^ Bailp itoumVol. 37. No. 37. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936 Price 3 CentsEastern GreekSocieties Meetat Syraeuse UTo Justify Existence ofFraternities as SocialUnits on Campus.In the first conclave of its kind,;].')() delejrates from Greek letter or-jjanizations at 25 Eastern collegesan<l universities will meet in an in-tei-fraternity convocation at Syra¬cuse University from tomorrowthrough Sunday. The group is “ac¬cepting a challenge to justify the ex¬istence of fraternities as social unitson the modern university campus,”according to a copyrighted story inthe New York Times.• Critical re-examination of frater¬nity objectives, problems and weak¬nesses as exhibited in several largeKastern universities, where Greekletter organizations fell into disre¬pute during the decade following theW'uld War and ‘blew’ up’ under thetinancial strain of the depression, will1h‘ the main purpose of the four-dayconvention,” says the Times.Discuss Hell WeekAfter 15 round-table discussions onvarious aspects of the problem, theconvention will hear reports and re¬commendations Saturday morning.Subjects for discussion will be thepossible abolition of "Hell Week,”the substitution of “some more valu¬able form of pledge training,” themoral training and standards of frat¬ernity men in general, and severalsjiecial problems arising from drink¬ing and co-education.•Today fraternities are b«*ing chal¬lenged on campuses throughout theCast,” said A. Blair Knapp, directorof Syracuse University’s Council on•Men’s Affairs, which is sponsoringthe convocation jointly with the Syr¬acuse Interfraternity Council.••They stand charged with promot¬ing snobbishness, exercising an undueinfluence on campus politics, causingpoor scholarship and being too expen¬sive. They are said to have lost theirpurpose.•‘This convocation aims to findout if the modern conception of uni¬versity education has made them ob¬solete.”Fraternity leaders and nationallyknown educators alike have evincedinterest in the convocation. Circulate LibraryPetitionsFollowing the example of theUniversity Bar Association, whichcollected over 225 student and fac¬ulty protests against study condi¬tions in the Law’ Library, TheDaily Maroon today circulatespetitions for improved study con¬ditions in all the University li¬braries. Copies of the petitionw’hich asks for remedy of condi¬tions of bad lightin,g, noise, andinefficient book distribution will beprominently placed on the bulle¬tin boards of the various libraries.Expect Sellout forSettlement BenefitPerformance FridayW'ith advance reports on ticketsales indicating a sellout for the per¬formance of “A Minor in Manners,”musical comedy to be given for thebenefit of the University Settlementin Mandel Hall Friday night. Quad¬rangle Club gossips busied themselvesspeculating as to just what and whomare to be satirized in this “contribu¬tion to academic confusion.”The author. Dr. Dudley B. Reed, di¬rector of the Student Health Service,refuses to reveal just what he hasprescribed for the audience, but hintsthat a future New Plan may involvea Nutrition plan.The complete list of box holders forthe performance is as follows:Mr. and Mrs. Paul Russell, Mr. andMrs. Howard Goodman, Mr. and Mrs.Harvey Lemon, Dr. and Mrs. DudleyReed, Mr. Algernon Coleman, Mr.Harold Swift, Mr. and Mrs. FrankEillie, Mrs. F. I. Carpenter, Mr. andMrs. H. B. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Rol-lin Chamberlin, Mr. and Mrs. EdgarGoodspeed.Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur Post, MissNaomi Donnelley, Mrs. HarrietFreund, Mr. and Mrs. John Nef, Mr.and TVIrs. Robert Knight, Mr. andMrs. James Palmer, Mr. and Mrs.Morris Hirsch, Dr. and Mrs. DallasPhemister, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Adair.Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hutchins,Mr. and Mrs. William A. Nitze, Mr.and Mrs. Henry Gale, Dr. and Mrs.Phillip Miller, Mr. and Mrs. HerleyMacNair, Mr. and Mrs. George Fair-weather, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Comp¬ton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Page, Mr.and Mrs. Harlan Barrows, and Mr.Harry Bigelow. Bureau Provides Gentlemen I Reese, Eastman,Escorts for Lovely Ladies Issue of SoapboxBy DAVID MAUZY and LORNE COOK“Good evening. This is the Univer¬sities’ Escort Bureau. We are at yourservice.”“Have you a tall, dark, and hand¬some man who resembles Robert Tay¬lor, dances well, and can keep up anintelligent conversation, and do youguarantee that he will remain a (gen¬tleman throughout the evening?”“We are not unprincipled gigolos,madam. Our representatives are per¬fect gentlemen and ideal escorts.”Thus be^gin most of the preliminarytelephone arrangements which Dun¬can Holoday carries on in behalf ofhis newly formed Universities’ EscortBureau.Holoday, a shy but thoroughly en¬gaging sophomore, who is 21, 6 feet,155 pounds, with w'avy copper-coloredhair and brown eyes, and who is ac¬tive in dramatics and the UniversitySingers, has said, “We have the ri,ghtman for every woman’s heart.”Perhaps Mr. Holoday is the rightman; if not, there is Horace, hisbrother and partner, who is 22, 5feet 10, 140 pounds, with brow’n hairand eyes, and is a sophomore pre-medIf an athlete is preferred, there isSam Seal from Juneau, Alaska, whois the third member of the partner¬ship. He is 23, fi feet, 160 pounds. w’ith dark hair and eyes, and wasa track man at the University of Ore¬gon but is now a senior in the Uni¬versity department of bio-chemistry.If none of these fit a woman’s spe¬cifications, she can call the office ofthe Bureau, Hyde Park 8885, andsurely one of the thirty men w’hosenames are on file will be the rightman for her heart.These lads, Mr. Holoday assureshis patrons, are personable gentle¬men who make it their business tosuggest entertainment w’hich is inkeeping with the per.sonality of thelady to whom they have been as-.signed. Because of the reputation andintegrity of the personnel the carefulselection of escorts, and restrictionswhich are placed upon them, the Bu-(Continued on Page 3)Knappen Discounts News ReportsAnent Edward VHI-Simpson AffairThere can be no action on the mar-I'iage of King Edward to Mrs. Simp-'<111 for another five months at least,and the rtccitement of the AmericanI'orrespondents over the affair ismanufactured in response to the de¬mands of the home office accordingto Marshall M. Knappen, assistantprofessor of English History, dis¬counting the spectacular reports of acabinet crisis over the royal philan-dery which the metropolitan press hascai 1 ie<l (luring the last few’ (lays.Tliat the correspondents were writ¬ing from their imagination, with onlythe most tenuous factual basis isproven by a letter received by a mem-Ih'i- of the University faculty fromthe clerk of the Ipswich court atwhich Mrs. Simpson was granted atentative divorce a month ago. Theclerk reported that great secrecy had•surrounded the divorce proceedings,nnd asked what it was all about,'^ince nobody in England w'as allowedto know anything about the affair.With such secrecy that the clerk"f the court where the divorce wasgiven knew nothing about the rela¬tion between the king and Mrs. Simp¬son, the American correspondents canhave no authentic information.The statements in the editorial ofthe London Times which were twist-<‘<l into an appeal for a common frontagainst the possibility of an Amer¬ican queen, by American correspond¬ents, most probably referred to theneed for a common front a,gainst thedictatorship of Europe, according toProfessor Knappen, a subject uponwhich the British public is very sen-•sitive at the present general crisis ininternational affairs, whereas thereis no general apprehension over theking’s affair due to the intensesecrecy which has surrounded thewhole business.“It is highly improbable that a cab-net meeting would even have consid¬ered the question of King Eaward'sinfatuation when Europe is so dis¬ turbed over Spain,” he stated.The decree of divorce granted toMrs. Simpson does not become abso¬lute for another five months, and anyevidences of collusion or intent to re¬marry would automatically disturbproceedings, so that any statement ofKing Edward’s intentions with re¬spect to Mrs. Simpson will have towait at least five months. Find MarriageDeficit in U. S.Stouffer, Spencer BlameDecrease in Weddings onDepression.Asked what would be the result ifthe King should marry the divorcee.Professor Knappen said it was notfor the historian to predict the fut¬ure, but hazarded the opinion thatthe English monarchy, having with¬stood the scandals associated withthe names of Nell Gwynn, Anne Bol-eyn, and in more recent times thephilanderings of King Edward VII,would probably withstand many more.“It might be that sufficient pressurecould be brought to bear, in case theKing marries her, to force him to ab¬dicate, but the monarchy could go onwith another king.”Offer Cash Prizein Script ContestNeither musical revues nor bur¬lesque will be considered in the man¬uscript competition for the annualproduction, “International HouseNights,” it has been decreed by theHouse Student Council committeesponsoring the yearly event.An innovation this fall is a $25cash prize. International significanceand suitability for production in In¬ternational House will be importantfactors in judgment of the winningmanuscript.Scripts, to be turned in no laterthan December 31, must not exceedtwo hours of production. Three actdramas are preferred by the board ofju4ses. Additional information mayDe oDtained from James Wellard,Katherine Cutter, or Philip Cohen. Resulting from the depression, theUnited States has accumulated a huge“marriage deficit” according to thefindings of Professor Samuel Stoufferand Lyle M. Spencer of the Depart¬ment of Sociology published in thecurrent issue of the “Annals of theAmerican Academy of Political andSocial Sciences”.Estimating that there were nearly760,000 fewer weddings during thesix years of 1930-35 than would haveoccured in normal times, the profes¬sors have found that as a result ofthis one million potential Americanchildren went unborn. The thirtieshave also witnessed a corresponding“divorce deficit.” Material for thesurvey was collected from the recordsof state and local governmental agen¬cies and the national figures were es¬timated from these. Actual nationalstatistics arc unavailable because thefederal government stopped collectingmaterial of this sort in 1932.According to the findings of Stouf¬fer and Spencer the return of bettertimes has.caused a large increase inthe marriage rate over the normalfigure. The marriage rate for 1935was the highest in ten years and therate this year is as high or higher.The divorce rate this year is the high¬est on record. The close relation be¬tween business conditions and mar¬riage and divorce rates is demon¬strated also by European statistics.In 1929 there were 1,200,000 wed¬dings compared to 982,000 in 1932and 1,300,000 in 1935. The rate in1929 was 10.14 per thousand compar¬ed to 7.86 in 1932 and 10.41 in 1936.There were 201,000 divorces in 1929while there were 160,000 and 218,000in 1932 and 1935 respectively. Des¬pite the increase in marriages lastyear it is estimated that 3,012,000marriage years were lost during thedepression. New Law ReviewPresents RecentLegislation, GasesEntering its fourth year of publica¬tion, the University Law Review to¬day presents the first issue of 1936-37, which will go on sale today in thelaw building and in the Law Reviewoffice. The new issue is distinguishedby unusual timeliness, presenting anunusual number of articles on legis¬lation and cases of recent interest.Professor Edwin M. Borchard ofYale contributes a discussion of thefederal Declaratory Judgment Act,and Professor Mason Ladd of the Un¬iversity of Iowa, tells of new devel¬opments in “Impeachment of One’sOwn Witness.” Grace Abbott, profes¬sor of Public Welfare Administra¬tion, discusses the influence of theSocial Security Act on relief, and Pro¬fessor Malcom P. Shai’p reviews thenew edition of Williston’s “On Con¬tracts,” while Leon Despres and M. J.Myer have made an exhaustive studyof the workings of the National La¬bor Relations Board. Featuring letters from Oswald Gar¬rison Villard, novelist James Farrell,Max Eastman, John Dewey, and othernationally prominent liberals, theyear’s second issue of “Soapbox,”campus leftist magazine, will go onsale today. Priced at 10 cents, themagazine will be sold in Mandel,Cobb, and Social Science Researchbuildings.According to Quentin Ogren, edi¬tor, the issue will contain a full pagecartoon by Henry Reese, managingeditor of Phoenix. “Modern Greeks,”an analysis of the fraternity system,reflects a current campus controver¬sy. Nathan Gould, who recently rep¬resented the Socialist Party in theDaily Maroon’s pre-election sympos¬ium, contributes an article on the(significance of the elections.An anonymous woman his written“Hang Your Clothes on a HickoryLimb,” a biting commentary on theSchool of Social Service Administra¬tion. John Paul, a student at North¬western, writes “This Is the Way WeGo to School,” Ernest Erber, nationalchairman of the Young People’s So¬cialist League, explains “Why IrunFell,” and the usual Labor Notes, edi¬torials and regular departments com¬plete the issue.Business SchoolsAlumni Hold OpenHouse^ Hear Palmer Integrate HallSocial Groups Negro QuartetAppears Herewith OrchestraStudent Poll to Select Spir¬ituals for Hampton Insti¬tute Singers.M i 11 e 11 Organizes Inter-Dormitory Social Rela¬tions Committee.With James Lindley Palmer, pro¬fessor of Marketing, as guest speak¬er, Comad Club and the Alumni Coun¬cil of the School of Business arejointly sponsoring an open house andbuffet supper tonight at Ida NoyesHall from 6 to 10. Professor Palmerwill discuss Consumer Cooperation.One of the youngest men to receivea full professorship at the Universi¬ty, Professor Palmer has made acomprehensive study of consumers’cooperatives both here and in Europe.In the last year, he has delivered twoaddresses on the subject; in June hespoke before the National Retail DryGoods Association, and more recent¬ly he addressed the Association ofNational Advertisers.Although he believes that the con¬sumer cooperatives fit less smoothlyinto the American economic systemthan they do in Europe, ProfessorPalmer does look for some progressin this country in the next decade,but only at a slow rate.Following the address, Ida NoyesHall will be opened to supper guestsfor dancing, table tennis, roller skat¬ing, and bridge.Report That Majority of FreshmenMedical Students Trained Elsewhere Organized by Fred B. Millett andsponsored by the various facultyheads, an inter-dormitory social com¬mittee has been formed of represen¬tatives from all University residencehalls. The purpose of the committeeis to improve and facilitate social re¬lations between members of differentdormitories. A series of transfer din¬ners is planned as a means of attain¬ing the objective.Committee members from the wo¬men’s dormitories include: HarrietteNightin,gale and Elizabeth Campbell,Beecher hall; Mary Ann Matthewsand Betty Jane Watson, Foster hall;Dorothy Howland and Janet King,Green hall; Jean Boyd and MaryAlice Stephenson, Kelly hall; MiriamManchis and Minna Hansen, Blakehall; Syrie Lauroness and KirstenRichards, Gates hall; Grace Werten-berger and Margaret Kullander,Drexel hall.Representin,? the men’s halls are:Thaddeus Martowski and RobertScanlan, Snell hall; Thomas Vernonand Bernard Loomer, Goodspeed hall;Duer Whitley and Arthur Edwards,Hitchcock hall; Horace Fay, RichardRohn, Ben Hauserman, GuentherBaumgart, Louis Schaeffer, RichardPorter, Geor,ge Schustek, Don Shafer,Willard Harris, and Robert Florence,from Burton and Judson Courts. When the University SymphonyOrchestra presents its first programof the year in Mandel Hall, on De¬cember 11 at 8:15, the Hampton Sing¬ers, internationally famous negroquartette, will be featured in a pro¬gram of spirituals selected by stu¬dent choice. Although this group hassung at many schools throughout thecountry, this will be its first appear¬ance at the University.A campus poll to determine theprogram of the Hampton group isbeing conducted by tne Daily Maroonin collaboration with the Departmentof Music. It is the object of the Sing¬ers that their presen<ation will makean appeal to the largest possible num¬ber of students. Eight of sixteen fav¬orite spirituals will be selected.Membership of OrchestraThe Symphony Orchestra is com¬posed nearly exclusively of peoplewho are in some way connected withthe University. Approximately 85percent of its membership is drawnD’om the student body. The other 15percent includes several prominentfaculty members, namely Lloyd R.Steere, treasurer and business mana¬ger of the University, and DouglasWaples, professor of EducationalMethod of the Graduate School. Pro¬fessor Waples plays the contra ba-soon, an instrument seldom found inan amateur symphony orchestra.Besides the faculty and the Uni¬versity students, there are also sev¬eral high school students in the or¬ganization.Ballots by which students may in¬dicate their choice will be found onpage four of today’s issue.Original Composition PlayedAmong the selections to be featuredon the program is the original com¬position of Hilmar Luckhardt, agraduate student in the Departmentof Music. His “Passacaglia in GMinor for Orchestra” will be playedfor the first time by the Symphony.Tickets for the symphony are onsale at the Information Office at 50cents and one dollar.Three LoyalistsInterpret Eventsof Spanish WarAnti-Radicals atColumbia ProposeOrkrkrkfiitirkii professor at the University of Mad-M. rid, and held the portfolios of Min-Heartening indeed to our aspiringpre-medics is the set of statistics re¬leased by the Dean of the BiologicalSciences, for, along with other com¬pilations on the enrollment in themedical school this year, is the re¬port that out of the 95 students en¬rolled, 39 completed their pre-medi¬cal training here.The remaining students were dis¬tributed as follows: two studentseach from Harvard, Pittsburgh, Cal¬vin College, Iowa State, Stanford, andthe Universities of Florida and Wis¬consin, three each from Dartmouth,and the Universities of Hawaii, Il¬linois, Nebraska, and Washington,and one each from 28 different schoolsincluding Williams, Cornell, Colgate,and Brown in the East, the Univer¬sity of California, and the College ofthe Pacific in the West, and most of thethe state colleges throughoutMiddle West and the South.Seventeen members of the class aresons or daughters of physicians, in¬cluding parents who are graduatesfrom Rush since its earliest days.Henry Lemon, son of Professor Har¬vey B. Lemon of the Physics Depart¬ment, is one of the sons of Univer¬sity professors in the class.Forty-nine of the students have de¬grees, including three women holdingthe Master’s degree and one man withthe Master’s degree and two with theDoctorate degree. At this point it isof interest to note that only one wo¬man of the eight selected for admis¬sion is an undergraduate.The class boasts two football play¬ers, Omar Fareed of the Maroons, andDaniel Fortman, under contract withthe Bears. According to “The Campus,” newspaper of the College of the City ofNew York, plans are now being for¬mulated by a group of Columbia University students to start a paper inopposition to the old “Columbia Spec¬tator.”Allegedly a large block of studentshave obtained support, moral fromthe faculty and administration, andfinancial, to the tune of $200 apiece,from several alumni. Eciitorial pol¬icy of the new paper will be op¬posed to that of “The Spectator,”long known as one of the farthestleft of American college newspapers.According to “The Campus,” “Stu¬dents identified with the movementinclude several members of the BlueShirt organization, an anti-radicalgroup at Columbia, although it hasbeen pointed out that work on theopposition paper antedates the for¬mation of the society.”The projected publication will em¬phasize sports and campus politics,and to date, few staff members havebeen recruited whose interests lieoutside these fields.The Spectator” welcomed, in En route from New York, wherethey drew a crowd of 20,000 in Madi¬son Square Gardens, three represent¬atives of the Spanish Loyalists willspeak under the auspices of the ASUtomorrow at 3:30 in Kent Theater.Isabel de Palencia, prominent Span¬ish artist, wife of the Spanish Charged’Affaires at Riga, has served asSpanish representative to the Leagueof Nations and the International La¬bor Office. She is a member of theLeague of Nations Committee onSlavery.Marcelino Domingo, president ofthe Left Republican Party, was aister of Education and Minister ofNational Economy under the FirstRepublic.The Reverend Luis Sarasola is aCatholic historian and theologian, aFranciscan, and the outstanding au¬thority on the life of St. Francis ofAssisi.The three speakers will present in¬terpretations of recent events inSpain as they affect Spanish govern¬ment and institutions, and the worldoutside.Rice to Lecture on“Art and Propaganda”IVee tickets to a lecture on “Artand Propaganda” by Elmer Rice, wellknown dramatist, to be given tonightat 8:15 at the South Side HebrewCongregation, 7359 Chappel avenue,may be procured at The Daily Ma¬roon office in Ivexin,gton Hall, this af¬ternoon.The tickets will also admit thebearer to future lectures in this seriessponsored by the congregation, in¬cluding talks by Mordecai Ezekiel,TYciwiiicu, ii> o January 6; Mortimer Adler, Januaryshort editorial, the appearance of op- j 20; Leland Stowe. Februarv 3: Court-position, and “looked forward to a ney Riley Cooper, February 17; andgood fight.” Abram Leon Sachar, on March 3.\ LrPage Two^ailg ^aroonFOUNDED IN 1901Member Associated Collette PressTbt Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of theUniversity of Chicago, published mornings except Saturday. Sun¬day, and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quartersby The Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue. Tele¬phones: Loical 46, and Hyde Park 9221 and 9222.The University of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anysUtements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for any eontractentered into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The Daily Ma¬roon are student opinions, and are not necessarily the views ofthe University administration.The Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publicationof any material appearing in this paper. Snbscription rates:$2.76 a year; $4 by mail. Single copies: three cents.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.REPneSENTtO FOR NATIONAL AOVERTISINO SYNational Advertising Service, Inc.College Publhhtrs Reprtsentativ*420 Madison Ave. New York. N. Y.CHICAOO - BOSTON . SAN FRANCISCOLOS ANSELES • PORTLAND • SEATTLEBOARD OF CONTROLJULIAN A. KISER Editor-in-ChiefDONALD ELLIOTT Business ManagerEDWARD S. STERN Managing EditorJOHN G. MORRIS Associate EditorJAMES F. BERNARD.. .Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESElRoy Golding Cody PfanstiehlWilliam McNeill Betty RobbinsBUSINESS ASSOCIATESBernard Levine William RubachRobert RosenfelsEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSC. Sharpless Hickman Lewis MillerRex Horton David SchefferHenry Kraybill Marjorie SeifriedDavid Mauzy Bob SpeerByron Miller Howard WichmanSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSDavid Eisendrath Donal HolwayNight Editors: Bob SpeerHarris BeckWedne.sday, December 2, 1936No Sour GrapesThe Daily Maroon has been charged withfostering a “defeated attitude” on the campus.In a Letter to the Editor “An Old FashionedStudent” yesterday said: “You have succeededin discouraging most of the student body andyour negative attitude long ago spread to themetropolitan dailies. As a direct result of thisyou have succeeded in hitting the two realsources of football man power upon which wecan draw, the students in the surrounding highschools and the alumni... Aren’t you proud ofyourself and your negative journalism?...”The facts show the absurdity of this chargeand also of the charge that we are merely ra¬tionalizing when w’e advocate that Chicago dis¬continue football relations with all but two orthree Big Ten schools. If anything, the Maroonhas made itself slightly ridiculous by playingup the vestiges of a school spirit that simply isnot there. On the day before the Purdue gamethe banner head on the Maroon said “Campus to‘Boo Purdue’ Tonight,” and below, “StudentsAwaken to Old Football Spirit.” Approximatelyfifty students turned out for the pep meetingin the Circle. For this same game, the Maroonsponsored a cheering section in the Chicagostands. Again, before the Illinois game, “HoldGiant Ceremonial, Dance Tonight; Cheer Teamat Pep Assembly in Circle.” And again, a merehandful of rooters.The Daily Maroon purposely held back fromdiscussing withdrawal from Conference foot¬ball until after the close of the gridiron season,for fear of its effect on the team, even thoughspeculation on the matter was common andforthright among the students.No rationalization (false reasoning), buta clear deduction from a set of observed prem¬ises, is the conclusion that Chicago should mod¬ify its football relations with other Big TenBernice BErtelsEdward FritzSigmund DanaigerCharles HoyHarris BeckLaura BergquistMaxine BiesenthalEmmett DeadmanMary DiemerThe ABC’sPhilosophy of the RussiansNine-tenths of all Russians that have ever livedhave never been able to call their souls their own orhad any property worth fighting for, and the remainingtenth have always known that their Lord the Tsarcould strip them of their wealth and power and titlesat a moment’s whim. Dear life itself was a hazardthrow in Russia, but the Russian people, high or low,did not wilt or worry in circumstances that would havedriven Westerners to despair or sword-in-hand revolt."Nichevo," said the Russians, shrugging their shoul¬ders, “what of it?’’ That, too, is a philosophy of Asia.Walter Duranty,/ Write As I Please THE DAILY MAPvOON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936schools unless they mend their ways. 'The argu¬ment may be stated briefly as follows:1. High scholastic standards, a strict schol¬arship and job policy, emphasis on scholarshiprather than extra-curricular activities, com¬parative youth of entering students, compre¬hensive examinations in the spring, large num¬ber of ineligible transfer students, high tui¬tion rates, no school of physical education, andlack of organized alumni backing—all thesefactors limit severely the number of men elig¬ible and willing to play football and the timefor practice, generally considered as prere¬quisites to a strong football team.2. These conditions are largely inoperableat other Big Ten schools, and the results maybe seen in the large turnouts and long practicesessions which they secure.3. The proper emphasis of a university isupon scholarship and not upon extra-curricularactivity. We see,~therefore, no reason to changethe policies above outlined.4. If, then, we are to have genuine compe¬tition in football, and not manslaughter, wemust compete with the teams on our level,which means that we must go elsewhere, sincewe can not hope to raise the standards of orchange conditions at other Big Ten schools.To say that we are merely making excusesfor a bad football season is to fail to under¬stand the logic of the above argument. We feelthat the team did the best it could have underthe circumstances that confronted it. Feelingthis, we believe that the time is ripe for anexamination of those circumstances. We havedone that, and we have presented the resultsof our examination as an aid to determining thefuture athletic policy of the University.Let those who think they smell sour grapesremember from whence sweet wine is made.—J.G.M.The Travelling BazaarBy FRANCES POWERInsects and PeopleWho Swat ThemWill somebody please tell us why the whole campushas taken to eating apples? Our friend Tony, of thenice green sweater-jacket and the big cart, gives lotsmore apple for a nickel than the book-store. Numer¬ically, they both give out one apple for five (5) cents(or $.06) (or 5c), but there’s lots more to what Tonyconsiders a nickel’s worth. We like Tony. When wego by, Tony says “He-llo!” with a Bronxian lilt. “Ney-sse appuls?" We grin sheepishly and say we’re nothungry, and he says “Next time.’’ (We can’t spellthat the way he says it.) So we go on to the Maroonoffice, but pretty soon we sneak out and get an appleanyhow. There’s something about Tony that makesus come back This column got called “VariousInsects’’ because we meant to include what we knowabout black widow spiders and people who haunt theCoffee Shop. Lately there have been little remarks inthe papers about how these six-legged insects (awfulthought;,are spiders insects?) (No, arachnids.—Ed.)are spreading over the country. We have them where(the present) we live, and they’re quite fun. 'Theyhave a cute little red hour-glass on their tummies, andthey eat their mates when they’re through with them(we prefer the custom of returning fraternity pins, butanyhow). They’re nice shiny spiders, with short legsin proportion to the size of their bodies, and very slowon their feet. And they don’t go dashing about look¬ing for people to bite, so don’t get too worried aboutfinding one under your bed. You probably won’t any¬how—they like privacy...We almost wrote an articlecalled “I Admit Everything; or, I Haven’t Had SoMuch Fun Since I Was Suspended From High School’’as a sequel to our “Freshman Woman’’ rant. Every¬body descended upon us and hissed “Have you been setstraight about that?’’ and then did it themselves. Theboys we know swooped down on us, pointed a quiveringfinger at our nose, and bellowed gently, “You wrotethat article!’’ At first all we could think of to do wasto try to smile enigmatically, but usually we burst outlaughing. Now we are noncommittal, and say, “Oh,my facts were off and my mother said it was incoherentand half-baked. I think I exaggerated the importanceof the thing." What mystifies us is the way the girlsmore or less ignored it and the men rose up and gotexcited. Maybe the Billings reports about Universitywomen being healthier than University men cast lighton the subject...We have a theory about the Interfra¬ternity Ball. It should be attended only with some¬body one thinks is just wonderful in every way im¬aginable, because people who make nice casual ac¬quaintances don’t make good dates in endurance con¬tests, and that party should be a blue-ribbon-and-perfumed-lace memory. We hope we’re in love or havea broken leg for the next one. Nothing personal—justa gleaning from several sources.A friend of ours has a unique method—at least, hehas fun with it. To quote him: “To tell you of myformula: it’s experimenting with people—it’s goingagainst inhibitions (such as saying “Hello, stupid!’’ tosome girl you don’t know...and when one is amongpeople who are discussing something disagreeing bysaying “Blowhards!’’) It may be insanity but it haszest.” Our friend has a perfectly lovely time, andthat^ all right with us. Lettersto the EditorBLACKFRIARS’ REPLYEditor,The Daily Maroon:Yesterday the Board of Superiorsof Blackfriars announced the selec¬tion of five junior managers of theOrder. Upon finding that three ofthese juniors belonged to the samefraternities as did three of the mem¬bers of the board, you cried, “Poli¬tics”.The senior members of Blackfriarsknow that an element so detrimentalas politics should not exist in a stu¬dent organization. Consequently, ithas been the policy this year to dis¬regard fraternal affiliation in the se¬lection of men for managerial posi¬tions. In keeping with this policy, allapplicants were considered only inthe light of their previous experienceand performance, ability to organize,and ability to devote maximum timeto the organization. In order that alluniversity men who were interestedmight be given an equal opportunity,a call for junior managers was plac¬ed in the Daily Maroon for two con¬secutive days. Eleven men respondedto this call. Eight of these applicantsbelonged to the fraternities, which,according to the Daily Maroon, havedominated Blackfriars in the past fewyears. Of the other three, two wereselected for junior positions. This cer¬tainly is no indication of politics!The Daily Maroon has missed thepoint in their criticism of Blackfriars—that other fraternity and independ¬ent men have not responded to thecall for various Blackfriars positions.Moreover, as in certain other campusorganizations, certain fraternitiesconcentrate their activity in one ortwo fields, causing a preponderanceof a few groups in one organization.The board feels that a healthier con¬dition would exist, if a more repre¬sentative group would come out forBlackfriars. If the freshmen andsophomores of other groups will de-Today on theQuadranglesMEETINGSPhi Delta Upsilon. Alumnae roomof Ida Noyes at 12.Phi Beta Delta. Room B of IdaNoyes at 12.Achoth. Room A of Ida Noyes at2:30.Arrian. Room C of Ida Noyes.Pledges at 2:30. Actives at 3:30.Advisory Council. YWCA room ofIda Noyes at 3:30.Cap and Gown “Echo” staff meet¬ing. Annual office at 3:30.Freshman Advisory Council and allpersons circulating petitions in con¬nection with the organization of thefreshman class. Cobb 210 at 3:30.YWCA recognition service. Uni¬versity chapel at 4.International House midweek tea.Home room at 4:30.Comad and Alumni Council ofSchool of Business. Ida Noyes at 6.Settlement Benefit rehearsal. Man-del Hall at 7:30.Radio Club. Burton Court lounge at8.LECTURESSociology Club. “Testing and Coun¬seling in NYA work.” C. Myers Bar-dine, assistant state director of NYA.Social Science 122 at 7:30.“Trends in Modern Thought. Sci¬ence.” Professor Compton. Interna¬tional House Assembly Hall at 8:30.Chicago City Opera CoJason F. WhitnerPresident Psal LonroneGen’I ManagerWed. Eve., Dec. 2LA JUIVE — Rosa Raisa, DellaChiesa, Martinelli.Thur. Eve., Dec. 3DOUBLE BILLI PAGLIACCI and JACK ANDTHE BEANSTALK.Fri. Eve., Dec. 4MARIO CHAMLEE in THE BAR¬TERED BRIDESai. Mat.—Dec. 5—Sat. Eve.LAWRENCET I B B E T Ti n RIGOLET-TO — Antoine,Bentonelli.L 0 H E N-GRIN — Reth-berg, La Mance,Melchoir, List.6 Weeks of Grand Operato December 12Seats at Information OfficePrices 75c to $4.00Civic Opera House Randolph 9229 vote their efforts to the organization,these same groups may expect repre¬sentation in the higher offices. Newmen coming in can expect all possibleaid from the Board of Superiors inthe line of promotion. The Orderurges all men who are interested tolend their support and thereby im¬prove the Order of Blackfriars.Edwin Sibley,Abbot.WHERE IS THE FACULTY?Editor,The Daily Maroon:At the instigation of interestedstudents, a Faculty-Student table hasbeen reserved in Hutchinson Com¬mons for the last four weeks. Dur¬ing this period of time students haveconsistently attended in the hope ofseeing just a faculty member there.There have been notices in the Com¬mons and in the Maroon. Still thefaculty is conspicuous by its absence.We have no desire to force thefaculty to come. We are familiarwith the attitude of many of themwho feel that the student has nothingto bring to such an association. Werealize that many faculty membershave been discouraged in their at¬tempts to be friendly by disinterestedand discourteous students.But all students are not disinter¬ested or discourteous and we find itdifficult to believe that all of the 800faculty members consider us mereguinea pigs. On other campuses, thesecontacts fill a definite need. The factthat there are so many academiclights on our faculty is not an excuse,but rather a reason for not deprivingus of faculty-student relationships.Can this deficiency not be remediM?Betty MitchellYWCA Group PlansRecognition ServiceIn traditional fashion the YWCAwill hold its annual recognition ser¬vice today at 3:45 in the Chapel.Members past and present of the as¬sociation are invited to attend.The procession to the front aislesin solemn formation has as its prim¬ary aim to recall the ideals of theorganization thus fostering a moreunified feeling between members ofthe association; it is at this servicethat the new members are officiallywelcomed. Those who participate inthe service will wear black gownsand carry candle tapers.Marie Wolfe, president of YWCArequests all who are planning to at¬tend go to the Chapel basement firstto receive their gowns and candles.DREXEL THEATRE858 E. 63rdTODAY ONLY“LADY BE CAREFUL”L>w Ayrf, M»ry CarllMeTHURSDAY and FRIDAY“MY MAN GODFREY”Carole Lombard and Wm. Powell Lash, Wechsler ofASU Publish Book,‘War Our Heritage’In expression of the moods andaims of American youth in the questfor peace, two young authors, freshfrom the experiences of universitylife, have collaborated in the writingof “War Our Heritage,” which willbe released today, and will be on saleat the University Bookstore nextweek. Both leaders of the AmericanStudent Union, Joseph P. Lasli andJames A. Wechsler, bring t theirreaders a worthwhile interpretationof what the young generation isthinking—and doing.“War Our Heritage,” introduced byBruce Bliven, one of the editors of“New Republic,” goes behind thescenes to reveal the deepseated anti-war sentiment and activity in the uni-versities today. It gives the lowdownon the ROTC, the Veteran of FutureWars, the Oxford pledge, and the student strike agaimst war.Wechsler’s Second BookWeschsler was gradunttd from Co¬lumbia in 1935 after a year as editorof the Columbia Spectator. He .suhsequently wrote “Revolt on Campus,’the first full-fiedged history of student insurgence in the United StalesNow editor of the “Student .Advocate,” national publication of theASU, he has contributed to nujm'i-ous liberal journals.Identified with progre.ssive move¬ments since his graduation from theCity College of New York in 1931,Lash is executive secretary of theASU and the leader of the fir^t stu¬dent anti-war strike in 1934. He isthe author of “The Campus StrikesAgain.nt War,” and contributes tocurrent periodicals.An optimistic note concludes thebook—“That future of which we areso apprehensive may prove the un¬veiling of the ,greatest show on earth:a world in which human life is reen¬forced by purpose, in which humandignity may have some more la.stingsymbols than a stuffed shirt or a tophat.”ROOMSWANTEDto rent or sublet lorDec. 27. 28. 29. 30Cali Arthur ZinkinMid. 4720TelephoneHyde Park9287 G. FrederickShepherdManagerpent/viibant. H25-E* 58» STREET- g-OW THE/CNTP flOOt*A Restaurant with Complete Club Facilities — Cateringto Fraternities, Sororities, Clubs and Personal PartiesI /THE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936 Page ThreeScepticismandRay Ellinwood* * * xBy MARTIN GARDNER* • •Kllinwood, in his amazing articleon scepticism in the NovemberPhoenix, defined the sceptic as “...one who denies the possibility ofhuman knowledge, in short, one whorejects truth.” His definition hashistorical backing and it is irrelevantto my purpose to criticize it as aterm applicable (as defined) to thecontemporary philosophic scene. 1shall only say in passing that “humanknowledge” has taken on a varietyof subtle and complex meaningsthat must be understood before onecan assert that this or that modern])hilosopher of group of philosophersIS “denying the possibility” of it.Few modern thinkers are “rejectingtruth” even in Ellinwood’s sense ofthe phrase, although they may be re¬jecting certain traditional ways oflooking at the relationship betweentruth and the human mind.Hut my reason for writing this ar¬ticle is not to defend modern relativ¬ism (though I believe it can be de-femled; and, I might add, givenmany a curious absolutistic twist)but to defend a much humbler useof the word sceptic. I refer not toan epistimological theory but to anattitude of mind—the attitude of be¬ing (I realize the triteness of theexpression) slightly open-minded, ofadmitting that there is at least amicroscopically minute chance of be¬ing wrong.There is an intriguing sentencenear the close of Ellinwood’s article.He says in general that the “cures”for the various types of sceptisismall involve an element of “.. .faith inthe statement of his (the sceptic’s)obvious superiors that attainabilityby man is properly predicable oftruth; or better, that these manyparticular truths which he knows hehas attained but cannot conceive intheir commonality are instances ofwhat his superior can universallyconceive as truth.” It is that phrase“obvious superiors” that mystifiesnu'. It mystifies me because I can¬not see how the sceptic (who doesnot po.ssess the “truth”) can de¬termine who are his obvious superi¬ors unless he turns simply to thosemen who are generally looked uponas experts in their respective subjectmatters. But when he does this hefinds the experts disagreeing, and(because he is a sceptic and does notpossess the “truth”) he obviouslycannot choose between the expertswith the assurance of certainty. Iassume of course that the intelli¬gent .sceptic will look for expertsbeyond the confines of a particularschool or movement. Otherwise hissearch presents the following dis¬turb! njg circularity. “I believe in theassertions of philosophic school X.”“Why?” “Because my obvious superi¬ors agree that these assertions aretrue.” “And who are your superiors?”“The members of philosophic schoolIt is dangerously similar to thesort of circularity involved in thefollowing lines from the currentNew Yorker:"That the JapaneseHave the highest intelligenceOf any Oriental peopleWas recently reportedBy Dr. Kanachi TanakaA native of Japan.”The only point I wish to make isexpressed in the above paragraph,namely that the novice cannot choosewith certainty between disagreeingexperts. Or to express it anotherway; in view of the disagreement ofintelligent opinion today, it would bea very wise and cautious policy forthe non-expert to advance in hissearch for truth in a tentativefashion, rather than as one who ateach step grabs something forevertrue and absolute. It is bad enoughfor the novice to think that he is ad¬vancing in this way—it is infinitelymore dangerous for him to go onlJublic record about it in even aslocal a journal as the Phoenix. Un¬derstand, I am not belittling the val¬ue of convictions—of even strongconvictions. I am only suggestingwhat I think is the wisest attitudefor a novice to take toward his con¬victions. Too many youthful dogma¬tists in the midst of intellectual her-mitages have had the bitter exper¬ience of the truth-seeker pictured inthe following epigram by Stephen*^^ane. I commend it^witli prophetic Escort Bureau(Continued from Page 1)reau is emphatic in pointing out thatit is not, in any sense of the word, anorganization of gigolos. The Bureauwas started to supply escorts forlonely women from out of town whowish to be shown about the city andto visit places to which they could notbe admitted unescorted.When a prospective client calls, sheis asked to elaborate on her plans forthe evening, whether formal or in¬formal, dining and dancing, theaterand supper, a tour of the city’s popu¬lar .so-called dives, or just an oldfashioned trip to the movies. The.fee is five dollars, seven if formal.The fee is handed to the escort in asealed envelope which he turns overto the Bureau and from which he re¬ceives fifty per cent.In addition to this fee, the clientmust provide transportation andenou,gh money to cover ail costs ofthe evening’s entertainment.This discussion has dealt with thewomen’s view of the situation; butwhat about the escort? Is a blind datewith a middle-aged, pleasure-bentwoman worth more than five dollars?Mr. Holoday .says, “No!” His custom¬ers are not goons.Tomorrow we will trace the activi¬ties of a typical escort through anevening—from the time he meets hiscustomer until he leaves her with afriendly “handclasp” at Her door. Forum Hears Gosnellon Negro PoliticiansDr. Harold F. Gosnell, associateprofessor of Political Science at theUniversity and author of the book“Negro Politicians in Chicago,” willspeak on that subject at a meeting ofthe South Side Forum of the Wa¬bash YMCA, 3763 South Wabash ave¬nue, tonight at 8.During the course of his speech. Dr.(josnell will attempt to bring outfacts regarding the success of theNegro politician in Chicago, the wayin which he has treated his consti¬tuents, and the pre-requisite qualitiesof the young Negro contemplatiag acareer in politics.Schedule Course inHebrew Next QuarterStarting winter quarter, the Chi¬cago College of Jewish Studies, in co¬operation with the University, willpresent two courses on campus, andone course at the University collegedowntown. The courses include onein Modern Jewish History, to be giv¬en once a week by Dr. L. L. Honor,and one in Modern Hebrew, which isto be an elementary language course.This is to be given by Dr. J. L. Sieg¬el. Dr. S. M. Blumenfeld will conducta class in contemporary JewishWorld, at the college.These courses are being .given atthe request of members of the Jew¬ish Student Foundation.Extreme Inflation Not Necessarily‘‘In the Cards” for America-Dr. CoxExtreme inflation is not necessarily“in the cards” for America, and thereare hopeful signs that it may be Iavoided, in the opinion of Dr. Gar¬field Cox, professor of Finance in theUniversity of Chicago’s School ofBusines.s. Dr. Cox addressed the Chi¬cago chapter of the American Sta-ti.stical Association last night at theHamilton Club, on the outlook for in¬flation.“At pres»!nt the factors pointing to¬ward a higher commodity price levelover the next several years seem de¬cidedly to outweigh those making fora lower one,” the Chicago economistsaid. “But it is as yet far from clearthat one for the Unijted States, atleast, the rise in prices is to be ex¬treme.”Two Main Factors“The two principal factors thathave been boosting the checking de¬posits in our banking system navebeen the financing of the governmentdeficit by the banks and the inflowof .gold from abroad.'The first of these is on two ac¬counts taking a turn less inflationaryin its implications. One is that busi¬ness recovery is gradually increasingfederal revenues and decreasing itsemergency expenditures, so that thegovernment does not need to borrow somuch. The other is that the currentdeficit is being financed less by thecommercial banks and more by sav¬ings.“There is still the possibility thateither a decline of business or thor¬oughly unjustified raids on the treas¬ury might develop, so as to increaseanew' the rate of deficit financing. Atpresent, however, the chances ofavoiding both of these developmentsfor at least another year or two seemgood.Gold Influx Continues“The inflow of gold from abroadcontinues and the risk that more willcome is probably greater than thechance that what has already comewill flow out. However, there is rea¬son to hope that the President’s re¬cent remark about ‘hot money’ wasprobably inspired partly by his de¬sire to induce the next Congress notonly to renew the stabilization fundbut to give this fund the pow'er toprevent incoming gold from goinginto bank reserves.“It is possible that shortage ofskilled labor in numerous fields7 andof efficient productive equipment insome, may soon tend to make for arapid bidding up of prices by privateindustry. Meantime, how’ever, it ap¬pears highly probable that the Boardof Governors of the Federal Reserveimplication to Mr. Ellinwood.I m.et a .seer.He held in his handsThe book of wisdom.“Sir,” I addressed him,“Let me read.”“Child—” he began.“Sir,” I said,“Think not that I am a child.For already I know muchOf that which you hold.Ay, much.”He smiled.Then he opened the bookAnd held it before me.—Strange that I should have grownso suddenly blind. system will take steps to limit thebasis for credit expansion. The Boardhas greater powers than ever before.‘•‘If by the time business recov¬ery threatens an inflationary boom,the budget has been balanced, theBoard is likely to act with a substan¬tial degree of effectiveness. If the po¬sition of the Federal treasury shouldstill be difficult the risk of failure tocontrol the boom would be great.Europe Near Capacity“Most Americans who are fearfulof serious inflation appear to bethinking primarily of domestic fac¬tors. It is well to note, how'ever, thatthe plants and man-power of mostEuropean countries are operatingnearer to capacity than are ours.Their governments are also moreheavily burdened with debt. Nowcomes the demand to speed up arma¬ments, giving a further boost to therate of European output and renew¬ing or increasing European govern¬ment deficits.“It is possible, therefore, that amore irresistable basis for commod¬ity price inflation is being laid abroadthan here. Sooner or later, however,this country would undoubtedly bedrawn into any broad internationalprice advance.“The recent monetary agreementbetween France, Britain and theUnited States is an encouragingstraw in the international winds. Ifeither wise leadership or luck shouldgive the economically important nations of the world a few years ofpeace some degree of price stabilitymight yet be achieved. If war comesall hope is lost.”The administration in Washingtonappears to be alive to the dangers ofinflation. Dr. Cox said, and if thebudget situation continues to improve,it will be in a position to restrict in¬flation. ^ Greek £eUers* * *By CODY PFANSTIEHLHE third organization claiming a house built expressly for a fraternity£ ^ abode (Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Kappa Psi are the others), Psi Up-silon is one of the larger groups on campus, and also one of the moreexpensive. This last is true of each of the three aforementioned fraterni¬ties.The Psi U’s claim two football players, three tennis men, including thecaptain, threegolfers, the cap¬tain and onemember of thebaseball squad,five swimmers,and five track¬men. Non-athlet-ic accomplish¬ments includethe Abbot, a jun¬ior manager, andeleven membersof the Order ofBlackfriars, themanaging editor,sports editor, andart editor of ‘theCap and Gown, aPsi Upsilon University Mar¬shal, three members of the Dramatic Association, the general chairman ofthe Leaders Organization, three seniors in Owl and Serpent, the seniorhonorary society, four juniors in Iron Mask, and the president of theAmerican Student Union.Costs amount to $5 per month for pledges, $75 initiation fee, $16 for ac¬tives living outside the house, and $52 for actives living in the house, locatedat 5639 University avenue. There is also a quarterly social fee of $5.The Owls are rapidly outgrowing a reputation terming them a fraternityof athletes, but enough of the old spirit remains to enable them to win theIntramural touchball championship for two years in succession.Hearty co-operation within the house is demonstrated by this champion¬ship, and by the great Psi Upsilon turnout for the annual Victory Vanitiesshow. This feeling of unity is furthered by the large number of songs as¬sociated with the Owls.This is a group exemplifying the popular conception of a fraternity per¬haps better than any other organization on campus. Here is a bunch offellows living in a big house in joyful camaraderie, united to such an extentthat the “Psi U Type” is a common phrase in fraternity circles. Yet noone can define this type. Some term it “Happy and Carefree,” some “JoeCollege,” others claim there is no such distinction.A variety of activities are represented within the fraternity, but relativelyfew highly prominent positions are held. Yet the Psi Upsilon Owls arewithout doubt one of the best-known fraternities on the University campus. Library RevealsPresident HarperInvented WordsEver on the qui vive for a new con¬tributor to the Dictionary of Ameri¬can English, the dictionary man hasdiscovered that the first president ofthe University, William Rainey Har¬per, has added educational nomen¬clature to the present American lan¬guage.He pointed out that President Har¬per in 1891 affixed new •^neanings to“major” and “minor” when he usedthese words as designations forcourses of study. President Harper’sterms have been kept although themeanings have been slightly modified.As he defined it, “major” meanta course of study pursued for 6 weeksand requiring 10, 11, or 12 hours ofclass-work a week.President Harper is also accreditedwith introducing to the Americanlanguage, the terms “sight-reading”,which refers to reading a foreign lan¬guage, and “docentship”, a teachingposition held by a docent.WAA Sponsors AllUniversity LuncheonWAA will hold its annual all Uni¬versity luncheon tomorrow for stu¬dents and employees who will gatheron the second floor of Ida Noyes Hall.Tickets for the luncheon, which sellfor 35 cents, may be obtained frommembers of WAA, in the locker room,of Ida Noyes and in the Physical edu¬cation office.Lorraine Wach is general chair¬man, Virginia Gray is publicity chair¬man, and Alice De Bloise is servicechairman for the affair. There is noprogram scheduled.Tarpon Members CancelAnnual Tank ExhibitionTarpon’s annual swimming exhibi¬tion, scheduled to take place Decem¬ber 4 and 5, will not be held this yearit was announced yesterday by thesecretary of Ida Noyes Hall.The next event in which the mem¬bers of Tarpon will participate is theTelegraphic meet, which is held inconnection with Interscholastic activi¬ties in other schools. This will not beheld until the winter quarter. Lackof time and sufficient interest werethe reasons for the abandonment ofthe event. What’s -the Score?* * «By LEONORE WERTHEIMER* * *Mischa Levitski gave his usualcompetent but rather fireless concertMonday evening at the Auditorium.He limited his selections to the worksof Schubert, Schumann, Chopin,Brahms, and Liszt, Romanticists all.The emphasis of his program was onChopin. His light delicate touch wasbeautifully suited for the intricaciesof the Schumann sonata, G minor.His approach to the group of Chopinwaltzes, etudes, preludes was all thatcould be desired. His technique wasquite faultless and airy.After intermission Levitski re¬turned to the piano with the stirringG minor Brahm’s Rhapsody. The ef¬fect of this number coupled with theLiszt sixth Hungarian Rhapsody andConcert Etude was that it was ex¬ceedingly well done from the techni¬cal and interpretive standpoint butweak as to actual performance. Hemight have been using his strengthto the utmost but the sound was flat.It seemed to lack power and vitality.There was not the briskness and ro¬tundity of tone that the virtuisticworks of both composers require. Afeeling of inhibition pervaded hisplaying of the pieces. Perhaps hispiano lacked the necessary brillianceof tone but it is more plausible thatthe fault lay with the artist.Levitski’s performance of the Men¬delssohn Andante and Rondo Capric-cioso was as perfect as that of theChopin. The quality of this numberwas as free as that of the ButterflyEtude. Gabriel Almond Talkson “New York Elite”The Graduate Political ScienceClub will meet on Thursday, Decem¬ber 3, at 7:30 in Social Science 302to hear Mr. Gabriel Almond, SocialScience Research Council Fellow oflast year, who will present his find¬ings oh the “Social and PoliticallyElite of New York.” A general dis¬cussion will follow headed by Pro¬fessor Harold D. Lasswell, Dr. Nath¬an C. Leites, and Mr. Edward Shils,who have been designated as specialinterrogators.A Gift for HerCOMPACTSPERFUMECOSMETICSYou will find it atSTINEWAY’S57th and Kenwood Frolic Theatre.55th & ELLIS AVE.TODAY ONLY“Kelly the Second”withPatsy KellyTHURSDAY and FRIDAY"The General Diedat Dawn"with Gary Cooper andMadeline CarrollBLOODSHOT EYESCLEARED!Tty EYE-GENE... new... scientific...utterly different! “Morning-After” eyesmade clear, white ... almost instantly.Soothes and refreshes tired, strained,smarting, itching eyes. Stainless, safe.EYE-GENE 57'STINEWAYSKenwood and 57th St.READER’S61st and EllisUniversity Pharmacy1321 E. 57th St.SELWYN • EVERYNIGHTMatinses Wednesday & SaturdayHENRY DUFFY PresentsAmerica's Leading ComedienneCharlotteGreenwoodIn the New Non-Stop Laugh Comedy'Leaning on Letty'By Wilbur Steele and Norma Mitchell(Author of "Cradle Snatchers")PRICES:Prices Every Night, 50c to $2.50Pop, Mats. Wed.-Sat.-Thanksgiv-ing Day, 50c to $1.50FRESHEn THOSEMurine quicklyrelieves eyes ir¬ritated by read¬ing, smoke, dust,wind, loss ofsleep. It's sooth¬ing, refreshing.Use it doily.vS: Eyes The Dramatic AssociationPRESENTSMAXIM GORKI’SThe Lower DepthsDecember 9, 10, 11, 12 - Tickets at Box OfficeDAILY MAROON SPORTSPage Four WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936Award Twenty-Three MajorLetters at Athletic BanquetFritz Crisler to AddressPlayers; Twenty-Two Re¬ceive Numerals. Sha^ghnessy will have to look tothese men to replace this year’s sen¬iors.The linemen receiving the numeralsweaters will be John Anderson,Charles Barton, James Beardley,Major monograms will be awarded Morrie Grinbarg, Henry Grossman,to 23 Maroon football players at theannual football dinner of the Chica,goAlumni Club tomorrow night. These“C” winners, of whom a dozen areseniors, were announced yesterday byT. Nelson Metcalf, director of Ath¬letics.Frederic Woodward, vice-presidentof the University, will formally con¬fer the awards preceding the addressby Fritz Crisler. Nine other gridmenwill be the recipients of minor awardsand numerals will go to 22 yearlingplayers.For four of the seniors this is thethird major football award. Thesemen who have three times receivedthe honor are Co-captains SamWhiteside and Bud Jordan, tackleClarence Wright, and fullback War¬ren Skonin". Other seniors to beawarded the honor are Bill Bosworth,Harmon Meigs, Bill Gillerlain, NedBartlett, Carl Frick, Edward Thomp¬son, Earl Sappington and Henry Kel-log.Six Sophomores Among WinnersThere are six sophomores, all butone of them backfield men, among thewinners. Morton Goodstein, LewisHamity, Sollie Sherman, EdwardValorz and Harvey Lawson are thebacks to receive recognition and Rob¬ert Johnson, who saw a great dealof action at the tackle post, is thelineman.Juniors who will be honored at thceremony are Fred Lehnhardt, GeorgeAntonie, Bob Fitzgerald, KendallPetersen, and Omar Fareed. Thereis some doubt as to w-hether or notFareed will be able to compete nextyear due to the fact that he playeda few minutes as a freshman at Stan¬ford. He has always been a spark¬plug in the Maroon offense and ifhe should be declared ineligible itwill mean a great loss to the team.Reward Henry KelloggThe award to Henry Kellogg wasbased on three years of faithful anduseful service with the scrubs. Hehad less than two minutes of confer¬ence play this year. A sports en¬thusiast, he is also a hardworkingbut little used member of the tennisand basketball aggregations.Old English “C’s” or minor letterswere earned by nine men, all but twoof whom are linemen. James Cassells,Robert Meyer, Robert Sass, RobertGreenebaum, Jack Fetman, TheodoreFink, Jerome Sivesind, Henry Cutterand Frank Wilkes wei’e the players.In his first Big Ten game, againstPurdue this year, Meyer caught thepass for the sole Maroon touchdown.Numeral WinnersOf the 22 numeral winners, 15 arelinemen. With a front line greatlydepleted by graduation. Richard Holmes, Theodore How’e,George Kelley, James Lannin, Rus¬sell Parsons, Earl Pierce, RichardReichman, Walter Schwiderski, Al¬lan Shackleton, and Richard Wilson.Although there are, as far as num¬bers are concerned, plenty of back-field performers with experience,some of the men who ai’e coming upfrom this year’s freshman squad haveturned in fine practice performancesand promise to ,give the veterans arace for their berths.Robert Brown, Louis Letts, JohnPalmer, John Pelayner, Harold Pen-ne, Wilford Swinney and Harold Ir¬win are the backs who earned theirsweaters.Parsons and Letts are youngerbrothers of former Maroon athletes,Keith Parsons and Dale Letts. Hebert Summarizes I-M TouchballSince Its Start; Owls Win 8 TimesBy WALTER H. HEBERT{Director of Intramurals)The touchball finals last weekmarked the completion of the thir¬teenth year it has been played on thecampus. The list of championshipteams bristles with the name of PsiUpsilon, which has won the all-Uni-versity championship eight times.After the organization of the intra¬mural program in 1924, the then un¬developed game of touchball was de¬cided upon as the autumn headliner.The rules had to be written fromnothing for the University, since thegame was still in its infancy. Since,half of the Big Ten has taken it overas their intramural fall sport.504 Men CompeteThe first season 36 teams and 504men competed, and the since deceasedDelta Sigma Phi won the title. Nextyear the Psi U’s led by George* Lott,Davis Cup tennis player, won thechampionship. The Psi U string last¬ed until 1928 when the Phi Psi’s won,led by Vergil Gist, an excellent ball-handler due to basketball experience.The Owls came back the next year.Maroons Open Cage Season AgainstWheaton College in Fieldhouse TonightSTARTING LINEUPChicago WheatonCassels If. NelsonEggemeyer rf. MeSherinAmundsen c. GavinDurbin rg. PowellRossin Ig- McDonaldOfficials: Travnick, (Armour) andKraft, (Armour.)Just what the effect of the absenceof All-American Bill Haarlow fromthe Maroon lineup will have will bedetermined tonight when the Marooncagers confront the Wheaton Collegefive at the Fieldhouse in the openinggame of the season. First Big Ten ag¬gregation to swing into action, Chi¬cago is hoping for its fourth straightvictory from the Wheaton team, hav¬ing defeated them decisively the lastthree years.The Maroons will start minus theservices of two of their potential reg¬ulars, Fitzgei'ald and Petersen, whohave been playing football and as aresult are not yet in condition. Mostof the squad has been working outfor three weeks or more.Starts Four JuniorsCoach Norgren plans to start fourjuniors and a sophomore. At the oneforward position will be John Egge-meyer, who came up towards the endof the last season as one of the bestoffensive men in the conference. He isexpected to be the main gun in theMaroon attack tonight. The otherforward will be a sophomore. BobCassels, who will attempt to live upto the coach’s confidence in him.The center will be Paul Amundsen,6 ft. 7 in. junior, who did most of theCoach jumping last year and ds playing$$SAVE$$Whether you go toCALIFORNIAiTEXASNEW YORKFLORIDA.... FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS ....YOU CAN CATCH A RIDE BY USINGTHE DAILY MAROONCLASSIFIED COLUMNSHyde Park 9222 better basketball this year. He willbe the best center in the conferenceby the end of the season if his im¬provement is steady.Rossin Starts at GuardMaurice Rossin will start at leftguard. He gained reputation by suc¬cessfully checking some of the BigTen’s highest scorers last year. Jun¬ior Howard Durbin, who also sawsome action last year, will be at theother guard. this time with a new crop of stars.The brightest of the constellation wasCliff Alger, who in combination withBob Hoaglund, the shiftiest runnerever to play touchball at the Univer¬sity, kept the Owls on top for an¬other three years. In 1932 a newreign was inaugurated when Phi BetaDelta got the title. Their best playerswere Allan Marver and Trevor Weiss,who had a keener realization of'thestrategy of touchball than any oftheir predecessors.Psi U’s Come BackThe current domination of the PsiU’s began in 1935 w’hen Bickel, Bur¬gess, Cochran and Haarlow broughtthem the championship again. Theywon again this year, but not withoutmeeting stiff competition from the Al¬pha Delts and Phi Sigs. Their starswill mostly be gone through gradua¬tion when the next season rolls round,and the scramble for the title will bewide open again.The record shows periods of dom¬ination for the various fraternities,shifts coming with the graduation ofa group of stars. Touchball is farmore difficult to play well than ap¬pears at first sight, and the develop¬ment of a winning team requiresteamwork as well as accurate pass¬ing, the prime requisite for success.This complexity explains the threeyear winning streaks since as a tal¬ented group goes through school itdevelops teamwork which cannot bebeaten save by graduation.Interesting is the fact that mostof the outstanding stars are eitherbasketball or tennis varsity players.Several men, starting in touchball,graduated to varsity football ranks,thus becoming ineligible for touch-ball competition also. Varsity WrestlersPrepare for FirstMeet with WheatonThe end of the football season hasbrought valuable recruits to thewrestling squad. Among the griddersreporting are Ed Valorz, Sam White-side, and Fred Lehnhardt.With the first meet on the scheduleonly ten days away the squad isworking out daily in preparation forthe clash with Wheaton on December12. This tussle promises to be a veryclose one as each team boasts of awin apiece from last season; Wheat¬on captured the majority of the boutson their home mat, while the Univer¬sity squad came out victorious atChicago in an exchange match.Mo.st promising addition to theteam is Ed Valorz, who went to thethird round of the Olympic team, al¬though he failed to qualify for thetrip to Germany.A call for freshmen has been issuedby Coach Vorres, and he expects apromising freshman squad. A basisfor the assumption is found in themen already out for practice. To date,Hughes, 118; Thomas, 125; and Davis,135, seem to show the most promisein the lower weights with Carlson,175, and Brookhart, heavyweight,standing out in the upper bracket.There will be an intra-mural wrest¬ling tournament for all persona whohaven’t won awards in the grappler’sart at the University on December 15and 16.PLEDGINGQuadranglar announces the pledg¬ing of Barbara Hall of LaGrange, Il¬linois.CLASSIFIED ADFOR S.4LE—No. 5 Underwood. Ex¬cellent condition. Very reasonable.Phone Plaza 7279. Norbert BurgessElected Captainof Tennis TeamCo-holder of the Big Ten doublestitle, Norbert Burgess was electedlast night to captain the Maroon ten¬nis team during the 1936-1937 sea¬son.Burgess is a senior and a memberof Psi Upsilon. Never particularlyspectacular while on the court henone the less plays a steady and pow¬erful game.Meeting at a dinner in HutchinsonCommons, the team also discus.sedplans for the year’s schedule. It wasbrought out that the Big Ten tourna¬ment, held here last year and sched¬uled for next spring at Michigan willlikely be transferred to Northwest¬ern. Michigan is having the confer¬ence track meet, and although noth¬ing officially has been done, rejjortshave been that the tennis tourney willbe changed.Team Plan.s Two TripsRegarding the question of roadtrips, it was decided that the teamshould play most of its dual meets onthe home courts. Tentative plans callfor only two trips, one to Illinois andone to Iowa.Nosed out of the conference cham¬pionship by Northwestern last year,the Maroons seem certain winnersthis season. Bickel, Big Ten singleschamp, and who with Burge.ss alsocaptured the doubles crown, will beback for his last year of competition.Up from last spring’s yearling cropwill be Bill and Chet Murphy, broth¬ers who turned in brilliant perform¬ances during the summer and givepromise of 'bolstering the Hebert-men’s strength. John Shostrom, let-terman from last year will also re¬turn, giving the team five outstand¬ing and experienced players.Will YOU Help UsMake Up the Program?The famous Hampton Institute Singers will befeatured with the University Symphony orchestra onDecember 11 in Mandel Hall at 8:15. You can help usby choosing eight of the following spirituals, turningin your choices to the Daily Maroon Offices in Lexing¬ton hall.Thank you:The University , Symphony OrchestraMy Lord, What a MorningKeep A-Inchin’ AlongGood News, de Chariot’s Cc’Tis Me, Oh LordGreat Camp MeetingRoll Jordon. RollLittle DavidPeter on the SeaSwing Low, Sweet Chariot [ ] The Witness [ ][ ] Oh Freedom [ ][ ]Ain’t Goin’ to Study [ ][ ] War No More[ ] In Bright Mansions Above [ ][ ][ ] Listen to the Lambs [ ][ ] Were You There [ ]C ] Reign, Massa Jesus [ ]