Vol. 37. No. 69, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1937 Price Three CenttBehindthe News« * *By COMMON TATOR* « «“Be sure that this is off the rec¬ord.” This expression is a favoriteone with which many members ofthe University administration pre¬faced their remarks recently. Butnevertheless there are a few factsthat have not appeared in the reg¬ular news stories which can be re¬leased without violating confidences.In the first place, the appointmentof William Benton as vice-president |of the University has raised many |questions as to what his function as ja member of the administration willbe. Benton is leaving a partnershipin one of the nation’s leading adver¬tising firms to take the position atthe University. He has had littleexperience in the educational fieldalthough he comes from a familythat has always been interested ineducation.An advertising executive, Bentonwill probably direct the public rela¬tions of the University; thus his taskwill be to sell the University and itseducational plan to the general pub¬lic. His aim would be to correctwrong impressions and to make theoutside world see the University asit .sees itself. This work would becarried on through a series of pam¬phlets on such subjects as distin-quished .service profes.sors and theiraccomplishments.* * *Within the confines of the LawSchool rumors have been especiallythick I'ecently. Only one fact hasbeen definitely stated. The curri¬culum of the school is to be complete¬ly revised. Just what is to be donehas not been made known, but theimpression that has been createdleads one to believe that the schoolwill follow Yale by introducing morematerial from the social sciences in¬to the curriculum and Harvard byinstituting a system of comprehen¬sive examinations.The effect of the change, however,seems to be more certain. Facultymembers agree that the school willbecome one of jurisprudence ratherthan law. Its purpose will be totrain men to solve the problems ofsociety rather than lawyers to wincases.Ini-House StartsWorld RelationsDiscussion GroupTo promote discussions of the con¬temporary situation abroad, studentsof foreign affairs are organizing anInternational Relations group to¬night at International House.Both students and professors willbe present at the first meeting ofthe organization, desig^ned to providea long needed opportunity for dis¬cussion of international relations bycampus residents not necessarily^ecializing in that department. Dr.Donald B. Watt of Syracuse N. Y. isheading the evening’s program witha di.scu.ssion of “An Experiment inInternational Living” the organiza¬tion which makes it possible forAmerican students to visit Europeanfamilies. “The International Edu¬cation Center of Geneva” will also bediscussed by Archibald Evans of theInternational Labor Office in Gene¬va, Switzerland.Prom ReservationsAll reservations for tables atthe Washington Prom must bemade to Henry Cutter, chairmanof the Student Social Committee,before Thursday at 6. Tables areavailable for fraternity or inde¬pendent groups of ten or fifteencouples. Tables will be arrangedaround the dance floor ^nd on thebalcony with bar service for alltables.In order to have the tables re¬served, tickets must be paid for.Cutter may be contacted at theDelta Kappa Epsilon fraternityhouse. . 'i r-| 1 • Washington PromTicket Number 51Chosen in RaffleAt last, finally, after so long atime, the one and original, unbiasedand non-political raffle has been held.And number 61 wins. The lucky per¬son holding the Washington Prom bidbearing this number should rush atonce to the Psi Upsilon house andsee David Gordon. As announcedseveral times previously in the Cir¬cle and in The Daily Maroon, theholder of this ticket will receive a re¬fund of his money, the price of abid to the Prom, namely $3.75.Ralph Leach, business manager ofGreater W’ashington Prom, selectedJulian Kiser to do the drawing. Thetickets entered in the raffle were thefirst two sold by each Prom ticketsalesmen. The lucky number is fifty-one, 51.Of course, the number 51 will notbe the only lucky ticket at the Prom.All tickets will be lucky. One thou-.sand people will spend the eveningin the Gold Room of the Congi*esshotel dancing to the music of DickJurgens and his orchestra.iOgburn Studies jCity ProblemsFinds Municipalities Outof Pace with PopulationChanges.City governments are slow in keep¬ing up with population changes,claims William F. Ogburn, professorof Sociology, as a result of a surveywhich he recently completed. Theconclusions of the survey appear inthe current issue of Public Manage¬ment, official magazine of the Inter¬national City Managers’ Association.As a consequence of this lag. Pro¬fessor Ogburn points out that whenthe population is on the decrease,services become more expensive tothe taxpayer; and when the city isgrowing, before it is generally recog¬nized, municipal services may becomeuncomfoi^ably Inadequate for thepopulation served.He first noticed disproportionatelyhigh per capita costs in shrinkingcities when he was examining policefigures in a comparative survey ofthe social characteristics of decreas¬ing and increasing cities. He foundabout 45 per cent more police in thedecreasing than in the increasingcities of the group studied, althoughcrime should flourish as much, ormore, in a rapidly growing city.Confirms ConclusionUpon examining budgetary figuresfor other municipal services. Profes¬sor Ogburn found the case repeated.Costs of fire departments were 65per cent greater per capita in theshrinking communities than in thegrowing ones; street cleaning depart¬ments were nearly twice as costly inthe decreasing cities; care of parksand trees cost about 60 per centmore; educational costs were about20 per cent greater; cost of inspec¬tion of buildings, wiring, plumbingand boilers was about 50 per centhigher. Similar conditions jirevail-ed in regard to library services,health conservation, and charities.It is Professor Ogburn’s theorythat governments of increasing cities(Continued' on page 3)Mathews AddressesTheological Meeting“The Place of Supernaturalism inChristianity” will be the subject onwhich Dr. Shailer Mathews, deanemeritus of the Divinity School, willspeak at the Theology Club meetingtonight at 7:30, in the Swift com¬mon room. Open discussion will fol¬low the address.The subject is proposed as a pointof departure in considering what, ifanything, has been pervasivethroughout, and characteristic of,Christianity through its history. DeanMathews has throughout his careerstressed the study of religion as asocial phenomenon. Theology forhim is one aspect of the communityand institutional life in which menlive, and is .to be studied as such.Officers of the Theology Club forthe present year are: Clifford Mur-nhv. president, Anthon Cannon, vice-president, Stanley State, secretary. Phoenix Rises Again to Feature Sexand Controversy for February IssueBy EIROY D. GOLDINGKnocked Out EightYears Ago, DoctorHits Harder NowIt took only six seconds to knockout Andrew J. Brislen—eight yearsago. That was when h^ entered anintramural boxing match in Bartlettgym.Then Brislen went out for swim¬ming, waterpolo, and football, earn¬ed two major letters, in each sport.In 1931 he gave up football toenter Rush Medical school, and nowserves in the County hospital. Theother day a woman patient died, thehospital notified her husband and son,and the two stormed into the hospi¬tal. Distraught with grief, the hus¬ky son struck blindly at internes andnurse.s. Doctor Brislen struck too.In less than six seconds he restoredquiet.Name Chairmen ofYWCA FinanceDrive CommitteeThe annual finance drive of theYWCA, held each year to raisemoney for the organization which isnot guaranteed by the University,begins today and will continue fortwo weeks, to be climaxed by aWhite Elephant Sale.General chairman for the drive isCatherine Pittman. Sub-chairmenworking under her are: Ruth Neuen-dorffer, dormitory committee: Paul¬ine Turpin, club committee; Clem-emtine Van der Schaegh, member¬ship committee; Helen Thomson andJanet Geiger, offices and librariescommittee; Betty Thompson, chair¬man for International House; Aud¬rey Neff, chairman of groups withinthe YWCA; Ruby Howell anciMargaret Scott, publicity; ArefaKelble, table chairman; Dale Tippin,letters; and Dorothea Krueger,White Elephant committee.Miss Mary Schepler, chairman ofthe finance committee for the city ofChicago, will speak at a tea to begiven next Tuesday at 3:45 in IdaNoyes for members of the committee.Anyone interested in the drive isurged to come.Gilkey Leads PeaceDiscussion TodayDiscussing absolute pacifism andthe Oxford Oath, subject of muchpacifist and American Student Unioncontroversy, Charles W. Gilkey, deanof the Chapel, will lead the All-Cam¬pus Peace Council round table in So¬cial Science 302 at 3:30 today. Thediscussion is the third in a series,of round tables which the Councilhas established to allow serious con¬sideration of the position of the cam¬pus in the fight against war.All campus organizations, includ¬ing fraternities, clubs, and dormi¬tories, are allowed representation inthe Peace Council, which is now be¬ginning work on the peace confer¬ence which will be held March 3 and4. Round table discussions are opento all students.In a recent statement. RegistrarErnest C. Miller disclosed that theUniversity’s enrollment is at station¬ary level along with several easternuniversities, while the enrollments ofthe state universities throughout thecountry are forging to the front inrapid fashion.Actual figures are cited to illus¬trate this trend, and they show thatuniversities under public controlhave an increase of 8.7 percent overthe enrollment of last year, while theuniversities under private control areonly able to boast an increase of2.9 per cent. A possible reason forthe University’s case might lie inthe fact that the state of Illinoisranked 24th among the states whoseuniversity enrollments, were on theincrease. This points to the fact thatthe state of Illinois ranks low in theincome rankings, which would aidmaterially in keeping the University’s When Martin Gardner came intothe Maro(ffi office yesterday after¬noon, he named for us the ingredi¬ents which in two months have raisedPhoenix from the ashes to a positionhigher than it has achieved in thelast few years. They are Sex andControversy.Sex first reared its proverbial headin the January issue when, to its tra¬ditional policy of judging entertain¬ment on the basis of percentage ofnudity, Phoenix added the attractionof discourse on Gypsy Rose Lee. Inthe current issue, the WashingtonProm is an excuse for the largestdisplay of sex since the time whenPhoenix brought out a trick cover thefemale on w'hich could be undressedthrough stroking in the midriff. Inthe third day of talking about it, theposition of limbs on the cover ofthe February issue continues to in¬trigue me. Whatever one may thinkof Dr. Ben Reitman’s amoral andrambling treatment of the subject,•yphili* and prostitution are correla¬tive words which are as numerous asuniversity in the curent number.Gertie the Go-Getter returns withher persons, a revealing figure dis¬claims, “So I named the brat ‘En¬core’ because he wasn’t on the pro¬gram,” Mirror choruses of more orless pulchritude appeal to not-yet-too-jaded appetites, and Lewis Millerand Jean Jacob prepare for the Promfrom the skin outward.On to VerbiageControversy takes up the burdenwhere sex leaves off with WilliamIGeorge Paz, EarlJohnson to LeadSymposium FridayThe Fascist* Socialist, and Popu¬lar front points of view will be pre¬sented in a symposium on the Span¬ish civil war in Law north tomor¬row at 3:30. Earl Johnson, assistantprofessor of Sociology, will act aschairman of the meeting, leading aquestion period and discussion afterthe three speeches.Defending Franco, leader of therebel forces, Harold de Montfort, apolitical science student, will supportthe Fascist cause. The case for thepeople’s front will be stated byGeorge Paz, a Spanish Catholic whois affiliated with the North AmericanCommittee to Aid Spanish Democ¬racy. Maynard Krueger, assistantprofessor of Economics, will pointout the advantages in pure socialism,opposing the Popular Front.The symposium is. under the aus¬pices of the American Student Un¬ion. Douglas Halcrow, head of theInternational Relations committee, isin charge of arrangements.At a meeting of the ASU execu¬tive committee last Tuesday, a resolu¬tion was passed to support the Amer¬ican Student Union chapter at North¬western University, which is carry¬ing on a campaign against Negro dis¬crimination in certain schools of theBig Ten. The special point of con¬troversy at Northwestern is unequaltreatment in athletics. No specificplan of action was advocated by thecommittee.enrollment at its stationary point.These figures also illustrate that agreater proportion of students in thelower income classes are managingto attend state universities.Mr. Miller thought that Harvardpresents an interesting case, as faras boosting the magnitude of studentbodies is concerned. It stands aloneamong the private schools this year,as representing an increase in en¬rollment for the term. It becamethis exception to the rule in a uniqueway; simply because last summer itcelebrated its huge tercentenary par¬ty at which it paraded before thepublic in general, and Harvard en¬thusiasts in particular, one of thegreatest arrays of scholars that hasbeen assembled together at one time.This attraction proved to be too gi*eatfor 504 marginal buyers that swelledthe school’s enrollment to put it ina rank by itself among the privatelycontrolled schools in the country. Barrett asking the rhetorical ques¬tion “Aristotelianism—Is it Aristot¬elian?” The article is a valuable cor¬rective to those adherents of theGreek whose knowledge of his writ¬ings comes from third hand sources;it will cause no alarm to devotees1 who have read Aristotelian textswith care.Frances Power’s “Reporter Re¬ported” merits recognition to theextent to which her facts about fam¬ous crimes gleaned from the experi¬ence of John Rogers, veteran report¬er of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, aretrue and hitherto-undisclosed. Herstyle proves uniformly uninspired.Hair on Rampage“The Wrath of God,” by Sam Hair,is as it should be, uproariously fun-(Continued on page 2) 'Library SortsDouglas LettersDocuments Carry Namesof Many Prominent Menof Day.Autograph-seekers, political-favor-seekers, garden seeds-seekers, allfound occasion to WTite to StephenA. Douglas, United States. Senatorand Democratic political “boss” dur¬ing the pre-Civil War period.Rather widely varied requests sentby postmasters, would-be postmas¬ters, inventors, editors, and “fans”are contained in the collection ofletters to Douglas which is now be¬ing checked and sorted in the RareBooks and Manuscripts Room, Har¬per W41, by Miss Gladys Saunders.Letters and Letters“Letters here cover the periodfrom 1845 to Douglas’ death in 1861,but far the greater part of themcover the years from 1857 to 1861,”stated Miss Saunders. She continu¬ed, “There are hundreds of lettershere, literally bushels of letters.”A few of these letters carry thesignatures of famous people such asj President Franklin Pierce, PresidentJames Buchanan, and ConfederatePresident Jefferson Davis. Othersconcerning political matters are fromcounty and state politicians, andnewspaper publishers, both givingand seeking political advice.These letters are of particular im¬portance to students of political his¬tory as almost every event of anyprominence is noted and discuss.edby many different writers. Whenthe letters are finally arranged, theywill be in chronological order, if atall possible, and wrill be available forstudy use by special permission.Request SeedsSome of the letters are from ob¬scure and unimportant people on sub¬jects of a purely personal nature andprobably did not even rate an an¬swer. The Douglas garden seeds(Continued on page 3)Debate Squad toMeet Nebraska Uat Knowledge BoxA team from the Debate Unionwill meet the University of Nebras¬ka debating team at the Hobo Col¬lege, 1118 West Madison stret, to¬morrow night at 8.Challenging various schoolsthroughout the country, the Nebras¬ka team will present the affirmativeside of the question, “Resolved: Thatthe extension of consumers’ coopera¬tives would benefit-the public wel¬fare.”This is the first intercollegiatemeet for the Union negative teamon this subject. The Union will berepresented by Elmer Woods andLome Cook. This will be the onlyopportunity that the Chicago teamwill have to. meet competition beforethey go to Manchester, Indiana toenter the Manchester tournament onthe 26th“of this month.Although not in accord with theconvention rules of debating, since itis being held before an audiencecomprised of members of the famedKnowledge Box, the subject will beopen for discussion by the audience• after the formal debate is over.Chicago Enrollment Remains Stationary,State Universities Ahead, Says Miller German PrinceWill Speak onRise of NazisRoyal Refugee LecturesTuesday in Social Sci¬ence 122.Prince Hubert Zu Loewenstein, amember of one of the oldest royalfamilies of Germany today, will dis¬cuss the “Origin and Rise of Nazi-ism,” in a lecture sponsored by theDivision of Social Sciences, in SocialScience 122, at 4:30 on Tuesday.Because of the rise of Hitler todictatorship in Germany, Prince Hu¬bert was forced to leave Berlin,where he was one of the main lead¬ers of the Republican Youth Move¬ment of Pre-Hitler Germany, andthe leader of the Catholic YouthMovement. His purpose in organ¬izing the young liberals of his coun¬try is an attempt to prevent thespread of Naziism.Promote* German CultureIn this country, the Prince has be¬come prominent in the organizationof the Academy of German Culture,in which he hopes to preserve andextend the old German culture andcustoms. This he believes can beaccomplished particularly by sup¬porting students, writers, and musi¬cians who are creative in the old tra¬ditions, but who find it impossibleto get an audience in Germany.Although he is a descendant of afamily of rulers, who lost their inde¬pendence in the principality theygoverned. Prince Hubert carries adefinite democratic belief in theprinciples of government, and is anardent supporter of a democratic andliberal mode of life.Wrote Recent BookA well-qualified authority on cur¬rent European politics and history,the Prince has written several bookson political and historical subjects.One of them was published repentlyin the United States.The lecture is open to all studentsand faculty members who are inter¬ested in hearing the noted youth or¬ganizer discuss the outstanding fea¬tures of the Nazi form of govern¬ment as it appears in the Europeancountries in the present day.On March 9, the Division of So¬cial Sciences will present the last ofthe Education lectures in “The Na¬ture of the Social Sciences” series.William C. Reavis, professor of Edu¬cation, will speak on “School Organ¬ization, Administration, and Fi¬nance.”U. of C. SymphonyFeatures Sibeliusin Winter ConcertThe Winter concert of the Univer¬sity Symphony Orchestra has beenscheduled for Friday evening, March12, at 8:30 in Mandel Hall, it wasannounced yesterday. The programwill feature the works of Jean Sibe¬lius.The University Symphony, an or¬chestra of ninety pieces, is composedalmost entirely of University play¬ers. Directed by Carl Bricken, act¬ing chairman of the Music depart¬ment, the orchestra has one of thestrongest patronage lists of any ofthe city’s musical groups. In theprogram it will include the “Finlan¬dia” and Fourth Symphony in AM^or of Sibelius who, in a recentradio poll, was given the rank of the“most popular living composer.’*Authorities in music admire Sibeliusfor his ability to write living musicwithout seriously deranging classicforms.Tickets for the event are priced at$1.50, $1.00, $.75, and $.50. They maybe obtained at the Information officein the Press building.Full Schedule DelaysAnnual Winter DinnerUsually held about the middle ofWinter, the annual dinner given bythe trustees for the faculty of theUniversity has been postponed untilApril 7.According to John F. Moulds, Sec¬retary to the Board of Trustees, thedinner was postponed because of a“full schedule during the Winter,quarter." jPage Two THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1937FOUNDED IN IMlN Member Associated Collegiate PressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of theUniversity of Chicago, published mornings except Saturday, Sun-dv, ind Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quartershy The Daily Maroon Company, 6831 University avenue. Tele¬phones : Local 46, and Hyde Park 9221 and 9222.The University of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anystatements an)earing in The Daily Maroon, or for any contract•ntered into by The IMiiy Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon are student opinions, and are not necessarily the viewsof the University administration.The Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publicationof any material appearii g in this paper. Subscription rates:$2.76 a year; $4 by mail. Single copies: three cents.I Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post office3 at Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.RCPRCaaNTEO PON NATIONAL AOVBNTISINO NTNational Advertising Service, IncCollege Publishers Representative420 Madison AvE. New York. N.Y.Chicago . Boston . ban FranciscoLos ANGELES • * PORTLAND • SEATTLEBOARD OF CONTROLJULIAN A. KISER Editor-in-ChiefDONALD ELLIOTT Business Manag^erEDWARD S. STBRN Managing EditorJOHN G. MORRIS Associate EditorJAMES F. BERNARD.Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESBernice Bartels Edward Fritz Cody PfanstiehlEmmett Deadman El Roy Golding Betty RoMinsBUSINESS ASSOCIATESCharles Hoy Bernard Levine William RubachMarshall J. StoneEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSJacquelyn AebyHarris BeckLanra BergquistMaxine BiesenthalRuth BrodyCharles ClevelandLome CookJohn CooperJack Cornelius Mary DiemerHarold DreyfusJudith GrahamMary E. GrenanderHank Grossman.■\imee HainesDavid HarrisRex Horton Harry LeviVera MillerLaVerne RiessAdele RoseBob SassLeonard SchermerCornelius SmithDolly ThomeePete WallaceBUSINESS ASSISTANTSEldwin Bergman Max Freeman Howard GreenleeArthur Clauter Doris Gentzler Edward GustafsonSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSDavid ELsendrath Donal HolwayNight Editor: Rex HortonAssistants: John Cooper and Jack CorneliusThursday, February 18, 1937An Open Letter to Fraternity MenWe cannot but thoroughly deplore the ac¬tion of your Interfraternity Council Tuesdayevening in refusing admittance into its ranksto Kappa Alpha Psi, recognized Negro fra¬ternity. Such action puts the fraternities offi¬cially on record as being out of step with theUniversity’s tradition of enlightened and lib¬eral thought.You placed a stamp of approval upon anattitude of mind and a mode of action whichhave characterized unenlightened men for cen¬turies. The tragedy is that you who did so,as members of an institution whose aim is tocombat the sort of attitudes you foster, aresupposedly among the most enlightened ofyour contemporaries.Your action is particularly regrettable be¬cause it is evident from the vote (which wasnine to seven in favor of the petitioninggroup) that a clear majority of the houses didnot wish to go on record in such a way. TTiisfact alone shows that some progress hais beenmade in fraternity circles, and saves the fra¬ternities, as a group, from more severe con¬demnation. It is the one redeeming factor inthe whole affair.Certain points with regard to this questioncannot, we feel, be denied. The Negro groupwas asking merely for equal recognition as afraternity in good standing with the Dean’soffice, and nothing more. It is unthinkable to,us that the members of this group would havemade themselves socially objectionable at anyinterfraternity function. The houses opposedto their admittance, therefore, could not haveconsidered the question on rational grounds,The ABC’sAim of General EducationI agree, of course, that any plan of general edu¬cation must be such as to educate the student forintelligent action. It must, therefore, start him onthe road toward practical wisdom. But the questionis what is the best way for education to start himand how far can it carry him. Pruduence or prac¬tical wisdom selects the means toward the endsthat we desire. It is acquired partly from intellec¬tual operations and partly from experience. Butthe chief requirement for it is correctness in think¬ing. Since education cannot duplicate the experi¬ences which the student will have when he grad¬uates, it should devote itself to developing correct¬ness in thinking as a means to practical wisdom,that is, to intelligent action.Robert M. Hutchin*,The Higlier Learning in America.T but acted on the purely emotional and irra¬tional basis of racial discrimination.Beyond this, those who opposed the Negrofraternity attempted to rationalize their posi¬tion by introducing poor excuses and triflingtechnicalities. Only a few were frank enoughto admit that prejudice alone was the reasonfor their vote; the others, hypocritically claim¬ing to be liberab, attempted to defend theirdecision as intelligently and rationally arrivedat.What is most unfortunate is that the trulyenlightened and liberal majority of fraternitymen were unable to overcome the prejudicesof others to the extent of mustering the neces¬sary three-fourths vote. The fraternities asa whole will be blamed for this action, because Today on theQuadranglesMEETINGSChapel Union Board. Chapel of¬fice at 4:30.Student-Faculty Committee ofChapel Union. Chapel office at 3:30.Perconal Problem* Group of Cha¬pel Union. Chapel office at 7:30.Catholic student*. ReverendJames A. Magner will speak on“Spain?” Ida Noyes at 4:30.Theology Club. Dean EmeritusShailer Mathews will speak on “ThePlace of Supernaturalism in Chris¬tianity.” Swift Commons Room at7:30. Phoenix(Continuod from page 1)ny, but incomprehensibly so to men.Bob Ate’s account of “CarefreeJoe,” the clown with a tragic past,will add nothing to psychologficalknowledge. “Music,” TheodoraSchmitt’s account of musical ven¬tures during the past season, suffersfrom being overly thumbnail in itssketches of musicianship.Phoenix continues its tradition ofartwork. We do not see why theEckhart doorway should have beenpublished upside down but Jack Hev-esh’s photograph, and caricatures ofDr. Reitman, Martin Gardner, RonaldCrane, Cody Pfanstiehl, Henry Reese, and John Held Jr. are all well-exe¬cuted. W’e praise the editors formoving Round Town to the end ofthe issue, and for livening up InkPot Pourri with cuts and bold-facetype. We pan them for the prej¬udiced and ill-considered content ofPot Pourri, for continued dull-look-ing runover pages, and for againcatering to Hickman’s propensity forover-ly-copiouB drivel.DREXEL asir/i'!!Today Only“BARRETS OF WIMPOLESTREET’of the stubborn and irrational position of aminority of the houses—and, consideringthat these were mostly smaller houses, a moreinconsiderable minority of the fraternity men.It is quite possible that a vote by men ratherthan by houses would have resulted in a three-fourths majority favorable. We cannot seehow the smaller houses can expect sympathyfrom the campus for their problems when theyare so thoroughly unsympathetic to the pre¬vailing sentiments both among their own fra¬ternity colleagues and in the rest of the Uni¬versity.We expressed confidence, in an earlier edi¬torial, in the intellectual integrity and moralconvictions of students in this University, in¬cluding fraternity men. Our confidence, ap¬parently, was unjustified. We strongly rec¬ommend that you, the fraternity men, recon¬sider your ill-advised decision. Only your sub¬sequent action can remove the stigma whichhas been placed upon you.—J. A. K.The Travelling BazaarBy CODY PFANSTIEHLThe late La Verne Noyes, had he completely work¬ed his way, would have made this University a won¬derland indeed.He endowed the Noyes Scholarships for bloodrelations of War veterans, which now enable worthystudents to attend this school. He gave, as a birth¬day present to his wife the first year after herdeath, Ida Noyes hall, for “women’s social and otheractivities.”But, according to Goodspeed’s book, “The Univer¬sity of Chicago; Biographical Sketches,” Mr. Noyes’most romantic idea has never taken form.This gentleman, who came West in a covered wag¬on in 1851 at the age of six, was a son of the soil.He knew practical landscaping for he’d worked hisway through college by supervising the transplant¬ing of trees on his campus.After he became interested in this University anda few years before 1921 he drew plans for a lakevarying in width from 200 to 400 feet, to connectthe Washington Park and Jackson Park Lagoons—crossed by scenic bridges, and, it is to be expected,lit by Japanese lanterns in the warm summer eve¬nings.But here’s the point, the plan that the TravellingBazaar now reveals, which puts the mere moving ofa few trees into the ridiculous so far as rearrangingthe campus for the students is concerned.We quote from the beforementioned book:“In these plans there is a waterway connectionwith the basement of Ida Noyes hall through whichthe canoes and boats of the young women would findaccess to the lake.”Doctor Goodspeed concludes:“The plan is one of extraordinary attractivenessand is likely to influence strongly the final improve¬ment of the Midway Plaisance.”NOTE OF EXPLANATIONElRoy Golding’s reference to stroking the lady inthe midriff on the cover of a past Phoenix (seePhoenix story on the front page) may not be fa¬miliar to all.In the old days, years ago when Joe College burn¬ed down the Varsity tennis stands in front of Eck¬hart, undressed firemen and laved ’em in whitewash,and thought the word Hutch only a name for arabbit house—in those days Phoenix was a regula¬tion feelthy joke college magazine.So an editor procured a picture of a girl notwearing shoulder straps, printed it on his cover,then overprinted in a heavy metallic ink, which con¬cealed just enough for distraction.The issue sold like hotcakes, and everyone rubbedthe portrait.Then the Dean’s office ordered the issue burned,or anyway what magazines there was left.Which, of course, was glorious publicity.* * *A CONTRIBUTORGIVES POESYBeneath this stone, by tears of many blest,Our gentle Winston takes his final rest.In a perfect state, he’d have been a poet.But, ’mid the bourgeoise, he couldn’t show it.T. S. Philo*ophy Club. Paul Goodman on“An Extension of Kant’s Aesthetic.”Social Science 108 at 8.P*3rchology Club. William F. Og-burn on “Psychology and Culture.”Psychology at 4:15.ASU Drama Group. Social Science122 at 3:30.Delta Sigma Pi. Stuart P. Meechon “Security Sales Control by theSEC.” Haskel Hall common room at8. School of Business men are in¬vited.LECTURE“Experiment* in International Liv¬ing (American Students in Europe’sHomes),” Donald Watt, and “Inter¬national Educational Center at Gen¬eva,” Archibald Evans. Internation¬al House at 8:15.MISCELLANEOUSAll-Campu* Peace Council. OpenForum. “Absolute Pacifism and theOxford Oath.” Dean Charles W. Gil-key. Social Science 302 at 3:30. for Waohimffion PromHiNON-ALLERCICcosmeticswill help you to keep yourskin beautiful and healthyfor that after-class date.•Co to your department storeand inquire about them. 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($5)MARSHALL FIELD& COMPAIVYPardon me, but may I take you tothe Washington Prom?”‘When is it?”“Tomorrow night.”“Who’s playing?”“Dick Jurgens and his band of allnations.“I’d be glad to go, Ronald.”Page Thre*THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937Lettersto the EditorCONVENIENT SUBTERFUGESEditor,The Daily Maroon:It is indeed a rare privilege andpleasure to attend an institution oflearning as open-minded and liberalas the University of Chicago.Where else can you quibble to yourheart’s content over the relativemerits of the long deceased Aristotle,wave the red flag in the faces ofyour elders, and criticize evenShakespeare without restriction.. .Truly we have attained the peak ofacademic and social freedom.May I therefore commend ourmeritorious fraternity system, so ex¬emplary of the university attitude,for its recent decision denying theadmittance of the negro fraternityKappa Alpha Psi...The completefreedom from race discrimination,the complete absence of any “holierthan thou“ attitude implied in thedecision are to be particularly con¬gratulated. Technicalities are suchconvenient subterfuges. . .Laura Bergquist.CROOKED THINKINGEditor,The Daily Maroon:Over and over again we hear fromself-styled “liberals” that becausetheir patron saint, Democracy, hasdied a bloody death in Spain, theymust avoid soiling their hands in the“impossible anarchy of it all.” Fasc¬ism stabbed Democracy first andthen goddam-communism finished thejob. This is no plea to send yourold clothes to Spain. It is merely anexpression of the author’s resentmentat the amazing amount of crookedthinking found in high places.First of all, these people assureus that they are really devout lib¬erals. They hold that they, too, wantto solve the problems of unemployedyouth, insufficient wages, war, Fasc-i.sm, etc. They emphasize the neces- ^.sity of doing this by concerted, ipeaceful effort. Any other approach, |they hold, will destroy values as im- jportant as the ones, they are trying ito attain. 'Now what differentiates a liberal |from a communist? The communists,by examining historical process, hold !that no matter how fondly we may jlove peace or how rig’dly we may |cling to our hope of non-sanguine jtransitions, we are faced by the bru¬tal, naked facts of coercion, intimi¬dation, and the constant use of force 'in the social environment. This jmeans that if anyone wants justice 'or redress of grievances, they are not |to be had merely for the asking. A iliberal makes a blanket denial of this I historical analysis, refusing to accept jthe assumption, and therefore, the Iconclusion. |Liberals and communists do agreeas to ends. They both want to seepeace, freedom, and progress,—notonly as Jiigh-sounding terms in es¬says, but as three-dimensional real¬ities.But what if, suddenly, as a peopleare pushing Torward on a peacefulroad towards the realization of theseideals, they are rudely halted by abarbarous gang frankly aiming at thedefense of privilege and the deadhand of the past. What happens tothe liberals of the stricken country,when thus confronted with the un-miatakable fact of violence? Wouldthey sound sane if they respondedthus: “I have always hated commun¬ists. I still hate them. Now thatthey have been demonstrated cor¬rect, at least in my country, I willhave nothing more to do with life.Everything that is decent is gone.My desire to attain peace, freedom,and progress is gone, too. I am oh,so unhappy, but above all, I will beneutral?” And yet we hear the samefrom “liberal” opinion ail about usand do not detain those wl o so speakfor hospitalization.One would expect the followinganswer: “The Fascist aggression hasresolved the main differences be¬tween myself and my fellow citizensfarther to the left. Neither they norI are responsible for this. Historyhas decided how we shall continueour struggle for peace, freedom, andprogress. Because this decision istragic does not free me from per¬sonal dedication to uphold that whichI consider to be the noblest in life.”As to Democracy, I can say onlythis: Spain today is being led by thecabinet of a Popular Front govern¬ment which was the elected choiceof the people. Democracy is as pres¬ent in Spain now as it was in theUnited States during the AmericanCivil War. And if Democracy is thename given to the process by whichthe desires, needs, hopes, and urg¬encies of a people crystallize and ex- jpress themselves, it is as alive today jin Spain as Democracy has ever been jmade in the history of western peo¬ples.Matilda Seul.Offer Icelandic inSummer Course Here |I IPlans have been completed to obtain jthe services of Margaret Schlauchduring the summer quarter as associ¬ate professor of Scandinavian lan¬guages and literatures, according toa statement made yesterday by J. G.Kunstmann, assistant professor ofGerman. She will teach Icelandic, acourse in Icelandic sagas, and acourse in the modern Scandinaviannovel.DON’T MISS IT!T/T/ Z. ^ + 3r El V iTheMJ IRROR)HO Win style withRollicingRhythmOPENS MARCH 5ORDER TICKETSRIGHT AWAY% DEBUTANTE SHOP CHICAGODRESSglistening lookto these polka dots—because they’repainted on.A first spring dress thatwill keep itsbloom of freshnessfor months ahead.White dots and whitepique (detachable)on black or navy crepe.sizesINEXPENSIVE FASHIONS - FOURTH FLOOR669 MICHIGAN AVENUE NORTHDouglas(Continued from page 1)were evidently of a superior qualityif one may judge by the several re¬quests for them.A writer, who signed herself as“an unsophisticated school girl,” wasonly one of the many who asked forthe Douglas autograph.In a rather illiterate hand andsigning only her initials, a seaman’swife wrote and asked Douglas to seeif the proposed pay increase couldn’tbe more than four per cent.Almost all the letters are very leg¬ible, well-written in unfaded ink andunyellowed paper. Originally fold¬ed with a secretary’s precise nota¬tions of the contents on each, theseletters are being unfolded, read, andsorted preparatory to use.Ogburn(Continued from page 1)do not anticipate in actual budgetingpractice the needs of the larger fu¬ture populations, and that the gov¬ernments of decreasing cities do notanticipate in practice the diminishedneeds of smaller future populations.The shrinking cities, obviously, wouldnot like to admit their decrease.There may be other reasons thanmere inertia for governments’ notmaking budgetary adjustments morequickly, he explains.“They may have obligations totheir employees; they may be justi¬fied in proceeding slowly until theneeds, of the population are shown;there may be possibilities of abuseif budgets are constructed on toohypothetical considerations,” heclaims.Frolic Theatre55:H & ELLIS AVE.Today“ONE WAY PASSAGE”and“SMART BLONDE”Friday and Saturday‘Charlie Chan at the Opera”“Smartest Girl in Town” OPERAChicago City Opera CompanyatPOPULAR PRICES50c to $1.50AIDA-^AT., FEB. 20.8 P. 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Choice of doublebreasted or single breasted dinner jackets.Other RequirementsWaistcoats fordinner jackets ortails, $6.50 to $10Pique and birds-eye bosom dressshirts, $2.50, $3.50and $5Butterfly andstraight end blackand white ties, $1and $1.50Collapsible silkopera hat, $10; top-hat, $15Clove red carna¬tion, $1 Patent leather ox¬fords, $6.75Black silk hosiery,50c to $2.50Black I isle hosiery,35c to $1.50Black wool ho¬siery, 75c to $2.50Dress jewel»ysets, $2.50 to $25Pearl grey mochagloves, $4.50White glacegloves, $3.50White mufflers,$2.50 to $15Carson Pirie Scott & Co..Accessories, First Floor Clothing, Second FloorDAILY MAROON SPORTSPage Four THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937Maroon Cagers Seek First Big Ten Win;Iowa Track Favorites; Wrestlers Meet N UNumber One?Ohio State’s Buckeyes, perchedalone in fifth place after Indiana’slosses during the last week, invadethe Fieldhouse Saturday night at8 very determined to hang on totheir present standing at the expenseof the hapless Maroon squad. TheBucks took a hard-fought game fromNorthwestern early this week toserve notice that they will be in topform Saturday.The Ohio team will be paced byJimmy Hull, sophomore forward whois the team’s leading scoring threat,and Baker at the forward posts. EarlThomas, who is in his best form, inspite of a bad ankle, will start atcenter if his ankle is healed; other¬wise his place will be taken by greenAugie George. Little ‘Tippy’ Dye,Buck-eye captain who is well re¬membered by Chicago fans for anumber of reasons, will take careof one ajiard post, while Radabaugh,the Ohio State Lantern’s candidatefor leading ball-hawk of the Big Ten,will hold down the other.Tne Buckeyes are a small team,according to conference standards,but they have given a good accountof themselves in all their games thisseason. The Maroons lost to themat Columbus by a score of 19-16, thelowest score a winning team hasturned in this year in the conference.The 33 points piled up against North¬western seem to indicate that a scor¬ing punch has been found. The scor¬ing was well distributed, with fourmen getting five or more points, andone getting four.The game will be one of the lasttwo chances the Maroons have ofbreaking into the win column againsta Big Ten opponent. Coach Norgrenwill probably start another new com¬bination in a endeavor to find a scor¬ing combination. The percentage ofeasy shots the team missed againstIlinois was appalling, and not evena good defense can win games ifthere aren’t any points to work on. Hope for RevengeMaroon wrestlers return to themat against conference competitionSaturday night when they meetNorthwestern in a return match atEvanston. The Purple won the open¬ing meet by a 14-12 score when Chi¬cago forfeited the heavyweight boutbecause both Whiteside and Len-hardt were on the injured list. Sam’sreturn should result in a very closemeet.. Despite the defeat suffered by theWildcats at the hands of MichiganMonday, Coach Vorres, who refereedthat meet, warned the Chicago squadthat their opponents should not betaken lightly because Northwesternhas the same team, with one excep¬tion, that won the first meet.B. G.9 Harvards^Barristers Win inI-M Basketball Hawkeyes FavoredInstall Telephoneto Reserve CourtsT. N. Metcalf, athletic director yes¬terday announced increased facilitiesfor those persons interested in re¬serving courts in the West Standsfor handball, squash raquets, andtennis. A telephone extension fromthe Athletic office switchboard hasbeen installed in the West Standcage over which reservations may bemade.Those wishing to make reserva¬tions should call Fairfax 7710 or Uni¬versity local 17, between 9 and 5,Monday through Friday, and 9 to12 Saturday for reservations for thecurrent or following day.Faculty members and students inthe University may reserve tenniscourts in the Fieldhou.-»e a day in ad¬vance according to Mr. Metcalf. Thisconvenience was made to offset thedemands of town people on thecourts. I'M Gaines Tonight7:30—Alpha Delta Phi vs. Chi PsiBurton 600 vs. Judson Court8:15—Psi Upsilon vs. Phi GammaThetaBurton 700 vs. Burton 800A last half rally enabled the B&Gteam to nose out Physics by one pointin the only close game of the I-Mbasketball tournament last night.The Barristers continued undefeat¬ed, and the Ladies Aid went into firstplace in the Beta division of the in¬dependents by trouncing the AitchpeTribe.Ye-terday’s results:Building and Grounds—27; Physics—26.Barristers—21; Phi Alpha Delta—11Ladies Aid—27; Aitchpe Tribe—12.Harvards—35; Delta Sigma Pi—15.CLASSIFIED ADSGerman, French, Swedish, Danishand English speaking young womanwishes to exchange lesson hours forSpanish, Russian, Italian. Miss Chris¬tensen, Ced. 2893.LOST—Probably picked up bymistake in the Purchasing Agencyoffice, a black medium-sized note¬book, with Shaeffer pen in the back,at about 1:30 on Wednesday, Feb.17. Please return to Carlos, in thatoffice.LOST—A Sigma club pin at thetea dance Sunday, February 14.Finder please return to DorothyMiles, 1523 E. 71st PI., Mid. 2217.Reward.BEVERLY RE-SALE SHOP9 West 115th St.Specializing in highest type slight¬ly used Formals, Tuxedos, CollegeClothes—Daily1:30 to 6:00Thursday-Saturday EveningsGE€CGCS MENS SHOE• SPECIALfor55 th STREET55c SALEONLY.NEW SPRINGHAND MADERESILIENTTIES55c3 for $1.55• Thurs. • Fri. Sat.FEB. 18-19-20Also—Regular $2.00 Nationally Advertised ShirtsFor this Sale only $1Formal Accessories for Washington Prom1003 Blast 55th StreetOPEN EVENINGS AT ELLIS The wobbly Maroon track squadwill stand little chance of whippingthe championship Iowa speedsters atthe Fieldhouse tomorrow night unlessthe Chicagoans rise suddenly out oftheir mediocrity or the Hawkeyessuffer an epidemic of stomach aches.The Maroons were unable to downthe weak Purdue outfit last week, al¬though they fell but two points shortof victory, and have little chance ofbeating Iowa with its array of con¬ference stars.George Halcrow should show upwell in the quarter mile after turn¬ing in a 50 seconds fiat performanceagainst the Boilermakers. Other Ma¬roons who have made good perform¬ances in past meets will have toughsledding against the Iowa aggrega¬tion. However, Beal, Newman, Frickand Fitzgerald should gather pointsduring the evening’s activity.Iowa boasts a well-rounded squadwith Skinner, a dash man and theTeufel brothers, middle distance run¬ners, forming the nucleus of theteam. New Iowa FootballCoach Would Liketo Meet MaroonsBy BYRON C. MILLERCoral Gables, Fla. (S p e c i a 1)—When the ’39 football schedules arein the making, Irl Tubbs, new Iowacoach, hopes to strike a match withthe University.“The University of Chicago isn'ton our schedule for the next twoyears, but we’d like to play them assoon afterwards as we can,’’ statedthe former University of Miamicoach as he left here today to beginspring training and his Big Ten ca¬reer.During the past few years, Tubbs,feeling that his Miami Hurricanesand the Maroons both labored underthe same small-squad handicap, madeseveral attempts to arrange a gamewith the University. His answer was“booked up,’’ and the restless hurri¬canes contented themselves with en¬viable performances against largerand heavier squads throughout theSouth.As he surveyed Iowa’s schedulefor the coming year, Tubbs repeatedhis denial of press reports that hehad promised to win half the games.“I promised nothing,’’ he said quiet¬ly. Schedule I-MTrack G>ntesteventstime made inthe 60-yardhurdles—:8.4,880-yard run-Trackmen who are unable to makethe varsity squad will get one ofthree yearly chances to show theirstuff in the annual Indoor TrackMeet, Wednesday and Thursday.Deadline for entries will be tomor¬row.The events to be run (with thelast year’s meet) aredash—:6.5, 70-low440-yard run—:B4.8,-2:08.4, 880-yard re¬lay—1:39, mile run—5:08, shot put—46 feet, 11 inches, high jump—5feet, 9 inches, and broad jump—20feet, 10 inches. Preliminaries in thedash, hurdles, 440-yard run, and re¬lay along with the high jump willbe held Wednesday, the 24th, in theFieldhouse. All finals except the highjump will be run off the followingday.Last year’s champion. Alpha Del¬ta Phi, although much weaker thisyear, still seems the best bet. Theyhave the only returning individualwinner, James, who took the mile lastyear. To gain entrance points ateam must compete in at least halfof the events including the relay, butno man may enter more than threeevents. Competition starts at 3:45both days. Beyer in Conditionto Meet HawkeyesBecause of improvement in thecondition of Irwin Beyer’s thumb,the Maroon gymnasts face the pow.erful Iowa squad Saturday afternoonwith renewed hope.Beyer injured his thumb in prac¬tice last week. Though handicappeJ,he competed in the Illinois meet Sat¬urday, developing an infection in hishand. His hand has improved and itis expected that he will compete inat least three events against Iowa.Trick Shot Artistto Give ExhibtionCharles Peterson, holder of thewell-earned and lengthy title, “Na¬tional Fancy 'Billiard Shot Cham¬pion,’’ will give a free demonstrationof his fourth dimensional shooting inthe billiard room of Ida Noyes Hallfrom 4:30 to 6 Wednesday and Fri¬day. Besides giving an exhibition ofhis exceptional skill, Peterson willgive instruction and pointers to thoseinterested.Peterson travels a’l over the coun¬try under the auspices of the Na¬tional Billiard Association of Amer-ice to encourage the science of bil¬liards among the younger veneration.U. S» Senator Gerald E Nye says:'1 enjoy the comfort a light smokegives my throat”have smoked Luckies off and on eversince my first term in the Senate 11 yearsago, and I have always enjoyed theirtaste and the feeling of comfort andsafety a light smoke gives my throat* Ihave done a great deal of public speak*ing, on the floor of the Senate, over theradio and at conferences. Necessarilythis results in a strain on the voice. Sonaturally, in smoking, I have to thinkof my throat^and I have found that alight smoke is suitable to my throat**^HON. GERALD P. NYEU. S. SENATOR FROM NORTH DAKOTAXn a recent independent survey, an over^whelming majority of lawyers, doctors, lecturers,scientists, etc., who said they smoked cigarettes, ex¬pressed their personal preference for a light smoke.Senator Nye^s statement verifies the wisdom/of this preference and so do leading artists ofradio, stage, screen and opera, whose voices aretheir fortunes, and who choose Luckies, a lightsmoke. 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