Today's HeadlinesInternational House Players present“Biography,” page 1.Nearing speaks on recession, page 1.llold second Sunset Shuffle, page 1.Campus Briefs, page 2.f^ifth Row Center, page 3.Hold chess tournaments, page 4.Political UnionOpposes StrictEconomy StepsJames Douglas Speaks onReasons for MeetingNational Deficit.Believing that a balanced budget isnecessary for a maintenance of thestability of this country, James H.Douglas, former Assistant Secretaryof the Treasury, last night called up¬on members of the Political Union tosupport a proposal favoring rigideconomies by the present administra¬tion.His request, however, was voteddown by the delegates in attendance.They defeated the resolution, namely,“That this Union shall favor thebalancing of the national budget bymeans of strict economies by theRoosevelt administration”, by a threeto two ratio, the gallery evenly divid¬ing their votes.Meyer V'oices OppositionFirst to voice opposition to the(piestion, Frank Meyer, a member ofthe Radical caucus, asked for in¬creased government expenditures atthis time. “Although I’m in favor ofa balanced budget, we must firstbalance the human budget. Presenteconomic conditions call for continuedrelief expenditures,” he stated.With the relief question seemingto be one of the main reasons foropposition to the question, CharlesCrane, a representative of one Lib¬eral faction, continued the talk inasking that no effort be made topractice strict economies during thepresent business recession.Agreeing with the opposition thathuman needs must not be sacrificed,both Mr. Douglas and Judson Allen,seconder of the proposal, providedthe method of lowering budgets of allgovernment departments to obtain thede.sired economies. “Mofe taxes atthis time would only increase theheavy burden already shouldered bycitizens and would not provide thesolution to this problem,” Douglasstated in his opening remarks.Last of the four delegates to speak(Continued on page 4)Stoner Resignsas Debate UnionCoach; to Teach ^ Battp ifnamonVol. 38 Z-149 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938 Price Five CentsBusiness Recession Reduces Placement Bureau^sAvailable Jobs to One-Fourth of Usual NumberChange Course ListFor Bachelor DegreeChanging the suggested list ofcourses for the bachelor’s degree inPolitical Science, the department willsubstitute Political Science 203, astudy of comparative governments,for Political Science 201, the intro¬ductory course, after the bachelor’sexamination this Spring.Originally designed as a course fornon-political scientists, the 201course supplies no introduction forthose who have taken the two SocialScience survey courses in the College.Professor Merriam, chairman of theDepartment, admitted that transferstudents offered a problem.Originally on the College level, thecomparative government course wasdropped with the inception of thenew plan. The revived course willtreat the subject in a more complexmanner.Koffka, GestaltPsychologist, toLecture FridayBy IRVING J. JAMSProfessor Burt Koffka, world-re¬nowned psychologist, is lecturing to¬morrow at 4:30 in Social Science A.s-sembly. Dr. Koffka, who is at pres¬ent a member of the faculty of SmithCollege, is internationally recognizedas a pioneer in Gestalt psychologyand at present is the leading expo¬nent of the school in the UnitedStates. His topic will be “The Egoand His World.” The lecture is be¬ing sponsored by the division of So¬cial Sciencea and ia open to facultyand students.Dr. Koffka has been associatedwith many American universities in Nearing Predicts FurtherDepression; PlacementBureau Optimistic.By SARAH LEE BLOOMPresent prospects for jobs, accord¬ing to Doris Larsh, John Kennan,and Robert Woellner of the Board ofVocational Guidance and Placement,are not what they ought to be. Onlyone-fourth the usual number of firmsare recruiting June graduates inJanuary this year, while there hasbeen a 20 per cent increase in thenumber of students applying for po¬sitions.The situation is not, however, com¬parable to that of 1932-33, the Place¬ment officers state. Not only is theregenerally more optimism, but a sea¬sonal upswing in both jobs and sal¬aries is anticipated. To be sure, lastyear this time the rise had alreadyoccurred. A large number of alumnilayoffs, resulting in the return ofmany graduates’ names to the regis¬tration rolls, plus a 30 per cent re¬duction in the volume of part timework dampen the immediate expecta¬tions.Cox ConfirmsThe facts of the “recession” wereconfirmed more broadly by GarfieldCox, Robert Law Professor of Fi¬nance, who added that the decline inindustrial production from August to(Continued on page 3)Newsreel ShowsTh ree PicturesinMandel TodayThis afternoon and evening, theCampus Newsreel presents a tripleattraction, featuring a ’ condensedversion of “Wells Fargo,” starringJoel McCrea and Bob Burns. Theshowings will be held in Mandel Halladdition to such great European in-j 3;30, and in Ida Noyes theatre atJohn F. Stoner, debate coach, itwas announced today, has resignedfrom the University to accept a postat the University of Indiana, Stonerhas been at the University for threeand one half years and has been de¬bate coach for three years. He re¬ceived his Ph. D. in international lawfrom here, and has spent most of histime at the University filing the let¬ters of C. E. Levison who was theman most largely responsible for theKellogg peace pact. Stoner will beconnected with the department ofGovernment and will teach municipaland state government.Stoner’s resignation was announcedsimultaneously with the appointmentof PL p]d\vard Lindblom as new de¬bate coach. Lindblom is a graduateof Stanford University, and best de¬bater at Stanford last year. Lindblomis a member of Delta Sigma Rho,honorary debate fraternity, and willbe assistant to Harry A. Millis, chair¬man of the department of Economics.kaw, Business SchoolsHear Douglas, RehnSpeaking on “American Businessin the Orient,” H, J. Rehn will ad¬dress a meeting of the Alumni-Association of the School of Businesstonight at 8. Across Harper court at3:30 in Law South, James H. Douglas,former assistant secretary of theUnited States Treasury, will speakon “Some Currency Problems in Fed¬eral Taxation,”Rehn, having just returned fromthe Far East, is well qualified to dis¬cuss the business aspects of theChinese situation.Douglas is speaking under thesponsorship of the University LawSchool Bar association. Admission willbe free to Bar association members,to others there will be a smallcharge. stitutions as the University of Gies¬sen, Germany. In the summer of1925 he gave courses in the depart¬ment of Psychology of the Univer¬sity,Bulk of WritingAlthough the bulk of Dr. Koffka’swritings are in the German language,he is well-known to students here forhis two most popular books, “TheGrowth of the Mind,” 1928, and“Principles of Gestalt Psychology,”1935, in addition to numerous essayson Gestalt theory such as the one tobe found in “The Encyclopedia of theSocial Sciences” in which the appli¬cations of the concept to the naturalsciences is discussed.About 1912, Koffka, with his asso¬ciates Wertheimer and Kohler, found¬ed the modern school of psychologyknowTi as Gestalt. These men tookas their point of departui'e in thr^development of their work a critieaanalysis of the doctrine of traditionalpsychology which holds that singkmental units called sensations arcaroused in a simple manner by stim¬ulation and from them every otheikind of experience is derived by aprocess of association. In place ofthis atomic theory these men devel¬oped, on the basis of exhaustive ex¬perimentation on the nature of per¬ception and association, the conceptof Gestalt which holds that experience occurs in unified wholes, configurations, gestalts.(Continued on page 4) 8.Reviving the antics of the famouscomedy team, Wallace Beery andRaymond Hatton, the Newsreel offersas the second attraction, “We’re inthe Navy Now.” Voted as one of theoutstanding hits of 1925, this comedyis the account of two “gentlemen ofleisure” who find themselves draftedfor service in the U. S. Navy. Theever-instructive “March of Time”completes the program. The govern¬ment control over the problem ofjuvenile delinquency forms the mainsubject of interest.The Paramount condensed versionof “Wells Fargo” has been I'etitled“Wheels of an Empire”, — but it isthe same talking picture which hadits premiere at the Chicago Theatreseveral weeks ago. It is an epic ofthe winning of the west and has re- Rappaport ReplacesRybsezinski in PlayIn the very finest melodramaticmovie manner, Marion Rappaport isreplacing Henrietta Rybsezinski inthe ASU Theatre Group’s one-acttragedy, “Jack Robinson” by SeyrilScbocken.When the dates for the group’s firstventure were definitely fixed forThursday, Friday, and Saturday eve¬nings at 8:15 in Reynolds clubtheatre, and the two other socialaspect dramas, “Home of the Brave”and “America, America” polished,Rybsezinski skidded down somesteps, breaking her arm. With thefirst curtain scheduled to draw apartin 24 hours, Rappaport is closetedwith a script, muttering Ryb.sczinski’smany lines, in a frantic attempt toperfect the role, on which the trag¬edy’s emphasis depends.Although liberal campuses through-(Continued on page 4) Int-House GivesBehrman ComedyFriday, SaturdayPalmer Heads ‘Biography’Cast; S c h o e n, GoekeDirect.Schedule SecondSunset Shufflefor Next WeekThe second Sunset Shuffle, spon¬sored by the Ida Noyes Advisorycouncil, will be given Friday, Febru¬ary 11, from 4 to 6 in the libraryand lounge of Ida Noyes Hall at anadmission charge of 25 cents percouple. At this time Chuck Mowery’sseven-piece all-student orchestra willmake its campus debut.The dance is in accordance withMiss Mary Jo Shelley’s new policy ofthrowing open the facilities of theHall to both men and women stu¬dents for informal social gatherings.This occasion will mark the secondtime that a student group has hadthe library and lounge cleared fordancing, the privilege being reservedto the Council.Cloisters OpenThe University business office isbacking the Council in its selectionof a non-union orchestra because itis all-student, members being resi'dents of the dormitories.The Cloister Club corner will beopen the afternoon of the Shuffle totake care of those who want refresh¬ment. All game rooms will also beopen.It was also announced by FrancesProtheroe, chairman of the Council,that the annual art show will hangfrom April 18 to 22, with the tea onApril 19. Only students may submitart work to the exhibit, and two cashprizes are awarded for the best con¬tributions.Co-chair»Tipn of the art show are\vho has been a mem-\for three years, anda junior member,has been selectedIpublicity.puncil, completelyI' ago, now func-p plan and hostess'a Noyes hall. “Biography,” a three-act comedyby Sam N. Behrman, will be pre¬sented at International House tomor¬row and Saturday night at 8:30, withall tickets unreserved and priced at50 cents.Produced by the InternationalHouse Players, the play is directedby Lillian Schoen and Kay Goeke.Heading the cast is Christine Palmerin the role of a young portrait paint¬er, Marion Froude.Behrman’s ComedyBehrman’s comedy, which playedChicago and New York theatres afew years ago with Ina Claire as theartist, and which was later made in¬to a movie, is a story of a modemyoung woman and her life among hercosmopolitan friends. Around her de¬cision to write her biography a plotis evolved.The other members of the cast in¬clude Harold Jameson, who playsRichard Kurt; WilLuim Scheeley, whois cast as Leander Nolan; DennisMcEvoy, who plays Melchior Feydak;while the parts of Orrin Kinnicottand Slade Kinnicott are taken byRichard Elmhurst and Bernice Topperrespectively.Stage ManagerKen Womack is stage manager andPatty Quisenberry is in charge ofproperties. Costumes were designedby Dick Oppenheim. Tickets are onsale at International House, the In¬formation office, and Marshall Field’s.The cast, according to Schoen, isan experienced one, with its membershaving had training in the intricaciesof the drama. Bernice Topper workedat the Pasadena, California, Play¬house and at Southern MethodistUniversity. Christine Palmer hasbeen with summer stock companieson the East Coast. Harold Jamesonwas in the DA.Richard Elmhurst was with theformer International House Players,while Schoen herself has been in theDA and in the Carnegie Institute ofTechnology Drama School.SSA Club SponsorsOuting to Palos PariThe Social Service AdministratioClub is sponsoring an outing to PaloPark this Sunday, February (5. Skiinjskating, tobogganning, dancing, hi!ing, ping pong, and checkers ai.scheduled for the first fifty membeiwho sign up for the trip in the S.S./Reading Room, Mil. Other indue*ments in the form of lunch, transpotation, and use of cabins are includfin the subscription price of $1.25. T1bus leaves at 9 a. m. from Ida Noy»and expects to return at 6 p. iSkates and skis, if owned, should 1brought along and old clothes woiso that no scruples will prevewhole-hearted participation in tlout-of-door activities. Wlebratenniversaryt’ its 40th anniver-ity band will pre-hcert Sunday, Feb-n Mandel hall. Fea-pram will be threeis: Glenn Moodyed the band during(arper’s administra-ke, conductor fromHoward Mort, Rey-)r, who conducted12 to 1935.concert, there willand a social in therovided for formerbers of the band bycil.rogram has not yetarranged, Robertind historian for thelat the group woulder things, the pre-:e of “Repartee,” forby David Bennett,•ago composer and Organize Groupsfor All-CampusActivity MeetingAll activities groups have been in¬vited to send representatives to thefirst general organizational meetingof the All-University ConferenceCommittee in Lexington 5 at 3:30 to¬morrow. At this meeting, tentativeplans for the conference will be re¬ported, and a permanent organizingcommittee set-up formulated.Although letters were sent only toorganizations, John Morris, actingchairman of the committee, especiallyurges all interested students who areunaffiliated with campus groups tocome to the meeting or to get intouch with bim through Faculty Ex¬change Box 97.The date of the conference has beenset for the second week-end in Springquarter, April 7, 8, and 9. The con¬ference, with student problems asthe central point of discussion, willtake up problems which face studentsin and out of class. Curriculum, ex¬aminations, social organization, fra¬ternities, and athletics are on theprogram for discussion.Hearts Prevail This NoonAt YWCA LuncheonRed hearts and cupids will decor¬ate the tables at the annual YWCAvalentine lunch today from 11:30 to1 on the second floor of Ida Noyeshall. The committee in charge of thedinner has set aside a “hurry-up”table for all students who like to eatand run.Tables have also been reserved byseveral clubs, Chi Rho Sigma, PhiDelta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, DeltaSigma, Mortar Board, Sigma, Nu PiSigma, and the Settlement Group.The price of the luncheon is 35 cents.IMPERFECT IN ORIGINALPage Two THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938PLATFORM1. Creation of a vigorous campus community*2. Abolition of intercollegiate athletics.3. Progessive politics.4. Revision of the College Plan.5. A chastened president.Are You Determined—It is necessary to believe that events aredetermined by that which has gone before.Otherwise science would be merely an exercisein words, and effective behavior difficult.Otherwise one could nev’^er count on a stone’sfalling to the earth or on a man’s dying.(5ne of the cardinal assumptions of all nat¬ural science is that the w’orld is uniform. Whenit has been found that certain conditions pro¬duce an effect, the reasonable man assumesthat given similar conditions again, similar ef¬fects will be produced.At one time natural science dealt with aworld that was confused and unpredictable.Now psychology and social science are dealingwith similarly confused and unpredictableworlds. The inference is not that psychologicaland social phenomena are different in kind, arerealms of the exercise of man’s free will, or touse a phrase more in favor with social scien¬tists, realms of a “human nature” which is insome mysterious way different from plain na¬ture. The proper inference is rather that theregularities have not been discovered; the de¬termination is simply not seen because of thecomplexity of the objects examined.Few will deny that the behavior of an in¬animate system is solely the result of regularrelations between material things. Ultimatelythe motion of every molecule is related to themotion of every other molecule in the universe.Each motion depends on the impacts and forcesof the surrounding molecules, which in turndepend on their surrounding molecules and soon in an expanding sphere which ends onlywith the universe.Animate beings are obviously in the uni¬verse, and as such should be a part of thisregular and determined system. The only al¬ternative is to introduce a new something, will,that can somehow act on matter according tono rule, and violating all the rules of inanimaterelations. There is no evidence for the exist¬ence of such a substance. It is not needed toexplain human or animal behavior. The knowncomplexity of the organisms is such that theseeming unpredictability is easily accounted foras due to the ignorance of the observer. It isthe part of humbleness and caution that it isour ignorance and stupidity that prevents usfrom understanding animal and human actions.It is the highest presumption to create a newentity to explain such action.But it is unpleasant. The delusion that ouractions are our own, somehow insulated fromall that has happened to us so that we act notas physical complexes, but as agents of a freewill, is a dear one to the ego. We don’t like tobe machines, even when our understandingstell us we are so.Yet the intellectual synthesis of the future,if it is to be true to the nature of the world andVol. 38 FEBRUARY 3, 19.38 No. 63^aroonFOUNDED IN 1901Member Associated Collegiate PressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni¬versity of Chicago, published mornings except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue. Telephones:Local 357, 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 contractentered into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon arc opinions of the Board of Control, and are not neces¬sarily the views of the University administration nor of a majority ■of students. IThe 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 office 'at Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879. j1937 Mcmoer 193#dissociated Gb0e6icite PressDistributor ofGolle6iate 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 RoseRuth Brody Burt MoyerBUSINESS ASSOCIATESEdwin Bergman Harry ToppingMax Freeman Irvin RosenNight Editor: Burt Moyer so satisfying to the understanding, must recog¬nize that the world and man behave regularly,predictably, and are determined by what hasgone before.ArsenicANDAPPLESAUCEBy NED ROSENHEIMTIMBERThe second night of Noel Coward’s “Tonight at8:30” was distinguished by the presence, in the au¬dience, of two outstanding parties. The first of thesewas a model called Cynthia, a charming, if somewhatwooden young lady who has apparently brought aboutthe apotheosis of the current Charley McCarthy con¬sciousness. Cynthia is a dummy, who, clad in ermineand surrounded by American Beauty roses, is escortedby her idolatrous proprietor to various public gather¬ings.In the second noteworthy group was President Rob¬ert M. Hutchins, whose position as the head of a fairlythriving Midwestern university was not sufficientlyconspicuou.s to draw the eyes of the audience awayfrom Cynthia. We, however, found our belief in thePresident’s basic human qualities definitely confirmedby our observations. The President’s enjoyment of theplay was perceptibly greater than Cynthia’s.SATEVEPOSTThe above occurrence rather negates our idea thatthe Pre.sident’s articles in the Saturday Evening Posthave attracted plenty of attention. We are finding our¬selves obsessed by the public reaction to the articlesand are going around asking no end of Post-readingfriends and acquaintances what they think about ourman, Hutch. Perhaps the nicest answer to date is theone we got from a young lady who sells tickets at theI.C. station on a certain South Side street. Yes, shesaid, she reads the Post, but not regularly enough totake any great interest in the serial storie.s.NELSThe nice thing about Nels Fuqua is that he is al¬ways so typically Nelsian. We expect thing.s from Nelsand he never disappoints us. In the midst of the next-to-last cold spell, we passed him on the street. Hissalutation was simply “Poor Tom’s a-cold,” being, wehappened by the merest chance to know, a quotationfrom Lear). He passed us and then turned around toadd, “Have to hurry. Going to the opera tonight inMrs. Potter Palmer’s box.” In a nut-.shell you havehim, friend, Nels Fuqua, scholar and socialite!DATESFebruary first seems to us to be the dead-line forputting down the preceding year on anything that hasto be dated. Notwithstanding this fact, spindly, red-haired, TIME-conscious C. Sharpless Hickman, provedhimself to be unconscious of time, by yesterday in¬scribing “1937,” on each of 14 checks which he madeout for University Film Society.On the question of dates, we ourselves have an idio¬syncrasy which assures us of individualism, if not ofsheer lunacy. At all times, in the last six years, wehave fought down a consistent and chronic urge toinscribe everything which comes our way, “1932.” Theonly theory we have evolved to account for it is thepossible explanation that this was the year we werefreshmen in high school, and we signed our name toso much red tape that we’ve never gotten over it.FLASHDavid Eisendrath, the ubiquitous campus photog¬rapher has a new racket. In brief, he goes around tofraternity houses, takes pictures of the boys whilethey’re eating lunch, and usually gets a free mealfrom it. No longer is the little birdie content to stayat the photographer’s studio; the damn thing’s jumpedright into our noontime spaghetti.^ ~~~~~// Andrade StudiesSpeech Patternsof Maya IndiansCloseted in his office in the easttower of Harper with numerous de¬vices for recording speech patterns,Manuel J. Andrade, associate profes¬sor of Anthropology, is making astudy of the language of the MayaIndians.Andrade’s largest machine consistsof two metal drums over which asmoked paper is rolled. The electrical¬ly operated drums revolve at the rateof one meter per second, while astylus marks the paper. The stylus isin turn connected to a phonographrecord of the voices of the Mayans.By these means, every feature of thespoken voice except quality is re¬corded—inflection, intonation, andpitch. The device operating the stylusworks on the principle of a loud¬speaker, with two magnets which, in¬stead of activating the air and pro¬ducing sound waves, activate thestylus.The Mayas, reputedly descendantsof the highly civilized tribe di.scov-ered by the first European explorersto America, inhabit central Mexico,British Honduras and Guatemala.Andrade has recorded conversationsin more than 20 languages onaluminum disks, and has brought therecords back to the University tostudy. IInterclub Requests Names jIThe Interclub Council asks allwomen who did not join clubs in theirfreshman year, to leave their nameswith Miss Foreen in the office of theDean of Students, Cobb 203. Thenames will be referred to the Coun¬cil. CampusBriefs• * •Symphony ChangesRehearsalsA change in time for rehearsals ofthe University symphony orchestrawas announced yesterday by CarlBricken, director.The symphony will rehearse inMandel Hall at 10 on Sunday morn¬ings instead of on Friday evenings.Sectional rehearsals have also beenchanged to Wednesday evenings at7:30 in Mandel Hall.Warne AddressesConsumer’s UnionColston E. Warne, professor ofEconomics at Amherst College andpresident of Consumer’s Union, isspeaking for the Chicago Consumer’sLeague at 8 this evening in the Medi¬cal and Dental Arts building at 185North Wabash.Warne is an expert on consumer’sproblems, and was a student of PaulDouglas, professor of Economics atthe University, when Douglas taughtat Amherst. His subject is “What Lo¬cal Bodies Can Do in the Consumer'sMovement.”PhotographUniversity WomenWhen picking up your Herald andExaminer with your morning colTeethis week, turn quickly to the sportspage, for one of these mornings youwill see pictures of University wom¬en proudly displaying their dexterityat their respective sports of bowling,badminton, or swimming and diving.Photographers from the Examinerrecently visited Ida Noyes hall tosnap athletically minded girlsFor years Bell Telephone engineers havebeen making exhaustive studies of solardata from observatories all over theworld.They*re learning how and why periodicsun spots affect radio telephony. And are applyingtheir findings to give you still better trans^oceanicand ship'to-shore service.Good evidence that telephone engineers will go togreat lengths to make your telephone service moredependable, far-reaching and valuable.Why not telephone home oftener?Rates to most points are lowest any timeafter 7 P. M. and all day Sunday.BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEMTHE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1938Strombach ConductsSwedish, Courses inIcelandic Languages Page Thr^Since October Dag Strombach, vis¬iting Professor of ScandinavianLanguage and Literature, has beenconducting courses in Swedish andIcelandic in much the same manneras he has conducted such courses atthe University of Lund, one of Swe¬den’s four universities. The curricu¬lum, in the Icelandic courses, empha¬sizing the Icelandic sagas, is similaron both sides of the ocean, eventhough Strombach feels that studentsof this University experience moredifficulty with the language in thiscountry than in Sweden, where thebasic principles of their speech arefound in Icelandic,Dag Strombach is surprised atthe interest University studentshave shown in the medieval sagas,but explains it by saying: “Ameri¬cans have always shown a fine ap¬preciation of style of writing, to¬gether with an interest in medievalculture.” Research work in Icelandiclore is the center of Strombach’s ac-Recession-(Continued from page 1)December, 1937, was one of the mostrapid ever experienced by this coun¬try. For the time being, the declineha.-i halted, and since the rate of con¬sumption has been fairly well main¬tained, a resumption of productionto replenish depleted stocks is likelythi.s spring. Such an upturn wouldmean jobs in June.Without a pickup in the heavy in¬dustries, building, railroad equip¬ment, and public utilities, no im¬provement will last very long. Theconcensus is that this depression willnot equal the last in length and se¬verity and that recovery will be defi¬nitely on the way by the end of theyear. ’Permanent DepressionSpeaking at an ASU meeting yes¬terday, Scott Nearing, famous econ¬omist, predicted that the country’ ismoving toward permanent hard timesm the economic system. He basedhis as.sertion on the farm crisis ex¬isting for the last 17 years plus thegrowing permanent unemployment..Nearing stated that unemploymentcan not be reduced under the presenteconomic system except by war,which leads to famine and malnutri¬tion, which in turn causes dwease.Such phrases as “return to prosper¬ity,” he said, imply that at one timeth«‘re was a long continued period ofprosperity. That this is false, hedemonstrated with a graph showingthe cyclical movements of businessfor the last quarter of a century.Two trends were pointed out on thegraph: one, the greater brokenness ofthe cycles, climaxing in the abruptdrop of last August; two, the great¬er deepening of the depression pe¬riods without a corresponding riseduring prosperity.Evidence of StagnationThe evidences of stagnation in theoldest-established businesses of. thecountry plus the above-observedtrends are the supports of Nearing’shypothesis. As further factual evi¬dence, he cites the tendency for mon¬ey to be pulled from consumption toinvestment. Nowhere, for instance,did the interest earners pay for thedepression in costs near to those ofthe wage earner. In 1932, whenwages had fallen to 40 per cent oftheir 1929 level, interest paymentsremained at 97 per cent. tivity, and he plans to publish theresults of his work in this field. In¬teresting to American students arethe tales of Leif Ericson, related inthe sagas of the Norsemen, whichare the original source of our infor¬mation concerning this early explorerof America.Visiting ProfessorWhen first invited to act as visit¬ing professor to the University,Strombach conjured up visions of thecity and the University, imaginingboth as cold and impersonal. YetStrombach finds that when he walksalong the street, most of the peoplehe sees are connected with theschool, and he thinks of the Universi¬ty as a well integrated community,much as is that at the University ofLund, even though the latter is sit¬uated in a small town. He lauds thescholastic system which permits in¬formal discussion during the classperiod, and contrasts it to more for¬mal lectures which are the rule inSweden. “But then,” added the pro¬fessor, upon reflection, “Americanpeople are more informal in every¬thing.”Commemorating the Swedish Ter¬centenary, which marks the date ofthe founding of Delaware by theSwedish, Cornell University has in¬vited Strombach to lecture there inApril. At that time other Swedishscholars w’ill travel to this countryto lecture at various universities, in¬cluding one who plans to speak here.Although the spring will find thecampuses “Swedish conscious,” todate, Strombach has found no fellowScandinavian among the recent ar¬rivals of foreign students and pro¬fessors. Nevertheless, Strombach ispleased with our libraries, our fac¬ulty and our classes, but admits dis¬taste for the climate, which is “toounsteady here.”Today on theQuadranglesLECTURESDivinity Chapel. Professor Aubry.Jo.seph Bond Chapel at 11:55.Social Science Lecture. “Language,Social Science, and Society; Mathe¬matical Symbols in Social Science.”Professor Schultz. Social Science 122,at 3:30.Alden-Tuthill Lecture.s. “The Pat¬terns of Prayer.” Dean Sperry.Oriental Institute 104 at 4:30 and 8.MEETINGSASU executive committee. Room Cof Ida Noyes at 12 and 6:30.Arrian. WAA room of Ida Noyes at10.Delta Sigma. Room A of Ida Noyesat 12.MISCELLANEOUSASU Theatre Group. “America,America,” “Jack Robinson,” “Homeof the Brave.” Reynolds Club theatreat 8:15.Campus Newsreel. Theatre of IdaNoyes at 8, Mandel hall at 3:30.YWCA Valentine Luncheon. Secondfloor of Ida Noyes from 11:30 to 1. 5th RowCenterBy GORDON TIGERThis fortnight at the Harris wehave the opportunity of relaxing tothe accompaniment of some first-ratetheatrical entertainment, during thelocal engagement of Noel Cow'ard’scycle of nine one-acters (three anight) entitled collectively “Tonightat 8:30.” A cast headed by EstelleWinwood, Helen Chandler, BramwellFletcher, and Jessie Royce Landis,conspires with Mr. Coward’s sure-firedialogue to provide an exhibition ofstage antics that are distinguishedfor their verve and spontaneity.The opening night program, in¬cluding “Family Album,” “FumedOak,” and “Hands Across the Sea,”presents Mr. Coward, admired here aselsewhere as a master of light, deftsophistication, in the new role of afarceur extraordinary. For these threeplays are as straightforward, un¬mitigated appeals to the more un¬thinking risibilities of the audience asanything we have seen in Chicagothese two years. Moreover, they areso unexpectedly delightful in theirnaivete that they lead us to offer upa little prayer of mirthful thanks thatsuch humorless cavillers as object tothe farce in all its guileless purityhave not succeeded in forcing thistime-hallowed tradition from thetheater.The evening commences in pasteltones with the Victorian setting of“Family Album,” gets closer to ourearth with a London floorwalker’sfamily in “Fumed Osfk,” and, in“Hands Across the Sea,” compromisesat nothing short of belly laughs withthe ridiculous situations and comicaldialogue of an afternoon in what wefeel to be the giddiest of London up¬per class homes. A subtle caricature of“merrie” England may be detected inevery case, but everywhere it issubordinated to the prevailing moodof good-natured fun. Coward, masteras he is of dramatic technique, timeshis effects with almost uncanny pre¬cision, and handles groups of charac¬ters and situations with dextrousskill.While it is in the plays themselves that the core of the entertainmentlies, the intelligent acting of themembers of the cast who know whento turn on the buffoon technique tofull steam and when to restrain it,brings the intent of the farces totheir full fruition. Special honors goto Helen Chandler for her whiny por¬trayal of a schoolgirl with adenoids,and to Miss Winwood and Mr. Fletch-CLASSIFIED ADSCampus Florist1233 E. 55th near KimbarkDON'T FORGET THAT COR¬SAGE FOR HER FOR FORMALOR INFORMAL OCCASIONSSPECIAL FOR WEEKEND:3 GardeniaCorsage $1PhoneHyde Park 9414USED TEXT BOOKS Largest Stock ofUa«d and NewText Books inAmerica.CALUMET 45801255 SO. WABASH AVE. WILCOX & FOLLETTINTERNATIONAL HOUSE PLAYERS—present—Christine Palmer — aa Manon, the artiatEunice Topper — oa Slade, the young modemDennia McEvoy — aa Feydah, Vienneae composerWilliom Scheeley aa Nolon, the aenotor Richard Elmhurat — aa Kinnicott. phyaical culturelane Goldatein — aa MinnieRobert Burchet — Wilaon, film atarHarold lamiaon — aa Kurt, young radicalin S. N. Behrman^s^^BIOGRAPHY”INTERNATIONAL HOUSE THEATREFriday and Saturday Feb. 4th & 5thAdmission 50c LOST—Large. Pointed, Hand Made SilverRing with uncut garnet. Unique valueto owner. Reward to finder. NotifyRoom 319, International House. er for interesting performances inall three of the plays.SPECIAL INTENSIVESHORTHANDfor COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATESStorta 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 rLTivnn collegeGREGGHOME OF GREGG SHORTHAND6. N. Michigan Avenue. ChicagoA TREAT FOR YOUFRICASSEE OF CHICKENand DUMPLINGSCOMPLETE DINNER, SOUP - SALAD - POTATOES -VEGETABLE - HOME MADE LIGHT ROLLS - HOME MADEDESSERT - HOME MADE ICE CREAM - TEA, COFFEE ORMILK50cTonight from 5 to 8 p.m.THE MAID RITE GRILL'JUST 2 SHORT BLOCKS EAST OF MANDEL HALL'JAM SESSION"LED BY CODY PFANSTIEHL-PLUS-STUDENT AND PROFESSIONALFLOORSHOWSORRIN TUCKERAND HIS SINGING MUSICMARINE ROOMEDGEWATER BEACHHOTELVVWWWWWVSftWVWVWVWWWWNWWWWWWWWWWPage Four THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938DAILY MAROON SPORTSTHEBy Seymour MillerA feeling of gloom has pervadedthe Fieldhouse this week. No oneseems to be able to figure out what iswrong with the basketball team, andmost of them have given up trying.Monday, the Maroon reporter cameupon Coach Norgren seated in thestands, glumly watching a smallgn'oup of dispirited freshmen goingthrough a workout. Asked what hethought was the cause of Saturday’sdefeat, Norg rubbed his face slowly,reflected for a moment, and finallysuggested that “The boys didn’tplay so hot.’’But the gloom seems to be liftinga little. Perhaps this is due in part toa visit that Teddy Linn paid theFieldhouse Tuesday. Teddy conversedat length with Norg and Shaughnessyand although, judging from theirfaces, they were having a good cry,they may have been able to collective¬ly cook up something that will helpthe team when it meets Ohio State,Monday.* * *Some small cause for cheer, also,is the improvement of the freshmancage team. About 25 men are out forthe yearling squad. They have beendivided into four teams, which scrim¬mage against each other twice aweek.The team looks about as good aslast year’s, according to Kyle Ander¬son, freshman coach. Although lack¬ing in good guards and generallyweek on defense, several first classforwards have turned out.One of the best is Joe Stampf, a6 foot, 4 inch guard or center, whoplayed on the Calumet team that wonthe championship in last year’s highschool Christmas tournament at theFieldhouse. He was high scorer ofthe tournament.* * *Another outstanding forward isWilliam R. Georgen, a former Mt.Carmel player and son of an ex-Maroon star. He’s 6 feet, 1 inch tall,slenderly built, weak on defense,but with a sure eye for the basket.He was third high scorer in theCatholic league last year, despite thefact that illness kept him out of twogames.In 1907, Bill’s father, W’illiam N.Georgen, playing at forward, helpedthe Maroon team win 21 out of 23games. The following year it won 13of 14 Conference contests and 9 of10 non-Conference games, and byvirtue of a defeat over Pennsylvaniawas known as “world champion.’’ In1909, the team, captained by Georgen,went through its season undefeated.Coached by his father, the youngerGeorgen has progressed until he isone of the most dangerous shooterson the Midway court.* * *Bob Wasem went through the foot¬ball season without an injury. Hewent out for the track team andsuccessfully hurdled the hurdles with¬out breaking his neck—no mean feat.And then, last week, he walked outon the basketball floor—and was car¬ried off with a broken leg. As nearlyas can be learned. Bob was “justfooling around.’’The loss of one of his best sopho¬mores for at least 10 weeks, has leftgloomy Ned Merriam more gloomythan ever. Wasem was a quarter-miler, a hurdler, and one of the main¬stays of what promised to be strongmile relay and shuttle hurdle relayteams. Intramural Games Tonight7:00 - ASU vs. Medics7:30 - Psi U vs. Kappa SigPsi U “C” vs. Phi Sig “C’’AMBH vs. Faculty ExchangeB. & G. vs. Press8:15 - Billings Tech vs. ReynoldsClubPi Lam vs. Sigma ChiPhi Gam “B” vs. Phi Sig “B’’Barristers vs. Delta Sigma PiBurton 600 vs. Snell 1Burton 700 vs. Burton 800Burton 500 vs. Snell 29:00National ContendersCompete in CampusChess TournamentA chess tournament is under wayin the Reynolds club chess room todetermine the champion of the Uni¬versity. Several outstanding playersare among the entrants, includingthe winner of third place in the na¬tional chess tourney held in Chicagolast summer, and two past Univer¬sity champs.Don McMurray was successful inbreezing through the national tour¬ney to win third prize, while Greg-orieff, who placed fifth in the samemeet, is the outstanding player inthe University. The other formerchamp is Elias Sternfeld. Thesethree men, with Lawrence Nodererand Franklin McKnight, are in therunning for the championship thisyear.William Corcoran, Charles Stein,David Scheffer, and Schidler are com¬peting for top honors in the Class Atournament. The class B competitorsare Robert Chesler, Perry Lessin,Dan Moment, Eugene Robin, andDena Polachek.Compete in City LeagueIn addition to the tournament theUniversity chess players are com¬petitors in both the major and theminor leagues of the City ChessLeague. In the major league theycompete with five other city teams.The minor league team last Fridaynight journeyed to Oak Park for a cir¬cuit meet. The squad was composedof five men instead of the usualeight, which forced the team to for¬feit three games. Nevertheless theywon the meet 4t2-3*2. Lake Shore Club Invades Fieldhouse Koffka-As Midwest’s Crack Fencers Meet ■>Fencing enthusiasts will witnesswhat promises to be the greatestshow of the season next Saturday af¬ternoon at 2:30 in the Fieldhousewhen the Chicago fencing squadmeets the Lake Shore Athletic clubswordsmen. The invaders are ratedas one of the foremost fencing ag¬gregations in the country.Conference rules, which allow oneRappaport-(Continued from page 1)out the United States, such as Vassarand Bennington, long experimentedwith the “New Theatre,’’ the Chicagogroups have refrained, previous tothe ASU’s theatre group’s efforts atinnovating the social message throughthe medium of the stage.Most credit for the first Universityexperimental theatre goes to VeraRony, who last year produced IrwinShaw’s “Bury the Dead’’ for thePeace Conference, directed the JaneAddam’s peace pageant, and workedwith the Chicago Repertory Group.Through her efforts the ASU grouporganized. She directs the farce,“Home of the Brave,’’ which laughsat the fascist ideal of return to apure race.Milton Fromer, who is in graduatesocial work because he believes that“social service is the best utilitarianbackground for the social theatre,’’ isdirecting the mass chant, “America,America,’’ and “Jack Robinson.’’ Heorganized the University of Wiscon¬sin’s experimental theatre when anundergraduate there and directed asimilar group in Philadelphia. man to fence in one division only,will be lifted for the meet, thus en¬abling the teams to use their strong¬est combinations.Country’s Best FencersSeveral of the country’s best fenc¬ers are on the Lake Shore squad.Among these are Frank Righeimmer,former national champ and twiceOlympic fencer in the foil; Fred Sie-bert, former conference champ; andCampbell Wilson, former conferenceand mid-west champion. All of thesemen will compete in both the foil and ■epee divisions. |Fencing coach Hermanson has,picked one of the strongest fencingcombinations representing the Ma-,roons to face the strong invaders.;Captain Strauss, Goldberg, andGeorge will battle for honors with theformer champs in the foil, whileTingley, Goldberg, and either Straussor Corbett will face them in the epeedivision.The Chicago fencers in the sabrewill be Fritz, Gustafson, and eitherStrauss or Corbett. Ultimately Koffka developed thistheory in his “Growth of the Mind”in which he presents the chief prin¬ciples of genetic and comparativepsychology, laying special emphasison the evolution of the child’s mindLater in his “Principles of GestaltPsychology’’ he provided a system¬atic development of his major the-thurs.. fri., sat.GEORGE ARUSS — "DR. SYN""THIS WAY PLEASE"CHAS. BUDDY ROGERS, BETTYGRABLEFrolic Theatre55th and ELLIS AVENUESTART BEATING THE HIGH COST OF LIVINGEAT A WHOLESOME, COMPLETEBREAKFAST 20c or 25cLUNCH 30cEIGHT COURSE DINNER 50cMIDNIGHT SPECIAL" AFTER THAT SHOWIN A DELIGHTFUL ATMOSPHERETHE J&C RESTAURANT1527 East 55th Street- Which Never Closes -He Stokes^ZSOO o Weekonllis Knowledge of Tobocoo •••Women Resume I-M PlayWith Delta Sigma coming outahead consistently, as in their 26 to10 defeat of the Achoth team lastTuesday night, the Intramural girls’basketball tournament rolls into itssecond week tonight at 7:30, whenSigma and CTS clash on the floor ofthe big gym.They will be followed by the MortarBoard and Alumnae teams at 8:10. Robert W. Barnes—Independent Buyer—one of many tobacco ex¬perts wbe smoke LuckiesMAKEThe BETTER’OLERESTAURANT1551 E. 57th (3 doors west of Stony Is.)YOUR MEETING PLACECLUB BREAKFASTS 15c—40cLUNCHEONS 25c—45cDINNERS 40c—70cUntil further notice we will give adiscount of 10 per cent to all studentsGRIDDLE CAKES, WAFFLES, HAM¬BURGERS, CHILLTRY US!HARRISPolitical Union-(Continued from page 1)from the rostrum, George Halcrow, amember of the Liberal bloc favoringthe use of strict economies at thistime, pointed to the increased interestrates which an added deficit wouldinevitably bring.Following speeches by the guest ofthe evening and the four appointedmembers from the Union, discussionwas opened to the floor. The prob¬lem of reducing armament expendi¬tures to provide for a smaller deficiton the financial ledger, the danger ofinflation with an unbalanced budget,and the desirability of cutting bud¬gets of each government departmentwere all expressed during floor dis¬cussion. Now PlayingTUT H TDC* ONLYInLATRE WaU. Wed. and Sat.Robert Henderson and Estelle WinwoodpresentEstelle BramwellWINWOOD FLETCHERHelen Jessie RoyceCHANDLER LANDISIN THE INTERNATIONAL HIT:’to-niRhiA/swCYCLE OF 9 PLAYS—ALL DIFFERENTThe First Week"Fumed Oak”Ist SeriesSun., Jan. 30Mon. Jan. 31 V'Family Album"Sat. Mat. 4 i „„ .Night Feb. 5 I Hands Across the Sea’2nd Series "v'ues., Feb. 1 IVed. Mat. 4 (light Feb. 2 /2nd SeriesTues.Wed.Night3rd SeriesThurs. NightFeb. 3SpecialProgramFri., Feb. 4 '‘Red Peppers”"Ways and Means”‘The Astonished Heart’‘Still Life”"Shadow Play”"We Were Dancing”"Family Album”"Still Life”"Hands Across the Sea”Nights—66c to $2.76, Wed. Mat. 66c to$1.66, Sat. Mat. 66c to $2.20 **T OFTEN invest $2500 a weekA in tobacco — $2500 of myown hard-earned cash,” saysMr. Barnes. ’’Soyou can see thatthe only way I've stayed in busi¬ness 10 years is to know tobacco.**Now I know Lucky Strike to¬bacco and it’s top-grade. That’swhy I’ve smoked Luckies foreight years now.**Lots of other independentbuyers, auctioneers, and ware¬housemen I know smoke Luckiesfor the same reason.”Yes, sworn records show that,among independent tobacco ex¬perts like Mr. Barnes, Luckieshave over twice as many exclu¬sive smokers as have all theother cigarettes combined.tietrdsSko<»Ihet-WITH MEN WHO KNOW TOBACCOBEST-IT’S LUCKIES 2 T01ctppdkl UK Tk. AaMriM WtaM HAVI YOU HIARD 'HTHI CHANT OP THITOtACCO AUaiONKR" ON THI RADIO?When you do, romombor that Luckio* um thofinost tobacco. And also that tho “Toasting"Process removes certain horeh irrHante found in2|j tobacco. So luckioe or* kind to your throat./Today*8 HeadlinesIntornational House Players presentilionraphy,” page 1.N.aring speaks on recession, page 1.Il„|,| second Sunset Shuffle, page 1.( a in pus Hriels, page 2.l idh Ko« paKe 3.Mold chess tournaments, page 1.Political UnionOpposes StrictEconomy StepsJames Douglas Speaks onReasons for MeetingNational Deficit.Believing that a balanced budget isnecessary for a maintenance of thestability of this country, James H.Douglas, former Assistant Secretaryof the Treasury, last night called up¬on nienihers of the Political Union tosupp'ot proposal favoring rigideeoiK'iiiies by the present administra¬tion.Hi' reiiuest. however, was voteddown by the delegates in attendance.Thov defeated the resolution, namely,"That this Union shall favor thebalancing of the national budget bymeans of strict economies by theKo('seve', administration”, by a threeto two ratio, the gallery evenly divid¬ing their votes.Meyer V'oices OppositionFirst to voice opposition to the(luesiioti. Frank Meyer, a member ofthe Radical caucus, asked for in¬creased government expenditures atthis time. ‘.Although I’m in favor ofa balanced budget, we must firstbalance the human budget. Presenteconomic conditions call for continuedrelief expenditures,” he stated.With the relief question seemingto he one of the main reasons foroppositic.n to the question, CharlesCrane, a representative of one Lib¬eral faction, continued the talk inasking that no effort be made topractice strict economies during thepresent business recession.Agreeing with the opposition thathuman needs must not be sacrificed,both Mr. Douglas and Judson Allen,.'iceonder of the proposal, providedthe method of lowering budgets of allgovernment departments to obtain thedesired economies. “More taxes atthis time would only increase theheavy burden already shouldered bycitizens and would not provide thesolution to this problem,” Douglasstated in his opening remarks.Last of the four delegates to speak(Continued on page 4)Stoner Resignsas Debate UnionCoach; to Teach UPbe Bail? illaraonVol. 38 Z-149 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938 Price Five CentsBusiness Recession Reduces Placement Bureau’sAvailable Jobs to One-Fourth of Usual NumberRappaport ReplacesRybsezinski in PlayChange Course ListFor Bachelor DegreeChanging the suggested list ofcourses for the bachelor’s degree inPolitical Science, the department willsubstitute Political Science 203, astudy of comparative governments,for Political Science 201, the intro¬ductory course, after the bachelor’sexamination this Spring.Originally designed as a course fornon-political scientists, the 201course supplies no introduction forthose who have taken the two SocialScience survey courses in the College.Professor Merriam, chairman of theDepartment, admitted that transferstudents offered a problem. Nearinjf Predicts FurtherDepression; PlacementBureau Optimistic.By SARAH LEE BLOOMPresent prospects for jobs, accord¬ing to Doris Larsh, John Kennan,and Robert Woellner of the Board ofVocational Guidance and Placement,are not what they ought to be. Onlyone-fourth the usual number of firmsare recruiting June graduates inJanuary this year, while there hasbeen a 20 per cent increase in thenumber of students applying for po¬sitions.The situation is not, however, com¬parable to that of 1932-33, the Place¬ment officers state. Not only is theregenerally more optimism, but a sea-Originally on the College level, the | sonal upswing in both jobs and sal-comparative government course was In the very finest melodramaticmovie manner, Marion Rappaport isreplacing Henrietta Rybsezinski inthe ASU Theatre Group’s one-acttragedy, “Jack Robinson” by SeyrilSchocken.When the dates for the group’s firstventure were definitely fixed forThursday, Friday, and Saturday eve¬nings at 8:1.5 in Reynolds clubtheatre, and the tw'o other socialaspect dramas, “Home of the Brave”and “America, America” polished,Ryb.sczinski skidded down somesteps, breaking her arm. W ith thefirst curtain scheduled to draw apartin 24 hours, Rappaport is closeteddropped with the inception of thenew plan. The revived cour.se willtreat '"he subject in a more complexmanner.Koffka, GestaltPsychologist, toLecture FridayBy IRVING J. JAMSProfessor Burt Koffka, world-re-now’ned psychologist, is lecturing to¬morrow at 4:30 in Social Science As¬sembly. Dr. Koffka, who is at pres¬ent a member of the faculty of SmithCollege, is internationally recognizedas a pioneer in Gestalt psychologyand at present is the leading exjio-nent of the school in the UnitedStates. His topic will be “The Egoand His World.” The lecture is be¬ing sponsored by the division of So¬cial Sciences and is open to facultyand students.Dr. Koffka has been associated perfect the role, on which the trag¬edy’s emphasis depends.Althoiu'-h liberal campu.ses through-(Continued on page 4)Schedule SecondSunset Shufflefor Next WeekNewsreel ShowsThree PicturesiriMandel TodayThis aftci’noon and evening, theCampus Newsreel presents a tripleattraction, featuring a condensedversion of “Wells Fargo,” starringJoel McCrea and Bob Burns. Thewith many American universities in i ^Bowings will be held in Mandel Halladdition to such great European in-, .jt 3.30, and in Ida Noyes theatre atstitutions as the University of Gies-! gsen,^ Germany. In the summer of j Reviving the antics of the famous1925 he gave courses in the depart-, comedy team, Wallace Beery andment of Psychology of the Univer-! Raymond Hatton, the Newsreel offers•Lihri F. Stoner, debate coach, itwas announced today, has resignedfioni the University to accept a postat the University of Indiana. Stonerhas been at the University for threeam! one half years and has been de¬bate coach for three years. He re¬ceived his Ph. D. in international lawfi' in here, and has spent most of histane at the University filing the let¬ters of C. E. Levison w'ho was theman most largely responsible for theKellogg peace pact. Stoner will becunnecred with the department ofGovernment and will teach municipaland state government.Stoner’s lesignation was announcedsimultaneously w'ith the appointment"1 L. Edward Lindblom as new de-bai(^ Coach. Lindblom is a graduateof Stani'onl University, and best de¬bater at Stanford last year. Lindbloma member of Delta Sigma Rho,honorary debate frato'nity, and willH' assistant to Harry A. Millis, chair¬man of the department of Economics.L‘iw. Business SchoolsHear Dougflas, RehnSjieaking on “American Businessin th, Orient,” H. J. Rehn will ad-' "a meeting of the Alumni'' ociation of the School of Businessat 8. Across Harper court at•O 'd in Law South, James H. Douglas.jOMiicr assistant secretary of the^ ^'fod .States Treasury, will speak‘"I S one Uurrency Problems in Fed-b'lvation.”I', having just returned fromLast, is well qualified to dis-'bie business aspects of thei"'' situation.'glas is speaking under thes'ch!*'?* of the University Lawbe ‘i^'Sociation. Admission will*'o to Bar association members,to (,tho,charge.lb !trrcu.-,' hinthere will be a small sity.Bulk of WritingAlthough the bulk of Dr. Koffka’swritings are in the German language,he is well-known to students here forhis two most popular books, “TheGrowth of the Mind,” 1928, and“Principles of Gestalt Psychology,”1935, in addition to numerous essayson Gestalt theory such as the one tobe found in “The Encyclopedia of theSocial Sciences” in which the appli¬cations of the concept to the naturalsciences is discussed.About 1912, Koffka, with his asso¬ciates Wertheimer and Kohler, found¬ed the modern school of psychologyknown as Gestalt. These men tookas their point of departure in thedevelopment of their work a criticalanalysis of the doctrine of traditionalpsychology which holds that singlemental units called sensations arearoused in a simple manner by stim¬ulation and from them every otherkind of experience is derived by aprocess of association. In place ofthis atomic theory these men devel¬oped, on the basis of exhaustive ex¬perimentation on the nature of per¬ception and association, the conceptof Gestalt which holds that experi¬ence occurs in unified wholes, config¬urations, gestalts.(Continued on page 4)SSA Club SponsorsOuting to Palos ParkThe Social Service AdministrationClub is sponsoring an outing to PalosPark this Sunday, February fi. Skiing,skating, tobogganning, dancing, hik¬ing, ping pong, and checkers arescheduled for the first fifty memberswho sign up for the trip in the S.S.A.Reading Room, Mil. Other induce¬ments in the form of lunch, transpor¬tation, and use of cabins are includedin the subscription price of $1.25. Thebus leaves at 9 a. m. from Ida Noyesand expects to return at fi p. m.Skates and skis, if owned, should bebrought along and old clothes wornso that no scruples will preventwhole-hearted participation in theout-of-door activities. aries is anticipated. To be sure, last a script, muttering Rybsezinski’syear this time the rise had already ' attempt tooccurred. A large number of alumnilayoffs, resulting in the return ofmany graduates’ names to the regis¬tration rolls, plus a 30 per cent re¬duction in the volume of part timework dampen the immediate expecta¬tions.Cox ConfirmsThe facts of the “recession” wereconfirmed more broadly by GarfieldCox, Robert Law Professor of Fi¬nance, who added that the decline inindustrial pro,luctjon from August to ^(tont.naed on page S) A.lvisorycouncil, will be given Friday, Febru¬ary 11, from 4 to fi in the libraryand lounge of Ida Noyes Hall at anadmission charge of 25 cents percouple. At this time Chuck Mowery’sseven-piece all-student orchestra willmake its campus debut.The dance is in accordance withMiss Mary Jo Shelley’s new policy ofthrowing open the facilities of theHall to both men and women stu¬dents for informal social gatherings.This occasion will mark the secondtime that a student group has hadthe library and lounge cleared fordancing, the privilege being reservedto the Council.Cloi.sters OpenThe University business office isbacking the Council in its selectionof a non-union orchestra because itis all-student, members being resi¬dents of the dormitories.The Cloister Club corner will beopen the afternoon of the Shuffle totake care of those who want refresh¬ment. All game rooms w'ill also beopen.It was also announced by FrancesProtheroe, chairman of the Council,that the annual art show will hangfrom April 18 to 22, with the tea onApril 19. Only students may submitart work to the exhibit, and two cashprizes are awarded for the best con¬tributions.(’o-chairmen of the ait show arcPauline Turpin, who has been a mem¬ber of the Council for three years, andHelen Thomson, a junior member.Josephine Hibbard has been selectedto take charge of publicity.The advisory council, completelyreorganized a year ago, now func¬tions as a group to plan and hostesssocial events in Ida Noyes hall. Int-House GivesBehrman ComedyFriday, SaturdayPalmer Heads ‘Biography’Cast; S c h o e n, GoekeDirect.as the second attraction, “We’re inthe Navy Now.” Voted as one of theoutstanding hits of 1925, this comedyis the account of tv/o “gentlemen ofleisure” who find themselves draftedfor service in the U. S. Navy. Theever-instructive “March of Time”completes the program. The govern¬ment control over the problem ofjuvenile delinquency forms the mainsubject of interest.The Paramount condensed versionof “Wells Fargo” has been retitled“Wheels of an Empire”, — but it isthe same talking picture which hadits premiere at the Chicago Theatreseveral weeks ago. It is an epic ofthe winning of the west and has re¬cently received the highest praisesfrom movie critics.Plans for this quartei-’s newsreelare being formulated and put into ac¬tion as quickly as possible. Intei'clubdance this Saturday will be coveredby the newsi’eel camera men as willthe Washington Prom on February21. Beginning this Friday, pledgeclasses of all fraternities will bephotogi’aphed by the newsreel, andalso the usual major and minorsports. A tentative date has been setfor the showing of the campus scenesduring the second week of March.The newsreel itself will take up athousand feet of film and last fortyminutes. “Biography,” a three-act comedyby Sam N. Behrman, will be pre¬sented at International House tomor¬row and Saturday night at 8:30, withall tickets unreserved and priced at50 cents.Produced by the InternationalHouse Players, the play is directedby Lillian Schoeii and Kay Goeke.Heading the cast is Christine Palmerin the role of a young portrait paint¬er, Marion Froude.Behrman’s ComedyBehrman’- coni'^dy, which playedChicago and New York theatres afew years ago with Ina Claire as theartist, and which was later made in¬to a movie, is a story of a modernyoung woman and her life among hercosmopolitan friends. Around her de¬cision to write her biography a plotis evolved.The other members of the cast in¬clude Harold Jameson, who playsRichard Kurt; William Scheeley, whois cast as Leander Nolan; DennisMcEvoy, who plays Melchior Feydak;while the parts of Orrin Kinnicottand Slade Kinnicott are taken byRichard Elmhurst and Bernice Topperrespectively.Stage ManagerKen Womack is stage manager andPatty Quisenberry is in charge ofproperties. Costumes were designedby Dick Oppenheim. Tickets are onsale at International House, the In¬formation office, and Marshall Field’s.The cast, according to Schoen, isan experienced one, with its membershaving had training in the intricaciesof the drama. Bernice Topper workedat the Pasadena, Ca’'fornia, Play¬house and at Southern MethodistUniversity. Christine Palmer hasbeen with summer stock companieson the East Coast. Harold Jamesonwas in the DA.Richard Elmhurst was with theformer International House Players,while Schoen herself has been in theDA and in the Carnegie Institute ofTechnology Drama School.Schwartz Leads FourthDiscussion on ThomismDr. Herbert Schwartz, Thomistauthority in the University will meetmembers of the Calvert CJub and allinterested students at 4:30 this af¬ternoon in Ida Noyes hall for thefourth weekly round-table discussionof Thomism and its relation to pres¬ent day subjects. Because of thecampus-wide interest shown in thesediscussions, the meeting is open to allstudents.During the afternoon. Emil Jarz,president of the club, will announc'.'plans for the conference to be heldthe week-end of April 20 with FatherMcGuire, well-known arbitrator, asprincipal speaker. Band to Celebrate40th AnniversaryIn celebration of its 40th anniver¬sary, the University band will pre¬sent a festival concert Sunday, F'eb-luary 20, at 3:30 in Mandel hall. Fea¬tured on the program will be threeformer conductors: Glenn MoodyHobbs, who directed the band duringWilliam Rainey Harper’s administra¬tion; Palmer Clarke, conductor from1927 to 1932, and Howard Mort, Rcy- |nolds club director, who conducted !the band from 1932 to 1935, jFollowing the concert, there willbe refreshments and a social in theReynolds club, provided for formerand present members of the hand bythe Alumni Council.Although the program has not yetbeen definitely arranged, RobertMiner, cornetist and historian for theband, indicated that the group wouldplay, among other things, the pre¬miere performance of “Repartee,” for Organize Groupsfor All-CampusActivity MeetingAll activities groups have been in¬vited to send representatives to thefirst general organizational meetingof the All-University ConferenceCommittee in Lexington 5 at 3:30 to¬morrow. At this meeting, tentativeplans for the conference will be re¬ported, and a jiermanent organizingcommittee set-up formulated.Although letters were sent only toorganizations. John Morris, actingchairman of the committee, especiallyurges all interested students who areunaffiliated with campus groups tocome to the meeting or to get intouch with him through Faculty Ex¬change Box 97.The date of the conference has beenset for the second week-end in Springquarter, April 7, 8, and 9. The con¬ference, with student problems asthe central point of discussion, willtake up problems which face studentsin and out of class. Curriculum, ex¬aminations, social organization, fra¬ternities, and athletics are on theprogram for discussion.Hearts Prevail This NoonAt YWCA LuncheonRed hearts and cupids will decor¬ate the tables at the annual YWCAvalentine lunch today from 11:30 to1 on the second floor of Ida Noyeshall. The committee in charge of thedinner has set aside a “hurry-up”table for all students who like to eatand run.Tables havi- also been resej’vt'd byseveral clubs, Chi Rho Sigma, PhiDelta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Deltaj)iano and band, by David B<‘nnett,well-known Chicago composer andarranger. Sigma, Mortar Board, Sigma, Nu PiSigma, and the Settlement Group.The price of the luncheon is 35 cents.IPage Tvvo THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938PLATFORM1. Creation of a vigorous campus community.2. Abolition of intercollegiate athletics.3. Progessive politics.4. Revision of the College Plan.5. A chastened president.Are You Determined-It is necessary to believe that events aredetermined by that which has gone before.Otherwise science would be merely an exercisein words, and effective behavior difficult.Otherwise one could never count on a stone’sfalling to the earth or on a man’s dying.One of the cardinal assumptions of all nat¬ural science is that the world is uniform. Whenit has been found that certain conditions pro¬duce an effect, the reasonable man assumesthat given similar conditions again, similar ef¬fects will be produced.At one time natural science dealt with aworld that was confused and unpredictable.Now psychology and social science are dealingwith similarly confused and unpredictableworlds. The inference is not that psychologicaland social phenomena are different in kind, arerealms of the exercise of man’s free will, or touse a phrase more in favor with social scien¬tists. realms of a “human nature” which is insome mysterious way different from plain na¬ture. The proper inference is rather that theregularities have not been discovered; the de¬termination is simply not seen because of thecomplexity of the objects examined.Few will deny that the behavior of an in¬animate system is solely the result of regularrelations between material things. Ultimatelythe motion of every molecule is related to themotion of every other molecule in the universe.Each motion depends on the impacts and forcesof the surrounding molecules, which in turndepend on their surrounding molecules and soon in an expanding sphere which ends onlywith the universe.Animate beings are obviously in the uni¬verse, and as such should be a part of thisregular and determined system. The only al¬ternative is to introduce a new something, will,that can somehow act on matter according tono rule, and violating all the rules of inanimaterelations. There is no evidence for the exist¬ence of such a substance. It is not needed toexplain human or animal behavior. The knowncomplexity of the organisms is such that theseeming unpredictability fe easily accounted foras due to the ignorance of the observer. It isthe part of humbleness and caution that it isour ignorance and stupidity that prevents usfrom understanding animal and human actions.It is the highest presumption to create a newentity to explain such action.But it is unpleasant. The delusion that ouractions are our own, somehow insulated fromall that has happened to us so that we act notas physical complexes, but as agents of a freewill, is a dear one to the ego. We don’t like tobe machines, even when our understandingstell us we are so.Yet the intellectual synthesis of the future,if it is to be true to the nature of the world andVol. 38 FEBRUARY 3, 1938 No. 63(Ll{i' BatluFOUNDED IN 1901.Member .A.s.soeiated Collegiate I'ressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni¬versity of Chicago, published mornings except .Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, .58.11 University avenue Telephones:Local 357. and Hyde Park 9221 and 9222After 6:30 phone in stories to our printers, 'I'he Chief PrintingCompany, 1920 Monterey Ave. Telephone Cetlarcrest 3311.The University of Chicago a.ssumes no responsibility for anystatements appearing in The Doily Maroon, or for ony contracterneie.l into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon are opinions of the Hoard 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.F.ntered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post officeat Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.1937 Mcmoer 193SPbsocided GDlIe6icite PressDistributor ofGDlIe6iate 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 ijanagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESLaurn Bergquist Rex HortonMaxine Biesenthal Seymour MillerEmmett Deadmaii Adele RoseRuth Brody Burt MoyerBUSINESS ASSOCIATESFMwin Bergman Harry ToppingMax Kr<‘enian Irvin RosenNight Editor: Burt Moyer so satisfying to the understanding, must recog¬nize that the world and man behave regularly,predictably, and are determined by what hasgone before.ArsenicAND:flPPLESAUCEBy NED ROSENHEIMTIMBERThe second night of Noel Coward’s “Tonight at8:80’’ was distinguished by the presence, in the au¬dience, of two outstanding parties. The first of the.^cwas a model called Cynthia, a charming, if somewhatwooden young lady who has apparently brought aboutthe apotheosis of the current Charley McCarthy con¬sciousness. Cynthia is a dummy, who, clad in ermineand .surrounded by American Beauty i-o.^es, is escortedby her idolatrous proprietor to various public gather¬ings.In the second noteworthy group was President Rob¬ert M. Hutchins, whose position as the head of a fairlythriving Midwestern university was not sufficientlycon.^picuous to draw the eyes of the audience awayfrom Cynthia. We, however, found our belief in thePresident’s basic human qualities definitely confirmedby our observations. The President’s enjoyment of theplay was perceptibly greater than Cynthia’.'.SATEVEPOSTThe above occurrence rather negate.' our idea thatthe Pre.'ident’s articles in the Saturddii [Cvcninff /’o.sThave attracted plenty of attention. We are finding our¬selves ob.ses.sed by the public reaction to the articlesand are going around asking no end of Post-rcmVingfriends and acquaintances what they think about ourman. Hutch. Perhaps the nicest answer to date is theone we got from a young lady who sell.s tickets at theI.C. station on a certain South Side street. Yes, shesaid, she reads the Post, but not regularly enough totake any great interest in the serial storie.s.NELSThe nice thing about Nels Fuqua is that he i.s al¬ways so typically Nelsian. We expect things from Nelsand he never disappoints us. In the midst of the next-to-last cold spell, we passed him on the street. Hissalutation was simply “Poor Tom’s a-cold,’’ being, wehappened by the merest chance to know, a quotationfrom Lear). He passed us and then turned around toadd, “Have to hurry. Going to the opera tonight inMrs. Potter Palmer’s box.” In a nut-shell you havehim, friend, Nels Fuqua, scholar and socialite!DATESFebruary first seems to us to be the dead-line forputting down the preceding year on anything that hasto be dated. Notwithstanding this fact, spindly, red-haired, TIME-conscious C. Sharpless Hickman, provedhim.self to be unconscious of time, by yesterday in¬scribing “1937,” on each of 14 checks w'hich he madeout for University Film Society,On the question of dates, w'e ourselves have an idio-sjTicrasy which assures us of individualism, if not ofsheer lunacy. At all times, in the last six years, wehave fought down a consistent and chronic urge toinscribe everything whkh comes our way, “1932.” Theonly theory w’e have evolved to account for it is thepossible explanation that this was the year we werefreshmen in high school, and we signed our name toso much red tape that we’ve never gotten over it.FLASHDavid Eisendrath, the ubiquitous campus photog¬rapher has a new racket. In brief, he goes around tofraternity houses, takes pictures of the boys whilethey’re eating lunch, and usually gets a free mealfrom it. No longer is the little birdie content to stayat the photographer’s studio; the damn thing’s jumpedriglit uito our noontime spaghetti.It TakesALL KINDS OF PEOPLEDowny blonde hair, growing thin at the temples,and haphazard quizzical eyebrows top Rob Emmett’sapple-cheeked baby face. Mustached for six monthsbecause family tradition demanded, Bob has lately re¬moved this incongruous touch.His first year at school a somewhat startled campussucked in its breath at an amazing Emmett phenomenon.In six months he owned as many cars, .striding easilyfrom senile Ford to sleek Cord to hulking Deu.senberg.He is now establishing tenurity records with a ’37Buick, while interested observers wistfully mourn thepassing of another tradition.His father a United States Navy Captain, hismother a daughter of a late Chairman of the Board ofNew York's Chase National, and his sister a cafe so¬ciety debutante, Bob boasts a wealthy Eastern homeand distinguished ancestry. Yet at Chicago he paysdues to an average fraternity, chooses unremarkablefriends.A brain injury suffered in an automobile accidenthas left him .slow to respond, untenacious of memoryand plodding of speech. It is this sluggishness and acharacteristic vacant stare that frightens timorousgirls and bores more intrepid ones.Famous in a minor way for his candor. Bob sayswhat he thinks, completely unselfconscious if he em¬barrasses his listeners. His enthusiasms, though ar¬dent, are short-lived and he easily tires of a newexperience.Majoring in geology, .steeped in capitalism, Bobwends his foggy way a foregone conclusion. A ndrade Studies I CamDUSSpeech Patterns ■ u . rof Maya Indians •^nelsCloseted in his office in the oasttower of Harper with numerous de¬vices for recording speech patterns,i Manuel J. .-Vndrade, associate profes-' sor of .\nthropology, i.s making aI study of the language of the Maya. Inilians..Andrade’s large.st machine consist.'-'of two metal drums over which asmoked paper is rolled. The electrical¬ly operated drums revolve at the rateof one meter per second, while astylus marks the paper. The stylus isin turn connected to a phonographrecord of the voices of the Mayans.B.v these means, every feature of thespoken voice except quality is re¬corded—inflection, intonation. andpitch. The device operating the stylusworks on the pi'iiieiple of a loud¬speaker. with two magnets which, in¬stead of activating the air and ))ro-ducing sound waves, activate thestylus.The Mayas, reputedly descendantsof the highly civilized tribe discov¬ered by the first European explorersto America, inhabit central Mexico,British Honduras and Guatemala..Andrade has recorded conversation.-'in more than 20 languages onaluminum disks, and has brought therecords back to the I’niversity tostudy.Intercliib Requests NamesThe Interclub Council asks all jwomen who did not join clubs in theirfreshman year, to leave their nameswith Miss F'oreen in the olfiee of theDean of Students, Cobb 203. Thenames will be referred to the Coun¬cil. Symphony Chanj^^esRehearsals.A change in time for rehea'.'.ip- nfthe University symphony onlus'.tawas announced yesterday byBrieken, director.The symphony will reht j„Mandel Hall at tO on Sunday morn¬ings instead of on Friday eveningsSectional rehearsals have also lx,,.,]changed to Wednesday evenings at7:30 in Mandel Hall.Warne .AddressesConsumer’s UnionColston E. Warne, professor ofEconomics at .Amherst ('ollego andpresident of Consumer’s Union, jsspeaking for the Chicago Consunmr'.sLeague at 8 this evening in the .Medi¬cal and Dental .Arts buildi-ig at bs5North Wabash.Warne is an expert on consumer’sproblems, and was a student of PaulDouglas, professor of Economies atthe University, when Dougla.- taughtat .Amherst. His subject is “What bo¬cal Bodies Can Do in the (bmsuiner's.Movement,”PhotographUniversity WomenWhen picking up your Herald andExaminer with your morning cotfeethis week, turn quickly to tht> 'portspage, for one of these mornings youwill see pictures of Universit> wom¬en proudly displaying their dexterityat their respective sports of howling,badminton, or swimming and diving.Photographers from the Examinerlecently visited Ida Noyes hall to.snap athletically minded girlsi/,e SUN toimprove telephoneserviceFor years Bell Telephone engineers havebeen making exhaustive studies of solardata from observatories all over the world.They’re learning how and why periodicsun spots affect radio telephony. And are applyingtheir findings to give you still better trans*oceanicand ship-to-shore service.Good evidence that telephone engineers will go togreat lengths to make your telephone service moredependable, far-reaching and valuable.* Why not telephone home oftener?Rotes to most points are lowest any tiij^eafter 7 P. M. and all day SundGry^BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM/