Qt|je illaraonVol. 39, No. 12 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938 Price Three CentsBENES COMES TO UNIVERSITYCzech Ex-President LecturesUnder Walgreen FoundationThey FindFactsBy ALVIN WEINBERGAmonff the really origrinal think¬ers at the University a very highplace must be reserved for NicholasRashevsky, Associate Professor ofMathematical Biophysics in the de¬partment of Psychology. He, togetherwith his five or six assistants, hasbeen engaged, during the past fiveyears at the University, in formulat¬ing a system of theoretical biologywhich may well prove to be one ofthe most significant scientific contri¬butions ever made on this campus.• « •Mathematical Biophysics, as itsname implies, is a scientific disci¬pline which has for its program theconstruction of a theoretical basisfor experimental biology in terras ofthe concepts of physics and mathe¬matics. In the case of experimentalphysics, such a basis—namely, theo¬retical physics — has already beenfounded and its worth long sincerecognize<i, however, Rashevsky’swork is the first systematic attemptto build a corresponding theoretical.structure for biology from the phy-sico-mathematical standpoint.Math and BiologyThe methodology of mathematicalbiophysics is es.sentially the same asthe methodology of mathematicalphysics. Starting with certain experi¬mental phenomena of biology,Rashevsky builds conceptual modelswhich represent these phenomenaa<iequately, but yet are sufficientlysimple to be amenable to mathe¬matical analysis. The mathematicalanalysis is then applied to deducenew results which are compared withexperiment. For example, a cell inmathematical biophysics is a smallspherical droplet which is the seatof chemical reactions: certain foodsubstances diffuse into the cell, arethere converted into other substances,and these products diffuse outwards.Of course no actual cell is as simpleas this; yet enough characteristicsof actual cells are preserved in thisabstract naxlel to enable Rashevskyto deduce mathematically many in¬teresting facts which do correspondremarkably with actually observedcellular phenomena. Among thesetheoretically predicted results whichhad hitherto been observtxl but neverade(iuately explained by biologistsmay be mentioned the following:1. The average diameter of cellsis about .001 millimeters, and aver¬age cells become unstable and dividewhen their diameters exceed thissize.2. Cancerous tissue shows a greattendency to oxidize sugars incom¬pletely.2. The rate of respiration of cells<ioe.s not increa.se indefinitely withincrease in supply of oxygen, but ap¬proaches, according to a definite law,a maximum which it cannot exceedregardless of the amount of oxygenavailable.Nerve ImpulsesResides this work in general cellphysiology, Rashevsky has been con¬cerned with problems of excitationand conduction in nerves and haseven developed a theory of the cen¬tral nervous system. Rashevsky’stheory of nerve excitation has beenreasonably well-checked by experi-^a-nt; moreover, beginning with thetlieory, he has been able to establisha quantitative relation between velo-rily of a nervous impulse and theelectrical constants of the nerve^'hich is consistent with availabledata. In the field of central nervousbehavior, he has proposed a mathe-aia ical explanation, based on certainfairly plausible assumptions regard-big the structure of the brain, ofsuch diverse phenomena as condi¬tioned reflexes, gestalt transposition(ability to recognize the same pat¬terns in different settings), and evenaesthetic appreciation. The experi¬mental foundation for the theory ofthe central nervous system is na¬turally not as firm as for the othertheories of mathematical biophysics;however, the theories which haveI l>een developed are extremely usefulII as working hypotheses to suggestfurther experiments; moreover, the(Continued on page 3) Political UnionAppoints Members,Plans MeetingPave Way for Entranceof Seventeen More Mem¬bers.Twenty new members of thePolitical Union have been appointedby their parties and the executivecommittee to fill the party quotasas they now stand, according to anannouncement made by Ned Fritz,president of the organization, yester¬day.The first meeting of the Union willbe held on October 26. The resolutionthat the politically-minded studentswill discuss is “Resolved, That theNew Deal ‘purge’ and attempt torealign America into Con.servativeand Liberal parties is a beneficial stepin American politics.’’ At a caucusFriday, the majority of the LiberalParty decided to work with the Rad¬ical bloc in passing the resolution.Paul Goodman, former president ofthe Debate Union, will speak for thismajority bloc.F'avor New PartyA second bloc will favor the forma¬tion of a third party in order to carryout the resolution. Bob Kronemeyerwill give the first speech from thefloor for the third party movement.Another minority bloc will assistthe Conservative party in their op¬position. Joseph Sonderheim, one ofthe nev members, will represent thisgroup.Because of the many applicationsfor membership in the Union, the to¬tal membership will be raised furtherfrom seventy-five to a total of nine¬ty-two, according to a motion passedby the executive committee Satur¬day morning. This new increase willadd seven members to the LiberalParty, and five members each to theConservative and Radical parties, pro¬vided that the parties approve.Before selecting additional mem¬bers to fill these new quotas, theparties will take further applicationsfor the waiting list, so that those whohave not yet had a chance to competemay do so by sending written applica¬tion to Fritz at 5556 Woodlawn ave¬nue, or by seeing party members orleaders. Dormitory MenProtest LimitationOn Women GuestsHold Funeral ofJohn RobertsThe funeral of John Roberts, Chi¬cago packer and philanthropist, washeld at 2 yesterday afternoon in BondChapel. Roberts died of a heart at¬tack Sunday at his home in Barring¬ton. He was 72 years old.When he retired as head of the firmof Roberts and Oake in 1927, hedonated $1,000,000 to the Universityto endow the Bobs Roberts’ MemorialHospital for children in honor of hisson Bobs, who died at the age of fiveand a half. Bobs was his only son byhis second marriage.Poetry Society MeetsIn New LibraryThe University Poetry Society, byspecial arrangement with M. Llewel¬lyn Raney, Director of the UniversityLibraries, will meet hereafter in thenew Harriet Monroe Library on thesecond floor of Wieboldt Hall everyTuesday evening at 7:30. The sugges¬tion to meet there was made byGeorge Dillion, editor of Poetry Mag¬azine, who felt that this new roomoffered an appropriate setting for ac¬tivities to which Miss Monroe had de¬voted her entire life and talents. Residents of Burton and JudsonCourts have circulated a petition ob¬jecting to last week’s ruling, whichlimited visits of women guests toopen house periods on Sunday after¬noons. The ruling was put throughbecause a few students had had wom¬en guests “frequently” rather than“occasionally.”Other residents objected, however,to being made to suffer because thedormitory regulations had been a-bused by a few students. The petitionthey circulated has been submittedto Charner Perry, senior head of theresidence halls, for consideration.Perry stated, last night, that dueto the misunderstanding of last year’sand this year’s rules a mimeographedletter in explanation will be sent toall residents tomorrow.The petition had been circulated invarious parts of the halls for the pastfew days and was signed by over 135residents.Bourgeois Democracy, Totalitarianism,Communism Doomed, Says MaritainBourgeois democracy, totalitarian¬ism, and communism, the three polit¬ical systems which dominate the worldtoday are all based on false or in¬complete principles and are all in¬evitably doomed, Jacques Maritain,one of the greatest of present-dayFrench philosophers, told an assortedaudience of French speaking studentsand faculty in Breasted Hall lastnight.Speaking in French, Maritain lec¬tured on “La Per.sonne Humaine etla Societe” as the first in a series ofthree lectures this week on socialtheory. Distinguishing between the“individu’’, the human being regardedin his material aspect, and the “per-sonne”, the human being regardedspiritually, he pointed out that the“individu” is logically part of agreater whole, and if this is forgot¬ten in a materialistic individualismeither anarchy or a loss of real libertywill result. On the other hand, theonly use of an efficient state is to en¬sure to the spiritual “personne” theliberty, intellectual contact, and lovewhich is necessary for full develop¬ment. It is this that is overlooked inthe communist and fascist states, theone considering only the economic,material needs of the “individu” andthe other subordinating everything toPaul Douglas SpeaksOu ( "zecli BetrayalFor Peace CouncilPaul Douglas, professor of Econom¬ics, will speak on the “Betrayal ofCzechoslovakia” this afternoon at3:30 in Social Science 122 under thesponsorship of the Peace Council.At a meeting Friday afternoon thecouncil elected Joe Rosenstein to re¬place Bob Merriam as president ofthe group. Henry Williams is vice-president, Kay Brandt, secretary, andHarry Cornelius, treasurer. HenryLuccock, Tom Stanton, and BillSpeck, from the Political Union, PsiUpsilon, and Ellis Co-op respectively,were elected to the executive commit¬tee.i The possibilities of having theI Model World Conference held here inDecember instead of at Carleton Col-I lege, Minnesota, were discussed.I Eight mid-western schools participateI in this conference.DA NOTKCEPersons with season sponsorbooklets are requested to attenda meeting in the tower room at3:30 today. JSF MeetsFred Bernstein, National ActingChairman of the B’nai B’rith-HillelI Foundations and a Master in Chan-I eery, will speak before the JewishStudent Foundation in Ida Noyes Li-I brary on October 21, at 7:30. His sub-' ject is “Judaism Will Survive.” Former President Eduard Benes of the Czechoslovak Republicyesterday accepted the invitation of the University to become avisiting professor under the Charles R. Walgreen Foundation.Announcement of his acceptance was made yesterday by Presi¬dent Robert M. Hutchins.Details of the appointment are notyet completed, and will require fur¬ther exchange of cablegrams. It is anti¬cipated, however, that Benes willcome to the University within thenear future, after he has had anopportunity to settle the numerousaffairs arising out of his resignationas President of Czechoslovakia.Hutchins Expresses Gratification“The University is extremely grati¬fied by the acceptance of Dr. Benes,’’President Hutchins said. “We have,through the Walgreen Foundation,the opportunity to study and ex¬pound the democratic form of gov¬ernment. I know of no one betterqualified than Dr. Benes to arouseinterest in democracy, nor to inter¬pret its significance in the world to¬day. His acceptance of the offer isa tribute to the international reputa¬tion of the University as an intel¬lectual center.”Dr. Benes, in coming to the Univer¬sity is following the path of the lateThomas G. Masaryk, “father ofCzechoslovakia,” with whom Dr.Benes collaborated in establishingthe republic. Dr. Masaryk was a vis¬iting professorial lecturer at theUniversity from 1901 to 1903, inclu¬sive, under the Crane Foundation.The invitation to Dr. Benes wascabled on October 8, and sent throughWilbur Carr, American Ambassadorto Czechoslovakia.Dr. Bene.s, who has received nu¬merous invitations since he announcedhis retirement on October 5, is un¬derstood to have accepted the Univer¬sity’s invitation in preference toothers because of his conviction thatthe United States is the strongholdof democracy. The reputation of theUniversity of Chicago was known tohim because of his academic work asprofessor of Sociology at CharlesUniversity of Prague before he joinedDr. Masaryk in creating the Czecho¬slovak Republic.Eduard BenesAccepts U of C Postan abstract state. The good stateshould have for its object the commongood—which means the spiritual wel¬fare of those who are just and mor¬ally good. Hence an injust war couldnever be of real benefit to a goodstate.However, above the “personne”there is always God, so that the goodstate will be religious, as opposed tothe materialistic atheism of present-day forms of government. And thoughthe “democratie de la personne” wouldrequire heroic courage, self-abnega¬tion, and generosity, a good citizen,fortified by his belief in eternal life,will not hesitate to sacrifice even hislife for it.When Maritain first lectured heresix years ago, he attempted to speakiri English. However, he was so un¬familiar with the language that inspite of a manuscript with accentsand pronunciations carefully marked,few people were able to understandhim. This time he lectured in French,his clear pronunciation making it pos¬sible for students possessing only anodding acquaintance with the lan¬guage to understand him, a •show ofhands at the end of the lecture show¬ing that a majority wished him todeliver the rest in French also, ratherthan attempt to speak the English.Though he bases his philosophy inlarge part on the works of the medie¬val scholastics he denies any wish toreturn to the Middle Ages,Workshop DiscussesUnited States, BritainThe Speech Workshop of the De¬bate Union meets this afternoon at4:30 in Lexington 5. The topic beforeit this afternoon is “Should the UnitedStates Have an Alliance with GreatBritain?” This is the question uponwhich the Big Ten debating teamswill compete later in the quarter.Inasmuch as this subject is also tobe presented before local civic groups,the Debate Union Cabinet is earnestlyrequesting all members to attend themeeting so that they too may becomefamiliar with the question. Issue First CUPaper TomorrowStyle “Chapel Organ”After That of “TowerTopics.”Dr. McWhorter DiesThe flag in the Circle is at half-mast because of the death of Dr. Col¬der L. McWhorter, associate profes¬sor of Clinical Surgery at Rush Medi¬cal School. He was graduated fromthe University in 1911 and was amember of Delta Upsilon fraternity.He has two sons at the University,John and Henry McWhorter.The funeral will be held at 1 todayin the chapel at 63rd street and Har¬vard avenue. The first issue of a new ChapelUnion publication. The Chapel Organ,will appear on campus tomorrow af¬ternoon. Copied to a certain extentfrom Howard Mort’s Tower Topics,the paper will carry a bulletin ofmeetings and discussions, personalitysketches of Union members, and willserve to interpret Chapel Union pol¬icy to the members.As special features there will bearticles on the choir, organ, andChapel; interviews with prominentmen who lead discussion groups; andcartoons by Bill Hankla, Maxine Mur¬phy, Bob Kyhl, and others.Two Undergraduates Edit SheetTwo undergraduates, Jerry Mobergand Ruth Moerchen, will be co-editorsof the sheet. Moerchen has been pub¬licity chairman for the Chapel Unionfor the past year, and last springwrote High Folks, a Chapel Unionannouncement sheet, single handed.Moberg has been a member of theUnion since it was started, but this ishis first post of responsibility. Amongother students who are working onthe staff are Jack Jefferson, campuscorrespondent for the Tribune, ClydeMiller, Chester Han, RosamondFrame, Marjorie Berg, Mary JaneMetcalf, Doris Wolcott, and Bob KyhLThe issue coming out tomorrow willinclude a story on the outing thisweekend, an interview with Dean Gil-key about Robert Wicks, Dean of theChapel at Princeton, who is speakingin the Chapel Sunday morning, andthe usual schedule of meetings.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938^atlg(^aro0itFOUNDED IN 1901MEMBER ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATEPRESSThe Daily Maroon is the official studentnewspaper of the University of Chicago,published mornmgs except Saturday, Sun¬day and Monday during the Autumn,Winter and Spring quarters by The DailyMaroon Company, 5881 University avenue.Telephones: Hyde Park 9221 and 9222.After 6 :S0 phone in stories to ourprinters. The Chief Printing Company,1920 Monterey avenue. Telephone Cedar-crest 8310.The University of Chicago assumes noresponsibility for any statements appear¬ing in The Daily Maroon, or for any con-tract entered into by The Daily Maroon.The Daily Maroon expressly reservesthe rights of publication of any materialappearing in this paper. Subscriptionrates: |3 a year; $4 by mail. Singlecopies; three centsaEntered as second class matter M‘--*-ch18, 1903, at the post office at Chicago,Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.RcenssSNTBO roa national AovsRTisiNa svNational Advertising Service, Inc.Colltg0 Publishers Represenlative420 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y.CHICASO ' BOfTOS ■ LOi AN6CLIS - SAN FRANCISCOBOARD OP CONTROLEditorial StaffLAURA BERGQUISTMAXINE BIESENTHALEMMETT DEADMAN, ChairmanSEYMOUR MILLERADELE ROSEBusiness StaffEDWIN BERGMANMAX FREEMANEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESRuth Brody, Harry Cornelius, WilliamGrody, Bette Hurwich, David Martin,Alice Meyer, Robert SedlakBUSINESS ASSOCIATESDayton Caple, Richard Glasser, IrwinRosen, David Salzberg, HarryToppingNight Editor: David GottliebAssistant: Charles O’DonnellWhat We MayLearn From BenesDr. Benes is coming to theUniversity because he thinksthat America is the strongholdof democracy. So do a greatmany Americans, who turn intothemselves with a feeling ofgreat and righteous exaltationas they see the treaty-breakingprevalent in Europe, sayingproudly that America mustkeep her feet clear of the risingtide of autocracy in Europe.Benes doesn’t know the Unit¬ed States as well as the profes-. sors now at the University; hecertainly doesn’t know the coun¬try as well as the man who hashad a previous share in thebenefits of the Walgreen grant.Nevertheless, he will probablysay much more that is pertinentto the fund’s aim, the studyof American institutions, thandid Lippmann.Any study of American insti¬tutions must necessarily some¬where bump up against theproblem of the preservation ofdemocracy. That’s where theex-president of Czechoslovakiacan help out the self-congratula¬tory Americans. For autocracy,which has all but wiped out thelast semblance of democracy inEurope, is the same threat thatwill face America. And Benes,who has met the threat face toface, knows better what itmeans than anyone among us.He can bring reality to thecampus, and offer the theorizerssomething tangible to worry intheir teeth. He can let themknow more exactly what theywould do in the face of a fascistadvance;—whether they wouldsacrifice integrity to peace orfight and themselves becomemen of violence. Perhaps he canbring his experience to a con¬sideration of Thomas Mann’soptimism about the coming vic¬tory of democracy, and indicatewhether its success is as as¬sured as the German writerthinks.Mann soothed the fears ofAmerican audiences all over thecountry last year by tellingthem that democracy could notfail to win in the end because itwas psychologically and philoso¬phically a more sound positionthan fascism. Benes may adopta similarly soothing attitude.But he will be a great draw¬ing card as a lecturer, morethan a curiosity to be seen andheard. He will, we hope, be dis¬couraging as to the certainty offreedom in America. It is timewe stopped gloating and que.s- TravellingBazaarThough definitely not dominated bythe Intellectuals, and though peoplechattered about purely superficialthings — last Saturday night’s Es¬quire party at the Phi Psi house wasa swell party.Schopenhauer and Hegel were leftin the lurch in favor of Gaiety. Itwasn’t the hectic gaiety, which doomsso many ambitious fraternity parties.People laughed and were pleasantand didn’t try too hard to be funnyor drunk or blase.* « *There were great quantities of im¬ported girls — such as swing songsterMartha Tilton’s little sister, and Wal¬ter Young’s tooth paste ad model,about whom many men fiocked to seeif her teeth were actual—and JeepMendenhall’s lady friend of highschool days from Park Ridge.The other women were mostly at¬tached ones. Betty Tracy with per¬ennial Bill Frankel, for instance, ig¬nored the excellent band to garnerinformation about apartments andbudgets and Bond chapel as a goodplace for December weddings.* m *Bob Brown, transfer from Mary¬land, who was studing Chicago faunaand fiora for the evening, endearedhimself to all feminine creatures withhis delight in Chicago women. Such arelief from coy southerners, he says.Howard Greenlee, on the other hand,with pupils dilated by Student Health,patronized only lucky girls withglasses who could read the captionsunder the Petty drawings for himwithout blushing.Hugh Rendleman, beautiful andblond, merely leaned on the door¬posts and thereby made people hap¬py. Rumor has it that the boy could Controlplay football were he a little more Maroon:vindictive or little less heavy or per¬haps, who knows, more energetic. Last week I saw Mr. Price and heGeorge McElroy also leaned against j informed me that my application fordoor posts with different purpose — I readmission to the Internationalhe merely wanted a little recreation i House had been denied. When I ques-between volumes of Plato. Faraday | tioned him upon what grounds, heBenedict did no leaning whatsoever, stated (1) that since I am taking on-for at parties she certainly is no ly one course at the University ofToday on theQuadranglesASU Theatre Group. Meeting inRoom A of Reynolds Club at 3:30.Billiard Exhibition. Given b yCharles C. Peterson in the NorthLounge of the Reynolds Club at 7:30.Christian Science Organization.Meeting in Hilton Chapel at 7:30.Divinity Chapel. Address, “Believe—Obey—Fight’’, given by Albert W.Palmer, President of the ChicagoTheological Seminary, in Bond Chapelat 11:55.Professor Paul Douglas. Address,“Betrayal of Czechoslavakia’’, in So¬cial Science Assembly at 3:30.Ida Noyes Council. Tea in Ida NoyesLibrary at 4:00.Interclub Meeting in Alumnaeroom of Ida Noyes at 12.Lutheran Student Association.Meeting in YWCA room of Ida Noyesat 7:30.Daily Maroon Training School.Kent 106 at 3:30.Mathematical Club. Meeting in Eck-hart 206 at 4:30, Address, “GeneralProblems of the Calculus of Varia¬tions,’’ by Professor Hestenes.Poetry Club. Meeting in Room C ofIda Noyes at 7:30.Political Science Club. Dinner atCloister Club in Ida Noyes at 6:30.SSA Club. Meeting and tea in Thea¬tre of Ida Noyes at 7:45.YWCA. Meeting in Ida Noyes Hallat 3:30,ASU Membership Committee. Meet¬ing in Cobb 308A at 12:30. Intellectuals and Rah-Rah StudentsGambol Beneath Autumn MoonLetters to theEditorslouch,* ^ *Johnny Stevens, inspired by it all,took time out to pin Betty Ann Evanswho now cannot be seen behind herPsi U badge.Personal plug note must also go toA1 Drey fuss who did not attend theparty. He is the Cotfee Shop waiterwith a wit that is not caustic, anhonest, fresh-looking face, and an ut¬ter unconcern for importance. Hewould make a fine freshman classpresident, if for ornament only. Chicago, notwithstanding the work Iam doing upon my preliminary ex¬aminations and thesis for a Ph.D. de¬gree, it would be necessary to con¬sider my application as a specialcase; (2) that only those special caseswho had a contribution to make to theideals and welfare of the House wouldbe accepted for membership; (3) thatI had no contribution to make, andtherefore had been denied member¬ship.Questioning him further as to theactivities objected to, he stated (1)* * * I that I ought not to have stated thatOnly other weekend flurries of note 1 a part room scholarship offered towere Harry Topping ushering in the { me by him was a bribe; (2) that IBlackhawk’s college night on Friday, 1 had failed to convey to the membersJudy Cunningham C-Book dancing j of the Student Council an invitationwith Jack Bonniwell, how-did-that-happen. Bob Reynolds proudly open- to tea with the Director.These charges appear to me to being an invite to Psi U rushing j entirely unwarranted grounds for re¬open house, which is sort of pointless | fusing membership in the House. Assince he seems to be a Phi Psi al- I to the first, the facts are clear thatready, and besides they sent it tothe Phi Psi house.Dribble, all of it, but gawd howpeople like names.The Night-Lifer.Students to TakePart in Campaigntioned our owncurity. democratic se- Students in the department of Polit¬ical Science who recognize the valuesof a city manager type of municipalgovernment will find opportunity togain experience along this line at theannual fall banquet of the GraduatePolitical Science Club, tonight at IdaNoyes Hall.At this time volunteer applicationswill be accepted from those wishingto canvass precincts and watch at thepolls for the Chicago City ManagerCommittee. According to the Commit¬tee release, “the City Manager Planis being supported by most Univer¬sity of Chicago students.’’ ProfessorJerome Kerwin, of the division ofPolitical Science, is a member of theAdvisory Board of the City ManagerCommittee, and was formerly head ofthe Fifth District City Manager Or¬ganization,The Committee, at present, is push¬ing a city-wide campaign supportinglegislative candidates who proposethe city-manager type of governmentas a municipal reform. Bernard M.Epstein, William J. Warfield, Ma¬tilda Fenberg, and James Weber Linn,were named by the report as theFifth District candidates proposing atry-out of the City Manager Plan. I was offered a room scholarship ata time when it was opportune to se¬cure my support. The tea of whichMr. Price speaks was one which I,upon my own initiative, suggested tohim as a means of promoting friendlyrelations between the Director andthe Student Council notwithstandingthe differences between the two. Iso stated the matter to Mr. Price,and said I would find out if the restof the Council wished to cooperate.All of the members of the Councilwith whom I spoke disapproved ofthe idea, so I reported the situationto Mr. Price, and recommended let¬ting the matter drop.It seems to me that the essentialissue here is not whether I have beenunfairly dealt with as a person.Rather, it is whether a member of theStudent Council is to be free to en¬gage in activities upon its behalfwithout risk of retributive action byMr. Price.Purnell Benson.Personal from the Board of Controlto “A Former Ex-Student,” be heAllen Heald, John Howe, or the in¬jured waiter:Not timidity or hurt pride, but anoverwhelming conflict with some ofour more neighborly advertiserscauses us to omit your letter. Other¬wise we’d publicly humiliate our¬selves in your favor any time. It’sMaroon policy not to print unsignedletters, by the way. A man who hassuch good aim with lump sugarshouldn’t be afraid of the white glareof publicity. By ERNEST LEISERCollege (rah-rah) spirit returnedto campus in all its glory Friday nightat Bill Webbe’s Social-C Dance. Evenesmical seniors joined the happyfreshmen as they began their cam¬paign to make the Quadrangles night¬life conscious.Maybe it was only because thenight \vas warm, and the moon brightbut the intellectuals were in astrangely receptive mood, and shedtheir attitudes of academic dignityto gambol in a manner reminiscentof dear old Siwash at its most colle¬giate.Cheering Starts EveningThe return to the traditions of an¬other era started with enthusiasticcheering, under the direction of BudAronson, who for the first time got areal response in return for his super¬human efforts. Then came a snake-dance—one that was joined in by theentire crowd of 600, and was climaxedby a spontaneous singing of “Wavethe Flag.”So mellowed were the heretoforelethargic upperclassmen by this time,that they listened with tolerance andeven enthusiasm to the speeches ofthe freshman candidates for offices,who to a man promised that theywould make the class of ’42 one toremember, not alone for its intellec¬tual achievements but also as a classthat had a “hell of a good time.”In proof of the fact that it was an unusual evening, we refer you to thefact that fraternity men and clubgirls—and they were sober—chorusedin true rah-rah spirit both their housesongs and University songs.And at the end of a dance duringwhich the University suddenly re-turned to the ivy-bound traditions ofyore, some patriotic upperclassmeneven gathered around the seal inMitchell, and reverently sang the Al-ma Mater.Non-Partisan GroupHolds First MeetingThe Student Non-Partisan Commit-tee held its first organizational meet¬ing Friday at 4:30. As stated at themeeting, its purpose shall be to clari-fy the issues of the forthcoming elec¬tions and to arouse political conscious¬ness in the student body.Elected to an executive committeewere Richard Fei.se, chairman; RitaMeyer, secretary; Elton Hale, chair¬man of program committee; HarryRead, chairman of publicity commit¬tee; and Henry Luccock, chairman ofparticipation committee.At the next meeting on Friday aforum led by faculty members will boheld. Professor Laves, faculty ad¬viser of the committee, will be incharge.CLASSIFIEDROOM AND BOARD —Sinifle $10. double(twin bods) $18; Gorman rookinK: lovelyhome. Mrs. H. Strause, 1325 K. 52nd.Mid. 5982. Dress Sales WomenFor Saturday employment. Girlsexperienced in selling women’sready-to-wear preferred. .ApplySally F'rock.s,233 S. State 5th FloorTHIS F/f£S B(X)KHAS THE ANSWERS/HOW MANYCAN YOU ANSWER?This bookkms the AHSwrrtlolktstand scores of other Qtsestionst1. A Kallon of water wriRha 7J<pounds. (True or False?)2. 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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1938 Pajfe ThreeTODAY'Sroundtable♦ « *By RICHARD MASSELL andLEONIDAS MATICSThe subject of this column is astatement made by Neville Chamber-lain, prime minister of Great Britain,on his return from Munich lastmonth: “I believe it is peace for ourtime.” (New York Times, October1, 1938.) We took the statement tothree members of the Social SciencesDivision and asked each whether hethought it was true.The first man approached wasArthur Pearson Scott, asso¬ciate professor of Modern History.His answer was as follows: “I thinkChamberlain was overly optimistic.However, England and France canbuy a peace for a time—for as longas those nations are willing to letHitler have anything he wants.Eventually, how'ever. Hitler will wantmore than they are willing to give;then there may well be w’ar.“I think that he’ll be satisfied witheconomic domination o f easternEurope—that he won’t demand out¬right annexation of much furtherterritory there. But after that I ex¬pect he’ll demand some colonies.”Will Britain give him colonies?“They will—but not their own ifthey can avoid it. The most likelyones would be those of Portugal. Youknow Portugal alone has 750,000square miles of territory in Africa.Any promises w’hich Hitler has madelately are not to be counted on. Itseems to me that he’s going to carryout his plans from Mein Kampfalmost word for word.”The second person asked was sociol¬ogist F.arl Shepard Johnson, assistantprofessor of Sociology. Johnson de¬clared, "Perhaps Chamberlain isright—that is, if by peace, he meanssurrender to these shrewd maniacs,as Mr. Wallace calls them. In otherwords, that is a peace which deniesthe e.ssontials of peace! To me peacemeans the opportunity for people tolive as respectable human beings.•And now the population of the Sude¬ten area has lost just that—the hopeof existence with human dignity.Certainly Hitler will want colonies.Whether or not that leads to warwill depend entirely upon the pre¬vailing attitude in Britain at the timeand their sense of values. Chamber-. lain is a fine Spaniard with a mottoof manana, manana—‘we’ll do it alltomorrow’,’’The third reply from S. WilliamHalperin, instructor in H i s t o r y,who said, "The answer hinges onmany things—whether the men inEngland who think as Chamberlaindoes remain in power, whether theycan hold France in line, whetherGreat Britain is called upon to giveup her colonies.“Hitler still isn’t satisfied; I fore¬see a further drive for economic con¬trol of the Southeast. This factor andmany others will ultimately lead to ja crisis between Germany and Rus- jsia. And that I believe will occur dur¬ing our time. This crisis may be set- jtied by one of two methods: Either!a war between the two nations in |which case I feel that Germany will jemerge the victor. The other possi- jhility is that Russia, knowine^ that jit can’t win, will allow the Ukraine ito pass under German economic<iomination in return for aid fromt»erman technicians.” Further ques¬tioning of Mr. Halperin brought thefollowing:“Here is the British point of viewas I see it. Hitler is obsessed witha great fear of communism. As longas he thinks Soviet Russia menaceshim, he will be a great source oftrouble in international politics. Alsohe demands greater power and agreater Germany. By giving Hitlera free hand in the Southeast theBritish hope to eliminate his fear,give him the resources that he needsand thus convert him into a co-oper¬ative member of the family of na-t ons. Also in line with that idea isthe fear of communism held by theBritish ruling class. It is to theiradvantage to save Hitler and Ger- jmany from the threat of a commu-'nist revolution. Chamberlain is, of |course, fearful of radical movements'' hich might spread from the conti-;oent to England. A European war jmight very well result in revolutions >in several of the major countries. So ,I think war or some modus vivendi iin our time between Germany and IRussia seems likely.” ' BWO ConferencePresents Talk byNBC OfficialJudith Waller Speaks onVocational OpportunitiesProgram.Leader of the movement to employradio as a medium of education, Ju¬dith Waller, Educational Director ofthe Central Division of the NationalBroadcasting System, addresses theSecond Conference on Vocational Op¬portunities for the College Woman,sponsored by the University’s Boardof Women’s Organizations, Friday at3:30.Her outstanding innovation is theUniversity Round Table. With AllenMiller of the University BroadcastingCouncil, she evolved the Round Table,which radically departed from thecontemporary principles of broadcast¬ing, because it did not rely on a pre¬pared script, but rather on the abilityof the experts to ad lib.Managed Daily News StationWhen programs were still a hit-miss matter. Miss Waller managedthe Chicago Daily News station, thenknows as WGU. In the pioneer daysof radio, her only rival was KYW,which she scooped by being the firstto book football games on a regularschedule, to broadcast all home base¬ball games from the field during aseason, and to put the Chicago Sym¬phony Orchestra on the air.To her initial efforts of 16 yearsago are accredited such influentialmodern programs as the Round Table,Your Health, American Medical Asso¬ciation programs. Dr. Joseph E. Mad-dy’s F’un in Music, and the NationalCongress of Parents and Teachersprogram. Discuss SelfGovernment forCampus GroupsThe Campus Congress will discussthe question “Should student organi¬zations have a voice in the formingof the regulations governing their ac¬tivities?” Thursday afternoon at theirsecond meeting this quarter. Mem¬bers of the administration have beeninvited to take part in the discussion.The subject of the discussion will bethe general policies of the administra¬tion rather than any particular inci¬dent.The meeting will be held in Room309 of Cobb Hall. The Congress hashoped that this meeting will lead toan understanding between administra¬tion and students so that the studentswill not feel they are being dictated toarbitrarily. Facts—(Continued from page 1)ASU TheaterGroup SecuresFWA DirectorThe ASU Theatre Group’s efforts tosecure a director have been success¬ful. For the current season IrvingTombach of the Federal Theater isto be the group director.While summoning all members andprospective members to the castingmeeting which will be held today inthe Reynolds Club, room A. The groupis particularly inviting graduate stu¬dents interested in working withthem. It is the aim of the group tomaintain a varied membership whichwill represent the whole campus.At the meeting at 3:30 today, try¬outs will be held for both the autumnand winter productions. Rehearsalswill be neld i n the evenings in theReynolds Club theater at times to beset by the separate casts of the pro¬ductions.Freshiiiaii-FacultvTeas at Ida NoyesProve PonularMore than 70 freshmen sipped teaand mingled with their faculty ad-vi.sers during the week’s series offreshman-faculty teas at Ida Noyes.Planned by the Ida Noyes Councilto give advisers an opportunity todiscuss matters other than programswith their charges, the social hourshave been appreciated by both stu¬dents and faculty, according to thecouncil.The official list of council membersfor this quarter includes, Ann Brew-ington, faculty member, Mrs. Her¬mann Schlessinger, faculty wife; .sen¬iors, Helen Thom.son, Kathryn Mac-Lennan, Betty Grace, Marion Ellis-berg, Clementine Van der Schaegh,and Ardis Manney; Juniors, LaVerneZess, Janet Geiger, Jean MacKenzie,Auta Kelbe, Rebecca Scott; Sopho¬mores, Mary Harvey, Caroline Grabo,Helen Bickert, Alice Zerwilliger, Ja¬net Van der Walker, and Muriel Ev¬ans. Two graduate students and sixfreshmen are yet to be elected to thecouncil. BMOCs Talk atTraining SchoolThe third of the Daily MaroonTraining School lectures will be heldat 3:30 today in Cobb 409.Emmett Deadman, chairman of theMaroon Board of Control, Bob Mer-riam, chairman of the All CampusCongress, Hart Perry, president ofthe Inter-Fratemity Council, andother BMOC’s will be on hand to dis¬cuss campus activities and personali¬ties.Martin J. Freeman, assistant pro¬fessor of Business, will speak onJournalism, at the fourth lecture onThursday at the same time and place. fact that these theories do existproves the possibility of explainingphenomena involving the brain on apurely rational basis—a possibilitywhich is very vigorously denied incertain quarters.Human RelationsFinally, Rashevsky has outlined aphysico-mathematical theory of hu¬man relations which may have far-reaching consequences in the metho¬dology of the social sciences at sometime in the future. While this theoryis merely a tentative suggestion, itagain has value in that it proves thepossibility of constructing a quan-I titative theory of human interaction.' A critical evaluation of mathemati¬cal biophysics can hardly be made atthe present stage of its developmentsince the field is so new and is chang¬ing so rapidly. Yet certain conclu¬sions regarding its worth seem in¬evitable even now; simply from gen¬eral considerations, and regardlessof the specific results of present daymathematical biophysics. First, thetendency of all sciences has been tobecome increasingly rational andmathematical after a preliminarypurely experimental stage — mathe¬matical biophysics must be recognizedas a step in the development of thebiological sciences from the classi-1ficatory to the explanatory stage. |Second, mathematical biophysics is 1able to point the way toward furthermeaningful experimentation — atpresent experimentation in biologyis too often carried out without anyconsistent theoretical motivation—"pebble-picking’’ at random. Finally,the quantitative predictions of mathe¬matical biophysics, being expressedas they are in terms of fundamentalstructural constants of living mater¬ial, will enable biologists to deducevalues for these fundamental con¬stants from experimental data whichare related to these constants on in-ferentially.Rashevsky has summarized the re¬sults of his studies in a monograph,“Mathematical Biophysics” publishedthis year by the University Press. Freshmen CastVotes for ClassOfficers ThursdayThe campaigning of the candidatesfor the freshman election will reachits climax in Cobb Hall on Thursdaymorning, when the freshmen casttheir votes for a freshman man andwoman to fill the offices of presidentand secretary respectively.The candidates for the executiveoffices are: President, Jack Campbell,James W. Degan, A1 Dreyfuss, Jer¬ome Holland, William Johnston, ReedLater, Alfred Rider, Dale Scott, EdSpaulding, and Frank Van Brunt;Secretary, Jean Cameron, DorothyGanssle, Clarabelle Grossman, andJane Walstrum. Five of the councilposts will be filled by the four menand one woman next in order of votesreceived. The two remaining officerswill be selected by the president andsecretary. All votes must be in by1:30 Thursday afternoon.—Beautiful Personal Christmas Cords—50 Assorted Designs with Envelopes$1.50. Finest Grade. A WORK OFART. assorted $4.85. Name inscribedon each if desired.An Ideal Xmas Gift. 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Baffles break up smokestream, automatically breaking in pipe.JudgeHellerREPUBLICANNOMINEEHelp Re-ElectAnAlumnusJUDGE SAMUEL HELLERReceived his Ph.B. at the Uni¬versity of Chicago in 1913 andhis M.A. in 1931.Ho received his Low degreeat Northwestern UniversityLow School.He is up lor Re-election asfudge of Miuiicipal Court on:TUESDAY. NOV. 84th Name in the Republican ludicialColumnSUPPORT HIM be this yearThe Only FRESHMANMan at the Inter - Fraternity Ballwill be the heart throbof all the GalsHe’s the Freshman who sells the mostCap & Gown SubscriptionsC’l? IT'Ct/lTITTV Come to the CAP & GOWN Office in Lexington^ rHall for Your Subscription BookPage Four THE DAILY MAROON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938)R thoseFOOfBAUr^raUSheriock,wo.k?W^t^^yWhy they favor the end zexplain about? A sports wntcrtelU^Post reveals the names ofweek s Post, re d'srnssesrootbairs master sleuths and - ^cons of scouting by cameralAtleandbeagrandst^aensafon... 4-rt fhe eame Saturday.tom meany, You've Pos’t and aUHughes, ", o^e story you seldomthe rest. But thereread. Whatdistanceflights? ^ „p thereTheir nerves? Wha ^^^3orf-picture of exactly what^ro^rZa>ong^'-“«f-So More Glamour-^sVs*Freshmen Football Hopefuls LackStrength; Show Willingness to FightNorgren Sees Promise inHalf of Yearling Squadof 35.Maroon GridmenPrepare for OhioState after LossTeam Shows Disappoint¬ment from 27-14 Defeatby Iowa.Their feelings hurt as a result ofthe 27-14 defeat administered byIowa Saturday, the Maroon eleven a-gain settled down to practice yester¬day as they prepared for their meet¬ing with Ohio State.Although no comment was forth¬coming from Coach Shaughnessy onthe result, it was evident that bothcoaches and players were disappointedin losing a game that showed promiseof being their first conference win inthree years.Flack Receives Only InjuryOnly injury of the day was sufferedby Herb Flack, who plays at tackle.He received a side injury which willkeep him on the sidelines for the nextgame, at least.Most encouraging part of Chicago’splay, as far as Maroon rooters wereconcerned, was the passing attack, ofCaptain Lew Hamity. ^Hamity’s ex¬pert passes coupled with the abilityof John Davenport and Remy Meyerto outrun the secondary defense ofthe opposition enabled Chicago toscore its two touchdowns through theair.The inability of the Maroon line tostop Iowa’s running plays enabled thevisiting backs to score a touchdowneach quarter and thus win the game.Students-at-LargeShow Gain inAutumn QuarterA sizeable increase in the numberof students-at-large in the University jthis quarter over the number attend¬ing during the Autumn quarter lastyear has been noted in the figures oftotal paid enrollment to date, accord¬ing to Ernest C. Miller, registrar. Thisincrease amounts to about 12.41%.There are now 154 students-at-largeenrolled.Although total registration for theUniversity has increased 2.8% overthat of last year, with 6,158 studentsnow in residence as compared withthe 5,990 of last year at this time,University College, with a present en¬rollment of 1,572 shows a loss of 74students or a 4.5% decrease.On the Quadrangles a 1.73% gainamong the graduates and a 3.41%gain among the undergraduates hasbeen noted to date.After watching the freshman squadwork out at the practice field yester¬day, it is easy to understand whyCoach Nels Norgren was pleased withthe material he had to work with lastyear.This year’s straggly group con¬sists mostly of small, and not veryfast lads. The main impression gainedafter watching their scrimmage wasthat they are woefully green, buthopefully willing and full of fight.35 Men Turn OutThere are about 35 men out for thesquad, and of these Norgren sawpromise in about seventeen. Mainhopes for the backfield are RobertMiller, Bob McCarthy, Colin Higgins,Bill Leach, who has shown some punt¬ing skill, Emil Weis, and WalcottBeatty, whom Norg says are as goodas the freshman backs he had to workwith last year.The line, which even optimistic Nor¬gren admits is raw and weak, how¬ever, has a few hopefuls for nextyear’s varsity squad. Among theseare William Harrah, 235 pound tackleand largest man on the squad; BobThorburn, a 195 pound tackle fromCalifornia; Larry Hey worth, a candi¬date for center; Leo Chiodini, end;and Azad Sarkisian, a promisingguard.Norgren claims that his squad’smain weakness lies in the ends andguards, but that the tackles and cen¬ters are almost as good as last year’s“impressive line.’’ Beta’s Defeat SigmaChi in TouchballBeta Theta Pi scored a 6-0 victoryover Sigma Chi yesterday at Green¬wood Field in the only intramuralgame of the afternoon. 'The one touch¬down was scored on a forward passfollowed by a run which saw Wilsoncarry the ball over the line for thescore.Outstanding defense man was Mc-Elroy of the victorious Beta squad.Play was featured with several later¬als which were followed by runningplays.Despite the closeness of the score,play was largely dominated by theBeta’s who were in Sigma Chi terri¬tory most of the game. Billiard ExpertPerforms TonightIn Reynolds ClubCharles “Show-me-a-sHot-I-can’tmake” Peterson, nationally known bil¬liard exhibitionist, will hold the spot¬light at the Reynolds Club tonight at7:30, when he shows students the im¬possible in billiard shooting.The exhibition will take place inthe North Lounge where bleachers,placed in the shape of a horseshoeand capable of seating 150 people, willbe erected. There will also be stand¬ing room for other spectators.Most famous of the Peterson reper¬toire of trick shots is one in whicha 50 cent piece is placed between twoballs, is hit by a third ball and trav¬els to the side of the table where itstrikes the edge and returns to itsoriginal position between the two!balls. Astounding! No LessFollowing his exhibition, Petersonwill give instruction to help the be¬ ginner or average player in learningthe right method of making funda-mental billiard shots.IT'S HERE!!THE BIG CUPSee it at Breakfast^ Lunch^ Dinner^ andAt NightThe MAID-RITE SHOP1320 E. 57th ^Where University Students Meet and Eat ^WHY IS THIS THE BEST WEEKTO PICK YOUR ARROW SHIRTS? TSEB THIS WEEK’S POSTpage 60vieew mhue am «tf A 06Getting a $2,200 debt out of fish-eyed Ole Olesen was “like openin’ a drum o’ fuel oil witha toothpick,” but that didn’t stop Tugboat Annie Brennan from trying. Norman Reilly Rainetells you about her latest adventure in high-class bamboozling. Read how it worked out I byLIEUT. BEIRNE LAV, IrAnd.. . LOOK BEFORE YOU LOVE-especially if a man’s heart is in steeplechasing.Read Steeplechase for Two, by Ruth BurrSanborn .. .WHY 9 CITIES MAY SWING THENEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Revealed by David Lawrence, in The New Politioe..,HOLLYWOOD’S PRACTICE*! JOKERS. AlvaJohnston tells yoi;.^bout them in WhatLarks!... Also: stories, serials. Post Scripts,and cartoons. A .1 in this week’s Post.