wbe Batlp itlanionVol. 40, No. 40 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939 Price Three CentsInsideStoryPEARL C. RUBINSRICHARD C. MASSELLFrequently at a university like Chi¬cago) jarraduate students are sorry thatthey chose the departments they did,but rarely do the highest ranking stu¬dents in a department admit they ac¬tually hate the work they are doing.Especially interesting, on that ac¬count. was a bull session last week be¬tween three of the most successfulstudents in the University law school,all of whom had great respect for thisI'niversity’s law school, but little re¬spect for law as a study or as a pro¬fession. It was the kind of a discussionthat never comes to the ears of thefaculty or prospective law students.They all agreed that they did notlike law and there were plenty of rea¬sons for their feeling. First of all,they did not like the people who studylaw. They are too dogmatic and ob¬sessed with certain legal formulae.Most of the students, they claimed, donothing but talk, eat, live and arguelaw. “It is certainly no pleasure to eatdinner in the company of another lawstuilent” one remarked.This school, they felt, was doing agood job in integrating the subjectwith the social sciences and philos¬ophy, but unfortunately the studentsare not as advanced as the faculty.Two of the law students objected tothe amount of monotonous readingthat the subject required. Law casesare extremely dull reading, they saidand other studies are more interest¬ing.The fact that as lawyers they wouldhe largely unable to benefit their fel¬low men, they considered a third ob¬jection. Law, they claimed is too boundup with capitalism, and concerns it¬self with petty' scfuabbles <5VW prbp^erty. “Practically all law is aboutproperty” one .said. So the laws westudy now’ are useful only as long aswe have capitalism, and basing ourreasoning upon a historic perspec¬tive, no economic system is going tolast forever. Unlike the scientist whocreates a new theory or invention, ourcontribution can not last, nor does itnecessarily benefit mankind. Theteacher, the journalist, the doctor andthe dentist all serve a useful purposeindependent of one system of econom¬ics.Ill the profession itself, one wenton, the lawyer must engage in mentalprostitution to convince himself thathis ca.se, no matter w’hat it may be isthe correct one. Justice becomes afarce in the attempt to win a decision.“How many times in our studies, dowe read decisions which we know areunfair, but which are won on sometechnicality ?”Once we get out of here the prac¬tice of law won’t be so bad providedwe are able to forget our idealism, butfrom the viewpoint of the student hereat the University—law is hell! William Read, Everett OlsonDiscover Ice Age FossilsProve Presence of Cer¬tain Pleistocene Age An¬imals,The first good find of ice age ani¬mals in this region was made lastsummer by William Read, assi.stantin the geology department, andEverett Olson, in.structor in vertebr.atePaleontology. This, with other corro¬borative evidence proves ‘quite con¬clusively that certain animals previ¬ously suspected of being present inthis area were in the southeasternpart of the United States during thePleistocene age. It is also confirma¬tory evidence that some of the ani¬mals thought to live only in the earlyice age came up to fairly recent times.F'ound by WPA ManThe animals, which were buriedabout 100,000-150,000 years ago, werefound by a WPA worker in a fissurein a limestone quarry near Hurcu-laneum, Mo. While on the GeologyDepartment spring field trip last yearOlson was told of the discovery of“some bones,” and upon examinationof a few of them thought the fissureworth investigating.Last summer Olson and Readcleaned out the fissure which was aclay fill in the surrounding Ordeva-cian limestone. About twenty-fivesi)ecies of animals were found ofwhich about twenty-five percent arenow extinct in that region and aboutfifteen percent are totally extinct.The large number of ground sloths,horses, camels, and dire wolves in thefissure are representatives of varietiesof species no longer existent.Examine TeethThe animals could not have possiblygotten into the fissure under theirown locomotion since many of thespecies found were larger than anypossible aperture. Among the fossilsfuuud roiiuiina...of wood ratswhich are scavengers and undoubtedlycarried the other animals into thecave.The most simple method of indenti-fication and one of the most sure isan examination of the teeth. Foz’tu-nately many teeth were found amongthe remains and so indentification wasfairly simple.Labor Problems(Council Discusses(iiiibl StrikeDA Holds TryouisFor Cast ofThe Dramatic Association will holda public tryout tomorrow at 4:30 inthe Reynolds Club Theatre for partsin the next workshop production,Chesterton’s “Magic.”Everyone who is interested in act¬ing in the show, to be given January16, 17 and 18, should appear at to¬morrow’s tryouts. The Workshopshould like to get students who havenot previously worked in any Dra¬matic Association production for partsin Chesterton’s drama. Those who areinterested in other phases of the pro¬duction should also come to the tryout.The last performance of the DAWorkshop’s present production, Che-kov’s “Uncle Vanya” will be tonightat 8 in the Reynolds Club Theatre andtickets are on sale in the Mandel Cor¬ridor.PU CONSERVATIVESThe Conservative Party of thePolitical Union will hold its lastcaucus of the quarter this after¬noon at 3:30, in Cobb 316. It willdiscuss plans for next quarter, andwill vote on important party busi¬ness. The Newspaper Guild strikeagainst Hearst will be di.scussed bya striker, a company representative,ami a piofessor, at a Town Hallmeeting tomorrow at 3:30 in SocialScience 122. Sponsor of the meetingis the Labor Problems Council.Professor George Axtelle of North-we.stern who will discuss the strike inperspective, is vice-president of theAmercian Federation of Teachers.He will stress the social implicationsof the strike and particularly its re¬lations to the student.The Hearst management, publishersof the Herald-Amei'ican, is sendingone of their legal staff, Ed Woods, topresent their side of the story. TheLabor Council Bulletin, publicationissued by the Council, says Woods hasbeen actively w’orking against theGuild.Harry Wohl is the Guilds’ repre¬sentative. He is international vice-president of the American NewspaperGiuld. Before the strike he was nighte<litor of the American.This is the second educational meet¬ing sponsored by the Council. TheCouncil was formed by members ofother labor groups on campus whowanted to sponsor Cvlucational meet¬ings on the campus, according to theBulletin.It is the aim of the Council to takeother current problems such as theGuild strike and bring speakers withdifferent viewpoints to discuss thequestion.Please Come HomeGeorge Nelson and Grace Benjaminmay not love us, but we love them.They’re wonderful jitterbuggers andthe Maroon wants them for its floorshow. If you see them, take them inhand and lead them into LexingtonHall. If you want to be a floor showcome in today—we’ll try anythingonce. Student ForumWomen AttendBig Ten Meeting ASUHoldsMassMeetingToday At 12 In MandelStudent Forum members EleanorHammer, Sociology major, and VelmaWhitgrove of the College will repre¬sent the University at the Big TenWomen’s Discussion Conference atOhio University, Columbus, Ohio, De¬cember 8 and 9. A1 Pitcher, director ofthe Student Forum, will also makethe trip to act as one of the judges tocriticize the methods of discussionused to arrive at any conclusions thatmay be reached. The general topic ofthe conference will be, “Resolved:That Anti-Democratic OrganizationShould Be Suppressed.”The schools that will be representedand their topics are, Purdue—“Historyof Suppression Activities in the Unit¬ed States”; Wisconsin—“CommunisticActivities”; Chicago—“The Sociali.sticParty Activities”; Illinois—“Fascismand Nazism”; Indiana—“SupressionGroup Activities (D.AR., AmericanLegion, etc.)”; Iowa—“Activities ofthe Klu-Klux-Klan Viligantes, BlackLegion”; Michigan—“Dies Commit¬tee”; and Northwestern—“Spies, Fed¬eral Bureau of Investigation.”Representatives from each schoolwill give a 7 minute speech which willbe followed by a Forum discussion.Small groups will meet to prepareresolutions to present, before the gen¬eral session which will meet on thelast day. A radio Round Table willpresent the conclusions reached. Thetime and the station are not yetknown.B—G'Wvrks onIda Noyes ForMaroon DanceNew Lighting System,Decorating Plans AreCompleted.No effort too great said Buildingand Grounds when they were askedto help garnish Ida Noyes for theMaroon Christmas festival Fridaynight.Mr. Flook and his crew of wrenchand screw men went to work on thelighting system in the gym. In thepast the incandescence has streameddown in more or less unregulatedfashion, centering on no particularspot. Now, B. and G. reports, theycan lower the regular lights to de¬crease the impression of dancing ona prairie land, and focused the newspot lights on the band stand.With the wall space covered by Ma¬roon drapes, and a giant newspaper,and concessions on the floor, the at¬mosphere will be one of greater con¬geniality than in the past.Another service on the part of B.and G. was their offering to dig upflags of nations of the world. Theywent so far as to suggest a mode ofarrangement for the flags. Those ofthe democracies would adorn the rightwall and those of the dictatorshipswould hang from the left.Miss New announced that she wouldhave the Cloister Club done over withChristmas trimmings for the party.Friday’s Maroons will be used as doi¬lies and the menus will be in the formof miniature Maroons with SantaClauses rampant and special fountainconcoctions inspired by the Yuletidespirit.Settlement BoardGives Tea, Floor ShowOpen to all those interested in Set¬tlement work, a tea will be given to¬day at 4 in the YWCA room of IdaNoyes, Marge Kuh, chairman of Stu¬dent Settlement announced.A small floor show will be suppliedby students from the Settlement. Theperformers have had past experiencedoing similar work for the local YWdown in' the Settlement. Assistingthem w’ill be case workers.Miss Kuh also stated that the or¬ganization’s annual clothes drive Marriott andDupre Join InOrgan ConcertMarcel Dupre, organist of St. Sul-pice and the Paris Conservatory, willmake his last appearances in thiscountry before returning to Francefor w'ar duty, when he gives a concertat the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel ofthe University at 8:15 p.m. a weekfrom today.The occasion will also mark a re¬union with Frederick L. Marriott,earillonneur and organist of the Uni¬versity, who studied for three monthsin Paris with Dupre last spring be¬fore the war’s outbreak. The concert,under the University auspices, is with¬out charge.Dupre, regarded as one of theworld’s foremost organists, appearedfirst as a virtuoso at the age of 10.At 12, he was appointed organist ofthe grand organ in the church of St.Vivien at Rouen. An important com¬poser as well, his first composition,the oratorio “Jacob’s Dream,’*’ waspresented when Dupre, now 53, was 15years old.The program to be presented on thechapel organ includes four of Dupre’sown compositions The full program:“Fantasy and Fugue in G minor”by Bach; “Noel with Variations” byDaquin; “Concerto in B flat” by Han¬del; “Choral in B minor” by Franck;“8th Station of the Way to the Cross:‘Jesus comforts the women of Jeru¬salem*,” “Crucifixion (from Sym-rhonie-Passion),” “Choral: in dulcijubilo,” and “Carrilon,” all by Dupre,and “Final from Gothic Symphony”by Widor. The concert will concludewith impi’ovisations on a submittedtheme.Professor Marriott and Dupre havelong been associates. Dupre is cred¬ited by the youthful University mu¬sician with being one of his majorinspirations when he entered the onlycarillon school in the world, in Mech¬lin, Belgium, and won the diploma of“Grande Distinction.” Professor Mar¬riott is the only non-Belgian ever towin this honor.Dupre is to leave for France withhis wife and daughter December 15.NU, Chicago HillelLeagues Plan DanceNorthwestern again joins handswith Chicago! This time the purple-maroon event will be the “Frolics”, aninformal dance co-sponsored by theHillel League at the University andthe Hillel Foundation at Northwest¬ern. Junie Griggs’ “Colonials” willswing out at the big affair to be heldat the Standard Club on December9th, from 9:00-1:00.The dance is the culmination of amembership drive which netted Hillelmore than 300 members. Membershipcosts one dollar, is open to any inter¬ested person registered at the Univer¬ity, and is the most economical wayto take advantage of all that the or¬ganization offers. Members will beadmitted to the dance free while non¬members will be assessed $1.50 ccouple, or $1 per stag. Tickets may bepurchased in the Hillel office in theChapel, or from various campus sales¬men.To help people become acquainted asocial committee has been organizedwhich includes: Marshal Blumenthal.chairman; Julian Lowenstein, assist¬ant chairman; Janice Portis; LilaChuckerman; Helen Schwartz; IrvingBrecher; Stan Clastner; Monroe Fein;Bob Raymer; Ethel Lewison; SueIsaacson; Bob Pregler; Nanette Low-enstern; and Elsa Teller. Sharp, Students, TellViews of Dean Smith’sRecent Action.Called to protest against the meth¬ods of the Dies Committee, and toanswer the accusations made by DeanLeon P. Smith against its organiza¬tion, the American Student Unionmass meeting in Mandel Hall at noontoday has been endorsed by five ad¬ditional organizations.Malcolm Sharp, associate professorof law, the faculty speaker at themeeting, will be followed by nine stu¬dent leaders giving short statementsof their own views of the action ofthe Dean of students, of the positionof the ASU, or of the Dies Commit¬tee. George Halcrow, Adele Rose,Martha Godwin, Dave Martin, EdFizdale, Ruth Brody, Bob Merriam,Bud Briggs, and Sidney Lipshires,chairman of the ASU, are the stu¬dents expected to speak. None ofthem is representing any organiza¬tion.Administration’s StatementFrom the President’s office the Ma¬roon learned that “the policy of theUniversity is the same as it has al¬ways been, and the statements ofDean Smith are not to be construedas the official position of the Univer¬sity administration.”Organizational EndorsementsFrom the Labor Problems Council,came the following resolution, unan¬imously adopted: “We protest vigor¬ously against the unAmerican, anti¬labor, Dies Committee. We condemnthe unethical methods of investiga¬tion of the Dies Committee, its dis¬tortion of fact, its undemocratic pro¬cedure, and its violation of the civilliberties of the American people. Tothis end, we endorse the Thursdaymass meeting protesting against thesemethods of investigation.” The YouthCommittee Against War, actingthrough its executive committee, en¬dorsed the meeting in a similarlyworded resolution.The executive committee of theCivil Liberties Union last night wenton record as “endorsing the Ameri¬can Student Union meeting to pro¬test the allegations of Dean Smith.”Other organizations supporting themeeting are The Daily Maroon, andthe Social Service Administrationgraduate club.Student ViewsFrom Ruth Neuendorffer, the ASUexecutive committee recieved the fol¬lowing statement:“I feel that the Dies Committee byits methods and procedures is undem¬ocratic. If examination must be made,it should be done democratically, andshould include “Am^ricap” groupsi which by their very constitution areI for the destruction of civil liberties] guaranteed by the United States con-I stitution. If the energy spent in in¬vestigation were applied to buildinga real democracy in the UnitedStates, it would be much more worth¬while in the long run.”“I was quite disturbed,” runs thestatement of Robert Armstrong,“when I read that a responsible deanfrom a great university had condes¬cended to testify before so biased andunjudicial a group as the Dies Com¬mittee. I was even more disturbedwhen he spoke of student organiza-(Continued on page 3)J. Russell ReplacesKerwin as Deanwould be held December 14. Frater¬nity houses, the men’s and women’sdorm would all be subject to pleasby members of the board on theclothes gathering tour. John Dale Russell, since July 1Dean of students of the Division ofSocial Sciences, probably has moreadministrative offices than any otherUniversity professor. In addition tohis relatively new post he is associatedean of the division and secretaryof the Department of Education.He accepted the post of dean ofstudents to relieve Jerome G. Kerwinwho decided late last spring to devotehimself to a full-time teachingschedule. Although Russell has beenappointed only for the one year thereis no evidence that next year y”’’’another new Social Sciencesstudents.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1939tiaily iHannniFOUNDED IN 1901UF.MUEH ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATEPRESSTb‘ failv Maroon is tue official studentnewspaper of the University of Chicago,published mornings except Saturday, Sun¬day and Monday i-.ring the Autumn,Winter and Spring quaiters by the DailyMaroon Company, 5831Telephones: Hyde Park Ki21 and 9222.A**er 6:30 phone in stories 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: $3 a year; $4 by mail. 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Ernest I.eiserNight Editor: Hart WurzburgAssistant: Marjory GoodmanPhilosophersIn Hades triguilig played a large role inthe determination of LaborCouncil policy.As for cutting certain sen¬tences from a signed review of“The 400 Million,” which theBull Session considered journal¬istically sacreligious, this alsowas no part of a malicious cru¬sade to let nothing favorable tostudent action groups appear inthe columns of the Daily Maroon.If such a crusade w'ere actuallybeing carried on, the reviewwould not have been printed inthe first place; and yesterday’sBull Session would certainly nothave appeared. Regardless ofany personal opinions he maycherish, the copy-editor removedthose sentences because he hadbeen informed that the review^was too long to fit the space as¬signed it. Though later it ap¬peared he was misinformed, hecut only those w^ords not neces¬sary for understanding the re¬view.If this were the ideal Uni-ver-sity, the ASU as an action groupwould be inappropriate. Sincethis is not yet the ideal Univer¬sity, the ASU can still justifyits existence theoretically—ithas noble aims. But until itlives up to its ideals in morethan words we will not removeour objections.In yesterday’s Bull Sessionthe Daily Maroon w^as accusedof having philosophers. Withall appropriate horror w’e denythis compliment—w'e have toomuch youthful respect for phi¬losophers to try to barge intothat venerable class of beingsourselves. Nor are v,’e oldenough or efficient enough tocarry on a vicious and ruthlesscrusade against student actiongroups, even to the point of dis¬regarding the facts and evenviolating the “sacred journalis¬tic code.” We are simply puttingout a student new’spaper: try¬ing to report facts that are pre¬sented to us; giving our opin¬ions on things that happen.When the Maroon announcedits editorial program at the be¬ginning of the year it questionedthe value of radical organiza¬tions as they exist now. To betruly appropriate to the Univer¬sity, it said, these organizationsshould be leaders in preventingstultification, apathy, and di¬vorce from reality on this cam¬pus. But as they exist now' theyare doing none of these things. |Their activities appeal to onlya small group of people; an¬tagonize the rest. For this un¬fortunate state of affairs boththe radical groups and the rest jof the campus are at fault.During this quarter certain“radical” activities proved soineffective that the Maroon sug¬gested maybe student actiongroups are just time-wasterswhich keep most of their mem¬bers from being either good stu¬dents or good actors. It pointedout the fact that these groupsspent much of the time theycould have used in preparingthemselves for intelligent actionon political manuverings anduninformed decisions.The editorial objected to inyesterday’s Bull Session was acommentary on the prevalenceof political excitements in extra¬curricular affairs. In this, thestruggle over Labor Council pol¬icy was used as an example ofthis kind of excitement. If thestatements about w'hat was stir¬ring up the Council w'ere inac-^curate, the inaccuracy was unin¬tentional. Whatever was saidabout the policy trouble wasbased upon reports of severalwho attended the subcommitteemeeting; and after the editorialappeared some others who hadbeen at the meeting agreed thatit was true. The very fact that"e is such a difference of' about what actually hap- By BOB REYNOLDSWords and words and words totalthe value of most bull sessions. Onlyonce have I participated in one ofthese verbal tussles, which are princi¬pally excuses for not studying:, wherethe outcome has satiated the initiat¬ing pui’pose.Monday night after chapter meet¬ing Bill Kimbal and I made the usualexcursion of the Coffee Shop, lookedover the assemblage, and then re¬paired to my room for a cigarette. Heturned the radio on, dialing to a pro¬gram of light music with the commentthat he appreciated such music formore reasons than just as a change ofpace.* * «Without premeditation, I say mu¬singly “that if I got a record playerand changer and about fifty goodclassical or swing records for Christ¬mas, I would stop dating in favor ofgiving the time to music.”Kimbal broke in with ? “I don’tknow what reasons you could have.”To justify myself I list these points:1) By giving over the time spent onsocial activities to music I would in¬crease my appreciation of an artwhich I now like but of which I lacktechnical knowledge. 2) My will pow¬er would be strengthened if I success¬fully stayed away from the frivolous,Dick Salzman wanders into theroom. “You sound just like the Dutch¬man who beat himself over the headwith a rock because it felt so goodwhen he stopped.* « *“What can you gain by forcefullyrefusing to follow a natural path?Everybody except those damn bookworm dates, even the Maroon stafflets off steam that way.”I counter: “Anybody can drift alongwith the habits of the house and dothe easy thing by dating. But mypoint on will power is that if I dowhat I set out to, it will be an indi¬cation to my personal powers.”Kimbal grants me that, but saysthe end isn’t worth the trouble.Chuck Pfeiffer walks through thedoor with my roommate, AllanGraves, and plants himself on the bed.He says something to A1 that I can’thear. They laugh. Salzman leaves toget a coke from the machine in thehall. I bum a cigarette from Kimbaland proceed to disagree.* * *He cuts me short. “If you honestlyexamine the background of your po¬sition you’ll probably admit that fail¬ure to get on the ball with the bookshas made you feel it necessary to cutout the things that seem light. I knowhow you feel. Work has probablypiled up. It happens to seven-tenthsof the students here. But, hell, thoughthis sounds like Polonius’ advice to hisson, it’s easily apparent that you oranybody else can get good grades withthree hours of study each day and stilltake care of activities and social life.Then I say. “With that schedulethere wouldn’t be any time for con-Wes that political in-1 templative thinking. LettersBoard of Control,The Daily Maroon:The discussion aroused, and the con¬cern of the Maroon, over the state¬ments of Dean Smith before the DiesCommittee have at least served toshow a healthy resentment at the useof such epithets as “subversive” and“un-American” by an official of aneminent university. Such resentmentis called for even if the labels werebranded merely on the CommunistParty. To include the American Stu¬dent Union is to imply that any pro¬gressive organization which hasCommunists among its members orofficers is un-American. The latterpart of your Tuesday editorial is hard¬ly more enlightening, when you sub¬scribe to the absurd notion that theASU is dominated by Communists, orthat Communists are the only oneswho take time from study and con¬templation in order to be activists.There are several important issuesinvolved in the Dean’s statements thatcall for an answer from the Admini¬stration. Since Dean Smith impliesthat he went to Washington in re¬sponse to an official invitation we arcjustified in requesting an official state¬ment from the Administration as toits position regarding radical studentorganizations. It is little consolationto know the ASU will be tolerated solong as it does not violate the IllinoisSedition Act. Students, and surelythose faculty members who have en-doi'sed the work of the Student Un¬ion, have a right to know if DeanSmith speaks for the Administrationin his views. If he does not we stillshould ask whether an administrativeofficial may publicly defame an organ¬ization which is chartered by the Uni¬versity.Finally, we wish to know who is tobe included in the Dean’s list of un-American and subversive groups. Hehas defined as un-American those who“owe allegiance to a foreign govern¬ment, movement, or person”. Accord¬ingly, by dubious logic, he includesthe Communist Club and the ASU.Would he extend this, for example, toloyal members of the CatholicChurch ? Do not the Catholics take di¬rection in such practical matters aseducation and birth control from thehead of an international organization,himself a foreign person?Ruth M. HillAn Open Letter to the PresidentDear Mr. Hutchins:As a student at the University I wasrepeatedly assured by the office of theDean of Students that the membershiplists of student organizations were tobo submitted only for the purpose ofestablishing the bona fides of thoseorganizations. Atfting under this il¬lusory guarantee, I lent my name toseveral student activities for variousreasons best judged and understood bymyself. I now find that Dean Smithwas absolutely insincere in his as¬surances, and has voluntarily submit¬ted information which came thus intohis hands to the Dies Committee, Itis recognized by nearly everyone, I be¬lieve, that in their hands this informa¬tion will be perverted and misinter¬preted, if not subjected to unconstitu¬tional uses.I think that the unethical conduct ofMr. Smith would certainly warrant hisexpulsion from the staff of any self-respecting institution. I think alsothat the tragic mistake which the Uni¬versity made in placing such confi¬dence in him should urge upon youthe need of certain changes in regardto the policy of recognizing studentorganizations. If allowed to persist,the fear of right-thinking people onthe University campus of being per¬secuted by such agencies as the DiesCommittee will stultify the life of thecampus. Douglas-for-Alderman com¬mittees will be a thing of the past, norwill Hutchins-for-President clubs bethe thing of the future. It would seemto me that the logical solution wouldbe to require not membership lists hutan affidavit of the number of membersby the president of each organiza¬tion. That, however, is a matter forthe University to decide,I certainly hope that you are givingthis matter your closest attention..Britton Harris.Board of Control,The Daily Maroon:We object to the insertiondifferent places of “Phi Psi” in twoin ourPfeiffer wants me to elaborate. Itell him that education means morethan just learning the facts in thetext book. Their contents I say, shouldbecome a part of your thinking,whether day dreaming or rational.* * BGraves tells me I sound like atongue tied parrot aping Hutchins.(Continued on page three) list of dominant fraternity houses inour “Inside Story” of yesterday. Thelist originally contained the names ofAlpha Delt, Psi U and Deke. Evident¬ly the story was tampered with afterbeing handed in.Richard C. MassellPearl C. RubinsEd. Note: Harry Cornelius, Phi Psi,editted the copy.Of course it was tampered with.MICHELSON’SGHOST-WRITERSSERVICEHELPS STUDENTSin preparing and editing theses,essays, speeches, etc.Expert - Reasonable7023 Clyde Ave. Chcago, III.Dor. 7644 ClassifiedFOR SALE — EUctrically operated VIctrola*perfect condition. Also records by Caruso'MacCormick. etc. Call Fairfax 8779 aftrr8:00 P.M.SUBLEASE to April 1; 6 comp. fnr. rms.shower, far., maid avail., all mod. Suitfor profa. Vin. 1805.Lrarn Gregg )e Stjuidard Shorthand \of AaiorfieaRegular Stenographic, Secretarial,ana Accounting Coursaa; In¬tensive Stenographic Courae foreducated men and zroraan.DegreeU Eeenini Oauee. Call, mrila,sr ael^thene State IBSi Jar RalWa.Wea EmploymeBt BaiaaaThe GREGG CellegeYou’d be surprised how telephoneengineers put them to work for youHow to put more and more wires into a telephone cablewithout increasing its diameter is an ever present problemat Western Electric—manufacturing unit of the BellSystem. Existing ducts beneath city streets limit both thenumber and the diameter of cables—but demand for tele*phone service continues to grow.Until recently, the largest cable contained 3636 wiresin a diameter of 2% inches. Years of study led to an en¬tirely new insulating process that saved 3/lOOO of an inchper wire. Multiply this tiny fraction of an inch by 3636,and you provide enough space to place 606 more wiresin the same size cable!—a total of 4242.With such resourcefulness. Bell System engineers meetcountless problems. Result: you can talk to almost any*one, anywhere—quickly, at low cost.A telephone call home would be appre¬ciated. Rotes to most points ore lowestany time after 7 P. M. and all day Sunday.• AT STINEWAY'SFriday Luncheon Special!HOT TURKEYSANDWICH 30c.with Mashed Potatoes.. .Gravy.. .Cranberry Sauce...... and CoffeeSTINEWAY DRUGSCorner 57th and KenwoodTHE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1939PARKER'S DEPTSTORE133S E. 55th St. Bazaar— Page Three(Continued from page 2)WEBER'S BAKERY1325 E. 55th SLHARRY S. BROWN1313 E. 55th St.UNIVERSITY STATEBANK1354 E. 55th St.HAZEL HOFF1371 E. 55th St. Pfeiffer is gracious enough to say Ihave a valid contention.Kimbal, tired, tells he wants to tieup the loose strings. He makes me ad¬mit that devoting most of my freetime to records would be hermit-like.I agree. Then he asked which wouldbe the more preferable, adjusting my¬self to studying under average cir-cifmstances, such as a fraternityhouse, or under tomb-like but idealconditions. The answer is obvious.To maintain a successful scholastic,social, and activities program, heclaims, takes more will power thansecluding yourself. I throw in thesponge and leave to brush my teeth."We Know Our Groceries"PHONE MID. 0419 FREE DELIVERYS and HSuper Food Mart"BUY THE BEST ATREASONABLE PRICES"1008 E. 55th Street ChicagoUNIVERSITYMUSIC STORE1371‘/a E. 55lh St.WOLF'S TOY STORE1401 E. 55th St. A word to the wise is suiiicientQuality-wise and price-wisepeople buy Klein'sFiner MeatsKlein'sFiner Meots1030 East 55th St.SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO'•PHONE ORDERS"FOR PROMPT DELIVERY—'PHONE FAIRFAX 0354-5"Serves the CampusCommunity"UNIVERSALARMY STORE1409 E. 55th St.ANDERSON'SHARDWARE1444 E. 55th St. A. J. LOWE1217 E. 55th St.MITZIE'SFLOWER SHOP1233 E. 55th St.GEORGE'SMEN'S SHOP1003 E. 55th St.STRADER'SRADIO SHOP'955 E. 55th St.FROLICDRUG STORE959 E. 55th St.UNIVERSITYTAVERN1133 E. S5th St.MEN'S STORE1148 E. S5th St.THE DOG HOUSE1145 E. 55th St. BOURGEAU'SHARDWARE1218 E. 55th St.CORNELLPHARMACY1237 E. 55th St.WINTER'SMEN'S SHOP1357 E. 55th SLBETTYAPPAREL SHOP1331 E. 55th St.FACTORY OUTLETSHOES1521 E. 55th SLCORNELLDRESS SHOP1623 E. 5Sth SLHANLEY'S1512 E. 55th St. 55 th StreetBazaarI By POAMWith this issue of the Maroon, theFifty-fifth street shopping district,the largest in the University area,makes a bid for University of Chi¬cago student and faculty patronage.Long a prosperous and well balancedsection, 55th street feels that Univer¬sity buyers have failed to take fullestadvantages of its facilities. Merchantsof this street have shown interest inthe school by taking part in eventssuch as the Football banquet and theFandango. In the future each Thurs¬day’s Maroon will carry advertise¬ments of 55th street merchandise thatare of particular interest to Chicagostudents and faculty.«Mr. Rosenthal of George’s Men’sStore who presents “good metchan-dise at. appealing prices” welcomesstudents to come in and mosey aroundwhether they are in the market forhis goods or just shopping.Anticipating a ti’emendous Christ¬mas record sale, the University MusicShop has laid in the largest stockof popular, classical, and children’.srecords in the University district.At Parkers, the largest departmentstore on 55th street. Men’s broadclothshirts, both patterned and white, arefeatured at $1.00.The University State Bank is cele¬brating its twentieth anniversary thisyear. Savings and checking accountsare welcomed.Hazel Hoff is the ideal place forhosiery and lingerie.Basketball season is upon us again,and there is no better place to cele¬brate (?) after the games than theUniversity Tavern.A. J. Lowe’s has all types of elec¬trical appliances including radios andlamps. Pride of the radio departmentis a five-tube Philco at only $9.95.Students sending home packages forChristmas can find strong cord atBourgeau’s Hardware.Last minute Christmas gifts maybe chosen from the complete stock ofCornell’s Pharmacy.4> 4< *Factory Outlet Shoe Store is nowselling shoes which have formerlybeen ordered and canceled at great re¬ductions.Mitzie’s Flower Shop, always pop¬ular with Chicago students, is movingon Friday from its old location to thecorner of 55th and Kimbark.Winter’s Men’s Shop at 1357 E. 55thSt. is currently featuring dress clothesat great reductions.Hanley’s is always a good place togo for plenty of good beer and lustysinging.Weber’s Bakery carries a completeline of German Christmas cookies,many of which are seldom found inthis country.* * . *The Betty Apparel Shop offers ex¬ceptional bargains jn dresses, coats,stockings, muff sets, and sweaters.Harry S. Brown’s Paint Shop pre¬sents an opportunity to purchase anycolor of paint that exists under therainbow at a reasonable price.Wolf’s Toy Store will give thewolves a chance to get in good withthe girl friend’s younger brothers andsisters.Anderson’s Hardware Store has avery efficient ice skate sharpening de¬partment.The Universal Army Store presentsa large selection of sport shirts, bushcoats, campus coats, jackets, andsweaters.* ♦ *Klein’s Meat Market sells meat thatis known up and down the stockyardsas the best money can buy.Strader’s Radio Shop will sell anykind of a radio to any kind of fra¬ternity.Frolic Drugstore specializes in qual¬ity, quantity and service.Men’s Store has everything thatUniversity men want. Ask Mr. Leon-drach, the owner.The Doghouse sells the best gradeof hamburgers, not dogburgers.Parker’s Department Store is inbusiness to serve the public, includingUniversity students.Cornell Dress Shop is owned by Mr.Rose, who is well known for his ex¬pert knowledge of wearing apparel.ASV-(Continued from page 1)tions being ‘controlled by Communistsand their fellow travelers.’ Shall wesoon be asking the Gestapo when aprogressive is a fellow traveler?”Further statements from individ¬uals appear in the Letters column oftoday’s Maroon. Reorganize Co-op ClubTo Save on ServicesAnyone interested in saving up to20 per cent on laundry, dry cleaning,and shoe repair work; and about 30per cent on books should attend themeeting of the Cooperative ServicesClub tonight at 8 in the Ellis Co-op.According to Dan Glaser, the clubpresident, the group plans to reorgan¬ize, elect new officers, and investigatepossibilities of providing its memberswith other articles and services atlower cost.The organization which had over100 members last year, operatesthrough collective bargaining agree¬ments with laundries and shoe repairshops which agree to give discountsin exchange for the patronage of thewhole club. 2000CHRISTMASCARDDESIGNSTo Choosa FromSmart, new. unu::u3!.Cuaii;y cards for thosewho care.SS.OO to $50.00 per 100including your nameEconemy Cards50 ior $1.00Woodworth'sOOSOOOOOSiOO&SOOOSGOOOGOOOOOOOSiOOSCOOrXThe Finest Christmas Gift!ABRAHAMLINCOLN"The WarYears"by ICarl Sandburg §84 VOLUMES BOXED 0oPrice $20.00Tells the complete storyLincoln's Life from his inauguiation as President1861 to his death and funer¬al, 1885. 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Filled in for any value you wish, customer can then makeown selection.WOODWORTH'SBOOK STORE#1311 E. 57 th St. Open Evenings $ioooooeoooooeoGoooGooeooooooooooooQosoooooeo^?IT'S WORTH WALKING A MILE TO EAT AT THE HUDDLESTONY/SMMDAVe.d(^S9'Sr.£burr|rMn.NervierSteaks * ChopS'Bhrbecue*CHRISTMAS GIFTS• Old Spice • Le Long• Lentheric ‘ • Yardley• Imported Perfumesand many more fine linesto select from.Serve time... Shop nowREADER'S CAMPUS DRUG STORE61st & Ellis Ave. ^ Free Cennpus Telephone 'Page Four THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939Maroons Win 42-26To Open 1940 SeasonRout Invading ChicagoTeachers in Fieldhouse;Lounsbury Scores 18.Led by captain Dick Lounsbury,who tallied 18 points, the Maroon cag-ers trounced the invading ChicagoTeachers 42-26 in tlje opening en¬counter of the 1939-40 basketball sea¬son. Forward Joe Stampf was theother big gun in the Chicago offensewith 11 counters. Podraza led the los¬ers with four buckets and a free throwfor nine points.Chicago got off to a fine start andhad a ten-point lead in the earlystages of the game, but fhe Teachersrallied near the end of the half; sothe score at the half way mark was19-12 for the home team. The secondperiod got under way slowly, as nei¬ther team showed much offensive bril¬liance, but the Maroons started to getunder way after ten minutes or so andwere leading 38-19 with six minutesto go. Although theie had been verylittle doubt as to the outcome from the early part of the opening period,the Maroons’ commanding lead towardthe end of the game eased the pres¬sure; so they spent more time in ballhandling and took fewer shots, withthe result that the Teachers outscoredthe home team in the last few minutes.The box score:CHICAGO G F P TEACHERS G F PStampf. f 4 S 11Fons, f 0 0 0Norlint?, f 0 0 0Stanley, f 1 3 6Allen, f 0 0 0Zimmerman, f S 2 2Wilson, f 0 0 0Lounsb’y, c ....6 6 18JorK’son, g 0 0 0Rich’d’son. g ..2 0 4Charlton, K ....0 2WaRenberg, g 0 0Referee: ClarnoUmpire; ReiffFirst half score: Chicago 19, Teachers 12.Mulcahy, f 3 1 7Jehn. f 0 0 0Podraza, f 4 1 9Gottfr’d, cf 0 3 3Sullivan, c 0King, g 2Jones, g 0Granzin, g 0 1 1Healy, g 0 0 0ClassifiedFOR SALE — R e b u i 1 t standard RemingtonNoiseless Typewriter. Used 1 year. Ex¬cellent condition. Call 5633 Kenwood Ave.Apt. 2-A.FOR RENT: 5715 and 5721 Kimbark Ave.,5 and 6 room apartments available forimmediate possession. Modern bathroomswith showers. Sun porch. Electrical re¬frigeration. Will decorate to tennants’choice, 6 room apartment with 2 baths—$100. 5 room apartments $75.C. Wallace Johnson. Inc. Dearborn 7961YourOld FriendRAYHERBECKis Back With HisMusic With RomanceiorCOLLEGENIGHTFRIDAYCome Out for a Gay Eveningof Dancing and EnteriainmentGet Half-Rate Student TicketsMaroon Office and Press Bldg.EDGEWATERBEACH HOTEL5300 Block Sheridan RoadCoining December 23TED WEEMSand his Orchestra SportShortsBy BOB LAWSONSpyros V’orres, wrestling coach,does not believe in making his sportinterfere too much with the pleasureof the boys. The Mid-west wrestlingtournament is being held Friday andSaturday night at McKinley Park. Butthere are fraternity open houses Fri¬day night and a Quad party Saturday-night. Therefore, there will be no Chi¬cago wrestlers entered in the Mid¬west.From the smug expression on Dol¬phin president Ralph McCollum’s faceand the rumors floating about, thisyear’s Dolphin carnival should bequite an affair. The swimming team isbehind the project 100 per cent, and,upon thinking of some of the boys onthe team, this in itself is endorsementenough to make me mark it down inmy engagement book as a “must” af¬fair.Now that football is ended 1 can saysomething which has been on my mindfor Lome time. In talking so ecstati¬cally about the freshman footballteam, mos>, people overlooked onething about it—the flagrant disreganlof training shown by the boys. Mostof the team smokes and did so duringthe season; late hours were the i-ulerather than the exception with mostof them; and they were not sittingin Hanley’s just because they likedthe atmosphere.While there is a marked differencebetween the conditioning needed toplay freshman football and varsity,the fact that they did so well thisyear while not in training may leadsome of them to believe that theycan do so next year also to the detri¬ment of both the team and them¬selves.Since the fieldhouse has been incondition for running only about aweek, little has taken place in in¬door track as yet. Most of the boyswho were out for football have de¬cided to take a rest before reportingfor track. Only .30 fellows have re¬ported so far, of which about 20 arefreshmen.There are several very good fresh¬men out, most of whom were also outfor cross-country so that Coach Mer-riam had a good idea of their ability.Walter Fairservis. Ashton Roberts,Ray Randell, and Roy Antel areamong them.Bob Cassels is working out with theteam on Wednesdays and Fridays get-ting into shape for the big invitation¬al meets in the East this winter. Heis doing right well, too, Merriam says.Another pole vaulter has joined Cas-.sels—Bud Gibbs of Notre Dame whohas done 13’6” and is also lookingforward to the Eastern meets.After the Big Ten meeting Fridayand Saturday at the Hotel Sherman,Dan Holfer will have a better idea ofwhere his gymnastics team stands. Atpresent he knows that the team ismaking good progress and is shapingup well, but just where they stand inrelation to the other teams he has noidea.The schedule will be drawn up then,which will give him another slant onthe forthcoming season. In addition toBig Ten opponents, the team willprobably meet Milwaukee YMCA andas many outside teams as the confer¬ence will permit.A discouraging aspect of the teamis that there are only about five fresh¬men out. Of these George Saylor hasshown the most improvement sincehe started, and his performance is go¬ing a long way towards cheering Hof-fer up.LettersSports Editor The Daily Maroon,Dear Sir:I thought you might like to knowthat your Head Football Coach, ClarkShaughnessy, is to be cur guest at ourannual football dinner here in Cleve¬land, December 7.The Touchdown Club is composed ofabout two hundred football fans, a-lumni of eighty-six different colleges,and meet every Monday noon duringthe football season only. It is a closedorganization and one of the outstand¬ing football clubs in the country.We think Clark Shaughnessy is afine coach, a true sportsman, and acredit to the coaching profession. Heis the coach we want to pay tributeto and we think he is a regular fel¬low. We plan to put him on a nationwide radio hook-up over StationW.T.A.M. some time between 5 and6 P.M. and he can count on a heartyreception from our membership.Very truly yours, W. M. CouncellSecretary, Touchdown Club,Cleveland, Ohio. Hold I-M Swim.Meet Today Read the MaroonPhi Kappa Psi and Phi Delta Theta,who qualified eight and six men re¬spectively, loom as the chief contend¬ers for intramural swimming honorsin the annual IM Swimming Meet thisafternoon at 3:45 in Bartlett Natato-rium. Last year’s winner. Delta Up-silon, qualified only two men.Phi Delt Dave McKibbin was the on¬ly one to qualify as low man in twoevents. His times of 2:47.2 in the 220yd. free style and 1:18.2 in the 100 yd.back stroke mark him as a man towatch in the finals today.The Dekes and “BOO” entry eachqualified three men.Order of Events and low qualifiers1. 40 Yd. Free Style (semi finals)—.4ndalman (unattached) 19.52. 180 Yd. Medley Relay—Phi KappaPsi 1:56.53. 220 Yd. Free Style—McKibbin (PhiDelta Theta) 2:47.24. 40 Yd. Free Style (finals)5. Fancy Diving j6. 100 Yd. Free Style—Weber (PhilKappa Psi) 59.8 |7. 100 Yd. Back Stroke—McKibbin j(Phi Delta Theta) 1:18.2 |8. 100 Yd. 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