QPfie ISatljP illanionVol. 38 No. 9 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, 13, 1937 Price 5 CentsBLACKFRIARS AGAINWe were wrong in accusing the Blackfriars Trustees ofpolitical finagling in connection with the selection of Frank Careyas Abbot. But the whole question of Bla^’kfn c»Vctio^‘5the misunderstanding stirred up is still in dispute.Carey denies that political considerations have played anypart in Blackfriar elections in the last few years; campus opin¬ion universally accuses the organization. You can believe whomyou choose.It is obviously impossible to substantiate accusations of fra¬ternity politics in Blackfriar elections without being present atthe sessions when the Board of Superiors elects its successor.One is permitted to suspect though that where there is suchpersistent rumor that there is at least a shadow of justification.But this aside, it is indisputable that their reputation forpolitics which Blackfriars enjoy, hurts it. Rumor has it thatseveral of the leading fraternities will refuse to take any partin the show this year through pique. Even though this is but apassing mood, it reflects a pernicious condition. The order shouldbe a campus-wide organization, and can hardly be so when every¬body thinks politics control appointments.At present three members of the Board of Superiors have avote in selecting the year’s board. The vast majority of personsengaged in the show are deprived of any voice in appointments,and know practically nothing of the organization of the Order.Why not have all the persons who have taken a considerable^ (Continaed on page 2)University Faculty Men ApproveProposed Student Political UnionToday*s HeadlinesInstall Carey as Friars’ Abbot, Page1.ASU elects executives. Page 1.Chinese student describes war hor¬rors, Page 3.Friars prove Maroon inaccurate, Page3.Intramural openers, Page 4.SpeerPointsBy BOB SPEERMost current and most justifiedgripe on campus affairs concerns therecent cut in NYA appropriations.Investigation discloses that the onusis on the White House. Robert Woel-Iner, the local director, laid the cardson the table in an interview yester¬day, and it is only fair to say thatthe Chicago administration seemsclean as a whistle. The Universityoffice, honestly concerned over thewelfare of the students it serves, hasallotted its funds in such a manneras to take care of the greatest pos¬sible need among the greatest possi¬ble number of students. But the localadministration has less than half oflast year’s funds to distribute.I^Ast year approximately 630 stu¬dents were aided by NYA. The moneywas paid out according to two classi¬fications. First, sufficient money waslaid aside to take care of 12 per centof all the graduate students in resi¬dence, at $30 a month. Second, an¬other 12 per cent, this time of under¬graduates, received jobs to the tuneof $16 a month. But this year thepicture is entirely changed.This year the proportion was re¬duced to 8 per cent of the total stu¬dent body, both graduate and under¬grad. at a base rate of $16 for oneand all. This year there is moneyenough for only 364 students, as a-gainst last year’s 630, and despitethe fact that NYA has proved in¬creasingly popular with the faculty,who applied for 636 assistants. Andall graduate students are receivingthe same as undergraduates, $16 amonth, although many of them arenianried.Selection of the favored few seemsto have been made as decently aspossible, only the neediest cases beingconsidered. But in view^ of the factthat over 800 applicants were willingto make a notarized statement swear¬ing that they would find it impossibleto attend school without NYA aid,the extent of campus need far ex¬ceeded the help available.Regulations were much more strict¬ly enforced this year. The age limita¬tion was insisted upon, cutting off allthose graduate students above 24, re¬gardless of need. Malingerers andfakers were weeded out. Woellnerand his aides seem to be doing ev¬erything possible to get a hundredcents value from every dollar al¬lotted. But the central fact remainsthat the University received less thanhalf the money spent last year, al¬though the number of applicants ac¬tually increased.The responsibility rests in Wash¬ington, and since it does so, the onlyway to attack the problem is on anational scale. This would seem to bean excellent time for the ASU tojustify its stand on federal aid. Infact a national protest campaign hasbeen launched by the ASU, but ap¬parently the local boys haven’t heardabout it. We suggest that they gethot on the job immediately. And inthe meanwhile, everyone who realizesthe implications of this last jab inthe ribs of needy students shouldHay it in writing. Address: The WhiteHou.se, You Know Who.Present Officers toJewish FoundationArthur M. Heim, new assistant tothe director, and Anne Holtzman,new secretary, will be presented tothe Jewish Student Foundation as itopens its ^all program by staging afre.shman mixer in Ida Noyes Theatreat 3:.30 Wednesday.Freshman representatives to thecouncil will be elected from the floorat this meeting. The organization willhe presented to the new students inremarks made by Dean Charles W.Gilkey, dean of the Chapel, Dr. G.George Fox, director of the Founda¬tion, and Burton Wall, president. Fol¬lowing this will be orchestra musicfor those who care to dance, and re-ireshments will be served. Begin Film RevivalsWith “A Birth ofA Nation” TodayAccompany Film withPremiere Playing of Mu¬sical Score.Thirteen reels of motion picturefilm will arrive today on the Twen¬tieth Century Limited in time for theafternoon showing of “The Birth ofa Nation” in Oriental Institute thea¬tre.This is the first of the UniversityFilm Society’s autumn series of“Grand Old Film” revivals. They willbe screened on Wednesday after¬noons and evenings, at 3:30 and 8:30,in Oriental Institute Lecture Hall,at the comer of 68th and University.This afternoon and evening’s show¬ing will be accompanied by the prem¬iere playing of a special score, writ¬ten for “The Birth of a Nation” byTheodore Huff, well-known New Yorkcomposer. The score, so new that ithas not even been printed in, alsoarrives on the Century today.Both the film and the music wereobtained through the Museum ofModern Art,, a New York organiza¬tion specializing in the preseiwationof old and outstanding moving pic¬ture films.Forerunner of all modern epic films“The Birth of a Nation” was the first“movie” to attempt action on gigan¬tic scales. Famed director D. W.Griffith in 1913 compounded a pro¬duction dealing with the last days ofthe Civil war, and the period of re¬construction immediately following.This was the first picture whichtreated of a nation’s historical strug¬gle in the terms which, in dealingwith the motion picture, we now call“epic”,ASU Holds First OpenElection of Year forElection of OfficersThe ASU will hold its first openmeeting, for organizational purposes,Thursday afternoon at 3:30 in SocialSciences Assembly room. The pro¬gram for the meeting includes a re¬port on the National Youth Conven¬tion by Richard Lindheim, issuanceof interest cards for various activi¬ties, reports on prospective plans forthe year, and election of officers.Nominations for officers and theexecutive committee will be acceptedfrom the floor at the meeting or maybe made by signed nomination slipswhich are to be handed in at theMaroon office. There are 5 officers:chairman, vice-chairman, executivesecretary, membership .secretary, andtreasurer, and 12 members of theexecutive committee, who may benominated as individuals or on aslate.Tentative programs and campaignsconsist of the usual fine arts groups,a symposium on Japan-China, ex¬tended social activities such as an all¬campus dance and NYA action.A slate submitted by a continua¬tion of last year’s executive boardhas the following nominees: chair¬man, George Halcrow; vice-chairman,William McNeill; executive secretary,Vera Ellman; membership secretary,Sara Lee Bloom; treasurer, JeanetteBarrett. Plus one representative ofAvukah, and one from the Negro Set¬tlement League, the following stu¬dents have been proposed as the exec¬utive committee: Adele Rose, Rich¬ard Lindheim, A1 Harris, Vera Rony,Mark Aschin, Tucker Dean, BudJames, Betty Robbins, and JohnMarks.I-F Council ConvenesFor First Time TonightVoting upon the fall luncheon sche¬dule and upon proposed changes inthe rushing rules, the I-F Councilwill hold its first meeting of the yearin room D of the Reynolds Club to¬night at 7:30.Ralph Leach, president of the I-FCommittee, has announced that theCommittee will present new penal¬ties for rushing rule violations. TheI-F Ball will also be discussed. Agreeing unanimously that “dis¬cussion is a good thing”, members ofthe University faculty gave variedand favorable comments upon theDaily Maroon’s sponsorship of aPolitical Union.Charles E. Merriam, chairman ofthe department of Political Science,spoke of the German Reichstag andof its Nazi members marching totheir seats in uniform to vote as or¬dered as he said, “No discussion is abad thing. People express themselvesby force if they can’t do it by words.”Merriam went on to note the possi-bilties of leadership and the chanceto teach the members how to discusspolitical problems as some of the val¬ues to be gained from such a union.Speaking from a sociologist’s pointof view, Louis Wirth, associateprofessor of Sociology, said that,while the groups might never come toany agreement, the opposing sidesmight learn to respect each other’sviewpoints. In his opinion, “Most ofthe factions regard their opponentsas firm believers in a stereotyped setof dogmas.William F. Ogburn, distinguishedservice professor of Sociology, men¬tioned the disinterest of the averageAmerican student in such affairs.“The students in Europe and theOrient are important factors in apolitical situation. Such a program asthe Maroon plans will help to developfuture leaders as well as to make thepolitical parties respect the views oforganized students.Another political scientitst, JeromeG. Kerwin, associate professor ofPolitical Science, said, “The PoliticalYWCA SponsorsAnnual FreshmanFrolic TomorrowWith the captain’s dinner of aworld cruise as the general themeof the entertainment, the YWCA willentertain freshmen women at aFreshman Frolic on Thursday, Oc¬tober 15, in the sun parlor of IdaNoyes. The program will begin at5:.30.All freshmen women are invited tomake reservations at the YWCA of¬fice in Ida Noyes.Speaker of the evening will bePresident Helen Woodrich, whosesubject will be the work being doneon campus by YWCA. An other¬wise informal program has beenplanned which will include games,group singing, and square-dancing.Ruth Neuendorffer heads the com¬mittee in charge of food. Other com¬mittee heads are Janet Geiger, Pa¬tricia Schrack and Helen Thompson.In general charge of the Frolicwas YWCA college cabinet. Union is a very good idea whether itsucceeds or not. The chief problemwill be in getting the Conservativesout. The so-called radical groups havealways worked hard and they deservepraise for it. Then the job will beto control the discussion so that itmakes sense.Voicing a common opinion, Mar¬shall E. Dimock, associate professoro f Public Administration, said,“'There is a definite need for a move¬ment of this type. The student shouldijiterest himself in every politicalissue of the day.Law Review TriplesCirculation in MonthSubscription DriveFrom the depths of an office, tuck¬ed away in the side of the cavern¬ous Law library, comes word thatthis year’s first issue of the Law Re¬view will be sent to the printer atthe end of the month and will beready for subscribers on November28.A campaign to stimulate the pur¬chasing of subscriptions to the mag¬azine has been carried on this monthwith encouraging results, its editor,Harry Kalven, Jr., stated yesterday.Last year’s subscription rate hasbeen tripled so far, he said, and thereis indication that more names will beadded to the mailing list before long.Lower Subscription RateOne reason for this sudden spurtin circulation is the lowered subscrip¬tion rate. For this month only, thefour issues of the year may be hadfor one dollar, w’hich cuts in halfthe usual year’s price.Another reason is the enlargedscope which the Law Review prom¬ises in conjunction with the NewPlan instituted this quarter by theLaw School. “Hereafter,” Kalvendeclared, “many of the articles willbe of interest not only to law stu¬dents, but also to student of the so¬cial sciences and other fields.Bureau Exhibits WorldPeace Film at Int-HouseThe National Bureau for Religiousand Educational Films of New YorkCity is sponsoring “The Way toWorld Peace”, at InternationalHouse today and tomorrow at 4:30and 8:30. 'The film is presented aspeace propaganda representing aview of the past and present, in thelight of current world affairs.The Bureau reports that the film“delivers a crushing blow to theforces of greed, conquest, war, andhatred.” The picture has been en¬dorsed by educators and religiousleaders. Carey ReplacesFrancis CallahanAs Friar AbbotPromotion Leaves One Va¬cancy on Board of Su¬periors.Frank Carey, former Prior, wasappointed Abbot of Blackfriars at ameeting of the Board of Trusteesheld Monday afternoon, the Maroondiscovered yesterday. He replacesFrancis Callahan, who failed to re¬turn to campus this year.It is the second time this has hap¬pened in the long history of Black¬friars, and as provided in their con¬stitution, the Prior automaticallysteps up to the Abbot’s post in casethe Abbot does not return.When the seven trustees met, theysimply officially recognized the ab¬sence of Callahan and approvedCarey as the new Abbot.Carey’s StatementWhen told of his appointment,Carey declared, “Blackfriars is acampus institution. We want the co¬operation of all fraternities and in¬dependents of the campus in puttingon the show this year. Appointmentsto administrative positions will de¬pend as in the past, solely on abil¬ity and enthusiasm for Blackfriars.”One post is still vacant on theBoard of Superiors. Just who willsucceed to the Priorship has notbeen settled as yet, but Frank P.Breckinridge, chairman of the Boardof Trustees, indicated that the nextSuperior in line would probably getthe office.The new Prior will come fromamong two of last year’s JuniorManagers. They are Charles Burn¬ett, Scribe and Robert B. Anderson.However, the post may be left open,if the Board of Superiors so decides.The call for authors for the 1938show will be issued within a week,Carey stated yesterday.Mirror Board AppointsNew Committee HeadsAileen Wilson announced yesterdaythat Mirror Board has appointed thefollowing undergraduate women ascommittee heads for the 1937-38 sea¬son: Persis-Jane Peeples, publicity;Betty Beard, stage management; Bet¬ty Jean Watson, costumes; Clemen¬tine Van DerShaegh and VirginiaJohnson, box office; Jean Tobin, prop¬erties; Laura Bergquist and MarjorieHess, program-score.For the first time in several yearsMirror is publishing a combinationprogram and score which will containwords and lyrics of outstanding Mir¬ror songs, in addition to a historyand outline of the production. A teafor all women who wish to work oncommittees will be held October 28.Eligibility for membership this yearis determined by previous experiencein Dramatic Association productionand ability displayed in committeework.Freeman ReplacesParsons in StudentPromotion OfficeMartin J. Freeman will replaceKeith I. Parsons as director of theStudent Promotion department as theresult of a shift which began earlyin July and has not yet culminatedin definite appointments to all posi¬tions. Parsons resigned in Septemberto take a position with the law firmof Dufrees, Buckingham, Jones, andHoffman.The new student promoter pre¬viously was working with the voca¬tional guidance department doingjunior college promotion. His fieldhas been increased to include alltypes of promoting, in accord withvice-president Benton’s new financialdrive.The University will adhere strictlyto the code recently formulated bythe North Central Association ofSchools and Colleges in regard tostudent promotion, which rules thatno school in the organization canhave salaried employees to contacthigh-school graduates. In accordancewith that regulation Freeman’s rou¬tine has been modified.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13> 1937Blackfriars Again—(Continued from page 1)part in the show vote for the members of theBoard from these eligible, that is, the juniormanagers. This would amount to a selectionfrom a slate prepared by the Board of Supe¬riors since the junior appointments are in theirhands. The retiring board would thus havesome control of the election, but the selectionwould rest with the staff over which the newboard is to preside.This was the system in force in the earlydays of Blackfriars. It was abandoned forreasons impossible to discover. Carey saysthe change was due to the rampant corruptionand vote buying. One can equally well supplya more sinister motive. The Board of Superiorslikes to control the organization absolutelyand make sure that their men get senior posi¬tions. Since constitutional changes are initi¬ated by the Board of Superiors and merelyapproved by the Board of Trustees, the secondhypothesis seems at least as plausible as thefirst.The advantage of the proposed changewould be that everyone who wanted to go outfor the show could be in on all the moves forselection of the next Board. Everyone wouldfeel a part of the organization, instead of hav¬ing a mysterious Board conduct mysteriouselections with even more mysterious motives.It would certainly encourage campus-wide workon Blackfriars.Objections are that the man who promisedmost would be selected rather than the manwho is most capable. This promises that thesmall, closed Board of Superiors is more hon¬est and has the welfare of Blackfriars more atheart than the cast. This is at least open todebate in view of the record of the Boards ofthe past few years.Again, whom would decide who had workedon the show? The Board of Superiors is theonly group that could do so, and opportunityfor wirepulling would offer itself here. Butthe few doubtful persons they could excludewoulil have little influence in a group of about100 men that works on a Blackfriars show.It appears that the Board proposes to makeno changes though. It remains to be seenwhether Blackfriars can survive this latestflurry over fraternity politics with undimin¬ished vigor. CurdsandWhey"... from the milk, ofhuman kindness, I guess."If you’re tired of doing, of putting out for otherpeople; if the world seems unresponsive, if you haven’treally relaxed for days and days—get a haircut.I sat in the chair yesterday and felt someone elserubbing my scalp. It was delicious; It relaxed bodyand spirit, and closed my eyes in a sort of stupor. Apleasant intangible tickle at the base of my skull per¬vaded and I knew why a cat purrs.WAGES OF“We were working on a dam out at Fort Beck,’’relates Bud James. “A whole gang of us under aforeman who seemed a nice enough fellow.“One week-end w'e all moved out of the bunkhousewhile they fumigated the place. Cyanide, they used—deadly stuff.“We missed the foreman the first night—thoughthe’d been down in the town all night. We missed himall day, too.“When it came time to open up the house againwe found a door half open. Inside, within six inchesof fne unpoisoned outer air, lay the foreman, dead.He had wandered in, and missed staggering back tolife by six inches.“But that isn’t all. They checked up on him, foundhe had a hoard of detective magazines and police pos¬ters. It turned out he had a record as black as ink,and was only working while he hid from the agents ofhuman justice.’’PRESSMAN TO POTENTATEC. Sharpless Hickman needed ten dollars to payBuildings and Grounds for Oriental Institute rent forthe Film Society’s showing tonight. Hurriedly he foundhe couldn’t cash a check on the Society in time, whatwith red tape. He appealed to Bill McNeill, Marooneditor. Result—pressman to potentate, $10.WRONG NUMBER, PLEASESomeone called the REYNOLDS CLUB (TowerTopics please copy) barber shop the other day. Want¬ed to talk with Harper Stacks. I had a devil of a timepersuading the party he had the wrong number. Fin¬ally had to hold the phone near the cash register andpush the button. That got him.PHONYWhile we’re on the subject—a fellow tried to getthe Pulse office on the campus phone last week. Hetried three times and talked to, in order, Pr^s Build¬ing, Miss Gubajug, or something like it, and Billingsclinics. He finally walked over.And Saturday morning the Pulse phone rang. “Wasthat a University telephone girl in the picture in yourmagazine?’’ asked a woman's voice, just a little peeved.“Yes ma’am, it was.’’“Well,’’ said the peeved voice, “Is she the ONLYgirl you have over there?’’Vol. 38 No. 9FOUNDED IN 1901Member Associated Collegiate PressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni¬versity of Chicasro, published mominrs except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn. Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue. Telephones;Local 357, an(( Hyde Park 9221 and 9222.After 6:30 phone in stories to our printers. The Chief PrintingCompany, 1920 Monterey Ave. Telephone Cedarcrest 3311.The University of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anystatements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for any contractentered into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon 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. Subscription rates:33.00 a year; $4 by mail. Single copies: flve cents.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post officeat Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.nsenasBNTio eon nationai. aovsktisino byNational Advertisinsf Service, Inc.CoUtt* Puhliiherf lalivt420 Madison Ave ^ork. N. Y.CsicAoo • Boston - Lot Anselis • San FnanciscoBOARD OF CONTROLWILLIAM H. McNEILL Editor-in-ChiefCHARLES E. HOY Business ManagerELROY D. GOLDING Managing EditorEDWARD C. FRITZ Associate EditorBEATRICE ROBBINS Associate EditorMARSHALL J. STONE Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESLaura Bergquist Rex HortonMaxine Biesenthal Seymour MillerEmmett Deadman Adele RoseBUSINESS ASSOCIATESEdwin Bergman Howard GreenleeJerome Ettleson Edward GustafsonMax Freeman Alan JohnstoneNight Editor: BURT MOYER It TakesALL KINDS OF PEOPLEClub girl, yet in contradiction to what she epito¬mizes, Mary Adele Crosby is one helluva good sport.With John Godfrey Morris she is setting a pace forher sister Quadranglers for virtue, loyalty and longev-vity of romance.A junior, she is one of the most photographed girlson the campus, and rightly so. Georgeous, in the Eng¬lish manner, daughter of a minister, she and Godfreymight have been cast from the same mold. She looksstimulating in a sweater, but not in shorts.A wee bit snooty, a larger bit loud, she loves to boss.She probably secrets a desire to become a Big Timeclubwoman—to run things in her senior year.Adept in the art of tete-a-tete, ’Dele is quick-wittedarm enjoys minor fame for her choice bits of under¬statement.Because John is an Editor of Pulse, she refers to itas “our magazine.’’In dress she vacillates between sophistication andthe “charming milkmaid’’ sort of thing. During thesummer she worked in the college shop of Carson Pirie,which job she still holds Saturdays, to her imperialannoyance, since she can’t get to Alpha Delta Phi’sfootball teas; and she is a very swell dancer.Her enthusiasm is easily aroused, an indication ofher extreme impulsiveness.Politically conservative, she tolerates the liberalismof Morris but finds it a little difficult to condone theradicalism of some of his friends.She takes up her third year of residence in Fosterwith this quarter and is sharing her room with dear-friend clubsister P-J Peeples, a gal who acts morenatural than ’Dele and will probably be good for her.She admires men who answer her definition ofsmooth and is given to wearing that disgusting rednail polish all over the long nails of her gracefulfingers. Today on theQuadranglesLuncheon for faculty women in Pri¬vate Dining Room 12, Ida Noyes, atnoon.Spanish Club. Meeting and tea.Alumnae room, Ida Noyes, from 7 to10.Freshman mixer sponsored by Jew¬ish Student Foundation, from 3 to 6in Ida Noyes Theatre.Faculty Homecoming Dinner, Hut¬chinson Commons at 6.LECTURESPublic Lecture: “Music and theAcademic Curriculum.” Edward J.Dent, Combundy, England, musiccritic and musicalogist. Mandell Hallat 4:00.Public Lecture (Downtown): “Bas¬es of Human Behavior: The Psycholo¬gist’s Conception of Intelligence.”Associate Professor Sh'*rman. Art In¬stitute at 6:45.MISCELLANEOUSTryouts for University ChapelChoir and University singers. Everyschool day at 2:15, second floor ofMitchell Tower.THE BEST TAILORINGCO.D. Bartow, Mgr.TAILOR AND FURRIERFOR MEN AND WOMENRepairing and Remodeling oiAny Cloth, or Fur GarmentOur prices on all work are veryreasonable.1147 E. 55tb SL. near UniversityTeL Midway 3318 Motion • Picture: “The Way ofWorld Peace.” International House,4.30 and 8:30.Film Revival Series: “The Birth ofa Nation.” Room 104, Oriental In.sti-tute, 3:30 and 8:30.OPENINGTONIGHT!KAY KYSERHIS ORCHESTRA—ms SINGINGSTARS RETURNINGAFTER A TRIUMPHANT NA-TION-WIDE TOUR.• HEAR his famous singing stars;Virginia Simms, "Isch Kabib-ble" Bogue, "Ragman" SullyMason, Harry Babbit and thegreat Kyser Glee Club.• ENJOY a grand new floor showheaded by LOYANNE 5 RE-NARD.DINE & DANCE in this Rendez¬vous of Radio, Stage and (Collegi¬ate personalities.BLACKHAWKRANDOLPH & WABASHSAVE$3.00BySubscribing to theDAILY MAROONTODAYAtLexington Hall, 15-AERLANGER127 N. Clark SL Slot* 2461 NightlyIncluding SimdoyMAX GORDON PresentsTHE WOMENA COMEDY BY CLARE BOOTHEStaged by Robert B. Sinclair—Settings by Jo MielzinerCAST OF 40—ALL WOMEN'SMART 'FUNNY'SELWYNi S FcVI J sow FlayiagTHE LAUGH HIT EVERYBODY LOVESIA eroRar arrottBBOTHESSATty JOHN MOMM JII.Mli) WltB f. HNMtMOFH4t-4-tA:^-Mt / A COLLEGECOMEDYEVES. 5Se to t2.7S MATS. Wod. A Sal. S5e to 11.65 TaxTHE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937 Page ThreeShao-Yuan Tao Comes to ChicagoAfter Watching Far Eastern WarEleven days under fire in Shanghaiwas enough to convince Shao-YuanTao, a former teacher in Shanghaiand now a graduate student in the de¬partment of Geography here, that theFar East is no place for a student atthe present time.During the battle fought over theChinese city about the first of Sep¬tember he watched both banks of theWhafigpoo River reduced to sham¬bles and the chief hotels, restaurantsand schools razed. He also witnessedthe bombing of the International Set¬tlement in Shanghai, during whichthousands of lives were lost.Japan, he thinks, will have littledifficulty controlling North China,partly because that section of thecountry has always been largely un¬der her influence. As the invaderspress farther south, however, theywill meet more and more resistance. “We will fight one year, ten years,a hundred years,” he declared. “Wewant merely to make it a long warbecause we believe Japan cannotstand a long war.”President Roosevelt’s statementwas of great moral support to Chinabut she does not expect any othercountry to go to war in her behalf.However, it is hoped that Russia,England and the United States willsell supplies to her.He also scoffed at the idea thatJapan was fighting the red menace,declaring that before the outbreak ofhostilities, Chiang Kai-shek, the Chin,ese dictator, had been a determinedand active enemy of the communists.Now, however, these differences havebeen forgotten. He intimated that thelatter had actually created a redmenace.Mr. George WorksDean of StudentsUniversity of ChicagoChicago, IllinoisDear Mr. Works:The attention of the Trust Com¬mittee of The Blackfriars has beencalled to an article on page one ofThe Daily Maroon of October 7 inwhich there are a number of mis¬statements of fact. The followingquotations are from the Maroon ar¬ticle and following each you will finda true statement of the facts:“Never before in the history ofThe Blackfriars has an Abbotnot returned to accept his postIn the college year ending 1905 theAbbot failed to return and in thisinstance the offi<;e was kept open; theremaining members of the Board ofSuperiors put on the show.“. . . and there has been no pro¬vision made to appoint a newone.”The present constitution of TheBlackfriars, adopted in 1930, containsthe following provision:“Article IV, Section 2 . . . Th§Prior shall be the vice-presidentof the corporation and shall suc¬ceed to the position of Abbot incase of the disability of the Ab¬bot to hold office.”Furthermore, the corporate by-lawsof The Blackfriars contain the fol¬lowing provision:“Article VII, Section 3 . . . ThePrior shall perform all the func¬tions of the Abbot during hisabsence or disability.”“Edwin Sibley, last year’s Abbot,is president of the Board of Trus¬tees ...”Mr. Sibley, by virtue of havingbeen Abbot last year, becomes auto¬matically a member of the Board ofTrustees for one year. He does notand has not become the president, orany other officer. There is no presi¬dent of the Board of Trustees, thepresiding officer being the chairman.“He (i. e. Frank Carey) hasworked only a single year on theshow ...”Mr. Carey worked during his fresh¬man year in the box-office; duringhis sophomore year he worked un¬officially on the score and in his third year he was junior manager in chargeof business—i. e., box-office, program,score and general office.Respectfully yours,Blackfriars Trust Committee,Frank P. Breckinridge, ’19Chairman.Charles W. Paltzer, ’05Secretary.{We were misinformed^ and apolo¬gize OMCordingly. Oar misinforma¬tion came from men who had everyright to know the inner workings ofthe Order, and prove to have beenstrangely ignorant.—Ed.)Pre-Medical StudentsExperiment on CadaversWhile Odors EmanateFrom the Tankfoom 3 and Dissec¬tion Room 41 of the Anatomy build¬ing emanates the odor of 60 cadavers.“Pickling” or embalming fluid, whichis a combination of phenal and glyc¬erine, smells distinctly unlike “Even¬ing in Paris.” In fact, it stinks.However, this year’s anatomy classlargely composed of freshman pre-medical students and the biggest insix years, is already becoming ac¬customed to the odor. After that, ac¬cording to Peter Van Craenenbroeckof the'anatomy department, the re¬mainder of the work is comparative¬ly gleeful.Four students labor over each ta¬ble, which is really a tank whereinreposes a wrinkled, yellowish, mostunattractive homus, who in threemonths ‘will be nothing but miscel¬laneous scraps and a pile of ashes.When the bodies in use at presenthave been reduced to the negligiblestate from which they came, threebodies will be fished out of hugetanks, placed on a rusted wagon, andcarted to the dissecting room, wherewould-be medics will hew some morein their preparation for work on'liv¬ing bodies. Graham Teaches,Travels, Digs inNear East LandsHelps Excavate NabateauBuried Ruins in Trans¬jordan.Teaching in Jerusalem, excavatingin Trans-Jordan, and travelingthrough Palestine, Syria, Sinai andEgypt have been the activities duringthe past year of William C. Graham,professor of Old Testament Lan¬guages and Literature. Dr. Grahamreturned to his office in the OrientalInstitute about three weeks ago.Excavated in Trans-JordanWhen not teaching at the AmericanSchool of Oriental Research in Jeru¬salem he spent much of his time as¬sisting in the excavation of Khirbetet Tannur in Trans-Jordan. Much isbeing learned at this site about theheretofore little known Nabatean civ¬ilization which existed there at thebeginning of the Christian era. Aninscription has been found datingfrom the year 7 B. C.The ruins, consisting of a smallaltar surrounded by a sanctuarycourt and a cloister and fronted by agreat open court, is located on top ofa mountain in a valley. Through thisvalley runs the famous King’s High¬way, a great trade route mentionedin the Old Testament. When Mosescame up through Moab, he and theJews traveled over this highway.Based on AgricultureThe Nabatean civilization wasbased not only on trade but on in¬tensive agriculture, elaborate water¬works for the conservation of rain¬water being used. The valley thensupported a much larger populationthan at present. One of the mostsignificant results of the diggingshave been the establishment of thefact that Trans-Jordan was at thistime strongly influenced by Graeco-Roman culture. Many pieces of sculp¬ture have been recovered which showthis influence, particularly in theGreek-like gods and goddesses andin the use of the zodiac.An earlier temple at this site wasdestroyed by an earthquake and laterrebuilt. The inhabitants were origin¬ally Edomites and later Arabs. Thissecond city was also destroyed by anearthquake and from that time to thepresent it has probably been undis¬turbed by human beings. Besides themany pieces of sculpture, beautiful,flat smooth floors have been discov¬ered.PledgingPhi Sigma Delta announces thepledging 'of Henry Ritter, MorrisSilverman and Dan Moment, all ofChicago.Phi Kappa Psi announces thepledging of Edward Ferris of St.Charles, Illinois.MEET YOUR FRIENDS HERE!STINEWAY'S IS THE CAMPUS MEETING PLACE, WHENONE'S DESIRES FOR A REAL TASTY MALTED MILK ORSANDWICH BECOME EXTRA BIG. IT IS A BET YOU'LLFIND THE REST OF THE GANG HERE.FOR YOUR DRUG AND EMERGENCY NEEDS . . . SHOP ATSTINEWAY'S DRUG STORE. IF INCONVENIENT TO COMEIN PERSON. PHONE US . . . WE'LL DELIVER.STINEWAY DRUG STORE57th and Kenwood Phone DOR. 2844 Daily Maroon Continues Surveyof Discussion Leaders in CollegeEarl Johnson—One of the mostlikable men in the College, Mr. John¬son has been known to toss pennieson the sidewalks with students. Ex¬cept when sociology, his particularfield, is the topic of the week, hisdiscussions are especially recom¬mended for students who like to sleepin class.Maynard Krueger—The Univer¬sity’s most active socialist. However,don’t let your parents worry aboutthe danger of his indoctrinatingyou, for one would never guess fromhis discussions that he’s a “dirty red.”An excellent discussion leader.A Sense of HumorRalph M. Buchsbaum—A populardiscussion leader, due partly to hisclarity in teaching and partly to ajovial sense of humor. He comesfrom the Zoology department.Ralph W. Gerard—His favoritepastime is chasing nerve impulses upand down nervous systems with astop watch in his hand. A conscien¬tious and thorough instructor.Joseph Schwab—By all odds thebest instructor in the College. If JoeSchwab can’t teach you, you can’t beFeigin Deciphers OldBabylonian DocumentThe Field Museum of Natural His¬tory has announced that Dr. SamuelI. Feigin of the University was res¬ponsible for the deciphering of anancient Babylonian tablet. The docu¬ment part of a large collection of claytablets excavated by the Field Mus¬eum — Oxford University joint Ex¬pedition to Mesopotamia. The docu¬ment is now in the possession of thelocal Museun\ under the supervision ofcurator Richard A. Martin. taught. Don’t let his manner ofbouncing around disconcert you. Inpast years he has also conducted re¬view classes.Boring?Herluf H. Strandskov—Opinionsdiffer about Strandskov. Many stu¬dents are bored by his slow mannerand monotonous speech; others findthat he more than makes up for thisby an ability to get knowledge intohis pupils’ heads.Claude M. Bailey—The “decorativeelement’’ of the Humanities staff. Hishandsome features and mustachedon’t show up well when the lightsare turned out to show slides. Boredstudents, however, are grateful forthe dark which enables them to walkout unseen. His discussions arecrowded when art is the topic of theweek and a bit empty at other times.FOR NIGH ON TO 20 YEARSThe LOG CABIN865 E 63rd StHas been a favorite eating place forU. of C. students. Tables and log wallsare covered with initials of former stu¬dents. Maybe you'll find your folks'initials here. Come in and look!MEALS FROM 25c TO 75cREAL SOUTHERN COOKINGBARBECUES SANDWICHESEntertoinxnent SoturdoY Eves.AND WIN1,000PHILIP MORRIS CIGARETTES-Last Week's Winner—GRAND PRIZE—1.000 PHILIP MORRIS CIGARETTESMISS MARGARET LUMPKINTHIS WEEK'S PHILIP MORRIS SCORECAST IS ONChicago—vs— PrincetonIllinois—vs—IndianaHAVE YOU ENTERED? WRITE YOUR SCORES. NAME AND AFFILIATIONON THE BACK OF A PHILIP MORRIS WRAPPER AND DEPOSIT INBallot Boxes Located inUNIVERSITY BOOKSTORECOFFEE SHOPIDA NOYES CLOISTER CLUBOR AT YOUR FRATERNITY HOUSES.CONTEST RULES POSTED AT AU ABOVE PLACESFINAL GROUP PRIZES TO FRATERNITY, CLUB AND OPEN HOUSE FORMOST BALLOTS DURING THE ENTIRE CONTESTNow on Display atUNIVERSITY BOOKSTOREFreshmen: Have You Youi Bible?Upper Classmen: You're Not Too Old to Learn ITHE STUDENT HANDBOOK IS RAPIDLYGOING "THE WAY OF ALL FLESH f#HURRY! 1 HURRY! !Page Four THE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937MAROON SPORTSAlpha Delts, Dekes Win TouchbailOpeners; I-M Dept Offers New CupThe Alpha Delts and the Dekeswere the victors in the first day ofplay in the Intramural touchbailtournament. Alpha Delta Phi over¬came Phi Kappa Sigma by a 31-0score and Delta Kappa Epsilon de¬feated Pi Lambda Phi 13 to 0. Theteams are in the Alpha and BetaLeagues respectively.High point in the A. D. -Phi Kapcame when the Alpha Delts inter¬cepted a Phi Kappa pass to make atouchdown. The Alpha Delts showedmuch speed and a good passing at¬tack. High scorers were Cassels withseven points, and Stanley, Busby,Lytle, and Topping with six each,Runyan was also outstanding.Games Today3:00 Greenwood FieldPhi Sigma Delta vs. Sigma ChiPhi Gamma Delta vs Beta Theta Pi4:00 Greenwood FieldPsi Upsilon vs. Zeta Beta TauPhi Psi vs. Alpha Tau Omega.In their contest, the Dekes showedgood passing combined with fast run¬ning. The Dekes intercepted the firstPi Lamb pass and passed for a touch¬down on the next play. Brown andMahoney made the two Deke touch¬downs and Gramer the single point.Beal of the Dekes and Mastrofsky ofthe Pi Lambs turned in especiallygood performances.Postpone WAA MeetingPostponement of the WAA’s o-pen meeting which was originallyscheduled for yesterday, has beenannounced by Marcia Lakeman,club president. The meeting will beheld next Tuesday, Oct. 19. To stimulate interest among thefraternities which have not ended upamong the leaders in the past years,the Intramural department yesterdayannounced that it will award a spe¬cial achievement cup this year.The cup will be offered to the fra¬ternity that moves up the greatestnumber of places from its standing inthe preceding year. The Intramuraldepartment states that it hopes thatthe award will offer an incentive tosome of the smaller houses that haveshown little interest in the past toenter more actively into the programthis season.Beta Theta Pi will be awarded theCup for the first year, 1936-37 in rec¬ognition of the improvement whichthey showed last year. The Betas inone year moved up from sixteenth toeighth place. In the season of 1935-36 the Betas amassed but 160 pointswhile last year they earned a totalof 315 points.Coach Picks SwimmingTeam for Medley EventAlthough no elimination time trialsfor .swimmers have been held, or willbe held for several months. Swim¬ming Coach Edward McGillivray haspicked a tentative team for the 400-yard free style medley event. Un¬less other men show up as extremelybetter swimmers, the squad as pick¬ed will probably be the one to rep¬resent the University in Big Tencompetition.The group, composed of 60-and 100-yard sprint men, wilt probably con¬sist of four out of the following fivemen: Jack Homs, Ralph McCollum,Bill Lewis, Bob Sorenson, John Vande Water. Sixty-five MenEnter ReynoldsClub TourneyWith all entries in and players!bracketed, it has been announced Ithat first games in the Reynolds Clubtable tennis tournament must ^played on October 20 before 8:45 inthe morning. /Sixty-five men have entered thetournament, making necessary a sixbracket affair. Players who do notappear to play off their first bracketmeets by October 20 will forfeittheir games.The eight ranking men in the year-round club ladder tournament, beingfavorites have been seeded in theschedule so that they will not meetuntil the quarter-finals. These menare H, Greenberg, J. Krietenstein, D.Finn, W. Perlman, R. H. Williams, D.A. Anderson, B. Boehmer and B.Ross.Develop TrainingProgram for NursesOwing to the marked increase ininterest for the prepar^ion of Pub¬lic Health nurses a new course hasbeen started. For several years theneed for a major program in PublicHealth Nursing has been recogrnizedand the University was thought tobe the logical center for it.Miss Eula B, Butzerin, comingfrom the department of Preventa¬tive Medicine and Public Health ofthe University of Minnesota is incharge. As yet only one course isbeing given, that at the UniversityCollege for Registered Nurses inservice.There are no definite plans for thefuture, time and experience beingnecessary to formulate a program. Boxers Prepare for ForthcomingNational Collegiate Boxing BoutsIn planning to send expert boxersto the National Collegiate BoxingChampionship bouts Coach SpyrosVorres has provided his men with anincentive to hard work. Twelve menare now working out with the punch¬ing bags, pulley-weights, rowing ma¬chine, skipping ropes, and Indianclubs, developing strength, speed andtiming.Men Show PromiseSeveral of the men, says Vorres,already show promise and they, to-Gymnasts Work OutIn Preparation forBig Ten Competition“They don’t come out for gymnas¬tics because they have to. Those daysare past. Now they come out be¬cause they want to and I have trou¬ble getting away from here at night.I don’t think I’ve been on time forsupper in the last 15 years.’’Coach Daniel Hoffer, source of theabove statement, offers it as one rea¬son for the success of his gymnasticteams in Big Ten competition.In 1936 three of his all-around men,Erwin Beyer, Nelson Wetherell andGeorge Hayes placed respectivelysecond, third and fourth in the con¬ference. All three have returned andwith new men coming up Coach Hof¬fer plans to make it one, two, threefor this year.A1 Guy, reserve man of last year,is also out for practice as is BobLachner, sophomore. Two tumblers,Russell Baird and Walter Nagler, arealso taking their mat practice regu¬larly.A freshman group of about tenmen is also reporting every day at4:30 for instruction. Men may workfrom this group into the regrularsquad. gether with others who work up totournament calibre, may be sent torepresent the University in the na¬tional inter-collegiate l^uts, whichlast year were held at Penn State,Mort Goodstein, varsity heavy¬weight, is now busy working out withthe Maroon grid squad as varsityfullback; however Harold LaBelle inthe 191 pound class, William Cooperin the 145 pound group, Peter Dzubayand Arthur Zegart at 126, andDavid Tinker, Jack Dunn at 118, allmembers of last year’s varsity box¬ing squad are exercising regularly atBartlett gymnasium.Aspirants for VarsityAspirants for varsity places areMyron Davis, Walter Young, andRobert Hughes in the 118 poundbracket and William Thomas at 126.If men are sent to the nationalcontests it will be the first time thatthe University has been representedin those bouts. Coach Vorres stre.ss-ed the fact that any man interestedin boxing may come out for thesport, perhaps may earn his numer¬als.With the recent impetus given toboxing in the last few years throughthe spread of Golden Glove andC. Y. O. tournaments, it is becomingincreasingly important as an ama¬teur sport. Heretofore boxing hasbeen regarded at the University asan intramural sport. It may be thatthe manly art of self-defense will be¬come one of the more important min¬or sports at the University.Pyschological ConsultantsEducxitional and Vocational Counseling IFor College Students \PERSONNEL AND iPSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE '180 N. LaSALLE CENtral 7086 iChesterfields go right alongChesterfieldwith smokers. •. giving them the kind of a smokethey want...in the way they like it best.Chesterfields are refreshingly milder—they^regot a taste that smokers like. Chesterfields aredifferent from all the rest.. .THEY SATISFY.... me^7lgtve^ouCopyricht 1937. Liccirr U Mvm TOBACCO Co. MORE PLEASURE