Ferioa K. W JAN 27; 1938Today's HeadlinesI)\ presents “S. S. Tenacity,” page 1.liberals. Communists Discuss Na¬tional Budget, page 1.Predict Marriage Success, page 1.Tropical Jungles Flourish in Green¬house, page 3.-The Tipoff,” new sports column,page 4.Campus NewsreelPresents ThirdOf Film Series‘Covered Wagon’, ‘PlowThat Broke Plains’ Com¬prise Double Bill.Delving from the horrifying LonChaney epics to the movies of thewide open west, Campus Newsreelwill present its third film revival ofthe quarter this afternoon and eve¬ning, when “The Covered Wagon,”famous story of historical settler-Indian warfare, is unreeled. Support¬ing feature will be “The Plough ThatBroke the Plains,” a scenic picturethat has been lauded for its remark¬able jihotography.The afternoon performance will beshown in Mandel hall at 3:30 p.m.,while the evening showing is cardedfor 8 p.m. at Ida Noyes theatre.Admission for both shows will befifteen cents.Regarded as Mile StoneGenerally regarded as a mile .stonein the development of movie produc¬tions, “The Covered Wagon” takesits place among such celluloid worksa> “The Birth of a Nation.”Campus Newsreel’s weekly filmrevivals will conclude next Thursdayand Friday afternoon with “We’rein the Navy Now” and a March ofTime film. At that time the .staffwill begin intensive work on this(luarter’s newsreel, filming the out¬standing events of campus life. Ac¬cording to staff members, the finishednewsreel will be shown early inMarch.Newsreel head Paul Wagner dis-clo.sed today that tabulated receiptsof la.st week’s “Phantom of the Op¬era” showed that more than 1200 filmaddicts attended the movie at one ofits four showings. This attendancerecord breaks all previous marks ofthe year for newsreel patrons.Hold Auditionsfor Reading ofChapel ServicesIn order to find new voices ap¬propriate for radio reading of textsat the Sunday morning Chapel ser¬vices, a newly formed Chapel Radio(/ommittee will hold a preliminaryaudition at Rockefeller MemorialChapel Thursday at 4^0. The tryoutsare open to all who sign in theChapel office.Members of the committee, alongwith Davis Edwards, associate pro¬fessor of Speech in the DivinitySchool and Theological Seminary,will act as judges. Professor Edwardswill coach those .selected Thursdayfor a second and final audition.As far as is known, the Univer¬sity is unique in offering a chance toparticipate in actual Chapel servicesto all students. Until the group be¬came part of the Chapel Union lastquarter, members of the ChapelCouncil had given the readings.At pre.sent the Chapel Radio Com¬mittee includes Fred Ash and HermanKoenig in charge of student readings,and John Stamm in charge of music.The committee furnishes continuity<le.scribing the Chapel speaker andexplaining the program to the Uni¬versity Broadcasting Council, whichin turn gives it to WGN, the stationbroadcasting the Chapel services. Itis expected that .soon the committeewill be able to provide its own com¬mentator.Avukah Holds SocialAs part of its campus reciprocityprogram, Avukah will be host to theUniversity students at its .second so¬cial^ of the year to be held in theYWCA room of Ida Noyes hall, Sat¬urday night at 8.Fred Karush, Midwest director ofAvukah, will open the program witha talk on “Avukah on Three Fronts,”in which he will present Avukah’sprogram for the forthcoming months.Refreshments, dancing and entertain¬ment will follow. mt Batti> iHanionVol. 38 Z-149 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938 Price Five CentsUniversity Plans toGive Syphilis Teststo Incoming StudentsThe University will play a mostimportant role in the national fightagainst syphilis, according to an an¬nouncement made by Dr. DudleyReed, director of the Health Service.All students entering this quarter,whether they are freshmen or trans¬fers, will be given the Wa.ssermannand the Kahn tests for venereal dis¬eases. The Student Health Servicewill be co-operating with the CityHealth department i.i making the.setests, and will continue to do so aslong as they are financially able.They will be given as a routine partof the thorough medical examinationnow given to entering students.Dr. Reed considers, however, thatin the recent fight against the dis¬ease, too much newspaper space ha.sbeen devoted to “scare” propaganda.Examinations should merely be madea part of a general health test andnot placed in the limelight as a spe¬cial examination, he explained.The University has, in the pa.st,given tests for social di.seases totho.se students requesting them, andsince the Illinois law went into effectprohibiting marriages without aphysical examination, the HealthService has given these tests to .stu¬dents planning marriage. However,this will be the fir.st wide-spread ef¬fort on the Quadrangles to examineall new students.Medical Aid forSpain CommitteePresents MovieAs its first event of the year, theCommittee for Medical Aid to Spainwill present the sound picture “Span¬ish Earth” February 1, at 3:30, inKent theatre. All organizations of thefederated committee have tickets forsale and distribution.The film, “Spanish Earth,” directedby F]van Joris, with Earnest Hem-mingway as commentator, presentsan accurate and thrilling picture ofthe Spanish people in their homes,in their factories, and fighting on thefront. There are several remarkablescenes in this picture, actually takenon the spot, of battle, bombardments,planes over Madrid, life on the frontlines, and some very interesting shotsof the International Battalion in ac¬tion.At the last meeting of the Com¬mittee, three or four large campusaffairs w’ere planned for this year,to be interspersed with several small¬er parties. A faculty tea is plannedto be followed by a Spanish Fiesta,with Spanish speakers, dancers, andmusic during the latter part of Feb¬ruary.Creel Publishes Texton Beginning ChineseStudents of elementary Chinesewill soon have a new volume at theirdisposal which uses the inductivemethod of teaching. Herrlee Creel,assistant professor of Chine.se Lit¬erature and Institutions, is publish¬ing a text in connection with Chang-Tsung Ch’ien, and Richard C. Ru¬dolph, Chinese scholars.The text, which has already beenused in incompleted form in threeUniversity classes of Chinese, is com¬plete with illustration of early Chi¬nese phonetics, intermediate charac¬ters and the modern alphabet. Thebook tells the story of one of thethirteen classics explaining the char¬acters used in the language and howthey evolved. Early forms, discoveredon Chine.se bone carvings of 3300years ago reveal word sources.Creel worked on the book in con¬nection with a Chinese language re¬search project which was set up bygrant of funds from the Rockefellerfoundation. He entered the field ofChinese after study of both Philoso¬phy and History of Religion at theUniversity. At that time, no Chi¬nese was offered in the regular cur¬riculum, and it was not until twoyears ago that he inaugurated aclass in the study of Chinese lan¬guage and literature. Liberals, CommunistsMeet To DiscussRespective Views of National BudgetPolitical Union parties will swinginto action tomorrow when the Lib¬eral and Communist meet to deter¬mine what stand they will take atthe meeting Wednesday. The subject,as was announced previously, is “Re¬solved: That the Political Union shallfavor the balancing of the nationalbudget by means of economies by theRoosevelt administration.”Scheduled to convene tomorrow at12:45 in the Daily Maroon office theLiberals will probably divide into twocaucuses. The majority, however,are opposed to the resolution.Although the meeting place has notyet been determined, the Commu¬nists will also gather tomorrow at3:30, the location will be announcedin the next issue of the Daily Maroon.This is the second meeting of thegroup, members having alreadydrafted Frank Meyer to present theirviews at the Political Union meetingWednesday.The Conservatives have alreadyvoted to take a very definite affirma¬tive stand in regard to the propo.sal.As before, Judson Allen will be theirmain speaker.Members of the executive commit¬tee plan to announce soon theirchoice for the guest speaker of theevening. He will, no doubt, be anauthority on the question of the na¬tional budget.This is the second program of theyear sponsored by the PoliticalUnion. It is in keeping with thepolicy of the group to discuss prob¬lems of national interest and to haveleading personalities of the day pre¬sent their views before the delegatesand general public.Calvert Club EngagesFather Meyer to Speakto Catholic StudentsFather James Meyer, O.F.M. andeditor of the “Franciscan Herald,”will speak in the YWCA room of IdaNoyes hall this afternoon at 4:30under the auspices of the UniversityCalvert Club on the subject “St.Francis of Assisi.” The meeting isopen to all Catholic students. It willbe followed by tea. This meetingdefers the regular weekly round¬table discussion under HerbertSchwartz until the following day atthe same time.Reverend Meyer is well known asa lecturer, and more particularly asthe editor of the magazine of hisorder. He is, therefore, an author¬ity on the first head of the Francis-can*s.Other speakers on the program forthe quarter include Professor Morti¬mer J. Adler speaking on “Cathol¬icism” on February 17, and CharlesP, O’Donnell of DePaul University,lecturing on “Jacques Maritain” onMarch 4. The weekly round-tablediscussion of Thomism will continuethroughout the quarter. ProfessorAdler’s lecture is the one originallyslated for the autumn quarter, butdeferred at the time because of hisillness.La Salle FeaturesStudent Floor ShowEvery Friday night the La SalleHotel turns the Blue Fountain Roomover to students for a “CampusComics” show. At eleven o’clock, fol¬lowing the usual acts by the King’sJesters, various students take theirplace in the spotlight. These shows,not impromptu performances, havebeen rehearsed for some time be¬forehand.In this way considerable collegiatetalent of various 'kinds is discovered,and the students are given an op¬portunity to put on their specialtiesbefore an audience. The King’s Jes¬ters, known as “The Biggest LittleBand in Town,” play regularly fordancing.College NightPersons interested in perform¬ing in student floor shows whichare held in loop hotels should seeCharles Hoy, in Lexington hall15B. Grant Wood Speaks on‘Regional Art’ TomorrowGrant Wood, distinguished Iowaartist and founder of the RegionalArtists movement will speak on“Regional Art” in Mandel hall to¬morrow at 8:15 in the first WilliamVaughn Moody Foundation lecture ofthe year.Admission is free but by ticket on¬ly. The supply of tickets however,was exhausted Tuesday within a fewhours after they were placed on dis¬tribution.Wood’s most famous paintings in¬clude “Dinner for Threshers,” “A-merican Gothic,” “Daughters of theAmerican Revolution,” “Stone City,”“Birthplace o f Herbert Hoover,”“Arbor Day,” “Midnight Ride of PaulRevere,” and “Death on the Ridge.”The Regional Artists movementwas started by Wood in an abandonedquarry town in Iowa about five yearsago when he organized the Stone Cityart school and colony. He now has anart school at the University of Iowaand his students are engaged inpainting the walls of the dramaschool building there with frescoessymbolic of the thirty-seven basicplots, a project that will take morethan ten years to complete.Freshmen SignLives Away atCobb TomorrowCobb 311 will be the scene of fra¬ternity pledging tomorrow morningwhen approximately 175 freshmenindicate their preference for a house.Rushees are ‘instructed by the Inter-fratemity Committee to write on theslip given them their first, and if theyhave any, second and third choicesfor a house.All fraternities must have their listof bids in the Dean of Students’ of¬fice between 8:30 and 9 tomorrow.They should be left with Miss O’Man¬ley, Dean Smith’s secretary.Fraternity men are again urged toremain away from Cobb Hall tomor¬row morning. Men who have classesthere are asked by the 1-F committeeto refrain from conversing withrushees or loitering in the corridors.Today is the la^t day of intensiverush week, a lunch, dinner, and eve¬ning period concluding the activities.Freshmen who have attended eitherlunch or dinner may return to thesame fraternity house for the eve¬ning engagement.As usual a check-up will be madetonight after 10:30 to prevent anylast-minute attempts at illegal rush-ing.University Men AttemptOf Chances“The higher the education of the jparticipants, the greater the prob¬ability for the success of the mar-!riage,” declared Ernest W. Burgess,professor of Sociology, who, in col¬laboration with Paul Wolinsky, re¬search assistant, has completed avolume on “Predicting Adjustment inMarriage.” Herbert Blumer, asso¬ciate professor of Sociology, is edit-’ing the book, which will be publishedthis spring in the sociological series!of the Hall, Prentice Company ofNew York City.Settling the old dispute of wheth¬er working wives make for happymarriages, Burgess’ figures rule thatif the wife wants to work and works,the chances of the marriage’s suc¬cess are high. If she wants to workand can’t, difficulties will be multi¬plied.In order that marriage laws wouldbe uniform for more exact compari¬son, 526 couples from the Chicagoarea who have been married fromone to six years, were selected asSet Photo DeadlineCap and Gown has set February12 as the deadline for senior pictures, jSeniors who have not yet receivedtheir notices are urged to make ap-!pointments with the photographer in jLexington 16 at once. |DA Productionof Vildrac PlayExhibits PassionBetty Ann Evans StarsIn “S. S. Tenacity”Lead.By C. SHARPLESS HICKMANPassion flamed at cauldron heatlast night on the Reynolds Club stageas Betty Ann Evans and Grant At¬kinson enacted the most ardent clinchscene in Dramatic Association his¬tory in Sidney Howard’s translationof Charles Vildrac’s play “S. S. Ten¬acity.” Other than this however, “S.S. Tenacity” gave only renewed evi¬dence of Frank Hurburt O’Hara’sstrangle hold on junior high school di¬rectorial technique for DA’s produc¬tions.In all seriousness, any credit forsaving what is, to my mind, one ofthe most excellent modern “mood”plays fell to Betty Ann Evans, whoalone offered a portrayal which wasflexible and yet sustained in charac¬ter, and gave sincere basis for re¬ciprocal playing on the part of herconfreres which was, unfortunately,not forthcoming. Her acting in thesecond act was perfectly poised in anexceedingly difficult emotional scene,and was one of the very few memor¬able bits from any DA play I haveever seen.Lacks Unified DirectionWhether Sidney Howard’s versionof Vildrac’s play suffered from in¬judicious translation of colloquialismswhich occasionally destroyed its po¬etic qualities it was difficult to ascer¬tain, inasmuch as there was no co¬hesive temper in the direction towhich the actors—had they been able—could adhere.Main downfall of most of the play¬ers was the matter of voice, RobertWaggoner, in a foie the feeling ofwhich he tried desperately to grasp,was brought up short by the factthat his voice, supposedly that of anold philosophical drunken jack of alltrades, was obviously that of RobertWaggoner. Marjorie Herzberg suf¬fered similarly. The reading of Mitch¬ell Hutchinson, whose work was ad¬mirably in keeping with the spirit ofthe play and who is a promising new¬comer, was marred by a lack of cleardiction. As an English sailorStuart MacClintock was so obviouslyfake in his salty swagger and cockneydialect that it was openly laughable.A word to the designers and build¬ers of the set, which was one of themost effective DA has shows on itsintimate stage. A plaudit, too, to DAfor at least trying a new and inter¬esting play far from the line of theusual college theatre plays. It was apremiere which should well provenotable on Broadway under more ex¬perienced hands, for Vildrac’s play isgood modern theatre.Predictionfor Marriage Successguinea pigs, of whom 50 per centhad received college educations andless than 10 per cent had failed tofinish high school. Long courtshipswith an engagement period of at least24 months prefaced the majority ofthe successful marriages, which aredefined as those in which neither sep¬aration nor divorce were contem¬plated.Burgess advocates the establish¬ment of a research institution formarriage adjustment, which wouldprovide for research in the physio¬logical, pyschiatric, home-economicand sociological aspects of marriage.Faculty Members Leavefor New York MeetingRichard P. McKeon, dean of thedivision of Humanities, William A.Nitze, head of the department of Ro¬mance Languages and Literature,and Charles H. Bof'son, professoremeritus of Latin, left yesterday toattend the annual meeting of theAmerican Council of Learned Soci¬eties this week-end in New York city.Nitze is the chairman of the Ad¬visory Board of the society, besidesrepresenting the Modern LanguageSociety in the convention, and Mc¬Keon is a representative of theMedieval Academy of America.Page TwoPLATFORM1. Creation of a vigorous campus community.2. Abolition of intercollegiate athletics.3. Progessive politics.4. Revision of the College Plan.5. A chastened president.Deferred Rushing '38The deferred rushing system, which thisweek is in its final and most convulsive stages,has been attacked as undermining the frater¬nity system, and has been defended as beingthe salvation of bewildered freshmen. Justlast year the University ignored an Interfra¬ternity Council petition aimed at the shorten¬ing of the rushing period. Was this the resultof an intelligent study of how fraternities canbest serve the campus community or was it anindication of a hostile administration attitudetoward any fraternity system?If the fraternities can assume a proper placein an intellectual institution, and if they candemonstrate that they can make a contribu¬tion to an advancement of the student’s in¬tellectual development, no educator should(barring moral faults which are rather welleliminated in most places) have any objectionto the fraternity system.Under conditions which allow the frater¬nity system to operate as it should, this con¬tribution to an intellectual campus communitycan be made. However, it is equally obviousthat under the existing regulations at the Uni¬versity, such a contribution is going to be ex¬ceedingly difficult, if not impossible.If pledging were to take place late in theFall quarter, as has been suggested, it wouldgive the freshmen time to become oriented andyet not make inevitable an over-emphasis onrushing within the fraternities themselves.Let us examine what might be done if therushing period were shortened so as to makeit possible. After pledging, the fraternitiescould approach the end of the first quarter byhelping their new men prepare for their firstUniversity examinations and they could go intothe second quarter as a unified group with aplanned program for the remainder of theyear.Envisioned in such a program would betutor sessions conducted by qualified upper¬classmen in the house, weekly discussiongroups led by guest speakers or instructorsfrom the University, the development of ahouse library and note files along plannedlines, special rewards for excellence in scholar¬ship, and the development of special projectsfor groups of fellows in the house interestedin the same field. Such a program would onlybe possible with some of the time, money andenergy available which now must go to secondquarter rushing.Can the fraternities at Chicago fulfill theirresponsibilities with regard to education? Ifthe University will co-operate to the extent ofshortening the rushing period, it is probablethat the fraternities, will do their part. How¬ever, if the present crippling restrictions con¬tinue to be imposed, it would seem that theVol. 38 JANUARY 27, 1938 No. 59FOUNDED IN 1901Member Associated Oollegiate PressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni¬versity of Chicago, published viornings except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue. Telephones:Loral 367, and Hyde Park 9221 and 9222After 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 contractenteretl into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon are opinions of the Board of Control, and are not neces¬sarily the views of the University administration nor of a majorityof students.The Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publicationof any material appearing in this paper. Subscription rates:$3.00 a year: $4 by mail. Single copies: five cents.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post officeat Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.1937 MemDer 1938PLsocided GoUeSiate FVessDistnbutor ofGDlle6iate Di6estBOARD OF CONTROLWILLIAM H. McNEILL Editor-in-ChiefCHARLES E. HOY Business ManagerELROY D. GOLDING Managing EditorEDWARD C. FRITZ Associate EditorBETTY ROBBINS Associate EditorMARSHALL J. STONE Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESLaura Bergquist Rex HortonMaxine Biesenthal Seymour MillerEmmett Deadman Adele RoseBUSINESS ASSOCIATESEdwin Bergman Howard GreenleeMax Freeman Alan JohnstoneNight Editor: Rex Horton THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938administration was prejudiced against a per¬version of the fraternity ideal, but at the sametime was making sure nothing could be doneto correct or eliminate this perversion.—R.E.D.SWEETNESS AND LIGHTBy LILUAN SCHOENIt TakesALL KINDS OF PEOPLE Fred Eastman WritesBiographical VolumeOn ‘Men of PowefKay Stevenson, out of the goodness of her heart, an¬swered the public telephone in Harper yesterday. Avoice demanded, “Is this Midway 10018?” “No,” an¬swered Kay, “this is not Midway 10018.” “Well, con¬tinued the voice, is this the Standard Oil company?”Replied our Miss Stevenson, “Nope, this is a by-prod¬uct.” And that’s that for today.MOVEMENTS OF THOUGHTThis isn’t our idea, but it appeals to our aestheticsoul. Mortimer Adler is attempting a reconciliationof Marx and Aristotle. We propose that at one endof the campus there be erected a steel statue of Aris¬totle holding a tennis racquet in one hand. At theother end of campus is to be a steel statue of Marx,with a tennis racquet in his hand. A small steel ballis to be batted between them and in the middle willbe Mr. Adler jumping up and down trying to catchthe ball as it whizzes from Aristotle to Marx and fromMarx to Aristotle.REFLECTION AND DISILLUSION—a poem—anonymous, found in the depths ofthe Maroon office.I looked into my MirrorThat was hanging on the wallAnd said, “Oh, Mirror, MirrorWho is fairest of us all?”The Mirror answered, “You, my sweet.You ought to know by now.And with an intellect completeYou’ll be an awful wow.”At first it didn’t penetrateBut then I understoodMy brain I was to saturateWith knowledge of the Good.I studied Art and MusicPhilosophy, in brief.And passed exams, though not with A’sWith feelings of relief.And with a B.A. on my name,A diploma in my handI asked again the Mirror“Who is fairest in the land?”But the Mirror, quite in aweOf my higher education,Asked me, with a quiver in its voice—What was my time vocation?I said with proper modesty“Marriage—someday—I guess.”The Mirror’s face was quite a blankAs it answered, “What a mess.”“What do you mean by that,” I asked,“O Mirror on the wall,Is it not true that I am nowThe fairest maid of all?”The Mirror turned its face from meWith one reproachful look,“I’m almost sure you’d be,” it said,“If you could only cook."INCIDENTAL INFORMATIONThe Daily Maroon office seems to have become thehappy illegal rushing grounds. Yesterday, an assort¬ment of fraternity phenomena haunted the office fromsun-up to sun-down sniping unsuspecting freshmen a.sthey entered to get their assignments.To Bill McNeill, at home with tonsilitis, from anaffectionate and oh so lonesome staff, “Having terribletime. Wish you were here. All is forgiven.” To account for the unusual powerof famous men rather than merelyto describe their lives is the objectiveof Dr. Fred Eastman, professor ofbiography, literature and drama atthe Chicago Theological Seminary, inhis newly published volume, “Men ofPower.”In this book, the first in a seriesof five. Dr. Eastman has chosen toinclude the biographies of ThomasJefferson, Charles Dickens, LouisPasteur and Matthew .Arnold. Wheredid they get their power and what in¬fluences shaped their early lives area few of the questions that Dr. East¬man asks and answ’ers in his collec¬tion of biographies.In the rest of the series there willbe representatives of the statesman,social reformer, scientist, and literarytypes. Francis of Assisi, John Milton,Benjamin Franklin and Gandhi willbe presented in the future. Students Visit “InnerBelt’’ on Field TripIn connection with their study ofhousing, students in the SocialScience I and II courses, will tour the“Inner Belt” of the city Saturdaymorning. Points to be visited includePolonia, Back of the Yards, Hobo-hemia, the Ghetto, the two major in¬dustrial areas in the heart of thecity, private and federal housing jiro-jects. Little Hell and Death Corner.Chinatown, the Black Belt, and theGold Coast.Buses will leave from the cornerof Ellis avenue and 58th street, infront of the Bookstore, at 9, and willreturn by noon. Tickets must be pur¬chased at the library desk in Cobhhall before noon Friday. The price i.s60 cents.A Theseus come to campus would have no difficultyidentifying Hippolyta. He would see Miriam Finestriding dowm Harper walk, her head up, long blondhair streaming back. He would see her sniff the airas if ready to do battle, pause earnestly to buttonholesome bewildered passer-by with pleas for social ju.s-tice, and he would know that his search was ended.Miriam has been unusually silent this year. Seatedin Harper library or in her room, which she .shareswith Vera Rony, she has been studying ten hours aday with all the tremendous vitality which she oncereserved for comprehensives. No A’s are her aimsthis time, however, but a driving intellectual curiosityand a sincere desire to learn everything there is toknow about the w’orld so that she may set out to cor¬rect the ills of the universe.In spite of her tailored clothes and militant air,there are few more wholeheartedly feminine w’omen oncampus. Forever trusting that this one will be hergreat romance, Miriam is forever disappointed, butkeeps dashing off into new enthusiasms with even re¬newed vigor. And she is not .shy about her enthu.s-iasms—wffiile others may preach the emancipated, un¬conventional woman, Miriam practices her.Winner of the Lillian Gertrude Selz scholarship inher freshman year, she has not let down her reputa¬tion, but stays, by dint of cautious note-taking andfurious pre-examination work, near the head of thesenior list. The same intensity which she devotes tostudying and political reform characterizes all her ac¬tions, making her one of the few students who arecapable of sweeping everyone around them into an Iexcited turmoil. MAKEThe BETTER’OLERESTAURANT1551 E. 57th (3 doora west of Stony It.)YOUR MEETING PLACECLUB BREAKFASTS 15c—40cLUNCHEONS 25c—4ScDINNERS 40c—70cUntil further notice we will give adiscount of 10 per cent to all studentsGRIDDLE CAKES, WAFFLES, HAM¬BURGERS, CHILI.TRY US! Campus Florist1233 E. 55th near KimbarkCORSAGESAT REASONABLE PRICES - DEUVEREDALSO FULL LINE OFBLOOMING PLANTSPhoneHyde Park 9414Fd Rather Be RightAT THEBLUE FOUNTAIN ROOMTOMORROW, FRIDAY NIGHTfor the‘CAMPUS COMICSIt’s New, It’s Smart, It’s Fun andIt’s Really Quite Reasonable tooDINE and DANCE DIVINELYTO THE MUSIC OF THEKINGS JESTERSAUD THEIR ORCHESTRABLUE FOUNTAIN ROOMLA SALLE HOTELMADISON & LA SALLE STREET fi::"THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 27, 1938 Page Three5th RowCenterBy GORDON TIGERA little more spice is added to anunusually full dramatic seasonChicago by the current appearance ofCornelia Otis Skinner in her first fulllength solo drama, her own adapta-,j„n of Margaret Ayer Barnes’novel, “Edna His Wife.”Miss Skinner has been steadilydeveloping her technique as a dram¬atic monologue artist to a point where>he has come to be considered a rivalof Ruth Draper, long acknowledgedqueen of that narrow but appealingform of dramatic art. \t the Harristhi.s week, she completely vindicatesher chosen profession by provingthat it may be a successful andunique means of presenting a com¬plete dramatic story. Tropical Jun^es, Northern Woods FlourishAmid Icy Blasts at University GreenhouseWould you like to step in out ofthe raw, icy winter into the pungentcool atmosphere of the north woods inlate autumn and from thence into thefetid air of the semi-tropical Floridanjjj'jungle? Would you like to pass fromthe slippery streets with bare treesagainst gray skies, to a more temper¬ate clime, where pines, firs, and allsorts of other evergreens, bristly orfernlike, surround you? Would youlike to see green bananas stretchingup from odd fibrous-looking plants,(or to look at huge yellow lemonshanging on leafy branches? Then goAsk Women ToRegister For JobsWe do not concern ourselves withthe merits of the story that occupiesMiss Skinner’s talents further thanto point out that it is the usual mix¬ture of pure tripe and a Chicagosetting with which Mrs. Barnes hasassured her.self a rental library au¬dience in Chicago. But with MissSkinner’s limited medium—for she isbut one person, although all but themost chary in the audience will sure¬ly find themselves forgetting thisfact—we cannot be too severe on herchoice for her first venture into full-length drama. Granted the limitationsof the story. Miss Skinner, aided on¬ly by a helpful but discreetly unob¬trusive use of costume, makeup, andsetting, does present it in a vividlydramatic and theatrically effective imanner, and this is the real signifi-1cance of her current appearance. Un-jdoubtedly, now that she has proveda point to herself, she will be ableto .scurry through the files of liter¬ature and find material equally fittedto her resources, but with more in¬trinsic value. Senior women qualified for businesspositions are requested by the Boardof Vocational Guidance and Placementto register their qualifications in theOffice of the Board, Cobb Hall 215.Included in the registrations are suchfields as supervisory, personnel,stenographic, editorial, receptionist,statistical, bookkeeping, accounting,and advertising work.Candidates for positions shouldbring small photographs with themat their interviews. Since severalemployers send representatives tocampus in the spring to intervieww'omen wanting work after Junegraduation, early filing of applica¬tions is desirable.Chapel Hospital CommitteeFor, in its fitness to Miss Skinner’sparticular type of art, we can haveno quarrel with “Edna His Wife.”The story takes the heroine throughthirty-seven years during which she«ievelops from a blissful J31ue Islandmaiden into the wife of a rich, suc¬cessful lawyer, unhappy, disillusioned,and out of place in the sophisticatedatmosphere of her New York pent¬house. Miss Skinner has the oppor¬tunity of portraying Edna in severalstages of her tragedy, as well asseven other women who figure invarying degrees in her life.It is most surprising that with theexception of two episodes which,though marvelously effective as char¬acter sketches, are really extraneous,the performance achieves an admir¬able organic unity, quite above theexpected effect of a series of dis¬connected caricatures. One factor inthis success is of course the characterof Edna, who is presented in astudied and logical development, andtogether with her unseen husband,dominates the utterances of most ofthe other characters. It is in thecharacter of Edna that Miss Skinnermost admirably exhibits the newfacets of her talent which make thisproduction possible. But the delight¬ful whimsy powers of salient carica¬ture that we have come to expect inMiss Skinner find representation insketches of one of Eldna’s friends, ofher jazz age daughter, and of a Chi¬cago society woman. The tragic vein,most prominent in Edna herself, ispresent in a melodramatic form inthe character of Florrie Brophy a“fallen woman,” and a thoughtful, re¬flective mood, colors the speeches ofKatharine Boyne, sculptress-mistressof Edna’s husband, which is probablythe most memorable single character¬ization of “Edna His Wife.” Organized to visit and write to sickstudents at Billings Hospital, aChapel Hospital Committee has beenapproved by the Board of Social Ser¬vice and Religion. The committee,comprised of members of variouscampus religious organizations, is ledby Ruth Moerchen.Dorm Beauty ContestFeatured in DigestIt wasn’t good enough for Pulse sothe Collegiate Digest took it. ElevenUniversity of Chicago students willhave their pictures in the CollegiateDigest which is the gravure supple¬ment to the Daily Maroon which'ap¬pears next Friday. A half page inthis national publication is devotedto a picture account of the recent“Girl We Left Behind” beauty con¬test which was sponsored by theCourtier, Burton and Judson Courtnewspaper. The five pictures whichtell the story include the pictures ofEdith Hansen, Henrietta Mahon, Bet¬ty Tracy, Shirlie Laden.son, and Pa¬tricia Monser.YOU’LL ENJOYEATING HEREStudent Luncheon25cDinners40cMIRA MARDining Room6218 WOODLAWNTalent Desired!I TAP DANCERS, INTERPRETIVE DANCERS,I SINGERS, MAGICIANS, TRIOS or COMEDYACTS FOR COLLEGE NIGHT FLOOR-SHOWS.—CALL CHARLES HOY AT—The Daily Maroon over to the University greenhouse,and pass an enjoyable hour lookingat nature as you can’t help wishingit were.The University greenhouse, pt 57thand Ingleside, is more than an ex¬perimental laboratory, —it is a placewhere plants get a college education.Although “Mike,” the genial head-gardener insisted that there w’ere norare specimens in the greenhouse, hepointed out a group of cycads, thelargest collection in the glass-en¬closed paradise, and casually an¬nounced that Dr. C. J. Chamberlainprofessor emeritus of Botany, hadcollected them from Japan, Australia,South Africa, Cuba, and Mexico.The whole place, even aside fromits pungent warmth, is entirelyfascinating. Although the experi¬ments on hormones, nutrient solu¬tions, photoperiodism, etc., may beover the head of all but students inthe Biological Sciences, the green¬house itself provides the campus witha glimpse of a paradise of nature. “Why Study China”? by ProfessorHarold D. Lasswell. Common roomof Social Science Research at 8.Today on theQuadranglesMEETINGSCatholic student meeting and tea.Rev. James Meyer on “St. Francis ofAssisi” in Ida Noyes hall at 4:30.Christian Youth League. Room Bof Ida Noyes at 7.Settlement League drama grouprehearsal. Library of Ida Noyes at7:30.YWCA a.ssociation meeting. IdaNoyes library at 3:30.Camera Club. Zoology, room 29 at7:30.ASU executive committee meeting.Ida Noyes, room C. 12 to 1:30 and6:30 to 8:30.S.\A delegate council. Social Science,room 108.Dames. South reception room of IdaNoyes from 2 to 5.All campus committee against Ne¬gro discrimination. Room 106 of So¬cial Science at 3:30.LECTURES^.4ssociate Professor Sarles on “Thein vitro Action of Immune Rat Serumon Nippostrongglus miiris (Nema-toda).” Ricketts north, room 1 at4:30.Public lecture. Associate ProfessorHerbert Blumer on “Language, SocialScience, and Society. The Languageof Social Science.” Social Science,room 22 at 3:30. MISCELLANEOUSCampus Newsreel presents “TheCovered Wagon” and “The Plow ThatBroke Plains” in Mandel hall at 3and Ida Noyes at 8. Admission 15cents.Phonograph concert. Social Scienceassembly hall at 12:25. SymphonyNo. 7 by Bruckner.Divinity chapel. Liturgical servicelead by Mr. Allen Cabansis at 11:55in Joseph Bond chapel.D. A. presents S. S. Tenacity inthe Reynolds Club theatre at 8:30.Public speaking class. YWCA roomof Ida Noyes at 7:30.Communist club classes. “Socialismand the People’s Front.” Room 202 ofWieboldt hall at 3:30.LUBRICATIONIs the Liie oi Your Car75 eFor a complete Job includingtires checked, battery checked,vacuum clean and windowspolished.AlsoAtlas Guaranteed Batteries iorSlick sure startsuoranteed Tires formaximum traction, long wearWashing a Real Job$ 1.00FULL LINE OF STANDARDPRODUCTSSEE US FOR SERVICEWALDROM'S61st and Ellis - Dor. 10046HALF A BLOCK FROM THE DORMSSTANDARDSERVICE Tea for Congregational studentsand their friends at the home ofProf. Albert W. Palmer 1220 East58th Street at 4.Mrs. Hilda Stowell, Mid-westernbilliard champion. Exhibition and in¬struction in the billiard room of IdaNoyes at 3:30.Tryouts for Mirror acting inMitchell Tower at 2:30. Singer Presents Recitalat Theological SeminaryCatherine Van Buren, lyric so¬prano, is to appear in a recital atthe Chicago Theological SeminaryCommons tonight at 7. Admissionto the program is free.Van Buren is now on the facultyof Talledega College. At the Semi¬nary she will sing a series of classi¬cal selections and Negro spirituals.the Music build-See Mason, or-phony Orchestra ining from 11 to 12.chestra manager.Physics Club Tea in Eckhart Com¬mon room at 4, Dr. J. Burton Hoag,speaker, at 4:30.Tryouts for the University Sym- SPECIAL INTENSIVESHORTHANDfor COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATESStarts April 1. July 1.October 1, January 1Arranged especially for the higher in¬telligence of the college graduate andundergraduate.Regular day and evening classes startevery Monday.THE rmprin collegeGREGGHOME OF GREGG SHORTHAND6. N. Michigan Avenue, ChicagoJ. & C. RESTAURANT1527 East 55th StreetServing DailyLUNCH 30cEIGHT COURSE DINNER 50cALSO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL LUNCHEONWHOLESOME FOOD. SERVED AND COOKED RIGHTOpen 24 Hours a DayThe Best Dance of Them AllSKULL & CRESCENTFORMALBring Her Around to theCLOISTER CLUBThis Saturday Night About9 o^clock_ •" eNO CORSAGES ALLOWEDMlltfcii ■tlAMli.ai Ii' fclVfli I -*I A-* Il.lliitih. ‘Mini’ Urtirft.ii.i * it'St i lAi 11 I tff'3IrnnsamPage Four THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938DAILY MAROON SPORTSTHE'I'wffBy Seymour MillerThis Saturday, the Maroon basket¬ball team, now safely ensconced inits favorite haunt, the cellar, will gogunning for its 30th consecutive con¬ference defeat. However, the co¬champion Gophers, who will be itsopponents, are only a jump ahead ofthe Chicago team in the Big Tenrace, and may upset the latter into avictory—at least so Coach Norgrenhopes. Judging from the team’s show¬ing against the crack Loyola fivemaybe Norg’s prayei’s will finallycome true.« « *For years. Coach Hoffer’s crackgymnastic teams were the pride ofthe athletic department. But in thelast few years his squads, althoughalways one of the Big Ten leaders,have won no championships.The main reason is pi-obably thesame that has been used to explainthe unfortunate careers of our foot¬ball, basketball and other squads—lack of men. When some form ofphysical education was required ofall students, in the days before theHutchins reign, there were, at times,as many as 60 men trying out forthe gym team. In addition, Hofferfrequently hauled promising lookingstudents out of the regular gymclasses and made crack gymnasts ofthem.He’s still turning out individualstars in gymnastics, two of the out¬standing Conference performers thisyear being Irwin Beyer and C. Nel¬son Wetherall, co-captains of theMaroon team. But in gymnastics, asin most sports, a few ci'ack men arenot sufficient to win championships.And there are only six men out forthe team at Chicago.Unfortunately both of the stars arehandicapped by year-old injuries,Beyers having an infected thumb andWetherall a bad knee which troubleshim on dismounts. Hoffer refuses tomake any predictions about the team’schances this year, saying only that theteam looks a trifle better than lastyear’s.JK s|c «Gymnastics seems to be one of theleast popular intercollegiate sports—least popular among the universityadministrations at least. Only fourteams Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota andChicago, will compete in the Big Tenmeet this March. The reason is afinancial one.“There isn’t any question thatgymnastics is as much a benefit to thestudent as any sport,’’ Coach Hofferdeclared, “probably more so thanmost sports. But it costs money anddoesn’t bring any in . . . Hence, Chi¬cago will be no lower than fourth inat least one sport this year.’’When Coach Kyle Anderson issueda call for pitchers to begin indoorpractice at the Fieldhouse, seven re¬cruits responded. Six of them hadtheir gloves on their right hands.“Are you certain you have yourmitts on the proper hand?’’ the coachasked.They nodded.So the 1938 Maroon team will havesix left-handed twirlers this seasonand one right-hander. Pegasus Club OpensIndoor Riding ClassesAspirants to the Pegasus Clubwhich will become active during thespring quarter will appreciate thehorseback riding classes for begin¬ners and intermediate riders to beheld during the month of Februaryat the Midway Riding Academy’s in¬door ring. These classes will be un¬der the supervision of Adeline Fra¬ser, instructor in Physical Educationat Ida Noyes Hall.Beginners will meet for initial in¬struction during February every Fri¬day at 7:30, and the intermediateclass will meet every Friday at 4.The fee for each course will be $4.00.Registration for these classes isbeing held in the first floor office atIda Noyes hall. All registrations7mist be in by February 1.Soph SwimmersSet Fast Pacefor 10 VeteransHockey Squad MeetsHinsdale Team FridayWith the return of below-freezingtemperatures, the newly formed University hockey squad has resumedpreparation for its return engage¬ment Friday against the Hinsdaleteam. The Maroons already hold onevictory over the Hinsdale squad, hav¬ing defeated them 5-3 in a game onthe North Stand rink a week ago.The squad, numbering eighteenplayers, is pointing for its first andonly conference meet of the season,scheduled with Illinois at UrbanaFebruary 25. Practice has been moreor less informal, with both graduatesand undergraduates participating inseveral scrimmages against amateurclubs, but with the scheduling of theIllinois meet the sport has assumedan intercollegiate status. Under thedirection of Coach Daniel Hoff.er areal team is being developed. University sophomore swimmersare setting a fast pace for the 10veteran members of the squad andbefore the conference meet is held atthe New Trier high school in Evan¬ston, March 11 and 12, they may be.showing their toes to upperclasssplashers. Coach E. W. McGillivrayclaimed yesterday.The Maroon team lost its initialmeet of the season to Northwesternbut has sufficient strength in thedashes and in the breast and backstroke events to place as high orhigher in the conference standingthan a year ago when it finishedsixth. On February 4, the team willmeet Iowa and Minnesota in a tri¬angular meet at Iowa City.Although “Chuck’’ Wilson, free-stylist, and Floyd Stouffer, fancydiver, point retrievers a year ago,llave been lost to the squad bygraduation. Coach McGillivray i sgrooming seven speedy sophomoresfor conference competition. RalphMcCollum, former University hightank star and state record holder inthe 60- and 100-yard dashes, is thebest of the recruits. He placed secondin the 60-yard sprint and third in the100-yard dash in the Northwesternmeet.Bob Stein, another sophomorecandidate, is the fastest back strokeswimmer on the squad, and placedsecond in the Northwestern meet inthe 150-yard event. William Speckand Jack Bernhardt are other sec¬ond-year men who are showing prom¬ise in the back stroke races. CaptainBob Anderson finished third in the150-yard back stroke swim againstthe Purple tank men.Jack Sterns, free stylist, CarlKoos and Jim Anderson, breaststroke, are among the other promis¬ing sophomores on the squad. JimAnderson, who is a brother of Capt.Bob Anderson, back stroke, startedthe season successfully by winningthe 200-yard breast stroke eventagainst Northwestern in 2:38.4.Coach McGillivray has six letter-men on the team: Capt. Anderson,backstroke; Dick Ferguson, captainof the water polo team, and DickLyon, breast stroke; and Jack Homs,Bill Lewis and John Van de Water,free stylists. Other veterans includePhil Schnering, breast stroke; CecilBothwell and Carl Adams, free style,and WMnston Bostick, fancy diver.Coach McGillivray is not enter¬taining hopes of being a contender inthe Big Ten race this year but islooking expectantly to the futurew'hen the present sophomores aremore experienced. He ranks Michiganand Ohio State at the top this sea¬son, with Iowa, Northwestern andMinnesota following. He even con¬cedes Chicago a chance to slip inamong the last three named.Thur. Fri. & Sat,"ALCATRAZ ISLAND"AND"IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER"Frolic Theatre55th and ELLIS Employees StartI-M Cage PlayWhile fraternity play in Intra¬mural basketball has come to a stand¬still for intensive rushing, indepen¬dent play rolls merrily on. Five gameshave been scheduled for ThursdayINTRAMURAL GAMES TONIGHTEmployees League7:30Billings Hospital vs B. & G.Press vs. Reynolds Club.8:15Billings Techs vs. Int-House.Independent Leagues8:15ASU vs. Delta Sigma Pi.CTS vs. Medics.night, two in the Independent Leagueand three in the newly organized Em¬ployees League.The Employees League will beplaying its first round of games ofthe new season while the Independentteams will be entering their secondround. The dormitories will resumeplay on February 3 and continueuntil the 17th, with fraternities be¬ginning on Februaiy 1 continuing un¬til the 8th. Fencing Team FacePilots, YMCA GroupsIn Weekend ScheduleThe majority of the University’svarsity fencers will see action Satur¬day afternoon in Bartlett gym at2:30, when the A and B teams faceChanute Field of Rantoul and theHyde Park YMCA, respectively.The A team is expecting a realbattle from their downstate oppo¬nents. The pilots have been successfulin their meets with Big Ten opponentsduring the past few seasons. Thisyear they have defeated the Purdueswordsmen by a 9 to 8 score, andPurdue has triumphed over the fight¬ing mini from tlhampaign by thesame margin. However, the Maroonshope to shatter this prestige in theforthcoming contest.Captain Strauss, George, Goldberg,and Greenberg will compete for theMaroon A team in the foil division,while Becker, Notov, and McClintockwill represent the B team in thatdivision. Ned Fritz and Glen Gustafson wiUbe definite A team entrants in thesabre. The remainder of the twoteams will be picked from the fol¬lowing: McDonald, Rosenfels, Seiver,Butler, Janes, and Glasser.Certain Chicago A team entrantsin the epee are Corbett and Tingky.From the following will be chosenother A team members and also thosethat will represent the B team inthe epee division: Chapman, Vertuno,Polacheck, and Allen.At the present time fencing CoachHermanson is teaching sabre tofreshmen fencing aspirants. In thenear future. Intramural fencing willbegin. Announcement of the definitedate will appear in a future issue.CorrectionsIn the Maroon story on the -AlecTempleton concert yesterday it wa.sincorrectly stated that the concertwould take place this Sunday. Tem¬pleton is going to appear on Sunday,February 13.Jean Leaper of Green Bay, Wiscon¬sin, was omitted from the pledge listof Chi Rho Sigma.USED TEXT BOOKS Larveat Stock ofand NewText Rooks inAmerica.CALUMET 45801255 SO. WABASH AVE. WILCOX <5. FOLLETTOpen Handball TourneyWith Elimination ContestsThe all University handball tourna-!ment got under way yesterday whenjthe fir.st of a series of elimination!matches were played. Tw’enty-two|men, including undergraduates, grad-iuates, employees and a coach haveentered the meet. Despite the factthat Coach Shaughnes.sy is competingin the tournament. Jack Gilbert istop seeded player and is expected towin the meet.At the conclusion of the tourna¬ment a team of top ranking playerswill be selected. Meets for this teamhave already been arranged withNotre Dame and Illinois, both to beplayed at home. Several other meet.sare now’ being planned, but planshave not been yet completed.CLASSIFIED ADSWANTED—YounK woman student: compan¬ion for 2 children 8 and 10 and care ofsmall apartment- $8. week. Room nearbyor at school. Call Fairfax 4078 8-10 P.M. The Drily MaroonDELIVERED TO YOU FORTHE REMAINDER OF THESCHOOL YEAR—for only—$1.75SUBSCRIBE NOWlThe Dramatic AssociationPRESENTS-1.. SIDNEY HOWARD'SADAPTATION OF CHARLESVILDRAC'SS. S. TENACITYJanuary 27, 28, 29REYNOLDS THEATER 8:30 P. M.ALL SEATS 75cx