They FindFacts* ♦ •Council of StateGovernmentA New York State Trooper is in hotpursuit of a criminal who makes hisway across the state line into Penn¬sylvania. The Trooper must stop andmake disheartening, time-wasting ar¬rangements and the criminal goesunapprehended. Certain species of fishare fast disappearing from the wat¬ers of the Great Lakes because ofoverfishing by some states. The pur¬ity of the water supply of one stateis endangered because another state(iisposes of its sewerage in the samestream. One state’s flood-control ef¬forts are nullified by the inefficiencyof another state's system. What todo about it?The security of the unity of our 48states has frequently been in jeop¬ardy because of a conflict betweentwo or more of them. The FederalGovernment normally has been ableto accomplish a peaceable agree¬ment to the satisfaction of bothparties but in our division of power,there has grown up a certain twi¬light zone, “a legal no-man’s land,”wherein no legislative agent hasjurisdiction.The states have done somethingabout it. Across the Midway fromthe International House, therestands a gray stone building intowhose offices 36 states have sentrepresentatives. They are permanentcommissions for interstate co-opera¬tion and are collectively known asthe Council of State Governments.Responsible for this monument tostate co-operation and good-feeling isHenry W. Toll, Denver attorney,through whose perserverance theCouncil has been succesful. A grad¬uate of the Harvard Law school. Tollwas very early interested in inter¬state relations. He issued, in 1926 afour page pamphlet wich he cir¬culated among lawmakers all overthe country, urging them to inaugur¬ate some body in which to mediateinterstate conflicts. Though the needwas evident to all, there was littleaction until, in 1929, Senator GeorgeWoodward of Pennsylvania made acontribution. His was followed byother responses and finally the Spel-man Fund, offered financial encour¬agement. So Toll and his brainchildt(»ok offices in Chicago because it wasa central location and near to theI’niversity where men like Profes.sorCharles E. Merriam, head of thePolitical Science department, had alsoshown intense interest.The organization, then known nsthe American Legislators’ Associa- gPbe Bafly iHaroonVol. 39, No. 62. Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939 ' Price Three CentsNiles DiscussesFolk Music at AmericanLectureNo sterile desert of sands devoid ofnative song and poetry is America toJohn Jacob Niles, writer, lecturer,and interpretive artist. In the secondof this year’s Moody lecture series,he told an audience of over 760 peopleabout “American Folk Music” lastnight at Mandel hall. Singing balladsgathered from the southern mountaindistricts in Kentucky, Tennessee, andthe Carolinas, he so moved his “erud¬ite University audience” that most ofit joined with “Ah-ah-ah-ah” in thechorus of “See Je.sus the Saviour GetInto the Manger.”Begins With SpiritualNiles began his program with aNegro spiritual, “I’m So Glad TroubleDon’t Last.” Then, remarking thatthe traditional songs endure throughthe “somersaults of the world,” hesuggested a relationship between theearliest known Greek songs and thefolk ballads of Kentucky mountain¬eers. Both kinds, he said, are modalmusic. The fact that ballads haveexisted so long, Niles thinks, showsthey are virile. “The voice, not theinstrument determines the rhythm,”he said; “and this rhythm is indicatedby the words.”Taking up one of the three largestringed instruments somewhat re¬sembling violins from the piano whichhe had used to accompany himself,Niles sat down and explained thedulcimer. ‘This dulcimer is one Imade myself,” he said, “it doesn’tmatter what shape you make it, justso you string it properly.”Sings Gypsy BalladWith the dulcimer’s music accom¬panying him, Niles, in a high pitchedvoice, sang a ballad of a woman whofollowed a fascinating gypsy king.Her husband pleaded with her tocome back to him and offered hergifts, but she preferred a “kiss froma gypsy’s lips” to “all of your landsand money.” So, giving up the strug¬gle, the husband asked her to returnGive Awardson New BasisAward of competitive scholarshipsto entering freshmen will no longerbe on the basis of memorized facts,but, instead, on the result of psy-tion, developed rapidly in the next ten chological tests,v Dean I^jon P. Smithyears, taking on new sub-committees announced yesterday.and associated organizations, until itfinally outgrew its offices and,through a million dollar grant fromthe Spelman Fund, moved into itspresent location, at 1313 East 60thStreet.But Toll began looking for a suc¬cessor. It was not that he was tiringof his work as Executive Director ofthe Council of State Governments al¬though it did entail traveling some.30,000 miles a year and being awayabout two-thirds of the time. Ratherhe felt that his work had been com¬pleted and he preferred to move onto new fields. He selected as his suc¬cessor, Frank Bane, who had to re-‘‘ign the directorship of the SocialSecurity Board to accept the posi¬tion. Bane, a graduate of Randolph-Macon College, former professor atthe University of Virginia and formerDirector of the American Public Wel¬fare Association, is a slow speakingsoutherner of undoubted ability whowill carry on Toll’s work where heleft off.The typical state’s commission tothe Council consists of 16 members:five senators, five members of thelower house and five administrativeofficers. In addition to these, there isa Board of Managers and an Execu¬tive Committee (of which philosophyprofessor T. V. Smith is vice-pres¬ident.)The outlook for the Council ofState Government is certainly favor¬able. Within a short time, it is to beexpected that all the states will sendrepresntatives and the authority ofthe Council will be complete. It willprobably meet its greatest opposi¬tion from the big business interestswith which it must surely come into The examination will also stressfamiliarity with significant ideas andand sources of ideas, by means ofexerciess on important ideas in liter¬ature, science, mathematics, history,social studies, and the arts.There wilj, also be exercises onvocabulary, and familiarity withlanguage usage. Students will be ex¬pected to be able to interpret lan¬guage used in prose and poetry.The final part of the examinationwill test the students’ ability to dealwith numbers and quantitative rela¬tions.This new arrangement has beenmade in an endeavor to eliminate at¬tempts of such high schools as HydePark to conduct coaching classes fortheir students. It has been made inthe hopes that hereafter entering stu¬dents will receive scholarships, notbecause they have been thoroughlycoached in certain subjects, but be¬cause they are good students.The new type of examination forthe prize scholarships, which will beheld in April, will stress variousabilities of the student.In the first place, it will emphasizeclear and critical thinking. Exercisesrequiring careful interpretation ofliterary, scientific, a ^d historicalpassages and requiring the applica¬tion of significant principles andlogical thinking in judging argumentswill test the student’s ability to thinkclearly. the gloves he had given her the otherday.Among the other folk music Nilessang was one “masterpiece of all bal-dals.” Known by many titles, thisold English ballad told the story ofMattie Groves, who met the LadyArling on his way to church. Through27 verses Niles traced the bloody taleof how the Lady seduced Mattie, andof Lord Arling’s gory revenge.Another ballad he sang was “Bar¬bara Alleyne.” First published inLondon in 1740, the version Nilesused was one he had found in Pun¬cheon Camp Creek in Kentucky. Alsoillustrating the continuity of folkmusic was “When Jesus Lived inGalilee.” This song, first recorded in1447 at a Christmas pageant in Eng¬land, happened to be written down.But Niles heard a version the same asthe recorded one from an old illiteratemountain woman in Tennessee.A. WilliamsSpeaks HereNYA Head Leads Dis¬cussion for CampusCongress.Mirror HoldsSing TryoutsBecause snow and cold kept all buta few aspiring singers away fromtryouts Tuesday, the Mirror Boardcontact in time. Upon the outcome of' scheduled an additional hearingthis conflict will depend its existence.! Mitchell Tower for Friday. Open' to both men and women, this lastBy CHAiy..ES O’DONNELL. I singing tryout begins at 3. After a long period of total quies¬cence Campus Congress made the un¬expected announcement that AubreyWilliams, director of the NYA, willlead a discussion this Monday at 4.The meeting will be on the topic,“The Problem of Modern Youth,” andwill be held on Social Science 122with Professor Jerome G. Kerwinpresiding.Aubrey Williams has been doingsocial work since he graduated fromthe University of Cincinnati in 1920.His early work was primarily “extracurricular,” but in 1922 he was ap¬pointed to the Wisconsin Conferenceof Social Work. This occupied himfor ten years until the AmericanPublic Welfare Association securedhis services for 1932.He received his first governmentappointment in 1933 when he becamefield representative for the FERA.In the same year he became the as¬sistant administrator of the FERAand the CWA. This junior brain-truster became the Executive Direc¬tor of the National Youth Adminis¬tration in June of 1935. When Har¬ry Hopkins was appointed to thecabinet recently it was expected thatWilliams would replace him as theDirector of the Works Progress Ad¬ministration. However, the Presi¬dent had different ideas and Williamscomes, to us still NYA director.Professor Kerwin will open thediscussion after which Aubrey Wil¬liams will give a short talk. Afterhis speech the floor will be thrownopen for questions and discussion.Campus Congress began last quar¬ter with high hopes for a successfulyear. Undef a new plan anybody whocared to attend the meeting couldthereby become a member of the or¬ganization as opposed to the formerplan of only having delegates fromother campus groups participating.However, only half of the proposedeight or ten discussions were everheld because of a complete lack ofinterest on the part of the Univer¬sity student body. Choose Schild, CastroTo Direct FriarsRogers GivesFascist ViewTo PU Group“There are two types of Jews inAmerica: Those who are Americansand those who are Jews,” said Don¬ald DeWitt Rogers at the PoliticalUnion meeting last night in Ro.sen-wald 2. Maintaining that Vienna isnow gayer than ever before and de¬crying the use of propaganda in thepress both by Gentiles and Jews,Rogers was forced to admit that hehad no dea what a fascist or a Naziwas, that he didn’t understandinternationalism and that his ownnationalism was unreasonable.Concentration CampsPrincipal objector to the speakerwas Trotskyite Ithial Poole who rosedramatically to say “Throw me outif you wish, but I refuse to let thisfascist speaker continue.” Obligingthe members threw Poole out.Rogers remarked that he knew onlytwo persons in Germany who hadbeen put in concentration camps: onefor being a dishonest public officialand one for beating his wife.The subject Resolved: That the(Continued on page 3)James, RussellDebateInt’House HoldsComic CotillionSmilin’ Jack, Andy Gump, OrphanAnnie, Buck Rogers, and the LoneRanger—in fact, all the comics willbe present at the Comic Cotillion tobe given at International House Feb¬ruary 11 at 8:30. This is the firstof the “cafe society” or Elsa Maxwelltype of party to be given on campus.Come as your favorite comic charac¬ter. If you come as a character inyour hometown newspaper, bring thepaper along to the dance. Tickets are50 cents per person.Pop Jenks Sugarbowl will be open,but no one will be served “on thecuff” (see Harold Teen). A buffetsupper is to be served for another 50cents per person. A well-known cam¬pus orchestra will play. By IRA CLICK“The ideas of Roosevelt and Cham¬berlain ceaselessly breed war,”snapped C.L.R. James, noted histor¬ian and labor leader, as he criticizedthe two leaders of the world’s fore¬most democracies in his debate withinternationally famous philosopherBertrand Russell, based on the sub¬ject “Can Democary be Defended?”Held in Mandel Hall yesterday, thedebate was sponsored by the Social¬ist club to promote their magazine“Soapbox”.Mandel Hall seats overflowed withstudents, Socialists, parlor pinks,neighborhood mothers and theirprogeny, and a lonely man in a scar¬let tie. All were disappointed whenthe expected warm debate failed tomaterialize.Debaters AgreeAgreeing with James on ninetenths of the points of argument,Russell stated that in spite of thefact that poor examples of democracyexist, all democracy can not andshould not be considered a failure.Lord Russell offered the analogy of apiece of mud being offered as apoached egg, yet not assuming thatall poached eggs were mud.Curiously enough, both Lord Rus¬sell’s and James’ remarks concerningthe USSR, paralled one another.Stated Bertrand Russell, “I do notknow how much value there is in thisdebate but it would not be allowedin any totalitarian state, much less inRussia.” James earnestly remarked,“in regard to Russia . . . the dictator¬ship of the proletariat presents anawful aspect . . .”James Lashes DemocracyIn summing up his speech, Jamessaid, “Democracy cannot detach thepetit bourgeois from the economicsystem that fostered it. We cannotdefend it today because it chains pro¬duction. And to say that democracy isthe preservation of intellectuals isfalse. The fate of humanity restswith the workers and their takingover of bourgeois property. We musteducate the workers and equip them.”Lord Russell mildly dissented withJames’ use of the term workers, say¬ing that the true worker is an ordin¬ary person and that the word asJames used it, meant a person withpolitical beliefs.Interesting to most of the audiencewas Russell’s answer to James’ claimthat a high percentage of England junemployed were existing on charity.Lord Russell answered this by asking jif it would be fair if he only received ;food w’hile he was making speeches, jHe stated that the English unem- iployed were not living on chai ity but jon a more or less labor insurance. 1 Castro Chosen as DanceDirector, Schild as Pro¬ducer.Gerhardt Schild, European-Ameri-can experienced director, and JoseCastro, leading authority on Latin-American dancing, have been select¬ed as producer and dance director forthe forthcoming Blackfriars show, itwas announced yesterday by theBoard of Superiors.Already the two men, together withthe author, Isadore Richlin, havestarted to arrange the production,and expect to schedule tryouts byFebruary 15.student of ReinhardtSchild was a student under MaxReinhardt in Salzburg, Austria, andan assistant stage manager of theNuremberg Opera House. Arriving inthe United States in 1933, the youngEuropean immediately began to pro¬duce brilliant^ student shows and stu¬dent nights at International House.It was he who produced “Schwander”at Int-House in 1937, its first Eng¬lish production in America.At the present time he is an in¬structor of acting and music with theChicago Repertory Group, which isgenerally rated as one of the out¬standing amateur dramatic groups inthe city.Directs “Cradle Will Rock”He was director of “Cradle WillRock” which is now in its twelfthweek at a private theater. He wasstage manager for his old teacher.Max Reinhardt, when the famous di¬rector had his “Mid-Summer’s NightDream” play in the AuditoriumTheater in 1934.But Schild’s experience is not limit¬ed to drama only. He is the directorof the Saidenberg Symphonietta intwo operas this winter.Castro Is Old HandCastro is no new figure in Black¬friars, having been dance director forthree successive shows. He was re¬commended by Virginia Hall Johnsonthree years ago and has been withthe Friars snee then.The Mexican artist has been direct¬ing dance productions for 12 years,having spent three of them in Holly¬wood. At the present time, he isheadlined in the Palmer House floorshow.Ellis Co-opOffers BoardFor RefugeesThe Ellis Co-op yesterday official¬ly announced its offer to give boardscholarships to two refugees selectedby the Refugee Aid and War ReliefCommittee. This was the first boarddonation given to the drive, and wasexpected to help induce similar actionby the fraternities.This was perhaps the biggest steptaken so far towards the $10,000 goalset by the Committee who estimatedthe worth of the board to be about$500 to them. According to figures ofthe Co-ops the wards will cost $318.-78, but this figure will be slightly re¬duced, as they are offering the schol¬arships to the refugees on the provisothat the donees work four hours aweek. This is the second $500 pledge,the first having been given by theSSA Club, and raises to $1650 theamount promised to the Refugee Aid¬ers to date, a week before the inten¬sive drive begins.The pledge was passed by the co-operators by a 101 to 13 vote, andw'as presented to the Refugee Com¬mittee by the Executive Council ofthe eating club, which is headed byJohn Suiter and consisting of ForrestMills Dan Glaser and J. GilbertBrown.The Refugee drive was given furth¬er impetus when the InterchurchCouncil announced that any profitseked from its fellowship dinner wouldgo to the Fund. The dinner will begiven on Friday at 6:30 in Ida NoyesSun Parlor. A .social hour with gamesand dancing will comprise the eve¬ning’s entertainment. It will be anopen dinner and all interested Coun¬cil supporters are invited.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939^aily^JHaroonFOUNDED IN 1901MEMBER ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATEPRESSThe Daily Maroon is the official studentnewspaper of the University of Chicago,published morninira except Saturday, Sun¬day and Monday during the Autumn,Winter and Spring quarters by The DailyMaroon Company, 6881 University avenue.Telephones: Hyde Park 9221 and 9222.A'ter 6:80 phone in storiw to ourprinters. The Chief Printing Company,148 West 62nd street. Telephone Went-worth 6123.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: $8 a year; $4 by mail. Singlecopies: three cents.Entered as second class matter March18. 1908, at the post office at Chicago,Illinois, under the act of March 8, 1879.REPnSSSNTED FOR NATIONAL ADVBRTISINO SVNational Advertising Service, Inc.College Publishers Representative420 Madison AVE. New York. N.Y.CHICAEO • BOSTOR • Los ARSILEI - Sar FrarciicoBOARD OF CONTROLEditarial StaffLAURA BERGQUISTMAXINE BIEISENTHALEMMETT DEADMAN. ChairmanSEYMOUR MILLERADELE ROSEBusiness StaffEDWIN BERGMANMAX FREEMANEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESRuth Brody, Harry Cornejius. WilliamGrody, David Martin, Alice Meyer,^^^Rn^rt Sedlak. Charles O’DonnellBUSINESS ASSOCIATESDayton Caple, Roland Richman, David^Izberg, Harry Topping.Night Editor: Harry CorneliusTrue VirtueRewardedWe can hear groans comingfrom the direction of Hyde ParkHigh School, but the substitu¬tion of psychological examina¬tions for the old tests on speci¬fic subjects is to determine theawarding of competitive en¬trance scholarships is a progres¬sive step in the technique ofawarding scholarships.It was an old trick; studentsboned up on math, chemistry,and physics, and were almostsure of a winning aggregation.Those whose best subjects werehistory and English had a dif¬ficult time, and those who didnot have contact with Midway-men who knew the approvedmethods of examination-passingin the University were left withvery little chance at all.Any improvement in themethod of awarding scholar¬ships is to be commended, sincetheir worth and the need formore of them was so well point¬ed out in “Men of Tomorrow,”a publicity booklet aimed at thepockets of men of wealth anda philanthropic frame of mind.“An investment in the brainsand the character of young menand women, through scholar¬ships and fellowships, is some¬thing more than philanthropy:it is an investment in the bet¬terment of thv. world we be¬queath to our children and ourgrandchildren,” reports thebooklet, and backs up its state¬ment by the names of suchfamed ex-scholarship holders asDr. Arno Luckhardt, ClarenceDykstra, and Clinton Davisson,who could not otherwise haveattended college.The publicity office, however,missed one fertile source of fu¬ture contributions, when it neg¬lected to send the booklet topresent scholarship holders. Ex¬tremely grateful for the aidthat has made their own collegecareers possible, they shouldneed but little persuasion to beinduced to consider the educa¬tion of needy students in thefuture their own responsibility.If they expect the degrees theyhave earned to help them to anadequate source of income,scholarship holders should bewilling to part with some ofthat income to enable highschool graduates in the positionof want, which they can well re¬call, to attend the University.These would be small contri¬butions, and not so spectacularas a generous handout from amillionaire. But, built up into atradition, voluntary refunds of.scholarship money would sup- Barristers HelpLawyers’ GuildThe Barristers Club, a group ofstudents in the law school, has de¬cided to cooperate with the NationalLawyers’ Guild and with the CivilLiberties League to protect groupsor individuals from being deprived oftheir civil liberties granted by law.The club which was originally form¬ed for the purpose of carrying onMoot Court expects to continue it, butfeels that equally much or moreknowledge and much more good canbe done by aiding the civil libertiesfight.Malcom Sharp, associate professorof law’, is head of the Chicago Branchof The Natonal Law’yers Guild. Ed¬ward Levi is assisting the club whosework will consist of writing briefs,preparing cases, and being of generalassistance in cases before the IllinoisAppellate Court in which help isI needed. They expect to handle casesI involving matters like free speech,I and third degree without indictment,I and strike troubles, aiding both! strikers and employers.Mid-Year GroupEnters Today 'Classes meet for the first time to¬day for the 35 mid-year freshmen,entering the University now’ to finishtwo survey courses by next June.The Biologfical Science survey, un¬der the direction of Merle C. Coulterand the regular survey staff, willmeet Monday, Wednesday, Thursdayand Friday at 8 and 2:30, a doubleschedule of six lectures and tw’o dis¬cussions w’eekly.English 102, the other course opento the freshmen, meets from 11 to12:40 every Monday, Wednesday andFriday.Although he doubts that many willhave enough preparation. Dean LeonP. Smith has announced that studentswho can handle the work may entera college sequence in language or oneof the sciences and take the compre¬hensive in it in June.Applicants for entrance. Smithsaid, come largely from Chicago, al¬though there have been two or threeout-of-town applications.Students MeetTo Help DouglasMichael Greenebaum, official man¬ager for Paul H. Douglas in his cam¬paign for the aldermanship of theFifth Ward will address representa¬tives from all campus organizationswhen they meet today in Social Sci¬ence 302 at 3:30. In addition ClaudeHawley, chairman of the campuscommittee for Douglas-for-Aldermanand representatives from SSA andthe Medical School will speak.The purpose of the meeting is tooutline the role students may take inmaking Douglas’ campaign a suc¬cessful one. The personalities andissues of the campaign will also bereviewed. All campus organizationsare urged by Hawley to have at leastone representative present at themeeting.Thirteen candidates have filed pe¬titions indicating their intention torun for alderman of the Fifth Ward,making this office the most hotly con¬tested seat in the city.Today on theQuadranglesDivinity Chapel, Joseph Bond Chap¬el, “What Is Christianity?’’, Profes¬sor McNeill, 11:55.Phonograph Concert, Social ScienceAssembly room, 12:30 to 1:15.Trio No. 2 in C Major—J. S. Bach.Quintet in E. Flat—SchumannNocturne from Quartet in D Major—Borodine.University Swimming Meet: Chica¬go vs. North Central College, BartlettGymnasium, 4:15.Public Lecture, “Twenty-five Years—Augu.st 4, 1914”. Professor Schmitt,Mandel Hall, 4:30.Bacteriology and Parasitology Club,“Backterium necrophorum”. Dr.Dack, Ricketts North, 4:30.Communist Club Cla.s8, A PoliticalBull Session, “Will Spain Win?” So¬cial Science 106, 7:30.Lecture, “Current Theological Per¬plexities”, Professor John C. Bennett,Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute, 8.ply a steady trickle of funds totake care of those whom thescholarship supply is now in¬adequate to help. Life AmongThe RooseveltsSeeing Roosevelts is something totell grandchildren about. Whateverelse results from the trip, therefore,there is one concrete end; my grand¬children will not be lacking in tradi¬tionally rehashed stories. It was witha heavy heart that I first heard Mar¬vin McIntyre, Roosevelt’s secretary,tell my sponsor, the head of theScottish Rites Masons, that the Pre.s-ident never saw anyone, not even astudent with three thousand signa¬tures. “But I’ll see her,” he said, sowe drove to the White House offices,walked up to the door, and came faceto face with the first of an intermin¬able series of White House guards.* • •There are little white sentry boxesscattered over the grounds, andguards of all kinds behind everycorner. The White House offices look ia pipe dream of a man’s den—pol¬ished wood floors, over-size stuffed {fish, leather chairs, and carved oak jdesks. McIntyre is small and thin, jand non-commital. He has the same jslow, patient smile that I found on all iofficials when I mentioned the legal'opinion that Roosevelt himself could 'lift the embargo. No, no, the Pres- jident’s lawyers assure him that final jpower rests with Congress. jNo one gets to see the President, I jwas told. Maybe a few movie stars jthis weekend, since it is Roosevelt’s 'birthday and they are in for the Ball,but no one else. Mrs. Roosevelt, yes,but it happened that Mrs. Roosevelt’ssecretary was out for the weekendand there was no other way of get¬ting in touch with the first lady.It was as a noble experiment, then,that I sent a special delivery letterto Mrs. Roosevelt, asking if she couldleave a message with the WhiteHouse telephone operator telling mewhether I could get to see her. Icalled the next morning, and hung onto the phone booth as I heard “Ohyes, I have a message for you. Mrs.Roosevelt would like you to come totea this afternoon. Just drive rightup to the front door and walk in.”* * *I swallowed my amazement andfollowed directions, was handed fromoutside doorman to inside doorman tosecretary, who said “You’ve beenhere before, of course.” This is ap¬parently a family gathering, Ithought, and I had better start act¬ing like an old friend. I was depos¬ited in the middle of the Red Roomand left to contemplate a bowl ofpink carnations against a red brocade !wall and pick up my breath. Five jminutes, and he came back, guidedme upstairs and into one of theRoosevelt family’s private livingrooms. I all but tripped over a rug,passed several other obstacles safely,and reached the tea table.I had expected a large and formalreception; instead there were a fewguests, and a large section of family.Franklin Jr, was there, looking likeHart Perry with a double shot ofadrenalin. Professor Wheeler-Ben-nett, visiting from England, and Mr.and Mrs. Henrik Van Loon wereguests. Van Loon told anecdotes, dis¬played sketches of a trip to Sweden,and brought forth a copy of MarthaDodd’s new book, “Through EmbassyEyes.” “Miss Dodd,” said Van Loon,“had a rather unfortunate attitude to¬wards Europe, as though she mis¬trusted any show of formality.”“Yes,” agreed Franklin Jr., who hadgone to Europe in the Dodd’s boatand was feeling on rather shakyground, since Van Loon had startedleafing through the book to the pas¬sage which discussed impressions ofthe President’s son. “And the reasonfor this attitude,” Van Loon contin¬ued, “was her upbringing, in a mid¬dle western university with a rathersimple way of life.” I had been sit-tilng by Mrs. Roosevelt, feelingrather chip-on-my-shoulderish myselfat the expert job •• of conversationmonopolizing which was going on atthe tea, so the cut went home. All myprevious attempts to shine before theRoosevelts had somewhow gottentangled up with a speech alreadyflowing out of someone else’s mouth.There is nothing to make one feelquite so unimportant as a visit toWashington, so I was* in a rathereasily subdued mood.* * *This time, I vowed, I could speakwith authority, so, disregarding thesure premonition that before I couldget a word out someone would bethere first, I crashed in with a de¬fense of the University’s tolerantcomplexity. Mr. Van Loon’s comment,“Well, so we have a young lady fromthe University of Chicago here.” Itwas fate, I decided. I was destined! to go down in the first family annalsas, someone’s tongue-tied countrycousin.Mrs. Roosevelt rescued me, how¬ever, left the conversation on readytongues, and talked to me for aboutforty-five minutes, on Spain, on howstudents can have the most influenceon Congress, on how college age peo¬ple in America can be saved from thefeeling of betrayal which has blastedthe dreams of European youth. Sheis especially interested in youth prob¬lems and goes out of her way to talkto the representatives of studentgroups. Cheerfully she compares to¬day’s college students with the care¬free, non-politically minded studentsof her youth, and expresses her hopethat they will make America a realdemocracy.* * *Harry Hopkins came in for tea,Mrs. James Roosevelt, who looks themost like a lady of all the women Ihave ever seen, wandered in and out,and finally the President came in,and met his guests. Both he and Mrs.Roosevelt are far more attractive inlife than in pictures, and far youngerlooking. The Roosevelt charm is un¬derrated, if anything; — it settlesover the room like a cloud of cham¬pagne bubbles whenever a member ofthe family speaks. The wljole familyatmosphere is very informal, makingtea at the White House seems nomore amazing than any other pleas¬ant experience. They all call thePresident “Pa,” consider seriouslywhether or not they should dress forthe theatre—no. Pa doesn’t like towear full dress unless he has to. Mrs.Rosevelt pours tea, wearing a lacetrimmed rose tea gown, and opens aconversation which, until localized, isthe universal tea-time small talk. Thefaces of these people are so familiar,and their lives so familiar, that im¬mediately they seem to slip into thecategory of old friends, and withdifficulty I pull myself up and realizethat no, it wouldn’t do if I started to Schmitt DiscussesCauses of WarAnalyzing the present situation inworld affairs, Bernadotte E. SchmittProfessor of Modem History, willdiscuss the reasons for the WorldWar in a lecture “Twenty-five Years—August 4, 1914” today in Mandelhall at 4:30. This is the first of a ser¬ies of four lectures which will em-phasize the happenings in the last 25years with regard to the internationalstanding of the United States.On February 9 Professor Schmittwill discuss the entry of the UnitedStates into the World War, “April 6,1917” and on February 16 the Treatyof Versailles, “June 28, 1919”. Be¬cause of the rapidity of present davhappenings the last lecture on Febru¬ary 23 can only be entitled “February23, 1939?”Professor Schmitt won the PulitzerPrize for History in 1931 with hisbook “The Coming of the War 1914”.call Roosevelt “Pa,” also. They areextremely easy to talk to, and thehour-and-a-half allotted to tea timeslips away with great rapidity.I found myself outside the WhiteHouse, instantly soaking wet from asudden downpour. A taxi drove up;the driver asked me if I had reallytalked to the Roosevelts. Yes, I toldhim. It was more to assure myself,than him.ADELE.READER'S CAMPUS DRUGFor Fro*. Fast DsUvoryCampus Phono 352 Fairfax 4800KLEENEX — KOTEXKURB — QUESTREADER'S CAMPUS DRUGRight OR Wrong?A 2-minute test for telephone users1.'The Bell System handles about48,000 telephone calls per minute,on the average.RIGHT □ WRONG □ 2.One of the first uses of vacuumtubes was in telephony—years be¬fore commercial radio telephony.RIGHT □ WRONG □3.Hie largest telephone cable usedby the Bell System contains 2424wires.RIGHT □ WRONG Q 4. The Bell System employs aboutas many people as live in the cityof Dayton, Ohio.RIGHT □ WRONG □5. This is part of a page taken froma telepho^ directory published inthe United States.RIGHT □ WRONG □ 6. Lowest rates to most out-of-townpoints are available every nightafter 7 P. M. and all day Sunday.RIGHT □ WRONG □ITHE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939 Page ThreeFifth RowCenter• * *By DAVID GRENEMr. Wilder has been until now bestknown as a novelist. Except for hisgraceful play, The Lady of Androa, anan adaptation of the Terentiancomedy, and the new version of theDoll’s House in which Ruth Gordonplayed here last year, his ventures inthe theatre have been neither numer¬ous nor significant. And there is un¬fortunately much in Our Town to re¬call Mr. Wilder's skill as a writer offiction, and little which suggests thenecessary dramatic vigour of a suc¬cessful playwright. The novelist hasat his disposal so many more weaponsthan the dramatist for the convey¬ance of the central idea round whichhis work is threaded. The changes incharacter can be very subtly render¬ed in a novel; the detail can be madesignificant, the very emptiness ofconversation may be significant, theinner working of the mind can be il¬lustrated significantly without the aidof any crisis or decisive action. Butunfortunately that will not work onthe stage. There the dramatic needsof the piece will necessarily speed theprogress of events and so the entireframework must be exaggerated. Tofind the right mood so that the es¬sential artificiality of the theatre ispreserved without going over intomelodrama is the task of the drama¬tist. In this, I regret to say, Mr. Wild¬er has not succeeded.* « «Throughout the first act I was con¬scious of a growing restlessness inmy neighbors and myself. For a whilethe deliberate unconventionalities inthe production, so ably, if a trifly ov¬er humorously, brought to our atten¬tion by Frank Craven, kept us busy.The elaborate avoidance of proper¬ties, the stage without backcloth, theodd position of Mr. Craven, half Chi¬nese reader and half property man,had the audience in a state of titter¬ing suspense. But after the first actno artifice could conceal a growingimpatience. We were all waiting for.something to happen—and nothinghappened. There are in this secondact moments of delicate beauty, andmoments of delicate comedy. Butthere is nothing nearly vital enoughto carry one on in the tide of resist¬less attention, the certainty of thefinal issue checked by the breathlessdoubt as to how the final issue willemerge, the continuous sense of theinteraction of character and situa¬tion so that one is only conscious thatthe story can be thus and not other¬wise—and these are the feelingstragedy must arouse.For instance, Mr. Wilder plainlyintended that the second act shouldprepare us for the pathos of Emily’sdeath and that then the last act inthe cemetery should be the'katharsisof our pain. But Emily’s death is sofortuitous that I could feel neithersad nor the reverse. Thousands ofwomen die young. It is the uniquenessof a particular case, the sense of apersonal loss, which the dramatistmust rivet on us by his skill insketching this one woman rather thanany other woman. And Mr. Wilderdid not do it. Even in the second act, Emily is toomuch part of Grover’s Corners, N.H.,too much a social link in the chain,for any sense of our personal rela¬tionship* with her to make itself felt.And there is no means save a senseof inevitability and personal losswhereby the tragic pathos can bearoused. There was nothing inevitablein Emily’s death in childbirth and Ihad been no more interested in herduring the first two acts than I hadbeen in her father or her father-in-law. The katharsis was equally weak.The third act is apparently intendedto convey the idea which should illum¬inate the whole piece. As we see thatEmily, once dead and possessed ofthe superior knowledge of life’s com¬pleteness which the dead enjoy, can¬not relive even the happiest day ofher former life without bitterness, weare supposed to acquiesce, albeit un¬willingly, in the verdict that it isbetter so.But the presentation of the afterlife is a ticklish subject for anydramatist, save when most symbol¬ically rendered, and his fancies hadneed be strong indeed if they are toovercome our sense of the reality ofDeath’s arrest. Mr. Wilder’s examplesof how the new knowledge, whichEmily has, would obtrude itself onher happiest moments on earth, wereshe to take up her mortal life again,are, in the extreme, weak and uncon¬vincing. The last scene in which herhusband throws himself at the footof her grave, somewhat unfortunatelyrepresented by an all too lively Emilysitting on a kitchen chair, is nothingshort of grotesque.Furthermore in the third act fallsapart from the rest of the play veryunluckily. The central idea in anyplay should be the kernel of the nut.I The plot structure should be theI outer husk whose contours are thej .same with the kernel, only magnified,i But Mr. Wilder’s central idea is farI too vague to be intimately related tothe particular little tragedy heI treated. That the dead, wise in theknowledge of death’s finality, cannotgo back, is not the essence wrungfrom Emily’s tragedy. It is a thoughtwhich is equally applicable to anyone, man, woman, or child who hasdied since the creation of the world.The acting is without exceptiongood and Mr. Craven particularlysatisfactory.PU-(Continued from page 1)Union disfavors the Roosevelt blastagainst dictatorship, was touched ononly once by the speaker.Question AskedQuestions poured in from the mem¬bers. Daniel Gauss asked why thespeaker preferred to take the Jewsas examples of a racial group inAmerica. Alec Morin asserted thatsince Rogers had denied that he w'asa fascist, it was obviously merely acoincidence that Rogers views wereidentical with those of Hitler andCoughlin. Someone asked how oneacts characteristically American andthe speaker said he didn’t know, andin reply to another question Rogersadmitted that he didn’t know whetherpeace had any real soical value. “Doyou think anything is worth fightingfor?’’ a member questioned. “Yes”answered Rogers, “I would fight ifsome one insulted the President ofthe United States.” Cusack StandsOn Record in,Alderman Race(The Daily Maroon, in addition topresenting the views of the candidatesfor the mayoralty election, will alsoreview the candidates in the cam¬paign for alderman of the FifthWard. The views of Alderman JamesCusack, who is running for re-elec¬tion, are presented today.)Although only 3.5 years of age,James Cusack has twice been aider-man of the Fifth Ward and nowseeks a third term. A graduate of theJAMES CUSACKUniversity, he w'as an outstandingtrack star in his undergraduate daysand was a member of Owl and Ser¬pent and of Phi Kappa Psi.Becoming an assistant state’s at¬torney soon after graduation, Cusackwas elected alderman at 29 and to¬day is still the ^youngest member ofthe city council.Promising at the beginning of hisfirst term to improve the streets, ex¬tend 55th and 56th Streets to theOuter Drive, solve the traffic prob¬lems standing in the way of safety,and provide playgrounds for the chil¬dren of the ward, Cucack believesthat he has fulfilled his obligationsto the voters.In addition Cusack states that hehas worked to increase police andfire protection, to provide for regu¬lar weekly garbage and ash removal,to extend and enforce the civil serv¬ice system and to obtain new benefitswithout new taxes. In addition he re¬built or renovated every school build¬ing in the ward.Thus with four years of experiencebehind him, James Cusack enters histhird race for election as aldermanof the Fifth Ward, standing on therecord of his past four years.Lepawsky Talks atJSF FiresideSpeaking on the subject “MinorityPeoples and the Amex'ican City Hall”Albert Lepawsky, research associatein Political Science, will addressJewish Student Foundation membersat a “Fireside” Friday evening at8 in Ida Noyes Library.Sara Richmen will open the meet¬ing with a short service. The talkwill be followed with discussion andrefreshments.Dr. Lepawsky, in his talk, will dealwith the problem of municipal policytoward minority groups in the city. Rose, Daiches,Gilson DiscussSpanish EmbargoLift the Embargo on LoyalistSpain enthusiasts thronged in Man-del Hall yesterday noon to hear AdeleRose, Maroon Board of Control mem¬ber, and faculty members DavidDaiches and Mary B. Gilson pleadfor student action towards lifting theNeutrality Act which provides in ef¬fect an embargo on shipment of mu¬nitions and supplies to RepublicanSpain.Miss Rose, just returned from atrip to Washington, where she chat¬ted with the President, and spoke toMrs. Roosevelt and several congress¬men about the possibility of liftingthe embargo, said that there was astrong lobby against the move to liftit, but she claimed that student in¬fluence was powerful in Washingtoncircles, and begged her listeners towrite to ther congressmen and de¬mand that they act to repeal theNeutrality edict.Mr. Daiches pointed out that thewar in Spain is not an insurrection,but an invasion, and said that it isonly decently humanitarian to lend aid to a duly constituted and recog¬nized government, and that as longas the Spanish people want to fightto save their country, it is only fairthat the United States lend its sup¬port.In Miss Gilson’s address, she point¬ed out again that simple respect forinternational law demands that welift the embargo, reg;ardless of anyhumanitarian demands upon us. But,she also said, we must not capitulateany longer to the totaliarian fasciststates.CLASSIFIEDFOR SALE — 1937 Chevrolet, deluxe sportcoupe: blue; mileage 6600; perfect con¬dition ; $400. Mrs. Simiwon, State 4630during day.★MITZIE FLOWER SHOPFor Rifzie CorsagesSEE MITZIEMID. 4020 1239 E. 55th ST.★February SpecialRYTEX DOUBLE CHECKPRINTED STATIONERYDouble the Usual Quantity!Gay as a Caribbean cruise . . . smart as the Riviera ... in delightfulpastel shades of Blue, Ivory, Green or Orchid checked paper. And . . . specialfor February ... in DOUBLE THE USUAL QUANTITY200 SINGLE SHEETSOR 100 DOUBLE SHEETSAND 100 ENVELOPESPrinted with your Name and Address on Sheets and Envelopes ... or.Monogram on Sheets, Address on Envelopes. .Blue, Brown, Violet or GreenInk.U. of C. BOOKSTORE5802 ELLIS AVENUEWashington PromJIMMIE LUNCEFORDAND HIS ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 21slBARTLETT GYM\TICKETS NOW ON SALE $3.75\iiiiiililiiNPage Four THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939DAILY MAROON SPORTSMetcalf OffersCompulsoryGym PlanBv MURRAY STARRELS“If the students were told to lineup outside of Cobb next Monday toreceive twenty dollar bills, therewould be much dissension and maybea petition or two on the part of thestudents as to why they couldn’t lineup at the Coffee Shop or in front ofHarper. It is just such perversitythat makes compulsory physical edu¬cation so difficult,” remarked Dr.Reed of the Student Health Service,The main reason for the abolitionof compulsory gym was that the stu¬dents found it so unpleasant, butthose concerned with the problemfeel that the optional system at pres¬ent under the New Plan is far fromsatisfactory. Last year a privatecheck made by Athletic Director Nel¬son Metcalf disclosed that little overfifty percent of the student body usethe University’s facilities. Beforethat, however, a board of seven, in¬cluding heads of physical education,deans of the college, and Dr. Reed,devised a plan of physical educationfor the four year college. The projectis now in the second year of a fouryear experiment, and is being triedwith one hundred and twenty-fivelower college (University High) stu¬dents. If results are successful, theplan will go into general effect in twoor three years.Plan Classifies CollegeAs explained by ' Mr. Metcalf, theplan classifies the college into threegroups. The first is a special groupfor those who are not yet out of thedevelopmental stage, and who needspecific physical activities. The sec¬ond and most comprehensive groupincludes those with normal develop¬ment but without sufficient skill toenjoy themselves at a sport. It is askills development group. The thirdconsists of those who upon demon¬strating sufficient skill have merely togive evidence of play habits.. Plan Is IndividualIt is a plan entirely individual inits requirements; there are none butindividual standards of need to meet.Over thirty group and individual ac¬tivities are offered, and this allowsconsiderable freedom in choice. In¬dividual attention and instructionare, of course, a necessity.Mr. Mecalf, for one, is quite con¬fident of the plan. Results, so far,have borne him out. And he will wel¬come the time when he feels it willbecome an entrance requirement tobe worked off as soon as possible bythose deficient. One can hardly tackthe stigma of “compulsion” to sucha proposal. Its effects are almostcertain to be diminishing of studentmaladjustment and healthier studyhabits. Hockey Team in Need ofPlayers; Only Ten AspirantsMatches To Be Sched¬uled with Notre Dame,IllinLFrom his slick, cold rink under theNorth Stands of Stagg Field, Hock¬ey Coach Dan L. Hoffer yesterdaymade the following announcement:“All those interested in playing hock¬ey, freshman or otherwise or evengraduate students, should report tome at the hockey rink under theNorth Stands at four today.”Some ten hockey players have re¬ported thus far and have been work¬ing out different point producingformations during the past few days.They appear a little unsteady whenskating under pressure, but constantpractice is sure to iron out this diffi¬culty. Workouts are held daily from3:30 to 5:30. If enough players turnout, and if those that do show prom¬ise of ability, Hoffer will attempt toschedule games against Illinois andNotre Dame though few universitiesin the midwest have hockey teams.Illinois, Notre Dame and Lake For¬est have challenged the Chicagoquintet thus far. Last year Chicagowent down to Urbana-Champaignand defeated the Illinois team, 3 to1. The Maroons also played severalamateur teams in the city last year.For non-hockey players, the Ma¬roon and white flag is flowing in thebreeze above the North Stands whichmeans that the ice skating rink isopen to those who wish to use it from12 to 6 and 7 to 10. Coach Hofferis on the rink most of the time to helpskaters who need instruction. Specialclasses are held on Thursdays at 4and 8 for those interested in plainskating. Since most figure skatersneed additional instruction and manynewcomers would like to learn thatfine art, classes have been formed onTuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30.In addition to these facilities, thereArt SupplementThe Humanities Art Supplementsare successfully replacing Gardner’sformerly required text on the historyof Art. The supplements, of whichthree have been released, and twoforecas>t for this quarter, with twomore to complete the study in theSpring, are being arranged by ClaudeBailey, of the Survey staff at greateffort due to the difficulty of obtain¬ing permission for use of the manycuts. Chapel OutlookIncreases SizeBigger if not better than ever be¬fore is this weeks issue of “ChapelOutlook” which contains articles byJoe Rosenstein and A1 Pitcher, car¬toons by Maxine Murphy and BillHankla and a feature story on datingas well as a quotation against cap¬italism which was published with¬out the editors permission.Chapel Outlook, published weeklyby Chapel Union now goes to about500 members and friends. Usually atwo sheet paper, this week for thefirst time it hit the three sheet class.IntensiveShorthandCourseFOR COLLEGE GRADUATESAND UNDERGRADUATESIdeal for takiriK notes at collegeor for spare-time or full time posi¬tions. Cla.sses start the first ofApril, July, October and January.Call, writf or telephone State 1881lor complete factsThe Gregg College6 N. MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGOSTINEWAYFOUNTAIN FEATURE ITHURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAYSWISS STEAKDINNER• With Mashed Potatoes• Bird's Eye String Beans• Roll and Butter• CoBee - Ice Cream 30STINEWAY DRUG STORE• 57th and Kenwood • TONIGHT’S GAMES7:30 CTS vs. ScientistsBurton-Judson vs. Aristo¬telians8:15 Delta Sigma Pi vs. SawBonesHitchcock vs. Judson 300Burton 700 vs. SnellBurton 600 vs. Burton 600is also a w'arming house for skatersto go inside when the wintry blastsbecome too cold or when they wishto put on or take off their ice skates.There are accommodations for sharp¬ening dull skates also.University students may use therink free of charge, provid^ they ob¬tain an admission card from theAthletic Ctlice in Bartlett Gym. Out¬siders coming with University stu¬dents are charged 40 cents. Racerskates are not allowed on the rinkbecause it is not large enough tofacilitate speed skating. Obviously,the University has attempted tofurnish all possible materials forskaters’ use and as long as DameNature does not intrude with warmerweather, skating will continue.Phone Plaza 6444CHICAGOESTABLISHED1869, FLOWERS1364 East S3rd StreetNOTICENSW YORK TIMES dellvetsdto you on evening of publica¬tion. Daily — $1.35 per mo.;Sunday — 55c per mo.CALLTOOMBS'Book Shop, Inc.5523 KENWOOD AVENUEHyde Park 6536 Gymnasts toTangle withBig Ten ChampsChicago’s gymnastic team will meetMinnesota, their first Big Ten oppon¬ent of the season, in Bartlett GymSaturday evening at 7:45.Because the meet was scheduledjust recently, it is not listed in theregular schedule or the Athletic “C”book. “C” book holders will be ad¬mitted, however. Coach Hoffer saysthat the meet will last 1^4 hours,thus giving students ample time to go elsewhere after the contest is overSince both teams hold titles thecontest will be well worth the priceof admission. The Gophers are BigTen Champions and the Chicago ag^gregation holds the National Col¬legiate title. Hoffer is giving thegymnasts thorough workouts to besure that every man is in proper con¬dition.BLACKFRIARS CALLMen interested in writing music forBlackfriars are asked to attend ameeting tomorrow at 3:30 in theFriars’ office on the third floor of theReynolds club.Cone Over Friday lor aGRANDCOLLEGE NITEEnjoy Every Friday WithHERBIE HOLMESand His Streamlined MusicIN THE BEAUTIFULMARINE ROOM★SparklingPROFESSIONAL FLOOR SHOWAll StarCOLLEGE FLOOR SHOW★Hold Everything tor February JOthCHICAGO NITE*EDGEWATER BEACHHOTEL5300 Block Sheridan Road — Pork in Hotel GarageSENIORSIt's Time To BePHOTOGRAPHEDFor The1939 CAP & GOWNRoom 16, LEXINGTON HALL10-2 Mon. - Tues. - Thurs. - Fri.I1Thiwt Men on s Ballhis unusual action photo showing three men up in the air with hands•n the ball at the same time was caught by an alert photographerlurins the New York University—University of Minnesota courtUsh. Minnesota's Gordon Spear (15) lost the ball to Irv Resnkk21) and Danny Dowd (9) of N. Y. U., but the Gophers won, 390 32. lnlcrfMtion«lliuieltSkeleton DanceWhen the Association ofMedical Students con¬vened recently, they evenbrought skeletons to thedance floor to demonstratewhat bones are used in thelatest swing dances.A New Air Lane”Bull Session**To allow listeners in allsections of the U. S toeavesdrop on highlightthoughts of today's col¬legians, Columbia Broad¬casting System this monthinaugurated"'‘The StudentTakes the Mike ' programfor Satu'day afternoon air¬ing. "Students of North¬western, DePaul, Chicagoand Illinois universities ■—in addition to representa¬tives pf'other colleges inthe mid-west — will beheard on the program.Both college men and co¬eds have been used on theprogram so far, but ParkerWheatley, the session'ssupervisor, says men morereadily and literally out¬talk the women. He hasfound mixed groups showa tendency to allow thediscussion to lag. At leftis a typical discussiongroup in action.He Made It Couiit!Mdyndfd of Toronto Lmiymddc ihdt Idng )db he wdfmds this ptcture wds sndppeaacanother point to bring hs fvvinning score to 6 to 0 iAthhochey battle with the SqLoyola University (LosJim McQueen Lion goaelongs' to the outstretchedinWhile Dictators Suppress Free LearningU. S. Colleges Aid DemocracyWith education and the search for truth stifled in many of the world'sformer centers of learning, U. S. educational institutions arc leading thedrive for the preservation of free thought and action. Besides fighting forunfettered learning, they are establishing courses to promote the interestsof democracy in keeping with the purposes of their founders as preservedin unperishablc stone and steel. Collegiate Digest here presents threerepresentative pledges of free thought and action — pledges which areclierttlied by ail U. S. wistitutioiis or learning.Lafayette College's Hall of Civil Rights was founded to:To provide facilities for instruction in the Anglo-Saxon ideals of the true principles ofconstitutional freedom, including the riqht of man to own property and do with it ashe will, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and incidentally theright to sell his labor as he chooses, and to enjoy the fruits thereof without molesta¬tion or undue restraint, and the study of the attainment of these rights and the develop¬ment of these ideals in the history of the human race and to encourage individualinitiative and attainment among young men, to assist in the training of leaders fortrade, industry, finance and engineering, as well as for positions of public influencein church and state, and to combat doctrines which minimize the importance of leader¬ship, and which would restrict the individual from using all his powers to the full tothe glory of God, the service of his fellowmen, and the perfecting of his own life andliberty. Coll<siate Digest Photo bv bttaii. TIm Univunity of Wncontin pl«dlft« "ftarlots sifting wmI winnowing" for ik# truthSyracuse University citizenship school students ascribe to the Athenian Oath:“We will ever strive for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many, we will uncea^ngl)seek to quicken the sense of public duty, we will revere and obey the city's laws; we will transmit this city noonly not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us"Lieutenant Colonel of the feminine sponsor’sunit of the Xavier University R. O. T. C. isPrances Harper, Ohio Wesleyan Universityophomorc. What Do Students Do When instructor Can*t See Them?The answer is something like the above scene, which was talcen when aColumbia University classroom was darkened for a lantern-slide show¬ing. A flashlight photo caught the students unawares.CoHegidte D«9€Sf Pboto bv Swtfdr^smdn An Orchid a Week... is awarded to the "student of the week" atSan Diego State College for outstanding serviceto the school. Betty Curtis is receiving hers forplanning a frosh activity. Con^giatf D.g?5( PSoto bv W eseEDPIE CANTOR MONDAYNIGHTS BENNYCOODMAN TUESDAYNIGHTS7:30 pm E.S.T., 9:30 pm C.S.T., 8:30 pm M.S.T., 7:30 pmP.S.T. Hear the one — the only Eddie Cantor —and his galaxyof famous guest artists on the Monday night Camel Caravan! COLUMBIACOAST-TO-COASTHOOK-UP 9:30 pm E.S.T., 8:30 pm C.S.T., 7:30 pm M.S.T., 6:30 pmP. S.T. Make it a Tuesday night date too with Swing King BennyGoodman and his friends on the Camel Caravan of Swing!0N1HE4IR FORDegree Grants Reflect FDR PopulaEconomic Recession Brings No Academic Honors In 1937"A voting booth is as good a place as any other to use a lipstick", is the obvious sentiment of Marjorie Mooreas she holds up the voting during a Purdue University junior prom committee election. Two voting machineswere used to prevent ballot box stuffing."Doctorer of Laws" is the title the business and political worldhas given to Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his WhiteHouse residency — with the "fors" proudly claiming he hassaved the patient's life while the "againsts" loudly shout he issending him to his doom.But to U. S. colleges and universities (and a handful offoreign institutions, too) he is the U. S. citizen who has beenmost worthy of their accolades during the six years since hetook his hrst oath of office. They have honored him as theyhave no other by bestowing on him sixteen of their precioushonorary degrees, chief of which has been the "Doctor ofLaws".But Franklin Delano Roosevelt began his degree collect¬ing long before he became the number one man of the Demo¬cratic party. Before becoming president, he was grantedhonorary degrees by Fordham University, Hobart College,St. John's College, Pennsylvania Military College, HazardUniversity, Dartmouth College, Syracuse University and1933: Gives "thank you" speech. Ogelthorpe University. His first academic degrA. B. from Harvard in 1904, where he joined APhi social fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa honoraryfraternity. He studied law at Columbia University from 1904to 1907.Behind his Republican predecessor, Herbert Hoover, whohas garnered 37 honora^ degrees, the President is neverthe¬less far ahead of Calvin Coolidge, who received only six. Butmost collegiate of all presidents was another Democrat, Wood-row Wilson, who received 21 honorary degrees for academicachievements. Wilson attended four colleges and universities(Davidson, Princeton, Virginia and Johns Hopkins), becamepresident of Princeton, was offered the presidency of sevenothers — and coached football at Wesleyan University.Revealing the fact that political ups and downs affect aca¬demic standing (during 1937. his most difficult year, he re¬ceived no honorary degrees), here is the official White Houselist of Roosevelt rewards;1933193419351936 Rut<itgers University, LL.D.; Catholic University,LL.D./ Washington College, LL.D.American University, LL.D.; Yale University,LL.D./ William and Mary College, LL.D.University of Notre Dame, LL.D.; University ofSouthern California, LL.D.Temple University, Doctor of Jurisprudence;Rollins College, Doctor of Letters; University ofBuenos Aires (Argentina), LL.D.; University of Rio de Ja¬neiro (Brazil), LL.D.; University of the Republic of Uruguay,\LL.D.«|OOQ of Georgia, Doctor of Civil Laws;I 7^3O Queens University (Canada), LL.D.; Universityof North Carolina, LL.D.Since becoming President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt hasappeared in person to receive his degree each time but one —when Rutgers honored him in 1933. 1934: Receives academic robes with smile.YeSf SfV/ k*s 350 Million Years Old!That's what Charles D. Cox, University of Cincinnati student, is telling DeKay Thompsonabout the fossilized sea scorpion he found in Adams County, Ohio. The prehistoric seascorpion belongs to a species new to science and to a genus not known before in Ohioand not well-known in North America outside a small area in New York. KimtierCharge of the Basket BrigadeCaptain Walter Foertsch of Corndi dribbles down thecourt on his way to a tisket-a-tasket, a two pernt basketduring the thriller between the Michigan Wolverines ar\jg:ithe Big Reds. Michigan won, 42 to 27. ^Learn by Doing,ObservingStudents in the University of Michigan class inmuseum methods learn the art of making exactreproductions of museum pieces for exhibitionpurposes. CoHf9i«tr 0>9rM PTioto by Wrilmr) St. Joseph's College for Women students will learn aboutmunicipal affairs by acting as assistanb in the office of theBrooklyn city government investigator. \v,de WorVPembroke College andBrown University studenblearn that the world isreally round and that itspins by watching thisunique pendulum experi¬ment. The pendulum wasput into motion in a straightline above the tape, butthe earth's rotation soonmade it swing in an elipse.AcmrAt Woman's College, Uni¬versity of North Carolina,studenb paint at a specialsummer colony for experi¬ence, then exhibit theirwork and give lectures sothat non-art studenb maylearn art appreciation.Photo bv Dot AdamsShudtnU BxchsngtStrvictsOperated from « tiny phone-booth office, « new otudcntService Asencv h«s beerformed by Robert Adamsend Hush Croly et ColumbiaUniversity. Amons the forty-odd thinss that their clientscan do are radio repairins,cortase sellins, typins, mime-osraphins and proobeadins.CollcSMtc Difctt Pttoto by LewisCORSAQES-JTnuMdMAiiAacvpnsiatsTVNN^WEflUSfilMKifeumKNr-..~^i>ervicePopular Sport for Most Popular StudentsRuth Marcus and Jack Ryan, winners of a Northwestern Univer¬sity student popularity contest, ski on the Idaho mountainsidesdurins the trip to Sun Valley awarded them as prises AcimScftnee Invades Realm of MorpheusBy conductins 10,000 sleep sleep more than nexperiments with the many that persons who d<gadsets shown here. Uni- an alarm clock awakversity of Chicago scientists hour before the alarnhave found that most persons sounds.•n O'1Streamlined Writins and Acting Cuts Drama Time Here*s a Hew Trick in Cage OffenseWhen dramatists of Alabama Polytechnic Institute produced Shake¬speare’s King Lear, they cut playing time to two hours by deleting slowerlines, removing act-scene divisions by making changes of locale by open¬ing and closing curtains and changing stage lights Co-Captains ’’Stretch" Armitage and Bob Becker of Oberlin College believe thatthey have a new trick with which to baffle their basketball opponents. Becker is sosmall that he can dribble through the legs of six-foot-seven Armitage.A New Idea In Higher Education:Nationality Rooms Aid Teachers6 re walls and stiff*backed chairs do not a classroom make in the University f^tts-bursh's 42<story Cathedral ol Learnins — at least they don't in the classrooms de¬voted to the study of the languaees and cultures of other countries and other eras.The idea l^hind the 17 "nationality" rooms of this world-famed university structureis hat classrooms as well as professors should provide students wiUt food few thought.Ec^ch represents what is most valued by the people from which it sprang. There is nonecessary relation between the character of die room and the subjects taught in them.The idea is much simpler. It is that youth, preparing for us|^ul lives, shall see conciserc oms. Many of the features of the rooms — woodwork, furniture, grill-work, paint-in fi and appointments — were ei^er made or designed in foreign lands.Students discuuAmerican litera-turn seated^ around the fire-^ place in the EarlyAmerican class¬room. All utensilsare authentic sev¬enteenth centurycooking imple¬ments. The German room recreates the spirit the early German renaissance, goads studentswith these lines (see plaque) from the German poet, Schiller: "Stern endeavor whichno arduous task can shake, to the hidden font of truth attains".The Swedish room is decorated with simplicity and solidity, com-birted with rich color and decorative effects. These are dm chiefcharacteristics of the best in Swedish art.ironThe Russian room contains carved oak woodwork and wrou9" 11$ and lanterns. The applique embroidery portraying St. Georgeand the Dragon, symbol of youth going forth to fight evil, is madeof pieces of old cloth brought from Russia.SiOMNorntm Mi mational Apvitrisiii^iitwci -hMO MiUbia Avwm^ N«w y«A400 N*. MldUm» A«wm. OiMt* pipefuls of fragrant tobacco inevery 2-oz. tin of Prince Albert I^RiNCE Albert THE NATIONALJOY SMOKE< They Rub So They Won't Be Rubbed Out iM«rqucttc Univtrsity baskctctrs h«vc remained undefeated on their own floor for two br*cau«, they b«lieve, the gnture of rubbins the head of Ston Chandler, son of their coadt, b«lo*<each same brinss them luck.Top-Rsnkmf Indoor Tennis StarPta^ rin« in the mid-winter iikloor national junior tennis meet in NewYom Ci^, Joseph Fishbach, St. John's University net captain, antiv 'w ^ ,captured the singles championship after brilliantly defeating aof stellar racket wielders. iniellnlern«iK>n«l Four nays — Four Rseiai C}itsUnusual is the student drama program at >e Unjy^.sity of Hawaii, where each season is p educed mEnelish, Chinese, Japanese and Hawaiiarplay, ckIiwim a cast composed of members of thc\ nationali¬ties drawn from the university 's studentbody. Above is a scene from dieChinese produ. tion.Ten Thousand Watched the Debut... of Virginia Fleetwood as honorary colonel of the University ofNebraska K. O. T. C. corps. She made her bow at the annual militaryball, and was escorted by Cadet Brigade Colonel John Gamer. Grid Taetks on CourtDown but not out is Bill MeKeever of St. John's as JimWillcoxon of Colorado landson top of him during their in-