students are invited willtravel in the Sierras and will makea special effort to map the pathsof glaciers. There will not be a war in Eu¬rope, at least for a few years. Andthe possibilities for a war after thatare not great and are steadily di¬minishing. This is the opinion ofPaul Scott Mowrer, associate editorof the Chicago Daily News, who wasthe sixth and final speaker in thestudent lecture series in Mandel halllast night.Listing the causes of war as: (1)autocracy, (2) imperialism, (3)popular passion, (4) economic rival¬ry, (5) interventions, (6) frontierfrictions, and (7) competitive arma¬ments, Mr. Mowrer pointed out that,of the seven great world powers,j none would find these causes suf¬ficient to provoke a war at the pres¬ent time.“The important factor of balanceof power must also be mentioned,”he said. “There is a marked tend¬ency of the other powders to combinemore or less actively against anypow’er which tries to upset the ex¬isting equilibrium. The balance ofpower can prevent, or at least post¬pone, or at any rate, decide the is¬sue of a war. If Germany had knownthat England, the United States, andItaly would have combined againsther she would never have startedwhat she did. The one great lessonis: 'Be careful when you start a warto make sure you don’t have every¬one against wou before you’re i policythrough.Mr. Mowrer then preceded to an¬alyze the shifting lineups of thepow'ers, comparing the German-Rus-sian and British-Italian combinesagainst France, who was making ef¬forts toward upsetting the balanceof power in 1930, with the Franco-Russian-American lineup againstGermany and Japan today. It is thisshifting of positions to preserve thebalance of pow’er which Mr. Mowrercounts on to avert a war.In his opening paragraphs, Mr.Mowrer stated that the situation is,how'ever, tense and we should seri¬ously consider the possibilities ofa war. He dismissed in a word theidea of anti-wa" pledges acting as acheck on the next war, laying greatstress on the power of mass emo¬tion. He also pointed out that twocountries are necessary in order tomaintain neutrality: the countrywhich is trying to remain neutird any country which might thrien the neutrality of the first.Although there 7s no likehat present, of any one countrya war, Mowrer sees one po'that of a coalition startin“But there is only one poition,” he said, “that h-many and Italy; ai'd t'sible because of theforeign poh'-’v oveIMPERFECT IN ORIGINALTHE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1934Page Twoiatlg iiaro0ttFOUNDEID IN 1901Th« Dmily Maroon i» the official student newspaper of theUniversity of ChicaKO. publiihed mornings except ^turday,Sunday, and Monday during the autumn, winter, and springquarters by The Daily Maroon Company. 6831 University avenue.Subscription rates; $2,Si> a year; $4.00 by mail. Single copiesthree cents.No responsibility is assumed by the University of Chicagofor any statements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for anyoontracLs entered into by The Daily Maroon.Untered as second class matter March 18. 1903, at th^ post-office at Chicago. Illinois, under the Act of March 3. 1879.The Daily Maroon e'xpressly reoerves all right of publicationof any material appearing in this pap^r.BOARD OF CONTROLJOHN P. BARDEN, Editor-in-C hiefVINHTENT NEWMAN, Business ManagerWILLIAM GOODSTEIN, Managing EditorWALTER L MONTGOMERY, Cir ulationJANE I. BIESENTHAL, Associate EdHorBETTY HANSEN, Associate EditorEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSTom Barton Howard P. Htadaon Howard M. RichNoel B. Geraon David EL Kutner Florence WiahnickBUSINESS ASSISTANTSWilliam Bergman William O'Donnell hohert SamuelaSOPHOMORE REPORTERSEdgar GrecnebaumRuth GreenebaumCharlea HoerrHenry Kelley Raymond LahrJ anet LewyCurtia Melnick Donald MorrisRalph Nicholaonleanne StolteW’illiam WatsonSOPHOMORE BUSINESS ASSISTANTSRod Chapin Zalmon Goldsmith Gerald SternFYank Davis Howard Gottschalk Everett StoreyRobert McQuilkinEDITORIAL COMMITTEE"“reeton Cutler Huntington Harris Linton J. KeithMartin Gardiner Sidney Hyman Georg MannNight Editor: Raymond LahrAssistant: Godfrey LehmanThursday, June 7, 1934A Guest EditorialTTie New War of Science and DogmaBy HARRY D. GIDEONSEA peculiarly common disease of the juvenile hasmade its little stir on the Midway La recent months.Fatigued with modernity, bewildered with the or¬deal of the current social drama and impatientwith those who seek to meet the present on itsown terms, it has preached a flight into intoler¬ance and the immutable ideas of the past. Al¬though there is an occasion rather inconsistentemphasis on the “community of scholars,” theprogram might be summarized as an effort to sub¬stitute a 1934 edition of Dr. Eliot’s “Five FootShelf ” for the University and its present program.The malady is now in its later stages. The mostseriously affected patients have recently been iso¬lated in a special ward. It might be appropriateto contribute a line before this Neo-AristotelianKatzenjammer finds its proper resting place inLasswell’s laboratory in the Social Science Build¬ing.In less than a generation this University achiev¬ed a deservd place as one of the three leadinginstitutions of the country. Its scientific work wasin the broadest possible sense in accord with themain stream of the American philosophic tradition.Not the least of its many distinguished contribu¬tions was that of the so-called “Chicago school” inphilosophy, identified with the names of Dewey,.Mead, Tufts, Moore, r.nd Ames. It is possible toquestion the scientific work that took place hereas well as the philosophic base upon which itrested. It is difficult, however, to praise the con¬tributions in science and to question their philo¬sophic foundations. It is impossible to do so inthe social sciences. To label James and Deweyas anti-intellectuals is to place intellectualism out¬side the main stream of this University’s tradi¬tion. It may be better so. At least it clarifiesthe issues. But before such final divisions aretaken, it might be well to see just what it is thatis so cavalierly discarded.Th ere is singularly little true understanding ofthe “leaders of the anti-intellectuals” amongst ourMidway medievalists and Aristotelians. Few menhave been as sharply critical of mere fact-grub-bing as John Dewey—but our intellectualists seemto think him the prophet of “raw empiricism.”Men who cannot even read a 1934 freshman syl-^bus without making the most egregious errors,* hardly good judges of some of the finest worklodern philosophy.obviously impossible to re-educate the de-ly intolerant (see yesterday’s Maroon edi-’ one article. Yesterday the editor ofoeated the old saw that modern philo-th»* “■T'^hing is any good that does not work and cannot be used practically. TheUniversity of Chicago Press has just published aPublic Policy Pamphlet for those who preach thereading of originals but seem to lack the time orinclination to do as they preach, in it ProfessorMorris gives a clear statement of the position of amodern philosopher.Just what meaning can the claim have thatmodern thought is anti-intellectual? From a posi¬tive standpoint we may take the first half of theterm and ask what the modern attitude has reallybeen “against.” Here also, three main points areto be noted, which, however, are really aspects ofone fundamental position. First, it has beenagainst absolutistic verbalism, the view that de¬batable questions, and social problems in partic¬ular, are to be settled by giving to positions nameswith an appropriate flavor, or by question-beggingdefinitions of words. The term anti-intellectualis itself a precious example of the use of epithetfor argument. Second, it is against wish think¬ing ” as a substitute for truth. The close connec¬tion between this point and the first should notneed elaboration: for the procedure of verbalismis one of “demonstrating” as persuasively as pos¬sible a position already held, and one the groundsof which may be dark or clear to others, but areabove question to the promoter himself. Third,and finally, the modern mind has been particular¬ly opposed to intellectual dictatorship. It hasstood for freedom of inquiry and investigation,and especially, freedom of discussion and criti¬cism. as against the regimentation of the intellec¬tual life by any saccerdotal, political, or academicbureaucracy or other organized punditry. This,again, is merely a repetition of the first and sec¬ond observations from a different point of view.For authoritative regimentation is precisely themeaning, and the only possible meaning in prac¬tice. of any assertion to the effect that in moralsand politics any problem can be solved by logi¬cal deductions from definitions of words.The significant contribution of the Greek andmedieval thinkers lay in their formulation of ac¬quired experience. Mere intellectualism—the phil¬osophy of “the isolated head ”—will not do forus what it could not do for them. Professor Mor¬ris’ statement of the main tradition in Americanphilosophy—the main tradition of this University’sphilosophy—makes that abundantly clear.We have in past months been criticized at oneand the same time for being entirely “relativistic”(does Mrs. Dilling think so?) and utterly “dog¬matic” (perhaps Aristotelians can tell us howdogmatic a pragmatist’s “dogma” can be?),“Pragmatism and the Crisis of Democracy” willremove some of the scholastic mist, and as theclear statement of Professor Morris’ lecture re¬veals the definite outlines that had been obscuredin a fog of ideas, we might at the very least ex¬pect a somewhat more consistent choice of ad¬jectives. In fact, the issue is rapidly becomingthat of a new struggle of science and dogma.The present quest for certainty is pathic andpathetic. Everywhere tired young men are re¬jecting the tentative groping for truth that is char¬acteristic of modern science. Everywhere a spuri¬ous simplification of values and thought is de¬manded as “a way out” for the comfortable andthe frightened. Under those circumstances it ispeculiarly the responsibility of the University—and specifically of this University—to insist thatbroken rays of true light are better than the glam¬our of a spurious clarity that has no relation toexperience.WE CAN’T TAKE ITIN SILENCEThis shot fired by Mr. Gideonse has been longoverdue. Reluctantly since there are no moreregular issues of The Daily Maroon, we must pre¬sume upon Mr. Gideonse’s sportmanship by an¬swering him here.For our purposes, the first two paragraphs ofthe guest editorial, which assert that we are psy-chopathologic, may be ignored. The argumentthat an opponent is crazy has never been consid¬ered sound.To begin the best scientific work produced byUniversity scientists — physicists, astronomers,mathematicians, etc.—has its philosophic base inGalileo and Newton, Indeed, as Mr. Gideonsesays, only in the broadest possible sense can Uni¬versity scientific work be construed as in accordwith the main stream of American philosophictradition, which is a very poor tradition.Other less successful sciences like the social sci¬ences have followed in the tradition of Bacon,Hume, James, and Dewfey, James admitted hewas an anti-intellectual and was proud of it. Hewas a pragmatist, and Dewey elaborated uponJames’s principles, building them into a kind ofphilosophy. The difference between pragmatismand philosophy may be succinctly put: Good philosophers are pragmatists, but pragmatists arenot good philosophers.Proceeding, we find it difficult to resist parody¬ing one extremely ad hominem remark: Men whocannot even write a 1934 freshman syllabus with¬out making the most egregious errors are hardlygood judges of some of the finest work in modernphilosophy. We suggest that Mr. Gideonse turnto Whitehead rather than Dewey for the best inthat very poor field, modern philosophy.We laud that revival from the dead past, thepamphlet. Much good can be done by circulationof pamphlets, even Public Policy Pamphlets, butwe still would prefer a Fiv'e Foot Shelf of classicsto a Five Foot Shelf of Public Policy Pamphlets.There is no such thing as “absolutistic verbal¬ism ”, since most words are ambiguous. Somefew words must be absolute in meaning, howeveror no one could talk intelligently. All ambiguouswords demand some definition. “Question-beg¬ging definitions” is an example of extreme ambigu¬ity. We fail to see how anti-intellectuals who areagainst verbalism and definition can talk at all.We agree with Mr, Gideonse in his oppositionto “wish-thinking” as a substitute for truth. Weare happy to see that he admits there is such athing as truth—an absolute value.We are also against an intellectual dictatorship,if it means imposition of ideas upon other people.If it means observance of simple, clear rules forthinking and arguing, it should not be called a dic¬tatorship. The term, “intellectual dictatorship ”,and others show that Mr. Gideonse is a past mas¬ter in the use of epithet for argument. Again continuing, we are shoc'xtd to see Mr-Gideonse appealing, like any Congressman, topatriotism and institutional honor, “Stream ofAmerican philosophic tradition”, “main traditionof American philosophy ”, and “the main traditionof this University’s philosophy” offer three preci¬ous examples of touching sentiment. Anyone whoknows both American philosophy and good philo¬sophy rates the former as inferior and superficial.The University has made contributions to philo¬sophy covering only parts of that great field, andit has not been shown that contributions fromUniversity philosophy were responsible for Uni¬versity scientific contributions.Relativists are harmless until they become dog¬matic about their relativity, and it has not yet beendemonstrated that Einstein’s mathematical theoryapplies to any other fields except the mathemati¬cal sciences.Mr. Gideonse winds up on a psychopathologicalnote which is irrelevant, since anyone who accom¬plishes anything can be with some reason be calledpathic.As a matter of fact, both Mr. Gideonse andThe Daily Maroon have overstated their points.Both had good points, uncontradictory and gen¬uine. Both seek means to truth, and it is unfairto say that either fears the truth. Both have over¬stated for emphasis and for the sake of provoca¬tive controversy. A union between the twocould be brought about by calm conversation andclear understanding of terms. If that union canbe reached, the controversy will have been worth¬while.—J. P. B.BY POPULARACCLAIM—What promised to be a SENIOR Class Day has as¬sumed such proportions that it is now a major ALL-UNI¬VERSITY function. Freshmen, sophomores and juniorsthreaten to outnumber the seniors at this greatest of allspring parties.If your exams are a thing of the past, a royal cele¬bration is yours for 2 bucks. If some of your exams areyet to come—you II find it worth two bucks to temporar¬ily banish those pre-examination wrinkles of the brow.Four excellent golf courses—2 dozen perfect tenniscourts—200 acres of cool, shady gardens—and—3 millionsquare feet of lounges, club rooms and dancing space willbe at your disposal—afternoon and evening.BUFFET SUPPER — DANCING — BOWLINGBASEBALL(All included in charge of $2.00 per person)MAKE ARRANGEMENTS NOWfSenior Class DayOlympia Country ClubThis Friday*, - V;,. k '■UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOJOSEPH REGENSTEIN LIBRARYPUdlODUPlllCATION DEPARTMENTp ' ' j M M M ‘ 1 ‘ M M M M M 1 ‘ M1 ‘ IM'M M'l'3 FTTr4 WT 11 ij 1iijl Pil El 2|l l|l 0|l 611. ilil.iimlillllllll UlllliilllliiiM 8 1 / jlIllllMlIlilllllll 9 91IliiMlilll i 1 H 1111 n ■'i-1El Z\ W»Wi.3»» a11111111111! 11111 m 11 n 1 if I 1 n' JiDAILY MAROONINCOMPLETE OR IMPERFECTAT THE TIME OF FILMING THIS WAS THEMOST COMPLETE FILE THAT COULD BELOCATED.IF AN IMPERFECT OR MISSING SECTION ISSUBSEQUENTLY LOCATED IT WILL BEFOUND AT THE END OF THIS REEL.